Chapter 271 Huh? Why is my sand gone?
"Is your spiritual pet... really a quasi-god?"
Xu Dalong looked at the vast desert behind him and asked in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Lu asked strangely.
Xu Dalong looked at Hua Huo who was happily planting grass and said: "I don't think even a quasi-god's plant spiritual pet can plant plants in such a large desert."
Because Shachen was too cunning and cautious, no matter how hard Hanabi searched, she couldn't find him.
It’s no wonder that the two fourth-level beast masters, Xu Dalong and Lin Kexing, were helpless when facing this enemy.
Since he really couldn't catch the opponent's entity, Zhou Lu simply asked Hua Huo to use a stupid method.
Hanabi keeps spreading its branches, and then disconnects them to let the branches live freely.
In this way, these disconnected ramets will no longer occupy Hanabi's ramet control number.
Even if these disconnected ramets left in place will die later due to lack of water in the sandy soil, their root systems can still hold on to part of the sandy soil.
Zhou Lu guessed that the sand controlled by the dust was probably not its own body, but the sand that originally existed in the desert.
If you use branches to fix the sand, the other party will have much less sand to call.
What really hinders the advancement of the pioneering army is the sand, which can be regarded as an indicator technique.
At the same time, these branches left by Hanabi are also included in the flower field of the [Flower Field Fairy].
If these branches can really survive in the future, then the fireworks will be equivalent to having a large new flower field, which will be a big gain in the damage of the fireworks.
"Other quasi-gods can actually do it." Zhou Lu said, "It will just consume too much physical energy."
Branches do not appear out of thin air, the energy consumed in the growth process It all comes from fireworks.
One or two ramets may not show much, but when the number is tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, this consumption is very obvious.
And because the branches have to be disconnected and left in place to solidify the sand, Hanabi cannot recover part of the energy by recycling the branches.
Part of this part of the energy is filled by the recovery of Hanabi itself, and part of it depends on Zhou Lu.
Beast Master Skill [Limited Source].
Through this skill, Zhou Lu can select one of his spiritual pets, so that its physical strength and spiritual power will be greatly increased in recovery speed for a period of time, at the cost of one spiritual pet. Racial skills.
This beast master's skill can be said to be very vicious.
It is completely using other spiritual pets as the recovery spring for his main spiritual pet.
But for Zhou Lu or Hanabi, the negative effects of this skill are basically non-existent.
Hanabi is equivalent to buying a BUFF that restores the gain for nothing.
The improvement brought by [Limited Source] is amazing.
Everywhere the pioneering army passed by, fireworks were used to pave sparse grass with branches.
Although there is still a big difference from the grassland, these disconnected branches firmly grasp the surrounding sand and soil through the strong root system given by the fireworks.
"I feel that after you graduate, you can find a job in the environmental improvement department." Lin Kexing looked at Hua Huo's behavior along the way and said with admiration, "This ability to transform sand is comparable to that of the mythical beast."
"Hanabi still has a long way to go before becoming a divine beast." Zhou Lu said with a smile.
While talking, the group of people had already arrived at the front line where the pioneer army retreated.
There are still some materials left here from the frontline camps built by the pioneering army.
Only a few days have passed, and the place has already been covered with a layer of sand.
Standing here and looking up, the rolling yellow sand in the distance is clearly visible.
"The scale of this sandstorm seems to be much smaller than before." Xu Dalong made a judgment after taking a look.
“It seems that Zhou Lu’s tactics have worked.” Lin Kexing said happily, “Those branches left behind have fixed the sand, and the amount of sand that can be mobilized has been greatly reduced.”
Xu Dalong's eyes lit up and he said: "In this case, as long as you play slowly and explore the entire area, there should be no problem."
"Play slowly and steadily?" Zhou Lu said, "I don't have that much time. Where is the waste, we have to speed up.”
When Xu Dalong heard Zhou Lu's words, he said in disbelief: "Don't your spiritual pets need to rest?"
Hua Huo rolled up a thumb with a leaf: "I can work even when I'm resting!"< br>
Xiao Caocao did not lie.
