"This can't be the crystal mines, right?"

"It's amazing!"

The largest associated ore of the spirit stone mine is crystal, and the amount of crystal is far greater than that of spirit stone, and in turn it is even more accurate.

The crystal under the Lingshi Fort has almost never been mined, the quality is too low, and the mining road is enough to make jewelry for the civilians in the territory, and on weekdays, Meng An is using the crystal to breed crystal ladybugs, but since he has the gluttonous insects, most of his energy has been focused on the gluttonous insects, and the scale of crystal ladybug breeding is not large, and large pieces of crystal are like decorations in the mine.

In the previous fire, a large number of crystals exploded, and the rest underwent strange changes, the flames swayed in the crystals, revealing a mesmerizing magnificence, and the clusters of crystals were like natural works of art.

Obviously, such a change is not replicable, even if you find another spirit stone mine and have a fire like this, the chance of forming a flame crystal is extremely low.

Flame crystals are an excellent material for making ornaments and ornaments, but they cannot be used as an energy source, unless a grandmaster can make it into a luxury product, its value is definitely far less than that of a spirit stone mine.

Chu Zhang put his head close to the flame crystal, as if he had found something: "Hey, look, are the strings of things in this crystal insect eggs?"

As soon as they heard this, everyone took a closer look, only to see that in the flickering flames in the crystal, the eggs were red and slightly smaller than millet in strings one after another, and the flame light and shadow in the flame crystal were too eye-catching, and it was difficult to notice these insect eggs hidden in the flame light and shadow.

"Like...... Really!" Unlike other people who were about to react to stress when they saw insects under the influence of the insect plague, Meng An's interest in insects became more and more high.

How does it do to lay eggs directly in crystals?

Even crystal ladybugs, which feed on crystals, only attach their eggs to the surface of the crystals, which is completely incomparable in terms of the protection of offspring.

"You can still lay eggs in that situation, these insects are really exaggerated, why are the insects you raise are delicate and expensive!" Zhang Cheng glanced at Meng An, even the gluttonous insects, which are known as eating nothing, are difficult to survive in an extremely harsh environment.

Gluttonous insects are able to devour flames, but they are not immune to flames, and they are very slow to devour, exposing them to flames, and before they can swallow a few bites, they themselves are already roasted by the flames.

Mutant Eggs (Spirit): Mutating???

Another "mutation", and the strange insight has increased again.

"These eggs are valuable for research! The female worm mutates in an extreme environment, and may continue to mutate in the process of laying eggs, which leads to the fact that even if it is the same batch of eggs, there are certain differences between them, and the eggs are most likely mutating themselves under the influence of high temperatures, and these eggs will eventually hatch and form many insects of the same class and different subjects."

Of course, more may not be able to hatch!

After all, mutation inherently represents instability, look at the gluttonous insect, he has been optimized to the third generation, and the hatching rate of eggs is still not high.

These eggs, like the Flame Crystal, are difficult to replicate, and they are born with a mixture of factors and luck, and as a template, as long as they can be cultivated, they can be called unique. This kind of opportunity, even the Sect Shepherd Sect Master will be excited, if it is unique and has excellent characteristics, it will represent a name in history!

Meng An's mood was excited and complicated, his job was a poisoner, he didn't have much success in his job, but he had good luck in raising insects.

"Then I'll leave it to you, pay more attention, and don't cause too many flaming crystals." Zhang Cheng of the flame crystal in the mine does not plan to mine it on a large scale for the time being, and only picks a small amount to make jewelry or ornaments for reward, and the rest of the territory has the technology to create luxury-level jewelry.

As for these eggs, not to mention anything else, as long as they hatch, the flame resistance will definitely be high.

Many areas under the mine have collapsed due to explosions, but no living bugs have been found in the areas that have been explored, so it can be said that this plan is perfect.

Just when the army was cleaning up the insect swarm and insect eggs in the mountains and forests, and Meng An moved the insect farm back to the mine again, Zhang Cheng summoned Zhao Kuo again.

"Sit!" Zhang Cheng pointed to the position of the lower head, and at the same time, the maid brought a pot of spiritual tea.

