Chapter 224 Server Activity! "Magic Plant Frenzy"!

The greenhouse caves in Beifeng City not only grow food for the residents of the cemetery, but also a certain proportion of cash crops.

Under Dave's leadership, Luo Yan, riding on Arakdo, slowly moved forward along the main road of the planting area, his jet-black cloak rising and falling slowly with the moving spider legs.

After passing through a stalactite cave, the group soon arrived at an area that was completely different from the previous one.

A large amount of quartz grows here, and the turbid crystals emit a faint dark green light.

"…This is a magic crystal mine that has not yet been mined. When we found it, this area had already been designated as a planting area, and the surrounding area had been transformed into a greenhouse cave, making mining difficult. Therefore, after discussion, your servants decided to give up mining and directly connect the magic conductor to this magic crystal mine."

Stopping in front of a cave entrance, Dave, wearing a robe, reported to the Demon King in a respectful tone.

After listening to his report, Luo Yan showed an expression of approval on his face and nodded with a smile.

"Yes, that's a genius idea."

Ouke's magic workshop has found the trick to concentrate the transmission of magic power through magic conductors. Magic crystals are different from coal mines and do not need to be ignited to release energy. Therefore, directly carving the underworld words that release magic power on the magic crystal mine is also a way to improve utilization efficiency. The most important thing is to put more effort into the design of the magic circle.

However, considering that the greenhouse cave is right next to the magic crystal mine, this task should not be very difficult, and the magic power loss is completely within an acceptable range.

Seeing the approving look on the Demon Lord's face, Dave continued in a respectful tone.

"Since your servant has set up a magic circle to directly activate the natural magic reserves in the magic crystal mine, the magic content of this cave is much higher than other planting areas. According to Mr. Miranda's suggestion, we have separated this magic-rich area and improved it into a special crop planting area."

"Unlike the previous food-growing areas, the crops grown here are mainly rare species transplanted from the southern coast of Whirlpool Sea or the New World. They are very demanding on the environment, but the value of the finished products is also relatively high... They are all very precious potion materials and alchemy materials."

Luo Yan asked with interest.

"Where are the seeds? Where did you get them?"

Dave said respectfully.

"Thanks to your alliance with Fort Calamity, they have a lot of these things, and they happen to be not good at farming, so we bought them from them."

Hearing Dave's answer, Luo Yan immediately guessed what was going on.

Given the nature of the Hell Dwarves, they probably snatched these seeds from human caravans when they went down the mountain to plunder.

There is an important trade route from the northeastern coast of the Whirlpool Sea to the wasteland in the north of the Oss Continent. Merchants from the Kingdom of Ryan will purchase magical materials and seeds from the southern part of the Whirlpool Sea and the New World through the port of Thunder City, and transport them to the Empire Academy through the Kingdom of Ryan and the Kingdom of Rhodes.

Along the way, they will pass through the Valley Plains and the corridor in the southwestern branch of the Wanren Mountains. The Broken Rock Peak where the Disaster Castle is located is located in the southwest of this corridor connecting the Valley Plains and the Dusk Forest.

"These hell dwarves probably have not only rare magic materials and seeds, but also a lot of alchemical tools and magic books produced by Xuebang."

Luo Yan couldn't help but think in his mind, wondering how to lure the Hell Dwarves to his territory through trade to sell the stolen goods.

Although he doesn't really need those junk, players should still be very interested in those fancy equipment.

It just so happens that the two sides have close cooperation in food and mineral trade, so this matter should be able to be brokered.

Thinking of this, Luo Yan rolled off Arakdo's back and walked towards the nearest cave.

The plant planted here is a medicinal herb called Blazing Flower, which mainly grows in the crater or the desert outside the Brass Pass, and only blooms in areas rich in magic. The oil extracted from the petals of Blazing Flower is mixed with the poison sac of the Purgatory Scorpion and ground, and three drops of dragon turtle bile are added to synthesize a potion that enhances fire resistance.

