The fire continued until morning, and throughout the night, the town of Rimu was shrouded in the orange and yellow of dusk.
The thick smoke from the wildfire rushed straight into the sky, blocking out the moonlight.
Many townspeople came out of their houses. They looked at the burning black forest. The firelight solidified in their eyes, and their originally dim eyes seemed to brighten up for a moment.
No one has been able to do this for thousands of years.
Even if you set fire to the mountains, the black forests will quickly grow back. They will occupy the fields and release all kinds of horrible monsters. As for the demon tide, only a few people can survive every time the demon tide comes. Many people have no idea about the world's greatest disaster.
But it seems that the situation is a little different now.
The townspeople knew very well that although the flames could temporarily burn down the forest, after a while the grass and trees would cover it again, making it a futile operation.
However, a little hope ignited in their hearts, hoping that these strange people could really destroy the Black Forest.
Early in the morning, Old Eggplant, who had taken a break, came online again. He saw that large tracts of forest had been burned, leaving only charred remains that emitted a foul smell. The flames were still spreading in all directions, but the humid black forest had made the fire smaller. It was estimated that after a while, the forest fire would be completely extinguished.
Of course, Lao Qiezi and the others can just add fuel to the fire.
Coming to the ruins, this piece of woodland was far larger than the entire farmland area of the entire Rimu Town. Relying on his memory, Old Eggplant came to the vicinity of the flowers. He found that the wreckage here looked a little different, as if it had not been completely burned by the fire.
He also discovered a problem.
That was the long sword from before, and the armor in the flowers had also melted due to the high temperature of the wildfire and had long since seeped into the soil, and could not be found.
"I didn't expect this..."
Old Eggplant felt a little disappointed, but soon cheered up.
"We can clean up this place first, reclaim it, and plant some crops that mature quickly to solve the problem of food first."
Old Eggplant only ate a bowl of instant noodles before going to bed, and didn't eat anything in the game. Both his virtual and real stomachs were a little hungry.
I just don't know how the crops in the Country of Darkness grow, whether they have three crops a year, but since magic exists, there must be magical plants and such.
Old Eggplant even wondered whether there might be magical plants that could attack, such as Pea Shooters, Corn Machine Guns, and Pumpkins.
Anyway, he and other players borrowed hoes and plowed the charred land.
It has to be said that the talent for farming is really engraved in the genes. Lao Qiezi, a young man who grew up in the city, picked up a hoe and worked for most of the day, and he actually felt satisfied and comfortable.
Just a little tired.
By noon, Old Eggplant had cleaned up almost one-third of the field.
He decided to go to Lu Ban to ask for credit.
After cleaning up some of the remains of the flowers, Old Eggplant and a few players returned to the town and came to the door of the Baron's Mansion.
"Open the door, open the door, we have brought back the corpse of the monster."
Old Eggplant knocked on the door and shouted.
After a while, someone finally opened the door.
Old Eggplant remembered him, this was Stone, the detective from the Wasted City.
Although he didn't know how he came to the Kingdom of Darkness, since he was already here, Old Eggplant didn't pursue the matter and just treated it as an Easter egg.
"We got these back from clearing burned forests."
Old Eggplant took the burnt vines in his hand and threw them on the ground.
Stone looked at these vines and found that they were indeed not something that could grow from normal plants.
He thought about it and called Lu Ban.
“They want a reward.”
Stone said he would ask Lu Ban for everything.
When Lu Ban saw the vine, to be honest, it was not very useful for their research, but since he had said he would provide the resources, he would do as he said.
Lu Ban asked them to wait and went around to the other side of the house to get some broken and rusty weapons.
Then he wrote on it.
[Can effectively damage trees]
[Chopping off monster limbs is easy]
[Amazing protection, can resist monster's claw attack]
Those crooked and misshapen weapons seemed to have changed, yet also seemed to have remained the same.
Lu Ban moved it to Lao Qiezi and the others.
"That's it?"
Stone glanced at the unwanted weapons and thought it was a fantasy to use them to get rid of these people.
But what was unexpected was that when Old Eggplant got the equipment, he was immediately shocked.
"Are there really weapons?"
"Is this a sword? It looks very sharp."
"It's obvious that this shield has been through the flames of war. The scars on its surface are all medals of glory!"
"I want this spear. It's a longer weapon and it gives me a safer feeling."
"It's a pity there's no armor. I'd really like to be a knight."
These players divided up the weapons in no time at all, without showing any dissatisfaction at all.
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Stone once wondered if Lu Ban had done something again to confuse these people.
"Oh, and these too."
Lu Ban turned around again and stole some chicken feed from the flock of chickens that were pecking at grains. It seemed to be the seeds of some kind of grain, which was planted in the fields and matured once a year. After harvesting, it could be ground into powder and used to make bread and the like.
Lu Ban continued to write words on these seeds.
[It only takes three days from planting to maturity. It is resistant to disasters and diseases and can grow as long as there is soil]
Then, he put the grains in a cloth bag and gave it to Old Eggplant.
"Plant these things and remember to water them, and you'll be able to harvest in three days."
Old Eggplant solemnly took the bag of grains, his eyes showing even more excitement.
Magical plants do exist!
Although he was not a pea shooter, he had never heard of a crop that could be harvested in three days. It must be the effect of magic!
With this bunch of grains, Old Eggplant returned to the field.
"That's all? Isn't this enough?"
A player questioned.
“This is not for eating, it’s for planting.”
Old Eggplant retorted and looked at the others.
“Who among you knows how to farm?”
Although Lao Qiezi often plays games about farming, raising livestock, and fishing, he has actually never been to the fields. At times like this, it would be more appropriate to find an expert.
But those players just looked at each other, no one knew how to farm.
After all, they are all heavy gamers and otakus. They have never farmed or even gone camping, so how could they understand this kind of operation?
But the players are still quite smart.
Old Qiezi asked everyone to build a few houses next to the newly reclaimed fields. He quit the game, opened the old video website, and entered some text in the search bar.
How to farm?