At this time, Duck was trying to grow food on the stones.

Marduk, who had been silent since the Arhair tragedy, couldn't help but say, "Master, I've never heard of being able to grow food on stones. ”

"Why not? You've never heard of being able to grow food on the river. ”

The food problem is getting worse and worse, and no black marketeer dares to bring grain down. The Cathars stopped attacking the Menzaro people of the Thunder Demon Hill and instead attacked and infested the nearby Menzaro settlements.

Every day, a large number of foreign Menzaro people flee here with their families, and the loose tunnels quickly become narrow and crowded, and even several families are crammed into a small hole.

The Menzaro people were massively concentrating on the safe Farah node, and the skyrocketing population had caused the food reserves to quickly bottom out, and it was less than ten days.

The Holy Avatar's purpose is obvious: to eliminate the Mensaros by means of a blockade.

Faced with this poisonous plan, the people of Menzaro were at a loss. The ground is full of rock pits, and there is no food on the stones. In desperation, Duck remembered the water nursery of the Southern Jungle Castle Tribe.

Crops can be grown in the water, why can't they be grown in the sand?

He also has a killer move - the life totem of the Yanoma tribe in the southern jungle.

Alchemy is always moving forward, and George's improved psychic tower integrates the technology of the main tribes of the southern jungle. Under the influence of the totem of life, the growth cycle of crops can be greatly shortened.

There is no sunlight underground, which can be compensated for with a large number of light stone lamps, so there is no need to worry about the light, the air is barely passable, and as for the water, it is not difficult for Dark, who has the magical dried lizard.

Following the instructions of the dried lizard, Duck easily found a thin layer of dirt in the crevices of the rock formations, and when he dug out a clear stream with a shovel, the Menzaro people who followed him all knelt down and were amazed at him.

Among the many crops, Dak chose sand millet.

There are many wild crops in the desert with small grains, hard texture, and long survival of seeds. With just a little bit of water, it can grow quickly. For example, after an occasional rainstorm, the river is full of small white flowers, which can be tasseled and filled within three days. These small grains of wild crops are often used to feed camels, and although they have a bitter taste, they are difficult to swallow, and eating too much can cause bloating, but adults can still deal with them.

Sand millet with tenacious vitality and very short growth cycle has become the first choice to solve urgent needs.

But the cruel reality has been beaten with a stick, and the seeds can't be lived!

The seeds have been soaked in water for more than an hour, and with the blessing of the aura of the life totem, there is not even a single movement.

Marduk explained: "The seepage water in the ground is not the same as the spring water in the ground, it is poisonous, not only the seeds do not live, but people will vomit and diarrhea when they drink it directly, and they will die a heavy life." ”

Duck took a deep breath: "It should be that the ice and snow melt water on the ground has penetrated too deep and for too long, and it contains a large amount of minerals, so even if it is planted, people can't eat it, I thought wrong." ”

Someone in the back gave him a round game: "We have tried these methods, but they don't work, even if we bring down the good soil on the ground and put a layer on it, it will still not live - the stone is also poisonous." Otherwise, we wouldn't have risked trading with black market profiteers. ”

Duck shook his head: "Actually, these poisonous stones are ores with high content of metal elements, which have refining value. Unfortunately, we don't have time. Let's go, I'll think of a way. ”

Darker was a little sullen, soil and water, the two conditions are not met, how to solve the food problem?

Yes, no problem. The Psychic Tower integrates the mineral extraction function of Kutbarozeri's Hydrada Pillar, but even if the rock and water become relatively pure, the soil fertility will not increase!

The soil fertility of the desert is so poor and scattered that some drought-tolerant plants on the surface have roots up to twenty or thirty meters deep to survive.

Another difficult problem to solve!

Duck thought as he walked, when he was suddenly pulled away by Marduk: "Watch out there, big leader!"

Duck was startled, and looked up to see a small gray root the thickness of a little finger on the wall of the cave above his head.

"What's that?"

"Mud Slime, big leader, stay away from it, this little guy doesn't have a good temper. ”

Duck smiled and asked, "What, the slime still has a temper?"

"Of course. It likes to blow itself up. ”

Mud slimes are special slimes that live in rock caves and live by decomposing the corpses of insects in caves. They are extremely slow in their metabolism and movement, but they should not be underestimated.

They can accurately detect moisture and animal and plant carcasses in rock formations miles away, and then resolutely rush through them, secreting a special slime that corrodes hard rock formations.

