The old Tengluo tribe came over with the younger one. I don’t know what they exchanged. The old Tengluo tribe looked at the three tiger brothers and their eyes lit up: "ΠΣeГhВПЖ3"
Li Zheng: "What is he talking about?"
The second tiger man had already adjusted his language to the Tengluo tribe, and looked confused at Li Zheng's question. It was only after Kota reacted and re-translated it in their native language that he understood: "Oh, he just said thank you.
We sent Basil back before, and Basil is the little vine tribe, his grandson, and came from the 913 block to visit him."
As he said that, he said strangely: "No, when did we escort him back? Brother, didn't we rob him before?"
Kangel: "...?"
Basil: "...?"
Li Zheng: "...!"
Nima, you failed in the robbery and people mistakenly thought you were escorting him. You just admitted it and actually told the truth in front of his grandfather?
It’s okay to say it, at least you can change the language!
Everyone understands it!
At this moment, Li Zheng understood a little bit why the tiger man's second son kept losing in the casino.
With this seemingly shrewd but actually naive brain circuit, if someone else asks you for your trump cards, you will tell them honestly, right?
(For viewing convenience, the following conversations are translated)
Kangel: "You guys are really good at joking. My Basil told me that you escorted him here, for fear that he would lose something on the road, and you even asked him to check it carefully.
Since you happened to be here, I'll give the three of you a small thank you gift later."
"Thank you?" The third tiger man touched his forehead and asked Kota: "Brother, does this count as our previous robbery was successful?"
Boom!
The second tiger man slapped him on the head: "Stupid! Aren't we just robbing to get benefits from the target? No matter whether the benefits are obtained immediately or after a period of time, isn't it considered to be obtained?
From this we know that our act of robbing this little Tengluo tribe was successful!"
"Oh..." The third tiger man rubbed his head, raised a tiger claw and praised: "Second brother is so smart!"
Well, the reason why the third tiger man is the stupidest one has also been found. He is often beaten like this by others, and even a normal person would be stunned by it.
Li Zheng now suspects that the reason why the three tiger brothers are so poor is not because they lost or spent their money in prostitution.
This is simply being deceived!
God!
Are these three fools imitating others to be robbers?
How dare they?
Li Zheng clearly saw the bark at the corner of the old tree man Kangel's mouth twitching. He probably also saw that there was something wrong with the brain circuits of the three brothers, so he simply changed the subject: "I saw in the background that there was only one person who took the task.
Are you doing this as a team?"
"That's not true!" The second tiger man brother shook his head vigorously, pointed at Li Zheng and said: "This is the one who took the mission... By the way, what's your name? Oh, Li Zheng. The one who took the mission is this Li Zheng clan.
Player, we failed to rob him and were captured by him as his helpers."
Basil pulled Kanger and said, "Look, grandpa, I said they are good people. How can any robber fail to rob and still help others with tasks?"
"Haha, from the perspective of casinos and prostitutes, they are really good people." Li Zhengpi smiled.
The three Tiger brothers can only be said to be not bad in nature, but the things they do are not inherently good.
Li Zheng was too lazy to dwell on such matters here. He was more concerned about the mission and asked the second tiger man brother to ask Kangel about the details of the mission.
"Talking as we walk."
Only then did Kanggel react and led a large group of people into the botanical garden to introduce matters related to the mission.
In general, Kanger, as a member of the wisteria tribe, has unique advantages in cultivating plants.
The plant fruits cultivated by him are much better than other similar products in terms of texture and taste.
He has contracted supply channels for many restaurants and fresh food stores in nearby streets.
Recently, he has developed a new variety. Once it is put on the market, there will be no homogeneous products in a short period of time, and he can make a lot of money.
It was almost time to harvest, but unexpectedly, an insect called "leaf-gnawing ants" appeared in the new variety planting area.
This insect feeds on the leaves, stems, and roots of plants and has a strong reproductive ability.
Not only that, they are also the nemesis of the vine tribe.
Once "leaf-rod ants" crawl on their bodies, the indestructible "leaf-rod ant jaws" can easily break through the defenses on their body surface, burrow into the inner layer, and build nests inside to reproduce. In just seventy-two hours,
The newly bred "leaf-gnawing ants" can eat a vine clean without leaving even a scrap.
"That's strange." Li Zheng asked after listening to Kangel's narration: "I just walked along and observed that all the surrounding buildings are fully enclosed. It should be difficult for outsiders to get in, right? These rodents
Where do leaf ants come from?”
