Chapter 72 - Harvest, return
Passed the Aboriginal Empire cautiously and more carefully through the territory of the giant savages tribe. Zhou Ming took his expedition and continued south, searching for the last thing he wanted to find.
Until stepping into a dense virgin forest that even the indigenous people and giant savages dare not dabble in.
Or, step into a land of malaria that is full of countless dangers and deaths.
The venomous snakes twirling green and green around the branches, densely packed into a mass of ants that eat everything, buzzing for a moment of uncomfortable mosquito flies, and streams containing toxic mineral elements or countless worms.
Even a plant pollen that floats in the air and makes people sleepy after breathing. When the prey falls into a coma, the bud-like cannibal flowers next to it will use active vines to “prey” “Wrapped up, gently into the colorful mouth …
Even if it seems to be a normal plant, if it is accidentally scratched by its leaves, even if it is only a very small wound, if it is not treated in time, it will be infected with plant viruses, foaming and redness, or the wound will be inflamed. Unhealthy diseases, bodies without any antibodies, will soon die from sepsis and organ failure …
After several players died in a row, Zhou Ming had to stop and made a batch of gas masks and protective clothing with better air tightness, put it on his body, under heavy protection, and endured unbearable sweat and sultry heat, Only then continued to go south for more than 100 kilometers.
until one day.
Zhou Ming also fell ill.
Is very sick, sometimes with high fever, sometimes cold, and later the respiratory system is exhausted. In the brain, he even heard the voice of “the game character has entered the dying state, whether to quit the game …”.
Malaria.
Like Alexander the Great who conquered Asia and established an empire with an area of 5 million square kilometers in history, Alexander the Great died of malaria at the age of 33.
Not to mention the empire, which is Zhou Ming, a little kingdom that has not been established. At this time, he is less than 25 years old, and there are countless great achievements waiting for him to complete, and countless dreams waiting for him to realize … These great causes and After being bitten by a mosquito that may not be as big as mung beans, the dream turned into a struggle and a pant that only wanted to live.
Zhou Ming did n’t know how the mosquito bite himself. It may be that one day during the exploration, the protective clothing accidentally hung a small hole in the tree branch, and then let the one almost change the history of the world, and let himself all the previous Try to destroy the once mosquito, take advantage of it, pierce the skin, take a sip.
After the incident, Zhou Ming immediately shot it dead, but a gurgling voice in his heart made him order the expedition to stop advancing, camping nearby, and looking for a kind of herbal medicine he needed.
Artemisia or Artemisia annua, anyway, as long as all the plants with less mosquito activity are picked, as long as it is not a highly toxic plant, he will try it, and he can always try out several herbs that are useful for the treatment of malaria.
Therefore, after the symptoms of dizziness and low fever appeared in the body, he began to try hundreds of herbs for ten days like Shennong who tasted Baicao, but it basically did not work.
And ten days is enough for this kind of severe malaria to bring a mild patient into the arms of death.
“Mr. Edward, this is a plant I found more than thirty miles away. It is a bit like the artemisia annua you mentioned, but I don’t know if it is poisonous. Do you need to try it now?”
Holding a large bundle of snake-like females resembling Artemisia annua plants, she said to Zhou Ming, who had been lying on the ground with high fever and unconsciousness, in the face of possible danger to her life at any time, the snake-like females did not have time to catch animals for testing. Instead, pin the last hope on this plant that emits a special fragrance and the mosquitoes seem to be particularly afraid.
“Give … give me …”
After saying this sentence with all his strength, Zhou Ming could only reach out and watched the plants with his eyes, watching the snake woman pound the plants into pieces with stones, squeeze out the juice, and put it in a wooden bowl.
The speed of the Snake Girl alone was too slow. After watching the meeting, the robber Biro and others stepped forward to help. After a while, they handed a large bowl of green juice to Zhou Ming and fed him. A few bites.
A week later, Zhou Ming, who was already able to walk normally, took an expedition with less than 20 people to the northwest and left this nightmarish land of malaria.
“Life is such a wonderful thing. The things you are trying hard to pursue are often sought after after paying a huge price. When you give up, it stands in front of you and is within reach and easy.”
Standing in front of a tree, Zhou Ming couldn’t help but sigh as he watched the milk-like viscous material continuously flowing from the fresh wound on the bark.
rubber tree.
The hard-to-find rubber tree is not in the tropical tropical forest full of danger, but it is very common to grow around some indigenous villages, because the rubber fruit produced by this rubber tree has a good taste and high yield. Indigenous people often keep such trees when they open up wasteland and destroy forests.
Obtaining a small bag of rubber fruits, Zhou Ming began to notice that this indigenous world of the new continent, like the western continent, also has a large number of tribes and kingdoms, although the development of tools is not as developed as the western continent. However, relying on the unique geographical environment, the huge yield of agricultural crops, and the clever mind that is stronger than animals, the number of indigenous people, which is huge enough to reach hundreds of millions, will sooner or later become the overlord of this continent.
Are those giant savages tribes living in the deep forest and old forest. Under the blow of the indigenous people, sooner or later they will become endangered species.
However, because of the large population and little attention to environmental hygiene, there are often a large number of indigenous villages and towns, and a terrorist plague is enough to destroy 90% of the population.
For example, the ruins of this indigenous city passed by Zhou Ming and others, the scale of the city is scary, the radius is more than ten miles, the center of the city, and there is a pyramid of a hundred feet high-this type of pyramid generally indicates that this city, once It is the capital of a medium-sized indigenous kingdom and has to be abandoned because of the outbreak of the plague.
