Chapter 308 The joke comes true, there are real blood orchids in Borneo
Borneo.
On the first day he set foot in the tropical rainforest, Hawkeye Barton, who led the team to explore the Blood Orchid, learned an ancient rumor from an old man in the primitive tribe.
It is said that in the deepest part of the primeval jungle of Borneo, there is an unexploited wilderness. The dangerous geographical environment has become a natural protective barrier for various rare animals and plants.
The blood orchid grows here. It is an extremely rare red orchid. The serum it secretes is said to keep you young forever.
However, the old man also told Barton and his party straightforwardly that so far, no one has encountered a blood orchid, only a few people have seen a huge python, and many explorers have become dinner for the python...
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"Fury, I learned from the elders of the primitive tribe that blood orchids exist deep in the primitive jungles of Borneo. It is just an ancient rumor. So far, no one has seen blood orchids, and only a few have escaped death. Explorers have encountered giant pythons deep in the rainforest.”
On the way to the depths of the primitive jungle, Barton took out his satellite phone and dialed Director Nick Fury's phone. As he walked, he said: "I think there is a high probability that we will return empty-handed on this trip. The blood that can keep people young forever." If Lan exists, there cannot be only a few rumors spread by word of mouth.”
"This is not necessarily true..." Nick Fury said confidently: "You continue to lead the team deeper, and everything is about safety."
"If I had known that I was going to carry out a mission in the rainforest, I should have taken over the task of monitoring Mr. Cheng!"
Barton cursed and hung up the phone. It is the rainy season now. There is water everywhere in the tropical rain forest, and there are all kinds of poisons. If they were not well-equipped and equipped with various detoxifying serums, it is estimated that several people would have died. The person lies down and cannot walk.
Mud, rain, and poison were actually bearable to him.
The most unbearable thing for Barton was the sweltering heat. Even if he took off his clothes, there were leeches everywhere in the forest. If he was not careful, they would jump on him and suck blood. He was wearing special combat equipment and it was extremely hot.
He didn't know how much he envied Natasha now. She pretended to be a hot girl from the countryside and chatted with Cheng Long from time to time to complete the task. It was like a vacation.
……
Just as Patton whined.
Following Natasha, who lived in a remote town, she knocked on Cheng Long's door early in the morning with a plate of steaming dumplings.
"These are the dumplings I made last night. Please try and see if they taste good. If not, I will correct them."
Natasha had been monitoring all night last night, but she didn't hear anything. In desperation, she had no choice but to come to her door to get close to her, playing the emotional card.
It was too difficult to find out Mr. Cheng's background through monitoring. There was no movement in the room at eight o'clock in the evening, and it was eerily quiet.
Even a little unusual!
But when it was bright in the morning, there was a lot of movement outside, and she actually saw wisps of purple air flying from the east to Cheng Long's window.
She didn't understand the practice, but this was clearly not normal.
You know, when they were monitoring Cheng Long in New York, the other party made no such noise...
"Hmm~~ Not bad, the dumplings taste good enough for home-cooked dumplings, but Lucy, if you want to sell them for money, they are still a little short of the standard." Cheng Long tasted Natasha's dumplings while giving the most honest evaluation.
The standard of home cooking is barely enough to set up a stall. The taste is not enough, but the beauty makes up for it. If the famous Black Widow imitates Aunt Mei and sets up a stall, the business will definitely be quite booming.
"What's the difference?" Natasha asked curiously.
"You are making dumplings filled with leeks and eggs. The leeks need to be marinated in salt and kneaded with hands to dry the water. Then they can be poured into a basin and mixed with eggs and seasonings..."
Cheng Long did not hesitate to teach the other party some practical cooking tips. After finishing a plate of dumplings made by Natasha, he remembered that it was not polite to block the door, so he warmly invited: "Lucy, I’m not very familiar with this place. I wonder if you have time to go out with me?”
"Of course, I'm on vacation, do I have enough time?"
"What do you do?"
"I am a martial arts instructor who specializes in teaching girls self-defense so that they can deal with perverts..." Natasha made up a profession.
Anyway, no matter where she said she worked, as long as Cheng Long wanted to visit her place of work, he could make it true at any time.
SHIELD is so obsessed with it!
In the next few days, Cheng Long, who was so idle, consciously got close to Natasha, and their relationship developed from neighbors to friends.
During the day Natasha took him around, and at night he cooked dinner for Natasha so that she could taste real Chinese food.
