Chapter 54 What is this thing?
As the dark mass of sand scorpions surged toward them, Yuanyuan felt a chill run down her spine. If this continued, they would be overwhelmed sooner or later.
Suddenly remembering the miniature chocolate bomb in her spatial storage, her eyes lit up, and she quickly found it.
Yuanyuan bit her lip, pressed the switch, and threw it with all her might into the densest part of the scorpion swarm.
"Boom!"
Yellow sand was blasted everywhere, and scalding hot air waves rushed towards us.
Several orcs were soaked by the yellow sand.
Ali was swinging his pincers to stab a large sand scorpion that pounced on him when he was momentarily stunned by the sudden explosion.
Adong stumbled back two steps while carrying Yuanyuan on his back, nearly being knocked over by the blast wave.
It flicked its tail and warily stared at the spot where the explosion had occurred.
The orc next to him jumped up, shouting, "What...what is this thing?!"
As the sandstorm subsided, the sand scorpions in that area were blown to pieces. A few that hadn't been killed were twitching belly up. The surrounding sand scorpions were so shocked that they dared not rush forward and instead circled around in dense numbers.
Looking at the scorpions lying dead, Yuanyuan patted her chest and exclaimed, "This is a bomb!"
Ali recovered his senses and looked at the scorpion corpses scattered on the ground. He couldn't help but exclaim, "These things are amazing! Yuanyuan, are there any more?"
With such high lethality, if this happens a few more times, these sand scorpions definitely won't survive.
"have!"
Yuanyuan pulled out a few more and quickly pulled the switch, "Everyone back off, protect yourselves, I'll throw them over there!"
"Be careful!" Adong pressed down on the straps of the basket on his back, his voice tense.
"I understand!"
Yuanyuan aimed at another swarm of scorpions and threw it forcefully. Several loud "booms" rang out, and the sand scorpion swarm was thrown into complete chaos. Some burrowed into the sand, while others scattered and fled.
"Boom!"
Inadvertently, he let go of one of them, and it landed very close to them. There was no time to dodge, and the shockwave threw A-Dong so hard that he staggered and sat down on the sand.
Yuanyuan was thrown out of the basket.
Adong instinctively lunged forward and pinned Yuanyuan beneath him, the snake's tail numb and painful from the flying sand.
The once densely packed army of sand scorpions, those that weren't frightened, had already frantically burrowed into the ground, leaving only a ground littered with scorpion corpses.
Ali rushed over to help Adong up and saw that his snake tail was covered with a lot of sand. Upon closer inspection, he realized that it was blood mixed with sand stuck in the gaps between the scales.
His brows furrowed.
How are you?
"fine."
Adong shook his head, turned to look at Yuanyuan who had just gotten up, and asked in a voice still trembling with fear, "Are you alright?"
Yuanyuan brushed the sand off her body and shook her head, "I'm fine."
"Uncle Adong, you're injured!"
Yuanyuan's eyes were red. She took out iodine and gauze from her space. "This can disinfect. Quickly transform into human form and I'll help you."
"It's not safe here, let's leave."
The group quickly ran down to the foot of the rocky mountain. Once there, they found a clean, shaded spot to sit down.
Seeing that Ali and Uncle Adong had sand on their hands when they went upstairs, Yuanyuan took out a bucket of water and a few disposable towels.
"Use this to clean the wound first, and wipe away the sand."
The group was astonished to see her produce water and soft cloth out of thin air.
But they all tacitly refrained from asking.
Ali's wound was on his arm, and he wiped it off very quickly.
Yuanyuan carefully applied iodine to his wound, then a layer of medicinal powder, and finally wrapped it with gauze.
Several orcs looked at the medicine and soft gauze she took out with curious expressions and gathered around to ask her questions.
Yuanyuan didn't hide anything and told them.
The men looked at her with a hint of respect.
They respected witch doctors more because they could heal the sick and save lives.
Yuanyuan's medical skills seemed even better than those of the witch doctor, and they admired her even more.
An hour had passed by the time everyone had finished treating their wounds.
Without further delay, the group began their ascent.
It took half an hour to climb to the top of the mountain.
Sure enough, there was a lake on the mountaintop, shimmering in the sunlight.
It was actually emerald green.
Yuanyuan was overjoyed.
"What a beautiful lake."
Ali and his friends were also visiting this place for the first time. They sniffed the water and found that the lake was not only beautiful, but also did not smell of mud.
It's very clean.
As you approach, the lake water is crystal clear, surrounded by many plants and a large tree with yellow fruit hanging from it.
Yuanyuan looked closely and saw that there was no seed on the ground, so the fruit was inedible.
Several plants with narrow, flat leaves grew under the tree, their white petals edged with pale purple, and their flower centers at the tips were yellow.
Yuanyuan walked over quickly, squatted down, and plucked one.
Upon receiving the system's affirmation, Yuanyuan exclaimed excitedly.
He pulled up all the herbs on the side, and just as he was about to stand up, something hit him on the head.
"System, what kind of fruit is this?"
Yuanyuan rubbed her head where she had been hit, picked up the round, yellow fruit, its skin smooth and carrying a slightly unripe fragrance.
【Yuanbao, this is a jute fruit. Both the pulp and the seed have a numbing effect. Touching it too much will make your hands numb.】
If you crush it and apply it to the skin, that area will lose sensation; it can be used as an anesthetic powder.
Yuanyuan's eyes lit up, and she quickly called over a few people to help pick the fruit.
Several orcs quickly picked a large bagful for her.
"That's enough, that's enough."
"Yuanyuan, can we eat this?" Ali asked, reaching for his lips.
"Don't move! You can't eat this, or you won't be able to move!"
Upon hearing this, Ali quickly threw away the fruit.
"Yuanyuan, why did you pick so many if you can't eat them?"
“You can use medicine. You can also pick some back, crush them, and apply them to your weapons. Whether it’s an orc or a wild beast, as long as they are stabbed, they will be paralyzed and unable to move. A large dose can even make them fall into a coma.”
Upon hearing this, the group immediately became interested.
Just imagining that scene is exhilarating.
"Yuanyuan, do you have any unused bags? Could you help us pack them up?"
Yuanyuan took out the bucket she had used to fill with water to clean their wounds. "Use this to hold it!"
"Thank you, thank you. We will definitely return it to you when we get back to the tribe."
Ali accepted the bucket of glue and thanked him repeatedly.
Yuanyuan shook her head, "This is for you, you can keep it!"
"Such a wonderful thing, are you really giving it to us?" The orcs were incredulous.
"Yes, let's hurry up and pick the fruit, the sun is about to set."
Without further hesitation, the group climbed the trees and began picking fruit.
After a busy day, they picked about half a bucketful.
Yuanyuan took out several packs of compressed biscuits and bottled water from her storage space and distributed them to everyone:
"Here, take this. It will fill your stomachs quickly."
The beastmen curiously took a bite, and the aroma of the compressed biscuits and the sweet taste of the bottled water made their eyes light up.
Ali carefully tucked the biscuits into his pocket; they were a precious gift from Yuanyuan, and he couldn't bear to eat them all at once.
After finishing their meal, they hurried back to their tribe.
It was already completely dark when we arrived.
Many people were waiting for them at the entrance of the tribe, holding torches.
"They're back! They're back!"
Someone shouted, and the crowd instantly stirred.
"It's good that you're back. Just for a few days!"
The chieftain and the shaman looked her up and down to see if she was injured.
"Are you alright?"
Yuanyuan shook her head, "I'm fine, it's Uncle Ali and Uncle Adong who are injured."
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