Lord Highlander

   Chapter 230 229. Thoughts

  The old village chief knelt on one knee on the gravel-covered rocky ground, and reached out to grab a handful of limestone. The stone in his hand became shattered when he squeezed it lightly, and the powder flowed down the cracks between his fingers onto the rocky ground.

The village chief Brett, whose face was covered with wrinkles, said to Suldak, "It hasn't rained here for several months, and even the sea buckthorn grass can't survive. Food, without seabuckthorn grass, they can only migrate elsewhere."

Suldak also did not expect that the environment in the depths of Pagros Mountain would be so different from that of Wall Village just separated by two mountains. This area has almost reached the point where there is no grass. No need to drink water, as long as some sea buckthorn grass can be found in the crevices of the rocks, the iguanas can survive.

  They are probably the most thirst-resistant creatures, and their body functions have evolved to treat water as poison, and feeding them a glass of water can even kill them.

   But these seabuckthorn grasses still need a little moisture, without moisture, even these seabuckthorn grasses can hardly survive.

Leaving the Bengsha Stone Forest, I walked all the way to the 'Populus' mountain. I couldn't find the gray rock iguana in three consecutive hunting grounds along the way. The old village chief analyzed that the main reason was that the Pagros Mountains were too dry, which caused the seabuckthorn grass to grow. None of them could grow, which forced the gray rock iguana to migrate to other places.

  However, the villagers who explored the road seemed very calm, and led the lizard hunting group of Wall Village to the direction of Pustule Mountain.

After walking into the 'Pug' mountain, Suldak saw that the gray clouds floating on the top of the mountain over there were not clouds at all, but the smoke erupting from the top of the 'Pop' mountain, but the smoke did not spread, but only enveloped On the crater of Mount 'Pop'.

  The road under my feet has become very soft, and a thin layer of volcanic ash has covered the ground.

Suldak picked up the water bag and drank the clear water in it to moisten some chapped lips. He shook the water bag and saw that there was not a drop of water in it, so Suldak took the water bag Hang it on your waist again.

Seeing this scene, the old village chief shook his head slightly, took off a water bag filled with water from his belt, handed it to Surdak and said, "Save some water, and go into Mount Pagros , water is more precious than food..."

  Suldak didn't take the old village head's water bag, but said: "Don't worry, I've prepared for this..."

As he spoke, he took out a magic scroll of 'Water Gathering' from his bosom, and shook it in front of the old village chief. Where is Erdak's confidence?

  The villagers of Wall Village continued to walk for half a day to the 'Poptus' mountain, and the volcanic ash on the ground was almost an inch thick.

  If you step on it, your feet will sink deeply, just like stepping on fine sand.

Unexpectedly, some sea buckthorn grass grew on the ground covered with volcanic ash, so the villagers caught some gray rock iguanas in some crevices filled with volcanic ash. Some footprints were left on the volcanic ash, revealing their whereabouts, so the villagers only need to follow the trails to find the gray rock iguana.

  The villagers caught gray rock iguanas along the way, and unknowingly came to the foot of the 'Pug' mountain.

  From the foot of the mountain, you can see some rivers of lava flowing through the mountainside of the 'Populus' mountain.

These rivers of lava are not as imagined. There are dark red magma floating on the river surface, but strips of rocks. These hot rocks emit wisps of smoke. In fact, the real magma is wrapped in these bands of rocks. , is slowly flowing downwards.

  The part above the mountainside is full of thick smoke billowing everywhere.

  Even standing at the foot of the mountain, you can smell a very strong pungent smell.

The volcanic ash here can already submerge the knees of ordinary people, and it is difficult to walk an inch further inside. The old village head led the villagers to capture two gray rock iguanas in iron cages in this area, which has successfully completed the hunting mission. There was a touch of joy on the faces of the villagers.

The gray rock iguana was successfully captured this time, mainly due to the huge effect of Suldak's "water gathering" scroll. After drinking the water sacs carried by the villagers on the way, Suldak The magic scroll will be nailed to the stone wall, and the magic scroll will be turned to gather water droplets. The water element in the air here is quite thin, far less than when it was in Wall Village, it can form a rainwaterfall on the water tank, but The drizzle of rain is enough for the normal use of these villagers.

  The old village head plans to return early tomorrow morning along the same road.

  At night, Suldak was sitting on a rock, looking at the top of the 'Populus' mountain as if it was burning with a billowing fire, and the countless sparks that shot out formed a large amount of smoke.

  He reached out to grab a handful of dry volcanic ash, and an idea gradually formed in his eyes.

  The old village head took a sip of the clear water in the water bag with great enjoyment. Since Suldak possessed the magic scroll of "Water Gathering", there was no need to deliberately save the clear water. He held a pipe in his hand, and took two puffs. The tobacco in the pipe turned red, like the flames on the top of the 'Popsock' mountain. In the light of joy, he coughed dryly twice, and asked Suldak, "Did you find anything?"

  Suldak grabbed a handful of volcanic ash, smiled at the old village chief and said, "These are volcanic ash..."

   "Yes, everyone knows that these are volcanic ash." The old village head muttered.

"I've always had the idea recently that I want to build a large reservoir in the upper reaches of the village, so that the spring water can be stored, not only to prevent the village from becoming dry during the dry season." Suerdak stretched out a With one finger, lightly swipe on the volcanic ash ground to sort out a flat ground, and then use your fingers to outline the terrain of Wall Village, and then draw a line on the upper reaches of the ravine to cut off the entire upper reaches of the ravine...

The old village head stared at Suldak dumbfounded, listening to his initial idea of ​​Wall Village, he did not expect that the reservoir in Suldak's mouth was more like a dam blocked upstream, the old village head changed a little. Stuttering, he said to Surdak, "Are you going to build a wall on the upper half of the ravine, and cut off the river?"

"It's not just that the river is cut off, the mountains here can't hold water. If you want to build a reservoir, you have to re-lay the bottom of the reservoir to ensure that the rainwater doesn't seep into the ground. Moreover, the reservoir must only be built in summer when there is plenty of rainfall. Water storage, usually not only can’t store water, but also increase the amount of water release appropriately…”

Suldak explained to the old village head what he was thinking, and then said to the old village head: "When building the reservoir, we need these volcanic ash, as long as the volcanic ash is mixed with some lime powder, a cement can be formed , the ground of the reservoir made of cement will not seep water..."

  The old village chief asked blankly: "Cement?..."

  (end of this chapter)