About the brave man who became a thousand-year-old potato and ended up destroying the world

"Ha, of course I know," King Mowente leaned against the stone wall, "You are like this. You are obviously worried about them, but you still force yourself to comfort me. What does it look like?"

"Ah, really, am I so obvious?" Aossa touched his nose.

"It doesn't matter whether you show it or not, I know that's who you are," Mo Wente shrugged.

"Maybe," Osa took a bite of the bear meat, "I just want to wait until everyone is here, and we can drink and eat meat together as before. Oh yes, we also have to bring our new friends, even though we don't understand the language. , but I think other people will like him very much."

"Oh, there's a language barrier. If you think about it carefully, if he learns the incantation, we might be the only two people who don't understand the language," Mowente said with a wry smile, "I remember that even Jilunini can do some simple things." A spell, right?"

"No, at least Guo Guo can't," Ao Sa spread his hands, "You have to believe that we are not alone on the road of illiteracy."

"Ah? She doesn't know how?" Mo Wente was stunned, "Then how did she get the enchantment on her bow and arrow?"

"Relying on rote memorization," Osa shrugged, "Her talent in spells is too poor. No matter what, she just can't understand the meaning of the spell. Generally speaking, ordinary people can't recite a spell dozens of times. She could understand the most basic meaning, but she couldn't understand it even if he read it hundreds of times. Even if he told her the meaning directly, she would still remember it. Later, his teacher simply gave up and just read all the spells for enchanted arrows. Just let her memorize it and let her follow the muscle memory when using it."

"Ah, that's it. I guess she still remembers these incantations occasionally," Mowente rubbed his eyebrows, "I just said that one time she fired a sticky oil arrow array by shining someone else's flame shield. , as a result, the shield exploded and almost blew me away."

"Ah, let me tell you why she avoided you for a while. It was because of this that you were blackmailed in the relationship," Ao Sa said with a smile, "I still remember that time when she met you and didn't even speak to you. Once you can speak, you can nod and shake your head.”

"Hey, she talks a lot like she usually does," Mowente waved his hand, "She usually just nods and shakes her head when meeting a stranger."

"Haha, that's true..."

25. This is what happens when people stay at home for a long time.

Here Osa and Mowente were chatting about their companions, and over there Liu Ji finally made his meaning clear.

Yayin was silent for a while and wrote a series of somewhat complicated spells in a notebook.

Then she put the string of mantras in front of Liu Ji and taught Liu Ji to read them syllable by syllable.

This mantra is very difficult to pronounce, and many of the syllables seem to be a few simple single tones mixed together and pronounced at the same time.

After several failed attempts, Liu Ji quickly realized that if he wanted to pronounce this kind of syllable proficiently, he would have to be familiar with the prefixed single-note incantation.

Fortunately, all he learned last night was the monophonic sounds related to the water element. Although the monophonic sounds were unfamiliar, they seemed to be enough. After spending a little more time, he was able to recite this mantra smoothly.

After reciting it two or three times, the basic meaning of this mantra emerged in Liu Ji's mind - "pure water element aggregate".

After repeating it dozens of times, Liu Ji probably got an idea.

Some more special magic requires the cooperation of multiple mages when used, but some more powerful mages can also complete it independently. The method is to first condense a pure aggregate of the corresponding elements and then cast the spell together.

At this time, this kind of aggregate can be regarded as having both the material properties of its element itself and the properties of being an elemental elf. Liu Ji did not dare to say about other elements. After all, the fire element, thunder element and the like, it burns his mouth just thinking about it, but The water element in this state should indeed be edible or drinkable.

After confirming this, Liu Ji danced and expressed his strong desire to let her summon a "pure water element aggregate" for him to see.

Although the latter was confused, how could Yayin, who considered herself a teacher, refuse her student's seemingly reasonable request to broaden her horizons.

So, she made some gestures and told Liu Ji that if he could encounter a sea buckthorn tree tomorrow, she could let him take a look.

After all, in this desert, where sea buckthorn trees can grow, there may be some water elements.

As for now...

Yayin opened the topic prepared for today.

Today she stayed in Osa's carrier for a whole day. Obviously, she would not sleep for such a long time.

Looking at the densely packed topics of today, Liu Ji felt a little numb.

It seems that tonight, he is expected to have an even more fulfilling life than yesterday.

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The main hall of the ancient desert city.

Mass sat on the chair and tapped the handle regularly with his fingers.

As Callidora said, he had stayed in the desert for too long, and the world outside had been turned upside down for so long, but he didn't know anything about it.

"Were the Demonic Spirit Realm, Lingfeng Mountain, Kamose King City, and even the Dragon City above the sea of ​​clouds destroyed decades ago?" Miss frowned, "What about the Bichen Palace in the deep sea?"

"It has been abandoned for a long time. The Green Turtle tribe has been in exile in the depths of the ocean for more than 200 years. The size of the race has been decreasing, and the tyrants have been hunting them down." Callidora shook her head and said, "Before we came here, they seemed to have only There are hundreds of thousands of ethnic minorities left.”

