Lin Ruo's spiritual power continued to spread out. When she saw fruits on the mutated plants around her, she would manipulate the water flow to pick one and send it into her space for A Liu to identify. However, A Liu wouldn't allow her to pick most of the fruits from the mutated plants here, probably because they were poisonous. Only the fruits on a few mutated trees were edible, but they didn't have much effect.
Lin Ruo did not dig out the plants with fruit, but instead dug out some powerful ones. Among the dozen or so level 3 mutated plants, except for the three that attacked Lin Ruo and were turned into withered trees, the rest were dug into the stone box in his space one after another.
Once they return, they can plant the mutated trees in their own mutated forest, which will further enhance the strength of the mutated forest.
As Lin Ruo dug, he determined the location. Their distribution was strange; they seemed to be growing around the level 4 mutated tree inside, forming a circle.
Moreover, they did not encounter any mutated animals along the way; their surroundings were entirely dominated by mutated plants.
Lin Ruo looked at the tallest mutated tree. If these mutated plants weren't fed on the flesh and blood of mutated animals, how did they obtain energy? And the one in the middle could even grow to level 4?
Her spiritual power continued to explore deeper but ultimately yielded nothing. What could be the reason for this?
After running uphill for a few more minutes, Lin Ruo finally saw the Jade Dragon Manor, which was hidden by these giant trees, with his naked eyes. The manor was built in a magnificent and splendid style, with a Chinese style throughout. The roof was covered with blue tiles, with flying eaves and carved beams and painted rafters. It was a famous tourist attraction before the apocalypse.
And that level 4 mutated tree was planted right in the middle of Jade Dragon Manor.
This mutated tree is over 100 meters tall, a height rarely seen even among level 4 mutated trees, indicating that it must have been very old before the apocalypse.
The bark of this tree is cracked like a leopard's skin, and its leaves are strip-shaped. It is actually a king of golden larch!
She scanned the King of Golden Pine Trees with her spiritual power and suddenly discovered that the tree's crystal core was not growing at the roots, but in the middle of the trunk. She was puzzled. She had survived in the apocalypse for 6 years and had never seen anything like this before. This tree was strange.
The mutated pine king also noticed that outsiders had entered the area, but it did not attack Lin Ruo and the others. Instead, it stretched out its branches and gently patted the mutated plants that wanted to attack them, as if it were disciplining a disobedient child.
In front of this mutated tree, Afu and Ashou's tense nerves strangely calmed down, and they even felt a sense of closeness to the tree. This surprised Lin Ruo. She knew how wary Afu and Ashou were of unfamiliar mutated beasts and plants, but this tree could make them instantly lower their guard.
Thinking of the differentiation ability of the mutated locust tree she encountered during the extreme cold period, she narrowed her eyes slightly. Could this be the ability of this mutated tree?
Lin Ruo jumped off Ah Shou's back and slowly walked to the vicinity of the mutated golden pine king. When her hand gently touched the thick trunk, the tree did not resist at all.
Her eyes flickered slightly. If this tree was feigning kindness, it was truly magnanimous. If she had malicious intentions, it would have been dead long ago.
However, upon closer reflection, she realized it made sense. If the tree hadn't been so docile, how could those two ordinary survivors have managed to climb to the top and pick that ripe fruit?
This tree must have lived for so long that it has become accustomed to living with humans, which is why it is so gentle.
Fortunately, there were so many powerful mutated plants around it, otherwise its crystal core would probably have been dug up long ago.
At this moment, the mutated tree stretched out two branches, pointed to the white fruit at the top of its tree, and shook the branches at Lin Ruo. Then it made some gestures. Lin Ruo had lived with A Liu for a long time and understood these gestures a little. The tree meant that the fruit was not ripe yet and could not be picked. It could only be picked when it was ripe.
Lin Ruo scratched her brow in surprise. How could this tree be so willing to part with its fruit? It couldn't possibly not know what the fruit was good for, yet it was still being so generous.
Since this tree has such a good temperament, she glanced at it and concluded that it must be quite intelligent. She touched the trunk and asked, "Do you want to come with me?"
A small pool of water appeared in her palm, and she began to tempt the tree, saying, "This water is very beneficial to you."
The golden pine tree sensed the benefits of the water. Without hesitation, it stretched out its branches and planted them in the small clump of lake water, absorbing all the water completely. It was completely unconcerned and unafraid that the water might be poisonous.
After absorbing the nutrients, the branch gently rubbed against Lin Ruo's hand, as if it wanted more.
Lin Ruo thought, "..." This guy is pretending to be stupid.
"Want to come with me?" Lin Ruo didn't give any more, but asked softly, "There's a big willow tree at my house, you should be able to get along with it."
The King of Golden Pine Trees tilted its branches slightly, pointing to the menacing mutated trees beside it, like an elder who was worried about its children and wanted to protect these mutated plants here.
Lin Ruo: "..." With its temper like this, who is protecting whom?
She carefully considered her words before speaking, "I think it's safer for them if you leave here. You should know that many people want your level 4 crystal core."
“If you don’t come with me, I’ll have to turn you into a withered tree and feed you to my Ah Liu. Once it absorbs your essence, it will definitely level up to level 4 soon, and I’ll have another level 4 crystal core to absorb.”
The branches of the King of Golden Pine Trees stiffened. Having lived for so long, it was very sensitive to human malice and kindness, and it could sense that the person in front of it was seriously considering such a possibility.
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