Chapter 226: Server Event! Magic Plant Frenzy!

The greenhouse caves in Beifeng City grow not only the rations for the residents of the Graveyard, but also a certain proportion of cash crops.

Led by Dave, Luo Yan, riding Arachdo, moved slowly along the main road of the planting area, his pitch-black cloak rising and falling slowly with the spider legs that were moving.

After passing through a stalactite cave, the group soon arrived at an area completely different from before.

A large amount of quartz grows here, and the dark green ghostly light radiates from the turbid crystals.

"...... This is an unmined magic crystal mine. Since this area was already included in the planting area when we discovered it, and the surrounding area has been transformed into greenhouse caves, the mining difficulty is high, so your servants decided to give up mining after discussion, and instead directly connect the magic conductor to this magic crystal mine."

Stopping at a cave entrance, Dave in robes reported to the Demon King with a respectful tone.

And after listening to his report, Luo Yan's face showed an expression of approval, and he nodded with a smile.

"Not bad, this is a genius idea."

Oak's magic workshop has found the trick to concentrate and transport magic power through magic conductors, and magic crystals are different from coal mines. They don't need to be ignited to release energy, so directly carving Nether-scripts that release magic power on magic crystal mines is also a method to improve utilization efficiency, at most it requires more effort in the design of the magic array.

However, considering that the greenhouse caves are right next to this magic crystal mine, this work should not be very difficult, and the magic loss is completely within the acceptable range.

Seeing the expression of approval on the Demon King's face, Dave continued in a respectful tone.

"Since your servants adopted the method of activating the natural magic reserves in the magic crystal mine by setting up magic arrays, the magic content of this cave will be much higher than other planting areas. According to Mr. Miranda's suggestion, we divided this magic-rich area separately and improved it into a special crop planting area."

"Unlike the area where staple food was planted before, the main crops grown here are rare varieties transplanted from the south coast of the Vortex Sea or the New Continent. They have extremely harsh requirements for the environment, but relatively speaking, the value of the finished products is also relatively high...... They are all very precious magic medicine materials and alchemy materials."

Luo Yan asked with interest.

"What about the seeds? Where did you get them?"

Dave said respectfully.

"Thanks to the alliance between you and the Calamity Fortress, they have many of these things in their hands, and it just so happens that they are not good at farming, so we bought them from their hands."

Hearing Dave's answer, Luo Yan immediately guessed what was going on.

With the nature of Hell Dwarves, they probably snatched these seeds from human caravans when they went down the mountain to plunder.

From the northeast coast of the Vortex Sea to the wasteland in the north of the Aus continent, there is an important trade route. Merchants of the Ryan Kingdom will purchase magic materials and seeds from the south of the Vortex Sea and the New Continent through the port of Lei Ming City, pass through the Ryan Kingdom and the Lode Kingdom, and transport them to the territory of the Empire's Academy.

On this journey, they will pass through the Creek Valley Plain and the corridor in the southwest branch of the Ten Thousand Swords Mountain. The Calamity Fortress where the Hell Dwarves are located is located in the southwest of the Broken Rock Peak, which connects the Creek Valley Plain and the Twilight Forest.

'These Hell Dwarves probably don't just have rare magic materials and seeds, they should also have many alchemy tools and magic books produced by the Academy.'

Luo Yan couldn't help but ponder in his heart, thinking about how to lure the Hell Dwarves to his territory to sell stolen goods through trade means.

Although he doesn't need those junk very much, players should be very interested in those fancy equipment.

It just so happens that both sides have close cooperation in food and mineral trade, so this matter should be able to be matched.

Thinking this way, Luo Yan turned over from Arachdo's back and walked toward the nearest cave.

The medicinal material planted here is a kind of plant called Burning Flame Flower, which mainly grows in volcanic craters or the desert area outside the Brass Pass, and only blooms in magic-rich areas. The oil extracted from the petals of the Burning Flame Flower is mixed with the poison sac of the Purgatory Scorpion, and three drops of Dragon Turtle bile are added to synthesize a magic potion that enhances fire resistance.

