Chapter 224
In the hut, Mu Bao leaned peacefully in his father's arms and fell asleep peacefully.
The plain outside the house was exceptionally quiet. As the night grew darker, the chirping of insects gradually faded, and even the sound of the gurgling water became much quieter.
In the darkness, Mu Yuncheng opened his eyes. He looked at the ceiling, but his ears were focused on the movements outside the house.
He awakened the power of the plant bloodline. Although his fighting ability was not good, his perception was still good. He could sense that there seemed to be something wandering outside the cabin. This discovery made him lose all sleepiness in an instant.
At this time, he finally remembered what the Star Alliance liaison officer had repeatedly told him: in addition to the red fog that would endanger plant life, there were also countless monsters on the Prison Star.
He was too careless.
This planet is their home planet, but it is also a very dangerous place. He shouldn't have brought his son into the wild at night.
Mu Yuncheng felt his scalp tingling. He held his breath and thought quickly about how to deal with the current crisis.
However, whether it was because they hadn't noticed them, or for some other reason, the thing outside the house never broke in. Until Mu Yuncheng's tense nerves relaxed due to fatigue, he fell asleep without knowing when...
The next day, when the first ray of sunlight shone in from outside and fell on Mu Yuncheng's eyes, he suddenly woke up from his sleep.
Realizing that he had fallen asleep, Mu Yuncheng quickly turned over and sat up, only to find that the room was peaceful, no different from before he went to bed last night, and his son Mu Bao was sleeping obediently beside him.
Mu Yuncheng breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, nothing dangerous happened...
He looked at the hazy scenery outside the glass window. He no longer had the creepy feeling he had last night. He couldn't help but wonder if his feeling last night was wrong? Or was it just a dream?
Mu Yuncheng shook his head and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
Seeing that it was getting late, he asked Mu Bao to get up and helped him change his clothes.
Mu Bao was very obedient. He raised his hand and tried to put it into his sleeve, but found that he could not bend his arm!
He was slightly stunned and looked up at his father.
Mu Yuncheng also discovered this. He didn't expect that after just one night, his son's body had become vegetative again... He was about to comfort his son, but Mu Bao spoke first.
The little boy curled up the corners of his lips slightly, his lovely smile looking clear and lively in the sunlight. He said, "It's okay. Su Su is here. He will heal me. Don't worry, Dad."
Mu Yuncheng couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat when he heard this.
He actually asked his son to comfort him, which was really wrong... However, Mu Bao was right, with the God of their Wood Clan around, he would definitely be fine!
"Well, we'll go find him later."
He touched the top of his son's head, and then continued to help him put on his clothes. Just when he was halfway through, there was a knock on the door.
"Uncle Mu, Mu Bao, are you guys up?"
Mu Bao's eyes lit up when he heard the lively and cheerful voice. He shouted, "Langze, I'm up!"
He climbed down from the bed and was about to run to the door when Mu Yuncheng picked him up and held him in his arms. He brought his son to the door, opened it and looked out, and found that in addition to the child named Langze, there was also the child with silver-white hair.
"Uncle Mu, Mubao, good morning." Lu Jiao greeted them politely.
"Meow--"
Mu Yuncheng was about to respond when he heard a cat's meow. He looked in the direction of the sound and found a little black cat hiding in the hood behind the wolf cub.
Its light blue eyes were very special. Just one look at it reminded Mu Yuncheng of the little boy named "Zhengxing".
When he looked over, the little black cat retracted its head and hid back in the hat.
Since he has already said hello, it’s not considered impolite, Zheng Xing thought.
Mu Yuncheng said with a smile: "Hello."
Then he looked up, but found no breeder following them. Instead, there was a strange blue ball following them, jumping back and forth on the grass with a duangduangduang sound.
He couldn't help but frown, and then he heard Langze say, "We're here to call you to dinner."
"Are you the only ones here?" Mu Yuncheng asked.
"Of course not." Langze said, "And Pulu!"
Mu Yuncheng heard him say that there were other people. Just as his brows relaxed, he heard a strange name. He asked in confusion, "Pulu?"
Hearing his confusion, the little white deer turned around, pointed at the water ball jumping in the distance and said, "That's it, its name is Pulu, and it's our good friend."
