Zhou Ming and the others entered the boundless Xuanqing fruit forest.

The deeper you go into the forest, the higher the density of the trees, the larger the canopy, the denser the branches and leaves, and the more tightly the sunlight is blocked.

Therefore, the further you go in, the darker the light becomes.

The layer of decay on the ground is very thick, and when you step on it, it will sink downward, making a "rustling" sound, which can be heard far away in the quiet dense forest.

The treetops at the top of the trees bear many fist-sized black green fruits, and the fruit density is very high, and the branches are bent and swayed in the wind.

Although there are a lot of Xuanqing fruits on the tree, the Xuanqing fruits that fall to the ground are very rare, and you have to walk a dozen steps to pick one up, one of the reasons is that the Xuanqing fruits are still not easy to fall after they are ripe, and they have to be beaten hard with a long wooden pole before they fall.

Another reason may be that they were eaten by the pot rabbit, after all, although the pot rabbit runs flexibly and has amazing jumping power, climbing trees is not their strong point, and the Xuanqing fruit that falls automatically is their main food.

Picking up a Xuanqing fruit casually, Zhou Ming let it go and looked at it.

The shape of the green fruit is somewhat similar to that of a walnut, but the shell is much thicker, the greenish skin, the ellipsoidal shape, and it looks a little like a small coconut.

The key thing is that with such a dark green fruit in his hand, a large piece of the shell was gnawed off, and part of the flesh inside was eaten.

Seeing the gnawed gap again, the wood is fresh, and there is no sign of decay and blackening, Zhou Ming judged: There must be a pot rabbit near here.

And when he heard the news of their arrival, he immediately stopped eating and fled elsewhere.

"What a bunch of vigilant pot bunnies. ”

Throwing the Xuanqing Fruit in his hand on the ground, Zhou Ming clapped his hands and said.

"Young master, don't go any further, we have already gone hundreds of miles, and if we go in again, we may encounter danger. ”

Bai Jingfeng, the family guard, said that his duty was to protect the young master's safety, and if something happened to the young master, he would undoubtedly be severely punished.

"Uncle Feng, I've already found some clues, and if I walk more than ten miles inside, I will definitely make some important discoveries. ”

Zhou Ming pointed in a darker direction ahead.

"Young master, although the pot rabbit has no attack power, but tens of thousands of them are pouring up together, it will be difficult for us to deal with it, and there are not many fruit pickers here, there is an accident, it is difficult to call for help. ”

"Uncle Feng, didn't we all come in with armor, we can't finish killing the pot rabbit, and it's no problem to retreat with our whole body. ”

Bai Jingfeng shook his head and said: "You haven't learned the power of the pot rabbit, the battle a few months ago, only those who have experienced it know what it means to be powerless." ”

"Uncle Feng, you won't be scared by the little pot rabbits, right? a group of rabbits, you say they are amazing? hahahaha!"

Bai Yuanliang laughed out loud, feeling that he had heard a very funny joke.

"It shouldn't be that scary, it's just a bunch of rabbits. ”

"Last month, a monk swung his sword and killed 100,000 pot rabbits. ”

"Uncle Feng, can you stop talking about how powerful the pot rabbit is, people outside are laughing at us from Hyun Qingcheng. ”

Bai Aoki, Bai Xiuxiu, Bai Yuanbao and others who followed him said one after another, Bai Jingfeng blushed with shame, a man in his thirties, who was said by a group of children to be ashamed.

"That's enough, Uncle Feng is also for the safety of our waiting, don't make fun of him anymore. ”

Zhou Ming criticized a few friends, but decided to go deeper and explore some secrets.

Bai Jingfeng couldn't screw him, so he had to be vigilant and continue to go deeper.

In this way, I walked for another day, nearly 100 miles.

Millions of acres of Xuanqing fruit forests have finally entered the innermost from the outermost to the innermost.

Arrived at the edge of this dark green fruit forest.

On the bordering border of another forest.

There's a very empty middle ground.

In this middle zone, there is not a single tall tree, only some low trees exist in the clearing, and Zhou Ming has a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Finally a major discovery has been made.

After walking a few hundred meters further, Zhou Ming nodded again and again after seeing fresh wood chips all over the ground, knots of log stakes, and gnawed trees beyond recognition.

Returning to the place close to the Xuanqing Fruit Forest, Zhou Ming took a hard branch and dug down a few times at the root of the sapling of a Xuanqing Fruit Tree less than ten centimeters high, and then dug out a Xuanqing Fruit.

A green fruit that sprouts.

Strangely, the shell of this fruit is very thin, covered with traces of animal bites, and it is just right not to expose the flesh inside.

