It wasn't until the Seagull completely disappeared into the sky that Roland withdrew his gaze.

"Sometimes I think I can just build a front-line headquarters," he said softly, "staying in a place where everyone can see can not only boost morale, but also personally participate in the battle of the divine will, and in the future, the historians can record it and have a little more capital to brag about." ”

"Do you still care about that?" a low reply came from the void, "What's more, before being recorded in history, you have to put up with Wendy and the scroll's chatter until you voluntarily admit your mistakes and change your mind - I have experienced it, and it is definitely not something that ordinary people can bear." Let's give them less trouble. ”

Roland couldn't help but laugh, "That's right." ”

The battle with the devil is likely to last for months, if not years, and he will have to adjust to this new normal.

Thinking of this, he looked at the guards guarding in the distance, "Summoning everyone over, I'm going to the third frontier city next." ”

The latter immediately saluted, "Yes, Your Majesty! I'll go and inform the convoy!"

According to the report of Kemo Stow, there has been a new development in the research of rubber worms.

It's time to put the results to the test.

"Let's go," he nodded to his side, then headed for the airport exit.

......

After confirming that the secretions of rubber bugs were of great use, the Tachira Witch not only opened a series of new burrows for them, but also took on the role of keepers in their spare time.

After all, it is not easy to find ordinary people who can calmly face the devouring worms and talk and laugh in the wormholes, and long-term work underground is more likely to lead to psychological instability.

It can be said that this is another miscalculation by Roland, who underestimated the tolerance of people in claustrophobic environments.

Rubber bugs hate sunlight and dampness, and move to the sound, even if they are not aggressive, and the sound of the soots that resounded around them from time to time was enough to make people mentally debilitating.

He also couldn't provide lighting and communication equipment for every worker, formulate detailed shift rules, and get a set of psychological comfort instructions - not that it couldn't be done, but the cost performance was too low, and a large number of factories outside needed manpower, which could be used by pulling in, and there was no need to spend on the form of de-witching. Therefore, he simply transferred ordinary people to a more relaxed follow-up process.

And the chicken and duck rider Prius Disa has not been idle, and has spent all his free time writing breeding manuals and guiding production, and the related products of Neverwinter have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and he also has a credit that cannot be ignored.

The expanded scale of cultivation has provided more samples for glue testing, and it is with this basic research that Roland is in a position to involve the Minister of Chemical Industry for the next steps.

After entering the underground, Pasha stepped forward, "Welcome, Your Majesty. Your people are in the gum worm lab right now, do you need me to inform them?"

"No need, you can just take me there," Roland smiled, "By the way, I heard that Selene has built another new farm, which is bigger than the previous ones combined?"

"That's right, it's across the street from the lab," Pasha nodded, "not only does it apply the latest research from the Quest Society, but it also borrows ideas from the dream world - would you like to take a tour?"

"Oh?" he was intrigued, "of course. ”

"Then please follow me. 」

Through a long passage, Pasha led Roland to a large cave.

An iron fence was installed at the entrance to the hole, apparently to prevent the insects from escaping. Entering the cave through a small door on the side, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned - the environment in the cave was completely designed according to the ruins of the snow-capped mountains, with luminous plants, water systems and giant mushrooms, but the three had obviously been reasonably adjusted, and the plants were arranged along the edge of the stone wall and the flowing water, as if they had become new street lamps. As the staple food of insects, mushrooms are obviously the most abundant species, and the huge mushroom umbrella almost covers the ground tightly, and countless insects swarm in it, and only wriggling white bodies can be seen under the dim fluorescence. They happily nibble on mushrooms, and the dense clicking sound reminds Roland of the silkworms he raised as a child.

What surprised him even more was the size of the cave.

Judging by the endless glowing plants, it was only bigger than the main hall of the Third Frontier City—he had thought that the new farm was just a combination of several old caves, but now it didn't seem to be the case. The orderly blue points of light and the straight tic-tac-toe water system gave him a hint of a large factory.

"This is right on the edge of the Desperate Mountains, about the height of Neverwinter's surface. "If you open the hole from the south side, it's only a kilometer away from the Kingdom Road. 」

Doesn't that mean that the new farm is separated from Neverwinter by a wall? If he remembered correctly, he estimated the distance he had just moved, and it would not be more than two kilometers from the main city, and the outside of the rock wall should be the temporary settlement of the migrants.

Roland said thoughtfully, "To facilitate the transportation of slime?"

"Exactly. Pasha lifted her beard, "Your Majesty, look at the southern end. 」

He followed the other man's direction—and saw a deep gully looming beneath the wall, like a specially reserved escape route for rubber bugs.

"What's that?"

"Reclaim area. Pasha explains, "Selene took advantage of the insects' vocalism to carve a narrower and narrower passage in the wall. As soon as a specific chirp is made at the other end, they will burrow into it and head in the direction of the source of the sound - though due to the width of the passage, they can only poke out half their head at most, and their bodies will be stuck in the channel. 」

"And then?" asked the nightingale, who had been listening.

"Next, we'll activate the mana core at the end of the passage. Pasha continued, "It's been tuned to Blade Mode, which is typically used to defend against enemies in narrow passages. The core shoots out a bolt of magical light that fills the entire hallway, tearing through any obstacles that stand in its way. And that horizontal passage is the path that the magic light passes. 」

"The worm will be split in two, and the mucus in the belly will gather together along the drainage groove in the gutter, so that a large amount of mucus can be obtained at once without having to slaughter them one by one. She paused, "The reason why a kilometer of distance has been reserved is for the gatherers. As Céline envisioned, ordinary workers could enter the reclaiming area from outside the mountain, but they could see nothing but the slime-soaked trenches and pools. This is convenient for collection and less likely to cause panic. 」

“......”

Roland was speechless for a moment.

He has nothing more to add.

This scheme is very mature under the existing technology, considering the whole process from breeding to harvesting, if a rubber factory is built outside the mountain, it is almost even production and processing. In particular, this modern style of flowing slaughter line is worthy of the concept learned from the dream world.

It's just that wouldn't it be a bit overkill to use the precious magic core and Selene's lifelong research as a rude butcher's knife?

Even if you can't find the Chosen One and can't activate the Instrument of Damnation, you don't have to give up on yourself like that......

No, Roland suddenly noticed a problem.

"How many rubber worms can this farm hold?"

"It's expected to be around 100,000, but given their rate of reproduction, it will take about a year to fill this new field. 」

"What about the corpses after the slime?" he asked, "where are you going to transport it from?"

This is not a small problem, Roland has seen in the documentary, a modern chicken farm, the daily output of hundreds of tons of chicken manure, the slightest carelessness of the treatment, will cause serious water and soil pollution. Once scaled, any small detail can cause huge trouble.

Now you can still let the witch of divine punishment carry the corpse, but when the insects have multiplied to more than 10,000, it is easy to kill, and it is not so simple to clean up. If the corpse is not disposed of in time, the accumulation in the cave can have catastrophic effects.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Pasha chuckled, "Fran, they're not going to turn you down. In fact, the consumption of three worm carriers digging at full strength is quite staggering. 」

"Gollum—" After understanding the meaning of the sentence, the nightingale let out a wriggling sound of the stomach lining.

Belch...... All right.

Now Roland finally understood why there was a small door at the entrance, and why he had to install a large fence in one fell swoop.

Affection was just a meal lane reserved for the three witches.