Chapter 104 You call this a neighbor?!

Zhou Jue smiled mysteriously: "The little box you mentioned, my world, could it be considered a home?"

The old tree remained silent for a moment.

"Alright. It'll take at least a hundred or two hundred years for this forest to recover. With my small frame, I'm just wasting my time here. How about I come to your place... and mooch some good food?"

"Enough for everyone!" Zhou Jue laughed.

She carefully transplanted the green shoot that carried the soul of the old tree, along with a small piece of the tree root below that still retained its vitality, into the space of the Starry Secret Box.

As soon as it entered the secret box space, the old tree let out a comfortable groan.

"Wow... this place is nice, the energy is much cleaner than outside."

Zhou Jue had a sudden realization the moment the old tree entered the secret box.

It seems...it appears...perhaps...she can control the life of the old tree?

Sigh, I've never put intelligent life into the space before, so I had no idea about this. I wonder if the old tree would regret coming in if it knew. Ahem, I can't say, I can't say.

Looking at the tiny green sprout, barely the height of a palm, Zhou Jue suddenly remembered something. She pulled a bottle from her storage area—it was the "Advanced Plant Evolution Fluid," the reward she had received in the post-apocalyptic world!

At that time, only half a bottle was used for Yin Hua Shu, and half a bottle was left.

"Senior, let me add a little something extra!"

Zhou Jue was very generous, pouring most of the bottle of "Advanced Plant Evolution Liquid" onto the roots of the old tree, and then scooping up water from the "Ordinary Spirit Spring" and watering it thoroughly!

"Glug glug..."

The little green sprout, like a child starved for eight hundred years seeing milk, frantically absorbed the essence and spiritual spring water.

Then, under Zhou Jue's dumbfounded gaze...

That tiny green sprout, no bigger than a palm, began to grow wildly!

Sprouting!

jointing!

It's growing like crazy!

In less than a minute, it grew from a tiny sprout into a small tree that was taller than a person, with lush branches and leaves, full of vitality!

Although it can't compare to its previous enormous size that blotted out the sky, the speed of its recovery is terrifying!

"So comfortable! So comfortable!"

The old tree's voice, now loud again, echoed in the secret box space, filled with the exhilaration of surviving a catastrophe.

"Young lady, this is practically the perfect tonic! I feel like I can live another five hundred years!"

It swayed its newly grown branches, seemingly adapting to its new body.

"This is a huge win! Not only did I get rid of that damn 'germ,' but I can also travel around on a different map. This is a great deal, a real steal!"

Having regained his vitality, the old tree couldn't stop talking.

"Speaking of which, I have to thank you. If you hadn't made the decision to wipe away the 'Heart of Life' and the 'germs' together, I wouldn't have been able to shed my skin so smoothly."

"Actually, the 'Heart of Life' had long anticipated this day."

The old tree's consciousness suddenly became serious.

"Before it was completely contaminated, it used its last strength to make a backup plan."

"It hid a most primordial 'seed of life' in my core. That's why I've been able to work with it for so long."

"Now that the 'germ' is gone, this seed is yours."

As soon as he finished speaking, a flash of light appeared on the newly grown sapling of the old tree.

A heart, no bigger than a thumb, entirely emerald green, as if carved from the purest jade, and still pulsating slightly, slowly separated from its trunk and floated in mid-air.

The heart of life!

Although it is just a seed, it exudes a pure and unpolluted aura of life!

Zhou Jue's heart skipped a beat!

【tasty……】

【eat……】

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, the Starry Secret Box, which had just recovered, began to emit that familiar, yearning signal once again.

Zhou Jue's lips twitched slightly.

eat?

Do you still want to eat?

"Sweetie! It's only this small, not even enough to fill your teeth! Let it grow bigger first, and we'll talk about it when it's fattened up!"

Zhou Jue gave a perfunctory reply to the secret box in his sea of ​​consciousness.

After saying that, she quickly held the seed of the "Heart of Life" in her hands.

"Gulp."

Zhou Jue swallowed hard. The "Heart of Life" seed in his hand felt warm and smooth to the touch, like a piece of fine jade.

But those pulsations seemed to resonate with her heartbeat, each beat causing her blood to surge.

baby!