During this period, Cheng Long also interacted with Jane Foster, Daisy, and Eric by accident.
Of course, he only met Daisy through his landlord Mike, three people he met at a small party in town, no, to be precise.
Daisy, the intern led by Dr. Jane, is very discerning.
As soon as she entered the party, she stared at Cheng Long, who had an outstanding temperament. At that time, Natasha was afraid of her local identity and was exposed by Mike, Dr. Jane and others and did not attend.
In just one night, Mr. Cheng and Daisy became good friends, and their relationship was no worse than that of Natasha.
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On the fifth day when Barton led the team into the primeval jungle of Borneo, a group of more than 20 people, equipped with a large amount of equipment, traveled through various precipitous mountains and forests, and finally reached the depths of the jungle and encountered the first giant python mentioned by the tribal elders.
The huge python is an amazing creature.
Their bodies are long and thick, usually reaching twenty or thirty meters, or even longer, and their skin is smooth and shiny, often showing dark spots or stripes.
These giant pythons accidentally ate blood orchids by chance and became extremely ferocious. At the same time, they also removed the original life limit and took the blood orchids growing on the cliffs of the pool as their own. Anyone who steps into the blood orchids can grow All creatures within the range will encounter their bloody mouths.
Only this time...
The python changes from hunter to prey.
The giant python that quietly approached Barton and his group was clearly detected by the heat sensor device before it entered the attack range. By the time it realized that something was wrong, it had already moved into the best attack range.
"Da da da..."
Bullets pierced through the body of the giant python like pear blossoms in a rainstorm. Each shot could make a bloody hole. With just one encounter, the python's head was beaten to pieces.
"Team 1, collect blood samples."
"The second team, be on guard from the side."
Patton arranged tasks for his subordinates in an orderly manner.
About half an hour later.
The two biological and medical researchers accompanying him gave the first test report. They detected a set of special genes in the python's blood.
It didn't take long to report the news to Nick Fury.
Barton and his team used drones, heat tracking and other means to find the pool where the giant python was entrenched, as well as dozens or hundreds of blood orchids growing on the cliff.
The color of the blood orchid is as bright red as blood, and a faint red halo can be seen from a distance.
One look at it and you will know that this flower is extraordinary. "Fury, the blood orchid has been found."
"However, there is a large nest of giant pythons nestled under the blood orchids. There are more than a dozen large ones and hundreds of small ones. If we drop bombs, the blood orchids on the cliff will definitely be affected."
Barton hid at the edge of the pool and reported in a low voice.
With the weapons and equipment they were equipped with, it was easy to kill a group of giant pythons below. The problem was that the giant pythons were hovering in the pool, and the closest distance to the Blood Orchid on the cliff was only seven or eight meters.
Throwing grenades casually will inevitably affect the blood orchid on the cliff.
"Little pythons are not afraid of threats. You should quickly think of a way to lure the giant pythons in the pool to the shore one by one..." At this point, Nick Fury changed the subject, "It's best to leave one injured but not killed. Let's see. Its restorative power, or whether taking blood orchid can speed up healing.”
"Wouldn't this be too wasteful?"
"Didn't you say there are hundreds of blood orchids? Spending one or two to see the effect is a waste?"
"..."
After all, Barton is just a senior agent in SHIELD. He can only provide advice and cannot change Nick Fury's mind. Fortunately, there are enough blood orchids on the cliff.
It's not a big problem to waste one or two flowers.
Within two days, Barton lured the giant pythons out of the pool, defeated them one by one, and left a seriously injured python to return to the extremely smelly pool.
The moment the giant python returned to the pool, it opened its bloody mouth and swallowed three blood orchids, which made Barton's heart beat wildly.
But the next scene captured by the camera was enough to shock the world.
After the giant python took the blood orchid, half of the gap in his body that was broken by the bomb recovered as before in just 24 hours.
The healing effect of blood orchid far exceeded Barton's expectations.
When he transmitted the video he shot to Nick Fury through a makeshift network.
This waterhole soon became SHIELD's secret research institute. A large number of people came one after another, and the originally poor living environment was improved.
Barton, who led the team to perform the drudgery, finally slept on the soft bed he longed for a month later.
But he can't leave just yet. The Blood Orchid Research Institute needs a level seven agent to take charge. Through in-depth research by S.H.I.E.L.D. researchers, it has been initially determined that Blood Orchid has the effect of prolonging life and has a certain degree of strengthening effect.
