Chapter 641 Visit
Backlund, Dr. Chris's house.
Klein came to visit early in the morning as the great detective Sherlock Moriarty. He did not do any divination in advance to see if the visit was appropriate.
Since he was visiting a "mercury snake", there was no need to do any extra divination. Whether the visit was appropriate depended entirely on the mood of the little baby.
With thoughts running through his mind, Klein had already walked to the door of Dr. Allen's house. He slightly adjusted his collar and then raised his hand to knock on the door.
Dong! Dong!
The one who opened the door was a servant of Dr. Allen's family. Dr. Allen happened to be in the living room at this time. He just happened to see Klein standing outside the door. A look of surprise appeared on his face, and he quickly walked over to him:
"Long time no see, Sherlock, you are finally back to Backlund. We haven't seen you back for a long time, and we have been wondering if you plan to stay in Disi Bay."
"That's a good idea. Compared with the smog in Backlund, the air over there is much better."
Klein followed the other party's words, then took off the half-high silk hat on his head, handed it to the servant beside him, and followed Allen into the living room.
After sitting down on the sofa, Klein talked about the topic again, implying that he did plan to stay in Disi Bay in the future. This time he came back just to deal with the investment that he had not yet arranged, and to say goodbye to his previous friends.
The two talked for a while, and Klein naturally led the topic to Dr. Allen's children.
When mentioning his child, Dr. Allen showed a happy and kind smile on his face:
"Yes, you haven't seen Will yet. He is a very cute boy, but he is still sleeping now. If you come later, you can just see him."
If you come later, maybe you will go out for something. Just as the thought was floating in his mind, the cry of a baby suddenly sounded upstairs.
Dr. Allen looked in the direction of the stairwell with some surprise, and then looked at Klein and said:
"Will is awake, I will go to see him, Sherlock, wait a moment, I will bring Will to see you later. I originally planned to let you be his godfather, but unfortunately, you don't plan to stay in Backlund."
Klein smiled and nodded at Dr. Allen. Perhaps it was because he sensed your thoughts that Will was awakened from his dream. He just slept for a while, and he almost had a godfather who was not even a fraction of his age.
Klein sighed in his heart, then followed Dr. Allen, walked to the stairwell, and went up to the second floor.
No one felt anything was wrong during this process. They were all immersed in the illusion created by Klein, thinking that he was still sitting on the sofa sipping black tea.
On the second floor, Klein saw a maid pushing a crib out of the bedroom. In the stroller lay a child wrapped in silver silk. His skin was very white and he looked chubby. His hands were very fleshy and felt fragmented.
The baby tugged at the silk wrapped around him. His dark eyes stared at Klein, revealing a human-like disdain.
After a brief silence, Klein placed his hand on his chest, bowed slightly in the direction of the stroller and said,
"Good morning, what should I call you now?"
The baby in the stroller put a finger in his mouth and looked at Klein blankly. When Klein thought that the other party didn't want to pay attention to him, he heard the other party's voice again:
"Well, I haven't decided which name to use yet. You can call me Will first."
"Okay, Will, I wonder if you know anything about the 'Ghost Empire'?"
After the voice fell, Klein looked at Will calmly, waiting for the other party's answer.
"Of course I know. You're not the first one to have an idea about it, and you won't be the last."
While speaking, Will did not forget to bite his fingers, behaving like a newborn baby, which made Klein somewhat suspicious of the state of this "Mercury Snake".
He was really immersing in playing a baby. Klein sighed in his heart, and then he saw Will wrapped in silver silk glaring at him and said angrily:
"You are so rude."
"A baby should act like a baby. This helps me maintain a good mental state. Otherwise, I will be like that stupid snake Ouroboros, and go crazy from time to time."
"Why?" Klein asked curiously.
Will rolled his dark eyes in his sockets, and said in a calm tone:
"Every time He restarts, he grows up next to the 'real creator'. He lacks a proper childhood, which makes His 'restart' less perfect and leaves some hidden dangers."
Klein nodded in understanding, then brought the topic back to the "Ghost Empire" and asked thoughtfully:
"Is the 'Ghost Empire' a real treasure?"
"What else? It can't be the bored imagination of a group of pirates, right?" Will rolled his eyes at Klein in annoyance, and then continued:
"You want to take advantage of it? I advise you to give up." "Even the Storm Church, the most active church on the sea, and the Augustus and Castilla families, who are most familiar with the 'Judge' path, have not been able to obtain the treasures on it."
"It's failed to obtain, not failed to find?" Klein keenly noticed Will's choice of words.
"That ship has been polluted and revived. It's fine if we don't get on board, but once we get on board,"
Klein curiously asked, "What will happen if we get on board?"
Will waved his chubby hands and chuckled,
"Of course I'll become a part of that ship. I once accidentally encountered the 'Ghost Empire' when I was avoiding the pursuit of that stupid snake Ouroboros, and saw some of the situations there. There happened to be someone I know there, a saint who possessed a Level 0 seal."
"This is exclusive information. Even the Church of the Storm and the two angel families who have mastered the 'Judge' path don't know about it. No one has ever been able to leave that ship, let alone pass on a message."
"However, if it's you, you might be able to succeed. What do you plan to use to buy the information from me and get my help?"
Will actually knew some information. Isn't his luck too good, because he is the "Mercury Snake" who can represent part of the destiny? Klein lowered his eyes to look at Will in the stroller. After a brief thought, he asked in a deep voice:
"What do you want to gain?"
