Chapter 41 (Two in One)
I saw a slender elf picking up a big tree with his bare hands and flying up easily.
Wu Jian:!
Diamond Elf...?
"Haha, some of the cubs will be kicked out in two days. How pitiful."
Menaozhi sat beside the tree, fanning himself gracefully, while his two younger brothers worked together to pick up a sapling and planted it in a hole that had been dug in advance.
They are now in a desolate desert, the same desert that Wu Jian saw at the beginning.
The reason the elves are not in the Green Heart is because they are planting saplings in the desert.
After yesterday's unfriendly meeting, the elf had a bad impression of all the players and spoke to them in an aggressive tone.
The elf who captured Wu Jian was called Biya, the leader of the Green Heart.
The task boxes that all players received were released by him through the optical computer. At that time, he wanted to borrow the players' help for the Green Heart and provide resources when necessary when everyone was looking for the Rubik's Cube.
This story needs to start from a hundred years ago.
Tree spirits and elves have relatively long lifespans. They help each other and live a carefree life.
Originally, the Green Heart had no deserts; the entire planet was covered in giant trees. But the good times didn't last long. A hundred years ago, many of the giant trees began to fall ill, with green mold growing on their trunks.
Biya tried many methods but was unable to cure the mildew on the giant tree. Instead, his tribesmen were also infected with the mildew one after another.
Later, giant trees died one after another, and he had no way to stop them.
Eventually, the mold turned into a green parasitic vine, which continuously sucked the life out of the tree spirits until more and more deserts appeared on the planet. Coincidentally, robots from the mecha civilization passed by, and Biya approached them for help, which led to the current Training Ground No. 11.
Bi Ya's request is simple. As long as the parasitic vines outside are eradicated, he will personally find the energy cube and hand it over to the player who helps him!
Eradicating parasitic moss sounds easy, but it is very difficult to do.
It would be easy to just remove the vines, but it is difficult to completely eradicate them.
So far, many players have been parasitized by the vines and eventually become the vines' nutrients. Now they are also being chased and forced in by the vines. If they can really get rid of the vines, they won't be in such a miserable state.
Wu Jian sighed. He didn’t have the mind to think about the vines outside because he had more important things to do, planting trees!
Why didn't he just go out and plant the saplings?
Woolen cloth.
The reason is simple: I need enough sleep. No one wants to be awake 24 hours a day, right? Robots also need energy and maintenance, so they can't run 24 hours a day, right?
Besides, they also have Zhao Jian, who is injured and needs to recuperate.
This is also the reason why Wu Jian came to plant trees.
but!
No one told me that the sapling could be this big?!
Wu Jian wanted to cry very much.
Suddenly, a scream was heard.
Wu Jian turned his head and saw that it was Menaozhi who was pinned under a big tree and unable to move.
Biya, carrying a bow and arrow, said coldly, "The forest needs abundant emotions to take root, and it needs your wholehearted care for it. This doesn't mean you should scold it behind its back. Think carefully about how to soothe the tree spirit's emotions."
A red mark appeared on Menaozhi's face, and he was shocked and said, "Trees have emotions?"
Bi Ya didn't want to talk to someone with a brain problem, but she also didn't want them to treat the saplings roughly, so she suppressed her anger and explained, "The giant trees on this planet are all sentient and sensitive. The saplings, in particular, are like young children, extremely sensitive to good and evil. Treat them well."
Bija gently comforted the trees, and the leaves of the trees shook, as if responding to Bija.
Emotions?
Wu Jian looked at the trees on the ground. Even without soil, they were still full of vitality.
These trees seem to be really different from the trees on Blue Planet. Can they only take root if their emotions are soothed?
Wu Jian cleared his throat and said, "Once upon a time, there was a mountain, and in the mountain there was a little monk..."
While Wu Jian was telling the story, he stared in the direction of Menaozhi, which made Menaozhi so angry that he wanted to bite him, but he did not dare to move under Biya's surveillance.
