Chapter 224 Server activity! "Magic Plant Frenzy"!
The greenhouse caves in Beifeng City grow not only the food rations for the residents of the cemetery, but also a certain proportion of cash crops.
Under the leadership of Dave, Luo Yan, who was riding Arakdo, walked slowly along the main road in the planting area. His jet black cloak slowly rose and fell with the moving spider legs.
After passing through a stalactite cave, the group quickly came to an area that was completely different from before.
There are a lot of quartz stones growing here, and the turbid crystals exude a faint dark green light.
"...This is an unexploited magic crystal mine. Since when we discovered it, the area had been classified as a planting area, and the nearby areas had been transformed into greenhouse caves, making mining difficult, so after discussion, your servants decided to give up mining and instead directly connect the magic conductor to this magic crystal mine."
Stopped in front of a cave entrance, Dave, who was wearing a robe, reported to the Demon King in a respectful tone.
After listening to his report, Luo Yan showed an expression of approval on his face and nodded with a smile.
"Yes, this is a genius idea."
Oak's magic workshop has found the trick to transmit magic power through magic conductors. Magic crystals, unlike coal mines, do not need to be ignited to release energy. Therefore, directly inscribing the magic inscriptions that release magic power on the magic crystal mines is also a way to improve utilization efficiency. At most, it will require more effort in the design of the magic array.
However, considering that the greenhouse cave is right next to the magic crystal mine, this work should not be difficult, and the magic power loss is completely within the acceptable range.
Seeing the expression of approval on Lord Demon King's face, Dave continued in a respectful tone.
“Because your servants have adopted the method of directly activating the natural magic reserves in the magic crystal mine by setting up magic circles, the magic content of this cave will be much higher than other planting areas. According to Mr. Miranda’s suggestion, we divided this magic-rich area separately and improved it into a special crop planting area.”
"Unlike the previous areas where food was grown, the main ones grown here are some rare varieties transplanted from the southern coast of the Whirlpool Sea or the New World. They have extremely strict environmental requirements, but the value of the finished products is also relatively high... They are all very precious potion materials and alchemy materials."
Luo Yan asked with interest.
"Where are the seeds? Where did you get them?"
Dave said respectfully.
"Thanks to your alliance with Calamity Castle, they have a lot of these things, and they happen to be not good at farming, so we bought them from them."
Hearing Dave's answer, Luo Yan immediately guessed what was going on.
Given the nature of the hell dwarves, they probably snatched these seeds from the human caravan when they went down the mountain to plunder.
There is an important trade route from the northeastern coast of the Whirlpool Sea to the wasteland in the northern part of Osland. Merchants from the Kingdom of Lane will purchase magic materials and seeds from the southern part of the Whirlpool Sea and the New World through the port of Thunder City, passing through the Kingdom of Lane and the Kingdom of Rhodes, and transporting them to the Imperial Academy.
On the way, they will pass through the valley plain and the corridor in the southwest branch of the Ten Thousand Ren Mountains, and the broken rock peak where Calamity Keep is located is located in the southwest of this road connecting the valley plain and the Dusk Forest.
"These hell dwarves probably have not only rare magic materials and seeds in their hands, but also a lot of alchemy tools and magic books produced in Xuebang. 』
Luo Yan couldn't help but think in his heart, wondering how to lure the hell dwarves to his territory to sell the stolen goods through trade methods.
Although he doesn't really need those rags, players should still be very interested in those fancy equipment.
The two sides happen to have close cooperation in food and mineral trade, so this matter should be able to be reconciled.
Thinking like this, Luo Yan got off Arakdo's back and walked towards the nearest cave.
The plant planted here is a medicinal herb called Blazing Flower, which mainly grows in the volcanic crater or the desert area outside the Brass Pass, and will only bloom in areas rich in magic power. The oil extracted from the petals of the Blazing Flower is mixed and ground with the venom sac of the Infernal Scorpion, and three drops of dragon turtle bile are added to synthesize a potion that enhances fire resistance.
