Chapter 604 The Centipede’s Great Change
Due to the space, countless fluorescent insects were flying around him, and some even attached to his body. Zhang An’s heart suddenly rose. An intense satisfaction.
This may be because I liked catching these little things when I was a child, but they were not easy to catch, so I had some regrets hidden in my heart that even Zhang An himself was not aware of.
After playing with the fireflies, Zhang An put away the satisfied smile on his face.
Then we came to the back of the small courtyard, and we could see that the trees that were planted some time ago had changed their appearance. Now they have grown taller. It is no exaggeration to say that they are towering trees.
However, although these trees have grown very tall, none of them are too thick and their diameter is still too small.
No wonder these trees will become the top-quality wood sought after by everyone when they grow up. The growth rate alone is already ridiculously slow.
This is because in space, there is the dual blessing of time flow speed and magical birth effect.
If you put it outside, I'm afraid it won't change much even if it takes a year or two.
Especially the small-leaf red sandalwood, which is the thinnest among all trees. It will probably take several years before they grow up.
However, Zhang An is not anxious about this. Although he is a carpenter, he has always maintained an attitude towards these top-quality woods that it doesn't matter if he doesn't have them.
Anyway, there are already so many Davidia trees planted in the space now, and before that, he secretly took some to the sawmill and turned them into lumber, and they are still piled in the space.
This part of Davidia wood alone can meet all his needs.
After all, Davidia wood is only one level worse than those difficult woods, but compared with most other trees, its advantages are more than enough.
So let these things grow slowly in the space. Anyway, when they grow up, Zhang An will be more or less ready to save them as a kind of protection for the future generations of his family.
Although he has space now, Zhang An has not figured this thing out until now. The instability is always too great. Who knows what will happen in the future.
After looking at the grove, Zhang An was not in a hurry to get out of the space.
Because he still has to see another thing in the space that is more urgent.
Through the grove, there is a bamboo forest.
Before, Zhang An only dug a few bamboos and planted them in the space. If so much time has passed, these bamboos have completely settled in the space, and the small bamboo forest has turned into a large bamboo forest.
Looking at the bamboo shoots sprouting here and there on the ground, Zhang An felt happy. From now on, he would be able to eat fresh bamboo shoots at home at any time.
And these are not ordinary bamboo shoots, these are bamboo shoots that grow in the space. I think they should be very fragrant.
When Zhang An dug the bamboo in, he didn't expect this layer to be planted unintentionally.
Just thinking about the delicious tender bamboo shoots, Zhang An's throat rolled unconsciously, so he started to dig out a few fresh bamboo shoots from the ground and took them out when the time came.
After all, it has been more than half a year since I dug spring bamboo shoots at the beginning of the year.
Throwing the bamboo shoots aside, Zhang An walked into the bamboo forest. In the originally quiet bamboo forest, as Zhang An entered, there was a crawling sound of "swish, swish, swish".
Pull open the bamboo leaves and bamboo shoot leaves on the ground, and you can see huge centipedes hidden underneath.
If it were placed outside, ordinary people would definitely be frightened when they see such a scene.
The largest centipedes we caught at the beginning were only over an arm long, less than twenty centimeters.
But now, earth-shaking changes have taken place. What caught Zhang An's eyes were several large centipedes that were more than a foot long.
And behind them are many little guys of different sizes, presumably their descendants.
When Zhang An saw those large centipedes that were over a foot long, he suddenly felt happy and felt that he had successfully raised these centipedes.
But when he grabbed the largest one and looked at it carefully, he was disappointed.
Because he counted carefully, he found that the big guy in front of him, with its claws and teeth, constantly touching the two long red beards, only had less than seventy pairs of legs and feet combined.
Compared with the ordinary centipedes with more than a dozen pairs of legs outside, this number is already a very terrifying number. If it were released, it would probably become the king of centipedes in the purple bamboo forest.
But Zhang An’s purpose of raising them was for Zhang and his party to use them as medicine guides for the little girl Yan Qian.
