"Um... what is this mind-reading ability you just mentioned?"
Xu Ying was about to initiate the transmission when Li Wenxi suddenly asked.
She looked at Xu Xin with a strange expression: "You... you have the ability to read minds? Then now... can you know what I'm thinking?"
Xu Xin had always kept his mind-reading ability as his trump card and had never told anyone, so Li Wenxi naturally didn't know about it.
"Ah? No, of course not." Xu Xin waved his hands and said, "My mind-reading ability is very limited."
"As I recall, I can only communicate with wild animals... huh?" Xu Ying suddenly turned to look at Xu Xin, "Wait, brother, what exactly is your ability to read minds?"
"You don't know either?" Xu Xin was a little surprised.
"Um... I only know that my brother has a way to communicate with wild animals, whether it is by detecting brain waves or some other method. I didn't think much about it at the time, but now that I think about it carefully..."
Xu Ying looked at Xu Xin with a strange expression: "You can't... really read our minds, right?"
She took a few steps back and subconsciously hugged her head.
"Do you know what I'm thinking now?" Li Wenxi looked at him, tilting his head slightly.
"I can't hear it anymore." Xu Xin shook his head. "My ability to read minds is that I can only read the thoughts of the natives of this world. According to my guess, the so-called natives are people who have never experienced time travel and have not been affected by time factors."
"Aboriginal?" Xu Ying still looked at him warily, "You really can't hear it?"
"I told you, I really can't hear you." Xu Xin spread his hands helplessly, "I can't hear the voices of all the survivors."
"I believe him." Li Wenxi laughed. "If he could read my mind, he wouldn't be so calm right now."
"Hmm?" Xu Xin was slightly stunned, then he understood what she meant and looked at her with interest, "What were you thinking about just now?"
"Hehe, I won't tell you." Li Wenxi blushed slightly and stuck out her tongue at him, "Okay Yingying, let's go up!"
"Oh... No, wait a minute!" Xu Ying's eyes suddenly lit up, "Brother, are you sure your ability is to read the thoughts of people who have not experienced time travel?"
"Almost exactly." Xu Xin nodded. "Based on my observations during this period, there have been no exceptions."
"That's great!" Xu Ying clapped her hands and happily grabbed Li Wenxi's arm and shook it. "I didn't expect that the breakthrough point was here, brother!"
"Ah... ? Ah!" Li Wenxi was confused for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Yes!"
"What? What are you talking about?"
This time it was Xu Xin's turn to be confused.
"Ah, yes..."
"Sister-in-law, let's go up first. The people up there probably can't wait any longer. Let's deal with the matter of the World Tree first."
Li Wenxi was about to say something when Xu Ying interrupted her: "Let's go, let's go back!"
"No, you..."
Before Xu Xin could ask something, Xu Ying dragged him into the teleportation vortex.
When I opened my eyes again, I was already in the World Tree World.
Moreover, it is right next to the tree house in the center.
"What's going on?" Xu Xin couldn't help but ask.
"Things are a bit complicated. I'll explain in detail after I finish dealing with this matter..."
"Ah, Brother Xin! You guys are back!"
At this time, the explorers were still in the tree house.
Wang Lei was leaning against the window and just happened to see Xu Xin and his companions arriving.
"Pull us up, there's something fishy going on down there." Xu Xin looked up and said.
After entering the tree house, everyone was still in their original positions.
"嘤!" Coco ran towards Xu Xin and crawled along his legs into his arms.
"You little guy, why didn't you go with us just now?" Xu Xin pulled its ears and scolded with a smile, "You're being lazy again... Huh? What's wrong with you guys?"
Xu Xin then realized that everyone's expressions were a little... solemn
The atmosphere was clearly relaxed when they left, why is it so heavy now
"Why are you all so sad?" Li Wenxi couldn't help but ask.
"Brother Xin, Wen Xi, something big has happened!" Zhao Xiaochuan couldn't help but say, "Brother Chaoyang predicted a big crisis! A crisis bigger than the previous siege of the World Tree!"
!
Xu Xin's eyes suddenly fixed and he looked at Ji Chaoyang: "What's going on?"
"After you left, I immediately activated the prophecy. The result was... petrified creatures everywhere." Ji Chaoyang explained the situation concisely and directly.
“…Petrified creature?!”
Xu Xin instantly thought of what was happening below.
The underground prison used to study petrified creatures is now empty.
Could it be that... the experiment was successful, so this place was abandoned and moved directly? !
"...around the World Tree?" Xu Xin's mind started to work frantically.
