Chapter 197 Evil-born creatures
Mentor Penrose returned to the safe passage with his **** of knights when it was dark.
All arcanist squads have returned.
The team surrounded the black beetle car and returned to Snake Town along the way.
"This is a creature of evil descent." Penrose explained in a serious tone after inspecting the tiger bug brought back by Duke, "The special creature transformed into a special creature due to the infection of the breath of the ancient evil has a strong conflict with the spiritual mystery."
"Mentor, so it has no value?" Bronke asked.
"You can't say that. There are many kinds of evil-born creatures. The tiger bug Duke caught is just the weakest evil-born creature. It doesn't have any valuable materials on it. But that doesn't mean that other evil-born creatures will also be worthless."
"The instructor is right. Based on my observations of Fang Lichen, this small thing that is not even considered as an evil-born creature can provide a little 'spirit-blocking agent' effect after grinding. If it is repeatedly refined, this is the cheapest spirit-blocking agent." Garba said.
Spiritual resistance potion is not a potion, but a special kind of spiritual power. Its function is to fix the spiritual energy and ensure the stability of the spell model without interference.
Director Vikas praised: "If that's the case, this polluted forest will be a stable source of spirit-blocking agents in the future."
Galba added: "It does have this potential...but it needs to be carefully tested to ensure that it can really be refined repeatedly to meet the standard of a spirit-blocking agent."
"This is the purpose of our investigation, isn't it." Orianna said with a smile, with a sense of pride in her tone.
"Of course, that's it." Galba responded with a smile.
The ambiguous relationship between the two is no longer a back-and-forth.
Penrose squinted at the two people, and said lightly: "I hope that from tomorrow on, everyone can focus on research."
Galba and Orianna turned their heads in embarrassment.
Penrose continued: "Take a good rest tonight. Tomorrow we will move out of Black Snake Manor and camp in the wild until the end of the research. I hope everyone can discover something, summarize it into a paper, and increase their academic qualifications."
After returning to Snake Town, the Black Snake Clan has already prepared a banquet.
The other airship research teams didn't come back, only Penrose's team came back, which shows that the Black Snake family is really unpopular.
Introducing Bernoulli's trick is really the stink of the stink.
The influence and reputation accumulated by the founder of the family more than 20 years ago, the 3-ring arcane mage Mubia, was almost destroyed.
After the dinner party.
Duke went around the town and met Zina from the Broken Sword Mercenary Corps, and Sally, the deputy general manager of the farm.
Received the notification from Duke's entourage, both of them were waiting at Little Sam Shuka's shop.
"grown ups."
"boss."
"Have you eaten already, are you in a hurry?" Duke greeted the two old acquaintances with a smile, and then said to Sally, "It's been a long time. Your complexion is much better than last year, and you look more capable."
Zina has been to Villa 17 in Beverly Manor several times, and often sees Duke.
Sally has been busy on the farm and hasn’t been to Duke’s villa yet, and she hasn’t seen her for more than five months.
"Boss, you are still as young as last year, but your majesty and demeanor have made people dare not approach easily." Sally complimented, "Boss James has not been at the farm all this time, so I can only work hard to manage the farm. It is tiring, but it has also been exercised."
"It's good to get exercise. James and I have great plans for the future of the farm, and I need you to continue to help me when the time comes."
Sally obediently said: "I will follow your boss' orders."
Then Duke talked about Sally's two children, both of whom went to school in Shenjiao City, an elite boarding school.
Thank you very much, Sally.
For her, the success of her career is far less important than the studies of her two children.
"Don't worry about Shafu and Sharapova. The two children study very seriously. In the future, they will be able to find a decent job by relying on their knowledge. If they can open Sanhai, they will receive key training."
"Thank you, Boss, it is the greatest luck for our family to meet you!" Sally's eyes were flushed.
Zina laughed when she saw this and said, "Your Excellency is of course our greatest nobleman. Coming to Sheshou Town to participate in the opening up of Cuihai Valley is the most successful decision Broken Sword has made."
"I have already said enough compliments, Captain Zina, from tomorrow onwards, you will bring a team of people to follow me. Once you find good spiritual materials, you will send people to stockpile them as soon as possible."
