The Exotic Land Reclamation of Vegetable Skeletons

Chapter 1413 You're awake? The swarming was a great success.

With Ang's planting skills, as long as this thing can still grow, he can grow it. Once the seeds sprout, all he needs to do is adjust the environment to a suitable level, provide sufficient nutrients, and then leave everything to time.

So Ang stepped on the aura of instant death.

The sprouts grew quickly, and soon Ang sensed a faint signal: Hunger—

Ang poured some water on it, but the faint information did not weaken; on the contrary, it may have become stronger because of the water.

Ang poured some diluted insect ash solution on it, which it quickly absorbed, but it still emitted the message: Hungry—Hungry—Hungry—

Ang had no choice but to temporarily remove the "quick death aura" and water it with some diluted essence, then sprinkle it with compound fertilizer, wood ash, bird droppings, lightning strike water... It ate everything, but still cried out for food after eating.

Finally, Ang had no choice but to pour some Chaos Liquid down, which was absorbed in an instant, and the frequency of his hunger cries finally decreased a little.

Then Ang summoned a bit of Starfire and slowly approached the sapling. The sapling seemed to have gone mad, frantically extending its branches and quickly wrapping itself around the Starfire, completely disregarding the Starfire's burning and carbonization.

Despite the constant burning and carbonization, the sapling grew rapidly. The carbonized areas cracked open, secreting a pus-like liquid that covered them, and the star flames could no longer burn it.

It's not that it can't be burned, but the moisture on the pus needs to be evaporated first before the contents can be burned. However, the evaporation rate is slower than the rate of pus secretion, maintaining a balance. After the surface of the pus dries, a semi-transparent dried substance is left, which insulates the heat from the outside.

Soon, a wisp of starfire was completely absorbed by the sapling, and the short sapling grew into a sturdy little tree.

Ang's mind swept over it, and despite his extensive knowledge, the shape of the strange tree still left him somewhat bewildered. The trunk was made of lignin, but the veins of the leaves were filled with dark green sap, just like blood.

At each junction of the tree veins, there is a contracting chamber, like a heart, which pumps sap throughout the body at high speed with each contraction.

Between the lignins, there are also some fascia-like structures. When these structures contract, the entire strange tree can move. This bizarre creature, which combines the characteristics of animals and plants, is beyond Ang's understanding.

Even if you don't understand, Ang can still grow it. He feeds it some Star Flame from time to time, waters and fertilizes it, and gives it some nutrient solution.

Ang originally planned to feed it raw meat, but later found that the nutrient solution was easier to absorb than raw meat.

"How come this thing eats everything? If we planted one in the city, wouldn't we be able to clean up all the kitchen waste every day?" Duroken couldn't help but say.

"Are you crazy? You're going to use the Ghost Tree to clean up kitchen waste? Aren't you afraid it will wipe out all the creatures in the city?" Negris was shocked by Duroken's outlandish idea.

Duroken scratched his head and said, "Then what else can it be used for?"

Negris was stunned. It seemed to be of little use; it couldn't be used for farming, unlike the World Tree, which could at least protect crops from damage...

"Ugh, how did we end up talking about farming again?" Negris smacked his head in frustration. Unconsciously, his own views had been influenced by Ang. Using farming as a standard to measure whether something was useful? He wasn't like this before.

But... if it can't be used for farming, what's the point?
Just then, the eerie tree suddenly emitted a powerful message: Where—where—where—

The information conveyed by plants is actually very vague, like saying "I'm about to bloom" or "I'm about to wither." It's not a language, but you can feel the message it's conveying just by looking at it.

Now, the strange sapling is clearly conveying a message, as if it is searching for its place.

After a period of time, the strange sapling suddenly began to wither.

This sudden change, which came without warning, even confused Ang. He immediately stuffed a Star Flame into it, and then the Star Flame clone emitted light, followed by several waves of insect ash liquid.

But it was no use at all; the eerie sapling withered quickly and shriveled into a ball.

"You...you killed it? How is that possible?" Negris said in shock, his tone filled with disbelief.

How could that be? How could Ang possibly kill a plant? He's the god of planting!

Ang was also stunned. He straightened up, and the phantom of the god of planting appeared behind him. Then he stared intently at the withered eerie sapling.

Even if the plant dies, it's okay. I still have a few seeds and cuttings. I can always try again. But I need to figure out why it withered.

Even with the help of the god of planting, Ang still couldn't figure out why the saplings were withering. Just as he was racking his brains, Duroken suddenly said, "My lord, it seems to be swarming."

"Swarming development?" Negris asked suspiciously, and Ang also turned his gaze over.

Duroken quickly explained: "When a bee colony reaches a certain size, it will split into new colonies. A new queen bee will be born in the new colony, or if the queen bee dies unexpectedly, an individual in the colony will develop into a new queen bee."

At this point, Duroken suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "That's right, the casket. The lich's casket also uses this principle. When it can no longer sense the soul connection with the original body, the lich's casket will give birth to a new soul and engrave the memories into it."

"You mean this sapling is developing into a new sapling? And even has memories engraved on it?" Negris summarized Duroken's words.

“Very likely. Wasn’t it just emitting information about ‘where’? It’s probably trying to sense its own body. If it can’t sense its own body, it will either self-destruct or regenerate into a new body. I feel it’s very similar to the mechanism of the Life Box,” Duroken said.

"So, this is purely a mechanism of the bee colony. No wonder the God of Planting in Ang couldn't see the problem," Negris suddenly realized.

Sure enough, after waiting for a while, a little tender green quietly sprouted from the withered and shrunken branches, and a new bud began to develop and grow again.

Even with just a tiny green sprout emerging, everyone could tell it was different.

“Such strong vitality,” Negris said.

“Yes, what a powerful life force! I knew it! This strange tree is no ordinary thing. How could it be so weak before? So this is the real strange tree,” Duroken said.

Realizing that this was the real Strange Tree, Ang immediately planted a Puppet Serpent seed next to it. Soon, the two plants grew together, becoming thicker and stronger. Slowly, a consciousness was born on the Strange Tree.

After an unknown amount of time, the new Strange Tree extended its consciousness and immediately saw the crowd gathered around it. Seeing its consciousness directed at it, Negris said excitedly, "You're awake? The swarming was a great success."