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nEven the Sand Trolls aren’t willing to provoke them?

nKlein’s heart sank when he saw this.

nIt was already difficult enough to deal with a Sand Troll. If they were stronger than the trolls…

n“Let’s check the information on the mutated insects first.”

nKlein opened the illustrated handbook.

nA simple search.

nThe information appeared.

nSwarm Mutated Insects: Large insects covered in rotten flesh. They have fat bodies. They can survive even if they are cut into a dozen pieces. They tumble among the root shavings, searching for anything edible, even the droppings of their own kind. When it encounters an enemy, it will release a disgusting stench that will fester the skin of the enemy upon contact.

nAbility: Putrid Odor

nWeakness: Intelligence is almost zero

nDanger Factor: 23

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nPutrid Odor: Rapidly ejects green gas. Upon contact with the odor, the skin will fester. The ejection range of 10 meters. Duration of 3 seconds. Cooldown time: 5 minutes.

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nKlein felt a chill when he finished looking at the image in the illustrated handbook.

nIt was somewhat like the enlarged and fatter version of an earthworm.

n‘It’s not that powerful. It’s just disgusting. Its vitality is tenacious.’

nKlein heaved a sigh of relief.

nWho knew how many of these things were in the abandoned Earth Dragon nest?!

n‘With a low IQ, it’ll eat anything…’

nKlein thought of an idea and muttered, “I wonder if I should make it eat poison? Or anesthetic?”

nAs long as he could paralyze them and not give them a chance to spray their stench, he could easily obtain the treasure chest.

nHe thought for a moment before saying, “I’ll station them in place and make some bait. When I enter in the afternoon, I’ll sprinkle it on them to eat.”

nKlein pondered for a moment and decided to do so.

nIf he couldn’t turn the medicine on them, they wouldn’t be able to do anything to him even if he flew in the air.

nKlein could simply dig a tunnel and leave. He would only lose the meat and anesthetic.

nIt was almost noon.

nThe runic base unfolded.

nKlein didn’t cook immediately. Instead, he went to the balcony to take a look.

nThe Fragrant Rice Tree had already borne fruit this morning. At this point, it was unknown whether it had matured or not!

n“A portion of it has split open.”

nKlein was pleasantly surprised to find that a few fragrant Rice Tree fruits had cracks on their skin.

nThis was a sign that the fragrant Rice Tree fruits were ripe.

nThe Bread Tree was still growing.

nThe Sweet Fruits had already bloomed and had yet to produce any fruit.

n“Only these few are ripe. The rest aren’t.”

nKlein picked six round fruits.

nThrough the cracks, he could see the white rice grains inside.

nKlein took a wooden barrel and smacked the fruits.

nThe white and plump rice grains fell down one by one.

n“Tsk, it’s really not that different from real rice. It smells even better!”

nKlein couldn’t help but swallow his saliva.

nSix fruits, and the rice grains that were revealed from the shaking could fill three stone bowls.

nHe could eat quite a few meals!

n“I’ve decided. I’ll have lunch and prepare some meat dishes.”

nKlein’s fingers moved.

nIt had been a long time since he had white rice, and he missed the taste.

nHe soaked the rice and cut the meat…

nHe put it in the pot, and roasted the meat.

nIn less than half an hour.

nThe rice and meat were already prepared.

nIt was divided into three portions.

nHe opened another bottle of pure milk and gave it to Little Fox and Little Wind.

nKlein took out the only bottle of Coke.

n“Wu!”

nLittle Fox looked at Klein when she saw the novelty of the drink. The pure milk in the bowl was no longer fragrant.

nIt was Little Wind’s first time drinking pure milk. He was engrossed in licking it and didn’t pay attention to the matter at all.

nKlein looked at her and said, “Little friend, uh, no, it’s something that you crypt creatures can’t drink. It affects your growth.”

nWith a straight face, Klein said in all seriousness, “If you crypt creatures drink this, you will die. We humans can drink it, so be obedient and drink your pure milk!”

n“Wu, wu, wu?”

nLittle Fox was dubious as she gestured with her little paws, as though she was saying to take a small sip.

n“No, go drink your pure milk.”

nKlein carried the bowl of rice, took the Coke, and went to the side to slowly taste it.

nThe fragrant white rice was plump and emitted a delicate fragrance.

nOne mouthful of rice, one mouthful of roasted meat, and another mouthful of coke.

nAwesome!

nEvery cell in his body was dancing.

nLunch ended.

nKlein continued selling anesthetics.

nNot long after, people came forward to trade.

nAs for the healing medicine, it was no longer exchanged for plants. Instead, it was only exchanged for runes. Furthermore, one portion of the healing medicine was exchanged for one rune.

nKlein also used meat and water. Similarly, he only traded runes.

nTwo pieces of meat or 800 ml of water were exchanged for one rune.

nDuring this period of time.

nKlein smeared the Sand Troll blood on his body.

nHe smeared it twice.

nThe blood gradually disappeared, and the hardness of his skin increased once again.

nKlein spent some more time making bait.

nFirst, he made a total of thirty portions of anesthetic.

nThen, he cut up some of the flesh of crypt creatures that he wasn’t prepared to eat.

nSome of the flesh of crypt creatures wasn’t easy to cut, so he wasted some time.

nAfter tossing it back and forth, he poured in the Yellow Sand Octopus blood that was previously useless.

nFinally, he poured in all the anesthetic and stirred it thoroughly.

n‘This bait should be enough for the Mutated Insects to have a good meal. I wonder if it’ll work on them?’

nKlein looked at the basin full of minced meat bait and wasn’t completely confident.

nLittle Fox and Little Wind were by the side and kept sniffing. They seemed to have been attracted by the Yellow Sand Octopus blood.

nKlein smiled and said, “Don’t eat this. It’s laced with anesthetic.”

nKlein said with a smile, “Let’s go downstairs and see if the fishing machine has harvested anything. It’s already been more than an hour. If it’s really as effective as described, we should be able to harvest something.

nThe requirements to forge the fishing machine were easier to satisfy.

nIt only required two earth runes, as well as some copper and iron blocks.

nIn the morning, he left a copper treasure chest in the base but didn’t open it. In the afternoon, he opened it and replenished it with two earth runes.

nAfter dinner, Klein buried the fishing gear under the sand outside the rune base.

nHe set off for the next catacomb to retrieve the fishing gear.

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