Lords: From Civilization to the Stars.

Chapter 38: Oak of Ages, Path of Life

'Planetary Wonder: Corrupted Age Oak (Completely Corrupted)'

'On this planet, there are many different opinions about the source of life, but quite a few elves believe that the Oak of Ages is the source of life. This huge tree is the size of a city, and this life is so huge that it even has its own ecosystem.

But most people don’t know that the giant Oak of Ages is not only found in the Eseloron Forest. There used to be several such oaks in the world, but they were gradually destroyed with the change of civilizations.

And now, you have found the one that you least want to find, the oak tree of the times that symbolizes the corrupted life.

Under the influence of the wind of chaos, this oak tree of time has long been twisted and corrupted.

However, there is still a glimmer of hope.'

'Features: Non-chaos populations or populations worshipping the Dark Gods will receive the negative effect 'Life Howl', and there is a certain probability that the unit will fall into a state of loss of appetite each round.

After this state accumulates three times, the population unit will turn into a corrupt beast and begin to attack your territory.

It provides jobs for up to 3,000 people, who can choose to cut down trees or maintain the ecosystem and pick fruits.

Choosing to cut down trees will bring 5 points of production and 1 point of magic power per turn. Maintaining the ecosystem will bring 4 points of food and 1 point of magic power per turn. Please note that choosing to cut down trees will bring unpredictable results.

'Current status: Corrupted by chaos'

'Optional items:
Purification (Use 100000 magic units for pure purification, bringing out the vitality of the Oak of Ages)
Corruption (Use dangerous technology to completely corrode the Oak of Ages. This action will greatly advance your nation's composition and push it into the ranks of the Dark Gods)

Rot (Use the Corruption Temple to rot the giant tree and maintain the cycle of life and death. This operation will purify the Oak of Ages to a certain extent and allow you to obtain the path of life. But please note that no one will like this ugly posture.)'

"..."

There is no need to obtain them from those abnormal psychic consciousnesses. Can the combination of planetary wonders or artificial wonders also create various paths?
This is a completely new direction of development.

Leon, floating in the observatory, looked at the structure of the huge Oak of Ages with a slightly pensive expression on his face.

Just like the information provided by the players, this giant oak tree is even larger than imagined, and even the demons' camp is just the rotten part of the roots of this huge tree.

In many places, there are hanging fruits that are sour and unbearable, leaves that look as black as ink, strange structures that seem to be symbols of failure at first glance, and some unsettling black trunks.

This huge tree covers an area even larger than the place where Leon landed. It looks like a small mountain standing on the chaotic wasteland. Its huge vitality itself forms a magical structure similar to a shelter, which makes the originally violent chaos storm around it much more stable.

If the Norsca Outpost can really be turned into a gathering place, I believe this huge tree can provide a lot of help. At least there will be no shortage of food and productivity.

After all, according to ancient legends, the huge tree canopy, which is nearly a kilometer high, can even accommodate several native civilizations fighting against each other.

But what Li Ang valued was not these things, but the results he got from his own suggestions.

'Depending on the technology and the wonders I have, the prompts I get are completely different. Is this because my own knowledge and cognition have improved, and the system has extended more options?'

He clicked the third one without hesitation, and watched the disgusting green mist flowing from the swamp gradually enveloping the Oak of Ages, and Leon fell into deep thought. A huge, unimaginable vitality was returning to Leon's body from the swamp.

Even outside Stonehenge, this unimaginably huge tree still possesses a considerable degree of order. After its vitality is stimulated, it combines with the breath of the corrupt temple full of rotting vitality and wisdom, and even spreads an active defensive pale green mist around it.

Some wriggling white flesh began to roll and float in the swamp. These were the tentacles of the power of the corrupt temple. They began to have an ugly intercourse with the Oak of Time. Layers of withered yellow aura covered the giant tree.

If they had not had certain information in their heads from the beginning and had not sensed any aura of chaos, the knights would probably have screamed and fled in all directions by now.

But now they just looked at everything around them in surprise, whispering to each other, but they didn't have much thought about this terrible decay. After all, to be honest, this black giant tree was not a good thing in the eyes of the knights.

It was like throwing some ugly things into the trash can. This behavior allowed the knights with very firm beliefs to find reasons to convince themselves.

Soon, under Leon's will, the wriggling white corrupt thing began to absorb the black chaos fragments on the tree trunk. In the cycle of life and death and decay, the so-called immortal chaos pollution quickly dried up and turned gray, revealing the rotten body inside the giant tree.

This giant tree began to radiate an uncomfortable vitality, and its gray-black shell began to disintegrate and disintegrate, allowing layers of light green and pale green secretions to spread all around.

As green fluorescence began to spread from the upper layers of the tree canopy and the strange sound of slime rubbing against each other began to echo around, under the horrified gaze of all the knights and Norsemen, the branches of the corrupt temple poured into the roots of the giant tree, leaking out a dark green swamp smell.

'Corruption successful!'

'You have obtained the Corrupted Oak of Ages!'

'The negative characteristics of the Oak of Ages have been corrected! As the Lord of the Oak, you will gain the two talents of 'Oak Wisdom' and 'Rotten Self-Healing'! All residents of your faction will receive the blessing of 'Rotten Self-Healing'! '

'Oak Wisdom: Those who possess the Oak of Time are often wise men who transcend time. All research point requirements are reduced by 15%'

'Rotten Self-Healing: The Oak of Ages is a symbol of vitality, and the superposition of weirdness and order brought by the Corrupted Temple makes the vitality of the Oak of Ages have an abnormal performance.

You will not have any fatal weakness unless your head is chopped off or your soul is taken away. Your recovery ability is accelerated by 300%, and you will carry an unpleasant stench when you recover.'

Strong, very strong.

It is worthy of being a planetary wonder, it just gives a different feeling.

Although it's a bit ugly and disgusting, there's no need to worry too much. Li Ang feels that he should be able to figure out the subsequent life operation techniques soon, so changing the appearance won't be a problem.

The main thing is to get the technology and wonders first and then make do with them.

After all, what Leon was more concerned about was the dangerous technologies in front of him that showed several progress bars rising sharply.

"So what you need is the status quo..."

(End of this chapter)