Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 328 The Eldest Son of the Ancient Serpent

The Seed of Creation, perhaps it should be called the World Tree now.

Throughout the long years, it has been striving to grow. Although the snake's body pressing down on it prevents it from growing a large canopy, its roots have still penetrated deep into the ground and even reached into the scalding magma.

If it were an ordinary tree, its roots would probably have died if they had penetrated such deep into the ground. But the Seed of Creation is a top-tier weapon designed for planets. Its roots can not only penetrate deep into the magma without any hindrance, but can even draw energy from that scorching heat.

To draw upon everything in the planet and bring forth new life—this is the mission of every Seed of Creation.

But this Seed of Creation is different.

The first wisp of energy it absorbed did not come from the earth, but from the giant snake that planted it in the flowerpot, from the blood that the giant snake dripped into the flowerpot.

Although it didn't have much blood, the vast amount of genetic information directly guided it in the right direction. And through what it saw and heard afterward, it, which originally only had a vague consciousness, came to a deeper understanding of what true strength really meant.

"True strength... should be like that of a father!"

As a seed, it has no concept of gender, but by observing the local indigenous people, it immediately learned what seniority meant.

Since it inherited the genetic information of the ancient serpent, it naturally became the offspring of that ancient serpent.

And that ancient serpent was indeed treated like a child.

When it was placed on the flowerpot, it initially complained a bit, after all, its instincts kept telling it that taking root in the earth was what it should do—but after observing the indigenous people, it suddenly understood that this act of raising it in a pot was exactly how the indigenous people put babies in cribs.

This is to keep newborn babies away from snakes, insects, and rodents on the ground, for safety reasons.

It is also the love of parents for their children.

Later, it came to understand this more deeply. Even though it didn't eat much from the ancient snake each time, it never lacked fertilizer and water. Occasionally, the ancient snake would even feed it with its own blood. Feeling the immense genetic information contained in that blood, it could feel the love from its parents more and more.

Although it does not receive the energy of the earth as it does in its instincts.

But it received a better complement.

So even when those creeping creatures appeared, or even when the rotten giant that created it appeared, it never wavered in the slightest, because it still knew in its heart who was good to it.

Yes, the rotting mountain did create it, but it threw it out to fend for itself. Instead, the giant serpent beside it carefully nurtured it, no matter how imperfect its methods were. But in this nurturing, it could still clearly feel the dedication and responsibility.

So even when its crown was later cut off, it felt it deserved it.

"This is a reminder to me not to reveal my abilities so soon... After all, if I were to really drain this planet dry, I might face a huge backlash!"

At that time, it instinctively thought that way, without even questioning the action.

And facts have proven that its idea was correct.

The planet beneath its feet is completely different from the other planets parasitized by the Seed of Creation. The memories in its instincts cannot be used as a standard for judgment at all—it has not even planned to drain the planet, but only thought about maintaining the heat of the tree stump, and has already suffered several counterattacks from the local natives.

That wasn't actually the idea of ​​the local natives. It could sense that although it appeared to be the local natives making the move, in reality, it was the planet itself that harbored murderous intent towards it.

This planet's consciousness is not naive, but rather quite active. If other planets are seen as ignorant children, then this planet beneath our feet is like an adult who knows how to kill. It can sense that the planet itself wants to devour it.

"Indeed, Father was right."

It increasingly felt that the ancient serpent was right.

Yes, that's why the ancient serpent cut off its crown and suppressed its growth. Although it was indeed a bad thing in the short term, it was clear that if it had chosen to spread its branches at that time, it would have faced a full-scale battle with the planet itself. It was not yet fully grown and could not possibly fight against a fully formed planet. Death would have been its only outcome.

Being too conspicuous is extremely dangerous; one must learn to make a fortune quietly and develop secretly.

In its eyes, the act of cutting off the tree crown was its father's teaching.

Therefore, as a child, it should also know how to be filial.

Filial piety is something it learned from the natives, even though the word doesn't exist in its instincts at all; what it wants to do is devour all energy. But when it realized that it was being raised, it began to instinctively learn to want to do something.

Now, after his father had experienced a great battle, he fell asleep from overeating, and it became its responsibility to guard his body.

So for a long time, it never used the extracted energy to develop itself, but instead used all the energy to supply the giant snake on the tree stump—it gradually sensed that the giant snake, which was its father and had nurtured it, would also be gradually covered by the hostility of the planet itself.

It might even be directly killed by the planet. This is not just a feeling; it has already taken proactive measures several times.

Fortunately, it managed to protect its father for now. No matter how fierce the impact of the planet itself was, it couldn't harm the snake's body in the slightest. However, it couldn't speak and didn't know how to express itself, so it didn't know how to make its father aware of the danger.

Fortunately, its father finally woke up and realized what was happening.

Can you feel it?

It was at this moment that a rather warm message rang in Du Yi's mind.

That warm message, carrying the warmth of geothermal energy, didn't come from the earth, but from the wooden stake beneath me.

"Father, you've finally woken up... Let's fight against the planet beneath our feet!"

"you……"

Feeling the fluctuations emanating from his consciousness, Du Yi finally found the source of all the problems.

"You really..."

Having found the culprit, Du Yi took a deep breath.

Good news, he has a son.

Bad news: My son has committed a terrible crime.

(End of this chapter)