Chapter 70 Chapter 70
Posts about the "Forest of Miracles" appeared quickly and were deleted quickly, so that no monsters were injured or killed except for the Jackal Erlang whose defense was broken.
Not only did he fail in his evil deed, but he was also very angry. Jackal Erlang felt the little money in his pocket and planned to find a construction site to work for two days.
He was injured while escaping and temporarily unable to use his magical powers, so he had to do hard labor to make a living.
It's not easy to make money these days.
Because it became a key suspect of the Monster Bureau, its previous bosses did not dare to use it, and it had no choice but to do odd jobs at construction sites to make a living.
Damn demon country, damn deer grass!
The post on the Internet led to the failure of Chai Erlang, but the slight ripples caused by this post still affected the monster situation.
It turned out that quite a few locals had seen the post. In addition to those who came for a picnic to enjoy the scenery, there were also those who came to collect herbs who recognized some of the wild herbs in the pictures.
Speaking of which, this is also related to the school that is currently being built.
In the past, although some citizens in the suburbs of W City knew that there were good things in the forest, they did not dare to come here easily because it was deserted and sparsely populated, and for their own safety, they did not dare to come here easily.
But things are different now. When they heard that the government was going to build a school here, some people suddenly became bolder.
Although the noise from building the school did affect their picnics, it definitely did not affect their herb picking.
When you are afraid, just think about the fact that you have no money in your pocket, and you will have great courage. Besides, aren't there still workers working?
Regarding this unexpected phenomenon, the Yao Bureau was somewhat silent.
They can control monsters, but how can they control humans?
These humans are coming to collect herbs, they can't possibly try to scare them away, right?
These days, if nothing happens, it's fine, but if a supernatural event occurs, it might become a hot topic.
By then, it will backfire.
What's more, even if we take a step back, the area where the demon country is located is also considered to be within the province, and there is no law that prohibits humans from coming in to collect herbs.
"Let's seek external help." Just when Ning Su was struggling with this problem and didn't know how to solve it, Director Lu made the decision.
Human affairs should be managed by human departments.
Because they had helped a lot during the W City Tourism Festival and they got along very well afterwards, the leader of the Tourism Bureau took the initiative to act as a go-between when he heard that the Special Management Bureau needed help from the Forestry Bureau.
"Isn't this a coincidence? They've been wanting to get closer to you for a long time!"
The director of the Tourism Bureau said with a smile.
Speaking of which, the work of the W City Forestry Bureau is not easy. According to official regulations, the Forestry Bureau is responsible for managing ecological construction within its jurisdiction and is responsible for the protection of wild animals and forest resources.
Everything else is easy, but when it comes to matters related to the forest in the Demon Country, they are a little helpless.
Is this forest under their jurisdiction?
They say they don't care, but part of the area is considered to be within their W city; but if they do care, even their own people dare not get close.
How to manage it if people can’t go?
At first, they tried to consult with the former director of the Special Management Bureau and tried to come up with a charter, but were turned down several times. The leaders of both sides had two big fights, and the matter eventually came to nothing.
It's ruined, let it be destroyed.
Since they didn't know what to do with such a large piece of forest, the W City Forestry Bureau needed to provide additional reasons for this every time it reported to its superiors.
When they encounter a boss who is very picky, the boss will even look at them with suspicion.
"Is it really impossible to control it, or are you guys incapable of doing it?"
This problem has been a problem for a long time. When they learned that the leadership of the Special Management Bureau had been changed, the leaders of the Forestry Bureau applauded without caring about their image.
Afterwards, the Forestry Bureau was even more surprised by the enterprising spirit and responsibility shown by the new leadership of the Special Management Bureau. If the leaders had not stopped them and said they would wait and see, they would have come long ago.
Now that the Special Management Bureau is really planning to deal with the forest problem, the Forestry Bureau is very happy.
At this time, when the leaders of the Forestry Bureau heard that the Special Management Bureau needed some help, they immediately agreed.
"This is not a big deal. Don't worry, leave it to us."
