The fox has no bad intentions

Chapter 612 New Metals
"If we just say it's about red imported fire ants, the professor will probably point at our heads and call us stupid. But if we tell the professor that the animal science department is plotting something and that they released red imported fire ants to eat our assignments, then..."

"Then, the professor should be able to understand us and exempt us from the semester assignments," Tang You complained, her face full of black lines.

There are two major problems in the fields and woods: one is the red imported fire ants that are causing trouble in the school's fields, and the other is the hornets.

They all like to build nests in the soil. If you accidentally step on their nest, the red imported fire ants will swarm out and bite the foot that stepped on their nest, causing swelling and even triggering anaphylactic shock, knocking the person out of bed within three minutes.

Similarly, hornets are extremely venomous; even a few hornets can cause an unprotected person to go into shock.

Tang You was originally quite unfamiliar with these things.

But during her studies in Yunnan Province, besides mushrooms and the spotted cats on the trees, what impressed her most were the two major landmines: red imported fire ants and hornets.

Cats, elephants, cobras—just send Ah Qing out and you can quickly subdue and tame them.

However, red imported fire ants and hornets are creatures outside of Aqing's business scope.

When Ah Qing came over, everyone would have to run away with their tails between their legs.

"They can't have eaten all the homework, can they?" Ah Qing muttered to herself as she took out her phone and opened the class group chat.

The video Zhang Min posted in the class group had an experimental field outside the school in the background.

They didn't go home for National Day. Instead, they went for a stroll in the fields in the evening to check on the crops that had just been planted before the holiday.

In the field, there was a mound surrounded by round, granular soil. Some ants with reddish-brown backs and black rear ends were circling around their nest, carrying some plant roots.

Zhang Min filmed the ant nest and posted it in the group chat, which caused an uproar among the students in the Agricultural Academy's large group chat.

Although the Academy of Agricultural Sciences has insecticides and pesticides that can kill red imported fire ants, they may not be able to eradicate them completely, and may even cause repeated attacks and spread.

[Wow, don't eat my sweet potatoes! — Ah Qing saw the red imported fire ants in the video and couldn't help but worry that she might have planted them in her field. She planned to roast them for breakfast while working in the field and warming herself by the fire in winter.]

[Wish Fulfilled: Roasted Sweet Potatoes in Winter]

"So that's what you're worried about?" An Sheng glanced at the wish list with a strange expression. The updated wish was A Qing's wish: that the fire ants would not damage the farmland irrigation system and the land, and that they would leave her with a little bit of winter romance.

"That"

"Although I also hate those ants, I have no choice but to give my full support in this matter," An Sheng muttered to himself.

We often eat roasted sweet potatoes in winter
All I can say is that this wave is aimed at them.

I share a bed with Ah Qing. If Ah Qing eats too many roasted sweet potatoes, she'll fart a lot.

When A-Qing and the others learned that there were fire ants in the farmland, they were upset, but there was nothing they could do except call the police.

after all
Now, in a physical sense, it is thousands of miles away.

only.

The ant infestation in the farmland made A-Qing and her friends more cautious. They decided not to stay in the northern region until the last day before returning to school, but to go earlier.

In ancient times, agriculture depended entirely on the weather.

However, if a student reports to their teachers that they cannot hand in their semester assignments because the red imported fire ants ate them, the teacher might pry open the student's skull to see if the sunflower seeds inside have also been eaten by the red imported fire ants.

Ancient times are ancient times; the history of agricultural development is a history of agronomists going against nature.

They couldn't handle the red imported fire ants.

The teacher might be able to handle the student.

…………

Lin Ying stayed in the northern frontier for two days before rushing back to Xia Dong. She made an appointment with Master Fu Li, saying that if she had time, she would try to skip work to visit him.

An Sheng still can't figure out who Lin Ying was actually skipping work for. Two days.

The situation in the northern region is calm and peaceful, with nothing out of the ordinary popping up.

The previous turmoil seemed to have vanished along with the slumber of the King of the Universe. The fox clan and other small animals on the grassland formed a new patrol team under the command and summons of Lord Fuli.

only.

For this, the security bureau had to pay a small price in terms of resources and suffer some magical attacks.

For example, when patrolling the border with the patrol team, the security bureau needs to temporarily help take care of the young pups, who consume several tons of pet food a day.

One by one, the grayish fox cubs would show off two or three pounds of food at a time, and then they would go to the litter box and strain.

An Sheng glanced at it and immediately ran away.

Young foxes are extremely mischievous, and they especially like to crawl under the bellies of other adult foxes.

One or two wouldn't be a big deal, but all the little foxes in the Security Bureau had to follow the plan, one by one crawling under An Sheng's belly and lifting him up.

An Sheng had every reason to suspect that the foxes on the grasslands who volunteered to patrol were probably hiding from their own half-grown cubs.

That's pretty strange.
"Master Fuli"

Having just returned from a desert zipline trip, the group, who were planning to visit Buddhist temples in Botou City this afternoon before returning to school tomorrow, booked rooms at a hotel.

An Sheng lay on the hotel chair, waiting for dinner to be served, when a furtive-looking person peeked out from behind the partition, looked at Master Fu Li, and whispered something to him, then beckoned to him.

"Ok?"

An Sheng looked at the person with a puzzled expression, then landed on the restaurant floor. While A Qing and the others were chatting, she quietly and stealthily went behind the screen.

"Who are you?"

Master Fuli looked at the newcomer and lowered his voice.

"I am a member of the pest and disease control team, and I am currently responsible for cleaning the institute."

The visitor spoke cryptically, saying, "Principal Li knows that Master Fuli is returning to the school tomorrow, so he specially sent me to tell you that your outstanding contributions at the ruins have now been returned as a reward."

"That was Li Xiao's original quote," a researcher from a research institute in Botou added casually.

"Principal Li spent three days at the research institute and developed a new type of metal. He said it was very suitable for Master Fuli to use for forging weapons, and he wanted to invite Master Fuli over to discuss what style he wanted."

"Weapons? My gravity hammer hasn't even gone through the beginner's break-in period yet!"

An Sheng's fox-like face froze for a moment, not quite understanding what Li Wenkang meant.

As for weapons, don't I have a gravity hammer?

The gravity hammer is very handy, and most importantly, it is a replica of the spirit particle metal product from the spirit particle era.

It is a good thing with the properties of absorbing spirit particles, secondary compression, diffusion bursting shock waves and impact.

"Um"

"I don't know anything about this. I was just here to relay a message." The researcher shook his head, not knowing much about the new type of metal that Principal Li mentioned.

Their research institute, although engaged in research on spirit metals and the advancement of weaponization.

However, Li Xiao only borrowed a laboratory and conducted experiments with the relevant equipment; the researchers and team members all came from Beijing.

"Alright! I'll make time to go over tonight." An Sheng nodded, a puzzled look on his face, unsure of what Old Li was up to so mysteriously.

(End of this chapter)