"At your command."
Ever since Balza mentioned that fang lichen can be used to refine spirit-blocking agents, Duke understood that this ancient evil infection incident was both a crisis and an opportunity.
He is also using anti-spiriting agent, and the price on the market is not cheap.
Fangtooth lichen can be refined, so it is worthwhile for the Broken Sword Mercenary Group to search and hoard around Cuihai Valley.
Duke added: "When we return to the camp at night, don't forget to ask about the research results of other arcanists."
Zina understood: "Understood, don't worry, my lord, I'm the best at wooing people to inquire about news."
As a card warrior with a false 1st ring, Zina's combat effectiveness is not strong.
She was able to stand out from the crowd of great knights after the death of the former Captain Raymond, and she was able to grasp the broken sword, relying on her own means of attracting people.
If it weren't for her excellent means, she wouldn't be able to do the arcane card business.
A 3-ring arcane card is basically the biggest hole card of a mercenary regiment, and it cannot be easily handed over to others for repair.
After talking about business, we chatted for a while about interesting things that happened in Snake Town.
Duke left Little Sam's card repair shop, and the card repair shop went around and returned to Duke's hands, but Duke didn't care much about it anymore.
Hand it over to Broken Sword to take care of it casually, and use it as a base for Broken Sword to recover the spirit card.
Nearly all the storefronts and store names have been changed. The pioneering war has had a huge impact on Sheshou Town, and it is difficult for ordinary people to resist the invasion of outsiders.
"No familiar feeling anymore." Duke sighed.
Growing up in Yusi, traveling through Yusi, Gou Yusi, he has a special feeling for Snake Head Town, and this place is like his root.
It is similar to the anchor point of the original heart behind the door of the twisted ring in the spiritual sea.
is the anchor point for his sailing in this world. No matter the distance or time barrier, Snake Town will always affect his life.
Unknowingly, they walked to the third vertical street.
Duke looked up and saw a shop not far from the mercenary mission center with a familiar signboard.
"Youshi Clothing Company?"
Mulali, who was accompanying her, said with a smile, "Sir, it's my aunt and uncle who opened the store. You's clothing is very durable and popular with mercenaries. I heard from my aunt that the profit of this store is several times that of other stores."
"I see." Duke nodded, "Being a mercenary really takes a lot of clothes, so you have to dress more seriously."
Just as he was talking, the door of a shop with the signboard "Land of Gentleness" opened in front of him, and a person Duke looked at familiarly walked out.
"Dylanco?" Duke raised his eyebrows.
Diranco didn't notice Duke, and seemed a little guilty. After walking out of the gate, he turned directly into the alley next to him.
"Sir, is that your acquaintance?"
"Well, a former teacher Shuka." Duke responded indifferently.
After shopping around the Third Vertical Street, Duke lost the interest to continue shopping, and returned to Black Snake Manor with Mu Lali.
The next day, Penrose continued to lead the team to set off.
This time, it is no longer a black beetle car that follows the team, but three black beetle cars, which are the special cars of Penrose Mage Tower.
One is an experimental vehicle, one is a delivery vehicle, and one is a washing vehicle.
The daily necessities of everyone are contained in the truck, and the washing cart is used for daily washing. Even if the arcanists go to camp in the wild, they must take a bath and brush their teeth comfortably every day.
In addition, there is a large shuttle in the team.
This is the nanny car prepared by Nutao's family for Kylia.
Originally, Kiriya didn't want to be so high-profile and get special treatment, but after experiencing the explosion of the mutated konjac flower yesterday and being drenched in mucus, the airship of the Rage family airdropped this large shuttle over that night.
"A large flying shuttle is worth tens of thousands of gold dragons. More money is better." Duke visited the large flying shuttle.
The inside is extremely luxurious.
Constant temperature adjustment, automatic water purification, leather sofa, wine bar, independent bathroom... This is a portable apartment.
Duke is certainly envious, but he doesn’t know pantothenic acid, because he will have these things sooner or later.
Just a matter of time.
