Chapter 427 The Greedy Demon is such a disaster!
"I made 200 yesterday, 500 today, and I'll give you a good night's sleep..."
"Tomorrow, the devil of greed will come again!"
"Zerg... miserable!"
Lu Yuan originally thought that the good days of earning hundreds of dollars a day would last forever...
But it was obvious that he still underestimated the difficulty of the robbery and the wisdom of the Zerg Hive.
As time went by, the Zerg Nest soon discovered this elusive, shape-shifting robber and began to get agitated - no one wanted their wealth to be robbed all the time! The number of guardians in the mushroom forest increased, and even higher-level Zerg were ambushing nearby, trying to catch this damn robber.
Occasionally, you can hear the faint chirping of insects.
A large ladybug with a golden body that has evolved considerable intelligence stood on a big rock and shouted, "You cute little bastards, I'm dead! Baka!" (Translated by the author: You don't even take good care of your mother's property. Do you want to die?) The lower-level insects around it were all crawling on the ground, shivering and squeaking.
The large ladybug continued to shout: "Shavadika! (*&%&)" (The Queen Mother is angry and demands that you catch the thief!)
"Look at you mallards, damn it!" (If I can't catch you, I'll feed you to insects.) Lu Yuan was hiding in a different space. With the help of "translation headphones", he could vaguely understand their conversation, and he immediately found it very interesting.
Why does the tone of this insect's speech sound like that of a lord? [The Sixth Branch of the Rift Insect Race - King Insect]
【Shape: 56.9】
【Qi: 34.5】
[God: 3.6]
[Extraordinary Level: Level 10]
【ability:??】
"King Insect, a level 10 creature?!" It was the first time that Lu Yuan saw such a high level of extraordinary creature... He almost wanted to jump out and beat it.
In such a high-level battle, the extraordinary level is not that important.
The extraordinary level means the "numerical value" of the same race to a certain extent.
When there is no absolute difference in numbers, the mechanism of superpowers is much more important than numbers in battle.
"No wonder the Underground Alliance is far from being a match... Once they discover that there is a human civilization thousands of kilometers away, it will actually be quite troublesome."
Lu Yuan was not afraid of these Zergs, but he was spending his spiritual energy.
He suddenly had an idea and directed the reconnaissance sickle not far away to scream.
“Sizzle!!”
The golden ladybug was delivering an important speech in its life. When it heard the sharp sound, it was immediately deceived and let out a heart-wrenching roar: "Zizi, why! Die!" (The thief has appeared! The whole army has them, attack them hard! The queen will reward you greatly!)
This mighty army was advancing frantically in the direction of Xiaojian.
But when he ran over, he found nothing! The golden ladybug realized something was wrong and ran back in a hurry.
It found that the mushroom forest it had been protecting was in ruins, with nothing left! It was so angry that it turned its entire shell over, with its six legs facing the sky, and liquid actually flowed out from the corners of its mouth.
"Dead! That person is dead!"
Suddenly, its eyes rolled and it came up with a good idea.
It jumped up from the ground, pocketed all the remaining leftovers, and its whole insect face was filled with a smile.
It shouted to the rest of the bugs, "Kang Mang is forced!"
(The thief took everything. I will report it to my mother!)
Lu Yuan, who was hiding in a different space and had no time to leave, was stunned. It turned out that these guys had evolved the ability to "commit corruption and commit crimes and put the blame on me."
In comparison, human Zerg are as pure as white lotuses, working diligently and never complaining.
Lu Yuan immediately gave up the idea of "controlling" this big ladybug. If this idea spread, it would be the end of him! "Since I have gained hundreds of spiritual energy, I won't blame you for passing the buck."
…
In this way, every dark and windy night of the month, the insect nest would be robbed.
There is no Zerg that can stop him.
The greedy demon's appetite grew bigger and bigger. At first, he was worried about causing a riot in the hive, but later he was too lazy to care. He just wanted to grab it. Who can stop me? I'll give you some after I grab it.
There were 14 legendary naked mushrooms, all of which were preserved.
