The epic story of green monsters

Chapter 638 The Secret of Tagan
  Anyone who underestimates the power of nature will have their head grabbed by nature, smashed on the ground until their head is bloody, and they will be ravaged and trampled back and forth.

The Green Field Tribe is no exception. The endless flood disasters not only make the tribe members exhausted, but also make the tribe's senior officials worried.

The most troublesome thing is that the dramatic changes in the natural climate have ultimately affected the harvests of the crops that the tribe has grown for many years. When the harvests have been almost non-existent for several consecutive years, the tribes have to pay a greater price to purchase large quantities of food from outside to sustain the lives of the tribesmen. At the same time, steps must be stepped up to find new alternative crops, or simply improve existing crops through druid magic.

However, for Allen, he does not want to see relying on external resources to supply his tribe. Such a large tribe, together with its surrounding vassals, has a food and material shortage of at least 3 to 40 people. Whenever there are any external problems, All may cause unrest among tribes and wilderness.

After giving up the act of clearing the wilderness long ago, although there are no other wilderness natives within a hundred miles of important strongholds such as Green Lake Town and Torrent Bay, in other territories, such as the Ivan Gnoll Tribe and the Koli Horse The number of small and medium-sized tribes like the Dark Elves attached to the Green Field Tribe is not small.

Outside the wilderness, the geographical environment has undergone great changes. The Gobi Desert, where only sporadic vegetation once grew, is now densely covered with streams. Lakes of different sizes are connected by streams, like pearl necklaces.

With the nourishment of the source of life, even in the barren land, strong weeds and shrubs begin to grow vigorously. Compared to delicate intelligent races, plants and insects seem to be more likely to change their characteristics to adapt to a wetter natural environment.

Of course, animals are no exception. With lush grasslands and shrubs, there will be herbivorous animals that migrate along with the food, and they can thrive freely without establishing a complete ecological chain. When there are more herbivorous animals, carnivorous animals will naturally follow their footsteps and regard this place as their suitable survival territory.

Small herbivores such as prairie rats, pikas, and gray rabbits attract small carnivores such as goshawks and foxes; the migration of large herbivores such as antelopes, takin, and elk attracts many animals that follow behind them. Flying dragons, furious lions, iron-backed bears and other omnivorous or carnivorous ferocious beasts...

The better news is that the area in the north of the Tagan Desert close to the Green Field Plain is no longer a place short of water. Although it is not as heavy as the Green Field Plain today with heavy rains every three to five days, it is now a year. The rainfall here is at least more than the total rainfall in the past ten years.

As long as there is no shortage of water, there will naturally be plants that can grow tenaciously, and then there will be various insects, as well as arthropods and reptiles that feed on insects.

This also means that the actual scope of the Green Field Plain is expanding northward, and the land erosion of the Tagan Desert has also been ended.

“Something good happens after all, right??”

Oscar and Allen stand in the sky. Directly ahead are the undulating earth-yellow sand dunes. Occasionally when the wind blows, you can often see a piece of yellow sand moving between the dunes.

Under their feet, there were clumps of low selaginella, thorn willow, and cacti, taking root in the vast wilderness, bringing a touch of new color to the depleted desert. And around these plants, there are clusters of new shoots blooming with new power, slowly growing towards the north stubbornly but fearlessly.

The top of the head seems to be within arm's reach, and there are white clouds stacked together. It feels like a new round of rain is gathering, bringing a moist atmosphere to this hot land.

"..."

Allen's face was not pretty. In the past few years, he had devoted his time to the management of frequent natural disasters, and more than half of the wealth and resources accumulated by the Green Field Tribe for more than a hundred years had been directly consumed. Just to build a strong flood defense embankment along the Zhuoshui River, tens of thousands of people were invested. The daily cost was like burning gold. In the blink of an eye, countless gold coins leaked from Allen's hands. out.

If it hadn't been for the fact that the climate in the Green Field Plain has gradually become calmer recently, Allen might still be chasing the rain and patrolling the tribe's territory at this time.