After all, he is only seventeen years old, and it has only been more than two years since he traveled through time. He is already very satisfied with his struggle to this point, and the rest will continue to work hard.
Without the presence of Sanfis, the team is a bit dull.
After setting up camp at the location chosen by Penrose, Duke led the **** knights and the Broken Sword mercenary group step by step into the forest.
A whole day passed, except for a large number of fang lichens, Duke did not collect any valuable samples.
Not even one of the evil-born creatures was caught.
According to Mentor Penrose, the molted shell of the ancient evil has been dealt with by the arcanist from Runwu City, but some residual breath leaked out, so it is not serious, and there will not be many evil creatures infected.
However, Duke always felt that it was not so simple. The residual breath of the molting shell of evil things could cause such a large area of pollution.
How strong is the evil thing shedding its shell, and how strong is the ancient evil thing?
Even the moulting of its shell has to be done by a powerful arcane mage in Moisture City in order to destroy it. Doesn’t it mean that a whole ancient evil thing is enough to destroy the world?
However, this information is blocked, and Penrose cannot access it and cannot explain it.
Duke can only imagine it, but can't get an accurate answer. He can only guess about the ancient evil.
"No matter how strong it is, since it is an evil thing from ancient times, it means that it died thousands of years ago... It is the last word whether you can get some wool." After he returned to the camp, he took Zina to exchange what he had learned with other arcanists.
I want to see if other arcanists find anything of value.
"A strange infected plant. I can't analyze what it was before it was infected." Leader Lidman brought back a sample.
It is a ball that looks like pineapple and jackfruit, and is covered with gray protrusions. It is a parasitic plant on the roots of trees.
The most bizarre point, and also the most speechless point, is that there is another gap in its spherical shell, revealing the pink pulp inside.
It looks like some kind of female organ.
Duke studied this plant with great interest, tried to infuse spiritual energy into the plant, and found that it was easy to infuse spiritual energy, and it was a bit too easy.
"this…"
"You also discovered it." Leader Leadman maintained his usual seriousness and vigorous spirit of exploration, "It has a strong spiritual affinity effect. I think it will be an excellent material for making card materials. I will study it at night."
"I also think it will be a good material, Daozhu, give it a name."
"There will be a unified name in the future, and we will refer to it as 'Bulb Crack Fruit' for the time being." Leadman casually named it.
Duke discussed briefly for a while, then got up and left.
"I've already remembered it." Zina replied, and muttered softly, "But it looks too ugly."
"It looks too good to be eaten, but it is very likely to become a golden dragon. Thinking about it this way, don't you think it is much more pleasing to the eye?"
"Not really, but at least I feel better."
Finally, Duke went to Mentor Penrose again to inquire about the research results, but Penrose didn’t find anything: “I’m mainly observing how the breath of evil molts infects plants and evil-born creatures.”
"How do you think the infection happened?"
"This needs more time to observe, I can't answer you for the time being."
"I see, mentor." Duke said goodbye politely.
There are not many harvests today, but the discovery of a ball cracking fruit is enough for the Broken Sword Mercenary Group to take a step ahead of the business opportunity.
At night, Duke finished washing in the washing car, went for a stroll in the experimental car, and then returned to his tent.
The tent was set up by Vivienne leading people, and the tents of several great knights surrounded the surroundings, and the tents of the Broken Sword Mercenary Group surrounded the great knights.
"It's getting late, it's time to train the chick." Duke shouted the chick out of the sea of air.
Then decisively combined with the chick, entered the elf form, and then hugged Xiaodou who was already dozing off, and carried out blood training.
Practicing in one body has become an unshakable habit of his.
at this time.
The Dou Qi holographic screen in his field of vision has rapidly expanded from a circular area with a radius of 500 meters to a circular area with a radius of 3 kilometers.
Under the blessing of the chick, Duke in the form of an elf can resonate with the plants in a range of three kilometers. Within one kilometer, all the clues can be brought under control, even an ant crawling over a leaf can sense it.
Qihai training together may not have substantial combat power, but when it comes to danger perception, it has a lot to do.
"Plants are my eyes!"
Duke stared at the Dou Qi holographic screen, and saw a 2-ring spiritual plant not far from him.
