As described in the Ice Witch's report, it looks like both a hairless spider and a large-bellied ant, with an elongated upper body that can be clearly seen and a lower body that is high and about the size of an adult's torso. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Obviously, this is not the limit of the bug's expansion, and in order to envelop the mad demon in its entirety, its belly must expand to at least about two or three times its normal state. According to the "photographs" sent back from the scene, when it is in containment, its head is buried in the ground, leaving only its bulging belly exposed, which at first glance looks like a large mature egg.

"You killed it?" asked Phyllis.

"It's more convenient, it's not aggressive, but it's quick to escape," Agatha then condensed the ice into a slender blade and sliced into the worm's belly.

Suddenly, a slightly fishy, milky white liquid flowed out.

"This mucus has a certain antiseptic effect, and under normal circumstances, it can flow at will, and after a long time, it will slowly solidify and become a substance like egg white. She explained.

And then ...... For eating?" Falti couldn't help but frown.

"I haven't eaten it, but it doesn't taste too tasty," Agatha shook her head, "The key is the other bodily fluid on it. ”

This time she worked for half an hour to remove all the skin from the insect's back and pull out a slimy green organ.

"It looks a bit like a gallbladder," Phyllis probed with interest.

"But it's not bile," Agatha carefully slit it open and squeezed two drops of dark green juice out of the puddle of slime on the ground, then summoned two ice picks again and quickly stirred up the slime, "That's the point." ”

Roland held his breath and stared carefully at the changes in the "embalming liquid".

It didn't take long for the liquid to start to thicken, and the Ice Witch was stirring more and more slowly, and after about two or three minutes, the ice picks that had been submerged in it could no longer be separated, as if they were tightly cemented by something.

He stretched out his finger and pressed the surface of the mucus, and found that it had transformed into a gelatinous substance, which was soft, but it was difficult to get any closer after pressing it for a few millimeters.

"It's ......," Phyllis said in surprise.

"Bio-rubber," Roland's tone carried a hint of excitement, "it's this thing that keeps Fran moving. ”

From the first report sent by Agatha, he noticed the strange properties of the relic crawler, and at first thought it was similar to the spider's ability to spin silk, but with the arrival of the follow-up report, he found that the solidified slime has excellent elasticity and toughness, which is not much more than rubber, not only can it be cemented on the surface of the object, but it can also be shaped arbitrarily before solidifying, these two points alone have made it have practical value.

Roland had been on the hunt for colloidal plants, believing that if he found a sample, he could transform the leaves into high-yielding crops that could be grown on a large scale. However, neither the rubber tree nor the rubber grass could get any definite information, and no one had ever heard of such a plant, even in the species-rich Dawn Kingdom, so wherever elastic materials were needed, they had to be left to Zoroa.

This is undoubtedly tantamount to limiting the production capacity of Neverwinter.

In the case that the new batch of machine tools have been put into use, and the production efficiency and processing level of the factory have been significantly improved, rubber has become the most obvious shortcoming. Although he knew in his heart that rubber was just a generic term for elastic materials, which could be synthesized in addition to natural production, he didn't know exactly how to operate it.

Just when Roland suspected that there were no gum plants in this corner of the land, the exploration report of the snow-capped mountain ruins gave him an unexpected surprise.

Because of this, he decided to take the risk and try to breed this alien creature brought by the monsters of the deep sea.

Now that he saw the real thing with his own eyes, he finally confirmed his judgment.

Regardless of the durability of cured viscose, as long as it can seal moving parts, it can be deservedly classified into the rubber category.

"Based on Asha's scene retracement, we realized that it was the reptiles that bound Fran," Agatha said slowly, "and they spewed slime from their tails, binding her tightly like a net. However, the liquid in the stomach alone has no effect, and must be mixed with the juice in the back organs to have a rapid curing effect - if it weren't for Sylvie's magic eye, we would have to fumble for ten days and half a month. ”

"I see," Pasha nodded, "it's a good material for fishing nets and ropes. 」

"The former is fine, I'm afraid the latter isn't too soft," Elfin commented unceremoniously, "No one likes to use a rope that gets longer and longer. Besides, I don't think the well-informed mortal king would have brought these bugs of unknown origin back to Neverwinter in order to eat a few more salted fish. She paused, turning her gaze to Roland, "No matter how crazy the experiment may be, don't forget that you're not just representing the Greykeep right now. 」

Roland was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Elfin to understand his intentions when he was the sole leader of the united front, and he didn't expect her to say something that in a sense recognized the essence of his leadership.

"Of course," he couldn't help but smile at the thought of this, "if all goes well, it won't be long before you'll see a wide range of uses." ”

"But without the monster controlling them, how can we get the reptiles to spew out slime?" asked Pasha, "You can't kill them every time and then take them, right?"

"This is the direction of future research," Agatha wiped her hands after putting her organs in a leather bag, "If it doesn't work, you can only rely on a large number of cultures to solve it." ”

In addition to the rubber bugs, Roland then inspected other fresh species brought back from the ruins, such as fruit plants that emit cold light on their own, and small boneless fish that live in the dark river and are transparent. However, these new discoveries pale in comparison to xenomorphic reptiles.

The former is nothing more than a symbiotic phenomenon - a large swarm of glowing beetles gather in the fruit, and after eating the flesh, they scatter and scatter the seeds, and do not function as street lamp plants at all, while the latter can hardly see the light and can only stay in the underground veins to live, and although the meat is delicious, it is destined to be unable to be raised on a large scale, and can only be served as a rare game meat to the table of a very small number of people.

Of course, Roland didn't expect every newly discovered species to surprise him like the "rubber bug", and he was already satisfied with such a harvest from exploring the snowy mountains.

Before leaving the Third Frontier City, Pasha brought him two witches of divine punishment that she had never seen before.

"Your Majesty, they voluntarily accept the soul transfer and become the new Devouring Worms. But before that, can you let them go to your dream land and experience that incredible world for once?"