Volume 2: The Loose World Chapter 113: Re-examination (15) Hybridization and Experimentation
In the twenty years of the Mu tribe, the population of the tribe reached 600, 40 old people, 300 adults, 90 teenagers, 70 children, 100 young children, and all those over 15 years old became warriors.
With the rapid development of construction and agriculture, five storage warehouses, three departmental halls, two large residential houses, and a stone road being paved, the farmland has grown to 300 acres, and most of the fertile soil under the mountain has been cultivated.
Two hundred acres are planted with wheat, 50 acres are planted with potatoes and sweet potatoes and other grains, and 50 acres are planted with various vegetables. The development of animal husbandry is relatively slow, and the grasslands are busy pioneering, and most of the hunting animals are predators.
The herbivores encountered are mainly driven away, without the support of fresh blood, and so far, there are only 50 pigs, 20 sheep, a dozen deer, and 300 chickens, which can occasionally be slaughtered and eaten.
Ten years of isolation from the world, instead of making the tribe retreat, gave the tribe a chance, made up for the losses of the war with the Fire Tribe, raised its strength to a higher level, and opened up the seaside to solve the salt problem.
The seaside is full of a large number of sea beasts, it is true that there is a danger in making and extracting salt, but there is no way to do it, relying on the scattered salt soil of the grassland alone, it is impossible to maintain the needs of the tribe, as long as it is carefully hidden, it is rarely in danger.
For the gradual strengthening of the Wood Tribe, the most panicked is naturally the Fire Tribe, which has been attacking for ten consecutive years, only to find that they are not only not weakened, but have become stronger, and their defensive strength is constantly rising.
The fire leader, who originally had the idea of trapping and dying, planned to besiege the wood tribe and weaken the enemy's strength, also wavered, and the offensive gradually became compact, from once a year at the beginning to once a few months later.
The hunting team, which expanded to 200 people, was divided into two teams of 100 people, who took turns to go out to hunt in the grassland, and the other group stayed behind to help the tribe build and farm, and prepare for the attack of the fire tribe, and the tribe was in order.
The number of flesh warriors reached fifty, and two more reached the peak of flesh warriors and became the captains of two hunting teams, and the leader had already reached the limit of flesh warriors and had taken a large amount of flesh and blood beasts.
But there is no movement of the ability awakening, if you can't become a special warrior, you can't resist the fire boss, and the power of the ability warrior can't be matched, unless hundreds of flesh and blood warriors are surrounded by long-range weapons.
The growth and breakthrough of a warrior is nothing more than three conditions, qi and blood, energy and qualifications, qi and blood and energy are definitely enough, the leader just lacks qualifications, and if the qualifications are not enough, he can only use a large number of medicinal materials to accumulate.
Everything has a limit, just like the plants and animals of the tribe, which are updated and iterated wildly for a few years, and then the rate of change becomes slower and slower until it stops completely, and no more changes can occur.
The size, energy, and growth cycle of vegetables, melons and fruits, the body shape, silk quality, and cocoon-forming speed of white silkworms, and the efficacy, volume, and year increase of medicinal materials all have their own fixed limits, and it is impossible to grow indefinitely.
People also have limits, to the limit, there is no way to break through, can only rely on the accumulation of energy, and the precipitation of time, it takes a very huge price, in order to cause qualitative change.
During the twenty-year sacrifice, the leader told the Wood Witch about his difficulties, and after the birth season, the Wood Witch rarely left the tribe, did not go out with the hunting team, but only told them what he needed.
Not long ago, Tuzheng, Huozheng and Tao Zheng also found him and informed him of the difficulties encountered by the department, which was nothing more than a few raw materials, Tuzheng needed more stones to pave the road, and the stone mine behind the cave had bottomed out.
Huozheng needs more wood, and the tribe's stored wood has long been insufficient, so it has been used as building materials for Tuzheng, and there is not much charcoal left for burning.
Tao Zheng needs clay, the clay under the mountain has been used up, and it is no longer possible to make pottery and bricks, and at the same time, Tuzheng also needs her to provide a large amount of lime to make Sanhe soil, but the limestone of the tribe is not much left.
