Published: February 9, 2025
Simply put, the transformation of the treant was... a deepening of its tree-like state.
As the wounds healed in an instant, a branch emerged from the surface of its body, slightly raised above the skin, exhibiting a somewhat glossy brown hue. Perhaps it was because Ye Zhongming had immediately stopped outputting his mental power, this branch was neither too long nor too thick, but it was enough to instill tremendous fear in the treant.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
Ye Zhongming raised both hands to express his apologies.
It was clear that the treant was terrified of two things: first, the fear of death; second, the fear of completely transforming into a plant and losing its human consciousness.
Now, with just a touch from Ye Zhongming, a part of its body would accelerate in the tree-like transformation process. Considering the extent of its transformation, this situation might normally take several months to occur naturally, so how could the treant not panic?
Previously, the treant had some apprehension towards Ye Zhongming, after all, he was a powerful evolver who could easily defeat it. But now, that fear had penetrated deep into its bones, because it had no idea that Ye Zhongming had such capabilities!
In Ye Zhongming's eyes, the treant was quite an exceptional being.
Currently, the Cloud Summit's magic crystal weapons were already taking shape. Le Da Yuan, with the help of a few assistants, had begun refining the relevant theories. Once this step was completed, he could assign one of his assistants to be fully responsible for the subsequent research and manufacturing of a particular type of magic crystal weapon, such as the magic crystal grenade series or the magic crystal handgun series.
During this trip to Cloud Port, the magic crystal weapons indeed shone brilliantly, providing immense support to Cloud Summit Villa and making everyone who witnessed their power yearn for them.
However, the gene biotechnology aspect, which Ye Zhongming had always viewed as another major pillar of Cloud Summit's technology tree, had suffered a setback for some unknown reason. The cells of the modified soldiers had accelerated in metabolism, leading to a direct decline in their strength, forcing them to remain in nutrient solutions to delay the aging process, rendering them completely unusable.
It could be said that this aspect had received a serious blow, with Liu Zhenghong's gene research falling into a trough.
However, Ye Zhongming, who had witnessed Liu Zhenghong's brilliance in his previous life, did not lose faith in this scientist. Instead, he went to great lengths to help Liu Zhenghong solve problems, as he understood the significance of gene-modified soldiers and their role on future battlefields.
If gene life could also enter the battlefield as a fixed combat force, then with the availability of magic crystal weapons, Cloud Summit Villa would have the most solid military support, even becoming a firepower advantage over any force and mutated life forms.
This was the reason why Ye Zhongming was willing to risk coming to Linhai alone for an adventure; the equipment and instruments that Liu Zhenghong needed held extraordinary significance for Cloud Summit.
Another aspect that Ye Zhongming hadn't thought much about before but now understood was the issue of talent.
The smooth development of magic crystal weapons on Le Da Yuan's side was not only due to Ye Zhongming's "technical support," but also because he had a few skilled assistants. Many less critical research tasks and steps did not require his personal involvement. This allowed Le Da Yuan to gain a lot of time for researching the core components, which led to the current level of magic crystal weapons.
On the other hand, Liu Zhenghong's best assistant was merely a doctor, while the others were far from competent; there weren't many who could help effectively, and most tasks required Liu Zhenghong's personal intervention. Coupled with the high demands of gene biotechnology experiments, aspects such as power supply, hardware and software, and experimental materials were almost unattainable in the apocalypse. To be honest, having managed to modify two soldiers was already an incredible feat of Liu Zhenghong's skills and operations!