Chapter 319 The Miracle of Fertility
The so-called emergency response is not to burn a bowl before eating, nor to start building a latrine before pooping, but to use limited resources to solve the immediate problem first.
Luo Yan is going to do exactly this now.
Him He wants to show his believers the miracles from the Demon King—or the miracles of the "Holy King" in their eyes.
The outer suburbs of Assam, on the plain near the holy lake.
This land, watered by the blood of countless lizardmen, was once the richest granary of the Ankylosaurus Kingdom, but now only a lamentable ruin remains.
The once lush cornfields have long since disappeared. Green and yellow corn stalks are lying crookedly on the ground. The crooked field ridges are covered with criss-crossing cracks, like wounds that cannot be healed.
The broken canals were filled with piles of messy stones and soil. The entire land was like a piece of stagnant and dead flesh and blood, which looked extremely desolate. Only weeds showed strong vitality.
At this moment, there are about two hundred people standing next to this desolate land.
Some of them are lizard men, and some are covered in robes so that their faces cannot be seen, but the pointed ears faintly exposed from under their hoods make it easy to tell that they have extraordinary identities.
"Lord Demon King, this is the least affected and most fertile farmland near Assam City. The area is definitely more than 200,000 acres... Do you think this is okay?" Looking at the Demon King standing next to him, Zell's expression was slightly embarrassed. He was afraid that the former would misunderstand that he was not doing well, so he quickly added this sentence to show that he did not deliberately use the shabbiest land to get through the work.
However, Luo Yan didn't care at all and just asked lightly.
"Who does this land belong to?"
Zel was stunned for a moment and said immediately.
"This used to be the property of the Parr family, but now of course it belongs to you."
Luo Yan nodded.
He does not need these lands, but they can be contracted by players who are interested in farming and have made certain contributions to the necropolis.
Luo Yan, who knew what was going on, waved his hand and gave the order concisely.
"Set fire."
At the same time as he finished speaking, nearly a hundred magicians in cloaks raised their wands and chanted obscure incantations.
They were all night elves from the Gray Wind tribe deep in the tomb. In terms of their control over the power of elements alone, they far exceed the level of ordinary combat units in the Imperial Mage Corps!
The surging fire element condensed into little sparks in the air, forming a resonance of the elements. Then these condensed flames fell from the sky like raindrops and scattered on the scattered corn stalks.
With a short soft sound, the slowly burning flame was like a sea tide spreading along the ground, sweeping away all the yellowness and turning it into ashes that nourished life.
Zel looked at the scene in front of him in surprise, his mouth opened and speechless for a moment.
Hencemata, who had not spoken a word from beginning to end, was also deeply shocked by this spectacular scene.
In fact, they did not know that compared with the rockets used by the Necropolis to conquer the city of Assam, this harmless rain of fire was nothing on the continent of Oss.
With the removal of the great barrier, they will also have the opportunity to release such magic in the future.
As long as they are pious enough.
The night elves who had finished casting the spell retracted their wands, took out a tube of blue potion from their arms, opened the cork and drank it in one gulp.
Helen, wearing a cloak, walked behind Luo Yan and nodded respectfully.
"Lord Demon King, the weeds in the field have been cleared, do you want to proceed to the next step?"
Luo Yan nodded slightly.
"Let's get started."
"Yes!"
After receiving the order, Helen turned back to the middle of the clansmen. While instructing the clansmen to prepare for the next spell-casting meditation, she signaled to the professional life players who had received the task that they could start.
Humbling sounds were heard in the distance soon, and dozens of tractors puffing out white smoke began to enter the site.
The lizardmen present were subconsciously attracted by the thunder-like sound, but not long after, everyone was stunned by the strange-looking steel monsters.
They saw that their shape was square and heavy, and they could understand that the front part was a wheel, but the shield-like metal belt trailing behind made them a little confused.
"What is this?" The chief of the Lieyang Tribe whispered in surprise.
Thea didn't say anything, because she had seen similar things in the Demon King's army, but she didn't expect that this thing could not only appear on the battlefield, but also be used as a farm tool after removing the armor?
What she didn't know was that this thing was certainly not a tank with its armor removed... although the engines and chassis used by the two were similar.
“This is called a tractor, you will like it.” Luo Yan replied casually, and then turned his attention to the players driving tractors, smiling without further explanation.
Soon, under the shocked and blank gazes of the lizardmen, several players drove tractors equipped with buckets and took the lead in driving into the broken and blocked irrigation canal.
