Urban Sims

Chapter 483 Solving the Mystery
Zhou Ming and a group of people entered the boundless Xuanqing fruit forest.

The deeper you go into the forest, the denser the plant density of the Xuanqing fruit tree, the higher the canopy, the denser the branches and leaves, and the tighter the sunlight is blocked.

Therefore, the further you go in, the darker the environment becomes.

The layer of decaying leaves on the ground is very thick. If you step on it, it will sag downwards and make a "rustling" sound. In the quiet dense forest, the sound will be heard far away.

Looking up, there are many fist-sized black green fruits on the high treetops. The fruit density is very high, which bends the branches and shakes with the wind.

There are many Xuanqing fruits on the tree, but the Xuanqing fruits that fall on the ground are very rare. You can only pick up one every ten steps. fall.

Another reason may be that they were eaten by the Guoguo rabbit. After all, although the Guoguo rabbit runs nimbly and has amazing jumping power, climbing trees is not their strong point. The mysterious green fruit that falls automatically is their main source of food.

Picking up a Xuanqing fruit casually, Zhou Ming put it in his hand and looked at it.

The shape of Xuanqing fruit is somewhat similar to that of walnut, but the shell is much thicker, with a green skin and an ellipsoidal shape, which looks a bit like a small coconut.

The most important thing is that the outer shell of the Xuanqing fruit in his hand has been gnawed off a large piece, and part of the inner flesh has been eaten.

Seeing the gnawed gap again, the wood is fresh and has not yet rotted and blackened. Zhou Ming judged: there must be a pot rabbit nearby.

And after hearing the news of their arrival, he immediately stopped eating and fled to another place.

"It's really a group of vigilant pot rabbits."

Throwing the Xuanqing fruit in his hand on the ground, Zhou Ming clapped his hands and said.

"Young master, don't go any further, we have already penetrated hundreds of miles, if we go in again, we may encounter danger."

Family guard Bai Jingfeng said that his duty is to personally protect the young master's safety. If something happens to the young master, he will undoubtedly be severely punished.

"Uncle Feng, I've already found some clues, and if I walk more than a dozen miles in, I'm sure to find some important discoveries."

Zhou Ming pointed to a darker direction ahead.

"Master, although the Guoguo Rabbit doesn't have much attack power, it will be difficult for us to deal with tens of thousands of them rushing up together. Moreover, there are not many fruit pickers here. If an accident occurs, it is difficult to call for help."

"Uncle Feng, didn't we all come in wearing armor? If we can't finish killing Guoguotu, it's no problem to retreat completely."

Bai Jingfeng shook his head and said, "You have never been taught how powerful Guoguotu is. Only those who have experienced the battle a few months ago know what it means to be powerless."

"Uncle Feng, you are not scared by the little pot rabbit, are you? A group of rabbits, do you think they are powerful? Hahahaha!"

Bai Yuanliang laughed out loud, feeling like he heard a very funny joke.

"It shouldn't be that scary, it's just a bunch of rabbits."

"Last month, a monk swung a sword and killed [-] pot rabbits."

"Uncle Feng, can you stop talking about how powerful Guoguotu is, people outside are laughing at us from Xuanqingcheng."

Bai Qingmu, Bai Xiuxiu, Bai Yuanbao and others who were beside him said one after another, the embarrassing Bai Jingfeng blushed, a man in his 30s was ashamed to be talked about by a group of children.

"That's enough, Uncle Feng is also thinking about our safety, so don't make fun of him anymore."

Zhou Ming criticized a few friends, but decided to go deeper and explore some secrets.

Bai Jingfeng couldn't screw him, so he could only keep going deeper while raising his vigilance.

In this way, they walked for another full day, nearly a hundred miles.

The Xuanqing fruit forest with millions of acres has finally entered from the outermost to the innermost.

Arrived at the edge of this Xuanqing fruit forest.

Reach the border of another forest.

There is an empty middle ground.

In this middle zone, there is no tall tree, only some low trees, and a large open space.

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Ming's mouth.

Finally a big discovery was made.

After walking a few hundred meters further, in the opposite woods, Zhou Ming nodded repeatedly after seeing the fresh sawdust all over the ground, a section of round wooden stakes, and trees beyond recognition that had been bitten.

Returning to the place close to the Xuanqing fruit forest, Zhou Ming took a hard branch and dug down a few times at the root of a Xuanqing fruit tree less than ten centimeters high, and then dug out a Xuanqing fruit.

A mysterious green fruit with sprouts.

The strange thing is that the outer shell of this mysterious green fruit is very thin, covered with animal bite marks, and the inner flesh is not exposed just right.

