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Chapter 338 The Antidote—Wisteria Buds

Surviving on a desert island tests researchers' courage and meticulousness, but it also tests their common sense about wilderness survival.

Identifying wild plants and exotic animals is a fundamental skill for researchers.

Researchers must rely on their own skills to gather resources and guide the pets they have painstakingly bred to fight off enemies.

This is the significance of the third round of assessment.

Researchers sometimes need to go into the wild to observe exotic animals, which is why researchers with high combat skills are more sought after.

After receiving the purifying liquid from the Emerald Turtle, the Water Rabbit became like a giant neon sign.

To avoid being discovered, the water rabbit's gaze fell on the devil bear.

The little devil bear was immediately alarmed and took a few steps back. It seemed that the little devil bear understood the water rabbit's intention.

At this moment, the water rabbit melted into liquid, and like a slime, it directly enveloped the entire body of the demon bear.

The little devil bear covered its face, crying out, "Please don't do this! Please don't do this! Ah!"

The sound made people blush and had inappropriate thoughts.

Seeing Ye Bai's slightly curious gaze, the little devil bear blushed and explained, "The water rabbit has a special ability to possess a pet, thus hiding its tracks."

"Currently, the water rabbit is in a hurry to analyze the purification liquid, and it has no time to care about anything else, so it attaches itself to my body."

“My every move will be under its surveillance.”

"Moreover, once possessed by it, all of the body's senses will be enhanced."

"For example, my sense of smell will be enhanced tenfold, and I will become even more craving killer bee honey."

The usually carefree devil bear started to act coy. It lowered its head, blushed, and its stomach rumbled.

It's obvious that it's hungry and wants to eat.

Ye Bai casually gave the little devil bear a bottle of honey.

The little devil bear carefully extended a finger, poked it into the honey, stirred it, and felt the honey's sticky texture.

It carefully puts its honey-covered fingers into its mouth, as if they were precious treasures.

The little devil bear's eyes lit up immediately. It discovered that after being possessed by the water rabbit, the deliciousness was doubled.

Its flavor is amplified tenfold, and you can even taste the faint floral fragrance mixed in with the honey.

"What delicious honey! It has a very unique floral fragrance."

"I can't help but say that," the little devil bear said.

Floral?

Ye Bai casually dipped his finger in the honey and took a sip.

It did indeed have a faint floral fragrance, and the scent was quite unique.

Ye Bai seemed to remember something and began searching in the forest.

Sure enough, Ye Bai saw clusters of vines in the distance, covered with purple flowers.

This is a plant scientifically known as Wisteria. Its flower buds have detoxifying properties and are an important raw material for preparing high-grade detoxifying agents.

However, these wisteria flowers do not seem to have bloomed yet. The buds are highly poisonous. Only after they bloom will the substances in the buds become harmless and emit a fragrance like that of a forest after rain.

The fragrance of this flower can attract strange beasts to gnaw on the buds. Once the beasts have eaten the unopened wisteria buds, they will soon fall to the ground and never get up. In the end, their bones will become the nutrients for the wisteria flowers.

Once the wisteria flowers are in full bloom, the buds will wither completely in less than three minutes, thus losing their detoxifying effect.

Therefore, wisteria buds also command high prices on the black market.

The family that welcomes the wisteria blossoms also sends people to patrol day and night, and they will pick the flowers as soon as they are discovered to be in bloom.

High-quality wisteria buds can even fetch astronomical prices.

However, only a few herbalists possess this harvesting technique.

"It's a pity that the wisteria flowers in this area will take at least three days to bloom, and I don't have those three days."

Ye Bai understood that he couldn't stay in one place for too long, as this would give others an opportunity to take advantage of him.

You have to understand that he is in competition with the other contestants, and having one less person means his chances of winning are much higher.

He had considered picking wisteria buds as a means of fighting against the alien beasts.

However, it is quite difficult to do so. Once the wisteria buds are picked, they will wither and rot completely within an hour, losing their poisoning effect.

Moreover, rotting wisteria flowers emit a suffocating stench, like the smell of a month-old stinky sock mixed with fermenting eggs.

Upon hearing Ye Bai's sentiments, the Rose of Life emitted a pale green fluorescence.

Bathed in fluorescent light, the wisteria blossoms burst into bloom, releasing a rich, sweet fragrance.

"Life Rose, you can also stimulate plant growth, that's quite an ability."

Ye Bai gave the Life Rose a thumbs up.

The Rose of Life danced happily, and at that moment, the wisteria buds fell off and floated around the Rose of Life.

The flower buds, originally encased in petals, were blue, but turned purple the moment they bloomed.

Ye Bai was surprised to find that the wisteria buds were in their best condition.

