A month later.

"Escaped again?" After Zhang Yang received the report, he yawned indifferently, "Just run away, I'll come back sooner or later." If you don't kill all those guys, the battle will never end. Didn't the boss say, let us wait for the news and then counterattack, then wait! The ancestral tree is getting stronger and stronger, and it is best for me to have someone come to die every day, and pull our several major armies on the field to train in turns. The actual combat opportunity is extremely precious, and this is what the boss said!"

"It's the Twenty-Fourth Legion. Gu Qingqing corrected.

The expansion of the forest is quietly but rapidly proceeding, and since the sudden mutation of the ancestral tree fire, the surrounding territory of the Green Soul Forest has increased by thousands of square kilometers. Like a green plague, the Demon Tree and other mutated plants infect the surrounding mountains, plains, and hills, engulfing the vegetation that originally existed there, and then completely assimilating it.

The old nest has been extending in all directions, becoming a bigger old nest. The natives outside the Green Soul Forest were all dumbfounded when they saw the forest covering the sky, and then it would be much easier for Kumba and the others to come to talk about the alliance.

From 1 million natives to 2 million, there are now as many as 24 legions of soldiers. If it weren't for the fact that the speed of construction and other equipment could not keep up, this number could have increased a lot.

"Now I'm waiting for the boss to send the colonization data back, although those prisoners of criminals have them in stock, but we don't know how to peel the skin and return the bones. If you have the boss's ability to analyze, you don't have to be so troublesome, and you have to let the old man do everything himself. When Zhang Yang said the strange title of "old man", the expression on his face was extremely serious, as if he was mentioning his elders.

"It's okay to do our part, we just need to do the parts on the machine, and start the machine or leave it to the boss!" Gu Qingqing patted him on the shoulder.

When the two of them came to the arsenal, they saw that the towering furnace had already been erected. The natives of the forgery are raising their heads on fire, smelting some metal ore. Thousands of people in the construction area are sitting on the edge of the assembly line, each doing their part. The production of the Death Arrow and the Burst Arrow was also in full swing, and everything seemed to be in order, and there was no one to speak in the vast area.

"What about Xiao Ran?" Gu Qingqing asked after calling a human officer.

"Report sir. Chief Bai has gone to the ancestral tree. The growth of the Deceased Flower today is a bit unusual, and the ancestral tree is also a little irritable......" replied the officer.

Gu Qingqing and Zhang Yang didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and rushed out.

Needless to say, the importance of the afterlife flower is not to be said, and the ancestral tree is the heart of the entire forest. If it hadn't been for its spark outbreak recently, the defensive battle would never have gone so smoothly - the forest that would recover on its own was like a huge demonic beast, and even the most powerful army of sinners would tremble and even be at a loss when they attacked.

"But don't make any mistakes!" Zhang Yang muttered to himself as he swept at high speed.

Arrived at the clearing in the forest where the ancestral tree was. In the distance, he saw the ocean-like flowers of the past, a large expanse of ice blue swaying in the wind. Under the effect of mysterious fire distortion, the color of the petals that used to be pure white as jade has completely turned into an extremely cold forest blue, and the stamens are the same, full of evil atmosphere.

Bai Xiaoran was standing in the midst of the sea of flowers, his hands raised high, in a pose full of static beauty. She wore a long dress that was also blue, and her height of 172 was very beautiful at a glance. And that dance-like posture also highlights her graceful figure to a considerable extent. But in the eyes of Zhang Yang and Gu Qingqing, everything was creepy and abnormal.

What's even more terrifying. The ancestral tree, which had always been as silent as a mountain, was shaking on its own, as if it had fallen into an invisible storm. The indescribably thick body made a metallic twisting sound, and the branches swam high in the air, and the remnants of the leaves were all over the sky.

Its abnormal movement caused the heavens and the earth to also change color, and relatively speaking, Bai Xiaoran standing under the tree was small and helpless. It seems like it will be torn to shreds by a terrible stream of energy at any moment.

"Xiao Ran, what are you doing, come out quickly!" Gu Qingqing screamed.

She and Bai Xiaoran have always been good friends, and she knows that the other party has a deep affection for Lei Luo, and usually pretends to be nothing, but in fact, her fierce and resolute temperament is equivalent to a time bomb. I don't know when it will erupt, so I've been secretly worried about it.

Now it seems that what I am worried about has become a reality, and the poison of the afterlife flower is obvious to all, and it has a strong instinct to attack any living thing. Gu Qingqing didn't understand why Bai Xiaoran was able to walk among the flowers in a good manner, and he was still able to stand there unharmed.

