The World Tree needs a tree protector.

So when Tesla wanted to leave here and hand over the responsibilities of the tree keeper to the newcomer, he initiated a series of procedures to let the World Tree automatically select qualified people from it.

There are many candidates who come to Tesla, and there are only three people who are the last to be eligible to eat the fruit, and Alex belongs to the third person.

"I'm a third person?" Alex asked.

"Yes!"

"How's the two in front of you doing?"

"They put forward new ideas and development directions, but unfortunately they can't develop in the bud, because the energy is insufficient, or the energy circulation system has loopholes, and the power loss is too great. Once they fail, they will wither and die as new branches, and they will no longer exist in this worldly tree. ”

After listening to Tesla's words, Alex finally understood that this was the moment when he was on the line between life and death, once he stepped on the wrong step, not only would he die, but even the universe in which he was located would no longer exist.

Alex put his hand on the trunk of the Tree of the World, closed his eyes and sank into his mind to sense the universe he was in, and he immediately saw the inside of the entire tree, first the branches and veins of the tree, then the cells of the tree, and then the universe that made up the cells.

According to the information obtained from eating the fruit, it can be seen that every 3,000 small universes surround a universe, every 3,000 universes surround a large universe, and every 3,000 large universes surround an ultimate universe, and every 3,000 ultimate universes form the cells of a world realm tree.

After locking down the universe he was in, he saw people he was familiar with. Parents, brothers, sisters, relatives and friends, and other people who know and don't know each other, they are all busy and living peacefully.

"Have you figured it out?" Tesla asked softly beside him, "What way have you found to make your universe develop different branches of civilization, and then influence the World Realm Tree and continue to develop." ”

"I've figured it out!"

"Oh? What's the idea? ”

"You're a tree protector, so you should know what the Moon Demon relies on to survive, right?" Alex's eyes were closed, and his hands did not leave the trunk of the tree, and while observing the people on Earth, he explained to Tesla, "As a species that invades the tree of the world. They themselves cannot directly absorb the energy of the universe. However, it can refine raw materials and turn them into the energy they need. There was even a small part of it leaking out, which became the source of mystical power. ”

Tesla touched his mustache and somewhat understood what Alex was talking about, and he knew the mysterious power that he was referring to in that world. In fact, it comes from the hedron energy contained in the moon. As for the hedron on the moon. In fact, it is the diamond-shaped crystal on the Moon Demon's forehead. When the Moon Demon dies, he will leave the crystal behind.

Each crystal holds a tremendous amount of energy, which was transformed by the Moon Demon when it devoured the souls of humans during their lifetime. If you look at it from this point of view. Alex has indeed found a path, one that can have endless energy.

That's the human soul!

The soul itself cannot be used directly as energy, but it can be processed as a raw material to become a huge amount of energy. Human reproduction is endless, and many people die and are born every year. If the soul can also be used as a source of energy, then there is no possibility of exhaustion.

But there is still a big problem here, a big problem! Before this, it was not uncommon for anyone to think of using the human soul as a source of energy.

"That's a great idea, but I'm a little bit of a bad idea! You won't be ignorant, will you? If you want to process the soul and turn it into energy, you must have very high-quality vessels! Or as tools, when they reached the end of the Shinto civilization, they were able to directly process souls into energy, but only when they had a godhead. ”

Tesla paced as he said, "If you use the means of Shinto to cultivate Godhead, then this branch of yours is no different from the Shinto branch, and this will not be approved by the Tree of the World. If you don't use Shinto methods, then you will be stuck in the initial stage, and you will not be able to refine the soul to the extent that you can't do it. Even the branch of technological civilization I have established has not been able to reach this level so far! ”

At the end, he concluded: "So, this step of yours is too big! Not realistic enough! ”

Alex didn't seem to be panicked when he heard this, but smiled: "I also know that the beginning of any civilization is very important, if it can't develop at the beginning, then no matter how beautiful the prospect is, it will be in vain." Just like technological civilization, it also needs oil, natural gas, and nuclear energy as a transition before it can be developed. Presumably, these resources were also buried by you in the first place. ”

Tesla nodded, acknowledging Alex's guess.

"In the world before I was reborn, I was exposed to a kind of fantasy novel that described a civilization. This civilization, known as rune technology, looks scientific, but it fails to explain where the energy for rune technology comes from. ”

The more Alex spoke, the more excited he became, and he said loudly, "Until here, I guessed vaguely!" The energy of rune technology actually comes from the human beings themselves, and it is the spiritual power of human beings, or the soul is used as fuel! ”

When Tesla heard this, he couldn't help but say: "But you haven't been able to explain how to make human society leapfrog the first few steps in order to have the energy of refining souls!" ”

Alex opened his eyes, looked at Tesla and said with a smile: "Actually, you have long known how to solve this problem, but you have not started to implement it, but you want to wait for us candidates to think of it ourselves!" ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

Tesla smiled as well, he was really happy to laugh, and finally someone understood the hint he left. After the development of scientific and technological civilization reached its peak, he was already thinking about how to develop next, but at that time, he already had the intention to break away from the connection with the tree of the world and remove the responsibility of "tree protector".

So after the candidate planning was carried out. He deliberately interferes with the selection process, and all the candidates will encounter the content he has set along the way, so as to prompt them to finally take a new path. He can't tell the candidate directly, and most of the hints given are vague.

But even if this is done, not many people can understand it.

