Chapter 43: The Signal Base is a Tree

Driven by curiosity, Song Yuqing drank a wood-inspired cappuccino. It was bitter yet sweet, with a hint of grass and trees after rain. He imitated Nanjiao and tried to grow vines from his fingertips, but only a few slender bamboo leaves emerged. The fingertips sprouting bamboo leaves felt slightly itchy and refreshing.

Liu Xiaona guzzled two glasses of water-based American coffee, and her whole body felt hydrated, even a little swollen. Edema, literally edema, her body was filled with water-based abilities.

"I, I can't hold it anymore!" Before she finished speaking, a stream of water gushed out from Liu Xiaona's head, like a fountain, evenly and impartially spraying everyone around her. A drop of water touched Song Yuqing's lips. He subconsciously wiped it away, but he still tasted the water droplets, a slightly refreshing sweetness.

Song Yuqing immediately decided that she would never buy water again when she went to the parallel world to buy supplies! Her employees would be a fountain that never dried up, a pure water dispenser!

Song Yuqing, for some unknown reason, fished out a kettle from the space, filled it with water, and returned it to the space. He then ordered Gaha and Little Meat Bun to carry the water-spouting Liu Xiaona downstairs to water the bamboo forest. Gaha and Little Meat Bun had no interest in coffee and, without a word, carried Liu Xiaona downstairs. Little Meat Bun even blocked Liu Xiaona's head with his hand, trying to stop the fountain from spraying any further, but it was no use. The massive flow of water still soaked them. If they didn't get Liu Xiaona away quickly, they'd be flooded soon after passing the coffee shop.

Shen She's superpowers were not ordinary, and superpower coffee was of no benefit to him, so he just tasted the latte, played with mud for a while, and then stayed on the sofa in the coffee shop, looking at the sea view outside the window from afar, like a little adult.

The Xie brothers received two cups of the same type of superpower coffee. With such a rare opportunity, they naturally focused on improving their own superpowers. As expected, after drinking the superpower coffee, their superpower energy surged, and if they didn't release it immediately, they would feel suffocated. The Xie brothers and the several superpower users who came with Shen She all ran downstairs. Since their superpowers had to be released, they decided to go zombie-hunting! After defeating the zombies, they could drink coffee again tomorrow!

Unlike absorbing crystal cores, which can only replenish supernatural energy, supernatural coffee can generate other supernatural moves.

Just like Nanjiao, after drinking a cup of cappuccino, a thumb-sized sapling unconsciously grew in the palm of his hand.

If you keep thinking about it, there will be a response.

That sapling had been Nanjiao's dream for days. Ever since Base Zero decided to build a doomsday online shopping platform, Base Zero's experts had already developed a plan utilizing Nanjiao's scarce wood-based abilities. First, Nanjiao would need to harness his own wood-based abilities to manipulate vines to grow and interweave along specific paths, forming a cable-like structure for signal transmission. These vines would require significant energy enhancement to increase their internal fibers' conductivity and signal transmission capabilities. Second, Nanjiao would need to create a special type of tree whose dense branches and leaves could transmit and receive signals. However, creating such a tree would require a significant amount of energy to modify plant cells, imbuing them with signal processing and amplification capabilities, a feat far beyond Nanjiao's capabilities. Nanjiao hadn't anticipated that a cup of cappuccino would solve his problems—no, not just his, but those of Base Zero's top experts.

Right now, the sapling in Nanjiao's palm is growing bigger and bigger, and electric current is passing through the dense branches and leaves.

"Done! Plant signal base!"

Nanjiao ran downstairs, clutching the sapling in his arms. Curious, Song Yuqing and Shen She followed closely behind. Although Song Yuqing didn't understand the sapling's significance, driven by curiosity, he dug a hole for it near the bamboo grove outside the door. The moment Nanjiao placed the sapling in the hole, it exploded, growing into a milky-white trunk that could only be hugged by three people, and a massive, dense canopy. Its leaves were perfectly diamond-shaped, with pointed tails.

