Chapter 296 The Tomb Next Door
When Mu Zhong heard this, he let out a sigh and put down the hand that was pressing on his lips.
Although it was not clear on the projection screen in front of me, it was confirmed that as Wei Huan gave the order, Hammer Brother also moved.
The last layer of seal covering the World Tree was manually removed by Thor, who then placed the roots of the World Tree on top of the Heart of Life. He watched as the Tree of Life quickly grew roots that wrapped around the Heart of Life, sprouted branches, and grew rapidly, like a living thing.
Wei Huan shouted again: "Go back."
The little dog-headed man on Thor's shoulder opened his mouth and howled, then swallowed Thor into his stomach.
The next second, Thor was spit out from the mouth of another little dog-headed man, and appeared in the cab with a mouthful of fishy and salty sea water, just behind Wei Huan.
But not to mention that Thor has a low presence, just the scene happening in front of him is enough to make anyone dare not look away for a moment.
As the seal was lifted, the World Tree seemed to have been thirsty for a lifetime. It swallowed up the sea water voraciously while rapidly growing roots, branches and sprouts.
The growth rate was terrifying, like blowing air. The World Tree quickly grew to a size that could no longer be accommodated in the passage, and its roots began to spread to the area of the surviving plant tribes.
These remnants of plants seemed to know what this thing was. Although they were clearly plants, they showed fear. The roots that had previously chased Wei Huan viciously scrambled to separate and spread backwards, trying to avoid the tentacles of the World Tree.
It’s a pity that they grow too densely. Not only do they have nowhere to hide, but their movement speed is also not as fast as the spreading roots of the World Tree.
Soon, the huge rhizomes of these survivors were caught and entangled by the roots of the World Tree, becoming new nutrients.
Then, with the World Tree as the center, the remnants of plants spread outward in patches of withered yellow, like a prairie in autumn.
Looking down from the chariot, the darkness visible under the feet dissipated, and the feeling of oppression also disappeared.
Immediately afterwards, the crown of the World Tree grew out from the passage.
The emerald green leaves are a bit like the shape of maple leaves, rustling and swaying, as if waving their arms towards the human race who are watching their birth. A faint fluorescence surrounds them, and the power of nature is already emanating from them.
At first, the World Tree grew very fast, increasing by a thousand meters per minute. It soon surpassed the chariot and grew to a higher place.
At the same time, as it grew, the sea water seemed to be purified, and even without the eighth-level headlights, the view in front of me was much clearer.
There was also a pure natural force emanating from it, and all the challengers enveloped by this force seemed to have their cultivation levels slightly weakened.
Wei Huan ordered Dian Ma to step back. Although he knew that the World Tree would not attack humans and did not use humans as nutrients, but as he watched the remnant seaweed under his feet being absorbed, Wei Huan still did not want to be touched by those roots.
Besides, the World Tree grows very fast. In a short while, its trunk is more than a thousand meters thick and its height exceeds tens of thousands of meters.
But this is just the beginning.
A god-level plant called the World Tree, which has the heart of life and can blow up a world, is much bigger than it is now.
It will continue to grow...
"Is this the World Tree?"
“It’s huge!”
"It will be even bigger."
"Are we going to live in this tree from now on?"
"That's right. A single leaf can form a small community, and the trunk is like an island. This is the World Tree."
"So cool! Is this the Chongcheng of our species? What a magical scene! I really wish everyone could see it."
"It will be broadcast on Blue Planet. Humanity has finally found a foothold in the Level 6 world and is no longer a rootless duckweed in the deep sea. This is such a joyous event, and we must celebrate it together."
"Although I say it every day, I really want to thank Commander Wei..."
Kritov was on a high place and witnessed this moment with his own eyes.
Watching the tiny sapling grow into such a towering tree in the blink of an eye, looking at the thick branches and thick leaves, he took a deep breath. When he thought that humans could live on such a wonderful tree in the future, he felt that this drifting and challenging world finally had a place to settle down, and the future was promising.
Captain Fang said in the video: "Even though you may think I'm nagging if I keep saying this, I still want to thank you."
Wei Huan smiled and said, "Everyone says that I brought back the World Tree. But you and I know that you have been protecting this World Tree from the very beginning, and you were the one who brought it back in the end."
Captain Fang shook his head: "I only know the dumbest method. If you hadn't broken the impasse, I wouldn't have been able to pass the test even if I had guarded this World Tree for thousands of years. I would never have thought of planting the World Tree in a Level 6 world and changing my fate like this right now."
Wei Huan didn't deny this last point. Planting the World Tree in a Level Six world was indeed his flash of inspiration, but whether it was Daxia's unconditional support for him or Captain Fang's risking so much to send the World Tree to a Level Six world, both showed that this wasn't the work of one person, but rather the collective efforts of humanity.
