Chapter 223 Lightning Struck Wood
They flew up along the ridge of the mountain and reached the clouds above the mountain top. The rock cuts formed winding lines in the morning mist.
When thousands of rays of light pierced through the clouds, Ning Xuan saw a sea of clouds below that seemed to be burning. The high and low hills were of various shapes, and the isolated wind-eroded rock pillars cast long and slender shadows. Standing there, it looked like a chessboard left behind by an ancient giant.
"Hold on tight." Di Youlin suddenly folded his wings and took her in a vertical dive. Ning Xuan faced the wind and saw them approaching rapidly below in the moment of weightlessness. The sea of clouds, mountains, trees, and grass, like a puzzle, gradually became clear in Ning Xuan's eyes from being scattered everywhere to gathering together.
Ning Xuan hugged Di Youlin's neck tightly, her eyes full of excitement. The feeling of flying freely between heaven and earth was fascinating.
When he was less than a hundred meters from the ground, Di Youlin suddenly spread his wings, stopped his descending trend, and flew steadily at a low altitude.
Lin Mo and others' convoy had gone to an unknown place. Under the command of Ning Xuan, Di Youlin landed on the top of a solitary peak. Next to it was a crooked pine tree growing in a crack in the rock. The bitter smell of pine needles mixed with the morning moisture seeped into his nose.
Ning Xuan stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the rushing river, the lush green trees, the flying birds and running animals in the forest, and Di Youlin suddenly sighed, "This place is really beautiful."
The major celestial bodies in the federal galaxy are divided into different levels according to the richness of resources and the concentration of energy, but even the central galaxy does not have such a beautiful scenery as the one before us.
The mountains, rivers, grass and trees here are all natural and pristine. Unlike the Federation galaxy, most galaxies have been contaminated by viruses. The habitable cities and trees are transplanted, and the environment is transformed using scientific and technological means. Although you can't feel any difference when you are there, once you see the true vastness of the world, you can feel the difference.
"Unfortunately, the virus is spreading, strange beasts are rampant, and this beautiful planet will soon be unrecognizable." Di Youlin said regretfully.
"In fact, it was not the virus that changed the environment beyond recognition. The reason why the Federation galaxy became like that was mainly related to the large-scale use of radioactive weapons." In order to better integrate into the social environment of the Federation, Ning Xuan made a point of learning about that period of history.
"You're right." Di Youlin was stunned for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully.
Is it also for this reason that the military does not allow garrison troops to use large-scale radioactive weapons?
Of course there may be another reason, which is to better develop the advanced resources on this planet.
"This cliff pine is beautiful. Youlin, help me pull it out. I want to take it back and plant it in the yard of the villa." Ning Xuan's space ring contains soil that can maintain the activity of plants, which is specially used for cultivating medicinal herbs and spiritual plants.
"Okay, master." After receiving Ning Xuan's instructions, Di Youlin folded his wings and went to work.
"Hiss..." Ning Xuan heard a sound. She turned her head slightly and saw a black and white snake crawling out from the crevice on the other side, with its head raised high, in an attacking posture.
Ning Xuan stretched out her hand and a sharp vine flew out, nailing the snake to the spot.
"Hiss..." The snake wailed and soon stopped moving. Poor him, he crawled up quietly, but died before he could attack. Snake gallbladder is used as medicine, and snake meat is made into soup.
Ning Xuan and Di Youlin separated from the main force and flew out, not just for fun. They were shouldering an important mission, which was to survey the ground conditions, observe suitable routes forward, and find suitable bases for garrisoning.
During the flight, Ning Xuan discovered two natural medicinal fields, a mushroom nest with various colored mushrooms growing, and a tree hole on a towering tree. The tree was towering into the clouds, with a diameter of ten meters. The tree hole looked like a tiny crack from the outside. Ning Xuan accidentally discovered that the crack was flashing, and out of curiosity, she moved closer to observe, only to find that there was actually a space inside the tree, with a very narrow entrance. After entering, there was a huge space inside.
Ning Xuan recorded these places one by one, and recorded the huge tree hole as one of the suitable bases for stationing.
The tree hole is about thirty or forty meters above the ground. Such a high distance prevents the possibility of sneak attacks by strange beasts at night. It is a very suitable camping point except for the trouble of climbing up and down.
Ning Xuan later found a few more camping spots. In her opinion, none of the tree holes suited her taste, so she chose this place as the first alternative.
In order to better understand the situation of the tree hole, Ning Xuan and Yun Han landed on the big tree again. This time, Ning Xuan checked it carefully inside and out.
On the southwest trunk of this towering ancient tree, there are three charred spiral lines leading directly to the entrance of the tree hole. Carbonized dragon-scale crystals can be vaguely seen between the cracks in the bark - these are the "thunder patterns" left behind after a lightning strike.
Squeezing through the crack entrance that was only wide enough for sideways movement, we saw an oval space that suddenly opened up. It was about four or five meters high and seven or eight meters in diameter, comparable to a small auditorium.
This tree hole was formed by lightning igniting the fire, which burned and hollowed out the tree trunk. The magical thing is that at the heart of the tree, there grows a translucent wood network, which secretes amber gel, which not only repairs the tree structure, but also makes the inner wall of the tree hole abnormally dry.
Ning Xuan inlaid the luminous fluorite on the surrounding dry inner walls, and patrolled the inside of the tree hole with a high-intensity flashlight. In the center, she found a shiny black wood more than one meter thick. Ning Xuan stroked the wood, looking at the silver-like lines on the surface, and felt ecstatic. This was the "lightning-struck wood" tempered by lightning, which was a rare treasure.
Ning Xuan wanted to cut the lightning-struck wood and take it away, but during the cutting process, she found that there was a hole under the oval space.
This tree hole has three layers: upper, middle and lower. The lowest layer is only about 20 meters above the ground.
The more Ning Xuan looked at it, the more satisfied she felt. She took away the piece of wood that had been struck by lightning, marked the place, and went with Di Youlin to meet up with Lin Mo and others.
Ning Xuan marked Lin Mo, Yun Han and Chen Nan so that she could sense their locations. Under Ning Xuan's guidance, Di Youlin flew at full speed and they soon met up with the main force.
Lin Mo and Yun Han happened to encounter a pack of mutant wolves. This pack was huge, with hundreds of mutant wolves. Lin Mo summoned the blue-flame white tiger, and Chen Nan summoned his companion spirit Xiao Jin to join the battle. The corpses of the mutant wolves were everywhere.
The little fox watched on with some boredom, with no intention of intervening at all.
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