Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 86: Fusang Tree and Three-legged Golden Crow
After hearing this, the three of them nodded silently. They did not feel dissatisfied because of this.

After all, the entire Wanling City was built by Li Mu himself, and their current strength also benefited from Li Mu's previous help.

"Eat the Vermillion Fruit and start your breakthrough. I'm going back to the lab to continue my work. After you've achieved your breakthrough, you can each do your own thing."

After the three people entered the bedroom, Li Mu returned to the laboratory alone and began to study a plant that he had envisioned a long time ago.

On the night when Li Mu first returned to his hometown in Sishui to pick up his parents, facing the endless darkness, he fell into deep thought, hoping to create a plant that could automatically attract survivors.

In his vision, this plant must first be tall enough to emit strong light to attract people's attention and become a guiding light; secondly, it should have the ability to throw its fruits over long distances to let more survivors know about the existence of Wanling City, just like dandelion seeds floating in the wind; finally, this plant must also carry certain daily necessities and information to provide assistance and hope to the survivors.

The purpose of the supplies is to ensure that the survivors have enough strength to reach Wanling City.

After all, the survivors in the outside world live an extremely difficult life, and the biggest challenges they face are lack of food and difficulty in keeping warm.

The light serves to guide the direction for those coming.

On the other hand, the transmission of information is crucial, as it allows survivors to understand the specific situation of Wanling City and how to use the items in the supply packages.

In this doomsday world where resources are scarce and life is difficult, if there is an organization that selflessly provides necessities of life and guidance, and the only condition is to join their ranks, which survivor would not be tempted?

Besides, what's the point of deceiving them to pay such a price? To trick them into doing hard labor? In fact, many people may be happy to do it, because having a job means having food to eat, and no one would be stupid enough to deceive others to be sacrificed at such a price.

In the context of doomsday, population becomes extremely precious. After all, only a few people can survive, and there are many things that need someone to take on.

However, in this doomsday environment, population has also become relatively cheap. As long as an organization has sufficient supplies and strength, there will always be people scrambling to join.

……

Based on the original plan, Li Mu carefully selected suitable plants in the laboratory.

The first task is to identify the main body of the plant.

Among tall and straight trees, the richness of fir species makes it the first choice. Fir species such as hemlock and redwood can grow to a height of several tens of meters even without modification.

If Li Mu's modifications are added, even breaking through 100 meters will not be a difficult task.

This plant also needs to be able to emit light, and its light must be so bright and dazzling that it can be clearly seen within a radius of dozens of miles.

As for the luminous plant, Li Mu chose the lampwort. He will modify the lampwort again to increase its brightness a thousand times.

When the lights are on, the effect is comparable to the large spotlights of the past, illuminating whatever you point at, as if you were standing under a spotlight.

The second is to choose the fruit of this plant.

This kind of fruit must not only be large, but also have the ability to spread over long distances.

After all, if you want this plant to be able to carry a supply package, its fruit must be of a certain size. If the fruit is too small, such as the size of an apple or grape, then the supplies it can carry will be extremely limited.

In Li Mu's impression, the relatively large fruits are durian, jackfruit and baobab fruit.

After some thought, Li Mu chose baobab fruit.

Compared with the first two kinds of fruits, the baobab fruit is not outstanding in size, but its fruit has excellent effect in satisfying hunger.

What is even more unique is that the baobab tree itself has a strong water storage capacity. If Li Mu can cleverly utilize this feature and integrate the tree's water storage function into the fruit, then the baobab fruit will also have the function of quenching thirst.

During the Ice Age, water resources were particularly precious.

Although it was covered with snow outside and snow and ice could be seen everywhere, there was very little fresh water that could be drunk directly.

In order to obtain water, we need enough fuel and utensils that can heat ice and snow. Only by heating can we melt the ice and snow and get water that can be drunk directly.

Of course, we also need to give the baobab fruit a pair of "wings" so that it can fly far away.

