At this time, on the ground, ordinary survivors were cheering and celebrating their victory.
Even though it had been an hour or two since they had slaughtered the Tyrannosaurus Rex, they were still very excited.
"Hey, have you heard that the bones of the Tyrannosaurus Rex are all purple-level materials!"
"It is said that gold-grade materials were cut out!"
“Gold level?! Holy shit, there’s a gold level above purple level!”
"Of course, there may be more above the gold level!"
"What else, platinum or platinum?"
"That's not important. What's important is that Brother Lei just told us that the Explorer elders are going to give each of us a set of purple-level or higher equipment! Even the Tree House Heavy Crossbow will be replaced with a high-level one!"
“Is this true?”
"Oh my god, now these green-level crossbows on my tree house are so powerful when combined with the explosive crossbow. The advanced heavy crossbow..."
"Do you think we should be equipped with that... that... super powerful mushroom egg that Master Xu Xin fired at the end?"
"Are you kidding? That's too powerful. It even blew a huge hole in the ground. The power of that is even greater than that of a conventional missile, right? How could they possibly give it to us? It's too dangerous."
"That's right. If everyone has that kind of weapon, I still feel unsafe. What if one goes off accidentally, or someone gets angry and has a seizure in the head..."
"I don't think we need to worry about that. I just talked to Sister Fei'er, and she said that when the World Tree matures, we can all live on it. The tree houses we live in now can basically be used as artillery sentry towers."
"…? What?! The World Tree is also a tree house!?"
"Huh? What are you surprised about? Didn't the elders tell us a long time ago?"
"No... I just got here last night, how would I know about this..."
"Ah, it's the brothers from District 1!"
“Hey, what’s the difference between Area 1 and Area 1? I am also a survivor of Area 188… No, I should say that we are all survivors of Crystal City! We must be distinguished from those ordinary survivors!”
"What's the point of making distinctions? We should all unite and work together to survive."
"What do you mean by co-existence and cooperation? Aren't the survivors from the outer zone the ones who controlled the mutants to attack us? Humans, whether in times of war or peace, are always like this..."
"It's like you're not human. Who cares? We just need to take care of ourselves. Anyway, our current living conditions are much better than theirs."
"That's right, especially after the World Tree grows up! The World Tree is so big, the space inside must be huge. I must go up and choose a super large space! It must be big enough to build a football field!"
"Why does it need to be so big? Although the crown of the World Tree is indeed very large, it is impossible for it to give you that much space."
"I... I want to apply! I was the first person to follow Brother Xin, he will definitely not treat me unfairly!"
"Ah? Who are you?"
"My name is Le Youfang! I'm a veteran! I used to be from District 187. At that time, I was Brother Xin's neighbor. I was the first person Brother Xin met in this world!"
"Oh my god, this guy is definitely a heavyweight!"
"Haha, you're so flattering! Brother Xin met me when he was exploring near my tree house. He thought I was a talented person and even arranged for Sister Fei'er to come and pick me up in person. After that, I became a close friend of Sister Wenxi!"
"Forget it, I've talked to Fei'er, and she tied you back then." On the side, Li Yajun directly exposed Le Youfang's plan.
Some people present were also laughing secretly.
During that initial period, Lou Feier often went to Li Wenxi to help, and during the previous hot summer period, she also had a lot of fun communicating with the survivors from both sides in Xu Xin's tree house.
The survivors who were parasitic near Ma Hongwei and Li Wenxi's tree house were quite familiar with Lou Feier, Zeng Tao and Jin Yue.
"You are talking nonsense!"
"Anyway, this brother is the first person Brother Xin has met in this world. He is so strong!"
"If you say so, I seem to be the first person Brother Lei has met."
“Too powerful!”
"Haha, this is the first time I've met you all. Before yesterday, I had always lived alone. I never thought I'd be able to chat with so many people today. I even participated in a battle that I couldn't even imagine before!"
"Haha, with the Crystal City and the World Tree, we are not afraid of anyone!"
"Well, I know the sister Fei'er you're talking about. I've met her just now. Who is this sister Wenxi?"
