The road from Africa to Europe

Chapter 903 Ecological Balance

She remembered that the most difficult viruses such as AIDS and Ebola came from the depths of the vast forest, which brought a severe test to the safety of human life.

Before entering, Ling Xiao was very vigilant and made preparations in all aspects. You must know that the primitive tropical forest is a very dangerous place for ordinary people. In the era of backward technology, most people cannot enter the forest.

Without too many people entering, the various creatures in the forest will not be greatly developed and interfered by humans, and there will be a corresponding cycle. Those creatures live very recklessly, and every creature is trying to evolve in order to survive.

In addition to animals and plants, the biosphere in the forest also includes various microorganisms—viruses and bacteria, which are an important part of the biosphere. A forest without microorganisms will lack the most basic ecological balance.

All kinds of microorganisms are very active in the forest. After all, the animals and plants in the primeval forest thrive very well, and the host is relatively easy to find, and they live very well, until one day they walk out of the forest because of human relations.

Of course, there is no microscope in this era, and people don’t know that there are many microorganisms living around them. If a person can only live in a sterile environment, it means that he can only stay in one place—a sterile room. Can no longer go out.

Even the human body (gut) has a large number of microorganisms that live in the gut and help people digest food, without the help of beneficial bacteria, people will encounter too many problems.

Because microorganisms are too small to be seen by the naked eye, humans often ignore their existence, but it does not mean that they do not exist. Later, with the development of science and technology, people realized that microorganisms have always existed in history, and they will pop up from time to time , an epidemic disease broke out, taking countless lives, to show their existence.

It can be said that human beings have always lived with microorganisms. There is a relatively harmonious side, but there is also a cruel side. Every year, people die inexplicably due to bacteria and viruses.In addition to death, there are a series of sequelae.

If you don't know, you will be fearless, because you know, you will be prepared. After entering this forest, Ling Xiao paid great attention to his own protective measures, especially when facing those microorganisms, and being vigilant towards small creatures , She didn't want to use extraordinary power, so she was so careful.

This is because she knows that the microorganisms here generally grow in the biosphere of the forest and will not enter the human world, which means that the human immune system has no impression of the microorganisms here. Once infected, it will be a great plague. .

I still remember the time when it was mistakenly called the Spanish flu (actually the pot of the lighthouse country), the flu that originally spread only in animals mutated and spread to humans, and the human immune system was completely unimpressed. Weakened in the unexpected battle, resulting in the death of a large number of the population.

A small mutated virus caused more deaths than the number of deaths in World War I, which shows the power of microorganisms, which is why Ling Xiao has been very cautious.

Because she knows the power of microorganisms, she naturally pays great attention to food hygiene after entering.Even if she has the skills of the immortal family, she is not afraid of those microorganisms at all.

But the original owner and others do not have this ability, and this world cannot cultivate, so naturally she will not teach these things, the original owner is still an ordinary person.

Ling Xiao tried his best not to use the so-called fairy family methods, but to do it in the way ordinary people should do.These are the memories that can be left to the original owner, and ordinary people will benefit from them.

If the original owner is left with the impression that the original forest is easy to enter and exit, it is the original owner and the people she knows who are deceiving, the danger of the forest is really too high, the animals and plants are of course very lethal, and the microorganisms are not good. Any creature could be a killer.

Especially in this world, there are no vaccines for various viruses. If the big thorn thinks it is easy, it will be too dangerous.It will be much better if you enter with a cautious attitude, that's why Ling Xiao is so cautious.

Of course, even though Ling Xiao tried hard to be an ordinary person, compared to other ordinary people, she was still different from ordinary people. She was extremely fast, and quickly searched all the famous places in the forest, and found different places. Less good stuff.

During this process, it was naturally found that those who risked their lives to collect raw materials were mostly indigenous tribes, which can be seen from their clothing.

Most of the people who come from the outside dress more carefully, and wear as many clothes as possible, not only because of habit, but also to prevent mosquito bites.

Ling Xiao also found that the natives were obviously more adapted to this forest than outsiders, and those natives should also be from different tribes, as can be seen from the decorations on their faces.

The aborigines did not live in peace with each other, but most of them plotted against each other. Ling Xiao knew at a glance that there might be enmity among the tribes, so he would make trouble when he found an opportunity.

Ling Xiao didn't take action after seeing it. After all, the grievances and resentments between the tribes had nothing to do with her. Was she rushing to uphold justice?unnecessary!This is the tribe's own business. As an outsider, she still looks for opportunities to collect raw materials.

It can be said that Ling Xiao adapted well in this environment. In the process of searching for raw materials, he discovered a problem: he found that some herb collectors completely killed JI to retrieve eggs when collecting raw materials.

