Chapter 61 Field Investigation

In the early morning, the forest was crawling with dark green jungle slimes. Inside the jade-like bodies of these little guys, insects were struggling constantly, but they soon lost their life and their limbs melted away.

The beautiful morning started with a wonderful breakfast. Everyone entering the jungle was eating dry bread. Compared with the comfort of slime, it seemed a lot shabby.

However, the old carpenter who accompanied him told Iket a new way to eat it.

Prick the slime's tough outer skin and use the nutritious juice inside to dip it into bread. It's best to add a little salt.

It's like eating steamed buns with Lao Ganma, and eating slices of bread with jam.

Slime juice is not as tasteless as expected, but gives people a sweet feeling, which is a very novel and delicious taste.

With this thing, even Sasha, who always had a bad tooth, chewed two pieces of antiseptic bread.

A few days ago, she also said that these things, which had been baked many times until there was no moisture left at all, were as hard as rocks.

However, there is nothing we can do about it. If the food in the rainforest is not dehydrated, its shelf life will be very long.

Iket's team marched comfortably in the jungle all morning without encountering any dangers along the way.

"According to Teacher Gliman, this plant mostly grows in the warm and humid north, and it especially likes humid and shady environments."

I always feel like I am starting to be burdened with some inexplicable and wonderful things.

The water supply from a small pool is still not enough, and Iket has to consider the problem of water level drop caused by water diversion.

Fortunately, he finally climbed up.

"Kent, can you tell which tree has the most trees in this forest?"

Geralt rubbed his red palms, quite eager to try.

"high?"

The group of people moved forward and finally arrived near a small waterfall.

"Lord, the most numerous trees in this forest are tall tower trees. They are named after their branches that stand upward and form a tower-like top. They are suitable for use as building materials."

"Well, that's great, but what I want to know is actually, how tall do these tower trees usually grow?"

Ickert replied that, in fact, even the course on botany was made up by him.

If the water in the fields becomes chaotic one day, the previous efforts in farming will be in vain.

But having said that, Geralt had only climbed some small trees in his hometown, and he had never tried to climb a tree as tall as 52 Meliels.

Ictor asked. The old carpenter was also familiar with the situation along the way. He thought about it for a while and then gave the answer.

The location of the water source is extremely certain, and it will be a matter of time to get there sooner or later, so Ictor is actually more concerned about another thing.

This is a natural waterway that can be utilized.

As a carpenter, Kent has never seen anyone paying so much attention to the height of trees, but the experienced carpenter still answered calmly:

"Lord, tower trees are generally 52 mellirs (approximately 60 meters) high. Although there are tower trees of other heights, they are relatively rare."

Ictor called a knight attendant. These young men who grew up in the countryside were very nimble with their hands and feet.

"Okay, let's go ahead and see if we can find this plant, or some other substitute."

Kent asked sincerely, but this made it difficult for Ictor. He couldn't say that he saw it on Blue Star.

Geralt observed carefully at the top of the tree for a while, then came down and reported the information to Ictor.

At this time, far away in the imperial capital, Professor Gliman suddenly had a bad premonition.

Bamboo, a material that is easy to process, can be used to process many urgently needed things in the early stages when the territory's productivity is not high, including the pipes that Iket needs.

The water in the pool was very clear, and a small stream extended from it. Ickert followed the direction of the stream for a while and found that a section of it spread roughly towards the territory.

"Well done Geralt, we will go to investigate more waterholes later, and you will need to go up there a few more times."

What Iket was looking for on this trip was actually bamboo.

The old carpenter expressed that he was very embarrassed. The lord always has many fantastic ideas. This is not surprising. The strange thing is that the lord's fantastic ideas are always far beyond people's common sense.

Along the way, Ictor also paid close attention to the wild vegetables that the caravan crews liked to dig, and he pulled out some plants with large stems, which could not be said to be potatoes or sweet potatoes.

Ictor thought for a while and decided to attribute all the reasons to the teachers of Summoner Academy.

There are also some wild beans, fungi, spice crops, etc., which are also considered specialties of the frontline territory.

While Ictor listened, he drew rough contour lines on the parchment, which was crucial for his water diversion operation.

In the magical world, human beings are generally in good physical condition, so it shouldn't be difficult to climb a tree.

There is a new problem here.

"Warm, moist, and cool. Lord, I probably understand, but according to what you said, this plant may exist in large numbers on the shady side of the mountain. If my guess is correct, it can probably be found at the bottom of the mountain."

But in order to leave a good impression in the lord's mind, sometimes it was necessary.

Therefore, the final irrigation channel must be supplied by the merger of multiple pools.

"That's good, Geralt! Go and look at a tree, note down the ups and downs of the woods, just look at the tower tree."

Kent is the old carpenter recruited by Ickert. Carpenters can not only process various types of wood, but also understand the habits of most tree species.

But then again, after traveling for so long, Iket still didn't see the bamboo he needed.

"No problem, Lord."

"I have one. Yes, I have a very knowledgeable teacher, Professor Gliman from Summoner Academy. He once mentioned this plant in our botany course.

He said that bamboo can be made into baskets, containers, pipes, etc. It has many uses. As for what you like about this plant?"

Ictor roughly drew the flow of the stream on the parchment, and then led the team to continue moving along the mountain wall.

"I'm sorry, Lord. Based on my experience and knowledge, I have never even seen the kind of plant you mentioned. How can there be a small tree that is hollow? Not only that, it is also very tough. It is really unimaginable.

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Maybe in a different world with a different geographical environment, there is no such species of bamboo at all?

"How about you tell me where you saw this plant? I can help you find it based on your preferences for this plant."

Digging between field ridges for water supply and drainage is also a method, but for field ridges built with mud, running water will continue to erode the surrounding areas, which is not durable and cannot withstand the washing of heavy rains.

"Kent, do you think there are any plants like the one I'm talking about in this forest?"

The waterfall flows straight down from the top of the mountains, forming a small pool below.

Kent didn't know much about geography. He only knew that the sun rose from behind the Cameroon Mountains, so this side of Windsor was naturally in the shade of the mountains, and it should be near those water pools.

The group continued to explore and discovered many pools of water and some caves along the way. However, they had no plans to explore the caves at the moment, so they had no choice but to give up.

The water source problem seemed to have been solved, but the bamboo was still missing. However, considering the existence of tall trees like the tower tree, Iket already had some ideas in his mind.

With the terrain map he drew, not only water diversion, but also this problem can be solved.

Moreover, we haven't encountered any decent danger for most of the day, so the rest of the journey should be very smooth.

It is expected that they will be able to return to the territory before dark.
Chapter completed!