"It's a large flying shuttle. Kiria, a girl from the sky, is really valued by the family. Not only does she provide a nanny car, but there are also 2 rings of Lingzhi combing aura in the nanny car!"
This treatment is really enviable.
"Xiaoyi, stop hanging up the "Rainfall Breathing Method"." Duke issued an order.
After Xiaoyi stopped hanging up, he performed the "Rainfall Breathing Method" himself, feeling everything within a three-kilometer radius.
When he focused on the 2-ring Lingzhi in the large shuttle.
Unexpectedly, he vaguely sensed that beside this spiritual plant, there was a person who was meditating seriously.
"It's Kylia." Duke burst into a sea of anger.
Then with the 2-ring spiritual plant as a transfer, the power of nature continues to radiate outward, agitate, resonate, and then act like his third eye.
Observe Kiria.
Gradually, with his observation and the accumulation of breathing resonance, in his perception, the outline of Kylia gradually became clear.
Although he couldn't see the facial features and the color of the clothes on his body clearly, his every move was as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
However, when Kiriya got up to take a bath, after a little distance from the 2nd Ring Lingzhi, this perception became blurred.
Can only perceive a general situation.
The indistinct appearance made Duke's breathing gradually short, and then quickly fell from this special state of perception.
"Huh!"
Duke recalled the feeling just now, and said with emotion: "The power of plants should not be underestimated, quietly..."
A tearing sensation hit, Duke gritted his teeth and held on.
Immediately after, a big emerald green tadpole condensed in front of him, it was a chick that had finished merging.
Chicken gave Duke a look of "old pervert", plunged into Duke's stomach, and went to the sea of Qi to recuperate.
Xiaodou yawned and woke up from his sleep.
The evening practice course is over.
Duke took a sip of herbal tea from the teacup next to the bed, sat on the bed and meditated for a while, and then lay down to sleep.
In the dream that night, Kiria's indistinct appearance in the bath haunted him all night.
…
"Fix formation!"
Deep in the forest, the guard knights are fighting a 2-ring spirit beast.
Duke whistled happily, and commanded a few mercenaries to dig up a 1-ring spiritual plant-lantern fruit and wrap it up.
There will always be surprises on the way of research, and at this moment, a 1-ring spiritual plant has been obtained.
"The lantern fruit grows vigorously. The price on the market is 150 golden dragons, which is comparable to my income from repairing a 3-ring arcane card."
and other mercenaries dug out the lantern fruit.
The **** knights also killed the 2-ring spirit beasts, handed them over to the mercenaries to bind them, and shipped them back for processing and exchanged them for money.
Suddenly.
On the dou qi holographic screen, a red light spot began to jump, and a prompt appeared: "It is suspected that the 3-ring spirit beast interfered with the signal."
The spiritual power of the spirit beast itself can interfere with the natural power, which is reflected in the perception of breath resonance.
Duke was eager to try: "Go, go forward 500 meters, there is a 3-ring spirit beast, let's hunt it down!"
"My lord, please be careful." Vivian reminded, "Please let us open the way."
Third-ring spirit beasts are no longer easy to hunt and kill. Most mercenary groups will not kill the three-ring spirit beasts.
But what everyone didn't expect was that this 3-ring spirit beast didn't need to be hunted at all.
It was lying on the edge of a bush, its wings fluttering, but it couldn't stand up no matter what, let alone fly again.
"It's a human-footed owl, my lord." Zina quickly recognized the identity of this spirit beast. "In the past, when we encountered a human-footed owl, we ran for our lives, but this human-footed owl seems to be poisoned..."
The human-footed owl is a three-ringed spirit beast similar to an owl. It is named because its feet are similar to human feet. It is best at running on the ground and branches. As for flying, it can only fly short distances. It can be regarded as a ground chicken.
However, the natural solidification arcane of this free-range chicken has many types and strong power, and its strength is top-notch among the 3-ring spirit beasts.
Vivienne led the guarding knight team, and quickly stepped forward to check the condition of the human foot owl.
Immediately said: "My lord, the human foot owl seems to be infected. Its feathers are covered with fang lichen-like fungi."
