Chapter 13: Chapter 13 The Remains of the Sacred Tree
The lives of more than 20,000 rats were exchanged for the corpses of ten ninjas.
Just as the rat disaster had predicted before, relying on fighting and killing people to obtain corpses was not worth the gain.
However, when it comes to himself, it is still appropriate.
Three extremely fresh Senju Hearts directly added six years to his life span. Can the lives of 20,000 rats compare to his six years of life?
At least for him, it's obviously not possible.
'If the heart of the Thousand Hands Clan keeps functioning like this, they might be able to live forever by this method. ' Kaito thought in his mind and was looking forward to this.
Therefore, it is not appropriate to hunt Thousand Hands. It is simply killing the goose that lays the eggs. They should be allowed to work hard to reproduce. It would be better if everyone in the world were members of the Thousand Hands clan. That would be even better.
However, it seems that Senju's continuous marriages will continue to dilute his bloodline in the future and eventually disappear. It would be too bad if that is the case.
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Because of the attack by Senju and others,Kaito decided to lead rats to build a new base. In order to avoid the recurrence of the previous situation, this new base must be more concealed and safer.
Caves on the surface are easy to find, so if you want to build one, it's better to go underground.
Underground city, this is what Mouse wants to achieve.
However, building an underground city is obviously not a simple matter. There are many aspects to consider, such as support issues, such as passages, ventilation ducts, drainage channels, and geographical location. You cannot dig into underground rivers, nor can you dig into them. Into the underground magma.
The territory of Tang is not a suitable place for building underground cities. It is full of hot springs, and so many hot springs mean that the underground water resources and underground magma divisions of Tang are very dense.
Finally, Rat chose the location of this dungeon in the Land of Fire.
In fact, at this time, kaito didn't know which country was the Country of Waves and which was the Country of Fire. He just chose randomly.
After selecting the address, the next step is to mobilize the rats to excavate.
With their increased size and the help of chakra, these giant rats are very capable of digging holes. Speaking of which, prairie dogs can also be considered mice. Maybe these giant rats have prairie dog genes.
The structure of the dungeon is roughly similar to that of a heart, and the multiple exits are like blood vessels extending upward. However, the structure of the dungeon has several more layers than the heart.
There are ten floors in total, the bottom two floors are for drainage, the top floor is used as a residence for rats because of its good ventilation, and the middle floors are used as residences for ordinary rats and food growing areas.
Yes, rats need to grow food.
Although as a mouse, he should make a living by stealing human food, but after all, he is not an ordinary mouse and knows the necessity of self-sufficiency.
Moreover, it would be too shameful to keep stealing food. After all, he is still a time traveler.
In order to reduce direct conflicts with humans, the rat tribe will inevitably develop mainly underground in the future.
Kaito still doesn't know what kind of food can be grown underground, so he wants to start researching it now. This research will not take up too much of his time. After all, it is Kaito who is doing the hard work. He only needs to make arrangements and see. The result is enough.
Because the number of rats living in the base is generally around a few thousand, and not all rats live in the base, the current base is not very large, with only an area of one square kilometer and a depth of about fifty meters. But in the future, with the increase and development of Kaito, it will continue to expand, and there will not be only this one base.
'Maybe I'll create an underground kingdom in the future? ' Kaito thought like this, and a hint of surging passion arose in his mind.
The underground base that was temporarily named Heart City by Rat Bane was built very neatly because it inherited the aesthetics of the human period.
The tunnel that slopes downward has a flat ground, with stone slabs covering the top, bottom, left and right. There will be relatively small pits on the stone slabs. These small pits will allow the rats to easily maintain their grip on the ground. The overall flatness will also make it easier for corpses. transportation.
Regarding the transportation of corpses, or the transportation of various other resources in the future,Kaito plans to make some carts.
Although the rats are now very strong, five or six rats can easily lift a corpse, and ten rats can carry a corpse and run.
But running with a cart is obviously faster.
There is also the preservation of corpses. The distance is still very close now, so it can be transported to the base and consumed on the same day, but what if the distance is far away in the future?
It would be even better if it could be stored in ice or transported using a sealing scroll.
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Only one heart city has been built now. However, for the future construction of dungeons, the rat trouble made the rats start digging holes all around. Firstly, they are selecting sites for other dungeons in the future, and secondly, they are digging holes in advance for each other. tunnel between.
And during this continuous digging process, the rats dug up a strange thing.
It is so huge that its entire appearance cannot be dug out. The surface is very hard, as hard as stone, but it has the texture of a tree.
At first, Rat thought it was some kind of shale, but when he discovered that it was really wood, he thought of a possibility that shocked him.
The remains of the sacred tree!
In the anime, after the Fourth Ninja War, many remains of the sacred tree were left as the main battlefield. Thousands of years before the plot of the anime, there was also a battle about the sacred tree in this world. It was the battle between Rokudo Sage and his mother Kaguya Otsutsuki.
I don't know the specific time now, it may have been thousands of years, or it may have been hundreds of years. But with the magical power of the sacred tree, it is not impossible that the remains are still preserved.
"It's still active." Kaito looked at the fragment in his hand. Under the stimulation of chakra, the fragment of the sacred tree began to grow.
After thinking for a long time, Kaito summoned a group of giant rats and ordinary rats, and asked them to start eating the remains of the sacred tree, and observed their changes every day.
The results came out within a month. The thinner rats died soon after eating, and the stronger rats also died after eating too much, but the stronger rats that didn't eat much died. The rat has become stronger.
During this month, Mouse used chakra to observe the internal changes of these giant rats every day. He could clearly detect that the fiber of the sacred tree could be digested and absorbed, which also greatly improved the activity and growth of chakra. , and even brings huge vitality to cells and can increase life span.
As for those dead rats, they were basically unable to withstand this force and died.
Kaito also began to try to eat the remains of the sacred tree. He could more clearly feel the process of digestion and absorption of the sacred tree fiber in his body with his own body.
The fiber of the sacred tree contains a special kind of chakra. The feeling of this chakra to the rat is different from the chakra in the human body and the natural chakra. It has a mixed and chaotic feeling. After careful identification, he can actually sense it. To the five properties of chakra: water, fire, earth, wind and thunder.
It is very laborious to absorb. Although it is easier than natural chakra, it is a hundred times more laborious than absorbing human chakra.
However, it was only a fist-sized fragment, which contained almost as much chakra as a ninja, and the remains of the sacred tree he dug could not be found at all. Thinking of the roots of the sacred tree all over the world, it might be enough for him to gnaw. Hundreds and thousands of years.
Obviously, such a huge resource cannot be given up even if it takes some effort to absorb it.
Moreover, in addition to providing a large amount of chakra and a small amount of vitality, the mixed chakra also allowed him to feel the properties of other chakras. As he absorbed more and more, he changed the properties of various chakras. It will definitely become more and more comfortable.
Maybe he can realize the free use of all attribute ninjutsu.
'This is the treatment a time traveler deserves. ' Kaito thought with emotion in his heart while chewing the roots of the tree.
How should I put it, I feel like tears are about to flow out.