However, Wu You, who was mentally prepared, quickly felt relieved. The current situation was much better than his worst prediction. At least for now, he was not a puppet.
The more uncertain the situation, the more motivated Wu You became to implement a series of plans.
Suddenly, a message reached him, causing Wu You to forget all his plans and trivial matters.
The consciousness of the ancient tree told him that it was time for the tree to advance!
This explosive news caused a sensation almost immediately throughout the entire "Monster Legion".
Ancient trees have never stopped growing since they were born, and today they are almost detached from the earth.
Where the original trunk of the Qiantang tree once stood, several thick roots now connect it to the earth, while most of the ancient tree's trunk has now reached into the starry sky.
The entire solar system and hundreds of galaxies of varying sizes surrounding it, as well as the original universe's crystalline wall system, have been connected with the ancient natural tree, forming a stable community between the two.
After Wu You single-handedly fostered this mutually beneficial relationship, the growth rate of this crystal wall system and the ancient natural tree increased significantly, and even on some mysterious level, it seemed to have taken a step further than the original universe.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that these ancient natural trees are the pillars supporting the sky of this world.
After the evolution and energy replenishment speed became exaggeratedly fast, like a floodgate being opened, the ancient natural tree, which was already stuck at the unknown limit of the advanced gold level, still showed no signs of breaking through the barrier for quite some time, as if this final hurdle was a bottomless pit.
Wu You had originally planned to let things take their course and find another way, but unexpectedly, good news suddenly came today.
In a flash, he appeared at the top of the canopy of the ancient natural tree.
Standing in the universe, with the deep starry sky behind me and a vast and majestic green expanse before me.
At this moment, a faint fluorescent glow was flickering and changing in this green area.
Each time the light flickered, it seemed as if a layer of blurred shadow was expanding outwards from the ancient tree.
When the fluorescence disappeared, the ancient tree returned to its original state.
But when the fluorescence reappears, the expanding, shimmering, blurred shadow will be even more exaggerated than before.
Clearly, this situation cannot be hidden.
This anomaly has now been discovered throughout the entire Earth sphere.
"We have an urgent news briefing. About ten minutes ago, the World Tree began to exhibit unprecedented and unusual changes. Our Human World Tree Alliance government has dispatched hundreds of shuttles to record this phenomenon, but we have not yet received confirmation..."
A family who were watching a TV series suddenly saw this news broadcast on TV. The elder immediately switched the channel to CCTV, and sure enough, a more detailed report appeared.
The child immediately took out his mobile phone and other mobile devices to go online.
Three high school students, dubbed "Hive Commanders," were overjoyed at having successfully located and engaged the abominations. Their victories over the past few days had been brilliant, and if no advanced abominations appeared, the liberation of that inhabited planet was a certainty.
But at that moment, a classmate called, and the girl casually lent him the phone.
"Little Flower... um, yeah... no, what's wrong? Huh!!"
"Clatter".
The phone call was disconnected, and the girl yelled at her two friends.
"Quickly go online! Go to the World Tree Alliance Forum!"
In knightly schools, in magic schools, in academies of immortal arts, throughout China, in America, in England, and in what was once war-torn Afghanistan but is now a summer resort...
At the camps on Gemini, at the bases on Azure Star, at the governing offices on various subsidiary planets, and even in the Protos fleet...
Everywhere on Earth, everywhere in the universe.
Wherever there are life forms in the Earth Sphere, whether they are alchemical creatures, humans, or alien races that have been "brainwashed" by the Earth Sphere and possess "Earth green cards," they are all part of this universe.
They watched or listened to the live broadcast from Earth in their own ways, or went online to have heated discussions with netizens.
Various media platforms, including Weibo and chat tools, were buzzing incessantly.
The World Tree Alliance Official Forum is the largest forum for communication among humans, and currently the largest forum in the Earth Sphere. Countless humans and races discuss here, and occasionally even traces of high-ranking races can be found.
The forum is now in an uproar.
In less than half an hour, the number of posts increased by nearly a thousand times, and the speed is still increasing.
Any server from the old Earth era would crash instantly.
Many netizens have just finished posting, and the discussion thread can only stay at the top for a fraction of a second before being scrolled down and disappeared from view.