Although it is not yet certain whether the water vapor pouring in from the endless sea to the west has established an orderly circulation system with the environmental climate of the Green Field Plain, the rainfall in the wilderness has indeed become relatively stable. Of course, it is impossible to achieve a completely stable climate pattern in just a few years. The Green Field Plain will definitely encounter countless floods in the future.

At this time, the Green Field Tribe’s water conservancy protection facilities, which they had spent almost all their efforts to build, would be able to show their full potential. In the past few years, when there were heavy rains and floods, the Green Field Tribe struggled to withstand it. Unless there is a more chaotic and terrifying natural disaster than in previous years, the Green Field Tribe should not have any major problems.

When Allen decided to go his own way and dig a passage in the Western Mansha Mountains, if he could have thought of the current situation of the tribe, he didn't know if he would regret it.

"In the future, when the vegetation on this land increases and the soil quality improves, you can plant desert crops such as date palms and olive oil here. By then, this desert can also be used by you to raise more people. No problem at all.”

In recent years, Oscar himself has done nothing serious and only focused on plugging holes for Allen and the others.

Although in essence, the huge changes in the wilderness climate have nothing to do with Oscar, but when he thought that it was the prediction model he led people to make, in the end, the changes in the natural climate did not go as they predicted. Ye Pingyuan had caused a lot of damage, and I felt very sorry.

"I hope so."

Allen nodded slightly, but his eyes were staring at a small sand dune in the depths of the desert that looked like a simple bulge. He took a throwing ax from the dimensional bag and threw it.

Boom! !

The sky was full of flying sand and rocks, setting off a curtain of sand, but in the sand curtain, Allen clearly saw the figure of a humanoid creature flying up and falling down.

"Ugh……"

Oscar only saw Allen's movements, but did not notice any movement in the place where he attacked. When he saw clearly that Allen killed a snake man unique to the desert, he just let out a long sigh helplessly.

After all, he was a part of nature, so being killed by Allen for no reason must have been a bit uncomfortable for Oscar, who claimed to be the guardian of nature.

"Why do these snake people rarely appear outside the desert?"

Allen has actually been paying attention to the movements of snake people in the desert. After all, he had ventured into the depths of the desert once and knew that there were many snake people in the depths of the desert and their strength should not be underestimated. “Here, let’s talk about another secret of the wilderness.”

The foundation of the Natural God System is in the wilderness, which naturally requires understanding and investigation of all regions and races in the wilderness. When it comes to understanding the wilderness, I am afraid it would be difficult to find someone who knows this better than the Holy See of the Natural God System.

Oscar may be feeling guilty, perhaps thinking of the Holy See's overtures to Allen, or perhaps to prevent Allen from killing people indiscriminately. After hearing Allen's inquiry, Oscar gave the information about the Snake Man without any hesitation. Speak out.

"The origin of the snake people is related to a mythical creature from the ocean. It is said that the person who created these snake people was a giant snake named Hydra with nine heads."

"According to the records of the Holy See, Hydra had a long and protracted battle with the ocean goddess Amberli in ancient times for the divine rights of the ocean. In the end, Hydra was defeated and expelled from the endless sea by the ocean goddess. Finally, in Settled deep in the Tagan Desert.”

"Because water elements are scarce in the Tagan Desert, it would be difficult for the Ocean Goddess to adapt to this dry and harsh climate after mastering the ocean domain. That's why Hydera, who was seriously injured, chose the Tagan Desert as a place to rest and recuperate."

"Since the snake people were created, they have made it their lifelong mission to protect Hydra. Even if there are powerful beings in the tribe, they rarely set foot in the wilderness or the outside civilized world."

"Actually, somewhere in the mezzanine plane in the deepest part of the desert, there is a temple of Hydra. The most powerful being of the snake people is stationed inside. Its overall strength is no weaker than the three royal courts of the Centaur Grassland."

"Do you think that over the past countless years, why countless druids from my natural god department always like to use the Tagan Desert as a training ground? Is it really just to limit the erosion of the desert wilderness??"

