Due to historical problems, Yunzhong Temple is still a dilapidated world. In the dry and rainless desert environment, only a special ethnic group like the Uji people can adapt widely and run around.

The vast majority of life needs water and food.

Lu Yao already had some experience with the new rules, and it was not difficult to recreate a few artificial lakes outside, but these careful lakes could not form flowing rivers and become water sources that could evolve on their own.

This involves a higher-level complex geographical construction, which requires both the support of the weather and the feedback of the underground environment, which Lu Yao can't do now.

He can only start with the simpler ground.

How can we make the water flow, expand the scope of the oasis, and allow the radiant energy of the sand city to be further expanded?

This is the current pain point of Shacheng.

Relying on the residents of Shacheng can't do it on their own.

Although the elves and pine crawlers are very energetic, but in the face of the water shortage environment here, their individual efforts are still too small, and it is okay to maintain the greenery in the city, and there is no progress in the transformation outside.

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The solution that Lu Yao thought of was a cactus.

Cacti are desert plants that store a certain amount of water on their own, and are better adapted to the harsh local climate than pine trees and symbiotic forests.

It's not enough to rely on ordinary cacti, you have to let this plant have some magical power, so that they can better take root in the Gobi Desert and become the vanguard of the Yao people and Shacheng to transform the desert.

Lu Yao clicked on the prop column and considered them one by one from top to bottom.

His gaze rested on the Calamity Branch.

This tinder item is a sacrifice from the elves, and it has a chance to give birth to a water elemental calamity, but only if it survives in the water.

It's a pity that water needs to be stored, not water.

Lu Yao continued to scroll down, and soon, he locked on the tinder props that matched the cacti.

[Silver buckle lacquer box].

This is Yaocheng's sacrifice to the temple, and the ability is to make the items in the box slowly regenerate life or durability, which is equivalent to a small repairer.

Its power is more relevant to today's needs than the Calamity Branches.

After Lu Yao selected it, he fused it with the cactus.

The Tinder props and creatures in the box were pulled back in a straight line, extending into a new box with a green figure appearing inside.

The cactus that was integrated into the tinder prop changed its appearance, and its body became almost humanoid, with a small handful of red flowers on its head that looked like small hats.

In pixel art style, it has a pair of holes and a small mouth.

The cactus carries a wooden box on its back, its legs are not long, and it looks like a student who is about to go to school.

The new cactus can confer a lot of abilities, but you can only choose one of the same positive and negative abilities.

Positive abilities include: [Intelligence], [Poison], [Camouflage], [Off-road], [Self-Healing].

The negative traits are: [Timid], [Cowardly], [Vulnerable], and [Suspicious].

Lu Yao chose [Wisdom].

Off-road is good, but there are boats in Shacheng, and there will be a steaming carriage soon, and the long-distance running ability is not much of a role compared to these two vehicles.

Self-repair should be an ability derived from [Silver Buckle Lacquer Box], but the long-term value is not high.

Of course, choose the potential of wisdom.

Lu Yao didn't ask for any of the negative characteristics, and pulled them off directly.

After he settled on the official name, a completely new species appeared that had never been seen before.

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【Cactus Lv1】

Health: 41/41

Mana: 1/1

Damage: 2

Defense: 2

Speed: 6

[Wisdom]

【Drought Tolerance】

Able to adapt to arid environments, it stores water in the body and can survive for 30 days without drinking water.

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Please select the world where you want to place the species. 】

Lu Yao clicked on the Cloud Temple.

As a result, there was this transcendent life outside the sand city.

Although cacti are able to move autonomously, most of the time, they are rooted in the sand, just like a regular cactus.

Unlike traditional cacti, if they sense a lack of water, they will run to the side of an artificial lake and take a big gulp for water.

It is only when they begin to move that the spikes on their bodies wrap around to form a box.

Most of the cacti are quiet by nature and are very passive in external communication. No one looks for them, and they can remain motionless for a month, continuing the traditional life of the cactus.

Slemod leads by example.

He instructed and encouraged the residents of Shacheng to deal with cacti.

First of all, it is necessary to bring some small gifts, anything, and express your desire to get acquainted with cacti.

The cactus has wisdom, and even if it can't understand the Yao language, it can understand kindness.

If the cactus doesn't hate a person, it will wave at the person to show its gratitude.

Then you need to prepare [blast furnace mead] in a "confidant" way, so that both parties can understand each other's meaning. After becoming friends with a cactus, it will be happy to help each and every one of them.

