Da Si Nong: I really don’t want to farm

Chapter 452 Deploying Drones
Can the Scorpion King be used for reproduction?
I think so!

However, Xu Yue was clearly not entirely sure either.

He knew nothing about scorpion farming.

He couldn't even tell whether the scorpion king was male or female.

"Whether it will work or not, I don't know," Jing Guohua said. "But you're not thinking of capturing him alive, are you?"

“Don’t you think this thing has a lot of research value?” Xu Yue said. “It should also be worth breeding. It would be such a waste to just kill it.”

If Xu Yue could kill the newly born insect king at the camp, then why did he travel all the way to the Insect Valley?
"So that's why you came to Insect Valley!" Jing Guohua said, speechless. "So that's what you were planning."

"It's just a side effect," Xu Yue said. "To attract those escaping poisonous insects back, we naturally need to come to this Insect Valley."

"The question is, can we really capture it alive?" Jing Guohua continued. "You should at least prepare the tools for catching it beforehand."

"It's not simple yet."

As Xu Yue spoke, he took out a piece of silver from his storage ring, then flames rose in his hand, turning the silver into a small cage. He then condensed a ball of water to cool the silver cage.

"How to catch it?"

When Jing Guohua saw Xu Yue using the art of weapon crafting to create a cage, he was speechless but didn't complain. He was just curious about how Xu Yue would catch the Scorpion King.

The Insect Valley is teeming with poisonous insects, making it exceptionally difficult to catch the Scorpion King.

Even getting close to that scorpion would be extremely difficult.

Jing Guohua really couldn't think of a way to catch him!

"Simple!"

Xu Yue smiled and pointed, causing the scorpions in the Insect Valley to fly up and into the cage he had just made.

Jing Guohua was stunned when he saw it.

So simple?
Take photos from a distance!

That's not an inanimate object, it's a living thing.

Moreover, it wasn't just any ordinary living creature; Xu Yue managed to capture it with ease.

Doesn't it struggle?

The key issue is that the distance between them is still so far.

Xu Yue saw the Scorpion King locked in a cage.

There's nothing particularly special about it, except that it's a bit larger and more energetic than a regular scorpion.

It was locked in the cage and seemed to be provoked, waving its pliers, but to no avail.

However, it did leave quite a few marks on the cage.

If it were kept in a regular iron cage, it probably wouldn't last very long.

"Help me carry this!" Xu Yue handed the cage to Jing Guohua and said, "I'm setting up an insect-attracting array around this insect valley."

"There shouldn't be any mistakes or omissions, right?" Jing Guohua said. "Nobody knows how many kinds of poisonous insects have escaped! And it's even harder to say how many poisonous insects there are in this mountain."

“I shouldn’t have missed anything,” Xu Yue said. “On the way here, I’ve already collected information on every poisonous insect I’ve seen. Besides, I never intended to attract all the poisonous insects to this Insect Valley. That might damage the ecosystem.”

Jing Guohua didn't understand ecology, but he felt that a few mistakes were not a big deal, as long as it wasn't like now, with poisonous insects all over the mountains and forests, even affecting the areas outside the mountains and forests.

The area around this Insect Valley is a forbidden zone, rarely visited by people. Ordinary people would not come here, nor would they dare to.

But there are villagers outside the mountains and forests.

If it doesn't affect the villagers, then their task is complete.

Xu Yue took out several stone talismans from his storage artifact and placed them around the Insect Valley. He then strung the stone talismans together, and the insect-attracting array was successfully set up.

Poisonous insects from the vicinity of Insect Valley flocked to it.

"Fuck!"

Looking at the dense swarm of poisonous insects, Jing Guohua couldn't help but utter a phrase from the national treasure.

Fortunately, Xu Yue was standing next to him at that moment, and the poisonous insects all avoided them.

Jing Guohua also had some doubts.

Why can't my aura instill fear in these poisonous insects?

Jing Guohua couldn't help but feel puzzled.

He was a fourth-level expert, yet he showed no fear of these poisonous insects.

“The rich blood energy in your aura might be attractive to those poisonous insects,” Xu Yue said. “If it weren’t for the spiritual power contained in your aura, you could attract many poisonous insects with just blood energy alone.”

"Oh?"

Jing Guohua seemed to be deep in thought.

Is qi and blood a tonic for some poisonous insects?

Xu Yue's aura intimidated those poisonous insects because it contained powerful spiritual energy.

What deterred those poisonous insects was psychological pressure?

“Let’s go!” Xu Yue said. “The insect-attracting array alone is not enough to draw all the escaped poisonous insects back. After all, the distance is too far. We also need to drive the poisonous insects from the outer perimeter in for a distance.”

"How do we get there?" Jing Guohua asked. "By intimidating them with your aura?"