There are 22 legendary Soul Jade Ganoderma. (A precious medicinal material that can repair soul injuries and purify the body.) There are 19 legendary Tianshenwu. (A medicinal material that can increase lifespan.) There are 298 excellent mushrooms.
The number of rare ones reached 1,541.
The general level even reached five thousand, which was an exaggerated amount!
There is no need to stockpile inferior ones, just eat them directly and convert them into spiritual energy.
As for the epic level... none have been found yet. It may be that this rift can only produce legendary level at most.
All in all, Lu Yuan's private money suddenly became abundant.
The ups and downs of life still depend on the Zerg.
It was not until the 42nd day that Lu Yuan was shocked to find that almost all the reserves in the mushroom forest had been picked up!
There was nothing left!! Unable to catch the thief, the Zerg gave up and started to rush to harvest the remaining mushrooms.
Twelve Zergs of different ethnicities actually made the same choice, which really made him feel cold.
"You all don't like me, do you?"
"One day, sooner or later, I will lose control of my greed and try to control your mother!"
"Don't push me!"
Fortunately, Lu Yuan was not a greedy person. It took him a whole day to recover from his violent state of anger.
He actually knew that the situation was in chaos now, and he really had to stabilize the hive. Otherwise, it would be very troublesome if these guys went crazy collectively, and it might even affect humans.
In addition, the spiritual energy in his body has soared to a terrifying number of 15110, and there is also a large amount of inventory in the storage space. It is really a wave of fat.
If you have food in your hands, you will not worry.
"It's okay, wait until they forget about it... then we'll grab them when we have a chance!"
“The mushrooms will grow again.”
…
And these 42 days have brought the negotiations between humans and the underground alliance to a critical point.
The two sides finally completed the exchange of a large amount of knowledge.
The Underground Alliance handed over most of the book "Gear Crafting and Metal Disassembly" and a piece of legendary equipment... Of course, for safety reasons, they changed the name to "Underground Alliance Forging Analysis". How shameless.
Lu Yuan could tell at a glance that this was indeed the inheritance of the gear civilization, and it was a different kind of inheritance, suitable for ordinary craftsmen.
As for the human side, they also provided some knowledge, including "The promotion method of the sixth-level fire seed", "The principle of D-Omega potion", "Z-potion", "Field...", etc., but most of them were only traded by half.
After research, everyone will trade the remaining half if they feel it is a great value for money and neither party is committing fraud.
There is no way. Although the relationship has eased significantly, the necessary procedures still need to be followed...
The treatment of unknown life, that is, the research on [Withering], must be brought back for advanced experiments. It cannot be carried out here...
In addition, a large number of transactions were carried out at the material level.
Because the number of Zerg is increasing day by day, it is skyrocketing every day, and recently there have been large-scale riots of high-level Zerg.
Every day there are insects wailing, screaming, and patrolling, and the reason is unknown, which puts everyone under a lot of pressure.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
(Lu Yuan: What does it have to do with me?)
Therefore, it may be more troublesome to trade in the future.
Therefore, humans once again sold some knowledge at a relatively suitable price, purchased a lot of underground specialties and a large number of mushrooms, and the transaction volume exceeded 600 Lingyun!
Everyone is very satisfied with the results this time, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a win-win situation.
The total transaction amount exceeded three thousand, which is not an exaggeration to say that it was a huge profit! The mushroom resources obtained this time alone could provide the entire city with a wealthy life for more than 10 years.
Then, the Underground Alliance made a request that surprised everyone: they wanted to visit human cities to further increase strategic mutual trust.
Oshima Takashi said sincerely: "We have been living underground, fighting against the Zerg, and have neglected to investigate the outside world."
"If possible... we also want to go to the larger surface... and build a city in the sky."
Well, it’s not difficult to guess what these guys are thinking. They want to gain more common sense, especially common sense about survival in Pangu Continent.
This request is really a bit difficult for everyone.
There is nothing wrong with visiting human cities, as ratmen craftsmen still live in human cities.
But how much is common sense worth? It's really hard to estimate.
Lu Yuan also knew what everyone was thinking, and flipped through "Analysis of Forging in the Underground Alliance" for a while.