The plant may be dormant, but dormancy does not prevent it from continuing to work.
Hanabi sleeps, gets under the covers, and cleans the room at the same time. This kind of thing she does a lot lately.
Zhou Lu suspected that it was all Hua Huo who was taught by Big Leaf Iris.
As for who taught the bad Iris? Then you have to take a look at our ultimate plant control Ye Qingyu.
Zhou Lu even felt that if Senior Brother Ouyang married Ye Qingyu in the future, she would make Senior Brother Ouyang COS grow into a big tree.
While he was complaining in his mind, the fireworks had turned the desert in this area into a green grassland.
Actually, according to Zhou Lu's original idea, the fireworks should have been a protective forest along the way.
It's a pity that the cost of converting the branches into trees is too great.
Even with the bonus of [Limited Source], the consumption still requires Hanabi to take a break every once in a while to complete it.
So Zhou Lu had no choice but to settle for the grass.
But it has to be said that the advantages of grass are still very obvious.
The growth consumption is small, the survival probability of sandy soil is high, and it is enough to capture the sandy soil.
The only flaw is probably that it cannot withstand wind and sand like a protective forest, allowing a group of people to roam leisurely under the trees.
However, this surmountable difficulty is nothing to the Pioneer Army.
"The area ahead is unknown." Xu Dalong's expression gradually became serious, "Guild Link and I will protect the safety of you and Hua Huo. You can continue to lay out according to this strategy."
< br>Xu Dalong also noticed the significance of Hua Huo's action.
If the survival rate of these ramets is satisfactory, this desert may be transformed into an oasis in the future.
This is definitely a good thing for the miner troops that will follow.
If given the choice, no one would choose to work in a desolate desert.
Unknown areas also mean unknown risks.
Considering the special properties of sand dust, Zhou Lu felt that if this place were really opened, it would definitely be like an A-level secret realm.
Although Xu Dalong and Lin Kexing are both trustworthy warriors, Zhou Lu is not used to putting his own safety in the hands of others.
So Zhou Lu freed the Yushou Ka, and Yue Ya and Ben Ben appeared next to him one after another.
"Holy shit. What are you doing? Such a big battle?" As soon as Crescent Moon came out, they saw Hanabi planting branches in a large area of desert. The visual impact of the desert turning into an oasis in an instant is still very strong. Even if Yueya is a veteran quasi-god for thousands of years, he can't help but sigh when he sees this scene.
Zhou Lu gave a general introduction to the enemy he was about to face, and then asked: "Do you have any impression of such a spiritual beast?"
"I thought of one, but That was a long, long time ago, and I wasn't even born yet," Yue Ya thought about it and said.
Actually, the current restrictions on the secret realm door only appeared in the late Immortal Era.
In earlier times, the connection between secret realms was not as clear-cut as it is now, and many spiritual beasts could enter other secret realms through some vague boundaries.
Only later, people discovered that this random shuttle between secret realms would lead to the continuous disintegration of the main world, so they gradually began to regulate the way in and out of secret realms.
With the emergence of the secret realm door system, these vague teleportation boundaries quickly disappeared, and each secret realm began to be physically separated.
Spirit beasts that originally belonged to the same race were forced to survive in different secret realms due to this change. Over time, they evolved different traits. Some even experienced reproductive isolation, becoming two completely different species. species.
In fact, let alone other spiritual beasts, humans themselves have several branches.
Some studies believe that the two talents of beast masters and immortals belonged to two completely different humanoid creatures in ancient times. Later, the immortals annexed the other humanoid creature with the powerful power of constant devouring.
The two became compatible by blood in the following years, so the skills of both races were expressed in modern humans.
These are all mentioned in the information of the ancestor.
At first he was a little scornful.
But when he thought about the immortal’s racial skills, he felt a little creepy.
If there really were many branches of humans in ancient times.
So what is the ending of other branches of human beings?
Zhou Lu's random thoughts did not affect the efficiency of the group's advancement.
"So cowardly... it must be the sand element." Yue Ya said with certainty.
"Sand element?"
