Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 79: Hundred Flower Valley, Pig-headed Bee (1)
Baihua Valley is located in the northern continent. There is only one such place in the whole world. As the name suggests, it is a valley full of flowers, ranging from small seedlings of a few centimeters to giant flower trees more than ten meters high. There are all kinds of strange and exotic plants and flowers. The lush green is dotted with colorful flowers . Under the breeze, the flowers are fragrant. Every place in the valley is surrounded by blooming flowers, and there is a strong or light floral fragrance everywhere. The first impression it gives people is that it is more like a tourist destination with excellent scenery.
Unfortunately, such beauty is just a superficial illusion. It is better to watch from a distance and not to go in and play with it. Among the flowers, there are not only some harmless ornamental plants, but also countless aggressive monsters hidden, such as the third-level entangled vines, phantom flowers... the sixth-level blood-sucking vines, man-eating plants... even a flower tree that looks ordinary at first glance may be a ninth-level thousand-year-old tree demon. And they often rely on each other , live in groups, hide behind the beauty, and wait for an opportunity to move. If you are not particularly careful, it is generally difficult to distinguish them. If you are a little careless, you will be attacked by them.
Of course, for experts, these monsters are nothing but pediatrics, and they can be dealt with by relying on numbers and strength, and they can be eliminated one by one, and they do not pose much of a threat. The reason why many players are afraid of "Hundred Flower Valley" and dare not enter it without permission is because of another reason, that is, one of the most terrifying monsters in "Tianxia" selected by players - the pig-headed bee.
The pig-headed bee is a kind of magic bee unique to the Hundred Flowers Valley. It is not of high level. The ordinary pig-headed bee is only a fourth-level magic beast. It is slender and only the size of a thumb. It has limited lethality and cannot directly kill people. The reason why it is called a pig-headed bee is not because it has a pig head or looks like a pig head, but because of the consequences of being injured by its bee sting - the victim who is poisoned by the bee venom will be swollen all over, especially on the face, and the whole body looks like a pig head.
Three or five pig-headed bees naturally do not have such lethality to sting a player into a pig's head, but bees are social animals. The Hundred Flowers Valley flowers blooming all day long and plenty of food, making it the best place for bees to live and reproduce. It is said that a giant hive can accommodate up to thousands of pig-headed bees, and large and small pig-headed hives can be found everywhere in the Hundred Flowers Valley. Generally, there are at least dozens of pig-headed bees gathered together and patrolled around the valley. They love to join in the fun by nature, and they are very united. If there is any unusual movement, they can immediately gather a large group. The more enemies there are, the denser the swarm will be. The more fierce the enemies are, the more ruthless they will be. It will be better if you are honest and don't resist. Pig-headed bees can only sting a target once and cannot attack repeatedly. Maybe some pig-headed bees in a good mood will let you go. You can get through it by being stung a dozen or dozens of times. At most, you will just be slightly swollen. If you die once or wait for a few hours, it will disappear naturally. Otherwise, if you attract more pig-headed bees, you will be stung hundreds or even thousands of times, and your body will be covered with wounds. A skinny person will immediately become a super fat man. If you want to return to your original form, you will have to die twice more and lose more time. Not only players, but also summoned pets are no exception. The only fate of being stung by a swarm of bees is to turn into a fat pig head, and the only difference is the degree of swelling.
Turning into a pig head won't kill you directly, but it's really annoying to appreciate. It's ugly, and the purple and blue on the face are colorful and hard to look at. Male compatriots with ordinary looks, who don't have or are not in a hurry to find a partner, may be better, but the majority of female players and some handsome men may not have the courage to appear in public with a pig head. Moreover, the bloated body will have a great impact on agility, attack and defense capabilities, and physical strength will be quickly consumed. It is difficult to avoid the sneak attacks of other monsters. Death is only a matter of time, and there is no more time to find "royal jelly". It is said that when the "bee-collecting" trend just started, there were several powerful mercenary groups who put all their efforts into the group and jointly organized an adventure team of tens of thousands of people to enter the Hundred Flowers Valley together, hoping to challenge the authority of the pig-headed bees with a large number of people to see if they can profit from the chaos, break through the interception of the pig-headed bees, find the location of the "golden-bellied queen bee", and get the extremely rare "royal jelly". However, it attracted millions of pig-headed bees. Suddenly, tens of thousands of pig heads of varying sizes appeared in Tianxia. The whole army was wiped out without even a drop of "royal jelly". In addition, according to insiders, the most unlucky player was not mentally strong enough to stay calm in the extremely chaotic situation. Unfortunately, he was invaded by thousands of pig-headed bees, and his body "expanded" more than three times, turning into an extra-large pig head. The shape was a bit too exaggerated. He lay on unable to move, and was rescued with the help of his friends. After that, he died more than ten times in a row, and it took a lot of time to recover his original appearance. He can be regarded as the "best pig head" in Tianxia, and the record he holds has not been broken to this day.
The famous "royal jelly" only exists in the extremely dangerous Baihua Valley. The golden-bellied bee colony collects the essence of hundreds of flowers and is carefully brewed by the "Golden-bellied Queen Bee". Unlike the pig-headed bee, the golden-bellied bee is just a normal bee, not a monster. It poses almost no threat to players and is only busy collecting flowers and making honey. However, the golden-bellied honeycomb will be most closely protected by the pig-headed bees, so that you have the opportunity to enjoy the "honey" brewed by ordinary golden-bellied bees or the top-quality "royal jelly" brewed by the "Golden-bellied Queen Bee". If you want to pass the level of the pig-headed bee, you can't do without good luck, rich experience, and agility.
Even if you sneak up to the golden-bellied beehive, collecting "royal jelly" is not a simple task. The special crystal bottle is disposable and can only be used once. No matter how much "royal jelly" is contained in it, one drop or full, it cannot be used again and can only be drunk directly. No matter how well you hide beforehand, as long as you touch the beehive, you will be quickly attacked by the pig-headed bees roaming around. Once your hands swell, you will inevitably not be able to hold the crystal bottle, and you will be forced to end this "bee collection operation". How much can be collected depends on the luck and collection skills of the bee collector. Unless there is a way to contain the pig-headed bees and prevent them from getting close, otherwise you can only race against time with the pig-headed bees to see who is faster.
To advance to the fifth-level professional thief, you must complete the task of collecting "royal jelly", but rushing into the unfamiliar Hundred Flowers Valley is definitely the most unwise behavior. First, through connections, I met several professional "bee collectors", all of whom are professional players who take alternative ways to make money by collecting and selling "royal jelly", and listened to and learned from their successful experiences - after countless painful lessons, these professional "bee collectors" firmly believe that only acting alone can successfully collect "royal jelly", and multi-person cooperation can only be a meaningless waste of time. If I want to complete the promotion task, I have to rely on myself in the end.
