Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 317 Mud and Tree Part Two
"In this world, I know there is another Blackthorn. It is very special and has never responded to me. Every time I try to get close to it, it will quickly avoid me."

Nige sat cross-legged on the ground and recalled, "Because Blackthorn's speed is the same, even if I forcibly activate the light core body form, it will stimulate the other party to do the same. We will never be able to make contact."

“Then I just gave up.”

"But I found something strange. It actually appeared around some space bubbles, which is strictly prohibited in operations."

"All Mud Tree People who use Blackthorn know that other life forms from other worlds may appear in the space bubble itself. As long as they are not prepared to cross the boundary, they must keep their distance from them."

He looked at Zhou Yi: "This is a serious violation of the basic process. This means that the other Blackthorn should be ownerless, so this uncontrolled movement occurred."

"In their natural state, blackthorns will keep their distance from each other to ensure their own independent space."

"Unfortunately, I can't get close and check."

Zhou Yi asked: "Can't we use the recycling station?"

"No."

Nig shook his head. "According to the operation, the Mud Tree Man cannot be too far away from the Blackthorn, otherwise it may fly away on its own. If we build a recycling platform, it will only allow our own Blackthorn to come over and land."

"They have no intelligence, they only act on instinct, so they cannot accurately distinguish and issue complex commands."

He glanced at the new black thorn next to Zhou Yi again, his expression somewhat complicated: "Now I have it, but it is completely unusable..."

"Can you determine the exact location?"

"Yes. I know it's roaming in a certain area, in a big vortex to the east."

The big whirlpool he mentioned refers to a large rapids.

With the features, it is easier to search.

Zhou Yi asked again: "Is the Mud Tree Civilization really destroyed?"

Nig nodded. "The world we live in is ruled by bugs. The towering trees have been eaten away by them from the roots and died. Bugs are everywhere. They have the ability to destroy plants. The foundation of the entire world no longer exists."

"Mud explorers like me can still resist the erosion of the Dead Sea. But the vast majority of ordinary people, including newborns, cannot survive in the Dead Sea. They are the majority."

"We can only cultivate Blackthorn as much as possible and send our compatriots to the outside world one by one through the space bubble."

What Zhou Yi was more concerned about was: "Under normal circumstances, only the light core body can truly pass through the space bubble. Did you rely on briefly putting Blackthorn into the light core body state and then complete the cross-border?"

"Yes. You know it well."

The mud tree man showed a heavy expression on his face: "Unfortunately, the light core state of the blackthorn is only forcibly transformed and catalyzed. The strength of its shell and flesh is far from that of the light core."

"The Mud Tree Civilization cannot create artificial light cores. We can only search for high-strength fruits for transformation. After generations of improvements, we will filter out the parts with autonomous consciousness and retain the largest parts that can store the most energy. Finally, we will find the hollow parts because we need them to carry us..."

Zhou Yi understood now.

Blackthorn is naturally endowed with a certain degree of autonomous consciousness, but was selectively eliminated by the Mud Tree Civilization and improved generation after generation into a biological vehicle that is unable to think.

"Even with our huge efforts, blackthorns can only last a short time in the photonuclear state. They are not full photonuclear bodies themselves, so they have defects."

"The probability of successfully passing through the space bubble is only 10%."

He sighed.

"But even if there is only a one in ten chance of survival, we have to try. Because the bugs evolve too fast. They first gnawed the towering trees, as well as the various plants and fruits on the trees. Later, they began to eat humans and various monsters in the Dead Sea."

"They are becoming stronger and stronger. The more they are killed, the stronger they become. Their numbers are constantly increasing rapidly. Nothing can stop them..."

Nigge's voice became lower and lower.

Zhou Yi rubbed his chin with the back of his fingers: "But if the insects themselves hunt and eat everything, then eventually all the lives over there will be eaten by them. Then they will kill themselves, because their appetite will not disappear just because the external environment deteriorates, right?"

"That's not the case. If it's really as you said, we have a chance to take back the world."

The Mud Tree Man shook his head: "Those bugs have learned to parasitize and feed on all kinds of creatures, including rotting trees, various monsters in the Dead Sea, and birds in the sky."

"Insects are becoming smarter. They have discovered the secret of life continuation. They are no longer just little creatures that know how to eat and reproduce, but are actually beginning to dominate and use other living things in the world as their resources."

"A lot of people think they learned everything from us, because we also use insects to help plants pollinate and produce fruit."

"Wait a minute."

Zhou Yi realized: "You said they would parasitize other creatures. Could it be that the Mud Tree People were also..."

Nig nodded heavily, a look of pain on his face. "Many of my compatriots are also controlled by parasites, so people say that the bugs have stolen all our achievements."

"Just like we use plants to cultivate fruits and make them our companions, insects will use us in the same way. The parasites will serve the insects because their brains are controlled and they can't even seek death."

Zhou Yi felt a chill down his spine when he heard this.