I saw the giant steel beast making a dull roar, and the sturdy bucket easily uprooted the messy piles of rocks, sand and dead trees.
The ditch that had been clogged for a long time was cleared in an instant!
Not far away, another tractor was busy on the ridges around the fields, dragging a huge plow to flatten the dilapidated and collapsed ridges, turning the agglomerated land into a soft state, and mixing burned plant ash into the soft soil.
These tasks that originally required hundreds of workers to be busy all day came to an end in less than an hour, leaving only some corners that needed polishing.
While staring at this scene intently, the shock on Zell's face gradually turned into sincere admiration.
The same is true for Essemata, including her sister Thea, and the chiefs of other chiefdoms.
"Is this the power of the outside world?" Thea let out a heartfelt sigh.
Although she didn't know it, this was actually not a power from the outside world, but a power from another world.
Although the empire has developed a steam engine, it has not yet had the power to move it to land.
Tractors, like shuttles on a loom, sewed up the field next to the river beach in just half a day.
A rough estimate shows that there must be several thousand acres of land. As for the remaining more than 190,000 acres, it is not difficult to figure it out.
Luo Yan is full of confidence in this.
After all, although these farmlands were destroyed by the storm, they were not wiped off the map, let alone have been abandoned for many years.
Even until more than a month ago, corn was grown on this land, but it looked dilapidated and desolate, and the amount of actual repair work required was not huge.
"The next step is to sow seeds."
Luo Yan looked at Zell, who was standing motionless, and signaled that he could do this.
Hearing the Lord Demon King's order, Zell did not dare to neglect, and quickly asked the agricultural affairs officer to distribute the seeds stored in the granary.
The stored seeds were passed from the granary to the hands of 30,000 workers, and the sowing work began quickly.
However, unlike Luo Yan's optimism, the lizardman affairs officer in charge of sowing matters had a sad face.
"Sir, the farmland outside the city of Assam has been affected by the storm and has been severely damaged. Now is not the time to sow seeds. Even if you sow the seeds now, it will be a waste and there will be no harvest!"
Zel is of course aware that there may be such a risk.
However, after seeing the miraculous steel monster, the doubts deep in his heart disappeared.
"I understand your concerns, but this is an order personally deployed by His Majesty the Demon King. You and I just need to follow it."
If something goes wrong, the Demon King will not care about it.
The affairs officer looked embarrassed and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something else.
However, after seeing Zell's determined expression, he could only nod helplessly and continue the task.
As the orders were passed down one level at a time, the workers around Assam who received the mobilization orders gradually gathered in the direction of the farmland.
When they received the seeds and missions and saw the steel machine roaring on the ground, all of their faces showed expressions of astonishment and even panic.
In order to stabilize morale, the centurion who led the mobilization shouted to the lizard men behind him.
"Don't be afraid! That is His Majesty the Demon King's metal puppet! You just need to sow the seeds!"
Although he was also panicking in his heart, he could not show it in front of his subordinates.
After hearing the chief's assurance, the Ankylosaurus lizards finally felt more at ease. They carried wooden baskets on their backs and went down to the fields, and began to sow corn seeds on the land plowed by steam engines.
Just sow the seeds, will they really sprout?
Almost all the lizardmen had similar doubts in their minds, but in the face of the centurion's order, they could only give up thinking and bury their heads and obey.
After working hard under the scorching sun for more than three hours, almost all the lizardmen were exhausted, and the sweat glands under their scales were constantly leaking sweat.
Since the Demon King was present, the centurions and their superiors were eager to perform in front of him, so they were extra serious, and the resulting pressure was naturally superimposed level by level and passed to the lowest level.
Just when all the lizardmen felt they could hardly stand it, a few dark clouds suddenly appeared in the cloudless sky.
They seemed to see the Demon King raising his magic wand, and then it suddenly started to rain above their heads.
The drizzle of rain fell on their scales, and then traced along the scales to their ankles.
Different from ordinary rain——
The rain seemed to contain some special magic power, which not only took away their sweat, but also took away their fatigue.
Looking at the figure raising the wand, a pair of amber pupils were involuntarily filled with surprise and emotion.
ules′‘ although their centurions, thousands captains and even generals and chiefs are so ruthless, the kind Lord is sympathetic to them, sees through their fatigue kindly, and rains down this rain for them.
out of heartfelt gratitude, they knelt on the ground, silently reciting the name of the devil and unstinting praise.
This time, the centurions did not dare to urge them to work and spur them to continue moving. Instead, they prostrated on the ground with them. In this way, the centurions did not dare to blame them.
