After a month, the tree had grown to a height of 1 meter, and its roots had reached a depth of 4 meters.

In total, it rained only three times in a month, and it didn't rain. The stored water has been almost consumed in the jungle, and when the rain comes, they will open their appetite and try to store water to save for backup.

As he grew up day by day, Aoki found that the range of his mental power scanning was constantly expanding, without him having to deliberately exercise. What started with a single line of 50 meters and a 20-meter extension around it has now grown to 60 meters and 22 meters on all sides. The clear and visible growth of ability gave Aoki infinite confidence.

However, as the weather gradually dries, Aoki also finds an existential crisis.

In plants, there is a water supply balance system, which is simply the balance between water absorption and utilization.

For example, trees extract water from its roots and transport it to the leaves, which serve two purposes. The first is photosynthesis, which consumes water and carbon dioxide to produce oxygen and organic matter. The second use is plant transpiration: this water is emitted through the stomata (not limited to the leaves) to regulate the temperature difference between the air and the plant and avoid burning at high temperatures, which accounts for more than 90% of the water absorbed by the plant.

In the past, it used to rain almost every day, so there was no need to worry about water shortages, but now it can't, because it only rains once every 10 days, so the water supply is still quite tight.

The tropical monsoon climate has a high temperature all year round, and even in winter, it can generally reach more than 20 degrees, so the consumption of water is still relatively large.

Nowadays, due to the lack of water supply to the roots, the plants do not have enough water for transpiration, so many leaves have begun to wilt. Especially because Aoki desperately sprouted and grew new leaves last month, so these leaves are still a little delicate and can't withstand the hot air around them.

"Alas! It's not easy to be a tree! Thinking of the difficulties he has encountered from the beginning to the present, Aoki can't help but sigh.

Soon after, a number of leaves began to wither. In the end, Aoki had to abandon the car again to protect the handsome. The water is supplied to the transpiration functional leaves of the trees to ensure that the supply is kept to a minimum.

Photosynthesis is reduced, respiration is enhanced, and the permeable membrane is destroyed and a large number of problems cause the loss of substances in the body, which makes Aoki physically and mentally exhausted. By this time, Aoki's growth rate had largely stopped, and the stored water was only used for basic consumption.

Looking at his previous actions, Aoki found that the all-out growth strategy he had made some time ago was his most unsuccessful decision. And not finding out in time that this is not a tropical monsoon climate zone is also a major mistake.

Mistakes aren't scary, as long as you can face them up to it and don't make the same mistake next time.

Half a month has passed, and the slowing jungle has finally ushered in another rain. Aoki, who is familiar with the soil-root water redistribution system (HR), will quickly transfer rainwater from the surface to the depths of the ground through the roots, increasing the total amount of available water for the next rain.

In addition, the branches and trunks of the whole body are not idle, and they try their best to store water and try to get as much water as possible.

After doing this, Aoki still felt unreliable, and aimed his thoughts at the stream.

"Isn't there a lot of ready-made water there, so why not use it in such good conditions?" So Aoki wanted to grow as much as possible in the direction of the stream, and stop it in other directions for the time being. Since there is still a difference of about 2 meters in height between the roots of the tree and the stream, it is estimated that it has to work hard to store water in the past few months.

Finally, after another 2 months, Aoki finally reached into the stream with his claws.

The joy of success made Aoki can't help but pump water from the stream in a big way.

"Woo! Wow! Ha! Ha! Aoki couldn't help but feel excited when he felt the cool feeling, and the trees were strangely shaking all over their bodies in the absence of wind.

"Finally no damn water conservation! I think there are still difficulties that can stop me. "Aoki is full of spirit and pride.

At this time, Aoki was 1.2 meters tall and his roots were 6 meters deep. On the outside, it only grows from 1 meter to 1.2 meters, which is not much change, but the roots of the tree grow from 4 meters to 6 meters deep.

Prioritize the development of the root system in order to adapt to the effects of the environment, which is necessary for survival. However, with the water supplied by the stream, the green wood can begin to grow, focusing on the foliage.

However, Aoki didn't show too much of it. At this time, it may be the season and winter, and all the trees are recuperating, Aoki noticed that they did not reveal new branches and buds, but kept the original leaves unchanged.