"Come out quickly, silly girl!" Zhang Yang was also in a hurry, not knowing what to do.

The ancestral tree's suppression of the fire of other small creatures is not indiscriminate between friend and foe, which is equivalent to an indiscriminate attack. Zhang Yang and Gu Qingqing were also unable to fly within the forest range, and could only sweep forward at high speed. Therefore, if you want to rush into the flowers to rescue Bai Xiaoran, you will inevitably come into contact with those deadly flowers.

They weren't sure that they could be like Bai Xiaoran, not being attacked by venom sprays.

Hearing the shouting, Bai Xiaoran turned his head and looked at the two of them and smiled slightly: "Qingqing, Zhang Yang, I'm sorry." ”

"I'm sorry?" Gu Qingqing was stupid, "Why do you want to say you're sorry? What do you want to do? Let me tell you, Bai Xiaoran, you dare to do something stupid!"

"You misunderstood, I'm not trying to kill myself. Bai Xiaoran shook his head, "I just can't wait any longer, I want to go to the Golden City to find the leader." ”

"Bastard!" Zhang Yang was furious, "I usually don't know who likes to say the most, don't overestimate yourself, don't overestimate yourself! I think you have become a crazy woman now, with your little strength, what can you do in the Golden City? Pull the boss's hind legs? Don't say it's the Eternal Night Clan, which of those sinners is not enough for you to drink a pot? You don't think you're overpowered, I think you've lost your mind at all!"

"Xiao Ran, although the boss is looking for Zhuo Ling, his main purpose is to explore the way. Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles. It's not easy to fight this battle with the sinners, so let's not make trouble for him. Listen to me, and get out as you get in. When I see the boss again, I promise to keep him away from Zhuo Ling, what is that girl better than you?!If the boss can't choose himself, we'll help him choose!" Gu Qingqing only wanted to coax Bai Xiaoran out first, and directly took the fierce medicine.

Bai Xiaoran was unmoved, and said lightly: "Thank you." But I'm not going to pull him back, but to protect him. ”

The weak want to protect the strong, and this joke is full of sadness no matter how you look at it. Before Zhang Yang and Gu Qingqing could continue to dissuade him, Bai Xiaoran's raised hands had already formed a strange gesture, and Zu Li reacted.

Two thick branches of turquoise color fell from the clouds like chains. Piercing deep into the mud. In the blink of an eye, the sea of flowers withered and absorbed all its vitality, and by the time the two branches of the ancestral tree were pulled out with the soil, they had completely turned into an ice blue, like a translucent state.

The next moment, the branches stabbed straight out, penetrating Bai Xiaoran's body!

"Xiao Ran!!" Gu Qingqing hissed, and rushed forward with Zhang Yang, but was stopped by the cannibal giant roots that jumped out of the ground.

The two couldn't figure it out. Why did Zu Shu attack Bai Xiaoran, but now it has obviously become impossible to save people. Because in this forest, the ancestral tree is the only supreme god, and it is too simple to stop the actions of just two humans.

Before he could think about whether to ask for help, Bai Xiaoran's body had already changed color. From the piercing wound, an ice blue seeped through, and the branches of the ancestral tree gradually regained their original turquoise color. But Bai Xiaoran's whole person has become an ice sculpture-like existence, and his skin is blue and transparent. You can see the texture of the body underneath. In front of her forehead, a diamond-shaped crystal like a sapphire slowly grew, and her lips turned a complete purple. The eyes opened are deep and endless, and there is no difference between black and white eyes, which is deeper than the endless void.

"Xiao Ran, you...... What have you done?" Gu Qingqing was powerless to exclaim. I felt a chill seeping out from my bone marrow.

The ancestral tree withdrew the branches, and the huge wound on Bai Xiaoran's chest and back instantly recovered, and his feet were suspended in the air from the ground. In the Green Soul Forest, she can still master the ability to fly, something that no number of strong people can do, but now she seems more comfortable than the fish in the water.

"That's all I can do. has the ability to help the leader. Bai Xiaoran's voice became very peculiar, vaguely mixed with the sound of the cold wind whistling.

After Lei Luo, Bai Xiaoran became the only one who successfully communicated with Zu Shu.

No one knew what Zushu was going through at this stage, Bai Xiaoran discovered Zushu's special situation by accident.

