Chapter 573: Taking an Unconventional Path
"Okay, pack up the wood crystals and we're going back to the territory."
The crystals belong to all the beast tamers here. Most players will hand them over to their friends in the territory for safekeeping after getting them.
People are still outside the territory and there is no space to store so many crystals.
The chickens move very quickly, especially the pasture chickens. They cannot eat much nymphs and adults, but they enjoy digging up the eggs and eating them.
They flapped their wings everywhere and crowed loudly to celebrate the victory.
The sunlight at this time was extremely bright and dazzling, suspended in the middle of the sky, so golden that it was impossible to look directly at it.
The warm light shines on the land, as if it can dispel all the haze and gloom.
Shu Ling opened his hands, feeling the scorching heat on his body. All the voices of resentment and unwillingness may have returned to silence at this moment.
The murderer who killed them is deader than dead, and even the large swarm of locusts that looked like smog has been completely wiped out.
Now that their great revenge has been achieved, it is time for them to go to where they belong, guided by the light.
When the darkness dissipates, the sun will finally shine forever.
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The return route is relatively safe, mainly because there are basically no plants on the road, only land that has been eaten to the point of nothing left.
When locusts pass through a place, not a single blade of grass grows.
Especially these ones that eat everything, even the stones on the ground have to be turned over and taken a bite.
Therefore, the chickens had the most comfortable life during the rest of the journey, with no shortage of insect eggs to eat.
After much haste, we finally arrived at a forest not far from the territory on the evening of the 6th. The area is still well protected, with people coming to patrol it every day. Some pink starlings even live there to roost.
Therefore, when Shu Ling arrived here, he was almost at the 001 territory. If he set out early tomorrow morning on the 7th, he would definitely reach the territory before noon.
But because it is near the territory, this place is particularly attractive to locusts - basically all the edible things in other places in the game area have been eaten.
The remaining rations could only come to the territory. Even though more than 200,000 people were dispatched at the beginning, no benefits were gained.
Countless locusts died in vain, and all of them were used as experience packs to upgrade many locust-killing monsters.
Among all the chickens and ducks in the entire 001 territory, there are almost no level 5 ones, all of them are level 6.
Moreover, some of them have been upgraded to level seven, and some have even reached the peak of level seven.
"Now these level 7 monsters, as long as there are enough level 7 locusts coming tomorrow, there should be a good chance that they can be upgraded to level 8."
The number of level 7 locusts has increased dramatically since early this morning, and there are at least thousands of Jade Locusts.
The level five locusts were almost completely extinct, leaving no trace. The ones behind were level six, and each of them even showed signs of evolution - a jade color began to appear on their body surface.
Jade locusts are not easy to deal with. Even their nemesis, the red bean cake, needs to be chased and pecked for a while before breaking through their defense and starting to devour them.
The pink starling is the most knowledgeable in this regard. It is a top-level locust hunter, so the jade locust will be in a miserable state when facing a pink starling of the same level.
Even though the number of level seven pink starlings is more than half that of jade locusts, their food intake and appetite are enough to solve the problem.
Shu Lingyi felt a little relieved and waited until tomorrow to go back to his territory.
It is definitely too late today. I have been traveling without much rest for the past three days and I am exhausted both physically and mentally.
Players were resting in the woods, and the night was quiet.
As for the morning, it was not the chickens that woke us up, but countless locusts flapping their wings in the distance. The sound should have been very small, but quantitative change led to qualitative change.
When countless locusts flapped their wings, the sound became deafening, making it impossible to ignore it, let alone cover your head and continue sleeping.
He could only wave his hands around angrily, as if trying to drive away a lingering mosquito.
Finally I realized where I was and what I was doing.
Shu Ling took a deep breath and came out of the tent.
At this time, Zhong Qingwei was already standing in a place with a wide view among the mountains and forests, with his back to Shu Lingyi, and he and a row of archers were shooting arrows intermittently.
The power of the players is very weak during this solar term. They are unable to fight against the locusts. Even with protective gear, they cannot withstand the gnawing of the locusts.
Only the locust-killing monsters have their own bloodline suppression, so they can move forward fearlessly.
But this is not completely absolute. If the level suppression is reversed, for example, a level 7 locust against a level 6 guinea fowl or mallard, they can form a group to eat their natural enemies.
Unfortunate events are bound to happen, and while some players are standing back and enjoying the protection, there are always some who are unwilling to just sit there and watch.
For example, Mary, who was stationed in this place, was standing next to Zhong Qingwei at this time, and there were many animal trainers behind her.
Mary rode on Shanyue as usual, calmly commanding the monsters to fight.
Then she would observe the battle situation herself, and when some chickens and ducks appeared and were targeted by advanced locusts, she would use bows and arrows to help.
The bows and arrows are coated with a specially formulated flower juice, a combination of safflower and heather.
"Good morning everyone, why are you still wearing..." gas masks.
Before she could finish her words, a smell so foul that she couldn't even describe it rushed into her head.
As soon as Shu Ling walked over, he could smell a strange odor on the arrow, and he was almost scared to death by the smell.
"Here's this, an advanced version of the gas mask. It can effectively remove odors, and non-toxic ones are also included."
Shu Lingyi immediately took the gas mask that Zhong Qingwei handed over. After putting it on, not only did the air feel fresher, but the life-threatening stench also disappeared.
"Huh, what are you doing shooting arrows here? What was that strange smell just now?"
The air he breathed became normal again, and Shu Lingyi finally regained the ability to control his facial expression. He asked Zhong Qingwei two questions in succession.
"Boss Yiyi is here. This is the flower juice that Miss Xin Jing accidentally made. Just apply the flower juice on the arrows and the flavor will remain on the arrows."
Mary pointed to a large barrel on the ground, which was filled with arrows that had been smeared with the flower juice. The two archers shared one barrel.
Shu Lingyi watched Mary shoot an arrow. The stench of the arrow had a very weak effect on the locusts, but it could cause "damage" in that instant.
The special nature of locusts makes pesticides useless, so we have to take a different approach.
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