Chapter 29 Spring Season Day 3 (1) Special Monsters...
After concluding her group chat, Yu Luowei opened the trading market. Because everyone was panicking about the appearance of the new monster, her weapons were already sold out, and many people were leaving messages asking her to stock up more. Trading volume at the wood shop was also higher than usual. Everyone was frantically stockpiling wood these days, fearing the wood supply would run out in a few days.
Yu Luowei restocked everything, adding some water purifiers and ordinary bamboo shoots. She still had some charcoal, and if it rained again, the water purifier would still be useful.
After putting his things on the shelves, Yu Luowei walked around the market and bought a huge round bamboo basket with compressed biscuits, a larger pillow and a small quilt to use as a nest for Ma Tuan.
Because time flies by so quickly in the game, Yu Luowei worried that if she bought too small, the glutinous rice balls wouldn't fit in her bed after a few days. So, she found a massive basket, nearly five or six times the size of her current glutinous rice balls. The seller, perhaps also feeling that they were too large and impractical, decided no one would buy them. Therefore, they priced it very low, allowing Yu Luowei to snag a bargain.
However, because the nest was so large, it couldn't fit on the bed. Yu Luowei placed it in front of the bed, put a pillow on it, tucked Ma Tuan in, and covered her with a small quilt. After Ma Tuan fell asleep, Yu Luowei looked outside: it was past midnight and it hadn't rained yet, so she went to sleep with peace of mind.
When Yu Luowei woke up in the morning, Ma Tuan was still sleeping. The bear was curled up in a small ball, looking very cute. Yu Luowei's mood also improved a lot the moment she saw Ma Tuan.
Worried that Ma Tuan wouldn't be safe alone in the shelter, Yu Luowei experimented and discovered that she could bring Ma Tuan's nest into the pet space. However, Jade Bamboo couldn't be put in there, as it likely needed to interact with Ma Tuan. Yu Luowei temporarily took the nest out and, while it was still dark, prepared to weave some small toys for Ma Tuan with willow branches to help him feel less lonely in the space.
In fact, its nest could also be woven with willow branches, but it was late last night, and such a large nest would require a lot of willow branches. I happened to come across a cheap and suitable one, so I might as well buy it directly.
While making toys, Yu Luowei opened the manual again and looked at the message. It didn't rain last night where Fang Min and Zhao Linlang were. Zhao Linlang also said that according to the chat channel, it didn't rain near everyone last night, but she didn't know what the situation was like outside.
After weaving two little rabbits, he took out some jade bamboo and split them into sections, placed them next to the glutinous rice balls, and put the entire nest into the pet space. Then, Yu Luowei replied to the message in the group and prepared to go out to explore.
Before leaving, she specifically brought a pack of disposable masks she had just opened yesterday. Her main goal today was to check the area marked two days ago. If the mutation was progressing significantly, she would resolve it today.
As soon as she stepped outside, Yu Luowei was shocked. Although it hadn't rained yesterday, the changes outside hadn't stopped: almost all the flowers had bloomed, the bushes had turned into a sea of flowers, and the forest had also changed from green to a colorful one.
Even through the mask, Yu Luowei could smell all sorts of strong aromas. She had to put on another layer to get a little better. However, the base was able to effectively block out these odors; inside the fence, she couldn't smell any at all.
Yu Luowei first went back to look at the manual to confirm that the base's defense had not been reduced, and then stopped at the base door for a while to confirm that the fragrance was just a little stronger and would not have any hallucinogenic effects. Only then did he take out the axe and start to clear the way - yes, but after one day, the original path was covered with flowers and plants and could not be used.
After trudging through to the forest, Yu Luowei made another discovery—the trees had become generally thicker, and the space was more cramped. Furthermore, there were many more vines, with one or even several clinging to almost every tree. Sometimes, Yu Luowei would even mistake them for giant green pythons coiled around the trees.
After cutting off some overly thick vines along the way, and spending a lot of effort, Yu Luowei finally reached the stream. The stream was no longer clear, and there was a lot of algae in it. When Yu Luowei took out the box to collect the stream water again, he received a new prompt:
[Heavily polluted stream water: Due to algal blooms, even after purification, it is not drinkable unless you want to become algae.]
Fortunately, Yu Luowei had abundant water resources, and if things got worse, there were still water cards, so the polluted stream wouldn't cause any serious damage. Yu Luowei put away the fishing net in the stream, but there were still only a few small fish. The net was already covered in algae, making it look quite dirty. Furthermore, he was worried that the fish would accumulate heavy metals (though he didn't know if this scientific phenomenon existed in the game), so he didn't put the net back.
The surrounding trees have changed a lot. Many of the marks that were made have fallen off. The trees that once seemed strong are now everywhere. Yu Luowei simply gave up his previous plan and decided to take a walk around the area, at least to eliminate the threats near the base.
Turning around was easy enough to say, but once Luo Wei started walking, she felt the difficulty. She'd had a small path cut earlier to pave the way, but now it felt like walking through a primeval forest. Sometimes, a few tree roots would suddenly appear on the ground, nearly tripping her. Sometimes, a shower of petals would suddenly fall from the sky, forcing her to sidle through a narrow gap between two trees.
In the middle, Yu Luowei spotted several large trees whose bark rose and fell in a rhythmic pattern, as if they were pulsating. She quickly used fire magic to condense a huge axe and chopped down at the trees.
The moment the cuts were made, a huge, flaming wound appeared on the trees. The flames gradually spread, gradually engulfing the entire tree. Yu Luowei seemed to hear the trees wailing, but the next second, a green liquid suddenly sprayed out from the trees, trying to extinguish the flames.
