Chapter 507: Wood Demon
Trumpet The wind was blowing hard, dark clouds were rolling, and beneath the roaring thunder was a torrential rain.
Suddenly, a huge flash of lightning flashed, followed by a deafening thunder wave. Amidst such great power, a seed the size of a peanut kernel secretly fell to the ground in the rainstorm, and was then washed away for hundreds of miles by the mountain torrent. It was not until several days later that it was swept into the mud on the shore.
Under the warm sunshine, the seed quickly sprouted and took root in just two days.
At the same time, a trace of Zhang Yang's consciousness began to awaken with a unique perspective.
That’s right, this is his newly built Wood Demon trumpet. He and Tiandao Xiaoniang have been planning and observing for decades, and finally confirmed this as the safest and most ideal way to enter the Thousand Hands World.
Although it looks like a plant now, it is actually a wood demon.
Zhang Yang moved his body carefully, and estimated whether his infiltration had alarmed the local Heavenly Dao?
Yes, the Heavenly Dao in the Thousand-Handed World is extremely powerful, far beyond the reach of the ostentatious Heavenly Dao Girl. The gap is at least ten million times greater. If it were not for the super-stealth characteristics of the Death Boat, as soon as they stepped into this world, they would be immediately captured and sensed by this powerful Heavenly Dao.
During the previous rainstorm, the laws were in disorder, and the supervision of the Heavenly Dao in this world was relatively weak. Zhang Yang then transformed himself into a plant seed, and was able to conceal his true intentions.
But this is just the beginning.
A tiny sprout poked out from the mud and sand. Zhang Yang greedily absorbed the spiritual energy of this world, while firmly choosing the evolutionary direction for his wood demon body.
This wood demon seed is not simple. It has multiple growth potentials, evolutionary levels, and strong adaptability.
An hour later, Zhang Yang successfully built a second talent for his young wood demon body, that is, the spiritual wood tumor, which is to generate ugly potato-like things at the roots. This thing can store compressed spiritual energy. Every time a wooden tumor grows, it can compress and store one unit of spiritual energy. It's very cool.
"Sir, please grow five spiritual wood tumors. It is estimated that it will take three days and three nights. The concentration of spiritual energy here is good and will not affect my absorption of resources at all."
Zhang Yang calmed his mind and continued to use the small sprout to absorb spiritual energy. This is the first talent that the wood monster has, and it is also a talent that most plants have. It is an advanced talent of photosynthesis.
Three days later, the five spiritual wooden tumors had grown completely, and Zhang Yang had also fully absorbed one spiritual wooden tumor, which was considered as the initial construction resources.
While continuing to absorb spiritual energy with the tiny sprouts, Zhang Yang once again opened the second building, oh no, it was the growth sequence.
This is also the third talent, camouflage.
It is impossible for him to pretend to be an alien species under the nose of the Heavenly Dao of this world. Wouldn't that be telling people to come and catch me?
So the talent for disguise is very important.
As for what to disguise as, this was naturally not random, but a plan in advance. Zhang Yang and Tiandao Xiaoniang selected nearly 9,800 plants, and finally selected 12 local plants that were adapted to different landforms and different environments.
What Zhang Yang has to choose to camouflage himself now is a kind of wild grass that grows on riverbanks and humid areas. It looks similar to reeds and is three years old.
There are many such plants here. As long as the camouflage is successful, as long as you don't dance the seaweed dance in the same place, the chance of being discovered will be very small.
The entire camouflage growth period takes nine days. Zhang Yang is not in a hurry. He keeps a calm mind and continues to absorb and accumulate spiritual energy.
The nine-day growing period passed quickly, and a wild grass seedling with an almost realistic camouflage appeared. At this time, Zhang Yang had also accumulated three spiritual wood tumors. It was time to act.
So on a dark and windy night, Zhang Yang carefully pulled out the root, and like a ten-year-old ginseng doll, he ran towards the upstream of the river with a sly look in his eyes, because according to the map that had been surveyed before, there was a large settlement of Thousand Hands people upstream of the river.
After all, he was not here for sightseeing or training, he was here to spy on the Thousand-Handed people up close.
Overnight, Zhang Yang only moved upstream for more than ten kilometers. At dawn, he immediately burrowed into the mud and sand, disguising himself as a harmless grass.
In this way, on the fourth day, Zhang Yang was only more than ten miles away from the gathering place of the Thousand-Handed People. During the day, he could already see the scenes of the Thousand-Handed People working and hunting.
These are the most common Thousand-Handed People, but what’s interesting is that they only have two hands and their physical strength is very low. They can probably be described as having a combat power of 5.
If their souls were not 100% intact, Zhang Yang would almost think that they were in the fifth sequence.
In addition, the lifespan of these Thousand-Handed people is surprisingly short, with an average of only over fifty years old, and few over sixty years old. Moreover, their growth and development are similar to those of Earthlings. They are all conceived for ten months, born at the age of fifteen, become adults at the age of thirty-five, begin to age at the age of thirty-five, and begin to die at around fifty years old.
Finally, the productivity of these ordinary Thousand Hands people is quite low. They are still using bronze weapons and bronze tools, and they are not ignorant of any seals.
Seeing these suddenly would easily make people doubt their lives, but Zhang Yang and Tiandao Xiaoniang had been spying for decades, covering a distance of hundreds of thousands of miles, so he naturally knew the truth.
That is - the laws of nature in this world are deliberately restricting the development of civilization.
This truth sounds very strange, even a little absurd. Who is hindered by the development of civilization? Isn't it good to improve productivity? The fact is, considering the overall environment, too high productivity is really not good in the fourth sequence, especially for those in high positions.
Ordinary people like the convenience brought by higher productivity, but those in high positions prefer lower productivity, or even if there is high productivity, it is best to be in the hands of a small group of people.
As to why, there are three reasons.
First, too high productivity will excessively damage the environment. In particular, the cognition of the world brought about by higher productivity, whether macro or micro, is a provocation and destruction of the laws of nature. Just like the earth in the 21st century, there is no law of nature long ago, otherwise productivity would not have skyrocketed thousands of times in a short period of time.
Secondly, excluding the fifth sequence, in the fourth sequence, the meaning of the existence of a race of civilization is to serve a certain god, just like the small world in the Death Boat. Why did Zhang Yang take the trouble to carry it? Isn't it because this small world can bring him more benefits in the future? So it is the same here with the Thousand Hands. They all serve the god Changji. If he needs these Thousand Hands to sacrifice their lives, he must sacrifice his lives. If he needs to harvest a wave of souls, it is really a matter of thought.
But if productivity is too high, the war capability is also improving, and cultural ideas will be improved as a result, then will the Thousand Hands be willing to be slaughtered and harvested at this time? The third is the external reason, which is the rampant fourth-order mechanical zombies.
Yes, just like the virus that was rampant in the fifth sequence, the mechanical zombies in the fourth sequence were so powerful that even god-level beings were helpless against them and could only defend themselves strictly.
(End of this chapter)
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