"There are two possibilities."
Kangel has some speculations about this: "One is that I didn't check the original plants carefully when I introduced the new varieties, and the leaf-rod ant eggs attached to the original plants took advantage of it.
There is another kind of..."
"Did someone else let it in?" Li Zheng had already guessed what Kangel was going to say.
"That's right."
Kanggel sighed and said nothing more, as if there was something hidden in it.
But that's none of Li Zheng's business, he just needs to deal with the leaf ants.
The internal space of Kanger Botanical Garden is unexpectedly large. The area where Li Zheng followed Kanger alone covered an area of at least 80 acres!
Eighty acres of land are divided into more than ten greenhouses of different sizes, with fixed sun-like lamps installed on the ceilings to provide necessary light for the plants.
Other high-end equipment such as temperature controllers, humidity controllers, special gas controllers, etc. are also installed in the corners of some greenhouses to meet the different needs of each plant.
Arriving at the door of a greenhouse, Li Zheng looked inside through the transparent outer wall. What was planted in it turned out to be a plant that was very similar to a coconut tree, except that the leaves were gnawed to pieces, and the tops had sprouts.
The fruit is more than twice the size of an ordinary coconut.
"These are the new varieties you have cultivated?" Li Zheng looked carefully and finally found a few blue ants on one of the trees.
Each leaf rodent ant is about the size of a thumb, has long jaw teeth, and can move effortlessly through tree trunks.
"If possible, could you please help me keep a few live leaf rodent ants?" Kangel hesitated for a while, and finally decided to tell the truth: "Because although leaf rodent ants feed on plants, they also secrete
A growth-promoting substance that can greatly accelerate plant growth."
This is also a skill that leaf rodent ants rely on to survive. They use growth-promoting substances to speed up plant growth to ensure that their food is not consumed too quickly.
Some botanical garden owners will raise several nests to extract growth-promoting substances to speed up plant growth and increase yields.
"Grandpa!" Basil shouted hurriedly: "The leaf-gnawing ants are too dangerous. If you are not careful, it can easily endanger your life!"
The ivy tribe itself is a plant-like life, and raising leaf rodent ants is as outrageous as mice trying to raise cats.
This is much more dangerous than standing next to a tanker truck and playing with fire.
Some vines have done this before, and the end result was that leaf-gnawing ants burrowed into their bodies along the palms of their hands during a feeding session, and they had to spend a lot of money to find a skilled doctor to help them remove them.
Some leaf rodent ants sense danger and will scurry around in the host's body. There are also cases where the leaf rodent ants pierced the brain stem or heart and other important organs and died on the way to the hospital.
"All investment behaviors have risks." Kangel patted Basil lightly, "But Grandpa also believes that the higher the risk, the higher the final return."
"Several nearby botanical gardens have introduced leaf rodent ants. If grandpa falls behind, they may encroach on the market share he originally occupied."
"The Milk Salt Fruit is grandpa's hope. This batch of fruits is ruined. I have to cultivate another batch before the delivery date, otherwise I will have to pay a large amount of liquidated damages."
However, the growth cycle of conventional cultivation methods is too long, and he cannot afford to wait.
Li Zheng frowned slightly: "Don't you have oxytocin here? Using that can also speed up the plants, and it's safer."
"Oxytocin..."
Kangel shook his head bitterly: "That kind of high-end goods are only available in a few specific blocks. Here... the cost is not something we can afford."
Who wouldn’t want to use something safe?
The problem is that it’s too expensive!
The commission for transporting goods across blocks is too high, and it is even more difficult to open a branch factory. The oxytocin is sold to the botanical garden after many layers of agents, and it is simply astronomical!
Only a few botanical gardens are willing to purchase small quantities for the cultivation of particularly rare and precious plants.
"How expensive is it?" Li Zheng was curious and asked casually.
"If you want to ask about the price..." Kangel stretched out a finger covered with vines: "One hundred grams of oxytocin extract costs one thousand white crystal coins!"
"So valuable?!" Li Zheng was shocked. One hundred grams of oxytocin can only supply one plant for a little more than an hour.
"It takes twelve days for a milk-salt fruit tree to grow. If oxytocin is used to speed up the entire process..." Kanger shook his head: "I dare not even think about it!"
