Stretching out his hand, feeling the wonderful touch of the breeze blowing across his skin, he took a deep breath... Well, the air was very fresh.

"The production of air is obviously related to this tree... Is it photosynthesis? But there is no sun here..."

Cheng Lin raised his head and looked at the top of his head. The area of ​​the space had expanded, and the height had also increased a lot. It was about four meters, which was equivalent to the height of the tree. In other words, this height was basically supported by the tree.

He could clearly see the pressed and curved branches at the highest point of the tree crown. Where the branches contacted the space, there were faint, colorful lights flickering.

On one of the thick branches, a "moon" fell heavily.

Yes.

moon.

To be precise, it is a spherical luminous body, like a spherical street lamp, which emits soft light and illuminates the entire space.

It seemed that it reminded Cheng Lin of the grass in the hands of the Itchy Rat Grass...

"Why does this tree look so familiar? It's like... the World Tree! A World Tree that has shrunk countless times! So, it really is a matter of the seed of life? With such skill, the seed has become so big

a tree?"

Cheng Lin rubbed his painful and swollen head, took two deep breaths, and then continued to move forward.

The soles of his feet were treading on an extremely smooth surface with no "texture" and naturally no soil. Cheng Lin saw the thick root system of the "World Tree" pitifully exposed on the surface, trying in vain to grasp the extremely smooth ground.

Obviously, there is a lack of conditions for its growth here.

"Without soil or water, if it can sprout and grow to this extent on its own, I'm afraid it has reached its limit."

For some reason, looking at this tree, Cheng Lin suddenly thought of the sprouted potatoes in the vegetable cellar.

"It's in terrible condition."

Walking to the tree that was less than four meters high, Cheng Lin looked at it carefully and came to this conclusion worriedly.

The root system looks strong but the ends are yellow... The leaves look fresh and green from a distance, but in fact the leaves are very small and a little wilted... If this continues, I am afraid they will die soon.

[You step into this space and see this strange scene. You find that the young World Tree is seriously malnourished, and you are worried]

In my mind, a piece of information emerged.

Cheng Lin was slightly startled, knowing that this was a prompt from the deduction program.

He stood quietly and waited for a moment, and sure enough, information continued to emerge:

[The growth of the World Tree has opened up the space. The initial space has reached the upgrade conditions, and the upgrade begins... The upgrade is suspended...]

[You are confused and don’t know what to do. Suddenly, an idea comes to your mind. You look at the tree and decide to touch it]

Touch it?

Cheng Lin was stunned for a moment, tentatively stretched out his hand and touched the tree trunk. Then, a translucent panel suddenly popped up in front of his eyes:

Name: World Tree (Level 1)

Experience:25/500

Status: Bad

Reminder: The growth of World Tree requires basic soil. A lack of soil is detected in this space. Please replenish it as soon as possible.

…

"this……"

Staring at the panel in front of him, Cheng Lin's brain went blank for a moment. So, this is what the Seed of Life does? Another world tree? And it has just started to grow? Lack of soil? What do you mean? Do you want me to go to this?

Do you want to pick up soil from the space?

It seems... yes.

Cheng Lin had a headache now.

"Where do I get the soil from? If one pot or two pots are fine, then with such a big space... it would be exhausting to carry the basket in, right?"

He was complaining in his heart, but there was no trace of depression on his face. Instead, his eyes were extremely bright.

Cheng Lin keenly discovered the huge potential behind this tree.

If the Elf Continent was born based on the World Tree, then does this... of mine also have such potential? As long as we continue to cultivate it, as the tree grows and the space becomes larger and larger, will it one day form a real world?

Well, even if he doesn’t think about it in the long term, just look at it. There is air here, living things can survive, and he clearly feels that there is also spiritual energy in the space... If it is managed well, can it be built into a unique place?

Your own "spiritual place"?

You must know that the most valuable asset of each major department is the spiritual land.

Owning a piece of spiritual energy is equivalent to having the capital to be self-sufficient... Of course, this is still a long way to go, but Cheng Lin can't help but look forward to it.

"Also... I found earlier that in the history database of the deduction program, the card representing the Elf World is on, saying it is not open yet... Is it related to the scene in front of me? Maybe, the so-called opening is not another one.

The global projection, but..."

Cheng Lin didn't dare to think about it any further. He felt that there was some kind of internal logic hidden in it.

And he still doesn't have the strength to understand this logic.

Turning off the panel in front of him, Cheng Lin looked at his pile of items again and found that they were all squeezed into a corner of the space without any damage. He felt relieved, picked up a few "blue bottles" and drank them, recovering.

With his spiritual energy in reserve, he turned around and stepped out of the light door.

The next moment, the light door appeared in the real world, and he stepped out and reappeared in the hotel room.

As soon as his mind moved, the light door disappeared with a "swoosh". Cheng Lin thought again, and the light door opened again.

Only a very small amount of spiritual energy is consumed.

"It seems that there are two ways to open the initial space now. One is the same as before, still taking out the items from the right hand, and the second is to open the light door so that I can enter by myself... Speaking of which, when I enter

After that, will I disappear in reality? I need to find a chance to test this."

Cheng Lin frowned and muttered to himself.

"The top priority is to find a large amount of soil and find a way to get it inside. Forget about going to the city. We can only go to the more remote countryside and try to steal soil in the wild. But... where to get it? How to get it?"

Cheng Lin had a headache.

He sat on the bed and thought hard for a while, but he still had no idea. At this moment, a news message suddenly popped up on the phone next to him.

It’s the kind of pop-up news that pops up in a browser. Nowadays, push notifications are very smart. Once you enter a new city, they will quickly push you local news and so on... There are also text messages and travel information.

of spam.

Cheng Lin originally thought about crossing it out and ignoring it, but when he saw the news title clearly, he was stunned.

"A sudden landslide occurred in a village in Sichuan Province...the government organized the evacuation of people..."

In addition to this text, it is also accompanied by a picture. The picture is of a small village near the mountains. After the rain, mud and rocks rolled down and many houses collapsed.

Cheng Lin took a deep breath, clicked on it, and read it carefully. He immediately changed into ordinary clothes, closed the door tightly, opened the window, turned on "body control" and climbed to the roof like a gecko, leaping several times to avoid the camera.

, arrived at the neighboring street.

After getting dressed, he took out a mask and sunglasses and put them on himself. After completing his disguise, he walked out of the dark alley, reached out and hailed a taxi.

"Snapped."

Get in the car and close the door.

"Are you going outside the city?" Cheng Lin asked in a low voice.

"Outside the city? How far?" The driver looked at him cautiously through the rearview mirror.

"Not far away, just the nearby Yangcheng."

"Yangcheng... Hey, it just rained heavily over there. I heard that the river embankments have burst and the road is difficult to walk."

"This amount does not include tolls."

Cheng Lin stretched out his right hand and spread his fingers.

The driver was startled, hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, released the clutch, put into gear, "Let's go!"

Cheng Lin smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to lower the brim of his hat, leaned against the soft cushion, closed his eyes, and rested.

Thought to myself:
Chapter completed!