Perhaps hearing its own name, the water mass in the distance jumped towards this side.
After a few months, the red color on its body has faded to the point where it is almost invisible, and it has become a light, crystal clear blue.
Mu Yuncheng stared at the water ball, and Mu Bao also looked at Pulu curiously. When the water ball approached, he stretched out his finger to touch it, but...
"Puff——"
A water arrow shot at Mu Bao's face - it was obvious that although the red color on his body faded, Puru's temper did not improve much.
"Puff!" Lu Jiao protected Mu Bao. Under his stare, Shui Tuan reluctantly put away the next water arrow and continued to jump away.
"Mubao, are you okay? Puru is just playing with you, don't mind it." Lu Jiao used a handkerchief to wipe Mubao's face.
Mu Bao shook his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, I like water."
Lu Jiao then remembered that Mubao was a plant, and probably no plant didn't like water.
"What kind of creature is that?"
At this time, Lu Jiao heard Mu Yuncheng ask in a daze.
He followed Mu Yuncheng's gaze and saw that after the water ball ran away, it diverted water from the river and sprinkled it on the plain, forming a light drizzle. A beautiful rainbow could be seen in the sunlight.
"Susu said that Puru is Shui Ling." Lu Jiao replied.
Mu Yuncheng's eyes lit up, Shui Ling!
Isn’t that a water monster?
Are there other fairies on the home planet? Or are they... newly born? Judging from the intelligence displayed by the water spirit, it must have been born not long ago.
Realizing this, Mu Yuncheng couldn't help but feel refreshed.
He thought of his tribesmen who had turned into trees, and looked at the jumping water spirits, and he became more determined to transfer all the wood-type tribesmen who had reverted to their ancestral home planet.
No matter what difficulties he encounters, he cannot change his mind!
Afterwards, Mu Bao prepared to follow Langze and the others to the nursery. Before leaving, Mu Yuncheng thought of something and ran to the window at the back of the house to take a look. Sure enough, he saw several footprints of unknown creatures.
His face was a little grim. Sure enough, something had approached the cabin last night! If he had lived on the plains at the time, he would probably have encountered that thing.
Although the ancestor was there, he was in hibernation and probably couldn't protect them. Realizing this, Mu Yuncheng couldn't help but feel relieved.
Fortunately, they listened to the zookeeper Zhou and stayed in the cabin last night...
Wait, if Keeper Su is an Earth Spirit, what about Keeper Zhou? Is he really an ordinary human? The time he sent him the message yesterday seemed too coincidental.
Mu Yuncheng kept this doubt in mind and decided to observe it later.
Then he packed up all his things and prepared to stay in the accommodation arranged by the 24th Base at night and not run around anymore.
However, he thought the children came here on a flying ship, but he found out that he was wrong again. He followed them to an open space by the river bank and stepped on a pattern called a teleportation array.
He watched the water spirit jump over, and in a burst of bright light, they all disappeared on the spot. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself on the rooftop of the nursery.
Is it so convenient?!
Mu Yuncheng looked at the pattern under his feet with some curiosity, but he couldn't make any sense of it. He could only scratch his head and carry Mu Bao and the children to the restaurant for dinner.
After finishing the meal, it was around nine o'clock before I finally saw the figure of the breeder Su.
Although he had seen it yesterday, Mu Yuncheng couldn't help but stare when he saw it again. Then he realized that this was an offense to the gods, and quickly looked away.
But when he saw the breeder Zhou next to him, he paused again.
This breeder named Zhou Yan was in no way inferior to the Earth Spirit in terms of appearance and temperament. More importantly,
Mu Yuncheng could sense the subtle intimacy between the two. In the interstellar age, people were open-minded and same-sex marriage had long been legal. However...
Being able to be so close to the spirit of the earth, could it be that Zhou Yan is also a god?
Because of this suspicion, Mu Yuncheng became more respectful towards Su Ci and the others. Since he had many things to discuss with Su Ci, he finally took Mu Bao to Su Ci's dormitory.
Mu Yuncheng sat stiffly on the sofa, watching A Yan pour juice for them, and couldn't help feeling flattered.
