Chapter 64: Plant Blighting
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Early the next morning, Selene's father, Gavin, hurriedly knocked on Zeqi's door.
"Jessica, Zech, no!" Gavin said anxiously.
"What's wrong? Gavin. "It's Jessica who opens the door.
Zeqi rubbed his eyes as well and got up.
"The apple trees in the experimental field that your family is responsible for are all dead. Gavin's voice was roaring through his throat.
"Ahh
"Uncle Gavin, what's the matter with falling to the ground?!" Zeqi was anxious.
"We'll talk as we go. ”
The three of them hurried to the apple orchard.
"As you know, I have a lot of responsibilities, so I go to the apple orchard early every day. Today, when I passed by your family's place of responsibility, I found a large number of dead and white trees, and the dead trees are the same trees that you have been experimenting with in the past few days. Gavin explained as he walked.
The three of them came to the apple orchard.
As Gavin had said, the lush apple trees that Zech and White had seen yesterday had withered and had only their branches left. The ground was littered with dead leaves and rotting large apples.
Seeing this scene, the three of them were extremely heartbroken.
"Zech, you go and inform Chief White right away. I'll talk about it when he comes. Jessica said first.
"Hmm. ”
Zeqi immediately ran towards the manor's main house.
After a while, he and White rushed over from the main house. At this time, Georgia, the director of the manor, and some other people in the manor had also come to watch the tragic scene.
Georgia greeted White and asked anxiously, "What's going on, Chief White? Is it because the apple tree has grown so long that it has withered?" ”
"Probably not," White frowned, "Apple trees have a lifespan of about 50 years, and they won't overgrow because of this growth rate." ”
"And what could be the reason for that?" asked Georgia.
"There's a magic called plant wilting. White touched his chin and speculated.
"Plant wilting?" Zeqi wondered.
"Well, the plant withering technique, the magic that can make plants wither quickly, is the opposite of the plant growth technique. White explained.
"How can there be such magic, harming others and not benefiting oneself. Zeqi was annoyed.
White shook his head and said, "Zeqi, there is no good or bad magic itself, the key is where the caster uses this magic. If this magic is used on plants that are harmful to people, then it may be good. ”
"Hmm. ”
"Chief White," Gavin asked, "you mean someone did a plant wilting spell here last night, but why did he do that, why did he frame our branch and Jessica?" ”
This is Jessica's place of responsibility, and someone must have deliberately framed her. However, White frowned and said, "I'm afraid that this person is going to frame me, because I applied for the plant growth experiment, and now the plants are dead, and the boss must blame me for mismanagement, but also implicate Jessica." ”
White looked at Jessica apologetically. Regarding the loss of the apple tree this time, not to mention the magic scroll of 9 gold coins consumed before, these more than 150 apple trees alone are worth at least more than 30 gold coins, and it will take at least a few years for the newly planted apple trees to reach the peak fruiting period.
"If only we could catch the murderer. Jessica said sadly.
White thought for a moment, "Well, the murderer must be caught, but the top priority is to try to make up for the loss." Luckily, this time, I used my own savings to prepare some more magic scrolls for plant growth. White exhaled at this, and his mood relaxed.
"What are you going to do now, Chief White?" asked Georgia, following closely.
"I'm going to find some more land to cast a few more big growth spells and continue the experiment. White said earnestly.
"Oh. Georgia nodded, "What about this dead tree field?"
"All the trees in the dead field were set aside, and some apple trees were transplanted from the denser woods. At that time, a few more large growth surgeries will be placed to make up for the loss of the transplanted area. Georgia, you'll have to help me with this. White said to Georgia with a smile.
"Definitely, definitely. ”
White smiled and looked at the crowd, "Alright, let's all go to work." Zeqi, you'll go back with me to get the Big Growth Technique. ”
Hearing White's explanation, everyone also calmed down, and White arranged some detailed tasks for everyone and led Zeqi towards the main house.
On the way back to the main house, Zeqi couldn't help but ask, "Grandpa White, why haven't you heard that you still have a scroll with the Great Growth Technique?"
"Oh, I don't have a scroll for the Great Growth Technique. White smiled at Zechi.
"Ahh
White looked around, then whispered into Zeqi's ear, "It's not all a lie, my Great Growth Technique scroll is you." ”
"Me? Zeqi immediately understood, "Haha, I will definitely help Grandpa White complete the task." ”
"Huh. White touched Zeqi's head, and then continued on his way, muttering, "I hope I can catch the murderer in one fell swoop this time." ”
"But ......," Zeqi suddenly thought of a very serious question, "I am not skilled in plant growth now, and if I can cast 10 in a day, it is already very good." ”
Zeqi is not false, his current mana value is 5, and the mana required to cast a plant growth spell is also 5, which means that casting a plant growth spell will consume all his mental power, so he must rest for a while if he wants to cast it again. In his current state, he can cast up to 4 times an hour, for a total of 60 casts per day, even if he casts for fifteen hours a day. And the success rate of his current growth technique is about 2 out of 10. So he can successfully cast a maximum of about 12 plant growth spells per day, and this is only the result of an ideal state.
"Don't worry, it's slower, but it's better than nothing, and our main goal is to catch the person behind it. White smiled eerily.
"Catch what's behind it?" Zech looked at White suspiciously.
"Not bad. ”
Five days later, at dusk, the test site.
Zeqi carefully sensed the surroundings, no one approached within 50 meters, and then said to his mother on the side, "Mom help me watch." ”
"Don't worry. Jessica said as she looked around.
Zeqi began to chant the incantation of the plant growth technique, and after a while, a bright green magic pattern flew out from front of Zeqi and struck the apple tree in front of Zeqi, and the magic pattern circled around the apple tree and fell, disappearing into the soil beneath the apple tree.
"Another successful one. Zeqi smiled with satisfaction, and after five days of hard work, the success rate of his plant growth technique had also increased greatly, from the original two-tenths to about four-tenths.
In the past five days, in order not to be discovered by others, they have carefully performed the plant growth technique. Of course, White's regulations also had a lot of effect, and he stipulated that no unrelated people should be allowed to enter the new test site, lest the test site be destroyed again.
"I've finally completed the task of fifty trees. Jessica smiled happily as well.
"Hmm. Zeqi sat down against a tree and slowly regained his mental and physical strength.
"Zechi, I'm going back, be careful tonight. Jessica rubbed Zeqi's little face, "Those two voyeurs are expected to come back tonight." If you're in danger, don't hide, use your green bullet. ”
"Well," Zeqi remembered the two sneaky peeks in the other two days, "I will, Mom." Zeqi looked resolute.
Looking at this look, Jessica walked away with peace of mind.
The late night in the apple orchard was really a little cold, Zeqi was wrapped in a thick quilt and lay in a makeshift cabin, he didn't fall asleep, but while perceiving, he comforted the wood elements that the dantian had absorbed this morning, so as to transform them into a fighting spirit that could be truly used for himself.
In the middle of the night, two vague humanoid silhouettes unexpectedly entered Zeqi's perceptual range. He immediately stopped reassuring the fighting qi in his body, and shifted the focus of his perception to the past, and the vague outline gradually became clearer.
The night is very dark, if Zeqi directly looks at it with the naked eye at this time, he may not be able to see someone coming, but Zeqi's perception ability is not ordinary, it does not need to perceive through light, although he can only perceive outlines, but he knows that these two outlines are the same as those that appeared two days ago.