Compared to Sasuke's colorful life, Tamu's life as a scientific assistant in Loulan seems bleak, or boring.

That's not to say that the research topics that Tamm is involved in are boring, you must know that dragon veins are a mysterious and great thing.

While traveling through time and space, Tamu witnessed the magnificent scene of the dragon vein erupting in that short second:

Under the dragon vein altar is a bottomless circular sinkhole with a diameter of hundreds of meters.

And when the dragon veins erupted, the endless chakras that surged up from the ground went straight up the sky along the sinkhole, peaked in a brief moment, and disappeared silently.

The chakra pillar of light, which was hundreds of meters wide, almost subverted Tamu's perception of the world.

In such a scene, I'm afraid it's a bit reluctant to call the Ten Tails over.

Invincible to the point of loneliness, Tamu finally began to feel a little awe of the hidden power of this world.

It's a pity that the more powerful the thing, the harder it is to approach.

Researchers from five countries worked together for two weeks and found almost nothing:

Aside from the remnants of the large-scale spatiotemporal ninjutsu, they didn't find anything special in this ruin.

And the bottomless dragon vein sinkhole, they have also thoroughly investigated:

This sinkhole actually has a bottom, about a thousand meters deep, and then there is a loose layer of ordinary sandy soil...

And in this sinkhole, the researchers did not find anything related to chakra.

If it weren't for the irrefutable evidence, no researcher would have believed that chakras were coming out of the sand.

Everyone knows about chakra, but how can there be chakra in a dead thing like sand?

Tamu couldn't figure it out either, so he pinned his hopes of returning home to Orochimaru to a certain extent.

After all, Orochimaru's ability in scientific research is obvious to all, and various black technologies are emerging in an endless stream.

However, the research that Orochimaru did after coming to Loulan was a little incomprehensible.

He didn't even enter the ruins of Loulan, so he called a large number of ninjas to dig a pit in the nearby desert.

Tamu, a volunteer experimental assistant, was also turned into an excavator by Orochimaru, waving a big fairy tongue to dig sand in the desert day and night.

After several days of archaeological work, Orochimaru finally harvested a large number of ancient animal bones from the ground of the desert, and inexplicably began to engage in paleontological research.

Later, Orochimaru ran into the Dragon Vein Sinkhole again.

However, instead of starting with Chakra as Tammu imagined, he made a cameo appearance as a geologist.

A few days later...

Under the dragon vein sinkhole.

Orochimaru simply set up a makeshift studio thousands of meters underground, installed a generator and a computer, and busily operated it in front of the computer.

Tam stared closely, but it didn't affect Orochimaru's work progress in the slightest, he was used to having this clingy watcher pestering.

After a long time, the sand under his feet surged, and several identical large snake pills escaped from the deeper underground.

As soon as they appeared, they walked over to Orochimaru's computer workbench and busily entered the recorded data.

Tamu wasn't surprised, he had become accustomed to the presence of these snake clones in the past two days.

These clones are the tools that Orochimaru uses to investigate the sandy layer under his feet, and they all have the special perception ability of Orochimaru's body, and they are extremely efficient humanoid detectors.

However, to Tam's annoyance, he couldn't tell the difference between the snake clone and the main body.

At this time, several big snake pills sitting in front of the computer all showed excited looks.

Tamu hurriedly asked, "Is there any result?" ”

After working as an archaeological team member and a geological team member for several days, Tamu also guessed Orochimaru's thoughts:

He should have wanted to start with the origin of the dragon vein.

Orochimaru nodded, as if he didn't mean to shy away from Tamu: "I can probably determine where the dragon vein came from." ”

"Oh?"

Tam replied curiously.

Although he participated in the investigation and found some suspicious points, Tamu was unable to connect those clues.

Orochimaru said slowly: "I have learned about the legends handed down from the ancient country of Loulan..."

Tamu was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that the starting point of the Great Snake Pill would be those ethereal legends.

Orochimaru just continued:

"While most of those legends are not entirely credible, there are some things worth noting."

"First of all, in terms of age, the Loulan civilization has existed for many years, and the world in which it was born was even before the ninja era."

Orochimaru paused, and quietly accentuated his tone:

"And the Loulan clan's record of the dragon vein began almost at the same time as the appearance of the ninja."

Tamm immediately realized something:

"What do you mean..."

"The appearance of this dragon vein is also related to that divine tree?"

"That's right..."

Orochimaru glanced at Tam: "A few days ago, there was a research report on paleontology, and you should be able to see the suspicions, right?" ”

Tamm nodded, there were enough doubts in it to broadcast dozens of episodes of "Approaching Science":

The number of animal bones they excavated was extremely large, but they were all concentrated in the same depth of soil, and the results of dating also proved that the time of death of these animals was not far off.