Otherwise, such a heavy weight can only be thrown far away, which can easily cause the fruit to be damaged.

When it comes to wings, Li Mu thinks of clover. If he can combine baobab fruit and clover together and store a certain amount of source energy in advance, then this fruit can fly hundreds of kilometers with the help of clover!

The last step is to leave some information in the fruit. Written text is too complicated, so it is better to leave a sound directly.

In fact, there is already a plant that has the ability to record sound, and that is the morning glory.

The original morning glory was larger in size and could store sound for a longer time.

However, for Li Mu, he does not need to store a lot of information. He just needs to speak a little faster and keep his voice for ten seconds.

Therefore, he only needed to make some modifications to the morning glory and reduce its size to the size of a fist so that it would perfectly meet the requirements.

But integrating so many plants in one step is obviously too complicated and difficult.

In this case, just take it slow and do two or three at a time.

After considering all the key points, Li Mu gathered together various usable plant seeds and started the final experiment.

……

If a person devotes his whole heart and soul to something, time will pass quickly.

"what!"

"Finally finished!"

Li Mu straightened his body, then bent slightly backward, spread his arms and stretched.

It was already eight o'clock in the evening, and about ten hours had passed since Li Mu entered the laboratory.

During this period of time, Li Mu not only did not eat a single bite of food, but also did not stop to rest once.

Now not only was he feeling dizzy and dizzy from hunger, he was also completely out of energy.

However, the hard work finally paid off.

Thinking of this, Li Mu couldn't help but look at the research results on the table:

A sparkling seed.

Li Mu already had a guess as to why the seeds glowed. It should be related to the fact that he integrated the street lamp flowers into the seeds.

And during this period, something unexpected happened.

At that time, he was thinking hard about how to make the street light brighter, but after some thought, he could not find a suitable reference. Although he had seen searchlights several times, they were all small models and the brightness was not particularly outstanding.

In desperation, Li Mu decided to broaden his thinking and began to recall which objects in nature were the brightest.

In Li Mu’s mind, a familiar name instantly flashed - Sun!
Among all the things Li Mu has seen, is there anything more brilliant and dazzling than the sun?

After all, the galaxy he lives in is named the "Solar System", and up to 80% of the energy on Earth comes from this star that illuminates everything.

Li Mu acted quickly and began the second transformation of the street light flowers.

He held the seed tightly, injecting source energy continuously, and at the same time, he pictured the form and characteristics of the sun in his mind.

With the influx of source energy, the seeds of the street lamp flower underwent earth-shaking changes in an instant!

The seed, which was only the size of a thumb, suddenly burst into dazzling light like a meteor!

The light was dazzling, like the hottest sunshine in summer. Li Mu glanced at it unconsciously. The strong light made his eyes sting, and he even shed a few tears unconsciously.

This feeling reminded him of his childhood, when he always looked fearlessly at the shining sun high in the sky.

As the light grew brighter, Li Mu's energy was consumed rapidly. In just a few minutes, the seed in his hand absorbed half of his energy!

With such an emergency happening, Li Mu naturally couldn't continue with the transformation. If the source energy was consumed, he wouldn't be able to carry out the next transformation.

So he immediately threw the seeds in his hand onto the table, cutting off the supply of source energy.

However, in just a few seconds, one tenth of Li Mu's energy was absorbed.

Without energy supply, the seeds gradually stopped glowing and became completely silent after a few minutes.

At this time, the seeds of the street lamp flower, which were originally only the size of a thumb and light green, became the size of a fist and turned a bright red all over.

After such a change, the seed is definitely no longer a seed of the street lamp flower, but has become another kind of plant.

As for the various plants, Li Mu already had a vague guess in his mind. In his impression, there was only one plant that could be linked to the sun - the hibiscus tree.

According to legend, the sun was transformed from a three-legged golden crow, and the golden crow lived on the Fusang tree in Yanggu, which is also where the sun rises every day.