However, Yu Luowei was a fourth-level fire magician after all. These trees were not as powerful as the previous bamboo king and could not extinguish the flames. Yu Luowei struck while the iron was hot and chopped them down with a few more axes, then controlled the flames to burn their "corpses".
The lion blood she drank these days was not in vain. Yu Luowei could feel that her control over fire had become much stronger. For example, she could make the fire burn wherever she wanted. If she were asked to use fire to burn a tree stump at this time, she could ensure that the stump would be burned cleanly without causing a forest fire.
After four or five hours of clearing out about a dozen trees and collecting five green treasure chests, Yu Luowei found a relatively unpopular spot to rest. Meanwhile, Yu Luowei noticed that Ma Tuan had woken up and was bored in the pet space, wanting to come out. So, she let Ma Tuan out and played with him for a while.
Ma Tuan was very curious about everything around him. He first poked the nearby flowers and plants, and then found a tree to climb up. Yu Luowei didn't want to be a spoiler, so she had to stand under the tree to prevent Ma Tuan from falling accidentally.
After Ma Tuan had enough fun, Yu Luowei planned to walk around a bit before heading back. Since Ma Tuan really didn't want to enter the pet space, Yu Luowei held it in her arms, planning to put it in when she got to work.
After walking for a while, I didn't encounter any mutated trees, but I did encounter a group of monsters. This monster was an old acquaintance, the Shadow Hyenas from the Novice Period event. Although there were only five or six of them, the aura of danger was stronger. They were probably all level three.
These monsters seemed to be thinner than before. When they saw Yu Luowei and the panda in her arms, their eyes seemed to emit green light and they made attacking postures.
Yu Luowei immediately wanted to send Matuan into the pet space, but before she could react, Matuan had already broken free from her arms and pounced on the hyenas while roaring.
Following Ma Tuan's roar, a sudden gust of wind blew over the area, knocking down the two hyenas in front of him. Ma Tuan might be small, but his fighting spirit was strong. Without stopping, he charged at the remaining hyenas like a cannonball, knocking them to the ground. He then stomped on them a few more times before returning to Yu Luowei for praise.
Yu Luowei was stunned by this series of operations. It was worthy of being the legendary Chi You's mount. It was so powerful at only two months old.
The monsters must have broken bones and couldn't stand up, so they could only lie on the ground, bleeding all over the place. Yu Luowei checked Ma Tuan and found that there was nothing dirty except his claws. So he picked him up and prepared to give the monsters a final blow before dismembering the body and taking it back.
As Yu Luowei walked into the middle of the monsters, he suddenly realized something was wrong—two of the monsters were missing. Perhaps it was the surrounding plants that were causing the trouble, so Yu Luowei didn't finish the monsters off immediately. Instead, he inflicted more wounds on one of them, causing it to bleed even more.
Sure enough, after a while, the monster started to move. Yu Luowei immediately chased after it and carefully identified that there was a vine on the ground dragging the monster.
The situation Yu Luowei least wanted to encounter had come true. Without caring about anything else, she immediately used her flaming sword to cut through the vines on the ground. The flames quickly burned along the vines. After trying, she found that she could not extinguish the flames. The vines broke off the burning part and disappeared before Yu Luowei's eyes.
After dealing with the remaining four hyenas and obtaining two blue supply chests and a Bite skill card, Yu Luowei began to consider a strategy. Although she had a premonition when she saw the countless vines in the forest, the sight of them was still hard to accept—the largest and most difficult monsters this season were vines.
Now that I think about it, I haven't encountered any small animals in a day. They might have been used as food by the vines. I guess those monsters must be starving, so they encountered Yu Luowei when they came out looking for food. After all, the vines are not fully evolved, so they probably can't do much damage to the monsters. They can only wait for Ma Tuan to seriously injure them and then sneakily pick up the leftovers.
But even if he knew, Yu Luowei had no good way to deal with it. After all, these vines were all over the forest, and he couldn't really prevent fires by burning the mountain. Yu Luowei sighed, first found the largest vines around, and then set fire to them.
When these vines felt the flames, they wanted to repeat the same trick, but this time Yu Luowei didn't give them a chance. He directly cut the weeds at the root and burned their roots as well.
After waiting until there were no signs of large vines in sight around the bushes (beyond the bushes), Yu Luowei returned to the shelter with a worried look on her face. She put Ma Tuan down, took out his nest and toys, and let him play on his own for a while. Without bothering to unpack the boxes, Yu Luowei opened the three-person group chat and posted her observations and conjectures of the day.
It was not yet five o'clock, and Fang Min and Zhao Linlang were probably still outside. They had not responded to Yu Luowei's message yet, so she opened the chat channel again to see what was going on with other people.
Most people were experiencing the same thing. The plants around them had generally grown larger, and the vines had become more numerous. The survivors in the ocean were particularly affected by the proliferation of seaweed, which threatened to completely obscure the surface. Due to the decrease in oxygen in the sea, dead fish had been floating to the surface for the past few days, and the smell was unbearable. Although there were no vines around them, the weeds often entangled their boat-shaped shelters.
However, Yu Luowei had also made a new discovery—some of those who had caused the most environmental damage last season didn't have the points to redeem plots of land. Therefore, the land remained bare this season, with no new plants growing and, naturally, no chance of mutating into monsters. They were celebrating in their group chats, believing they had found the right solution for this season. Some of those whose environmental damage reached critical levels were envious and hesitant about whether to do more damage to match their own.
Yu Luowei scoffed at this, thinking they would never learn their lesson. And with Zhao Linlang's example before her, she was even less likely to remind them. But at this moment, their small group of three suddenly received news:
Zhao Linlang: Luo Wei, Fang Min, where are you now? Please don't disrupt the surrounding environment like you did in the chat channel!
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