Lord of Industrialization

After so many years of traveling, Frederick still remembers the joke that "Professor Li, a famous biologist in my country, has worked hard for more than 30 years to successfully breed cold-resistant mosquitoes, filling the gap of no mosquitoes in winter in my country." Now he is thinking that if the mosquitoes here are caught, maybe Professor Li can save 20 years of detours.

The temperature is only around 10 degrees now. Over the swamp with withered water and grass, a "dark cloud" as big as half a football field is constantly tossing and chasing a black mammoth.

The mammoths here are very small, and the adult ones are only as tall as horses. The mammoth in the swamp is about the same height as a pig, about one year old, and limps when running.

The little mammoth shook his body from time to time while fleeing, so that the black hair on his palm-length body moved and squeezed the mosquitoes that landed on it.

Its nostrils are the main place for mosquitoes to attack, so the long nose is also swung, and the tail behind is also.

But it seems to be of little use. More and more mosquitoes landed around its nostrils, mouth and eyes.

Jin Li was in the car now and looked at the surrounding terrain. The convoy had just come out from between two mountains. The swamp was at the foot of the mountain in the north, and there was a large lake further north. The mountain was in the south, and the not-so-flat road passed between the mountain and the swamp.

The wind was not strong today, so Jin Li said to Lu Li, "Burn that swamp."

Then she picked up the horn and blew the signal to notify the vanguard in front to return.

There were too many mosquitoes here, and both people and big-horned deer were their targets.

The best way to deal with these mosquitoes was to use fire. There was still water in the ground, and the trees around were sparse, so there was no fear of the fire spreading.

Lu Li took off the heavy crossbow on her back, left the team, advanced more than 300 meters, and stopped 100 meters away from the edge of the swamp.

She was very strong, and she easily strung the string with an iron hook. With a slight aim, a burning arrow flew towards the withered and yellow weeds.

The fire spread quickly, and the thick smoke not only drove away the mosquito clouds in the sky, but also the wild animals nearby fled after smelling the smoke from the fire.

Soon the air was filled with the smell of burnt hair, and the little mammoth was surrounded by fire, and then it was gone.

Frederick originally wanted to try the taste, but Jin Li told him: "Mammoths live in groups, and this little one is alone. It is very likely that he is sick and can't keep up with the group. It is best not to eat it."

Frederick thought so and gave up the idea.

The team walked for nine days without any danger, passed through several valleys, crossed a dry riverbed that only had water in spring, walked along a lake of unknown length for three days, and came to the estuary of the big lake.

Frederick found that he had bypassed a mountain range along the lake. When he started to get off the boat, the mountain range was in the east, but now it is in the southwest. To the southeast is a pine forest that can't see the end.

There is a large area of ​​purple sparks on the flat ground by the lake. This kind of flower has a string of purple flowers like pagodas on the top. It grows in a piece by the water. When the wind blows and shakes, it looks like a purple flame from a distance.

There is a small stronghold here, with a pier extending into the lake, five traditional shallow-bottomed sailing boats towed to the shore, and several wooden longhouses and several windowless warehouses built next to it, surrounded by wooden walls.

From the wood, it can be seen that this stronghold was built less than two months ago and can accommodate dozens of people. It is not a problem to squeeze in a hundred people.

But there is no one here, and there is nothing in the longhouse. Judging from the horse manure in the stable and the wheel tracks outside, the people here left three or four days ago and went deep into the pine forest.

Frederick went to a wooden house without windows to take a look. This is a warehouse for food. The ceiling is full of smoked fish, and there are many wooden barrels filled with oats around. There are several baskets filled with various dried mushrooms on the wooden barrels. There are also several boxes of concentrated soup and dehydrated vegetables next to them. The production date is last year.

There are several boxes with two locks. Frederick curiously opened the hinge behind the lid of one of the boxes. After opening it, he found that it was filled with instant noodles, with the flavor of braised beef.

This is a good thing. Although there is no chili pepper due to cost issues, it uses a spicy spice and concentrated ginger juice from the southern continent. It is the most comfortable to have a bowl in winter.

Another box is the mushroom stewed chicken flavor. The mushrooms are imported from the north. After eating some instant noodles with this flavor from unknown brands, there is a certain chance that you can hear the table ask yourself if this noodle is delicious.

The third box is sour ginger meatball noodles. Each serving of noodles contains twelve finger-sized pork balls wrapped in flour and fried. It is the instant noodle with the highest meat content on the market.

Everything is good, but this is someone else's thing. Taking it without asking is considered stealing. He can only screw the hinges back on.

"Huh, I thought you would steal."

A thin, short-haired Aurora warrior came in from outside the door and teased Frederick with a sly smile.

Frederick has become familiar with the girls in the team these days. This Brie who came is a trainer and a veterinarian who can treat people. She is responsible for driving and medical work.

A few days ago, she went into Frederick's tent during a break and asked him about battlefield first aid bandaging for most of the day, which disappointed the girls who were eavesdropping outside.

Frederick smiled and said to her, "I'm worried that you're cheating. You should eat more."

Bree went over and pinched Frederick's arm angrily, pouting and saying, "I knew you liked the big ones."

Frederick nodded seriously.

Bree said, "Help me dig the roots of the purple spark grass later. After the bighorn deer eat the leaves, we'll dig out the roots."

Before Frederick could answer, she suddenly shouted: "Ah! Not good!!"

Bree quickly walked to the barrel, picked up a basket with dried mushrooms, and immediately walked outside to a bright place.

At this time, Heli heard the shout and came from the nearby warehouse. She smiled evilly and said to Bree, "What, did he attack you?"

Bree ignored her joke and handed the basket in her hand to her.

When Hurley looked at the mushrooms in the basket, her face instantly turned pale, and she hurriedly asked Bree to pour them out.

Bree said, "There's more in there," and threw down the basket, then turned back to the warehouse and picked up two baskets.

Frederick realized something was wrong and helped lift all the mushrooms out.

Bree and Hurley poured all the mushrooms in the baskets onto the ground and spread them out. Others saw them and came over to help.

Frederick was not familiar with mushrooms, but he also knew they were dangerous. He had heard of all kinds of weird mushrooms in the southern forests.

After more than ten minutes, it seemed that there was a result. Frederick went over and asked Bree: "How is the situation?"

Bree frowned and said, "The people here are outsiders and are not familiar with the mushrooms in the forest. They came back after picking poisonous mushrooms."

Heli next to him continued: "There are 18 kinds of mushrooms here, 9 kinds can be eaten normally, and 6 kinds will cause various hallucinations if not cooked thoroughly."

Frederick breathed a sigh of relief. People here cook everything in one pot, and there is no such thing as undercooking.

He had some ideas in his mind. At first he didn't know how to meet the other party, but now that he has this entry point, he might be able to sell him a favor and make future negotiations easier.

"What about 3 more types?" Frederick thought that the numbers didn't add up enough.

Heli sighed and shook his head and said, "There are three other kinds that will cause death if eaten and cannot be saved."

Frederick immediately said without thinking: "Hurry up and make arrangements and notify them!"