Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 34 Blood Vine!
Li Mu didn't believe that Yao Chengcheng couldn't even handle something like farming. How could he still be so unconfident even though he was the city lord?

Yao Chengcheng could only shrug helplessly after hearing what Li Mu said, and said in a low voice,
"Fine"

"What about you? Do you have the confidence to complete the task assigned to you by the organization?"

Li Mu turned his head and looked at Yu Shuaikang on his right.

"Hunting mutant beasts is no problem, but raising chickens and ducks is not suitable for me, right?"

"I go out and kill mutant beasts all day long. I'm lucky that the remaining smell on my body doesn't scare the chickens and ducks to death!"

Yu Shuaikang lay on a smooth wooden chair, posing like a little bear with his hands spread out.

"Hey, this doesn't seem to be suitable for you. I guess we need to find someone else to do it."

Li Mu touched his chin and said after thinking for a while.

"You two have come into contact with quite a lot of residents. Do you have anyone to recommend?"

"I recommend a man named Han Dong."

Yao Chengcheng suddenly said from the side.

"Han Dong?"

"The guy you two rescued while hunting the direwolf?"

Li Mu quickly searched for this person's information in his mind.

"Yes, he is the first survivor to join Wanling City. There is no problem with trust."

"Besides, he has a young daughter, so it's not suitable for him to go out and hunt mutant beasts."

Yu Shuaikang added on the side.

"Since both of you trust him, let him take care of the poultry raising."

"Chengcheng, when you're collecting population information, please pay attention to the talents of these people. It's such a big city, there's no way the three of us can manage it all."

Li Mu is a lazy person who doesn't like to manage people, and he now has to devote all his energy to research.

The population of Wanling City will surely increase in the future, and the three of them still need to practice and improve their strength, so they simply cannot take care of so many things, so management talents are indispensable.

"No problem, leave it to me."

This time, Yao Chengcheng agreed directly and confidently.

"And one more thing!"

Yu Shuaikang's speech attracted the attention of both of them.

"What the hell, let it go!"

When Li Mu thought about the many things waiting for him to do, he felt overwhelmed and stopped being polite when speaking.

"The team that follows me to hunt mutant beasts does not have sufficient strength, and I estimate that there will be many casualties."

"They haven't become Source Warriors yet, so they can't use your modified weapons!"

Yu Shuaikang expressed his concerns on the sidelines.

"I almost forgot about that."

The plant weapons that Li Mu modified at that time were for the convenience of Yu Shuaikang and Yao Chengcheng to use, and naturally he did not take into account the embarrassing problem of insufficient internal energy in ordinary people.

Although he later modified the pea hand cannon for General Wang so that it could use mutant beast crystal cores as magazines, making it easier for ordinary people to use.

But mutant beast crystal cores were so precious that he simply didn't have many to use.

After receiving the order from General Wang, he urgently made a batch of second-generation pea hand cannons. There were a total of thirty third-level crystal cores, twenty of which were used to make hand cannons, and three were given to Yu Shuaikang and Yao Chengcheng each for cultivation. Now he only had four left.

Although later on when they cleaned up the mutant beasts they harvested a third-order crystal core and a fourth-order crystal core?
But even if these six crystal cores were all converted into second-generation pea hand cannons, they would not be enough to equip a hunting team of twenty people.

Thinking of this, Li Mu felt tired of the scarcity of various resources. In the past, the three of them had food and drink and had no worries. But once Wanling City was established, how come he became a pauper?

Although he felt a little resentful, Li Mu knew that this was the only way to develop his power. Pies would not fall from the sky, and he had to fight for all the resources step by step.

"The weapons aspect is indeed a big problem, but I already have some ideas."

"You go hunt some common wild animals with the hunting team first. If you encounter danger, just use spring beans and clover and run away."

"I have an idea for a new weapon. Once I have solved the problem of the weapon, I will attack those powerful mutant beasts."

Li Mu said to Yu Shuaikang who was standing beside him.

Li Mu has actually always had a headache about the issue of weapons.

He often wondered, is there a plant that can be used as both armor and a weapon?

While building the city wall, he suddenly had an inspiration.

Many large trees have parasitic vines that feed themselves by stealing nutrients from the trees, which is harmful to the trees.

But he can use his abilities to change this state of dependence, from parasitism to symbiosis.

Similarly, if humans can exist in a symbiotic state with vines, then the problem of armament can be perfectly solved.

As he had been busy building the city wall, Li Mu almost forgot about this matter. He was able to recall it today thanks to Yu Shuaikang's reminder.

Thinking of this, Li Mu immediately said hello to the two of them and returned to his room to start the experiment.

Since the inspiration came from vines, Li Mu naturally had to start the first step of the experiment with vines.

Unfortunately, the experiment did not go smoothly. Although the vines had good defensive capabilities, they were too thick and could not be woven into a piece of armor that covered the vital parts of the body as Li Mu had imagined.

Vines, pass for now.

Li Mu then experimented with a variety of vine plants such as ivy, bougainvillea, and wisteria, but the results were not very good.

Either the flowers will bloom and consume energy, or the defense and attack are not ideal.

After thinking around, Li Mu turned his attention back to the vines, wondering if there were any plants that could be integrated with them to create a vine that would satisfy him.

After two days of experiments, Li Mu finally created a suitable vine - blood vine.

Blood vine is a new plant created by Li Mu by combining tree vines, iron wire vines, dodder seeds and other plants.

The blood vine is only as thick as a thumb, but its strength is comparable to that of steel bars, and it is very flexible.

It has a weak consciousness and can communicate simply with its symbiotic host and complete some of the host's instructions.

If you want to coexist with blood vine, you need to first plant its thumb-sized seeds in the heart. The blood vine will absorb the host's heart blood to complete the initial fusion.

After the fusion, the blood vine can be said to be one with the human being. It usually absorbs the host's source energy and blood to survive. Of course, the amount will be very small.

But when faced with battle, the blood vine needs a lot of energy to grow enough vines to turn into weapons or armor.

At this time, you can feed mutant beasts' blood or crystal cores to provide energy.

When blood vine and humans coexist, it will slowly strengthen the host's physique and help the host slightly improve the efficiency of absorbing source energy.

The longer the symbiosis lasts, the stronger the host and the blood vine will become. Of course, this is also related to the host's usual feeding.

The higher the quality of the mutant beast blood absorbed by the blood vine, the faster the blood vine grows and the stronger the host's strength will be.

Between the blood vine and the host, prosperity is shared by all, and adversity is shared by all!
(End of this chapter)