Captain Fang said before Wei Huan spoke, "The human race needs heroes, we need a guiding light in this darkness. This role belongs to you, and you are already standing here.
Commander Wei, even I have deep respect for you."
Wei Huan stopped talking.
This is indeed what he has been doing, and he understands what he has changed, and he is proud of himself for it.
Because he was doing what he wanted to do, he didn't feel any burden. He just thought about it and did it.
But if he receives sincere gratitude for this, he will be happy and joyful.
There was still some finishing work to do, so Wei Huan waited until this part was finished before leaving the cab to continue recovering his strength.
The World Tree grows very fast, but no matter how fast it grows, it will take time for it to grow to the size of the real world.
What follows is a long wait. I don’t know how long it will take to reach the ideal livable standard.
However, during this period, someone would measure and record the changes in the World Tree and the sea water that began to drop little by little every day.
Yes, the sea level was indeed falling as expected at the beginning.
The World Tree needs nutrients to grow, and the sea water and the survivors will provide it with nutrients. In return, these things that threaten humans will gradually disappear.
But it is unknown to what extent the sea water will recede when the World Tree grows up. But in any case, it will not be a matter of one or two days, and Wei Huan has his own things to do.
After returning to the Occupation Temple again, Wei Huan set his sights on the large tomb next door.
As expected, one dark beast king is still too few. The more powerful creatures like this, the better.
That day, after Wei Huan had rested up enough and upgraded all the main undead to level six, he finally started to act.
Ten days have passed since the World Tree was planted. Wei Huan's level six two-headed hidden demons have recovered to 2,000. In addition, some of the Demon Eye Lords, Shuroma, Flying Monkeys, etc. have also been upgraded to level six.
In addition, over the past few days, Dianma's tribe has also acquired a lot of level six earth beasts and face huggers, and its strength has been further improved.
Finally today, Wei Huan, who thought it was almost done, recruited all the undead, and the number reached a huge 250,000. Then he stepped onto the back shell of Dianma, sat on the bone throne formed by the twisted and entangled bodies of facehuggers, and set off.
He had a premonition that there would be a war.
Different tombs are like different kingdoms. Since he has made it clear that he wants to occupy the tomb next door, there is no reason for the other party to surrender.
The undead army came to the edge of the tomb in a mighty force. Wei Huan had been here before, but at the beginning, as long as he left the tomb a short distance away, he would be blocked by an invisible air wall and unable to go any further.
Of course not now.
When he reached Sequence 6, the restrictions in the tomb were lifted. Although this was his first time trying to go outside, the undead army successfully passed through the place where the air wall used to be.
"Hey~"
Next was Dian Ma, which lifted its slender jade-like legs and stepped into the air wall.
Wei Huan sat on the bone throne, his hands clenched slightly on the armrests, and only after confirming that he had successfully passed through the air wall did his frown slowly relax.
His prediction turned out to be correct. The so-called "spreading plague" of Sequence Six [Plague Spreader] did not mean spreading the virus among humans, but rather represented the process of invading outward and occupying other tombs.
It seems that this sequence is a process of fighting and war.
After all, at the current stage, the only ones who can really significantly improve his combat effectiveness are the Dark Beast Kings, and it is not so easy to recruit the Dark Beast Kings. This may be the highest type of troops he can recruit.
There is always a price to pay for improving strength, but for a powerful and special existence like the Dark Beast King, it is worth fighting for it.
Wei Huan and his undead army passed through the restriction and came to the foggy area between the tombs.
But there is no danger here, no living creatures or plants, not even the ground, only fog.
The undead who cannot fly cannot pass through the fog. Looking at the undead who are staying at the edge of the fog, Wei Huan turned his head to look at the tomb that was about to be reached.
It's like crossing a river, or perhaps these fogs are moats protecting different tombs, and this will be another siege.
Wei Huan sneered when he realized that his role with the Dark Beast Tribe would always remain the same.
He is not afraid of such fierce battles in reality, let alone in order to advance and complete the conquest in his own professional temple, he will only be enthusiastic and do better!
"go!"
The ghost crow followed his orders and flew towards the tomb opposite first.
“Quack, quack, quack—”
At the beginning of a battle, you must send out scouts first to know yourself and the enemy, so that you can win every battle.
Then send out sufficient number of combat formations.
The level six two-headed hidden demon is the main combat force. They are equipped with a flying monkey in kite state to reduce damage and increase attributes.
At the same time, they are also equipped with green light balls, and carry a certain number of Nether Fire and Puppy Men. "Bombing" and "Teleportation" are both Wei Huan's magic weapons for siege warfare.
Finally, the flying facehugger is transformed into a vehicle, carrying the necessary ground troops through the fog.
Wei Huan possessed the beast of thought. Although he could not increase the strength of his physical body in the professional temple, it was transformed into a strengthening of his spiritual body here.