The way forum posts are updated is as exaggerated as a high-speed camera.
Just as the crucial half-hour mark was reached, a post was published and pinned by a super administrator account on the World Tree Alliance Forum.
The World Tree is about to pass its seedling stage and is approaching maturity; it's time to buy!
The content vaguely explained the reasons for the changes in the World Tree, but it didn't provide much specific information, and it didn't mention at all what the World Tree would become.
The number of comments on the post skyrocketed as soon as it was published.
"Holy crap! The World Tree is about to upgrade!"
"Holy crap! I almost forgot that the World Tree was just a 'seedling' before! How exaggerated would it be if it were planted in its mature stage?"
"sofa!"
"Same here, can anyone tell me if there are any high-ranking ethnic bigwigs here? Please let me know, my heart can take it..."
"sofa!"
"sofa!"
(A series of different accounts vying for the first comment)
"I regret killing Hua Tuo!"
"The person upstairs is an older man, confirmed!"
"I regret killing Hua Tuo! I regret killing Hua Tuo!" (A string of regrets about killing Hua Tuo)
...
"They're still bringing up the old story of Hua Tuo, which is over a decade old!"
...
Later in the evening, the television news program also aired a segment describing the reasons for the changes in the World Tree, which seemed to be more detailed than the posts on the forum. As a result, many netizens went back to watch the television program.
Inside the high-level alchemical creatures, Wu You had linked all the Gold-level and above, or certain special Silver-level beings, to the current mental state of the Ancient Tree of Nature, so that everyone could experience this breakthrough together.
Unlike the fluorescent changes seen on television and online, Wu You and his group could also hear a certain rhythm, as if the ancient natural tree possessed a kind of heartbeat.
Its frequency corresponds exactly to the pattern of fluorescence and ghosting changes.
Now, all the creatures that are watching are waiting patiently with great anticipation, among whom Wu You's anticipation is the greatest.
What's rather strange is that he had a peculiar feeling, like he was witnessing his daughter giving birth.
"Bang!"
A barely audible sound suddenly rang out.
Countless people felt as if they were in a state of weightlessness, as if they were about to fly away.
But upon closer inspection, I realized I was sitting or standing perfectly fine, yet that feeling persisted.
A subtle vibration was generated at the same time, giving all living beings a tingling, itchy sensation that was not uncomfortable.
People quickly realized that these two states must be affecting the soul level.
In this somewhat dazed state, countless people, guided by their senses, stopped staring at their screens and went outside to look up at the sky.
Amidst the tinnitus, a certain change occurs.
Apart from the shadow of the World Tree, the sky was no longer blue with white clouds, but instead a bizarre and colorful expanse.
Countless colorful points of light filled the area, forming the basic color of the sky background, seemingly flowing like a tide, causing this color to constantly twist and turn.
Even Wu You didn't know what this was. He only knew that it was definitely not something he had created. It was somewhat like those river-like things that existed in parallel worlds, but it was also different. It also seemed to have some connection with the Dream Narrow Space where the Dream Eater could exist.
But now is not the time to study these things; he dared not be distracted, for fear of accidentally missing something.
At a certain moment, it was as if I received some signal or opportunity.
The moment the fluorescence flashed again, the colors in the background surged wildly, and the phantom of the ancient natural tree continued to expand and no longer contracted.
Swish~~~
Suddenly, the ancient tree seemed to expand as if chasing a phantom image, and people who looked up discovered in an instant that the roots of the World Tree on Earth had disappeared.
What followed was a peculiar sense of connection, as if everyone "saw" a giant tree that could cover the sky and earth, growing rapidly at this moment.
Perhaps it was a few hours, perhaps a few seconds, but the feelings of weightlessness and trembling disappeared.
They could no longer see the World Tree when they looked up; the sky had returned to its usual blue, white, and sunny state.
Suddenly, something occurred to them.
He rushed back inside and turned on the live stream channel.
In the footage, several outer space reconnaissance ships have been temporarily used as filming tools.
A colossal tree, its verdant branches shimmering with iridescent light, stands tall in the cosmic void, while the stars of the solar system orbit its roots.
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