Chapter 287: Earthshade Worm
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In Tiesai, the newcomers are faced with a choice. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Or be honest civilians for life, and Tiesai doesn't have the extra strength to train them now. Or go straight to the battlefield and sharpen yourself with the battle in blood.
With Jiang Yuan's character, he naturally chose the latter. In her mind, there was also a figure worth chasing.
"Don't be stunned, do you see that ice beast? Let's go kill it! Thor laughed wildly and ran straight to the ground.
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On the 22nd day of the newcomer assessment, it was as early as ever.
After three consecutive days of land warming, at noon, Wren stood on the edge of the ground, his face was not good-looking.
Several people surrounded the field, and Coloros's voice was a little terrifying: "It's been a few days, and there are no signs of seedlings at all." β
A strong sense of foreboding came to his heart, and Wren's expression changed, as if he remembered something, and muttered, "Could it be... β
He squatted down and dug a ditch, which caused everyone to be puzzled, but they all saw that something bad was about to happen, and nervously gathered next to Wren to watch.
"ThisβThis is!"
The crowd screamed with horror on their faces!
There was nothing on the surface of the land, but when the soil below was broken and turned into loose sand, it fell away with a bang, and continued to dig down, and something more terrible happened.
A dense nest of half-centimeter-long white larvae, constantly wriggling, the seeds have long since disappeared!
The pile of bugs was uncountable, entrenched in a patch like countless tiny dots, their heads black, and it was visible to the naked eye that what they touched quickly disappeared and were devoured.
"Bastard, what is this!" Coloros yelled, grabbing a handful of larvae and pinching them to death, oozing thick green goo.
Kailin was blinded, and her body trembled, "Assessment, what can I do... β
It takes twenty days for the seeds to bear fruit, but there are only eight days left for the people to be cultivated.
Unless a miracle strikes and time accelerates, it is a fool's dream to cultivate 600 catties of black sweet potatoes. After all the hard work to get to this point, in the end, the bamboo basket was empty?
"Who did it, who did it?" Wren's face turned pale, and there was no doubt that the thriving seedlings had been swallowed by the bugs!
Ka Yue smashed his fist on the ground, brushed up, and Wren grabbed him, "Where are you going?" β
"Go kill the Tuka brothers."
Brother Tuca! Everyone was shocked.
Thinking about it carefully, these are the only people they have offended when they came to the Extreme Cold Ice Field, and they just happened to see the Tuka brothers take revenge recently, so it turns out that this group of bastards came up with such a ghost idea.
It has to be said that their plan was successful. The people of Wren were in chaos.
"No, we don't have evidence, if we kill the Tuka brothers at this time, the upper echelons will be punished, and our assessment will be in vain. Now the most urgent thing is to think of what can be saved! β
Wren frowned and thought hard, his heart jumped, and he hurriedly picked up the layers of larvae, as if looking for something.
"I remember that the seeds were covered with ice crystals to protect them from the cold! If the Tuka brothers had put the punch in before the seeds germinated, maybe the ice crystals would have been able to resist it! β
In a pile of punches, Wren almost cried tears of joy when he found a blue granular as he wished.
Everyone stared at the seed, as if they saw hope.
The ice crystals in the outer layer have become very thin, but the seeds inside are fine, as long as the punches are successfully expelled for cultivation, there are still 8 days left!
"Quick, go and see if your seed is complete!" Wren said urgently.
"Oh yes!" Coloros hurried to his field, dug it up and looked at it, and shouted, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay with mine!" β
At first glance, the seeds of the four people were fortunately unhindered.
The remaining puzzle is how to get rid of the bugs.
There are too many insects, and they are young, the eggs they give birth to are almost invisible to the naked eye, this thing is extremely survivable, even if one egg is left, it will collapse in the anthill for thousands of miles.
"If only there was fertilizer... Wren whispered.
"Try to expel with spiritual power?" Kayue proposed.
Shaking his head, Wren denied: "It's not reliable, our spiritual power release is the limit, and if we want to find such a small insect egg in detail, it's not something that can be done now." β
After pondering for a while, Wren stood up, he had to go somewhere, though he was very reluctant.
"Where are you going?" Kaylin asked.
"Mimer there."
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In the warm and comfortable living room, Mimer spent a lot of time clasping his ear to his ear, listening to Wren casually.
"Poof, poof."
