Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 54 Sage Time

Zhou Yi remembered it clearly. Among the three people who were introduced into the company as the first batch of talents, Cao Dayuan was the only one who refused to come.

But in order to keep the town warm during the winter, he still came and asked for help.

Cao Dayuan had very little hair, only some sparse long hair that he tried his best to evenly cover his scalp horizontally, trying to maintain his image. This reminded Zhou Yi of his physics teacher in high school.

Zhou Yi admired this local man who wanted to completely change the poverty situation in Changu Town.

Cao Dayuan’s strange mushroom is a white mushroom that looks like enoki mushroom, but is shorter and thinner, with a very small cap and is inconspicuous.

"People who eat the mushrooms will have headaches and difficulty breathing, and in serious cases they may be poisoned to death. Everyone treats them as poisonous mushrooms and avoids them."

He pointed to this species and said: "But the monsters outside, such as the clawed pigs and the spiny ant lions, like it very much. After swallowing this thing, they will become calm and gentle, either lying down to rest, or looking up at the sky or the distance. During this time, even if the prey passes by them, they will not be attacked."

"I've tested it many times and they really like it."

Zhou Yi asked the Red Falcon to call Night Claw.

As the only non-clawed employee in the company, it is most suitable for it to test the drugs.

After sniffing the mushroom, Night Claw's eyes suddenly widened and his breathing became heavy.

"Master, this thing is full of... some kind of indescribable attraction."

It doesn't know what it is.

Start tasting.

Night Claw opened his mouth and swallowed a cluster of strange mushrooms, chewing them and swallowing them.

The employee's eyes were blank for a moment, and then his whole body relaxed visibly. He crouched on the ground, entering an extremely relaxed state of mind, and his eyes, which usually looked a bit fierce, became clear and gentle.

Five or six minutes later, Night Claw talked about his physical sensations.

"After eating it, I felt very comfortable all over, especially relaxed and peaceful. My fatigue was also relieved a lot. It made me start to think about what I am doing and my meaning in this world..."

Does this mean you can enter sage mode after eating it?
Zhou Yi was worried.

"Red Falcon, check the data of Recursion City to see if you can find any information about this kind of mushroom."

Tens of seconds passed.

The drone replied in his mind: "Based on the comparison of the external features of this plant, the closest one is the cave mushroom, but the cave mushroom does not have such stimulating, hallucinogenic and sedative effects. No more information can be found."

"The database of Recursion City focuses on recording various creatures with self-awareness and intelligence. For the vast number of plant species in nature, there are only illustrations of basic species."

Zhou Yi looked at Cao Dayuan again: "How many monster mushrooms do you have?"

"Besides these, I have 24 more transplanted into my hole."

"Wait a moment, I'll ask someone to go over with us and take a look."

About half an hour later.

The skeleton man wearing a red scarf hurried over.

Sun Chonglai now wears a black leather jacket, jeans, a pair of Martin boots, a cowboy hat, and a leather suitcase, looking quite western. This is one of the outfits Zhou Yi found for him.

It was just limping a little, probably because its broken leg hadn't healed yet.

Along with the skeleton man came two black mushroom assistants.

After listening to Cao Dayuan's narration, Sun Chonglai carefully observed the appearance of the strange mushroom and said, "There is no such type in the mushroom forest."

"Sun Thirteen, Sun Fourteen, come and identify it."

Two black-handed mushrooms came over and pinched and pulled the monster-attracting mushroom.

"There's some substance in there."

“Special energy that can inspire and change the body’s state, enlivening and delighting it.”

"It's a bit like the poison of the giant mushroom."

“Amazing guy.”

“Good mushrooms, not bad.”

"But it's dead, so it's hard to say."

"You have to look at live, living mushrooms to see it."

……

Then Zhou Yi asked Cao Dayuan to lead the way, and the group rushed to Changu Town.

When he went out, he found that it was windy outside and the temperature had dropped significantly. Winter was indeed not far away.

When we arrived at the town of Changu, it was no different from before. It was still a forked cave in the mountain, and the locals lived in the caves.

