Chapter 44: Set Fire to the Mountain
Facing this forest that doesn't know that there are tens of thousands of trees, it is obviously not only Shen Xia and Fang Jin who have a headache. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
But after coming here to inspect on the spot, the traversers who have thoughts about the essence of plants and trees can't help but feel a sense of frustration and powerlessness in their hearts. Although only a small part of them are the boxwood trees mentioned in the Mujiadian news, the total number is still extremely staggering. Could it be that every boxwood tree here must be cut down in order to determine which one gave birth to the essence of the plant?
It seemed like an impractical project.
"What if we set fire to this forest, you say?"
On the periphery of this forest, after testing dozens of boxwood trees in a row, Fang Jin wiped his sweat and gave up the idea of cutting an axe on each boxwood, and instead came up with a yin idea. Since, according to the Mu family, the boxwood tree that gave birth to the essence of plants and trees has a certain instinct and can move, it will never sit still in the sea of fire, but will try to escape.
As long as it moves, that's a good way.
This trick is called scaring the grass and scaring the snake!
If it were the earth world, anyone who dared to set fire to the mountain would definitely be invited to tea by the police uncle. But this is the Marfa continent, and the forests and the number of demonic beasts that live in it are innumerable. Most of the Magnas don't care too much about forest fires, and no one would challenge a professional about it.
"Sounds good......"
Shen Xia was tempted for a moment, then shook his head and asked, "But have you thought about it, what if the fire gets out of control?" ”
The straight-line distance from Ginkgo Village is only more than 20 miles. It's easy to set a fire, but if the fire spreads all the way to the edge of the ginkgo village, it's a big problem.
Mafa doesn't care about forest fires, but when forest fires reach their doorstep, it's two different things!
"Yes."
Fang Jin sighed a little depressedly, if it was an ordinary bonfire, he was naturally sure. But he wanted to set fire to the mountain, but burned a forest within a radius of more than ten miles. This fire was too big for low-level professionals like them to control. If you are not careful, you are playing with fire and setting yourself on fire.
"Actually, I have an idea."
After rejecting Fang Jin's proposal, Shen Xia hesitated for a moment and came up with a solution.
That is: wait!
Mujiadian is one of the most aboriginal forces in Ginkgo Village, and he is also extremely familiar with the situation in Ginkgo Valley. Such a land snake still requires the help of traversers and the number of traversers to search. As you can imagine, the boxwood tree that contains the essence of plants and trees is definitely not so easy to find.
On the other side, Shen Xia and the hundreds of people who traveled through them all came from the direction of Ginkgo Village in the west of the forest.
From this, it can be inferred that if the boxwood tree is really still hidden in this forest, it is likely to be forced to keep walking east by the progressively deeper traversers, and finally escape from the east side of this forest within a radius of more than ten miles!
"What do you mean......"
Fang Jin somewhat understood Shen Xia's thoughts, the two of them didn't need to try their luck in the woods like other traversers, the probability was too slim, but they went directly to the east side of the woods to wait for the rabbit.
"At the end of the day, it's a matter of luck."
Shen Xia had seen this operation very clearly, and if they were lucky, they would have a good chance of waiting for the boxwood tree to escape on its own on the east side of this forest. If there is no result, or they are found in the forest by other traversers during the period, then there is no way, it can only be said that the destiny is like this, and they are destined to have no chance with this mission.
………
Fang Jin finally agreed to Shen Xia's proposal.
Of course, the two of them wouldn't really just stay on the east side of the woods and stay still, but would kill monsters and level up while other traversers were swinging and cutting down trees all over the world. Hundreds of traversers gathered here, which would definitely alarm the original living demonic beasts in the woods, and also attract the surrounding fierce beasts, which were all targets for Shen Xia and Fang Jin.
For the two, who were in the rhythm of frenzied leveling up a few days ago, it was not a problem to briefly switch back into this mode.
But the problem is that not everyone has a good brain.
Zhao Wugui happened to have none.
This LV2 warrior transferred to the Ginkgo Village at about the same time as Shen Xia. Because I didn't find a good leveling point, and I didn't want to suffer too much, I can't see the hope of upgrading to LV3 in a short time. With such a mind, you can imagine what kind of actions you will make after being irritable and impatient.
Relying on his good physical fitness and endurance, after trying nearly 100 trees in a row, Zhao Wu was annoyed.
He came up with the same method as Fang Jin, and completely ignored the consequences, and decisively implemented it.
The fire was initially inconspicuous, but eventually it began to spread rapidly after reaching a small area of trees that had died due to a lightning strike. The relatively dry weather of recent days, as well as mountain winds of at least level 5 or higher, have contributed to the fire to some extent. Zhao Wugui, who was still not satisfied, did not stop there, but began to set several fires nearby one after another.
As the fires spread and joined together in several places, the fires began to spread and spread rapidly.
Thick smoke rose into the sky, and when dusk came, the flames could be seen for ten miles. The birds and monsters living in the woods fled almost in groups, and their movements alarmed almost all the traversers who rushed in!
Some smart people realized the risk of setting fire to the mountain and tried to stop it, but it was already a little late by this time, and Zhao Wugui did not agree with them doing so. Others, seeing someone taking the lead, also remembered the "benefits" of setting fire to the mountain, so they simply set fire to it.
Overnight, the fire spread for several kilometers, and the red flames illuminated the night sky!
Shen Xia and Fang Jin couldn't help but be shocked by such a big movement. They thought of a way to set fire to it at the beginning, but they never dared to come forward, and they didn't expect that someone would dare to mess around. Looking at the flames that were slowly approaching this way from a distance on the east side of the woods, Shen Xia knew that someone was going to be unlucky this time.
The guy who set the fire, it would be better to pray for heavy rain in the next few days to keep the fire under control. Otherwise, once the fire gets out of control and gradually approaches the ginkgo village, it will inevitably alarm the aboriginal masters, and then hold someone accountable!
Even, the evaluation of the entire group of travelers will be implicated in this - although the aborigines do not treat them as "outsiders" very much.
However, since the matter is irreparable, Shen Xia is also happy to hitchhike. The black pot is carried by others, and the possible benefits are taken by themselves. Can there be a better thing in this world?
The only pity is that he is not the only smart person among the traversers.
If there was no trigger for arson, some people may not have thought of trying their luck in the woods. But with this fire, at least dozens of nimble minds realized that the boxwood tree lurking in the woods might be alarmed, and fled to the east, far away from the ginkgo village and the direction from which the traversers came!
As a result, they rushed to the east overnight, and spread along the edge of this forest, waiting for their opportunity.
Within the sight of Shen Xia and Fang Jin, there were at least two or three people hidden.
This competition is far more fierce than imagined. Affected by this, Shen Xia and Fang Jin didn't care about continuing to find nearby monsters to kill, but wandered back and forth in the place where the boxwood tree that gave birth to the essence of plants and trees was most likely to escape, and they didn't even mind entering the forest a little bit, waiting for chance and luck.
Thanks to the blessing of this fire set by Zhao Wugui, Shen Xia had a hunch that the boxwood tree would probably be alarmed earlier!