"Wu Jian, we are here to help you."
Tang Keke, Zhao Qing and Zhao Jian come over.
Wu Jian paused in his storytelling and finally turned his gaze towards Zhao Jian. "Zhao Jian, are you feeling better? Would you like to rest for a while?"
Zhao Jian's face was still pale. She smiled and said, "There will be plenty of time to lie down in the future. I can't lie down anymore now. My teammates need me to avenge them."
Wu Jian looked at Zhao Jian worriedly. He could feel that Zhao Jian's mentality was very unstable and a little dangerous.
Zhao Jian seemed not to notice Wu Jian's gaze and moved his eyes to the trees.
"Wu Jian, what were you talking to yourself about just now, looking at these trees?"
Wu Jian said, "Telling a story."
Two people:
?
Tang Keke said with a smile, "Telling stories to the tree?"
Wu Jian said seriously, "Biya said these trees are full of emotions and are very sensitive to moods. They can also sense the mood of the planter. If the planter is in a bad mood, the tree may not be able to take root."
Tang Keke couldn't believe it, "So magical?"
Wu Jian gestured to Tang Keke and the others to look at him. He stroked the trees and told stories. The leaves of the trees shook with unusual joy, shocking the two people present.
"It's really magical." Tang Keke murmured to herself.
After Wu Jian told a story, Tang Keke and the others helped plant the trees in the holes, and they quickly took root.
Wu Jian wiped the sweat off his face. Fortunately, the car didn't overturn. The tree spirit really liked listening to people tell stories.
"Interesting, let me try it too." Tang Keke rubbed his hands eagerly.
Wu Jian touched the tree he had just planted, and the leaves shook.
In a trance, he saw a strong and steady figure with a light blue spear in his hand. The man tilted his head slightly, as if he was looking at him, but the picture disappeared in an instant.
The rustling sound of leaves pulled Wu Jian back into reality.
Wu Jian muttered to himself, "Is this an illusion?"
He shook his head and continued to plant trees. Every time he planted a tree, the people in the illusion became more and more real, until he saw the pair of golden eyes staring at him as if through the mirror of the illusion.
Wu Jian told Tang Keke and the others what he saw.
"Illusion? But I can't see anything?"
"Me too."
"I also……"
Can only I see it?
Wu Jian was confused.
"Can you see the picture?" Bi Ya's voice sounded behind him.
Wu Jian nodded.
At this time, Bi Ya looked at Wu Jian with a gentler gaze.
He said, "The tree spirit likes you and has empathy with you, allowing you to see a moment of the future. This is its blessing."
"A blessing from the tree spirit?" Wu Jian touched the tree and said sincerely, "Thank you for your blessing."
The tree spirit shook its leaves, and the leaves collided with each other, making a crisp sound, as if responding to Wu Jian.
When Menaozhi heard Bi Ya's words, he was dissatisfied and said, "Why don't I have them? I'm obviously trying my best to take care of their emotions!"
Bi Ya put away his smile, and the patterns on his face intertwined with his cold eyes, emitting a cold chill.
"The tree spirit likes
It's their freedom, I have no right to interfere!"
Menaozhi muttered a few words and continued planting trees.
After Wu Jian felt that Bi Ya's attitude towards him was slightly better, he couldn't help but muster up the courage to ask.
"Well, I want to ask, are the patterns on your faces tattooed? They look pretty nice."
Bi Ya looked at Wu Jian indifferently, turned around and left without any explanation.
Wu Jian curled his lips and just asked simply, why are you so fierce?
After Bi Ya left, Tang Keke got to the point.
"More than half of the players from other civilizations have already left. It seems they want to violently remove the parasitic vines and gain the favor of the elves."
Zhao Qing also said, "Should we go too? But if we don't remove the roots, they will grow again in the spring breeze. Weeding can't just be done on the surface; it's most important to uproot them."
