Chapter 140: Saline Magic Rice

John dragged a corpse wrapped in a straw mat listlessly to the Dragon Fall Rift Valley. Legend has it that more than 100,000 years ago, a dragon fell from the sky, smashed into the ground, and cracked a rift valley, so it is called Dragon Fall Rift Valley.

When John was young, he had the idea of exploring, preparing to find the fallen dragon, but after going into the rift valley and looking, he had no interest at all.

"Instead of calling it Dragon Fall Rift Valley, it's more appropriate to call it Bird Poop Ditch," John said disappointedly to his little friends at the time.

Whether it is Dragon Fall Rift Valley or Bird Poop Ditch, it has now been reduced to a place for villagers to abandon corpses, a mass grave. This time it was the sixteenth corpse he had thrown this month.

The straw mat was not tied tightly. As he dragged it, one of the corpse's hands was exposed, scraping the ground. This hand was thin and bony, with only skin covering the bones, and it seemed to have starved to death.

John hooked with his foot, kicking the corpse's hand back into the straw mat. If possible, he would also like to give the corpse a coffin, but unfortunately, he couldn't. The straw mat was the only thing the village could take out, because there was a reed marsh at the entrance of the village, and there were plenty of straw mat raw materials.

However, recently, not many people have the strength to weave straw mats. They are all hungry. Since last year, the village has been in famine. There are fewer and fewer things to eat. After gnawing on reed roots for a period of time, more and more people starved to death.

I don't know if their village will still exist next year, or it may die out, and then gradually be buried by wind and sand. This doesn't seem to be a strange thing.

By the Dragon Fall Lake, you can see traces of some earthen walls from time to time, all of which are villages that have been abandoned for thousands of years for various reasons, most likely famine.

Sending funerals for the dead is John's spontaneous act, because leaving the corpse in the village will likely cause some bad things, but he doesn't know how long he can persist, because he is also hungry.

For the past two days, he has only gnawed on some grass roots and white mud. Grass roots are fine, but white mud will block the intestines. Many villagers who gnaw on white mud will die with bloated stomachs, which is very uncomfortable, but compared to the feeling of hunger, it doesn't count as anything.

Sigh, anyway, it's all about holding on, holding on for one day counts as one day.

In fact, John still holds a glimmer of hope, finding the dragon. He has heard dragon roars in the Dragon Fall Rift Valley, and has seen it several times. A golden dragon flew across the sky.

If he can find the dragon and get the dragon's protection, his village is very likely to survive.

It is rumored that the Hope Oasis, 200 kilometers away, has never been harassed by sand bandits, and there is no famine or plague because of the dragon's protection.

A few years ago, merchants engaged in entrepot trade from Hope Oasis came to Dragon Fall Lake. When talking about the legend of the dragon, the merchant also complained, saying that the oasis crops were monotonous, and he could only eat green dates and little fat sheep all day, and he would feel sour when he thought about it.

At that time, John wished he could blow up his dog head on the spot, and then replace him.

Dare to complain when there is food? Then what are they in places where there is no food? Hell?

Perhaps that dragon is the one protecting Hope Oasis. If it can pity and protect Dragon Fall Lake, then he is willing to dedicate everything to worship it.

In front is the place where John throws corpses, a big pit of more than ten meters. He didn't dare to throw the corpse directly into the Dragon Fall Rift Valley, fearing that the dragon would be angry, but he didn't have the strength to dig a pit for every corpse to bury everyone, so he could only throw them all together, and sprinkle a thin layer of soil when he had the strength, even if it was buried.

The hand of the corpse in the straw mat was exposed again. John flicked with his foot, wanting to flick it back into the mat, but as soon as his toe touched the corpse's hand, he suddenly felt his ankle tighten. The corpse's hand actually grabbed his foot.

"Ah!" John screamed with all his strength, struggled to break free from the corpse's hand, kicked and retreated, and accidentally retreated to the edge of the corpse pit, falling into it head-on.

Before he landed, he felt someone help him. When he looked closely, he was so scared that he foamed at the mouth and fainted.

Because the ones supporting him were Mother Baal and Uncle Bull who died a few days ago. At this time, they all crawled out of the straw mat, rolled their eyes, and faced John with their faces half-rotted.

John, who fainted, didn't know how long it took before he slowly woke up. Two young dragon heads leaned in front of him, and one of the young dragons smiled at him and said: "You're awake? Didn't scare you, right? I'm sorry, we stomped our feet, didn't expect to stomp too hard, sorry sorry."

"Dr... Dragon... Dragon..." John couldn't speak clearly.

"Oh, yes, yes, I am a dragon, a Brass Dragon, call me Nai Ge, are you a villager nearby?" Nai Ge Li Si asked.

"Yes, yes, dragon, dragon, lo... lord, I, I, ah!" John had never left the village in his life. All the information he had about the outside world was brought by merchants from all over the place.

