Chapter 36: Life

"It's really badly polluted......"

It was the sixty-third day of Yang Yun's return to the Pacific Rim, and he was standing in the midst of a post-war ruin, looking at the lifeless environment and sighing. Although he is not a native of this world, no one can be happy after seeing this wasteland with his own eyes.

Since the invasion of the "pioneers", the land has ...... No, the suffering of this planet never stops.

Although all the monsters that invaded the earth were wiped out, and the "pioneers" on the other side of the wormhole were basically extinct in the aftermath of the battle between Zheng Zha and Yang Yun, and the "rifts" were destroyed together, the traces of the war will not disappear because of this...... Whether it is the contamination left by the blood of monsters or the permanent damage caused by humans when they use nuclear weapons, they are all issues that need to be solved urgently after the world peace in the Pacific Rim.

"Just let me experiment with how far I can go now."

This was Yang Yun's speech before leaving, and when he realized that the trees he created had the ability to absorb energy from the outside world, he took the initiative to propose this plan. Not only would this allow him to familiarize himself with the A-rank Life Heart bloodline more quickly, but it would also allow him to purify the surrounding environment in the process, which was really a great deal...... After all, whether it's the nuclear radiation that poisons everything or the pollutants that fill the blood of monsters, they are just different forms of energy.

- Although I took on this task on my own initiative, and it was a good way to exercise my control and subtle control of energy, it was really troublesome......

Yang Yun stood on this polluted land, his brows furrowed slightly, his hands gently touching the trunk of the tree on the side, feeling the almost imperceptible flow of life energy. Under the guidance of the subtle force, those tiny life forces extend like filaments, penetrating into every inch of the tree's fibers, and then penetrating deep into the soil from the roots. He felt his connection to his surroundings grow stronger, and the energy of pollution began to flow slowly to the trees he had created, along the circuits that had been opened up by the subtle forces.

He could feel that with the infusion of life energy, the pollutants and radiation elements of those monsters' blood were slowly being absorbed by the trees, as if the earth was breathing deeply, trying to heal his own wounds. Yang Yun knew that these trees he created were different from ordinary plants, they were full of powerful vitality, able to take root and sprout in this barren land, and even had the miraculous effect of purifying the environment.

However, Yang Yun also knew that this purification process was long and slow. Even these special trees take a lot of time to absorb the pollution and restore the place to its former environment...... It's a pity that he can't stay here for a long time, so he can only provide as much life energy as possible to these plants, so that they can last longer, and even achieve an internal purification cycle.

Under Yang Yun's guidance, the pollution in the land was gradually absorbed by the trees. As the "toxins" in the earth gradually fade, the land began to slowly return to its original vitality. And the originally green trees in front of him also began to change. If it is said that under the nourishment of life energy, the new leaves of these trees are as green as emerald, the trunks are thick and powerful, the texture is clear, and the branches also maintain a resolute outline; In the process of absorption, these trees gradually transformed into a different species.

Most of the leaves quickly lost their vitality like an autumn wind, and the yellow leaves fell off one after another, turning into flying dust, which dissipated with the wind; The few leaves of the trees showed a strange change, and their color changed to a dead gray, giving people a deep sense of discomfort. These leaves seem to be polluted by some unknown force, losing the luster of life, making people dare not approach them.

The changes in the trunk and roots of the tree were even more bizarre, the originally hard bark turned an ominous black-brown, and the surface was irregularly bulging with lumps, and their shapes were strange, like tumors of some kind of creature, and like xenomorph life conceived in the body of a plant, full of unsettling aura.

"I always feel that this type of plant should not appear in reality, but in some horror movie......"

Yang Yun's gaze stayed on those black-brown plants, a helpless expression appeared on his face, he scratched his head slightly, and said to Chu Xuan half-jokingly and half-worriedly: "Chu Xuan, are these trees that are enough to be disturbing enough to be disturbed really okay?" Wouldn't they suddenly mutate into some kind of plant monster one day, as in the Ultraman episode, and then break free from their roots and take revenge on humans? ”

"The plants you create may look different from common trees, but their genetic structure is under your control and will not mutate on their own. And according to the data you sent, this tree is not enough to give birth to the corresponding spirituality, nor does it support such a high level of self-consciousness awakening. ”

Chu Xuan's voice sounded in the communicator, and in the laboratory, rows of data analysis were swiping across the big screen: "So your concerns are superfluous, and this time the plants you have created can last at least two to three years, which is one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four percent stronger than at the beginning." ”

"This is probably a kind of evolution...... Although it is not only me who has evolved, but also these trees. ”

Yang Yun took a deep breath and looked at the trees in front of him, and a complex emotion surged deep in his heart. He pressed his palm against the polluted black-brown trunks again, slowly infusing a trace of life energy. He watched as the trees gradually regained some of their verdant greenery under his power, but before long, the stubborn pollutants re-eroded the greenery like a black tide, leaving the trees dead again.

"The general direction is correct, but the subtle direction seems to be a bit problematic, I should probably change the third and fifth group of gene fragments instead of the seventeenth group ......"

Seeing this situation, Yang Yun shook his head helplessly, but he had new thoughts in his heart, but just as he was about to summarize and start a new round of afforestation, there was a sound of dripping in the communicator.

“…… What's the situation, Chu Xuan, you won't be conducting any dangerous experiments over there, right? ”

"No, it's just a bit of work for now."

While communicating, Chu Xuan, who was studying the fifth-generation mecha of Thor's hammer, raised his head from the parts in front of him, he glanced at the dialog box that popped up on the screen, and finally put down the tool in his hand: "Let's come back first, Yang Yun." ”

"I'd like to talk to you." (End of chapter)