Will said without hesitation: "Hey, of course, a method that can restore a certain amount of strength during a weak period. I know you can do it. If you don't know how to do it, go find the guy who has the knowledge."
"It feels like you have planned it long ago, just waiting for me to come to you." Klein muttered softly, and the voice happened to be heard by Will.
"Isn't this normal? I just seized a little opportunity of fate. This is what the 'fate' path is best at."
Responding to Klein, Will tugged at the silk on his body, looking like he didn't want to talk anymore.
Klein seized the time and said the main purpose of his coming here today: "I want a method or item that can temporarily improve my luck."
"Woo~~"
The crying of the baby suddenly echoed in the room on the second floor. Dr. Allen and his wife coaxed Will in a panic and took him back to the bedroom.
Klein was stunned for a second, looking at Will who was carried back to the bedroom with some helplessness, sighed, and returned to the living room on the first floor.
The style of this "Mercury Snake" is really... I don't know if he is acting, or if he has really turned into a baby from his body to his mentality with the "restart".
A moment later, Dr. Allen came down from the second floor and smiled apologetically at Klein:
"Sorry, Sherlock, I kept you waiting for a long time. I wanted to bring Will down to see you, but he didn't seem to wake up yet, and he was carried back to the bedroom crying."
"It's okay, I didn't choose the right time to visit today."
Klein nodded slightly in response, and then chatted with Dr. Allen about the recent situation in Desi Bay and Backlund. It was not until almost noon that Klein rejected Dr. Allen's invitation to have lunch and left.
On the edge of the ancient forest in the northernmost part of East Balam, the figures of Renekton and Bugs Bunny quietly emerged.
"Boss, what are we doing here?"
At Renekton's feet, Bugs Bunny looked at the grass that completely submerged him and scratched his head in discomfort.
"I'll show you how biodiversity works. Don't always stare at fruits. That way, your 'biologist' potion will be hard to digest."
"Even Frank knows to expand his experimental subjects to wheat, milk, fish, sheep, mushrooms, and rose bishops."
As he spoke, Renekton stretched out his right hand. Illusory "light" that was difficult to observe with the naked eye gathered from all directions in the west and condensed into an illusory ball of light in his hand, a ball of light condensed from the surrounding information.
He squeezed his right hand slightly, and the illusory ball of light instantly shattered, turning into pieces of tiny spots of light scattered around, quickly evolving into insects with wings or shells, birds flapping their wings, and rodents shuttling through the grass.
Bugs Bunny looked at the various creatures that evolved from the scattered information around him, with his head drooped, and said reluctantly:
"Boss, you can just instill knowledge into my head. Running around in the forest is what wild rabbits do."
"Learning is a process, and this just makes up for the missing knowledge of survival in the wild."
Renekton casually refuted Bugs Bunny, and then kicked it out. Bugs Bunny's gray figure instantly disappeared among the bushes.
Just as Renekton retracted his foot, a thick gray fog suddenly surged in front of Renekton's eyes, and Klein's figure sitting on a high-back chair was looming in the gray fog. Chapter 642 Mushrooms and the Future
Klein's voice echoed vaguely in Renekton's ears:
"I went to see Will Auceptin. He knows information about the 'Ghost Empire' and needs a method to restore a certain amount of power in the weak period in exchange."
"This is very simple for you. A spell that borrows power from history only needs to consume a 'Spirit Worm'."
Renekton explained briefly. While speaking, he raised his left hand, and dots of light blue starlight emerged out of thin air, swimming quickly, outlining a three-dimensional, strange rune.
Even if he looked at the symbol through the gray fog, Klein felt dizzy. It seemed that a large amount of information that exceeded his upper limit and cognition poured into his mind, but it was difficult to form because he could not understand it.
Klein supported one hand on the table and pressed his temple with the other hand, forcing himself to memorize the complete symbol.
Just remember it once, even if you forget it, I can quickly find it back through divination above this gray fog.
After forcing himself to memorize the mysterious symbols displayed by Renekton, Klein breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't care when he felt his memory starting to blur. He then asked,
"How do I engrave this strange symbol on the spell?"
Renekton's voice echoed through the crimson stars above the gray fog:
"The engraving of high-level spells can only be done bit by bit through mental power, so once the spell you make exceeds your own sequence, it will become very difficult."
"This skill of borrowing power from history belongs to your next sequence, 'Ancient Scholar'. It shouldn't be too difficult for you to engrave this rune."
Isn't this too difficult? It's hard for me to memorize the complete symbol. Klein ended this simple exchange and left the gray fog to try to make a spell.
Renekton accompanied Bugs Bunny in the forest for a long time, letting it master the information contained in common animals, plants, and even some extraordinary creatures.
Bugs Bunny lay at Renekton's feet until he was exhausted, recalling the extra information in his mind, and whispered:
"Beaumont hare, with rough fur, strong biting and jumping ability, and firm meat on the hind legs, suitable for stewing or roasting. Black macaw, the smartest bird, has a high talent for learning and imitating. Some older black macaws can even make their own tools. They are one of the ingredients for the potion of the generalist."
After a moment, it suddenly wondered:
"Boss, the information in my head doesn't seem right. I feel like I can easily dissect the animals and plants in the forest and make a delicious meal."
"Solving the food problem is the biggest need of the southern continent, and it is also the best way for you to digest the potion."