On top of that, they possess an extremely tough Outer Moon Mo to prevent the loss of precious water, and their bodies are covered in purified, hard, sharp metal thorns, and if an enemy invades and tries to seize the water inside them, they will unleash a frenzied self-detonation attack that will kill them with their enemies.

Duck said, "I see, what if you soak them in water?"

"Don't, it will blow up if you suddenly encounter water. They will be very slow, very slow, little by little to contact with water. ”

"Got it, don't mess with them. ”

"Yes, Grand Chief, let's go. There's water here, and it's going to gather more and more. As for the problem of food, let's think of another way, or we will reduce it to two meals a day?"

"This is not a long-term solution, and besides, everyone is used to three meals a day, once it is reduced to two, it will definitely shake the morale of the army, right? This Murdez really has two hits, and we know that it is poisonous wine, and we have to drink it. No way, let's take a break. ”

Duck reluctantly set out on his way home.

As more and more Mensaros converged on the Farah node, the problem erupted more and more intensively. The cramped living environment is just one of them, and the conflict between the latecomers and the aborigines is even more troublesome.

The aborigines believe that the latecomers have squeezed out the living space, and the latecomers think that the tunnels are dug by sandworms, and everyone has a share, and if it weren't for the threat of Murdyz overhead, the two sides would have broken up long ago.

Everyone returned to the Farah node along the tunnel, turned two corners, and in front of it was a small node, and there were more than 20 families nearby, and more than 100 people lived together.

As soon as he entered the node, Duck heard a fierce scolding.

"You bastards, how many times have you said that you poured shit into the pit, poured it into the pit!"

"Yes, centralized feces are disposed of, that's the rule. If you don't deal with it quickly, you will be responsible for the plague once it is caused?"

"It's, it's just, these foreign bastards just don't have a good heart! Look at the way they are dirty!"

Duck was annoyed, and he hated this act of overturning a boatload of people with a rod.

That's right, the tunnel environment is relatively closed, although the temperature is slightly lower than the ground, but the humidity is greater, and the feces can easily cause plague if they are not cleaned up in time. So the people of Mensaro are very sensitive to this, and that's a good thing.

However, now that the enemy is present, whether it is the aborigines or the latecomers, they should unite and jointly resist the enemy, how can they be divided because of trivial matters?

Surrounded by the anger were a father and son, the father was a tall man on the ground, with a miserable face and ragged clothes, who did not dare to say a word, but held the child in his arms.

The child was a boy of seven or eight years old, and he was so frightened that his face was full of tears, and he did not dare to look up in his father's arms.

The fear of the father and son aroused the anger of the people around them: "Get out, get out!"

Suddenly, there was a sound of harmony all around.

Darker secretly screamed badly, left and right, separated the crowd, caught up with him in two steps, and blocked in front of the father and son: "Everyone calm down, don't ...... Ouch!"

Before his words fell, a stone was impartial, right in the middle of the forehead!

Marduk and the other guards are stupid!

Immediately after, the rocks rained down!

Duck stretched out his arms and shielded the father and son, letting the rocks crack on their backs. He knew that the emotions of the onlookers had been ignited, and if he did not take decisive action, he would cause a catastrophe. He roared, "Marduk, are you dead?"

Marduk yelled, "Close your eyes!" and then pulled out a flashbang and threw it hard.

The flashbang slashed a parabola and landed on Duck's back.

There was a muffled bang, and the bright light flashed!

Everyone who didn't close their eyes screamed in unison, covered their eyes with their hands, fell to the ground, and screamed one after another.

Marduk pulled out his steel shovel, regardless of whether others hurt or not, stepped on the belly of the fallen person, and jumped next to Duck: "Big leader, are you okay?"

Duck turned his back to the flashbang and closed his eyes in time, but the flash had no effect on him, except that his clothes were blackened, and the heads of father and son were held in his arms, and they were both unharmed.

The onlookers fell to the ground and kept screaming.

Duck stood up straight, clapped his hands, and said, "There are so many people, isn't it bullying?"

Marduk grinned and pulled out the first guy who threw the stone, and the sharp steel shovel pressed the kid's neck: "Big Chief, this is a stab, right?"

The kid couldn't see with his eyes and his ears were not deaf, and when he heard the words "big chief", he was immediately frightened: "Big chief, big chief! No, no, no, no, no, I didn't mean to......"

"Shut up!" Duck snorted, and the boy quickly fell silent.

Darke said: "Marduk, order to go down, from today onwards, anyone who dares to gather a crowd to make trouble, all rush to the ground, let them fend for themselves!"

