The milky white fibrous roots swung for a long time, then they felt something, and they suddenly plunged towards the gray board below, penetrating the board and touching the transparent liquid.
The moment it came into contact, the milky white fibrous roots twitched slightly like an electric shock, and then grew violently.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
Visible to the naked eye, milky white fibrous roots grow out from the heart of the tree one after another, penetrating the substrate and immersing themselves in the flowing nutrient solution.
"Gudong, gudong!"
The sound was similar to the sound of a human taking a gulp of water. Numerous nutrient solutions were absorbed by the milky white fibrous roots. The height of the nutrient solution in the glass pool began to drop significantly. Affected, a buoy near the input pipe also fell. The buoy was connected to the valve of the input pipe, which immediately opened the valve wider, resulting in the injection of a greater flow of nutrient solution. The liquid level in the glass pool began to rise again little by little, and finally reached a dynamic equilibrium.
The number of fibrous roots continues to increase, as does the length, and the ends quickly extend to explore farther away.
Within a few minutes, less than half of the glass pool was occupied by dense fibrous roots.
After a few more minutes, the fibrous roots occupied more than half of the glass pool.
After a few minutes, the fibrous roots almost occupied the entire glass pool and tried to leave the glass pool.
As a result, when these fibrous roots clung to the glass plate, the lines carved on the surface of the glass plate quickly lit up, flashing with red light.
"prick!"
The magic flames flashed away, and a burning smell arose. All the fibrous roots in contact with the glass plate were burned, and even a large area of fibrous roots that were closer turned into gray-black.
Magic pattern... The old man Lich's eyelids twitched.
After being attacked, the remaining fibrous roots shrank completely as if they were intelligent, keeping a distance of more than 20 centimeters from the glass plate. They no longer tried recklessly, but instead focused on absorbing the nutrient solution.
This continued for ten minutes, and the top of the heart of the tree cracked, and a slender light green sapling emerged, growing taller.
When the sapling reached more than 20 centimeters, its growth slowed down slightly, and dense branches sprouted from the side. These branches continued to extend and twist, and eventually weaved into a somewhat abstract human face.
"Creak, creak, creak..."
The branches squeezed and rubbed against each other, making strange sounds, which gradually turned into somewhat old human voices. It was the giant tin tree that had successfully revived.
The human being made of branches looked at Richard, and the sound of the giant tree's tin wood sounded. Before Richard could explain anything, it had already deduced a lot of things with its own wisdom.
"The intruder, is it you? Well, it's really a bit surprising. I didn't expect that we could meet again after my resurrection. Let me see, this seems to be a special independent space. The two intruders who were with you before Even though you are not here, could it be that you alone took away my tree heart and brought me back to life
In this case, it's a bit strange, because in my opinion, the three of you really wanted to destroy me before, so how could you suddenly change your focus? Could it be that you were pretending before, deliberately deceiving those two people, and then secretly rescued me
But what is your reason for saving me? Kind? Haha, it is definitely not kindness. The so-called kindness is just a beautiful lie fabricated by you humans. The reason why you saved me must be because you had a plan, and you couldn't get this plan by killing me, so you worked hard to revive me. What could that be? "
At the end of the sentence, Ximu asked, with a profound expression on the face made of tree branches.
Richard glanced at Ximu and said straight to the point, "I do have a plan for you, and the plan is very simple, that is, the energy you bring. You said that you have the 'source of the forest' Title, you created a powerful energy storm during the battle. If I guess correctly, you can gather energy and use it, right?"
"Yes." Ximu admitted frankly, "Intruder, your guess is correct. I can indeed gather energy and use it - I can ignore the influence of space and any environment, absorb a lot of energy directly from nothingness, and use it for myself. grow, or help the rest of life evolve.
In fact, apart from the fact that my tree heart resurrection required some external energy and material supplements at the beginning, I am now able to be self-sufficient to a certain extent. "
As he spoke, Ximu stretched out a branch, and a dazzling purple arc flashed from the end of the branch, which lasted for more than ten seconds before dissipating, proving that it was not telling lies.
After the proof was completed, Ximu looked at Richard and asked, "Okay, intruder, you have seen my ability and know that your plan can be realized, so what do you want to do next?"
"Cooperation." Richard said, "How about cooperation?"
"Cooperate?" Ximu grinned lightly, "Can I make a bold guess that if I refuse to cooperate with you, you will threaten me with death?"
"No." Richard shook his head, looked at Ximu and said, "It's not a threat, but it will be put into action. If you refuse to cooperate, then you will be a useless but very dangerous enemy to me. , I can’t let you continue to survive, the most sensible thing to do is to completely erase you from this world.”
"..." Ximu was silent for a while, and then spoke up, "I have to say, I admit that you have this ability - before, you could defeat me with a complete body, but now it is easier to erase my traces. But Having said that, I can’t think of any last resort, so you won’t do it.”
"That's true."
"Then, can I turn around and use death to negotiate with you?"
"Um?"
"You see, you want to gain my energy, and I also have other things I want besides life. I will not surrender to you just for the sake of life and let you do whatever you want. There is no hope for me in such a future. Yes, I would rather die. And if I really die, you will gain nothing. Although my loss is great, it is also a loss for you." Ximu said, at the end, he paused, "What do you think? Woolen cloth?"
Richard raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Ximu for a while, and said: "Besides life, what do you want? I hope you won't go too far, otherwise I would rather lose than take too high risks."
"No, no, no, you are worrying too much." Ximu's tone softened a lot, "What I want is not excessive at all, and it won't let you take any risks."
"What the hell is that?"
"Freedom." Ximu said, "What I want is freedom. If you promise me, then we can cooperate.
You want energy, right? As long as I grow for one more week, I will be able to absorb endless energy from nothingness, nine-tenths of which I need to use for myself to transform my life. The remaining tenth can be specially provided for your use. Don’t be too little, even one-tenth is enough to support the growth of hundreds of thousands of trees, which can fully meet all your needs.
I can maintain this kind of cooperation for ten years. After ten years, I will be able to evolve into a life form that is completely different from before, get rid of many constraints, and have the potential to evolve to the ultimate life. At that time, you must return my freedom and let me leave you. "