Renekton explained simply, and his inspiration was suddenly touched. He raised his hand to catch the light yellow paper thrown by the book messenger from the spirit world, and shook the letter paper and unfolded it in front of him:
This is Frank's letter. Since his arm was injured by those mushrooms, I have to help him write this letter.
Recently, his research has made great progress. According to his description, the mushrooms that can survive in the dark and use the flesh and blood of monsters as nutrients are close to success. He wants to invite you to the "Future" to see if you are satisfied with those mushrooms.
As the captain of the "Future", I also hope that you can come to the ship, otherwise this place will become a mushroom paradise. I don't know what materials Frank used, and those mushrooms are simply crazy. They jump on people when they see them.
I can't protect Frank's experimental results while only cleaning up those mutated mushrooms. No, in our eyes, those mushrooms are all abnormal. In short, I hope you can come to the "Future" as soon as possible and take Frank and his mushrooms off the ship for a while.
Renekton let out a long breath, looking forward with deep eyes, as if he could see the scene of the "Future" staying on the sea being occupied by Frank's mushrooms.
After a two-second pause, he threw the letter back to the spirit world, then looked down at Bugs Bunny at his feet, hesitating whether to take Bugs Bunny to the "Future" as well. He was a little worried that his rabbit would get some unnecessary inspiration from Frank.
After all, rabbits' thinking is different from that of humans. It would be troublesome if there was Frank Lee on the sea and Frank Rabbit on the land.
With a sigh in his heart, Renekton lowered his eyes and said,
"I'm going to the Future, you..."
Before he finished speaking, Bugs Bunny jumped up from the ground, put his hands on his hips, and said as expected,
"Are we going to find Frank? Yes, he is already a 'druid', he must know how to digest the 'biologist's' potion."
Seeing Bugs Bunny's high spirits, Renekton swallowed back the words of sending him back to the Pass River Valley, stretched out his hand and pressed on its head, helping it to transform into an information biological form, and surged away in the direction of the Sonia Sea.
On the Future, light green smoke filled the air. Looking closely, the smoke was still slowly wriggling, as if it was composed of many living microorganisms.
On the deck, the side of the ship, in the cracks of the cabin, and on the high sails, mushrooms of all sizes were beating like beating hearts.
Navigator Ottolov and boatswain Nina organized the crew to spray chemicals everywhere in the cabin restaurant to suppress the mushrooms that were growing wildly on the ship.
Throwing down the spray bottle that had run out of chemicals, Nina found a relatively clean chair to sit down, glared at Frank who was trying to solve the mushroom infestation problem, and cursed in a low voice:
"Damn, these sons of bitches, I don't want to see mushrooms again in my life." As she said that, she felt that she was not satisfied enough. She walked a few steps to Frank and kicked him on the back, kicking Frank into the mushroom pile in the corner.
White thread-like mycelium quickly sprayed out from the surrounding mushrooms, wrapped Frank layer by layer, and buried him in the mushroom pile.
"Hmm"
Frank wanted to open his mouth to shout something, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was blocked by the white mycelium, so he could only make a humming sound.
After struggling for a few times, his body began to swell, and his short brown hair squeezed through his clothes, and he instantly turned into a giant bear two people tall.
The surrounding mushrooms quickly agitated, conveying excitement, and the white mycelium spewed out like money, drowning the brown bear that Frank had transformed into.
Some of the mycelium was stained with a silvery metallic luster and became extremely sharp, grinding the surface skin of the brown bear bit by bit, leaching bright red blood, and some mycelium became soft and resilient, and explored the brown bear's body with great purpose.
The mycelium was unexpectedly tough. No matter how hard the giant bear pulled, it could not break free. Instead, it gradually became numb and powerless under the infiltration of the toxin.
Cattleya raised her glasses on the bridge of her nose and looked at the mushrooms very seriously. This level of mutation was not caused by a simple experiment out of control. What problematic materials did Frank use when cultivating these mushrooms? Or is there something wrong with this sea area itself?
On the other side of the restaurant, the navigator Ottolov expressed her thoughts at the moment:
"My God, these mushrooms have evolved again. What kind of monster did Frank create? Is this food for people or are people their food?"
"Mmm. Mmm~~"
The giant bear, who was struggling violently in the mycelium and mushrooms, gradually slowed down its movements, and its whimpering tone gradually changed, becoming low and patient, both painful and joyful.
The crew members on the ship who saw this scene subconsciously took a step back, as if they remembered some very bad memories.
"Captain?" Heath Doyle, who had pale skin and a sense of transparency, looked at Cattleya hesitantly.
Cattleya sighed softly and said with a helpless expression: "These mushrooms have gradually adapted to my magic and can greatly resist the effects of sleeping."
Nina came closer and took over the conversation:
"Then don't worry about him. Besides being disgusting, these mushrooms are not directly fatal. At most, they will produce a bunch of small mushrooms with a bunch of mushrooms. He has to experience the disgusting things he made himself."
"If he hadn't thrown mushrooms everywhere, how could these damn things have grown all over the ship so quickly? The 'Future' is almost occupied by mushrooms."
After a pause, she looked at Cattleya with some concern, leaned close to her ear and whispered:
"Captain, can't you really clean up these mushrooms?"
Cattleya shook her head slowly:
"It's difficult without damaging the 'Future'. These mushrooms have taken root deeply in the ship and are almost integrated with the entire ship."
