Chapter 11 Lignum Violetta

She put away the alarm and opened the supply list. There were a total of 200 mutant plants and animals, ranging in level from 2 to 3 (the higher the level of the mutant plants and animals, the more powerful they were).

They only need to collect as much as possible during the exam. After the exam, there will be special examiners who will evaluate them based on the quantity, quality, grade, rarity, etc. of their collection and give corresponding scores.

Except for the materials specified on the list, all other types of materials are personal property. In addition, the parts of the mutant plants that need to be collected are marked, which greatly reduces the difficulty.

Yunxiang took out the bow and arrow from the space box, fastened the quiver, held the bow tightly, and walked into the depths of the jungle.

Not long after, I found several wild mustard tubers growing in the grass. The stems of the mustard tubers had shortened and grown into irregular balls, each as big as a bowl, and could be picked.

She immediately took out her shovel and began collecting the tubers as required by the list.

After picking the mustard tubers, Yun Xiang saw a few wild kale plants. The kale seedlings looked like trees, with upright stems and inflorescences starting to grow on the top. They had to be picked quickly, otherwise they would be inedible after they bloomed.

I didn’t expect these wild vegetables to be hidden in the weeds. Once I found the right direction, collecting them became easy.

It turned out to be wild shallot! She turned it over and over again. If it hadn't been for the seeds on the top, she wouldn't have noticed it.

Hey, what's wrong with this lily? Why are the buds wilting before they even open? Is there an insect infestation?

"Swish, swish!" Yun Xiang sniffed. Where did the stench come from? Was the underground bulb rotten?

Yun wanted to dig out the lily bulbs and found that they were growing very vigorously.

Weird? Unable to figure it out for now, Yun Xiang walked a little further and found that many plants were wilting, some even turning yellow. The stench was getting stronger and stronger, more suffocating than feces.

Yun Xiang hurriedly took out a gas mask from the space and put it on her face. This mask was specially prepared by her for collecting poisonous plants, and she didn't expect it to come in handy here first.

She probably guessed what kind of plant it was, and walked forward a little further. Even the most resilient weeds were not spared and all withered.

Alas, the interstellar and notoriously smelly Rafflesia!

I read about it in books but never saw it with my own eyes, so it was even more shocking. The Rafflesia looks very special, with no stem or leaves, and only one flower blooms in its lifetime.

When the Rafflesia is in full bloom, it is very colorful. The entire flower is at least 2 meters in diameter and weighs more than 15 kilograms. The petals are thick and tough.

Each petal is 2 inches long, and there is a large round groove in the center of the flower, like a large washbasin.

It looks like the flower has obviously bloomed, and in the large groove in the middle, there are half-rotten fruits.

This kind of flower does not produce seeds and usually parasitizes on the roots of other plants. She wanted to see which plant was so "lucky", ha - Lignum Violetta!

Lignum vitae! Oh, this is driving me crazy! No wonder I can't smell the fragrance of lignum vitae, it's all overwhelmed by this stench! I'm so sad I can't even cry!

The wood of ironwood is hard and extremely heavy. It will not rot or deform even if it is buried underground or soaked in water for a long time.

Not to mention wood carving, it can also be used in construction, shipbuilding, machinery manufacturing, etc.

Now that she had seen it, how could she possibly leave empty-handed? Who knew if there would be another opportunity like this in the future?

Yun Xiang took a look at the Rafflesia flowers at the roots of the ironwood tree, pulled up his clothes and smelled them, planning to change his clothes and throw them away after he finished chopping the ironwood tree. They were too smelly.

He was about to go over, but then he thought it was not appropriate, so he found a headscarf and wrapped his hair. After he was fully armed, he bravely took the first step.

She didn't plan to chop down the whole thing, but only pick the part she needed.

She first selected some sunny branches. Wood carving has its own particularities: trees have shady sides, sunny sides, upwind sides, and leeward sides. The annual rings on the sunny side are sparser, while the annual rings on the shady side are denser. The upwind side has finer texture, while the leeward side has coarser texture.

If she wants to carve a human face or a hollow work, she has to choose wood on the sunny side and in the upwind direction, so that the carved work will be beautiful and tough.

Afterwards, I cut off all the old branches of the ironwood and some branches with scars. If I spend some time to process them when I get home, they will be of great use.

After assembling the branches, Yun Xiang looked at the capsules on the tree crown and decided to pick some. The ripe capsules were chestnut brown with cracks at the top and usually contained 1 to 4 seeds. She planned to sell them to the college.

It was almost noon when I left the ironwood. Even after changing from head to toe, I could still faintly smell the stench on my body. If it really doesn't work, I'll find a place with water at night and wipe it off.

Just as he was thinking about something, he suddenly heard a noise in front of him. He immediately drew his bow and arrow and took aim. "No, don't shoot! It's a person!"

A crisp voice, with the unique coquettish tone of this interstellar woman, reached Yun Xiang's ears. Yun Xiang put down his bow and arrow and looked at the person who came.

"Ah, I finally see someone!" The cute and lovely woman complained as she ran towards Yunxiang, "What? You left me all alone in this godforsaken place? It's really... Hey, what's that smell? It stinks!"

Yun Xiang's expression froze, "Maybe something is rotten! Something's happened, I'll leave first!" After saying that, he slipped away.

"No, we--" The woman stomped her feet. Who is this!

"Oh, really," Yun Xiang sat down on a tree branch, wiped the sweat from his face, supported himself on the branch with both hands, and swung his legs irregularly to rest.

"Actually, this is a good thing. She doesn't have to travel with anyone, which saves her from a lot of trouble. But there's also a downside. It's already afternoon, and she hasn't encountered a single mutant animal."

“Crack…”

"Crackle..." Hey, something's coming to my door? Yun Xiang immediately exerted force with both hands and stood firmly on the branch.

Wow! It turned out to be a chameleon, 1 meter long, several times larger than before the mutation.

The color of its body is almost exactly the same as that of the tree, so it's no wonder she didn't notice it. It might be that the stench on its body has affected it, forcing it to move and make noise.

The truth is both embarrassing and surprising!

The chameleon's eyes are very peculiar. The eyeballs are bulging and can move freely up and down, left and right, and in all directions, like a detector, with no blind spots in 360 degrees.

Realizing that Yunxiang had discovered it, it immediately sprayed a ball of mucus at her. Yunxiang did a backflip, spread her legs at a 60-degree angle, and stepped on the branches on both sides with her feet, pulling the bow at the same time.

A pear arrow shot out from the air and shot sharply towards the chameleon's tongue, but it was still a step too late.

The chameleon raised its tail that was previously wrapped around the branch and swept it towards Yun Xiang. Yun Xiang retracted one foot and used his other hand to move his body around the branch. After turning a circle, he slid towards another branch.

"Crack!" The previous branch broke, and when the chameleon swung its tail again, Yun Xiang had already stood firmly on the high branch and fired three arrows at the same time.

The arrows were shot at the chameleon's eyes, tongue, and tail respectively. The arrows pierced through the chameleon's body and nailed it to the tree trunk. Then another arrow was shot into the abdomen, killing it.

The Duli arrow is more durable than expected. Perhaps it has mutated itself, or perhaps the mutated dragon is of a low level. In any case, this battle is won.

Yun wanted to put away the mutant dragon's corpse. What was valuable about it was not its toes that could be used to refine weapons, nor its mucus that could be used to make glue, but its skin.

(End of this chapter)