Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 652 The Oak Tree: Though Not the Tree of Life, It Is Still a Treasure Trove

Ning spent two days traversing the underground and above-ground ruins of the Brown Mountains.

He was dismayed to discover that the ancient civilization before the Harvest Giants was not related to Bielak.

Finding anything related to Cyrrac among the many destroyed civilizations is indeed not so easy.
Ninglu then thought that the Eldar had warned him that there should be fragments of Birac's relics in the Abyss of Sak Trada, and that once he had more information, he could use the dice of prophecy to divine the future, so he no longer felt lost.

Although Bilak is powerful, he may even have the potential to become a god.

However, since he did not ascend to godhood and did not retrieve the fragments of the sacred artifact, he lost a significant amount of power, making his divination less difficult than that of a unique individual.
As Ninglu pondered, a thought struck him, and he arrived at the seventh level of the "Land of Chaos," gazing at the lush oak tree with its red and white branches.

Lines of rules encircle the enormous tree, rendering it as immobile as a living branch.

Ninglu learned from William Wood's report that this enormous tree could actually grant the Harvest Giant abilities similar to psionic powers.

The coming-of-age ceremony for each Harvest Giant involves a journey to the Grey Mountains.

The best among them will be granted power, becoming stronger than their kind, and will serve as temple guards.

A lucky few become the tree's servants chosen by the tree god, gaining the ability to move freely in the soil and manipulate oak leaves.

They would act as leaders of a settlement, and their commands would represent the tree god.

Among the thousands of trees’ retinue were twelve harvest giant priests who were permanently one with the tree god.

After recalling the Harvest Giants, Ninglu looked intently at the colossal tree before him.

The entire civilization was built around this oak tree.

It should be a high sequence, most likely sequence level 4.

Trees, life forms, are most likely potion ingredients related to the "Mother" pathway.
Nimrod then thought of the half-opened Sequence 5 potion recipe on the Profaned Stone. The Sequence 5 "Druid" potion recipe did not contain an oak tree, but it did contain Tree's Kin and Harvest Giant Guardian.

He glanced again at the Harvest Giant Priest surrounded by silk threads.

The Harvest Giant Priest is most likely also a potion material from the "Mother" pathway.

Judging from his spirituality and the fact that he is an advanced member of the Tree's Kin, he should be a potion material for Sequence 4 "Human Alchemist," or rather, an auxiliary material.

Therefore, the entire tree is unlikely to be the primary material at sequence 4; a part of it is either the primary material or material at sequence 2 or higher.
As Ning Lu pondered, a thought struck him, and the lines of rules loosened, causing the enormous red and white tree, as large as a dome, to vanish into thin air.

The next instant, it appeared in the second layer of space.

The tree trunk trembled and shook, struggling desperately.

As the black mist suddenly rose, Ning Lu took a step forward and arrived at the second level of space.

The spirituality of the "Chaos Mentor" surged forth, and brown soil rapidly formed, enveloping the python-like root system.

The trembling of the red and white oak trees gradually stopped, and the branches swayed slightly.

Ninglu saw that the red and white oak trees had stopped struggling and had taken root in the second layer of space.

As he returned to the real world, a large clump of branches and red and white oak leaves appeared around him.

Nimrod immediately summoned Chief Pharmacist Mikel and “biologist” Malena Scarla.

After the two bowed, the Primarch's eyes flashed, and two clusters of branches and leaves fell in front of them.

“They are good materials, full of vitality. You can each conduct your own research and make use of them.”

Although the white oak tree was not the tree of life that Riemann Ruth was looking for to heal Old Man Huang's soul, it was still a treasure trove.

It is rich in spiritual energy and is a good material for extraordinary purposes.

"Follow Your will."

After the two acknowledged the order, Ninglu told Mikel to step down first, and then asked Malena a question.

“Describe in detail the physical structure and lifestyle of Sloth.” A hint of surprise flashed in Malena’s brown eyes, wondering why the Black Emperor was asking about the alien race they had already defeated.

But the “biologist” had studied many of the creatures the legion had encountered, so she immediately spoke up.

"Everything about Shloth, including the regeneration of his body and his consumption of corpses, is based on the necrotic bodily fluids within him..."

Ninglu nodded slightly in satisfaction when he saw that Malena answered fluently.

The ascension ceremony for the "Mother" pathway Sequence 5 "Druid" is as he knows it, requiring mastery of the physical structures and habits of various common animals and three extraordinary creatures.

He believed that Malena possessed knowledge of far more than a hundred kinds of ordinary animal anatomy and habits, and that there must have been dozens of extraordinary creatures as well.

Nimrod then inquired about the physical structure and lifestyle of the Heruds and Nephilims, to which Malena answered fluently.

With a thought, Ninglu conjured up materials such as the Tree's Kin and the Harvest Giant Guardian from the first-level spatial palace, which appeared out of thin air next to the furnace.

The space apes immediately sprang into action, beginning to concoct a Sequence 5 "Druid" potion.

Ninglu then inquired about the habits of the Gorgon basilisk and other extraordinary creatures, and in a short time, he learned more than ten kinds.

He nodded slightly, and a bottle of brownish-red medicine appeared out of thin air in his hand.

"You are already an experienced and knowledgeable biologist, even surpassing the biologists of the Mechanic Church."

"Drink it, and you will gain new power."

“Thank you for your gift.” Malena bowed and picked up the potion.

He gazed into his brown eyes at the countless green specks of light hidden within, then tilted his head back and drank it down.

As the medicine entered her mouth, Malena felt as if she had swallowed a mouthful of dirt.

The bio-psychic manipulated himself, causing the potion to slip.

A mixture of plant flavors immediately rose in her stomach.

The biologists discerned from the complex aromas that the strongest scent was oak, mixed with an animal fat-like odor.

The perfect glow and elastic skin of the bio-psychic rapidly became dry and cracked, like the tree-like body of the Harvest Giant.

Some mud appeared out of nowhere at her feet, covering her boots.

Malena suddenly raised her body and let out a roar like a bear.

Her body suddenly twisted and swayed like a snake.

Malena felt as if she had transformed into a thousand different creatures she knew.

Just as her thoughts were wandering and changing, the Black Emperor's "majestic" voice suddenly rang in her mind.

"Meditation is the gathering of scattered energy."

A moment later, the newly promoted "Druid," whose body had regained its smoothness and elasticity and whose body no longer swayed, looked at the branches and oak leaves beside him and said.

"My Lord, thank you for your blessings."

“I possess the power of oak trees, and now they are the best material for me.”

On the last day of March 897, Nimrod returned to Vostonia after a series of disorderly voyages around the island.

On the first day of April, the gray-iron warship jumped out of the subspace.

On the bridge of the Ironblood, Peturabo stared at the holographic image in front of him.

(End of this chapter)