On weekdays, there are always people who go into the forest for their own economic interests. The Forestry Bureau has a lot of experience in dealing with these people.
"Then I'll trouble you."
The patrol team of the Forestry Bureau took action, and indeed some people wandering around the edge of the forest were frightened.
After all, there are a lot of herbs near the forest, and their behavior is not completely compliant. When they see the staff in uniform, they feel scared.
However, it seems a bit reluctant for them to leave and give up the benefits that are within their grasp.
Some of the brave ones simply went deeper into the forest. If the little monster they encountered was not in its original form, they would probably have been scared to death.
"That won't work."
The people from the Forestry Bureau were also a little worried - they couldn't possibly catch up with them, right?
Fortunately, during this period, Xiaojinlong Company performed very well and opened up new business lines. These newly created jobs absorbed a number of people.
There were some who were even more stubborn, so several departments came together to come up with a solution.
The next day, the humans who were still sneaking around the edge of the forest saw the familiar law enforcers.
"I'm here to see the scenery!" The incorrigible picker confidently put his basket quietly behind his back.
"We don't care whether you want to see the scenery or not." The Forestry Bureau employee also smiled and said, "We just want you to participate in our official activities."
"Answer the questions and get a gift."
The Forestry Bureau employee showed the other party a glimpse of the prize pool - in addition to cash rewards, there were also daily necessities such as rice, tissue paper, and oil.
Each one is a necessity in life.
Looking at the basket where he had searched all morning but had not found much, the man hesitated and asked, "How should I answer?"
"It's just multiple-choice questions. You see, they are all about your own knowledge of collecting herbs."
The man in front of them was wearing a uniform, so they were not afraid that he was cheating them. The herb picker nodded and asked, "How is the reward calculated?"
Seeing the other party taking the bait, the staff of the Forestry Bureau said happily: "If you answer six questions correctly in a row, you can accumulate one point."
In terms of rule design, the Forestry Bureau staff directly borrowed from a game called "Points Treasure Hunt" on a certain Jiang Wenxue City.
One point can win a pack of tissues. The other party thought for a moment and said, "I'll try it."
The Forestry Bureau staff handed over the tablet with answers: "Here, you only have ten seconds to think about each question."
"knew."
I originally thought that the staff of the Forestry Bureau were deliberately making things difficult for me, but when I really saw the topic, I found that the content was not difficult and it was indeed related to the medicinal herbs that I often see.
Multiple choice questions, the first one, choose C, correct; the second one, also correct. Then, the third, the fourth...
Just as I had answered the fifth question correctly and was just one step away from the final reward, the questions suddenly became more difficult.
Ask how many petals a certain herb has.
The options are five to eight.
No, who can remember this?
He raised his head and glanced suspiciously at the face of the Forestry Bureau staff member. Seeing that there was nothing wrong with the other person's expression, he lowered his head and was confused.
Choose B.
"Congratulations, the answer is correct!"
For every point you accumulate, you will receive a pack of tissue paper. Of course, this reward can also be accumulated. When you have five points, you can get a bottle of rapeseed oil. When you have ten points, you will get an additional cash reward.
"Are you coming again?"
The herbalist gritted his teeth and said, "Come!"
This time, I failed on the fifth question.
"Come again."
Thus, a strange sight like this appeared at the edge of the forest. Several people had clearly come with hoes and backpacks to collect herbs, but now they were squatting aside, queuing up to answer questions.
"Hurry up, haven't you already redeemed your points? What are you doing here?"
"Wrong again, change people."
Forestry Bureau staff: “…”
Aren't these people a little outrageous?
How come you are still addicted to answering questions?
Ning Su, who was responsible for finding the question bank and asked his friends to create the question bank, said: Part of the reason is that they found questions that these herbalists would most likely answer.
As long as they answer the questions correctly, the brain will get an immediate reward and secrete dopamine. In addition, there are not many questions, so even if they fail due to questions they don’t know how to answer, it will only motivate them to try again next time.
This is the same logic as why humans become addicted to short videos.
