Chapter 61 The nemesis of mutant leeches

  The transaction is over.

   After leaving Wetland Park.

   Sun Shiqi, who had a look of resentment, finally couldn't help but began to complain loudly.

   "It's unbelievable!"

   "I've never seen such a stingy blue coat. What about the restraint of a civilized person? What about the promised exchanges? These greedy gophers!"

   "I shouldn't have fantasies about them!"

  The tavern in the trading center of Honghe Town, four of the ten most talked about stories are related to the blue coat.

There were people who got big bags of good things from those blue jackets because of a few words of flattery, and some people went in with a bunch of colorful paper to cheat food and drink, and when they were blasted out, they were still carrying a large bag of food. The "survival supplies" he prepared.

  These blue coats have almost become synonymous with people who are stupid and rich, and stories about them are often inseparable from the word get rich overnight.

  Sun Shiqi never thought that he would be able to pry open the treasures of the refuge with just one mouth, as rumored in the market, and doing business normally seems to be a good choice.

However……

   The reaction of these people was beyond his expectations.

   So much so that he couldn't help but wonder if these guys were pretending to be a group of refugees.

   Will there really be blue coats to build houses on the ground?

   Besides, he didn't see where the refuge was in the end...

   The gunman walking in front looked back at him, and then at the bulging package on the back of the two-headed cow, and asked inexplicably.

   "So this deal is a loss?"

   He has worked as a bodyguard for many years, and has dealt with many businessmen, and he has rarely seen them lose money.

   "It's not a loss," Sun Shiqi said angrily, "but I could have made more!"

  “…”

  The gunman was speechless, turned his attention away from him, and continued to look around alertly.

  Sun Shiqi took out the ledger from his pocket with a painful expression on his face.

  10kg of salt was only exchanged for 30kg of bacon.

   If it wasn't for this trip without a plan to go to Boulder City, even if someone pointed a gun at his head, he would definitely not accept such a harsh price!

   But unfortunately, there is no if in this world.

  It is also impossible for him to actually drag these salts to the Boulder City, exchange them for daily necessities and electrical appliances, exchange them for grains at the farm, and then use the grains exchanged for the farm to exchange for meat here.

   This goes back and forth, at least four days, or even a week!

  The road in the city is much more difficult to walk than the outside, not to mention that the winter is coming soon, and both humans and aliens are frantically preparing for the coming winter.

  In the wasteland, this time node is more dangerous than ever.

   No matter the time cost or the risks involved, it is impossible for him to take that detour.

   And the man, obviously saw this.

   Not only the 10 kilograms of salt, but also the ten revolving rifles and two bags of bullets he was carrying, all of which were used by that guy to lower the price to death for various reasons.

Arms may be worthless in Boulder City, but any survivor stronghold will not refuse to hoard such easy-to-maintain, durable and cheap weapons. It is more than enough to exchange 3-4 mutant hyena corpses for a butcher. They can slaughter sixty to seventy kilograms of meat.

   That's 70kg of meat!

   30kg of air-dried meat is not too much, right? 20 kg is really not good enough!

  However, that man was only willing to give him 10 kilograms of unsalted bacon jerky for each gun!

   No matter how much he tried, the man nodded for the sake of friendship and asked him to get 1 kilogram of smoked fish.

   The **** groundhog!

   "I don't understand very well, but is it enough to make money?" The gunman said nonchalantly, "Be content and be happy, I always hear people say that."

   "Hehe, what do you know? You can't make a fortune with contentment."

  Sun Shiqi didn't bother to pay attention to him, he just waved his pen impatiently, and while burying his head on the road, he continued to count the ledger while muttering.

   "...These air-dried meats have to be exchanged for at least 60 kilograms of coarse salt. No, at least 80 kilograms is not a waste of money. I have to think about which mine to do this business with."

  The gunman glanced at him, then glanced at the goods on the back of the two-headed cow, and said in a relaxed tone.

   "Then you should be devout and grateful."

   "At least I, who accompany you on this trip, is a contented person."

  …

  130kg of bacon plus 10kg of smoked fish was exchanged for 10kg of coarse salt, 10 revolving rifles, two large bags of bullets and game coins.

   Chu Guang himself was very satisfied with this transaction.

   Of course, it’s also a good timing.

  As the cold winter approaches, whoever has food is the father, and all the prey are going to hibernate. Occasionally, the game can be preserved by throwing it in the snow, but the salt is not so important.

   But waiting for the spring of next year, it is another situation.

