Chapter 31: Growth

The Great Elder was very satisfied with this place, and nodded as he watched. Haruka and Flying Arrow are young people after all, and they are thinking about which cabin to live in along the way.

The Great Elder took out the Life Stone and said, "It must be connected to the earth, Huangquan, you come and help me." ”

The four of them went down to the lowest cabin. What had been a fuel storage area was now empty, with only a few piles of ash of unknown composition, and the floor was mostly broken, and the mud floor below could be seen.

Huang Quan picked up the greatsword he had learned from the ogre and sliced the floor along the broken ground, revealing a whole field of dirt.

The Great Elder solemnly took out the Life Stone, plunged the cleanly cut trunk into the dirt, and began to pray in a low voice.

As his voice rose and fell, the Life Stone slowly emitted light, a halo of water rippling and spreading, gradually filling the entire cabin.

The arrow was first accidental, then overjoyed, and immediately absorbed the light with all its attention. Haruka was a little dazed, but the light was automatically entering her body.

And Huang Quan's situation is a little weird, his body is like a black hole, any light that is close to him is inhaled, and at the same time, his body is also spreading light outward, and between entering and exiting, the light seems to change.

The Great Elder prayed wholeheartedly and found nothing unusual.

The trunk of the small tree begins to grow roots and dig into the soil at a rate visible to the naked eye. The ground beneath the trunk slowly rises and stops rising about half a meter.

At this time, the Great Elder's face was pale, his breath became weak, and he said with joy on his face: "This place is very suitable for the growth of the Life Stone, and it won't be long before it will be the same as the original camp." ”

Flying Arrow and Haruka were full of joy, but Huang Quan looked thoughtfully at the small tree embedded with the Life Stone.

The small tree has grown dense roots that do not match its size, tangled in the dirt, and created a platform below its body. And its taproot is no longer known to be deeply rooted.

At this moment, the exposed roots continue to expand and contract, drawing nutrients from the land and sending them into the small trees and life stones.

The speed at which it grows and absorbs nutrients is so fast that Huangquan feels a little hideous.

At the moment when the little tree began to grow, Huang Quan seemed to hear a wail. Like the wail of the earth and the rainforest, the surrounding plants and creatures seem to tremble.

As the Living Stone began to glow, an invisible force spread rapidly, covering the surrounding area, and all wailing sounds disappeared.

Huang Quan frowned slightly, his perception was amazing, and he had a faint feeling that the disappearance of the sound was not an illusion or a shield, but was erased by the power of the Life Stone.

The area around them was indeed changing, and Huang Quan casually grabbed a beetle from the dirt. The worm's limbs fluttered erratically, and there was no room for escape or resistance.

Huang Quan's eyes changed color, and when he scanned it in all directions, he found that all the organs in his body were changing rapidly, some of them were growing, some of them were distorted, and some of them were dying.

This process of change is thousands of times faster than under strong radiation.

Seeing this bug, Huang Quan knew that the Stone of Life was not gentle and peaceful in the process of changing the environment.

Just now, he himself had absorbed a lot of the energy of the Life Stone, and this time because of its regrowth, the Life Stone had opened more thoroughly, and the power that overflowed was also more pure, allowing Huang Quan to truly perceive the nature of this power.

The energy of the Life Stone is different from that of the Holy Radiance, it appears softer, has a lower bearing requirement for the body, and is also more lively, transforming the body much faster and more thoroughly than the Holy Radiance. In essence, the two are still homologous.

If the Radiance is volcanic lava, then the Living Stone is the furnace fire, which is easier to control and use. But the power and volume of lava are not at the same level as furnace fire.

Huang Quan was able to withstand the baptism and transformation of the Holy Radiance, and the energy of the Life Stone seemed to him to be like warm water, without any threat. But when the light of the Life Stone circulated in his body, he was shocked to find that some of the bodies in his body that had been transformed by the Holy Light had also reacted.

The good thing is that some dead bodies are faintly showing signs of recovery, and the bad thing is that the formed muscles seem to have the possibility of further growth and change.

The latter is not good news for Huang Quan, who has already formed many secret martial arts. This means that the power of those secret methods may be greatly diminished or even unusable.

On the other hand, the true power of the Holy Radiance is much stronger than the Life Stone, and if it is transformed by the Life Stone, it may not be a good thing, and no one can predict whether the result will be evolution or degradation.

So after a little try, Huang Quan began to consciously control the energy of the Life Stone in his body, keeping it within the range of not altering the special body tissues that had been revived.