"I see. ”

"I finally got it. ”

Zhou Ming's face was overjoyed, as if he had discovered a shocking secret.

"Young Master, what do you understand?" Bai Jingfeng asked with a strange expression.

"Yes, boss, what did you find?" Bai Yuanliang also leaned over and asked.

"I discovered the reason why this dark green fruit forest existed and formed. ”

Zhou Ming said.

"Huh?"

Bai Xiuxiu exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly asked, "What is the reason, young master, tell me quickly." ”

The others also opened their eyes wide, their faces full of curiosity, wanting to hear the explanation from the young master's mouth.

In fact, about how this Xuanqing fruit forest appeared, the people in Hyunqing City have been speculating and arguing for hundreds of years.

Some people think that it has always existed and has been handed down from ancient times, but according to the records of the ancestors, five hundred years ago, there was not a single Xuanqing fruit tree in the south of Hyunqing City, let alone such a large fruit forest.

Some people also think that it was planted by fruit farmers, little by little, but many people have tried to plant Xuanqing fruit, and found that the husk is too thick, and the roots and buds cannot be sprouted in the ground for ten years, and there is no sign of decay...... Artificial cultivation of Xuanqing fruit, no one succeeded.

There are also myths and monster legends such as "Immortal Cultivation Theory" and "Demon Beast Cultivation Theory" to explain the existence of that Xuanqing Fruit Forest, but even fewer people believe it.

Because some people have found that the area of this Xuanqing fruit forest is expanding every year, and it was only a few thousand acres more than a hundred years ago, but now there are millions of acres, and the area seems to be expanding...... If there really were gods and monsters planting trees, they should have been discovered a long time ago.

Therefore, the reason for the existence of the Xuanqing fruit forest has become a mystery that cannot be solved for many years.

And this mystery was solved by Zhou Ming today.

"This Xuanqing Fruit Forest is not a human, not an immortal, or a monster, but a pot rabbit. ”

"These rabbits have formed a symbiotic relationship with the Xuanqing fruit tree, and they are closely united, constantly expanding their respective groups and interests. ”

"Potted rabbits have hard teeth, they can gnaw away large areas of plant forests, open up the growth territory of the Xuanqing fruit tree, and help gnaw the husk of the thin Xuanqing fruit, so that the seeds can be planted in the soil, and they can break out of the shell smoothly. ”

"The Xuanqing fruit tree provides food for the pot rabbit, in addition, the tooth of the pot rabbit, the growth rate is extremely rapid, and it must continue to gnaw the hard Xuanqing fruit in order to grind off the fast-growing teeth, and other animals, can not get open the hard shell, can not eat the Xuanqing fruit, so this fruit, has become the unique food of the pot rabbit. ”

As a result, the pot rabbit and Xuanqingguo, an animal and a plant, have almost become the most perfect partners in nature, each taking what they need, helping each other to achieve a win-win situation. ”

"It's just that when the demand for Xuanqing Fruit in Hyun Qingcheng has increased dozens of times in a short period of time, and a large amount of food has been snatched from the pot rabbits, naturally, we will have a conflict with the pot rabbits. ”

"So we should still control the amount of Xuanqing fruit picking, and we can't kill all the pot rabbits, these rabbits may have great research and utilization value. ”

After Zhou Ming finished speaking, everyone around him suddenly realized and nodded again and again.

"I see, it turns out that this orchard was planted by those rabbits, this, this ......" The guard Bai Jingfeng looked amazed, feeling quite subversive, it turned out that those pot rabbits were not completely bad, but had a lot of credit.

"Wow, such a large area of fruit forests is all grown by those rabbits, these rabbits are really amazing. ”

"It's no wonder that we can't grow a single green fruit tree, we have to gnaw off a layer of that husk, if we grind the husk ourselves and plant it again, can we also grow saplings? Bai Aoki's inference was affirmed by Zhou Ming, who believed that there was a high probability of planting saplings.

"The young master is so smart, and many mysteries that can't be solved were solved by the young master at once. Bai Xiuxiu looked at Zhou Ming with admiration, feeling that the young master was too powerful.

"Not good, rabbits, lots and lots of rabbits!"

"We're surrounded by rabbits!"

Bai Yuan Bao suddenly let out an exclamation, his voice filled with fear.

Zhou Ming and the others looked up and were all stunned.

I saw that within the visible range of vision, in all directions, in the wilderness and dense forest, the ground was covered with uniform light gray coloring.

It's like a giant gray carpet.

What's even more terrifying is that on this giant gray carpet, countless eyes are flashing with red light.

The Pot Rabbit Army, coming!