Qin Lin saw Thomas's dialogue and immediately controlled the game character to accept the mission.
In this version of Harvest Story, no matter what the mission is, the rewards for Kappa and Goddess are the most abundant.
But he didn't understand why this kappa liked cucumbers so much.
In the game, the kappa is female.
This makes people think more.
[Thank you so much. I’ll give you these cucumber seeds. Please plant the cucumbers as soon as possible and throw them into the Kappa Lake! 】
[You have obtained special kappa sacrificial cucumber seeds! 】
When Qin Lin received the prompt, there was also a bag of seeds in the game character's backpack.
After Thomas handed over the task, he left the ranch in a puff of smoke and disappeared from Qin Lin's eyes.
Seeing this, Qin Lin hurriedly rode the little lion back to Qinglin Manor.
The lion cub was also left at the manor.
The manor's sports ground is a large bermudagrass lawn, and there is enough grass for the little lions to eat.
Qin Lin returned to the office and locked the door. An idea entered the game and saw the bag of special kappa cucumber seeds given by Thomas.
These seeds are larger than ordinary cucumber seeds and have a small oval shape.
[Kappa sacrifices cucumber seeds: special! 】
[This is a special type of cucumber seed preserved in Ore Town. The cucumbers grown are generally used to worship kappas. They have special effects, and the effects can be seen after planting. 】
Qin Lin looked at the seeds and took out half of them.
This type of game props are usually used up automatically by system default, leaving no way to operate the game controls.
Now that he enters the game, he can perform various operations.
No matter how special the cucumber is, aside from planting it as a sacrifice to the kappa, there are always benefits to keeping a portion.
After doing this, Qin Lin took half of the special kappa sacrificial cucumber seeds out of the game.
Then, he looked at the game and controlled the game character to plant the remaining half of the cucumber seeds.
Taking out half of these special cucumber seeds through a bug did not affect the progress of the mission.
Qin Lin came back to his senses, opened the office door again and walked out, and continued to check the condition of the thermostatic grass.
In the afternoon, he was surprised to find a prompt in the game that the contracted sacrificial cucumber was ripe.
This is a bit fast.
Qin Lin hurried back to the office, locked the door and entered the game again.
The dwarf has already picked the special cucumbers and put them in the storage room.
Qin Lin was a little stunned when he saw those cucumbers.
Because this cucumber is different from ordinary cucumbers.
Normal cucumbers are hard.
These cucumbers are soft, as if they are broken or rotten.
"Is the seed broken?" Qin Lin frowned, picked up a cucumber, and with a little force, the skin of the cucumber broke, and a sticky white liquid flowed out of it.
When you break it open, you can see that even the melon meat inside is sticky, a bit like boiled and dehydrated porridge.
[Kappa sacrifices cucumbers: special! 】
[This is a special kappa sacrificial cucumber. It is also a cucumber that kappas like very much, because kappas raise a lot of precious wild fish. This kind of cucumber is very popular with fishes. Special effect: fish nutritional needs +1, fish Growth requirement +1, aquatic creature liking +1, maintenance of fish ecology +1, growth speed +1! 】
Qin Lin saw this attribute and probably knew why the kappa still liked this sacrificial cucumber.
It has nothing to do with the kind of things I thought about before.
After all, it's impossible for it to be so soft.
But this cucumber is very magical. It is specially made for fish.
Fish nutritional needs, fish growth needs, and fish preferences can be used as fish feed.
Moreover, it is also very simple to maintain fish ecology. Places such as lakes are different from oceans, and it is very easy for small changes to affect the ecological environment.
For example, if the water quality deteriorates and a species of fish and shrimp dies, then these fish and shrimp will not be able to reproduce, and the fish that feed on these fish and shrimp will most likely have to be left to cool.
For another example, if a new invasive fish enters a lake, it will feed on the fish and shrimps in the lake. Eventually, there will be problems in the ecological chain and everything will be left to cool down.
And this cucumber is liked by fish, and it has those properties. No matter how it is fed, it will be attracted by this cucumber, and the fish will eat this cucumber one after another, so it can maintain the ecology.
At least there won't be any problems with the ecology among the fish. If people other than fish join in, there's nothing we can do about it.
Qin Lin put the cucumber down after thinking about it and quit the game.
Then, he controlled the game character to go to the storage room and put the kappa sacrificial cucumbers into the inventory.