Fortunately, Alex reacted quickly, and after he entered the space, he has been thinking about Tesla's purpose and what Tesla will do. And it is associated with the inside of the game, when doing tasks. There will always be some clues. Whether it's a manuscript, a key code, or something else. He has carefully considered the meaning of the existence of these things.

When everything was clearly displayed in front of his eyes, one of the special things was very eye-catching, and that was the Moon Demon diamond-shaped spar!

With such a spar in hand, Alex did not think that it was obtained by chance. Rather, there is a special meaning. He and Valentina were able to travel through the first dimension. Enter the second space. It relies on the energy of the Moon Magic Crystal. If Tesla's every step was set by Tesla, and the hedron was just a prop, there would be no need for such a fuss.

After perceiving the peculiarity of the Moon Demon Crystal. Alex focused his mental power on the hedron and began to study its effects carefully. Soon, he came to a conclusion: "The hedron is the tool that the Moon Demon uses to refine human souls!" It's like a godhead, but it's not a godhead! ”

It is a semi-living substance!

When the Moon Demon dies, its body decays and returns to heaven and earth, but the hedron can remain active due to its own special properties, constantly radiating mysterious energy outward until its own energy is exhausted.

"Hedrons!"

Alex used his mind to control the hedron to levitate in front of the two of them, and the hedron was emitting bursts of fluctuations. Originally, Alex couldn't see these fluctuations, but when he ate the fruit, he had a power comparable to that of a god. Whether it was divine power or magic power, or refining arrays and technology, there were no secrets in his eyes.

"Very good, you have discovered the effect of the hedrons." Tesla nodded and said, "So what are you going to do?" If you want to refine your soul energy through crystals, you can try to design an energy circulation system to see if the Tree of the World Realm can accept it? ”

At this point, Tesla still did not uncover the mystery, but let Alex explore and try. This kind of attempt is not without a price, every time Alex changes, it will touch the basic rules of the universe, once the change is too great, and the energy circulation system is flawed, it will naturally be judged to fail by the Tree of the World.

These key points were already very clear when Alex ate the fruit. He didn't make adjustments immediately, but simulated it in his own mental space, trying to design a perfect energy circulation system.

In the mental space, the spar appeared in Alex's hand.

Now Alex has been able to project himself into the spiritual space, with his own spiritual body, since eating the fruit, the spiritual space has received a huge amount of energy injection, forming a real space, a space as vast as a galaxy.

In this space, he can do the same thing as the Creator, and can create any object or life at will.

As long as these things follow reasonable logical laws and there are no big loopholes in their own energy and material circulation, then they are things that can really exist.

In order to practice his hands, Alex did not immediately transform the hedron, but glanced at the distance. In his sight, fertile land appeared, green life grew rapidly, and then mountains rose, clouds rose, and lightning appeared. Finally, a variety of flora and fauna appear out of thin air, some of which resemble life on Earth, while others are imaginary creatures.

In a single thought, the time of the entire space seems to have been set back by tens of millions of years, the earth and the sky are changing rapidly, and life on the earth is evolving. All this was done on a circular earth, suspended in the void, around which the sun, moon and stars revolved.

"Well, I've probably mastered a little bit of skill!" Alex thought to himself that things in the space had passed for a long time, but for him, it was only a matter of a minute or two.

"Let's see what this hedron does!"

He looked at the hedron in his hand, and as he watched, the hedron gradually transformed into a sparkling seed. A tangible and insubstantial seed, he flew up in the air, looking down on the saucer-shaped continent, looking for a suitable target.

Finally, he chose an animal that looked smarter, and with a flick of his fingers, the seed flew into the body of one of the animals.

At this time, Tesla suddenly appeared in this space, and he looked at this world with great interest and said, "It's a good space, it seems that you have completely mastered your abilities." ”

He paused and continued, "But what did you turn that crystal into a seed for? ”

Alex smiled slightly and said, "You can see it when you continue to watch!" ”

After saying that, the time of space passed quickly, only the two of them did not change at all, they were like eternal beings.

A thought arises, thousands of mountains and rivers, a thought disappears, and the vicissitudes of life.

After countless eras, the animals implanted with seeds have been multiplying, and in the eyes of the two of them, a seed has become countless seeds, quietly silent in the body of that animal. Intelligent species emerged when one of the branches of this animal inadvertently received the stimulus of a seed to evolve into a higher life.

A new intelligent life forms ruled the space, and each of them had a diamond-shaped crystal on their foreheads, just like the Moon Demons, but they were not Moon Demons. At first, like human beings, they went from primitive societies to slave societies, and then to feudal societies and capitalist societies.

In this world, there is no oil and gas buried underneath, and they cannot use other energy sources to promote social development. Because Alex doesn't want them to be too biased towards technological civilization, whenever the trajectory of social development deviates too much, he will intervene and send natural disasters to destroy the initial established scientific and technological civilization.

Several times in a row, it ended like this.

When he saw this, Tesla frowned and said, "If you continue to develop like this, there is no way to obtain a large amount of soul materials to build the civilized society you want!" Even if it is successfully established, it is only a social civilization that copies a creature like the Moon Demon, but you have no way to provide high-quality souls for them to develop! ”

Alex shook his head and said, "No! After these experiments, I already know what to do! There is no need to refine energy by devouring the souls of other high-level lifeforms, they themselves have this energy existing! ”

As he spoke, Alex stretched out his hand and pointed, and one of the intelligent beings received a revelation and possessed some kind of cultivation technique. After cultivating, this intelligent life has gained more powerful power, and not only that, but their own souls have also changed. (To be continued......)