However, the herb collectors' question-answering activity did not last long, and they stopped coming. The staff of the Forestry Bureau became worried and deliberately asked the reason.
The herbalists chuckled, a little embarrassed: "In order to answer the questions correctly, I have learned a lot of relevant knowledge in private."
It was precisely because of this accumulation of knowledge that they successfully beat other competitors when a medicinal material factory was recruiting temporary workers and successfully found full-time jobs.
With a stable job, I no longer have to risk my life to collect herbs.
Perhaps because he had gained some benefits, the herbalist even whispered to the forestry bureau staff: "Comrades, be careful too, there are some evil things in there."
As soon as they entered, they always felt like someone was watching them.
The staff of the Forestry Bureau was at a loss for words and asked angrily: "Why did you go in then?"
“It’s all about money!”
With this successful experience, the Forestry Bureau seems to have found how to deal with these difficult humans——
There will be no treasure hunt by answering questions. Without the sponsorship of the Special Management Bureau, they will not give out gifts themselves.
But isn't doing it the other way around also a solution?
As a result, some humans in City W who tried to do things in the forest suddenly found that the Forestry Bureau had become difficult to deal with.
If you are caught cutting wood secretly, you will not only be punished according to the rules, but you will also be forced to answer questions.
After the first meeting, the Forestry Bureau staff wanted to test us again during the second meeting, and the first thing they said was always "Let me test you".
After a while, these people who operate in the gray area get a headache when they see these people in uniform.
Other punishments are fine, but they are really not good at doing the questions.
To be honest, if they could read, they wouldn't have chosen this career.
Over time, some people have learned more about laws and regulations, and some have even changed their careers and quit their jobs - they didn't understand them before, so they came in confused.
Now that I know this line of work is so risky, I'd better change my job.
What's more, they really don't want to hear such extremely annoying words as "Let me test you" again!
The humans wandering around the forest of the Ancient Dragon Demon Kingdom were eventually dealt with in this way. Not only the Forestry Bureau, but also Ning Su himself did not expect it.
"...It is worthy of being a country where the imperial examination system has been in place for thousands of years."
Answering questions is probably a passive skill engraved in the DNA of the Chinese people.
Of course, this is also due to the excellent implementation of the nine-year compulsory education throughout China. The illiteracy rate has long been reduced to a level that can be ignored - otherwise, the answering activity might not be able to proceed from the beginning.
As a human being, similar basic policies permeate the surroundings like air. Ning Su is used to it and does not find it surprising.
But when he entered the world of monsters and got to know these little monsters, he began to envy the popularization of cultural knowledge by humans.
Just like Xiao Luo said, these little demons are not yet able to complete nine years of compulsory education!
Because of this feeling, W City Monster No. 1 Middle School is still under construction, but Ning Su adopted Xiao Luo's suggestion and took the initiative to talk to Director Lu about the opening of the school.
"How about we find the students first and let them have the class?"
They will still give it a try for the first session, but they probably won’t be able to recruit many students.
But it doesn’t matter. Not everything can be achieved overnight. With the experience of the first session, by the second year, everyone, whether it is the bureau, teachers or students, will know what to do.
Director Lu did not mind Ning Su's ideas, but was thinking about the feasibility of this plan.
“How many students do you plan to recruit?”
"There are probably dozens of them. It would be hard to keep an eye on more than that."
There are not many little demon cubs recruited, so many problems can be simplified - the school buildings and classrooms can be made do with temporary mobile cabins.
The teacher has also been looking for one recently.
What about the other staff members?
"I'll have to trouble my colleagues in the Monster Bureau for a while."
As for specific recruitment, we will have to wait until the framework is set up and then look for suitable people to work part-time.
Director Lu saw Ning Su busying himself and quickly writing down some ideas on paper. He was speechless and paused for a moment before finally saying:
"You forgot that we can make other arrangements regarding this school."
Ning Su: “?”
Director Lu was very disappointed: "We chose to locate this school at the border between W City and Monster Country. Is it just because it is safe here?"
Of course not.
