Chapter 39 The Green Goblin’s back-up plan
This Green Goblin Bee Breeding Manual has five pages in total, plus the cover, it has seven pages in total.
There are almost no pictures or text on the cover, only the words Green Devil's Bee Breeding Manual. Its purpose is to protect the five pages inside.
Also, this volume of insect control techniques is not bound.
But they were glued to the book jacket, much like modern perfect-bound editions.
Qin Niu has always been careful, and there is no obvious difference in the thickness of the fourth page. The production of these animal skins is very rough, thick and thin, and uneven.
When turning the fourth page, he could feel a slight difference in feel, that is, it felt a little heavier than the other four pages.
This was just a small detail that no one would notice.
Even if you notice it, you won't think much about it.
Because Qin Niu had heard the story of the Green Devil, he felt that the Green Devil might be hiding something.
The three words kill on the first page reveal the utter hatred and overwhelming murderous intention, which also proves the Green Goblin's strong unwillingness.
Mortals have no power to fight back when faced with the methods of the immortals, which is very frustrating.
He carried a blood feud, killing the villagers who had bullied him and his sister, and killing the officers and soldiers who killed his sister. He believed that all of this was justified.
No one would be willing to accept the fact that he has not avenged his revenge, but is facing being wiped out by the Immortal Family of Luo Xing Sect.
It's only normal to leave some backup options.
This volume of Green Devil's Bee Breeding Manual was written with great painstaking efforts, and his life-long experience in bee breeding is written in it. But after reading the entire article, although Qin Niu gained a lot, it was just some relatively common knowledge and techniques for controlling bees.
At that time, I bought this volume of insect control techniques, thinking that after learning it, I could breed poisonous wasps of the level of the Green Demon Bee.
As a result, there is a sentence at the beginning of the article: It is impossible to have another successful person in cultivating the Green Demon Bee.
The specific process of cultivating the Green Demon Bee is not recorded in detail in the book.
Qin Niu had long heard that some real secrets of martial arts were hidden in the mezzanine.
I have a vague feeling that there may be another mystery on the fourth page.
After studying it for a while, it doesn't look like a mezzanine.
Just a complete animal hide.
Despite this, Qin Niu did not give up.
Is there something wrong with the sealant?
Thinking like this, he began to lose his fortune.
The Green Devil's Bee Breeding Manual, which he bought for ten taels of silver, was ripped out page by page.
I don’t know what kind of material the sealing glue is. It looks a bit like raw lacquer, but not quite like it. The Green Goblin likes to keep bees, and it is possible that he makes his own 'glue' by mixing honey with other things.
They were glued quite firmly, and it took a lot of effort to remove them.
Mainly worried about tearing it apart.
After all five pages were removed, Qin Niu felt that the fourth page had a mystery even more through comparison.
Try picking at it with your fingernail.
After unremitting efforts, he really dug it out from the middle.
He carefully tore it open, and a piece of animal skin that was polished as thin as cicada wings fell out. Qin Niu was excited for a while. Sure enough, it was almost as expected, and there was a mystery hidden in it.
It was extremely difficult to polish this animal hide, leaving only the top layer, which was only about the size of a palm.
Slightly thicker in the middle and very thin at the edges.
The advantage of this is that it is less likely to be discovered.
No wonder it feels a little heavier than the other four pages when you turn it over.
Baiye Town, Black Rock Village!
There are only a few small words, and below is a picture with the shape of a mountain and a route.
It looks like a map.
Qin Niu secretly wondered what the Green Devil was trying to do by leaving this map behind.
Is the real secret of Green Demon Bee cultivation hidden in the location marked on the map?
One thing is for sure, the cliff where the Green Goblin used to hide must have been searched over.
Although there are swarms of poisonous bees there, for many experts, this is not an obstacle at all.
Not to mention the more powerful insect masters.
For example, if Qin Niu's termites are cultivated to be more powerful, it will be almost easy to deal with the bugs on the ground.
Where is Black Rock Village in Baiye Town? I need to find someone to find out.
One thing is certain, the end point on this map must contain something that the Green Goblin wants to stay. It may be a real bee control technique, or it may be other treasures.
He put the map back on the fourth page and put it away close to his body.
Looking at the black stinky ant, I saw that it had been killed by the termites, and the body was being dismembered, leaving only a small part of the remains.
Qin Niu fed them the bear meat he brought.
It feels like they might have some benefit from eating bear meat. Although new powerful termites have not evolved yet, the queen ant has already developed the innate ability to reproduce offspring with powerful attributes.
The probability is a bit low, only 1%.
It takes one hundred ant eggs to produce a powerful termite.
On the contrary, the probability of giving birth to poisonous ants is much higher, 3%.
However, I feel that their current toxicity is still very weak, and they are of little help to the battle.
The powerful venom should be able to seal the throat at the sight of blood, or be injected into the enemy's body and quickly paralyze the enemy, so that the enemy loses their combat effectiveness and can only be slaughtered.
Many bugs have this ability, such as spiders.
Their venom paralyzes their prey.
Prey bitten by a spider will not die immediately, but will become weak and difficult to move. Moreover, spider venom also has a special effect, which is to 'preserve freshness'.
Spiders like to suck the juices out of their prey, but they generally don't eat the shells of their prey.
This requires that the prey is alive after being trapped in the spider web.
If dead, the blood in the body will coagulate and it will be very difficult for the spider to suck the juices from their body. And they don't like to eat dead prey.
Therefore, after being injected with venom by a spider, the prey looks like it is dead, but in fact it is just weak and unable to move.
If the prey is larger than the spider can eat in one meal, the prey will suffer more.
It would be as cruel as humans eating monkey brains and cutting live donkey meat.
After the prey is sucked, the wound will form a 'preservative film' under the action of the spider's saliva, sealing the wound.
The prey remains half-dead.
Waiting to be sucked down by spiders.
until the juices in their bodies are drained.
According to research conducted by insect masters who specialize in this field, spider venom can be kept fresh for about seven days.
This refers to common wild spiders that have not been cultivated.
If it is a spider that has been cultivated and evolved, the 'freshness' time may be longer.
Qin Niu felt that it was necessary to increase the intensity of termite venom.
After all, there is a big nest of stinky ants around them, and today's battle is just the beginning.
When the queen ant's egg-laying skills are very weak, the best way to improve their combat effectiveness is to work hard.
The Green Devil mentioned in the Bee Breeding Manual that many plant juices can also improve the defense, toxicity, and flight speed of bee colonies.
He cited the sap of several plants, such as sumac, which increased the venom of bee colonies and the strength of their wings. But the amount of feeding must be controlled. Feeding too much will cause the death of the bee colony.
There is also a colorful mushroom mentioned many times by the Green Goblin, saying that after picking them, pounding them, mixing them with honey and feeding them to the bee colonies, they evolved a variety of special abilities.
Qin Niu couldn't help but come up with a bold idea. What would happen if the blood of the ancient banyan tree was used to feed termites?
It's a pity that there isn't much left. Yesterday, I used the blood of the ancient banyan tree to nourish the knife, and a third of it was used up.
Whether it is raising knives or breeding termites, it is a long process.
It is almost impossible to achieve good results after just one or two feedings.