Chapter 169 I want to dig the soil!

"Captain, what are you doing with a shovel?" Zhao Tianshuo followed Yun Xiang and walked around, looking very excited and energetic.

"Have you collected them all?" Yun wanted to find a suitable location and immediately dug with a shovel.

"Of course you have to." Zhao Tianshuo handed the box containing the purple heart fruit cores to Yun Xiang.

Yun Xiang took it, took out thirteen and stuffed them into Zhao Tianshuo's pockets, "This is for you and your friends."

"No, no, this thing is too precious." Zhao Tianshuo waved his hands hurriedly. Although he didn't understand talismans, he knew how precious the purple heart fruit was.

"Just take it when I tell you to." Yun Xiang forced it on him, put away the box and started working again.

"But you don't have much—"

"That's enough. Besides, we're not that bad. We can just save this thing for when it matters most."

"Captain, I'll take it!" After getting Yun Xiang's approval, Zhao Tianshuo immediately jumped and ran to find his little friend.

After a while, thirteen teenagers came up to Yun Xiang, playing and making noises.

Li Zixi was someone who couldn't keep secrets. "Captain, why are you always so busy?"

In his impression, the captain always looked busy, like a perpetual motion machine, constantly turning and never resting.

“…” How do you answer this question?

Yun Xiang paused. She just didn't want to waste good things because she might need them someday. And then... it seemed like she was always busy... Well, that's what you see.

"What do you mean by always busy? The captain goes to bed at night just like us!" Zhao Tianshuo immediately helped explain.

Khan, you might as well explain.

Yun Xiang glared at them and asked, "What do you have nothing to do?"

"Yeah, everyone is here to help the captain." The boys thought about it and realized that there was really nothing to do. They didn't have as many things to do as the captain.

"..." Yun Xiang was almost choked to death. He really couldn't talk about this anymore, so he quickly assigned some work. "Did you all bring shovels?"

"I brought it. Teacher Sheng has been asking us to turn the soil lately, so I've been keeping it in the space as a backup."

"Oh? From the tone of your voice, you seem to be quite resentful. Was it wrong for Teacher Sheng to ask you to turn the soil?" These little brats deserve to be punished. Let's see if they dare to cause trouble for her in the future.

"Hey, captain, we don't mean that." Teacher Sheng is famous for her strictness in the Planting College. Anyone who dares to complain about her must be very brave.

Even if I am gentler now, the target cannot be them, so it is better to stay calm.

"Did I mishear that?"

"I heard it wrong!" The teenagers nodded vigorously.

That's right, Yun Xiang said to the boy with satisfaction, "Then go dig the soil. Be careful not to dig up the roots of the Wanxiang Tree."

"Captain, why are you digging?" Zhao Tianshuo obediently took out a shovel and dug near Yun Xiang without going far.

Just follow the captain, you won’t go wrong.

"This soil contains huge energy and can quickly promote the growth of plants." Yun Xiang didn't explain much and directly threw a few vegetable seeds on the soil she had dug.

The seeds sprouted, grew, aged, and withered in less than a minute, as if by magic. The teenagers were stunned where they stood.

"Why are you in a daze? It's not like you haven't seen it before. Have you forgotten the young vines all over the sky?"

"Wow, we overlooked such important information." Zhao Tianshuo slapped his thigh and thought of the mature trees that suddenly appeared at the entrance of the wall, and suddenly he realized it.

"Dig quickly!" Zhao Tianshuo immediately instructed his friends to dig.

After digging only two shovels, he suddenly realized, "Captain, if we can't grow vegetables, we can grow spiritual plants!" The older the spiritual plants are, the more precious they are.

"You can plant it." Yun Xiang nodded and continued digging.

That's it? Zhao Tianshuo came up to Yun Xiang with a shovel, helping to fill the basket with soil. He asked, "Captain, why aren't you planting?"

Yun thought about it and said, "It's not worth it."

She had considered planting the small spiritual plants she had dug up in Bian Qin's fields. However, this type of artificially cultivated plant had extremely high requirements for the environment and subsequent maintenance.

Even if you let whatever you plant grow, you can't plant it among weeds and dead leaves. You have to clean it up.

Besides, they grow fast, so they need constant care. I think all her time will be spent on taking care of them. How can she dig the soil then?

"Isn't this a good deal?" Zhao Tianshuo widened his eyes. He felt like he was an adult now, and where else could he find such a good thing?

"Compared to digging the soil, it's certainly not cost-effective. Do you think the energy in the soil is available every day?" Yun wanted to give Zhao Tianshuo a look that said 'you are too naive'.

"This jungle has undergone a second mutation, directed towards reproduction. To reproduce, the trees must absorb sufficient energy, thus activating their aggressive nature and beginning to absorb the blood of mutant beasts and humans.

I don't need to tell you that beast blood carries energy. Just look at the three of Ice, Fire, and Lightning. Similarly, the blood of awakened people and those with special abilities should also carry energy.

When the trees have absorbed enough energy, they will return it to the earth to promote reproduction. Once reproduction is complete, the ground will naturally have no more energy.

At this speed, comparable to a meteor shower, it shouldn't take too long, maybe even be finished tomorrow."

"Wow, what are we waiting for!" Zhao Tianshuo immediately swung the shovel hard.

"I don't know whether this overdraft reproduction is good or bad." Yun Xiang muttered to himself.

"What?"

"Nothing, I'm just worried that these trees won't reproduce in the future!"

"Hah," this was nothing. Zhao Tianshuo was startled and kicked his own foot. "Ouch!" He shivered in pain.

"..." She could say that she really didn't mean it this time, "I was just guessing, maybe after the recovery period, it will return to normal."

...What if the repair period is infinitely long? Captain, I'm sure you did this on purpose.

"Haha, get to work, get to work quickly!" Yun Xiang symbolically urged Zhao Tianshuo and immediately got busy with his own things.

She took out a gathering talisman, hit it on the basket filled with soil, and then put it into her ring. Just as she was about to continue, she saw Zhao Tianshuo holding a shovel and looking at her eagerly.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, how free I am!

"Energy gathering talismans, to prevent energy loss." Yun Xiang gave him some, thinking she could send him off, but Zhao Tianshuo just took it and called her, "Captain!"

"What's the matter?" She wants to dig! If you disturb her again, she will be really angry!

"I..." Zhao Tianshuo was frightened, "I'll go inform the planter!" After saying that, he ran away, running faster than the mutant rabbit, so fast that Yun Xiang couldn't stop him even if he called out.

She just wanted to tell him not to go. Those planters were all experienced and had probably just recovered from their injuries and immediately marked out their territory to study plants.

Sure enough, not long after, Zhao Tianshuo came back slowly, as slow as an eggplant hit by frost.

"You're more skilled than them at that age." Yun Xiang picked up his shovel and put it in his hand. "Go dig."

Zhao Tianshuo immediately recovered his health, "Captain, I don't think you need to reach that age."

Why doesn't this sound like a compliment? "Looking for a fight, aren't you?"

"Hehe, it definitely comes from the heart."

"You little bastard!"

The ground energy lasted longer than Yun Xiang had expected, lasting for two days. Everyone dug almost day and night until the energy disappeared.

(End of this chapter)