It is precisely because of the special location of this school that, to a certain extent, it also serves as a bridge.
"What do you think about us recruiting some youngsters from the Demon Country in our first enrollment?" Director Lu made his intention clear.
Ning Su: “!”
Ginger is indeed spicy when it is old!
Ning Su's mind started to work quickly - if the Little Demon School recruited little demons from the Demon Country, then employees from the Demon Country could also be recruited.
There are quite a few older monsters in the Monster Country, so it would be nice to find one to be a teacher.
At least, the other party can tell us about the history of the demon world.
Thinking of this, Ning Su was a little excited. He couldn't help but patted Director Lu on the shoulder and said, "Director General is right. You are really resourceful!"
Being so bluntly praised by the younger generation, Director Lu felt a little embarrassed: "You are so disrespectful."
But when he heard the words "Director of the General Administration", Director Lu couldn't help but snorted.
Don’t think he doesn’t know, the term “resourceful” is clearly an insult to him as an old fox!
But then again, at his advanced age, when he came to W City to take up the post, didn’t he want such straightforward and effective praise from the younger generation?
With Director Lu's suggestion, Ning Su's worry was resolved.
Just as the Demon Country would not reject General Ning's suggestion to build a school at the border, they would not object to sending their own cubs to school.
"As expected of the Dragon King, he cares about the cubs' education even when he is very busy." The elder praised him profusely on WeChat.
Ning Su was not used to the elder's corny speaking style and was still a little shy. After finishing the conversation, he quickly found an excuse to end the conversation.
The clan elder took back his phone with a smile.
You get shy so easily, Long Jun is so cute.
However, Long Jun was still a cub himself, and he was actually worried about other cubs.
The Demon Kingdom has always treated Ning Su’s needs as the most urgent and important matter.
On that day, as soon as Ning Su finished expressing his ideas, the elders of the tribe organized a unique selection for the little monsters of the Monster Kingdom.
The elder straightened his shoulders, put his hands behind his back, looked at the monsters he had summoned, and gave them a speech expressionlessly: "The monsters selected this time are going to study abroad on behalf of our Monster Nation. This concerns the reputation of the Monster Nation and even the Dragon King."
"Both parents and Xiaoyao themselves should keep this in mind."
"Yes!" All the monsters from the Monster Kingdom were present. After listening to the introduction of the elders, they all showed surprise on their faces.
Not to mention that it is a good thing for the cubs to receive education, just the fact that they are selected and sent to the Dragon King is something worth bragging about for a lifetime.
What's more, although these monsters live in a closed monster country, they are not ignorant people.
If the cub is sent to the Dragon King and is valued by him, won't he be able to get an official position when he grows up?
By the way, a thousand years have passed, and I heard that the emperor of mankind outside is gone.
But no matter what, it’s a good thing to be favored by the Dragon King!
The elders of the tribe were eager to pick out capable cubs, and other monsters also wanted their cubs to be selected. Both sides hit it off and held the ceremony in a very solemn manner.
The elders of the tribe personally selected the cubs one by one.
"Which family are you from? The Snake family, oh, no, you're too short, how come you can't transform when you're almost a hundred years old?"
Unfortunately, the baby snakes were eliminated.
"You are a fat and white kid." The elder glanced at him and asked, "Can you speak?"
The porcupine cub nodded fearfully: "One, two, three, four, five."
"Anything else?"
The cub shook his head.
The elder said: "The foundation is too poor. I'm afraid that the Dragon King will think that our cubs are only at this level - let's go next year."
There are more than a thousand monsters in the entire monster kingdom, and only about a hundred cubs. After being picked and chosen by the elders, not a single cub was pleasing to their eyes.
These little demon cubs are usually pampered by their families and have never been treated like this. Faced with such direct and poorly concealed judgment, they cried out of grievance.
The parent demons looked distressed and could not help but get a little angry. They mustered up the courage to ask, "Your standards are so high. Is there any cub in this world that can satisfy you?"
"Of course!" The elder couldn't help but think about the original form of the Dragon King, and said with a smile: "The Dragon King is very good!"
