Moreover, Zheng Yichen implied that the World Tree obviously possessed self-awareness. Considering the tree’s magnificent scale, now that he was aware of this, he decided to focus on researching those warships.
As for the tree, perhaps he could collect so bark as a souvenir later? A tree so large naturally shed bark much like a microorganism encountering human dandruff.
"When you’re conducting research, if you have free ti, you could teach the natives of this world; they’re pretty unfortunate."
"That’s no problem, we do need so assistants to study these warships, but we don’t want anyone who gets in through connections," a researcher stated very clearly.
It was alright to bring people along, as long as they were capable. They could start with simple tasks, assisting and learning at the sa ti, but they had to be genuinely qualified—at the very least... they needed to have so brains, right?
There was no need to even think about those who got in through connections; they were here to do research, not to waste ti. So, it was better to make so things clear from the beginning.
"That’s no problem," Zheng Yichen agreed right away. Since he had brought the people over, he naturally leaned toward these scientists whom he hadn’t known before.
The natives? If they were willing to learn seriously, they could gain a lot of knowledge; those with ulterior motives had better stay well away. He couldn’t condone such behavior.
He wasn’t a nanny in this world; even if he did provide care, it was in cooperation with the World Tree. Of course, if extraterrestrial beings invade this world in the future, as a human, he would still take action. However, if anyone deliberately held him back during that ti, he wouldn’t be polite to those people and would have them taken away directly.
"The rest area has been prepared," Senluo approached Zheng Yichen. The designated resting area was a piece of forest filled with nurous treehouses, reminiscent of the Elven Holy Land, with the influence of the World Tree. Here, there was no nuisance from mosquitoes, warm in winter, and cool in sumr—a close encounter with nature.
"Supplies will also be transported from Tree City, and there will be twenty dragons serving as guards."
As Senluo spoke, a few dragon silhouettes appeared in the distant sky. Soon after, more dragons arrived, landing without transforming into human form, still in their dragon shapes, each clutching heavy crates in their claws—these were materials brought over by the giant dragons.
"How dreamy," remarked a young female scientist, unable to contain herself. The World Tree that blocked out the sky in the distance, the giant dragons that flew to this location, the treehouses in the forest, and the ancient church wrapped in flowers and plants—it was a fantastical world.
Yet, what made it feel even more dreamlike was the appearance of an alien invasion in such a fantastical world, with a massive airport filled with galactic warships and standard shipping containers brought in the claws of the incoming giant dragons.
What kind of a hodgepodge world was this?
"If you encounter any issues going forward, you can directly seek out the giant dragons or... Senluo?"
Zheng Yichen turned his gaze to Senluo.
However, she said, "I will arrange the appropriate ’diplomatic’ personnel. You can co directly to if you need anything; others should find diplomatic personnel to get what they want."
She was now human yet not quite human, leaning towards humanity but without much interaction with other people, Zheng Yichen being the exception.
"Wait a mont," Zheng Yichen said as he introduced Chiang Wei to Katrina and the others. He then held back Tanshia Firlo, who clung to him wanting to co along, "I’m just leaving temporarily; there’s no need to cling to like this..."
"You’re not going to do sothing bad with that woman, are you?" Tanshia Firlo stared straight at Zheng Yichen, her gaze shifting between him and Senluo. She knew that Zheng Yichen always took her with him when he went elsewhere.
The tis he didn’t involve her were mostly when he stayed ho and spent the night with the girls. Whether it was Katrina or Ahn Ke, he would lock her in a room prepared for her, called the ’bedroom.’
And now, Zheng Yichen was leaving without her again.
"Of course not, I am going to collect sothing to Defy the Heavens. I’ll be back soon!"
After appeasing Tanshia Firlo, Zheng Yichen followed Senluo to a Storage Cabinet he had arranged earlier and then to a place he had visited before.
Senluo gestured for Zheng Yichen to proceed, "Pick one."
"...Just pick like this?"
"Just pick."
"I’m a bit curious," Zheng Yichen said, touching a World Tree seed, "If these seeds are all picked, won’t it affect the lighting here?"
Looking up at the sky from within the depths of the World Tree, these tiny seeds seed to be acting as the ’sun.’
"It won’t, serving as a light source is their ’wishful thinking.’ The World Tree doesn’t need the seeds to emit light when it is intact."
Senluo uttered those sowhat cold words.
"Alright, then is the brightest one here the most rebellious?" Zheng Yichen’s gaze fell on the brightest seed.
"You could say that."
"Fine, I’ll take that one." Zheng Yichen declared himself a helpful person, grabbing the brightest seed without much effort—the seed detached itself automatically.
"Does this thing also possess a self like the World Tree?"
