Chapter 16 Chapter 16 "If you can't remember, it's not important!"...
Qin Lang and Pereira quickly found the source of the pollution.
Pereira's staff lightly touched the wall of branches that looked like a mountain wall. White rose thorns emerged from the wall of branches, tightly binding each thick branch until a rose gate was drawn on the wall of branches.
When the rose withers, the white petals fall lightly, and the withered vines fall like gray-brown snowflakes. The flower door turns into a hole in the wall, revealing a secret place protected by a wall of hideous branches and vines.
Pereira was already accustomed to cleaning up pollution sources, so he stepped into the hole in the wall. Qin Lang followed closely behind.
The wall of branches is very thick, like a real cliff.
Pereira's roses emitted a faint white glow in the "cave". Whenever the glow went out, a new light would be emitted from a farther place, until the light from the outside sky illuminated the dark "cave".
Qin Lang walked out of the "cave" and came to the secret place where the pollution source was formed for the first time.
The tender green grass was dotted with colorful flowers. Fish leaped in the crystal-clear stream in the center of the meadow. The low bushes on both sides of the stream were covered with berries that were either deep red or orange. Cute little animals munched on the tender leaves in front of the bushes...
Qin Lang was stunned.
"I was also surprised when I first saw the pollution source," Pereira said. "The pollution source is like the eye of a storm, but it's also where divine power is most peaceful. The few docile animals in the forest take refuge here. But to eradicate this pollution, we must first destroy this place."
Qin Lang is not as sentimental as Perilla.
Expanding cities, building roads, and cultivating farmland all require clearing trees and tilling the soil before the next step can be carried out. Once the pollution is cleared, ordinary animals, which were once forced to survive here, can now roam freely in more open areas—or even end up on human dinner tables.
He just felt familiar with this area.
Although "Fantasy of Wonderland" had entered the "Apocalypse Era" when it was launched, the environment in the game is not gloomy or dilapidated.
Large-scale online games that are continuously operated are different from single-player games that are only sold once, and they need to be more in line with the public's aesthetic taste.
The gloomy and dilapidated doomsday scenery is fine for playing a single-player game, but it is difficult to attract players to stay in the game for a long time.
The "doomsday" of the dream world comes from the destruction of rules, and the original scenery and life are distorted, but the distorted scenery and life can also have gorgeous or warm colors, which is just not in line with common sense.
The common-sense cities, villages and natural scenery dotted in the "dreamland" that goes against common sense are safe places where monsters will not spawn in the game, and are also common places where materials are refreshed for players in daily life.
The "oasis" of doomsday is actually a source of pollution that needs to be cleaned up before the rules are distorted?
Qin Lang shared this information and the scenery screenshots with Xia Xifeng.
Xia Xifeng: [Even if it's "pollution," it conforms to the rules of this world. The remnants of the divine war's power are difficult to destroy by external forces. The external force that caused the apocalypse is also an external force. This is common sense. We cleaned up the pollution and then built a solid defense tower to resist the apocalypse. Otherwise, how would ordinary NPCs survive in the apocalyptic era? No need to worry, just destroy it.]
Qin Lang didn't know about this common sense that had nothing to do with quests or monster hunting, and he didn't want to discuss it with Xia Xifeng: "Let's see if there are any materials you need. If there are, I won't move here for now."
Xia Xifeng then remembered that Qin Lang could not help him collect materials.
His game system had been stripped of combat skills, while Qin Lang's game system had been stripped of life skills. Although Qin Lang could pull weeds, dig dirt, and pick up stones like an ordinary person, he was not as efficient as Xia Xifeng, and he would also damage materials due to improper storage and collection.
Xia Xifeng quickly replied: [Don't move! Wait until I plow the ground three feet before cleaning it up tomorrow!]
Pereira is still being sentimental.
Qin Lang interrupted, "Go back. Bring Xia Xifeng and Leo to clean up tomorrow."
Perilla blushed. "I, that's not what I meant. The pollution source must be cleaned up. Only after it's cleaned up will more places become like this. I just..."
Qin Lang interrupted again, "Xia Xifeng said he wanted to dig one meter underground to collect all the materials first, and then clean up here."
Perilla's mouth opened slightly: "Huh?"
After a moment, he closed his mouth and remained silent for a while, then opened his mouth again and said, "Once he finishes digging the ground, the pollution source will definitely explode. We just need to clean up the twisted monster."
Qin Lang said: "That's right."
Pereira didn't know what to say for a moment.
He rubbed his nose and said awkwardly, "Let's go back. Let the wind dig the ground tomorrow... Puff, does he really want to dig a meter?"
Perilla laughed, and all her sentimentality was wiped out by Xia Xifeng's outrageous laughter.
Qin Lang said: "If the soil is useful, he will."
Pereira is looking forward to seeing how Xia Xifeng digs the soil tomorrow.
When he left, he blocked the entrance of the "cave" with vines to prevent any contaminated wild animals from running in and stimulating the source of pollution in advance.
In the yet-to-be-named initial base of the Knight Territory, the halflings of the Sunflower Valley have already set up decorations, lit a bonfire, and are preparing for a banquet.