With less than seventy pairs of legs and feet, compared to the three hundred-legged Daquan insect, it is just a small Karami.
Zhang An then put the frightened big guy back on the ground and began to search in the bamboo forest.
Finally, it was discovered that the largest centipede in space was only less than two feet long, and the number of legs was only eighty-eight pairs, or one hundred and seventy-six legs.
Although in terms of number, the gap between one hundred and seventy-six and three hundred is less than half.
But Zhang An knew very well that it was not easy for centipedes in space to grow to such a large size.
Every time they grow an additional pair of legs and every centimeter longer, the task will be countless times more difficult than before.
Not to mention that the ancients once said that those who walk a hundred miles are half ninety. This is less than ninety. You can imagine the difficulty behind it.
After only half the payment, Zhang An immediately shook his head, getting rid of all the messy thoughts.
The fact that these centipedes have grown like this shows that it is not impossible to cultivate a giant centipede with three hundred legs, but it will take a long time.
And even if the growth limit of these guys cannot reach that point, Zhang An will not be discouraged.
Because he feels that even if the current centipedes are not successful, their offspring cultivated in space will definitely have a chance, because space will transform them from generation to generation.
If the next generation doesn't work, then the next generation will do it. Anyway, there is always one generation that can, but this is also a project that takes time.
At this time, Zhang An understood why when Zhang and his party gave such a prescription to the little girl Yan Qian, even he himself didn't have much hope.
Because this giant centipede with three hundred legs is really hard to find, and you may not be able to find it.
You must know that there is such a big guy. If the country knows about it, I am afraid that it will be protected. If you want to use it as medicine, you can only turn it into empty talk.
No wonder Yan Peifeng was more cautious and cautious when searching, and tried to find shady people to help him search. It was obvious that he understood the reason.
Suddenly, Zhang An thought of the Lingquan Crystal Dew he had just used.
Zhang An thought about feeding these centipedes some spiritual spring crystal dew. Since it has such a great effect on fireflies, it will definitely have an effect on these centipedes.
Just do it. After Zhang An brought over the Lingquan Crystal Dew, he immediately began to summon the centipedes in the space.
I don’t know if I didn’t call them, but I was really shocked when I called them. The ground was densely covered with centipedes of different sizes. The big ones were about the size of a human arm, and the small ones were very tiny.
If someone with trypophobia sees this, they will immediately go crazy.
Adhering to the principle of never doing too much, Zhang An took a bucket of water and mixed it with Lingquan Crystal Dew.
Because the number of centipedes is relatively large, and the individuals are not small, Zhang An dropped more than a dozen drops at a time, which can be said to be a huge investment. You must know that after saving for so long, he has not collected much spiritual spring crystal dew, so he will go directly to one-fifth of it this time.
But now he is not reluctant at all, but full of expectations.
If the cultivation can be successful, then this experiment will be very worthwhile.
After the redemption, Zhang An lifted the restrictions on the centipedes, and they immediately headed towards the bee pupae in the big basin.
Fortunately, Zhang Andui made enough of them, and all the centipedes were basically covered by rain and dew.
Most of it was absorbed by those extraordinary guys, but the small centipedes didn't take in too much, because their bodies were only that big in total.
At the beginning, he thought about giving all the spiritual spring crystal dew to those big centipedes.
But in the end he changed his mind because he was worried that the growth limit of these centipedes was not enough. By then, the spiritual spring crystal dew would be wasted and the centipedes would die of old age.
If that were the case, his heart would probably bleed.
So he chose to let all the centipedes try, at least hoping it would be much bigger.
Then Zhang An began to stare at them intently, for fear of missing any detail.
After a while, most of the centipedes on the ground began to twitch under Zhang An's eyes.
Zhang An thought it was a bad thing at first, but just when he was feeling regretful, he discovered that the twitching of these centipedes was not because there was something wrong, but that they were molting.
In this way, Zhang An witnessed a striptease, and it was a very large group.
It’s just that this scene was so terrifying that he twitched the corner of his mouth unconsciously.
