Following that, Ye Feng conducted a meticulous study of the trees around him.
Generally speaking, plants that are 20 meters tall can absorb about 0.1 Spirit Point per hour.
This means that the absorption rate of these trees is only one-tenth of his.
Of course, this is not hard to understand, as he is the World Tree and cannot be compared to other trees.
He then tested other trees and found that as long as he devoured Spiritual Energy in a single instance without exceeding the amount the other absorbed in an hour, it would not have an impact on them.
"Good, then I can harvest once every hour."
Ye Feng turned his gaze to the other trees, as the length of his Main Root had now reached a full 50 meters.
50 meters might not seem long.
But if you draw a circle with a radius of 50 meters, the area you get is 7850 square meters.
Ye Feng's Main Root now controls an area that large.
Within this vast area, there are roughly 150 trees growing.
However, these trees vary in height, ranging from seven or eight to over twenty meters, and each absorbs a different amount of Spiritual Energy per hour.
Especially those trees that are not even 10 meters tall, after an hour, the amount of Spiritual Energy they absorb is less than 0.05 Point.
Of course, even a mosquito is meat, and all the numbers added up are sure to be substantial.
Ye Feng dispatched hundreds of Tree Roots to quickly harvest a wave of Spiritual Energy, soon earning 10 Spirit Points.
Besides the trees, the bushes and some thicker wild grasses also became his targets.
All these plants together added another 3 Spirit Points for him.
Furthermore, his Tree Body now stood at a height of 15 meters, allowing him to absorb 1.5 Spirit Points per hour.
That is to say, even if he did nothing now, he could harvest 14.5 Spirit Points in an hour, which would be 348 Spirit Points in a day.
After calculating this number, Ye Feng's leaves rustled excitedly.
"Stay calm, I must stay calm. After all, I'm the World Tree, considered a king of this world, how can I be so proud over such a harvest?"
"Unless I really can't contain myself, hahaha!"
After the excitement, Ye Feng viewed every tree around him with friendliness.
These were his subjects, and he should fulfill his responsibilities as a "Lord".
For instance, the Ficus tree to his right had several caterpillars nibbling on its leaves, which he promptly extended his roots to devour.
He went from tree to tree like this, hunting down caterpillars, cicadas, and other insects one by one.
He then began to Devour the weeds.
Even though these weeds could also provide him with Spiritual Energy, the issue was that the amount they provided was too little, estimated at only about 0.001 Point per hour.
Collecting them every hour would only waste his time, so instead, he chose to Devour them directly, which provided a decent amount of Spiritual Energy at once.
Of course, Ye Feng didn't clear out all the weeds, just those he found unsightly.
After about half an hour, he had "taken care of" his territory.
"Mm, much more pleasing to the eyes now." Ye Feng glanced over his territory.
No insect disturbances and no randomly grown weeds, replaced by neatly maintained grasslands.
Of course, the most important thing was that after half an hour of tidying up, he had gained another 35 Spirit Points.
The only slightly irritating thing was the Gingko Tree next to him with its yellowing leaves.
"Ah~ little buddy, I won't drain your Spiritual Energy for a while. You grow well, and later when you work hard, I'll have your back."
"It's a pity, though, that I can't give the Spiritual Energy back to you..."
Ye Feng mumbled to himself, then suddenly paused.
"Wait a second, perhaps it's worth a try." Ye Feng pulled out a root and once again wrapped it around the ginkgo tree.
This time, he used his Devouring Ability in reverse, and to his surprise, he felt the spiritual energy from his own body being injected into the ginkgo tree.
"It actually works." Ye Feng was somewhat astonished.
What astonished him even more was that as the spiritual energy was infused, the previously yellowing leaves of the ginkgo tree turned green at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Even the section of the tree body that had been withered for some time regained vigor within just a few minutes.
"Spiritual energy really has such magical effects!"
However, Ye Feng also noticed that the consumption for extraction and restoration was different.
Previously, he had withdrawn 3 spirit points from the ginkgo tree, but he had to inject a full 6 spirit points into it to restore the tree to its original state.
"Although it's a bit of a loss, it's still acceptable."
After all, the difficulty of destruction and repair was never going to be the same. Using twice the amount of spiritual energy, he felt, was acceptable.
Even though the ginkgo tree had been restored, Ye Feng didn't stop; he continued to infuse it with spiritual energy.
He wanted to confirm another hypothesis he had.
As he kept pumping spiritual energy into the ginkgo tree, just as he expected, the tree began to grow rapidly.
But, unlike him, perhaps because these plants lacked consciousness, their growth was all-encompassing: the tip height, tree width, and main root length all increased.
Ye Feng made a rough estimate; the growth rate of the tree's main root length was only about one-thirtieth of his own, which is to say, it grew about 0.66 centimeters per minute.
He also discovered that the tree's capacity to store spiritual energy was very limited. After he injected 5 spirit points into it, he couldn't infuse any more.