"These mushrooms have been contaminated at some extremely high levels, which makes it difficult to completely remove them. In addition, they reproduce too quickly and are almost integrated with the 'Future'."
"Shit, it's all Frank's fault." Nina looked at the brown bear that was already covered with mushrooms, and cursed with gritted teeth.
She felt sick when she thought about waking up from her nap and seeing mushrooms everywhere, some on her chest, some on her thighs, and even on her mouth and thighs. There were mushrooms that secreted white milk-like liquid.
Cattleya looked in Frank's direction with difficulty. She still couldn't figure out how these mushrooms avoided her perception and grew all over the "Future".
According to the time I wrote the letter, Al should be here soon. I hope he can find a way to deal with these mushrooms, otherwise he can only remove them forcibly, which will inevitably damage the "Future".
As her thoughts floated, her inspiration was suddenly touched. She turned her head to look in the direction of the deck, and a deep light purple flashed in her eyes.
On the deck of the "Future", a "light" that could not be seen by most extraordinary people emerged out of thin air, and a stream of complex information quickly gathered to reconstruct the bodies of Renekton and Bugs Bunny. Chapter 643 Crazy Mushrooms
As soon as he appeared, Bugs Bunny quickly covered his nose and mouth with his hands, carefully looked around, and then looked at Renekton in confusion, his bright red eyes seemed to say:
"Boss, aren't we going to the 'Future'? Why are we on the 'Mushroom'?"
Renekton raised his hand and snapped his fingers. The sound of whimpering wind suddenly sounded, blowing in all directions, blowing away the light green mist-like spores and fine white mycelium in the air, isolating a safe zone around.
On the deck, the side of the ship, and the sails, mushrooms of varying sizes stubbornly took root on the ship, constantly spewing out white mycelium like fine threads, which drifted out with the whimpering wind, pulling out a huge white curtain in the air, and pressing down little by little against the howling wind.
"Wow, these mushrooms are so smart!" Bugs Bunny blinked and looked around, sighing softly.
Ignoring Bugs Bunny's sigh, Renekton carefully looked at the mushrooms around him. The deep blue and purple light in his eyes outlined one mysterious symbol after another, and he quickly analyzed the information contained in the mushrooms around him.
On these rapidly multiplying mushrooms, he vaguely saw the wriggling flesh, the crimson moonlight and the crazy desire to reproduce. They intertwined together to form an abstract twisted tree, tightly wrapping the "Future", penetrating and taking root bit by bit.
"The reproduction desire of these mushrooms is abnormally strong, and they are still evolving. What on earth did Frank use to cultivate them?"
After mumbling to himself for a while, Renekton stretched out his right hand wearing a mechanical glove and pressed it down. A dim and unclear light gushed out from the glove and quickly spread around.
Silently, the mushrooms growing wildly around him lost their color, disintegrated a little by little, and turned into a gray "dust". The spores and hyphae in the air also quickly lost their activity and turned into the most ordinary dust, floating in the air with the wind and sinking into the sea.
The deck, which was completely covered with mushrooms, was soon covered with a grayish-white "sand and dust", which swirled on the deck with the sea breeze.
In the gaps between the decks and in the direction of the cabin entrance, there were still many mushrooms growing out, trying to cover the entire ship again.
Renekton looked inside the cabin and then stepped forward.
A series of hazy glimmers that seemed to be composed of a large number of illusory things burst out from his body, like a painting composed of countless mottled light and shadows, gently covering the "Future", clearly reflecting every mushroom rooted in the ship.
These mushrooms are big or small, dark or white, or covered with spots. Without exception, they all beat like a living heart, constantly spewing out white mycelium and light green spores, and multiplying to their heart's content.
Their reproduction method is not single. They not only divide themselves, but also mate with other mushrooms, sea fish, plants, brown bears, and even pirates around them to breed new varieties of mushrooms.
Some of these mushrooms secreted white milk, some flowed out bright red blood, and some flowed out red wine with a strong smell of alcohol. Some produced pumpkins, some grew into the shape of fish, and some grew human reproductive organs.
My eyes are polluted. This thought flashed through Renekton's mind, and then he raised his hand and grasped it hard in mid-air, and the mottled light and shadow around him suddenly shook.
On the "Future" shrouded in mottled light and shadow, the laws of physics have been changed to a certain extent. The temperature is rising, and the air has become sticky, salty and humid, making it unsuitable for mushrooms to grow and reproduce.
The mushrooms that are spewing spores and hyphae and mating with all the living creatures around them suddenly slowed down, and the tight skin showed deep wrinkles, secreting liquids with complex flavors and colors, and gradually shrunken.
In the cabin restaurant that was not occupied by mushrooms, Cattleya's eyes suddenly filled with a deep blue and purple brilliance, outlining one mysterious symbol after another.
One star after another emerged around, densely packed and dazzling.
These stars cast one brilliant light after another, covering the entire restaurant in a hazy starlight, isolating the influence of the swaying mottled light and shadows around.
After doing this, she turned her head to look at her second mate Heath Doyle and simply ordered: "Drag Frank back."
Heath nodded, and a layer of dark light covered the surface of his body. He merged into the shadows of the floor like liquid and swam towards the pile of mushrooms that submerged Frank.
The pile of mushrooms that were frantically mating with Frank also slowed down, and the shadows controlled by Heath quickly covered it. The surrounding shadows quickly squirmed and condensed into illusory but solid black shackles, dragging Frank who was buried underneath out and pulling him into the starlight created by Cattleya.
