Lin Chou, who was wandering in the forest, didn't know that the red giant monster would probably help him deal with two potential enemies at once, otherwise he would have been happy.
Traveling alone is always lonely, but when you have a talkative person next to you, you will find that being alone is actually quite good.
"Brother Chou, what is that?"
"Hey, this mushroom is so cute!"
"Brother Chou, aren't you happy being alone with others?"
"Hehe, I will be shy~"
Lin Chou would rather buy a few potatoes with a high price of 5,000 points as investment certificates, and let the potted plants disappear immediately, immediately, quickly and smoothly.
The forest is full of towering trees, shorter vines, thorny plants and shrubs, trying hard and persistently to occupy every inch of land and every inch of living space.
There are faintly visible paths leading in all directions in the forest. These are the "beast paths" left by wild beasts.
The two of them moved forward at an extremely slow speed. After a few hours passed, Lin Chou discovered with dejection that the connection between him and the fur ball had become weaker, and it seemed that it might be broken at any time.
"Brother Chou, I'm hungry!" Potted Plant said, rubbing his belly.
Lin Chou pushed aside a large clump of thorny vines, "Where's your treasure chest? There's always some dry food, right?"
The potted plant said pitifully, "It's cold and hard, and I want to eat delicious food."
Lin Chou touched his stomach. He was hungry too. He had walked for several hours without even drinking water. The sky quickly darkened within a few minutes. The dense tree canopy covered him in layers. In the forest, the night came even more.
morning.
Lin Chou had to worry about not only dinner, but also accommodation.
The danger in the forest is often not the sharp teeth and hungry eyes of wild beasts, but the various poisonous insects that are everywhere.
The former can be avoided with strength and skill, while the latter can often take the life of a powerful hunter inadvertently.
After the cataclysm, the environment changed drastically, wild beasts mutated into strange beasts, and insects had more capital to survive.
The survival and adaptability of insects are even better than those of exotic animals. If a certain number of mutated insects are encountered in the wilderness, the result will often be disappointing.
They move quickly and are difficult to detect. Their poison is synonymous with them. When choosing a camping site in the forest, the first thing to consider is...
"ah!!"
Lin Chou's thoughts were interrupted by a scream, "What's going on?"
The little potted plant opened its mouth into an O shape, and its eyes were full of surprise and disbelief, "Oh my god, it's so cute. Brother Chou, look at it, look at it quickly!"
Zuo Chen jumped in front of Lin Chou holding a huge green object.
"Fuck, fuck!"
The green object seemed to be a flat, round stone, about the size of a human head, with circles of threads on both sides, which were very regular.
Below is a jelly-like translucent mass of flesh with tentacles and glass ball-like eyes, rotating 360 degrees without blind angle to observe Lin Chou.
"Take that slime slug, put it away! Hurry!!"
Lin Chou had goosebumps on his skin, and the hairs on his body stood on end, and every pore was feeling the cool breeze.
Potted Plant curled his lips and looked at Lin Chou with very surprised eyes, "What a cute little thing. Brother Chou, how can you say that to me? Xiaowo will be angry!"
Damn it, this has a name?!
Lin Chou took two steps back, frowning as he watched the so-called snail squirming happily and slowly in the arms of the potted plant, leaving behind a crystalline unknown liquid.
"Okay then, you are responsible for cleaning this slug, and I will find some seasoning and eat baked snails later."
"What? The little snail is so cute, how can you eat the little snail!!"
After all, what is so cute about it?!
Lin Chou chirped and said seductively, "Have you ever heard that the uglier things are, the more delicious they are. If you don't look at the appearance of something like a snail, it is said that it has an irresistible fragrance after being lightly roasted with sea salt.
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Potted Plant scolded righteously, "Beast! How could you do it! The little snail is so cute and has grown so big. When he returns to the base city, he will be able to sell it to the old man in Jiushan Palace for a big price!"
"...."
Brother, if we are beasts, you are worse than beasts!
The poor slug may not yet know what kind of fate it will face. Faced with Lin Chou's eyes that looked like food, he still felt that the potted plant with golden eyes and hope was cuter, and he kept hugging the potted plant.
Squirming, as if trying to please her.
The plan to bake snails failed, so Lin Chou had to make other plans.
"Buzz, buzz."
A golden bee flew over Lin Chou's head. The fluff on its legs was loaded with today's harvest, and it looked a little heavy.
"Follow up! You're in luck."
Lin Chou's eyes lit up. Honey and honeycomb are extremely precious and luxurious in the base city. They are both sweet and excellent nutrition.
The power of food is extremely powerful. For a full hour, they traveled through the forest and tore apart countless vines blocking the way. The two of them came to the bottom of a dark cliff in a somewhat embarrassed state.
A stream of water fell from the sky and gathered at the foot of the cliff to form a pool with a radius of more than ten square meters. Not far from the small waterfall, a large tower-shaped honeycomb hung.
Countless bees returning to their hives gathered from all directions and entered the hive.
Lin Chou swallowed his saliva and looked around. He saw an extremely tall pine tree, with dry rosin solidifying into lumps on the trunk.
Rosin is flammable and can be burnt with a little grass to produce pungent smoke. It is the best natural material for bee smoke.
Dip a piece of dead wood into rosin, roll it into a layer of grass and vines, then apply a layer of rosin, repeat this process, and a thick smoke torch is completed.
"Give me a piece of rope and I'll go up..."
The potted plant sucked her fingers, her big happy eyes narrowed, "It's so sweet!"
The huge honeycomb was cut in half and lay on the ground. Orange-yellow sticky honey slowly flowed out from each hexagonal honeycomb, and beside it was a dense layer of bee corpses.
Lin Chou stared and weakly threw away the thick smoke and torch. Faced with such a horrible scene, what else could he do?
He just wanted to get some honey, but Zuo Chen actually came to the house and directly wiped out the family's children and grandchildren. As expected, the most poisonous thing was the wife's heart.
"Well, brother Chou, what's wrong with you?"
Lin Chou rolled his eyes, "Give me a needle, don't say you don't have one!"
Zuo Chen took out a pack of needles from his bag, "Here, order a pack of ten fluids, use it as you like... Why are you glaring at me? Forget it, I'll give you one. You are my worried brother! Right?
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Lin Chou bent the needle into a hook shape, turned over a few pebbles half-immersed in the water, found a few field snails the size of rice grains, crushed the shells and threaded them on the hook, "Thread!"
Zuo Chen made a sound, took out the thread and threaded it. He obediently walked to the waterhole, sat down, and started fishing. He timidly turned his head and looked at Lin Chou, with an expression of anticipation as if you are good and please praise me.
(Thanks to the book friend who gave me 100 starting coins.)