An absolutely stunning treasure!

It's mine!

She moved the seed to the "Eternal Spirit Spring," dug away the damp soil around the spring, and carefully buried the seed, which represented the origin of life on a planet, with her own hands.

After doing all this, she scooped up a handful of water from the "Eternal Spirit Spring" and poured it onto the small mound of earth.

As the spring water seeped into the soil, the seed seemed to let out a satisfied sigh, its pulse becoming stronger and more steady.

It's done!

Zhou Jue's heart finally settled back into his stomach.

On one side is the seed of life, representing "one of the origins of the planet," and on the other side is the fountain of life, representing "individual immortality." It's unknown what kind of chemical reaction will occur.

"Oh my, young lady, you've got a really big heart!"

A strong, slightly accented voice rang out in the secret box space.

When Zhou Jue turned around, he saw the small tree, which had just grown to be more than a person tall, swaying its branches and leaves, looking just like a storyteller striking a gavel.

It was the old tree that had regained its vitality.

"What's wrong, senior? Is there something wrong?" Zhou Jue asked humbly.

"Wrong? It's more than wrong, it's downright a mess!" On the trunk of the old tree, two green light patterns twisted and turned, as if rolling their eyes.

"Do you know what you just buried? That's called the 'Heart of Life'! It's the most primordial 'spirit' from when a planet was born from chaos! It's the 'ancestor' of all life!"

"Do you know what that spring next to you is?" it asked, pointing to the Everlasting Spirit Spring.

"Ha! The tricks of this water are no simpler than those of that seed! It has a stubborn, unyielding quality, like something that's dead but not dead, refusing to enter the cycle of reincarnation. If this thing existed in our time, it would definitely be a 'defying the heavens' anomaly! The kind that deliberately goes against the will of heaven!"

The old tree clicked its tongue in amazement: "You've really gone a step further, putting our ancestors who 'followed the will of Heaven' and our 'defying the will of Heaven' as neighbors. It would be a miracle if these two could coexist peacefully!"

Zhou Jue listened, completely bewildered.

She only knew that the Unending Spirit Spring was the core of the vampire prince, but she never expected that there would be such a saying in the eyes of an ancient relic like the Old Tree who had lived for countless years.

"Then... what will happen?" Zhou Jue asked nervously.

"So?" The old tree flicked its branches, mimicking a human's gesture of spreading its hands. "How would I know? These two are both heavyweights; neither can really defeat the other. The best outcome is for them to keep to themselves and not interfere with each other. The worst outcome..."

It drawled out the words: "When the two of them fight, whoever wins will devour the other and merge into something... who knows? When that happens, your little world will have a lot of fun to watch."

Zhou Jue's heart jumped into his throat.

She stared nervously at the patch of land where the seeds had just been planted, fearing that some indescribable monster might emerge from the ground at any moment.

However, a minute passed.

Five minutes passed.

That land was quiet and still, except for a growing sense of vitality; there was no unusual activity. The ever-flowing spring remained clear, bubbling gently.

"Phew..." Zhou Jue breathed a sigh of relief: "Senior, are you trying to scare me? They seem quite harmonious to me."

"Harmony?" The old tree snorted. "That's the calm before the storm. Just you wait and see, there's going to be a good show."

It seemed too lazy to dwell on the issue any longer, and changed the subject, starting to comment on Zhou Jue's space.

"Your little box is quite nice. Although it's not big, it's very stable. The energy in the air is clean and pure, more than a hundred times stronger than the polluted air outside. I've come to the right place to retire here."

It swayed its branches and leaves, making a rustling sound, as if it were stretching.

"By the way, little girl, do you still have any of that 'Advanced Plant Evolution Fluid'? The little bit I had was barely enough to fill a tooth gap. Give me two more buckets, buddy, and I'll show you how it blooms on the spot!"

Zhou Jue's lips twitched involuntarily.

Two more bottles? Do you think they're cabbages?! There's only one bottle left, you can have it all!

"That's all!" she said irritably. "Senior, that was my last stock, and I haven't been willing to use it!"

"Tsk, stingy," the old tree muttered, its branches drooping slightly.