Chapter 138 Harvest Day
The cultivation room was originally a warehouse of Siris Academy, located in a remote corner of the academy.
After tutor Xiao rented it for a long time, he transformed it into a poisonous insect breeding room.
The entrance and exit to the cultivation room is a sturdy hardwood door commonly used in warehouses, and there is also a simple small barrier.
You need to insert a special key into a recessed slot in the middle of the wooden door to unlock the enchantment, and then the hardwood door can be opened.
The entire poisonous insect breeding room is about more than 100 square meters and is divided into two rooms, one is the "incubation room" and the other is the "nurturing room".
The incubation room is carefully arranged and full of well-proportioned incubation boxes.
The incubator also has special temperature and humidity adjustments according to different types of insect eggs, simulating the environment required for the development of poisonous insect eggs.
The walls are inlaid with glowing magic crystal lamps, emitting a soft and even light, which not only meets the lighting conditions required by poisonous insect eggs, but is not too dazzling to affect observation.
There is a smell in the air that is not pleasant but not unpleasant either.
This is a "nutrient solution" obtained by Shore using various materials carefully proportioned. Adding it to the incubator can promote the better development of poisonous insect eggs.
As for the breeding room, it is much simpler. Three large incubation boxes are arranged according to the needs of the three poisonous insects, and a higher concentration of "nutrient solution" is added to them.
"Have you mastered [Detecting Poison]?" Shore confirmed.
Gothe nodded.
“That’s good, you have to check the eggs in the incubation room at least once every day through [Detect Poison].”
"Once you find that toxins appear in the eggs, it means that the larvae in the eggs have fully developed and will hatch out within 1-2 days."
"You must quickly remove these eggs that are about to hatch. , moved from the incubation room to the three incubation boxes in the breeding room. "
"This is the incubation box for fire-kissed ants, and this one is for scorpions."
Shore and Gaode. Explaining the details in detail, he pointed to the last large incubation box, "This is the incubation box of the Phantom Centipede. The Phantom Centipede is a hybrid between the Phantom Centipede and the Thorn Centipede."
"Just hatched. The body surface of a healthy fire-striped ant larvae should be smooth and flawless, with clearly identifiable fiery red lines on its back, and its color should be uniform and shiny. In addition, its movements should be agile and powerful. ”
"If the lines on the back are blurred, the color is dull, the body is deformed, or the movement is slow, it means it is a defective product."
"You need to take it out of the incubator and dispose of it promptly to avoid damaging the entire "The characteristics of healthy scorpion larvae are the same. If you find defective products, you must screen them out as soon as possible."
< br>"Finally, I would like to remind you that their mothers have been specially cultivated by me, so the toxins contained in these larvae, even if they are defective products, cannot be underestimated. You must be careful when handling them."
“Do you understand?”
"I remember." Gothe nodded seriously.
“Here, there are a total of 137 fire-striped ant eggs, 89 scorpion eggs, and 43 phantom centipede eggs. Under normal circumstances, it will take about a month and a half for them all to hatch.”
"Finally, if the number of qualified larvae does not reach 50% of the number of eggs, the mission will be considered a failure and you will not get any reward, which is equivalent to two months of work in vain."
"If If the number of qualified larvae reaches 50% of the number of eggs, the task will be completed. In addition, for every 10% of the number of qualified larvae, I will pay you an additional reward of 5 gold coins." The tutor of the potion department looked solemn and said with grace. .
“I will do my best to complete the task with high quality and quantity.” Gao De said respectfully.
Seeing Gothe's attitude, Xiao couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.
After explaining several details that needed to be paid attention to to ensure the survival rate of insect eggs, he threw the key to the poisonous insect breeding room to Gaode and left in a hurry without looking back.
The potion master is always very busy.
After watching Xiao go away, Gothe put away the key and began to wander around the incubation room.
Since you are all here, let’s finish today’s work.
The next moment, Gaode had already used [Detect Poison] and began to check whether there were any eggs that were about to hatch.
Not to mention, after spending less than half an hour checking a total of 269 eggs, Gothe found four eggs that had produced toxins.
Gaode quickly used [Mage's Hand] to carefully take out the four eggs from the small incubation box in the incubation room, and then put them into the three large incubation boxes corresponding to the breeding room according to the type. middle.
After completing the inspection work and confirming that the temperature and humidity of each incubator were within the optimum range for insect eggs, Gaode closed the door of the poisonous insect breeding room again.
Today the [Poisonous Insect Cultivation] work is completed.
He took out the pocket watch he carried with him and looked at the time. Unknowingly, it was already time for dinner. Gaude rushed to the restaurant without stopping.
He became honest after this meal.
I ordered a civilian set meal of "rye bread + pea soup + a piece of smoked pork" worth 4 coppers.
After dinner, Gaode returned to Building 30 in District 1.
Almost as soon as he returned to the room, Gothe couldn't wait to go to the kitchen and open the fermenting clay pots that were used to brew fruit drinks with leak-free water.
At this time, a whole day has passed since he cast [Water Making +] yesterday.
Now is the time to verify whether his conjecture is true.
When Gothe opened the lid of the clay pot, the familiar strange and light fragrance mixed with the faint fruity aroma spread from the mouth of the clay pot and floated into his nose.
Gaode's heart suddenly surged with uncontrollable joy.
The leak-free water in the clay pot has not disappeared!
After half a day of fermentation, the leak-proof water in several clay pots has undergone slight color changes, which represents some small essential changes in them.
It is this change that allows leak-proof water to still exist.
The guess is true!
In fact, it is not difficult to find loopholes in the water-making technique.
The biggest reason why it has never been discovered, or should be said to have never been widely known, is that it is not necessary.
The purpose of [Water Making Technique] is to create drinking water for emergency use.
The purpose of making drinking water is for drinking.
If the water created by the [Water Making Technique] is not drunk within one day, causing them to dissipate, no one will care at all.
Because just cast [Water Creation Technique] again when needed.
Who would bother the boss to study how to retain the drinking water created by [Water Making Technique]?
Neither can Gaode.
He went to great lengths to preserve the "leakless water" created by [Water Making Technique+].
"Just wait until tomorrow to try it and see if the effect of leak-free water is still there after fermentation changes." Gothe held his fist and said secretly.
If the efficacy can be maintained, there will be nearly 1 gallon of "Leakless Water" brand fruit drink left, which can last for a month even if you drink less.
And within this short period of one month, he insisted on "daily lottery". If he could still draw out "leak-free water" once, he would be able to renew.
If there is one, there are two.
Gaode believes that "water without leakage" will never come out just once.
While thinking, he took out the fruit pieces from the clay pot to prevent further fermentation of the fruit drink and allow the leak-free water to produce more possible effects.
After doing all this, Gaode re-covered the small clay pot, and then came to the big clay pot.
Gaode's thoughts moved slightly, and the magic power began to flow.
Liquid immediately began to gush out of the large, empty clay pot.
This is today’s “First Draw of the Day”.
In a few seconds, there were two more gallons of liquid in the clay pot.
Gothe sniffed.
The familiar fragrant and sweet scent hit my face.
Damn, it’s a “guaranteed” again!
For the rest of the evening, Gaode assigned himself the task of reading through the general books in various fields borrowed from the library.
He must make up for the "common sense" he lacks in these aspects in the shortest possible time.
(End of this chapter)