Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 90 Lighthouse Tree

Li Mu smiled slightly, Cheng Cheng understood him.

"We are currently lacking professional talent, but the West Lake Shelter is unwilling to release anyone, so I decided to bring out something that can impress the higher-ups, such as this Scarlet Flame Fruit. I believe they also need it."

"Of course, you can also pick some other plants. The only purpose is to exchange the talents we need."

Yao Chengcheng showed a look of understanding and nodded heavily.

Seeing this, Li Mu did not say anything more, but took him back to the laboratory to wait for a while. During this period, Li Mu started to grow the required plants.

An hour later, Li Mu handed over a dozen energy-filled konjac seeds and more than two thousand red flame fruits to Yao Chengcheng, and told him to come back to him for more when he had used them up.

After taking these supplies, Yao Chengcheng turned around and left, continuing to devote himself to the affairs of Wanling City.

Watching his departing back, Li Mu carefully took out the dazzling seed that he had transformed yesterday from the laboratory table.

This seed was given a special mission, which was to guide the survivors in the direction of progress. Therefore, Li Mu named it "Lighthouse Tree" without hesitation.

He hoped that this seed could be like a lighthouse standing on the seashore that illuminates the way home for lost ships, and it could also guide a path to the City of All Spirits for humans struggling to survive in the Ice Age.

Today, Li Mu’s task is to plant the seeds of the lighthouse tree and accelerate its growth so that it can play a role as soon as possible.

After a short rest, Li Mu climbed to the crown of the huge banyan tree in the City Lord's Mansion, which he chose as the ideal place to sow the seeds of the lighthouse tree.

The choice of this location was not random, Li Mu had considered it carefully.

Since a lighthouse is to be built, it must be high enough so that people far away can see it.

The City Lord's Mansion, as the tallest building in Wanling City, is more than 30 meters high. Coupled with the lighthouse tree, which can grow to dozens of meters high, the combined height of the two is almost comparable to that of a skyscraper!

What's even more convenient is that Li Mu originally lived on the upper floor of the City Lord's Mansion. He only needed to make a little planning in the process of cultivating the lighthouse tree and let the roots spread to his bedroom and laboratory. He could inject source energy into the lighthouse tree at any time.

Without thinking any more, Li Mu placed the seed in the center of the tree crown, then his hands emitted green light and injected source energy into the seed.

Soon, the buds broke out of the shell and began to grow rapidly. In the blink of an eye, they grew into a small tree more than one meter tall. After a few more breaths, they became a big tree seven or eight meters tall...

The trunk of the lighthouse tree continues to extend upward, piercing the sky. At the same time, its roots continue to lengthen and thicken, and finally penetrate deeply into the soil.

Under Li Mu's control, these tree roots did not grow vertically downwards, but cleverly bypassed the windows on each floor, leaving enough gaps to ensure that sunlight could shine in unimpeded.

Despite this, the appearance of the City Lord's Mansion has changed significantly. The originally brown-yellow bark of the banyan tree is now completely covered by dark green roots, as if it were wearing a dark green coat.

As the lighthouse tree grew taller and taller, many residents outside Wanling City finally discovered this strange phenomenon.

"Wife, look over there!"

In the hundred acres of farmland in the northeast direction, a middle-aged man in his thirties pointed in the direction of the lighthouse tree and said to the woman beside him with surprise.

The woman stood up straight and looked in the direction of his finger. She saw a tree above the City Lord's Mansion that was growing taller at a speed visible to the naked eye. It was quite magical.

"Maybe the city lord has invented some new plant. We can't tell what it is for now, but we'll know what it is in a few days." Zhang Qinghai, a middle-aged man, lives with his wife Su Lirong and their six-year-old daughter. The family is warm and harmonious. They are the first survivors to join Wanling City, so they can be regarded as the city's veteran residents.

Their daily task is to work with other residents to take care of the vast hundreds of acres of farmland and remove weeds from the fields to ensure the healthy growth of crops.

This is a difficult task, because the arrival of the Ice Age makes it impossible for ordinary crops to germinate in low temperatures, but weeds have evolved due to the infection of source energy, allowing them to grow in an environment of dozens of degrees below zero.

What is even more troublesome is that there are currently no suitable herbicides available, so they can only rely on manpower to pull out these weeds.

There were dozens of people around them. They were also attracted by the same sound and looked in the direction of the City Lord's Mansion. After a brief chat, they all lowered their heads and returned to their work.

Because everyone joined early, they have seen too many magical plants, all of which were created by Li Mu.

They have some of these plants in their tree house, so they are accustomed to these strange sights.

……

As four o'clock in the afternoon arrived, night fell.

After a lot of hard work, Li Mu finally succeeded in inducing the birth of the lighthouse tree.

This time of inducing labor not only took five hours, but also consumed all the energy in his body.

But the effort pays off.

The height of the Lighthouse Tree has reached an astonishing 70 meters, but what is amazing is that the width of its trunk has always remained at three meters, consistent from top to bottom.

From a distance, this lighthouse tree looks like a huge antenna reaching into the sky, attracting a lot of attention.

Dozens of thigh-thick branches grow neatly on the four sides of the tree, with oval fruits as big as footballs hanging at the ends. These fruits are the supply packages that Li Mu prepared for other survivors.

The fruit has a smooth skin, an eye-catching brown color, and looks incredibly hard!

The unique structure of the bamboo dragonfly's tail has three leaves that look like a clover that has been shrunk in half, which is very eye-catching.

“Spread hope to the world!”

Li Mu spoke softly, as if possessing magical powers, the tree trunks around him gradually bent, forming the shape of a bow.

Suddenly, the trunk of the tree straightened up suddenly, and the fruits on the branches shot out like arrows.

As the fruit flew out, the leaves at the tail began to rotate rapidly, and finally, driven by the clover, they exchanged positions up and down and flew towards the endless distance.

Looking at dozens of fruits streaking across the sky like meteors, Li Mu let out a sigh of relief.

Each of the fruits of these lighthouse trees contains about five kilograms of pulp and water, which is enough to meet a person's needs for seven days if the person who picks them up uses them sparingly.

The morning glories hidden among them seem to still echo Li Mu’s message: Move forward bravely towards the bright future!

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(End of this chapter)