"Master Xie." Zhao Kuo's expression didn't change at all, "Is this the first batch of spiritual tea produced on Chashan Island? It's really good, take a drink when you're tired to refresh your mind."

"It's not even close! At this level alone, it will not be very profitable to hand over to the pioneer army to operate." Zhang Cheng took a sip, and the quality of this Bibo tea reached eight after being fried by the master craftsman, but due to the limitation of output, the profit was not as high as that of ordinary tea.

"What was discussed at the previous military meeting, do you remember the military division that succeeded Shan Chen?" Putting down the teacup, Zhang Cheng went straight to the point.

"Of course, this has been discussed three times." Zhao Kuo paused slightly, nodded, and already had a guess in his heart about the lord's summons.

"I've been thinking about it for a long time, but I haven't been able to find a perfect candidate, this position is very important, and I have a lot of self-esteem. Originally, I had considered Xie Shichen, but he was more than capable of defending the city and lacking in progress, and if everything had to be ordered from the territory side, it would be too inefficient, and he would probably miss some excellent opportunities."

Zhang Cheng's original idea was indeed to let Xie Shichen replace Shan Chen, after all, he was the one with the highest [command] attribute in his territory except for Qin Liangyu and Zhao Kuo, and his own strength was enough, under his leadership, this rebel army could be three points stronger.

But now that Zhao Kuo's identity is clear, Zhao Kuo is undoubtedly the best candidate!

Except for some emergencies in the territory now, there are no enemies, and the role of the military advisor is more to change the sky, but with a group of Taoist priests in Changchun Temple, there is no need to rely on the military advisor to change the sky. Such a talent, staring at it all the time, is a complete waste.

"What do you mean by that......

"I was wronged to replace Shan Chen and preside over the development of the rebels, but it was really too hard to move around."

"Your Excellency is serious, and it is incumbent upon your subordinates to contribute to the territory!

Zhao Kuo didn't hesitate, or he had such thoughts earlier, but he didn't know why, this lord seemed to be a little suspicious of him before, but he didn't think he had anything to doubt.

Now it seems, is he overthinking?

"Good! Strategist, oh no, it's time to be called a general!" Zhang Cheng smiled and continued, "If the general has any requests, I will fully support them!"

"There's no need for more, the situation of that rebel army is also understood by the subordinates, but to do it, you still need to make it clear to the adults."

"It's very simple, first, the spirit stone mines we have in our hands are too far away from the territory, and the troops sent by the territory to mine will thin the power of the territory and affect the development, so the rebels are needed to complete this task."

Zhang Cheng raised a second finger and said, "Second, the rebels in the Canglin Mountain Range have all been contained, if he can, I hope that the general can absorb the rebels from outside the Canglin Mountain Range, whether it is through trading with the pioneer army, or obtaining the criminals from Zhenyuan City to receive the documents."

"The main task of the territory at the moment is to plan and build a city, and merit and population are the key!"

"Of course, the same is true for the general to directly annex other rebels as a rebel." The plan is simple, put on a vest, which will not easily attract the attention of other forces, and at the same time reduce the vigilance of the rebels.

"Understood, then choose the medium-sized spirit stone mine in the southwest as a base, and it is easy to extend the Canglin Mountain Range over there."

"This is a good location, I will send food, grass and supplies to the caravan regularly."

The two discussed the details for a long time, and Zhao Kuo's plan this time to suppress the insect plague was also a great achievement, and after receiving the reward, he would set off in three days to replace Shan Chen and preside over the work of the rebels.

Regardless of whether Zhao Kuo's all-round attribute is true or not, he has not found any shortcomings so far, and he can naturally get twice the result with half the effort if he grasps it in the military and government.

In addition to Zhao Kuo's side, Zhang Cheng also plans to develop a second sub-base, above the high altitude of the Canglin Mountain Range!

Previously unified rebel forces

Among the source points, there is a highland pasture, which can be connected with the resource point above the snow line of Lu Qing, Zhuang Ye's talent [Extreme Cold Control] is very suitable for development in this kind of area, there are mineral resources, and it can develop animal husbandry, which can be called a treasure land.

