Sword Shatters Stars

Chapter 105 Do you think I, the Giant Tree Mutant Beast, am so easily fooled?

Suddenly, clumps of vines fell from the giant tree.

The vines were wrapped around mummified corpses!

They were all kinds of mutated beasts; there were no humans.

Ren Xing was secretly worried that the giant tree might discover that Lin Xiufei had deceived them and could use its strength to bind them to death at any time.

"Right, right? You're talking about recruiting more believers, who bring me offerings in return, and I give you a portion of the Heavenly Martial Power I've absorbed—that's a Ponzi scheme, isn't it? Didn't all of those schemes eventually collapse in the history of Tianlan Star?"

Lin Xiufeng was also worried about things going too far, but she remained calm and asked curiously:
"Great Tree of Life! Can you enlighten your devout believers? Can your mysterious power acquire all of humanity's memories?"

"All of it? No way. It's fragmented. Humans are too fragile; they'd be pulverized in an instant, nothing would remain. Why are you bringing up other things when we're talking about Ponzi schemes and believers! Are you trying to fool me? I'm not that easily fooled!"

The giant tree suddenly questioned angrily, clearly having been deceived and suffering psychological trauma, and this was a stress reaction.

"The great divine tree knows about the Ponzi scheme on Tianlan Star, so it should know that as long as there is a continuous stream of newcomers, the Ponzi scheme can continue to expand."

“We have received power from the great divine tree, and other humans have witnessed our strength. There will surely be a continuous stream of new believers joining us.”

"Once the vast majority of humanity becomes believers in the divine tree, there will be no need to pay interest anymore!"

"Back then, faith in the Son of the Earth and the Tree of Life was truth and justice!"

Offering sacrifices to you is our duty and obligation! How could we possibly ask for anything in return?

"We are willing to fight for you, with the power you have given us, for that day!"

“In the near future, we will bring back a few, or even dozens, of sacrificial animals.”

"In the more distant future, countless believers will bring back hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, or tens of millions of sacrificial animals!"

"That...that's so many! I can't count them all..."

The giant tree's tone was full of anticipation and imagination for the future that Lin Xiufeng had described...

"So many! More than all the grass in this vast grassland combined! Great Tree of Life, grant us strength so we may conquer the future for you!"

Lin Xiufeng spoke in a high-pitched voice.

As Zhao Youyue listened, she couldn't help but recall her occasional, willful complaints that Lin Xiufeng resembled Yi Yu from the novel "Drinking Song".

At this point, it really does look quite like it.

However, Zhao Youyue still hopes he will be like Bu Jingxian in "The Immortal".

The giant tree gazed wistfully, as if it could see that the surrounding grasslands were not covered with grass.

Instead, it has countless mutated beasts waiting to be devoured at will...

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the trunk of the giant tree, and sap flowed out from it.

"Ah... so many mutated beasts! I want to eat Onion Deaf, that's the best mutated beast I've ever eaten..."

"Onion Deafness? Yes! We've brought you Onion Deafness meat as an offering, please let us cook it for you!"

Lin Xiufeng saw the giant tree's huge mouth and looked like he was drooling with envy, worried that the giant tree might not be able to resist swallowing them whole.

"No, no! Give it to me!"

The giant tree was craving it, its heart itching with desire.

"Great Tree of Life, please release your believers, let us cook you onion meat, using human methods, it will taste even better."

"Oh, oh." The giant tree truly released Lin Xiufeng and his group, seemingly accepting them as believers. However, the tree's vines still hung down around them, making it impossible for them to leave.

Several people set up a pot and continued to boil water, cooking scallion-stuffed pork.

They exchanged glances, and seeing Lin Xiufeng's expression, they knew it meant no war, so they focused on cooking the meat.

Lin Xiufei told the giant tree about some sects in the history of Tianlan Star.

They described how the gods bestowed divine power upon the believers, how the believers grew and expanded, how their numbers eventually increased, and how the offerings to the gods were so abundant that they could not finish eating them all...

He said that Lin Qiru activated the miniature robot, handed him an earpiece, and asked the robot to find information and provide him with materials.

Zhao Youyue saw this and secretly felt annoyed, thinking that she should have thought of it.

But the immediate crisis was not over, and the inability to talk would alert the giant tree. Lin Qiru had thought of this, but she hadn't, and she couldn't blame others for not entrusting this task to her.

After all, this concerns everyone's lives!
Renxing felt a chill run down her spine when she recalled the restraints she couldn't break free from. Looking at the torrential rain outside and the huge trees, she realized that the conditions for starting a fire were not ideal.

Fang Yuan shook his head at her, signaling her not to act rashly.

She pouted in displeasure, thinking to herself, 'I'm not stupid! Would I act rashly if I couldn't win?'

Fortunately, in the other world of the Heavenly Martial Realm, meat does not rot, as if bacteria and other such creatures simply do not exist.

Dried meat base, add fresh vegetables to cook together, and mix in some wild vegetables that taste okay.

Zhao Youyue didn't care about saving seasonings; she used all the necessary ones.

The miniature robot suddenly stopped, clearly affected by the giant tree's demonic power.

Lin Xiufeng had no choice but to bite the bullet and make something up, but he was afraid that the giant tree would search its memories and find that the story was inconsistent or contradictory.

Fortunately, Lin Qiru said, "It's ready to eat."

Lin Xiufeng wondered if Lin Qiru was really too embarrassed to even mention the great Tree of Life.
So he hurriedly cried out: "Great Tree of Life, Child of the Earth, please accept the offering from the believers—delicious onion and pork soup!"

The giant tree's vines stretched out, wrapped around the pot handle, and poured the soup and meat into the giant's mouth!
"Haha! It's really delicious! Human meat soup is so good! No wonder the humans I absorb always think about eating delicious food!"

The giant tree was overjoyed, and these words suddenly made Lin Xiufeng and his group suspicious—

The giant tree likes to eat; could it be that it has been affected by absorbing human influence?
"Cook more!" The giant tree wasn't enough.

Lin Xiufeng shouted with a face full of self-reproach and guilt:

"Please forgive us, children of the earth, great tree of life! All the delicious mutated beasts in the world are controlled by the three major organizations and the Heavenly Martial Group. We are weak and powerless, and we do not have the strength to get more!"

As she spoke, Lin Xiufeng raised her hand to press her eyes, and tears immediately streamed down her face.

"This is all we got after a desperate sneak attack, in which we lost more than a dozen comrades!"

"Children of the Earth, great Tree of Life, grant us strength so that we may fight for you and seize more Onion Meat!"

The giant tree was furious upon hearing this and roared excitedly:

"All the green onions and mutated beasts on this earth are food for me, the children of the earth, the Tree of Life!"

"The Heavenly Martial Corps and the three major organizations must be punished! You, my faithful messengers, with the power I have bestowed upon you, strike them hard!"

As the giant tree spoke, its vines wrapped around and enveloped Lin Xiufeng and his group.

The sudden change terrified them.

The area surrounded by vines was layered and concentric, so tightly that it was airtight and without any gaps!
(End of this chapter)