Due to the special geographical environment of Hell, this brightly colored and long-lasting flower is very popular in Hell. It is said that some demons will carry it as a "lucky flower" to pray for good luck.

Luo Yan bent down and carefully observed these delicate flowers, feeling the weak fire element fluctuations from the fluorescent leaves.

The magic conductor buried in the soil provides a fire element environment for the root system of the plant.

Not only that, he also smelled a faint smell of sulfur, which seemed to be emitted from the fertilizer spread on the soil.

Luo Yan stretched out his hand and touched the leaves gently, and soon, as if triggering some magic, a circle of ripples spread to the surroundings.

At this time, a Skeleton soldier lurking in the flower bushes stood up slowly, as if noticing some movement, the soul fire flickering in the skull, approaching Luo Yan.

Its skeleton made a slight clicking sound, just like a puppet pulled by a rope, holding a bone knife in its hand.

Sarah held the sword at her waist silently. Although she knew that this thing could not hurt the Demon King, she would not give any rude person a chance to offend him.

Luo Yan raised his hand gently, signaling Sarah and Arachdo to be calm, and then watched the skeleton calmly.

A power that could not be seen shrouded the top of the skeleton's head. That was not any magic power, but the power of faith above it.

It seemed to feel Luo Yan's gaze, the skeleton stopped its steps, just as if an invisible bond was put on its neck, making it involuntarily lower its head, in a state of submission.

Releasing his mental power to touch the soul residing in the skull, Luo Yan's eyebrows picked up a trace of surprise.

This skeleton soldier is not played by a player, nor is it a temporary summon through magic, but a skeleton soldier bound to the Acolyte career altar.

There is no soul in that skeleton, just a walking corpse, in other words, it is the "pet" he bestowed upon the summoning-type players.

Luo Yan didn't expect that the Career System had just been updated, and his little players were already using it.

And what surprised him even more was that they not only mastered the technique of manipulating summoned objects proficiently, but even used it in production by drawing inferences from one instance.

There is not just one skeleton soldier lurking in the greenhouse cave, but dozens of them, scattered in the narrow and rugged cave.

They are like scarecrows watching over this cave, while taking care of the crops growing under the magic crystal lamps, but at this moment they stopped because of a "bug".

The one who triggered the automatic counterattack rule was the Demon King, and in their "bottom-level code", it was impossible to attack the Demon King.

A rustling sound came from behind the flower bushes, and a Little Demon wearing a Nether-script breathing mask flew out from the depths of the cave.

Lao Jian Ju Hua: "Hey! Let you guys work! Why did you stop...... Huh?! Demon King, why are you here?!"

The player's face was full of surprise, almost forgetting to flap his wings, so that he fell from the sky.

"I'm just here to take a look, don't mind me, you just do your work."

Luo Yan smiled faintly, lifted the control of those little skeletons, and then asked the player.

"I'm curious, is there no problem with handing over these delicate crops to summoned objects to take care of?"

"No problem, no problem," 【Lao Jian Ju Hua】 laughed, "I usually just put them there as scarecrows, mainly to prevent wild monsters from digging in and stealing food. When I need them to work, I take over their actions myself."

Luo Yan continued to ask.

"How many skeleton soldiers can you micro-manage at once?"

Hearing the word micro-manage, 【Lao Jian Ju Hua】 was stunned, but didn't think much about it, and answered simply.

"Not many, not many, at the limit."

Six is not many, that's fine.

Hearing this player's answer, Luo Yan couldn't help but sigh. Generally, a Necromancer can be considered good if he can micro-manage six skeletons at the same time when reaching the Bronze-tier.

And this guy is only Black Iron-tier, and he can actually micro-manage six skeletons at the same time......

It can only be said that he is worthy of being a Little Demon, even the attribute points that should have been allocated to intelligence were allocated to mental power. This racial talent is indeed unmatched.

"It's already very good." Giving a pertinent evaluation, Luo Yan looked around, and suddenly asked curiously. "I've been wanting to ask since just now, where does the irrigation water come from in the mountain cave?"

Dave, who was following on the side, just wanted to answer, but the Little Demon player snatched the answer diligently.

"This is simple! We built water pipes in the mountain cave, and they are connected to the tap water system of Beifeng City!"

