Chapter 442: Finding the Antidote
"What, what did you say? The Swamp? This, this can't be true, right? The swamps I've seen on TV before never looked anything like this."
The hunter sighed helplessly, and then he picked up a stone from beneath him, and finally, he tossed it onto the grassland ahead.
Soon, the stone vanished without a trace, and after bubbling twice, there was no more movement.
When Lin Yi saw all this, his eyes widened in surprise.
My God, thinking about it now, I really feel some regret.
If I hadn't listened to the hunter's advice at the time and had just gone straight in, I might really be in trouble now.
Afterward, the hunter adjusted his stance and then looked at him with a smile.
"Now you understand the risks here, right? You could say it's full of traps everywhere."
"But why, why does the Swamp look like this?"
"Because the terrain here is quite complex, so on the surface of the swamp, a lawn has appeared, which at first glance appears to have turned into a kind of moss—but in fact, what you see as grass is not grass at all."
"Moss?"
"That's right, you can take a look now, but remember, don't reach in too deep or you might get sucked in completely."
"Okay, I got it."
After he finished speaking, Lin Yi simply nodded and then carefully leaned his body out, reached out, and gently took a bit from the top.
He felt it in his hand, and it was indeed very damp, and upon examining it closely, it was clear that it wasn't grass.
It was just a layer of green, lush moss that, seen from a distance, looked like a patch of small grass.
"You're right, if you hadn't reminded me of this here, I really wouldn't have noticed."
"That's why you must be extremely careful in this place, remember, don't touch anything carelessly, got it?"
"Okay, I understand, so what now? What should we do?"
"I've found this place for you now, and I don't know what that herb you're talking about looks like. It's up to you from here on."
As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the young girl he had just conversed with.
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Since arriving here, Ling'er had been silent and simply knelt at the edge, constantly observing.
"Ling'er, anything? Do you see it?"
He quickly turned his head back and spoke to Ling'er.
"Over there, that place, do you see it?"
While speaking, Ling'er stood up and then pointed toward the middle of the Swamp.
At that moment, Lin Yi could clearly see that in that spot there were a few things that seemed to be higher than the rest, and they looked like a kind of leaf, but upon closer inspection, they didn't quite look like leaves but something yellow.
"I, I see it, you're not telling me that thing is Cat Claw Grass, are you?"
"Yes, that's Cat Claw Grass."
"My God, this, isn't this nonsense? And in that location."
"Yes, right there. I told you before, it really likes this kind of moist environment, and it's extremely pessimistic in that spot, right in the middle, seems like they really know how to choose."
"Then, isn't this absurd? How can we pick it from such a distance? Oh, I remember, there are ropes and hooks, I'm right, aren't I?"
As he said this, he suddenly turned his head back to look at Hei Lang.
He remembered that Hei Lang had told him before that he was specially carrying this sort of equipment.
"That's right, I brought them all, just wait a moment, big brother."
Hei Lang said as he bent down and opened his backpack, from which he took out a piece of black equipment.
"Is this, is this the launching equipment?"
The hunter, seeing something novel once again, stepped forward curiously and asked.
"Yes, look here, there's a scope, and you can just use the scope to see which spot to aim at. Press this switch, and the rope will fly straight over there. Then the hook will secure it tight."
"My God, this, this is really too advanced, nice, this is really quite something."
"No, you'd destroy the plant itself with these things, that's not good at all."
Ling'er suddenly said this, leaving everyone stunned.
"What? We just want that leaf, right? We just need to pull it over with the rope, isn't that enough?"
"I need a whole, intact Cat Claw Grass, and I also need to take the roots and stems with it. The root and stem parts are also very important for using the plant as medicine, so none can be missing."
"You, what are you saying? We need to pull it out by the roots? And there can't be any damage?"
"In its root stem part, there's a thin layer. That thin layer can be easily damaged. Once it is destroyed, the liquid inside will leak out, and once that happens, within a minute, the Cat Claw Grass will wither completely and will not have any effect at all."
"There's, there's so much to consider with this?"
He had not expected this situation at all.
Moreover, what seemed like a very simple task to him—just using tools to catch the plant—turned out to be unexpectedly complicated.
"You've oversimplified things. If you do it your way, it won't have any effect at all."
"So, what do you suggest?"
"There's only one way, fasten the rope to me and then I'll swim over from here and preserve the plant with all my might, only that will do."
"That's impossible, it's too risky for you to do that, if anyone goes, it should be me."
Hei Lang was naturally the first to volunteer, standing up boldly.
Among those present, the strongest-bodied was probably Hei Lang.
His strength was indeed robust, but his weight was also very significant.
In this Swamp, he knew very well that the heavier one's weight, the greater the chances of sinking.