"Hundreds of thousands... They once had billions of people," Mass closed his eyes unconsciously, "What the hell."

"Ha, it's not bad that there are still hundreds of thousands left. He has almost killed everyone on the entire continent," Jilunini said while lying on the table. "No one is his opponent. The several major forces who jointly fought against him originally When the race was at its worst, not even tens of thousands of people were left alive. Those bastards refused to join the alliance at the beginning, thinking that these were our affairs on land and that they would be safe hiding in the sea. As a result, haha..."

"Luni, they are also victims," ​​Callidora poked Jilunini's cheek, "They are not the ones we should hate."

"I know, I just can't get angry," Jilunini muttered, "If they had participated in the war, they might have won. Oh, yes, and those dwarves too, they are all cowards."

Callidora stroked Jilunini's hair and said nothing.

Because to elaborate, her race thought it could survive alone and did not participate in the war hundreds of years ago. Jilunini's Miffy tribe was one of the first major races to participate in the war. She must also have resentment towards the dragon blood tribe in her heart. It was just out of concern for Callidora that she didn't say anything.

As the race that once bore the brunt of resisting the tyrant, the Miffy tribe was subsequently targeted very miserably by the tyrant. It can be said that Jilunini spent her whole life in fear. Callidora and Mowent were at least still living in Dragon City. After a relatively peaceful childhood, Gilunini didn't even have a place he could call his hometown.

"Hmm... So now, are there any races left in the desert that have not suffered?" Mass asked.

"No more. Every race is basically struggling on the line of life and death," Callidora sighed. "Perhaps the wood elves are the only one whose situation is better. Although the big forest has been set on fire, the living There are quite a few people coming down,”

"But on the other hand, they may also be the worst," Guilunini put his head on the table and said feebly, "Almost all of them are immobile now. They usually maintain their plant form, not to mention they are like before. They have filled the entire forest with flowers, but now they don't even dare to grow leaves. The big forest that was once called the Forest of Dreams is now a dead land full of dead trees."

Mass rested his right elbow on the armrest of the chair and said nothing, but kept rubbing his chin.

Callidora waited for a while, turned to look at Jilunini, then turned to look at Mass, and asked: "Well, Mr. Mass, do you think you have to make preparations early and put the devil Put them all away, how about we leave here before the tyrant sends more people?"

"No," Mass shook his head, "Sorry, I don't want to leave."

"Don't want to leave?" Callidora was stunned, "Why?"

"Well, how should I put it..." Mass sighed, "For example, have you ever played with a jigsaw puzzle? When you spend nearly a lifetime putting together a whole jigsaw puzzle, but someone tells you that there is A bastard came out of nowhere and shattered all the puzzle pieces you spent your life putting together. Will you forgive him?"

"I think I'll probably kill him," Gironini muttered.

"Ha, what a coincidence, I thought so too," Mass laughed, "So, I don't want to leave, and after all, I can't leave even if I want to..."

As Mass said, he stood up, walked to the door, turned around and said, "Oh, by the way, if you don't want to die, I suggest you not leave this city for the time being."

"Because in the next period of time, this desert will not be something you can handle."

26. Dad said, use magic to defeat magic.

In the early morning, the desert became calm again.

After a night of intense study, even though Liu Ji now loves studying from the bottom of his heart, he is still a little mentally exhausted.

I even want to turn back into a potato and rest for a while.

But looking at the yellow sand on the ground, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't find enough soil for me to take root.

"Next time you go out, why don't you bring a flower pot? At least you can plant yourself in it and sleep," Liu Ji thought to himself.

Speaking of which, magic seems to be able to summon familiars and the like. It would be even better if I could get one myself to use for carrying flower pots.

Ya Yin seemed to be more energetic and did not seem to be planning to sleep. According to her, a magician of her level could manage for several days with one night's sleep.

As she walked, she looked around, seemingly trying to find the sea buckthorn tree.

It can be seen that she really wants to be a good and responsible teacher.

Unfortunately, their luck didn't seem to be very good. They walked all morning without encountering a sea buckthorn tree.

At the hottest time at noon, they decided to stop and rest for a while. Yayin directly used earth magic to build a double-layered ball cover and put everyone inside.

Before doing this, they could only enjoy the coolness for a short time, but now that Liu Ji is here, they can just huddle up in the double-layer ball cover and have lunch before leaving.

As for why it is double-layered...if there is no insulation layer, then the inside of this cover is probably no different from an oven.

Because they have always been frugal, everyone's food reserves are quite sufficient, but the water reserves are more worrying. Walking in the desert consumes too much water, and there are not many sea buckthorn trees, so the water supply can't keep up. Ya Yin It was found that less than one-third of the water reserves they brought were left.

"Hmm... It seems that we must find a sea buckthorn tree in the next two days." After finishing the meal, Yayin poured a small glass of water from the water bag and handed it to Mowente.

"Isn't the water reserve enough?" Mowente took the water and took a sip. "Then let's pay more attention to it in the past two days. Hey, big cat, did you hear me? My nose will be brighter from now on."

