Fortunately, Kaopu returned shortly afterward.
"I'm back~"
The reliable tone was light and cheerful, indicating that the problem had clearly been resolved.
Xu Ling raised her voice and asked, "How is it?"
"Hehe, with me in charge, I'll definitely handle it!"
Without waiting for Xu Ling to urge him, Kaopu immediately told her the reason he had consulted.
"Do you remember I told you before that you are the Earth Goddess, who gives birth to and nurtures all things?"
Xu Ling nodded; she hadn't forgotten those words so quickly.
The reliable person continued, "I just asked my superiors. Since we've never bound someone like you before, we couldn't find the reason at first. Later, we checked the data."
As he spoke, Kaopu opened the data screen and pointed to the divine positions: "Before you transmigrated, there were many Earth Goddesses, Earth Gods, and many Goddesses who grant children. Simply put, you were just an ordinary person among them, sharing these two divine positions with others."
"Moreover, your abilities are not outstanding, so the divine position you are assigned is very small."
Simply put, the reason why the celestial realm introduced reforms in the previous life was because there were too many people in one divine position, which resulted in each person receiving less power, and therefore, the divine power that everyone in their positions could exert became weaker.
It's like having only one cake. If there are more people, each person gets a smaller slice of the cake. To increase your share, you either need to make the cake bigger or reduce the number of people.
The celestial realm in its previous life couldn't expand the pie, so it could only reduce the population indirectly, which is why reforms were implemented.
"In this world, you are essentially the only one to hold both of these divine positions, which is equivalent to having all the cakes. Therefore, your abilities are exceptionally strong."
In the past, the Tree of Life could not generate consciousness; it was just an ordinary plant, except that this plant was exceptionally magical.
But because of Xu Ling, this otherworldly deity, she acted like a bug, nourishing the Tree of Life, to the point that the Tree of Life developed consciousness and was able to speak.
"The Tree of Life can speak now, but not fluently. However, as long as you stay near it, it will continue to nourish it, and perhaps one day it will even manifest a spirit."
In Xu Ling's words, it will really become a spirit soon!
"This is way too outrageous!"
Xu Ling felt this was beyond her comprehension and had a feeling that the reliable person was making up lies.
"You can't deny it, that's just how it is!"
In response to Xu Ling's suspicions, Kaopu did not act as it usually does. To be honest, even it felt a bit fake. However, the facts were just as it seemed, leaving no choice but to believe it.
Xu Ling carefully examined Kaopu's expression. There was not a trace of guilt in its beady eyes; it was clearly telling the truth, which left her no choice but to accept it.
Driven by curiosity, she cautiously approached the sapling again, holding her breath as she asked, "Can you say something again?"
Xu Ling was very careful, afraid that if she exhaled too heavily, she might accidentally break the slender branches of the sapling.
At first, the sapling did not move, but suddenly the branches seemed to move on their own without any wind. The branches trembled and swayed, and then the child's voice came again.
"I like Lingling"
Unlike before, when it was intermittent, its pronunciation was much more coherent, and its voice was filled with joy, making it easy to sense its current mood.
Perhaps because she had used all her strength in that moment, Xu Ling noticed that after the seedling finished speaking, its branches drooped a little and it looked wilted.
"Is it alright?" Xu Ling frowned, worried that something might be wrong. "Kaopu, come and take a look!"
"Really, you only think of me at a time like this!"
Seeing Xu Ling's worried eyes, Kaopu complained, but did not refuse in action.
The reliable person approached the sapling, scanned it carefully, and finally concluded: "It's okay, you just hit it too hard. It will be fine in a few days."
Even Kaopu heard that last sentence, which shows that a lot of effort was put into it.
"Is there anything I can do to help it?"
Xu Ling was still a little worried. After all, it was because of her request that the saplings were in this state.
After thinking for a moment, Kaopu said, "You don't need to do anything, just stay nearby."
Actually, there's another reliable method I haven't mentioned.
Xu Ling fed her immortal power to the Tree of Life, which allowed the Tree of Life to recover and even grow faster.
However, the reason why Kaopu didn't mention this method was entirely because he was scolded harshly by his superior when he asked earlier.
Why was it criticized? Can we say it completely forgot about changing the price of the Tree of Life?
Its superiors were still wondering who had hacked the mall and changed the prices, but now the culprit has delivered itself right to their doorstep.
The moment Kaopu uttered the words "Tree of Life," he was met with a sidelong glance from the other party.
Just as the human world enjoys dressing up, AI systems also like to transform themselves into other creatures. For example, a reliable person usually takes the form of a white cloud, while a reliable superior usually transforms into a blue cat.
At this moment, the plump blue cat stared intently at Kaopu, its tone icy: "The Tree of Life?"
The reliable one, unaware of the danger, nodded dumbly, "Yes, boss."
As soon as he finished speaking, Kaopu was attacked by Cat Punch.
Blue Cat tore a piece of white cloud apart with one paw, and in no time, Reliable was curled up in a ball, looking aggrieved: "Boss, why are you doing this?"
The blue cat blew away the fuzzy stuff caught on its paw, completely unconcerned.
"What do you think? You changed the price of the Tree of Life without my permission, and before I even confronted you, you came knocking on my door!"
Only when he realized his previous mistake could he look at Blue Cat with a fawning expression.
"Boss, I promise I won't do it again. Please forgive me this time."
He mustered up the courage to beg for forgiveness, and then braced himself to tell his boss what had just happened.
The cat remained unmoved and licked its paws.
Fortunately, it didn't continue to get angry at Kaopu, as if it had calmly accepted the reality.
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