flstandardbreds Chapter 723 Laozi's Shu Road
Chapter 723 Laozi's Shu Road
"A bamboo forest? Noah, are you saying that this entire bamboo forest is an evolved plant?"
Upon seeing this, Cang Nian was speechless.
"That's right. Although there are thousands upon thousands of bamboos here, their root systems are connected. If you trace it back to its origin, it evolved from a single bamboo plant."
Moreover, they all emit the same identical spiritual energy fluctuation; whether viewed from a biological or spiritual perspective, it is a plant.
Noah confirmed Cangnian's guess and said seriously.
"What about its internal fifth-order fluctuations?"
Cang Nian continued to ask.
"To avoid any resistance from the other party, Noah did not seek further understanding."
However, judging solely from the spiritual energy aura, the other fifth-tier fluctuations do not belong to evolved plants.
Noah continued in his reply.
"That's not bad."
Upon hearing this, Cang Nian nodded in satisfaction.
There were other fifth-order fluctuations inside the bamboo forest, and they also had different auras, which meant that this fifth-order bamboo was relatively mild.
Otherwise, most fifth-tier evolved plants should have a way to devour evolved animals to improve their own evolutionary level.
This fifth-tier bamboo hasn't reached the fifth-tier perfection yet; there's still room for improvement in its evolutionary path. The only reason it hasn't done so is that it's unwilling to use it.
"Where did you come from, you little brat? Hiding your head and tail, only daring to look at me from afar, what's wrong with you that you can't show your face to anyone?"
But just then, a loud female voice with a heavy Sichuan-Chongqing accent rang out like a thunderclap, accompanied by the rustling of the bamboo forest!
Just by hearing the sound, the image of the Sichuan-Chongqing female Tyrannosaurus Rex was already presented in Cang Nian's mind.
"Uh...is the bamboo forest talking?"
This stunned Cangnian, who asked uncertainly.
"Hmm... According to Noah's calculations, Master's prediction should be correct."
Noah paused for a moment, then answered.
"Stop pretending to be dead! Come out now! Otherwise, I won't be so polite!"
"I'm on the Shu Road, if you don't come out soon, I'll come find you, you son of a bitch!"
However, seemingly without a response, the bamboo grove shook again, as if it were in a bad mood.
"Haha, this is quite interesting."
"Azure Sky! Let's go and check out this bamboo forest!"
This made Cangnian even happier, and he smiled at the little sable beside him.
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
The little sable beside him nodded, and then a spatial portal opened.
Swish swish~!
Then, after the little sable jumped three times in a row, Cangnian followed it to the bamboo forest.
"One!"
"Hungry!"
At that moment, the people in the bamboo grove actually started counting, their voices so loud that Cang Nian's ears ached from the noise.
He could already picture a petite, fair-skinned woman standing with her hands on her hips, shouting "Shudao Mountain!"
"Here it comes! Stop counting!"
Seeing that Zhu Lin was still counting, Cang Nian also raised his voice, trying to drown out the other person's volume.
"Huh? It's just a kitten?"
Then, the woman lowered her voice slightly and murmured.
"I am a tiger, not a cat!"
Upon hearing this, Cang Nian rolled his eyes, somewhat speechless.
"Little white tiger? Look at my paws?"
Zhu Lin readily agreed and then said in a very casual manner.
"You don't have claws!"
Meanwhile, the little sable beside him corrected him with utter bewilderment.
"Azure Sky, its dialect doesn't actually refer to claws."
In the parlance of our Northeastern region, it's like saying, "What are you looking at?"
The little sable's sudden slap almost made Cang Nian faint, but he patiently explained.
When I was in school a few years ago, I had many classmates from Sichuan and Chongqing with whom I had good relationships, so I was quite familiar with the Sichuan and Chongqing accents.
"So that's what it means! Your Majesty is truly knowledgeable!"
Upon hearing this, the little sable suddenly understood, its dark little eyes sparkling as it looked up at the old man with admiration.
Cang Nian felt quite ashamed about this.
Other things are one thing, but how come knowing a few words of dialect has led to such worship?
"Hey~! Why are you guys chatting amongst yourselves?"
Seeing that Cangnian and Little Sable were singing in unison, leaving him standing aside, Zhulin was quite dissatisfied.
"Ahem, we are the Northeast Allied Forces of the Dragon Kingdom, and we are now representing the capital to establish contact with the survivor bases along the Yangtze River."
We must be close to the mountain city now, right? By the way, how should we address you?
Reminded by the bamboo forest, Cangnian came to his senses, coughed twice, and began to get down to business.
"Mountain City? This Hai'er is Mountain City! The name... the kids in Mountain City all call me Laozi Zhu Niangzi!"
However, Zhu Lin did not respond to Cang Nian's question as difficult to communicate with as his tone suggested; instead, he answered very readily.
However, this answer surprised Cang Nian.
"Uh...you mean, the area you're covering now is the original mountain city?"
Cang Nian exclaimed in astonishment.
"That's right! Don't you understand?"
"That's what Zhu Niangzi said with a disdainful tone."
How many survivors are left in that mountain town?
Upon hearing this, Cang Nian suddenly realized and then asked.
It turns out that Noah had previously sensed that there were many fifth-order spiritual energy fluctuations inside the bamboo forest that were different from the aura of the bamboo forest itself. These fluctuations referred to the mountain city evolvers living in the bamboo forest!
He had previously thought it was an evolved animal, like a panda or bamboo rat, that lived in symbiosis with bamboo forests!
"How am I supposed to figure this out? Rohar will be here soon, you can chat with him!"
When asked about the age of the child, Zhu Niangzi said she didn't know.
As soon as it finished speaking, figures flew out of the bamboo forest.
The bamboo in this bamboo forest is very tall, with each bamboo stalk having a diameter of over thirty meters and a height of over one thousand meters.
In addition, the bamboo is straight, and when you pick it up alone, it looks like a giant pillar supporting the sky.
Therefore, when the group of evolved beings flew up from the bamboo forest, they looked like locusts.
"Bamboo Maiden, what's wrong? Why are you shouting so loudly!"
At this moment, the lead evolver shouted loudly.
"There's a little white tiger cub, saying he's from Northeast China, representing the capital, and he's looking for you idiots!"
Bamboo Lady relayed the message at a high pitch, as if the people here communicated by comparing who could shout the loudest.
"The capital? Oh dear! I'm going to be waiting forever!"
Upon hearing this, the evolved being was startled, then slapped his thigh and said.
As he spoke, he raised his head and looked at Cang Nian and the little sable flying in the sky.
"How come it really is a little white tiger cub?"
Looking at the Cang Nian, who hadn't revealed his true size and didn't appear particularly imposing, the evolved being widened his eyes.