I don’t know how long it has been, but these centipedes have finally finished shedding their skins.
The smallest one shed its skin several times in a row, growing several times in length, and its legs suddenly became many.
Some individuals, like larger centipedes, only shed their skin once, and when they grow up, they no longer change.
Only the old guys in the entire centipede group, who can be regarded as the ancestors of centipedes, have not shed their skin, but have grown up a little.
But because they are originally larger and longer, their growth is not obvious.
After getting such a result, Zhang An gritted his teeth and poured out another part of the Lingquan Crystal Dew, but this time it was not diluted with water and fed directly to the largest centipede in the group.
Sure enough, if there is input, there will be output.
After Zhang An fed the big guy nearly half of the spiritual spring crystal dew, it quickly changed.
The molting process that was absent just now has now arrived in a hurry.
It’s just that the process of shedding its skin is similar to when those things on TV crawl out, it’s very scary.
With Zhang An's full expectation, it quickly completed its molting.
During the whole process, the other centipedes, no matter how big or small, coiled themselves into a circle without moving at all, and only stretched out again when it was over.
Finally the molting is completed, and the old guy once again leaves behind a very empty shell.
It’s really big, so big that Zhang An could almost put his hand inside.
Zhang An originally thought that if this guy ingested so much spiritual spring crystal dew on his own, he should be able to shed his skin a few more times and grow a few more times.
The old centipede that has shed its skin has no other changes. It is obvious that it only intends to shed its skin once.
This result made Zhang An very disappointed, and he instantly felt that half of the spiritual spring crystal dew was not worth it.
But when he moved his gaze from the empty shell to the centipede, his eyes suddenly lit up.
He discovered that although this guy only shed his skin once, he had grown up a lot.
If his body length was less than two feet just now, he estimated that it was almost one meter now. Even if it was close, it wouldn't be too much.
Counting carefully, the result made him even more confused, because all the pairs of this guy's legs had changed from eighty-eight pairs to the current one hundred and thirty-six pairs, an increase of forty-eight. Opposite feet, ninety-six feet.
This result made him so excited that he almost poured all the spiritual spring crystal dew he had saved during this period into this centipede.
But Zhang An calmed down in the end, because the Lingquan Crystal Dew could save lives in times of crisis, and he did not dare to use it all.
But now he is more confident. One hundred and thirty-six is only fourteen pairs away from one hundred and fifty, which is not so far away.
The big guy who had undergone a big change kept twisting and making moves to please Zhang An.
But Zhang An sent him back to the bamboo forest with his centipede descendants.
Because he cultivated this thing with the intention of using it as medicine from the beginning. If there were too many interactions, he would be worried that he would not be able to let go of it if he developed feelings for it.
Moreover, centipedes are different from Xiaohuhuatou and the others. Zhang An doesn’t think he has such a unique hobby.
After leaving the space, Zhang An contentedly hugged his wife on the pillow and fell asleep soundly.
When I woke up again, it was already dawn, and the roosters in the village were crowing for the last time this morning.
When he walked into the yard, Zhang An found that there were many people on the road outside the door staring at his yard.
"What's the matter? What's the matter, everyone?"
Zhang An didn't understand what was going on and asked the people at the door with a confused look on his face.
“It’s okay, little brother, the loudest rooster crow just now came from your house.”
Many people in the crowd saw Zhang An’s expression of confusion. Seeing Bei's expression, he quickly explained with a smile.
“Yes, it’s a big rooster that I keep at home.”
Zhang An was still a little confused at this moment, wondering what happened to his big cock that attracted so many people's attention.
"Can you take us to see this big rooster of yours? Its crow sounds a bit scornful of the world. The other roosters in your village only dare to make a sound after it has finished its crow. ”
It turns out that when these people passed by here in the morning, they noticed that Zhang An’s rooster was somewhat different when it crowed, as if it was the king of chickens in the village.
"Of course, as long as you don't mind the smell in the chicken coop."
Zhang An didn't know whether to laugh or cry at first, but he still agreed.
(End of this chapter)