Due to the special geographical environment of hell, this brightly colored and long-lasting flower is very popular in hell. It is said that some demons will carry it with them as a "lucky flower" to pray for good luck.
Luo Yan leaned down and carefully observed these delicate flowers, feeling the faint fluctuations of the fire element from under the fluorescent leaves.
Magic conductors buried in the soil provide a fire elemental environment for plant roots.
Not only that, he also smelled a faint smell of sulfur, which seemed to be emanating from the fertilizer spread on the soil.
Luo Yan stretched out his hand and touched the blade lightly. Soon, as if some magic was triggered, a circle of ripples spread around.
At this time, a skeleton soldier lurking in the flowers slowly stood up, as if he had noticed some movement, the ghostly soul fire flashed in his skull, and he approached Luo Yan.
its skeleton made a slight clicking sound, like a puppet being led by a rope, holding a bone knife in its hand.
Sarah silently held the sword at her waist. Although she knew it could not hurt the Demon King, she would not give any rude person an opportunity to offend him.
Luo Yan gently raised his hand to signal Sarah and Alacto to calm down, and then stared at the skeleton in front of him calmly.
An invisible energy shrouded the head of the skull. That is not any magic, but the power of faith above it.
As if feeling Luo Yan's gaze, the skeleton stopped in its tracks, as if an invisible tie was wrapped around its neck, causing it to lower its head unconsciously in a gesture of surrender.
Releasing his mental power to touch the soul residing in the skull, Luo Yan's eyebrows raised in surprise.
This skeleton soldier is not played by the player, nor is it a temporary summon summoned by magic, but a skeleton soldier bound to the acolyte's professional altar.
The existence without a soul in the skeleton is just a walking zombie. In other words, it is the "pet" he gave to the summoning players.
Luo Yan did not expect that not long after the career system was updated, his young players would already be using it.
What surprised him even more was that not only did they master the skills of manipulating summoned objects, but they even used them in production.
There is not just one skeleton soldier lurking in the greenhouse cave, but dozens of them, scattered in the long, narrow and rugged cave.
They guarded the cave like scarecrows and took care of the crops growing under the magic crystal lamp, but at this moment they stopped because of a "bug".
It is the Demon King who triggers the automatic counterattack rule, and in their "underlying code", it is impossible to attack the Demon King.
There was a rustling sound from behind the flowers, and a little devil wearing a Hades breathing mask flapped its wings and flew out from the depths of the cave.
Lao Jian Jushu: "Hey! Let me let you work! Why did you stop...ah?! Mr. Demon King, why are you here?!"
The player's face was full of surprise, and he almost forgot to flap his wings, so he fell from the sky.
"I'm here to take a look, don't pay attention to me, you can just do your thing."
Luo Yan smiled faintly, released control of the small skeletons, then looked at the player and asked.
"I'm curious, is it okay to leave these delicate crops to the care of summons?"
"No problem, no problem," [Old Shoulder Giant Slippery] chuckled, "I usually just leave them as scarecrows, mainly to prevent wild monsters from digging in and eating. When I need them to work, I will personally take over their actions."
Luo Yan then asked.
"How many skeleton soldiers can you micro-manage at one time?"
Hearing the word micro-manage, [Old Shoulder Jushu] was stunned for a moment, but he didn't think much about it and answered simply.
"Not too many, not too many, six is the limit."
Six but not too many is fine.
Hearing the player's answer, Luo Yan couldn't help but sigh. Generally, when a necromancer reaches the bronze level, it is already very good to be able to micro-manage six skeletons at the same time.
And this guy is only at the Black Iron level, but he can actually micro-control six skeletons at the same time...
It can only be said that he is worthy of being a little devil. Even the attribute points that should be allocated to intelligence are allocated to mental strength. This racial talent is truly unmatched by anyone.
"It's already pretty good." After giving a pertinent comment, Luo Yan looked around and suddenly said curiously, "I've been wanting to ask you since just now, where does the water source for irrigation come from when you plant crops in the cave?"