"With this in mind, it seems that the potential for ordinary trees to mutate is quite limited."
"Of course, not all are like this. For example, the one on Small Phoenix Mountain is very special."
While summarizing his findings, Ye Feng retracted the spiritual energy he had injected into the tree back into himself.
Experiments were experiments, after all; he couldn't actually give away the spiritual energy. Helping the tree to restore its body was just a means to better serve his own purposes.
Ye Feng glanced at the remaining 44 spirit points on the system panel, planning to allocate them in a new round of enhancements.
It was at that moment, as his gaze swept over the corpse beneath the tree, that a thought emerged in his mind.
"If spiritual energy is so miraculous, could I resurrect myself by infusing spiritual energy into my original body?"
Although he felt that being a tree wasn't too bad, it couldn't compare to being a human.
With that thought in his head, he could no longer contain himself. He immediately extended a root to touch his own body, then applied his Devouring Ability in reverse, incessantly infusing a stream of spiritual energy into it.
Then, to his delight, he found the body, which had been dead and stiff for some time, gradually became softer, and the livor mortis that had developed began to disappear.
Eventually, the bite wounds from poisonous snakes began to heal, and even the venom inside seemed to be neutralized.
In the end, he saw his own complexion become rosy, as though he might open his eyes at any moment.
But, this scene ultimately did not happen.
The heartbeat did not return, nor did the breathing.
Unable to continue infusing spiritual energy, Ye Feng finally stopped, feeling a sense of wistful disappointment.
His emotions were also quite complex. If his body had opened its eyes, would he still be himself?
However, he quickly discarded this notion, determined to find a way to resurrect himself.
Even if it was not possible now, he believed that with continuous evolution, there would come a day when he could do it.
In regard to his original body, he discovered that as long as it was filled with spiritual energy, it could maintain its preserved state indefinitely without decay.
The price he had to pay was merely 10 spirit points a day.
Spending 10 spirit points every day to hold onto the hope for resurrection was well worth it.
After a series of trials, Ye Feng finally began to add points.
However, aiding the Gingko Tree cost him 6 Spirit Points, and healing his own body took another 20 Spirit Points.
In the end, to maintain his body's condition, he infused another 10 Spirit Points.
After all that effort, the original 50 Spirit Points dwindled down to only 14.
But discovering that Spiritual Energy had so many wonderful uses, he didn't feel the loss too painfully.
Mainly, being able to "collect" every hour gave him greater confidence.
The 14 Spirit Points were quickly used up, and the length of his roots increased by another 2.8 meters.
It's worth mentioning that Ye Feng found as he broke through to Mid Stage First Order, the speed of root growth during points addition had also increased significantly.
Whereas it took one minute to complete points addition before, now it had shortened to 50 seconds.
This meant that in the future, he wouldn't have to spend a lot of time on adding points.
This was undoubtedly good news.
Because as his territory expanded, the amount of Spirit Points was sure to increase.
If the speed of adding points remained unchanged, there might well come a time when the collection speed of Spirit Points surpassed their consumption.
Of course, that was a beautiful vision, but for now, it was essential to develop steadily.
With an increase of 2.8 meters in root length, his territory naturally expanded. So, he first carried out a round of harvesting, clearing away weeds, and devouring any insects that had strayed into his territory.
Having done all this, he finally began to rest and sleep.
Of course, as a tree, he didn't actually need to sleep now.
However, Ye Feng wanted to retain some human habits.
Mainly because he no longer cared for the occasional ant passing by.
Rather than wait foolishly, better to sleep and harvest a wave of Spiritual Energy every hour.
The night passed in this tranquil atmosphere.
The next day, at 6 a.m.
Ye Feng glanced at his system panel, and his root length had reached 70 meters.
At the same time, Evolution Points had reached their maximum value, allowing for another evolution.
This time, Ye Feng chose to strengthen the strength attribute of his roots.
After 5 minutes, the evolution was complete.
He successfully broke through to Late Stage First Order.
Now, his Tree Body had reached a height of 20 meters, which was considered tall in this valley.
The width of his Tree Body was also 1 meter.
But most importantly, his root length had reached a full 80 meters.
With the current range of his territory, the Spiritual Energy harvested per hour had reached 18 points.
Plus, with his current Tree Body height, he could absorb another 2 points of Spiritual Energy per hour.
Without doing anything, he could gain 20 Spirit Points in an hour.
But what was even more important...
He extended a root and gave a strong whip on the ground, immediately leaving a clear mark on it.
Then he controlled another root, approaching a nearby bush, chose a shorter Juniper, and with force, he lifted it slowly from the soil.
"At this point, my root's pulling strength should reach about 30 pounds," Ye Feng was quite satisfied.
Considering this referred to the strength of a single root, hundreds of roots working together could even move an object weighing over 3000 pounds.
"With my current strength, I could even hunt some animals that are not too large," Ye Feng thought.