The Great Elder observed again, and saw that the Life Stone began to radiate energy steadily, and finally relaxed, and said happily, "Alright, it's all done!" Arrows, you can bring people from outside in. Haruka, you come with me, and we'll assign the various living areas. ”

He glanced at Huang Quan, but did not speak.

Huang Quan pointed to the Stone of Life and said, "I'll stay a little longer and see how it changes." ”

The Great Elder hesitated, but nodded, and left with Haruka and the Flying Arrow.

Although the Stone of Life is important, if Huang Quan wants to grab it, there are countless opportunities, and he doesn't have to wait until now, and he can't have anything to do with ogres.

As long as the ogre sees something related to the Life Stone, it must be completely destroyed, and it cannot wait even a moment.

After everyone left, Huang Quan quietly looked at the Life Stone for a moment, and then moved his gaze to the entire cabin. This space is the most directly affected by the Life Stone, and the corresponding changes are the fastest and most obvious.

Some of the light-weary vines began to wilt, and the glowing moss appeared brighter.

This is not a good thing in Huangquan's opinion, the moss is releasing its life energy excessively by emitting light, and it won't be long before they die. Vines will wilt more slowly, but they will not survive.

Huang Quan reached out and pulled a metal plate from the bulkhead, it was glowing slightly, and the rust was fading. It is straightforward to see that its quality is constantly improving and becoming stronger.

After taking a turn in the cabin, Huang Quan determined that the Living Stone was not friendly to the native species of the rainforest, and that within its confines, almost all native life was either altered or extinct. But on the other hand, it reinforces the reinforced metal, as well as some inanimate matter.

This is really a very peculiar nature, but Huang Quan is not one of those old monsters in the Imperial Academy of Sciences, and has no interest in studying the cause of this phenomenon, and he is not able to study it if he is interested.

At this time, Haruka and Flying Arrow walked in with a weapon rack and chose a position against the wall to put it.

"What is this?" Huang Quan asked.

Haruka said, "If you put your weapon next to the Life Stone, it will gradually become sharper and more durable, and the weapon contaminated by the ogre will be able to be slowly purified. ”

Huang Quan's face was different, which didn't sound scientific at all. But after seeing the transformation of the deck metal plate by the Life Stone, he couldn't figure out what was the common sense of this world.

Setting up the weapon rack, the girl said to Huang Quan, "It's time to install the furnace, can you come and help?" ”

Arrow hesitated, but shrugged his shoulders and said nothing else.

The three most important facilities in the settlement are the Creation Hall, the Ancestral Altar, and the Crucible.

The Hall of Creation is where the Living Stone is located, where the most intense light energy is located. Once the Hall of Creation is operational, the Ancestral Altar and the Forge.

The Ancestral Altar is a place where the lost people communicate with the spirits of their ancestors. Many important knowledge, such as the manufacturing and use of weapons and utensils, the martial arts and cultivation methods that use the power of the Life Stone, the cultivation and use of various crops and medicines, etc., were obtained through the ancestral altar.

After leaving the shelter, most settlements never have the possibility of returning there, only moving farther and farther under the pressure of survival. Thus, in the rainforest that covers the entire world, the only way for the lost people to gain knowledge is through the ancestral altar.

When a sacrifice is made, this knowledge appears directly in the consciousness of the person participating in the sacrifice. Whoever can get it in the whole settlement will have this knowledge.

However, it is difficult to carry out a second transmission of knowledge in this way, and some of the artistic conceptions and experiences obtained by the sacrificers cannot be expressed in words or behaviors, and after being relayed to a third person, the power is completely different from the direct inheritance, and it is not much stronger than some of the skills that the settlers themselves have developed.

In addition, as the number of hunting trips increases and the number of hunters increases, many people's memories will gradually become blurred, and the secret method inheritance will gradually be lost. This phenomenon is even more pronounced after a woman has given birth.

After giving birth to several children, many women forget most of their inherited knowledge, lose their ability to hunt in the rainforest, and have to take care of their children and do chores in the settlement.

Every movement of a settlement is a major threat to the preservation of materials. Many settlements lost all their materials in the hasty relocation, and the entire settlement was redeveloped from its original form.

Huang Quan has nowhere to complain about this practice of relying on ancestral sacrifices for knowledge inheritance, but he also has a deep interest in its process, which is also equivalent to a way to gain power.

It's just that ancestor sacrifices need to consume a lot of energy from life stones, as well as high-quality sacrifices, and it's not something that can be done if you want to. If he wants to see the ancestor sacrifice, I'm afraid he will have to wait for a month or two.