I Live on the Land in Global Games

Chapter 574 - 557: Ultra-Mini Wild Transformation
Chapter 574: Chapter 557: Ultra-Mini Wild Transformation

What exactly it is will be known once this bit of Perception Attribute has been digested.

Mu Ying felt a sense of release in her heart as the Cold Deer was steadily transformed into nourishment for her level upgrade, ticking off a major task. She comfortably stretched lazily.

”Dingling ling~”

”Hm?” Mu Ying’s hand stiffened as she located the continuously ringing Dingling Flower and touched its flower bud.

”Mu Ying, I truly appreciate your help in resolving the Cold Deer crisis for Luoxia Town. Going forward, Luoxia Territory will always be an ally of Qingshan City. When are you free? We’d like to host a banquet to thank you in person!” Li Luoxia said, waiting an hour after seeing Mu Ying’s level had risen to 12 at 0%, before calling through the Dingling Flower to express her gratitude.

”Helping you was just convenient. Cold Deer are naturally enemies of Druids. You saw my gains too, so don’t worry too much about it. However, as a friend, I don’t mind mooching a meal. Now that the Transmission Array is up, any time works for me; just let me know when.”

Although helping them was a fact, she did it more for herself. If the troublemakers were not Cold Deer, but some other animals or Magic Beasts, she might not have been so committed. Maybe she’d even be happy if Li Luoxia and her people permanently moved to Qingshan City, considering their potential!

So it wasn’t a huge favor. It was enough to have a friendly meal together.

”Alright, once all the snow in the valley melts and we’ve cleaned up and rebuilt the territory, we’ll invite our friends to celebrate the rebirth of Luoxia Territory. We’ll set a date and invite you. You must come!”

Li Luoxia didn’t strongly emphasize her gratitude. Mu Ying might not care, but they couldn’t forget. They knew the significance of her help and would think of ways to repay her. No need to clarify everything right now.

”Okay, I’ll go nourish the soil of Luoxia Valley again when the time comes and plant some highland-suited flora to accelerate the environmental restoration,” Mu Ying said. ”I’ll probably spend a long period in the northwest thereafter; the lands affected by the Cold Deer need nourishing.”

”I really appreciate it!”

The threat of the Cold Deer was gone, but the land became even more barren after the snow melted. This was troubling Li Luoxia!

Her daughter was also a Druid but had not yet reached level 5 and did not know the Spell of Plant Growth that could nourish the land.

”No worries, no worries, this is cultivation,” Mu Ying said.

After hanging up the Dingling Flower, she wasn’t in a hurry to head to the northwest just yet.

Luoxia Valley, being the nearest to the Luoxia Snow Mountain, would be clear of snow first. Once that happened, she figured the rest of the area’s snow would also likely be melted, and she could then take the time to nourish the land.

This period of downtime was perfect to use up the Trial Time she hadn’t managed to before. This time, hunting the Cold Deer hadn’t been especially rushed, so there wasn’t much Trial Time accumulated, and it wouldn’t take long to use up. She mainly needed to work on mastering the sixth-circle Spell and her Miniature Animal Form.

She had already chosen her Miniature Animal Form—a Black Star Ladybug!

This tiny beetle was the size of a small lentil and could squeeze through the tiniest of gaps.

Since it was common, it wouldn’t draw attention. Her Miniature Animal Form was meant for stealthy information gathering.

Although she had a magic flying carpet that could conceal her form and probe for information, which was safer than a wild transformation, the magic flying carpet was after all flying equipment, not specifically meant for probing. It was feasible to use in open-air and spacious indoor settings, but challenging in cramped indoor spaces. That’s when the Black Star Ladybug came into play.

Once she finished her business in the northwest, she would need to head to the northern Beastman Wilderness. Although the Beastmen did not engage in farming and were rougher in nature compared to humans, they were still intelligent creatures, and most tribes had their own dwellings, some in caves and others in grass houses they built themselves.

When the time came, if she wanted to succeed in her educational mission, she first needed to choose a Beastman tribe that was easier to bite into. All of this required her to probe the situation and gain some understanding of the Beastmen.

What made the Black Star Ladybug valuable was its strong reproductive ability, vigorous life force, and its ubiquitous presence, along with its high tolerance to cold, making it visible in all seasons.

Not only could it be found within her own territory, but there were also many in the northern Beastman Wilderness.

This made her learning from her ”Master” a lot easier. All she had to do was find one in her own plantation. After mastering it, transforming into a ladybug to probe information in the Beastman Tribe wouldn’t attract attention.

Moreover, Black Star Ladybugs could fly, significantly enhancing their mobility.

After planning, Mu Ying found a lively looking Black Star Ladybug in the plantation.

The intelligence of the Black Star Ladybug was too low, and even using animal conversation, it was hard to communicate effectively with them.

Mu Ying could only mark this Black Star Ladybug with a magic mark to easily locate it for observation at any time.

Luckily, Black Star Ladybugs did not fear the approach of humans. As long as she could find it, she could always observe and understand the form of the Black Star Ladybug.

While Mu Ying stayed in the plantation learning spells and observing the ladybugs, her level progress had almost stalled, and the buzz about her leveling up in the outside world gradually cooled down.

About half a month later, when she was observing the third Black Star Ladybug, she finally mastered the wild form of the Black Star Ladybug.

One afternoon, Mu·Ladybug·Ying was lying on a large flower petal swinging in the wind when the Dingling Flower rang again. She moved her antennae, stretched out the small wings hidden under her backshell, flew away from the cluster of flowers to the grass above, folded her wings, and transformed back into human form.

Li Luoxia finally sent a letter. The snow in Luoxia Town had almost melted, and they were starting to rebuild the territory. They had scheduled the rebirth celebration of the Luoxia Camp for half a month later, by which time Luoxia Camp should be rebuilt and the snow in Luoxia Valley should be melted.

They invited friends of the Luoxia Team and former townspeople of Luoxia Town. Old townspeople willing to return on the rebirth day would receive resettlement subsidies and transportation costs from Luoxia Town.

The terms were very generous, but Li Luoxia and her team were clear that not many people would be willing to return, as Qingshan City offered far more opportunities than Luoxia Town.

They were not actually trying to pull people back to Luoxia Town. In fact, when they first received the Lord Token, Li Luoxia wanted to build the territory into a private estate. Only after the territory was upgraded and included sub-camps did she open it to the public.

Now it was merely a return to the original plan. The city-level territory competition had nothing to do with them anymore.

This policy was merely to compensate those old townspeople who, like them, had no choice but to leave their homes and yet had sentimental attachments to Luoxia Town.