"Ah, Sister Wenxi has been away these past two days. I heard that she went to explore somewhere else with Brother Xin's sister? Right, Yajun?" Le Youfang looked at Li Yajun.
"Ah...ah! That's right, I don't know where Wen Xi went, but Brother Xin and the others said that she is safer than the rest of us, so there's no need to worry." Although Li Yajun said this, there was still worry in her eyes.
She had trouble sleeping these past two days and even went to see Xu Xin once.
Xu Xin told her clearly that Wen Xi was fine and safe, and she could only wait. She also told this news to all the survivors on their side who were worried about Wen Xi.
But without Wen Xi, the resources they had became fewer and fewer, and her anxiety was growing.
I really don’t know when Wen Xi will be able to come back…
"Don't underestimate Sister Wen Xi. Your tree house heavy crossbow, the explosive crossbow you fired, and even the equipment you are wearing now, these materials were all discovered and excavated by Sister Wen Xi's ability!"
"That's right, if it weren't for Sister Wen Xi, the Explorers wouldn't be so wealthy!"
The survivors who were originally parasitic on Li Wenxi's tree house began to introduce Li Wenxi to the new members.
"They actually have this ability! No wonder the equipment level of the explorers is so much stronger than that of our District 1's big boss organization... No, it should be... their District 1's big boss organization!"
"She's a rich woman! She's the rich woman who controls all the explorer resources! Then... do I still have a chance to let the rich woman hug me?"
"Pfft! You're done. Wenxi is Brother Xin's girlfriend. If Brother Xin hears what you said..."
"Ah?! Hahaha, you guys don't know, I suffer from congenital Alzheimer's disease, sometimes I just talk nonsense, it has been like this since I was a child, hahaha..."
“Isn’t Alzheimer’s disease senile dementia…”
"Hahaha, don't worry about these details. By the way, didn't we just talk about the World Tree House? I want to get closer to the World Tree and take a look!"
"Hey, don't go there. The elders of the explorers have blocked that place off."
"Ah? Why?"
"Why else? Of course we're afraid that something will attack the World Tree again. If we all surround the World Tree, we won't be able to use the heavy crossbows in the tree house casually, and even defense will become a problem."
"That's true."
"But didn't Brother Xin tell us just now? In twenty-eight hours, the World Tree will be fully mature!"
"There are still twenty-eight hours left... That's a long time. Will there be another herd of beasts attacking us?"
"We are running low on weapons and materials..."
"What are you afraid of? I don't believe that the other side can gather a decent army in almost a day."
"Why are you talking about this? We should go to the periphery and clean up the battlefield over there. Maybe we can pick up a few beast corpses that were not poisoned by Sister Gui Xin and decompose them!"
"Hey, be careful! The one in front of you is the corpse of a poisoned beast! Don't bump into it by accident!"
“Ohhh…”
Two hours after the battle, thanks to the coordination of the explorers and the efforts of the survivors and friendly mutants, the environment around the World Tree, which had been devastated beyond recognition, has been restored to its original state.
All the corpses of Tyrannosaurus Rex and mutant creatures were recovered and decomposed, and all the collapsed ground was restored to flat ground thanks to the efforts of everyone and every animal.
Of course, the five-meter-wide ravine surrounding the World Tree is still there and has not been filled.
After all, this ravine is the best line of defense to prevent anyone from approaching secretly.
In order to avoid the situation that Shi Wanyun mentioned before, that is... there is a traitor among them.
Xu Xin has already informed the Explorers members of what Shi Wanyun told him.
There is no problem with the explorers. If there was any problem with them, the World Tree would have been in trouble long ago.
They were informed of everything the survivors in the outer area had done, the current situation in the outer area, and Shi Wanyun's suspicions, in order to make them all pay attention and not let others get close to the World Tree.
"Oh, it would be great if the tree house armor could be used." Xu Xin sighed.
The tree house armor is a wooden armor that can protect the trunks of their tree houses. It is like two half-cylinders split in the middle, buckled together, buckling the trunk of the tree house in the middle to provide protection.
