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

Bell recited the first half of "The Long Ballad," which easily brought forth a great deal of vitality, which, under his deliberate guidance, was injected into the purple bamboo shoot that had only revealed a small tip.

As the first poem Bell recorded, Bell had an extremely strong grasp of "Long Song," and even in the night, an environment unfavorable to the expression of poetry, Bell was able to draw out a wisp of vitality close to the rising sun.

As this condensed vitality slowly flowed into the purple bamboo shoot, the rather heavy shoot twitched a few times and quietly grew an inch taller.

The range of influence of the magic circle depends on the growth and development of the purple bamboo shoot. The stronger the purple bamboo shoot, the larger the area it can cover by converting death energy, and the more fragments of life energy it can throw to various places.

Right now, this purple bamboo shoot with only a small tip can't suppress this thousand-meter-long bamboo forest, but when it grows to the size that Bell felled the purple bamboo before, it will be able to easily suppress the rising death energy within this thousand-meter range.

If it can branch out and produce more purple bamboo, the vitality it generates will dispel even more death energy.

"Wang!"

Another old fire-chewing hyena approached from afar, carrying a goat skull in its mouth. The flickering fire in the skull's eye sockets indicated that this thing was a resurrected remains.

While alerting the older fire-chewing hyenas, Bell also sent one of the younger, less aged fire-chewing hyenas to capture a living, resurrected skeleton.

Although living remains are now the dominant species in the bamboo forest, the Fire Hyena, once the apex predator of the bamboo forest, still faces little challenge in hunting a lone living remains, even in its old age.

"Well done."

Bell patted the fire-chewing hyena's head, signaling it to put the goat skull down.

Even though this living remains that arrived here is now just a head, its aversion to the aura of the living is no less. It makes no attempt to hide its malice, especially towards the Purple Bamboo Shoot, which is the core of the formation.

Bell had anticipated this situation.

These restless dead are extremely hostile to life, especially to important nodes like Zizhu that dispel the death energy in the area, which will inevitably be attacked by the revitalized remains.

The rapid decay of the inner bamboo forest was also due to the deliberate destruction by the living remains; otherwise, the vast bamboo forest could not have withered and died on such a large scale in such a short time by relying solely on the erosion of death energy.

"Your next task is to protect this purple bamboo shoot. With the purple bamboo shoot here, you will not be corroded by the death aura, and the vitality of the surrounding area will gradually recover."

Having assigned a new long-term mission to several old fire-chewing hyenas, Bell snapped his fingers, and a wisp of flame rose between his fingers, rapidly expanding under the infusion of magic to form a vortex of flame enveloping the goat's skull.

Under Bell's control, the goat's skull, along with its soul fire, was burned into a fine powder, almost like refined salt.

[Regular bone meal]

Description: Ordinary bone meal that can accelerate plant growth. Every 500 grams of ordinary bone meal is equivalent to 10 kilograms of fermented farmyard manure.

This is a calcination method that Bell summarized after burning a large number of remains and corpses.

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By calcining ordinary remnants, bones and soul fire together, you can reliably produce ordinary bone meal. Although it is not as good as the bone meal calcined from ancient corpses, it is still a good fertilizer.

He sprinkled bone meal around the purple bamboo shoots, and then took a little water from the bucket he had brought to water them.

His planting method is quite extensive; he just crams nutrients and vitality onto the purple bamboo, as if he wants to overfeed it to death, without considering problems such as root burn or rot.

It's only because giant grasses like bamboo are tough enough that if it were some tender, delicate plants that would die if they were watered too much, they would have died on the spot.

With abundant nutrients and vitality, the purple bamboo shoots began to develop at an astonishing speed. The vitality that Bell infused into them was enough to allow them to grow for quite some time without being disturbed by the death energy.

About twenty minutes after Bell left the magic circle, the purple bamboo shoot, which had only shown a small tip, quietly grew taller, resembling a bamboo shoot after a spring rain.

Constructing the magic circle took Bell four hours. Even after simplifying many unnecessary procedures, inscribing a magic circle is still a very troublesome task.

If he were to follow the standard way of drawing magic circles in magic academies, Bell estimated that it would take him three or four days to create even the simplest magic circle.

"Hurry, hurry, before it gets light, you all need to get inside quickly."

Arriving at the burrow they had dug earlier, Bell urged the fire-chewing hyenas to go inside and pupate.

The mine carts on the subway were ready, and the fire-chewing hyenas sitting on them looked like big kids stuffed into cardboard boxes, which was extremely comical.

However, under Bell's command, the king of the bamboo forest, they did not move around at all, sitting obediently in the minecart, making Bell's journey much easier.

An hour later, Bell successfully used the mining cart to send the small fire hyenas into his underground base.

Here is a newly excavated passage leading directly to an abandoned house not far from the inn where Edu is staying. This is a property that old man Sabirna bought, and it is a place where the fire-chewing hyenas are temporarily housed.

Don't let the old man's cheerful and carefree demeanor fool you; he owns quite a few properties in Cangxing City.

After all, he is a highly skilled brewer with exceptional earning power, and he also has the means to disguise himself as a human, allowing him to remain active in human society.

In the end, Bell only took six male fire-chewing hyenas with him, leaving four females and one male baby fire-chewing hyena in the bamboo forest.

The strongest male fire-chewing hyena will live in the bamboo forest with its harem, following the older fire-chewing hyenas. This number is the limit that the older fire-chewing hyenas can raise.

