[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re":3,"chapter-the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-30":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Vegetable-Growing Skeleton's Foreign Land Reclamation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2351511,4600,"Chapter 30","the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-30",30,"\u003Cp>Phelin, who was examining the glowing moss field, saw an Ange with a skull wreathed in You blue flames, wielding a scythe, radiating fierce intent; perhaps sensing Ange’s emotion, the zombie and angelic skeleton trailing behind him also radiated fierce intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phelin had seen Ange’s scythe several times before; he wasn’t sure if it was his imagination, but the blade and handle seemed slightly longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had intended to approach and report the situation, but seeing Ange’s demeanor, Phelin hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Esck arrived, Phelin hurried over and asked: “What happened? Did you anger my lord?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Esck was also bewildered and quickly denied: “No, no, don’t talk nonsense—I only told him the farmland was burned, and my lord became like this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phelin’s expression turned moved: “It seems this field is deeply valued by my lord. Though he doesn’t need to eat, he cares so much about the cultivation of glowing moss—he’s trying to solve our underground city’s farming technology problems once and for all. My lord, my lord is truly thoughtful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Esck suddenly understood: “So that’s it! Of course, my lord doesn’t need to eat, yet he values this place so much. Glowing moss farming can only be done in our underground city—so my lord is developing this for us? So thoughtful, so touching.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two men were lost in their own imagined revelations, overcome with emotion, Ange suddenly lifted his head, as if detecting a trace, and dashed out through another entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glowing moss field lay in the middle section of a cave, expanded by erosion; there were two entrances here—one descending from the main district of the underground city, the other leading toward a vast network of underground caverns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Underground caverns carved by flowing water stretched in all directions, often extending hundreds or even thousands of kilometers; the area where the main district of the underground city sat was merely a tiny portion near the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one dared venture deep into the underground cavern network; its labyrinthine paths meant anyone who got lost might never find their way out—unless they had a teleportation scroll or were a spatial mage themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there were none—the underground city had no such rare spatial mages—so exploration of the cavern network relied on the most primitive methods: tying ropes, marking paths, placing skeletons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet losses still occurred regularly; once the underground city’s usable space was sufficient, Phelin ceased exploration—no matter how much more space was discovered, it was meaningless, as the underground city housed only five thousand souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glowing moss field lay in a peripheral zone; the passage from the main district had been sealed by Phelin, but theoretically, if someone entered from the direction of the underground cavern network, Phelin would never detect them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The underground cavern network was too vast; Phelin couldn’t be certain whether anyone could reach this area from that direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had examined the crime scene and found nothing but a row of melted giant footprints, deducing the arsonist was a lava demon—he found no other clues, not even which direction the demon fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, seeing Ange’s behavior, could he have discovered something?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phelin immediately chased after him; Esck hurried behind, shouting as he ran: “What’s wrong? My lord, have you found something?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It was the lava demon,” Phelin said grimly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Demon Valley? Lava demon? Why would he come burn my lord’s field?” Esck exclaimed in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phelin shook his head: “He may have burned more than just my lord’s field. Lisa told me upon her return that the farming zones of Ice City have been set ablaze in several places by a lava demon; Ice City is now mobilizing to corner it. This lava demon is either a new one sent by Demon Valley or one that escaped from Ice City—either way, he won’t stop after burning just one field.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are they insane? Why burn our fields? Do they want to starve us to death? Even if they starved us all, what’s the point? World domination? We’re not blocking them—there’s plenty of unclaimed land everywhere. Even if they want to build cities on the surface, we won’t stop them—just see if they can withstand the Wind of Rest. Why burn our fields?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Esck stamped his feet and cursed. What limited the world’s development was the Wind of Rest; if farmland could be cultivated on the surface, feeding hundreds of millions would be easy. Even if the surface couldn’t grow crops, there were countless underground caverns, valleys, and gorges—plenty of space for development. No one blocked their expansion—so why burn farmland?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phelin smiled and shook his head: “Child, you’re still too naive. If our farmland and food were all burned, but Demon Valley had food, what price do you think those starving people would be willing to pay?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Esck, fifty-something but called a child, felt a surge of anger in his chest—but remembering Phelin’s age, he swallowed it down. Compared to Phelin’s thousand-plus years, he truly was a child, but even with normal intelligence, he understood the implication of Phelin’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If that’s true, I’d give my life, my soul—even if it cost me everything. So cruel.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, so cruel—otherwise, how could they be called demons? Manipulating minds, buying souls—that’s their specialty,” Phelin sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they spoke, Ange ahead suddenly turned a corner and vanished into one of the upper caverns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caverns carved by underground water had some passages running straight through, others riddled with holes, each opening potentially leading to a different place—complex and tangled; once inside, you might never know where you’d emerge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Ange enter the upper cavern, the zombie and angelic skeleton followed without hesitation—but Phelin and Esck hesitated. Rushing in unprepared, if Ange had chosen the wrong path, they might become hopelessly lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What to do? They exchanged glances; Phelin gritted his teeth: “Upper caverns—worst case, we reach the surface. Follow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Traveling upward in caverns was slightly safer, since most led to the surface; if lost underground, the best strategy was always to go up—you had a good chance of escaping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They twisted and turned through the caverns, encountering countless forks—but Ange moved as if he saw something, showing no hesitation. After traveling far, they suddenly entered a familiar passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? This feels familiar—I’ve been here before?” Before Esck could recognize it, he felt a rolling wave of heat surging ahead, as if something was burning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ange was chasing the source of the heat; Esck hurried after him. The closer they got, the more familiar the surroundings became—until, turning into a chamber, Esck finally recognized it: “Tunnel Three, this is Tunnel Three! Oh god, Tunnel Three is on fire?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charging into Tunnel Three, sure enough, every field and crop inside blazed with roaring flames; on the cave walls, the illumination arrays bore two massive footprints—identical in shape to those found at the glowing moss field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn you Demon Valley, you sons of bitches!” Esck erupted in curses; Phelin’s face darkened as if dripping water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ange glanced around, then slipped into one of the passages. Phelin and Esck followed without hesitation—Tunnel Three’s condition proved Ange was truly tracking the demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tunnel Three connected to Tunnel Two; entering the passage, they immediately felt heat radiating from the other end—sure enough, Tunnel Two was also burning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With two tunnels’ farmland and crops lost at once, Phelin and Esck burned with rage, wanting to tear the enemy apart with their bare hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After circling around, Ange suddenly climbed up the cave wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did my lord know the demon climbed up?” Phelin and Esck followed skeptically, flying upward; chasing Ange for several kilometers, they finally saw a lava demon flapping its wings, skimming just above the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>",1274,"2026-06-21T03:18:43.177Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","95cc47debe7696653bce885a40a8d0fcd9fa88e79fa7db4dfe86cf4a9ec7815c","the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-31","the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-29",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-cover.jpg"]