At the same time, there was a white Bichon Frise floating beside him. The Bichon Frise had soft and fluffy fur and could fly, but its eyes were not cute at all. There was a green fire flashing in its eyes, making it look cold and fierce.
Wei Huan, who was covered in black flames, raised his hand and rubbed the Bichon Frise's head. With an idea in mind, he ordered his mother to follow the army and slowly move forward carrying him.
The distance between the large tombs is not small, equivalent to the size of a large tomb.
This refers to the size outside the tomb.
Outside the tomb is the area where low-level undead live. It is not big, only about 2,000 square kilometers. Wei Huan, who has just awakened his profession, only needs 3 days to patrol the mountain.
But the world inside the tomb is a hundred times larger than the outside world, but the number of undead is not as many as outside the tomb.
High-level dark beasts have territorial habits, and the territory is not small. Even if Wei Huan rides Dianma slowly, it will take him about a month to complete the journey.
This black fog is the same size as the outside of the tomb. It doesn't take long to walk in a straight line to reach another tomb.
Wei Huan had just set out when the Ghost Crow made a discovery.
Sister Crow flew back, quacking, and reported the latest information to Wei Huan.
When the Ghost Crow landed on the opposite tomb, it was attacked by other Ghost Crow undead.
Of course, the unupgraded Ghost Crows would not be a match for Sister Crow and the others. A level 6 Sister Crow could easily defeat a hundred of them.
But the fact that he was attacked was true, which proved that Wei Huan's guess was correct. He needed to use absolute force to conquer the next big tomb.
"Then fight!"
Wei Huan didn’t have the idea of “this is my undead, killing one less is one less”.
Since this is a war, we must give our all to win.
At worst, he could just kill all the scattered soldiers. He only wanted the Dark Beast King.
As his belief grew stronger, the undead army fighting in the front became more and more brave. Two thousand two-headed hidden demons bombarded the tomb like bombs, shocking the stragglers and making them fall to the ground. Before they could come to their senses, they were easily crushed by the two-headed hidden demons.
It's like beating up a child.
By the time Wei Huan landed, half of the undead that had gathered after he crossed the fog had been cleared out by his undead army, and the only ones left were those that had not yet arrived.
Because they were so weak in fighting, many of the backup plans Wei Huan had prepared at the beginning were useless.
But it doesn’t matter. The Hellfire Bomb is a strategic reserve after all, so it’s better not to use it if possible.
Wei Huan sat on the throne of bones, looking down at the group of undead who gathered at his feet without fear of life or death, and another group of undead who reappeared in the tomb after being killed, but were no longer aggressive towards him.
While ordering the two-headed hidden demon to continue killing, he swept his eyes over the reborn undead, especially the facehuggers and earth beasts. He did not let go of any of them he saw and ignited the fire of death of them all.
“Eh~!”
Dian Ma cheered and swallowed the earth beasts and face huggers that Wei Huan had successfully recruited into her abdomen.
Wei Huan now has more than 20,000 points of dark power, but the face hugger is not even of grade. Recruiting one does not consume even a bit of dark power. The speed of igniting the fire of death is as fast as breathing, and green flames appear in patches on the ground.
Dianma was happily "swallowing" the food, not letting any of it go, and quickly replenishing the quantity it had been lacking. Its strength was visibly growing.
When Wei Huan ignited a ground beast, he felt a distinct difference. Its soul was more active, and it consumed more psychic energy. He immediately realized that this ground beast must be the ground beast queen of this tomb.
With a queen, he can train another earth beast queen and obtain a second earth beast army.
But Wei Huan recruited the queen of the earth beast without hesitation and ordered it to throw itself into Dian Ma's abdominal cavity.
You can have a second legion of earth beasts, and you can have a third one, as for the necromancer, of course the more undead the better.
But the prerequisite is to solve the malnutrition of Dian Ma first, and whether to cultivate a second Earth Beast Queen or not, we also have to ask the attitude of the "elders".
After spending so much time together, Wei Huan could no longer regard these heroic undead as mere tools.
Moreover, in order to train the second queen of earth beasts, the growth of Dian Ma was affected, but the gain did not outweigh the loss.
"Yi~~"
After eating the second Earth Beast Queen, Dian Ma's aura suddenly soared upwards. Perhaps it would not take long for it to grow into Wei Huan's first "pseudo-god-level hero".
When Wei Huan was taking the fifth-level highway assessment, he had fought against a pseudo-god-level hero, and his strength was indeed very strong.
Since the word "God" is involved, it must be very powerful.
Wei Huan is very much looking forward to Dian Ma's advancement.
The process of conquering the area outside the second tomb was very simple, even easier than conquering a third-level dark beast territory.
