Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 53: Sky Garden! (Thanks to "Unwavering in Death is a Youth" for the reward!)
After understanding the whole story, Li Mu instructed Yao Chengcheng:

"There's nothing wrong with what they're doing. I'll find another way to plant these seeds."

"Don't tell the residents about this, so they don't have to worry about being punished."

Yao Chengcheng smiled when he heard this, "Don't worry, I'm not that confused."

"But where are you planning to reclaim the land? What can I do to help you?"

“Since there’s no room on the ground, let’s build it on top!”

Li Mu pointed to the sky and gave a mysterious smile.

"Sky?"

Yao Chengcheng looked at the direction Li Mu pointed and asked in confusion.

"Yes, it is in the air. Go gather some people to peel out the seeds first, and then wait for my good news!"

After Li Mu finished speaking, he turned around and went back to his laboratory. He now wanted to find some suitable plants to build his "sky garden"!
When Li Mu thought of building a base in the air to cultivate tree species, his first reaction was to grow a big tree and then spread soil in front of it.

This way there is a piece of land that can be cultivated.

But even though Li Mu can transform trees, allowing them to break through limitations and become thicker.

After all, the area that a tree can provide is limited, so he plans to plant another tree on the top of the tree at the bottom!

As long as the tree at the bottom is strong enough, you can do this infinitely!
After some thought, Li Mu chose to transform the banyan tree as the foundation for the following two reasons:
First, the banyan tree’s crown is very large, and after the transformation, a large area of ​​land can be occupied.

Second, the banyan tree will grow many aerial roots that hang down to the ground, which can greatly enhance its supporting ability. With sufficient supporting force, it will also be convenient for Li Mu to continue planting other trees on it.

After taking the necessary seeds from the laboratory, Li Mu came to an empty space more than 100 meters away from the City Lord's Mansion and threw a banyan tree seed on the ground.

The ability is activated, and green light gathers and shines.

The seeds began to germinate and grow, first as tiny seedlings, and then gradually began to grow taller. When they reached a height of about twelve meters, Li Mu began to change their growth direction.

The trunk, which was originally about one meter long, began to grow horizontally, and soon grew to two meters thick, then three meters, five meters, and finally eight meters, when the trunk stopped growing.

Li Mu's mind moved slightly, and he changed the direction of growth again.

This change originated from the crown of the tree, as the branches on the crown grew longer and more numerous, they became thicker and thicker.

The tree crown, which was originally only tens of square meters, slowly grew into a huge circle with a radius of more than thirty meters!
At the same time, hundreds of aerial roots as thick as water tanks slowly hang down from the tree crown, penetrate deeply into the ground and become supporting roots.

Generally, the supporting roots of banyan trees have a smooth surface and do not grow leaves. Their function is to absorb water and nutrients and serve as a support for the crown.

But Li Mu modified it. Branches and leaves began to grow on the surface of the supporting roots in front of him, and slowly it grew into a strange tree that looked equal in thickness from top to bottom.

The crown of the banyan tree itself has also changed.

The branches within the crown began to entangle with each other, constantly connecting together, and finally formed a huge umbrella, but this umbrella was relatively flat and had many holes.

Li Mu activated his ability again, and countless vines climbed up the tree canopy and filled the holes.

After doing all this, he finally relaxed and sat down on the ground, breathing heavily and wiping the sweat from his head with his hands. He was obviously very tired.

"The energy source is almost used up. It seems that the suspension bridge and elevator will have to be rebuilt tomorrow."

Li Mu muttered to himself, the whole process of inducing labor took almost five hours, and it had been a long time since he had exerted his abilities to such full strength.

He had thought that with his strength as a fifth-order awakener, he could build all the facilities of this sky garden at once. But he didn't expect that just the growth of this banyan tree as the main body would basically exhaust all his energy!

After resting for more than ten minutes, Li Mu returned to his residence, placed his hands on a small tree and began to practice to replenish his energy.

The small tree that Li Mu was using at this time was the small dragon blood tree that he had grown using branches he brought back from the botanical garden.

When he came back from the botanical garden that day, he planted the dragon blood tree in his bedroom and used his ability to make it grow.

However, as the dragon blood tree is a higher-level source plant than the distant Polygonum multiflorum, it is much more difficult to stimulate its growth. It took three days to finally stimulate it to grow to the height of more than one person in front of us.

Li Mu then began to communicate with the dragon blood tree and explore its secrets.

The result was just as Li Mu had expected. Each different source plant had its own unique breathing method. The higher the level of the source plant, the more efficient the breathing method.

The breathing method of the Dragon Blood Tree is far stronger than that of Polygonum multiflorum. In addition, its larger body allowed Li Mu to absorb the source energy in its body while practicing. Finally, when the sky became completely dark, he recovered half of its source energy.

Li Mu stood in front of the window, his eyes penetrating the darkness, exploring the unknown world.

He knew very well that in this endless darkness, there were countless dangers and mysteries hidden.

Despite this, in this dangerous land, there may still be many creatures struggling to survive, and their lives are like candles in the wind, which may be extinguished at any time.

Looking back, the twinkling lights in Wanling City are like stars in the night sky, and the lights shining through the not-so-tall tree houses are like candles representing hope, bringing warmth and hope to the city.

And these thousands of lights are the beauty that he is willing to protect with his life.

Li Mu took a deep breath, and a firm belief surged in his heart.

He vowed to do his best to find those who were struggling to survive in the darkness and bring them hope and light!
"You also saw that huge banyan tree, right?"

Li Mu tilted his head and looked out the window.

"See? This is the base you spent a day building?"

Ah Sao asked as he held a roasted animal leg.

"Is it because it hasn't been completed yet? It doesn't look like a place suitable for farming."

"Auntie Wang, please bring me some more garlic."

Cheng Cheng held the garlic in one hand and scooped up the noodles in the other, and expressed his doubts.

If he hadn't seen Li Mu's creative ideas too many times, he would never believe that farming could be done on trees.

Li Mu leisurely finished the last bite of Roujiamo before slowly responding, "It took most of the day, and the main body of the base has been roughly completed, but there are still some details that need to be improved."

He paused, and then said, "Tomorrow morning, gather some residents to wait under the tree. I need their help with something."

"Okay, are fifty enough?"

“Those seeds are all already peeled.”

Cheng Cheng replied.

"Fifty people should be enough. Bring the seeds over tomorrow."

After a little thought, Li Mu gave an affirmative answer.

I am not good at writing sentimental scenes.
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(End of this chapter)