"Huh?" Before the laser beam could be fired, Shen Muyu suddenly noticed that the black mist next to the small black tree was starting to fade.
"Little A, wait a minute." Little A was about to leave, but stopped when she heard Shen Muyu's words.
"Wow, it's so resilient!" Shen Muyu couldn't help but admire the little black tree as she rediscovered its vitality.
Just now, this little guy was clearly exhausted, but unexpectedly, he managed to adapt to the black mist and even absorbed it into his body to make it his own.
"Zhan Yi, you can continue collecting the crystal cores." Shen Muyu breathed a sigh of relief as he felt the black sapling's vitality growing stronger, and opened the car door to let Zhan Yi out.
Big White is too sensitive to smells, so we won't make things difficult for it this time. Besides, Shen Muyu couldn't bear to let it bite the rotting flesh; what if it got infected with the corpse poison?
After a while, the black mist around the small black tree was completely absorbed, and the already withered pine tree collapsed and died in no time.
"What a sin!" Shen Muyu pursed his lips and looked at the corpse of the pine tree, saying, "Such a beautiful and fertile place has been destroyed like this. It's a real loss. But my life is the most important thing. I can only make do with this place."
Before Shen Muyu could finish his mourning, a wave emanated from the pine tree corpse, causing the surrounding air to freeze for a moment before spreading outwards.
"Congratulations on clearing the special area. The reward mileage has been reduced by 600 kilometers. Due to your excellent performance, you will receive an additional Platinum Treasure Chest, which has been sent to you. Please check your account."
After the vibration passed over Shen Muyu's body, an electronic voice sounded.
"Finally finished!" Shen Muyu breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at the platinum treasure chest in the passenger seat. However, she didn't open it immediately. The place smelled terrible, and she didn't want it to affect her luck.
Xiao A drove the car next to the small black tree, and Shen Muyu put on the invisible raincoat and got out of the car.
She stretched out her hand, and the little black tree instinctively extended a branch to touch her.
"Let's go back to the dimensional space. You can digest this slowly when you get back." Shen Muyu shook his head helplessly as he looked at the little black tree, which had clearly become much smarter.
"Soil? What soil?" Shen Muyu sensed the black sapling's longing for soil. Wasn't that dimensional space full of soil?
The little black tree is still about as intelligent as a child, and doesn't have much common sense. It frantically twists its branches, then suddenly remembers something and moves its roots out of the ground, bringing up some soil from the hillside.
"Is this soil?" Shen Muyu asked, pointing to the dark-colored soil on the ground.
Upon hearing this, the black sapling's branch immediately rubbed against her face.
Shen Muyu used the light screen to sweep the dirt on the ground.
Soil infused with special energy can shorten crop growing time. The reduction factor depends on the amount of energy consumed by the crop, with a maximum reduction of 10 times.
Note: The energy content will decrease with each planting. Unless replenished, it will gradually turn into ordinary soil.
"Wow! Good stuff! My little tree baby, quick! Get more of these." Shen Muyu expressed an even stronger desire to the black tree than it did.
The little black tree immediately activated its roots, which kept bubbling up in the soil. Once the soil was loosened, it moved its roots to dig out.
As it scooped out the material, Shen Muyu collected it. In no time, they filled one compartment, and it was estimated that if they laid a thicker layer, it could cover at least half an acre of land.
"Alright, alright! Little tree, you can't take any more!" Shen Muyu stopped the little black tree after putting away two more backpacks.
She could already sense that the mountain in front of her was unstable; rocks and topsoil were falling down with it. She couldn't dig any further.
"Come in quickly! We're leaving." Shen Muyu stretched out his hand again, and this time the little black tree obediently turned back into a tree seed, leaping into Shen Muyu's palm.
"Little A, let's go down the mountain!" Zhan had already finished knocking the zombies' heads and returned to the car, so as soon as Shen Muyu got in, Little A drove down the mountain.
Shen Muyu breathed a sigh of relief after passing the narrowest section. As long as it didn't collapse in this part, everything was fine!
Of course, before they could even breathe a sigh of relief, a rumbling sound came from nearby. Sure enough, they had dug too hard, and that small section had collapsed.
Countless rocks and sand of all sizes poured down, but Xiao A was not frightened by the scene and continued to drive steadily and methodically downhill.
Although the car was hit by rocks along the way, it wasn't greatly affected because of the bulletproof steel plates and reactive armor. The journey down the mountain was uneventful.
"Little A, thank goodness you were here!" Shen Muyu breathed a sigh of relief as she watched the collapse escalate behind her. Greed knows no bounds; she shouldn't do that again. The power of nature is beyond her control.
"Little A, let's go back to the entrance of the scenic area! We should be able to leave now." Shen Muyu sat in the driver's seat and started eating strawberries. Her sense of smell had almost gone numb, and she needed some refreshing scents to stimulate her senses.
"Holy crap! Where did all these people come from?" Along the way, Shen Muyu encountered many people who stopped his car, including ordinary people and people with superpowers. There was no sign of any living people before.
"Please don't go! Help me out! Please!"
"It's fine if you don't pull me, just take the child with you! She's still so young!"
"You cold-blooded, heartless idiot!"
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Along the way, Shen Muyu encountered all sorts of people and heard all sorts of things, but she ignored them all. She thought that people who were still trying to morally blackmail others at this age were just idiots.
After Shen Muyu left the scenic area without any hindrance, a figure appeared behind the car, his eyes filled with resentment.
They returned to the place where they had encountered the mountains before, but the mountains were no longer there. Little A drove straight past them and it took a long time before they completely left the area covered by the scenic spot. The towering peaks had also diminished considerably, and the area had begun to resemble small hills.
Seeing that nothing else went wrong, Shen Muyu returned to the dimensional space with the black tree seed. She first spread the soil evenly behind the cabin before taking out the black tree seed.
Before Shen Muyu could react, the black tree seed jumped into the black soil and transformed into the small tree it had just been.