Cute and capable.
It's something that makes people smile just thinking about it.
The cub’s parent: “…”
Putting aside why you would compare the full-mark answer with their cubs, the mere act of comparing their cubs with the Dragon King is already an act of flattery!
That's the Dragon King!
Although the elders were very picky and all the cubs were killed in the first round, the task was to select twenty cubs.
The elder sighed, picked out the tallest ones from among the short ones, and finally selected twenty cubs.
"You must listen to the elders and the Dragon Lord when you go out. Do you understand?"
After the cubs were selected, the selection activity was completely over. Lucao and Qiuzhi were both a little confused.
The Dragon King is a great demon who does things very efficiently. According to their understanding of the Dragon King, since he has notified the cubs to go to school, he will most likely hire one or two staff members from the demon country.
After all, for these cubs, this is their first time going to school and their first time traveling far away.
In response to Lucao and Qiuzhi's questions, the elder slowly replied, "Yes."
That's what happened.
"But I am worried that you are too young to do the job assigned by the Dragon Lord."
"so?"
The elder threw his sleeves, sighed, and pretended to be helpless: "This job of going out will have to be done by me, the old demon!"
Lucao & Qiuzhi: “?”
Don't think that by saying this you can cover up the fact that you kept the information private and used your authority to secretly give yourself the opportunity to go out and meet Long Jun!
Lucao and Qiuzhi were both heartbroken.
How could the elder of the tribe, who has always been known for his fairness and kindness, become like this?
After dealing with the monsters in the Monster Kingdom and choosing an auspicious day, the elder of the tribe set out with the twenty cubs.
Logically speaking, their pace was not slow, but the monsters' residential area was so far away from the border between the two places that it took them nearly half an hour to get there.
As the lush and quiet environment gradually receded, the trees gradually became shorter, and the sunlight gradually became brighter, the elders felt inexplicably nervous and uneasy.
Has it really left the demon country?
This time, they didn't do it secretly, but went out openly, carrying the hope of the demon country to meet a new destiny.
For a moment, the elder's heartbeat actually quickened.
However, the next second, its eyes fixed - not far away, there were several figures standing, who saw them, smiled and waved at them.
It’s Lord Dragon.
The little demons ran out impatiently, relying on their blood and intuition, and threw themselves onto Ning Su's legs, asking for a hug.
Twenty little demons hugged him one by one.
When he looked up, he saw an old demon looking at him with eyes full of expectation.
Although he didn't say anything, Ning Su still understood and asked tentatively: "Do you want to hug too?"
The elder nodded without hesitation.
The Dragon King holds the other cubs, and it holds the Dragon King, which is very suitable!
They are both hugging cubs, so what’s the difference?
The W City Monster Bureau founded the first monster school, which was a rare event for the entire monster world.
Although the school building has not been fully completed, the publicity draft of the General Administration has already spread all over the demon world——
Something about it solved Xiao Yao's education problem and it had epoch-making significance. In short, the promotional article contained a long paragraph just about the significance of the news.
In addition, the General Administration also interviewed the elders of the tribe and took photos of the cubs.
Outside of school, establishing connections with the ancient demon country is obviously another political achievement.
Since these two events were major events for the demon clan separately, when combined together, it was even more of a bombshell. At one time, almost all the demons in the country heard the news.
Chai Erlang also heard about the latest developments in the Demon Country from his co-workers.
During these days, it moved around several construction sites, working hard moving bricks, and was able to stay there thanks to a co-worker who was also a monster.
Even so, the foreman still thought it was ugly and deducted its wages.
Thinking about his life, Jackal couldn't help but feel resentful. This resentment reached its peak when he saw the group photo of the little demon cubs who had just enrolled.
Aren’t these cubs Erya, Sandan and Mazi from the Demon Country?
Why can they go to school while I can only carry bricks here?
Chai Erlang calculated his age and was overwhelmed with grief, and could not help but burst into tears.
In terms of age, it is still a baby in their tribe!
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