Chapter 32 Grave Sweeping and Harvest
“I originally wanted to choose a grand day to come to pay homage and sweep the tomb, but unexpectedly, I couldn’t help but walked over inadvertently.”
Li Xiang looked at that place with tears in his eyes. That place is the tomb of his parents. In addition, not far away is his grandfather's grave.
However, he had never met his grandfather when he died young.
According to grandma, when grandpa passed away, Li Xiang's father was still underage. Grandma raised several children by herself and helped them get married and start a business. She endured a lot of hardships.
Grandma was also a miserable person, having been a widow for most of her life. In ancient times, she would have been worth a chastity memorial.
And why doesn't his father have a hard life? He lost his father when he was young, and he and his wife both died in middle age. Grandma even gives gifts to people with white hair and black hair.
And why don't I have a miserable life? He also lost his parents when he was still a minor.
From this point of view, it seems that the whole family is suffering.
However, the past is past, and life must always move forward. The coming of the apocalypse did not scare Li Xiang. Li Xiang is actually very content and enjoying his current pastoral life.
Live every day well, serve your grandma, practice, improve yourself, and seek inner peace. There will only be more than three thousand days of peace and quiet in this way.
When Li Xiang approached his parents' grave, still several meters away, the system suddenly popped up a prompt box in his mind: "One second-order mutated creature, the Iron-headed Queen Ant, and thirteen first-order mutated creatures, the Iron-headed Black Ant, were found."
However, although the system prompted, it did not point out its location.
There are overgrown weeds here. Even my parents’ graves are covered with weeds and trees. It’s not that easy to find a nest of ants.
"The ant nest won't be moved for the time being, so I'd better get down to business first, visit my parents' graves and pay homage to them."
Since his parents were older, Li Xiang decided to put aside the search for iron-headed black ants for the time being. He took out his high-density knife and began to clean up the weeds and shrubs on his parents' graves and the surrounding area.
His sword skills were superb. Every time he slashed with the sword, a large area of weeds and trees was cut down in the flash of cold light.
I cut some more branches and made a makeshift broom to clean up the fallen weeds and trees.
Then, he knelt down and kowtowed, sat in front of his parents' graves, and told his parents about the current situation. He believed that if his parents knew better, they would definitely support him and give up the opportunity in the big city and come back to serve his grandma to take care of him.
Suddenly, my left hand hurt. When I looked down, I saw a huge black ant that was as big as a fly. It had crawled on my hand at some point and had just taken a bite.
"I almost forgot about you. I didn't mess with you, but you messed with me instead?"
Li Xiangxin said, isn't this looking for death?
Just slap it with your hand and kill it.
System: "Congratulations to the host, you killed a first-level mutated creature, the Iron-headed Black Ant, and gained 10 achievement points."
Li Heng stood up and searched around. He saw that there were actually many large black ants active nearby, so he searched carefully and traced back to the source. Finally, he found the ant's nest.
It's under a rock about 2 meters away from my parents' grave.
The rocks were moved away, and part of the nest was visible underneath.
Li Xiang touched the waistband of his trousers and felt very sorry, because he had just let go of the water not long ago, and he probably wouldn't be able to recreate the grand scene of "flooding the seven armies".
Moreover, this nest of iron-headed black ants is larger than the previous nest of flame ants in the backyard, and the nest is wider. The little "water" I have may not be able to use it well.
"How about a 'Burning Red Cliff'?"
However, Li Xiang looked at the mountains and forests and immediately gave up this stupid idea. Autumn is high and dry, and setting fires in the mountains and forests is too risky.
Although he has a certain degree of confidence that the risks can be controlled, such as clearing an isolation belt.
But it’s hard to say this kind of thing. Once something happens, you will be the sinner.
So, Li Xiang chose a shovel, used "aesthetics of violence" and advanced physical skills to destroy the nest and beat all the iron-headed black ants to death.
The system keeps popping up prompts: "Congratulations to the host, you killed three first-order mutant creatures, iron-headed black ants, and gained 30 achievement points."
"Congratulations to the host, you killed a first-level mutated creature, the Iron-headed Black Ant, and gained 10 achievement points."
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"Congratulations to the host, for killing a second-level mutant creature, the Iron-headed Queen Ant, and receiving a surprise reward: three first-level mutant spiritual grass, golden chanterelles."
Chanterelles: delicious, with a special fruity aroma, which can improve eyesight and benefit the stomach. It can treat rough or dry skin, corneal softening, xerophthalmia and night blindness caused by vitamin A. It can also treat some diseases caused by respiratory and digestive tract infections. Containing a variety of amino acids and trace elements, it has extremely high edible value.
"Achievement point account balance: 370 points."
Li Xiang couldn't help but be happy.
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
"Hey, I was quite distressed when I spent 100 points to exchange for the monthly subscription of the 'mutated organism identification function'. I didn't expect that the 100 points would be repaid so quickly."
With this additional function, it can be said that the efficiency of "killing monsters" has been greatly improved. It used to be a coincidence, but now it can be actively searched.
However, Li Xiang was a little surprised that he had traveled so far and encountered such a nest of potentially mutated ants?
Even if potentially mutated creatures are rare, there are so many creatures in the mountains and forests, and the base is huge, so it is not a problem.
I have several potential mutant creatures in my home.
But after a second thought, Li Xiang quickly understood.
He could only detect potentially mutated creatures within ten meters of him, but the animals in the mountain forest were very alert. Maybe they knew that Li Xiang was not easy to mess with, so they fled all the way.
The ant's nest is here, and the ants themselves cannot migrate long distances in a short period of time.
"Dad, Mom, my son is unfilial. He didn't bring any sacrifices or paper money this time. It's not convenient to burn paper money in the mountains. Pick another day and I'll pay tribute to you two elders."
Li Xiang paid a few bows, placed two large handfuls of wild chrysanthemums picked nearby in front of the grave, and then continued towards the mountains.
His grandfather's tomb was not far from here, only four to five hundred meters, so he went to his grandfather's place again. He also cleaned the tomb and surrounding weeds and trees, and placed a large handful of newly picked wild chrysanthemums.
To his surprise, his grandfather also had something to gain.
System: "A second-order mutant creature, the red dragon giant centipede, was discovered."
Li Xiang quickly searched the surroundings and soon saw a huge red centipede that was as long as an adult's palm and as thick as a finger, speeding through the grass. He hurriedly caught up with it in a few quick steps, and with a wave of the shovel, it brought up a piece of red centipede. Afterimage.
"Chi~"
The wind roared, and the huge red dragon centipede was chopped into two pieces by the shovel falling from the sky.
The centipede is dead but not stiff, and the two centipede parts are still struggling to escape on the ground.
System: "Congratulations to the host, for killing the red dragon giant centipede, a second-level mutant creature, and receiving a surprise reward: three first-level mutant spiritual grasses and purple air coral fungi."
(End of chapter)