"Hey, wait a minute, kid!"
Seeing that Richard was about to leave again, the old man Lich once again thought of something very important and quickly called out to Richard.
"What?" Richard looked at the old man Lich and asked.
"That just occurred to me. You said that you suspected that the tree in the house had other ideas, and might try to do something dangerous secretly. You were not worried about this, and were even prepared to catch the other person on the spot and force him to do so. Accept your more stringent conditions, right?" Old Lich said.
"Is there a problem?" Richard asked slightly strangely, "Didn't we confirm these things a minute ago?"
"Of course there is a problem!" The old Lich said angrily, "According to what I know about you, you can't stay here forever. You can't tell when you will go out, and sometimes you will travel for several days. .What if, I mean what if, the tree in the room causes trouble when you leave?"
"Isn't it you?" Richard glanced at the old man Lich and replied calmly.
"Me?" The old Lich was stunned for a moment before he understood the meaning of Richard's words. His eyes widened and he said, "You are really going too far. The tree in the room is an immortal tree. Don't look at it now. If it really breaks out, I don’t know how strong it will be. When the time comes, I will deal with the opponent. What should I do if I am in danger? Besides, as a lich...well, although I am not afraid of it, what if I make a mistake? , what to do if you fail?"
"That's why I told you to keep working hard." Richard said, "Improve your strength and develop a more powerful magic puppet. When the other party asks for trouble, you won't be able to deal with it."
"Is this what you meant by what you just said?" The old man Lich blinked.
"what you think?"
"Is this..."
"Okay, I'll go and get busy first, you... do whatever you want."
Richard waved his hand and walked away, leaving the old lich in the same place, blinking constantly, not knowing what he was thinking.
…
In the blink of an eye, a week passed.
One week later, Garden of Eden, Mechanical Processing Sector, Research Room No. 3.
The ancient tree species Ximu that was just moved here has changed drastically compared to a week ago.
At this time, it was fixed by a black iron bracket in a glass pool filled with nutrient solution. The trunk had grown to a height of one and a half meters, with a diameter of more than ten centimeters. It looked like a cylinder. Most of the trunk has no branches, only the top is divided into dense branches, forming a dense crown - but there is not a single leaf on the crown, and it looks bare, like a mess of tangled wires.
Richard appeared here, fiddling with a machine next to him.
The machine is a bit like a slot machine used for gambling on Earth, but it is more complicated. The position of the display screen is occupied by numerous pointers and instruments. The joysticks and buttons are densely arranged on both sides. In addition, there are wires coiled under the machine.
"Crack, snap!"
Richard adjusted the machine with his hands for a while, turned to look at Ximu, and asked aloud: "Are you ready?"
The bark of the tree trunk twisted, revealing the face of the tinwood. Rapid air blew out from a small hole with a diameter of two centimeters, and then the voice of the tinwood sounded: "Intruder, I am ready, you can start."
"Okay." Richard nodded, grabbed a wire connected to the machine, and walked towards Ximu.
The wire is as thick as a baby's arm, wrapped in black insulating material, and has a pointed end like a bird's beak. He was dragged by Richard to the side of the tin wood, and he approached the trunk of the tin tree with a pointed tip.
When the pointed tip is about to contact the tin tree trunk, the tin tree trunk automatically splits into a round hole, allowing the pointed tip to be easily inserted and then wrapped.
Richard looked at it and nodded, turned around and walked back to the machine, and picked up the second black wire as thick as a baby's arm.
Then the third root, the fourth root, the fifth root...
In the end, Richard inserted more than ten black wires into the tin tree trunk before stopping.
"Kakaka!"
After standing in front of the machine and playing with it for a moment, Richard looked at Ximu and said, "You are ready to supply energy. First use a small amount of energy to conduct some tests, and then slowly increase it."
"Intruder, you have said this to me three times before. I am an advanced being with wisdom. You don't need to be so long-winded. I understand clearly." The ancient tree species Ximu said slightly impatiently, and then finished his words. , the branches at the crown of the tree vibrated rapidly, friction with the air in the room at an extremely high frequency.
Ten seconds later, it seemed as if the friction had generated an electric current, and suddenly a bright blue arc flashed across a tree branch. Followed by various arcs of red, cyan, green, yellow, and purple, all "crash" appeared at once, covering the entire crown of the tree.
After that, the current was continuously passed to the tree trunk, and then followed the wires and entered the machine in front of Richard.
"Click, click, click!"
Richard squinted at the readings of some instruments on the machine, quickly adjusted the many joysticks, and said while adjusting: "Okay, everything is normal, increase the energy supply, and double it first."
"I know." Ximu said, denser arcs appeared on the tree crown, and the energy absorbed from the void across space quickly doubled, flowing through the trunk and wires, through the control machine, and then along the wires buried underground. , passed to the rest of the places for play.
"Twice it again, click, click!"
"Know."
"Continue to double the level, click, click, click!"
"Know."
After this continued for several minutes, when Richard shouted "double the improvement" again, he was rejected by Ximu.
"No, I'm almost close to my limit now." Ximu said, and found that the tree crown at this time could no longer look like it used to be. It was occupied by arcs of various colors, forming a dazzling mixture of various colors. Light group.
Richard glanced at Ximu, thought for a moment and said, "Okay then, just keep it like this. Under normal circumstances, how long can you keep it like this?"
"If no changes are made and there are no accidents outside, then I can keep this situation until one year later - when our cooperation ends." Ximu said.
"Then it's best, just keep it like this. If you have any problems, tell me in time and I will help you." Richard said, adjusted the machine again, turned around and walked out, walking to Research Room No. 2 middle.
At this time, Research Room No. 2 was much more complex than before, with many new equipment added, but the core part was still the laser generator located in the center.