"How much does the growth-promoting substance secreted by leaf rodent ants improve plants?" Li Zheng asked again.
"One point two and a half times." Kanger thought for a while: "But I have heard that if a formula can be found, the growth-promoting substances secreted by leaf rodent ants can be made into fertilizer, which can increase this value to one point seventy five times.
"
One point seventy-five times, which means it is worse than oxytocin.
Li Zheng remembered that when he discovered the plant cultivation room left by Luo Ermang, he had obtained some ordinary culture fluid, which had been improved twice as much, which was even more powerful than the leaf rodent ants' growth-stimulating substances.
"Actually, oxytocin also has some side effects." Kangel said: "Using oxytocin directly on plants will squeeze the potential of the plants. In addition to the original taste and taste of the first batch of fruits, every subsequent fruit will get better and better.
It gets worse and worse, until it becomes worthless at all.
Therefore, those botanical gardens that purchase oxytocin will also choose to quickly produce a batch of fruits and then stop using oxytocin, allowing the plants to take a breather and restore their original potential.
If oxytocin can be made into an intermediate culture medium, this side effect can be avoided."
Having said this, he sighed deeply: "Unfortunately, the factory that produced the intermediate culture solution was destroyed, and the formula was also lost. No one on the market has been able to reproduce it."
Another factory destroyed?
Li Zheng was moved in his mind. How come the production factories of several of the things he opened from the treasure box were destroyed at a certain period of time?
Is it a coincidence?
still……
"The delivery date for the first batch is just ten days later. I can only catch up with it by taking advantage of leaf rodent ants." Kanger begged Li Zheng: "Please help me keep a few alive."
At this time, Kota, the tool person in charge of the first link of translation, seemed to want to show off, patting his chest and promising: "Old man, don't worry, I will help you with this matter!"
After knowing that the target of the mission was leaf-gnawing ants, which only pose a fatal threat to plant-like life, the three Khajiit brothers regained their strength and spoke very forcefully.
Li Zheng glared at him: "Is this the mission you took or the mission I took? What are you saying here?"
"I'm sorry!" Cota immediately shrank his head in fear and apologized slowly.
I was a little carried away just now, and I even forgot that my life was still in someone else's hands.
Although Li Zheng had already dispersed the ice needles the moment he entered the Ru Botanical Garden, Keta did not dare to be presumptuous, because every time he had the idea of attacking Li Zheng, he could sense the presence and absence of the other person.
pressure.
It seems that this person always reserves some energy to monitor himself.
Kota didn't know yet that he was not the only one who felt this way, but actually everyone present felt the same way.
Including Kanger's grandparents, otherwise they wouldn't be so polite to Li Zheng.
"First tell me about the weakness of leaf-gnawing ants."
Li Zheng did not immediately agree to Kanger's request, "I will consider whether to leave a few for you when I start eradicating them."
"Thank you so much!" Kanggel was overjoyed and talked about the weakness of leaf-gnawing ants: "These insects are afraid of high temperatures. In addition, they can only be completely killed by cutting them in two.
In addition, there is a kind of soldier ant in the leaf rodent ant colony that is different. Its jaw teeth are stronger and stronger than those of ordinary leaf rodent ants. It even has wings and can fly to attack hostile targets.
If you see soldier ants appear, you must protect the most vulnerable organs in your body, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!
There’s nothing else.”
"Oh, that's right!" Kanggel remembered something and added: "Don't underestimate these insects. Although individual leaf-gnawing ants only have diamond-level and near-extraordinary strength, once the number increases, they can even reach star level.
Life will suffer if you are careless."
After Hu Er finished translating, his expression changed, and he pointed at Li Zheng and said proudly: "Old man, let alone a few small insects that are less than extraordinary, this person from the Li Zheng clan has king-level strength. In a moment,
Once you get in, it will be at your fingertips!"
"Yes, yes!" Hu San nodded vigorously: "Pinch it with your hand!"
Seeing the two stupid younger brothers flattering Li Zheng, Kota covered his face and couldn't bear to look directly at them.
He is the enemy!
Enemy!
Our lives are still in someone else's hands, how can you two act like you are someone else's younger brother?
"Kota!"
"exist!"
Li Zheng suddenly called his name, which made Huda tremble. He immediately put down his hand and stood upright.
"You three, go in and kill the insects!"
"!!!"
Only then did Kota remember that the three of his brothers were being pinched by others, and he almost forgot to help them with their tasks.