The difference was that the residents only looked at him last time, but now many of them came out of their holes. They held up their collections, including black branches, strangely shaped leaves, and materials that looked like bones or stones... They looked like they wanted to sell them.

But they didn't dare to speak, they lowered their heads, and didn't dare to make eye contact with Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi felt like he was here to collect protection money.

So he said, "Everyone go back, Gong Zheng will continue with the transaction, go back."

The townspeople looked at each other, then put away the things in their hands and returned to the cave one by one.

Cao Dayuan whispered, "Winter is coming, and everyone is very worried. They want to buy more firewood for heating, fearing that people will freeze to death while sleeping. This is also the time when people are most likely to die. If the fire is strong, the chances of survival will be greater."

Zhou Yi nodded.

Led by Cao Dayuan, the group came to a low cave in the inner part of the ground, which was covered with damp soil and had a rotten and sour stench.

"This is one of the 10 holes where I grow mushrooms."

Cao Dayuan said: "It takes four months for a new batch of mycelium to be cultivated in the soil, and then another month for cave mushrooms to grow. But this place is quite special."

He crawled to the innermost part and carefully dug up a layer of soil, and then the slender white strange mushroom appeared.

"They are all here. The mushrooms themselves are poisonous, and no one comes to take them."

Two black mushroom collectors began to inspect the clusters of mushrooms on the spot.

One of them buried its head in the soil, not knowing what it was doing, while the other was checking the surrounding walls and stones.

The Bone Man asked Cao Dayuan: "Are the Strange Mushrooms natural wild mushrooms?"

"No."

Cao Dayuan shook his head: "They grew out of the mushroom cave in Changu Town."

"The first strange mushrooms appeared six years ago and almost killed someone. They didn't exist before and I don't know where they came from."

The skeleton touched his jaw with his hand.

At this time, the black hand mushroom that had buried its head in the soil suddenly struggled out.

It patted its head and shook off the dirt. "Found it. This mushroom is the result of a species of cave mushroom and a kind of feces. The feces smells strange, not from humans or gerbils... What other feces have you used?"

Cao Dayuan frowned and rubbed the mud off his hands: "The feces we use are all dry feces picked up from outside. Apart from these... there is only clawed pig."

"That's right! It's the smell of the clawed pig's feces. It needs this crucial feces, otherwise it won't grow."

Black hand mushroom gives a thumbs up.

Another black hand mushroom who was observing the surroundings said: "The environment here is actually not suitable for its growth. It needs more light, more dead light, and more fertile soil. We have to transplant them to the mushroom forest, so they can grow faster."

At Zhou Yi's order, the batch of strange mushrooms were moved to the mushroom forest.

three days later.

The skeleton came running to report: "Good news, Chairman! Those monster-attracting mushrooms are growing well, but they are very attractive to the black hand mushrooms. However, the children are very obedient and know that they have to plant more of those things before they have a chance to eat them. So everyone is working extra hard."

"Nightclaw has already contacted many clawed pigs and is taking the black hand mushrooms to look for feces. There are many clawed pigs in the north, so there is no need to worry about a shortage of feces. They are hunting various animals and some low-level monsters in the northern forest."

"And the most important thing is that the role of the monster-attracting mushroom has been confirmed."

The Lord of the Mushroom Forest said: "This is a kind of spiritual mushroom that is very attractive to the Flesh and Blood Lightners. It will make the Flesh and Blood Lightners feel satisfied and excited like a successful hunt, reduce their impulse to attack, and stimulate their wisdom and thinking."

"It is a powerful natural sedative and can also be used as a natural bait to lure away various monsters! It can be very useful when hunting light species!"

Zhou Yi shook his head after hearing this: "The value of the Strange Mushroom is far greater than this."

This mushroom is tobacco with the effect of sage time.

If we can cultivate the strange mushrooms on a large scale, it will be a golden road for sure!

In addition, the Skeleton Man also brought bad news.

Snow began to fall continuously in the mushroom forest, oasis belt and other places.

Winter is here.

The winter beast could arrive at any time.

(End of this chapter)