Tang Keke nodded in agreement: "Zhao Qing and I plan to eradicate it completely."
Wu Jian said worriedly, "But there are thousands of vines outside. How long will it take us to remove them?"
Tang Keke sighed, "This is also what we're worried about. Parasitic vines are ferocious and poisonous. If we accidentally become parasitic on them, all that awaits us is hopeless assimilation."
Wu Jian felt that his brain cells were almost dead, so he threw this question to Zhao Jian, who was good at thinking.
"Zhao Jian, what do you think?"
Zhao Jian was frowning at this moment, and he didn't hear Wu Jian's words. After Wu Jian called out to him several times, he smiled bitterly and said, "I may not be able to go with you anymore."
"Why?" Tang Keke asked puzzledly.
Wu Jian seemed to have remembered something, staring into Zhao Jian's eyes and said, "You want to go find Lian An?"
"Zhao Jian, are you crazy? That's the lair of the wood-eating elves!"
Zhao Jian smiled bitterly and said, "What if, I mean what if he can still be saved..."
"Didn't the little dragon cub tell me before that Ryan has transformed? Going there now is like seeking death!"
"As long as there's a glimmer of hope, I don't want to give up my only teammate."
The people present were silent.
Wu Jian sighed. Zhao Jian was sentimental, and her spirit was severely damaged by the successive sacrifices of her teammates. Perhaps Ryan was now the only straw she could grasp.
Zhao Jian turned his gaze to Wu Jian, "You only suspected that Ryan was assimilated by the wood-eating spirit, but you didn't see him actually assimilated. Perhaps he wasn't assimilated at all?"
Wu Jian opened his mouth and remained silent.
Zhao Jian continued, "We didn't return before dark. He must have noticed something unusual. When Wu Jian said he was looking for us, he didn't leave with us, but stayed to investigate. Yes, that must be the case."
"Zhao Jian..."
Zhao Jian smiled at everyone and said, "Thank you for your care these past few days. I'll be back as soon as I rescue Ryan!"
She helped Wu Jian plant a tree before leaving.
Zhao Qing personally sent her away from the Green Heart.
Tang Keke continued to help Wu Jian plant trees in silence.
Wu Jian said: "We..."
Tang Keke interrupted Wu Jian and said, "Little Dragon, finding the Energy Cube is the most important thing. As for Zhao Jian, we can only wish her luck in finding her companions."
Wu Jian lowered his head.
After planting the sapling, he bent down the branch and patted him gently on the head.
——
In two days, Wu Jian planted a hundred saplings. Each sapling had heard a different story he told, and they looked lush and green. Even the elves passing by could feel the joyful emotions coming from the tree spirits.
In the vast desert, a little bit of green is like a ray of hope, guiding everyone who is lost.
For a moment, Wu Jian saw the desert of Blue Star, where there were also people who were determined to turn the desert into an oasis of hope.
This must be what the elves hoped when they planted these trees, but even though they planted so many trees, why didn’t they turn the desert into an oasis?
But Wu Jian doesn't need to worry about this. He should worry about how to get rid of the parasitic vine and get the energy cube.
Within two days, other civilizations used their actions to show them that parasitic vines were not only numerous and difficult to eradicate, but also had the ability to regenerate.
Except for the two days of grass, the players were exhausted.
Wu Jian asked in confusion, "Why not use fire?"
Tang Keke shook her head. "It's useless. Even if the roots on the surface are burned to death, they will grow again. Fire is useless to them!"
Zhao Qing sighed, "Other civilizations are much more ruthless in dealing with the vines than we are. They've tried every possible method, but the vines still regrow. So they've temporarily given up on eradicating the vines and are instead going straight for the Energy Cube."
Wu Jian asked, "Those elves aren't angry?"
"I can't tell. I just told the other players that abandoning this mission would mean completely leaving the safety of the Green Heart. The Green Heart will no longer be open to them. Most players gave up and left, but some strong ones also chose to leave."
