"Did you hear that?"

"What?"

"The soil of the backing village has been stolen."

“…… You seem to be kidding me? ”

Early morning.

Yang City.

Early in the morning, office workers in the city began to go out to eat and work, and some acquaintances talked about last night's news on the road.

Speaking of which, it stands to reason that a small village will not attract much attention.

A landslide had just occurred in this village, and the news had just reported, followed by ...... The soil is stolen, and in this era of developed networks, it is difficult not to be known.

……

In a breakfast shop on the side of the road.

Cheng Lin turned his back to the door, sat at a small table and drank hot porridge, listening to the conversation between the two office workers who bought steamed buns at the door, his face became extremely weird.

It's an amazing feeling.

Counting with his fingers, after living for nearly twenty years, Cheng Lin really hasn't stolen anything, who would have thought that the first time he was a thief in his life, what he stole was soil......

"It's a discredit to the thief industry when you say it......"

Cheng Lin sighed.

But ashamed to be ashamed, Cheng Lin is still very satisfied with his operation.

The World Tree itself can actually absorb dirt...... This was completely beyond expectations and saved Cheng Lin a lot of trouble.

"In this way, if the space expands again in the future and needs more soil, you can put the light gate in some barren mountains and mountains, and let it absorb ...... by itself."

Cheng Lin pondered.

At first, the reason why he chose this small village was mainly because he thought that the soil from the landslide was easier to collect, whether it was with a basket or a cart, it was easier, and if he went directly to the mountains and forests, how to get the soil? Is a fourth-grade cultivator carrying a shovel to dig?

Don't make a fuss!

In particular, he speculated at that time that the government would definitely send a construction team over, and he thought that he would do this with the help of the equipment of the construction team, but he didn't expect it, and he had an unexpected joy.

Another concern is ...... In recent years, there are very few real "barren mountains and mountains".

Basically, wherever there are villages, the mountains are developed.

Either they have contracted to plant fruit trees, or they are mines, and some are made into parks or something...... Cheng Lin is going to forcibly steal other people's soil...... It's too unreasonable, what about the losses caused to others?

And he doesn't have any psychological pressure to collect the soil and rock from the landslide.

Anyway, it's going to be poured down, and it's a good deed.

"The only problem is that this matter will definitely attract the attention of the Thirteen Divisions...... There is no way to avoid this, but fortunately, I didn't expose my identity information during the whole process, plus stealing soil...... No matter how you look at it, it's not a bad incident, and if you don't say it, it will be guessed that it is a good person and good deed done by a passing Sanxiu...... Not a big problem. ”

Cheng Lin munched on the pickles and thought in his heart.

In fact, he completely thought too much, now the Thirteenth Division is busy dealing with the follow-up matters of the transaction with the elf clan, there is a serious shortage of manpower, where will anyone come to investigate this kind of?

……

After eating breakfast with all his heart, Cheng Lin read books in a nearby physical bookstore for half an hour, until he noticed that the "initial space" was pulsating again, and then walked out.

Found a remote alley.

With a flick of his right hand, open the light door.

Since last night's harvesting of soil, the initial space has been unable to open again.

However, with experience, Cheng Lin naturally did not panic, knowing that this was a normal "upgrade" process.

After opening the light door, he did not step in immediately, but took out his mobile phone and turned on the video mode.

He put his phone in the corner of the wall, pointed it at the light door, and then stepped into it, but before he could see the situation inside, he turned around and walked out.

After picking up the phone and checking the video, a smile rose on the corner of Cheng Lin's mouth.

Through this simple experiment, he verified that after entering, the light gate would disappear out of thin air, and this conclusion was important.

"Disappear into thin air...... Maybe it's invisible, or maybe it's completely gone, and this needs to be tested in detail later...... However, I always feel more inclined to the latter...... If that were the case, the initial space would mean something very different to me...... If cultivating it into a spiritual land of my own is a long-term goal, then the current ...... The role of this space is equally huge. “

Cheng Lin easily conceived two use cases.

First, when you are surrounded by enemies, or are being chased and killed, and it is difficult to fight back, you can completely open the light gate, hide in it, and completely avoid danger.

Second, when you encounter an invincible enemy, try to lure him in, then block the entrance and starve him to death......

"Uh...... But the second one seems to be a faint move to kill 800 enemies and damage 1,000 yourself.,What if the other party destroys all the treasures I've accumulated...... If nothing else, I don't have a place to cry just by cutting down the World Tree......"

After thinking about it, I dispelled this dangerous idea.

"It seems that it is safer to escape for your life......" muttered softly to himself, Cheng Lin was suddenly stunned.

"If you can use it to escape...... Let me detach from my current space...... What is this like? This...... It's clearly a 'safe house' in the real world! ”

Cheng Lin's heart tightened for no reason after realizing this.

I always feel that there is a certain number in the dark.