Slowly, the inhabitants of Sand City got used to the presence of cacti.

They are born from cacti, but they do not leave the cactus community and prefer to live and inhabit in dry deserts.

After some time, Slemmode announced a decision outside the temple: "Citizens, Sand City has officially entered into a partnership with more than thirty cacti, and they will become the new inhabitants of Sand City. ”

"Then they will join us in planting cacti in the surrounding area and opening up new oases."

"Now I announce that the Northern Oasis Renovation Program has officially begun!"

The plan aims to expand an oasis from the north outside the city to serve as a living area outside the city and a pilot for large-scale desert transformation in the future.

Lu Yao saw that in the entire northern transformation project, the cactus on the back box really played a key role.

They have a good stamina and can grow cacti by burying them in the sand after a little treatment and then lightly watering them.

Other laborers, such as pine rats and elves, do not mention the efficiency of planting, and they will have to rest for a long time due to lack of water and fatigue.

And under the harsh sun, the cacti are more energetic.

They love sunlight.

At night, the cactus becomes depressed, as if it is tied to its body with a heavy piece of iron, and its steps become very slow.

That's when paramecs and elves come alive, and the coolness allows them to work longer.

In order to increase the motivation of the cactus in the back box, Slemaud thought of a solution.

It made several hanging lamps from the lamp maker's lamp and equipped with a steam stove to artificially produce light and heat. The light of the hanging lamp is naturally incomparable with the sun, but it can make the cacti feel the light, and the heating of the steam stove has a good refreshing effect on the cactus in the back box.

In the northern reform, the cactus also developed new uses for cacti.

“…… If you are particularly thirsty in the desert and are about to die, you can use cacti to replenish water. ”

The cactus gets some water by sticking its thorns into the cactus, and other residents who need it follow suit.

This turns the cactus into a kind of mobile water storage point, like a pillar of life rooted in the barren desert, allowing the Yao people to build roads and surrounding facilities according to them.

As these thorny greenery spread out of the city, the range of the residents of Sand City became farther and farther.

In addition to being hired by Sand City to transform the desert, the back box cactus has also won unanimous praise from the Wuji people.

Most of the Wuji people drive alone to carry out underground exploration and mapping in the depths of the desert, but it is inevitable that one person will lose his mind and forget the west, and many places are inconvenient.

But the residents of Shacheng could not leave Shacheng to live. Even for transcendent lifeforms, most of them will be unconscious after seven days without water, and they will fall into an extremely dangerous situation, and food supply is also a big problem.

The cactus on the back turned into the best assistant of the Uji.

They are quiet and reliable, can withstand loneliness, are sensitive to sunlight and temperature, and can go 30 days without drinking water, as long as the sun can live.

The Uji people can take cacti into the extreme depths of the desert, and when they do underground surveys, they place cacti and some survival materials on the sand dunes on the ground - they not only survive, but also serve as natural coordinates.

Seeing the cacti in the back box glowing, Lu Yao couldn't help but look at the glass of coconut water and a bowl of evenly cut coconut pulp pieces.

The cactus clan is indeed a good helper.

At this time, Slemod's clone reported, "Lord God, the first batch of applicants from the Ghost Realm and the Bamboo Reed Country have arrived, and His Majesty is investigating them. ”

Lu Yao switched to the Divine Kingdom Adhesive.

At the foot of the Pillar Mountain, Sleimod stepped out of the steaming carriage and looked at the first candidate.

Lu Yao took a look.

This is not an acquaintance.

The first warrior below the apostle of the Bamboo Land Country, the Bamboo Tiger.

"My strength is not bad, I can fight, I want to go to Shacheng for further study, I am good at it...... Fight. ”

Zhuhu was inexplicably nervous today, and he stammered when he spoke.

"Sorry, Sand City doesn't need pure combatants at the moment, we are a city where peace is precious. Martial arts tournaments are also just athletic events, not to create disputes and violence. ”

Slemaud asked him, "Is there anything else you're good at?" ”

Zhuhu thought for a while, and said with some hesitation: "I will still ...... Planting bamboo, cutting bamboo, cutting bamboo, and building bamboo houses. ”

"Congratulations! You are the talent we want, welcome to Shacheng.

”

Slemod shook his hand.

"Really?"

Bamboo Tiger didn't react a little, a question mark appeared on his head, and then turned into a smiley face.

In this way, the first warrior of the Bamboo and Lu Kingdom entered Shacheng to work in the name of building bamboo workers.