At this time, the subsequent task is also triggered:
[It seems that the kappa ritual has begun. Do you want to go to the kappa lake to drop kappa sacrificial cucumbers to the kappa? 】
Qin Lin directly chose yes and controlled the game character to leave the ranch.
Kappa Lake is also on Mount Our Lady.
It's just at the westernmost location of Mount Our Lady.
Qin Lin controlled the game character to go through the long mountain road and woods and came to the location of Kappa Lake.
The scene here at Kappa Lake is also different from before.
Because it was the Kappa Festival, many NPCs from the town came, and there was a specially built sacrificial platform by the lake.
Mayor Thomas was there. When he saw him coming, he immediately ran over to talk:
[That’s great if you’re here. The kappa sacrificial cucumbers have been planted. Come to the altar and place the sacrificial cucumbers! 】
Qin Lin confirmed, continued the mission, and controlled the game character to go to the sacrificial platform by the lake.
As soon as you stand on top, you immediately start putting out sacrificial cucumbers.
The cucumbers this time were put in were different from before. After the first cucumber was put into the lake, fish immediately came around and ate the cucumber.
This is a situation that has not been seen before when cucumbers were released.
Then, the second cucumber went into the lake, and the third...
After dropping 5 sticks in a row, Qin Lin didn't see any movement from the kappa, so he could only keep dropping them.
Moreover, as if he knew how many cucumbers were in his backpack, when he put the last cucumber in, ripples appeared on the water immediately, followed by a vortex.
Qin Lin knew that the kappa was about to appear.
Sure enough, after a while, the kappa sister appeared and stuck her head out of the lake.
[So it’s you. Did you give me those cucumbers just now? 】
Obviously, this kappa sister still remembers the cucumber he threw in last time.
[Thank you very much for the cucumbers. My little friends like them very much. Let me give you a gift too. This is for you! 】
[Congratulations, you have received a mysterious gift package from Kappa! 】
It turned out to be the same mysterious gift package as last time. It wouldn't be the same Kappa Happy Stone as last time, would it?
It really hurts.
He doesn't need to use that thing to rebuild the second lazy river.
Qin Lin didn't hesitate much and directly chose to open the mysterious Kappa gift bag. In an instant, the mysterious Kappa gift bag turned into countless points of light and dissipated.
At the same time, Qin Lin also received another reminder:
[Congratulations on opening the Kappa mystery gift bag and getting a Kappa recovery secret stone! 】
Kappa recovery secret stone?
Qin Lin breathed a sigh of relief, it would have been better if it wasn't the Kappa Happy Stone.
No matter how much other things are said, there will be no duplicate attributes.
He immediately controlled the game character to return to the ranch, once again entered the game with an idea, and saw the kappa recovery secret stone.
The whole body is blue, showing a hexagonal crystal state, and there are ripples in the crystal similar to water droplets.
[Kappa Recovery Secret Stone: (Underground River)! 】
[It is rumored that kappa can control water veins and can restore various types of rivers that have dried up through a very magical stone. This kappa restoration stone can restore the properties of underground rivers. It can restore a dried underground river and has the ability to find nearby underground rivers. The role of traces! 】
Qin Lin's eyes lit up when he saw this attribute.
Suddenly I remembered Qi Kaiyou's words.
Didn't they always suspect that there was an underground river in Youcheng? The extinct animals such as paddlefish and white-tip dolphins were in this underground river before.
But this is just a guess after all, he took out those fish from the game.
Therefore, if Qi Kaiyou and the others really can't find the underground river, they will deny this conjecture and think of new possibilities.
A group of experts are staring at this, just in case their brains wander and they think about him.
Now that we have this thing, can we complete this last link?
Everything that happened in Yucheng had nothing to do with him.
Experts prove that it makes sense, that’s what it is.
At the same time, Qin Lin also received a piece of information, that is, after the kappa restored the use of the stone, if there was an underground river nearby, the water droplets in the crystal would turn into arrows to guide the direction.
If there were no underground rivers, there would be no reaction.
Thinking about it, Qin Lin took this Kappa recovery secret stone and quit the game.
Back in the office, he tried to use the kappa to restore the secret stone.
He just wanted to see if there was an underground river in the nearby area. If there were no underground stones in Youcheng, then this thing would be of little use.
There's no way he could take this thing to other cities and help them restore an underground river, right?
Isn't that a pain in the ass?
What surprised Qin Lin was that the kappa recovery secret stone actually reacted. The water drop pattern inside changed and turned into an arrow pointing in the direction of Fairy Tale Mountain.
