"By the way, does it really work just by putting it on the throne?"
Vivian could not help but ask after waiting for three seconds as she looked at the glowing green orb sitting quietly on the crystal throne.
"… according to the manual." Hao Ren scratched his head. "The manual also said that this thing can be operated by a dummy. It's a one-button installation. To cater to the inexperienced new users, the manual has upgraded the automatic mode. As long as you set a target in advance, this thing can judge the environment and time to sprout or something …"
"Why does it sound like a fake medicine to me …" Lily's ears twitched. "Can a proper Yggdrasil brag like that?"
Nangong Wuyue summoned a water ball and tossed it up and down. "Mr. Landlord, why don't you let me water it?"
Nangong Sanba rubbed his chin. "Maybe we should dig a hole under the throne and bury it?"
While they were talking, another ten seconds had passed. The seed of the Yggdrasil was still sitting quietly on the throne. Forget germinating, it was probably going to get goosebumps soon …
By then, even Hao Ren could not hold it in anymore. With an awkward look on his face, he stepped forward. "Maybe it's the wrong way to put it on the throne. Wait a minute … Huh?!"
Just as he took half a step forward, he saw the ball suddenly tremble. Just when he thought he was seeing things, the ball trembled again. This time, he was sure that it was not an illusion because it jumped a few centimeters off the chair!
Then, he heard a "ding dong" sound coming from the orb. It was hard to imagine, but it was actually the sound of a USB drive being plugged into the computer.
Everyone was speechless.
"Did it just react?" Y 'zaks mumbled. "Ah, something's coming out."
As the "ding dong" sound faded, more and more green lines appeared on the surface of the green orb. Countless mysterious and complex patterns flickered between the lines and gradually spread to the throne. Then, they spread out along the crystal clusters in the hall. Suddenly, a holographic image appeared on top of the orb. On it was the version number and welcome message written in light green. Below it, there was a Chinese New Year logo. But before Hao Ren could take a closer look, the text disappeared and was replaced by a progress bar that was slowly moving forward.
Vivian could not help but mutter, "Why does this thing look like this when it's turned on …"
"It's activated!" Hao Ren grabbed her hand and walked out. At the same time, he called out to the others. "Everyone, go out first. Come back when the system is ready. Don't you know curiosity killed the cat? "
The group ran out of the hall and followed the crystal ramp all the way back to the Great Plains. Just as they arrived at the safe zone, the growth of the World Tree had reached its peak. An incredible giant tree was stretching on top of the crystal peak!
The whole process could only be described as "stretching". The crystal peak where the Throne of Destiny was located was shrouded in a green curtain of light. The curtain of light was like a curtain that hung from the sky. In between the moving curtain of light, countless giant branches extended at a crazy speed of a few kilometers per second. In the blink of an eye, they formed a canopy that covered the entire sky. The huge energy released by the World Tree when it took root had even dispersed the never-changing clouds above the planet. The clouds that were several kilometers thick quickly retreated and dissipated, forming a circle of clear sky around the canopy. For the first time, the bright stars clearly appeared in the night sky of the planet.
Hao Ren could see far more than the others. He narrowed his eyes and extended his senses to a wider dimension. The canopy of the World Tree disappeared from his sight and was replaced by a constantly expanding and shrinking light ball made up of countless thin threads. The edge of the light ball extended from the surface of the planet all the way to the boundless universe, forming another canopy, a magnificent canopy in the universe!
This canopy started from the Throne of Destiny on the Pivotal Star. The thin threads on the canopy were connected to the stars in the universe, and many of the thin threads disappeared into the vast space. Hao Ren felt that the moment the thin threads appeared, the entire Plane of Dreams seemed to tremble. The universe was connected to a heart, and its breath merged with the World Tree at that moment. They could never be separated again unless the system was reinstalled.
Hao Ren blinked again, and the vision of the high-dimensional observation disappeared. The world in his eyes returned to its original state. The process of the World Tree's growth had ended, and a … 'plant' that could no longer be called a tree was covering the great plains.
Its trunk was the original crystal peak. Countless huge vines extended from the canopy and entwined around the crystal peak, forming a structure that looked like aerial roots. The original crystal material of the peak was faintly visible in the gaps of the trunk, and its canopy was so tall that even if they were far away from the crystal mountain, they could only see the sky covered by the canopy. Around the canopy was the only clear sky on the planet. Starlight danced on the edge of the branches as if it was a ring of starlight around the World Tree.