“This city seems to have been deserted for a long time. A city of such a large size, there must be a lot of treasures in it. Let’s go inside and see it.” A player with a greedy golden light in his eyes wanted to enter this ruined city. Take a look here.
As with all civilizations, the precious metals shining with gold and silver have beautiful gems that emit various lights, and the indigenous people also have a hobby of collecting. Many indigenous kingdoms that have developed to a certain degree of civilization have already used gold and silver as intermediate currencies. The market exchange behavior of many indigenous peoples also has the habit of collecting such currencies.
“Can’t go in! The city was destroyed by the plague. The plague might not have dispersed. If you are accidentally infected with the plague, everyone may die!”
Zhou Ming stopped these sloppy expedition members. He didn’t want to ruin the whole expedition plan because of one or two stupid people in the team.
“Why can’t I go in? Mr. Edward, anyway, you have found everything you want, can’t you let us find the treasure we need? I don’t want to go home empty-handed.”
The player was very dissatisfied. Although he knew that the employer was not bad in front of him, he thought of the three pieces of dog-head gold and five pieces of giant gems that he had been ordered to throw away by him, as well as a natural flawless, perfect shape. After being a valuable sapphire, he was already full of resentment and anger at this employer who was still blocking his fortune.
“Yes, Mr. Edward, do you want us all to return empty-handed?”
“Mr. Edward, what you are looking for can be taken by three people. So many of us, what happened to bringing some treasure?”
“Mr. Edward, the bounty you gave is better to get a stone here. I don’t want to do this task!”
Because they all have similar experiences of being ordered to throw away their treasures, it seems that they have found a vent. Many expedition members, one by one, vent their dissatisfaction that has been hidden in their hearts for a long time.
“Anyone who wants to go to the city to find treasure can do so, but they must leave the team and stay isolated from those who have not been to the city. If anyone is infected with the plague, I will not care whether he is dead or alive!”
Zhou Ming coldly prepared two ways for these players to let them make a choice.
“Go pick up treasure!”
The team member cheered, followed by three or four companions, rushed into the ruined city, and soon ran out with a lot of treasure in his pocket, and shouted excitedly: “There are so many treasures in the city, how to get it You ca n’t finish it all, come over and get it! There is no plague in the city, all dead people with bones left! ”
Hearing this voice, many players who were still on the sidelines saw the gleaming gold treasure, swallowed their saliva, and their hearts jumped in disappointment. They also moved their pace and walked into the ruined city.
Only four people were still there. The other team members all walked into the city of ruins and took out some valuable treasures.
Five days later, the group of people who took the treasure, isolated by Zhou Ming, and kept a certain distance, began to have symptoms of cold and fever.
After ten days.
Looking at the few tumor-covered monsters covered with black sores and looking like zombies from afar, Zhou Ming sighed after struggling to fall to the ground: “Even the big axe Johnson, the one-eyed man Leonardo are Going away … Treasure, it is really the most powerful murder weapon in the world. “
Since the plague that took the 13 expedition members away, only the four-person expedition team of Zhou Ming, Grand Thefter Jero, Devil Biro, and Snake Girl has traveled much faster than before, with rich exploration experience , And the optimal route planned in Zhou Ming ’s [World Map], it took only five months, and the four people returned to the original starting point of exploring this new continent-the north of the central Ural Snow Mountain, this Daofengfeng mouth.
Stood at the foot of the mountain with his back on his back facing the pass of the head.
“It’s been almost a year and a half, this adventure full of twists and turns has finally ended successfully.”
Suddenly, there was a slight noise in his ear, Zhou Ming smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, turned and said to a boulder: “Come out, Mr. Biro, have you been waiting for this moment for a long time?”
“Hahahaha ~”
There was a burst of laughter, and Biro, the robber with a sharp dagger in his hand, came out from behind the boulder. Behind him were the robbers Jero and Snake Girl, both armed with weapons.
“It’s worthy of being the nobleman I have seen so far, the most intelligent Mr. Edward of UU reading www.uukanshu.com, my thoughts are still seen by you …”
The robber Biro shook his head and said with some regret: “If you are not afraid of not finding the way back, Mr. Edward, I would have killed you as early as your illness.”
“You are also very smart, Mr. Devil Pirot, saying that you are just a good mercenary, and not a noble. What do you want from this continent?”
In the case of the plague, he had noticed the mercenary who was born of this thief. After his tremendous ambition that surprised him, Zhou Ming couldn’t help asking while pulling out his short sword from his waist.
“Of course everything here!”
Devil Pirot stepped forward with a sword and attacked Zhou Ming. His face was full of excitement. As long as the noble in front of him was wiped out, everything in this new continent belonged to him.
“It is a good thing to have ambition, but it also has that strength, and-“
Easily blocked the short sword’s attack. Zhou Ming raised his sword and slashed into his chest with lightning. The speed was fast. Devil Pilot felt a breath of death. He had to take a step back and turn to attack.
Only three or five strokes in the past, only the merits of parry, the rookie Biro who keeps stepping back, shouted anxiously back: “Jero, snake girl, come and help me!”
Shouted like this three or four times, but saw that his cousins Jero and the Snake Girl were standing still holding their swords, and looked indifferently at the two fighting.
Huh!
A sword pierced the heart, revealing from the back, an unspeakable pain came, and the fierce faced rogue Biro heard the last sentence before he died.
“When you say your ambitions aloud, it’s best to think about the feelings of your peers.”
After Zhou Ming finished, he drew his dagger, and the body in front fell down like a wooden stake.