"You are welcome."
The gentle smile on A Yan's face eased Mu Yuncheng's nervousness. He took a deep breath, looked at Su Ci, and said, "I have some arrangements that require your consent."
He sat upright, feeling his palms sweating.
"Oh? Tell me about it?" Su Ci looked at him and already had a guess in his mind.
Mu Yuncheng looked at A Yan hesitantly.
A Yan curled his lips slightly, as if he didn't understand his subtext, and instead sat down next to Su Ci.
Mu Yuncheng gritted his teeth, looked at Su Ci, and asked tentatively, "Spirit of the Earth?"
He felt that since the Lord God disguised himself as a human, he didn't want others to know. If what he wanted to say was unbearable for this young man named Zhou Yan, then the Lord God should let him leave, right?
However, seeing how close the two were, he felt that his previous guess might be correct.
Sure enough, he heard the lazy voice of the God: "Go on."
Mu Yuncheng continued, "Our ancestors said that this planet is our home planet, and you... are the spirit of this land, right?"
Su Ci nodded.
Mu Yuncheng could no longer sit still. He stood up and saluted Su Ci according to the rules of the Wood Clan, saying, "I am the patriarch of the Wood Clan, Mu Yuncheng."
"I'm so glad to be back on my home planet and have the honor of meeting you!"
"You've seen Mu Bao's situation. In fact, there are many other wood-type people whose situations are even worse than Mu Bao's!"
"They have completely reverted to their original form and have been transformed into trees for many years... Now that they have found their home planet and met you, I hope you can accept them and let them return to their home planet!"
Mu Yuncheng spoke very sincerely, fearing that the spirit of the earth would not agree.
"As long as you can accept us again, no matter what we do, we will do it. Your will is the will of the Wood Clan. We will follow your instructions and do anything."
"Please allow us to return to our home planet!"
Because the ancestors still exist today, Mu Yuncheng knows why humans fled their home planet. The situation on the home planet became so bad, wasn't it because humans ruined it?
If the gods harbored resentment towards humans, Mu Yuncheng felt that he could understand...so he was very nervous now, and even Mu Bao, who was listening, felt uneasy.
After a moment of silence, Mu Yuncheng heard the young man's calm voice: "How many tree demons like Mu Qing are there in the interstellar space?"
"There are still eight elders in the Wood Clan. They all contacted me yesterday and expressed their urgent desire to return to their home planet." Mu Yuncheng said respectfully.
Su Ci pondered for a moment and asked, "How many of the Wood Clan members you mentioned have reverted to their ancestral form?"
Mu Yuncheng became a little nervous.
He lowered his head and said, "Because the Wood Clan is distributed throughout the interstellar countries, and some of the trees are hundreds or even thousands of years old, the exact number needs further confirmation, but..."
He paused, then gritted his teeth and said, "At least more than ten thousand!"
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When Su Ci heard Mu Yuncheng's words, he immediately became interested.
He sat up straight, looked at Mu Yuncheng and asked, "More than ten thousand trees?"
Mu Yuncheng clenched his hands nervously. When he heard Su Ci's question, he nodded hurriedly, "Yes."
"Tell me in detail." Su Ci said.
Seeing that Su Ci was not disgusted and even looked very interested, Mu Yuncheng was shocked and began to explain to Su Ci.
"The Wood Clan owns three asteroids. Mupapa has about five thousand members. Ancestor Mu Qing once settled on this planet. The other two asteroids have over three thousand members combined."
These asteroids were originally abandoned resource stars. After the resources on the planets were exhausted, they could only be treated as garbage stars. Finally, they were bought by the Wood Clan at a very low price.
They transformed the planet and eventually turned it into the prosperous agricultural planet it is today. The S-grade fruits and vegetables produced on the planet are famous throughout the galaxy and have created huge wealth for the Wood Clan.
However, the main purpose of the Wood Clan buying these planets was to settle their reverted tribesmen.
When the plant bloodline awakens, the wood clan's cubs and their families will be taken to these planets in advance. Once they completely return to their ancestral form and become plants, they will stay on the planet forever.
This will ensure the safety of these tribesmen, ensure they are well cared for, and make it more convenient for their loved ones to look after them.