"Little dragon, you feel
Should we also go find the Energy Cube first?"
Wu Jian said, "If this mission is key to our search for the Energy Cube, then we must complete it. Bi Ya is probably the only one who knows the location of the Energy Cube."
Tang Keke touched his bald head and nodded.
"I thought of that, too. Besides, Bi Ya is very powerful. Not long ago, someone tried to force Bi Ya to hand over information about the Rubik's Cube, but was killed in return."
"Who would be so foolish as to confront the natives?"
"I heard it was a player from the Neptune civilization. However, I wasn't there at the time. I just heard some players discussing it."
Wu Jian felt his teeth itching and took out some dried meat to grind his teeth again.
"By the way, is Zhao Jian back?"
Tang Keke and Zhao Qing shook their heads.
Wu Jian paused for two seconds and continued, "Let's discuss how to weed. Have you ever done farm work? Do you know how to weed?"
The two men looked at Wu Jian and continued to shake their heads.
Tang Keke explained: "My grandfather worked, but after the demolition, we have been living in the city. The land has been converted from farmland to forest, and there is no place to grow crops."
Zhao Qing also explained: "My family is in the same financial situation as Keke's. We have basically never worked in the fields."
Wu Jianru sighed, "Let me tell you something. I come from the countryside, and working in the fields is a common thing. If weeds grow on crops, you can either use a hoe to suppress the weeds from growing taller than the crops, which requires two or three times every six months. Or you can use pesticides, but that will damage the crops, so you have to pull out the weed roots yourself. It's the same with trees infested with vines; you have to pull them out by hand."
"But the thousands and thousands of parasitic vines are hard to pull out."
Wu Jian nodded. "Yes, there are a lot of vines. It will take time to pull them out. We can't waste any more time on the vines. We need to solve the problem from the root."
"source?"
"Yeah, I think those wood-eating elves might be the key!"
Tang Keke sighed and said, "Little Dragon, you don't want to go look for Zhao Jian, do you?"
"I have such an idea. But don't you think that group of elves is strange? And how did you know about the name of the Wood-Eating Elves?"
"Quint told us."
Wu Jian nodded: "Yes, even the optical computer didn't explain the identity of the elves, so how did he know?"
Wu Jian occasionally becomes very smart, for example, now he can think of the details that Tang Keke and the others have overlooked.
"Could it be that Quint knows something we don't know?" Tang Keke asked doubtfully.
“Each culture
"It's clear that different races have different abilities, and Quint might have some special abilities, or even know the secrets of the wood-eating elves," Zhao Qing explained.
Wu Jian didn't refute him. He skipped the discussion about Quint and brought up the wood-eating elves. "Now that we know the elves haven't been assimilated by the wood-eating elves, we can go ask Bi Ya. They should know more about the wood-eating elves. Maybe they can help us deal with the parasitic vines."
"I have a question. If Bi Ya is so strong, why didn't she lead her tribe to deal with the parasitic vines, but instead handed the task over to a group of outsiders?"
Zhao Qing's question stumped Wu Jian and Tang Keke.
Yeah, why don't they just deal with the parasitic vines themselves? Instead, they hide in the Green Heart and plant trees?
How can a sapling grow faster than a parasitic vine? Wouldn't it be better to just deal with the vine directly?
"Have you noticed that the wood-eating elves also have the marks of the indigenous magic patterns? And the other day I asked Bi Ya what the patterns on their bodies were, but he kept silent. Is it possible that the wood-eating elves were also assimilated from the elves?"
"It's possible. I think we can look for it according to Wu Jian's idea!"
Zhao Qing agreed.
Tang Keke shrugged. "We're out of ideas now. Let's try something unconventional. Maybe we can find something we haven't found before."
Zhao Qing made the decision and said, "Let's go to the lair of the wood-eating elves tomorrow and see how Zhao Jian is doing."
Tang Keke nodded: "Then let's have a good rest and get enough rest."
