Chapter 289 Gathering Grain
Han Ning looked in the direction Qing Fan was pointing. With his super eyesight, he could clearly see that a group of academy logistics personnel, headed by Dean Wu, were heading towards the city under the protection of Dayan and many soul beasts. The interior of Yeming City slowly approached.
Before Dean Wu and the others arrived, most of the human race was still living in the Emerald Forest, performing logistics-related tasks.
Not all people like to fight, like to learn the knowledge of foreign races, and are adventurous.
When there is no threat of life or death crisis, most people just want to live peacefully.
Han Ning, Dean Wu and others created a stable living environment for these people, but in exchange, they needed to complete corresponding tasks.
For example, raising young soul beasts, planting newly developed hybrid crops, researching human technological weapons, doing some data integration work for the Great Migration Plan... and so on.
Dean Wu's current job content is to be responsible for the daily mobilization of logistics personnel, and to cooperate with the people in Ye Ming City to do some hands-on work.
Although they are not on the front line, they still made a huge contribution.
"As of now, a total of about 3,500 soul beasts above the awakening level have approached the outskirts of Ye Ming City, among which the wood type soul beasts account for the majority. According to our plan, the wood type soul beasts will enter Ye Ming City first, and then They first purify the radiation-filled environment in Ye Ming City, and then put in other soul beasts one after another."
"Because there are so many soul beasts, my father and the others have spent a lot of effort to hide them perfectly and secretly move them to the Abyss of Resentment."
Qing Fan told Han Ning while directing the march of the dragon blood clansmen and soul beasts below.
Most of the wood-type soul beasts have relatively gentle personalities, such as some common anemone trees, green tree spirits, wind grass, etc. They are soul beasts that do not like disputes and can slowly transform the surrounding environment.
"At the latest in the afternoon, the first batch of 5,000 soul beasts from the Emerald Forest will all enter Yeming City. However... before the plantation is built, eating is a big problem."
The issue of soul beasts eating has also been discussed beforehand.
The original plan was for the soul beasts to carry all the supplies in their original habitats with them as much as possible. If they could not, humans and dragon blood tribes would help carry them. Anyway, after most of the soul beasts in the Emerald Forest were gone, except for one other Outside of the area controlled by the Emerald Forest Overlord, there is basically nothing edible left in the rest of the area.
Moreover, the Hexagonal Tribe will also provide some food special to the Abyss of Resentment to help the soul beasts integrate into the new environment as quickly as possible.
Not all soul beasts can survive on crystals alone. In addition to plants and psychic creatures, most flesh and blood soul beasts need to eat a large amount of blood food every day.
Theoretically, the reserves of psychic fruits and vegetables and other blood food are enough for the soul beast to eat for a while without going out hunting, but Han Ning was still a little worried and asked:
"What about supplies? If the soul beasts and the supplies you have prepared are not hunted by others, how long will they last?"
"According to statistics, if it only consumes but does not produce, each awakening-level soul beast will consume an average of 1 awakening crystal and 30 kilograms of meat every 3 days. This is the consumption rate for almost every level of soul beast. By analogy, it can probably 2 months supply guaranteed.”
"In addition, let me tell you the number of spiritual fruit trees carried by the first batch of soul beasts..."
The Spirit Fruit Tree is a unique psychic plant that grows in the Emerald Forest, or in places where wood-type psychic energy is strong. It can produce delicious fruits that provide the survival of spirit beasts. It is roughly equivalent to the Fruit Tree in the Pokémon world, but without a series of additional features. The effect is, at best, just a matter of the amount of energy contained.
Moreover, the psychic fruit tree can be combined with psychic powers of different attributes and mutated into fruit trees with different attributes. The fruits produced can meet the needs of soul beasts with different attributes.
"The first group to come were the soul beast tribes from the south and west of the Emerald Forest. There were a total of 23 different kinds of soul beasts. The Tricolor Vine tribe brought a total of 102 arboreal spiritual fruit trees and more than 12,000 spiritual fruits; the Senhai Flying Squirrel tribe They carried 702 spiritual fruit trees and more than 20,000 spiritual fruits... The purple-spotted tree demon clan carried the most spiritual trees and spiritual fruits. They brought a total of more than 3,000 spiritual fruit trees and nearly 100,000 fruits. "
"As for blood food, it is carried by the large beasts in the forest..."
