Lin Sanjiu never expected that the seven people who were "planted" before her would all be in this earthen room at this moment.`
This earthen chamber with a semicircular side wall was much wider than the one she had just landed in. Regardless of size or height, it seemed to be as large as a hotel lobby; the most eye-catching thing
What's surprising is that there are small doors embedded in the earthen wall on the other side - a piece of paper is pasted on the door at the far end, with "No. 42 to No. 49" written on it.
"This... you are the ones who came down before me," Lin Sanjiu glanced at everyone and paid special attention to the number plates on their bodies. In the dark earthen room, only the number plates scattered a faint light.
The fluorescence seems much more conspicuous than people: "Why are they all gathered here?"
When she walked into the hall full of doubts, except for the oval-faced girl, the rest of the people were standing or sitting, and there was someone lying down in the corner. It seemed that the atmosphere was even somewhat leisurely——
"Waiting for you," a fair-skinned young man with the number 44 written on his number plate laughed at her, "It's really boring to be with a few men all the time, but luckily there's another girl here."
Lin Sanjiu frowned when a steady voice came from the other side: "No. 44, don't talk nonsense."
She looked up and saw a serious-looking, sturdy middle-aged man sitting cross-legged on the side. The number plate on his chest said 42. He turned to Lin Sanjiu and said, "49, right? Sorry, these guys
The young man has been bored underground for a long time, so his speech is inevitably a bit messy... But we are indeed waiting for you. Now that you are here, we can go in - you saw it too, right? The door on the far left? From there it's
We can enter the location reserved for us by Harry, but only all eight seeds in this batch can enter."
"Everyone go in?" Lin Sanjiu was stunned, "But Harry asked me to wait for seven days, saying that each seed must take a day to be planted..." She thought that all the previous seeds had been planted in the ground.
.
"I also waited for three days before Harry asked me to come down." The oval-faced girl No. 45 interjected - perhaps because she and Lin Sanjiu were the only women in the earthen room, so they spoke in a natural manner.
It was a bit intimate and casual: "It seems that only one person can come down in one day. Brother 42 has been waiting in this earthen room for many days."
Lin Sanjiu couldn't help but notice that they only called each other by numbers. Although she felt more comfortable doing this, she still asked curiously: "Why, don't everyone exchange names?"
"No. 47 thinks this is better." The oval-faced girl explained with a smile, and then pointed to a young man sitting farthest away from everyone in the corner. No. 47 was wearing a blue gown. It was someone Lin Sanjiu had never seen before.
The style reminded her of Ji Shanqing's cloak.
"Since everyone is here, let's go in." A man wearing a turban stood up, and with his movements, the number plate marked "43" hung down from his chest.`
In Lin Sanjiu's field of vision at this time, in addition to these few seeds, there were also many people standing in twos and threes; some were familiar friends, and some were faces that he couldn't tell where he had seen before - it was precisely because these hallucinations came and went.
It took her several minutes to realize a problem: "...Eh? Why didn't you see No. 46 and No. 48?"
"They have already gone in and are waiting." The middle-aged man, who was the first to arrive and seemed to have a leadership demeanor, responded.
"Don't we have to go in together?"
"No, you can go in first, but nothing will happen." No. 42 was very patient when answering questions, and people couldn't help but admire him for doing the same thing seven times: "...it seems like you have to wait for everything.
After everyone has gone in, Harry will start the next step."
"The next step...is watering?" Lin Sanjiu asked hesitantly.
"Who knows, are you worried?" Before No. 42 could speak, the fair-skinned young man with a rather frivolous attitude just now leaned over from behind her: "If you are worried, you might as well stand next to me for a while.
Right? I will protect you."
To be honest, this was the first time Lin Sanjiu had met such an evolver since the end of the world - in the eyes of most people, there had long been no distinction between men and women in this world; therefore, she didn't know how to deal with it.
That's fine. He just shook his head and walked a few steps away from No. 44.
"So cold..." No. 44's grunt came from behind.
While everyone was talking, No. 47, who was walking in front and dressed in long clothes, had already opened the door - behind the door was not a room as Lin Sanjiu thought, but another corridor. Everyone kept talking.
