Chapter 9: The Secret of Thornberry Wine [I]
Fan Sheng said earnestly to the meek while rummaging through the rabbit meat. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Got it?"
Hu Guangyu, Zuo Chengwen, and Xi Xuan looked at each other, especially Hu Guangyu and Zuo Chengwen, and even looked surprised, they have been with Meek for many years, and they know very well that this Meekness is not docile at all, but Meek's next reaction shattered their inherent cognition.
Meek nodded very meekly, took out a small notepad from his clothes, and recorded what he said.
"Thank you for your teachings, I will take them to heart. ”
After eating, Fan Sheng lifted the big wound to reveal the wound on his abdomen, which had been carefully dressed, as well as the potency of the acanthic wine, and was no longer in serious trouble, but he was still not able to do strenuous exercise. The boy leaned back to the fire, sprinkled a handful of powder in the fire, and put the wound in the rising smoke.
After doing this, Fan Sheng took a sip of thorn fruit wine, leaned on the somewhat warm stones baked by the fire, and said, "Tomorrow I will take you to the Giant Tree Canyon, the thorn fruit tree likes to be shaded and wet, and its distribution in the canyon is also different, and when the time comes, I will take you to find all the thorn fruit trees I found." ”
The four people who had been sitting and waiting for a long time showed happy looks, and Zuo Chengwen first asked: "How many acanthocarps does the acanthocarp produce every year, according to the existing examples, an ordinary person needs to drink acanthocarp wine every day for two to three months before it can break through the core barrier. So how many people can the annual yield of the thornberry trees in the Giant Tree Canyon provide? ”
Zuo Chengwen's question appropriately asked the confusion of several people, and the three of them looked at mortal beings together.
"It's about 300 people a year, and of course there's definitely a spiny fruit tree in the Giant Tree Canyon that I haven't found, so you can look for it again. "The way of mortal life.
Zuo Chengwen flicked the firewood and continued: "Understand, compared to the constant yield, we can also delve into the amount of spiny fruit wine used per person, after all, there are too few examples now to be representative. I think we can save a little bit on the amount of use per person. ”
Xixuan also has her own little abacus, she knows that although others will give some help because of her status, but her share will not exceed fifty percent at most, that is, 150 people per year. This is already a good achievement, and it can be exchanged for a decent number of points.
It's just that this is not enough, when Zuo Chengwen introduced the Black Thorn Redeemer to the white hair, she has been listening, Zuo Chengwen knows a lot, but it is not complete. He didn't know, for example, that the number of points she needed to be free was staggering, which was what led most redeemers to become slaves to others in adulthood. However, compared to other redeemers, she is also lucky, after all, she does not have a kernel barrier, and she has successfully become an innercore.
After calculating the points exchanged for this merit, it seems that there is not much difference, if the yield of the acanthic fruit can still increase, she will be able to make up the remaining points, after all, the items that break the core barrier are not comparable to other items, and her strength is limited, and the chance to obtain such a large number of points in the future is simply impossible.
Thinking of this, the girl couldn't help asking, "Isn't there a thorn tree in other places?"
Fan Sheng glanced at Xi Xuan lightly, "Yes, I've seen it in other places"
"Where?"
"The depths of the wasteland. ”
Xi Xuan was silent, while Hu Guangyu looked at the white hair with interest, "The depths of the wasteland are not places where ordinary scavengers go. ”
Fan Sheng ignored Hu Guangyu's words and continued the topic just now, everyone has a secret. Hu Guangyu was not annoyed by being ignored, and his expression was still calm.
Halfway through the night, the vast wasteland was punctuated by the roars of unknown animals, commanded by nocturnal animals as they chased for food. Suddenly, a trace of gray lines appeared in the air, and then the gray lines slowly gathered into a large dark shadow, which seemed to be alive, and gradually moved closer to each other, forming a huge curtain that hung in the air.
The gray curtain hung in the air, the moonlight was hidden, the temperature plummeted, and the wild screams of terror turned into wails and hisses, as if they had encountered some unknown horror. After a long time, the gray curtain gradually dissipated, and the moonlight sprinkled again, moistening the earth.
The sudden change in circumstances caused all the people who had been talking to stop talking, and they sat around the fire until the mutation disappeared, and then lowered their voices.
"What is this?" Xi Xuan broke the calm first, and the girl still had an unnatural look on her face, obviously shocked by the change in the past.
Hu Guangyu, Wenem Shun, and Zuo Chengwen Void Shensuo also had different expressions, each with their own thoughts, and they didn't want to answer much. In the end, it was Zuo Chengwen, who had the most knowledge in the wasteland, who replied: "We don't know exactly what it is, but we still collected some relevant information in the Void Depths. Based on these, we internally call it the gray tide, which is an unknown natural phenomenon that has only appeared frequently in the wasteland in recent years, and has a tendency to become more and more intense. ”
"How do I feel that this thing is less of a natural phenomenon and more like a living creature. Xi Xuan replied nonchalantly.