Don't look at him just now thinking about finding dragon protection, but when he really saw a dragon, and a young dragon, he couldn't speak clearly, but immediately he saw another incredible scene.

Those villager corpses he put into the corpse pit, and some skeletons, all came to life, lined up, and moved things one after another.

"Dead, dead people, people, will, will, will move?!" John pointed to the skeletons moving things not far away, looked at Nai Ge Li Si and Nai Nai Aili in horror, and shouted tremblingly.

Nai Ge Li Si blinked, suddenly thought of something, ran to Ang, asked for something from him, and then returned to John.

A bag of food was opened, revealing the golden grain inside, and then a fresh and juicy beet root was handed to John: "Do you believe in immortality?"

John, who had only eaten some grass roots and white mud for two days, was instantly seduced by the sweet beet root and food. How could he care about the corpses moving? He swallowed hard, wanted to reach out but didn't dare to reach out.

"Do you believe in immortality? These are the gifts of the God of Immortality. Believe in the God of Immortality, and they will be yours." Nai Ge Li Si said in a very sincere tone.

John grabbed the beet root fiercely and bit down with all his strength: "I believe."

Ang looked up a little surprised, because he sensed a very strong belief, and a thick Soul Flame floated over.

"Sweet, sweet?!" John's eyes were shining.

"Sweet, eat slowly, they belong to you." Nai Ge Li Si patted his shoulder and flew up proudly: See, I can also accept believers.

Clearly, he has been brooding about the matter of the Tauren aunt. Fortunately, Lisha didn't follow, otherwise she would definitely laugh at him to death.

A large number of skeletons, under Ang's King's Arrival, became active. They knocked down large pieces of phosphate and dragon (poop) soil (poop), moved them to Ang, and then were transferred by Ang to the farm in the Palace of Rest.

These substances will be tested by Ang for the corresponding proportions, combined with volcanic ash, plant ash, bone meal, and other substances, buried in the soil to improve the fertility of the soil.

He also scraped off all the soul moss without hesitation and buried it in the breathing soil. Other magic crops might not work, but soul moss is most suitable for preservation with breathing soil.

After digging enough phosphate for the farm in the Palace of Rest, Ang didn't let those skeletons stop, but continued to dig and move. These things are good fertilizers. They need to be used on a large scale in the future, so dig them up first, and then find a way to transport them out.

Transportation is actually a big problem. In the desert, merchants have the most say in transporting things. For example, Jimmy, he would never use his precious cargo space to transport fertilizer, even if it is transported out, others can't afford it.

But does Ang care? As long as it is easy to use, even if he is asked to use the Palace of Rest to transport things, he is very happy.

Nai Ge Li Si flew over, looked at the skeletons still active in surprise, and said: "These skeletons have been active for a long time, can your King's Arrival last so long?"

Ang said: "Not mine, Luoke's, they, permanent."

Nai Ge Li Si's expression shook: "You mean, they have reincarnated into undead, and will not collapse with the time limit of King's Arrival?"

Ang nodded.

King's Arrival can summon skeletons, but they have a time limit. Within the range of the skill, Ang can manipulate them at any time and can drive them for a long time, but as long as they leave the range of the skill, they will soon collapse.

But now, Ang told him that these skeletons have reincarnated into undead, which means that without external force, these skeletons can continue to be active.

Such a large-scale reincarnation is clearly not something Ang's King's Arrival can do. Probably only Firm Bone Luoke can do it. Ang used the ultimate transformation technique, did he really transform into Firm Bone Luoke's power?

Theoretically, it is possible, which is exactly the mystery of the ultimate transformation technique. The legendary ultimate transformation technique is to be able to transform into a god, and then use the god's power to shoot the god to death.

However, legend is legend after all. Ang can transform into Firm Bone Luoke's appearance, aura, and part of the power, which has already shocked Nai Ge Li Si. But judging from this situation, at the moment Ang transformed, he probably really possessed Firm Bone Luoke's power.

Does this vegetable-planting skeleton really have such terrifying spiritual power?

Forget it, don't think about it, Ang's perversion is not a day or two, just get used to it.

"I chatted with that human and probably know where this is. Humans call this Dragon Fall Rift Valley. There is a big lake opposite the rift valley. They call it Dragon Fall Lake. Two big rivers flow into this lake from the west and north respectively."

"There are many oases and villages on both sides of the river, but the lake is a saltwater lake. There is a lot of saline-alkali land by the lake, which is not suitable for farming, so there are no villages by the lake. In recent years, because the water volume of the East River and North River has decreased, the big lake has surged into the river channel during high tide, and the saltwater has flooded the farmland on both sides of the river, causing salinization, leading to reduced grain production, so there is famine now."

"This human is named John. He came to send a funeral. Many of these are villagers from his village. According to the records in the Spring Breeze Great Druid's manual, he should have come to look for salt-alkali-tolerant gramineous plants to hybridize with magic rice, intending to cultivate salt-alkali-tolerant rice seeds."

