Chapter 501: Earthworm Ranch

They advanced in the sewer pipes of the old era for most of the day, during which they climbed high and low, bends and rounds, and completely confused Chu Ge.

Just as he didn't know where the lair of the Fang Kingdom was, it suddenly dawned in front of him, and a broken sewer pipe led to an underground cavity created by an earthquake, and in this empty world, which was at least half the size of a football field, there was a beautiful noctilucent jungle.

The main body of the "jungle" is naturally luminous moss.

The luminous moss here was dozens of times larger and brighter than Chu Ge had seen at first.

They are like a slowly wriggling tide, spreading from the bottom of the cave all the way to the cave wall and the ceiling of the cave, using the faint blue fluorescence to outline the stalagmites, stalactites and the ruins of the old spirit mountain are mixed together, the light is bizarre, like a magnificent picture of a fairyland or a demon realm.

Between the luminous moss, there are also a large number of fungi and sporophytes growing, or slim, or fangs and claws, or windless automatic, or a drum and a suck, like the heart of a demon, and like a jellyfish blooming and dancing in the deep sea.

Most of the fungi and sporophytes are surrounded by a colorful halo.

It was a spore ejection, and a subtle reaction to the aura, like a dream, a beautiful dream.

The army descended into an incredible underwater world, the conquerors smiled relaxedly, and the surrenderers were so enchanted and suffocated that they could not trample on the holiness and tranquility with their filthy paws.

Chu Ge took a deep breath and felt strong spiritual energy ripples rippling in the air.

Even if he didn't use an instrument to test it, he could keenly perceive that the aura concentration index here must be extremely high, and it was an out-and-out "cave heaven blessed land".

Perhaps, behind this magical forest, there is a spatial gap that leads directly to the four-dimensional space, and the high-dimensional energy is constantly leaking through.

That's why the fungi and sporophytes here grow so densely, and they have undergone wonderful mutations, and they all have the ability to emit ghostly light.

Chu Ge also saw a lot of plants that needed sunlight to survive, and they also grew here very strangely.

It's just that, because they are trapped deep underground and can never absorb the sunlight, their leaf green has mutated, turning into a purple and red, delicate appearance, so gorgeous that it is not real.

The root system is also dozens of times more developed than normal, and even grows slowly wriggling tentacles, absorbing nutrients from all around - Chu Ge saw a plant similar to a glow-in-the-dark rose, and the roots and tentacles were actually wrapped around the bones of several small beasts.

It seems that the flowers in the underworld, which have been mutated by psionic stimulation, feed on lizards or rats.

A rat with a particularly large belly took two steps forward, took a deep breath, and doubled its round belly again.

It stood on tiptoe, straightened its tail, and whistled sharply.

The sound of a solitary cry was heard in the glow-in-the-dark jungle, and the roots and tentacles of the glow-in-the-dark roses, carnivorous plants resembling pitcher plants and flytraps, retreated to make way for the army.

Chu Ge watched as he walked, and was amazed.

This glow-in-the-dark jungle clearly shows signs of manipulation.

Passing through the outer layer of the defensive circle composed of carnivorous plants, there is a "farmland" inside, there are many plants and fungi growing, some of the large, coarsely haired, scarred rats are working hard, seeing the army appear, all of them are so frightened that they crawl on the ground, pouting their buttocks, erecting their tails, and not daring to move.

It may not be quite accurate to say "farmland".

Chu Ge observed carefully and found that the rat clan had not advanced enough to develop agriculture, and all the plants that grew here had little edible value—even by rat standards.

In the soft soil, there are many earthworms.

Because of the nourishment of the aura, the earthworms here are both fat and full, and there is a crystal clear, round and jade feeling, and its diameter is as small as the thickness of human fingers, and the big ones are like eels and loaches.

The main work of the rat clan is to drag these thick and long earthworms out of the ground, use embroidery needles and other spikes, poke out a transparent hole at both ends of their head and tail, and then, a group of two rats, respectively, use their tails to pass through the holes at both ends of the head and tail of the mutant earthworm, straighten the earthworms, send them to the fire on the side to roast, and after roasting them into dried earthworms, they are neatly stacked next to them to serve as strategic reserve food for the longtooth kingdom.

