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There are two terrible things about this creature, the first is the activity of their population, even if the highest level of a single waterfly is only level 2, they usually appear in hundreds or thousands at the same time. www.biquge.info As the so-called ants bite the elephant in groups, the number of ants can be as high as that of high-level beast soldiers and even beast generals, not to mention that compared with the spotted insect beasts that are also collective activities, the individual strength of the water fly beasts of the same level is more than several times more than that.

The second terrifying point of the waterflies is that they are amphibians on land, sea and air. Although they can only swim temporarily in shallow water, and the altitude of the flight is not as high as that of flying brutes, so that the so-called amphibious is not worthy of the name, but for humans, it is an out-and-out nightmare.

Except for special kinds of exercises, human beings can only have the ability to stay in the air after entering the Qing level, and the soldier-level sergeant and the flying waterfly beast can fight against each other, unless it is a well-trained bow and arrow brigade, it is impossible to exert all its strength.

This is also the reason why Gong Zhen was so dismissive of Qiao Ximing's gambling contract.

The sergeant sent to investigate has already come back and reported that the number of waterfly beasts in the burial bay is about 1,200, of which the number of barbarians is more than 400, and the number above the first level is no less than seventy.

"This Qiao Ximing, the arrogance of Zhen Teniang!" Gong Zhen spat at the ground.

At this time, he had already dismounted the beast, and took the sergeant of the Third Army to guard a small forest north of Fushui Bay, with his two lieutenants standing beside him, among which Huan Rong also had a deep expression on his face, but Huang Liu was silent, and he did not speak out to echo Gong Zhen's words.

Huan Rong found an abnormality: "Little Liu, what's wrong with you today? It can't be nervous, right?"

Immediately, Gong Zhen also looked at Huang Liu, with scrutiny and inquiry in his eyes.

Huang Liu immediately smiled: "What's the matter, it's just that I think it's ......"

Feeling the hesitation in that tone, Gong Zhen was slightly dissatisfied, and said in a thick voice: "Where is such a mother-in-law, when I saw you for the first time in the military field, the most thing I couldn't stand was your character, if you have something to say, tell me quickly!"

"Yes, Captain!" Huang Liu's eyes flashed: "Actually, I think that since it was Captain Qiao who proposed the gamble himself, he should be prepared, otherwise he would ......"

"He's just a megalomaniacal little guy, that's all. Gong Zhen didn't want to listen to Huang Liu's words at all, and interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "He thought that reaching the high level of the soldier at a young age would prove that he was a proud son of the sky, but fighting this kind of thing is not cultivation, and it is not something that can be done by opening his mouth and talking empty words." ”

"Wait and see, I'll let him know in two days how wrong he was!"

Huang Liu completely shut up.

Even though it wasn't for a long time, he had a very clear understanding of Gong Zhen's character, no matter what he said at this time, it was impossible for the other party to listen to it, not to mention, before he stepped into the military rank, the scenes he suffered in the military field are still clearly engraved in his mind.

Hubris?

Then wait two days and see who is arrogant!

Huan Rong on the other side saw this scene in his eyes, and quickly changed the topic: "Captain, should we cooperate with the task Qiao Ximing said over there?"

"Of course, we must cooperate! Not only must we cooperate, but we must also do it perfectly, so that he will not have the opportunity to put the responsibility on our Third Army after he fails!" Gong Zhen's eyes were like lightning, and he swept towards the two hundred sergeants behind him.

"Pass the order, the whole army will be divided into three teams, and I will lead a hundred people to hunt down medium-sized beasts with all their might; Huanrong you will lead thirty people to be responsible for cutting down trees, and throw them down along the river in batches from time to time; Huang Liu will lead another hundred people to collect phantom flowers, grind them into powder, and sprinkle a circle on the north side of the burial bay every hour from the beginning of the hour, and all the people will come back and gather!"

At the sound of the order, the two hundred people immediately separated and carried out their tasks in different directions.

......

Guo Yu took the hundred sergeants of the Fifth Army and went around to the south of the Burial Bay, and Qiao Ximing assigned them only one task, which was the same task as Gong Zhen gave Huang Liu, which was to collect phantom flowers and grind them into powder.

This order made all the sergeants very puzzled, not understanding what the collection of phantom flowers had to do with the recovery of Fushui Bay, and a few brave sergeants raised this question to Guo Yu after dividing the troops.

But Guo Yu just shook his head, indicating that he didn't know Qiao Ximing's intentions.

In fact, he and his sergeants were the same, and they didn't know what medicine was sold in Qiao Ximing's gourd.

The only thing that Guo Yu is clear about is the role of phantom flowers.

Phantasmal flowers are not uncommon in the abandoned boat star, and the characteristics are very obvious. Its flower color is orange and red, and the petals have countless light-colored filaments, which have a strange refraction effect on light, whether it is in the sunlight or the moonlight, these filaments will slowly agitate, like pale red blood vessels flowing in the petals, exuding a strong breath of life, making people have illusions about life.

This characteristic is also the origin of the name of the Phantom Flower, but it is somewhat ironic that the place where the Phantom Flower grows is usually around the area where a large number of creatures have died, as if it really absorbs the life force to grow, and on the abandoned planet where brute beasts and humans are constantly in conflict, death can be seen everywhere, and it is also very common to use Phantom Flowers.

Waterflies rely on the bodily fluids of dead creatures for energy, and are scavenging brute species, probably for this reason, they are very disgusted by the breath of phantom flowers, which seems to be the kind of color that symbolizes life, making them extremely uncomfortable to survive by death.