The endless farmland became a place of pilgrimage, and something even more incredible happened at this moment.
Green buds began to sprout on the land they had cultivated before!
The tender shoots continue to grow upward, pushing out the soft soil and stretching out young leaves.
One piece, two pieces... until the sixth piece, they are like a baby's little hands stretching out one after another, and the stems are getting thicker and taller!
Some experienced farmers immediately saw the clues, with incredible expressions on their faces.
"This... this is impossible!" The officer in charge of agricultural affairs could not help but whisper, his voice trembling and said, "Jointing stage?!"
Generally speaking, it takes at least 30 days from sowing the seeds to passing through the seedling stage and entering the jointing stage!
Suddenly he realized something, his expression changed instantly, he hurried to Zell's side, and said in a hurry.
"Grand Festival... Chief! Quick, let His Majesty the Demon King stop, no... please let me see His Majesty the Demon King in person! If you use extraordinary power to pull the seedlings to encourage growth, the corn grown in this way will not produce ears!"
As early as 1,000 years ago, they were trying to use the power of seals to accelerate the growth of plants!
However, historical experience tells them that crops grown like that will eventually turn into grass!
That's not all -
Those crazy-growing root systems will quickly strip away the fertility of the soil, greatly reducing the next year's harvest!
If this continues, this fertile soil will really be wasted!
Zel did not speak, but stared intently at the field that was growing vigorously.
Of course he knew what the Agricultural Affairs Officer said. Even in the wars between them and nomadic tribes in the past 1,000 years, the first thing the other side did after occupying their farmland was to use magic to accelerate crop growth to turn their rice fields into pastures, and then harvest all the fertility of their soil.
But...
The Demon King is different from those barbarians after all.
Although that guy is not a good person, he will never smash his own pots and pans.
He has said before that the land that originally belonged to the Parr family has been owned by the Demon King.
"Let's see...if it doesn't work, I will advise your Majesty."
Agricultural Affairs stomped his feet in an official manner, his tail kept slapping the ground, and he said in despair.
“It’s too late!”
This sentence is not wrong.
There is no turning back when a bow is fired, and of course it is impossible to turn back a spell when you recite it.
But——
There was no need to withdraw in the first place.
The corn is growing rapidly as it enters the jointing stage. The internodes are obviously elongated, and the height increases rapidly. In a short time, it has grown to more than half a meter in height. The leaves have doubled from the original six, and the tassels have gradually emerged from the nodules at the top.
The workers who were crawling in the fields continued to pray. The baskets on their backs were already filled with green buds. The unfinished seeds were frantically searching for the soil. The young roots squeezed out from the gaps in the canes and even climbed onto them.
No matter how doubtful their superiors were, they all believed with utmost piety——
Flowers will surely bloom on the green corn stalks!
Just as they thought, the corn stalks blossomed!
The tassel begins to release a large amount of pollen, and the filaments on the pistil stretch from the tips of the bracts... This process usually takes 10 to 20 days, but now it is completed at a speed visible to the naked eye!
But the biggest test is here——
Crops ripened by magic cannot complete pollination, filling and final maturity!
It is not just the lizard people in the Great Barrier who have faced this problem.
The night elves in the Necropolis have also faced the same situation - the wildly growing plants will not reproduce, but will burn out the remnants of life in madness and die!
However, with the gradual deepening of communication between players and night elves, and the active stimulation of the "Magic Plant Frenzy" activity, this problem is no longer a problem.
The dark clouds in the sky have not dispersed, and the rain has become heavier. The canals that originally irrigated the fields have become drainage ditches.
At this moment, a hot ball of light suddenly appeared under the dark clouds, and the ground cast a soft and energetic light!
Ashemata's eyes widened slightly.
That is...
Holy Light? !
No——
It seems not!
Those who are not blinded by the holy light cannot open their eyes, but the light is so strong that she cannot look directly.
More than that, she did not feel the holy breath from it, but more of the surging energy!
The rain and the sun appeared on this land at the same time. It was obviously no longer just an extraordinary power, but had reached the category of miracles!
At this time, a lizardman from the Windhowler tribe flying into the sky carrying a basket on his back, splashing tiny particles onto a green farmland, and then quickly flew away.
The wand in Luo Yan's hand slightly changed the trajectory of its swing, directing Helen and the night elf mage group behind him to continue casting spells.
A soft air flow began to emerge in the field, which initially made the lizardmen feel difficulty breathing. But soon, as the corn stalks around them continued to climb upward, and even formed huge ears of corn, they suddenly felt that their bodies were filled with inexhaustible power!