So sorry!
The mysterious substances extracted by scientific researchers cannot be cultivated and copied. They can only be used to make potions, which can be used as healing medicine or to extend people's lives.
The strengthening effect is also quite good.
But even if it couldn't be cultivated, the value of the blood orchid still excited Nick Fury to the extreme.
Scientific researchers have said that if the essence of all the blood orchids on the cliff is extracted and concentrated into a potion for human consumption, a super soldier that can exceed the limits of the human body will be created.
On this day, Natasha, who received the news from Barton, contacted Director Nick Fury and said excitedly: "Fury, did you really find the Blood Orchid?"
"Yes, the effect is the same as what Mr. Cheng said. Blood Orchid has a strong healing effect, but..." Nick Fury hesitated, not knowing how to speak.
Natasha frowned and said: "The output is very small?"
"Yes, excluding the two used blood orchids, there are still more than 80 blood orchids left. The researcher told me that these blood orchids are only enough to make one super soldier serum, and at most two will be left for further research."< br>
Blood orchid has various effects such as healing and strengthening, and is basically harmless to living things. The only drawback may be that using the super soldier serum made from blood orchid, people will become abnormally huge.
The group of giant pythons killed by Patton's team is the best evidence!
But this is not a disadvantage for soldiers who advocate violence, it is even an advantage.
That is to say, Barton, Colson and others are worried that their bodies will become abnormally large and affect their normal lives, otherwise they all want to be the first to eat crabs.
The reason is simple.
Because they don’t know how long it will take for the next crop of blood orchids to grow and bloom after picking this crop.
Hearing this, Natasha bit her red lips and begged: "Fury, can you give me one of the two pills left and let me give it to Mr. Cheng to refine the Dragon Tiger Pill?"
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There was a long silence.
Nick Fury nodded and said: "Yes, I hope Mr. Cheng can successfully refine it and restore you to health."
"Thank you~~" Natasha was so excited that her eyes even filled with tears.
Meanwhile...
Cheng Long, who lives next door to Natasha, couldn't help but marvel when he heard the video conversation between Natasha and Nick Fury: "They actually found the Blood Orchid?"
"...By the way, since there is a heart-shaped grass in Wakanda that can allow people to exceed the limits of the human body, it is not surprising that the Blood Orchid from Python grows in Borneo!"
When Cheng Long thought about this, he felt that he had missed out on 100 million, no, tens of billions. Although the blood orchid could not help him, he could sell it to make money to buy rare materials such as vibranium!
"Click!"
Cheng Long took out a fairy apple distributed by heaven, opened his mouth and took a big bite to calm his shock.
"If you have time, you should go out more often. There may be old forests in the mountains that have been visited by people, and there are also strange spiritual plants such as blood orchids and heart-shaped grasses!"
"By the way, Marvel's world level is much higher than Green Snake and Liaozhai. Try Black Lotus Seed..."
Follow your heart.
The next moment, the black lotus seeds that had been hidden in the storage column for many years quietly emerged in Cheng Long's palm.
This time, the terrifying catastrophe did not appear. When the black lotus seed was taken out, it was like an ordinary black bean caught in Cheng Long's hand, without causing any disturbance.
"Black lotus seeds can be cultivated in this world, but where can I find spiritual springs and divine water to cultivate this thing?" Cheng Long began to have trouble.
In the past, the Black Lotus seeds would be struck by lightning as soon as they appeared in the world, so there was no need to worry about cultivation issues. Now that he has come to the Marvel world, which is extremely tolerant and has a variety of training systems, he does not have to worry about the seeds being struck by lightning, but a new problem has arisen. appeared.
"It seems that we have to find an infinite gem, or ancient ice coffin, eternal fire and other divine objects next. Otherwise, with the rare resources of the earth, it will be too difficult to find the items to cultivate the black lotus seeds."
Cheng Long did not intend to snatch the Infinity Stones at first, because this thing would not help him much in his cultivation, but would make him angry. However, in order to cultivate the black lotus seeds and cultivate an innate spiritual treasure, he had to Take risks out of desperation.
Fortunately, there are opportunities to obtain infinite gems and ancient ice coffins, and he also has this ability. If he really offends someone powerful, he will probably run away.
In fact, as long as he has a good relationship with Thor, the God of Thunder, Cheng Long will have the opportunity to ask for treasures such as the ancient ice coffin and the eternal fire...
(End of chapter)