Chapter 1 World Tree

Parallel world, China, Yangcheng.

July 30, 2050.

It was a hot summer, especially in the southern cities. Even though the sun had set, it was still scorching hot.

In a valley 20 kilometers southeast of Yangcheng.

Ye Feng had been in a daze for an hour, and there was only one thought in his mind.

"Why did I become a tree?"

He looked down at his body under the tree, and actually had a guess in his mind.

"Anyway, even if I become a tree, it's better than dying. And in an era when animals and plants around the world are mutating, being a tree may not be bad." Ye Feng whispered to himself.

He was not just comforting himself.

Half a year ago, mutant creatures appeared on the blue planet.

Of course, there were only sporadic individuals at that time, and the size of the mutant creatures was not large.

But with the large-scale mutant locusts appearing in Africa three months ago, the situation began to take a sharp turn for the worse, and the number of mutant creatures increased sharply.

The smaller the creature, the greater the probability of mutation.

Most of the creatures that can be seen in human cities, such as mosquitoes, flies, and cockroaches, have mutated.

And they have begun to actively attack humans.

Every day, there are hundreds of incidents of mutant creatures injuring people all over the world.

In the city, mutant rats have become the most dangerous creatures.

They are larger than ordinary house cats, flexible, strong in biting, and highly aggressive.

On the Internet, there are videos of mutant rats biting and killing hounds.

Two months ago, even plants mutated.

But because mutant plants cannot move, they immediately became the best research objects.

However, mutant plants are all in the wild.

For example, on Xiaofeng Mountain, 30 kilometers east of Yangcheng, a giant tree that has grown to 300 meters high appeared.

Not surprisingly, it was targeted by research institutions.

The Agricultural University where Ye Feng studied happened to cooperate with the research institution, and the school undertook the "sampling" work.

Under normal circumstances, only fools would go to such a dangerous place in the wild.

But the other party gave too much.

100,000 cash, plus 1 million accident insurance, and accompanied by a security company.

This was too tempting for Ye Feng, whose family was not rich and needed to work and study.

In the end, he signed up.

Then, halfway, they encountered mutant creatures.

It was a mutant wild boar as big as a car. It overturned their bus with just two hits.

In the end, everyone fled.

Fortunately, the mutant wild boar did not chase him.

Unfortunately, he encountered a poisonous snake and was bitten.

When he "woke up", he found himself turned into an iron birch tree.

"Ding! Fusion successful, congratulations to the host for obtaining the special ability: Devour!"

The system prompt instantly pulled Ye Feng's mind back.

He couldn't wait to open the system panel.

Host: Ye Feng (World Tree)

Tree height: 10 meters

Tree trunk width: 0.5 meters

Root length: 20 meters

Realm: First level initial stage

Evolution points: 0/10 points

Special ability: Devouring

Spirit value: 7/100 points

Bioenergy: 9/100 points

As soon as he woke up, he found that he had a system and a novice gift pack.

Then he got a "Heart of the World Tree", and after fusion, he could become a World Tree.

In this case, Ye Feng certainly chose to merge without hesitation.

Until now, the fusion was finally successful.

"Is this the feeling of becoming a World Tree?"

Ye Feng felt this brand new body. Although he still looked like an iron birch tree, it was actually completely different.

He could control every branch and every leaf of the tree to sway.

As his mind moved, the whole tree began to sway left and right without wind, and the leaves rustled, startling a flock of birds in the valley.

"The tree trunk can tilt up to 60 degrees, and each leaf can rotate 360 ​​degrees."

"The most important thing is..."

Tree roots broke out of the ground, whipping the ground like whips, making crackling sounds.

"Unfortunately, it can only do simple whipping or winding movements, and it is still not flexible enough, at least it can't use tools." Ye Feng concluded.

This is already extremely flexible for a tree.

But Ye Feng is still a little dissatisfied.

He had imagined that he could "stand up" and "walk" home directly like the War Ancient Tree in Warcraft.

"But I still have the system!"

Ye Feng turned his eyes back to the system panel.

During the time waiting for the fusion of the World Tree Heart, in addition to thinking about life, he also studied the system.

The function of the system is very simple, allowing him to grow and evolve quickly.

Of course, this requires aura value and biological energy.

According to the information he learned from the system, aura is the mysterious energy that causes biological and plant mutations.

So, if you want to evolve quickly, aura is an indispensable thing.

As for bioenergy, it means literally that it is a kind of energy stored in living organisms. Whether it is growth or evolution, energy is consumed.

Using the system function, consuming 1 spiritual energy point and 1 bioenergy point can make a certain part of the body grow rapidly.

Now he has 7 spiritual energy points and 9 bioenergy points, which can make the body grow rapidly 7 times.

"What I need to consider is which part of the body to grow." Ye Feng stared at the system panel and pondered.

He also thought about this problem for a long time.

The height of the tree, the width of the trunk and the length of the roots represent three different directions.

The height of the tree: increasing the height, making more leaves, and absorbing the spiritual energy in the air faster. In addition, the photosynthesis of the leaves will also produce a certain amount of bioenergy.

Trunk width: increase the storage of spiritual energy and bioenergy.

Root length: speed up the absorption of bioenergy.

According to his initial plan, among these three options, the first priority is of course the height of the tree.

Increasing the height of the tree can speed up the absorption of spiritual energy and produce bioenergy, which is undoubtedly the most cost-effective option.

But as he evolved into a world tree and had the special ability of "devouring", the situation was different.

According to the information provided by the system, he can use this ability to devour the spiritual energy and bioenergy in other organisms.

However, to activate this ability, he needs to make his body touch the other party.

It is difficult to make his leaves or trunks touch other organisms.

Therefore, tree roots are the best medium to use the "devouring" ability.

"As long as I use the roots to tie up other organisms, I can slowly absorb them with the devouring ability, so that the speed of obtaining spiritual energy and bioenergy should be faster." Ye Feng made a decision to increase the length of the roots first.

In addition to this factor, there is a more important reason.

That is, hiding himself.

If he grows too tall, it is inevitable to be targeted when there are satellites above his head.

He doesn't want to be the object of research.

The roots are hidden underground, so he can develop quietly.

He did it as soon as he thought of it. He stared at the system panel and clicked on the + sign behind the length of the roots.

"Ding! Do you want to spend 1 point of spiritual energy and bioenergy to increase the length of the roots?"

Looking at the pop-up system prompt, Ye Feng chose yes without hesitation.

As he clicked the button, he felt as if something was missing from his body, and then his roots began to itch and grow at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After Ye Feng became the World Tree, he could precisely control his 1 main root and 100 lateral roots.

At this moment, it was these 101 roots that were growing wildly.

In just one minute, the length of his main root increased by 20 centimeters.

"It actually grew so much longer." Ye Feng was a little surprised.

He immediately used all the remaining spiritual energy and bioenergy to increase the length of the roots.

After a moment, he took a look at the system panel, and the length of the roots increased by 1.4 meters, from the original 20 meters to 21.4 meters.

"Now I absorb the spiritual energy in the air by myself, and I get 1 spiritual energy point per hour, and as for bioenergy, it will be more."

"That is to say, if I do nothing, 24 spiritual energy points a day can also increase the length of my roots by 4.8 meters."

After calculating this number, Ye Feng's heart was shocked.

Compared to ordinary plants, his growth rate is terrifying.

Moreover, his devouring ability, which he had high hopes for, has not yet been used!