"I understand."

"finally, I understand."

Zhou Ming was overjoyed, as if he had discovered a shocking secret.

"Master, what do you understand?" Bai Jingfeng asked with a strange expression.

"That's right, boss, what did you find?" Bai Yuanliang also came over and asked.

"I discovered the reason why this Xuanqing fruit forest exists and formed."

Zhou Ming said.

"what?"

Bai Xiuxiu exclaimed, and hurriedly asked, "What's the reason, young master, tell me quickly."

The others also opened their eyes wide with curiosity, wanting to hear the explanation from the young master.

As for how this Xuanqing fruit forest actually appeared, the people in Xuanqing City have been speculating and arguing endlessly for hundreds of years.

Some people think that it has always existed and has been handed down from ancient times, but according to the records of ancestors, 500 years ago, in the south of Xuanqing City, there was not a single Xuanqing fruit tree, let alone such a large fruit forest.

Some people think that it was planted by the fruit farmers, and they were planted bit by bit. However, many people have tried to plant Xuanqing fruit, and found that the shell is too thick, and it will not sprout after being buried in the ground for ten years, and there is no sign of decay... …Manual cultivation of Xuanqing fruit, no one succeeded.

There are also legends of gods and monsters such as "the theory of immortal planting", "the theory of monster planting" and so on, to explain the existence of the Xuanqing fruit forest, but even fewer people believe it.

Because someone discovered that the area of ​​this Xuanqing fruit forest is expanding every year. More than 100 years ago, it was only a few thousand acres, but now it has millions of acres, and the area seems to be expanding... If there are really ghosts planting trees, it should have been long ago was found.

Therefore, the reason for the existence and formation of Xuanqing fruit forest has become a mystery that cannot be solved for many years.

And this mystery was solved by Zhou Ming today.

"This Xuanqing fruit forest is not grown by humans, immortals, or monsters, but by those pot-pot rabbits."

"These rabbits and Xuanqing fruit trees have formed a symbiotic relationship of interests. They are closely united and continue to expand their respective ethnic groups and living ranges."

"The pot rabbits have hard teeth. They can gnaw away a large area of ​​plant forests, open up the growth territory of the black fruit tree, and help to eat the thin shell of the black fruit, so that the seeds can be successfully broken after they are planted in the new soil. out."

"The xuanqing fruit tree provides food for the Guoguo rabbit. In addition, the fangs of the Guoguo rabbit grow very fast. You must constantly gnaw on the hard xuanqing fruit to wear off the fast-growing teeth. And other animals cannot break the hard teeth. shell, you can’t eat Xuanqing fruit, so this kind of fruit has become the exclusive food of Guo Guo Rabbit.”

"Thus, Guoguo Rabbit and Xuanqingguo, an animal and a plant, have become almost the most perfect and ideal partners in nature. Each takes what they need, helps each other, and achieves a win-win situation."

"It's just that when Xuan Qingcheng's demand for Xuanqing fruit increased dozens of times in a short period of time, a large amount of food from Guoguotu was taken away. Naturally, we broke out with Guoguotu."

"It's a life-and-death conflict."

"So we should still control the amount of Xuanqing fruit we pick, and we can't kill all the pot rabbits. These rabbits may have great research and utilization value."

After Zhou Ming finished speaking, everyone suddenly realized.

"So it turns out that this fruit forest was grown by those rabbits, this, this..." The guard Bai Jingfeng was amazed, feeling quite subverted. It turns out that those pot rabbits are not completely bad, but have a lot of credit.

"Wow, such a large fruit forest is all grown by those rabbits. These rabbits are really amazing."

"It's no wonder that we can't grow a single black fruit tree. We have to gnaw off the layer of the fruit shell. If we grind the fruit shell thin and plant it again, will we be able to grow saplings?" Bai Qingmu asked. The inference was affirmed by Zhou Ming, who believed that there was a relatively high probability of planting saplings.

"The young master is really too smart. Mysteries that many people could not solve were solved by the young master at once." Bai Xiuxiu looked at Zhou Ming with admiration, thinking that the young master was too powerful.

"No, rabbit, lots and lots of rabbits!"

"We're surrounded by rabbits!"

Bai Yuanbao suddenly let out a scream, with fear in his voice.

When Zhou Ming and the others looked up, they were all taken aback.

I saw that within the visible range of the field of vision, in all directions, in the wilderness and dense forests, the pavement on the ground is all uniform light gray coloring.

Like a huge gray blanket.

What is even more chilling is that on this giant gray carpet, there are countless red eyes shining.

The pot pot rabbit army is coming!

(End of this chapter)