——
On the first day, the two people and the cub left the Green Heart.
The parasitic vines outside the Green Heart have been cleared away, and there are still a few grave mounds in the woods. It is obvious that they are the work of Zhao Jian.
Zhao Qing sighed and said, "Zhao Jian's mother is Chinese. She was influenced by her mother since she was a child and is quite traditional. She once told me that when people die, they will always return to their roots."
Yes, when people die, they return to their roots, but her teammates will never be able to return to Blue Star.
Tang Keke said, "Let's go. It will take a long time to get to the lair of the wood-eating elves."
Instead of following other players to remove the parasitic vines, they chose another deserted location and walked into the forest.
This scene was seen by Menaozhi's younger brother, who quickly ran to tell his boss.
Menaozhi wondered, "Why are they going to the forest if they don't want to eradicate the vines?"
The younger brother said: "Boss, I think those two lowly Blue Stars
They are very suspicious, and the place they are going to seems to be the lair of wood-eating elves!"
Menaozhi frowned and said, "Are they crazy? They're actually looking for death?"
The younger brother said, "Boss, they don't have any news about the Rubik's Cube Energy, do they?"
"We can't rule out this possibility. Let's follow and see."
"Boss, that's the lair of the wood-eating elves. Should we call Quint?"
Menaozhi kicked his younger brother and said angrily, "You are useless! Can't we live without Quint?"
The younger brother whispered, "Boss, Quint is not only a player, but also the bodyguard your father hired to protect you!"
Menaozhi got angry when he thought about this. "What kind of bodyguard is this? Have you ever seen a bodyguard with such a ruthless attitude? I don't know where this person came from, but he actually made my father trust him so much and make me listen to his arrangements for everything. I've had enough."
"Boss, the Earl is doing this for your own good. Should we notify Quint?"
"I said go! Whoever dares to go find him, don't call me boss!"
——
Wu Jian and his companions advanced quickly, but their speed was slow in the forest covered with dense vines. They arrived near the wood-eating elves just as dusk fell.
"Let's rest for a while before heading to the wood-eating elves' lair."
The two of them and their child sat down under a large tree to rest and replenish their energy. This time, Wu Jian's dried meat was a great help. After eating a piece of it, they felt like they had endless energy.
Tang Keke sighed and said, "Your food is still the best. I'll ask my mom to make me some dried meat with this flavor when I get home."
"No wonder Wu Jian takes it out to grind his teeth whenever he wants. This thing tastes good, but older people should be careful when eating it." Zhao Qing said, covering his mouth.
Wu Jian drank milk innocently and took out some fruit from the space for Zhao Qing.
"Old man with bad teeth, please eat."
Zhao Qinggang took it, and Tang Keke picked one up.
"Little dragon, you even put some fruit there! Wow, is your space that advanced? Even the fruit won't go bad?"
"bad?"
Tang Keke scratched his bald head and said, "Yes, this time we entered the game and bought a necklace space. It's not big, but it's enough to store food for the two of us. But this space has a small drawback. It can't hold cooked food like fruits and seafood. It can only hold food like compressed biscuits. I've been eating so little these days!"
Wu Jian touched the bracelet and knew for the first time
I wonder how much He Nuo spent on this high-end bracelet.
He took out some more fruits from the space, including the Fruit of Wrath from Training Ground No. 03. Seeing this fruit, he remembered the embarrassment when he first entered the competition and had to be careful all the time. He never thought that he would be drinking milk in the forest where strange things gathered.
Wu Jian stretched his legs and suddenly felt a tingling pain in his right leg, and he groaned softly.
His strangeness caught the attention of both of them.
"What's wrong?" they asked in unison.
Wu Jian frowned and said, "My right leg hurts a little."
"It hurts?" Zhao Qing asked doubtfully, "Let me see?"
Wu Jian obediently stretched out his right leg and asked Zhao Qing to help check it.