   After all, it is a bit whimsical to make air-dried meat in spring and summer.

   But then again, at that time, will the outpost still need to make money by selling food?

  Chu Guang doesn't think so.

   In short, the production cost of 130 kilograms of bacon and 10 kilograms of smoked fish is only 60~80 silver coins for Chuguang.

   Even at the purchase price of the granary, it was only 140 silver coins.

   However, at present, players are selling their prey directly to the granary. For the time being, they have not slaughtered the prey or smoked jerky by themselves, so it is more appropriate to directly use the production cost to calculate.

   In fact, it doesn’t matter which price you use.

   After all, Chu Guang now has 500 kilograms of the same game coins.

   "Money" is really just a number for him as a manager...

  …

   dragged these coins into the shelter alone and put them in an empty room with no one. Looking at these shiny coins, Chu Guang couldn't help but have a gratified smile on his face.

   If only they could be exchanged for chips.

   Let alone power armor, buying a plane is probably enough, right?

  If someone sells...

   Money that does not enter the market circulation has no meaning.

  Chu Guang just admired his masterpiece for a while, then turned to leave the shelter, returned to the surface, and began to ponder the glass jar he got from the businessman surnamed Sun.

   The ants with big fists huddled together in the glass jar, flapping their legs and tentacles randomly, looking for an exit.

   One of the iron-backed ants, facing outwards, was the most energetic, using its pincer-shaped mouthparts to tap the inner wall of the glass jar repeatedly.

   However, the inner curved surface of the glass jar is too slippery, and there is no point of force to bite, no matter how strong the bite force is, it will not help, and can only be anxious against the transparent "wall".

  Chu Guang was not interested in insects, but he wanted to know how this little thing became the natural enemy of mutant leeches.

  Be aware that even mutant leeches are much larger than their size.

So, Chu Guang went to the fishermen by the lake, borrowed a mutated leech cub, picked a strong-looking iron-backed ant, and put them both in the same bottle inside.

   Something interesting happened.

The    mutant leech did not immediately attack the prey in front of him, but tentatively stretched its mouthparts forward.

Seeing that the edge of the mouthpart was about to be next to the iron-backed ant, the mutant leech suddenly shrank back as if it had touched an electric door, and then twisted its plump and round body to the other side of the bottle. , as if hiding something.

   And that ant is also very interesting, and seems to realize that there is a big guy nearby.

   But it didn't panic at all, neither attacking immediately, nor turning to run away, but spinning around the inside of the bottle while shaking the antennae above its head.

   What is this doing?

  Is it…

  Chu Guang, who was squatting on the ground to observe, touched his chin, and suddenly there was a hint of surprise on his face.

"I see……"

   "It should be looking for a companion."

   He seemed to have guessed the reason why this kind of ant could restrain the mutant leech.

   When Chu Guang was about to further verify his conjecture, the players not far away were watching and whispering.

   "What is the manager doing?"

   "I don't know, it's like playing with ants."

   "I think he got a leech cub from the fishermen. Did he want to see ants and leeches fight?"

   "Hey, how can you have such a strange hobby?!"

  Yaya, who was walking towards the granary with the mushrooms in her arms, happened to hear the conversations of the nearby players, her back was cold, and she couldn't help shivering.

  Water, leeches?

  How could someone play such a disgusting thing? !

   This is also horrible...

  …

   After repeated control experiments, Chu Guang finally verified his conjecture.

   First of all, leeches have no eyes and mainly rely on smell to search for prey. Mutant leeches are the same, and because of their more sensitive sense of smell, they are quite sensitive to smells.

  After discovering the prey, the iron-backed ants did not choose to attack for the first time, but like other ants, they immediately released pheromones to tell their nearby companions that there is a fat sheep here, everyone come and join us.

   Although the digestive juice of the mutant leech can corrode most prey, it is almost ineffective against the iron-backed ants. Even if it is swallowed whole, it will not be digested at all, but will be bitten from the inside.

   Therefore, this fear of natural enemies has almost been written into the genes of the mutant leeches, so that when they smell the pheromone released by the iron-backed ants, they almost instinctively run away and dare not turn their heads.

   "...The case has been solved."

   "It's really because of this thing."

   Looking at the translucent jelly-like substance the size of the thumb nail in his hand, Chu Guang squeezed it lightly, a bit like spoiled sago.

  This thing is the iron-backed ant's pheromone gland, which grows under its **** and can be pulled off without much effort.

   After removing the pheromone glands of the big ant, Chu Guang threw it back into the bottle and shared a room with the mutant leech.