There are a lot of stones in the grassland, which can be transported back by the hunting team with the help of a cart, but the wood cannot be counted on, and there are only a few low shrubs in the grassland at most, which can be used for fire, but cannot be used for construction.
Mu Wu is also ready to pave the stone road, and then strengthen and strengthen the city wall, no wood will definitely not work, the grassland will definitely not be able to count on, can only venture to the jungle to cut down, take advantage of the fire tribe to hunt, go early and return early, it should be fine.
Limestone has not been found elsewhere, and can only rely on the former limestone mines, fortunately, the location of the limestone mines, not too far from the north city gate, the place is remote, and the risk factor is much lower than obtaining wood.
As for the clay, there will be no shortage on the grassland, but it has not been found for the time being, and it is not difficult to find it by sending people to deliberately look for it. For the tasks on the grassland, there are stones and clay, and in addition, the wood witch also needs horns and tendons.
Horns and tendons are definitely used to make bows and arrows, which are the best materials for bow-making, and there are herds of bison and zebras in the grasslands, and the tribes have also encountered them a few times, but they are just busy opening up the road and do not chase and hunt.
Since the trade of the River tribe was cut off, there was no fresh horn to make supplements, and the tribe's strong bow was used less and less, and the broken one was less, which was the only one that could threaten the fire leader so far, and there could be no loss.
He also specially explained to the hunting team, if you meet a pony and a calf, try to bring it back alive, the cattle can plough the land, the tribe spends planting every year, no less than a hundred, if there is a ploughing ox, ten people are enough.
And when the foal grows up, it can also be trained into a mount to enhance the combat effectiveness of the warriors, whether it is the jungle or the grassland, the cavalry is invincible, and the cavalry composed of two hundred flesh and bone warriors is enough to level the entire fire tribe.
In addition, it would be better if you could encounter ores, after all, metal weapons are still the most scarce resource for the time being, and they are also the most useful resources, which can most effectively improve the strength of the tribe.
After handing over the task to the hunting team, the Wood Witch rarely went out with him, and most of the time, he stayed in the mountaintop medicine garden, built a small cabin, and tried to cultivate new herbs and make miraculous medicines that could enhance his strength.
If the leader can break through and become a supernatural warrior, it is of course a good thing for the wood tribe, and the tribe has an anomaly warrior, so there is no need to be afraid of the fire tribe, and it is a matter of time before the other party is destroyed.
He once encountered a Titan python in the forest, and there was a half-red and half-green fruit on the small tree where the python was waiting.
However, the jungle was occupied by the Fire Tribe, and the people of the Wood Tribe couldn't go out, how could they defeat the fierce python under their noses, but they were afraid that the strange little tree had already fallen into the hands of the Fire Tribe.
I can only pin my hope on myself, try to see if I can cultivate a new type of herb, or prepare a prescription to enhance my strength, such as Polygonum multiflori, ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, and astragalus found on the way to open up the wasteland.
These were originally great tonics, which could make up for a large amount of blood qi and essence, and after the cultivation and promotion of the totem tree, the medicinal effect was strengthened several times, and now they are on par with the qi and blood spirit fruit, and can directly create qi and blood warriors.
If you continue to catalyze improvements and use them properly, it may not be impossible to create a stronger elixir, as long as it is successful, it will not only make the leader become an abnormal warrior, but even the rest of the tribe can also break through.
The mass production of special ability warriors is exciting to think about, but such a thing, obviously, in a short period of time, can not see results, even for a long time, there may be results, all the hard work is wasted......
The Wood Tribe fell into peace, and the warriors who stayed behind went out a few times, carefully avoiding the ranks of the Fire Tribe, bringing back a large amount of wood and limestone, which made up for the emptiness of the tribe, and the paving work continued.
It's a pity that during a certain felling later, he was accidentally discovered by the warriors of the Fire Tribe, and although he retreated decisively in time, he also lost two warriors, and many warriors suffered trauma and never had a chance again in the near future.
Fortunately, there are a lot of limestone and wood transported, which is enough to be used for a long time, if you save a little to use, the house will still take grass roots and shrubs, and it can support a longer time, and then try to move again.
The hunting team also brought back stones and clay, there are a lot of these two things on the grassland, but not too much each time, you need warriors to guard by the side, otherwise it is easy to be attacked by fierce beasts in the grass, these guys are fine!