"Yes!"

Duck turned to the father and son, "You are earthlings, why did you come here?"

The father was full of misery: "Great chief, the villain is a gardener from the port of Umlim, because he can't grow the flowers that will never wither as Lord Zahab wants, and he will be arrested and put in prison, so he ran away." ”

"Since you're here, you have to follow the rules, why don't you dispose of the feces according to the regulations?"

The father pulled his son to kneel down together: "Big chief, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, we'...... This kid likes to grow flowers...... There is a lack of flower fertilizer here, I ......"

Duck said angrily: "But you can't hurt others for your own liking! I'll help you this time, and next time, I'll kick you out!"

The little boy struggled to get out of his father's arms: "Great Chief, our flower fertilizer is not poisonous!

Before Duck could speak, an old aboriginal man next to him said angrily: "Nonsense! Is there any feces in your flower fertilizer?"

"Yes. ”

"Filthy gas in feces! Filthy filthy gas spreads the plague! This is something that everyone knows, otherwise, how could those filthy Dorland heretics be almost destroyed by the Black Death!"

The old man's words sparked a chorus of echoes.

Now the name of the great chieftain Hassan has spread throughout the world of Mensaro, and he is majestic, and he has spoken, and everyone does not dare to disobey it. But it's always okay to be reasonable, right? It's not a foul, is it?

The little boy protested: "Our flower fertilizer has been treated!"

The old man paused word by word and asked angrily: "I only ask you, yes, no, yes?"

"Yes. ”

"We know you are pitiful, but just now the big leader said, come, you have to obey the rules! We don't have enough food to eat, you can't cause any more trouble!"

The little boy took out a small flower pot from his arms, which contained a small six-leaf seedling and a small half pot of light brown mud: "No smell, it has been treated, it is not poisonous, it is really not poisonous!"

He was answered with a silence as deathly.

Duck didn't know how to speak, and he didn't say a word.

Marduk couldn't help it: "Dump it, kid." It's not toxic now, but it may not be in the future. The Black Death did not come out on the same day...... For everyone's sake, we can't take any chances. ”

The boy's father sighed, "Throw it down." Later, perhaps, there will be a chance. ”

The little boy's tears flowed: "Dad, how much effort have you put into it......"

The father snatched the flower pot with his hand: "Give it to me!" and turned to leave.

The little boy screamed, pounced on it, and bit his father on the wrist!

His father didn't expect his son to suddenly go crazy, and as soon as his hand was released, the flower pot fell.

The little boy grabbed it and shouted with all his strength: "It's not poisonous, it's not poisonous!"

He grabbed a handful of mud and stuffed it into his mouth!

Everyone was stunned, even the little boy's father was dumbfounded!

Duck reacted and slapped his palm on the back of the little boy, whose closed mouth couldn't hold it and spit it out.

The old man, who was still aggressive just now, stepped forward and helped the little boy up: "Child, what are you...... Why bother......"

The little boy wailed, "No...... No toxic ...... You don't believe me...... No poison ......"

The boy's father rushed to him, hugged his son tightly, and cried loudly.

Duck stepped forward and picked up the flower pot on the ground, leaned close to his nose and smelled it, there was indeed no peculiar smell, only a faint earthy smell, he dug up a piece, and smiled: "Let me taste it too-"

Before he could finish speaking, Marduk snatched the dirt from his hand, and without saying a word, swallowed it in one gulp, then tilted his neck vigorously and swallowed it into his stomach!

"Lao Tzu...... Belch...... Lived sixty-seven years...... Belch...... There's not a couple of days left!Uh, this thing...... Prick your throat...... Oh, it's better - Lao Tzu ate a big bite today, and Lao Tzu will die first! If he doesn't die, who will dare to talk about things in the future," the old guy looked fierce, and stuck a shovel into the ground, "just eat Lao Tzu!"

Everyone applauded in unison.

The old man just now took a few steps towards the father and son, and knelt down with a plop: "Both, I misunderstood you!"

Many of those present bowed their heads in shame.

The father was not good at words, wiped his tears, and patted the old man on the shoulder: "Please...... Please get up. ”

The old man stubbornly refused to get up: "Please, don't plant flowers, help us grow food!"

A word woke up the dreamer, and all the aborigines knelt down in unison: "Help us grow food!"

"We are father and son, too...... The Mensalo people are gone. Everyone...... Thank you...... Thank you...... The people of Menzaro are immortal from hunger!"