What destroyed the Mud Tree Civilization was not a giant insect plague, but a new insect parasitic civilization.

The latter individuals not only have extremely strong abilities to survive and reproduce, but can also steal the former's achievements in civilization for their own use, and parasitize and exploit other organisms.

The defeat of the Mud Tree Civilization was not unfair.

"Although we have Blackthorn, it is still very dangerous to enter the space bubble. The space bubble is periodic. It can only be passed through within a certain period. It will be closed at other times."

"Anyway, that's it. We were defeated by the bugs and fled to another world for refuge."

Nig finally let go of his burden at this time, and even smiled self-deprecatingly: "It's miserable, right?"

“Everyone encounters difficulties.”

Zhou Yi pointed out the window and said, "This world originally had a brilliant human civilization, but after the Circular Current erupted, only the ruins on the seabed remained. The new humans on the surface are all descendants of the old humans, but they are no longer comparable to the past."

"Compared to them, you are much luckier." The other party was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Before the circular flow appeared, the energy level was very low, but it was able to establish a world-class civilization. It must be a very ancient and powerful civilization... Hey, you are talking about the original builders of those ruins on the seabed, right?"

"Ah."

“They are really amazing.”

Nigge suddenly looked serious: "Those huge buildings covering the surface, and the ground passages similar to trunks and branches, are beautiful and stable structures."

"It seems that everyone has their own difficulties, and each world has its own disasters."

Zhou Yi brought the topic back: "Oh, right. You just said you belong to the Mud Tribe? Are you divided into many tribes?"

“We don’t have a tribal narrative.”

The Mud Tree Man stretched his shoulders and smoothed the spiky hair on his head: "You call it a country or a city here, but we just call ourselves 'Mud Tree', which has two branches: Mud Department and Tree Department."

"The Mud Tribe are all warriors and explorers, so their bodies must be strengthened to a certain degree."

"Warriors are responsible for protecting the entire group and the tree, and are dedicated combat members. Explorers like me are responsible for exploring the Dead Sea and the outside world."

"But the Mud Tribe has a common characteristic, which is to be responsible for finding high-quality mud. Mud is a vital foundation for the Mud Tree Civilization. Without high-quality mud, trees cannot grow and reproduce."

"The tree department is basically naturalists, and logistics."

"Naturalists specialize in hybridizing, pairing, and grafting plants to unleash the potential of life hidden within them. Every plant has a vast reservoir of abilities, it just depends on how they are developed."

"Logistics is responsible for most people's lives, including the distribution and organization of supplies, the maintenance of various plants, and the care of children and patients."

According to Nige's statement, this is equivalent to two professional systems.

The mud part faces outside and the tree part faces inside.

Zhou Yi couldn't help but be curious: "You said you were exploring the minerals here, it looks like you were looking for mud?"

"Yes. You must have the corresponding mud to cultivate the Sky-reaching Tree. Every one of us who escapes from the Mud Tree Man Blackthorn will keep a few Sky-reaching Tree seeds."

He promised again, "As long as you help me get that blackthorn, I will join and teach you how to plant the top tree."

"I am too weak now. I cannot retrieve it safely by myself. Explorers without Blackthorn are too weak themselves."

"make a deal."

……

The Emerald City rises into the sky.

With the help of satellite navigation, Zhou Yi began to search for the big whirlpool that Nige mentioned.

By screening the visual images on the tablet, they quickly locked onto the target.

"right here."

Nig said, pointing to a large rapids area.

So Zhou Yi and he rode on the Blackthorn, descended from the sky, and plunged into the Dead Sea.

Lantern Festival will fly and follow.

Come to the bottom of the sea.

Zhou Yi observed the target from a distance.

The second black thorn didn't look special in appearance, but it was shaking from time to time, which looked a little strange.

He said to Nige next to him, "Let's build a recycling station."

So the Mud Tree Man began to dig up the tough soil layer on the seabed. With a pair of big hands, he dug out the underground silt and built the earth platform quickly and well with great skill.

"All right."

Nig said.

Then both of them retreated two hundred meters away.

Waited quietly for a few minutes.

The second Blackthorn flew over tremblingly and slowly hovered over the recovery platform, but when it was about to land, it suddenly trembled violently and then flew away.

Nige's face turned grim: "It really has a problem. It cannot be recycled in the normal way."

Zhou Yi was in sync with the First Black Thorn's consciousness and asked about the situation.

"That guy seems to be controlled by something. He must be very unconscious, otherwise he wouldn't be moving so repeatedly and wasting energy."

The first Blackthorn said eagerly: "I'll go catch it!"

"You can do it?"

"can."

Blackthorn said: "After awakening, my control ability is far greater than before. I can catch it."

Zhou Yi said: "Then give it a try."

Blackthorn instantly switched to light core form and rushed towards the opponent.

The second Black Thorn was also stimulated and entered the third stage. The two sides began to chase each other at the bottom of the Dead Sea, flashing wildly.

(End of this chapter)