For example, ginseng is a good thing, but if ginseng is used as medicine, it needs a certain growth period. If it is less than the limit, the medicinal effect is not enough, even if it is picked, it is useless. Leave the ginseng seedlings to let it continue to grow, and wait for it to be picked again later. Therefore, the harvested ginseng needs to pay attention to the age issue.

But Ling Xiao discovered that when someone collected them, they would wipe them all out regardless of whether they had enough years or not, regardless of the quality of the raw materials, and there were no mature raw materials left at all.

This is not collecting raw materials at all, but destroying, intending to make that kind of raw materials disappear, how can you do this?It's completely fishing in a dry marsh, without any brains.

Ling Xiao felt a little surprised when he caught the guy who did this, because she thought it was a foreigner who would do such a stupid thing in order to revenge the natives here, but after catching him, he found out that he was actually a native of the tribe.

It shouldn't be!You must know that the natives of the tribe know very well what their tribe relies on to trade with outsiders, and the importance of raw materials, so they should not do such a stupid thing at all.

Are people from that tribe planning not to live around here?But if a tribe wants to migrate, it is still relatively difficult, or is this guy doing it himself to revenge the tribe?

It is not impossible, a tribe is a small society, naturally there are differences in levels, inevitably there will be disputes, and most of the people who are sent to pick materials are not too high status people.

After all, most Jingui people value their own lives, risking their lives to repeat dangerous things is not worthwhile for Jingui people, and Jingui people who like adventures will not think about collecting materials.

Look at his palms and feet, they are covered with calluses, he doesn't want to be a nobleman in the tribe.For this reason, Ling Xiao asked that guy why he did this. After a period of time, the natives insisted that it was their tribal chief's request, so that the price could be increased.

Ha ha!What happened to that chief?Where is the idiot from?Are you sure this is someone representing a tribe?If you look at it that way, that tribe won't last long.

It is true that if these medicinal materials are really extinct, the price of the remaining medicinal materials will skyrocket, but if you want to pick that kind of raw material in the future, there is no way.

When the tribal chiefs did this, it meant that they didn't care about sustainability, and they were killing chickens to get eggs. Although this method made money quickly, it could also manipulate some people, and even charge sky-high prices, but it was a one-shot deal.

It is bound to offend a lot of people, because there will be no such medicinal materials to collect in the future, which is equivalent to cutting off the livelihood of other tribes. Isn't this kind of behavior of cutting off people's fortunes hated?
I'm afraid that people from other tribes will know that their jobs have been smashed, and they will hate the people of that tribe, and they will fight when they meet in the future. People from this tribe will live even more difficult.

In addition, the medicine that needs this medicinal material may no longer be produced, and future pharmacists may have to look for alternative medicinal materials with similar functions.

Even if it is found, there should be some differences. Re-developing the formula will make the people in the Pharmacy Association feel extremely headache, so it is strange to have a good impression on the people of this tribe, so Ling Xiao really doesn't understand what the other party is planning?
what!Ling Xiao suddenly remembered one thing: the people of that tribe did this probably because they felt that others didn't know what was going on, so they acted so recklessly.

It's really too hateful, isn't this a disaster?It means that everyone who enters the forest is suspected, so everyone will be more wary of other people in the future, so what should she do?
She thought about it for a while, so naturally she couldn't find that tribe to settle the accounts, but as a member of the Pharmacists Association, she could sue them, and sued them after she got out.

But before that, she has other ways to save it. She can specially cultivate some seeds, find a place with a similar growth environment and sow them, and then she can find other medicinal materials in this forest later.

From the beginning to the end, Ling Xiao never wanted to go to the chief to say anything, because the chiefs in this remote area are to some extent the emperors of the land. This kind of people often can't tolerate people saying different suggestions, and they like to kill people to silence them. Why should she make fun of herself?I really don't care about their lives.

In the end, she didn't kill the herbal picker. After all, this man was just a tool. If he died, the whole family would fall apart, so she just sneered and left.

The herb picker didn't know what was going on at first, and was a little out of his wits with fright, because seeing the angry Ling Xiao just now, he felt that his life was in danger.

But what he never expected was that after hearing this, Ling Xiao glanced at him with a somewhat indescribable feeling, turned around and left, and after he moved his body, he found that his body, which was in pain, was completely fine.

This is how the same thing?At this moment, Monk Zhang Er was completely confused, but he still wrote down what Ling Xiao said just now, and waited for him to go home to ask for clarification, and then he left this place a little nervously.

Ling Xiao searched for all the good things in this place. When she came out of the forest with a backpack of materials, she found that someone was collecting materials on the road. She glanced at them and pretended not to see them. Naturally, she didn’t buy the materials she wanted.

