Chapter 43 Branch Parasitism
Linxi Secret Realm is a paradise for bugs.
Although small insects are not suitable for cultivation as spiritual pets unless the mother insect is controlled, they are also very important as a part of the ecological environment.
Many birds, frogs and other spiritual animals need these bugs as feed and even evolution materials.
Beside the creek where the big white jade snails are infested, countless palm-sized mosquitoes are flying wantonly, buzzing in search of blooming flowers to suck the sweet nectar.
Suddenly, a green creeping vine swept through the mosquito swarm, hitting a few unlucky mosquitoes.
However, the vine seemed to be simply sweeping. The mosquito that was hit flipped several times in the air, but quickly stabilized its body, flapped its wings and followed the large army.
However, after they flew forward for a certain distance, their flying speed became slower and slower, and green sprouts appeared on their bodies.
Suddenly, new shoots began to grow wildly, and the white roots directly pierced the mosquito's body. The plant grew rapidly, completely killing the mosquito.
Under the action of inertia, these grasses flew forward for a certain distance with the remains of the mosquitoes, and finally landed on the soft soil.
In the blink of an eye, the mosquito that was full of energy just now became an inconspicuous grass in the forest.
In other words, it is Meng Yuhua.
In a few seconds, all the mosquitoes hit by the vines met the same fate.
Their bodies become nutrients for the plants on them, and they sleep in the soil forever.
"Well done! Hanabi!"
Not far away, Zhou Lu observed the behavior of these mosquitoes and waved his fist excitedly.
Hanabi, who was praised by her master, proudly tapped her volute with the vine.
In the last few days in the Linxi Secret Realm, Zhou Lu was training Hua Hui's technique of shrinking his own plants through [Lilliput] and then parasitizing other creatures.
I have to say that the effect is still very outstanding.
The current Hanabi can not only perfectly parasitize the ramets on mushrooms such as the Expanded Delicious Mushroom, but can also parasitize some small insects.
When Hanabi evolves and upgrades in the future, and becomes more powerful, it may be possible for the branches to parasitize large spiritual beasts.
Although it may not be possible to suck up and kill large spiritual beasts directly like killing bugs, it is also a very good effect to absorb the energy of the spiritual beast and erupt vines to wrap around the opponent.
At this stage, the most useful part of this technique is to control the expansion of delicious mushrooms.
With Hanabi's branch parasitism, he no longer needs to worry about the backlash of the enlarged delicious mushroom. As long as he achieves his goal, he will immediately cause the branch to grow wildly and destroy the delicious mushroom from the inside.
And it can also perfectly coordinate the branching vines with the violence of the delicious mushrooms.
I don't know if this technique can be solidified into a skill after becoming proficient, just like Hanabi's walking.
As he said that, Zhou Lu glanced at Hanabi's beast control card.
In the skill column, there is an additional skill: [Vine Walking]
[Vine Walking]: a unique skill. Use the constant switching between [Crazy Growth] and [Stem Walking] to achieve the purpose of walking.
This skill was solidified from a skill to a skill after Hanabi's walking skills reached a proficient level.
Therefore, Zhou Lu has no doubt that Hanabi's skill of branch parasitism will be solidified into an inherent skill after it is mastered.
And unlike [Vine Walking], because other plant beasts cannot learn [Lilliput], this branch parasitism will be Hanabi's unique skill.
Looking at Hanabi who was beating flying insects in the air with vines, Zhou Lu fell into thought.
Since Hanabi's branches can already parasitize other organisms, can I go one step further?
Some parasites can control the host's behavior in some ways.
For example, the crab slave that controls crabs, or the Ophiocordyceps hemiformis that controls ants.
Hanabi has now begun to learn to parasitize by division. Is there some way to give Hanabi the ability to control the parasitic host through division?
I don’t know if similar skills exist in this world.
Hanabi seemed to be tired of playing, so she wrapped vines around Zhou Lu's ankles, then used her skills to quickly shrink herself, and skillfully climbed up Zhou Lu's legs.
After a while, like a big spider, it quickly climbed up Zhou Lu's body and lay on its throne: above Zhou Lu's head.
Hanabi lazily rubbed Shuru's ears with the vine, expressing her sleepiness.
This little grass is so tired. It doesn't want to go back to the beast card to rest. It would rather lie on its head to rest. I glanced at the time and saw that there was not much time left to explore the secret realm for redeeming credits.
Zhou Lu returned to the camp, packed his things and was ready to leave.
In fact, if you want to visit Linxi Secret Realm frequently, you can choose to rent a simple residence here.
However, Zhou Lu has no such plan yet.
After settling the accommodation fee, he raised his wrist and lit up the bracelet.
Lu Rang knocked on his door.
"There is still half an hour before the exploration ends." Lu Rang said to Zhou Lu, "Are you sure to leave?"
Zhou Lu nodded.
Lu Rang took a deep look at Zhou Lu.
His training by the creek was entirely conducted under Lu Rang's observation.
There is nothing you can do about it. Since you choose to act in a safe zone, you must accept trading privacy for security.
Zhou Lu actually knew this too.
In the safety zone, no matter what you do, the safety teacher will definitely be nearby.
But he has a clear conscience and is upright, with nothing to hide.
What's more, safety teachers like Lu Rang have signed confidentiality agreements, and they are the most stringent confidentiality agreements, supervised by Qiudao Mu himself.
With Zhou Lu’s confirmation, the light of transmission lit up.
When Zhou Lu opened his eyes, he and Lu Rang had returned to the Explorers Association.
Hanabi lay on Zhou Lu's head, still looking lazy.
Zhou Lu didn't stay at the Explorers Association for long and walked straight back to the dormitory.
He is about to start preparing to go to C0021 Mountain Secret Land.
After the preliminary examination of the battle, the campus fell silent, and even the freshmen had begun to prepare for various examinations.
Zhou Lu quickly returned to the dormitory.
When he opened the door and took a look, he was stunned for a moment, then silently exited the door and took a look.
"Hey! You're back!" Xiao Xi's voice came from inside, and Zhou Lu was sure that he had not gone to the wrong dormitory.
Although Zhou Lu often cleans the dormitory, he does not clean it so neatly.
The books originally stacked on the floor were sorted and put back on the bookshelf, and those that could not be placed were packed in cartons and piled by the window.
In this way, the originally narrow dormitory suddenly became much more spacious.
"This is..." Zhou Lu looked at Xiao Xi doubtfully.
"Hehe, you don't stay home for a few days in a month anyway, so it would be a waste to leave it alone, so I just cleaned it." Xiao Xi put her hands on her hips and said, "In this way, the area of my room has doubled. !"
Zhou Lu looked at Xiao Xi speechlessly, then looked for his water glass to drink water first: "Where is my water glass?"
"That one is too dirty, I threw it away... ..."
The next second, Xiao Xi looked at the vines around her waist and said helplessly: "Why don't I just throw a cup..."
Hua Huo quickly threw Xiao Xi up.
It was obviously me who cleaned the room!
Take away my job, you must be up to no good!
And he also threw away the owner’s water glass, which is unforgivable!
"Ahhh! I'm sorry! I was wrong!"
Xiao Xi's scream echoed in the corridor.
"Oh! Don't put strange things into my body! What is this!"
(End of this chapter)