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"Su Yi meow! There are some traces there meow!" Lu Cao screamed.
"I saw it, dew grass." Su Yi narrowed his eyes and walked over.
Where the steep slope extends to the coastal shallows, traces of crawling appear on the mud and sand.
The mark did not look like the crawling mark caused by the bulging part of the abdomen of the great ferocious jackal dragon, but more like the mark of some four-legged creature crawling ashore using its chest and abdomen.
Su Yi couldn't help but recall the sea dragon that fought against the male fire dragon when he first came to the New World.
"Could it be you?" Su Yi looked up at the sea in the distance. It seemed that there was a hunter staring at him in the deep sea, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
Fortunately, these traces are already very old and are almost completely filled up with sand and stone.
"Start digging!" Su Yi released his apprentice bear, the ferocious jackal dragon and the scratching bird.
Su Yi and his team used various techniques and tools to dig. As the rocks were broken and peeled off, the color of the ore was revealed in the parts that were not dug deeply last time.
Su Yi collected the minerals of different colors. The minerals shining in the sun were quite beautiful.
Su Yi seemed to understand why Daigo was obsessed with digging stones. Digging beautiful and diverse minerals gave people a sense of anticipation.
"do not come!"
"Wow!"
Just as Su Yi was leisurely counting his harvest, panicked cries for help were heard from the forest above the steep slope.
"Is there anyone?" Su Yi quickly gathered his companions and ran towards the sound with Lucao.
Carefully passing through the bushes, Su Yi looked closely in the direction of the sound and saw a dragon scholar wearing glasses running in panic, with four or five ferocious jackal dragons roaring and chasing him behind him.
"Good opportunity." Su Yi quietly released the sword's scabbard and held the hilt in his hand.
"Yin?" Du Jianshao shook his body slightly.
"Shh, Du Jianshao, give me a hand. Don't make any noise and just follow my instructions and use my moves." Su Yi said as he pulled Du Jianshao's sword out of its sheath.
"Yin!" Du Jianshao was very happy to be able to help Su Yi.
"Okay, Lucao, get ready for battle!" Su Yi put the small shield of the one-handed sword in his right hand and held the scabbard of the one-handed sword in his left hand.
"Meow!" Lucao held the dagger and was ready.
"Go! Single sword scabbard! Split the tiles!" Su Yi rushed out and shouted in a low voice.
The blade of the scabbard glowed, and Su Yi immediately swung it at a ferocious jackal dragon.
Whoa!
The scales of the ferocious jackal dragon were broken in an instant, and its muscles were cut. The ferocious jackal dragon was knocked down by the power of the sword and let out a painful roar.
Although the blade of the sword sheath is broken, it still has considerable power with the help of the moves.
The sudden appearance of the people startled the ferocious jackal dragons. Before they could see the enemy clearly, the catapults fired torches continuously, which exploded with several flames and scared them away.
"Hiss, ha ha!" The ferocious jackal dragon let out a threatening roar. Su Yi fired torches again to force it back. Lu Cao waved the dagger and used the cat attack technique, cutting the ferocious jackal dragon all over its body.
"Gaaaa!" The ferocious jackal dragon stood up and roared everywhere, starting to call on its kind.
"Let's go!" Su Yi didn't want to expose his companion beast now, so he carried the dragon scholar and fled.
After escaping for a distance and making sure he had gotten rid of the enemy, Su Yi stopped and looked at the dragon scholar, and suddenly felt that he looked familiar.
"Director of the Botanical Research Institute?" Su Yi asked in surprise.
The dragon-human researcher in front of him was a member of the fourth group, a researcher in charge of plant research, and could also be simply referred to as the director of the Institute of Plant Research.
In the game, this is an important NPC. After you unlock the vegetation center and complete a series of tasks to upgrade its functions, you can plant and cultivate various plants, insects, and mushroom items here. He is an important logistics provider for hunters to synthesize various commonly used items.
"Phew! We're saved! Thank you, hunter." The director of the Vegetation Institute breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Su Yi.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 111: Information about the Great Anthill Wasteland, Feeding the Cow for the Second Time
The director of the Institute of Vegetation pushed up his glasses, his expression still showing some fear.
"Which hunter group are you from? You look very young, but never mind. None of this matters. Thank you for saving me." The director of the Institute of Vegetation looked at Su Yi and said.
This was the character or concept of the Director of the Institute of Vegetation at the beginning. He believed that as a member of the Dragon People with a long lifespan, he was destined to watch many lives grow old and die.
Therefore, he believed that instead of making friends and then falling into the sadness and loneliness of gradually losing friends, it would be better to calm down and focus on studying plants with long lifespans like ancient giant trees and let these plants accompany him.
Therefore, the director usually does not pay attention to the people around him, but only focuses on plant research.
"By the way, Director, it's too dangerous for you to go out and do research alone." Su Yi said, at least you should have a hunter.
The director shook his head and said, "There are not many hunters in the base right now. Recently, there have been some incidents in the Great Ant Mound Wasteland, and many hunters have gone to investigate."
"So the hunters in the base are not sufficient right now."
However, Su Yi was attracted by the information in the director's words and immediately asked, "What happened to the Great Ant Mound Wasteland?"
The director asked in confusion: "You are a hunter, don't you know?"
Su Yi realized that he had let the cat out of the bag, and then he explained slowly: "My mission is in the Ancient Tree Forest, and I haven't been back to the base recently."
"Is that so?" The director of the Institute of Vegetation did not doubt him. These were not things he would pay attention to.