Xi Xuan replied casually, but Zuo Chengwen was in high spirits, leaned in front of Xi Xuan, and said strangely: "Good opinion, I also hold this view, I guess that the gray tide is alive, and its trajectory is purposeful, but I can't get enough evidence to prove my conjecture."
If I can confirm this hypothesis, I can get the investment of the Void Deep Council to conduct my own research, and I am full of curiosity about the whole wasteland. ”
Zuo Chengwen's performance has always been the norm, and the other two said yes to the void deep rope, but it was a little embarrassing for Xixuan, and the girl was embarrassed to take a few steps back.
At this time, docile got up and naturally grabbed the clothes around Zuo Chengwen's neck and dragged them back, Hu Guangyu arched his hand and apologized.
It was Zuo Chengwen's sudden move that attracted most of the attention, so no one noticed that mortals, including mortals themselves, showed a sad, regretful, and painful look on their faces at the moment when the Kuroshio appeared, and these expressions disappeared after the Kuroshio ended.
Because of the Kuroshio, the night conversation ended, and except for the docile vigil, everyone else went to the paved camp to rest, waiting for the arrival of tomorrow.
The night passed quickly, the next day.
Although the name of the wasteland is called the wasteland, in fact, the desert area does not occupy much. The area in the center of the wasteland occupies the largest area of the whole wasteland, and it is called the depths of the wasteland, because it is full of dangers and instability, and is not suitable for human life. So the depths of the wasteland, the center of the wasteland, are the wasteland, the borderless land. Except for the center of the wasteland, about one-third of the entire wasteland is desert, and only the remaining two-thirds are truly suitable for human habitation.
However, the desert is not concentrated in one place, but scattered all over the place. The four thrones occupy each of the four corners of the wasteland and rule over everything within their borders. In order to survive and prevent the encroachment of the Four Thrones, most of the large and small scavenger groups choose to set up their settlements in the shallow layer of the center of the wasteland, although there are also dangers, but years of struggle against the wasteland have also allowed these groups to explore some survival rules and be able to survive in the shallow layer of the center of the wasteland.
Giant Tree Canyon is located in the northwest, and the northwest is high, but because it is a basin, the terrain of the canyon is lower than the surrounding desert that surrounds her. Inside the Giant Tree Canyon, the terrain is also undulating, making it impassable for locomotives.
"Acantha grows in areas with soft soil, likes shade and moisture, and you can search carefully in the Giant Tree Canyon according to these habits, and you may be able to find more Acanthus.
Walking up the small hill, there is a thornberry tree underneath. ”
Fan Sheng walked in front of the team, the overall climate of the Giant Tree Canyon is hot and humid, and in this environment there are many highly toxic small creatures, and most of the living habits of this small creature are gregarious, so the scavengers who come to the canyon for the first time often die from the mouth of this small creature. It is necessary to have an old driver to lead the way.
In the distance of about an hour from the exit of the Giant Tree Canyon to the current location, Fan Sheng and the others had already avoided the three groups of deadly species of Grimace Spider, Sand Crab, and Short-nosed Mites.
After turning over the mound, finally, the first thornberry tree of the trip appeared in everyone's field of vision.
The spinosa tree is not very tall, much lower than other tree species in the surrounding area, about seven or eight meters high, with a thick body, lush branches, and long and wide leaves. Beneath the broad dark green leaves, three or four spinous fruits appear a little small.
"It turns out that the acantha tree is like this," after running around intermittently for more than half a month, several people invariably sighed. Several of them were all from the Four Thrones, which meant that they must have systematically studied the knowledge of the wasteland before they left the wasteland. Because in addition to the ubiquitous scavengers in the wasteland who may kill you, wild beasts, poisonous food, and harsh environments can all be the reasons for your death.
But that's not enough, because humans can't really explore the whole wasteland, which has secrets.
"I really want to see the whole wasteland. Zuo Chengwen's small eyes greedily looked at the thorn fruit that was close at hand, and thought of the wonderful use of thorn fruit wine, and unconsciously sighed.
"Young Master, with this credit, do you say that I will be able to apply for investment from the council after I go back this time. ”
Zuo Chengwen, who spoke, didn't realize the mistake in his words, but he didn't hear Hu Guangyu reply for a while, and when he turned his head to look, he found that not only Hu Guangyu was looking at him helplessly, but when the white-haired and Xixuan were also looking at him with scrutinizing eyes, he knew something bad.
Hu Guangyu interrupted Zuo Chengwen's explanation, hung up the signboard and smiled, and stretched out his hand to Fan Sheng.
"Reacquaint yourself with the Void Deep, the son of the Void Throne, Hu Guangyu. ”