Heath's figure emerged from the shadows. He looked down at Frank, who had changed from a brown bear posture to a human body, and silently walked aside.
Frank's eyes were slightly dazed, and his mouth was slightly open. Because he had transformed into a giant bear, his clothes were completely damaged. He was lying naked on the floor, with a sticky, complex-smelling liquid on his body. His body was still trembling slightly, and a little bit of thin liquid was sprayed out.
On his body, the originally dense body hair seemed to have been scraped by a sharp blade, revealing palm-sized alopecia, and fine bloodstains on his skin.
Cattleya glanced at Frank, confirmed his physical condition, and then turned her eyes away and stopped looking at him.
Beside her, Nina looked Frank up and down for a while, then spat with some disdain, and turned to look at the mushrooms isolated by the starlight. The mushrooms were visibly dying, becoming shrunken and yellow, as if their vitality was being sucked away by something, and finally turned into pieces of crumbs falling to the ground.
This situation lasted for less than a minute, and basically all the visible mushrooms on the ship and the things left by the mushrooms disappeared.
Nina looked at Cattleya beside her in disbelief, and asked puzzledly:
"Is it solved?"
"Captain, did you foresee this scene in advance and ask someone to help?"
Cattleya nodded slightly, then shook her head and said:
"I originally wanted him to take Frank's work away and give Frank some normal research projects that would not harm others."
In the restaurant, a blue light flashed, and Renekton teleported directly to the cabin with Bugs Bunny. He swept his eyes over Frank who fell to the ground, and signaled Bugs Bunny to go over and treat the over-consumed first mate.
Then he turned his head to look at Cattleya, nodded slightly and said:
"Long time no see, it seems that I came at the right time."
Cattleya looked at Renekton in confusion. As a "mystic", she could easily see that Renekton's face was covered by an illusion.
Renekton smiled at Cattleya and explained briefly:
"I have a problematic 'Knowledge Emperor' characteristic, and the current state is not very good."
The current state is not good, which means that it will be solved after a period of time, and become a real "Knowledge Emperor". This promotion speed is too shocking even for a god-favored person.
As her thoughts drifted, she nodded slightly to Renekton, and then took the initiative to explain the situation on the "Future":
"Frank told us this morning that his experiment was successful, and he also took out those mushrooms with different flavors to share with the crew."
"Originally everything was normal, but when the lunch break was over, the mushrooms suddenly got out of control, multiplied wildly, and soon filled the entire "Future."
"The potions and spells that Frank prepared to kill the plant activity were not very effective on these mushrooms, and they failed to suppress their spread in time, and finally evolved into what you see."
Madam, although this was an accident, there must be a factor of your deliberate indulgence, otherwise how could a demigod not notice the problem and deal with these mushrooms? Well, except for the demigods such as "Warrior" and "Destiny" who lack the necessary means, do you want to teach Frank a lesson and let him restrain himself in the future? This price seems a bit high.
While thinking, Bugs Bunny had alleviated Frank's condition and walked over with him.
Feeling the eyes of people around him, Frank scratched his head a little embarrassedly, then tore a tablecloth from the dining table and wrapped it around his waist.
Seeing the gaze from Cattleya, Frank lowered his head somewhat helplessly and apologized sincerely:
"Sorry, Captain, I made a mess on the ship again."
Cattleya sighed with a complicated expression, and said calmly:
"Your salary for the next six months will be used to diffuse the damage to the 'Future' and the losses caused to some crew members."
"Pack up the things in your laboratory. The 'Future' will dock for supplies later. You will put them in the base on the shore. In the future, such overly dangerous experiments should not be conducted directly on the ship."
Hearing Cattleya's announcement, Frank breathed a sigh of relief and nodded quickly:
"I know, Captain."
"You scared me to death. I almost thought you were going to kick me off the ship."
With a sigh, Frank looked at the "dust" left after the mushrooms collapsed outside the restaurant, and muttered softly:
"There was no problem before, why did the change happen?"
"Are you sure there was no problem before?" Cattleya looked at Frank and asked in a serious tone.
She had observed these mushrooms before, and their activity, evolutionary ability, and reproduction speed were obviously abnormal, a bit like the changes that happened when they were affected by the breath left by the Earth Mother Goddess in the sea of ruins where the God War Relics evolved. Is
there something wrong with this sea area, or is there something wrong with the materials Frank used, or did something happen nearby during that time that affected Frank's mushrooms and caused them to mutate? Chapter 644: Feysac's Airship
While thinking, she cast her gaze on Renekton and asked in a deep voice:
"Can you tell what caused the change?"
Renekton turned his head to look at Frank, his eyes flickered and became extremely deep. He was restoring what had happened on the "Future" through the method of "prophecy".
After a moment, he asked with a strange look:
"What materials did you use to cultivate these mushrooms?"
Frank recalled for a moment, and then skillfully described the raw materials he used to cultivate those mushrooms:
"Some vampire blood, some flesh and blood of the Rose Bishop, and something called the tongue of a miser."
"The blood of the vampire will make the vitality of the mushrooms tenacious and adapt to the dark environment. The flesh and blood of the Rose Bishop will allow the mushrooms to absorb nutrients from the monster corpses, and also give the mushrooms the taste and nutrition of meat."
"The tongue of a miser can amplify appetite and digestion, allowing those mushrooms to continuously absorb nutrients and make starch, milk, wine and other foods."
