Chapter 59: Gu worm? Pah! I, the Queen of the Forest!
In the tree canopy, Xiaobai narrowed his eyes.
She let out a breath and pressed her hands against the tree trunk.
In an instant, all the plants in the forest "came alive" - the leaves moved without wind, and the grass paths trembled slightly, as if they were saluting their queen.
"Ero grass! Damn it, how did this thing suddenly appear here!?"
The person who secretly controlled the insect cursed in a low voice.
Ero grass, a plant with serrated leaves and a pungent smell, is the natural enemy of the black-armored beetle.
But it has requirements for its growing environment and usually grows in dark canyons, which are inaccessible to ordinary people.
But for Xiaobai, summoning them is as easy as breathing.
Wherever the vines passed, plants of Ero grass broke through the ground, emitting a pungent scent that suffocated the poisonous insects.
"Mr. Mu, something bad has happened!"
A young man in brightly colored coarse clothes stumbled through the grass, his face full of panic, "The black beetle is out of control! It's the elo grass!"
The man called "Mu Lao" turned around suddenly. The colorful totems on his face looked particularly ferocious in the sun. His cloudy eyes stared at the newcomer.
"Who did it?!" He stretched out his hands and grabbed the man's neck, and there seemed to be bugs crawling under his black nails.
"No...not me!"
There was a necklace made of bones hanging around Mu Lao's neck, which made a gurgling sound when he moved.
"It's impossible for outsiders to know that the natural enemy of the black beetle is the elo grass. Someone must have betrayed us!"
The young strong man was trembling with fear, "Mr. Mu, the Gu worm is very scared. It doesn't seem to be simply afraid of the Ero grass. It seems to have sensed the anger of the forest."
"Get lost!" Mu Lao let go of the young man, his expression becoming more ferocious. "What nonsense! The wrath of the forest is just the words of the incompetent previous priest. Anyone who dares to mention it again will be fed to the Gu King."
When everyone thought of the Gu King in the Gu worm cave, they got goosebumps all over their bodies, lowered their heads, and avoided Mu Lao's sight.
Mu Lao glanced at everyone and looked into the distance, with an unknown fear in his eyes. "Retreat! Go back and give General Dom two more boxes of gifts. Inform him that things have changed!"
In the cave, Tang Jingmo suddenly raised his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet.
The "tapping" sound of the poisonous insects outside disappeared, and was replaced by the "rustling" sound of plants growing.
"The bugs flew away!" Zhao Xiaohan shouted happily, pointing outside.
The black beetles retreated like the tide, and sunlight poured into the cave again.
Tang Jingmo walked to the cave entrance and looked up. On the treetops in the distance, he saw a familiar figure waving in the wind.
He gave a thumbs up, looking proud: Well done, my queen!
Xiaobai was about to jump down and reunite with Tang Jingmo, when suddenly he felt a sharp pain from his fingertips - the vine seemed to be burned by something.
She looked down and saw that the leaves of the grass on the ground were covered with black-blue liquid, which was corroding the grass with a "sizzling" sound.
Oops! This is not an ordinary poisonous insect, but a poisonous insect with venom!
"Don't move! The grass is poisonous!"
Xiaobai shouted at Tang Jingmo!
She waved the vines, and the leaves of the calla lilies in the distance were cut off at the roots and spread on the ground like green flying carpets, creating an escape route.
When Xiaobai walked along the blade channel, all the team members behind Tang Jingmo were stunned.
This girl with a ponytail and wearing a modified combat uniform has dark green vines wrapped around her wrists like a string of bracelets.
The aura of the man walking towards the wind carries the breath of a jungle overlord, which makes people feel a sense of oppression for no reason.
"Let me introduce you to everyone," Tang Jingmo said with unconcealed pride, "This is..."
"Lin Xiaobai!" She took the lead and raised her chin proudly, "Support your new instructor!"
Xiao Bai raised his eyebrows and looked at Tang Jingmo, "You didn't expect that I am now your companion, with an appointment."
She even took out her military officer's ID and showed it to Tang Jingmo.
"My Xiao Bai is always so great! Especially this time!"
Tang Jingmo's eyes were filled with smiles.
He would not tell her that he had actually registered her for the trials before leaving for the southwest, otherwise there was no way that Captain Zhao alone could give her the green light.
With a formal identity, everything will go smoothly for her. She will understand that freedom with rules is the real freedom.
"Comrade instructor," Tang Jingmo suddenly said seriously, pointing to the black smoke rising in the distance, "That's where the Zeng people live. They are good at raising Gu. Do you have the courage to go with us?"
Xiao Bai raised his head high, the tail of his hair shattering the light, "I couldn't ask for more! Gu worm? Bah, with me here, who dares to move!"
Mu Lao led his people back to the village. He was uneasy all the way. He always felt that there were eyes in the village watching him in the dark, waiting for him to make a mistake, waiting to bring him down.
"Batu!" He suddenly grabbed the bone chain of a strong man next to him and lowered his voice: "Take two people and go back from the back mountain. Keep an eye on those old guys, especially the second elder!"
His cloudy eyes rolled around, "Keep an eye on the Gu Cave. The Gu King is almost born. We can't let anyone destroy it!"
Batu took the order and left. At this moment, in the stilt house in the center of the village, there was smoke. Several elderly people of the Zeng tribe sat together with solemn expressions.
"Old Second, say something!" An old woman with wrinkles on her face slapped her thigh anxiously, "Let's release those people while Lao Mu is away."
"Yes, Second Elder, this is too evil!" Others echoed, "He's a soldier. If the police investigate... we're all done for!"
The goateed man sitting in the middle took a deep puff of hookah, the smoke blurring his frowning brows.
"Are you not afraid of Lao Mu's poisonous insects anymore? Have you cured the poison in your body?"
This one sentence made everyone silent. The gurgling sound of the hookah was particularly harsh in the silence.
Yes, they admitted that Mu Lao was indeed a rare Gu-raising genius in the village.
After liberation, fewer and fewer people knew how to raise Gu, but Mu Lao was an outlier. The secret technique passed down from his ancestors became even more amazing in his hands.
Originally, this skill could be used to tame tigers and leopards and hunt wild beasts.
But who could have imagined that he was so bold as to secretly collude with General Dom abroad.
General Dom is a gun-wielding leader who specializes in doing evil things that are against justice. What good will come of following him?
"We're going to die anyway, so it doesn't matter to us. We've lived for so long anyway. It's just a pity for the children..."
The old woman choked up and said, "Second Elder, you also have grandchildren, can you bear it?"
This touched the heart of the second elder. His grandson was very smart and clever, and the "stinking ninths" who were sent down said that he had the potential to be a good student.
He recalled the scene of his grandson squatting by the river, practicing calligraphy on the wet ground with a branch.
"Okay!" The second elder stood up suddenly and slammed his hookah heavily on the table.
"I'll go and release them! If Lao Mu blames you, just say it was my idea. I'll see if he dares to touch me."
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