Therefore, Xu Ling sometimes couldn't help but suspect that Thanos was using this trick to get food from her.
So when Thanos came over, Xu Ling didn't even lift her eyelids or glance in his direction. She even asked him irritably, "What do you want?"
Thanos was used to Xu Ling's attitude.
Ever since he and Xu Ling had that crazy argument, Xu Ling hasn't given him a friendly look.
However, normally Thanos would have held a grudge, but now, he had something more exciting to do, so he decided not to argue with Xu Ling.
"Ruth, go to the tree."
Xu Ling paused as she swiped across the system screen, then turned to look at Thanos.
Xu Ling couldn't help but find it strange. Thanos was far too excited; his tail was practically wagging off!
"Thanos, what are you so excited about?"
Xu Ling turned around and gave Thanos a serious once-over.
Unfortunately, aside from excitement, she couldn't see anything else.
"Why are you asking so many questions? Let's go!"
Thanos, seeing that Xu Ling was asking all sorts of questions but wouldn't leave, couldn't help but urge her on impatiently.
Not only that, Thanos moved behind Xu Ling and used his body to push her towards the Tree of Life.
Xu Ling was caught off guard and was pushed by Thanos, almost falling over. She quickly steadied herself.
After regaining her balance, Xu Ling's first action was to glare at Thanos.
Thanos was startled by this; he hadn't expected that Xu Ling would fall down so easily without him exerting much force.
He immediately dared not make any other moves. When he saw Xu Ling turn around and glare at him, he quickly put on a flattering smile.
"Xu Ling, don't be angry, I didn't mean to!"
Seeing this, Xu Ling snorted coldly, not caring about it, and turned to walk towards the Tree of Life.
Of course she knew Thanos didn't do it on purpose. If Thanos really dared, she'd teach him a lesson!
Seeing that Xu Ling wasn't angry, Thanos was relieved and immediately chased after her.
"Wait for me!"
Thanos was much faster than Xu Ling on foot, and soon he caught up with her.
The two strolled towards the Tree of Life.
Ruth had been looking around for a long time, and when she saw Xu Ling coming over, she immediately went to greet her.
"Owner!"
Ruth's voice was filled with urgency, and Xu Ling's heart immediately tightened. What had happened?
"What's wrong, Ruth?"
Therefore, Xu Ling's voice sounded a bit anxious.
Now it was Ruth's turn to be stunned. Why had her master suddenly become so anxious?
Ruth couldn't understand, and replied somewhat blankly, "No, nothing."
"Then why are you in such a hurry?" Xu Ling was clearly not convinced, thinking that Ruth was just comforting her. "Tell me honestly, has something happened to the Tree of Life?"
Ruth then realized that she had caused Xu Ling to misunderstand. She immediately shook her head, but after a moment's thought, she nodded again.
Xu Ling was somewhat confused. What did it mean by shaking her head and nodding at the same time?
Therefore, there was inevitably a hint of doubt in his words just now.
What exactly do you mean by this?
Xu Ling looked at Ruth, her brows furrowed.
However, at this moment, Ruth was so nervous that she couldn't find the words. Fortunately, she had a flash of inspiration and pointed in the direction of the Tree of Life, signaling Xu Ling to go and take a look.
Does this mean there's a problem with the Tree of Life?
Without asking any further questions, Xu Ling hurriedly ran over.
The Tree of Life is now more lush and leafy than it was a month ago, and it looks like a large tree that has been growing for several years.
The Tree of Life has undergone such a significant change thanks to the fact that it hasn't released even a single trace of plant essence in the past month.
In other words, the Tree of Life absorbs all the essence of plants into its own body for its own growth.
Of course, not only did the Tree of Life itself become much thicker, but the red fruit on the tree also grew considerably larger.
The red fruit is now almost the same size as Thanos; it's hard to imagine that just a month ago, it was only the size of a strawberry.
Clearly, the Tree of Life makes the most of the plant's essence, not wasting a single drop.
Perhaps that's why, after waiting for a month, Fei'er didn't see the Tree of Life release even a fraction of its plant essence.
This has resulted in the snake venom in Fay's body remaining in a dangerously critical state of equilibrium.
Therefore, it is unknown when the Tree of Life will release its plant essence again.
Fortunately, Fei'er maintained a positive attitude. Although she couldn't suppress the snake venom immediately, there was still hope, so she wasn't particularly anxious.
Xu Ling looked at the Tree of Life and saw that everything was exactly the same as what she had seen that morning, with virtually no changes, which made her somewhat confused.
So, what exactly is Ruth so nervous about?
Xu Ling looked confused.
Just as she was about to ask Ruth what was going on, the scene before her eyes immediately shocked her and made her understand why Ruth was nervous.
Xu Ling subconsciously took a few steps back, covered her mouth with her hand, and suppressed the scream that was about to burst out.
It was because she saw the huge red fruit in front of her suddenly begin to wriggle.
Whether it was Xu Ling's imagination or not, she saw stem-like protrusions resembling blood vessels on the surface of the red fruit.
The stem-like protrusions crisscrossed the surface of the fruit, and not only that, but something unknown seemed to be circulating within these protrusions.
Almost instantly, Xu Ling got goosebumps all over at the sight.
Okay, this feels like something out of a horror movie!
Is there some kind of monster living inside?
Xu Ling couldn't help but wonder.
Back then, before she was sent to the West for further studies, she watched some Western films in order to understand Western culture.
It has to be said that this choice was a mistake back then. She watched a lot of films, but none of them were useful, which left her completely clueless when she arrived in the West.
If it were just that, it wouldn't be so bad, but Xu Ling's choice of films left her with a lot of trauma.
I don't know what she was thinking back then, but a large portion of the films she selected turned out to be horror movies.
Horror movies are one thing, but many of them push the limits of human physiology.
Naturally, Xu Ling's physical limits were challenged in this way, leaving her with an indelible shadow.
Therefore, upon seeing the blood vessel-like undulations on the surface of the red fruit, Xu Ling experienced a stress response.
She had forgotten the names of those films, but she had a deep impression of them.
In a daze, she seemed to hear the heartbeat coming from the red fruit.
"Thump, thump, thump-thump—"
Xu Ling felt a chill run down her spine, but her gaze remained fixed on the red fruit, unable to look away.
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