Old Lu changed his attitude this time. He felt that he was very generous. In just 42 days, Lingyun earned 12,000 yuan, and he had not had time to count his property income. How could he not be generous?
"This little gear inheritance is actually quite ingenious... There's no fraud involved."
The small inheritance of gears is more suitable for craftsmen with low divinity attributes. 12 points of divinity are enough.
The Gear Encyclopedia requires 30 points of God to get started, and the people who can learn it are rare.
There is naturally a gap between the upper limits of the two, but it does not mean that the value of the gear inheritance is not high.
Just like high school mathematics, it can already solve many practical problems. There is no need for everyone to learn calculus, real analysis, and complex analysis, as those really require talent.
Lu Yuan sighed: "How should I put it? The common sense of Pangu Continent is worthless. As long as you survive on the surface for a period of time, you will master it."
"Or maybe it's worth a fortune and could save the lives of an entire race."
"When we were poor, we encountered the Shumiba civilization. They actually gave us a lot of common sense for free. For example, they only sold the Spiritual Charm Value System for 10 Spiritual Charms... but we sold it for 50 Spiritual Charms. That was actually quite greedy."
Everyone was hesitant to speak.
Lu Yuan sighed: "The rat people take care of us, there is a factor of winning or losing the fight... but there is another reason, we are all just pitiful creatures struggling to survive, just like the poisonous insects fighting among themselves."
"Occasionally, if you meet someone with potential, you can help him out."
"We are already much greedier than the rat people, and we have sold a lot of knowledge at high prices. We should not be so greedy that we are uncomfortable. Although conscience is worthless in the exchange of civilizations, who can predict what will happen in the future? Maybe the other party will help us unintentionally?"
"Or maybe after a thousand years, we'll become allies?"
This is not wrong.
Friendships are hard to form.
Humans only formed a deep friendship with the Rize civilization, because at that time everyone was a rookie civilization and had almost no defenses against each other.
Now that we have met this rookie alliance, what's wrong with giving them a hand without harming their own interests...
As for what will happen in the future? That is beyond human prediction.
Lu Yuan added: "How about this, we can also invite the other party's craftsmen to come over and have some exchanges. Let them teach us the little heritage of gears."
"The craftsmen are like hostages, so there is no need to worry about them causing trouble secretly."
"Alas, the master can only lead you to the door, but it is up to you to practice... We obviously have a lot of inheritance, but I wonder when our craftsmen will be able to forge legends and produce a few master craftsmen to give them a little stimulation. They have been too comfortable recently."
…
Even so, after humans sent out a formal invitation, the Underground Alliance was hesitant and a little uneasy.
In the end, the desire for common sense overcame that slight worry.
The Underground Alliance sent a total of 48 people, 4 from each race. In addition to diplomats, translators, scientists, and soldiers, there were also more than a dozen craftsmen, who headed to the surface in a mighty manner to conduct scientific investigations!
More than a month has passed, and the number of insects in the rift has more than doubled, and the risk of activities here has been multiplied.
"I don't know what's going on, but the bugs down there are particularly agitated, and higher-level Zerg appear from time to time. The surveillance equipment we set up was discovered and destroyed by the search."
"And there were no mushrooms at all. The bugs had picked all of them overnight... The drone's harvesting capacity was almost zero."
Listening to the report of a snakeman scout, the culprit Lu Yuan shrank his neck and said, I just robbed a few things, is it necessary to make such a big fuss?
“How often do mushrooms grow?”
"Mushrooms of the lowest grade grow quickly, and they can regrow in about a year. But high-grade mushrooms are very slow. For example, it may take hundreds of years for one legendary naked glyptostroboides to grow," said the lizard-like mushroom expert.
“The Glechoma longituba mushrooms grow in the same place?”
"Yes, high-level mushrooms grow almost in the same place, and rarely grow in other places..."
"How often does the Zerg's internal strife occur?"
The leading diplomat, Oshima Tsuyoshi, said: "According to the observation of our alliance, a major civil war may only break out once every fifty or sixty years, and the Zerg will suffer more than 90% casualties. Shorter civil wars occur every year, and the 12 Zerg legions are constantly fighting each other."
(End of this chapter)