It's not an easy job to do.

Ordinary earthworms are especially good at digging in the soil, not to mention these "super earthworms" that are stimulated by aura to produce enhanced mutations.

It's really a fierce man who can dig deep into the dirt and drill without a trace.

In addition, they are covered in mucus, and they will struggle and writhe desperately when they grab it, especially when they are placed on the fire to roast, it is like an oversized spring.

It often takes all the strength of the rat people to make their faces red and their ears red, and they are tired and panting, so that they can barely roast an earthworm dry.

Chu Ge understood that this was not a farmland, but a pasture—a pasture for grazing mutant earthworms.

Earthworms rely on underground plants and fungi, as well as microorganisms in the soil, to feed on them.

The inhabitants of the Fangs Kingdom harvest protein from the super earthworms to keep the kingdom running.

The rats who work on the ranch - their rough and ugly appearance is quite similar to the "barbarians" of the rat tribe, let's call them gray rats or black rats.

The Cat Eater and the army under his command, smaller in size and brighter in hair, are moistened by the aura like marble statues, full of power and glory, let's call them white rats.

White rats and grey rats and black rats should not be a class.

The former was the conqueror and ruler of the Long Tooth Kingdom.

The latter were lowly slaves.

This can be seen from the treatment of the gray and black rats who work hard in the earthworm pastures.

They were obviously exhausted and crumbling, but on the ridge next to them stood some white rat overseers, holding barbed whips and embroidery needles curled in their tails, watching them with graceful looks, tearing off a dried earthworm from time to time, and chewing slowly and methodically.

As soon as the gray squirrel and the black mouse showed signs of stopping and gasping, they immediately jumped down violently, brandished the serrated whip and whipped it headlessly, whipped the gray squirrel and the black mouse into a literal head mouse, and rolled all over the ground until the gray squirrel and the black mouse were silent, and they returned to their overload of work, and then they went back to taste their dried earthworms.

Super earthworms that are stimulated by aura and produce mutations are not easy to mess with.

Among the hundred and ten super earthworms, there are always one or two who are talented, outstanding, and rare as extremely strong existences, with strong aggressiveness.

Especially after smelling the blood of gray squirrels and black rats, the strongest of these super earthworms will often attack the injured rats without fear of death, entangled the rats like pythons, minced bones, strangled their breath, and dragged them deep underground.

These rat slaves were originally smoked to death by the overseers, who could withstand the death entanglement of the earthworm powerhouse, and were able to break free from the ten of them, and the remaining poor insects were all sunk into the depths of the dirt, and they would eventually turn into a pile of dry bones in silence.

The white rat overseers watched lazily, without the slightest intention of coming up to the rescue.

Other gray squirrels and black rats seem to have lost the will to resist and even survive in the never-ending labor day after day, and they are insensitive to watch.

Even if they are close at hand, there are compatriots who are entangled by earthworms and dragged into the ground, but they do not dare, do not want to, and cannot move half of their paws.

Even, some gray squirrels and black rats fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth, their limbs twitched, and they were paralyzed from exhaustion.

They also inevitably suffered from being dug and buried by other rat tribes, and eventually became food for earthworms, raising super earthworms to be fatter and stronger.

The rat captives who had just surrendered to the Ivory Kingdom only found out that something was wrong.

It turned out that as a surrenderer, he did not join the army of the conqueror so easily, and nine times out of ten, he still had to become fertilizer and a cornerstone for the kingdom's progress - just like a slave in an earthworm pasture.

Unfortunately, they woke up too late.

The cat eater and his men looked at the prisoners of war with sarcasm and coldness on their faces, and there was no warmth on their faces for the prisoners of war to eat jerky.

They smirked and raised their embroidery needles and utility knives in their hands, signaling the prisoners of war not to riot, or they would bleed and throw them into earthworm pastures to be turned into fertilizer.

The prisoners of war let out a mournful cry, secretly regretting that they did not resist to the end at the beginning, faintly giving birth to guilt for the abandoned kindred, and after the guilt, they gave birth to a bit of luck - perhaps, their fate will not be so miserable, after all, their physique is one round bigger than the gray squirrel and the black mouse, they are different from them, they are not slaves, at least, they should not be such low-level slaves.