Shaking his head and putting this strange thought behind him, Cheng Lin put away his phone and stepped into the light gate again.

……

[People can't step into the same river twice, but you enter this space for the second time]

[The "initial space" has been successfully upgraded, please name the new space]

As soon as he stood firm, Cheng Lin received familiar information again.

He found that for some reason, in this space, the deduction program was particularly active.

"Name?"

Cheng Lin was slightly stunned.

A name or something...... The most annoying.

Especially for a nameless person.

"What's it called...... Well, this place can be stored and lived, just like my own back garden, courtyard...... Or is it called 'backyard'? …… Forget it, think again...... Hmm, the name is naturally intended to be a good vision for me? Since I want to make it my own spiritual land, a small world, then I can simply call it the 'spiritual world'. “

Cheng Lin didn't get too entangled in the naming process......

[The naming is successful, and the magic weapon "Initial Space (Upgradeable)" is renamed to "Spirit Realm (Upgradeable)"]

After choosing the name, Cheng Lin began to carefully observe the spirit world.

The first impression is......

"It's getting bigger again."

If it used to be only four meters high and as big as a basketball court, now the entire space is the size of half a football field.

In other words, the length and width are more than 50 meters!

The height is twenty meters by visual inspection!

Looking down at his feet, the soil was already black and yellow.

The soil and stones had been laid very flat.

A thick layer.

It's still damp, but the moisture seems to have been diluted, so it doesn't look muddy.

It looked like a miniature plain, and in the center of the "Spirit Realm" was the World Tree, which had grown to a height of more than ten meters.

The roots that had been exposed before were completely gone, buried deep in the soil.

Probably absorbing the water in it, the whole World Tree appears to be vibrant.

The verdant canopy spreads freely, and countless crystal clear leaves sway in the crisp breeze.

The "moon" hanging on the tree was brighter, even a little dazzling, more like a "sun", the temperature of the entire spiritual world was pleasant, the air humidity was good, except for no blue sky and white clouds, the others were almost the same as the outside world.

Cheng Lin touched the trunk of the tree, and then the "panel" appeared:

Name: World Tree (Level 2)

Experience: 720/1000

Condition: Good

Reminder: The basic soil gives the World Tree a foundation for survival, and the water carried in the soil is sufficient, but it is still necessary to pay attention to the water content, once it is too low, it must be replenished in time.

……

"Have you upgraded...... Cheng Lin was a little surprised, and said in his heart that this thing is much easier to upgrade than himself, with the soil, the World Tree looks like it will not die for the time being, and it can be relieved, as for replenishing the water source...... It's a lot easier, it's really not enough to find a water pipe to plug in and irrigate.

However, there were other changes that caught Cheng Lin's attention.

The first is some weeds on the ground...... With the stabilization of the space, these grasses have also survived tenaciously, and under the "nourishment" of the World Tree, they are much brighter than ordinary grasses.

From a distance, there was a green patch on the surface, and when he squatted down to observe carefully, he could also find a few "ants" crawling around diligently in the soil, which surprised Cheng Lin inexplicably.

"The presence of ants means that other creatures can survive here besides me...... As for the weeds...... We have to find a way to deal with it, at least to control the quantity...... The concentration of aura in the air has increased significantly, indicating that the World Tree can indeed produce aura...... This provides the foundation for the creation of spiritual lands. ”

Cheng Lin straightened up from his squatting state, looked at this "spirit world", and suddenly had an impulse in his heart.

"So much open space...... It's a waste to leave it for weeds to occupy! How good would it be if they were all used to grow spiritual plants? ”

Cheng Lin couldn't sit still.

He hurried to the corner of the spirit world.

Here, the tall "Radiant Knight" stretched out a small space, not covered by soil.

There are Cheng Lin's belongings inside.

Part of it was the spirit plant that was brought back from the elves this time.

Cheng Lin originally planned to eat it, but now he has a new idea.

"Instead of eating it as a consumable, it is better to use it as a seed and grow it...... I remember that in the class of the college, I heard the lecturer say that Xia Guo is currently cultivating spiritual plants

I have a lot of experience in cultivation...... Moreover, if there are more spiritual plants, they can also feed back to the spiritual world. “

Humans have long discovered that if you want to increase the concentration of spiritual energy in a certain place, the best way is to plant spiritual plants.

For example, the No. 16 spiritual land in the Ninth Division has a lot of spiritual plants artificially planted in it.

It is used to construct the ecosphere cycle, constantly nourish the aura, and make it higher and higher.

Cheng Lin felt that he could follow suit.

"But if you plant it...... But the variety is a little missing......"

He only thought about eating it himself, so the species he chose was very simple, but if he wanted to plant it on a large scale and create a spiritual land, it would be too shabby to rely on only one or two sample varieties.

"Looks like we're going to have to find a way to get some seedlings, or seeds."

Cheng Lin pondered.

……

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