Chapter 856

In the rain forest in summer, the growth rate of plants is extremely rapid, and layers of vegetation cover people's line of sight. Even the ferocious soldiers of the golden order have a visible range of no more than 100 meters. When Nelson and others pulled away a clump of Artemisia annua more than two meters high, they seemed to see another world, and everyone was surprised by the scene in front of them.

Barren and open, no green plants can be seen, only the debris of plants and trees decayed into mud, piled up into layers of thick humus soil, extending to a distance beyond the sight. Black beetles crawl in and out of the humus. They are semicircular, as big as adults' fists. Their back armor shines with metal luster, and their mouth is like a pair of sharp small guillotines.

"Devil beetle!" The old savage said solemnly in his back eye: "Although they are small, they are not small in strength, quick in movement, and can fly for a long distance. Brother zhuya is a strong man in the tribe. They can't step on a devil beetle, and they can't kill them with a stone hammer. Hundreds of devil beetles pounced on them together and soon chewed brother zhuya into two white bones. The surrounding rainforest trees were bitten by devil beetles... I went up The second time I came, the area of rotten soil was not as large as it is now. I can see the soul spring and a hole next to it. "

Nelson and Klaus, who participated in the temple battle, looked at each other. These black beetles looked familiar. Brandon said, "do you think the beetles here are very similar to the mother of plague beetles on the second floor of the azolta temple?"

"Mother of plague beetles?" Dane turned his head and asked, "didn't you say that kajinos, the mother of plague beetles on the second floor of the azolta temple, is a super giant semi elemental monster?"

Klaus explained: "At that time, as soon as the mother of the plague beetle woke up, she was killed by Ms. Frey and Ms. Meiwen. Ms. Frey lured the mother of the beetle to hit the wall. Ms. Meiwen took the opportunity to use her master's blue blade to cut open the fragile abdomen of the mother of the beetle. Until the elite of the elf Empire broke into the second platform, Ms. Meiwen found that the elf was attacked by the plague beetle group and returned home Several war fighters died. In fact, many plague beetles were buried under the sand on the second floor platform. Because the mother of the beetles died too fast, it was not possible to summon the beetles, and the plague beetle was photographed by Long Wei of the two women and did not climb out from under the sand to attack us, otherwise we would be in big trouble. "

Charlotte asked, "is the plague beetle terrible?"

Nelson said, "none of us have seen it with our own eyes, but Ms. Meiwen said that plague beetles are difficult to pester. Elves and dwarf warlords can't kill them with weapons at once. Moreover, they are agile, sharp mouthparts and can bite the heavy armor of dwarf guards. But..."

Nelson paused, shook his head and said, "according to Ms. Meiwen's description, the plague beetle is as big as a child's head. The beetle here is in line with Ms. Meiwen's description in appearance, but it is obviously much smaller."

"I want to see what's special about these black beetles." Emerson turned to find the slave of the goblin and ordered it to send a bear goblin to catch a black beetle.

The bear goblin has a very low intelligence. He doesn't even have the ability to speak, but he knows how to obey the orders of the big goblin. He rushed out impatiently, sniffed the smell with his nose, dug out a big white worm from the humus, stuffed it directly into his mouth and swallowed it.

It didn't catch the black beetle as Emerson wanted. After eating a big worm, it continued to look for more worms and went farther and farther.

Emerson was about to get angry with the earth goblin slave when he suddenly found that both "white bread" and ogres were swallowing in the direction of the bear goblin. They were greedy for the big worms found by the bear goblin, but the dangerous intuition of ferocious creatures made them resist the temptation of food.

The worm in the humus had such a strong attraction to the bear goblin that it forgot the command of the big goblin. Imosen decided to continue to observe this unusual phenomenon and watch the bear goblin gradually go deep into the barren land.

The worms inside are obviously denser than those outside. The bear head goblin can dig out a fat worm by digging twice with its keen sense of smell. However, it accidentally caught a black beetle, just like stabbing through a wasp's nest. Hundreds of black shell beetles the size of ordinary people's fists rushed over one after another, jumped on the bear goblin, and tore open the intruder's skin with strong jaw teeth, He went inside his body and ate the flesh and blood. The bear goblin screamed and beat desperately. He grabbed the black beetle and put it in his mouth and bit it with his teeth. This was the only way he could hurt the black beetle, but it attracted more beetles.

The dense black beetles flooded the greedy and stupid bear goblins like a tide. In a moment, they took the initiative to disperse, leaving only a ragged bear goblins white bone.

Seeing this scene, everyone's expression was particularly dignified. The bear goblins were not tall, but their skin was tough, their muscles were sinewy, and their strength was three times that of ordinary people. They were monsters of the tough type of life. It was not easy for trained militia to use wooden handled spears to pierce the bear goblins' body. However, the black beetle ate a bear goblins into white almost in an instant Bone. The worst thing is that the bear goblins can't crush the black beetle with their brute force. Only three or four of them were killed with their teeth, and it was eaten up by the beetle.

The black beetle is small and can flutter. However, its body is particularly tough. It is easy to break through the obstacles of soldiers. It is the greatest threat to casters like imosen.

The barren land full of humus is at least 100 square kilometers in size. Who knows how many black beetles are hidden in it.

