Published: February 9, 2025
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"After acquiring the lumberjack profession, I also received a wooden heart ability card, which marked the beginning of all my tragedies."
After confirming that he wouldn't be discovered by the Yama Tree here, Ye Zhongming calmed down and waited for the treant to explain.
In this regard, Ye Zhongming trusted the treant because from the moment he entered the building to the battle and now to having this face-to-face conversation, nearly half an hour had passed, and there was no sign of the dry corpses controlled by the Yama Tree coming here. It was evident that this treant had used some means that Ye Zhongming couldn't understand to 'shield' against the Yama Tree's probing.
"The lumberjack's professional ability is quite powerful; it can absorb the energy of trees and enhance my professional abilities. It allows me to upgrade my profession skills without needing a Class Promotion Scroll. Although the speed is slow, overall, it far exceeds those evolvers waiting for promotion scrolls."
Ye Zhongming was slightly surprised. He knew that some professional skills could be naturally improved and had even touched upon and speculated about this in this lifetime, but he wasn’t certain, and he couldn’t distinguish between true and false. He hadn’t expected to meet someone who could provide a definite answer.
"But this profession, which can grow its abilities by consuming several large trees, has side effects," the treant's speech was still fragmented and difficult to understand, but Ye Zhongming was still drawn in by the information he conveyed.
This was yet another door leading to the unknown.
"It means that I will invoke the hostility of mutated plants. Compared to other evolvers, they can detect me faster, actively seek me out to attack, and even if I get hit, the damage I incur will be greater."
"Can you imagine the feeling of having to sleep with one eye open? At any moment, mutated plants might attack me."
"I desperately want to change this situation. When I received the wooden heart ability card, I thought it was my savior. Without hesitation, I used this functional card that allowed evolvers to have a close affinity with nature. However..."
"Mutation occurred. I don’t know why, but I began to change from a human into a tree-like form, which I call 'treeification.' My abilities did indeed grow, and among evolvers of the same level, I had almost no rivals. The hostility of mutated plants toward me also disappeared, and instead, they became quite friendly. However, I was becoming less and less human."
At this point, the treant paused, looking at his tree-like hand with a complex expression.
"You know, I should have been the first to notice that the Yama Tree and the Death Vine wanted to surround and occupy Linhai. If I had wanted to leave at that time, I could have, but I didn't. I chose to stay here because I discovered... the seeds of the Yama Tree can slow down my treeification process!"
The treant tapped a few times on the device that was on, the screen darkened, and then he pulled out a hard disk from behind the machine and tucked it into his tree-like arm.
"So I stayed and began to obtain the seeds of the Yama Tree through various means, but in the end, I could only acquire a limited amount. The degree of my treeification continued to deepen slowly over these past few months, and I ended up like this."
"Since that's the case, why did you want to leave?"
Ye Zhongming had already sent his twin sisters to scout the area. Although he had begun to trust the treant's words, he still maintained his guard.
"Because the Yama Tree discovered me."
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhongming straightened his body.
"I can't say with 100% certainty, but it is highly likely that it has become aware of my presence. It has been searching for me."