Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

Lin Xia listened to Saibala's words, and the warmth in her heart was about to overflow. Her eyes couldn't help but become moist. After calming down for a while, she said, "I will definitely live up to this trust, Saibala!"

"Good, good kid!" Saibala nodded repeatedly and continued, "The method of poisoning with silver needles, when you come with the anesthetic, I will show you, and then you can do it yourself. After all, silver needles are consumed quickly, and if you need others to come every time, it will waste a lot of time!"

"Thank you!" Lin Xia continued to ask without hesitation, "Can you also teach me how to poison the arrowhead?"

"Okay." Sabara agreed after a little thought. "But poisoning arrowheads is different from poisoning silver needles. Silver needles are small and can be poisoned by soaking. Arrowheads are large and soaking will not achieve the desired effect. They need to be tempered several times repeatedly. It is definitely a dangerous job that requires high caution! This cannot be sloppy. After all, the slightest mistake may lead to unimaginable consequences.

First of all, you have to ensure your own safety and wear protective equipment; then you have to choose and handle the poison, and you have to be very careful in this process; then you have to strictly control the quenching time, temperature and a series of other factors...

In short, every step must be done without any mistakes to ensure that the final product can not only exert the expected lethality but also does not cause any unnecessary risks to the user. These are just necessary precautions. I will show you in detail when the actual quenching operation is carried out. "

"Okay, it seems that it will be more troublesome to poison the arrowhead." Lin Xia said thoughtfully.

"Yes, if the operation is improper, the user will be affected first. When you are ready, come to me at any time." Sabara added.

After Lin Xia handed over all the various ores that Sabala needed, and agreed on a time to pick up the goods, he left the forge holding an umbrella.

This day can be said to have gone through several rounds of brainstorming. Although I didn’t do any physical work, it was still very fulfilling.

Lin Xia went all the way back to the ranch, inspected various places, and had a normal exchange with the dwarfs who were responsible for the harvest and caring for the animals. Of course, gifts were indispensable!

In the remaining days of autumn, as long as it is not raining, Lin Xia plans to focus his energy on the mountains.

Picking mushrooms, picking mountain products, hunting, before winter comes, you have to store as many wild game as possible. Besides, Lin Xia still owes Huo An deer and roe deer! Now that the bow and arrow have been upgraded, although there are only 3 mithril arrows at present, Sebala has promised to process 50 for him first, and he can come to pick them up the day after tomorrow. Then he can use the golden arrows to deal with them first.

That night, Lin Xia made various preparations, including food, water, tents, spare clothes, hunting tools, storage baskets, etc.

The next morning, Lin Xia took Da Zhuang and A Huang and headed into the mountains.

Sure enough, after the rain, all kinds of mushrooms and fungi emerged in the mountains. Lin Xia immediately began to pick those mushrooms that grew well and tasted delicious.

Having eaten them so many times, Lin Xia doesn’t dare to say that he has eaten all the mushrooms in Mineral Town, but he has tasted about 80% of them. So for some mushrooms that are not so delicious and not easy to pick, Lin Xia simply gave up and only picked those that are delicious and easy to pick.

Among them are several kinds of long, thin mushrooms, which are very delicious whether stir-fried or simply boiled in soup with an egg. Lin Xia especially likes them, but the chance to find them is quite rare, so Lin Xia must observe carefully to avoid missing them.

Lin Xia also picked a lot of thick mushrooms that can be dried and stored. After drying, they can be soaked in water when eaten, and the aroma will be stronger. They are more suitable for cooking with some meat. They are very good ingredients for braising and making soup.

As for the Matsutake mushrooms that Lin Xia had always found difficult to pick, she no longer has to force it. During the last autumn horse race, Lin Xia exchanged her medals for 155 of them. In addition to the ones she had picked before, although some of them were used after Sister Juan and the others came, the remaining ones are enough to last until the next race.

This time, Lin Xia will pick whatever she can. If she can't, she won't care. As for mushrooms and fungus, Lin Xia will accept them all and pick as many as she can.

