
Going deeper, the originally flat place became somewhat bumpy. In addition to the rocks below, there are several large roots protruding on the cave walls.
After experiencing bad things related to the roots, Adam's head seemed tingling when he saw many roots. In fact, he knew that the root was different from the creature that almost killed the young man before.
Continuing forward, they felt that the cave was becoming increasingly narrow. After walking far enough, they finally started to find more mushrooms.
Because the scent of the fungus that made them 'excited' was not considered a poison, Adam and his colleagues were forced to use masks to avoid anything unnecessary.
Adam kept picking mushrooms. In addition, he also collected something that could be considered a mushroom 'seed' in a jar container. The young man then continued his search, and finally arrived not far from the end of the cave.
Once there, Adam and his friends saw a lot of mushrooms, at least more than three kilograms. But when they were excited, Adam told them not to be careless.
The young man then looked around, and his expression turned ugly when what he thought turned out to be true.
"You guys step back and wait for me outside."
"Eh? Why, Mr Owl? We can help —"
"Bring the filled bamboo basket away. Leave an empty bamboo basket and some of the jars.
I'll take care of the rest."
Although confused as to why Adam suddenly told them to leave, the four men complied. Actually they also do not like to be in such a place, but still do it because of the mission.
After the four of them left, Adam finally walked forward. About 15 meters from the end of the cave, the young man immediately heard a buzzing sound.
Gazing towards the gathered mushrooms, Adam saw several small creatures darting towards him.
Looking at the creatures, Adam was not afraid at all because he had a very useful skill to fight poison.
Adam did not attack them. Instead, he simply let them alight and sting himself.
The creature's sting was not at all felt, but Adam knew that the creature was actually very dangerous.
After stinging, the creature fell and died.
Before sinking into the mud, Adam took the creature's body while letting dozens of them sting him.
Bees.
Yep. What Adam was holding now was a bee. The appearance is similar to that of a honeybee, but smaller in size, about half the body of a honeybee.
The creature's color is black, with pink stripes that are not too noticeable if not noticed.
The tiny creature is actually similar to the honey bee in general. It's just that there's a little difference.
First, the venom is even stronger than almost all bees or wasps. Second, they do not collect flower nectar, but mucus from certain fungi. Of course, it tastes sweet too. (According to the information from the system, because Adam has not felt it yet.)
In addition, unlike honey bees in general where the queen can lay more than a thousand eggs per day, this queen bee only lays 10-15 eggs per day.
Queen bees also have a lifespan of two to five years, in contrast, worker bees have a lifespan of only 30 days, less than that of ordinary honey bees.
Because they are both honey bees, of course they build nests and produce honey.
It's just that the bees that Adam saw now could not produce much honey. Of course, there are some important reasons. First, unlike the common honeybees that had tens of thousands of bees or more in a single colony, the bees that Adam encountered now only had 300-400 bees in a single hive.
Then, if honey bees generally use flower nectar that can be obtained from anywhere. These bees themselves only use mucus from certain fungi, whose fungi alone are very rare and require many requirements to grow.
Adam gathered the dead bees in a jar. The bees will be sent to a military laboratory.
Adam smiled when he saw the honeycomb. Ignoring the crazed little bees, he came forward to check and was surprised to see the 'honey' inside.
Ignoring the nest, Adam finally decides to harvest the mushrooms. He put a large mushroom in a bamboo basket, mushroom seedlings into a jar, and dead bees into another jar.
Fifteen minutes later, Adam finished the harvest.
At first the young man did not expect that there really was a treasure more precious than the mushroom. Therefore, he was forced to return first.
Adam hurried away from the cave, then brought his comrades back. The four of them were confused when they saw a glass jar containing over a hundred dead bees.
Arriving at the car, Adam sorted the mushrooms to be separated in several wooden boxes and then stored them. He also kept the seedlings as well as the bodies of the bees. The young man then took out some special containers and returned to the cave alone.
Arriving in front of the beehive and seeing the place where the mushrooms were supposed to grow had cleared, Adam let out a long sigh.
"I'm sorry, but this is what humans are like. But you can rest easy, I'll move your queen. Give me a new place to make another nest."
Seeing the little bees attacking him desperately, Adam could only sigh.
Although somewhat pitying, he did not intend to let them. Nature appreciates strength, where the weak are eaten by the strong.
The bee seems fragile, but it can be disastrous for ordinary people. Only certain people can benefit from it. So Adam's decision to take the queen bee away was the best decision.
Adam takes the queen bee from her hive, and is shocked to see two baby queen bees who seem to be the next queen. Taking the three small creatures and storing them in three special small containers, Adam then pocketed them.
Although it requires special cultural techniques so that the queen can live and continue to make a new nest, clearly Adam knows that he has gained a big advantage.
Adam then killed the rest of the bees.
In fact, without a queen bee, worker bees would die sooner or later. But to prevent them from getting out of the cave and hurting others, Adam just let the rest die and put it in a jar.
After the bees are completely cleaned, there remains a beehive that he must clean.
Adam took out a special porcelain bottle to store the 'honey. After being careful to harvest the honey without wasting a single bit, he ended up getting about 200 ml of honey.
Don't think it's a little. According to Adam himself, it took about 2 years to make 200 ml of this special honey.
Unlike normal honey in golden yellow, honey is pink. Yes ... although the actual function is not honey.
'Well Aphrodite.'
Although it has many names, it is most often used.
Aphrodite is the Goddess of Love. From the name alone, surely anyone understands the usefulness of honey.
Yes ... change the mucus and turn it into honey with the effect many times stronger.
A fluid that many men and women dream of. For men, honey can make it conquer many women. For women, not only does it make them feel great pleasure, but honey also has special effects to increase fertility.
Sealing the 'forbidden honey' then storing it away, Adam let out a long sigh.
"I feel lucky that no one else found it."
Looking at the cave that had been completely cleared, Adam then said.
"It's time to go back."
>> Connect.