In the Tenth Year After the Natural Disaster, Follow me to Farm

Chapter 45 Evolving Bamboo Leaf Darts

Since the inspection team regularly sprays insect repellent near the isolation zone, there are no dangerous evolved creatures in the first 50 meters into the evolutionary forest. However, after 50 meters, the number of insects increases significantly, and the team's progress slows down.

Even after entering the forest with the well-equipped Husband Feng team, it took two hours to reach the destination safely, which was twice as long as the time it took Xia Qing to go into the mountain to chop bamboo before the rain.

Seeing that a lot of bamboo shoots sprouted on the ground of the bamboo forest, Xia Qing was full of energy and waited for Hu Feng's order.

Hu Feng carefully conducted a survey before giving the order, "When digging bamboo shoots, first chop the tip of the bamboo shoot lightly to check. Pay attention to prevent evolved bamboo cows or evolved armyworm larvae from jumping out to attack. Also, beware of bamboo leaf darts coming from the top of your head." "

 Some dangerous evolved bamboos will shoot bamboo leaf darts to attack nearby creatures, turning them into hedgehogs. Xia Qing didn't find any dangerous evolved bamboo when he came here and cut down bamboo three times. That doesn't mean there isn't one here. Because she came in before the rain in late winter and early spring, when the evolutionary forest was in a relatively safe "dormant period." In the evolutionary forest awakened by three days of rain, anything can happen.

 After confirming that the team members and Xia Qing were fully prepared, Hu Feng led the team into the bamboo forest and began to look for edible bamboo shoots.

Xia Qing would carefully chop off a small point of each bamboo shoot tip he encountered, and then squeeze out the juice to test after confirming that no evolved organisms were attacking. After detecting twelve red lights in a row, Xia Qing finally detected a yellow light.

She did not start digging immediately, but listened and observed carefully first, and after confirming that there was no danger lurking in or around the soil, she quickly shoveled away the soil with a military shovel and stabbed the bamboo whip to confirm that the bamboo would not fire bamboo leaf darts. Cut off the roots of the bamboo shoots, quickly peel them and stuff them into a bag.

 Having ventured such a long way, of course I took away as much as I could and cut off the inedible parts immediately.

This bamboo shoot still weighed six kilograms after peeling it off. Xia Qing had a smile on his face and continued to search and dig.

Hushi Feng, who has been paying attention to Xia Qing, nodded secretly. He is indeed a power evolver. This speed and strength are indeed suitable for digging holes and doing physical work.

Two hours after the group slowly moved forward, Xia Qing had already harvested seven yellow lantern bamboo shoots and filled a bag. She put the bag on her back and heard a team member exclaim softly on the intercom, "Green light!"

 Find a green lantern bamboo shoot and follow the bamboo whip to touch more green lantern bamboo shoots. The team immediately slowly moved closer to the team member, and after confirming that there was no danger in the soil, they immediately excavated.

After three shovels, the roots of the bamboo shoots were not dug out. After another five shovels, the bamboo shoots were already as long as an arm, but the roots were not dug out yet. Xia Qing, who had never seen such a big bamboo shoot before, had his eyes gleaming and wanted to lift the team member up. Come up and jump down to dig yourself.

When they dug out the bamboo shoot roots and confirmed that the bamboo shoots were longer than an adult’s legs, everyone was beaming. Even if they only harvested this bamboo shoot today, they still made money.

After Hu Feng carefully observed the nearby bamboos, he decisively ordered, "Turn off the copper and open the protective umbrella. Everyone hides under the umbrella and uses iron shields for protection. Dajiang pays attention to the ground under his feet."

 One of the team members took out a closed iron umbrella from his backpack. It didn't look very big, but when opened, the diameter of the umbrella was more than two meters. Six people can be fully covered under the umbrella. Xia Qing and Dajiang were in the middle, and the others were around.

Hushi Feng continued to order, "Miss Xia chops the bamboo shoots with one stroke. Try not to cut off the bamboo whip, so as not to over-irritate the bamboo."

"Okay." Xia Qing used the machete to chop at the connection between the bamboo shoots and the bamboo whip, finishing the job with one stroke. For power evolved people, this is simply a piece of cake.

This knife directly triggered Zhumu's mechanism. Seeing the bamboo whip trembling, Hu Xiufeng immediately ordered, "Everyone squat down and protect with iron shields!"

 The sound of breaking wind sounded, and countless bamboo leaf darts hit the umbrella cover and the surrounding protective shields, making a loud banging sound.

 Launching bamboo leaf darts is the stress response of this evolved bamboo. Fortunately, its evolutionary level is not high and it cannot lock on the target. It will no longer fire after a wave of indiscriminate attacks.