During this period, Da Zhuang and A Huang would also help Lin Xia find good mushrooms and inquire about the situation nearby so that they could warn Lin Xia in time.

As the man and his two pets gradually went deeper into the forest, Lin Xia took out the field exploration robot and released it to explore the way. After all, Da Zhuang and Ah Huang could not run too far, and discovering the situation was not as convenient and safe as a robot that could directly transmit real-time image information remotely.

When going out today, Lin Xia once again put on the protective clothing set that Huo An had given her before, to avoid being splashed with poisonous toad venom as happened last time.

This time, Lin Xia used the remote control to transform the robot into the shape of a green-headed fly. As Lin Xia gently pressed the start button, the robot quickly took action. It moved forward with agility, as if it had its own intelligence. The robot was equipped with a variety of advanced equipment such as high-definition cameras, infrared sensors, and sonar systems, which could collect information in all directions.

Lin Xia set up an exploration range with himself as the center and a radius of 25 meters. If there is a group of prey that Lin Xia needs, he will be prompted; when dangerous creatures are found, they will be given a crisis warning and other road options to avoid danger.

The robot uses precise sensors to detect whether there are dangers or obstacles ahead, and promptly feeds back relevant data to Lin Xia. Lin Xia observes the surrounding situation on her own, occasionally checking the control panel in her hand, which displays the real-time images and various parameters transmitted back by the robot, and chooses a better route to move forward with the two pets.

When he noticed that hares, pheasants and other small animals appeared from time to time in the picture, Lin Xia began to put away the backpack containing mushrooms, took the bow and arrow in his hand, and hung the quiver on his back, in which he had put all his golden arrows.

Lin Xia made some adjustments to the arrow holes on the quiver, leaving only one hole for firing mithril arrows, to be used in particularly dangerous situations; under normal circumstances, arrows would be taken from the other two holes for firing golden arrows.

Suddenly, Da Zhuang pounced forward and pecked at the grass with his sharp beak. When he raised his head and was about to swallow the food in his mouth, he was frightened by Lin Xia's sharp cry, "Wait a minute!"

Da Zhuang turned around and looked at Lin Xia hesitantly while holding something in his mouth: What are you doing? You scared me to death!

Lin Xia ignored Da Zhuang's gaze and walked forward immediately. After seeing what Da Zhuang was holding in his mouth, she realized that it was exactly what she had thought.

"Da Zhuang, you can't eat this centipede, give it to me!" Yes, what Da Zhuang was holding in his mouth and twisting constantly was a very large centipede, more than ten centimeters long and two or three centimeters wide. The twisting posture gave Lin Xia goose bumps all over her body. She decisively looked away and said to Da Zhuang's claws, "This centipede is relatively large and can be sold for money, so don't eat it. If you catch a smaller one later, you can eat it, huh?"

Da Zhuang: ... Small ones? I like big ones!

"Be good, Da Zhuang. I'll use the money from selling the big one to buy you other delicious food!"

Da Zhuang was very unhappy, but he dared not disobey, so he could only put the centipede in his mouth into a glass container with a sealed lid that Lin Xia took out. This was the last time when he sold a toad to Dot in the hospital. When Dot found out that Lin Xia didn't have a suitable container, he specially gave Lin Xia a few, in case Lin Xia was lucky enough to find something good next time, but had nothing to put it in, and would not want it on impulse.

Da Zhuang was not happy. It had been a long time since he had eaten meat. Although he could find insects in Lin Xia's ranch, the insects that were not poisonous always tasted bad. Today, he finally found such a big one. However, how big of a poisonous insect could he eat?

Lin Xia put away the centipede and finally stopped having goose bumps. She looked at Da Zhuang's eyes, thought for a moment and said, "You can eat those under 10 centimeters long, but those longer than that must be left for me first, understand?"

Da Zhuang barked twice reluctantly, and Lin Xia patted his head to comfort him. Then they continued on their way.