Volume 4: It's Dark, Please Close Your Eyes Chapter 67: Learning and using now, double-sided engraving array
The meat of the Far North Swordfish can also be used to feed low-level monsters!
Originally, this casual remark, which no one else paid much attention to, was picked out and mentioned again, and suddenly many things seemed to be explained.
Why would the four-star One-eyed Suzaku fight with the Far North Swordfish to the point of mutual destruction?
Why did the three-star One-eyed Vermilion Bird have the fish in its mouth but not swallow it?
"Feeding the cubs..." Tang Xiaotang said thoughtfully: "Could it be..."
"Well, I'm afraid that what they want to feed are the young of the Far North Demon Butterfly!" In an instant, everything in Tang Zheng's mind became clear.
Demon race, strength, food chain.
From the research Tang Zheng did before coming to the Far North Wasteland, he knew that the Far North Demon Butterflies were still a fairly ordinary race more than a hundred years ago. There were only four or five large tribes, and dozens of small and medium-sized tribes in the Far North Wasteland. Until a young Butterfly King who was only over 150 years old from one of their tribes broke through to the Nine Stars in one fell swoop, and led his tribe to challenge three Purple Gold Demon King Palaces in a row. He was then established as the successor by the old Great Demon God Emperor.
It is precisely because of the appearance of Butterfly King Mo Yang that the status of the Far North Demon Butterfly in this wasteland has risen!
How big a storm can the flapping of a butterfly's wings cause?
Today, the Far North Demon Butterflies are powerful enough to have four-star demons lead them, risking their lives to hunt for them and feed their young.
They control the food chain only because of the existence of a strong man.
Tang Zheng had never seen the so-called butterfly effect with his own eyes, but the process of an originally fragile and scarce population first fighting against the food chain, then escaping from the food chain, and finally completely controlling this food chain was definitely a huge storm in the Far North wilderness.
Upon hearing this, all five of them raised their eyes upwards...
The Far North Demonic Butterfly is their ultimate destination in coming to the Far North Wasteland.
And now hovering above them is a group of one-eyed Vermilion Birds that are providing "rapid cold chain delivery" of fresh swordfish meat to a certain Far North Demon Butterfly Tribe.
In other words, as long as you follow them, you don't need to study the map or search, you can directly find the place where the nearest Far North Demon Butterfly Tribe resides.
"Then...then why don't we catch them quickly?" Zheng Qian became anxious.
"They just took a bite of this little fish meat, how much will it take back to eat?" Tang Zheng shook his head, "Don't worry."
Sure enough, when Tang Zheng and the others were treating their wounds, the dozen or so one-eyed Vermilion Birds in the sky did not leave for the time being.
The one-eyed redbird eats fish and loves to eat fish very much.
They probably don't get to encounter delicacies like the Arctic swordfish very often, and now, they are holding the delicacy in their mouths, they must be extremely greedy, right?
But, they just can’t be eaten!
Because that is not their food.
"Then let's tempt them first?" Zheng Qian looked alert.
"Well, let's eat them first. After I peel off the sword scales of the Arctic Swordfish, I can feed them some of the remaining fish meat..." Tang Zheng narrowed his eyes, "When they are half full, I will catch them directly! They must be alive."
"Of course." Zheng Qian was already ready to go.
They had only been in the demon tribe for one day, but they had already learned how to get along with others.
eat!
Entrapment!
Of course the one-eyed Vermilion Bird must be alive, otherwise how can we let them lead the way to find the nearest tribe of Far North Demon Butterflies?
"Boss, can you move faster?" Zheng Qian stared at the sky, still afraid that those one-eyed Vermilion Birds would really fly away.
"Sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood." Tang Zheng smiled and asked Hua Yingxiu to take out the Arctic Swordfish that she had put away.
Quack, quack…
The one-eyed Vermilion Bird above them let out an unpleasant cry.
However, any monster, even a praying mantis, has a sense of danger several times more acute than humans. Tang Zheng and his group have one five-star and three four-star monsters, and with so many strong men in charge, all they can do is hover for a while, make some noise, and then wait quietly.
"What are they waiting for?" Zheng Qian lowered his voice, "They really didn't leave."
"Yeah." Tang Zheng pulled out the Hanjiangxue, looked for a suitable place to cut, and replied: "They will wait for us to 'eat' first, and if there are any left, they will pounce on us to pick up a few bites."
"How did you know?" Zheng Qian asked in surprise.
Tang Zheng sighed without even looking up: "Zheng Qian."
Zheng Qian responded: "Hmm?"
"Didn't you watch Animal World when you were a child!" Tang Zhengdao.
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The Far North swordfish is of the Taiyin nature, with soft inner skin and hard outer scales.
Tang Zheng knew what the Arctic Swordfish looked like. It was in a box of useless things he bought at the auction. However, to know how to use it, he had to seek help from another thing.
That was the casting notes that Huangfu Xuanluo gave him when he left the Sushiwenxing Tower.
In the casting notes of the Sun Star Lord, there are not only a lot of ready-made methods of engraving arrays, but more of them are some of her research experiences.
Tang Zheng was not in a hurry to get the "sword scales" of the Arctic Swordfish , but took out Huangfu Xuanluo's casting notebook and started reading it.