Liu Xiaona was standing in the bamboo forest, with her arms folded across her chest, quietly watering the bamboos. Seeing the trees growing vigorously, she couldn't help but turn her head to irrigate them.

Underground, the roots of the saplings were stretching wildly, even squeezing out the roots of the bamboos. Several bamboos were shaking in dissatisfaction, trying desperately to take back their land.

"Do you feel it?" Nanjiao excitedly lay on the ground, listening to the root growth march coming from underground.

Song Yuqing also felt that the ground beneath his feet was shaking slightly, as if tens of thousands of thin snakes were winding forward.

Nanjiao closed his eyes, feeling the extension of the underground roots and sorting out the distribution of the underground roots.

"What kind of tree is this?" Song Yuqing carefully stroked the thick trunk. She somewhat regretted planting the tree next to the bamboo forest. The bamboos were all blocked from the sunlight by the tree.

Nanjiao was immersed in his own world and didn't hear Song Yuqing's question at all.

Xie Hao, Shen She, and the others, each carrying a few zombies, hurried back to the God's Supermarket. They were in the thick of the fight when they felt a powerful wave of force coming from the direction of the God's Supermarket. The vibrations beneath their feet continued, and they suspected that the God's Supermarket was making another big move. Upon returning to the God's Supermarket, they saw a towering tree appear out of thin air, covering half the alley. Only a small area of ​​space remained above the bamboo grove, a space that the bamboos had claimed for themselves.

After an unknown amount of time, the tree stopped growing. Its roots stretched thousands of miles underground, forming a signal transmission channel.

Little Meat Bun walked around the big tree, spread out his arms, and measured the "waist circumference" of the tree.

"Gaha... Gaha?" Gaha, who had been watching silently, looked up at the tree and scratched his head.

"This is a mutant Chinese tallow tree, and it's also the signal base tree." Nanjiao patiently explained to Gaha, "When it grows back, we can use it to make soap and candles."

Gaha nodded, not quite understanding.

A towering tallow tree had just landed outside the God's Supermarket. Nan Jiao rubbed his hands excitedly and walked around the tree. Song Yuqing had moved the security gate under the tree, creating a small space outside the God's Supermarket, making the entrance less cramped. Xie Hao and the others, carrying zombies, lined up and each one conscientiously threw them through the security gate, not forgetting to check whether their ability levels had increased after drinking coffee.

"Ding~ High-level earth-type ability user~"

"Ding~ Five intermediate zombies~ I've detected that you have enough food and drink. Please go up to the second floor and pass by the coffee shop tomorrow to exchange for a cup of supernatural coffee."

Xie Hao clapped his hands in satisfaction and walked away, followed closely by Shen She, who threw the zombie body with its tongue sticking out into the security gate.

"Ding~Primary time ability user~"

"Beep~ Four primary zombies, two intermediate zombies~ I've detected that you need food and protective equipment. You will exchange them for ten bento boxes, ten packs of instant noodles, and a protective backpack."

Shen She pouted and said, "Okay, at worst, I can fight zombies tomorrow to exchange for coffee."

Song Yuqing patted the security gate curiously. A qualified security gatekeeper should be able to quote their own prices. She could simply assign a salesperson to help customers retrieve supplies on the first floor. That would be much more convenient. Song Yuqing looked at Gaha, Little Meat Bun, and Liu Xiaona. Gaha, due to his special status, was on the first floor, so he didn't want to scare anyone, so he went upstairs and walked past the coffee shop. Little Meat Bun was the mascot, so he stayed on the first floor with Liu Xiaona to oversee the supermarket. Once the online shopping platform was established, Liu Xiaona would take care of it.

That's it! Song Yuqing immediately announced the new work tasks to the employees of God's Supermarket, but attracted their suspicious eyes.

What about you, our respected store manager?