At this moment, he thought of that Mutated Wild Boar, the size of a small car.
"I must not get ahead of myself. That Mutated Wild Boar is at least Second Stage, or even Third Order. I cannot be reckless," Ye Feng warned himself silently.
He must remain cautious now because others, if unable to fight, could flee.
But he could not run.
Of course, the other plans could still be implemented.
Such as weaving a network of roots to trap birds.
With his current strength, as long as he could bind them, there were hardly any birds that could break free.
Now that his Main root had reached 80 meters and the lateral roots were about 64 meters, the range he could hunt within was quite broad.
After all, 64 meters was equivalent to the height of a 21-story building.
By then the sky had gradually lightened, and Ye Feng saw birds starting to come out to forage in the distance.
However, what he first encountered was not any bird but Mutated Bats.
First came a bat flying by, closely followed by a flock of bats swooping in.
At this moment, Ye Feng had already set aside his bird hunting plan. After all, he wasn't picky, any mutated being would do.
Watching the large group of bats glide through the low sky, Ye Feng quickly used tree roots to weave a giant net, 5 meters wide.
He then concealed this huge net within the dense foliage at the treetop.
When the flock of bats soared over the treetop, the giant net enveloped them instantly.
But bats are naturally agile, and now, after mutation, not only had their size increased but their speed was beyond comparison to before.
At the moment they sensed danger, they turned into streaks of black shadows.
Hundreds of bats scattered in a flash.
Their flying speed was simply too fast for Ye Feng's tree roots to match.
However, his sneak attack had placed the tree net hidden right above them, very close to the bats.
Plus, with the net spanning 5 meters wide, it was indeed large enough that not all of the hundreds of bats could escape, and in the end, two were caught.
These mutated bats, when spreading their wings, had a wingspan of half a meter each, and each flap could generate a tremendous force.
They had also evolved sharp fangs and claws. The tree roots they attacked quickly bore slash marks.
Watching this scene unfold, Ye Feng couldn't help but feel alarmed. If he hadn't broken through to the Late Stage First Order, becoming stronger, he estimated that the struggle of just these two bats could have torn apart his tree net.
But now, since they couldn't break free in the first instance, the tree net swiftly tightened, and they had no chance anymore.
This huge tree net was woven by Ye Feng using 50 tree roots, and the combined strength of all the roots could exert a force of 1500 jin.
Crack! Crack!
As the tree net constricted, the sounds of bones breaking emitted from the two mutated bats.
Next was the time to Devour.
Together, the two mutated bats provided Ye Feng with a total of 50 Spirit Points.
"Hunting really does bring in a high income!" Ye Feng couldn't help but remark as he looked at the Spirit Point count on his system panel.
With just two more bats, he would have enough Spirit Points to evolve again.
However, it seemed that after mutation, not only had the animals' bodies become stronger, but they also appeared to have become smarter.
The bats that had dispersed didn't dare to approach any closer, and they also surrounded Ye Feng, emitting shrill cries.
This directly led to no other bats, or even avian creatures coming near his location.
"Dammit, they're even trying to sicken me now," Ye Feng cursed to himself, but he didn't have a better plan.
He could only continue to lie low and develop.
Fortunately, hunting was just an additional source of growth; harvesting the Spiritual Energy of plants was his mainstay.
He began silently adding points. With 50 Spirit Points, he could extend his tree roots another 10 meters and had additionally accumulated 5 Evolution Points.
In just over two more hours, he would be able to evolve once more.
Ye Feng adjusted his plans internally.
It was then that the sudden ringing of a phone startled him out of his tree body.
He looked down, eyeing the body that lay as if in deep slumber, and after a brief silence, he extended a tree root to fetch a mobile phone from the pocket.
The caller ID clearly displayed the words 'Mother'.
Looking at the screen, Ye Feng felt a twinge of sorrow.
According to the mission plan he received before, if all went well, he would have been able to return that very evening.
Now it was already the second morning, and he guessed that the school must have assumed they were sacrifices and notified his parents.
Ye Feng just watched silently as the phone, not able to speak even if he had answered the call, which was pointless.
Even if he could talk, he hadn't yet decided on a good excuse to give.
Following that, his parents made several more consecutive calls, and the school also called once.
But Ye Feng could only silently watch.
"Just give me some more time, I can go back eventually," Ye Feng assured himself firmly.
He wasn't too worried about his parents' situation at the moment.
Before carrying out the mission, the research institution had allocated funds, and he had already transferred 100,000 yuan to his parents' account.
Moreover, according to the agreement signed with the insurance company, as long as they were missing for three days, an accidental insurance compensation of 1 million yuan would be deposited into his parents' account.
After waiting for another fifteen minutes.
Once the phone calls ceased, Ye Feng, controlling the phone with his roots, entered the password to unlock it, then immediately went online to check the news.
As expected, on Yang City's news, there were reports regarding their squad.
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