If he is growing a lot of new branches and young leaves at this time, it will cause a bunch of bugs to eat like last time. As a result, the green wood grew upwards little by little, gradually surpassing the other trees next to it.

After about 2 months, the weather basically did not change, with high temperatures and not much rain. However, Aoki noticed that the plants in the jungle began to grow new shoots, tender and yellow, full of hope and new life.

Many insects have also gradually turned from the original low state to active, bringing vitality to this jungle.

Aoki knew that a new round of growth race had begun.

At this time, in addition to feeling an instinctive rooting and sprouting**, another strange phenomenon appeared strangely: the tree was bulging in some strange places, as if something was growing.

After almost 10 days, Aoki saw that he had grown a "beard". These beards were not very many, and when they were counted, there were only ten: 5 from the branches on the ground, and 5 from the roots of the trees. They resemble the nascent aerial roots of a ficus tree, but they are different. Aoki researched and studied, but he still didn't understand what it was.

Before you know it, another month has passed, and the drought has eased and the frequency of rain has gradually increased. In the end, it gradually developed into a heavy rain for three days and a light rain for one day. The water level of the stream has risen more than 5 meters deep, and many underwater animals have emerged from their dry burrows to welcome the new year.

The plants in the jungle are also swaying, as if they are ready to welcome the arrival of the rainy season.

At this time, Aoki's 10 "whiskers" have also grown to half a meter long, and this thing looks like a hardcore tentacle in a xxx movie. If it weren't for the bark covering the surface, Aoki would have hated them. Because before being reborn, Aoki, who had a tentacle flow and a heavy taste, was the most annoying and disgusting.

Aoki didn't know what they were used for, but that unpleasant image was still beaten into the cold palace by Aoki.

With the advent of the rainy season, everything grows, making Aoki have more fun. The control of growth is left to the instinct of the tree. Aoki, on the other hand, has a lot of fun through the function of mental power.

At this time, Aoki's spiritual power had grown to the point where he could extend in a straight line for 100 meters, and the scanning range around him extended to a radius of 30 meters.

At this time, Aoki was having a lot of fun and was full of interest. Small green worms, insect eggs, spiders, small birds, poisonous snakes, pheasants, turtles, small fish, moss, pond fish, frogs, all kinds of things were not spared. Sometimes Aoki also observes some courting animals with bad taste, and of course the mating scene is not spared, it is really an "evil" tree.

Even though Aoki has become a tree, when you look at poisonous animals such as snakes and scorpions up close through your mental power, you still feel your heart pounding. It's as if he's still alone, and he's sticking his head over to bite them.

The big anaconda that made Aoki haunt finally appeared in front of Aoki after Aoki's tireless waiting. Aoki's cold cyan scales, cold vertical eyes, huge body, chilling breath, and bloody huge mouth made Aoki shiver. At this time, it is staying in a deep pool of 10 meters deep stream, constantly preying on fish resting in the deep pool.

Seeing this, Aoki realized that his original idea was wrong.

Streams here are generally only three or four meters deep, and in the dry season they are only one or half a meter deep, so there is not enough living space for large underwater animals or amphibians. So there won't be too many large underwater animals here.

For a large anaconda that eats a lot of food, if the water is not deep enough and there is not enough food, then it will definitely not establish a territory here. This explains why Aoki has been so difficult to see for more than half a year.

It is only during the rainy season that it can be seen by Aoki when it is on a whim and bored to travel here.

"What the hell is the outside world like?" Are there wild boars? Jungle leopard? Monkey? Other pythons? And I don't know the environment I'm in, it's a valley? Is it a ridge? Is it a hillside? And, where the hell are you?

At this time, Aoki was very eager to be able to see outside.

Limited to the existing environment, Aoki can only see the stream and the forest of trees within 200 meters. A little farther away, you will be blocked by the leaves and trunks of the jungle. And the spiritual power is only 100 meters away at this time.

"It would be good when the spiritual power could break through to cover the entire jungle." Aoki's heart burned at the thought of the potential of his spiritual power.

It is a heart that longs to be untethered. At this time, Aoki was even more eager to grow up on his own.

Since then, Aoki is no longer ambitious, and he grows himself with all his might. Until one day, the tranquility of the forest was broken.

Aoki heard the voice of a human voice.

"More than half a year has passed, and finally someone is here again? I don't know who is here this time. ”