The ones with the most spiritual fruits were not the Green Dragons, the overlords of the Emerald Forest, but some unspectacular small beasts, which surprised Han Ning.
The qualifications of the above three spirit beasts are between E-D, and their strength growth limit is limited, so they are not very strong.
Seemingly sensing Han Ning's doubts, Qing Fan laughed:
"As the most numerous soul beasts in the Emerald Forest, such as the purple-spotted tree demon, the three-color vine, and the forest flying squirrel, they are a force that cannot be underestimated. Many powerful races will also cooperate with them to jointly cultivate fruit trees. ”
"Many of the more than 3,000 spiritual fruit trees in the purple-spotted tree demon clan were cultivated together with soul beasts from other clans."
"Spirit fruit trees that have grown to a certain age are very precious treasures. You don't have to have soul beast crystals, but you must have the spirit fruit that sustains life. It is what all the soul beasts in the forest eat."
"There are a large number of spiritual fruit trees that have been cultivated by soul beasts and grown up in the Emerald Forest. These fruit trees cannot be discarded directly. We let the soul beasts uproot them and carry them out of the forest."
"Of course, the spirit fruit trees that are pulled out will wither quickly, and the wood soul beasts need to maintain their vitality as much as possible. When all the spirit fruit trees are transplanted onto the back of the gray demon whale, many spirit fruit trees will wither. Isn't that right? Ways to do things.”
"The total number of spiritual fruit trees carried by the first batch of soul beasts is about 10,000, of which wood-type soul beasts account for the largest proportion."
"These are basically all the spiritual fruit trees. The second batch of soul beasts transported mostly blood food, crystal stones and various daily necessities. The only thing I'm worried about now is whether the gray demon whale can plant so many on its back. Spirit fruit tree?”
"Of course we can't plant so many trees... Our planned number is... about two-thirds less, leaving one-third of the amount for planting." Han Ning thought for a while and said.
"One-third?" Qing Fan lowered his head and thought for a few seconds, and then sighed, "This is the only way. The sealing technique is used on overly large soul beasts. As a result, the food consumption will be greatly reduced. , just survive the voyage.”
"Well, let's go take a look together." Han Ning suggested.
"Come with me, let me tell you... When we originally planned to ask the soul beasts to hand over their cherished spirit fruit trees, it really cost us a lot of energy..." Qing Fan smiled bitterly and couldn't help but confide to Han Ning. Bitter water.
After all, many soul beasts are reluctant to hand over their food to other races.
The obstacles were huge, but fortunately it was finally completed.
The two commanded the soul beast to lower its altitude and float dozens of meters above the advancing troops.
The astonishing body of the Emerald Aurora Dragon is like a door god, standing at the crack in the wall of Hell Fire. It is surrounded by auroras, turning into bright halos that fall on the soul beasts entering the Night City, forming a radiation-proof wall. A protective cover to prevent radiation from harming the weak soul beasts below.
"媣~" "Zhizhizhi~"
Below, small soul beasts of different sizes lined up in twos and threes under the command of the dragon-blooded beast master, carrying one or several green spiritual fruit trees and walking quickly forward.
"Unload them all and place them outside the living area. I have asked the beast masters from Yeming City to come and pick them up." Han Ning greeted.
At this time, Teacher Fang, who was in charge of the docking affairs, saw the strange phenomenon here and hurried over.
Beside him were several humans of different ages and genders.
Han Ning recognized these people. They were all agricultural practitioners before time travel. Compared to Teacher Fang, who taught biology, they were better at studying various crops.
Originally... Teacher Fang and these people were all logistics personnel living in the Emerald Forest, but Dean Wu was more foresighted. Considering that the spiritual fruit tree transplantation may cause problems such as acclimatization and difficulty in transplantation, so within three months Before that, Teacher Fang and others were dispatched to Ye Ming City in advance to carry out a series of crop survival adaptability work.
Everyone has stayed in the Emerald Forest and has met many times. Teacher Fang and his companions nodded to Qing Fan as a greeting, and then said straight to the point:
"What's the damage rate of the Spirit Fruit Tree? How damaged is it?"
"Due to the strong dark environment of the Abyss of Resentment, the damage rate is quite high, about 20%, but it is still within the acceptable range." Qing Fan waved his hand, and a dragon blood man who specialized in production ran out from behind him, and answered Fang Fan Teacher's question.
"What about you? Have you encountered any obstacles in researching the transplantation of spiritual fruit trees?" The dragon blood beast master obviously knew Teacher Fang and asked with a smile.
