Reborn as a tiger cub, I'm too weak, so I can only rely on self-discipline.

Chapter 179 High-Explosive Pine Cones

"Huh? This pine cone can explode?!"

Seeing this, Cang Nian was startled. He then went to the pine cone on the ground and examined it carefully.

This observation revealed that the pine cone grenades used by the pine trees to fight the enemy were indeed different.

The original pine cone grenade was made from a fully mature, extremely dry pine cone with its outer skin completely peeled off and each leaf flap open.

The pine cone grenade that can explode and burn now is a perfectly round, one-piece grenade, without the pine cone splitting open.

Moreover, its surface looks somewhat reflective, and you can feel a sticky, slippery oily coating when you touch it.

This is a pine cone completely encased in pine resin.

In addition, ordinary pine cones, which are rich in pine oil, cannot explode when touched.

This must be a new skill that the pine tree gains after its pine cones mature, also benefiting from the "precocious" effect!

However, this method may seem absurd to evolving plants, like playing with fire and getting burned.

In addition, the area around the pine tree was either dense forest or grassland, which could easily ignite, so it didn't even tell Cangnian's family about this ability right away.

But now, when Cangnian mentioned the need to ignite a wildfire to kill the swarm of insects, it revealed this method to make Cangnian's plan more successful.

In fact, after living with the Cangnian family for so long, the pine tree had come to understand the meaning behind their howls.

Previously, Cangnian's decision to have the fisherman express his thoughts was somewhat redundant.

Of course, the pine tree's current behavior is actually a form of self-preservation.

After all, the Cangnian family are highly mobile evolved animals. If they really grit their teeth and give up this territory, they could escape to other places.

As an evolved plant, and being large in size, it cannot run away like those herbaceous evolved plants.

Therefore, what is most afraid of insect swarms now is actually this evolved plant.

Therefore, it no longer holds back and uses this method to help Cangnian more easily eliminate the insect swarm.

"It looks like it would explode if you just threw it."

However, it did not explode when it landed on the grass.

But when it landed on the stone slab, it exploded.

Therefore, the condition for this explosion should be a direct impact with sufficient intensity against a hard object.

"With sufficient friction, the generated heat could ignite the resin on the pine cone's surface, causing it to explode?"

Cangnian, on the other hand, looked at the pine cones on the grass and then at the pine cones that had exploded by the river, quickly analyzed the differences between them, and summarized how to use them.

"Ouch~!"

After figuring it out, Cangnian instructed the little sable and the pine tree to fill the little sable's storage space with these pine cones!

This thing has come at just the right time!

Compared to using a lighter to light wooden sticks and gradually ignite a wildfire to kill the insect swarm, these "high-explosive pine cones" are undoubtedly a more efficient choice!

Upon hearing Cangnian's command, the little sable immediately perked up and squeaked.

The pine tree shook its needles, separating the "high-explosive pine cones" from itself and letting them fall onto the grass.

With the grass cushioning the impact, the "high-explosive pine cones" won't explode upon landing; they bounce twice on the grass and then lie quietly.

"Holy crap! If these pine cones collide, won't they explode?"

Upon seeing this, Cang Nian was startled.

However, even though the pine cones had been piled up and collided with each other many times, they still did not explode.

Seeing this, Cangnian used its claws to take out two seeds and squeezed them together, rubbing them against each other.

By doing this, he discovered that the uniform pine resin on the surface of the pine cones was slippery when they touched each other, and even a violent impact would not cause instantaneous friction and high temperature, so it did not cause a chain explosion.

"That makes it quite safe..."

Seeing this, Cang Nian breathed a sigh of relief.

Watching the little sable putting pine cones into its storage space, Cangnian felt more confident.

With such a powerful fire-starting tool, the chances of a family setting off a wildfire to kill an insect swarm are greatly increased!

……

Ouch~!

Tiger Brother was dumbfounded as he watched the trees in the distance collapse and be visibly swallowed by the black torrent.

This was the first time it had ever seen such a terrifying sight, even more horrifying than the time it had seen the mycelium!

At least, the mycelium doesn't eat plants, so it didn't cause the giant tree to collapse.

And now, those tiny black insects, though they look very weak, are so numerous, yet when they unite, they possess such terrifying power!

Even the most domineering parents would look serious upon seeing such a scene.

They had never seen such a scene before.

"Ow~!"

Cangnian, on the other hand, let out a roar, ordering everyone to follow him.

It's almost dawn now.

Tiger Dad and Tiger Mom are now seasoned second-order evolved beings. In terms of speed, even though there is a huge gap between them and Cang Nian, their maximum speed exceeds 150 kilometers per hour, and they can maintain a speed of more than 50 kilometers per hour for a long time without any problem.

In just a short time, the insect swarm had advanced nearly twenty kilometers eastward, that is, upstream of the river.

At this speed, it would take a maximum of five days to reach the pine tree.

Cangnian brought Tiger Dad and the others to the forefront of the insect swarm to let them realize how terrifying the enemy they were about to face was.

Now, he will lead Tiger Dad and the others back more than 100 kilometers away to begin executing the plan!

As the sun rose in the east, Cangnian and his family arrived at a location 100 kilometers away from the pine tree.

Here, the front of the insect swarm is less than 130 kilometers away.

In fact, it would take another two and a half days for the insect swarm to arrive.

However, once the fire is ignited, it spreads much faster than the insect swarm advances, a fact that Cangnian is well aware of.

Therefore, leaving enough space is necessary so that the continuous wildfires can rush away like a flood and engulf the swarm of insects!

Otherwise, if the fire were to collide with the insect swarm just a few kilometers after it started burning, the insects would discover that there are other places they can escape to, thus surviving.

"Ouch~!"

Next, Cangnian began assigning tasks.

The front of the entire insect swarm was a full 25 kilometers wide.

In order for the wildfires to crush the insect swarms, the required fire line width would need to be at least thirty kilometers.

The main force behind igniting the fire was Cangnian himself, along with Little Sable.

With its most mobile unit, plus the little sable's storage space filled with high-explosive pine cones, its ignition efficiency was even more astonishing than that of Tiger Dad, Tiger Mom, and Tiger Brother combined.

However, the tiger dads couldn't just sit idly by; only by working together could they grow the fire bigger in the limited time available!

So, Cangnian used the river as a dividing line, and fifteen kilometers to the north, he and Little Sable went to set it on fire.

Ten kilometers to the south, Tiger Dad and his gang set it on fire!