In other words, is there really an underground river in the Youcheng area?
Seeing this, Qin Lin immediately left the office, went to the manor again, rode the little lion, and headed towards the Fairy Tale Mountain.
Soon after, he entered Fairy Tale Mountain.
But the Kappa Recovery Secret Stone still points in the direction ahead, which is the mountains behind Fairy Tale Mountain.
Qin Lin could only ride on the little lion and continue moving forward.
However, there were thick trees and thorns in the mountains, and the little lion had no way to get in. He could only leave the little lion outside the mountains, and then entered the mountains himself.
Qin Lin continued to move forward in the direction guided by the kappa recovery secret stone, shuttling through the mountains.
The mountains behind Fairy Tale Mountain are densely forested and grassy, with almost no roads, making it very difficult to walk.
If he hadn't eaten two fruits of the Tree of Power, Qin Lin would have been exhausted even if he wanted to travel through it.
The key point is that the water drop pattern on the kappa recovery secret stone has never changed, which means that it has not been reached yet and will continue to deepen.
finally.
After climbing over two mountains, he followed the prompts and saw a cave in a canyon.
Entering the cave, there is a winding red stone road.
This red stone road goes all the way down and seems to be the direction leading to the underground river.
Qin Lin took two steps and found that there was no light inside.
He entered the game with a thought and took out a pot of Night Queen that he had stored previously.
The Night Queen's fluorescent light instantly illuminated the surroundings, allowing people to see the road ahead clearly, but the downward path became increasingly rugged.
He didn't know how long he had been walking before Qin Lin heard the subtle sound of water flowing.
This made him happy, this must be the underground river.
Sure enough, we descended to a stable area, and through the fluorescence illuminated by the Night Queen, we could see a winding river bed.
The riverbed also has tiny tributaries flowing in all directions.
It's just that the river bed has dried up, leaving only a little flowing water at the bottom.
Qin Lin made a mark and tried to move forward.
I don’t know how long I’ve been walking, but there is still no end in sight to this dry river bed.
This underground river must have been very wide once, and we don’t know where it will eventually flow. However, the most likely possibility is that it is connected to the Min River or the Youcheng section of the Min River.
Qin Lin did not continue to explore, but directly took out the Kappa Recovery Secret Stone and chose to use it.
[Currently underground rivers can use Kappa to restore secret stones, whether to use it or not! 】
Qin Lin chose yes, and the Kappa Recovery Secret Stone in his hand instantly lit up with a special light, and then turned into countless special light spots, flying into the river bed.
After that, everything went quiet.
Qin Lin looked at the entire river bed carefully, but saw no movement.
This made him wonder, was it ineffective for Kappa to restore the secret stone?
It's impossible.
Nothing produced by the game has ever been ineffective.
The biggest possibility is that the recovery of this underground river cannot be done in a moment.
Qin Lin waited for a long time, and when there was no response, he planned to leave first.
To be honest, it's very uncomfortable to stay in such a dark place.
So, he decided to go back first.
The underground river and the above-ground river are connected in many places.
If underground rivers are restored, above-ground rivers will react in many places.
When I think about it, there should be quite a bit of movement.
After spending a lot of time, Qin Lin returned outside, and spent a lot of time outside the mountains.
When the little lion saw him coming out, he happily ran forward and asked him to get on the horse.
Returning to the manor office, he looked at half of the kappa sacrificial cucumber seeds that he had taken out before.
If this kind of cucumber could be cultivated in reality, it would definitely be very useful for raising fish.
…
time flies.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Qi Kaiyou set out from Youcheng again and arrived at a river two days ago.
They have studied the tributaries of Youcheng's former water veins and checked the conditions of many rivers. Through scientific analysis, they feel that this river is one of the rivers that may be connected to the underground river.
They came to take samples two days ago, and today they want to investigate the situation in detail on the spot.
Qi Kaiyou led people not far from the river. He put down the tools he carried, and someone walked towards the river. But within a moment, the person exclaimed: "Everyone, come here and take a look. There is something wrong with this."
Qi Kaiyou frowned and led the people over. When they saw the condition of the river, everyone's faces showed surprise.
Because the river had become more turbulent than two days ago, and the water level had also become much higher.
It has not rained in Youcheng recently. According to the time, it is impossible for the water level to suddenly increase.
But they definitely remembered it correctly. When they came to check before, the water level was not that high at all.
Something is wrong.
There is absolutely no reason why the water level of a river suddenly rises.
So, something must have happened!