Due to the special geographical environment of hell, this brightly colored flower that never withers is very popular in hell. It is said that some demons carry it with them as a "lucky flower" to pray for good luck.

Luo Yan leaned down and carefully observed these delicate flowers, and felt the faint fluctuations of fire elements from beneath the fluorescent leaves.

Magical conductors buried in the soil provide a fire elemental environment for the plant's roots.

Not only that, he also smelled a faint smell of sulfur, which seemed to be coming from the fertilizer spread on the soil.

Luo Yan stretched out his hand and gently touched the leaf. Soon, as if some magic was triggered, a circle of ripples spread out around.

At this time, a skeleton soldier lurking in the flowers slowly stood up, as if he had sensed something, with a ghostly soul fire flickering in his skull, and approached Luo Yan.

Its skeleton made slight creaking sounds, like a puppet being pulled by strings, holding a bone knife in its hand.

Sarah silently grasped the sword at her waist. Although she knew that this thing could not hurt the Demon King, she would not give any rude person the opportunity to offend him.

Luo Yan raised his hand slightly, signaling Sarah and Arakdo to stay calm, and then looked calmly at the skeleton in front of him.

An invisible energy enveloped the skull's head. It was not any magic power, but the power of faith above all else.

As if sensing Luo Yan's gaze, the skeleton stopped walking, as if an invisible bond was wrapped around its neck, causing it to unconsciously lower its head in a gesture of submission.

Releasing his mental power to touch the soul residing in the skull, Luo Yan raised his eyebrows in surprise.

This skeleton soldier is not played by the player, nor is it a temporary summoned creature through magic, but a skeleton soldier bound to the altar of the Acolyte profession.

There is no soul in that skeleton, it is just a walking corpse. In other words, it is a "pet" bestowed by him to the summoning players.

Luo Yan didn't expect that his little players would already be using the career system shortly after it was updated.

What surprised him even more was that not only did they master the techniques of manipulating summoned creatures, they were also able to apply them to production.

There are not just one but dozens of skeleton soldiers lurking in the greenhouse cave, scattered throughout the narrow and rugged cave.

They were guarding the cave like scarecrows, while taking care of the crops growing under the magic crystal lamps, but at this moment they stopped because of a "bug".

It is the Demon King who triggers the automatic counterattack rules, but in their "underlying code", it is impossible to attack the Demon King.

There was a rustling sound behind the flowers, and a little demon wearing a Hades breathing mask flapped its wings and flew out from the depths of the cave.

Old Shoulders: "Hey! I told you to work! Why did you stop... Huh?! Lord Demon, why are you here?!"

The player's face was filled with surprise, and he almost forgot to flap his wings, causing him to fall from the sky.

"I'm just here to take a look. Don't worry about me. Just go about your business."

Luo Yan smiled faintly, released his control over the little skeletons, then looked at the player and asked.

"I'm curious, is it okay to let the summons take care of these delicate crops?"

"No problem, no problem," Old Shoulder Giant Slippery chuckled, "I usually just put them there as scarecrows, mainly to prevent wild monsters from digging in and stealing food. When I need them to work, I will take over their actions myself."

Luo Yan continued to ask.

"How many Skeletons can you micromanage at once?"

Hearing the word "micro-management", [Old Shoulders and Giant Slippers] was stunned for a moment, but he didn't think much about it and answered simply.

"Not too many, not too many. Six is ​​the limit."

Six is ​​not too many.

Hearing the player's answer, Luo Yan couldn't help but sigh that generally, when a Necromancer reaches the bronze level, being able to micro-control six skeletons at the same time is already very good.

And this guy is only Iron rank, yet he can actually micro-control six skeletons at the same time...

I can only say that he is worthy of being a little devil. Even the attribute points that should have been allocated to intelligence are allocated to mental strength. This kind of racial talent is truly unmatched.

"It's pretty good." After giving a fair evaluation, Luo Yan looked around and suddenly said curiously, "I've been wanting to ask you since a while ago, where does the irrigation water come from when you grow crops in the cave?"

Dave, who was following next to him, was about to answer when the little devil player answered eagerly.