"Well, a spiritual beast that can control sand and minerals." Yueya introduced, "I also heard it from my elders. If it is really it..."
Yueya said this, but He was about to speak but stopped.
"How do you say it?" Zhou Lu asked quickly.
“This secret realm may belong to the Kingdom of Riel.” Yueya thought for a moment and said, “That is the country created by your human ancestors.”
“The country created by your human ancestors?” Xu Dalong, who was listening to the conversation between the two, quickly asked, "What level of ancestors are they?"
"The common ancestor of all human creatures." Yue Ya said seriously, "The sand element is the earliest domesticated spiritual beast by humans. Before you evolved the talent of a beast master."
The so-called racial skills , is an extreme expression of biological characteristics.
According to existing theories, whether it is an immortal or a beast master, the skills of these two races must have evolved later.
So what kind of skills did these genetic ancestors use before modern humans and even immortals?
When Xu Dalong heard Yue Ya’s words, his expression instantly became serious.
He didn't expect that just an operation to open up a new mine would involve a country of human ancestors.
The study of the evolutionary history of human race has actually never stopped.
The question of where we come from has always been explored by human beings.
"If this Ruian Kingdom really exists, then we need to explore it carefully." Xu Dalong said immediately and gave the order.
Zhou Lu called out Manman, intending to ask about the Ruian Kingdom and the Sand Element.
Seeing Zhou Lu casually calling out a universal fairy, Xu Dalong and Lin Kexing's eyes widened immediately.
Holy shit! Damn it!
What do I see?
Someone actually has a private universal fairy?
And you haven’t been beaten to death by Qiudao Mu?
"Is there any problem?" Manman yawned and looked around, "Huh? Why did you come to the desert?"
Seeing the expressions of Xu Dalong and Lin Kexing, Zhou Lu hurriedly explained: " Her name is Manman, a rather special general fairy. Don’t worry, I didn’t do anything illegal like robbing the general fairy.”
“Hello,” Manman said politely.
Then Zhou Lu relayed what Yue Ya said to Man Man, and asked: "Do you have any impression of this sand element?"
"Yes." Man Man He answered very crisply.
Zhou Lu, who originally just had the idea of giving it a try, was immediately surprised when he heard Manman's answer: "You really know!"
"Don't you read the research report?" Manman said speechlessly, "According to You human archaeologists excavated the corpse of a spiritual beast from a human tomb three million years ago. This spiritual beast recorded as sand in ancient texts is very likely to be the earliest domesticated spiritual beast by you humans. "< br>
Speaking of this, Manman paused and asked curiously: "By the way...why did you suddenly ask this question?"
Zhou Lu pointed helplessly at the distance. Sandstorm: "What I'm facing now is probably a sandstorm."
After being down for a few seconds, Manman shouted in surprise: "Really! Really!"
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As she said that, she flapped her wings and flew around Zhou Lu: "Hurry up and see! Hurry up and see! I really want to know!"
General knowledge fairy, or Qiudao wood His curiosity for knowledge broke out in an instant.
With expectations for Sand and the Kingdom of Ruian, the group's traveling speed suddenly accelerated a lot, approaching the limit of Hua Huo's speed.
Finally, with a crazy march, the surrounding sand and dust gradually dissipated.
“You are really bullying me too much!”
Finally, when a group of people stepped into a special area and saw a large number of sandy buildings, an angry voice came.
A few people looked around and saw a snowman-like little man made of sand flying angrily in the air.
“I don’t intend to hurt you, why do you have to come here!”
“No one is allowed to disturb the king’s mausoleum!!”
“Your behavior has already It’s a capital crime!”
"Yeah! Are you ready! I'm going to kill you!"
The little sandman made an expression that he thought was super scary.
I saw it raising its hand, waving menacingly, as if everything in the world was under its control.
However, the next second, it looked at the thirty-nine grains of sand gathered in its hand, dumbfounded.
The little sand man looked around in disbelief.
Looking around, all that comes into view is green grass.
At this moment, the screams of the little sand man resounded throughout the desert:
"Holy shit! Where is my sand?"
(End of this chapter)