Dave who was following him just wanted to answer, when the little devil player answered eagerly.
"This is simple! We have built water pipes in the cave, and they are connected to Beifeng City's tap water system!"
The tap water system is okay.
The expression on Luo Yan's face became more and more surprised, and then his eyes showed approval.
"It seems that a lot of things happened while I was away."
I didn't expect that he had only been away for a few months, but Beifeng City actually had access to the tap water system.
He remembered that when he first left, the local residents had to rely on water from wells to survive. Unexpectedly, they now even have tap water.
At this time, a night elf girl came over holding a flowerpot filled with soil.
Her face was hung with a leather breathing mask, and she carried an oxygen bottle on her back that relied on Hades magic to provide oxygen.
Seeing Luo Yan, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, and then she lowered her head respectfully.
"Lord Demon King? Why are you here?"
"I just came here to take a look," Luo Yan smiled faintly, looked at the flower pot in her hand and asked curiously, "What is this?"
"This is our newly prepared fertilizer, the Blazing Flame Flower is here. It cannot grow in normal soil environment, so your servant and I tried to mix some volcanic ash and other magic materials into the soil..."
The first face-to-face communication with the Demon King, the night elf girl's cheeks couldn't help but have a rosy luster, and the index fingers hidden under the flower pot pushed each other.
"At present, the Blazing Flower has bloomed successfully, but the breeding speed is still very slow, so we thought..."
"We just wanted to see if we could improve the formula! Improve the ratio of different ingredients in the soil! Don't worry, Lord Demon King, just leave this work to me!" The little devil player standing aside suddenly interjected, with a hint of jealousy or jealousy in his bright eyes.
Luo Yan glanced at him strangely, then looked at the night elf holding the flowerpot, and instantly understood what was going on.
Good guy.
The two of them see eye to eye.
However, judging from the annoyed look in the night elf's eyes, the night elf girl did not seem to like this brother named [Old Shoulder Giant Slippery], and even felt a little disgusted because his speech was interrupted.
The brother named [Lao Jian Ju Hua] has a diligent and ingratiating appearance, and has almost turned into a licking dog of this "NPC".
Think about it too.
No matter how slender the night elf's body is, he can still be considered a "giant" standing in front of the little devil.
Luo Yan gave the player a helpless look, then followed the acolyte's footsteps and continued to walk forward, continuing to inspect the back garden where he produced alchemy materials for himself.
It is not only the Blazing Flower that grows here, but also Shadow Vine, Frost Grass and a series of other plants.
In his familiar knowledge of potions, these herbs are magic materials with a wide range of uses, and they basically have no worries about being sold. The only drawback is that it is too common and not rare enough.
The area of the special planting area is not large, and the group quickly reached the end.
Looking at the unused cave in front of him, Luo Yan stopped and gently stroked the leaves of a low-hanging vine with his index finger.
Green magical light particles float under the leaves of the vine.
He penetrated the soil through his alchemical eyes and saw dense roots intertwined in the improved humus layer. The creeping spell cast by the night elf mage continued to spur their growth.
Luo Yan retracted his palm, and the fine particles of light dispersed from his left eye.
"The situation here is indeed amazing, but the types of magic materials are still a little lacking."
After saying that, he looked at Dave and continued.
"Dave, how many ecological environments can our greenhouse temperature stratification system simulate?"
The acolyte immediately opened the leather notebook he carried with him and said respectfully.
"There are currently twelve climate zones divided, but only three modes of temperate plains, hilly drylands and boreal tundra are actually enabled - mainly used to cope with seasonal fluctuations in staple food cultivation. "
"What a waste of resources." Luo Yan suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the dim moss hanging from the top of the cave, "Have you seen those moss? If it is Noctiluca, its spore powder can even be exchanged for an equal weight of mithril on the black market in the Magic City! There is also the ice crystal rose in the northern wasteland. Its nectar is the core material for making eternal frost potion, and it is also the core formula of the hell dwarves' favorite "ghost wine"."
ifier, you should know that those magic plants have extremely strict requirements on the concentration of elements. Last time the player [A top student at Agricultural University] tried to transplant the Screaming Mandrake, and the sound waves released by the roots collapsed three planting areas. "
"That's why a professional team is needed."