When Wei Huan's undead army descended upon the tomb through the dog-headed men, it took him less than an hour to completely occupy the tomb. After he killed all the undead and resurrected them, they no longer had any hostility towards him. They were just like the undead he met in the initial tomb, wandering around unconsciously. As long as Wei Huan thought about it, he could recruit them to his side.
However, apart from the underground blood beasts, Wei Huan only planned to recruit the Nether Fire in the tomb, and he did not want to recruit other undead for the time being.
His dark power and undead forage are limited every day. Given the intensity of the current battlefield, there is no need to cultivate some low-level undead, which is also a waste of resources.
Wei Huan stood on the tomb that he had completely conquered and looked down at his feet.
The pitch-black earth was filled with the power of the netherworld. Strands of living soil scrambled to climb up the edge of his shoes, but they did not dare to go any further. They just entangled with each other like this, stickily expressing their intimacy with Wei Huan.
It seems that they are the same.
Wei Huan shifted his gaze and looked into the depths of the tomb.
Next, we will go to the Tomb World.
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"Has the sea level already fallen three kilometers? Will the highest part of the treetop be clear of the sea tomorrow? The roots have already successfully penetrated into the Divine Surge. It seems the Life Stone is indeed helping the World Tree. It will absorb nutrients from the Divine Corpse to grow. This is why the two legendary life forms finally combined their power to break the limitations of the world."
Mu Zhong looked through the reports from all parties at the meeting, especially the progress of the World Tree, which was his daily focus.
One of the investigators asked, "Captain Mu, after the World Tree leaves the sea, can we stay on it?"
"Not yet." Mu Zhong shook his head. "After a while of growth, we need to see where its limits are." After thinking for a moment, he added, "But we can stop temporarily."
"Okay." A smile crossed the investigator's face, as did everyone else in the meeting room. Spending their days in a car and floating in the deep ocean, even the largest tanks, the deep sea no longer felt so oppressive. But human nature yearns for blue skies and white clouds, for freedom. Setting foot on the World Tree was everyone's greatest hope.
Mu Zhong's expression remained calm. He looked at Xu Qingqiang and the others in the battle group and said, "This is your first time independently opening a gold-level treasure chest in a level-6 world. Not bad. Not only did you take advantage of the level-6 chariots, but you also allowed the pioneering army to participate and contribute. Now it seems that we are fully capable of adventuring in this world. Next, you should make an action plan and split into two teams to explore in different directions. We can't just wait here for the World Tree to grow. Going out to explore the world and collect supplies is the mission of our pioneering army."
Xu Qingqiang said arrogantly, biting his cigarette, "That's right. We can't become useless without the boss. What's a mere gold treasure chest? That's because we haven't encountered a platinum-level treasure chest. I can still open a platinum-level treasure chest."
Captain Xue said, "Captain Kritov's command ability in the tank encirclement and suppression battle was very strong."
Kritov smiled. "I'm new here, and I'm honored that our heroic warriors are willing to obey my orders. We have a huge advantage this time, and the strength of our tanks is overwhelming."
Mu nodded, "I'm glad you guys are getting along so well."
He looked at Xu Qingqiang and Captain Xue. In fact, the deputy driver could be picked up from between these two people, but Kritov was airborne, and Mu Zhong was worried that the two of them would not obey his orders.
Captain Xue said, "Don't worry. I may be a bit arrogant, but I'm not blind to my own abilities. I still have a lot to learn from General Kritov."
Xu Qingqiang said: "I am not considered in terms of seniority. I am only 24 years old. The old general is three years older than me. I will learn from him first, and then I will take over after he retires."
Kritov was amused by the two young men's blunt words. "Yes, that's right. During my tenure, I will do my best to pass on all my battlefield experience to you. Only you young people are the future and can lead humanity to the end."
"Thank you." Mu Zhong looked at Kritov deeply. He liked the old general's character of being able to take things as they come. He was not greedy for power and put the human race first in everything. It was their luck to have such a general with excellent character in the chariot.
As the meeting was about to end, Xu Qingqiang said, "By the way, Xia Yu asked me to ask you, how is Alfonso's review going?"
Ever since Xia Yu drove his chariot out alone to save people and treat the wounded, he has stayed outside and has not returned.
Mainly because of Alfonso.
Although Wei Huan's attitude was that it didn't matter whether Alfonso got in the car or not, everyone else, including Mu Zhong, had the same idea.
Why would they give the professional training ground they fought so hard to obtain to Kangaroo Nation for nothing? Not to mention that Kangaroo Nation had never done anything good in the past, and had always been a stumbling block for Daxia. The Wise Man Training Ground was extremely precious and of great significance; there was no reason to give it away.
Since Alfonso wanted to get in the car, he would just have to wait for her approval before getting in the car. For this reason, Xia Yu's chariot had not returned because she was worried that Alfonso would change his mind and not come again.
Unfortunately, Alfonso failed to pass the fourth review.
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