Pirate's silver-winged evil star

In addition to the fact that the Navy Headquarters is only a few days away from Sunlight Island, the sea environment will be much calmer.

The last leg of the voyage was uneventful and they returned to Sunlight Island. Under the leadership of Chen Sheng, Jack and others came to the Hunter Guild headquarters for the first time.

During the time that Chen Sheng left, many more hunters came one after another, and many hunters could be seen showing off their trophies along the way.

Entering the Hunter's Guild, Luo was busy dealing with a hunter fight. One hunter was pinned to the ground and beaten by another for taunting him. If it hadn't been for Luo, someone would have been killed.

"Each person will be deprived of one month's benefits! Now he can go somewhere cool and stay there!"

After driving away the two of them, Luo finally found time to greet Chen Sheng.

"Thanks for your hard work!"

Seeing Luo Na's haggard look, Chen Sheng felt a little distressed. Did he put too much pressure on him?

"How are you doing recently? Do you want to take a rest?"

Luo rubbed his head and said, "It doesn't matter. The main reason is that I haven't had enough sleep during this period. I just need to rest for a while."

Chen Sheng patted Luo on the shoulder and said, "Take a good rest. Leave the guild affairs to me. You don't need to be so tired."

After hearing this, Luo said helplessly: "Actually, things in the guild are going well. The main reason is that many new species have suddenly appeared on the island recently, including animals and plants. Collecting samples every day and testing their habits take up most of the time."

Luo's answer was beyond Chen Sheng's expectations, and he said with some surprise: "New species?"

Luo replied: "That's right, teacher, just come and have a look with me and you will know."

"Okay, please wait a moment." Chen Sheng turned around and told Jack:

"You go find Derek first. He will help you arrange your residence and identity. I have some things to do here, so I won't accompany you."

Then Chen Sheng said to Koushiro: "Mr. Koshiro, you and your father can just stay with Jack and the others. I have contacted Drake through the phone bug before. I will come back to you after I have dealt with the matter at hand."

After saying that, Chen Sheng hurriedly followed Luo to the Ancient Tree Biological Research Center, a huge tree cave inside the ancient tree.

At the Ancient Tree Biological Research Center, Luo took Chen Sheng to introduce the recently discovered new species.

The first was a plant with green vines. Luo pointed at him and introduced: "This is a new plant found by the patrol. It has not been named yet. Its vines are extremely tough. As long as it is processed properly, it will remain unchanged." Even when the body is in the body, it is constantly pulling, even transforming into a roaring dragon requires a lot of effort."

Picking up a piece of vine, Chen Sheng pulled hard. The vine suddenly tightened to the extreme, but it did not break.

Chen Sheng's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but praise it: "Good thing! Temporarily named Ivy, we can deeply explore its value. It has great development value whether it is used to make cables or other tools."

"Yes, I have started to study its growth pattern, but there are no results yet." Luo responded.

"There's no rush, there's still plenty of time."

Putting down the ivy, Luo led Chen Sheng to another plant and said, "This is also a fruit discovered by the patrol. Palu discovered its use and brought it back to me."

Luo took out a pure white fruit. The surface of the fruit was loose and porous, and it felt light in his hand. The apple-sized fruit probably only weighed a few dozen grams.

"This fruit will explode once it encounters external force, releasing a large amount of smoke."

As he spoke, Luo threw the fruit in his hand to the ground not far away. In an instant, gray-white smoke filled the room, and the visibility was close to zero.

"This kind of smoke can not only block the line of sight, but also weaken the perception of sight, hearing, and color. However, the impact is limited. People with strong sight, hearing, and color can still ignore it."

Controlling the liquid metal to turn into a fan to blow the smoke outside, Luo said to Chen Sheng:

"As long as the processing is in place, I think it has great potential that can be tapped."

Chen Sheng gently opened a fruit. There was a lot of dust accumulated inside, and a breeze could lift it up.

"This seems to be a spore plant. Are there spores inside the fruit?" Chen Sheng asked.

"Yes, but only when the density reaches a certain limit can it germinate. If the number is insufficient, it will not grow even if the environment is suitable." Luo nodded.

"Interesting! Let's call it Smoke Fruit for now."

"Ok."

Luo put down the cigarette fruit and continued to lead Chen Sheng inside.

"In addition to ivy and tobacco fruit, more than a dozen new plants were discovered this time. However, some of their uses have not yet been proven, and some are definitely of no practical value. Only these two are temporarily useful. But apart from plants , I think you will be interested in something like this, teacher." Luo said as he walked.

Under Luo's leadership, Chen Sheng saw a scene that he would never forget in his life.