The remaining six male fire-chewing hyenas will grow up in the human world. Under the care of experienced animal trainers and hunters, their growth conditions will likely be better than those of the fire-chewing hyenas left in the bamboo forest.

Similarly, these fire-chewing hyenas will also shoulder the important responsibility of procreation for the fire-chewing hyena clan after they reach adulthood.

The Bamboo Forest Will, built upon the spirits of the Fire-Chewing Hyena ancestors, requested Bell to allow the Fire-Chewing Hyena race to continue, and Bell has done just that.

In the bamboo forest, there are still ambitious fire-chewing hyenas; in the city, there are fire-chewing hyenas who have become animal companions. On the level of the continuation of the species, Bell is only one step away from fulfilling the request of the Bamboo Sea's will: selling the fire-chewing hyenas.

When I looked at the comments, there were suddenly so many posts about duck necks, and even a "Bear Duck Necks" comment. I felt so uncomfortable.

Then my thoughts wandered, and I remembered the deer and geese from Famine, which I had previously planned to include as bosses in the book…

Chapter 133 Mithril Enhancement

"Hurry, hurry, you little rascals."

After herding a group of small fire hyenas into Sabil's abandoned house, Bell asked the little guys to wait quietly.

Under the influence of the King of the Bamboo Forest, the few fire-chewing hyenas whose eyes were filled with curiosity quieted down and squatted silently in the corner of the house.

As he drove the fire-chewing hyenas upwards, Bell continued to fill in the tunnel he had dug. Apart from the underground base under the Edu family, Bell would fill in all the temporary tunnels he dug in Cangxing City.

After finishing the final tasks, Bell rushed to the hotel where Edu was staying.

"The magical protection left behind before leaving is still there, and Ning's identity has not attracted too much attention yet, which is a good thing."

Jumping onto the bed in the room, Edu immediately noticed Bell's return and breathed a sigh of relief.

For Edu, tonight will be a sleepless night.

Under Bell's manipulation, he used an unprecedented identity to enter a place he had never been before and had an equal dialogue with the agricultural guild's decision-makers.

These events were already shocking enough for Edu, but after these events, Edu also gained access to the Agricultural Guild's secret vault.

Even though Edu was a simple-minded boy with limited vision and little knowledge of quality, he could still glimpse a corner of extraordinary items from the conversation between the agricultural association director and Bell.

"Mr. Bell, you're finally back."

After a sleepless night, Edu breathed a sigh of relief as if he had found his pillar of support after Bale's return.

Bell gestured to him that he could rest for a while, since he would be there to keep watch.

It was still dark, and there was plenty of time before the time Bell and Director Wim had agreed upon. Bell wanted to use this time to continue perfecting his personal rat suit.

The mithril we got from the agricultural association is now ready to be put to use.

This material, which is most conducive to the conduction of magic, only requires a few wisps of dust to greatly improve the quality of a wand. The mithril that Bell obtained was quite large; otherwise, it wouldn't have been qualified to enter the Agricultural Guild's vault.

"The mithril is extracted, then mixed into the structure of the portable rat system, and further refined..."

On his way here, Bell brought processing tools from the underground base, which allowed him to tinker and continue to improve his personal rat suit in this room.

To avoid attracting attention and prying eyes from outsiders, Bell directly used his mental power to mobilize the surrounding magic to construct a soundproof and concealing shield.

With the addition of mithril, the effect of the portable rat suit is greatly enhanced. At least Bell no longer has to endure the disastrous delay in controlling Edu's body.

In addition to solving the latency issue, the addition of mithril to the Old Rat Armor set also makes the magic available for movement more extensive and organized.

This magic can enhance the wearer's physical body, just like how monsters use magic to greatly enhance their physique. Edu's physique was forcibly increased by ten points, directly touching the threshold of a low-level warrior.

However, this magic does not belong to Edu; rather, it was infused by Bell, serving as a buff that Bell added to Edu.

"I had a premonition while I was in the bamboo forest that mithril possesses powerful magical guiding properties."

This guiding property can even affect the Sea of ​​Depravity…

Bell was able to vaguely sense the boundary of the Sea of ​​Depravity through his mental power via mithril.

For most people, this might not be of much use, but for Bell, his connection with the Dream was extremely deep, and the Sea of ​​Depravity was not an unreachable place for him.

"Perhaps I can try to draw out the power within the dream through mithril, but this requires not only strong mental strength, but also the ability to resonate with external forces and the Sea of ​​Oblivion. It is an extremely complex task..."

It took Bell a long time to create the portable rat outfit.

It wasn't until the sun was high in the sky that Bell and Edu finally merged, transforming back into Ning.

He walked out onto the street, and although it looked ordinary, Bell, as the manipulator, felt completely different.

"Edu, do you know how I feel right now? After upgrading this outfit, it feels like I've gone from driving a tractor to driving a car. It's so comfortable."

"Ugh... I can't quite understand it."

Controlling Edu to enter Sabil's unused house, Bell summoned several fire-chewing hyenas with a fluctuation of his mental power.

"Little ones, go into this cage and stay quiet. Soon you will be able to start your new life."

Bell patted the little fire hyenas and herded them into a large wooden box. With his old rat suit, Edu wasn't too tired to carry the box containing six puppies.

He crossed the street corner and, unnoticed by most, arrived at the entrance of the Agricultural Guild again.

Director Wim, who had an appointment with him, was already waiting at the entrance of the Agricultural Guild, showing Bell a great deal of respect.

"It's a pleasure to see you again."

Wim greeted Bell, looking quite well. It seemed that as the first person to handle the bone meal transaction yesterday, he had reaped considerable benefits.