Taking advantage of these few seconds, Xia Qing had already peeled the green lantern bamboo shoots and stuffed them into the bag. She excitedly shared the joy with the team members, "After peeling it out, it weighs at least 40 kilograms. We are in for a treat this time."

“Tonight we will eat fried meat with bamboo shoots.” The ferocious-looking Bearded Feng was also very happy, “Does Miss Xia need canned meat?”

 The price of canned meat is very high, so Xia Qing certainly doesn’t have it in stock. “Can I exchange it with you?”

"Of course, a 340-gram can of pork in exchange for two kilograms of evolved perilla?" "Deal!" Xia Qing deserved a fair deal.

Hushi Feng’s smile widened even more as Zhang San and Tang Xiannian talked about the evolution of Perilla.

After putting away the iron umbrella, Xia Qing looked at the dark green bamboo leaves stuck on the bamboo and in the ground, and couldn't help but feel scared. Fortunately, it was not the evolutionary bamboo she came in to chop down, otherwise she would definitely be injured.

Xia Qing was curious about how Husband Feng confirmed that this bamboo with bamboo shoots was an aggressive evolved bamboo. However, she was not familiar with Husband Feng now, and she was embarrassed to ask if they didn't mention it.

 After confirming that the evolved bamboo is a green light plant, the six people followed its bamboo whip and found thirteen more green light bamboo shoots, but none were as big as the first one.

After digging out the thirteen green light bamboo shoots, Xia Qing looked up and found that the leaves of this mature evolved bamboo were almost bald...

However, they did not damage the roots of this bamboo. It only takes a few days or a rain for its combat power to be fully restored. Anyone who dares to touch its bamboo shoots or roots will be attacked by darts.

 This may be the reason why no animals eat bamboo shoots.

The bamboo shoot digging team that had harvested a full harvest was about to close up when Xia Qing heard the sound of rustling sounds from all around. There are animals coming, quite a few! Hearing the noise is not a giant panda.

As soon as she stood up, she heard Hu Feng’s order, “If there’s an enemy situation, form your team!”

Xia Qing was slightly stunned. Could it be that Huo Feng is a person who evolved both hearing and vision?

 The four team members quickly faced outward, and together with Hu Hu Feng protected Xia Qing in the middle. Xia Qing, who held a knife in one hand and a gun in the other, did not dare to show off, and stood in the center staring straight ahead.

Soon, dangerous creatures making noise appeared in Xia Qing's sight. They were a group of bamboo rats! It seems that they have been coveting the green lantern bamboo shoots for a long time, but they are afraid of the attack power of the evolved bamboo. When they found out that Xia Qing and the others had dug out all the bamboo shoots and wanted to take them away, these guys became anxious.

Even though these evolved rats have a round body and short legs, they are very fast and it is impossible to hit them with Xia Qing's current shooting skills. She immediately put away the gun and held the machete in both hands.

The fifth-level visual evolver Hu Xiufeng has completed the investigation. "Two hundred meters away, a group of evolved bamboo rats was found at the twelve o'clock direction. Thirty rodents evolved, and no less than ten evolved at a speed. Miss Xia protected the bamboo shoots on the spot. Dajiang, pay attention to what's going on under your feet, leave the speed evolution to me, and let the others eliminate the rodents."

 After the sweet sound of opening the safety, Hu Feng's sniper rifle quickly fired the first bullet. Xia Qing saw a speed evolved bamboo rat fifty meters away that jumped rapidly between bamboo poles and was shot and landed.

 The team members also shot quickly. The bamboo rat moved very fast, but it still fell down after being shot and could not get close at all. Xia Qing felt relieved and paid attention to what was going on underfoot with Da Jiang.

Bamboo rats can burrow and may attack from underground.

 It is difficult to distinguish the movement from a certain direction in the chaos. This is Xia Qing's life-saving trump card that he has practiced hard. After hearing the sound of animals digging and approaching ten meters away from the northwest, Xia Qing used his peripheral vision to find that the auditory evolver Dajiang did not respond. It seemed that Ojiang's hearing evolution level was not as good as hers. She held the machete tightly and remained silent, waiting for the evolved rat to enter Ojiang's hearing range.

When the bamboo rat dug within four meters, Dajiang finally spoke, "Eleven o'clock direction, four meters, twenty centimeters underground."

 The muzzle of a team member moved down quickly. After a bang, the sound of digging under the soil stopped.

Thank you to book friend Da Yuer for the reward, and thank you to all book friends for your support.

Good morning.

　　(End of this chapter)