However, there is no hurry for the time being, it is definitely not possible for a few people to open a sub-base, and the army and slaves must be invested at least twenty or thirty thousand people. At present, there are many hidden dangers in the territory that have not been solved, and there is no hurry, but you can prepare first, the key is Zhuang Ye, he is far from being as "pure" as Zhao Kuo, when he reaches the high mountain, the conditions are definitely far inferior to Jiaolong Village, as an "old minister", it is normal to be full of life.

As the areas infested by insect swarms were cleared one by one, and the wasteland was followed up at the same time, the areas where the plants and trees were eaten away were directly used as mulberry fields after improvement.

Under a large number of mulberry branch cuttings, the area of mulberry forest expands rapidly. Since the abyss, the spiritual energy researchers in the territory have hardly rested, coupled with the layout of the mine this time, they have made great progress in experience and accumulation, although there are no new masters for the time being, but the level of spiritual energy etching has grown from the initial apprentice level of 1, 2, and 3 levels, to the current 7, 8, and 9 levels, the improvement of technology, the improvement of proficiency, so that the efficiency of building the spirit field has also been greatly improved, but it is still that problem, the limit of the scale of the spirit field is the number of spirit stones!

At the moment, everything is developing in a good direction, but the insect plague is only temporarily suppressed, not completely solved, if you can't find out those special insects with strong breeding ability and aggressiveness, the insect plague will resurgence after a while.

But how to find it?

The range is too big! As long as these bugs don't mutate into more tricky species, there will always be a day when they will be extinguished, but they may rise again in a year or two.

The terrain and climate of the Canglin Mountains are the most serious insect plague! Other natural disasters, if they occur, will not be too serious.

A few days later, Meng An took his insect breeding jar and mysteriously found Zhang Cheng.

"Why, the fourth generation of gluttonous insects was bred so quickly?" Zhang Cheng was used to Meng An showing off his achievements to him.

"No, it's a new worm this time."

Meng An took out a pink markings from the insect tank, which resembled a scorpion, but the tail was not as aggressive as a scorpion, and it made people feel beautiful at a glance, even as a pet, there must be many girls willing to buy it.

Pink Beauty (Spirit): Has a strong attraction to insects.

This property ......

"How did you raise this?"

"I don't know, when I put the swarm back into the mine cave before, a large number of bugs were twisted together, and I found out that they, judging by their appearance, should have been mutated from poisonous scorpions." Meng An shook his head, most of his attention before was on gluttonous insects, and he didn't pay much attention to other insects.

However, this is not surprising, Meng An's talent [Five Poisons] allows him to gain an additional fifty percent bonus in the process of cultivating the Five Poisons.

Gluttonous insects are accidents, and it is normal to make achievements in the five poisons!

"So, you're going to use the beauty bug?" Zhang Cheng stretched out his finger and poked the pink beauty, which seemed to be completely non-aggressive.

"Try it, if it succeeds!" Meng An wasn't sure, after all, this was a new worm, but according to his previous experiments, the effect was very good, and one was almost eaten by the reckless people of the gluttonous worm.

"Okay, let's try it then." Zhang Cheng nodded, he really didn't have a good way now, he couldn't let people turn over the ground inch by inch in the mountains and forests, and the territory didn't have so much manpower.

Although even if it is effective, its efficiency will not be too high, but at least it has a certain degree of initiative, unlike now, it is too passive.

"By the way, how many pink beauties are there now?"

"Eight! I haven't figured out exactly how they mutated, and I don't know if they can reproduce steadily." Until he figured out the conditions for mutation, he could only pin his hopes on natural reproduction.

"Then be careful, don't die, and let the defenders cooperate when the time comes.

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Zhang Cheng found that Meng An did have special luck in raising insects, and maybe he could make this a feature and a strength of the territory. But without a professional insect master, even if Meng An can really cultivate a fierce battle worm, it will be difficult to play a role on the battlefield.

This kind of uncommon and uncommonly used talent is not even available in Zhenyuan City, at least it is not registered in Eucalyptus, and there is no related industry in Zhenyuan City that needs this type of talent. can only let Yin Wentai find a way from China, and the talents who went to Zhenyuan City with the caravan to study before, Zhang Cheng chose were all armament-related.