  This time, the mutant leech was much braver.

   After several trials, it probably felt that the smell of this thing was not very similar to its natural enemy, so it finally gathered up the courage, swallowed the prey in one bite, and then wriggled like a wave.

   About five or six minutes passed.

  The mutant leech cub that was still wriggling suddenly stopped moving.

  Chu Guang poured it out of the bottle and opened his stomach with a knife.

  I saw that the ants inside had been suffocated to death, but there was still a piece of meat in its mouth, probably torn from some part of the mutant leech cub.

  This little injury is not enough to kill the leech, the real fatal thing may be the formic acid injected into the leech or something else.

   "It's not realistic to kill the leeches in the nest."

   "But if you can smear the pheromone gland extract on your body and disguise yourself as the natural enemy of the mutant leech... Wouldn't you be able to clear the mutant leech's lair without injury?!"

   Realizing this, Chu Guang's face was immediately filled with excitement, and his eyes changed when he looked at the glass jar beside him.

   Made a fortune!

   20kg of blue umbrella mushrooms can be exchanged for 2000 chips, if you can pick 200kg...

   Of course, 200kg may be an exaggeration.

   But a hundred pounds should be fine, right?

  It is a pity that these iron-backed ants are all worker ants, and there is no queen that can reproduce, otherwise they will be able to scavenge the wool of the mutant leech nest every day!

   "...You have to find a player with high proficiency in gathering skills to do this job."

  Chu Guang's eyes began to wander around the outpost, looking for this lucky guy.

   Suddenly, his eyes stopped on a player not far from the granary.

  Crow!

   Chu Guang's eyes lit up the moment he saw the little player.

so close.

   Almost forgot her!

  If I remember correctly, this player named Yaya has a talent of "Toxin Intuition", and the blue umbrella mushrooms he sees are all glowing green!

   When someone else enters the hole, they have to turn on the lights to find it. This guy has his own night navigation when he enters the hole. He stares at the green light and he is done. Isn’t it easy to get hundreds of pounds out?

   Feeling the line of sight from the manager, Yaya, who had just handed in the punishment task, was shaking all over.

  's perception-based intuition allowed her to predict danger in advance.

   However, just when she was about to smear oil on the soles of her feet and slip away, Chu Guang predicted her prediction and stepped forward to trigger the plot.

   "How is your punishment quest done?"

   Hearing the voice behind him, Ya Ya turned back cautiously, watching the manager say tremblingly.

   "It's done, it's done... It's just done, 100 kilograms have been delivered."

  Chu Guang nodded.

   "It's done. From now on, your status level will be restored to resident. In addition, I have a glorious and arduous task for you here."

  If it were normal, Yaya would definitely go on with a happy face and stand up to show loyalty. After all, who wouldn’t love hidden missions?

   Maybe you can even grow the favorability of NPCs!

   However, from just now, her right eye couldn't help jumping, telling her that there might be a big hole waiting in front of her.

   "I may not be able to complete it, or you can find someone else-"

   "Believe in yourself, you can do it, and this task can only be done by you!"

   didn't give Yaya a chance to refuse at all, Chu Guang interrupted her small beep with a serious face, paused for two seconds, and continued.

   "I'll give you a special bottle of powder that you apply to your body."

   "It can ensure that you enter the mutant leech's lair without incident. What you have to do is to collect the green mushrooms inside."

  I was crying anxiously, especially after hearing the words "mutant leech nest", I almost dropped the call on the spot.

   "Then, then, can I come out safely?"

  Chu Guang said in a positive tone.

   "Theoretically possible."

  Crowd: "???"

  Theoretically? !

  Chu Guang did not give her a chance to protest and continued.

   "The theory is just for the sake of rigor. Don't worry, the success rate is as high as 90%. Even if you fail, you will be killed in a special mission, and there will be no punishment other than the resurrection CD."

   That's still a punishment!

   The most uncomfortable thing is to resurrect the CD!

  Yaya said pitifully: "Can you also waive the resurrection CD?"

  Chu Guang paused for two seconds, ignoring her words selectively.

   "The content of the task is very simple. You have 10 minutes of absolute safety and 20 minutes of relative safety."

   "After entering the lair, don't worry about anything, avoid the leeches, and gather the green-glowing blue mushrooms you can see."

   "Before the time runs out, how much can be harvested."

   "Each catty of blue umbrella mushrooms—"

   "I will count you 4 copper coins and 5 points for contribution!"

   (end of this chapter)