In the dense forest.
This forest was spread out from the giant tree.
Giant branches crisscrossed each other, and there were as many vines as a cow's hair. The branches of the giant tree stretched horizontally through the air, and there were all kinds of strange plants growing on them. The ground was covered with dense needle-like grass and all kinds of barbed shrubs. From afar, it didn't look eerie because all the plants emitted different colors of light, rendering this place a colorful world. However, at the same time, there was a faint mist-like gas rising from the ground. It was true that beautiful things were often poisonous.
Ding Meng was strolling in this colorful forest, followed by an old man who was staggering.
He looked older than Xueyan, but there was no part of his body that was intact. His arms, thighs, chest, and shoulders were covered with finger-sized wounds. Not only were grayish-brown pus seeping out of the wounds, but there were also black tentacles extending from them. It was as if a terrible monster was being nurtured in his body and would break out at any time.
Ding Meng didn't know much about pharmacology, but when he saw the symptoms, he knew that this person's condition had deteriorated quite rapidly, and he definitely didn't have much time left.
This mutant called Ren Tianlan was the Mr. Ren Tianlan that Xiao Wei had invited to accompany Ding Meng. He was the storekeeper.
The resources in this place were extremely precious. To be entrusted with such an important task, he must be someone that Xueyan trusted a lot.
However, Ding Meng didn't dare to underestimate him. Although this Mr. Ren Tianlan was severely poisoned, his body still emitted a strong aura from time to time. He must have been a profound Origin Energy user before he was poisoned, and the fact that he could survive until now after being poisoned was probably because the Origin Energy in his body played a huge role in slowing down the process.
"Mr. Ren Tianlan, I'm a little tired. Let's sit down and rest for a while." Ding Meng sat down on the green grass with a hint of white.
Ren Tianlan was carrying an extremely heavy cabinet-style backpack. Originally, Ding Meng wanted to carry it himself, but Ren Tianlan firmly refused, saying that Ding Meng was a distinguished guest, and that he had to carry it himself no matter what.
However, with his damaged body, walking was a problem, let alone carrying such a big backpack.
Now that they were far away from the super big tree camp, the poisonous gas around them was getting thicker and thicker. After sitting down, Ren Tianlan coughed violently. What he coughed up was not blood, but tiny particles wrapped in pus.
He had long wanted to lie on the grass and rest. Fortunately, Ding Meng took the initiative to stop him. He could not help but look at him with gratitude. "Little Brother Ding, you should be 25 years old this year, right?"
Although he had been poisoned, his perception was still there. Based on his past experience and common sense, the energy fluctuations coming from Ding Meng's body told him that this young man was at least an advanced heat warrior. A twenty-five-year-old advanced warrior had a bright future ahead of him. It was no wonder that Xueyan had said that this Mister Ding Meng was an important guest that Mengyan had invited back. Little Yan was really lucky to be able to make such a friend.
Of course, Ding Meng wouldn't tell him his real age. According to the standards of the Federal Empire, most people in their twenties were origin ability users. People from influential families had access to good cultivation environments and resources. At most, they were beginner warriors. Even the fiercer ones were at most intermediate warriors.
However, the news of a twenty-year-old beginner Origin Energy War Supremacy was far too shocking. No one would believe it.
Ding Meng smiled and asked, "How old are you, Mister Ren?"
Ren Tianlan sighed. "I'm old, old. I'm 127 years old. I'm already satisfied that I've been able to live until now."
He wasn't sighing because his life was about to come to an end, but rather because he didn't really believe that Ding Meng could cure him of the poison. However, when he saw Xiao Wei jumping around in the camp, he was still a little skeptical.
Ding Meng asked, "How long have you been poisoned, Mister Ren?"
A bitter smile appeared on Ren Tianlan's face. "I was one of the earliest volunteers."
Ding Meng was slightly surprised. The earliest volunteers had been around seventy years ago. At that time, Ren Tianlan should have been in his forties or fifties, but his Origin Energy cultivation was already so high. One could only imagine how powerful Ren Tianlan would have been if it weren't for that war.
Ding Meng couldn't help but sigh. "Mister Ren, you should be a War Supremacy, right?"
Ren Tianlan said, "I won't hide it from Little Brother Ding. When I rushed to the front lines, I was already a mid-level War Supremacy."
Ding Meng was immediately filled with respect. "But Mister Ren was still willing to be a volunteer."
Ren Tianlan laughed. "What am I?
Even someone like Brother Long Yu went. I'm not even worth mentioning. "
Long Yu was the War Supremacy who had joined the ranks of the volunteers. Ren Tianlan said sadly, "Unfortunately, Brother Long Yu tested the highest level of Little Red Riding Hood poison. In the end, he still didn't survive."
Ding Meng was also a little sad, but he still raised his head and said, "Mister Ren, you don't have to be sad. What you've done is worthy of respect."
Ren Tianlan sighed and said, "I should have died long ago. I've been enduring it, not because I don't have the courage to kill myself. I just want to see the day when Little Yan and the others recover. Only then will I be able to rest assured and leave."