"That's right."
"Those petrified creatures..."
Before Xu Xin could ask, Ji Chaoyang said, "There are all kinds of creatures, among which petrified beasts account for a large proportion, and there are also many petrified flying beasts flying in the air."
At this time, Zeng Tao, who was sitting next to him, suddenly said, "When Xu Xin and I went down for the first time, we were attacked by seven petrified pterosaurs!"
Xu Xin also thought of this.
Moreover, he also remembered that at the moment when the vine ball was about to close, the stunning beauty that flashed in his sight...
A whole area of petrified creatures.
They are all petrified monsters!
Although it was only a moment, several people in the vine ball saw it at that time.
Damn, should have thought of that earlier!
Their petrification experiment has really been successful!
Moreover, they want to verify the power of petrified creatures and are about to send an army of petrified creatures to attack the World Tree!
"What exactly is a petrified creature? Can you explain it to me?"
Xu Ying, who had been silent, asked.
The group explained to her their connection with the petrified creatures.
And the source of all this is the Changyin family.
"Petrified creatures..." Xu Ying thought for a moment, then slowly shook her head, "I really don't know anything about this petrified creature. In my time and space, this kind of thing has never appeared. It can move so flexibly after being petrified, and even fly? This is too ridiculous..."
Everyone present didn't know what to say.
To be honest, if everyone present had not fought petrified creatures before, they would not believe that such a thing existed.
"... This petrification technology may not be the technology of alien invaders at all."
Finally, Xu Ying came to a conclusion.
Not alien invader technology...
Xu Xin had speculated about this before.
The entire petrification experiment was run entirely around the Changyin family as the backbone. If Changyin himself was turned into that state by alien invaders...
Then why did those alien invaders let Chang Yin be the "warden" for their experiments
Chang Yin was asked to conduct the experiment, and even the most important materials were provided by Chang Yin, which means that the other party did not have this "petrochemical technology" at all.
"But this can't be human technology... Tsk, could it be that a third party has appeared?" Xu Ying felt that the current situation was a bit complicated. "If so, were the petrified organisms that attacked us this time really sent by alien invaders?"
"That's for sure." Ji Chaoyang nodded. "In my prediction, in addition to the petrified creatures, I also saw a familiar figure - the furry monster."
The furry monster is a mutant human who is responsible for controlling the beast attack on site.
Unlike the genetically mutated people on the world tree in the other hemisphere, the mutation of this group of mutated humans is very low-level, and they even show signs of atavism and grow hair.
He can be considered an "old friend" of Xu Xin and others.
"That should be correct." Xu Ying said to herself.
"So, you are worried that the second day of the prophecy will be the second day inside the World Tree?" Xu Xin asked.
"I don't know, but we still have to prepare." Ji Chaoyang said in a deep voice.
"But if it's the second day in the outside world, then we don't need to be too anxious." Wen Guixin leaned against the window, looking at the surrounding fields and pastures, and said, "One day outside is equivalent to a hundred days inside. It's still early."
"... Actually, I think you don't need to worry too much even if it's the second day inside the World Tree."
Xu Ying sat down on the sofa, stretched, leaned against the back of the sofa, and looked up at everyone.
"I've said before that the defense of the World Tree is beyond your imagination. No matter how strong those petrified creatures are, as long as they use normal means such as attacking and arson, they can't cause much damage to the World Tree." She smiled.
She wasn't too worried.
This confidence comes from her faith in the World Tree.
"So, if the petrified creatures are besieging us, let them come. This will also give you a good opportunity to see what an invincible world tree is!"
Her words made everyone present relax their frowns.
"Then, what are abnormal means?" Qi Xuefei suddenly asked.
"Hmm... I don't know."
Xu Ying thought about it, then shook her head: "The method I can think of cannot be said to be harmless to the World Tree, but it can only be considered a scratch at best."
Xu Xin suddenly had an idea: "Virus? Will the other party use a virus?"
Everyone looked at Xu Xin.
When the World Tree was not yet mature, Shi Wanyun's mission was to inject a virus into the World Tree to delay its maturity, even though the other party did have a virus that could harm the World Tree.
As he spoke, he took out the virus that Shi Wanyun had given him at the time and handed it to Xu Ying: "This is the virus."
Li Wenxi came closer curiously.
Others have already seen it.
"But that virus is very weak, right?" Wang Lei pointed at the virus in Xu Ying's hand. "Even if it is injected into an immature World Tree, it will only delay its maturity. Can it really work on a mature World Tree?"