Walking in, as she walked by, she accidentally glanced at the notice paper posted on the door.
"Number 42 to 49" - this was simply written on the paper.
Just as his eyes glanced over the paper, Lin Sanjiu heard No. 43 walking in front, wearing a flowered scarf, suddenly ask: "Why are you staying here?"
who?
Because the corridor was narrow and dark, with eight people and several hallucinations crowded together, Lin Sanjiu could not see clearly who No. 43 was talking to -
"We tried. If we can't get in, we probably have to wait for everyone to come together." A strange voice said. "Is the 49th coming?"
"Why, didn't you show up when you came last time? No. 49 is here, right over there." No. 43 turned around and casually pointed in the direction of Lin Sanjiu, "Where is No. 48? Oh, oh, over there -
Okay. Then let’s keep walking.”
"Let me tell you secretly," the girl No. 45 suddenly came closer and smiled: "46 and 48 seem to be a couple."
"Ah?" Lin Sanjiu was stunned for a few seconds, and then she understood what she meant - after the extreme temperature hell, she had almost never met a couple of the opposite sex again, but unexpectedly she met a couple of the same sex here instead.
couple.
Since there were so many people in front of him, most of them were men of similar height to himself, Lin Sanjiu never saw the appearance of No. 46 and No. 48. He followed the crowd and walked forward for a few minutes.
The second corridor, which was much shorter in comparison, quickly reached the end.
What greets the eight seeds at the end of the corridor is a very strange space.
You could say it was a honeycomb, but it wasn't that dense and neat - it had been put away long ago. With the faint light from someone's hand, Lin Sanjiu could barely see that the soil was sparse and divided into small cells.
The cubicles fill up to the ceiling of this space. If you bend your back, then each cubicle can barely squeeze a person into it. The cubicles are staggered and stacked on top of each other. It looks like you can climb all the way to the top.
Look.
"What...is the purpose of this?" someone in the crowd asked.
"If you want seeds to sprout," this steady voice undoubtedly belonged to No. 42: "In addition to the necessary watering and fertilizing, the soil should not be too dense, but should be lighter and more breathable. Unexpectedly, this copy is still quite good.
Closer to the real thing.”
"Brother 42 knows a lot!" A girl's voice said with a smile, it must be number 45.
"Where, before the end of the world, I liked to grow flowers and vegetables, and it caused a lot of complaints from my wife - she thought it attracted insects."
Everyone laughed nervously in response.
After waiting for a few more seconds, there was still no movement in the earthen chamber. Everyone couldn't sit still. The eight people didn't know what the small cubicle was for, so they all crowded into the small area at the door, standing very uncomfortable.
; Number 47, who had always been silent, became the first to speak out: "What's going on? Where are the Hari people?"
As if he heard his own name, Farmer Harry's voice suddenly echoed in the earthen room.
"Hey, you're all here... Well, okay, I'll explain to you the rules for filling soil and watering right away." His voice sounded a bit surprised for some reason - although Lin Sanjiu didn't know that he was
What's so surprising: "Okay, everyone has seen the earthen chamber in front of you, right? There are many grids in the earthen chamber, right? In fact, there are a hundred grids in total, no more, no less."
Farmer Harry seems to be a bit of a verbose person.
"The period before you sprout is called the seed stage. During the seed period, I will put the nutrients you need into each grid - during this period, it is also water droplets. There are eight people present, each
Everyone needs to collect 40 drops of water before they can successfully enter the next bud stage." Harry said a little vaguely: "I wonder if any of you here have ever planted anything? There is usually not only one seed placed in a pit.
...You have to put several buds in to ensure sure buds; the same principle applies here."
Hearing this, the eight people became quiet.
Even without looking around, Lin Sanjiu could detect the change in the atmosphere in the venue - if everyone was getting along quite well just now, now they were starting to get a little nervous.
Although he didn't explain it clearly, everyone understood what Farmer Harry said: I'm afraid there are not 320 drops of water. Among the eight people present, I'm afraid there are some seeds that will be eliminated - after all, this is a dungeon, and as expected, there are none
So simple!