Zhao Qing carefully examined his scale-covered right leg. Near the calf, there was a shallow wound with a green sprout growing out of it.
moment.
His brain felt like it had been hit hard by a sledgehammer, and the redness on his face faded, leaving it pale.
Wu Jian tilted his head and asked him, "Zhao Qing, what's wrong with my leg?"
Tang Keke noticed Zhao Qing's abnormality and pushed his shoulder.
"Zhao Qing, what's going on? What happened to the little dragon cub's leg? Can you say something?"
Zhao Qing looked up at Tang Keke blankly, his lips moving, "Parasitic..."
Tang Keke had a bad feeling, "Impossible, how could a little dragon cub be parasitic?!"
Zhao Qing nodded solemnly.
When Wu Jian first realized he had been tricked, he was a little confused. He smiled and said, "Why don't I feel anything at all?"
Zhao Qing and Tang Keke were silent, and dead silence spread around them.
Wu Jian took a big sip of milk to try to calm his pounding heart.
He remembered that he'd been bitten by the Assimilated Man before, and then had a quarrel with Menaozhi, completely forgetting about it. Perhaps it was the Assimilated Man's slime, combined with the food of the Wood-Eating Spirit, that had fused together, causing the thing hidden within him to sprout. This was truly...
It never rains but it pours.
After a long time, Wu Jian said, "Don't be like this. We still have to complete the mission. I'll see if eating the healing fruit can alleviate the symptoms a little."
Zhao Qing, who hadn't cried for a long time, finally couldn't hold back his tears.
Tang Keke hung her head dejectedly.
Wu Jian was at a loss for words: "I'm not dead yet, and I don't feel any discomfort in my body. Let's go find Zhao Jian first."
, while it’s dark.”
Zhao Qing was still crying.
Tang Keke wiped away her tears and choked up, "Little Dragon is right, let's go."
Wu Jian lowered his head with difficulty, and saw a little green thing on his calf out of the corner of his eye, but he couldn't see it clearly with his vision.
He asked Zhao Qing: "Isn't she ugly?"
Zhao Qing choked up and said, "It's already this time, and you're still worried about whether it's ugly or not?"
Wu Jian spread his claws and said, "If it's too ugly, just cut it off. Otherwise, it will affect my appearance."
The two people who were originally sad cried and laughed when they heard Wu Jian's words.
Live barrage.
[Little dragon, I'm really crying my eyes out, please hold on!]
[No way, the little dragon cub is actually parasitic, wuwuwu——]
[What kind of parasitic vine is this? Bring me my laser cannon, I don't believe I can't kill it!]
[Oh my god, the little dragon cub is actually parasitic. How could this happen? He was so alive and kicking just now, how come he suddenly...]
[Haha, I was saying a cub, without a big boss to lead it, would die sooner or later. Now it's alright, let's celebrate!]
[Ahhh, MD! What kind of psychopath is that above? I don't want to see it, no one's begging you to! Cursing a cub, are you missing a cerebellum? I can't figure it out. What did the cub do to you that you keep chasing and cursing at it? Ever since Training Ground 03, I've seen you constantly jumping around in the comments section. How miserable is your life to have you insult a cub twice and four times? You never get it wrong, got it? I've been putting up with you for a long time. If you have the guts, tell me your name! I'm Aisha from the Merman civilization. Come fight, you rubbish!]
[Oh my god, this is the first time I've seen the mermaid civilization in the cub live broadcast room. I heard they're the most powerful fighting civilization after the Canaan civilization. I didn't expect that the first person I encountered from the mermaid civilization was Aisha, a top 100 warrior. I bow down to you, sir!]
[Hahaha, Xiao Longzai's haters hit a wall today!]
The number of people in Wu Jian's live broadcast room increased instantly, most of them were there to watch the fun, and the only ones who really cared about Wu Jian were those who followed him from Training Ground No. 03.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night. !
(End of this chapter)
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