64.3 per cent for option one, 28.6 per cent for option two and 7.1 per cent for option three.

……

[Option 1]

[Stay up late to lay the track, try first]

……

The offensive must rely on the track, and the retreat must also be carried out.

Or lay the track according to the original plan.

Zheng Zhuo wiped the sweat from his face and made up his mind.

Keep moving.

Staying up late and working overtime is not a strange thing for Zheng Zhuo. Before resigning, he had typed on the keyboard countless times, countless times, desperately and exhaustively through the glass window of the company, watching the sky turn white little by little.

But it's the first time I've stayed up late doing manual work.

"Drink, ah-"

No one was looking at him anyway, and the strange plants that could hear and distinguish their positions were all recalled. After installing the sliding tracks of the four more plots, Zheng Zhuo began to cheer himself up by shouting loudly.

Click, click, click.

"Ahh——!h

He wielded a weeding hacksaw. The hacksaw mingled with his shouts.

That's it, another 4 plots.

“……”

Tired. Shouting can also be exhausting.

He kept his mouth shut.

Click, click, click.

The weeding hacksaw cut in silence.

But the silent night was too oppressive.

After 4 plots, he started singing loudly.

His pitch is terrible.

……

[Town Plot (+ Path to Sliding Track)]: 22 tiles + 42 tiles

[Unexplored Forest (Distance from Farm at the End of the Slide Track)]: 6 blocks

……

No matter how difficult the experience, there will be a time when it will pass.

I don't know how long the endless work lasted, and the sky was filled with a hazy light.

Zheng Zhuo heard a faint commotion in front of him.

It's like the movement of many plants when they are stacked on top of each other and squeezed against each other.

Here Zheng Zhuo stopped the installation of the sliding track. At the same time, he stopped turning his hand on the weeding hacksaw.

Farm...... It may be just ahead.

Zheng Zhuo carefully carried his bag and moved forward.

He used to use a weeding hacksaw, but now he uses his hands to cut through the jungle, which he is very unaccustomed to. The pace of progress is therefore slow.

But when the first rays of morning light penetrated the jungle, he saw what Chu Huairen said that "the color and size of the plant are very abnormal", and what Zhuang Yusheng meant when he said "some parts of the plant are mixed together".

Through the cracks in the jungle, he saw a large mass of plants and mushrooms wrapped together.

Zheng Zhuo had seen a similar environment when the cards led him into the world. At that time, there was a farm house in that location.

But now, you can't see the appearance of the farm at all. Wrapped in plants, not a single part of the exterior wall of the house is exposed.

Near that huge mass of wrappings, densely packed with all kinds of plants.

[Identification] can't give a name. Those plants have a bizarre appearance. This is not to say that "loofah flower", "impatiens", "gourd" and other terms are not right.

Rather, they have parts of different varieties of plants.

Click.

The plant closest to Zheng Zhuo swung the legs of the eight [loofah flowers] and turned. Feet, hard shells pounding on the ground, making the same sound that Zheng Zhuo had heard when he first encountered the loofah flower.

But the legs of those eight loofah flowers are not grown on the loofah flowers.

“（…… What the hell. ）”

What appeared in front of Zheng Zhuo was a plant with eight loofah legs on the lower body and a large head of [Impatiens] that could shoot seeds on the upper body.

Moreover, the head parted from the stem, and three flowers grew.

Caregiver's words......

Absence.

Zheng Zhuo looked left and right.

Nowhere else.

He was careful to keep his distance and didn't make any sound. Therefore, those strange plants don't seem to have noticed him......

No, it seems to have been discovered. There are many strange plants that have begun to consciously search the surroundings.

But they don't have a strong desire to search.

(Is it a directive from the caregiver?) ）”

Defend the farm...... Something like that.

Zheng Zhuoyou saw that many [loofah flowers] and [mushrooms] were parasitic on their heads by [snake vines]. But the larger grafted plants don't, probably because they already have enough intelligence.

Yes, there is. Now, the enemy has not discovered Zheng Zhuo, and there is no commander who can give them orders.

(If only it could be set on fire.) ）”

It's really the perfect time to set fire!

Zheng Zhuo's backpack has a [Fragmentation Bomb] in it. The explosive power of the bomb was capable of igniting flames in a small area, but he was unsure if the lethality and ignition efficiency were sufficient.