The buds of wisteria are as thin as cicada wings. Even the most agile tailless monkeys could not achieve such perfect quality when picking them.

It's amazing that the Life Rose has this ability: not only can it harvest wisteria buds, but it can also keep them in their freshest state. Such wisteria buds are truly priceless.

If that's the case, then the value of the Rose of Life needs to be carefully evaluated.

Sunflower Fairy can help itself plunder resources, while Life Rose can help itself cultivate resources; the two do not conflict in their functions.

Unfortunately, I don't have any extra contract slots left, so it seems I can only rely on the Sunflower Fairy's enslavement.

If you explain to Rose of Life that you are only signing a contract with the Sunflower Fairy, Rose of Life shouldn't be too upset.

Ye Bai was secretly relieved that he had successfully formed a contract with the Sun Flower Fairy.

Through the enslavement of the Sunflower Fairy, they obtained many useful pets.

Shennong Ginseng, Mirage Dragon, Poisonous Emperor Butterfly, Demon Bear, and next we'll add Life Rose and Icefire Rock.

These guys are essentially Ye Bai's second-tier team. If there are any vacancies in his contracts, he will form contracts with them.

The Life Rose arranged these wisteria buds into a blooming flower and pushed it in front of Ye Bai.

The wristbands issued by the organizing committee come with their own personal space, designed by the pet beast under the command of Space King, one of the eight kings of the Beautiful Country.

It has a built-in preservation function; the resources come out exactly the same way they were stored inside, as if time has stood still inside.

Aside from not being able to insert living creatures, it's quite useful.

Ye Bai unceremoniously stuffed the wisteria buds into the bracelet.

At that moment, a rustling sound came from the air.

"It seems something is coming."

A profusion of wisteria blossoms bloomed, their rich fragrance attracting many exotic beasts.

This is a good opportunity to hunt exotic beasts.

Hunting exotic beasts is also part of the assessment, and as long as you achieve a good ranking, the resources you obtain on this island will become yours.

After the wisteria blooms, new buds will appear again in a short period of time.

Ye Bai found a place to hide, and at that moment a herd of white-haired wild buffalo appeared.

These white-haired bison are third-tier beasts, but they are extremely irritable. A herd of white-haired bison can even withstand a fourth-tier, early-stage beast.

Their heads have long, hard horns, and their thick white fur provides effective protection.

However, this creature's weakness is also quite obvious: it is very sensitive to heat. When it engages in strenuous exercise, it will sweat profusely and need to find a shady place to rest.

Otherwise, they will collapse due to excessively high body temperature.

Even so, the meat of the white bison is comparable to that of beef from the Frostbite region, and many people will even hire someone to hunt white bison just to enjoy its deliciousness.

This has led to a decline in the number of white bison.

The United States has even crossbred bison with ordinary cattle to create second-generation bison.

While it can't compare to the quality of bison meat, it's still much better than regular beef.

The herd of white bison were attracted by the fragrance of wisteria flowers. They walked over step by step, lowered their heads, and stuffed the unopened wisteria buds into their mouths and began to chew.

However, not long after, one after another, the white-haired bison foamed at the mouth and collapsed to the ground.

A short while later, he stopped breathing.

Ye Bai emerged from his hiding place. The white-haired bison had died from poisoning after eating wisteria buds, but that did not diminish the value of its fur and horns.

Its fur is said to be able to hatch pigeon eggs, and its horns are a valuable medicinal material.

As for the poisoned meat, simply adding blooming wisteria buds can neutralize the toxins.

These white bison should be enough to feed me for quite some time.

The fragrance of the wisteria flowers is too strong.

After smelling it for a while, Ye Bai felt dizzy and lightheaded.

At this moment, a suction force emanated from the flower bud on the head of the Life Rose, and after a short while, the rich fragrance dissipated.

The strange beasts that had been attracted by the fragrance of the flowers regained their senses and dispersed.

"Well done."

"Life Rose, it's getting dark, we need to find a place to rest."

As darkness fell, the number of ferocious beasts naturally increased.

A series of ghostly wails and howls swept in from afar.

At this moment, the organizing committee was watching the big screen. Many surveillance cameras had been accidentally destroyed. Of the 100 participants, only 60 survived on the deserted island.

Nearly 40% of the staff were eliminated at once.

This ratio is quite high.

"Dr. Jubino, isn't our assessment method too harsh?"

"There are quite a few dark horses among them that we were optimistic about, but they were eliminated just like that. Shouldn't we give them a chance, like holding a revival competition or something?"

One of the judges said to Dr. Jubino.

Dr. Jubino smiled without saying a word, but another judge immediately jumped out and said, "Don't you know that the theme of the third round is called elimination?"

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