Chapter 105: The Oak Bears Fruit (First Update)

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At noon in the Lyon Federation, Ji Yu once again descended into the body of the cave salamander.

Of course, Ji Yu was fully aware of everything that had transpired between the cave salamander and the little girl.

This was because when Ji Yu entered the game at noon in Lyon, it was only six in the morning in the Frans Federation.

That morning, Ji Yu had been meditating continuously using the cave salamander’s body, but when the little girl arrived, Ji Yu thoughtfully withdrew from the cave salamander’s form and instead transferred his consciousness into the oak tree’s embodiment.

After nearly five hours of meditation in the oak tree’s form, around one in the afternoon in the Frans Federation, Ji Yu resumed control of the cave salamander after the little girl parted ways with it and began meditating again.

At this moment, Ji Yu controlled the cave salamander to a much wider river and quietly began meditating without any hesitation.

During this time, the broad river water formed a powerful whirlpool.

The cave salamander’s body submerged to the riverbed, causing the whirlpool to rotate downward toward the river bottom.

This entire vortex blocked the entire river channel, and the massive turbulence scared away all nearby fish.

Thus, until Ji Yu’s game time was nearly up, the cave salamander’s body once again achieved precious growth.

In six hours, the cave salamander grew from about 7.5 meters in length to roughly 10.5 meters.

Yet even at 10.5 meters, the cave salamander still did not appear particularly large.

Like a ten-meter-long anaconda, the cave salamander’s body retained a very slender and graceful appearance.

This evolutionary path, so close to that of a divine dragon, meant that unless its size exceeded one hundred meters, its robust physique would remain imperceptible.

Ji Yu calculated the growth rate.

At the current rate of 0.06 growth points per hour, if the cave salamander could meditate for twelve full hours every day, it would take fewer than six days to reach the limit of a first-level lifeform.

This growth speed was quite fast.

However, despite such rapid progress, Ji Yu still felt a sense of urgency.

Because even though the first-level lifeform limit seemed strong, it still lagged significantly behind creatures like the little deer or the oak tree.

Only upon reaching second-level lifeform would Ji Yu be able to breathe a little easier.

Therefore, after ending today’s game session, Ji Yu promptly entered the cave salamander’s body again the next day at the scheduled time.

During this period, the little girl did not come to find the cave salamander.

Based on Ji Yu’s guess, the little girl likely had to attend school and would probably only be able to visit the cave salamander next weekend.

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Without the little girl’s interruptions, Ji Yu was naturally more at ease.

He devoted himself fully to meditating with the cave salamander, and five days passed swiftly.

During these five days, the world was unusually calm.

The Purple Moon had not appeared in three weeks.

Meanwhile, the various nations had not been idle.

First, the oak tree’s location had by now attracted a much larger flow of people.

Most were followers of the Druidic Order, numbering in the thousands, who, alongside the tribal people, worshipped the oak tree.

Naturally, the inexplicable strength emanating from the tribal people around the oak tree deepened their reverence and faith.

At the same time, good news arrived from the oak tree’s vicinity.

Due to the oak tree’s radiating influence, one of the four golden eagles suddenly surpassed the first-level lifeform limit, officially becoming a second-level lifeform.

With a wingspan exceeding eight meters and standing nearly three meters tall, it had become a newly born intelligent species distinguished by its wisdom.

Within the tribes and the Druidic Order, this eagle was rightfully called the Divine Eagle.

It also served somewhat as a messenger of the oak tree.

Besides the eagle, the number of subordinate oak trees awakened by Adam’s spirit had reached eleven.

Having successfully awakened ten subordinate oak trees and gained life force rewards from the game, the oak tree itself surged to the peak of the second-level lifeform.

Overnight, the oak tree’s height finally reached 500 meters.

Having attained the limit of a second-level lifeform, the oak tree naturally bypassed the game’s second guiding quest.

It also received a reward increasing the strength of its regional radiation trait.

The radiation strength advanced from low-level to mid-level, and the affected area expanded to a radius of one kilometer.

Consequently, the oak tree immediately gained the third stage guiding quest.

This third stage was similar to the little deer’s but had some differences.

[Guiding Quest (Stage Three): Facilitate subordinate same-species and affiliated creatures to successfully break through to second-level lifeform. Upon reaching one hundred second-level lifeforms, receive a special game reward for promotion to third-level lifeform.]

In Ji Yu’s view, the mention of affiliated creatures in the oak tree’s stage three likely related to faith.

Humans worshipped the oak tree, and those birds and animals changed under its influence naturally developed a kinship toward the oak tree, forming a preliminary kind of faith.

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From this, it was inferred that human faith and the faith of other creatures had finally begun to exert some supportive effect on the oak tree.

As for what might come next, even Ji Yu could not predict the developments that might unfold.

But these were mere speculations — all ideas connected to faith might only be more solidly confirmed once the oak tree entered the third-level lifeform stage.

Thus, Ji Yu began to harbor greater hopes for the Druidic Order and the lifeforms revering the oak tree.

During this week, beyond changes in the oak tree’s data panel and its affiliated followers, the oak tree itself underwent a significant external transformation.

Atop its enormous canopy, nearly three hundred broad crystal flowers began a transformation that drew attention.

The petals of these crystal flowers started to wither.

One by one, the petals slowly fell and drifted beneath the tree.

These gelatinous-looking petals, once detached, immediately attracted birds competing to feed on them.

Occasionally, fallen petals were quickly divided among the followers and tribal people.

Many were also taken by official agencies from West Yue, where they began chemical analysis and experimentation.

The results of these tests remained unknown to outsiders.

However, it was certain that consuming these petals strongly promoted vitality.

While the petals withered and fell, small fruits began to form in the center of the flowers.

The fruits were a dull greenish-brown, opaque, and bore no striking strangeness.

Yet despite this, many began to look forward to the changes these fruits might bring.

This anticipation was not limited to the followers and West Yue officials; Ji Yu and Adam shared the same hope.

Because from the moment these fruits appeared, they exhibited strong life force fluctuations.

Inside, it seemed as if some other form of life was gestating; yet upon closer sensing, their cores were still like normal fruit.

The flesh enveloped a small cluster of green sprouts that shimmered with a pale green glow.

These sprouts absorbed a vast amount of nutrients from the oak tree, accumulating reserves as if they would immediately erupt into rapid growth once detached.

In short, both Ji Yu and Adam were filled with extraordinary expectations for these miraculous acorns.