It was much easier to leave the cave than to enter it. They walked along the cobblestone stream and did not encounter any more danger. Once they walked out of the cave, they felt a sharp pain in their eyes. Their eyes, which had been in the dark for a long time, were stimulated by the sudden sunlight and closed again. They only left a small gap to look at the surrounding environment hazily. Their faces were full of excitement.
It felt so good to be able to walk out of the cave alive!
Everyone felt a lingering fear in their hearts. If it wasn't for the existence of Fang Duo and the three special forces soldiers, it could be said that a large group of people would have died at the first wave of blood-sucking worms.
Thinking of this, they looked at Fang Duo with respect.
Fang Duo looked up at the position of the sun. Due to the influence of the magnetic field, electronic watches and other items had stopped working. The only way to know the time was to estimate the position of the sun.
At this moment, the sun was hanging high in the sky. It was noon, and the sun was extremely scorching!
Although the Strange Fog Islands were covered in fog, it was still extremely hot. The air was filled with water vapor. At a glance, the surrounding environment seemed to be distorted by the heat. The tropical rainforest climate made people feel uncomfortable.
"Fang Duo, it's so hot. You're drenched all over!”Zhao Liying stood beside Fang Duo and wiped the sweat off her face with her right hand. Her white chiffon top was wet, revealing her black tank top, showing off her good figure.
She took a small step and took out a bottle of water from her backpack, intending to pass it to Fang Duo.
Fang Duo waved his hand and looked around."Leave the water there. I found something good that can quench thirst and replenish energy.”
Hearing his words, almost everyone stopped drinking. Jiang Zhixiang even asked,"A good thing to quench thirst and replenish energy. Could it be a fruit? Where is it? Why don't I see it?"
"It's not a fruit, it's a sugar palm tree." Fang Duo replied," Look at the palm trees around us. That's a sugar palm. The sugar palm is a plant that grows in the tropics and is also an expert at producing sugar. However, the male flowers can produce sugar. The male flowers are black and look like slender whips. When the male flowers are cut open, sugar water will flow out.”
" When the male flower of the sugar palm grows an inflorescence, the person who picks the sugar will climb up the tree, hang a bamboo tube or a small bucket at the tip of the inflorescence, and use a knife to cut open the inflorescence. The sugar juice in the inflorescence will flow out along the knife and drip into the bamboo tube or small bucket. Each inflorescence could produce 3-4 small barrels of sugar juice, and each sugar palm could produce 60-70 small barrels of sugar juice every year, which could boil 20-30 kilograms of sugar.”
"And these few sugar palms in front of me have almost all grown flower inflorescents, which means that they contain rich sugar water.”
In the live broadcast room, the netizens were curious. This was the first time most of them had heard of such a plant, so they couldn't help but scroll through the bullet comments curiously.
"Does Lord Duo really have such a magical tree?”
"I think I've heard of it."
"The person above is ignorant. For sugar-producing plants, people are most familiar with the sugar cane in the south and the sugar beets in the north. In fact, the sugar palm in the palm family can also produce sugar.”
"The one in front must have just come over to show off on Baidu.”
" Hehe, I'm sorry, I was just thinking about it. The sugar palm is tall, grows fast, and has a high economic value. It can be used as an ornamental tree in the courtyard. However, in India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and other countries, a large number of its inflorescents are used to extract juice for sugar, wine, and beverages.”
"F * ck, so there really is such a plant!”
When Tianguo heard Fang Duo's words, she was overjoyed and said,"Little brother, you really know a lot. Doesn't this mean that we have natural sugar water to drink? It's so good. After the stream water boils, the taste is still very strong.”
"So sugar palm has such good stuff. Fang Duo, I find that you really are like a mother, knowing everything.”Zhao Liying raised her head and looked at Fang Duo, her eyes almost sparkling.
"Wait a minute, let me remind you to be vigilant at all times. This is not a city. Danger can attack you at any time. Sometimes, even if I want to save you, I'm afraid it's too late.”Fang Duo said.
"Understood!" Everyone nodded in unison.
"Alright, everyone can move now.”Only then did Fang Duo bring everyone forward and approach the sugar palm trees. He picked a tree with a thicker diameter and used a military machete to cut a hole in the inflorescence. Then, he stuffed a thin branch into it. A moment later, milky white juice dripped down from the thin branch!
At this time, Fang Duo had already taken out an empty mineral water bottle and placed it underneath…
"Zhao Liying, this is yours.”Fang Duo said to Zhao Liying.
"Oh, okay." Zhao Liying took the bottle from Fang Duo's hand and felt a warmth in her heart. When no one was looking, she secretly kissed his cheek as a reward.
Fang Duo only felt a cold and soft touch spread across his face. It was very comfortable!
The others also started to collect the tree sap. Some of them couldn't resist the temptation and took a few bites.
"Oh my god, it's so sweet and refreshing.”
"It's too delicious. This natural sugar water from the sugar palm tree is simply superb. It's so delicious that it's going to explode.”
"Boss Fang sure knows a lot. If it weren't for him, we would have thought that this was just an ordinary tree.”
"That's right. Otherwise, why would Lord Duo be Boss Fang? It's because he's not only powerful, but he also knows a lot.”
Everyone drank happily. Tianguo also took a few bottles of natural sugar water and walked to Ye Cunxin's side, handing them to Ye Cunxin and Hou Longtao. Hou Longtao had a piece of meat bitten off by the blood-sucking worm in the cave, and now he had finished bandaging himself. He drank the natural sugar water and looked at Fang Duo, sighing,"This fellow, it's getting harder and harder to see his depth.”
Ye Cunxin didn't respond. Her expression was hidden from her cold face, but she had the same thoughts as Hou Longtao.
Just as everyone was drinking to their hearts 'content.
"Hey! Look, there's a large patch of sweet potatoes in front!”
Suddenly, someone shouted from the bushes in front of them.
Everyone looked over and saw that there was really a large patch of sweet potato-like things growing between the bushes and branches. When they saw these things, everyone ran over.
Only God knew that they had not eaten properly for two to three days. Their stomachs were so hungry that they were croaking. When they saw the sweet potatoes, their eyes turned green. They dug them out and wiped them on their clothes, wanting to eat them raw.
When Fang Duo saw this, he secretly thought that something bad had happened. He hurriedly shouted,"Stop, that's not a sweet potato!”
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