"It's just a possibility." Xu Xin said to himself, "The alien invaders have created the World Tree for a whole thousand years. Is it really impossible for them to destroy it?"
“This is the first time I’ve seen this.”
Xu Ying said a little embarrassedly, then shook the tube of virus and analyzed: "This is a virus that only works on plants. If it is injected into your tree house, the tree house will completely wither within tens of seconds."
The tree house is a degraded version of the super-small world tree, which means that this virus was indeed created specifically for the world tree.
"It's very toxic, but this dose is completely useless to the World Tree." Xu Ying handed the virus back to Xu Xin. "It's like pouring a bottle of water in the desert. It won't have any effect on the desert at all. Instead, it will evaporate in an instant."
"What dosage will cause damage to the World Tree?" Xu Xin asked.
"Well... if we use this tube of virus as the unit of measurement, perhaps hundreds of thousands of them will have some effect?" Xu Ying speculated.
Hundreds of thousands of...
"That means it's basically useless." Wang Lei scratched his head, "How come... we seem to be helping the other side find ways to deal with us?"
The atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment.
Before the battle, they had discussed how to deal with the enemy's attack, put forward suggestions from multiple angles, and conducted all-round defense, but now...
They couldn't even think of how the other party could hurt the World Tree.
What is the solution to this...
The petrified creatures that were so powerful before were now helpless in front of the World Tree.
"Let's not talk about this for now, brother. Let's give them the authority of the World Tree first." Xu Ying turned and looked at Xu Xin.
"Oh?" Xu Xin subconsciously raised his left hand to open his watch, then shook his head, laughed at himself, put his hand down, and looked at Xu Ying, "What should I do?"
The explorers who were originally silent around them also became interested.
Zhao Xiaochuan said excitedly: "Am I going to become the master of this world tree? Can I finally enter and exit the world tree freely?"
"Well... I can't say I'm the master. Because the masters of the World Tree are only me and my brother." After Xu Ying finished speaking, she grabbed Xu Xin's wrist and suddenly started teleporting.
Everyone who remained present looked at each other.
"Sister Xu Xin is really decisive and efficient. I like her!" Wen Guixin sat on the windowsill and laughed.
"Well, you're not taking me with you..." Li Wenxi said helplessly, looking at everyone, "Um, where's my tree house? Is it here?"
"Ah, Wen Xi is here, let me take you there." Wen Guixin jumped down from the windowsill.
"Okay, let's go, the smelting process is about to begin!"
…
This is the underground space of the World Tree.
It’s not the underground world, it’s the underground space, the underground space wrapped by the roots of the world tree.
The core of the World Tree is shining directly above the center of the entire area.
Although this place is underground, it is still bright.
“Boo! Boom! Boom!”
Coco in Xu Xin's arms was also teleported over. The little guy seemed very angry, waving his little paws at Xu Ying and shouting in dissatisfaction.
"Oh, is this little cutie scared?" Xu Ying reached out and rubbed the little guy's head and said with a smile.
"嘤!" Coco pushed Xu Ying's hand away.
"... couldn't you tell me in advance that you were teleporting?" Xu Xin was also startled and shook his head helplessly, then looked up at the huge World Tree Core above his head, "Set... permissions here?"
"Well, it's right here!" Xu Ying stepped on the ground and said with a smile.
"What... eh?"
Xu Xin felt the roots of the World Tree under his feet begin to move.
The movement was not violent, it opened slowly, and then a platform slowly rose from the gap.
"This is… "
"Come up quickly!" Xu Ying pulled Xu Xin onto the slowly rising platform, "We will soon be able to see the 'Tree House Screen' of the World Tree."
The tree house screen of the World Tree
…Yes.
The tree house comes with a high-tech screen!
As the ultimate full-blooded version of the tree house, the World Tree will naturally have the same parts.
What will the main control "screen" of the World Tree look like
The platform under my feet was still rising, and the speed was getting faster and faster.
Soon, the two of them rose to a very high position, less than ten meters away from the core of the huge World Tree right above their heads. The light at this time was already somewhat dazzling.
"Then what… ?"
"Oh, wait a moment, it will be ready soon!"
Suddenly, Xu Xin opened his eyes wide.
As if he was hallucinating, four extremely large screens suddenly appeared around him.
Or rather... the shadow on the screen.
It completely surrounded the platform where the two were.
"This is the main control of the World Tree." Xu Ying slid her hand across the screen, "We can choose to grant permissions to other people, and... use the various functions of the World Tree."