Tap water system is fine.

The expression on Luo Yan's face became more and more surprised, and then a look of approval appeared in his eyes.

"It seems that quite a few things happened when I was away."

He didn't expect that he had only been away for a few months, and Beifeng City was already using a tap water system.

He remembered that when he first left, the local residents still had to rely on water wells to fetch water, but he didn't expect that they were using tap water now.

At this time, a Dark Elf girl walked over holding a flower pot full of soil.

Her face was covered with a leather breathing mask, and she carried an oxygen bottle relying on Nether-script magic to provide oxygen on her back.

Seeing Luo Yan, a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes, and then she lowered her head respectfully.

"Demon King? Why are you here?"

"I'm just here to take a look," Luo Yan smiled faintly, looking at the flower pot in her hand and asked curiously. "What is this?"

"This is the fertilizer we newly prepared. Burning Flame Flower cannot grow in a general soil environment, so your servants and I tried to mix some volcanic ash and other magic materials into the soil......"

Communicating with the Demon King for the first time, the Dark Elf girl's cheeks couldn't help but flush with a rosy luster, and her index fingers under the flower pot were pushing each other.

"At present, the Burning Flame Flower has successfully bloomed, but the speed of breeding is still very slow, so we thought......"

"Just thought about whether we can improve the formula! Improve the ratio of different components in the soil! Please rest assured, Demon King, just leave this work to me!" The Little Demon player standing on the side suddenly interjected, his bright eyes flickering with a trace of jealousy or envy.

Luo Yan looked at him strangely, and then looked at the Dark Elf holding the flower pot, and understood what was going on in an instant.

Good guy.

The two of them have fallen in love.

However, judging from the annoyed look of the Dark Elf, this Dark Elf girl didn't seem to fancy this brother named 【Lao Jian Ju Hua】, and even felt a trace of disgust because her speech was interrupted.

And the brother named 【Lao Jian Ju Hua】 was in a diligent and flattering manner, almost becoming a bootlicker of this "NPC".

Thinking about it, it makes sense.

Even if the Dark Elf's figure is slender, she can be considered a "giant" standing in front of the Little Demon.

Luo Yan gave that player a helpless look, then followed the Acolyte's footsteps and continued to walk forward, continuing to inspect this back garden that produced alchemy materials for him.

Growing here are not only Burning Flame Flowers, but also Shadow Vines, Frost Grass, and a series of plants.

In the magic medicine knowledge he is familiar with, these herbs are magic materials with wide uses, and basically don't worry about not being sold. The only drawback is probably that they are too common and not rare enough.

The area of the special planting area is not large, and the group soon reached the end.

Looking at the cave that had not yet been utilized, Luo Yan stopped, his index finger gently stroking the leaves of a drooping vine.

Dark green magic light particles floated under the leaves of the vine.

He penetrated the soil through the Alchemy Eye and saw dense root systems intertwined in the improved humus layer, and the vine technique cast by the Dark Elf mage was still continuously urging them to grow.

Luo Yan withdrew his palm, and fine light particles dissipated from his left eye.

"The situation here is indeed amazing, but the variety of magic materials is still a bit small."

After saying that, he looked at Dave and continued.

"Dave, how many ecological environments can our greenhouse temperature layering system simulate?"

The Acolyte immediately opened the leather notebook he carried with him and said respectfully.

"Currently, twelve climate zones have been divided, but only three modes are actually enabled: temperate plains, hilly dry land, and frigid tundra—mainly to deal with the seasonal fluctuations of staple food planting."

"What a waste of heaven," Luo Yan suddenly pointed to the dim moss hanging on the top of the cave, "Do you see those mosses? If it's luminous fungus, in the black market of the Magic Capital, its spore powder can even be exchanged for silver of equal weight! And the Ice Crystal Rose of the Northern Wasteland, its nectar is the core material for making Eternal Frost Potion, and it is also the core formula of the 'Ghost Wine' that Hell Dwarves love most."

Arachdo suddenly coughed, and the eight compound eyes turned in a panic.