The human foot owl is not big, only half the height of a person.
It was lying on the ground, struggling feebly to flap its wings, and being held up by Vivian and others with knight spears, it was even more immobile.
Duke got closer to check its condition, and soon found a wound wrapped in fang lichen on its abdomen.
"The laceration should have been caused by hunting and fighting, and then it was infected by the fang lichen." Duke quickly issued an order, "Tie it up and take it back. This should be a good experimental sample, just to observe its infection process."
Even spirit beasts with 3 rings can infect them. The molting pollution of this ancient evil is simply ridiculously strong.
With human foot owls, today's research is not in vain.
On the way back, the human-footed owl was carried by two mercenaries, and Duke walked beside him, observing the state of the human-footed owl all the time.
The human-footed owl has never died, but the condition of being infected by the fang lichen is getting worse.
The fur on her body falls off from time to time, and her eyeballs are also red.
"It's getting more and more similar to the deer I killed a few days ago." Duke asked Xiaoyi to play the virtual image of the deer in Linghai.
He was distracted, while he was on his way, he looked inside Linghai.
Comparing the state of the deer and the human foot owl, as time goes by, the commonality between the two becomes more and more.
And, there is another frightening change.
"My lord, don't you think that this human foot owl's feet are getting thinner?" Zina walked over and asked curiously.
Duke had a serious expression: "No, not only that, almost all of its body has changed."
"ah?"
"It's degrading in...."
"Degenerate?" Zina exclaimed, but did not comprehend the profound meaning.
Duke didn't stop talking, but just returned with the team silently, silently observing the changes in the human feet.
When it was dark, the team rushed back to the new campsite.
Director Vikas was inspecting the entire campsite. When he saw Duke and his party, he came over: "Thank you, Duke. You brought back another owl. Is it an owl infected by evil spirits? Maybe this will suit the teacher's appetite."
"Director Vikas, take a closer look, is it just an owl?" Duke said.
"What do you mean?" Assistant Vikas took a closer look, "It seems to be a little different. This owl is much larger in size, and its claws are a bit strange."
"It's a human-footed owl."
"Human-footed owl?" Vikas frowned. "I've seen a real human-footed owl. Human-footed owl doesn't look like this, and the spiritual power on it is weak. It's obviously just an ordinary 0-ring or 1-ring spirit beast. It can't be a 3-ring."
"This is the seriousness of the problem. When I caught it, it was indeed a 3-ring spirit beast-a human-footed owl."
Duke signaled the mercenaries to put the human foot owl down, and he directly carried the human foot owl and followed Vikas to the black beetle car.
"How is this possible?" Vikas asked.
"So I'm going to ask the instructor." Duke got into the black beetle car and found the instructor Penrose who was dissecting a rabbit. "Mentor, I brought you back a 3-ring spirit beast-the human foot owl, but it seems to have degenerated into an ordinary owl now."
Penrose turned his head, took a serious look at the owl, and then handed over the work in his hands to Vikas: "You continue to dissect and find the difference between it and ordinary hares in its body. Don't miss any details."
"Uh, okay." Vikas took over the job with some reluctance.
He only intends to be a mentor for dawdling, and doesn't want to study evil pollution by himself. Anyway, there is no room for improvement in cultivation.
Mentor Penrose took the human-footed owl and said calmly: "It is indeed degenerating. This degeneration is based on the erosion of spiritual power, which leads to the decline of blood. The rabbit before was also a 2-ring spirit beast-the long-toothed pika. I saw it degenerate into a hare with my own eyes."
"This kind of erosion is terrible, mentor, if human beings are infected, will they also degenerate?" Duke hurriedly asked.
"I don't know, I'm analyzing." Penrox paused, and said with relief, "You and I are both of the blood of ordinary people, how can it decline... But for those noble blood, maybe you can find a few big knights to come over and do a little research."
"Eh..." Duke didn't answer.
Human experiments, like soul experiments, have a rigorous application process. It is by no means just finding a few people and starting the experiment.
Penrose just mentioned it, and soon devoted himself to the research on human foot owls.
Looking for tickets~
(end of this chapter)