"So that's it. What's the name of the fruit you eat? Why did it wither?" Upon hearing Guan Heng's question, the leader of the hard-haired beast immediately said: "Sir, please follow me, it's over here."
After saying that, it led everyone to a dead fruit tree more than ten feet away, then turned to Guan Heng and said: "This is the fruit tree of 'Bi Ye Xiang Scale Fruit'. When mature, this fruit is light pink in color and exudes
It has a unique fragrance, and its surface is patterned like fish scales, hence its name.”
"Well..." Guan Heng nodded slightly after hearing this, and then the hard-haired beast continued: "It stands to reason that these fruit trees have grown locally for thousands of years and have never withered. I don't know if they will die this year.
What's wrong? Since last month, trees have been withering. It's really evil."
"Really? Could it be that it was infected with some disease or was eaten by insects?"
When the demon mandrill said this, he deliberately winked at the insect mother beside him. The latter snorted and said: "There are no traces of insect teeth on this tree. I think you are blind and have brain damage.
That’s why you have such unrealistic assumptions, you idiot.”
"Uh..." Being ridiculed by the insect mother in front of him, the demon mandrill immediately blushed. It was about to retort. The next moment, Guan Heng reached out and touched the tree body, and then said: "It doesn't seem to have died due to natural reasons.
Right, Sword Spirit?"
"Exactly." At this moment, a thin stream suddenly flew out of the sword box on Guan Heng's back, and instantly transformed into a sword spirit in front of everyone. He said to Guan Heng: "Master, the soil at the roots of these fruit trees
There seems to be something strange, I suggest you check it now."
"Okay." Guan Heng nodded and waved his hand to release a large amount of earth spiritual energy, which wrapped around the roots of the withered fruit trees and then penetrated into the soil.
Just after a few breaths passed, Guan Heng's brows frowned slightly: "It's strange. According to the exploration of soil spiritual energy, a large part of the soil under these fruit trees has disappeared. No wonder they will wither, so they cannot absorb enough nutrients.
, if this continues, it will only be a matter of time before the entire fruit forest withers!"
"What?!" Hearing this, the bristle beast and the crystal butterfly were both shocked, because they both like to eat the fruits that grow here.
The Jinlan crystal butterfly is better, at least it can fly to other places, even to other worlds to find food, but the bristle beast cannot, so the withering of fruit trees will have a fatal impact on the local beast population.
"Sir, please help me." The boss of the hard-haired beast knelt down at Guan Heng's feet and kowtowed repeatedly. He said: "The survival of our tribe depends on your words. Please help us save the fruit trees..."
"Okay, you get up first." Guan Heng sighed: "Since we are all here, I can't ignore it anymore."
Immediately afterwards, Guan Heng turned around and asked: "Sword Spirit, tell me, why did the soil under the roots of these fruit trees disappear?"
"There are two possibilities. One is that the earth's crust shook, causing the soil to collapse, but this possibility should be very small." At this point, Sword Spirit asked the boss of the hard-haired beast: "Have there been any disasters such as earthquakes nearby recently?
?”
The other party shook his head and replied: "No, this kind of thing has rarely happened in the past two years."
"Then there is only the second possibility. The disappearance of the soil is a deliberate act by 'some guy'." Sword Spirit analyzed: "Wire-haired beast, think carefully, is there anything underground that lives under this land?"
Alien beasts or insects?”
"There should be, and there's more than one kind."
The hard-haired beast said: "Because the roots of the green leaves also emit a weak fragrance, they sometimes attract the guys who live underground. One of them is called the 'scythe-toothed golden mole', which is a very powerful and vicious beast."
Chong, we usually don’t dare to provoke each other easily.”
After a slight pause, it continued: "As for the other kind, they are called 'blind-eyed velvet rats'. They are strange beasts that live underground all year round. They are fat and have a fierce temper. Because they never come up to the ground, their eyesight is extremely poor."
Poor, basically I can only rely on my sense of smell and hearing.”
"Oh, are these the only two insect beasts?"
"Well, there are two of them nearby."
After listening to the words of the hard-haired beast, Guan Heng nodded slightly, and then said: "Insect mother, magic mandrill... and earth palace toad, follow me to the nearby underground to have a look. Ice Jiao, you and the general will stay here.
It's okay outside, restrain these crystal butterflies and bristle beasts, don't let them fight again."
Bingjiao replied: "Don't worry, Mr. Guan, this is a trivial matter."
"Hey, is there a shortcut to the ground around this fruit tree?" Hearing Guan Heng's inquiry, the boss of the hard-haired beast hurriedly said: "Yes, there is a soil hole on the edge of the fruit forest a hundred feet away that can lead to it.
Deep underground, the little beast is willing to act as a guide and lead everyone there."
He nodded slightly and said, "Okay, lead the way."
…
After a few breaths, everyone came to the earth cave. The mother insect landed nearby with a cry. Looking left and right, the earth palace toad asked: "Hey, what are you doing?"
"I seemed to smell an unusual smell, something like evil, with a faint smell of blood."
"That's true." Guan Hengheng looked around and then asked: "Have there been any fights around here?"
"No." The boss of the hard-haired beast said this with certainty, and then said: "But, I heard my little brother from the same clan mentioned that a companion seemed to have disappeared nearby for no reason recently. I even came to investigate once.
But nothing was found.”
"Oh, so the situation of your missing kin is worrying."
"Yes, if they are dragged into the underground tunnel by ferocious insects and beasts, 90% of them will become each other's meal and they will not survive."
When he said this, the boss of the hard-haired beast had already led Guan Heng and the others into the earth tunnel. After twists and turns, everyone had arrived at the deep underground soil layer.
"Mr. Guan, behind the earth wall next to you should be where the fruit trees of Bi Ye Xiang Scale Fruit are located. Their roots must have extended to the vicinity." "Well, I can feel it, Sword Spirit, Tu Gong Toad,
what about you?"
"Well, the surrounding soil aura is too thin." The big toad said: "It's strange that fruit trees can survive in a place like this. In my opinion, if the soil layer disappears, someone must have tampered with it."
"My opinion is basically the same." Sword Spirit also added: "Because without the moisture of soil and water, tree roots shrink quickly, which is an important reason for their death."
"Well, let's confirm it."
"Bah!" Guan Heng suddenly slapped his palm on the wall next to him, "Shua la la!" A huge earth cave passage suddenly appeared in front of everyone, Guan Heng said: "Demon mandrill, go in and take a look."
"Yes!" The mandrill looked aside for a long time, and when he heard that he was finally of use, he immediately swung around and got in.