"Are there enough water drops here for each of us to sprout?" In the darkness, someone indeed raised their voice and asked - even though they were buried deep in the ground at the moment, Harry didn't know if Harry could hear them.
But Harry really heard it.
"Don't worry, there are absolutely enough water drops." To everyone's surprise, he immediately responded: "As long as you find the water drops and identify them, it will be fine."
It’s not difficult to understand if you find it. He said to identify...?
"Oh, it's all because of the nearby chemical factories that have polluted the water sources nearby." Harry proposed a reason that was obviously based on the background of the copy. "Although I use the well water in my backyard to water the crops, it is inevitable that there will be
Contaminated groundwater has come to my farmland. They look no different from well water, so you must be careful when collecting water drops - if you absorb a 'contaminated water source', your physical strength will be reduced.
It will weaken to a certain extent; it is said that the degree of weakness is equivalent to the degree of human beings not eating for a month. However, if it absorbs clean water, its physical strength will not change, and it will only gradually become stronger after it sprouts."
In this way, even if you are an evolver, the amount of polluted water that you can absorb is limited - since clean water does not help your physical strength, that is to say, once you absorb a polluted water source that exceeds your physical strength, even if you absorb 4o
A source of clean water, sufficient for the buds, will surely die.
"How to tell?" someone asked.
"I'm sorry, as a farmer, I can't tell this. By the time my existing seeds are poisoned by contaminated water, it's often too late." Harry actually had no comment on the most critical issue.
"But don't worry, everyone, as long as you still have the number plate, I will dig you out even if you die..."
What's the use then?
Lin Sanjiu had just muttered this in her heart, only to hear No. 45 ask again: "Then how do we collect water beads? What do water beads look like?"
"Each water drop is very big, about the size of a fist, and is transparent. It can be carried, exchanged, and collected, just like a pen or a piece of paper." Harry said honestly: "In the earthen room.
Getting the water droplets is just the first step; after you confirm that the water droplets in your hand are non-polluted water sources, you must absorb them - after all, seeds need to drink water to germinate. But the absorption time is not limited,
You can find one and absorb it one by one, or you can absorb it in one breath after collecting 40. Also, it should be noted that it cannot be absorbed in the earthen chamber, you must go back to the hall just now."
This rule is a bit strange...
Lin Sanjiu tilted her head and fell into deep thought. At some point, there was a figure beside her. Gong Daoyi lowered his head slightly and whispered two words in her ear: "For example."
Give an example? What example?
Did he want to remind me of something——
Lin Sanjiu was startled and immediately turned around to ask more questions; however, when she turned her head, she didn't face Gong Daoyi's face, but almost bumped into No. 44, who had fair skin.
"You're too close to me." She frowned and said coldly. "Stay back."
"Ah, you really don't want to be approached at all..." Although No. 44 kept talking, after glancing at her again, he quickly raised his hands and took two steps back.
"Do you all understand the rules?" Probably not aware of the suddenly weird atmosphere in the earthen chamber deep underground, Harry declared with a smile: "Then after the countdown is dozens of times, I will start watering
It’s——1o,9,8,…”
Before the 8 was counted, everyone who had reacted had already rushed towards the cubicle in front of them. (To be continued.)
ps: The touchpad of my computer suddenly broke for a while today. I was so scared that I thought I couldn’t update it... Mainly because if I didn’t update it today, I would probably have forgotten all my ideas tomorrow and I would have to go out without collecting information.
Pay attention to the distinction)... Then you will say that the tail is shameless!
Although the comment section seems a bit cold recently, I still like this copy quite a lot, but I'm just afraid that my enthusiasm won't last until the copy ends, hehehe.
Thank you to He Shibi of The Fourth Dagger. I saw your comment and it made me sigh... How come there are people who use rewards to blackmail the author for updates! How do you know that I owe more and more debt!
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Don’t worry, I won’t talk about Malatang today, because I ate grilled fish with pickled cabbage at night, which was very delicious...
