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There is red wine, sake, and white wine in Lingye's wine cellar, but no beer.
She brought some white wine with her when she came, because she knew that Grandpa Hinata liked to drink a little. Fujitaka also took a sip and found it was good wine.
Reimu wanted it, but before she could say it, she realized that this was outside of Gensokyo. Here, with the body of an ordinary human girl, the taste of alcohol was not pleasant. And it would make you drunk!
It’s still more convenient in Gensokyo. The Hakurei Miko is completely immune to alcohol.
Forget it, I'll go have a few drinks with Yakumo after I get back.
Bei Dao bought three boxes of beer.
Miss Ooshige arrived half an hour later. Sakura was resting today, but as her manager, she didn't rest. But the temptation of barbecue was endless. After seeing three boxes of beer on the scene, she fell even more.
A few people ate barbecue together with beer. This was Kotaro's first time trying it. It was a wonderful feeling, as if all the troubles could be put aside.
The unique satisfaction of chewing smoked food, followed by a sip of cold, carbonated beer, is the right way to start your life.
“I don’t know if my brothers have ever eaten barbecue.”
Ling also knew that the brothers Kotaro was talking about were the Ultra Brothers.
Thinking back, Zhu Xingtuan looked like someone who went to a high-class banquet, not someone who would eat barbecue. Beidou was carefree, and I didn't think he would eat barbecue with Nan Xizi.
Speaking of Minami Yuko, she was serving everyone at this time, grilling mushrooms and beef seriously. No one present knew her, and they just thought she was Reiya's friend. Hyuga Miyaji didn't know that the Moon Goddess, whom he had worshipped all his life, was right in front of him, and handed him a few skewers of barbecue cooked by himself.
Fujitaka wanted Nan Xizi to take a break, as it wouldn't make sense for her to work so hard without a guest. However, for Nan Xizi, this was not tiring. Instead, it was a very interesting thing that she had never experienced before.
"Beidou has never eaten barbecue."
Nan Xizi suddenly interrupted. Beidou always pushed himself very hard. In the two years since they met, he never really relaxed. Even when he wanted to go skiing in the snowy mountains during his only vacation, he experienced two super beast attacks in two different snowy mountains.
Really, he never relaxed for a single day during those two years. It was like fate.
It hurts people.
As for Hayata and Go Hideki, they probably don't eat barbecue often.
"That's such a pity." Kotaro felt that his life would be incomplete without trying Earth's beer and barbecue, although this was his first time eating them.
"It's decided. Next time, I'll invite my brothers to Earth for a barbecue!"
This is a characteristic of the Earth.
Not to mention the decision that Kotaro made secretly in his heart, perhaps it was because he ate too many mushrooms that day and suffered retribution. Two days later, Tokyo was attacked by mushroom monsters.
Kitajima's vacation is over, and it was originally Kotaro's turn to take a vacation, but he was stopped by the appearance of a monster.
If Beidou were here, he would tell his brother that the human body of the Giant of Light is destined not to take a vacation, otherwise there will be monsters.
Chapter 439: Mushroom Monster and Cold Wind Monster
A mushroom monster appeared in Tokyo.
It is called a monster because the mushroom is about 50 to 60 meters tall. But other than that, it is just a mushroom and does not pose any other threats.
It was no different from any random mushroom growing in the forest after rain, the only difference was that it was too big and growing in the middle of the city.
So at first the ZAT team was not sure whether to attack or not. It was not clear whether it was a "disaster level" or not.
Whether it is animals, plants, or fungi, as long as they are living things on Earth, they should be treated equally. They are all links in the ecological food chain.
But the appraisal report from headquarters came out very quickly.
"That creature is not from Earth. In addition to the genes of Earth creatures, it also has some components of space creatures. The function of its spores is unknown, but there is a high probability that they are poisonous to humans!"
Since it is harmful, it can only be eliminated.
"We don't need Taro and Gaia this time." Kitajima joked.
It's just a mushroom, rooted in the ground, it won't grow legs and run away, nor will it resist. This should be the easiest battle for ZAT against the monster.
The ZAT team initially thought so, but when the attack began, this thought gradually changed.
Missiles, lasers, whatever weapons attacked the mushrooms, they had no effect. The rumble of artillery fire, smoke filled the sky above the city, and missiles accurately hit the target dozens or hundreds of times, the only use was to add a little light and shadow effect. The mushrooms didn't even have their skin scratched.
"This is so weird, what on earth is going on with this monster?"
"That's right, Vice Captain. I analyzed the data you sent back from the scene. This mushroom has a lot of hollow structures. The shock wave of the explosion will be offset to the greatest extent. The large number of spores on its surface took the damage of the high temperature burning instead of the main body."
It was Moriyama's voice on the communicator.
Mushrooms are soft and tough, and they act as a natural bulletproof layer, which can offset the impact damage of missile explosions to the greatest extent.
"But that doesn't make sense. Even if it's wearing a 'bulletproof vest', aren't plants most afraid of fire?"
"That's not necessarily true," Bei Dao explained, he knew the answer to this question.
"If plants are indeed rich in water, they may be immune to fire. You should know that the baobab trees in Africa are so full of water during the rainy season that they will not be burned even if they encounter forest fires that burn for days and nights. They will still sprout in the scorched earth after the spring rain."
That tree is literally made of water, and if this mushroom is the same, then we're in real trouble.
