Reincarnated as a bamboo rat, it begins its extreme survival struggle.

Slumped over the table in Edu's house, Bell expressed his exhaustion.

Two months have passed since the trade with the agricultural guild, and unsurprisingly, the group of skilled farmers are quite satisfied with the trade terms proposed by Bell.

In just one day, Bell harvested an enormous quantity of seeds of all kinds, which were plant seeds stored up by the Agricultural Guild over the years, including many seeds of extraordinary plants.

When these plant seeds and seedlings were delivered to Bell, the payment was made in tons.

After all, the agricultural guild has existed for so many years, and the variety of seeds they have collected is astonishing.

In addition to ordinary crop seeds, the agricultural guild also collects a large number of seeds of common plants and attempts to develop these plants to form a stable agricultural output.

For example, there was once an agricultural tycoon who used magic to transform what people considered field weeds into a favorite food for cattle and sheep, thus relieving many farmers of their feeding burden.

This improved Miscanthus is both cold-resistant and drought-resistant, and can also grow in saline-alkali land, making it a top-quality forage grass.

The high status of farmers is also due to the existence of these advanced farmers, who enabled the human race to have a large population and wide distribution that is unmatched by other races.

As for the extraordinary plant seeds among ordinary plant seeds, Bell was somewhat surprised, after all, this was considered a high-level resource.

However, the agricultural association stated that while the extraordinary plant itself is valuable, its seeds are not.

When many extraordinary plants bear fruit, they produce hundreds or thousands of seeds, and some extraordinary plants can produce an astonishing 100,000 seeds at once.

This is the strategy that extraordinary plants choose to ensure the survival of their offspring during their natural growth. As long as they produce enough offspring, even if 99% of the seeds die, it is still a profit for the extraordinary plants.

In the eyes of many farmers, the best way to obtain a supernatural plant with offensive capabilities is not to cultivate it from scratch, but to tame a wild supernatural plant.

After all, the extraordinary plants that one has spent a lot of resources cultivating may die suddenly for various reasons.

Like a classic joke, the plants at home die instantly if you water them a little too much, while the same plants in the wild are unharmed under the wind and sun.

This is not the growers' fault, but rather that under the cruel force of natural selection, plants that were not strong enough had already died out.

In addition, cultivating extraordinary plants presents another challenge: many extraordinary plants are originally ordinary plants that become extraordinary due to various coincidences. Their seeds will basically degenerate into ordinary plants after germination.

The seeds of those advanced and extraordinary plants have extremely demanding germination conditions. It's not even a matter of nutritional needs, but rather a need for some kind of extreme environment, such as being irrigated by magma or growing in extremely cold regions.

Therefore, even agricultural guilds, which specialize in crop cultivation, find it extremely difficult to deal with the seeds of extraordinary plants.

This is also the Agricultural Association's house

The reason for spending a lot of money to buy refined bone meal from Bell is that this fertilizer can guarantee the germination rate of extraordinary plants and prevent them from degenerating into ordinary plants during their growth.

Even refined bone meal can gradually give some ordinary plants extraordinary properties.

"Transporting so many plant seeds and live plants would be a huge undertaking."

Bell went to great lengths to transport the plants collected by the agricultural guild and from high-end markets to the bamboo forest, and even Ning's disguise was once in danger of being exposed.

Fortunately, after Bell traded seven pounds of mithril for the [Eternal Withered Vine] on the black market, he never used the identity Ning again.

In the escalating identity crisis that followed, Bale and Edu remained uninvolved and were not suspected at all.

This speculation about Ning's identity eventually reached the professional guild square, where the mayor of Cangxing City issued a notice, explicitly inviting Mr. Ning to dinner at the mayor's residence.

This is an extremely rare occurrence. Even the mayor of Cangxing City, a long-time resident of Cangxing City, was unaware of the specifics of the situation. It's unheard of for someone to openly invite others to dinner.

Even top brewers like Sabil in Cangxing City have never seen the legendary mayor of Cangxing City in person.

However, the announcement that caused a stir among the people in Cangxing City meant nothing to Bell, and he and Edu simply ignored it.

Now, under Bell's influence, Edu takes a rather indifferent view of status. The improvement in his physical condition has also enabled him to genuinely believe in concepts like "Are kings and nobles born with a special destiny?"

This made Edu more and more confident, and also gave him the air of a leader among the students at the music academy.

"You've become a heartthrob, but I'm exhausted."

"Speaking of which, Mr. Bell has been nowhere to be seen lately. What has he been up to? He bought so much stuff before..."

Looking at Bell lying there, Edu brought out a large pot of stew from the kitchen and placed it in front of Bell. Now Bell had become an insatiable bottomless pit, and no matter how much he ate, his size didn't change.

Edu had stewed as much meat as possible, but he simply couldn't fathom how much Bell, with his gluttonous abilities and primal behemoth form, could actually eat.

"I've been busy with the revitalization of the Bamboo Forest lately, I'm extremely busy."

While stuffing large mouthfuls of meat into his mouth, Bell mumbled incoherently.

Only Edu knows that Bel's true identity is the King of the Bamboo Forest, something he himself had said before.

Someone like the nun, who knows of the existence of the King of the Bamboo Sea but has never seen Bell's true form, is already quite knowledgeable about Bell.

"Revive the Bamboo Forest? Don't adventurers all say that the Bamboo Forest has been eroded beyond recognition by the City of Bones and could be removed from the list of dangerous areas at any time? They're all saying that after the New Year, the Adventurers' Guild will revoke the Bamboo Forest's dangerous area certification."

"That's what they say, but now the bamboo forest has stopped being eroded by the City of Bones, and my restoration plan is progressing steadily."

In these two months, Bell not only completed the calculations

Shan was also constantly excavating that ultra-wide-area magic circle within the bamboo forest.