After losing their children, most of the Wood Clan chose to stay with the seedlings that their children had turned into. Although there were planting masters of their own clan on the planet, it was still not as reassuring as taking care of them themselves.
In this way, the three asteroids purchased successively became more and more prosperous.
Perennial plants generally have a longer lifespan than humans, so although the probability of awakening plant bloodlines is low, many still survive over the years.
In addition to those on these three asteroids, there are also Wood-type people left in various interstellar countries for various reasons. Just a rough estimate shows that the total number is definitely more than 10,000.
"Please allow the Wood Element tribe to return to their home planet! We will do our best to make up for the damage humans have done to you and our home planet in the past, and make this planet prosperous again!"
After explaining the situation, Mu Yuncheng wanted to kneel down to Su Ci as Mu Qing had done before. Seeing this, Mu Bao hurriedly followed his lead and did the same thing.
However, Su Ci did not ask them to kneel down.
He doesn't like the human race's red tape. If he agrees to something, he will agree without kneeling. If he disagrees, can kneeling make him change his mind?
Seeing that Su Ci was unhappy, Mu Yuncheng quickly pulled his son up and stood aside somewhat stiffly, waiting for Su Ci's judgment.
Under his anxious gaze, Su Ci nodded gently and said something that sounded like the sound of nature to Mu Yuncheng: "Okay, take them over. I will arrange a place for the Wood Clan."
Hearing this, Mu Yuncheng almost jumped up with joy.
Of course, when he met Su Ci's calm gaze, he still forced himself to calm down and behave more steadily in order to gain the trust of the spirit of the earth.
"Thank you so much for your generosity! We will definitely keep our promise and never let anyone harm our home planet again!"
"Next, I will gradually transfer these people to the mother planet. Due to the distance, the first batch may not arrive for four months at the earliest."
Speaking of this, Mu Yuncheng felt a little melancholy.
Transportation between planets has always been a headache. A round trip can take several months or even one or two years. If you spend your time frequently on interstellar travel, you will definitely find that your life has been greatly shortened.
This is also one of the reasons why the Wood Clan chooses to buy planets and then settle down.
Although the interstellar space is beautiful and mysterious, making people want to explore it, for ordinary people, the living space is actually not that large.
It may take a person a lifetime to completely travel around the planet where he lives, let alone such a vast starry sky.
When Mu Yuncheng recalled the lifeless landscape, a sense of responsibility surged in his heart. They still had a lot to do on their home planet, and this would be the career he would fight for all his life!
only……
At present, it seems that it may take several years just to transfer the tribe to the mother planet.
That's tens of thousands of trees, and a lot of them are old trees. How to keep them alive during an interstellar journey that lasts for several months is a huge challenge.
After all, each one of them is a member of their clan. If any loss occurs during the transfer process, Mu Yuncheng will never forgive himself.
Furthermore, how many living trees can a spacecraft carry at once? To move so many trees, wouldn't it require multiple trips?
The time cost spent on the road is really immeasurable.
At the end, Mu Yuncheng couldn't help but sigh: "Oh, it would be great if we could teleport directly between planets."
However, the transmission technology currently developed can only be used for extremely short distances. For example, the distance from the plain to the nursery in the morning is already beyond the equipment Mu Yuncheng has used before.
However, if applied to the distance between planets, this distance is still far from enough.
Of course, Mu Yuncheng just sighed a little. It is difficult to make breakthroughs in this kind of science and technology in a short period of time. He does not expect to make great progress in just a few years.
However, what he didn't expect was that after he finished speaking, the young man sitting on the sofa actually frowned and thought about it, then said, "You can give it a try."
Mu Yuncheng was stunned, "Huh?"
"Although I don't know if it will succeed, there's no harm in trying." Su Ci said.
Su Ci really didn't know whether the teleportation array could be used between stars. After all, he had never left Earth since he regained his memory, and had never used it in the stars before.
If the experiment is successful, it would be a good idea.
There are still too few resources on Earth, so it is necessary to import them from outer space. If we spend too much time on the road, it is indeed not cost-effective.
For example, Li Sinian mentioned to him that a close friend of his had a cub suffering from berserk problems, and after obtaining his consent, he had already set off to come here.