"Huh? Oh, okay, I understand," Osa touched the tip of her nose.

What he didn't dare to say was that he had vaguely smelled the smell of sea buckthorn tree twice before, but because he really didn't want to eat sea buckthorn and the smell was far away, he didn't say anything.

"It seems that we can't escape Cun Guoguo's fate after all," Ao Sa sighed.

"Guoguo knew you said that and wouldn't beat you," Mowente said with a subtle expression.

"You think it's you Guoguo," Ao Sa rolled his eyes.

"The rabbit bites people when it's anxious. How do you know Guoguo won't bite people?" Mo Wente spread his hands.

"I don't know if she will bite. I only know that even if she bites, she will probably bite you," Yayin continued.

The three of them were talking to each other, but Liu Ji couldn't understand, so he could only recite the mantras he had learned silently in his heart while dazing at the side.

I don't know whether it was because he was silently reciting the magic incantation, or because the artifact was too trance-like when he was in a daze, Liu Ji had the illusion that he couldn't tell whether he was a human or a potato.

Oh no, you can still tell the difference. After all, when you turn into a potato, you can't hear anything and you can't see anything. The only perception is the root system that is spreading under the soil.

Just like now, Liu Ji can also spread a certain kind of perception...

When it spread to a certain extent, Liu Ji suddenly felt as if something had pricked him, and in an instant, all the spread consciousness was retracted.

He felt his head was dizzy and looked in one direction blankly.

"Huh? What's wrong? Are you okay?" Yayin noticed Liu Ji's abnormality, poked his cheek, and asked with a spell.

"Ah? Oh, it's okay," Liu Ji smiled and waved his hand.

Having said that, he had a very subtle feeling.

It’s hard to describe, it’s like eating a piece of candy. I feel like I’ve tasted the taste before, but I just can’t remember what it tastes like...

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"The feeling just now was strange. What was that?" Miss looked at the upper right corner and frowned slightly, "That guy is here now? No, no, it doesn't look like that. It feels familiar..."

"Mr. Mass? Mr. Mass?" Callidora stretched out her hand and waved it left and right in front of Mass's eyes.

"Ah? Oh," Mass came back to his senses and smiled sheepishly, "Sorry, I was distracted just now. What's wrong? Is it a bit cold? The temperature here may be quite different from the temperature above."

"No, no, no, neither of us are afraid of the cold," Callidora waved her hands, "We were just chatting about how you managed to cultivate a farm under this desert. It's really incredible."

At this moment, the three of them were heading underground along the spiral stairs to the ancient city.

This is the first time that Mass has brought the two of them here. At first, they heard that there was a farm underground. They thought it was some kind of underground garden. But when they came down, they saw that, good guy, it actually had a ground area of ​​tens of thousands square meters. meters of super large underground cavity.

Now, they finally knew where the roasted whole lamb they had eaten before came from. In this space, there were water sources, pastures, farmlands and orchards. The entire ceiling was dotted with sun stones that emitted sunlight. It was a true underground farm.

"Oh, are you talking about how this place came to be?" Mass touched his chin, "Well, how should I put it, I didn't actually build this place, but it was left over from the past."

"In the past?" Callidora asked doubtfully, "Does it mean the time before this place became a desert?"

"Well, I have told you before that this place was once a beautiful land with abundant water and grass." Mass sighed, "Unfortunately, some changes happened later and people had to leave here, and those who were unwilling to leave , then choose to flee underground.”

"Escape to the underground?" Jilunini frowned slightly, "Could it be that those underground guys are..."

"I don't know who the underground guy you are talking about is, but there are indeed many spaces like this underground in this desert," said Mass. "But as far as I know, apart from here, most of them The underground space should be abandoned. After all, this kind of space is more like a shelter. If there are better options, no one will be willing to stay underground."

Callidora: "But you are not..."

"I usually stay up there, don't I?" Miss spread her hands, "But from today on, you may have to stay down here first."

"You want us to hide here to avoid the tyrant's minions, and then deal with him alone?" Jilunini frowned and said, "How can that be done? Even if we have to fight, we should fight together."

"Well, how should I put it? You are right, I do intend to let you hide here," the corner of Mia's mouth turned up slightly, "but you are wrong on two points. First, what you want to avoid is not some minions, but The tyrant himself."

"What...you mean he will come?" Callidora's pupils shrank, "No, how is this possible?"

"This is inevitable, it's just a matter of time," Mass shrugged. "Think about it, if it doesn't work no matter how many men are sent, then sooner or later, he will only have the option of doing it himself."

"No, Mr. Mass, you don't understand," Callidora said anxiously, "The ones who came before were just the most..."

Mass raised a finger to interrupt her, then shook it slightly.

"No, of course I understand that those soldiers are just the weakest cannon fodder troops," Mass said, "but believe me, he will come, and soon, he will come in person."

"Well... what about the other point?" Jilunini asked, "You said I was wrong on two points."

"The other thing," Mass said, "is that it's not me who's responsible for dealing with him."

"Who is that?" Jilunini asked doubtfully.