He not only excavated the royal tombs and brought out their treasures, but also dug in various parts of the bamboo forest, using round stones as a base to lay out the gradually perfecting ultra-wide-area magic array.

These tasks are unknown to outsiders except for Bell. After all, at a depth of 300 meters, even if a few mentally unstable adventurers were willing to explore, their exploration methods would not be able to reach the layer where Bell is located.

"Bell plans to restore the bamboo forest to its former state?"

"There's no hope of it returning to its former state, but I will completely eliminate the existence of the City of Bones. As for what the Bamboo Sea will become, that's up to fate. However, it certainly won't be called the Bamboo Sea anymore. What it'll be called depends on what the Adventurers' Guild decides."

"I don't quite understand, but it sounds really impressive..."

Although Edu usually pays close attention to information about the bamboo forest because of Bell, he is still in Cangxing City and has never actually been to the bamboo forest, so he doesn't know its specific situation.

The information received by Cangxing City from the Bamboo Sea was significantly delayed, and much important information was not transmitted back.

The situation within the Bamboo Sea changes daily, making it highly unrealistic to rely on intelligence from Cangxing City to understand the situation there.

The situation within the bamboo forest has now stabilized. In two months, the elite team has completed the exploration of most of the White Bone Spire and is steadily advancing towards the Royal Tomb.

Meanwhile, the combined forces of adventurers and city guards had dealt with the gathered undead creature community to a considerable extent.

The adventurers and city guards are now in a state of overall rest and recuperation, and the elite teams have also returned to their camps to relax.

The New Year is just two days away. For Bear Grylls, it's a day that doesn't really matter. After all, whether it's the New Year or not, the sun will still rise as usual, and the moon won't suddenly turn purple. It basically has no impact on Bear Grylls.

But in this world, people don't have the same attitude as Bell.

They attach great importance to the arrival of the New Year, after all, there are only two festivals in a year, one is a festival to comfort the dead, and the other is the New Year.

Almost every household prepares for the New Year, and Cangxing City also prepares a city-wide banquet. Adventurers exploring the bamboo forest and the city guards will also celebrate the arrival of the New Year in their camps.

Edu has received an invitation from the demi-people to gather together for a sumptuous feast during the New Year.

Bale, who is with Edu, is ready to freeload a top-notch meal.

Moreover, the demi-human banquet is at night, but the banquet in Cangxing City begins during the day. Bel, who was planning to enjoy himself all day long, wanted Edu to take him from the banquet at the east end of the city to the banquet at the west end, from day to night at the demi-human banquet.

The most striking thing is that I eat, eat, eat. When the food is served, I eat the food; when there's no food, I gnaw on the plate. If the boss dares to speak, I'll gnaw on him.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Bell can also use his "Big Eater" ability to accumulate some food energy so that he can double his power after transforming into a primal behemoth.

Anyway, the work in the bamboo forest is nearing completion.

Once the New Year is over, Bell, having completed his rest and recuperation, will be able to enter the Bamboo Sea and directly activate the ultra-wide-area magic array he has set up, taking the first step in reviving the Bamboo Sea.

His movements were definitely faster than those of the human adventurers; this was the result of Bell's hard work over the past few days, and also the absolute advantage of being in the shadows.

But just as Bell was resting at Edu’s house, the dream that had been quiet all along suddenly began to fluctuate violently.

Just after finishing his meal, Edu went into the kitchen to wash the dishes.

The flame-shaped hair on Bell's forehead instantly sprouted and transformed into a flame halo, with the power from the dream appearing at the center of the halo.

A dazzling, seven-colored light appeared above Bell's head, giving him an air of otherworldly elegance.

Fortunately, this power from the dream had no obvious aura and would not attract the attention of those around.

But the appearance of this power was urgently urging Bell to enter the dream immediately, as something was calling to him.

"Has the Lantern Clan merchant returned again? Or is there some other unexpected situation...?"

This unprecedented turn of events left Bell somewhat bewildered.

He quickly entered the dream world and appeared on his own floating island, looking at the bell hanging in front of his small courtyard.

The bell was a gift from the Lantern Clan merchant, Lantern Seventeen. It rings whenever the Lantern Clan merchant arrives, reminding him that he is ready to trade.

But the bell hanging at the door is not moving at all, which means that the anomaly in this dream was not caused by the lamp clan merchant.

"Then what is it that is calling me?"

By levitating himself, Bell floated around his floating island.

Without keeping him waiting any longer, Bell discovered the source of this unexpected turn of events.

Among the clouds floating above the Dream World, a rainbow-like light refracted continuously between the clouds and quickly extended towards Bell's location, sending a strong invitation to Bell.

With the final refraction of the rainbow's light, a bouncy, cartoon-style rainbow bridge stood perfectly in front of Belle, surrounded by cotton candy-like clouds as embellishments.

Without needing to activate [Information Insight], when Bell focused his gaze on the Rainbow Bridge, a line of text appeared that, although incomprehensible, its meaning was naturally understood.

'The Rainbow Bridge teleportation system allows users to travel long distances. This teleportation destination is Dragon Continent. Return travel is included in this teleportation service, so users need not worry.'

The sudden appearance of the teleportation rainbow bridge put Bell into a state of rapid thought. He had long heard of Dragon Continent's reputation, after all, it was the only other place he knew about in the Dream World.

It is likely a highly prosperous world there, with Lamp Clan merchants who can travel long distances on the Ring River for trade, and scholars who study the nature of dreams.

Faced with this sudden invitation, Bell hesitated for a moment, fearing that if he left, he would be harmed after being teleported to Dragon Continent.

At the same time, Bell was also worried that if he went to Longzhou, he would not be able to return to his body for a while, which would affect his plans in the bamboo forest.