Global Catastrophe: I Became the World Tree

Parallel world, China, Yangcheng.

July 30, 2050.

It’s a hot summer, especially in southern cities. Even though the sun has gone down, it’s still unbearably hot.

Southeast of Yangcheng, in a valley 20 kilometers away.

Ye Feng has been in a daze for an hour, with only one thought in his mind.

"Why did I turn into a tree?"

He "looked" down, looking at his body under the tree, and actually had a guess in his mind.

"No matter what, even becoming a tree is better than dying. And in an era when animals and plants around the world are mutating, being a tree might not be a bad idea." Ye Feng whispered to himself.

What he said was not purely to comfort himself.

Half a year ago, mutated creatures appeared on Blue Star.

Of course, there were only sporadic individuals at that time, and the mutated creatures were not that big.

But with the emergence of large-scale mutated locusts in Africa three months ago, the situation began to take a turn for the worse, and the number of mutated creatures surged.

The smaller the organism, the greater the probability of mutation.

Mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches, most of the creatures that can be seen randomly in human cities have mutated.

And, they began to actively attack humans.

All over the world, there are hundreds of incidents of mutated creatures hurting people every day.

In the city, mutant rats have become the most dangerous creatures.

They are larger than ordinary domestic cats, have flexible bodies, strong biting power, and are highly aggressive.

On the Internet, there are videos of mutated rats and hounds biting each other and dying together.

Two months ago, even the plants mutated.

But because mutated plants cannot move, they suddenly became the best research subjects.

However, the mutated plants are in the wild.

For example, on Xiaofeng Mountain, 30 kilometers east of Yangcheng, a giant tree that grew to a height of 300 meters appeared.

Not surprisingly, it was targeted by research institutions.

The Agricultural University where Ye Feng studied happens to have cooperation with research institutions, and the school is responsible for the "sampling" work.

Normally, if the wild is so dangerous, only a fool would go there.

But no matter what, the other party gave too much.

100,000 in cash, plus 1 million in accident insurance, and accompanied by a security company.

For Ye Feng, whose family is not wealthy and needs to work and study, the temptation is too great.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and signed up.

Then, halfway, they encountered mutant creatures.

It was a mutated wild boar that was comparable in size to a car. It only took two hits to overturn their bus.

Eventually, everyone fled.

Fortunately, the mutant boar didn't hunt him.

Unfortunately, he encountered a venomous snake and was bitten.

When he "awoke", he found that he had become an iron birch tree.

"Ding! The fusion is successful, congratulations to the host for gaining the special ability: Devour!"

The system prompt brought Ye Feng back to his mind instantly.

He couldn't wait to open the system panel.

Host: Ye Feng (World Tree)

Tree height: 10 meters

Trunk width: 0.5 meters

Root length: 20 meters

Realm: Early stage of first level

Evolution points: 0/10 points

Special ability: Devour

Aura value: 7/100 points

Bioenergy: 9/100 points

As soon as he woke up, he found that he had the system and a gift package for newbies.

Then you get a "Heart of the World Tree", and after fusion, you can become the World Tree.

In this case, Ye Feng certainly chose fusion without hesitation.

Until now, the integration was finally successful.

"Is this what it feels like to be a World Tree?"

Ye Feng felt this new body. Although he still looked like an iron birch tree, he was actually completely different.

He can control every branch and leaf of the entire tree to sway.

As he thought, the whole tree automatically began to sway left and right without any wind, and the leaves rustled, startling the birds in the valley.

"The tree body can tilt up to 60 degrees, and each leaf can rotate 360 ​​degrees."

"the most important is……"

Tree roots burst out of the ground, whipping against the ground like whips, making a crackling sound.

"It's a pity that I can only do simple whipping or wrapping movements, but I'm still not flexible enough, at least I can't use tools." Ye Feng concluded.

This is extremely flexible for a tree.

But Ye Feng was still a little dissatisfied.

He had previously imagined that he could "stand up" and "walk" home like the Ancient War Tree in Warcraft.

"But I still have a system!"

Ye Feng returned his gaze to the system panel.

While waiting to merge with the Heart of the World Tree, in addition to thinking about life, he also studied the system.

The function of the system is very simple, allowing it to grow and evolve quickly.

Of course this requires spiritual energy and bioenergy.

According to the information he learned from the system, aura is the mysterious energy that causes mutations in living things and plants.

Therefore, if you want to evolve quickly, aura is indispensable.

As for bioenergy, it literally means a kind of energy stored in the body of living things. Whether it grows or evolves, it requires energy.

By using the system function and consuming 1 point of spiritual energy and 1 point of bioenergy, a certain part of the body can grow rapidly.

Now he has 7 points of spiritual energy and 9 points of biological energy, which can make his body grow 7 times quickly.

"What I have to consider is which part of the body should be allowed to grow." Ye Feng stared at the system panel, thinking.

He also thought about this issue for a long time.

The tree height, trunk width and root length represent three different directions respectively.

Tree height: Increase the height to have more leaves and absorb spiritual energy in the air faster. In addition, the photosynthesis of leaves will also produce a certain amount of bioenergy.

Trunk width: Increases aura value and bioenergy storage.

Root length: speeds up the absorption of bioenergy.

According to his original plan, among the three options, the first priority was, of course, the height of the tree.

Increasing the height of the tree can speed up the absorption of spiritual energy and produce bioenergy, which is undoubtedly the most cost-effective option.

But as he evolved into the World Tree and gained the special ability of "swallowing", the situation was different.

According to the information provided by the system, he can use this ability to swallow the aura value and biological energy of other living creatures.

However, to activate this ability, you need to physically touch the opponent.

It is difficult to let your leaves or trunks come into contact with other organisms.

Therefore, tree roots are the best medium to use the "swallowing" ability.

"As long as I use tree roots to tie up other creatures, I can slowly absorb them with my devouring ability. In this way, the speed of obtaining spiritual energy and biological energy should be faster." Ye Feng made the decision to improve first Root length.

In addition to this factor, there is another more important reason.

That is, hide yourself.

If he grows too tall, he is bound to be targeted when there are satellites above his head.

He doesn't want to be the subject of research.

With tree roots hidden underground, it can grow quietly.

He did it as he thought. He stared at the system panel and clicked on the + sign behind the length of the tree root.

"Ding! Do you want to spend 1 point of spiritual energy and bioenergy to increase the length of the tree roots?"

Looking at the system prompt that popped up, Ye Feng chose yes without hesitation.

As he clicked the button, he instantly felt as if something was missing from his body, and then his tree roots began to itch and grow at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After Ye Feng became the World Tree, his 1 main root and 100 lateral roots could be precisely controlled.

What is growing crazily at this time are these 101 tree roots.

In just one minute, the length of his main root increased by a full 20 centimeters.

"It has actually grown so much." Ye Feng was a little surprised.

He immediately used all the remaining spiritual energy and biological energy to increase the length of the tree roots.

After a moment, he glanced at the system panel. The length of the tree roots increased by a full 1.4 meters, from the original 20 meters to 21.4 meters.

"Now I absorb the aura in the air by myself, and I have 1 aura point every hour, and the bioenergy will be even more."

"In other words, if I don't do anything, 24 points of spiritual energy a day can increase the length of my tree roots by 4.8 meters."

After calculating this number, Ye Feng was shocked.

Compared to ordinary plants, its growth rate is terrifying.

What's more, the devouring ability that he had high hopes for has not been used yet! ——

In the middle and later stages, he will transform into an adult. This introduction has already been written. Here is another long-winded sentence! So that you don’t scold me later.