Yes——
As expected, the emerald-green corn stalks produced ears of corn, and the agricultural affairs officer standing by the field bank almost dropped his jaw in shock.
"Hahahaha!" Chief Zell, who had a tense expression, suddenly laughed out loud, and a fanatical expression appeared on Gujing Mubo's face involuntarily.
As expected of His Majesty the Demon King!
He was indeed right!
This gentleman is different from the former His Majesty Izzy. He will never fight an unprepared battle!
Like Zell who was directing the farming on the front line, Chief Urga's face also showed surprise and ecstasy.
What happened? !
Is it because of the spell?
Or is it because of the small black pills that his people carry in their backpacks? !
Everything happening in front of him was beyond his understanding, including the smart Thea, who also had a stunned expression. He didn't understand what was the reason why the crops in the field were not affected by the side effects of accelerated growth magic? !
"What the hell is this..." Thea couldn't help but whisper softly, her golden-green pupils filled with desire for knowledge.
His eyes swept across the faces with different expressions, and the corners of Luo Yan's mouth couldn't help but curl up into a smile.
They may know about the wind of magic, but they obviously don’t know what the wind of carbon dioxide is and another use of elemental power.
This is something he and Miranda studied together, and the latter from the Imperial Academy is still studying it, and the theory has become more advanced than at the beginning.
Under the guidance of this theory, the night elves in the Necropolis have already relied on the greenhouse in Beifeng Mountain to summarize the carbon dioxide ratio that is "most suitable for accelerating growth magic", and have mastered the magic of changing the nature of airflow through the study of Miranda's elemental theory.
Of course.
Such a large-scale spell is not entirely due to the night elves' own power, but more to the fact that the lizardmen's prayers in the fields amplified the influence of the spell——
This blessing generated by everyone's thoughts was finally applied to him!
This is also the reason why Luo Yan also participated in the spell casting.
This is also the oldest period. Before the gods and faith were born, the priests of the primitive tribes on this planet first used the power of faith!
It is also Gutafu's method to create the "big barrier"!
It's just that he replaced the sacrificial ritual with a more "modern" joint spellcasting.
Looking at the cornfield filled with huge fruits, Luo Yan withdrew his wand with a smile and waved to stop the spell casting.
If you continue to recite this mantra, you will overdo it, and the corn with full ears will have to enter a new reincarnation.
"Yuyou, it seems that my inference is correct. In addition to upgrading the soul itself, the power of faith can also directly interfere with reality by guiding believers."
Yuyou, who was floating next to him, whispered.
「魔王大人，其实信仰之力一直都可以这么用呀……比如您的迷宫不就是吗？可以用信仰之力召唤魔物，还可以代替挖掘拓宽迷宫深度。」
「我知道，」罗Yan nodded, "It's just that compared to when I first became the Demon King, I understand the reason a little better."
The so-called Demon King's core is like a shell, or an app based on the underlying code of the Demon God.
The way to gather the power of faith is to add some coins to the app, and then you can activate various functions of the app.
In fact, not only the core of Demon King Ridge, but also all the religions on this planet are shells of the "underlying code", but the original intention and final purpose of the design are different.
It’s not even just this planet!
It also includes the planet Kaa that has been corrupted by Chaos, and even other planets in this star field.
When the collective unconsciousness of a group of conscious creatures is formed, their spiritual resonance will reshape the shape of some unstable high-dimensional matter in the universe, and have more or less influence depending on their position in the universe.
Luo Yan felt that his understanding of Godhead and even mysticism had deepened a bit.
Thea walked to Luo Yan's side and finally couldn't help asking about the confusion in her heart.
"Lord Demon King...what did you just do?"
Looking at those pupils full of curiosity, Luo Yan smiled faintly.
"If I told you everything now, my "magic" might not be so effective."
Thea was stunned for a moment, unable to understand this sentence.
Luo Yan paused and continued.
"But I will still tell you. After all, if I don't tell you anything, there will be no difference between me and my predecessors in the end."
The miracles that everyone thinks are incredible, but in fact, neither hell nor the empire got to where it is today by thinking, but ultimately by the hands of everyone.
After all, no matter how incredible the miracle is, it can only make corn ripe once, but human hands can make corn ripen tens of millions of times.
After saying that, Luo Yan turned his attention to "The Chosen King" Aesemata and gave instructions.
"Go and tell my people."
"The harvest time has come."
(End of this chapter)