Blowing off the above, Mi Mo said leisurely: "Oh? Bugs on the ground? Listen to your description of the earth shade worm, right? β
Shade bugs? Fresh noun, Wren's face was gloomy, it seemed that this thing knew something.
"So, is there a solution?" Kororos asked anxiously.
The four of them stood in a row nervously, for fear that Mimo would spit out a word of no. Mimer calmly clasped his ears, as if he hadn't heard what Coloros was saying.
After a while, when he put away the ear scoop, he said slowly: "Earth Yin Worm, it's not that there is no way." β
Coloros was overjoyed, "Really? How to fix it? β
"In the Extremely Cold Ice Field, there is something called the Purification Powder, which is the nemesis of the Earth Yin Worm, and when you encounter the Purification Powder, the Earth Yin Insect is like a snowflake that meets the flame and melts."
Mimmer stood up and asked the group to wait, and he went up to the second-floor warehouse himself.
After a while, he walked down with a packet of white powder and shook it in front of everyone's eyes, "Well, this is the powder of purification." β
Coloros' eyes widened, "Does it really work?" Afraid of this? β
"If you don't believe me, you can try this bag first." Mimer threw it casually.
Wren caught it and glanced at him, "How much does this thing cost?" β
"Hey."
Mi Mo laughed at the cunning old man, "The amount of your land is twenty small packets, and the price of one pack is... Fifty pounds. β
"Fifty pounds!"
Everyone was dumbfounded, calculating that twenty bags of grain would get 1,000 catties of grain, and they would only produce 600 per month, and half of the forces would be handed over, and it would take more than three months to pay it back.
"It's too expensive." Wren muttered, "Cheaper? β
"Huh."
Mi Mo smiled faintly and turned to see off the guest, "Do you want to be your freedom, pass the assessment with the purification powder, and pay off the debt in four months." If you can't pass the assessment, go back to your hometown, and don't come to gather spirits. β
This was said unceremoniously, and Coloros blew his beard on the spot and glared at him and grabbed Mimer's collar, "What? You repeat! β
Mimo squinted and said, "You still want to do it?" Tell you, touch me again, and don't even think about it, Purifying Powder. β
"Uhhh
Coloros' hand was trembling, and Wren gently put his shoulder on his shoulder, shaking his head, and Coloros let out a loud roar and shook Mimer away.
"Let's go, let's see if his thing is useful first!" Kayue dragged a few people outside, leaving Mimer sneering and shutting the door.
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Back at the edge of the field, digging a small pit to reveal the dense white larvae underneath, Wren opened a small bag of purifying powder and put the powder inside.
'Shh β
Like the sound of dry wood encountering fire, the white larvae turned in pain with green smoke and turned into powder after a while.
A few people were amazed, what a powerful effect! It seems that what Mimo said is true, the powder of purification is indeed the nemesis of the earthshade worm, and Mimo pinched the lifeblood of Wren in the palm of his hand, so he dared to be unscrupulous.
"Is there any other way than the Purifying Powder?" Wren thought bitterly, if it wasn't a last resort, he didn't want to leave it to others.
1,000 catties of grain, plus 240 catties owed before, can be described as a huge debt.
"How about asking Captain Chilian to help? After all, the Tuka brothers framed us. Kaylin said.
"I don't think so." Wren shook his head, "This is an assessment, no matter what happens, you have to solve it yourself, if you let Chilian help, she will only look down on us." Of course, when we go on the next expedition, we can mention it briefly and see how she reacts. β
In the end, everyone still came to Mimer, forced to incur a huge debt.
A large amount of purifying powder was sprinkled on the field, and the snorting sound was non-stop, and when the soil was turned over, it was seen that the larvae were dead in patches, and with a nervous mood, the night came, and several people returned to the house, waiting for the results of tomorrow.
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Three days later, something happy happened.
"Behold, the seedlings have grown!" Coloros exclaimed excitedly.
On top of the small earthen ditch, a small tuft of green the size of a fingernail grows, and there are two young green leaves, and it will not be long before the seeds in the ground will turn into fruit.
Wren's heart also settled down a little.
Day after day, the seedlings grew bigger and bigger, and by the time Chilian's third expedition came, they had reached fifty centimeters long.