"It's like this. Recently, the monsters in the Great Anthill Wasteland have been very active. Monsters like the Brute Jaw Dragon, the Earth Sand Dragon, and the Female Rathalos have frequently appeared near the oasis and swamps around the base."
"Their activity areas have deviated from their original habitats, and their behaviors are somewhat abnormal," explained the director of the Institute of Vegetation.
Su Yi thought for a while and asked, "Is there any abnormal weather?"
The director replied: "You guessed it might be the influence of the ancient dragon? But I heard it doesn't seem to be that serious, and there are no abnormal weather conditions."
In this case, either powerful monsters have invaded their original territory, or some disaster is happening, forcing them to move away from their habitat.
"Are there any clues?" Su Yi asked.
The director of the Institute of Plant Research shook his head: “Not yet, and due to lack of manpower, the progress of the investigation is very slow, and some hunters were injured by the monsters that became irritable.
"Never mind all that, Hunter. I have a research that has not been completed yet and it was interrupted by those monsters, so I would like to ask you to escort me, okay?" the director pleaded.
Su Yi thought about it and decided that he had nothing to do for the time being, so it would be a good idea for him to ask the director of the Institute of Vegetation about the situation in the base indirectly, so he nodded and agreed.
Walking into the forest again, the director of the Vegetation Institute was much more cautious. Until he approached the thick root of an ancient giant tree, the director ran over eagerly, looking for something.
"Found it!" the director said happily.
As he spoke, he began to take out various tools, started recording various data, and then took samples from several plants.
After a series of operations that Su Yi couldn't understand, the director of the Institute of Vegetation stood up with satisfaction.
"The ancient giant trees are truly magical, which is why I can't wait to study them," the director exclaimed.
"Countless plants coexist and thrive with ancient giant trees. If we can crack the mystery of this phenomenon, some rare and difficult-to-cultivate plants can be cultivated in large quantities."
It seemed that because of the harvest, the director of the Institute of Vegetation talked a lot. It can be seen that he really likes plants and is fascinated by the mystery of the symbiosis between ancient giant trees and other plants.
"Unfortunately, the ancient tree seeds I brought back have never been able to germinate and grow." The director of the Vegetation Institute sighed.
Although Su Yi knew how to make the ancient tree seeds germinate, he could do nothing about it now because that required the energy of the ancient dragon.
It was not until later that the Molten Dragon landed and the investigation team found fragments of its fallen shell while tracking the Molten Dragon. They used them as fertilizer, which made the seeds of the ancient tree germinate.
"Meow? Did you hear any noise? Meow?" Lucao moved her cat ears.
"What's going on?" Su Yi listened attentively, and the sound of slow footsteps on the ground gradually became clearer.
"Monster?" Su Yi clenched the scabbard of his sword tightly without saying a word, keeping alert to his surroundings.
"Director, let's go!"
"Okay!" The director nodded, his expression instantly becoming nervous.
Boom!
A pair of huge horns broke through the bushes, and a giant beast covered with snow-white fur strode over. It swept away the obstacles and walked in front of Su Yi and others.
"It's a Bullosaurus." Su Yi breathed a sigh of relief temporarily.
"It's a monster! Why don't you run away?" The director was extremely terrified.
The director's scream attracted the attention of the Bullosaurus. It turned its head to look at the noisy little thing and snorted in displeasure.
Su Yi quickly comforted the director and said, "Director, don't worry. This kind of monster will not be dangerous as long as you don't provoke it."
The director patted his chest, forced himself to calm down, and asked with a deep breath, "So, it's dangerous to provoke it?"
Su Yi shrugged. It was dangerous to provoke monsters.
Seeing that the little creature in front of him had quieted down, the Bullosaurus looked around, then set his gaze on Su Yi, and tilted his head, seeming a little confused.
"Is it still that Bullosaurus?" Su Yi was stunned, then smiled and sprinkled a can of Pokémon food on the ground, and finally added several fruits from the Pokémon world.
"Moo~" When the Bullosaurus saw the food that it could not find in the entire ancient tree forest, it walked forward with some joy. It sniffed it, and then ate it in one bite mixed with the fruit.
"Moo~" The Bullosaurus shook its head and wiggled its two little ears, as if it liked the taste of the food.
Su Yi plucked up his courage, took out some Pokémon food and fruits again, held them in his hands, and slowly walked forward.
The bull dragon looked at Su Yi who was approaching, lowered its head, and sniffed the food mixed with Su Yi's scent. At such a close distance, Su Yi could clearly feel the breath coming towards him.
The Bullosaurus didn't hesitate. It rolled up its tongue and ate all the food in Su Yi's hand.
Su Yi smiled and wiped the saliva from his hands.
"Moo~" The Bull Dragon let out a low cry, then continued to walk in one direction until it went deep into the lush forest.
"Wow! You are so bold!" The director of the Institute of Vegetation pushed his glasses and exclaimed.
"Hahaha! It's okay." Su Yi also breathed a sigh of relief.
He did not forget that monsters are monsters after all. Although their temperaments are different, they definitely do not have high intelligence like Pokémon, so he still has to be careful when necessary.
If the Bull Dragon hadn't just behaved as if it recognized Su Yi, Su Yi would not have dared to move forward rashly.
After completing the investigation, the director of the Vegetation Institute immediately expressed his intention to return to the base. After Su Yi escorted the director to the outskirts of the base, he left.
After returning to the base, Su Yi found that Xun Miao was not running around, but lying lazily under the shade of the tree.
Su Yi walked forward with satisfaction and subconsciously patted Swift Cat's tail like he did with other accompanying animals.
"Huh!" Xun Miao turned around and looked at Su Yi with displeasure.