Teacher Fang heard this and smiled bitterly:
"The transformation work of the Gray Demon Whale may last for more than a month. During this time, the spirit fruit trees and spirit fruits will always be in a strong radiation environment. Three months is still too short... I can only try to keep them alive as long as possible. Some."
"To be honest, we are already prepared to lose more than two-thirds... These spiritual fruit trees have never left the Emerald Forest, never left the arms of Lord Akatos, and now they are left in such a harsh environment. , I don’t have too many thoughts.” The Dragon Blood Beast Master shook his head.
The two parties were chatting enthusiastically. Seeing this, Han Ning didn't want to disturb them, so he said:
"Then...Teacher Fang, the handover work will be left to you. Qingfan and I will go out to protect the safety of the troops that will enter Yeming City."
"Well, go ahead."
…
When the two returned to the crack, Dean Wu and a group of support staff had just passed through the crack and entered the interior.
It can be seen that the dragon-blooded people have very high-level protection standards for Dean Wu and the others. They have specially sent several soul beasts that exude powerful power and are at least as powerful as a mid-level lord to protect their safety.
The large rock, which has grown to a height of 20 meters, carries supplies piled up like a small mountain bag on its back. The most interesting thing is that in front of the small mountain of supplies, what looks like a small rest room is fixed.
Through the window of the lounge, you can clearly see Teacher Lu sitting on the bed inside, observing the situation outside with curiosity.
In addition, sitting on Oiwa's wrinkled head was a middle-aged man with black hair.
"Dean Wu, Teacher Lu, Teacher Liang...and Dayan, Shadow Mantis, long time no see!"
"Han Ning?!" Dean Wu and the nearby human companions saw Han Ning flying towards them, and they all smiled in surprise.
Han Ning was equally happy to see these teachers, classmates, and companions. He waved hello to everyone, then jumped lightly from the back of the egg cake and jumped onto Dayan's head, while stroking Dayan's wrinkled head. While smiling and greeting Dean Wu:
"Dean, it must have been half a year since I last saw you. You look much younger. And... Teacher Lu, you are finally awake!"
"Wow~"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a murmur of grievance coming from beneath him.
"Oh, and Dayan, thank you for your hard work." Han Ning laughed, took out a fine earth element crystal, and threw it into Dayan's mouth.
"Woo~" Dayan chewed the delicious crystal stone, his eyes slits with joy.
"I haven't seen you for a while. I heard that you made a big noise in Yeming City. I've always wanted to come and have a look." Dean Wu also replied with a smile.
While the two were talking, the door to the lounge at the back slowly opened.
Lu Xiuning, wrapped in a thick cotton jacket, walked out shakily.
Han Ning had quick hands and eyes and quickly ran over to help him.
"Teacher Lu, you are awake."
"Thanks to you, I woke up two months ago. I have been recuperating during this time. The environment of the Emerald Forest is very good, and I recovered quickly."
At this time, Lu Xiuning's cheeks were still slightly pale, and his short, lean hair was also stained with some gray. He was obviously more than ten years younger than Dean Wu, but he looked older than Dean Wu.
The injuries that shattered the spiritual world are extremely difficult to repair. Even after more than half a year, Teacher Lu still has not returned to his original state, and even the contracted soul beast cannot do it for the time being.
Seeing Teacher Lu, who used to be so energetic and commanding everyone in the academy to fight, now look so frail, Han Ning felt very regretful.
"Young boy, don't look at me like that. You're lucky to be able to save your life..." Having experienced life and death, Lu Xiuning was very open-minded and always had a faint smile on his face.
While talking, Han Ning suddenly felt a strange wave coming from the spiritual world.
He suddenly realized that the fluctuations were from the puppet Aktu's worms.
In order to facilitate contact with Qingdou, he specially left Aktu with Qingdou in case anything unexpected happened, and he could be informed of it as soon as possible.
Now, Aktu sent a summons... He quickly responded:
"What's wrong?"
"Master, Master Qingdou has something going on here that I want to inform you... Just now, about one-fifth of the area on the surface of the Insect Continent disappeared out of thin air. This time, the place of disappearance was very close to the Abyss of Resentment. , probably in the northwest of the Red Centipede tribe, and... all the insect masters from the five ancestral families have returned to their ancestral lands, and they seem to be gathering together to discuss some important matter. "