Zheng Yichen was already wondering if Senluo was simply a representation of the World Tree’s consciousness or just a part of it...
"The seed currently only has instincts; there’s no self-awareness. You can use it in any way you want, just don’t eat it."
It was very easy for the World Tree to take root. Even if Zheng Yichen threw this thing into the magma, it wouldn’t be a problem, and if it adapted well, it would also be able to take root and sprout at the core of the planet.
The World Tree seed could adapt to all kinds of harsh environnts.
Zheng Yichen joked, "I am quite confident in my own digestive abilities."
"Then you would beco a tree."
"Eh, let’s not."
Zheng Yichen looked at the World Tree seed in his hand; once separated from the World Tree, it seed to beco ordinary, like a dried-up coconut?
The shell was quite sturdy.
"Didn’t you say two hours before?" Zheng Yichen tossed the seed in his hand.
"By the ti you returned, the World Tree had already started to detach the seeds. There’s no need to wait another two hours," Senluo explained. "After the seeds are separated, the World Tree will be weakened for a while, and the protection of the sky will diminish by one-fifth."
"That sounds sort of like giving birth."
Senluo shook his head, "The growth of the World Tree’s seed is predicated on the death of the World Tree. The growing seed will rapidly scale up using the remnants of the World Tree. This characteristic allows the seeds to siphon off so of the World Tree’s strength when they separate."
"So how long will this period of weakness last? Hundreds of years?"
"The World Tree itself is very healthy. Without the invasion of extraterrestrial beings, the protection can be withdrawn, and coupled with the natural feedback of this planet plus the World Tree’s absorption of cosmic energy, it can recover in less than a year."
Cosmic energy is just a term in this world, but in a world where immortality cultivation exists, it would be spiritual qi...
A healthy World Tree recovers quickly. However, due to the extraterrestrial invasion, the World Tree constantly maintained its defenses. Over the last hundred years, it basically did not grow at all. Without the threat of extraterrestrial beings, the World Tree can now normally draw cosmic power to restore itself.
The impact on its growth is not significant.
It just ans that during this period, the planet will not receive much feedback, but the planet itself is already rich, and it doesn’t require much from the World Tree nor does it need the World Tree to maintain the environnt.
Separating the World Tree seed did result in so loss to the peak of the World Tree’s power, but it did not affect its recovery. It will not take a year to get through the weakened state, but to regain the diverted limit, that’s an issue for several thousand years in the future.
Overall, the impact is not significant. After all, we are talking about just a few thousand years, and each seed here has been proven for a million years.
A few thousand years is basically nothing for the World Tree.
The trickier issue cos from the fact that after the extraterrestrial beings blockaded this planet, the World Tree beca weak. The weakness will lead to a one-fifth reduction in the sky’s defenses. While it may seem insignificant, this reduction could give extraterrestrial beings an opportunity.
Without this weakened state, even if a few of the extraterrestrial flagships shot at it like burning glass, the World Tree could block them. But with this weakness, the main cannon from a single flagship could have a significant impact on this planet. The attack wouldn’t penetrate the defenses but could infiltrate them.
However, the extraterrestrial beings were wiped out by Zheng Yichen, so this weakened period is now irrelevant. The follow-up fleets of the extraterrestrial beings will not arrive for another 130 years.
They cannot pose a substantial threat at present.
Moreover, Zheng Yichen had already linked Senluo to the Storage Cabinet in Dusk, so if a sudden situation really arose in the future, Senluo could also contact him.
"It recovers pretty fast." Less than a year’s ti reassured Zheng Yichen; he wouldn’t be finished in that ti. He had suffered a setback in the Great World once before, and he wouldn’t give the World a second chance to fail him.
"Let’s go sowhere else," Senluo invited Zheng Yichen, not for a date, but to take him to seek so other resources.
Inside the World Tree, there grew many special resources, simple ones like thousand-year ginseng, thousand-year stalactites, thousand-year Spiritual Springs, and so on...
None of the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures within the World Tree were less than a thousand years old. In fact, it was common to start at a thousand years. Zheng Yichen could take them away as if plucking weeds if he wished.
Zheng Yichen was not polite; such an opportunity was rare and wouldn’t co again.
With Lilith’s assistance, Zheng Yichen didn’t just randomly pick like plucking weeds. He wanted quality, not quantity. Even so, a casual search filled his pot to the brim.
Senluo also gave Zheng Yichen so branches and World Tree leaves, unlike the trinkets that Weaginia brought.
They have grown with the World Tree from the beginning to now and are sowhat akin to Zheng Yichen’s Essence of Life.
One branch, five leaves; the branch had a radius of half a ter and a length of over four ters. A single leaf was large enough to cover an adult like a small blanket. Such items were incredibly precious, and Senluo did not give many.
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