Chapter 399

The buzzing forest mentioned by the dark-skinned man is located on the south bank of Esmer Lake, adjacent to Esmer Lake.

Gao De found out the specific location of the buzzing forest, thanked the fisherman, and walked toward the direction of the buzzing forest.

As he approached the forest, as a lake breeze blew by, the lake water gently slapped the shore, making a pleasant gurgling sound.

Immediately following, the lake breeze passed through the forest, and a series of subtle buzzing sounds rose one after another.

The sound was not harsh, but it was indeed extremely noisy, intertwined together, no different from buzzing.

The name was indeed well-chosen.

The forest was not large, with a total of twenty or so trees, scattered in an orderly fashion, and the distance between each tree was relatively spacious.

Each of these buzzing trees was extremely thick and straight, and the bark presented a unique dark gray color, with irregular patterns covering the surface.

Gao De touched it with his hand; not to mention the hard texture, these patterns also had subtle bumps, as if winding paths were spreading on the bark.

Looking at the trunk again, there were dense small holes, which looked very much like a honeycomb.

These holes varied in size, with the large ones being as thick as a thumb, and the small ones being like needle eyes.

A faint, unique smell of wood drifted over; that was the unique smell emitted by the resin, carrying a hint of faint sourness, which couldn't be considered good-smelling.

But it wasn't unpleasant either, having a simple and primitive atmosphere.

Of these twenty or so buzzing trees, basically every one had a small section of bark torn off by the fishermen, revealing the fresh xylem inside.

Afterward, the fishermen used hemp rope to hang a container with a rough surface and slightly upturned edges in the shape of a small bowl underneath.

The thick resin slowly seeped out along the holes and dripped into the container below.

These freshly flowed buzzing resins had a thick texture, and under the illumination of the sunlight, they flashed with a charming luster, and the appearance was actually extremely similar to honey.

Gao De observed carefully for a while.

The function of this buzzing resin was still limited to what he had heard from the fishermen, and he had not verified it himself.

After a little thought, he took down one of the containers.

The buzzing resin in the container was already half full, shaking gently in the container, still in a thick liquid state.

With a slight movement of magic power in his body, Gao De cast 【Prestidigitation】 to make the buzzing resin in the container warm, and then accelerated the evaporation of the solvent on the surface of the resin through 【Gust】, thereby accelerating its solidification speed.

With both methods used together, the resin changed rapidly.

The originally flowing golden liquid gradually lost its agility, and before long, it completely turned into a brownish-yellow solid.

At this time, its surface looked extremely smooth, and under the reflection of the sunlight, it also had a certain degree of luster.

Gao De pressed the solid buzzing resin with his finger gently; it immediately deformed, slightly denting under his fingertip.

However, after he let go, it instantly returned to its original shape, showing unique elasticity.

Gao De also cast 【Cat's Claw】, using his sharpened fingernails as a dagger, and stabbed into the solidified buzzing resin.

With a "plop" sound, as if a sharp blade had stabbed into a soft object, his fingernails immediately sank into it, but did not penetrate completely.

This resin showed amazing toughness.

And after Gao De pulled out his fingernails, the small holes on the resin closed quickly, leaving only a very shallow, barely perceptible mark.

Gao De's eyes lit up again and again.

Of course, the test was far from over.

The most important test had not been done yet.

Gao De brought this piece of solidified buzzing resin to the shore, and using 【Water Manipulation】, he first controlled a stream of lake water to pour toward the buzzing resin.

As soon as the water flow touched the resin, it was as if it had encountered an object with strong repulsive force, immediately turning into round water droplets, sliding off rapidly along the surface of the resin.

The surface of the resin was almost not wetted, leaving only a few very subtle water stains.

Just as the dark-skinned man said, the waterproof effect of buzzing resin was extremely significant.

Gao De also controlled the water flow to wrap around this piece of solidified buzzing resin, and then condensed it into ice, freezing it inside.

This was not enough; he also drew the North Wind and approached the ice block.

The Enduring Zhenbing chill contained in the North Wind, like a surging cold wave, was released instantly, causing the already extremely low temperature of the ice block to drop by dozens of degrees again.

Afterward, Gao De stood quietly on the spot and began a long wait and observation...

He was very patient and waited for nearly an hour before actively lifting the ice freezing.

With the lifting of the spell, the ice block melted, turning into water droplets, sliding off rapidly along the surface of the buzzing resin.

And this piece of solidified buzzing resin, after experiencing extreme cold, was still flexible, without any cracks, and compared to an hour ago, there was no difference at all.

Its stability in an extreme cold environment far exceeded Gao De's expectations.

Gao De thought for a moment, picked up the buzzing resin with Mage Hand, suspended it in the air, and then cast 【Acid Splash】, creating a mass of green acid, mixed it into the lake water, and splashed it toward the buzzing resin.

Just like before, these lake waters mixed with acid fell on the buzzing resin and immediately turned into round water droplets and slid off.

And on the surface of the resin, there was no sign of corrosion at all.

Finally, Gao De extended his right hand, and a mass of flame rose up with a "whoosh."

【Burning Fire】.

He used this mass of flame to heat the solidified buzzing resin, wanting to test the performance of buzzing resin under high temperature.

The result was far beyond Gao De's expectations.

The resin, which had extremely strong stability at low temperatures, also possessed this property at high temperatures, and it only began to soften when it approached a high temperature of one hundred degrees.

After softening, the plasticity was excellent, and it could be easily molded into various shapes, and then after the temperature dropped and it re-solidified, the strength also had almost no change.

After this series of tests, Gao De looked back at that small patch of buzzing forest, and his gaze was completely different.

This buzzing tree, which was disliked by many people, was simply a pearl covered in dust!

Gao De returned to the forest quickly.

He scanned these buzzing trees and found that there were scattered capsules growing between the branches and leaves.

Gao De immediately cast Mage Hand, and the illusory ghost hand quickly shuttled between the branches and leaves, picking several capsules from the buzzing trees.

Afterward, he broke one of them open casually.

With a "pop" sound, the capsule split open.

Sure enough, the seeds inside were revealed immediately: oval-shaped, brown, with a smooth surface.

Without a doubt, the buzzing tree is a brand-new tree species; planting it in the northern realm can catalyze the growth of Yujia Te Xila.

But for Gao De, the significance of the buzzing tree went far beyond this.

It was not just "nutrients" to catalyze Yujia Te Xila; it possessed greater uses itself.

Therefore, this time, Gao De was not satisfied with collecting one or two tree seeds.

He cast Mage Hand again, plucked all twenty or so buzzing trees, and collected more than two hundred capsules in one breath, only then feeling satisfied.

(End of chapter)