Forty-five years after my reincarnation, under your protection, the village has gradually grown stronger, and they have begun to expand to more distant places, covering an increasingly wider area.
Over the years, villagers from other villages have also wandered into your village, and the villagers of your village have been very kind in accepting them, making them part of the village.
Fifty years after your reincarnation, the village has become increasingly prosperous, and more and more people are worshipping you. Your abilities have grown stronger day by day, but to your dismay, you are still stuck in the same place and cannot move.
However, you didn't lose heart. The magical power of incense made you feel that one day you would be able to transform into a human, and you looked forward to it.
Sixty years have passed since my reincarnation. The world has changed dramatically. The village has become a bustling city.
Your tree stands proudly in the center of the city, its trunk reaching a hundred meters high! Because of you, this city is named Willow City.
Seventy years after your reincarnation, Liucheng has grown rapidly, and your wonders have spread widely, attracting many humans to join Liucheng's ranks.
As Liucheng continues to grow stronger, you also begin to slowly uncover the truth of this world.
It turns out that gods really do exist in this world, and the place you are in is a remote and sparsely populated area.
Only a small number of weaker deities come here to recruit believers, allowing them to continuously absorb the power of incense offerings to enhance their strength.
Your existence also alerted the gods; a mere tree dared to compete with them for believers.
Not long after, you were besieged by various gods. You wanted to resist, but you were not powerful enough.
The residents of Liucheng also took up arms to resist these gods, but under their overwhelming power, the entire city of Liucheng was destroyed by the gods' wrath.
You too were blasted to pieces by those gods, and white willow catkins drifted in Liucheng, telling the story of your passing.
After destroying you, the gods did not stop there; they began to divide up your followers.
In the end, all that remained after they left was devastation, and Liucheng was erased from history.
Zhang Mu stared at the message in silence for a long time. His consciousness slowly faded away, leaving this place, and he shouted something in his mind.
"System, you don't need to wait three years, wake me up as soon as I'm reincarnated!"
......
"Phew...it really did turn into a tree..."
Zhang Mu looked at the situation in front of him and complained.
What would it feel like to become a tree?
It's kind of amazing; when I'm in the sun, my body feels warm, and the range of my senses is quite wide.
"System, is it still running? At this rate, who knows when we'll get anything done, and we'll be targeted by many gods in the future."
Zhang Mu started to curry favor with powerful figures.
Ye Yu grinned. Hanging up is easy, there are plenty of excuses, and they're all quite reasonable.
[Ding! A major crisis has been detected that the host will face in the future!]
[A life-saving gift package is being distributed!]
[Enable?]
"Activate!"
Zhang Mu was secretly delighted. As expected, his system daddy was really good; he really gave him a cheat code.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained the "Incense Offering to Achieve Divinity" technique!]
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained the "Breathing Technique"!]
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained the Space Willow Body!]
As the reward was distributed, Zhang Mu's body underwent a rapid transformation. He went from a sapling to a towering tree in the blink of an eye, and his trunk continued to grow.
Holy crap! That's a huge cheat!
Zhang Mu exclaimed in surprise. He felt his abilities growing stronger and stronger, and once the transformation was complete, he would have complete control over everything around him.
This is only the initial awakening!
Zhang Mu discovered that there was still much for Yang Liu to discover in this space.
The Method of Becoming a God Through Incense Offerings: You can absorb incense offerings to become a god, cultivating the power of incense into your own strength. The more believers you have, the stronger you become!
Breathing Technique: Every breath you take increases your strength; you're training even while offline! The longer you stay offline, the stronger you become!
Looking at the rewards he received, Zhang Mu was overjoyed. With these things, those damn gods could just wait to die!
However, before having followers, he could only rely on breathing techniques to slowly grow stronger and explore his own abilities.
This time it seems there's something to do, and Zhang Mu won't be as bored as in the simulation.
Twelve years have passed in the blink of an eye.
"It's finally here! I've been waiting for so long!"
That day, Zhang Mu exited his cultivation state and looked at a group of humans in the distance.
This must be the group of people in the simulation, since we haven't seen any other humans in all these years.
"This time, we won't wait for them to gradually expand to my area; we'll directly influence them to build villages here."
Just as Zhang Mu was about to make a move, he noticed that the group of people were already heading towards him.
"What a huge tree!"
"My goodness! It's at least a hundred meters high and several tens of meters wide!"
They were quite amazed, having been attracted by such a huge willow tree as soon as they arrived.
"I think this place is nice, let's start cultivating this wasteland!"
"Yes, with such a big tree, it's great to have shade on hot days!"
So, this group of people began to cultivate wasteland around Zhang Mu.
This saved Zhang Mu a lot of effort.
"Alright, but since that's the case, I'll help you out!"
Zhang Mu activated his ability, and in an instant, the group of people found they had inexhaustible strength when they were cultivating the wasteland.
Moreover, the surrounding land gradually became fertile.
As the days went by, they also discovered that this magic only worked near the willow tree; it lost its effectiveness beyond a certain distance.
Their attitude towards the willow tree gradually changed; they became more respectful, but they didn't immediately become Zhang Mu's followers.
"We need to take it slow, there's no rush."
He continued his cultivation and constantly used his abilities to protect this group of people.
Time flies, and another six years have passed.
Under Zhang Mu's watchful eye, the place became lively. The village was quite large, having developed over the past six years.
The population has reached a thousand.
That same year, a severe drought struck, and Zhang Mu felt the time was right.
He withdrew his ability to provide protection.
The village, now deprived of its shelter, was quickly affected by the severe drought. Although the crops did not fail completely, the difference compared to previous years was enormous.
The villagers were struggling to make ends meet, but they had not yet placed their hopes on Zhang Mu.
As the severe drought continued to affect the village, their remaining food supplies dwindled, and their morale plummeted.
"It's over. If it's still like this next year, we'll have no choice but to flee!"
"Sigh, why did we have to run into such a severe drought? Things were fine in previous years!"
Moreover, after Zhang Mu removed his abilities, the villagers felt they had lost their former vitality and would get tired quickly when they started working.
A month has passed in the blink of an eye.
Many of the nearby plants have turned yellow and withered, and it is estimated that they will die completely soon. Only Zhang Mu's huge body stands on the ground.
The crowd finally noticed this strange phenomenon.
"Could it be that because we haven't worshipped the willow tree in recent years, it no longer protects us?"
They used to respect the willow tree under Zhang Mu's protection, and would occasionally pay their respects to Zhang Mu.
But as time went on, they got used to it and gradually took this protection for granted.
They thought the disappearance of their shelter might be because the willow tree was angry and withdrew its protection from them.
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