"Miser" Renekton murmured in a low voice, and his inspiration was touched.
Then, his eyes became extremely deep, like the sea before the storm, and his eyes lost focus and were vast.
By peeping into the long river of fate, he got some information, some secrets.
Cattleya looked at Frank curiously and asked, "I've never heard of a creature called a miser. Where did you buy the materials?"
Frank immediately replied,
"When we docked at the Gargas Islands before, there happened to be a gathering of a group of 'pharmacists' and 'doctors'. I attended that gathering, and the vampire blood was also purchased there."
"A gathering of 'pharmacists' and 'doctors'" Renekton felt that he had grasped something, and immediately relied on the "Knowledge Emperor" to control information and quickly deduced the possible development of the matter.
After a moment, he calculated a possibility, turned to look at Frank, and said calmly:
"There is a high probability that there are believers of the 'Original Moon' and the 'Mother Tree of Desire' in that party. Maybe they were summoned by them, just like the vampire who bled himself, the original owner of the tongue."
"'Miser' belongs to the power of the 'Mother Tree of Desire', representing greed and appetite, but the tongue you bought should not belong to the 'Miser'. It is obviously related to sexual desire and the desire for reproduction."
Frank was silent and thought for a moment, suddenly clapped his hands, and suddenly said:
"Moonlight, it's moonlight."
"Those mushrooms are stimulated by the moonlight, their activity is enhanced, and their reproductive instinct is enhanced. This enhancement just stimulates that desire, so it is derived into a desire to reproduce, and they madly mate and reproduce with all the creatures around them."
"When their desires are not satisfied, their desires will continue to accumulate, and at the same time they begin to split themselves, madly pursuing all living creatures, and have an endless reproduction."
"Because there is no moonlight in the dark environment, I ignored this factor."
Frank patted his head in annoyance, and then sighed:
"Fortunately, I have already removed the toxins and hallucinations of this mushroom. Although they have evolved again, they are not fatal. Moreover, they instinctively want to reproduce and will not directly kill the captured life. Otherwise, there might be bloodshed today."
Cattleya looked at Frank with a complicated expression. I seem to have underestimated his ability to bear. He did not seem to be hit by the previous experience, and he did not learn a lesson from it.
Everyone around looked at Frank with horror. They probably thought that dying directly might be better than being raped by mushrooms. The only thing that could comfort them was that they were not the only ones who had the same experience, and no one should laugh at each other.
Renekton took in the looks of the crew members around him, shook his head, looked at Frank and said,
"The crazy reproduction of these mushrooms requires energy and material supplements. Excluding the possibility that someone of you fed these mushrooms, it can only be that the "Future" passed through an area with abnormally strong vitality, and they were infected by the more obscure breath of the life field."
After a pause, he added, "Frank, I will make some teleportation scrolls for you, and then you will move the laboratory to the southern continent, in order to better communicate the progress of the experiment."
Also for the "Future" to be able to sail safely on the sea.
"Okay."
Frank wanted to say that as the first mate of the "Future", he couldn't be away from the ship for a long time, but Cattleya didn't give him a chance to speak, and directly agreed for him.
Renekton nodded slightly. He was about to ask Cattleya which sea areas the "Future" had passed through in the past few days, when a roar of mechanical operation suddenly came from the sky outside the cabin.
He looked up in surprise, peering through the ceiling of the cabin. His eyes penetrated the barrier and saw a group of neatly arranged airships flying from the north of the Sonia Sea, seemingly heading for the direction of the Ancient Forest.
The outer coating of the airships was painted with a totem of a spear and a blade surrounded by storms and lightning. This was the emblem of the Einhorn family, the royal family of the Feysac Empire.
"Feysac? Have they reached an alliance with Intis?" Cattleya asked in astonishment. She also saw the airship passing by, and saw the emblem of the Einhorn family on it.
After thinking for a moment, she turned her head to look at Renekton, and asked uncertainly:
"The last time the God War appeared in the sky above the Northern State, from what I observed, it seemed that the 'God of War' stood on the opposite side of the 'God of Steam and Machinery'. Why did Feysac change his position so quickly?"
"The gods have no camps, only interests, and perhaps, hatred, hatred for the destruction of the Giant King's Court."
Renekton shook his head calmly. He was not too surprised that the "God of War" changed camps. The "Ancient Sun God" was equally hated by every existence that survived from ancient times.
Cattleya frowned slightly and nodded gently, agreeing with Renekton's point of view, and then asked with some concern:
"If that's the case, there will be too many enemies to face on the southern continent."
"From the current perspective, it is indeed the case." Renekton nodded slightly, without talking too much about this topic. He turned to look at Frank and asked: "Do you still have mushrooms? I'm going to send some gifts to those airships in the sky."
Frank shook his head and said:
"Well, you should have cleared them all out, and the materials in the laboratory have been destroyed, otherwise I can cultivate some again."
The pirates around Frank's words subconsciously trembled, and they recalled the not-so-good memories before.
Nina glared at Frank and shouted,
"Don't let me see any more mushrooms, or I will throw you into the sea to cleanse your brain."
Renekton shook his head with some regret, turned his gaze back to Cattleya, and said calmly,
"I have extra 'Master of Prophecy' characteristics. If you need them, you can trade them with me after digesting the 'Mystic' potion."
Cattleya nodded without refusing, and asked casually, "What kind of reward do you need?"