If Xu Yue were to release his aura, those poisonous insects would definitely avoid him at all costs.

"Do you think those poisonous insects avoided us because they were intimidated by the aura emanating from me?" Xu Yue said. "I concealed my aura."

"That"

Jing Guohua looked at Xu Yue with a puzzled expression, then followed his gaze to the cage he was carrying, and immediately understood.

The poisonous insects were not intimidated by Xu Yue's aura, but by the scorpion king in their hands.

"You captured the Scorpion King alive just to drive those escaped poisonous insects back to Insect Valley, didn't you?"

Jing Guohua looked at Xu Yue in surprise.

Is this a case of taking one step at a time and planning for the next?
"How many can one insect king catch, and how long will it take?" Xu Yue said. "It's obviously not a good thing if this matter drags on for too long."

"Then what can you do?"

Jing Guohua looked at Xu Yue, clearly realizing that Xu Yue had already come up with a solution.

"An insect-repelling array!" Xu Yue said with a smile. "Just use the insect-repelling array to drive those poisonous insects back."

"The insect-repelling array has a limited range, right?"

Jing Guohua frowned.

Even if an insect-repelling array were set up outside the mountains and forests, it would probably be difficult to drive those poisonous insects back to the insect valley.

The mountains and forests are too vast.

“Boss, we live in the age of technology now,” Xu Yue said. “Just put the stone talismans for setting up the formation on the drones, let the drones maintain their formation, and then move towards the Insect Valley. That should do it.”

A mobile insect-repelling array?

Deploying drones?

Jing Guohua was stunned when he heard this.

Can you do this?

Talent.

Jing Guohua felt that this had opened up his mind.

A drone, right?
There's no shortage of this stuff nowadays.

You could say there's as much as you want.

It's entirely possible to encircle the surrounding mountains and forests.

Can drones fly in a fixed formation?
That couldn't be simpler.

"Do you have that many array symbols?" Jing Guohua asked. "We have as many drones as we need. We can set up many arrays and get them all in one go."

“We can have as many array runes as we want,” Xu Yue said. “I didn’t bring many with me, so can’t I just use whatever materials I have on hand to carve the runes?”

Jing Guohua nodded.

Those array symbols are now being used by machines.

The only difference is that the array symbols carved by the machine need to be activated.

If protective jade talismans are already in mass production, then array talismans used for setting up formations must have been in mass production long ago.

Xu Yue and Jing Guohua returned to the camp, where Miao Shiwen had already returned. Jing Guohua sent someone to set up the drone.

Xu Yue then accepted an ancient book handed to him by Miao Shiwen.

The ancient book naturally records the insect-trapping formation, and in addition to the method of setting up the formation, it also contains the insights and experiences of some senior masters.

The book was written in traditional Chinese characters, which posed no difficulty for Xu Yue in reading it.

It doesn't have to be oracle bone script or pre-Qin script.

Xu Yue is highly skilled and has a deep understanding of formations.

Not only is he proficient in agricultural formations, but he has also studied Taoist and Yin-Yang formations, so this formation is not very difficult for him.

In addition, the insect trapping array seems to be related to the insect-attracting array, insect-repelling array, and insect-killing array used by farmers.

Xu Yue even suspected that the Insect Trapping Formation evolved from these formations.

Therefore, Xu Yue understood it very easily.

You can set it up almost immediately after reading it.

"know?"

Xu Yue put down the ancient book and saw Miao Shiwen staring intently at the scorpion.

"The Scorpion King?" Miao Shiwen said with some surprise, "I didn't expect that the insect king born in the Insect Valley would be this one."

"Would this thing be useful for raising scorpions?" Xu Yue asked. "Aren't we going to raise scorpions together? The scorpions I raise using the method from Taoyuan Village combined with your method of raising Gu might be better than this thing."

“Useful! Extremely useful,” Miao Shiwen said. “The breeding method in your Taoyuan Village should be to add spirituality to poultry and livestock. A scorpion with spirituality may not necessarily become a scorpion king. But a scorpion king can improve the quality of scorpions.”

“I’ll call Tian Yizhi later, and you can talk to him about the cooperation,” Xu Yue said. “He’ll be in charge of the farm, and I’ll only be in charge of the technical aspects.”

"no problem."

Miao Shiwen said. Although his scorpion farming was doing well, the scale wasn't as large as he had imagined.

It's not a technical problem, it's a problem with the sales channels.

If you raise them but can't sell them, you'll be stuck with them and lose money.

But cooperating with a farm is different.

“Actually, I’m quite curious. Taoyuan Farm doesn’t need to cooperate with anyone to raise scorpions, right?” Miao Shiwen said. “Raising scorpions with modern technology may not be worse than my method, and may even be better.”

