CHAPTER 459: CHAPTER 203: MAKING TALISMAN STONES, BAMBOO RAT BREEDING PLAN_2

Time slowly passed, about ten minutes later, following a buzzing sound, another faint light bloomed, and the white superpower stone in Liang Yuan’s hand trembled instantly.

"It’s done!"

Liang Yuan looked at the exquisite superpower stone in his hand, carved with intricate patterns.

He immediately smiled, the patterns emitting a faint light, making the superpower stone look extraordinary.

"This is the rune stone!"

He thought for a moment and casually activated the Spirit Turtle Shield Rune Stone.

With a buzz, a turtle shell-shaped shield suddenly lit up around the rune stone.

This shield was about three meters high, shaped like a turtle shell, enveloping Liang Yuan within it.

Liang Yuan carefully felt the Spirit Turtle Shield, lightly tapping it, he immediately discovered the difference between the Spirit Turtle Shield with the superpower stone as a carrier and the shield propelled by his own spiritual power.

This Spirit Turtle Shield with the superpower stone as a carrier had noticeably lower defense power than the one exhibited using his spiritual power.

Moreover, the range seemed quite small, far less than the size of the shield when he exhibited it himself.

And it appeared that as the energy inside the superpower stone was consumed, the defense strength and range of the shield were continually shrinking.

"It seems the effect of the talisman stone is closely related to the amount of superpower stored in the stone."

"Therefore, the larger the talisman stone, the more energy it can store, the higher its value should be."

He silently noted these elements in his mind and began testing the Spirit Turtle Shield Rune Stone’s defense against spiritual power.

He placed the rune stone on the table and stepped out of the shield’s range.

Then, he directly exhibited Spirit Shock, fiercely attacking the Spirit Turtle Shield!

Bang!

Spirit Shock collided with the Spirit Turtle Shield, immediately making a muffled sound.

The Spirit Turtle Shield buzzed and vibrated, its transparent cover revealing faint light, trembling slightly, but perfectly defending against his Spirit Shock!

Liang Yuan secretly nodded, then began to intensify the attack.

After about five consecutive times, the Spirit Turtle Shield burst and shattered, and the rune stone instantly turned to powder.

Clearly, the energy inside was depleted, and the shield could no longer hold.

"An egg-sized superpower stone could sustain my Spirit Shock five times..."

Liang Yuan wrote and drew in his notebook, then erased and rewrote: "An egg-sized attributeless superpower stone could sustain white skill [Spirit Shock] five times..."

Such meticulous notes were valuable for reference.

In the following time, Liang Yuan produced another ten Spirit Turtle Shield Rune Stones.

He didn’t have many superpower stones left, a total of just over fifty, which he had accumulated in Meidu Garden.

He planned to seek out the military-disclosed bursting rune, water-repelling rune, and earth defense rune with the remaining forty attributeless superpower stones to learn how to make these runes.

He didn’t intend to waste these superpower stones before finding new supply channels.

"Little brother! Little brother, come quickly."

At this moment, Yang Mei’s excited call came from outside.

The voice carried a hint of excitement and enthusiasm.

Liang Yuan was slightly surprised, walked out of the room, and went to the bamboo house.

He saw Yang Mei, Ding Yan, and Song Wen gathered together, Yang Mei waving at him.

Liang Yuan asked in confusion, "What’s wrong?"

Yang Mei said joyfully, "Zhao Kai and others caught several bamboo rats in the bamboo forest, and they’re quite large."

"Caught them again?"

Liang Yuan exclaimed, recalling the delicious taste of bamboo rat meat compared to mutant fish meat last time.

He didn’t expect they would catch more; apparently, there were plenty of bamboo rats in the bamboo forest.

He immediately descended the bamboo house and saw Zhao Kai, Old Ma, and Cai Zhi.

In a bamboo woven cage, three large, red-furred bamboo rats were trapped.

These three bamboo rats were as large as big dogs.

With short, stout limbs, short and strong tails, their furry bodies still had water droplets and bamboo leaves.

They were constantly crashing into the bamboo cage, trying to escape.

Zhao Kai excitedly said, "Brother Liang, look, Brother Cai, Hu Weimin, and Uncle Liu prepared this trap last night, and they caught these guys."

"Look at their size, each weighing dozens of pounds, it can yield a lot of meat."

Cai Zhi also appeared thrilled, after the Turtle Island trip, he didn’t awaken any superpower but survived.

After arriving at Yangshan, he once felt disappointed and distressed.

With family and friends’ consolation, he soon regained his spirit and began to actively face life.

Seeing Zhao Kai and others catching bamboo rats in the bamboo forest last time, he immediately got ideas.

According to his observations, these bamboo rats liked to eat bamboo shoots and didn’t seem very aggressive.

He immediately sought out Old Ma, Hu Weimin, Liu Danian, all of whom hadn’t awakened superpowers and were once core members of the patrol team, feeling a sense of shared plight.

When Cai Zhi proposed making traps to catch bamboo rats, everyone agreed.

Hu Weimin further suggested that if bamboo rat meat was used to make buns, it might be very popular.

Even if they didn’t awaken any superpower, they could still earn a living.

Liu Danian didn’t want to rely entirely on his daughter Liu Feifei and wanted to become self-sufficient, so he immediately joined the hunting team.

Old Ma, always close with Cai Zhi and experienced in building wooden rafts, naturally joined in with his skills for making traps and cages.

His wife Li Lanhua was busy cultivating terraced fields, sponsored by Song Wen, and he felt he shouldn’t rely on her, so he joined without hesitation.