Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 329: Changes in Strength
What does it feel like to become a father for the first time?
Du Yi found it hard to describe this feeling. After all, from a normal perspective, the first step to becoming a father is to get married, but now he has skipped that step and already has a grown son.

It should be a good son, at least this son is indeed very strong - but a tree has no gender, so Du Yi can hardly say whether it is a son or a daughter.

However, having a son who is too strong may not necessarily be a good thing.

Just like now, the stronger the son gets, the bigger the trouble he causes.

So, what does it feel like to become a father for the first time?
Du Yi found it hard to describe the feeling; he only knew that he wanted to kill this little beast.

There was a time when Du Yi had fantasized about his future, thinking about how he should behave after having descendants. At that time, he also felt that he should communicate well with his descendants, that there was nothing that communication could not solve, and that he should be a kind and approachable elder, and that corporal punishment was out of the question.

But now...

Now, Du Yi can only say that sometimes, the old sayings are right.

While corporal punishment may not necessarily produce filial children, sometimes a beating is indeed necessary to vent anger.

However, if it's just a tree, you don't know where to start hitting it. Normally you would hit the trunk, but right now all that's left of this tree is a stump. Hitting a stump feels a bit strange, and it might not even be satisfying.

Most importantly, it may not solve the current problems.

"You kid..."

Du Yi took a few deep breaths.

"Didn't you think about the consequences of doing this?"

It's nothing more than death.

The consciousness of the wooden stake provides a clear answer.

In the concept of the stake, or the World Tree, or the Seed of Creation, the meaning of life is to devour—either to devour the outside world to grow stronger, or to be devoured by the outside world; there is no third possibility.

"This applies to everything."

In order to prove himself right, he even visualized images in his mind.

The saber-toothed tigers that roam the mountains need to hunt cattle and sheep, otherwise they will starve to death. Cattle and sheep need to eat grass to survive, otherwise they will collapse to the ground. Grass and trees need to send their roots into the ground to draw nutrients from the earth, otherwise they will wither, rot, and turn into mud.

The mystery of life lies here.

Devouring is the most basic instinct of all things.

“If I don’t devour this planet, this planet will devour me… and it has already done so.”

The consciousness of the Seed of Creation presented the final image: a massive tree canopy lying on the ground. As time passed, the massive canopy, having lost its roots, eventually decayed and withered under the wind and rain, turning into part of the soil.

It has become part of this land.

And after that, there was further devouring.

If the Seed of Creation devours a planet by extracting all its nutrients through its roots, then the way a planet devours the Seed of Creation is much simpler—it only needs to imprison everything on the planet with a powerful spiritual field, and when all things perish, everything will eventually return to the planet itself.

"After it ate a part of me, it also gained consciousness."

The Seed of Creation has made a summary.

However, the consciousness spoken of by the Seed of Creation was not the complex consciousness that Du Yi remembered, but a consciousness that pointed directly to the origin, or even the root of all things.

That feeling is called hunger.

Hunger, a desire to devour, a need to replenish itself with external energy.

"If we don't break out, we're all probably going to die here."

“This…” Du Yi’s face darkened.

Clearly, things had escalated to an extremely troublesome point, and without his knowledge, the two sides had already reached a point of no return.

"But it's alright, Father, we also have our own strength."

Seemingly sensing that Du Yi was not in a good mood, the Seed of Creation quickly provided some other information.

"We may not necessarily lose."

The images transmitted through consciousness showed mountains and seas of demons. Judging from their aura and familiar appearance, they were clearly from the four evil gods of the past. However, judging from the roots on these demons, they had clearly been completely dominated by the Seed of Creation.

"This is the power I can currently utilize. I haven't left any of this power from the starry sea for the planet itself."

As if taking credit, the Seed of Creation boasted of its accomplishments.

"And the natives of those planets, the descendants of my father's old subordinates, I've already won over a group of them... Although I haven't done as well as my father did back then, they still have some skills."

This time, the ones appearing on screen are the Snake Worshipers, who control monsters to plunder resources everywhere—and all these resources will be invested in the great cause of heading to the Star Sea, leaving nothing for the planet itself.

"There were even a few aids summoned from the sea of ​​stars..."

The image in my mind shifted once more, revealing the figures of those alien adventurers.

Then there is no more then.

"……That's it?"

Du Yi couldn't help but speak up.

"Nothing else?"

"This……"

The consciousness of the Seed of Creation froze.

Isn't that enough?
In its simple mind, it had already accumulated considerable power. With the forces under its command, it could even fight the earth beneath its feet to a standstill—such a powerful force, how could it not be enough?

"And what about your enemies?"

It was at this moment that Du Yi continued to ask questions.

The Seed of Creation also provided a corresponding visual representation.

Those were waves of adventurers, heavily armed city guards, mage towers standing everywhere, and that mercury-like humanoid creature.

However, in the scene, the mercury-like humanoid creature is standing on a high platform, seemingly giving a speech.

"Could you zoom in on the image... and then the sound will be transmitted?"

As he contemplated the images in his mind, Du Yi felt that something was amiss.

The Seed of Creation also sensed the anomaly, but fortunately its roots could indeed transmit vibrations—so, in just a moment, roots spread out and landed on Du Yi's head.

Du Yi also clearly heard the words coming from afar.

"Homage to our heaven and earth! They nurture all things in the world!"

On the high platform, a humanoid creature named Habisa II shouted at the people.

"But! There is an ancient demon! That ancient serpent! It has betrayed Him!"

(End of this chapter)