Chilian glanced around and said with a smile: "It's not bad, the shadowless field is also cultivated very well, I believe that all members have passed this assessment." β
Halfway through, Wren vaguely hinted at what the Tuka brothers had done, and Chilian frowned slightly, not paying much attention.
When the seeds are cultivated to this point, you don't have to worry too much about it. Just keep instilling spiritual power, and black sweet potatoes will grow after a week.
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Finally, the 28th day of the assessment was ushered in.
This time, Chilian did not come to investigate, and she would directly test the results of everyone on the last day.
But today is a special day, and as expected, it's harvest time!
Wren stood at the edge of the field with a hoe on his shoulder, and next to it was a hemp bag, in which all the black sweet potatoes would be placed and tested by Chilian.
The laziest of all of them woke up early, and Wren woke up sweating profusely with a small pile of fresh black sweet potatoes in his sack.
Coloros wiped his sweat and shouted happily, "Come, eat!" β
After that, Yaoyao threw a black sweet potato the size of a thief, which was half the size of a basin, and it was 10 pounds bare.
"Just eat, you're welcome, this is a pure natural cultivation of my Coloros, haha!"
Wren was infected by his emotions, became excited, and said silently: Okay, I also have to reap the fruits!
Everyone was busy, and the flat sack soon swelled and overflowed, and it was replaced by another bag. However, Wren's expression was very strange.
He held the black sweet potato he had grown in his field, and the chill spread through every pore of his bodyβwhat was this?
The black sweet potato was covered with a layer of gray fluff, wet, and smelled foul, and the sweet potato he grew was very small, wrapped in a layer of ice crystals.
How could it be! The ice crystal layer has not completely melted away, so what's going on with this weird fluff?
The others soon noticed that something was wrong with Wren and gathered around to look at the strange black sweet potato in shock.
"Could it be..." With a guess in his heart, Wren hurriedly threw the ground aside, and everyone was stunned at a glance.
Deeper underground, a nest of finger-lengthened, half-centimeter-wide gray insects wriggled in unison, and the long body was surrounded by fine arthropods, like fish in water in the soil.
The Shade Worms are not dead, they are lurking deeper! Isn't the Powder of Purification their nemesis? Why doesn't it work?
This discovery made everyone uneasy, and Kayue and the others dug deep in their fields, but they did not find similar bugs. Of all the people, only Wren is in this situation.
"Bastard, they're maliciously targeting me!"
Wren said hatefully, "I'm going to find Mimer, what a bullshit purifying powder!" β
There are still two days left before the assessment time, and Wren is blinded in an instant, what can he do with this time? Holding a bunch of rotten black sweet potatoes, can he turn decay into magic?
Intensely angry and unwilling to kick into a frenzy, Wren kicked Mimer's door open, tugging at his collar and yelling, "The Purifying Powder you gave me is a fake!" β
There was fear in Mimer's eyes, in terms of strength, the Tuka brothers were not Wren's opponents, and he was not. What's more, after the last battle, Wren gathered his spirits for a while, and his strength was not as good as before.
"No way, how can my stuff be a fake? You're slandering me! Mimmer shouted.
In the end, Wren angrily pulled him to the edge of the field, grabbed a long shade worm and threw it at his face, "It's not a fake, why is it still alive!" β
Mimo was furious and couldn't speak, with Chronos behind him, Karin on the left, Kayue on the right, and Wren in front of him, wrapped in a ball.
After a month of gathering spirits, the talent of several people is not ordinary people, and in terms of strength, it is not something that a mere civilian Mimo can deal with.
Gritting and picking up the earth yin insect on the ground, his face changed slightly: "This, this is a variant!" β
Mutation? Wren stared at him.
"Due to some unstable factors, ordinary earth shade insects have a very small chance of mutating and growing like this. This kind of thing can't happen a few times a year, but the purifying powder has no effect on it. β
After explaining, Mimo snorted: "If you want to blame, blame your bad luck!" There is no way to deal with the mutant earth yin worm, and it can only be destroyed by the purest spiritual power, blame your fate for not being good. β
"This..."
Wren was furious, seeing that Mimer's expression did not look like a lie, in order to prove that the latter's words were correct, a group of people came to the civilian area viciously, and randomly pulled a few people to ask about the mutant of the Earthshade Worm, and their statements all proved that Mimer was right.
"Hmph, now you understand, right? If you understand, let me go! You scoundrels! Mimer said coldly. (To be continued.) )