“I don’t know if the scorpion will change after it has become sentient,” Xu Yue said. “The key question is whether its venom will increase. If it is raised into a Gu worm and we lose everything, that’s fine, but if it hurts people, that’s not what I want to see.”

Miao Shiwen seemed to be deep in thought.

Xu Yue needed someone like him, who understood Gu poison, to keep an eye on things and ensure his safety.

Scorpions are different from poultry and livestock; they are poisonous.

Who knows what kind of evolution it will take once it gains spirituality?

If domestic fowl and livestock evolve into spirit beasts, then scorpions evolve into ferocious beasts.

"We can do a small-scale trial first before scaling up," Miao Shiwen said. "Will there be any problem with sales?"

“The sales will be handled by Taoyuan Agricultural Trade Center,” Xu Yue said. “Taoyuan Pharmaceutical should also have a considerable demand. Taoyuan Winery might also have a significant need. You can discuss the specific arrangements and profit sharing with Tian Yizhi. If you can reach an agreement, that’s great. If not, it doesn’t matter; even if a deal falls through, we can still be on good terms.”

Miao Shiwen nodded.

Although they are both interested, if other things are not agreed upon, then cooperation will naturally not be possible.

"We'll see if we can use this to drive away those poisonous insects later," Xu Yue said, pointing to the Scorpion King. "If you find this useful, take it with you. I'll prepare the insect-attracting array and insect-repelling array for you later. Your array seems quite similar to the insect-attracting array and insect-repelling array, so it shouldn't be too difficult for you."

"it is good!"

Miao Shiwen nodded.

He was still somewhat curious about the insect-attracting array and the insect-repelling array.

However, I am more interested in the Scorpion King.

Or perhaps the Scorpion King was more useful to him.

With the help of the Scorpion King, he can breed scorpions of even better quality.

With the help of Xu Yue's spirit arrays, it might even be possible to cultivate the Scorpion King into a Gu worm.

Why was Miao Shiwen willing to cooperate with Xu Yue?

Making money is secondary; what I really want is to use Xu Yue's help to restore the glory of my ancestors.

To recreate the glory of their ancestors, they first need to raise Gu worms.

He is currently at the second level of cultivation. If he were to possess a Gu worm, he would immediately advance to the third level, and his combat power would also surge.

A Gu Master without Gu worms has no combat power whatsoever.

"The drones will arrive soon, will 10,000 be enough?"

When Jing Guohua returned, he looked at Xu Yue and asked.

"Ten thousand?" Xu Yue said with a sneer, "Are you trying to work me to death? Where would we get so many? A few can form a formation, and the drones can be spaced further apart."

The greater the distance, the larger the coverage area of ​​a single formation, and the fewer formations are needed.

Ten thousand unmanned houses and thousands of formations—where would we find so many?

If so many drones were really used for the formation, why would Xu Yue bother carving the array symbols himself? He could have just sent someone back to retrieve them.

That carving factory probably doesn't have nearly as many formations.

"Drone?"

Miao Shiwen looked at the two of them with some confusion.

Jing Guohua then explained Xu Yue's idea to Miao Shiwen.

"It can still be like this!"

Miao Shiwen felt that his worldview had been shattered.

Drone?
That's a high-powered device.

Insect repellent array?
That would fall into the realm of metaphysics.

The combination of these two elements looks bizarre no matter how you look at it.

But do you think it's useful?

That actually works.

As long as the drones can be fixed in formation and use array symbols, setting up the formation is not difficult.

He should be able to do it.

"I'll go get a piece of bluestone."

As he spoke, Xu Yue entered the mountains again.

There are bound to be stones in the mountains.

To carve array symbols, materials are naturally required.

Since it's an insect repellent array, and it might be a one-time use device, there aren't many requirements regarding the materials used.

"What are you doing?"

Xu Yue took a piece of bluestone from the mountain, but suddenly picked up his phone and started looking up something. Jing Guohua couldn't help but ask him curiously.

“Look at the map,” Xu Yue said. “See how many drones we need, and do the calculations so we can inscribe the array symbols.”

Jing Guohua opened his mouth, feeling that it made a lot of sense.

A top expert in the cultivation world, unmatched by anyone, actually made good use of technological means.

Something just doesn't feel right.

However, considering Xu Yue's age, it doesn't seem surprising.

Moreover, Xu Yue is a graduate of a prestigious university and not the kind of practitioner who works in isolation.

It's not surprising that they know how to use technology.

Isn't the Agricultural Science and Technology College a better example?
They've already done a lot of research in this area.

How many drones are needed?

Jing Guohua asked.

"One hundred should be enough," Xu Yue said. "Ten thousand? Why didn't you ask me first?"

(End of this chapter)