Lords of Hegemony: Conquer from the Mermaids

Chapter 9 Sea Spirit Bamboo

Opening the East China Sea Spring System Introduction, Meng Zheng wanted to go into the spring space to take a closer look, but the system introduction showed:

System prompt: Spring space is forming, current progress: 1%
"Well, let's take a look at something else first!" It seems that the East China Sea spring space will need some time to gestate before it can appear. Meng Zheng immediately decided to go and take a look at the territory's specialty, the Sea Spirit Bamboo.

"You five follow me, and you will be my guard team from now on!" Looking at the five patrolling sea Yakshas in front of him, Meng Zheng smiled with satisfaction.

The newly promoted captain of the Sea Patrol Yaksha team was very sensible and sent down the five strongest Sea Patrol Yakshas.

"It's all up to the king's orders!" The five patrolling sea yakshas didn't say anything, but just stared at Meng Zheng with their eyes as big as copper bells.

"Well, our first task today is to explore the area where the Sea Spirit Bamboo is located."

The next step is to go to where the Hailingzhu is and learn about the specialties of the territory, which will help Meng Zheng plan the territory.

When the Canghai tribe was successfully established, the location of the territory's specialties had already appeared in Meng Zheng's mind, so it was not difficult to find it.

It's almost three o'clock in the afternoon and it won't be dark soon.

You have to go and come back quickly. There is nothing in the territory now. Once it gets dark, it will be pitch black. Although it can protect time and you don’t have to worry about danger, it’s not fun to get lost.

After identifying the direction, he swam towards the west of the territory with five patrolling sea yakshas. This direction was where the Hailingzhu was!
After swimming for about half an hour, Meng Zheng finally saw a blue bamboo forest.

This bamboo forest covers an area of ​​nearly a hundred acres. Countless bamboos as thick as thighs are swaying with the water flow, and the branches and trunks make rustling sounds under the impact of the water flow.

When I swam closer, I saw that in terms of shape, it was no different from the bamboo on land, except that its color was blue, which looked very strange.

From a distance, it looks like sapphires with branches and leaves shaking, which is very beautiful.

He quickly rushed into the bamboo forest, glanced at the nearest bamboo, and opened the bamboo's attribute panel:
【Sea Bamboo】

【Level】: Yellow-level specialty
[Uses]: Bamboo can be used to make weapons, spiritual tools, and household tools. Bamboo shoots are edible. Bamboo forests contain rich spiritual energy that can improve the efficiency of spiritual practice.

Note: The older the bamboo forest, the larger its area, the more abundant its spiritual energy, and the higher the properties of the items produced.

"Great! With this bamboo forest, we will have no shortage of materials for the hydraulic catapult!" Meng Zheng was very happy looking at the bamboo in front of him. He felt like a pillow was delivered to him while he was dozing off!
The hydraulic catapult is a unique attack weapon of the mermaids. The best material for making it is bamboo. Bamboo is hollow and very tough, which can greatly reduce the manufacturing time.

If bamboo cannot be found, the only material used is hollowed out wood or stone, which takes a long time to build and is also easily damaged.

It is far less convenient than using bamboo directly, and this piece of sea bamboo is a spiritual bamboo. It has absorbed the vitality of heaven and earth and is even more resilient.

Each one is as thick as a thigh and can withstand high-intensity water pressure. The power of the hydraulic catapult made from it will definitely be more terrifying than that of ordinary bamboo.

Underwater combat is different from land combat. Most aquatic creatures fight in close combat, and there are not many long-range attack methods that can be used in actual combat.

Even if there are, the range is often not very far, because the resistance of water is too great, and long-range weapons can hardly play a big role.

Once the weapons on land are taken underwater, they will basically be useless.

Even if it can be fired, the damage caused will not be great.

Therefore, being able to master powerful long-range attack methods is a must for a qualified underwater territory.

Meng Zheng's Canghai tribe happened to possess the powerful underwater weapon, the hydraulic catapult. With it, Meng Zheng had the initial qualifications to compete for aquatic supremacy. Now with the divine artifact, the Sea Spirit Bamboo, this advantage was pushed to another peak.

With enough tough materials, we can build stronger weapons, arm more soldiers, and exert stronger combat power. Enemies that were previously invincible will be easily defeated when encountering the Hailingzhu version of the hydraulic catapult.

The existence of this piece of sea spirit bamboo is of great significance to the Canghai tribe.

Moreover, according to the introduction, the Sea Spirit Bamboo is also an extremely large spirit gathering array, which will absorb the surrounding spiritual energy and surround it, thereby increasing the cultivation speed of those living here.

There are treasures everywhere. When Meng Zheng was observing, he saw a few small bamboo shoots breaking through the soil. Maybe in a few days, new bamboos will grow.

These bamboo shoots are spiritual food. If you pick them and eat them, they can also increase the spiritual power in your body and speed up your cultivation progress.

"This place must be protected!" Without thinking too much, Meng Zheng listed the Hailing Bamboo Forest as the first priority.

Relying on this bamboo forest, the Canghai tribe will definitely usher in rapid development.

"It's a pity that it's relatively far from the core of the territory, making it difficult to keep an eye on it all the time. We'll have to arrange special people to come and guard it in the future." Looking at the blue bamboo forest, Meng Zheng was both happy and a little worried.

When the territory was established, we didn't know there was such a place. If we had known, we would have established it next to this bamboo forest.

Although the location of Hailingzhu is not far away, it will still take a lot of time with Meng Zheng's current strength.

For ordinary mermaids, it would probably take even longer to get there.

Facing the ferocious underwater beast, even a little delay might be enough to damage or even destroy the bamboo forest.

"Arrange Cang Jing to come here and garrison there, and collect bamboo and transport it back to the territory." After thinking for a moment, he decided on the person to guard this bamboo forest. Only a strong man of the 7th level of the Yellow Rank could be trusted with such a precious place.

In a blink of an eye, the sky darkened a little. Being at the bottom of the lake a hundred meters below, the brightness and darkness were extremely clear.

Mermaids are born with night vision, so they can see things even in the dark.

However, Meng Zheng was a human before, and was still a little afraid of the darkness. He did not stay any longer and turned back to his territory.

On the way, Meng Zheng was still considering whether to leave one or two patrolling sea yakshas behind, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that they were now in the novice protection period and the possibility of being attacked was not high.

And if we really encounter a crisis, what use will one or two patrolling sea yakshas be?
If it is damaged, Meng Zheng will suffer a great loss.

Therefore, it is better to take them all away. It will be more reliable to wait for Cang Jing to lead people to guard the place tomorrow.

After a quick journey, Meng Zheng returned safely to the Canghai tribe under the protection of the patrolling sea yakshas.

At this moment, the Canghai tribe has fallen into darkness. Except for a few places with faint lights, the rest of the place is basically pitch black and nothing can be seen clearly. If the mermaids did not have night vision, they would really be at a loss.

Everything is fine in the water, but lighting is really troublesome. I have to find some night pearls or other things to light up in the future. We can't stay in the dark forever!
Or catch some lantern fish or glowing fish?

With all sorts of random thoughts in his mind, Meng Zheng soon arrived at the core of the territory. With the dim light of the core of the territory, he saw two small hills piled in front of the hut in the core of the territory.

(End of this chapter)