Now several months have passed and these people are still on the road. The efficiency is indeed a bit low.
Besides...
The children in the nursery will grow up one day. Although they have all promised to stay and farm for him, but... he was once trapped here and couldn't leave. Can he really bear to let them spend their whole lives on Earth?
If there were teleportation equipment, they could travel freely between planets, and there would be no need to worry that they would never come back after leaving.
And he himself can also go out for a walk when the time is right.
Perhaps because he had separated and suppressed the most rational part of his soul, Su Ci could feel that he was obviously more emotional than before.
He can't control it, so just let it be.
"I'll go prepare it and let you know when it's done." Su Ci said.
Although Mu Yuncheng still didn't understand, since Su Ci said so, he agreed.
When he said goodbye and left the room, he remembered that he actually had something else to discuss with Su Ci - should the news about the mother planet be made public?
Before going into hibernation, Elder Mu Qing had solemnly told him that he wanted to restore the reputation of the mother planet, but the attitude of the people in Base 24 after hearing the news made Mu Yuncheng hesitate.
He could not guarantee that all humans missed their home planet as much as the Mu people did, nor could he produce any evidence that could be put on the table.
It was so difficult just to convince the soldiers at the 24th Base. Just thinking about having to convince those historians who liked to quote from classics made Mu Yuncheng feel overwhelmed.
So, let’s wait until our ancestors arrive before discussing this matter!
Anyway, what Patriarch Mu Qing was talking about was to restore the reputation of the Mother Planet - humans used the Mother Planet as a prison planet to detain criminals, which was indeed too much, and he could make a fuss about this.
To correct the name, let’s start by changing the mother planet to a name that is recognized by the universe!
Mu Yuncheng made up his mind, and then, as Su Ci requested, he took his son to Greenland to find the two breeders, Zhuang Shisong and Wei Ming.
Because Mu Bao's arm did not affect his normal activities after it turned into a plant, Su Ci did not suppress his bloodline power for the time being. Instead, he asked him to find two cultivators to learn the spiritual plant master's inheritance.
Who could be more suitable to be a spiritual plant master than a cub with plant blood?
After autumn, there are fewer plants along the river bank, but there is a greenhouse at the nursery, so the plants on the green land are not greatly affected.
When Mu Yuncheng arrived, Wei Ming was not there. Only Zhuang Shisong was watering the plants and recording their growth conditions.
When he saw Mu Yuncheng and his son, he remembered the news he heard from Cen Liang yesterday, and his eyes suddenly lit up - they were the wood clan with plant blood!
While Zhuang Shisong was talking to Mu Yuncheng, Mu Bao, who was standing next to his father, was attracted by the plants on the green land.
After autumn, the growth of ordinary plants was affected to some extent, but this did not include several spiritual plants.
The two star chain fruit plants, which are characterized by growth, still have flowers blooming on the branches, and the vines and leaves are lush and growing well, which makes people feel good at first sight.
Mu Bao squinted his eyes and smiled, then he looked towards the corner of the green space. Since he came here, he had been hearing sounds coming from there.
While Zhuang Shisong and Wei Ming were not paying attention, he walked towards the corner step by step with his short legs.
"Come on! Come on!"
Mu Bao looked at the two small trees in front of him curiously and quickly recognized that they were two pear trees. They were about the same height as him, only slightly shorter.
He could feel the sound of joyful laughter coming from one of the small trees.
"Come on, come on! Let's grow-grow-grow together!"
The little pear tree swayed its branches, as if to encourage him, "Grow together—grow—grow—"
Then, Mu Bao felt something, raised his eyes, and saw that... his hair had turned into green vines again! Moreover, the small leaves that usually grew slowly were now growing at a rapid speed.
"Hehehe—long! long! long!"
"Long! Long! Long!"
As the voice kept shouting, his head was soon covered with green leaves, and from a distance it looked like a tree canopy.
Just when Mu Bao was about to cry in anxiety, another small pear tree next to him that had been sleeping soundly seemed to be woken up, and Mu Bao heard a lazy voice.
"Not long...sleep...sleep..."
Then, the leaves on his head that were growing rapidly suddenly stopped.
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