"Besides that, our biggest purpose is to monitor the snake-people civilization in the desert and the movements of the Hydra Hydra."

"In the past, my Oak Holy See's temple in Castle of Thorns had two important missions. One was to monitor the domestic movements of the Elf Kingdom and prevent them from launching a war; the other was to monitor the situation of Hydra, the nine-headed body in the Tagan Desert. , in case He wakes up from his slumber and may bring disaster and war to the wilderness."

"The Elf Kingdom expelled the members of our Temple of Thorns Castle because of the war against the Dwarf Kingdom. This means that our Holy See lacks a stable and strong stronghold to monitor the situation in the north. Later, we chose to establish a branch in your Green Lake Town. Instead of establishing a stronghold in Thunder Town, we consider that it is close to the Tagan Desert and is more convenient for monitoring purposes."

"Now, the Holy See's purpose of expanding the church in Green Lake Town and building a large chapel is actually based on this. I hope you can understand, Allen."

"..."

Allen suddenly understood, but soon he had other doubts: "Since there is such a big threat in the depths of the desert, why didn't the Natural Gods simply organize an elite team to go into the depths of the desert to kill this hidden danger? How about keeping Him??”

"Alan!! You have to understand that since the snake people appear in this world, they naturally have their reasons. As long as they do not cause turmoil and chaos in the wilderness and do not pose a threat to the balance of nature, our natural god system has no reason to obliterate them. The presence."

"On the contrary, you tribes in the wilderness could have eradicated the snake people when they were weak, but you looked down upon the desert area where the snake people were located and were unwilling to pay a small price. In the end, the snake people's influence in the Tagan Desert became more and more powerful. powerful."

Oscar looked at Allen with pity in his eyes, which inevitably made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"As for Hydra, as the only remaining Hydra in Feynman's world, the place where it likes to live is the endless sea, and its domain is also related to the ocean. Therefore, for the gods of the natural temple, Hydra Neither enemies nor allies."

"Eradicating powerful mythical creatures will inevitably pay a heavy price for many churches in the Temple of Nature, and it may not kill the other party. Instead, it may anger the other party and establish strong enemies. And if he is allowed to survive in the desolate Tagan Desert If you go into hibernation, it is more likely that the other party will return to the ocean when you wake up. After weighing the pros and cons, it is self-evident which choice to make."

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"Why didn't the Holy See tell us about such an important issue in advance?"

Allen's face became even more gloomy. The Drow Federation already made him feel heavy pressure. He didn't expect that there was such a big hidden danger in the Tagan Desert.

"You also said that this secret is very important. How can ordinary tribes have access to it!! Moreover, when your Green Field tribe was weak, what could you do if I told you this secret?"

"There are some things that only if your strength and status meet the requirements and your tribe is strong enough can you be qualified to understand them."

"But you don't have to worry too much. Hydra has been dormant in the Tagan Desert for tens of thousands of years. It has not caused any trouble so far and does not pose a great threat to the Green Field Plain."

Oscar teased and comforted Allen.

Deep down in his heart, Allen was not very convinced by Oscar's explanation. The final result of the prediction model they had made was so different from it that Allen really couldn't believe the judgment of the Oak Church.

However, he also knew that even if he knew this secret now, he seemed to have no way to deal with it, or that the matter itself would not have any impact on the Green Field Tribe until something unexpected happened.

The only thing Allen and his tribe can do seems to be, like the Oak Holy See, to set up more checkpoints around the desert to monitor the snake people deep in the desert.

Even vaguely, Allen felt that he was being plotted: before he knew the secret, he could have done nothing, but now that he knows the existence of this threat, he must cooperate for the safety of the tribe. Looking at the Oak Holy See, I want to do something about the Tagan Desert, so that my heart will be at ease.

The Green Field Tribe has invested resources in monitoring the Tagan Desert. Doesn't that mean that the Oak Holy See's monitoring pressure and investment can be reduced accordingly? ?
  (End of this chapter)