A large group of tadpoles were densely packed in a water basin, like black tentacles crowded together and shaking constantly. The scene was very shady.

"These were discovered by the hunting team some time ago. Their adults are a strange kind of frog. Take a look, teacher."

Following the direction of Luo's finger, Chen Sheng saw three large toads of different colors.

"These frogs can release a strange gas, which has strong hypnotic and paralyzing effects respectively. Currently, basically no creature can be exempted. Even Drake will be forcibly hypnotized if he inhales it, and cannot be beaten to wake up. But they seem to It doesn't affect me, and I don't know why." Luo introduced it to Chen Sheng.

"These are gas frogs," Chen Sheng said.

"Gas frog?" Luo said a little strangely.

"That's right!" Chen Sheng confirmed: "They are a very magical frog. Depending on the living environment and food, they can produce different gases. This is their means of self-protection. The red ones will produce It’s a powerful explosive bomb. If you haven’t noticed it now, maybe it’s because they don’t have enough food or their survival time is short.”

"I see, but teacher, please take a look at this." Luo opened the fish tank where the gas frogs were kept and took out a huge wooden basin with a lid on it from the corner.

The moment Luo lifted the lid, a huge black shadow jumped out and attacked Chen Sheng.

"S!"

"Snapped!"

The speed of the black shadow was very fast, but to Chen Sheng, it was no different from the slow-motion replay, and he caught it easily.

Looking carefully in front of him, Chen Sheng discovered that it was actually a tadpole!

"This tadpole is as big as a cat! And why does it have teeth!"

Chen Sheng held the tadpole by its tail with one hand and hung it in the air to observe.The tadpole actually kept resisting, swinging its body vigorously and trying to bite Chen Sheng's arm with its mouth.

"It's actually the tadpole of a gas frog. But for some unknown reason, it seemed to have entered the sap transport pipe of the sacred tree through the cracks in the ancient tree, and lived there for a long time. Not long ago, I accidentally I found its movement and took it out." Luo replied as he released liquid metal to control the tadpole.

"Gas frog tadpoles?"

Chen Sheng took out an ordinary tadpole and placed it next to it. One was the same as a peanut, and the other was bigger than a watermelon. They didn't look like a living thing.Even the giant tadpole eats the gas frog's smaller tadpoles.

"Why is this? Is it because of the sacred tree?" Chen Sheng said curiously, touching his chin.

"I had this suspicion too, and selected some tadpoles for experiments, but none of the test subjects could adapt to the environment and died, and there was no such mutation." Luo said.

Chen Sheng put the tadpole back into the basin and said to Luo: "I will take it back and study it carefully. Maybe I will find something."

"Okay." Luo responded.

"Are there any other discoveries besides these?" Chen Sheng asked again.

"There are still some bits and pieces that haven't been sorted out yet." Luo replied.

Chen Sheng thought for a while and said, "New species have appeared very frequently these days. Do you have any ideas?"

Luo expressed his guess: "I think it may be related to the blood of Neptune?"

"Sea Kings?"

"That's right! Ever since the patron saint killed the sea frog, the island has gradually changed. Not long ago, the shadow of the gas frog appeared. I think their appearance is directly related to the death of the sea frog." Luo said .

Chen Sheng touched his chin and said, "It's an interesting guess. I'll verify it after a while."

"Luo, wait a minute and you will announce that senior swordsmith Kozaburo Shigetsuki will join the Hunter's Guild. At the same time, the Hunter's Guild is preparing to hold the Sacred Tree Festival in seven days and invite all hunters to watch the ceremony."

"Sacred Tree Festival? What is that?" Luo asked curiously.

"This is a traditional custom of Sunlight Island. Obtaining gifts from the sacred tree by offering sacrifices to the sacred tree is a large-scale celebration held every six months. Every time it is held, the island must be closed and no one can enter or leave. Hunters are required to Pay attention." Chen Sheng replied.

"Ok."

Although he still didn't quite understand what Chen Sheng was talking about, Luo nodded and agreed, as long as he announced the news.

"Go!"

After leaving the Biological Research Center, Chen Sheng took the huge tadpole back to his house, put a hand on the tadpole's head, and activated the contract of chaos.

Even if he studies slowly, Chen Sheng is confident that he will discover its secrets, but the Chaos Contract can undoubtedly speed up the process.

In the hazy chaos, there was a vague connection between the souls of Chen Sheng and the tadpole.

"Keep me safe."

The consciousness from the tadpole is simple and has no requirements other than safety.

In return, Chen Sheng can control its soul, force his will into its soul, and control its consciousness and body.

"I see."

By sensing the soul and body of the tadpole, Chen Sheng discovered the secret of its growth.