Free Web NovelChapter 558: Chapter 199: Hearts United, Civilization Takes Root
Growth Factor?
Cheng Ye stared at the feature hint on the panel, a bit surprised. This wasn’t the first time he had seen this feature.
Previously, it appeared on the black-and-white striped fish and the Mutated Fish King, it was precisely this feature that caused their size to grow crazily and the numbers to overflow.
He originally thought that it was the Mutated Fish King affected by the Vortex Turtle Shell, giving luck to the fish group. But now, even the Mutated Water Leech has this feature, things obviously aren’t that simple.
"Could it be that there are other Vortex Turtle Shells hidden underwater, always affecting this water area?"
This thought popped into Cheng Ye’s mind, without any delight.
The effect of the Growth Factor is too obvious!
It can cause a disaster for the fish group, and when it comes to the Mutated Water Leech, it grows to the size of a calf, as Li Jie said, this thing is a specialty of Sand Province, it’s rare to see one this big, enough to prove the power of the Growth Factor.
Following this thinking, could there be other giant creatures hidden in the water that were stimulated to grow?
Could this Growth Factor even be affecting the underwater source of infection and Infected Bodies?
"This is truly a problem." Cheng Ye pondered to himself, "If the shell remains underwater releasing Growth Factors, this White Water River will eventually become a giant creature’s nest!"
To solve the hidden danger, the source of the shell must be found and contained, but Qin Feng hasn’t sent word yet, clearly still hasn’t found clues related to the Vortex Turtle Shell.
Even if there are clues, he absolutely cannot dive underwater now. freewebnøvel.com
Even with two water skills to rely on, diving down without understanding the situation is no different from looking for death.
"The mountain stays not, the water doesn’t... Elder Qu’s words really hold true, there are too many variables in the water!"
Cheng Ye shook his head, temporarily suppressing these thoughts. The main concern now is dealing with the Infected Bodies coming ashore at night; finding the shell is not the priority right now.
He tightened his grip on the Red Blade, leading the team to continue clearing the wild grass on the right.
Compared to the unknown danger underwater, these infection sources hidden in the wilderness seem quite "cute."
After consecutively slashing three Green Treasure Worms, the panel finally popped up with a hint:
[Life Messenger (Green Treasure Worm) trait has reached maximum value]
[Collector can continue to collect traits, maximum storage: 200%]
"Nice, another trait acquired, we can immediately redeem it when we return."
Cheng Ye breathed a sigh of relief, secretly grateful for choosing the joint route in the beginning.
This skill fusion mechanism is simply a divine skill, allowing scattered traits to continuously stack and strengthen.
Next career promotion, perhaps he should continue to choose the joint route to further enhance the fusion effect, it would be even better if some energy consumption could be reduced. Currently, each fusion requires 200 degrees of electricity, even with quick charge replenishing energy, it’s still somewhat strenuous.
Time flies amidst the busy work, three hours passed by in the blink of an eye, the sun gradually inclined westward, painting the sky with a layer of pale gold.
From noon twelve o’clock to five in the afternoon, within five hours, most of the wilderness in the Blue Zone was cleared, forcibly creating nearly three hundred meters of open space.
Even if Infected Bodies emerge at night from here, they can be spotted immediately, with no fear of the view being blocked by weeds.
The cleared vines also had a destination, everyone piled up the vines into several large stacks, mixed in some dry branches, and stuffed in two large blocks of industrial grease as fire starter, Cheng Ye struck a high-burning match and threw it in, the flame surged up half a meter high, accompanied by crackling explosive sounds, the dry branches first burnt through, soon igniting the tough vines.
Soon, thick smoke rose, carrying the pungent smell of burning vegetation straight up to the sky, in the golden glow of the sunset, sending a gray-black column of smoke, exceptionally conspicuous when viewed from afar.
"Master! Fifty residential units have been built!"
Sun Dazheng quickly ran over to report, with quite a bit of cement dust on his face, sweat from his forehead running down his cheeks, eyes filled with excitement, "Now with proficiency, a team of 20 people can build one in half an hour. We divided into 10 groups to work in shifts. Before tonight we should be able to build at least another fifty, enough for everyone to hide in!"
"All the materials have also been transferred to the supermarket, and we used prefabricated boards and iron wires to build a closed warehouse in the corner. Even if an Infected Body or Mutated Creature breaks in, they can’t reach the stuff inside."
"How about the surrounding vigilance?" Cheng Ye took the cloth Huang Liang handed him, wiping the plant juice splattered on the Battle Armor, not lifting his head.
"We haven’t had time for detailed clearing around, we just used iron wire to roughly circle it, hanging bells and vibration sensors at intervals. If anything crashes into it, we’ll immediately know which direction it’s coming from." Sun Dazheng answered honestly.
"Not bad!"
Cheng Ye nodded.
This progress was slightly slower than he expected. Originally, he wanted to build an observation tower as a high point before dark, but then thought people are not machines, they have to learn to build the residential units while working intensively, achieving this outcome is already very difficult, slight deviations are normal.
"Just..." Sun Dazheng rubbed his hands, hesitated, licked his dry lips, his gaze involuntarily drifting towards the riverbank.
"Fetching water, right?" Cheng Ye immediately saw through his thoughts, put down the cloth and stood up, "Get the water buckets ready, I’ll take people to fetch water at the riverbank." ƒгeewёbnovel.com
Heavy physical labor consumes the most water, not to mention the ordinary residents, even he feels a bit dry-throated.
Besides, the more Nutrient Paste one drinks, the thirstier one gets. Adequate fresh water supply is a must.
