Chapter 114 How to Build a Dungeon and Transform Gender
When I came to check a couple of days ago, the gray birds hadn't laid any eggs yet. Shu Xin remembered that Peng Peng An had said that gray birds could lay more than 30 eggs a month. She thought that if there were ten or so gray birds, wouldn't they be able to lay more than 300 eggs a month?
There are currently twelve gray gnats in the cranberry grove. Shu Xin searched carefully and found a total of nine gray gnat eggs. Looking at the cranberry bushes whose lower branches and leaves were almost completely eaten, Shu Xin took all nine eggs with her—although the egg-laying rate is quite considerable, she should control the number of gray gnats for now and deal with it after the harvest month.
The bitter wheat in the territory is now in the grain-filling stage, and it will be ripe when the harvest month arrives.
Not only the bitter wheat, but also the berry bushes, regardless of whether they were planted early or late, were in full bloom amidst the ever-increasing wind. Recently, Shu Xin could even see that the flowers on many bushes had already faded, and green or white fruits had formed on the branches. When the harvest month comes, these unripe fruits will probably ripen on the branches all at once. After all, for these plants, the decisive factor affecting their ripening speed is none other than the concentration of magic.
As the harvest month draws ever closer, the concentration of magic in the air is also increasing. The current concentration of magic in the Land of Sin is now vastly different from when Shu Xin first arrived!
Shu Xin suspected that the Harvest Month was named that way most likely because it had the highest magic concentration during that month, as the River Elves already had this name before the devastating attack. Shu Xin reasonably deduced that the magic concentration in the land inhabited by the River Elves constantly changed cyclically.
In the past, river fairies would proactively adjust the concentration of magic to prevent disasters. Now, the flower fairies, whose size has shrunk considerably, have not only lost this tradition but also this power, and as a result, they can only endure the various natural disasters caused by excessively high magic concentrations.
On the way back to Flower Castle with the gray bird eggs, Shu Xin dispersed a vortex of air that was about to expand. If she hadn't intervened, the vortex would have developed into a tornado and eventually become the wind disaster that the flower fairies talked about.
After taking the bird eggs into the kitchen, Shu Xin and Mei Meilin went to the Tree of Life together.
Meimeilin received the recipe for cooking bird eggs, while Shuxin received the blueprints for building an underground city.
...Although it's an exaggeration, Shu Xin really finds it hard not to describe the building blueprints provided by the Tree of Life as an "underground city".
When she was considering how to settle the demons, she naturally thought of underground places because there were not enough building materials on the surface and there were no better ways to protect them from the wind. After thinking about underground places, she thought of many other things, including but not limited to: tunnel warfare, subways, basements, underground tunnels, underground fortresses and underground shelters built by foreign tycoons at great expense, which she had only briefly seen in the news.
After integrating all relevant information, the Tree of Life provided a fairly comprehensive solution tailored to the specific circumstances:
The overall structure is a pure white high wall that appears along the defensive barrier at the boundary of the land of sins. It is dug downwards to build an underground dwelling that can completely encircle the land of sins.
In terms of specific details, the method involves using the demon race's racial magic combined with the superposition magic researched by Shu Xin to first excavate the main underground tunnel connecting various nodes. After reinforcing it, the main tunnel is then used to excavate underground spaces with different functions, either inwards, outwards, or even downwards. Finally, the different functional areas are widened and modified as needed.
The construction blueprints provided by the Tree of Life clearly and concisely divide the area into four functional zones: residential area, preparation area, planting area, and storage area.
The preparation area is located on the outer ring of the tunnel, that is, outside the defensive barrier. It can be said to be a series of underground observation rooms. The interior is reserved with space for drawing various magic array diagrams, and also with a passage to the surface.
The residential area is located inside the tunnel, consisting of individual underground caves of varying sizes, catering to both those who wish to live alone and those who wish to share. In addition to bedrooms, toilets, small living rooms, and small dining rooms inside the caves, the largest independent cave in the residential area has also been converted into a dining room.
The planting and storage areas are located even lower down in the tunnel. When Shu Xin saw the diagrams of these two areas, she was so moved by the thoughtfulness of the Tree of Life that she almost shed tears!
Shu Xin initially thought of using cleaning magic to deal with toilet waste—simple, crude, but effective. However, the construction blueprints provided by the Tree of Life suggested a separate fertilizer storage tank within the storage area. All the toilets in the residential area were connected to this tank, which in turn was directly connected to the lower-level planting area. This not only treated the toilet waste but also turned it into fertilizer! Shu Xin hadn't even considered this, but the Tree of Life had!