"This is easy! We built a water pipe in the cave, and it's connected to Beifeng City's water system!"

The water system is ok.

The expression on Luo Yan's face became more and more surprised, and then a look of approval appeared in his eyes.

"It seems a lot of things happened while I was away."

He didn't expect that he had only been away for a few months and Beifeng City had even started using its tap water system.

He remembered that when he first left, the local residents still had to rely on wells for water to survive, but he didn't expect that now they even have tap water.

At this time, a night elf girl came over holding a flower pot full of soil.

She had a leather breathing mask on her face and an oxygen tank on her back that relied on underworld magic to provide oxygen.

When she saw Luo Yan, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, and then she lowered her head respectfully.

"Master Demon? Why are you here?"

"I just came here to take a look," Luo Yan smiled faintly, looked at the flower pot in her hand and asked curiously, "What is this?"

"This is our newly formulated fertilizer. Blazing Flowers cannot grow in ordinary soil conditions, so your servant and I tried to mix some volcanic ash and other magical materials into the soil..."

The first face-to-face communication with the Demon King, the night elf girl's cheeks couldn't help but show a hint of rosy glow, and her index fingers hidden under the flower pots pushed each other.

"The Blazing Flower has already blossomed successfully, but the reproduction rate is still very slow, so we are thinking..."

"I was just thinking about whether I could improve the formula! Improve the ratio of different ingredients in the soil! Please rest assured, Lord Demon, just leave this job to me!" The little devil player standing nearby suddenly interrupted, his bright eyes flashing with a hint of fear or jealousy.

Luo Yan looked at him strangely, then looked at the night elf holding the flower pot, and immediately understood what was going on.

Good job.

The two of them are attracted to each other.

However, judging from the annoyed look in the night elf's eyes, the night elf girl did not seem to like this brother named [Old Shoulders and Giant Slippers], and even felt a little disgusted because his speech was interrupted.

As for the brother named [Old Shoulders and Giant Slippers], he looked so eager to please that he was almost becoming the bootlicker of this "NPC".

Come to think of it.

No matter how slender a night elf is, he can be considered a "giant" when standing in front of a little devil.

Luo Yan gave the player a helpless look, then followed the acolyte's footsteps and continued to walk forward, inspecting the back garden that produced alchemical materials for him.

Not only the scorching flowers grow here, but also shadow vines, frost grass and a series of other plants.

In his familiar knowledge of potions, these herbs were widely used magical materials, and there was basically no problem in selling them. The only drawback was that they were too common and not rare enough.

The area of ​​the special planting area was not large, and the group soon reached the end.

Looking at the unused cave in front of him, Luo Yan stopped and gently stroked a drooping vine leaf with his index finger.

Particles of dark green magic light floated beneath the leaves of the vines.

He penetrated the soil with his alchemical eye and saw dense roots intertwined in the improved humus layer. The vine magic cast by the night elf mage was still continuing to stimulate their growth.

Luo Yan withdrew his hand, and tiny particles of light dissipated from his left eye.

"The situation here is indeed amazing, but the variety of magic materials is still a little lacking."

After that, he looked at Dave and continued.

“Dave, how many ecological environments can our greenhouse temperature stratification system simulate?”

The acolyte immediately opened the leather notebook he carried with him and said respectfully.

"There are currently 12 climate zones, but only three of them are actually used: temperate plains, hilly drylands, and cold tundra. They are mainly used to cope with seasonal fluctuations in the cultivation of staple foods."

"What a waste of natural resources!" Luo Yan suddenly raised his hand and pointed at the dull moss hanging from the top of the cave. "Do you see those mosses? If they are luminous fungi, their spores can even be exchanged for an equal weight of mithril on the black market in the Magic City! And the ice roses in the northern wasteland, their nectar is the core material for making the Everfrost Potion, and it is also the core formula of the Hell Dwarves' favorite 'Ghost Wine'."

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Arakdo suddenly coughed, and his eight compound eyes turned around in panic.