After all, there are so many layers of strange plants in front of you. Even if they step on one plant, the fire will be extinguished.

(But there's no better way to light it.) ）”

Zheng Zhuo quietly took out the "Alchemy Dictionary" from his backpack and flipped through it.

(Most of the ignition methods require a large amount of gunpowder, and a small amount of lime powder.) My [gunpowder] made bullets, and [lime powder] made damage traps. ）”

([Lime powder] is very difficult to do.) Gunpowder...... ）”

Zheng Zhuo's previous [gunpowder] was obtained after catching a [impatiens].

Wait a minute.

【Impatiens】?

Zheng Zhuo raised his head sharply and looked at the three flowers on the head of the grafted plant in front of him.

The neck under the flowers is bulging.

Zheng Zhuo remembered that he had dug out the [gunpowder] from that location before.

……

Ga...... Yes......

Strange plants make noises and move slowly around the farmstead. They huddled together next to each other.

The morning light gradually shone on them.

According to past experience, it will not be long before their caregivers will come out of the farms where they can no longer see their appearance, and water and fertilize them.

But today is a special day.

One of them arrived before their caregivers woke up.

Sou.

There was a soft thud. Several bags flew out of the woods.

The bags seeped oil, flew in an arc in the air, and landed in the pile of plants.

The next second.

Boom!

Explosion, roar. The fragments burst outward, and the fiery serpent wrapped around the plants around the landing point.

- Shhhh

The pile of plants was in chaos in an instant! They pushed, shoved, and fell on each other, extinguishing many flames—

The grafting plants were also drawn to the commotion for a moment. The three heads of the strange plant closest to the forest looked at the place where the bomb had been dropped.

That's when it happened.

Bang!

A gunshot rang out.

The shotgun struck the impatien-shaped head of the strange plant. The flowers were crushed by the tremendous force of the impact and scattered into the air.

Followed by.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Several more gunshots.

All the flowers were blown to pieces. And then......

Cha.

The weeding hacksaw peeked through the neck under the flower.

La-la......-la

The powder leaked out like sand, and then it was caught by the huge backpack underneath.

……

Squeak squeak squeak.

The sliding track makes an overwhelming sound.

Zheng Zhuo grabbed it. He sped fast towards the town. The package on the back is bulging, and the track of the steel structure is so heavy that it is dangerously bent.

The opening of the backpack is constantly leaking black fine powder.

It's gunpowder.

Zheng Zhuo dissected the grafted plant and harvested a large amount of gunpowder.

The gunpowder slid all the way with Zheng Zhuo, leaking in small doses all the way behind him.

Behind that, there was an earthquake-like thunderous roar.

Many strange plants chased them out. Just behind Zheng Zhuo.

"—Faster than I thought——!"

Zheng Zhuo took out the flint, wiped it on his pants, and threw it far behind him.

Rumble!

The flames ignited along the gunpowder, and in an instant a huge tongue of fire erupted.

Squeak squeak!

The strange plants hissed. However, only the strange plants at the front were set on fire. The strange plants in the back pushed down the strange plants in front of them, stepped over them, and continued to move forward-

Zheng Zhuo glided forward quickly.

Middle forest, front of forest, stone wall.

He won't stop at the stone wall.

This time, he's going back to the mayor's office in one go.

[Gunpowder].

He brought back a huge amount of gunpowder. He was going to use them to make the props recorded in the Alchemy Dictionary.

Props that can determine victory.

……

【Question】

[What kind of prop should be made of high-yield gunpowder?] 】

[Option 1]

[Long Spitfire]: A huge flamethrower. Using gunpowder as fuel, it can spew enough flames to cover 1 block in an instant. Flexibility at its best.

[Option 2]

[Siege Vehicle]: A siege vehicle made of a lot of steel. Powered by a gunpowder explosion, it runs over everything within 1 block of it with massive mass. Slightly less flexible.

[Option 3]

[Large Lawn Mower]: A lawn mower made with a lot of [Hard Shell Fragments] and [Plant Teeth]. Powered by a gunpowder explosion and rotated, it is not very flexible, but it is capable of crushing all objects within 2 blocks of the front.

[Option 4]

[Explosive Bomb Cannon]: Use gunpowder to make many [Explosive Bombs], and then load them to fire. The rate of fire is slow and needs to be adjusted, but it can cause enough explosions to cover 2×2 tiles.

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