Wizarding World Beekeeper

"It's time to fight for character again."

Hua Mi took out the half bottle of improved mutagen from the storage space.

Another ordinary bee colony with more than 8,000 bees was selected.

Pour the mutagen into the basin, and then control the bees to come forward to suck it in turn.

Under the influence of the mutagenic agent, the bees returned to the hive one after another and secreted wax cocoons.

According to past experience, the results will be available tomorrow at the latest.

During special periods, in order to avoid the impact of extreme weather on the mutation process, Hua Mi specially placed this beehive in a greenhouse.

I stopped by the colorful glazed flower field area to express my condolences to the hard-working nightmare with gift flower honey.

Most of the ground has been covered by dream soil.

This special gel-like soil can continuously absorb energy from the dream world and turn it into nutrients for the land.

The renovation progress of the entire field area has almost reached 90%, and it is expected to be ready for use in a few days.

Before that, Hua Mi had also cultivated some seeds of colorful glazed flowers through cuttings and hybridization.

The seeds are not big, about the same size as lotus seeds, and their surface is the same as the grown petals, showing a colorful color like glass. They don't look like plant seeds. The appearance gives people a dreamy feeling, and they are worthy of being produced in the dream world. .

After being copied by the seed making machine, a sufficient number of seeds have been accumulated.

Hua Mi used his ability to measure bees and combined with his own experience, he judged that the distance between planting of colorful glazed flowers was relatively large.

The number of colorful flowers that can be planted in these ten acres of land is far less than that in other fields.

A batch is expected to produce a maximum of more than two hundred bottles of honey, or even less.

Another bad news is that the seed making machine is becoming more and more sluggish and its efficiency has become significantly lower. It feels like it will wither after just a few uses.

Need to find an alternative...

Before leaving the greenhouse, he stopped by the tree field area on the other side to take a look.

Several saplings have grown a few centimeters taller than last time, and the whole tree has begun to emit a faint pale green tone, which smells like that.

…

Early the next morning.

There was lightning and thunder outside, and the wind howled.

Hua Mi braved the wind and came to the greenhouse.

As expected, the bee has completed its mutation.

Everyone who can break out of the cocoon has come out.

Those who couldn't break out of the cocoon were suffocated inside.

In addition, there are a few bees flying outside the hive.

Hua Mi sensed it and found that none of these animals had any obvious changes in their traits, indicating that they had failed to evolve.

Then he went to check the bees in the hive.

Release your mental power and investigate the past areas one by one.

The result is still mostly failed individuals.

Either they are physically disabled, or they are basically the same as the ones outside and have not changed much.

However, in the second half of the investigation, a mutant individual caught Hua Mi's attention.

Strictly speaking, this bee's evolution is not very successful.

Because its wings are smaller than normal and softened, its flying ability is greatly reduced.

In addition, there are no poison glands and pincers.

This means that its combat effectiveness is 0 and it can only be used to collect honey.

Due to the degeneration of its wings, the efficiency of collecting honey is not high.

However, it has an interesting feature.

It secretes a special substance that converts the sugar in the nectar into alcohol.

In other words, what this bee brews is not honey, but mead...

Hua Mi thought about it and felt that this bee species could be kept.

Modify the beehive and you can harvest mead directly.

Thinking of this, Hua Mi copied the bee template.

"Other bees make honey, but you make wine directly. It's so outrageous, let's call you a drunkard bee."

【Drunkard Bee】

It is mutated by ordinary bees absorbing an enhanced version of the mutant attractant. It looks very similar to ordinary bees. Its wings are smaller and thinner. It has no poisonous glands and pincers. It has honey sacs and mouthparts and can produce a special invertase. , converting sugar into alcohol…

【Lifespan: 0.8】

[Fecundity: 0.8]

[Productivity: 0.4]

[Attack power: 0]

[Defense: 0.8]

[Vitality: 0.6]

【Speed: 0.5】

[Tactical bonus: 3]

[Collection ability: 0.5]

[Combat ability: 0]

The overall assessment is [Level 2 bee].

The attributes of this bee species are truly outstanding in all aspects.

Although it is theoretically possible to brew mead, there may be some problems in practice.

"Let's test the waters by converting one first."

Hua Mi injected the alcoholic bee template into an ordinary bee colony, which immediately returned to the beehive to secrete waxy cocoons.

There are also hybrid experiments.

As usual, breed a new queen bee and prepare to cross with the drunkard bee.

Maybe this can be used to make up for the attribute gaps in various aspects of this bee species.

…

This time, there was nothing else to gain except this drunkard bee.

It's somewhat disappointing.

Hua Mi left the greenhouse and trotted towards the wooden house despite the strong wind.

When we arrived under the eaves, we were about to open the door.

There was a sudden shiver on the back.

Hua Mi tensed up instantly and looked back.

I saw a man in black robe making a hunting sound in the strong wind.

Half of his livid face was exposed under the hood.

Hua Mi turned around and faced him directly.

At this time, dark clouds covered the sky, the sky was dark, and the black robe on the man was shaking again.

But Hua Mi still keenly saw the mark on the left chest of the black robe.

It was a scale pattern embroidered with gold thread, with a circle on the outside.

"Alchemy Society?"

Hua Mi immediately recalled that he had seen an introduction to the Alchemy Society in a book.

The symbol of that organization is a circle and a scale.

The scale has almost become the symbol of the alchemist. For example, the badge of the court alchemist given to him by Princess Karen had a scale pattern on it.

The Alchemy Society is an open and formal organization, similar in nature to the Adventurer's Guild.

But it seems more mysterious to the outside world.

Of course, the members of the Alchemy Society are all alchemists, and they come from all races.

The headquarters is set up in the Emerald City, so it can be seen that the elves have the greatest influence among them.

It's hard to tell whether the other party is a human or an elf.

The black robe obscured his physical features.

"I will not move if the enemy cannot stand."

Hua Mi was fully vigilant, but remained calm.

The confrontation lasted for about ten seconds.

The strong wind gradually died down.

The dark clouds shrouding the sky gradually dispersed, and the sun shone brightly on the earth.

The other party finally spoke:

"I'm here on behalf of the Alchemy Society."

His voice sounds very young, his words are clear and full of energy.

As expected, he is from the Alchemy Society.

What's the purpose of coming here?

If there is anything here that can attract the attention of the Alchemy Society, it should be honey...

It is impossible for them to develop an "alchemical potion" without toxic side effects within the existing alchemical framework.

So you're here to get information?

"welcome."

Hua Mi replied to him without any unnecessary movements or expressions.

"Are you the Bee Whisperer?"

"it's me."

The other party raised his head slightly.

Hua Mi finally saw his eyes.

That is……

Hua Mi noticed that his eyeballs seemed to have some rune-like lines engraved on them, emitting a faint red light.

"I've brought you an opportunity," he said.