He has read this notebook many times and can almost memorize half of its contents.
"According to the Tianfu Tongzhi, the Extreme North Demon Butterfly belongs to Yang Fire. If it is arranged close to the main star of the Sun, it will be a noble one in the three hundred Jiazi. If it attracts the auxiliary stars of Huaquan and Huake, it will appear as red demon fire. If it is combined with Hualu, it will appear as golden demon fire... Avoid Taiyin..."
"The main material of Taiyin is mostly flexible. A few are of the best quality, which are both hard and soft. They can be split into two layers and filled with a sandwich. If the material is excellent, they can be carved on both sides. The double-sided carving array should not be continuous, and it is best to form it in one stroke."
"The Taiyin main material is both hard and soft. The spark of the furnace can be fast or slow, depending on the flexibility of the main material in the furnace. The Taiyin main material hates impurities, which need to be removed in time during the furnace operation."
"It is difficult to obtain the main material of Taiyin, and it is extremely difficult to cut the best material..."
Huangfu Xuanluo's casting notes recorded in detail a technique called double-sided engraving. Judging from the diagrams, this should be a manual method similar to the "double-sided embroidery" that Tang Zheng knew. It uses a star force to continuously pass through both sides of the material, eventually forming a pair of materials with complete array patterns on both sides. It is a very difficult casting method.
However, the Far North Swordfish happens to belong to the type of Taiyin main material described by Huangfu Xuanluo.
"One, two, three, four, five... Some of the skin with wounds on the Arctic Swordfish cannot be used. If we want to make five sets of scales... well, start cutting from here." Tang Zheng chose a place on the back of the Arctic Swordfish and stabbed Han Jiangxue into it.
Tsk, tsk, tsk…
The Han Jiang Xue in Tang Zheng's hand swam flexibly on the corpse of the Arctic Swordfish.
Zheng Qian, Hua Yingxiu and Jiang Wuyan were all staring in a trance.
However, Tang Xiaotang had seen Tang Zheng slaughtering fish - before the gambling fight with Tilapia, the whole Tangjiabao enjoyed a fish feast made with Hanjiang Sawtooth Sturgeon.
Tang Xiaotang swallowed her saliva.
Zheng Qian looked at her and said, "You can't eat this fish!"
Tang Xiaotang rolled her eyes at him: "Of course I know...but I've eaten the fish made by the Master."
"Is it that serious? Are you drooling just thinking about it?"
"Who is drooling? Are you looking for death?"
"Wrong, wrong!"
If Zheng Qian hadn't mentioned it, no one would have noticed it. But once he mentioned it, everyone started to feel a little hungry.
Tang Zheng also heard the sound of Tang Xiaotang swallowing her saliva: "Eat something, we will have a tough battle later."
Tang Xiaotang and the others simply took out some dry food and started eating.
"Master, I still don't understand what exactly you want to cast?" Tang Xiaotang tore off a piece of beef and stuffed it into Tang Zheng's mouth.
"Everyone gets a set of soft armor. The Far North Demon Butterfly is afraid of the lunar star power, so this is a set we picked up along the way... um, targeted equipment?" Tang Zheng didn't know how to describe this casting idea in the Xingyao Continent, but he used it very often in his previous life.
In previous games, those armors with very high stats would definitely be concentrated in the hands of RMB players, or at worst, in the hands of elite members of large studios.
It is impossible for individual gold farmers to afford the corresponding top-grade equipment at every level, but they also have their own ways.
That is, choose the dish according to the situation!
For example, if a boss is of the wind type, he will temporarily rent a set of water attack weapons and a set of wind-type armor with extremely high defense, and then return the weapons and armor after defeating the boss. In this way, he can get very high profits at a very low cost.
"So, as long as we put on the armor forged by the Master, we can easily defeat the Far North Demon Butterfly?" Tang Xiaotang stuffed another piece of bread into Tang Zheng's mouth and asked.
"That depends on luck." Tang Zheng shook his head. "It depends on what kind of tribe the group of one-eyed red birds are taking us to is."
Xu Qingyan's Butterfly Zombie Gu requires fourteen North Sea Demon Butterflies, and the lowest one cannot be lower than Xu Qingyan's current star level.
And one of them must have a higher star rating than Xu Qingyan’s current one, the higher the better.
If Tang Zheng and his team only encountered a small tribe with few demon butterflies above four stars, then they would have to continue looking.
However, if Tang Zheng and his team encountered a tribe that was too large, such as one with a chieftain or even stronger person in charge, then they would be hitting a wall.
"Do you need my help? Why are you cutting a fish and flipping through a book at the same time?" Hua Yingxiu ate very little and was full after just a few bites. She stood up and asked Tang Zhengdao.
"Oh... I'm learning while doing the dissection..." A few drops of sweat seeped out of Tang Zheng's forehead.
He had already removed all five pieces of fish skin that were needed.
However, what Huangfu Xuanluo's casting notes said about "cutting into two layers and filling with an interlayer" was indeed much more difficult than he had imagined!
The innermost layer of the swordfish's skin is the dark inner membrane, which is also the soft side. To peel off this thin layer of membrane intactly seems to be another extreme challenge to his ability to control star power...