Yesterday and the day before yesterday, Tokyo had two consecutive days of heavy rain, but the river water level did not rise. No one paid attention to this phenomenon at first, but now I think back, could it be that all the rain in Tokyo was sucked away by this mushroom?
"If this monster's body is full of water, it would probably have tens of thousands of cubic meters. It's impossible to dry it out!"
That's not something that can be destroyed by a few bombs, and even burning Tokyo might not help. This method won't work.
"What about using poison? Whether it's plants or fungi, they're always afraid of pesticides, right?"
"Pesticides, maybe it would work. What do you think, Kotaro?"
Suddenly asked by the vice-captain, if it was in the past, Kotaro would definitely not have any objection. As long as the monsters can be eliminated, everything is worth it. Eliminating evil and upholding justice, this is the education he received in the Kingdom of Light.
But now he has a different idea. He thought of Gaia, who worked hard to protect the creatures on this planet. As long as they were born on Earth, all life, even the lives of monsters, are worth cherishing.
"Even if pesticides are effective, how much pesticide is needed to kill such a large mushroom? If these toxins eventually flow into the earth, the remaining poison will cause harm for a long time."
Destroying the enemy is indeed important, but there are still more important things.
The phrase 'at all costs' is often irresponsible.
Araki was a little surprised. This was not what Kotaro would say in the past. In the past, he was reckless and dared to roll up the neck of a monster with a crane. He didn't even care about his own life and didn't consider anything else.
Kotaro seems a little strange now.
But it's good.
"Kotaro is right. Even if it's to destroy the monster, we must consider a more cautious method."
How can we destroy this mushroom without damaging the surrounding environment?
Kotaro wanted to hear what the planet itself thought.
Humans pray to gods and Buddhas only for comfort, but Kotaro knows that if they pray sincerely to the earth, they will get a response.
So he recited it silently in his heart, and then he really got a response.
"Barbecue? Captain, what do you say, we grill this mushroom?"
Really, after hearing Reiya's voice, Kotaro realized why he didn't think of it.
"Kotaro, were you sleepwalking just now? I've already told you before that there are tens of thousands of cubic meters of water in this mushroom. How much fuel would that take? Even if you burn all of Tokyo, you still can't dry it out!"
"Why do we need fuel?" Kotaro pointed to the sky, "Isn't there an endless supply of flames there?"
"The sky... ah, you mean the sun!"
The sun always shines on this planet, and everything on Earth actually comes from the sun's energy, an inexhaustible source of clean energy.
"Kotaro you are so smart!"
The autumn sun is not as strong as the summer sun, but as long as they use a magnifying glass to focus all the light from the sky above Tokyo onto the mushroom, even tens of thousands of tons of water can be dried up.
This is a big project, but it is not a big deal for the ZAT team. At least it is much better than spraying a large amount of pesticides and causing endless trouble.
The next morning, everything was ready.
The giant convex lens customized from the Magni aliens weighs more than thousands of tons. This is because the aliens used high-tech lightweight transparent materials. If it were glass, it would be ten times heavier.
The Tianjing, Super Swallow and Condor each hung at one end and flew into the sky with a convex lens.
The spotlight came to the top of the giant mushroom.
The sunlight from several kilometers in radius was focused by the huge convex lens, generating a temperature of thousands of degrees within a range of more than ten meters at the focus point, which continuously roasted the mushroom.
A large amount of water vapor was evaporating, and the mushrooms were visibly shrinking. Water that was enough to fill two or three large swimming pools was evaporated one after another, and the water vapor rose into the air.
Ling also stood on the ground, looking up at the seven-color rainbow formed in the sky.
very nice.
Using the sun, that was indeed her idea. Humans are used to burning wood and oil for heating because that is how human civilization originated.
But for the Earth, it is instinctive to obtain energy from the sun. That is the origin of life on Earth.
These water vapors will not be wasted, but will enter the next water cycle, waiting to fall on rivers, lakes and seas again as rain.
Half an hour later, the mushrooms were completely roasted into charcoal, leaving only a layer of ash on the ground.
"Ha, we win!"
The ZAT team had reason to celebrate. They did not rely on the power of Ultraman. This time they won the victory entirely on their own.
The three planes returned triumphantly and flew away into the distance.
But Ling was a little confused.
“Did you really win?”
She felt a little weird, but couldn't tell what was wrong. Even with the Light of Gaia, she wasn't omniscient and omnipotent. Even the planet's will Gaia itself wasn't omniscient and omnipotent, so maybe it was just an illusion?
All the cells of that mushroom were indeed burnt and inactive.
"Kenar, did you notice anything unusual?"
Kainar is just a mass projection of the starship and can appear anywhere at will, so it is very convenient for her to follow Lingye.
"No abnormalities were found. The target organism has been confirmed to be inactive."
Since the starship mastermind of the fourth-level civilization said so, Ling didn't think about it any more.
Two days later, typhoon orange warnings were issued in many places on the island country.
A strong typhoon Gulong has formed in the western Pacific and is heading south, and is expected to make landfall on the island country.
Summer is the season with the most typhoons, and autumn should have seen fewer typhoons. However, according to the results of meteorological satellite detection, Typhoon Gulong was very strong, with the wind level at sea reaching over 18 and the wind speed reaching 70 meters per second.
It was originally expected to make landfall in Hokkaido, but then the typhoon made a strange turn.