Renekton nodded slightly, and said the plan he had already thought of:
"After the war breaks out, intercept some fleets from Intis and Feysac in the Sonia Sea. This is a commission for all pirates and adventurers. You can help me spread it out."
"If you encounter danger or a problem that cannot be solved, you can pray directly to the 'Hidden Sage', and He will respond to you."
"I will give you some knowledge that can help you digest the 'Mysticist' potion. You don't need to wait until the war is over. As long as you have digested the potion, you can directly ask me for the characteristics of the 'Master of Prophecy'."
While speaking, Renekton raised his hand and lightly pressed the void beside him. Dots of light blue light spread out like ripples, forming a door leading to an unknown place.
Renekton reached into the door and took out a stack of parchment-bound books that had been prepared long ago, and handed them to Cattleya.
These were stories and legends that he had sorted out, which could draw strength and create magic or witchcraft, as well as some more advanced or more niche mystical knowledge.
After doing this, he gave up the plan to investigate the sea area where the "Future" passed, and decided to solve the problem of Feysac's airship first.
He took Bugs Bunny, who was standing at his feet, and the bodies of the man and the rabbit quickly became ethereal, decomposing into a stream of complex knowledge, surging out of the cabin and away.
Cattleya looked around at the crew members, then calmly said,
"Clean the cabin and set off. We need to dock at the nearest port before dark. We need some necessary supplies."
"No problem, Captain. I think we need to throw some dangerous items off the Future."
Navigator Ottolov nodded in agreement. At the end, he glared at Frank. Those mushrooms made him deeply understand what it means to be helpless in middle age.
In the spirit world, countless complex information flows quickly converged to reconstruct the figures of Renekton and Bugs Bunny.
Bugs Bunny tugged at Renekton's shirt, chuckled twice, reached out from his furry belly and took out a thumb-sized light green glass bottle, handed it to Renekton and said,
"I collected some spores from the mushrooms on the deck before. I can use my spirituality to catalyze their growth rate, so that these spores can quickly take root on the airship."
Renekton's eyes swept back and forth over Bugs Bunny's body, and found that there were a lot of things hidden under its gray fur, and they were neatly arranged in different categories.
He reached out and rubbed Bugs Bunny's head, and said with a bit of a smile:
"Where did you learn this skill? Using the control of the 'biologist''s own hair, you can directly hide small items in the fur." Chapter 645 Mishil Port
Bugs Bunny raised his head and said with a proud look:
"I thought of it myself. It was not convenient to test the mechanical device with the cats before, so I thought of hanging the spellcasting materials in the fur."
Renekton touched Bugs Bunny's head, took the glass bottle from it, took a quick look, confirmed the activity of the spores inside, and then transformed into an information flow creature again, leading Bugs Bunny to approach Feysac's airship.
He did not choose to sneak into the airship himself, but chose a safer distance, allowing Bugs Bunny to use his illegal ability to affect the spores, so that they could remain active for a longer time, and then transform these spores into information state and put them into the neatly arrayed airships.
On the airship flying in the front position, a general wearing an iron red military uniform with many medals on it suddenly turned his head and looked behind him.
He looked to be about thirty years old, with a burly figure, more than two meters tall, and a thick beard on his lips.
He was a typical Feysac man, with a gloomy and fierce temperament, as if he was a fierce soldier who had fought on the battlefield and in the blood and iron. A simple movement of turning back could reflect a solemn and iron-blooded will in him. His inspiration seemed to be touched in the moment just now, as if he had been glanced at by a terrifying existence. Although it was only a fleeting feeling, he still captured it.
The general's dark eyes surged with a boiling red, and his spirit and will spread to every airship and every soldier.
At this moment, the wills of everyone on the airship were connected together, and they were like a whole. The burning mental power burst out from the airship, scanning every corner within a radius of more than ten miles.
Feeling the spirit and will that seemed like boiling magma, Bugs Bunny subconsciously hugged Renekton's thighs tightly and buried his head.
After the terrifying spirit subsided, Bugs Bunny carefully raised his head, looked around, and sighed:
"It's so scary, I feel like I'm going to become a roasted rabbit."
Renekton rubbed Bugs Bunny's head and explained simply:
"He is just bluffing to intimidate possible enemies around."
"I didn't hide my gaze just now to cover up the small action of putting things on the airship. His reaction fully shows that he only noticed my gaze, and did not notice the subtle changes taking place on the airship."
"Tonight will definitely be an unforgettable night."
Bugs Bunny looked at Renekton hesitantly. Its intuition thought that the boss who returned this time was a little different, but when he thought about it carefully, there seemed to be no change.
It shook its head, shook off the confusing thoughts in its head, and continued to ask questions about mushrooms:
"Why is it an unforgettable night? Those mushrooms can't pose a danger to a demigod. As long as they are discovered early and don't spread like they did on the 'Future' and merge into the entire ship, those mushrooms are easy to clean up."
"Even if it becomes like the 'Future', those mushrooms are still easy to clean up for a demigod. It's just that Cattleya wants to teach Frank some profound lessons so that he won't do too dangerous and anti-human experiments on the ship in the future."
After a pause, Renekton seemed to think of something interesting and suddenly laughed out loud. After controlling his expression, he changed the subject and explained to Bugs Bunny about the "War Bishop" and the army:
"In an army with a 'War Bishop', everyone is connected in mind and is like a whole. They can share strength, thinking and senses, which can maximize the advantages of an army."