Ding Meng muttered, "Sometimes God wants you to live, and there must be a reason for it. Mister Ren, why don't you think so? After you recover, your group of people will still be waiting for you to take care of them. I heard from Aunt Xueyan that most of you who have survived until now are the descendants of those doctors and volunteers."
"Yes, most of them are the descendants of doctors."
Ren Tianlan nodded with a proud look on his face. "I'm not bragging, but these people have inherited their father's talent in medicine. If they can really return to the Federation, they won't be comparable to those mediocre people in the Federation now …"
He paused and stared at Ding Meng with sharp eyes. "Little Brother Ding, can you really cure these strange poisons?"
Ding Meng suddenly raised his hand, and a small crystal bottle appeared in Ren Tianlan's hand.
"Mister Ren Tianlan, the poison in your body is too deep. I can't say for sure that it can be cured in a short period of time. Take this first." Ding Meng sighed. He wasn't sighing because Ren Tianlan was too deeply poisoned, but because his cultivation was still too shallow.
Little Rascal had already explained to him that if he cultivated his Origin Energy deeper and purer, the effects of the K virus would also increase. If he really reached the level of a Warlord or Warlord, he wouldn't even need to use blood. He could save these people with just a breath.
Ren Tianlan studied the blood in the bottle with a doubtful look on his face. "You used this to cure Little Wei?"
Ding Meng ignored him. "Mister Ren, I've been running around fighting for days, and my body is pretty much exhausted. I need to rest for a while. I don't even need to tell you when I'm done. You'll come find me."
After saying this, Ding Meng sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes. It seemed that he didn't want to say anything else.
Ren Tianlan looked at him suspiciously. In the end, he gently placed his backpack on the grass and limped away.
After he left, Ding Meng was free from external disturbances. He quickly entered a meditative state.
The battle in Meteor City had really exhausted his vitality when he collided with Cheng Rifeng's Origin Steel Shield. At the last moment, when the spaceship was about to take off, Ding Meng had used the Origin Smelting Essence and used the Zhao's Solitary Sword that Teacher Zhao had taught him to deal a blow to the enemy.
The result of this blow was that the seventh origin that he had just constructed was damaged. The first six origin points were also damaged to varying degrees. The first thing he had to do now was to restore the seventh origin point.
The first six origin points were still manageable, but even if they were restored, he wouldn't be able to reconstruct the seventh origin point. With Ding Meng's current strength, he was still far from being able to reconstruct the seventh origin point. In Meteor City, he had used the energy of the silver core stone to forcefully break through. However, now that the Origin Smelting Essence was close to nothingness, he had to reconstruct it.
This was also Little Rascal's suggestion. The poisonous gas on Planet V4 was very heavy. This time, he could fuse the Origin Energy and the poisonous gas together, which would result in twice the result with half the effort.
More importantly, the materials stolen from the Celestial Wolf Regiment and the bag of cultivation items provided by Xueyan and the others could be put to good use.
The dazzling gold backpack was mainly filled with super polymeric nutrient solution with a capacity of 800 + deca. The label indicated that it was produced by a company called "Jindi" from the Holy Grail Federation.
With Ding Meng's current strength, his need for nutrient solution was definitely not great. However, that didn't mean that he didn't need it at all. Once he put in a long period of cultivation, the nutrient solution would be consumed like flowing water. The key problem here was that the enhancement products were always mass-produced on an industrial assembly line. They would more or less contain traces of impurities and chemicals.
They wouldn't cause any harm to Origin Energy users, but as one's level increased, one's strength increased, and one's cultivation time increased, the side effects would slowly become apparent. First of all, the body's resistance to drugs would increase, and enhancement products would have almost no effect. This was also why Ding Meng hadn't taken those "Energy Gathering Fluid", "Acceleration Fluid", or "Synthesis Fluid" from the Celestial Wolf Regiment's warehouse.
In contrast, the advantages of purely natural cultivation resources were more prominent. In Ren Tianlan's backpack, there were two things that had aroused Ding Meng's interest: "Crystal Berry" and "Cedar Leaf".
This "Crystal Berry" was the raw material for the "Crystal Berry Concentrate" used in the Green Arrow Base's Sensing Hall. It looked like a blue ping pong ball, but this fruit couldn't be eaten directly. The energy it contained was simply unbearable for ordinary people. Usually, it had to be diluted and broken down. Other energy was added in a certain proportion, and finally, it was condensed and became a precious cultivation resource for Origin Energy users.
The reason why Ren Tianlan and the others dared to consume it directly was because it could greatly alleviate the pain caused by the poison. Ding Meng suddenly remembered that Sileman had once mentioned to him that even in the Holy Grail Federation, the "Crystal Berry Concentrate" was considered a rare enhancement product because its raw material was very difficult to obtain.
Perhaps the raw material for the "Crystal Berry Concentrate" of the Green Arrow Regiment was sold to them by Meng Yan. After all, the Green Arrow Base was considered a mercenary regiment that was relatively close to this place.
However, how could Poison Hazard Star produce such a magical fruit?
For a moment, Ding Meng couldn't think of a reason.