But the trunk of the World Tree is so thick, with a diameter of more than ten meters, thicker than the giant chimney of a chemical plant.
The tree house armor is simply unusable.
The trunk of the World Tree can only be exposed.
Wang Lei: "Don't worry, Brother Xin, we won't let anyone get close to the tree house."
Wen Guixin: "If we hold on for another twelve hours, or another half a day, we will win!"
Xu Xin hurriedly said: "Don't tell others this time. I told them that it will take another 28 hours for the World Tree to mature."
If some of them really have problems, this time will make them have the illusion that "it's still early, no rush".
Similarly, if there really is a spy, then this spy will definitely tell the enemy the time.
If he were the enemy and knew there were still 28 hours left, he would not be too anxious but would wait for the opportunity.
He would not take action during the day, but at night, preferably in the early morning of the next day, when it is still dark and people are least alert.
But if the other party really wants to think so, that would be great.
Because if we really wait until that time, the World Tree will have matured.
Of course, this is just a little trick. As to whether there are traitor spies among them, and even if there are, whether the enemy will be paralyzed by false information, it is still unknown.
But in the end, what needs to be done must be done.
"Our current resources and equipment levels are not optimistic." At this time, Ji Chaoyang said in the group, "I just asked Li Yajun, and she told me that there are only a few explosive crossbows left, and all the metal is gone."
Wen Guixin: "Alas, when will Wen Xi come back... I miss her so much. Without her ability, we really dare not do anything... Xu Xin, you should quickly find Wen Xi, don't you still have your sister?"
Xu Xin: "After the World Tree grows up, Wen Xi and Ying Ying can come back."
Zhao Xiaochuan: "Ah? Brother Xin already knows where they are?"
Xu Xin: "Yes, I already know."
Qi Xuefei: "When did you know? Why didn't you tell us?"
Xu Xin: "It's not convenient. You can ask Wen Xi after he comes back. I can't say more. What we need to consider now is the issue of weapons and equipment before the World Tree matures."
Qin Yunlong: "Yes, if there is another beast tide, we won't be able to withstand it with the number of weapons we have now."
Ji Chaoyang: “Although we have very few metal resources, we have obtained a large amount of mutant biological resources in the battle just now.
Although most of them became indecomposable due to being infected by Wen Guixin, some of them died in battle or were blown to death. The amount of material from these mutant creatures is already huge for us.
Therefore, we may be able to use new materials such as animal bones to make ordinary high-level crossbow arrows, or heavy crossbow arrows, etc. "
That's indeed a good idea.
In fact, they only disassembled one T. Rex carcass because the body was so large and the disassembly would take a lot of time, so it’s not appropriate now.
Wait until you choose a luck enhancement and then slowly decompose it.
But there are quite a few corpses of other mutant creatures, and they are also easy to decompose.
Thanks to the efforts of all the survivors in Crystal City, there are now unprecedented amounts of mutant biological materials, including some special materials that can be used to make special weapons.
With the tree house crossbow, even if it is not an explosive crossbow, the normal arrows flying all over the sky can also have a powerful killing power.
Wen Guixin: "Ah, then you guys can do these. I also need to recover the bodies of the infected mutant creatures."
Wang Lei: "Didn't you let the infected mutants that were still alive commit suicide in the end? Those that committed suicide directly, I remember you can decompose them, right?"
Wen Guixin: "That's only the last batch. They can only live for a dozen minutes at most after being infected by me. This battle lasted for nearly two hours. They died one after another before and all stayed in the Crystal City. I am the only one who can clean them up... I really do!"
Wang Lei: "Thank you for your hard work!"
Wen Guixin: "Shut up!"
Xu Xin sat on the sofa, picked up the dozing Coco, and smoothed its fur.
Hopefully there won't be any problems next time.
Everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared.
Next, we will have to deal with the enemy with our generals and the water with our earth.
As a result, they seem to be overthinking.
Things went more smoothly than they had imagined.
There wasn't even a single attack, not a single sneak attack.
Twelve hours passed smoothly.
Xu Xin looked at the extremely lush and towering tree in front of him and could not hide his excitement.
The world tree has matured.