Ever since Lei Luo left, she had been depressed all day long, trapped in a sad and autistic state of mind, paying no attention to everything in the outside world except for necessary affairs.

To some extent, this weakens Tinder's ability to defend itself. When that huge and heavy will penetrated in, it sounded directly in the depths of Bai Xiaoran's consciousness, and she couldn't believe that it was the ancestral tree that found her.

The endless energy of the Nine Lives Heavenly Dragon Recipe made the ancestral tree not stop growing even after breaking through to the gold level. The revival of the forest and the expansion of the territory are just a slight overflow of energy for the ancestral tree, and it is not a big deal at all. As for the suppression of the fire of all living beings in the range, it is rapidly increasing day by day.

Zushu found himself approaching the strength of a world-class leader step by step, and the Green Soul Forest was becoming more and more like a completely independent inner world.

The power of the Nine Lives Heavenly Dragon Technique was completely beyond its imagination.

With the wisdom of an ancient species, the ancestral tree sensed a subtle change in its own situation. In the past, it was self-preservation, but in the future, I am afraid that it will be an endless war, and the sinners will never sit idly by and watch the existence of super beings like themselves in the dark places.

The problem is that Lei Luo has already gone to the Golden City, and there is no one to discuss countermeasures. Before Bai Xiaoran, Zu Shu had secretly observed many people, and found that they were not suitable communication partners. Until he touched Bai Xiaoran's fire, he found that the memory area was full of fragments about Lei Luo.

Zushu didn't understand what the love between men and women meant, and instinctively thought that he had found Lei Luo's kind, so he had a follow-up conversation. Bai Xiaoran was thoughtful, and after figuring out Zu Shu's worries, he didn't promise anything directly, but promised to go to the Golden City for a trip and asked Lei Luo what he meant.

"But I'm too weak, and unless you can strengthen me, I won't be able to deliver the message to him alive, even if I get to the Golden City. Bai Xiaoran finally put forward the conditions.

"How are you going to strengthen?" Zushu thought at first that there was something wrong with the way of communication, so that he heard it wrong.

Of course, the fire of plants and animals are completely different things, and if it thinks about it, it can only complete the strength enhancement by transferring the power of the Nine Lives Heavenly Dragon Recipe to Bai Xiaoran. But the Nine Lives Heavenly Dragon Recipe was obviously from Lei Luo, and without his permission, Zu Shu felt that he should not spread it without permission.

"I'm going to be like them. Bai Xiaoran took out a small bottle of venom from the Dead Flower and said coldly.

Zushu weighed it again and again, and before finally compromised, he asked a puzzled question: "If the transformation is completed, you will become a life form that has never been seen before." I don't understand, as a human being, that you hate yourself so much?"

"I don't hate myself, I just can't stand weakness without strength. Bai Xiaoran replied.

For the first time, Zushu put the planting site of the dead flowers by his side. In this blank area of hundreds of square kilometers, it once again distorted the fire of the dead flower, and the toxicity was increased by a hundred times compared to before.

Zu Shu emptied the venom of the entire sea of flowers in one fell swoop, and the moment it was injected into Bai Xiaoran's body, the girl was actually dead. It's just that Zu Shu unleashed the new power of the Nine Lives Heavenly Dragon Technique, forcibly maintaining Bai Xiaoran's fire vitality, and changing every cell in her body.

At this moment, the transformation had been completed, and the ancestral tree had exhausted all its branches and returned to its usual silence.

And Bai Xiaoran has become an out-and-out poisonous girl.

Facing the stunned Zhang Yang and Gu Qingqing, she looked extremely relaxed, but her strange appearance and voice were still revealing a chilling aura: "I'm sorry, Qingqing, let me be willful this time!"

Gu Qingqing had roughly guessed what the other party's mutation represented, and tears rolled down: "Why are you so stupid!"

Bai Xiaoran pursed his lips, waved his hand, and soared into the air, instantly flying away from the Green Soul Forest. The ice-blue light several meters wide stretched like a waterfall, forming a band of light in the air, and all the plants in the range withered silently, even the bark of the ancestral tree sank into a large dent.

Even half a plane apart, Bai Xiaoran also felt Lei Luo's breath.

Just as when she set out from Neo-Babylon, she felt that Relo was waiting for her here. Gu Qingqing has said more than once that unrequited love is a bad fate, and there will be no ending except pain.

But Bai Xiaoran believes that unrequited love is fate, full of a person's stubbornness.

There are many things that were destined when I was seven years old, the moment I saw Lei Luo for the first time. (To be continued......)