Luo Yan summoned a ball of leaping blue flames with a snap of his fingers. In the light of the fire, there was a picture of Ork, the chief engineer of the necropolis, debugging the element separator.
This guy has been tinkering with this thing recently, mainly to divert the magic power inspired from the magic crystal mine.
Magic power is different from electricity.
The latter has only one form, which is at most the difference between alternating current and direct current, while the former has various types. In addition to the six mainstream basic elements, it may also produce more subdivided chemical elements.
Hence, before using these disorganized magic powers, something similar to a sieve is needed to classify them into different sub-magic circles.
"...Inform the Engineering Department to transform Mine No. 7 into a magic frequency conversion test area. In addition, the Adventurer's Guild in Mist Town has released a new task chain - for every rare crop worth more than 1,000 Hades coins successfully moved into the planting area, the team or individual participating in the research will receive a 5% share of the sales profit of the species in the next ten years!"
"Not just my minions, even our enemies - adventurers outside the necropolis can participate!"
Relative to the potential production capacity of the necropolis planting area, 5% of the share is already quite a lot.
After all, with the enthusiasm of the life professional players, as long as they solve the technical problems, it won’t take long for them to be in the sky!
Sarah’s cat ears suddenly stood up and she said hesitantly.
"Those greedy adventurers will turn your territory into a magic plant expo... Are you sure you want to do this?"
"This is exactly what I am looking forward to."
Luo Yan laughed, and the hearty laughter stirred up tiny echoes in the cave, and the magic lines on the rock wall lit up and disappeared.
"When the merchants of Thunder City The team discovered that ancient species that have become extinct elsewhere can be purchased here. When the empire's academics have to go to the black market in Misty Town to find the required magic materials, we can not only attract talents from all over the continent of Oss, but also make their wisdom available to us."
Although this enterprise may not be as profitable as Colin Mining Company stock, nor as direct income from the sale of diamonds, the strategic significance of the necropolis is huge.
Hongyou's illusory figure emerged from under Luo Yan's cloak and whispered in a voice that only he could hear.
“But Master, most magical plants require symbiotic organisms. For example, moon thistle must stay with the star butterfly larvae”
“So our "server" needs to add a competition link of [ecological chain construction]. "
Luo Yan snapped his fingers, and there was a clicking sound of bones at the end of the passage. He saw more than thirty undead rats running in front of him, staring at him with pupils burning with green soul fire.
Luo Yan cleared his throat and spoke in a majestic voice.
"Tell my minions that whoever can design the most stable symbiosis system will get the limited title of [Life Weaver]. "
"Not only that, I will also reward him with an undead war horse with a silver soul level!"
The undead war horse is not a rare thing. The key is that the soul level is relatively rare.
The soul level determines the upper limit of growth.
Silver-level undead warhorses are considered strategic resources in hell. If you want to get them, you may have to rely on the resources of the Padrich family.
However, Luo Yan does not intend to trouble Miss Mia. It is not easy to repay the favor of the succubus.
As a godhead, he only needs to sacrifice a living war horse through the acolyte profession altar, and then spend more than 100,000 faith points to upgrade his soul to the silver level.
Although the undead war horse made by this method is a little clumsy, its strength is not bad, and it best meets the needs of players.
According to his observation, his players can accept the summons to be a bit stupid, but they cannot accept the summons to run around without obeying the command.
Seemingly inspired by the word "ecological chain construction", an acolyte following the team suddenly knelt on the ground.
He spread out the leather notebook in his hand on the ground, staring feverishly at the paper that turned automatically, muttering to himself as he looked at the countless crop illustrations flashing across the pages.