"Master Demon, you should know that those magical plants have extremely strict requirements on element concentration. Last time, the player [Top Student of Agricultural University] tried to transplant Screaming Mandrake, but the sound waves released by the roots collapsed three planting areas."

“That’s why we need a professional team.”

Luo Yan summoned a ball of leaping blue flame with a flick of his finger, and in the firelight appeared the image of the cemetery's chief engineer, Oak, debugging the element separator.

This guy has been tinkering with this thing recently, mainly using it to divert the magic power generated by the magic crystal mine.

Magic is different from electricity.

The latter has only one form, at most there is a difference between alternating current and direct current, while the former has a wide variety of types. In addition to the mainstream six basic elements, it may also produce more subdivided chemical elements.

Therefore, before using these chaotic magic powers, something like a sieve is needed to classify them into different sub-magic circles.

"…Inform the Engineering Department to transform the No. 7 Mine into a magic frequency conversion test area. In addition, the Adventurer's Guild in Misty Town has issued a new task chain - for every rare crop worth more than 1,000 ghost coins successfully moved into the planting area, the team or individual participating in the research will receive 5% of the sales profit of the species in the next ten years!"

"Not only my minions, but even our enemies - adventurers outside the cemetery can participate!"

Compared with the potential production capacity of the cemetery planting area, 5% of the share is already a lot.

After all, with the enthusiasm of professional players, as long as they solve the technical problems, it won’t take long for them to reach the sky!

Sarah's cat ears suddenly stood up and she said hesitantly.

"Those greedy adventurers will turn your territory into a magical plant fair... Are you sure you want to do this?"

“That’s exactly what I was looking forward to.”

Luo Yan laughed loudly, and his hearty laughter caused tiny echoes in the cave, and the magic-guiding patterns on the rock wall flickered.

"When the caravans from Thunder City find that they can buy ancient species that are extinct elsewhere, and when the academies of the empire have to go to the black market in Misty Town to find the magic materials they need, we can not only attract talents from all over the continent of Oss, but also make their wisdom work for us."

As he spoke, Luo Yan gently raised his hand and crushed the flame at his fingertips. The flying sparks formed a rising profit curve in the air.

Although this business may not be as profitable as the shares of Colin Mining Company or the direct income from the sale of diamonds, its strategic significance to the necropolis is enormous.

A vague figure emerged from under Luo Yan's cloak and whispered in a voice that only he could hear.

"But Master, most magical plants need symbiotic organisms, for example, Moonlight Thistle must stay with Starlight Butterfly larvae."

“So our ‘server’ needs to add a competition link for [eco-chain construction].”

Luo Yan snapped his fingers, and a crackling sound of bones rubbing against each other came from the end of the passage. More than 30 undead rats ran in front of him, staring at him with pupils burning with green soul fire.

Clearing his throat, Luo Yan spoke in a dignified voice.

“Tell my minions that whoever can design the most stable symbiotic system will receive the limited title of [Life Weaver].”

"Not only that, I will also reward him with a silver-level soul-grade undead warhorse!"

Undead warhorses are not rare things, the key is that their soul level is relatively rare.

The soul level determines the upper limit of growth.

Silver-grade undead warhorses are considered strategic resources in hell, and if you want to get them, you may have to rely on the resources of the Padrich family.

However, Luo Yan did not intend to trouble Miss Mia, as it was not easy to repay a favor from a succubus.

As a person with godhood, he only needs to sacrifice a living warhorse through the acolyte profession altar, and then spend more than 100,000 faith points to upgrade its soul to the silver level.

Although the undead warhorse made in this way is a little clumsy, its strength is not bad and it best meets the needs of players.

According to his observation, his players can accept that the summoned creatures are a little stupid, but they cannot accept that the summoned creatures run around without listening to commands.

As if inspired by the term "ecological chain construction", an acolyte following the team suddenly knelt on the ground.

He spread out the leather notebook in his hand on the ground, staring at the pages turning automatically with his eyes fanatically, and muttered to himself as he watched the countless crop illustrations flashing across the pages.

