Published: February 13, 2025
The Hypocritical Ghost Tree has now become the second core of the Cloud Summit defense system.
The first core is naturally the defensive formation that Ye Zhongming obtained from the Su Clan. Compared to the one set up by the Su Clan's agent before, the current defense array at Cloud Summit is directly acquired from the Su Clan Leader, making the defense system equivalent to that of a medium-sized primary base level among the All Races of the Universe.
As for why it is not the highest level, it is simply because resources on Earth are limited. The materials coming down from the sky are extremely expensive, with a very low cost-effectiveness.
However, even so, there is no one on Earth who can break through this defense.
Not even the demon whale can.
In addition to the defense of the formation, there is also the 'life defense' provided by the Hypocritical Ghost Tree.
This mutated life form that has been at Cloud Summit since the beginning is now at the ninth-level peak. Its growth method is very special; it has completely merged its root system and branches into the villa.
Its roots are the deepest existence within Cloud Summit, having even enveloped the entire peak. Now, in all directions leading to Cloud Summit, the roots of the Hypocritical Ghost Tree exist, making it impossible to know which flower, grass, or tree is actually part of the Hypocritical Ghost Tree's body.
It could be the core of a flower, the leaf of a blade of grass, or a branch on a tree...
The branches and leaves of the Hypocritical Ghost Tree are located inside the Cloud Summit Villa.
The vines on the city walls, the flowers in the flowerbeds, and the fine branches under the eaves... they are all part of the Hypocritical Ghost Tree.
It now serves as Cloud Summit's all-around, all-weather monitoring and weapon system from the villa to the base of the mountain.
Moreover, within the villa, the main trunk of the Hypocritical Ghost Tree has already grown out from the ground and is now over ten meters high. If you consider the parts underground, this tree is nearly sixty meters tall.
Perhaps this height is not outstanding among mutated plants after ten years of the apocalypse, but it should be noted that the roots and branches of the Hypocritical Ghost Tree have become incredibly large due to the needs of Cloud Summit, with most of the nutrients nourishing these areas; the trunk is merely a secondary component of its growth.
When Ye Zhongming arrived underground, he saw the true main trunk of the Hypocritical Ghost Tree, which is also the place where the Hypocritical Fruits are produced, referred to by the people of Cloud Summit as the first crown.
Yes, the part above ground is called the second crown, or the pseudo crown.
The Hypocritical Ghost Tree cannot speak like the Yama Tree, but it can communicate through mental energy.
At the moment it saw Ye Zhongming, the Hypocritical Ghost Tree was excited, emitting a series of incomprehensible mental waves, causing the entire villa to tremble slightly.
"Alright, I’ve known you for more than a day or two, who are you trying to impress?"
Ye Zhongming said irritably.
Indeed, it was the Hypocritical Ghost Tree, pretending to be happy to see Ye Zhongming, but the King of Cloud Summit now has a strength that is incomparably higher than before he left Earth. He could easily sense that this guy was being deliberate, trying to cover up the fear in his heart.
Previously, Ye Zhongming had not been very friendly towards it... it was a shadow from his childhood.
"You... used the gene of Luo Shen Cypress on it?"
With just a careful glance, Ye Zhongming noticed the difference.
Liu Zhenghong nodded, "Not only that, but I also selected two other excellent plant genes to inject into it. I must say, the fusion rate of mutated plants in this regard is much higher than that of mutated animals."
"Bring the machine over." Liu Zhenghong said to a nearby monitoring researcher, who immediately brought over a simple and rough version of the Fuleira Tester and connected it to the Hypocritical Ghost Tree.