Even more peculiar: among the bones of these animals, they also found the remains of large fish.

And this place is a boundless desert.

With the half-level of Tamu from the popular science column, you can know that there has definitely been a devastating environmental disaster here.

Orochimaru added:

"In the legend of Loulan, Guloulan is a livable place with abundant water and grass..."

"Under the history of word of mouth, there should still be a huge lake called 'Lop Nur' next to the ancient kingdom of Loulan."

"But after the record of the dragon vein, there is only a description of the Great Desert left in the legend of Loulan."

Orochimaru reminded in a subtle tone again:

"And from the dating of those animal bones, we can see that this kind of environmental upheaval has only occurred in a few decades."

"What do you think could have caused this?"

It is already clear that the "prophet" Tamu was equally aware of the nature of the sacred tree.

So Tamm said the idea very cooperatively:

"It's the Chakra Sacred Tree!"

"That tree sucked all the vitality of the land?"

Tamm reacted suddenly:

"That is to say..."

"This is where the original sacred tree took root?"

Speaking of this, Orochimaru became a little excited: "That's right! ”

"I think that the so-called dragon vein is actually a wound in the earth, a scar left by being parasitized by the sacred tree!"

Tamu couldn't keep up with Orochimaru's train of thought: "But..."

"Isn't the span a bit big in this conclusion?"

Orochimaru stretched out his finger and pointed to the soft sand under his feet, and said:

"The Dragon Vein Sinkhole where we are at the moment has actually been buried by the sand after the upheaval."

"The loose sand underneath your feet is not the same geological structure as the solid rock formations around you."

Orochimaru turned to the side again and showed Tam the 3D model displayed on the computer:

"In the past few days, I have used my clone to sneak around and map the true appearance of this dragon vein sinkhole."

"In the end, I confirmed: this dragon vein sinkhole is not naturally formed at all, but 'artificially'..."

Tam looked at the huge diorama of the dragon vein sinkhole on the computer screen, and he couldn't imagine it:

He and Orochimaru were already thousands of meters deep underground, and there was a space under their feet that was intricate, huge, and countless times deeper, but they were all buried by the falling sand.

And as you can see from that complete diorama...

Tam said what was in his heart: "The structure of this dragon vein's underground space is very similar to the root system of a big tree..."

He finally completely followed Orochimaru's train of thought:

"In other words, this is where the roots of the sacred tree grow?"

"Later, the Divine Tree incarnated into the Ten Tails and left, and the rhizome was extracted, forming this dragon vein?"

Orochimaru nodded, confirming Tam's thoughts.

He had a natural smile on his face, not in the slightest nervous that his research had been learned by Tam...

In fact, Orochimaru was originally going to let Tamm know about these contents.

They share the same purpose when it comes to reactivating the dragon veins, and they can take advantage of the power of Tamu.

However, as for the speculation about the existence of the "will of the Great Snake", Orochimaru will never say it...

At this time, Tamu rubbed his multi-layered chin and muttered to himself:

"However, it doesn't make it clear how there can be chakras in the earth..."

In Tam's impression, Chakra should be a product of photosynthesis similar to that of the sacred tree after eating Jinkela and absorbing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.

Orochimaru suddenly became nervous, and he was a little afraid that his hidden true intentions would be seen through by Tam.

Then, Tamu lived up to his expectations and guessed:

"Could it be that there is still the will of the earth on this planet?"

Orochimaru's body trembled slightly, and then forced his composure to probe:

"Will of the Earth, Gaia..."

"What's that?"

"Gaia?"

Tamu instantly regained the fun of in front of another Orochimaru a few years ago, and said seriously:

"The so-called Gaia is the embodiment of the will of the earth!"

Orochimaru quietly clenched his fists, feeling that he was afraid that he was going to collide with the other party.

He originally thought that his "Great Snake Consciousness" conjecture was the first in the ninja world:

Because in the ninja world where there are real souls, ninjas will never believe that dead things have souls...

Before this Gaia in Tam's mouth, Orochimaru had never heard a second argument about the will of the earth in the ninja world.

Just when Orochimaru was worried, Tamu showed a fascinated expression:

"In order to realize the strong will of the earthlings and the mountains and my dreams, the earth gave him red light!"

"From this was born the human Ultraman--"

"Ultraman Gaia, the land that is called the Heisei Sanjie along with Tiga and Dinah!"

Orochimaru, who was originally nervous in his heart, was suddenly stunned:

"Ultraman?"

Tam continued to maintain a serious appearance and began to talk nonsense: "When it comes to Ultraman, we have to start with the multiverse worldview!" ”

"Stop! Stop! ”

Orochimaru saw Tamu's routine clearly: "Just because I didn't ask..."