"I understand! I see... The key is to build an ecosystem that can circulate itself! We can connect mines with different magic frequency bands into "elemental corridors", use dwarves' steam pumps to create air circulation, and let the night elves chant environmental maintenance spells at key nodes..." He looked at him twice.
The same goes for Luo Yan.
He was even more surprised when he heard the word "ecosystem" from this guy's mouth.
This guy is very savvy!
Seeing Luo Yan's expression of interest, Dave immediately came to his side and said respectfully.
“His name is Amy. He used to be the scribe of our village church in Dusk Forest. He often studied plants with the local priests. Later, we followed the team of refugees to your territory, and we served as acolytes together, and we were all assigned here. He knows a little about farming. Unlike me, he is very good at playing with those flowers and plants, and often communicates with your minions." After hearing this, Luo Yan nodded in approval, lightly swiped his index finger in the air, and a dark red crack appeared in the direction where his index finger ring swept.
A pitch black notebook fell in front of Amy.
Looking at Amy who looked confused, Luo Yan continued in a gentle tone.
"I plan to hand over the new "activities" to you... These are the herbal notes I have used before, they may be of some help to you."
Ami held the notes in her hands as if she had found a treasure, looked at the Demon King with a grateful face, and made a solemn promise in her voice.
Luo Yan waved his hand, saying that you are not welcome.
He had no use for that note for a long time. It was entirely because the storage ring given to him by Professor Lilith still had a lot of unused space, so he threw it into the storage space.
As the figure of the Demon King disappeared into the depths of the tunnel, the players' mission panels simultaneously exploded with a ghostly light.
The undead rats who were harvesting wheat threw away their sickles one after another, and the player's system interface has been flooded with a sudden pop-up message:
【Server-wide announcement: The server event "Magic Plant Frenzy" has been unlocked! 】
At the same time, the official website forum and world channel of "Calamity OL" have been occupied by excited life professional players. Even combat professional players who usually have no interest in farming are gearing up.
· Farming makes me happy: "All life players gather together! I can smell the answer to the version!"
· Undead Gardener: "Buy shadow seeds at a high price, which can be exchanged for bronze-level undead mounts!"
· Legendary Liver King: "What the hell?! The career system has just been opened, where did you get the bronze-level undead mount?"
Undead Gardener: "Who is waiting for a dog to plan updates these days? Why don't you just practice it yourself. (Baring teeth)"
Hugh Wan: "6666!"
Long Xing·Super Fierce Warrior: "No matter what, our Dragon Xing World Guild is bound to get this silver-level undead war horse!"
Legendary King Naigan: "Haha!"
Legendary Liver-resistant King: "Go away! The first prize must be mine!"
Longxing·I Ganfangxing: "Our boss has spoken, which brother is willing to give up, he is willing to pay Two million! RMB! "
Legendary liver-resistant king: "Fuck!"
Undead gardener: "Brother! I'm in the biology department! Are you still short of people there?"
I heard that the balder you are, the stronger you are: "Me, me, me! Look at me, I'm a graduate student!"
Milk tea's continued hit: "I'm squatting at home! I'm online 24 hours a day!"
Rich man who eats dirt: "Tch! Two million is a ball, I will give you three million!"
Dragon travels thousands of miles: "Five million."
Rich man who eats dirt: "You are awesome..."
Huwan: "999 99! "
Gou Shi: "Hey guys, the event is not over yet, the equipment has not been exploded, and you are all hyped up. (Horrified)"
Yiye Zhiqiu: "Aren't you afraid that the value of an update will be reset to zero in the closed beta test server? (Sweat)"
· Pig head knight: "I'm sour. QAQ"
· Shark dropped something: "Move north! These rich people are too rich!"
· Whale fell to the north and south: "Hey..."
· Xiao Wan was not full to eat: "I feel the difference in the world. (Giggle)"
With the opening of the new event, the entire server is boiling!