The great plain under the canopy of the World Tree did not fall into darkness. On the contrary, it became the brightest place in the night. The leaves of the World Tree were glowing. Although it was only a faint halo, the entire plain was shrouded in a layer of mysterious radiance with such a huge body.
"Wow …" Lily's voice was long, but she did not know what to say. Although she had seen a lot during her journey with Hao Ren, and she had seen planetary-level behemoths like the First Born, seeing the growth of the World Tree in front of her was completely incomparable to those things. So she could only exclaim for a long time before she finally said, "It's growing so fast!"
At that moment, Brainiac Dog's four Peking University Awards and his foundation of submitting manuscripts were all gone.
The reaction of the others was not much better than Lily's. Only Salaman was much calmer. Although the goddess of creation had collapsed halfway through her studies, she had still been involved in a lot of big projects. Salaman, who followed the goddess of creation, had more or less seen similar scenes. A World Tree — although it was very high-tech — would not surprise the old giant.
What surprised him was the resonance reaction of the World Tree to the entire universe. As a demigod, he could also sense some things at a higher level.
Hao Ren had expected the reaction of his companions. He thought to himself that they had not seen the projection of the "tree" on the cosmic level. The information structure that was larger than a galaxy group would have dragged everyone's jaws to the ground.
"It's … grown?" Vivian looked at Hao Ren. "And then?"
"And then we can return to the hall of the Throne of Destiny." Hao Ren smiled. "That place has been stabilized. From now on, it will be the main control room of the World Tree. Of course, since this thing is basically automatic, there is nothing to operate in the control room."
Lily was excited. "Let's go take a look, let's go take a look!"
The crystal mountain was at the center of this great change, so it was inevitably greatly affected. In the trunk of the World Tree, some new spaces were formed, and even some places that did not conform to the common sense of physics appeared in the dense crystal mountain: some buildings that looked like temples, some gardens and forests in the trunk, and even a piece of land and sky that appeared out of thin air. These were the 'imaginary areas' that the World Tree generated during the calculation process. However, as the core of all this, the hall of the Throne of Destiny did not change much.
The crystal cavern was still as simple and spacious as before. The four walls were still composed of rocks and crystal clusters. However, the large crystal in the center had been completely wrapped by vines and turned into a giant vine that connected to the top of the cavern. The crystal throne had been sealed in the center of the vine and could not be seen at all.
A large number of mysterious symbols and words floated around the giant vine in the center. As Hao Ren approached, the symbols and words quickly reorganized into a recognizable window. Hao Ren saw a few lines of notifications in the corner.
"You took 36 minutes and 15 seconds to boot up this time, defeating 66.6% of the World Tree. However, since the new World Tree has an extremely fast boot up speed without any mods or plug-ins installed, I suggest that you don't take this boot up speed seriously. You can discuss the boot up speed with this system when you can't help but start installing mods one day. This system comes with a perfect decryption and one-click restore function. When the universe is out of order, it will automatically retrieve the last correct image without any boot settings. Please do not, do not, do not touch the registration form. If you are affiliated with the Goddess of Life, it is best not to touch the control panel. — Chief Technical Advisor of the Pantheon of Creation, Bryndis Poisonwing. "
Hao Ren thought about it for a few seconds and decided to pretend that he did not see these things.
After the welcome interface disappeared, all that was left of the World Tree was an extremely simple initial interface. Because all of its systems had been set to automatic by Raven 12345 in advance, there were not many things that required the administrator to do by himself. Hao Ren stood in front of the light screens and focused a little. The light screens immediately reacted, and a notification window popped up on the initial interface. "Preset user access detected. User identity confirmed. Saved. Welcome to the preset system administrator. Your login has been authorized and will be recorded."
"Now, all those who are going to explore the Umbral Realm with me, stand here." Hao Ren exhaled and looked back at his friends. "Prepare to tie up the resurrection point."
Everyone stood in order, and then the World Tree system began to store everyone's information snapshots under the control of the preset program. Halos descended from the sky and enveloped them, while Salaman, who did not need to bind his information, stood outside the circle. Looking at the scene in front of him, the Giant Legion Commander suddenly felt a little emotional.
Did this group of people in front of him want to die inside?
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