"Demon King, you should be clear that those magic plants have extremely harsh requirements for element concentration. Last time player 【Nong Da Gao Cai Sheng】 tried to transplant the Screaming Mandrake, the sound waves released by the root system collapsed three planting areas."

"That's why a professional team is needed."

Luo Yan flicked his finger to summon a group of jumping dark blue flames, and in the firelight appeared the image of Oak, the chief engineer of the Graveyard, debugging the element separator.

This guy has been tinkering with this thing, mainly used to divert the magic power excited from the magic crystal mine.

Magic power is different from electricity.

The latter only has one form, at most there is a difference between alternating current and direct current, while the types of the former are varied. In addition to the mainstream six basic elements, it may also produce more detailed chemical elements.

Therefore, before putting these chaotic magic powers into use, something like a sieve is needed to classify them into different sub-magic arrays.

"...... Notify the Engineering Department to transform the No. 7 mine tunnel into a magic frequency conversion test area. In addition, release a new mission chain at the Adventurer's Guild in Mist Town—for every successful introduction of a rare crop with a value of more than 1000 Nether coins into the planting area, the team or individual participating in the research can get 5% of the sales profit of the species in the next ten years!"

"Not just my minions, even our enemies—adventurers outside the Graveyard can participate!"

Compared to the potential production capacity of the Graveyard planting area, 5% of the share is already quite a lot.

After all, with the enthusiasm of life-career players, as long as the technical problems are solved, they will be able to roll to the sky in no time!

Sarah's cat ears suddenly stood up, and she said hesitantly.

"Those greedy adventurers will turn your territory into a magic plant expo...... Are you sure you want to do this?"

"This is exactly what I'm looking forward to."

Luo Yan laughed, and the hearty laughter stirred up fine echoes in the cave, and the magic-conducting lines on the rock wall flickered.

"When the merchant caravans of Lei Ming City find that they can buy ancient species that are extinct elsewhere, when the Empire's Academy has to go to the black market of Mist Town to find the magic materials they need, we can not only attract talents from all over the Aus continent, but also make their wisdom serve us."

While speaking, Luo Yan raised his hand gently, crushed the flame at his fingertips, and the splashing sparks formed a profit curve that kept rising in the air.

Although this cause may not be as profitable as the stocks of Kelin Mining Company, and it is not as direct as the income from selling diamonds, its strategic significance to the Graveyard is huge.

You You's illusory figure drilled out from under Luo Yan's cloak and said in a voice that only he could hear.

"But master, most magic plants need symbiotic organisms, such as Moon Thistle must stay with Star Butterfly larvae."

"So our 'server' needs to add a 【Ecological Chain Construction】 competition segment."

Luo Yan snapped his fingers, and a clicking sound of bone friction came from the end of the passage. More than thirty Undead rats ran in front of him, looking at him with pupils burning with green soul fire.

Clearing his throat, Luo Yan opened his mouth with a majestic voice.

"Tell my minions, whoever can design the most stable symbiotic system can get the limited title of 【Life Weaver】."

"Not only that, I will also reward him with an Undead warhorse with a Bai Yin-tier soul level!"

Undead warhorses are not rare things, the key is that the soul level is relatively rare.

The soul level determines the upper limit of growth.

Bai Yin-tier Undead warhorses are strategic resources in Hell. If you want to get them, you probably have to rely on the resources of the Partridge family.

However, Luo Yan doesn't intend to trouble Miss Mia. Succubus favors are not easy to return.

Possessing the Godhead, he only needs to sacrifice a living warhorse through the Acolyte career altar, and then spend more than 100,000 faith points to upgrade its soul to Bai Yin-tier.

The Undead warhorses made through this method are a bit stupid, but their strength is not bad, and they are most in line with the needs of players.

According to his observation, his players can accept that summoned objects are a bit stupid, but they cannot accept that summoned objects do not listen to commands and run around.

It seems that from the word 【Ecological Chain Construction】, an Acolyte in the team suddenly knelt on the ground.

He spread the leather notebook in his hand on the ground, looked at the pages that turned automatically with fanatical eyes, and muttered to himself while looking at the countless crop illustrations flashing on the pages.