However, the Phantom Flower is not a poison, and its effect on the Water Fly Beasts is only to disperse them, and it is impossible for the thousands of Water Fly Beasts to scatter the phantasm pollen on the periphery of the Burial Water Bay.

"Phantom Flowers...... Beast carcasses...... Timber...... ...... of the Nanyu River"

Guo Yu continued to collect with the sergeant, still doubting in his heart.

What kind of calculation did Captain Qiao have in his heart?

......

Time passed, and the three scorching suns gradually overlapped.

Qiao Ximing, who made the bet, had already crossed the Nanyu River from the north river of the burial bay with Xue Yiwu and seventy sergeants at this time, and appeared on the east side of the burial bay.

Look at the sky, it's almost time.

"Gong Zhen's wood, I don't know how to prepare?" Qiao Ximing muttered to himself silently.

Xue Yiwu stood beside him with her swaddling clothes in her arms, her eyes a little curious, but she remained silent and did not make that soft sound.

The seventy sergeants behind him were a little restless, it had been almost half an hour since they ventured to the east of the burial bay, Qiao Ximing had been letting them rest in place, but now under the high temperature and scorching sun, this clueless waiting was the most anxious, and they couldn't help whispering.

In the middle of the night, a sergeant suddenly stumbled out of the queue.

Qiao Ximing glanced back, and with his perception, he naturally knew that this sergeant was pushed out, and he was here to be a representative, wanting to get some information from himself.

But he just looked at the sergeant lightly and said, "Why are you out of the ranks?"

In the entire Zuo Sige Army in Heilin Town, Qiao Ximing's majesty is the most famous, especially these sergeants in the same army as Guan Xin, who can understand Qiao Ximing's terrible even more.

It was just a plain sentence, and the sweat on the sergeant's forehead gathered together and ran down his cheeks.

After standing a little cowardly for a long time, he finally couldn't bear this silent atmosphere, and said: "Report, report to the captain! I have a question and want to ask you!"

Qiao Ximing turned around and looked at the sergeants: "What's the problem?"

The sergeant gritted his teeth: "Everyone wants to know, how is the captain going to kill this group of water fly beasts in the burial bay?"

There was a tremor in his voice, obviously afraid of being scolded by Qiao Ximing. But Qiao Ximing just tilted his head and looked at Xue Yiwu's eyes.

He had already noticed that curiosity, and when he was asked by this sergeant at this time, he couldn't help but feel a little emotion in his heart that he had never felt before, and kept pouting, making the corners of his mouth hook up a slight arc.

"You all want to know?"

"Yes. ”

Under the bland questioning, the sergeants hesitated, and then nodded in unison, but their voices were a little weak.

Qiao Ximing lowered his head as if thinking, then raised his head and said, "Then I'll give you some hints!"

Everyone's eyes were surprised, and they found that the lieutenant's personality was a little different from what he thought, and at the same time, his curiosity was aroused.

With his arm raised, Qiao Ximing pointed in the direction of Burial Bay.

"When it was still called Fengchun Bay, a businessman who went to Xinfan Town had an idea, and he said to his friends that the main reason why the quicksand land stopped at the location of Fengchun Bay was because of the existence of the Nanyu River, which not only moistened the soil, but also allowed the sand to condense and form an oasis. ”

Everyone listened curiously, and the sergeant's eyes fell into thought, and he glanced at Shae Dance.

He felt as if he had an illusion, as if from the captain's own soldiers, there was a slight feeling of coldness and penetration, and even the extremely strong sunlight in the sky did not seem so hot.

"The businessman was excited and felt like he had found a huge business opportunity. He thought that if he could turn the whole quicksand into an oasis, he would be able to make a huge profit, so he hired hundreds of workers and spent two months digging a tributary from the Nanyu River, crossing the burial bay and extending towards the quicksand......"

Some careful sergeants had already noticed the tributary in the burial bay, but it was only after passing the dilapidated area that it gradually narrowed and cut off, and did not reach the entrance to the quicksand.

But the truth is that the merchant has failed, and perhaps he has given up on diverting water to green the quicksand. Two months later, he was approached by a knowledgeable friend who said that his idea was not feasible because such a simple diversion into the sand would not only fail to green the quicksand, but would also cause sand erosion and even silt up the waterways of the Southern Regions. ”

The sergeants didn't know what sand erosion was, but they did know why the tributary didn't flow into the quicksand.

The merchant stopped digging the tributaries, but he didn't fill in the half of the tributaries that had been dug up, so there are now half of the tributaries in the burial bay, which is why the water-loving water flies occupy this place. ”

After listening to Qiao Ximing's story, the sitting sergeant was still very confused, but the sergeant who was pushed out lowered his head and kept muttering to himself: "Tributary...... Timber...... Beast carcasses...... Phantom Flower ......"

If Guo Yu were here, he would have found that the content of this sergeant's self-talk was extremely similar to his.

"Spawn!" the sergeant suddenly raised his head, his eyes shining at the Burial Bay.

Qiao Ximing's eyes jumped out of a little surprise, he didn't expect this sergeant to really find a clue, with a faint smile, he nodded and said, "Yes, I just want them to have children!"

Then he looked at the sergeant, squinted his eyes and asked, "Your name is Zheng Xi?"

The sergeant was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Qiao Ximing to remember his name, and nodded a little excitedly: "Yes, it was originally familiar, but later I felt troublesome, so I changed it to the west of the west!"

Qiao Ximing's eyes showed an inexplicable glint, and then said, "It's better to change it back, it's more suitable for you." ”

Zheng Xi was slightly stunned, and a little excitement suddenly surged in his heart.

"Yes, Captain!"