Find a suitable place first, hey!After staying in the wild for several months, because he couldn't expose more things, Ling Xiao mainly survived in the wild, so he had to find a place to rest.

In particular, we must pay attention to disinfection, do not bring out some microorganisms that should not be brought out, and go outside after a period of self-isolation, and find a place to process the raw materials by the way.

Seeing that the people collecting medicinal materials were unwilling to give up and were still pestering those who came out of the forest, Ling Xiao turned around and entered the forest, and found something was wrong as he walked, as if he had broken into a forbidden place.

She suddenly became careful, and saw a man with golden hair standing in the sun, wow!How could it be such a golden color?It's like blond hair in 24K gold, not yellow.

Why do you feel this way?Because the blond hair shone in the sun, it was completely shiny blond, and Ling Xiao's first impression was a wig.

But Ling Xiao remembers that the wigs of the nobles are white and curled, and this is the dress of male nobles, while female nobles have to mix the wigs with their real hair, so that they can't be seen as wigs.

So it's not a wig, it's real blonde hair, baby!Such a nice color!Then I saw a pair of big charming and affectionate eyes.

Tsk tsk tsk, there are such beauties in this kind of wilderness. To put it bluntly, this is the first time Ling Xiao has encountered a beauty of this level in this world.

At first glance, this kind of beauty is pampered, with white and delicate skin, wearing gorgeous clothes, she is really beautiful, but why does this kind of beauty appear here?
If Ling Xiao's guess is correct, this person is either an aristocratic elite with a background, or someone's petty love. Anyway, although monogamy is practiced in some places, people like to have lovers, and they are the kind of lovers of the whole people. A habit of recognition.

This has nothing to do with Ling Xiao, she planned to leave after seeing it clearly, after all, she didn't know that person, who cares about a stranger, she has her own things to do.

In addition, Ling Xiao can also see that there are many flower protectors around the beauty, and her skills are still very good. She even found that because she looked at the blonde for a second longer, there were more people around her, and the protection of the beauty was very strict. .

Ling Xiao felt a little baffled, she was just passing by, why was she so nervous?Is this beauty famous?Forgive the lonely and widowed she who doesn't know her at all, she is just a beauty.

Feeling that the people behind were gradually approaching, Ling Xiao couldn't help but look at the beauty again, wanting to confirm again, the next time she encounters someone who leaves early, she won't want to fight and kill.

It turned out that the beauty was held in the arms of a man. Ling Xiao, who had been single for many years, was a little curious: she was so affectionate on such a hot day, and she was not afraid of sweating.

After she looked back, she didn't feel any more, but felt the voice from behind. As for being so nervous?With so many people watching, Ling Xiao pretended not to feel it and left.

After she left, the person holding the beauty in his arms naturally noticed it, and made a downward slashing gesture with his left hand, and immediately more people followed Ling Xiao.

As the person involved, Ling Xiao naturally sensed that someone was still following him, and that he might even not let him go, which was really funny.

Look, I still think highly of those people, she didn't catch them to ask what's going on, the other party didn't want to let her go, a murderous intent enveloped her, and she wanted to kill herself?
There must be something wrong with this beauty, otherwise the other party wouldn't be in such a hurry to kill and silence, who are they!After taking a look at it, he was about to die, and he really was the kind of person from an elite background.

Later, after considering the situation in this world, it is not surprising. This is a common method used by those nobles, because the dead cannot speak, and the dead will not refute when they pour dirty water on the dead. After a long time, the false will become true.

But who is Ling Xiao?Want to make her suffer?That was a dream. The reason why she didn't make a move just now was that she was unwilling to hurt others easily, but it didn't mean that she was afraid of trouble.

Would she, a monk, be afraid of these people?Ling Xiao didn't want to be followed all the time, but he also didn't want to be noticed all the time, so he thought about going to a farther place to act.

Anyway, she is definitely not the kind of person who likes the harmony of the world. If others want to kill her, they will have to pay a corresponding price. Now she is in a hurry to self-isolate and get rid of those bastards first.

Ling Xiao didn't seem to notice the problem at all and continued to move forward. He felt that the people behind had rushed over, and a sharp knife came towards his back with the sound of wind, trying to stab himself to death.

In this case, Ling Xiao was not polite, and directly dodged the knife sideways, followed by her hand, and the hand holding the knife was dislocated all of a sudden, and the man screamed, and could no longer hold the short knife.

Ling Xiao glanced back at the man who was ordered to kill. He was a man, neither tall nor fat. No matter how he looked at it, he belonged to the type of agile assassin.

His appearance is not very eye-catching, and he looks like a local aborigine at first glance. He has dark skin, a strong body, and strong jumping ability. Because he doesn't wear shoes, there is almost no sound of footsteps.

(End of this chapter)