Speaking of this, Nai Ge Li Si's tone was already a bit heavy, regretful, and admiring: "Worthy of being an existence close to truth, this is the real Great Druid, who has been running around for new rice seeds all his life. It's a pity that the last step was not completed. Otherwise, rice seeds that can be planted on saline-alkali land are definitely divine things that can change the world."

Ang tilted his head: "New rice seeds?" Nai Ge Li Si said so much, he only noticed the new rice seeds.

"Uh, yes, not finished yet, Saline Magic Rice, that's what the Spring Breeze Great Druid named it." Nai Ge Li Si took out the planting manual and looked at it a few times.

Ang pointed to the end of the rift valley: "Lake, is it there?"

Nai Ge Li Si nodded. Dragon Fall Rift Valley is like a mark on the earth. The end of the mark is Dragon Fall Lake, not far away, like an exclamation mark.

From the shape, it really looks like something hit the ground at high speed, plowed out a rift valley, and then bounced, smashing out a big lake.

"Go and see." Ang suddenly said: "There, there is something."

"Something? How do you know?" Nai Ge Li Si asked in surprise: "You haven't been here before."

"I pulled them just now, there is one, too big, can't pull it up." Ang pointed to the active skeletons.

Nai Ge Li Si's expression shook: "Pulled them? King's Arrival?"

If it was just now, Nai Ge Li Si wouldn't feel there was a problem. Can't pull it up, can't pull it up. There are many things you Ang can't pull up.

But realizing that Ang is the strength of Firm Bone Luoke, Firm Bone Luoke can't pull up the skeleton, what is that?

Call John over. John, who finished eating the beet, hugged the bag of food tightly, took out a small handful, stuffed it into his mouth with the shell, and while chewing, squeezed out the shell.

"John, is there anything in the lake?" Nai Ge Li Si asked.

"Yes, there are merman water monsters."

"There are also water monsters? Besides water monsters?"

"There is... salt?"

It is clear that nothing can be asked from John here. Everyone discussed and turned to the direction of the big lake. After walking less than three kilometers, the boundless "sea" appeared in front of them.

If no one said this is a lake, everyone would definitely take it as the sea, because it is too big to see the opposite shore.

"No wonder there are tides, this lake is too big." Alan Bulu Si Ke couldn't help but sigh.

Someone sighed about his hometown, John felt honored and said proudly: "Merchants have traveled around the lake and said that the east-west length is at least 500 kilometers, and the north-south length is also more than 400 kilometers."

There are many plants growing in the wetlands by the lake. Don't look at it as a saltwater lake, but some salt-alkali-tolerant plants are still growing tenaciously. In the gaps between the plants, there are even fish swimming around.

"Didn't you say it's a saltwater lake? Why are there fish?" Nai Nai Aili asked curiously.

Nai Ge Li Si covered his face and smiled: "Seawater is also salty, of course there will be fish."

Nai Nai Aili couldn't help shrinking her head. She realized she asked a stupid question. There are many more saltwater fish species than freshwater ones.

"What about those? What kind of fish are those? They seem quite big." Nai Nai Aili shrank her neck for a while, then suddenly pointed to the lake in the distance. Only to see hundreds of traces on the lake, as if big fish were swimming under the water.

John turned around when he heard the words, his face changed greatly and shouted: "Not good, those are not fish, those are merman water monsters!"

When more than a hundred fierce and ferocious "water monsters" emerged from the water, dancing their claws and opening their big mouths to rush towards them, Alan Bulu Si Ke sighed: "Alright, there must be a dragon dead here. These are shark crocodiles. Crocodiles are polluted by dragon blood and evolve into species similar to Dragon Thralls."

"Really ugly." Nai Ge Li Si said with disgust.

John, who was ready to run away, saw everyone so calm and couldn't help saying: "Should... should we run?"

"Run? Why run?" Alan Bulu Si Ke smiled, arched its body, opened its mouth and roared at those shark crocodiles. A dragon-head-like phantom emerged, opened its big mouth, and sang silently.

The running shark crocodiles bled from seven orifices while running, their scales and skin peeled off, and they fell down and died silently.

John's eyes were almost falling out. These hundreds of shark crocodiles that could destroy a village were roared to death by this man with his nostrils facing the sky.

He found that what he encountered seemed to be a group of incredible existences.

Ang transferred several tons of food out, boiled it first, and then asked John to take a bag of beets back to call people, call everyone who can move nearby, and those who are too hungry to walk, cut a piece of beet to pad their stomachs first.

Hundreds of people from several nearby villages heard that there was food to eat until they were full, and immediately rushed over with their families. Seeing the fragrant porridge, they kowtowed devoutly on the dirt floor.

Large waves of Soul Flame surged over, which made Ang very entangled. He used food to invite people to dig things.

The villagers who were full and drank enough dug up a medium-sized dragon skeleton at the position pointed by Ang. ===== CHAPTER 141 =====