"I understand! So that's it... The key is to build a self-circulating ecosystem! We can connect the mines with different magic frequency bands into an "elemental corridor", use the dwarf's steam pump to create air circulation, and then let the night elves chant the environment maintenance spell at key nodes..."

He kept muttering to himself as if he was crazy, so much so that Alacdo and Sarah couldn't help but look at him twice.

The same goes for Luo Yan.

Especially when he heard the word "ecosystem" from this guy's mouth, an expression of surprise appeared on his face.

This guy has a good understanding!

Seeing Luo Yan's interested expression, Dave immediately moved closer to him and said respectfully.

"His name is Amy. He used to be a scribe in our village church in Duskwood. He often studied plants with the local priests. Later, we followed the refugees to your territory. He and I served as acolytes and were both assigned here. Unlike me who knows a little about farming, he is very good at fiddling with flowers and plants, and often communicates with your minions."

After listening to this, Luo Yan nodded approvingly and lightly drew a line in the air with his index finger. A dark red crack appeared in the direction of the ring on his index finger.

A pitch-black notebook fell in front of Amy.

Looking at Amy who looked confused, Luo Yan continued in a gentle tone.

"I plan to let you take charge of the new 'activity'... This is the herbology notebook I used before, maybe it can be of some help to you."

Amy held the notebook in her hand as if it were a treasure, looked at the Demon King with gratitude, and made a solemn promise in her voice.

Luo Yan waved his hand, indicating that you're welcome.

He had no use for the notebook a long time ago, simply because there was still a lot of unused space in the storage ring that Professor Lilith gave him, so he threw it into the storage space.

As the figure of the Demon Lord disappeared into the depths of the tunnel, the players' task panels simultaneously exploded with a dark light.

The undead rats who were harvesting wheat dropped their sickles one after another, and the player system interface was suddenly flooded with pop-up messages:

[Server Announcement: Server event "Magic Plant Frenzy" has been unlocked! ]

At the same time, the world channel of the official forum of "Disaster OL" has been occupied by the excited life profession players, and even the combat profession players who usually have no interest in farming are ready to go.

Farming makes me happy: "All life players gather together! I smell the answer to the version!"

Undead Gardener: "We are buying Shadow Seeds at a high price. You can exchange them for Bronze Undead Mounts!"

Legendary Patience King: "What the hell?! The career system has just been opened, where did you get the bronze level undead mount?"

Undead Gardener: "Who's waiting for a dog to plan updates these days? Why not just do it yourself? (grin)"

Hu Wan: “6666!”

Dragon Walk Super Fierce Warrior: "No matter what, our Dragon Walk World Guild must get this silver-level undead warhorse!"

Legendary King Nai Gan: “Haha!”

Legendary Patience King: "Get lost! The first prize is definitely mine!"

Long Xing·I’m a Foodie: “Our boss has said that if any brother is willing to give up his love, he is willing to pay two million RMB!”

Legendary Patience King: “Fuck!”

Undead Gardener: "Brother! I majored in biology! Are you guys still short of people?"

I heard that the balder you are, the stronger you are: "Me, me, me! Look at me, I'm a graduate student!"

Milk tea continued to hit: "I'm staying at home! I'm online 24 hours a day!"

The wealthy man who lives in poverty: "Tsk! Two million is nothing, I'll give you three million!"

Long Xing Wanli: "Five million."

The wealthy man who eats dirt: "You are awesome..."

Hu Wan: “99999!”

Gou Shi: "My goodness, the event hasn't even ended yet, and the equipment hasn't dropped yet, and you guys are already hyping this up. (Frightened)"

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu: "Closed beta server, aren't you afraid that the value of an update will be reduced to zero? (sweat)"

Pig-Headed Knight: "I'm jealous. QAQ"

Shark dropped something: "Damn! These local tycoons are too rich!"

Whale Falls North and South: "Ah..."

Xiao Wan is not full: "I feel the disparity in the world. (Giggle)"

With the launch of the new event, the entire server is boiling! (End of this chapter)