Gu Huai squatted by the field, picked up a clump of dry soil with his fingers and rubbed it, his brows furrowing more and more tightly.
"This soil...something's not right," Gu Chenzhou muttered to himself. "It's like something forcibly drained all the moisture from it..."
He walked along the ridges of the field, and suddenly his gaze fell on the writhing, demonic tree.
Gu Chenzhou's pupils suddenly contracted.
“This is…” His voice trembled, “Desert poplar? No, poplars don’t move, and they certainly don’t look this bloated, like the devil’s claws…”
"I get it, it's a baobab tree, and it's become a monster!"
The baobab tree is an extremely long-lived tree; even in modern times, it can live for 5,000 years!
However, this tree was once called the Demon Tree, and there are some terrifying legends about it that make people afraid. A famous book once mentioned it.
On that tiny planet, there lives a terrible seed: the baobab seed. It has become rampant and, if not eradicated soon, will take over the entire planet, its roots penetrating it and causing it to crumble.
But this is just a legend. In reality, this tree loves heat, is resistant to high temperatures, and is drought-resistant. It was once called a sacred tree, and every part of it is valuable!
But how did the baobab tree become like this in this world, and even move around on its own to find water?
If these trees were allowed to grow, the surrounding villages would likely all become dead lands!
Gu Huai shook his head. When he first discovered that this kind of magical tree was a baobab tree, he was indeed overjoyed, thinking that he could use this tree to save the people.
However, all of this comes with a prerequisite: you have to be able to beat that tree first!
Although it doesn't eat people, it will whip any nearby humans with its branches if they get too close, making it impossible to approach!
I wonder which terrifying creature planted this demonic tree here!
After listening to Old Man Li explain the whole story, Gu Huai sighed inwardly. It seemed that Old Man Li was indeed a terrifying fellow.
That mountain goddess was clearly doing good deeds, wanting to provide the people with high-yield, high-quality seeds and to save more people.
However, the entity that secretly intervened destroyed the people's hopes in order to ruin the reputation of the Mountain Goddess!
"Let me see the seeds bestowed by the Mountain Goddess," Gu Huai said solemnly.
"Mr. Gu, you mustn't!" the other villagers cried anxiously.
"These seeds are terrifying!"
“Sigh, don’t you understand? None of you planted those seeds, yet these fields are still suffering. Someone is secretly framing this Mountain Goddess.” Gu Huai shook his head.
Before long, the villagers brought over all the seeds they had hidden.
When Gu Huai saw those familiar seeds, he almost fell to the ground.
"These are sweet potato, potato, and corn seeds!"
This mountain goddess must be related to the time traveler!
He finally found someone from his hometown!
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