"But sometimes, the army can also become a burden to the 'War Bishop'. The influence of too close thinking and sensory sharing is mutual. The soldiers in the team can also influence the 'War Bishop' as the leader of the team."
"This is also why the ritual of the 'Iron Knight' has high requirements for the tacit understanding of the team. If the actions, will, and thinking are not unified, the spirit of the promoted may be split or even out of control."
Bugs Bunny nodded as if he understood:
"I understand, boss, you want those mushrooms to mate with the soldiers on the airship, and then use the 'psychic communication' between them to impose mental pollution on everyone."
"Boss, you are so bad."
Renekton paused with his hand on Bugs Bunny's head. He suddenly hesitated about his idea, but soon he convinced himself.
A fully armed army led by the "War Bishop" is too dangerous. We cannot let them reach the southern continent intact. Moreover, such an army that has penetrated deep into the enemy's belly may have one or more angels behind it. I want to lure out all those guys who have secretly arrived at the southern continent.
As his thoughts drifted, Renekton looked sideways at the sun on the sea, calculating the time when the sun would set and the location where these airships would be able to reach at that time.
"If there were no additional factors, this Feysac army should be stationed in the Ancient Forest, waiting for further instructions. The complex terrain there is very suitable for hunters to move around, and they can be completely self-sufficient, without having to worry about food."
After the words fell, Renekton pulled Bugs Bunny and transformed into a torrent of information again, surging into the spirit world, and approaching the direction of the Ancient Forest.
Mishil Port, before the safe channel was discovered by Roselle, this was one of the few channels that could avoid the violent sea and establish some contact with the outside world, mainly traveling between the Rorsted Islands and the Gargas Islands. With the development of the safe waterway, this place was gradually abandoned, and later it was brought under control by Feysac and became one of their colonies in East Balam.
Near dusk, the airship with the Feysac royal emblem passed through the fog that had spread over the coastline at some point, and landed in a closed pier.
Two streets away from the pier, the Dusk Church of the "God of War" Church is located here. In front of the tall and magnificent church decorated with many dusk and sword and shield symbols, two symmetrical and towering bell towers stand on the edge of the square on the left and right.
At the top of the bell tower, Renekton calmly looked at the direction where the airship landed, holding his hands in front of his chest, and rhythmically beating the index finger of his right hand.
Sure enough, they would stop at the port to make supplies first, and then hide this army composed mainly of extraordinary people in a port in the ancient forest that was completely controlled by Feysac. There was no need to worry about leaks, and there was also a fog arranged by a "weather wizard" to cover it.
As his thoughts drifted, Renekton withdrew his sight and looked sideways at the Dusk Church behind him. He had noticed some discord from the information floating around him, so he stayed here to observe. A
melodious bell suddenly sounded, startling a group of white pigeons that stayed in the square. The bell sound spread through the air to the entire Port Mishil.
At the top of the bell tower, Bugs Bunny subconsciously covered his ears, and then found that the bell sound reaching his ears was not loud, and was a little erratic, as if it was echoing from a far distance. He looked around curiously and soon relaxed.
Bugs Bunny moved forward and stuck half of his head out of the roof of the clock tower, looking at the bustling crowd in the square below. The Feysac people mixed in with them made serious comments:
"The physical fitness of the Feysac people is generally better than that of the southern continent people. They are taller and stronger, but their resistance to various viruses seems to be weaker than that of the southern continent people."
"From this we can conclude that giants are not resistant to poison."
"Ouch~"
Renekton raised his hand and patted Bugs Bunny on the head, saying helplessly:
"What have you learned during this time with Roselle?"
Bugs Bunny thought seriously, turned his head and replied:
"The witch's pleasure ability can bring extreme physical and mental enjoyment. This ability can not only be used on humans, but also on animals, and even any creature with sexual function."
"The characteristics of 'Apostle of Desire' and 'Witch of Pleasure' combined can create a succubus, an extremely dangerous, irrational monster. Well, Emperor Roselle didn't say what kind of danger it is."
The emperor's previous life was really wonderful. He was inhuman and a succubus. When he is resurrected, the reputation of the Beyonders on the Path of the 'Black Emperor' will probably be damaged. Sighing in his heart, Renekton turned his head to look at Bugs Bunny and warned him:
"Stay away from him in the future."
Bugs Bunny suddenly interrupted Renekton and pointed at several Feysac people dressed in local clothes in the square below and said loudly:
"Well, boss, those people on the airships are coming out, and they have mushroom spores on them."
After a pause, Bugs Bunny said excitedly: "Boss, when do we start? If we can plant mushrooms all over this port, I feel that the magic potion in my body can be digested."
"Wait a little longer, wait until the moon comes out, when Frank's mushrooms are the most active."
Renekton patted Bugs Bunny's head, signaling it not to be anxious.
Time passed slowly. In the distance, on the horizon, as the last bit of sunset sank into the sea, the sky became completely dark. The tiny stars dotted around a crimson moon, casting a crimson glow on the port below.
Renekton looked up at the crimson moon in the sky, his eyes reflecting a crimson glow. The "Knowledge Emperor" characteristic in his body became restless again, constantly affecting his perception and judgment, making him want to understand the crimson moon and get closer to it.
How tenacious! With a sigh in his heart, Renekton closed his eyes and relied on his own status to suppress the abnormal restlessness that did not belong to him.