Furthermore, the planting area at the bottom doesn't require excavation, as it's a naturally formed underground cave. All that's needed is to dig a tunnel leading down into the cave. Inside this cave is a naturally formed underground lake, and the construction blueprints clearly indicate that it's a "drinking water source." Now we've even found a water source that can replace the Sun Spring!
Since the Tree of Life has designated this underground cave as a planting area, it means that the soil inside the cave is arable. However, currently, apart from the Delicious Mushroom, no other seeds in the Land of Sin are suitable for underground planting. Shu Xin immediately decided that after An Anka went out, he would only be responsible for finding crops suitable for underground planting. She just didn't know if the crops growing in the underground cave would be affected by the Harvest Month.
As for the underground lake, since the lake water is drinkable, the aquatic plants and animals living in the underground lake are also likely edible, which adds another food source. Shu Xin, who was under a lot of pressure due to the sudden increase in the population, couldn't help but breathe a small sigh of relief.
After carefully reviewing the construction blueprints, Shu Xin first went to find An Anka, who was ready to depart at any time. She instructed him to go out and find crops that could be planted underground. Then, Shu Xin went to find the demons without stopping.
Xi led a large group of demons out to mine salt and hunt. Of the three demons who were clearly in a leadership position yesterday, only one remained today to guard the land of sin.
Upon seeing from afar that the one responsible for staying behind was the blue-skinned demon named Blue Horn, Shu Xin breathed a sigh of relief once again. It wasn't that the other two demons were difficult to deal with; it was mainly because they had been preoccupied with food all day, making Shu Xin feel that even if she discussed the construction of the underground dwelling with them, she was almost certain not to reach any conclusions. Of course, the fact that the two demons' appearances were so striking that they could easily make one lose their senses upon closer inspection also played a part...
However, when Shu Xin landed on the ground and saw what Lan Jiao looked like, the greeting she was about to say suddenly got stuck in her throat.
Just yesterday, Bluehorn was a handsome, muscular male demon, but today he's transformed into a sexy woman with a full, firm bust—
Under the cleansing magic, her skin, which had changed from dark blue to light blue, looked even smoother and more delicate than yesterday. Her thick, golden-brown hair had also grown from shoulder-length to waist-length, and the metallic scales that served to cover her body extended from her waist and abdomen all the way up to her chest. Apart from her red and blue heterochromatic eyes, which remained unchanged, the three dark blue horns on the demon's forehead looked thicker and bluer than yesterday, making Shu Xin feel increasingly uncomfortable.
Well, the demon before me still possessed a captivating charm, only now it had transformed from masculine to feminine...
After Xi specifically explained that the gender of the mixed-blood demon race could be changed, Shu Xin was mentally prepared, but she never expected to face this change from male to female so soon!
Moreover, Shu Xin also noticed that after Lan Jiao transformed from a male into a female, not only did her hair grow longer and the horns on her head become thicker, but her body also became larger, and she was even taller than yesterday!
The hair that grows from magical beings with humanoid forms often symbolizes, to some extent, the vitality and magical power of its owner. When flower fairies grow old and weak, their hair often becomes shorter, thinner, and its color becomes duller. As a flower fairy, Shu Xin possesses powerful and abundant magical power, and thus has long, shiny white-purple hair that reaches her ankles. On the other hand, Lan Jiao's hair has clearly changed from being shoulder-length to waist-length, which means that after becoming a woman, she possesses power far exceeding that of a man.
The thicker, bluer horns and the taller, larger size also corroborated this. But the thought that Blue Horn was clearly stronger when she was female, yet had to appear as a male to avoid being hunted, made Shu Xin feel strangely conflicted.
The ecology of the Demon Realm is really a bit strange. As Xi was telling the story, Shu Xin could feel that the demon race in the Demon Realm was particularly concerned about the continuation of their race. However, the existence of elemental life itself is not conducive to reproduction. The hybrids born in the elemental storms are obviously stronger and more capable of survival, but they do not have the ability to reproduce. It is as if the existence of the Demon Realm is meant to cause the extinction of these races.
Thinking of Xi's mention of the origins of the Demon Realm—the creator god who cursed the Earth Mother, the world abandoned by the creator god—Shu Xin wondered if this was some kind of punishment from the world's consciousness? Shu Xin felt it wasn't quite like that, but that wasn't important; there were more important things to do right now—
Facing the first woman with a relatively normal physique whom she had encountered since arriving in this world, Shu Xin smiled and said, "Good afternoon, Blue Horn. I brought the blueprints for the construction of the demon's dwelling. Could you please take a look and see if there are any modifications needed?"
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