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Chapter 2255: The World in the Cave
The advent of the era of high-yield crop genes has freed the lower classes of humanity from hunger, but has also brought about a population explosion.

The huge population makes it difficult for society to function as it did in the past.

The Red Alliance has entered the large-scale process of chemical preparations. Many drugs are mass-produced through chemical reactions, and traditional methods of making medicines and treating diseases have been gradually replaced.

This is not because traditional methods of making medicine and treating diseases are ineffective, but because these methods are unable to meet the needs of a huge population of sick people.

After decades of constant changes, many traditional doctors have gradually withdrawn from the industry, and only concepts such as medicated diet and health care remain, and we can still get a glimpse of the past.

Countless people have flocked into the new medical industry, while traditions are being gradually forgotten. People like Zhang Xuezhou who make medicine with herbs are extremely rare.

Perhaps because of the lack of light, or perhaps because Zhong Rang was not an expert in medicinal herbs, Zhang Xuezhou glanced over and saw a patch of plants growing at the end of the snake cave.

These are not just one or two plants, but large patches of them.

Perhaps it was the influence of the Qin Meng secret stone, or perhaps it was the special effect brought by the fireball, but plants that were able to adapt to the environment grew in this dark underground place.

No matter what category these plants belong to, or whether they have medicinal properties or not, as long as they grow in a spiritual place, they will more or less absorb the earth's energy to grow.

This is just like the spiritual fish caught by the Taoist Master Ran Deng. It is obviously the same species of fish, but due to some luck it becomes different, and after taking it it has the same benefits as a great medicine.

Environmental factors have a huge impact, and this is also the way Yin-Yang practitioners search for and identify medicines.

Zhang Xuezhou couldn't take away the Qin Meng secret stone. His eyes rolled around, and then he was digging the plant out of the snake's feces.

"It seems a bit like Polygonatum?"

Many plants have low stems and almost no leaves, but they have well-developed underground roots and extremely thick tubers.

Zhang Xuezhou pulled one and felt that the root system was like a net. The longest root was nearly two meters long, and there were hard stems the size of a palm.

He scratched the tuber with his fingernails, took off his gas mask, and brought the scratched part close to his nose and sniffed.

A strange yet familiar smell rushed into his nose, and Zhang Xuezhou became more certain that this plant could be used as medicine.

He looked at the plants under his feet, and thought about the other passages and the depths of the cave. He felt that a medicinal garden had been nurtured in the snake cave.

If we could pick these plants and identify their medicinal properties, it would undoubtedly be a treasure trove.

The medicinal materials that Zhang Xuezhou can purchase now all come from major pharmacies. The medicinal materials in these pharmacies are not collected from the wild, but are cultivated in large areas artificially.

His elixirs also stopped at the Soul Refining Pill, and no matter how he combined them, it was difficult to go further.

At this moment, Zhang Xuezhou's eyes lit up, and he felt that he had found a treasure land to improve his elixir.

Not to mention the differences in the growing environments of artificially cultivated and wild medicinal herbs, even the years in which they grow vary greatly.

Based on Zhang Xuezhou's current judgment, he felt that the plant in his hand, which he identified as Polygonatum sibiricum, might have grown for decades or even longer.

Even if they grow in deep mountains and forests, this type of medicinal material can be called old medicine.

As spiritual energy grows, this medicinal material has entered the category of major medicine. Its efficacy is several times better than that of old medicines, and it even has more unique effects.

"Damn it, there's no way to destroy it. Commissioner Zhang, do you have explosives or heavy weapons?"

Zhang Xuezhou carefully pulled out three herbs. Zhong Rang, who was pondering the Qin Meng secret stone nearby, was a little anxious. After trying many methods, it was still difficult to destroy the stalactites that were growing with their roots.

"without!"

Zhang Xuezhou waved his hands repeatedly.

He raised the Infinity Gun on his arm and touched the Infinity Knife on his back. The Infinity Gun was designed several years ago and was used exclusively for hunting exotic beasts. It was completely useless against vicious beasts.

The Infinite Blade is similar to a small magic weapon, relying on Zhang Xuezhou's control of the Soul Jade to achieve flying and cutting. Its function is similar to Wang Haoran's "Wuming", suitable for long-distance control and attack. The disadvantage is also obvious, that is, its power is relatively weak and it can only attack weaknesses.

Apart from these two things, Zhang Xuezhou had nothing else. He even rarely used these two weapons at the moment, and mostly used their deterrent power to target.

It is undoubtedly difficult to get anything out of Zhang Xuezhou.

After the brief response, Zhong Rang was obviously discouraged.

"Then we have to leave," Zhong Rang said dejectedly, "If the Snake King comes back, there's no way we can escape from this place!"

"I heard that as long as you apply a thick layer of coating on the outside of the Qin Meng Secret Stone, this secret stone will not work. Why don't you give it a try, Commissioner Zhong?" Zhang Xuezhou said.

"What do you mean?"

Zhong Rang just gave a puzzled expression, and then he reacted quickly.

He didn't care whether it was useful or not, he just grabbed several long pythons and drained their blood, painting the huge stalactite bright red.

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After the operation, he didn't care about the dirt and wiped the gray, white and black snake feces on the ground.

Since the Qin Meng Secret Stone cannot be destroyed or taken away, covering it up is obviously the only option.

"The recovery effect is weakening!"

Not only could Zhong Rang himself feel the effect of Qin Meng's secret stone, the snake from which he had just taken blood also had wounds.

Seeing these pythons that were beaten half to death curled up on the ground and twitching, without the three strange snakes recovering from their injuries, Zhong Rang couldn't help but feel happy.

As long as the cover-up is effective, he will then have to rely on his luck to bet on whether the snake king will clean up, whether he can still find the Qin Meng secret stone in the dark, or whether the injuries after the conflict with the group of ferocious beasts will be difficult to heal.

If any of these possibilities were realized, it might give him the opportunity to re-enter the snake cave and obtain the Qin Meng secret stone.

"No matter how beautiful something is, if it is smeared with feces and urine, it will most likely be ignored. There are a lot of snake blood and snake corpses outside the snake cave. The snake blood smeared with feces will further confuse the snake king's judgment and may even make it sick. As long as the snake king's wisdom is not as suspicious as humans..."

Zhong Rang muttered to himself.

As a sixth-sequence person, Zhong Rang worked very efficiently, without even letting Zhang Xuezhou get involved, and completed the task alone quickly.

Compared with his previous depressed mood, he was obviously not much better at this moment.

If it was not possible before, the current operation at least brings some hope.

"Where did you get this information?" Zhong Rang said, "This is the first time I've seen the Qin Meng Secret Stone, and I never thought of reverse smearing!"

"I met Commissioner Zhou in Qinmeng before, and he once told me these things!"

"Zhou Xin?"

"Correct!"

Zhang Xuezhou responded very quickly, and the source of the information was stable and reliable. Zhong Rang felt that the possibility of success had increased by another 10%.

He looked at the Qin Meng Secret Stone that was sealed as quickly as possible in a short period of time, and felt that everything had been done to the current limit.

The next step is to wait and see whether the snake king, who was injured in the battle with the ferocious beast, can still find the Qin Meng secret stone after returning to the snake cave, or if he is simple-minded and misjudges that his home has been robbed, thus causing a more serious conflict with the group of ferocious beasts.