A bear goblin died, but imosen's alienated cat and ape could not supplement it, and the individual strength of alienated cat and ape was not as good as that of bear goblins.

Imosen didn't want to feed the black beetle with his own alienated war beast. He said calmly, "you have to find the right way to deal with the black beetle... Back eye and sinau, do you want to catch a black beetle for me?"

The old savage and sinau looked at each other, but no one spoke. This is a deadly task. Sending people to catch black beetles is probably the end of bear goblins. Finally, the old savage took the initiative to say, "I'll try first. If not, sinau will try again."

From Tumen's chest, he summoned a colorful and tangible soul spider, manipulated the ghost like soul spider to float to the barren land, locked a black beetle and drilled into its body. The black beetle possessed by the spirit beast ran quickly to the edge of the rain forest without disturbing its kind.

Imosen got the living sample of the black beetle, but his face became more ugly. He shook his head and said, "this is not an insect animal, nor is it intelligent. My ability is invalid for the black beetle."

If he can't perform his witchcraft on the black beetles, he can't see their mysteries and find out their weaknesses by infecting their souls.

The Randall expedition had to stay in the rainforest and learn more about the ferocious black beetles by conventional means. Fortunately, the soul spider in the back eye can steal black beetles without disturbing the swarm. The expedition does not lack experimental materials. With his rich knowledge of monsters, imosen has some knowledge of black beetles, large worms and barren land.

Three days later in the evening, Caligula barbecued worm strings by bonfire. The fierce fighting dog "white bread" sticks out its bright red tongue and wags its tail at his feet. The four ogre barbarians also looked at the worm kebab in aka's hand and kept drooling.

These big worms were dug back by the fierce warrior red wolf from the edge of the wasteland. Their white, fat and round bodies are as thick as ordinary people's forearms, weighing between 2 pounds and 6 pounds. They can be said to be Big Macs among worms. They taste very delicious, and even cause a commotion among goblins. Emerson ordered alienated cats and apes to bite more than a dozen goblins to make these green skins honest. As for the four ogres, Caligula severely repaired them and learned to wait patiently for the wizard to feed the big worm.

At this time, imosen stuffed a big worm with oil and aroma into his mouth, chewed it a little and swallowed it, and then said contentedly: "these worms are rare ingredients... They are not the larvae of black beetles. They are completely different species. If they are positioned, they are like cattle and sheep specially raised by black beetles."

"What does that mean?" Charlotte frowned slightly. The roasted insects were so delicious that she felt a trace of shame. It should be disgusted.

As a full-time scholar, Emerson did not care about the subtle mentality of female knights. He introduced with interest: "Black beetles use their powerful jaws to chew up all the plants in the rain forest for the big worms to eat. They feed on the big worms rich in active ingredients to form an ecosystem similar to a pasture... Er," ecosystem "and" active nutrients "are academic concepts put forward by my owner. Ecosystem will not be mentioned, but active nutrients are a part of pharmacy A new concept. Only a few people have read his highness Randall's academic works in this regard. " Pointing to his nose, he said proudly, "I'm one of the few people."

Charlotte smiled softly, nodded and said, "I've seen it too. Your highness is recognized as a great scholar in the silver white tower. The active ingredients he proposed refer to the active ingredients in drugs, plants and animals, which are precious substances with vitality."

"Yes, yes, yes." The wizard imosen grabbed the topic and showed off: "Your Highness once asked me whether the people who eat meat are strong or the people who eat vegetables are strong? I said, of course, the people who eat meat are strong. He asked again, why do cows eat grass but grow strong muscles?"

Reverend Dane was intrigued and asked, "what's the reason?"

Imosen said triumphantly: "In fact, cattle also eat 'meat'... They have several stomachs, which can make the forage produce more active substances. If they absorb these active substances, eating grass is equivalent to eating meat. This discovery is of great significance, which directly changes the pharmaceutical method of pharmacy and significantly improves the effect of medicine. In fact, many rare medicinal materials help us improve the quality of medicine because of their higher active ingredients Life is latent. For animals, especially alienated organisms, active ingredients are necessary for them to change their life form. I designed alienated cats and apes to learn from this principle. They can make full use of active ingredients when they eat plants. "

Dane was itchy and asked, "what kind of pharmaceutical method?"

Imosen smiled and shook his head and said, "I'm not a pharmacist, and I don't know the specific method. You have to ask your highness Randall yourself in the future."

Dane was secretly disappointed. He sighed and said, "that big worm is rich in active ingredients. What does it have to do with us dealing with black beetles and occupying the fountain of youth?"

Emerson's expression became very serious and said after a moment of silence: "Goblins eat large worms rich in active ingredients and can easily evolve into large goblins or bear goblins. Black beetles specifically feed on large worms. I estimate that some of them can degenerate into monsters with larger size, intelligence and higher life level. They should be entrenched in underground caves next to the fountain of youth. There may be a lot of them."

The black beetles were enough to make people headache. There were monsters more powerful than the black beetles around the Bu Lao spring. For a time, everyone had a sense of powerlessness in their hearts.

Charlotte, after all, is Victor's intimate partner and knows more secrets than others. She frowned and said, "I see... This barren land is a breeding farm. We may have to face a more ancient and primitive group of gross insects than the ant tribe."

"Can it be said that the higher ant man ANN has mutated into... After gross worm?"