The reason for this change may be that when Li Mu was transforming the street lamp flower, he had the information of the sun in his mind, causing the ordinary street lamp flower seeds to turn into hibiscus tree seeds.

This unexpected situation caused Li Mu to have very little source energy left, which was not enough to carry out the next experiment.

Therefore, Li Mu could only practice for two hours before he fully restored the energy in his body and began the next experiment.

Fortunately, the integration of other plants went smoothly and was completed in just over three hours.

But another headache happened. The only thing this seed lacked was the ability to glow.

In view of this defect, Li Mu could only catalyze the growth of the hibiscus tree seeds first. When his hand touched the hibiscus tree seeds, this strange seed sent out a clear thought:

"I am the light!"

Although he had created so many plants, this was the first time Li Mu heard such an "arrogant" statement.

This made him more curious about the seeds of the hibiscus tree.

The moment Li Mu injected source energy into the hibiscus tree seeds for the second time, the seeds finally broke through the soil and began to grow.

However, the growth process was extremely slow. Half of Li Mu's energy was consumed, and the seeds only grew into two saplings that were only a dozen centimeters tall.

That’s right, one seed actually gave birth to two small saplings, which looked very much like mulberry trees, nestling together and growing intertwined.

However, the hibiscus tree has a trunk but no branches, and only three leaves, which look like kelp, which is quite strange.

Although the sapling is small, it exudes an extraordinary aura. The hibiscus tree is bright red all over, like a blazing fire, exuding a mysterious atmosphere.

Perhaps it was because the seeds of the hibiscus tree were transformed by Li Mu, and the subsequent germination was also due to the large amount of source energy he infused into them.

Li Mu actually felt a sense of familiarity from the small tree in front of him, as if the hibiscus tree was a part of him.

But he had never felt this feeling from the red fruit tree. Why were there such big differences between the two plants, which were both in myths and legends?

I think it is only because the gap in rank between the two is too big. After all, the red fruit tree cannot even compare to a leaf of the hibiscus tree.

With a feeling of intimacy, Li Mu carefully extended his hand toward the hibiscus tree that was swaying with blazing flames.

However, something unexpected happened!
When he touched the flame, instead of being burned, he felt an unusual warmth.

When he connected the source energy to the Fuso tree, an amazing scene appeared: the flame seemed to come to life, and as his hands were peeled off the trunk, it turned into a thumb-sized, three-legged firebird, dancing in his palms and making crisp chirps from time to time.

Although it is tiny in size, it is full of vitality and spirituality, just like a real living creature.

"Three-legged Golden Crow!"

Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Mu couldn't help but scream.

He really didn't expect that he had created a Fusang tree seed by accident and actually found a shadow of the mythical creature, the three-legged golden crow, on it.

This made Li Mu secretly wonder, could it be that the three-legged golden crow was born from the Fusang tree?
Because of this discovery, Li Mu gave up the idea of ​​merging the hibiscus tree with another seed again.

Instead, the ordinary street light flower was transformed into a larger one, and then the two were merged. The final result is this shining seed.

……

Now that we have the three-legged golden crow, there is no need to think about creating a tree that can emit strong light.

After all, the three-legged golden crow is the sun in mythology and legends, and there is nothing in the world brighter than the sun!

Although the current three-legged golden crow is still young, Li Mu firmly believes that as the Fusang tree grows vigorously, the golden crow will gradually grow stronger.

Moreover, with his own abilities, he can accelerate the growth rate of the hibiscus tree.

Otherwise, relying solely on the natural growth of the Fusang tree itself, it would probably take tens of thousands of years to reach the legendary scale.

However, Li Mu did not expect the Fusang tree to grow as majestic as the legend said, nor did he expect the three-legged golden crow bred on the tree to transform into a real sun.

He only hoped that this three-legged golden crow could possess one ten-millionth of the power in the legend, so that it could at least easily illuminate the area within a hundred miles around Wanling City.

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