Bison and zebras also hunted a lot, because the wood witch had deliberately confessed that they were going to use their materials to make bows, and they were all cattle and horses in their prime, and the bison were very strong, and it took a lot of effort from the tribe.
The horns are big and curved, the color is blue and white, the cowhide can be made into cow glue, which is fire red, and the effect of bonding is better than fish fat glue, and it can also be used to make leather armor, which will not be worse than tiger skin and deer skin.
The galloping horses on the grassland, vigorous and fast, such horse tendon is the best material, rich in elasticity, horse rubber made of horse skin white and red, is also a good bow making material, the quality is only ranked below the cow glue.
Within ten years, the hunting party had killed thirty bison and twenty wild horses, and the Wood Witch had obtained these materials and gave birth to a group of fifty-year-old Santuo, choosing straight and smooth lines as dry materials.
The hard bow made has a range of one hundred and twenty zhang, and within eighty zhang, it can penetrate the flesh and blood of the fierce beast, and ten flesh and bone warriors hold a hard bow and cooperate with the bronze spearhead to successfully hunt a giant fierce beast turtle.
The calves and foals were also sent back to the tribe one after another, but unfortunately these little ones were wild and difficult to train, and were accustomed to the grassland at ease, and struggled tirelessly in the enclosures, attacking the pens, not eating or drinking, and exhausting themselves to death.
Mu Zheng was helpless about this, but the solution appeared here in Mu Wu, several tonic drugs were catalyzed by him, and they also reached the limit, the potential of medicinal materials was very high, but his ability could no longer support strengthening.
He mixed several tonic herbs and blended them with many herbs to successfully concoct a miraculous medicine to enhance his strength, but the effect of the medicine was only effective for the qi and blood warriors, and it was of little help to the flesh and bone warriors, and it was completely useless for the leader.
So Mu Wu had a whim, wanted to cross several tonics, to see if he could fuse the medicinal properties, and took other plant experiments, the hybridization of tonics was not successful, and the plants that were tested had abnormal changes.
There are benign, ramie and water chestnuts combined, the lower side is evergreen and black fruit, the upper side of the plant is luxuriant, can be used to make hemp, there are also malignant, grapes and bitterness combined, the branches bear small fruits, sour and astringent.
The most remarkable result is the combination of peppercorns, mandala and poppies, the thorns on the tree change from wood to grass, and the bunches of fruit are gone, leaving only white flowers, leaving finger-sized fruits after the flowers are gone.
At first, the Wood Witch didn't notice anything unusual, and tested the medicinal properties of the small round fruit, and found that there was nothing special, so he threw it directly to the timberwolf who cleaned up the medicine residue, and did not notice its subtle changes.
Later, a big sheep broke free from the gate of the circle at night, and was not discovered by the night watchmen, so he ran and ate while walking, and accidentally ran to the mountain, and was attracted by the newly planted pepper tree, so he bit a few fruits and ate them.
The next day, when Mu Wu came to the medicine garden, he saw a goat standing obediently in front of the tree, and after many years of breeding, the goat was still wild and untamable, and never let the people touch it, but he did not move when he saw him.
Mu Wu was afraid that he was running around, so he called the warrior to arrest him, but the warrior stepped forward and picked it up directly, it didn't even struggle, Mu Wu sensed that something was wrong, and stepped forward to observe carefully, only to find that something was wrong.
After the hunting team came back, he asked someone to bring the other two, followed the hunting team of jungle wolves, the three big wolves stood and compared, he saw the difference, the other two still have fierceness in their eyes, but they are very light.
And the timberwolves he fed the fruit, those eyes were full of meekness and peace, and there was no fierceness at all, and he did the same, and fed the other two timberwolves, and the little ferocity in the eyes of the two heads was also eliminated.
The jungle wolf, which was originally a pure carnivore, gradually became an omnivore after many years of breeding by the tribe, and the wood witch often fed it with medicinal residues, swallowed it without thinking about it, and looked at the rest of his hand.
The Wood Witch didn't give them any more, he didn't know if there were any side effects, what if he fed them waste? There are so many animals in the tribe, some of them are animals for him to test, and the three jungle wolves were domesticated with great difficulty.