"Subordinate understands! So that's it...... The key is to build a self-circulating ecological system! We can connect mine tunnels with different magic frequency bands into an 'Elemental Corridor', use dwarf steam pumps to create air circulation, and then let Dark Elves chant environmental maintenance incantations at key nodes......"

His mouth chattered endlessly, as if he were crazy, so much so that Arachdo and Sarah couldn't help but look at him twice more.

Luo Yan is the same.

Especially when he heard the word 【Ecological System】 from this guy's mouth, his face showed a look of surprise.

This guy's understanding is okay!

Seeing Luo Yan showing an interested expression, Dave immediately leaned to his side and said respectfully.

"His name is Emi. He was a copyist in the church in our village in the Twilight Forest, and often studied plants with local priests. Later, we followed the refugee team to your territory and served as Acolytes with me, and were assigned here. Unlike me who knows a little about farming, he is very good at fiddling with those flowers and plants, and often communicates with your minions."

After listening, Luo Yan nodded approvingly, and his index finger drew gently in the air, and a dark red crack appeared in the direction his finger ring swept.

A pitch-black notebook fell in front of Emi.

Looking at the blank Emi, Luo Yan continued in a gentle tone.

"I intend to hand over the new 'activity' to you...... This is the herbalism notebook I once used, maybe it can bring you some help."

Emi held the notebook in his hands like a treasure, looked at the Demon King with gratitude, and promised in a solemn voice.

Luo Yan waved his hand, indicating that he didn't have to be polite.

He had long since stopped using that notebook, entirely because the storage ring given to him by Professor Lilith still had a lot of space unused, so he threw it into the storage space by the way.

As the Demon King's figure disappeared into the depths of the tunnel, the mission panels of the players exploded with Nether-colored light at the same time.

The Undead rats that were harvesting wheat threw away the sickles in their hands one after another, and the interface of the player system had been swiped by the suddenly popped news:

【Server Announcement: Server activity "Magic Plant Frenzy" has been unlocked!】

At the same time, the "Catastrophe OL" official forum and the world channel have been occupied by boiling life-career players, and even combat-career players who usually have no interest in farming are gearing up.

Farming Makes Me Happy: "All life players assemble! I smell the taste of the version answer!"

Undead Gardener: "High price acquisition of Shadow-series seeds, can be exchanged for Bronze-tier Undead mounts!"

Legendary Liver King: "Damn?! The Career System just opened, where did you get the Bronze-tier Undead mount?"

Undead Gardener: "In this day and age, who is still waiting for the dog developer to update, just refine it yourself. (Grin)"

Hu Wan: "6666!"

Long Xing · Super Fierce Warrior: "No matter what, this Bai Yin-tier Undead warhorse, our Long Xing Tian Xia guild is determined to win!"

Legendary Liver King: "Hehe!"

Legendary Liver King: "Get lost! The first prize is definitely mine!"

Long Xing · I Am Good At Eating Rice: "Our boss has spoken, whichever brother is willing to cut love, he is willing to pay two million! RMB!"

Legendary Liver King: "Damn!"

Undead Gardener: "Brother! I am an undergraduate in biology! Do you still lack people there?"

Listening to the more bald the stronger: "Me me me! Look at me, I am a graduate student!"

Milk Tea Continuing Life: "I am a homebody! I am online twenty-four hours a day!"

Chi Tu De Fu Hao: "Cut! Two million is nothing, I'll pay three million!"

Long Xing Wan Li: "Five million."

Chi Tu De Fu Hao: "You are awesome......"

Hu Wan: "99999!"

Gou Shi: "Good guy, the activity hasn't ended yet, and the equipment hasn't exploded, you guys have already speculated on it. (Panic)"

Ye Zhiqiu: "Closed beta server, aren't you afraid that one update will make the value return to zero? (Sweat)"

Pig-headed Knight: "I'm sour. QAQ"

Sha Diao Dong Xi: "Damn! These local tyrants are too rich!"

Jing Luo Nan Bei: "Uh......"

Xiao Wan Can't Eat Enough: "Felt the difference in the world. (Silly smile)"

With the start of the new activity, the entire server is boiling! ===== CHAPTER 227 =====