Ah Liu's willow branch tilted slightly in confusion, and suddenly the entire mutated willow tree grew rapidly and thickened, its original height of 85 meters now becoming larger than Lao Bai's body.

Lin Ruo's eyes widened in surprise, but A Liu still felt it wasn't enough. The whole tree shrank rapidly until it was only half a meter tall before stopping, turning into a sapling that quickly burrowed into the soil.

Lin Ruo blinked slightly. This scene seemed somewhat familiar. When she first met A Liu, A Liu seemed to have used this trick before. At that time, it tried to shrink into the ground to escape, but she froze it with ice and caught it.

"So, this isn't because I extracted your essence that you became so big, but because you already had this ability?"

Once A-Liu had returned to its normal size, Lin Ruo used a willow branch to re-bury and tamp down the messy black soil before asking A-Liu for confirmation.

Ah Liu nodded, confirming Lin Ruo's guess. She pointed at Lao Bai with the willow branch and shook it in the air, indicating that Lao Bai did not have the ability to change size and escape.

Lin Ruo turned to look at Lao Bai, who had also been paying attention to the commotion. When Lao Bai saw Lin Ruo asking it for confirmation, the branch tapped in the air, confirming that it indeed did not know.

Lin Ruo turned around and slapped her forehead. She was too clever for her own good. It turned out that her Ah Liu had shown her her abilities from the very beginning, but she hadn't paid attention.

She smiled and knew that A-Liu had such a special ability, so she was relieved, as long as it didn't affect A-Liu's growth.

Ah Fu and Ah Shou had been circling Ah Liu rapidly since earlier. They realized that Ah Liu could shrink. Ah Shou barked at Ah Liu, wanting Ah Liu to shrink so they could have a fight.

Afu was also barking in support from the side, but he didn't come near Aliu. In fact, the whole dog stood on the edge of the platform, ready to run away at any moment.

As expected, Ah Liu got annoyed by their noise and stretched out two willow branches to hang Ah Shou upside down from the tree. The willow branches were also tied to Ah Shou's long mouth, so Ah Shou could only make "woo woo" sounds.

Because Afu was far away and ran fast, he successfully escaped disaster.

Lin Ruo stood at the gate of the fortress, gently shook his head, and prepared dinner for them outside. A Liu and Lao Bai were both level 3 mutated sea beasts, while A Fu and A Shou were each in a huge iron basin.

Old Bai saw the flesh and blood delivered to his tree roots and looked at A Liu in confusion. He saw that A Liu's willow branch had already impatiently plunged into the sea beast's body, and the sea beast's corpse was constantly shriveling up.

Old Bai had never eaten meat before, but he tentatively stuck a branch into the sea monster's corpse. Suddenly, the branches on its crown began to sway wildly. It was as if it had opened the door to a new world. So this is how delicious flesh and blood are!

Old Bai sped up his eating, and the corpse shriveled up even faster than A Liu's.

While eating, Ah Fu and Ah Shou wondered why Lao Bai was so excited.

Lin Ruo then threw a lot of low-level mutated sea beast corpses into the mutated forest. These mutated plants immediately felt like it was New Year's Day. Their master had returned, and they ate and drank to their hearts' content. Life had finally returned to normal. They frantically absorbed the flesh and blood to replenish the energy they had previously consumed.

Lin Ruo turned around and went back into the fortress. The ice basin in the house had melted into water, and the air conditioner was not turned on.

The temperature inside the fortress was similar to the outside temperature, but Afu and Ashou seemed oblivious to it. Only then did she realize that these methods of staying cool at home were truly being used only by herself.

She mobilized her mental energy, and several ice basins were instantly filled with solid ice. The air conditioner in the house was also turned on, and a few wisps of cool breeze blew by. Lin Ruo finally felt a touch of coolness.

She turned on the robot vacuum cleaner and then turned to walk towards her room.

The journey back took two days, and she didn't get a proper rest because she was rushing. Now that she's home, she's completely relaxed and all she wants to do is take a good shower and get some sleep.

Ah Fu, Ah Shou, and Ah Liu had been in the space for a long time and had slept for a long time, so they weren't sleepy at all and ran out in a flash.

A-Liu is now level 4, and has a stronger oppressive force on the surrounding mutated plants. Even Lao Bai, who is also level 4, is afraid of A-Liu. At this moment, it is extending its willow branches to train these newly arrived mutated plants.

Lin Ruo took a comfortable shower in the bathroom, ate a little something, and then lay down on the bed, completely relaxed. She turned on the projector in the room, found a romantic movie to help her fall asleep, and soon drifted off to sleep.

...

"Bang!"

Under the cover of night, on the platform outside the fortress, three giant beasts were facing off. One of these beasts was Afu, another was Ashou, and the third looked exactly like Ashou.

Afu and Ashou stood together. Ashou looked at the giant beast in front of him that looked exactly like him, completely bewildered. What was going on? Yet, he could smell his master's scent in this giant beast.

"Awoo!"

"Woof woof!"

Afu and Ashou tentatively called out to the "Ashou" creature.

"Shou! Come on! Attack me!"

This was Lin Ruo's voice coming from inside the body of the mimic "A Shou". When A Fu and A Shou heard Lin Ruo's voice, the doubt in their eyes disappeared, and their tails began to wag slowly.

Ashou thought this was a new game his master was researching, so he took long strides and ran quickly toward "Ahshou".

Lin Ruo, inside "A Shou's" body, used her mental power to control this huge mimicry clone. This was a new technique she had developed based on mimicry clones. By using water-based mimicry to fill in the excess parts, a huge mutated beast was formed, and she could control this mutated beast to make any move.

At this moment, she controlled "A Shou" to jump quickly, dodging A Shou's impact, and stretched out a claw to scratch A Shou's butt. She had previously studied that if she wanted to increase the attack power of these mimics, she should turn the water into ice. This would make them easier to control, stronger in attack, and more favorable to Lin Ruo's mental power.

A few minutes later, Lin Ruo controlled the mimic "A Shou" to pin A Shou under his claws, and A Shou looked utterly hopeless.

When it attacks its owner, its claws only slap water, causing no real harm. Every time it pulls its claws away, the affected area is completely healed.

When its owner attacks it, the invisible water turns into ice, which is incredibly hard. If the owner hadn't been unwilling to hurt it, it would already be a dead dog by then.

With a thought, Lin Ruo's water molecules quickly dissipated, revealing her wearing short sleeves and shorts. After fighting with A Shou this time, she discovered many areas for improvement.

Then, with a thought, she transformed into a burly man with a full beard growing from her face. After that, she transformed into an old woman with a face full of wrinkles.

Mimicry is useful; it allows her to change her appearance at will. However, she cannot have contact with people because the mimicry doesn't have the feel of human skin. But what if she only changes a single part?

Lin Ruo stroked his chin, considering the feasibility.

For the past month and a half, she has been researching the ability to create clones at home, and has finally made some progress.

Now that the extreme heat has lasted for half a year, she believes the crystal energy cannon at the B City base has been developed. She looked up towards the main peak; it was time for her to collect her reward.