After attending another lively banquet, Xia Xifeng, who was too excited to fall asleep, and Qin Lang, who was exhausted, spent their first night in their own knight's territory.
The next day, the two went to "plow the land three feet" with Leo and Pereira, and learned from them how to clean up the pollution sources.
For safety reasons, Leo and Pereira deliberately removed several power-suppressing runes.
Not to mention Xia Xifeng, even Qin Lang had no chance to intervene and snatch the monsters, and could only eat and drink for free and gain experience.
Leo and Pereira used only 50% to 60% of their strength and it only took half an hour to eliminate this small source of pollution.
Qin Lang and Xia Xifeng reached level 27.
If the pollution source is not removed once, it will take at least a month before the next one is removed. Otherwise, the over-stimulated pollution source will cause a chain reaction and trigger a monster tide prematurely. The two asked Leo and Pereira to lead the pollution source removal, and the upgrade efficiency was quite high.
If it were in the game, Qin Lang would definitely not log off until he reached level 30, even though he was already level 27.
In reality, it would take Qin Lang several days to kill scattered monsters in the forest to fill in the three levels of experience.
Although he could ask Leo and Pereira to take him to the depths of the forest to search for powerful monsters, it would be useless to gain experience without practicing skills and level up, so Qin Lang was not in a hurry.
"Are there monsters in the desert? I haven't seen any yet." Xia Xifeng, who was tired of the forest scenery, wanted to change his taste.
"Desert monsters are cunning, but the meat from the giant scorpion's claws is delicious." Leo was greedy and dragged Pereira, who didn't want to go out in the desert to eat sand and bask in the sun, to the desert to hunt scorpions.
The scorpion's level is not high, it can only burrow into the ground and is poisonous, so it is troublesome to kill it.
Pereira originally wanted to refuse on the pretext that they didn't bring the antidote, but when Xia Xifeng heard that the scorpion's claw meat was delicious, he immediately took out a production table and hand-rubbed the antidote for them.
Low-level scorpion venom can be completely cured by low-level antidotes. Xia Xifeng's antidote can also be taken in advance to directly apply the anti-venom buff.
A lot of materials were collected from the secret realm polluted by divine power, and the antidote made by Xia Xifeng could make them full.
Leo hooked his arm around the gloomy Pereira's neck and laughed heartily: "With Feng as your universal helper, what excuses do you have left? Let's go catch the scorpion!"
Xia Xifeng clasped his hands together, looking earnest: "I'm sorry, Perilla, but I really want to eat it."
Perilla took a deep breath and exhaled slowly: "It's okay. I'm used to it."
Xia Xifeng: "Hehe."
Leo: “Hahahaha.”
Qin Lang was busy adjusting the bowstring and making bait traps.
The scorpions in the novice area are easy to catch, but they spawn too slowly, making them unsuitable for leveling. They don't spawn often, so you need to get used to them.
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"Run!" The dwarf with his beard braided into three strands raised his huge hammer and slammed it hard into the twisted shadow in front of him.
The dwarf girl in a suspender skirt climbed up the bare desert cliff, crying "Dad" with her mouth wide open.
As soon as she climbed up the mountain wall, she stepped into a rotating and sinking sand pit. A faint red light flashed on her short body, and she was instantly swallowed by the sand.
The twisted shadow crept up the mountain wall and lingered around the now-calm sand pit. Sensing no signs of life, it swam back down the mountain wall.
Shadows rolled over, covering the dwarves on the ground, who were not sure whether they were dead or alive.
The dwarf lying on the ground stood up unsteadily, and buds of flesh grew on the bloody wounds on his body, squirming and gathering together.
"They" moved their heads, hands and feet, and walked stiffly towards the messy convoy.
One step, two steps, three steps... Their pace became lighter and lighter, and their expressions became more and more natural.
The scattered cargo was recovered, the animals pulling the carts opened their eyes, and the caravan reorganized and headed towards Green Sand City.
The dwarves changed out of their bloody clothes, washed off the stains on their bodies, and sat in the car laughing loudly.
They untied the leather bags around their waists and poured wine into their mouths happily.
"I'm sure we can make a lot of money this time going to Green Sand City!"
"When I make enough money, I'll go home and get married."
"Congratulations."
"Jim, why do you frown?"
The dwarf, his beard braided into three strands, shook his head and said, "I seem to have forgotten something, but I can't remember where it is."
"If you can't remember it, it's not important!"
"Come drink! If you can't remember after drinking, then it's absolutely unimportant!"
The dwarf, his beard braided into three strands, relaxed his brows. "That's right."
He also took off his leather bag and took a big gulp of beer.
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"Wow, this scorpion is really big." Xia Xifeng excitedly took out the meat knife.
The system prompted that there was a special item in the scorpion's abdomen. Xia Xifeng carefully cut open the scorpion's abdomen.
"Let me see what kind of big treasure it is... Damn! How could it be a person!" Xia Xifeng was so scared that he fell down on the sand.
Inside the cut-open scorpion's belly lay a short little girl curled up.
On the little girl's slightly heaving chest, a ruby brooch emitted a faint red light, struggling to wrap the little girl's body.
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