[Fart Bee: A special kind of poisonous bee. Because they have long fed on toxic nectar, even the gas they release is highly poisonous. If you don't have a gas mask and full-body protective clothing, it is not recommended to step into the territory of the Fart Bees.]
[PS: These Fart Bees not only release poisonous gas, their stingers are also extremely toxic, and they are highly aggressive.]
At this moment, Ethan was standing beside a huge stone door at the end of the cave.
But he did not rashly open it, because he saw countless red exclamation marks appearing inside the stone door. He took one look and felt lucky that he hadn't opened it carelessly.
'Damn it, that's way too dangerous!'
On the other side was actually a swarm of poisonous insects.
And he didn't have any anti-poison items on him. Even if he could think of a way to kill all the Fart Bees inside, he probably still wouldn't be able to enter. After all, the inside was filled with poison gas.
["Lord, why aren't you opening the door?"]
Ever since the Scarecrow had been threatened by Ethan with being handed over to Ivankov, it had behaved much better.
Now, seeing Ethan standing in front of the stone door for a long time, it didn't dare to rush him. It could only ask politely and respectfully.
"There's a group of Fart Bees inside that specialize in releasing poison gas," Ethan explained when he saw its attitude wasn't bad, "I haven't figured out how to deal with them yet."
["Hey! Then this is something you've got to rely on me for!"]
The Scarecrow immediately looked proud, ["Let me tell you, aside from being afraid of fire, all other things like poison, curses, water, electricity and stuff like that are completely useless against me."]
"Oh? That's great. Then go in and scout it out for me."
Hearing that, Ethan immediately placed his hand on the stone door, preparing to open it.
But the Scarecrow rolled its eyes and said, ["Lord, I can go in! But you have to promise me that after we go back, you'll still let the attendant lady help make my body. And this time it has to last longer, at least two or three days."]
"Get lost. It's already good enough that she's willing to weave you a body, and you're still making demands."
["If you don't agree, I'm not going."]
The Scarecrow took the chance to bargain.
Ethan rolled his eyes at it and decided he couldn't let this bastard push his luck. Otherwise, it would be even harder to order it around in the future. So Ethan directly asked the Queen Bee, "Queen Bee, are you afraid of poison? There's a swarm of stinky Fart Bees inside. Do you think you can win?"
["I'm not especially afraid, but if I stay immersed in poison gas for a long time, I'm afraid I won't be able to endure it either,"] the Queen Bee replied to Ethan through telepathy, ["If you can find a way to send me into the hive, I can lead my people to besiege their queen. There should be a chance to defeat them."]
"I see!"
Hearing that, a plan immediately formed in Ethan's mind.
But this plan required the Scarecrow, and he didn't want the Scarecrow to feel too important, in case this guy got greedy and kept bargaining.
So Ethan simply said to the Scarecrow, "The Queen Bee says she's not afraid of poison either. I'm planning to give this glorious mission to her."
["Huh?"]
The Scarecrow froze for a moment.
It had originally thought that only it could accomplish such a tough mission.
It didn't expect Ethan to directly find someone else, and that the Queen Bee could also complete the task.
Losing its uniqueness, the Scarecrow suddenly felt things weren't looking good.
"Anyway, you're useless and you keep bargaining," Ethan sneered, "I've decided that when we go back, I'll hand you over to Ivankov. You're not worthy of letting the attendant lady weave a body for you."
["No! Brother Ye, Boss Ye, Lord!"] Sure enough, the Scarecrow begged repeatedly, ["Just let me help! I'm not afraid of poison, and I'm not afraid of snakes, insects, rats, or ants attacking me. I'll definitely be useful!"]
["Lord, just give me a chance. As long as the attendant lady repairs my body afterward, that's enough!"]
["I ask for nothing else!"]
"Hmph!"
Ethan snorted coldly. Seeing that the half coaxing, half bluffing had worked, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Since your attitude isn't bad, fine."
"This operation, you'll assist the Queen Bee."
"I'll put the Queen Bee and her people into your belly."
"Then you take them to the hive and release them."
"It's such a simple mission. Can you do it?"
["Yes! Yes! Yes!"]
The Scarecrow agreed repeatedly.
But after agreeing, it began to feel like something wasn't quite right.
Yet it couldn't put its finger on what exactly felt off.
"Forget it, no point thinking about it."
After thinking for a while and still not figuring it out, the Scarecrow chuckled and said, ["Hehe! As long as I get to see the attendant lady again when we go back, why should I think so much?"]
"Enough nonsense. Get ready," Ethan pressed both hands against the stone door and said, "The moment I open it, you rush in immediately. Then I'll shut it right away."
"Understood!"
The Scarecrow responded.
Then, Ethan quickly pulled open the stone door, and the Scarecrow cooperated perfectly, instantly jumping inside.
Ethan immediately hurried to close the door again.
But in just those two short seconds, Ethan saw green gas surging out from inside the stone door. He accidentally inhaled just a little, and immediately felt dizzy, with blurred vision, nausea, and an urge to vomit.
[Poison Gas Warning: Poison Resistance +1]
'Holy crap!'
'Isn't this poison a bit too strong?'
'But wait…'
'I just heard "Poison Resistance +1." Shouldn't it have been -1?'
'Could it be that because it's mild poison, as long as I don't die, I can gradually adapt to this gas, and then...'
Ethan came up with a rather self-torturing idea. But if he didn't try it, he would feel unwilling.
Seeing a faint wisp of poison gas still lingering by the door, Ethan quickly leaned over and took a deep breath.
'Inhale!'
"Blargh!"
That nauseating, dizzy feeling instantly hit him.
[Poison Gas Warning: Poison Resistance +1]
"So it really works!"
Ethan was stunned. This way of increasing attributes was actually fighting poison with poison?
Although it felt awful, for the sake of increasing poison resistance.
Ethan decided…
"Yah!"
He pulled open the huge stone door once again, let some poison gas in, and then immediately shut it again.
Right away, Ethan saw a large cloud of green poison gas surge into the passage. Afraid that the gas would spread out, he didn't have time to think and hurried to the edge of the green mist, taking another deep breath.
'Inhale!'
"Blargh! Blargh! Blargh!"
This time he must have inhaled too much. Ethan vomited three times before finally feeling a bit better.
[Poison Gas Warning: Poison Resistance +2]
"Guess I inhaled too hard."
At this moment, Ethan felt a bit dizzy all over. But when he saw the green poisonous mist by the door was about to dissipate, he couldn't bear to waste it. He hurriedly crawled over and took another deep breath.
"Ugh…"
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And Daji, standing to the side, looked at her master with a face full of confusion.
◔‸◔?
She really couldn't understand why her master kept inhaling that strange green gas.
No matter how she looked at it, that stuff seemed poisonous, right?
And after taking just one breath, he had clearly thrown up?
But he still wanted to inhale it?
And he was inhaling while vomiting, vomiting while inhaling, like he'd gone completely crazy.
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