The plunder of the heavens begins with the Spirit Cage.

Helen was taken aback and instinctively asked, "Plants?"

"Didn't the mana ecosystem already disrupt the original ecological balance? How can it still be grown now?"

"Uh……"

Ator and the others scratched their heads. "We're not too sure about that either. The consortium didn't explain the specific reasons."

"I heard from above that they seem to have made a breakthrough in some kind of ecological technology."

Mayor Du Sinan did not specify, only that the first tree to witness history would be planted in the central square at noon tomorrow.

A plant that can rewrite and counteract the ecology of mana…

"Oh dear, I didn't explain it very clearly. There's news about it; you can search for it on your device and you'll understand."

Or we can go to the central square tomorrow and see for ourselves. It sounds quite mysterious.

“Then I’ll go to the square tomorrow too, since it’s my day off tomorrow!” Helen was quickly infected by the enthusiastic discussion around her.

For those who lack the ability to travel to its world, plants certainly evoke the anticipation of most people in the aquatic world.

Chapter 109 Greenery

The following morning, thanks to the effect of the city's neon lights, the gray sky was coated with a flowing halo over Starlight City.

It struggled to dispel the desolation and gloom unique to the dawn.

Helen got up very early to prepare breakfast for Inora and herself.

The aroma quickly filled the small apartment.

She poured the batter, which was a mixture of natural grains and fresh eggs, into a heated frying pan. With a sizzling sound, several golden pancakes quickly took shape.

Milk from the bison of Gina Star was warming in a small pot next to it, and there were even apples from the Water World on the table.

In the past, Helen would never have dared to dream of such food.

Enola's face flushed with excitement as she ate a few bites of sweet apple slices, urging him on, "Hurry up, Helen!"

If you're late, you won't be able to get to the front!

"Don't worry, the mayor said it won't start until noon, we have plenty of time," Helen reassured with a smile, quickly clearing away the dishes.

She changed into a beige knit sweater, paired with dark trousers, and casually threw on a light windproof jacket.

This outfit is a common casual look for ordinary women in Starlight City.

skirt?

That was anything but dignified in the dusty wasteland.

Considering the large number of people in the square, Helen gave Inora a warm cardigan in the same color.

"Alright, our little Nora is acting like a little lady today!" Helen straightened the lace on her collar, and the little girl happily twirled around.

Stepping out of the harbor area, the streets were more crowded than usual, and the air was filled with an indescribable mix of anticipation and noise.

Their hoverbus glided smoothly on a magnetic track slightly above the main road, and through the huge windows, Inora could get a clearer view of the miraculous city where she had lived for months.

The forest of buildings, made of steel and special concrete, rises like giants from the ground, with a network of pipes shimmering with energy flowing between them, like the blood vessels of the city.

A giant holographic screen floats above the core building complex, constantly playing footage of events from other dimensions.

On the streets, in addition to a large number of simply designed hovercars, you can also see pedestrians dressed in all sorts of strange costumes, and even driving bio-assisted vehicles.

The traces of civilization are once again covering this land in a wild yet vigorous manner.

Such is the speed-induced degradation brought about by population and industrial Cthulhu.

The prosperity of Starlight City is not a new construction, but a revival.

The ruins of cities in the main world are filled with technological products that have stopped working, been abandoned, are paralyzed, or are gathering dust.

The establishment of the multi-party alliance led to a rapid return and concentration of the population, and the order and cohesion brought about by the restart of industry were of unparalleled size and demand.

The consortium doesn't need to be built from scratch. The mercenary guild simply drives hovercars to the city, retrieves the beasts from their territory, disassembles, cleans, replaces modules, and restarts the energy... and it can then start operating again at an astonishing speed, shining brightly once more.

However, no matter how magnificent the building is, it pales in comparison to today's destination—the Central Ecological Plaza.

Mana's ecological persecution has led to the extinction of Earth's original ecological environment and rules.

Their spores are ubiquitous, constantly consuming organic matter in the Earth's atmosphere.

Sticking to the ground, they become the ecological niches for various types of manna that multiply from the eye tumor.

It cannot be completely eradicated or eliminated.

The consortium's claim to have mastered purification methods that inhibit spores and neutralize pollution has fueled the hopes of people from the old era.

As the hovercar stopped at the station on the outer ring of the plaza, Helen and Inora got off the car and were stunned by the sight before them.

The huge circular plaza, spacious enough to hold tens of thousands of people, was now filled with a sea of ​​people.

A dense crowd of people stretched all the way to the tiered viewing platform surrounding the edge of the square.

The outermost steps were densely packed with various advanced filming equipment.

Reporters dressed in different styles of uniforms and wearing various badges moved among the crowd, broadcasting live or testing equipment in a unified language.

"So many people!" Inora exclaimed, gripping Helen's hand tightly. She had never seen such a grand scene.

“Yes, there are many people,” Helen replied softly, her gaze also lingering on the crowd. She saw many familiar faces and compatriots from other worlds.

A large number of unmanned police officers deployed around the area maintained order amid the crowds.

As countless beams of light ascended into the sky simultaneously, they pieced together in the air to form several giant holographic canopies.

Helen and Enola were finally relieved to no longer have to squeeze forward.

They looked up and saw that the center of the square was blocked from view by a giant curtain.

Nearby, Mayor Du Sinan was having a serious, low-key conversation with several people dressed in the joint venture's senior research uniforms.

Surrounding them were fully armed security forces, their exoskeleton armor painted in the silver-blue of Starlight City.

The midday sun finally broke through the hazy atmosphere and shone precisely on the center of the square.

Mayor Du Sinan took a deep breath and walked to the set-up loudspeaker array. His clear voice spread throughout the square through an invisible force field.

The entire square fell silent, and countless eyes focused on the mayor's slightly overweight figure.

"Fellow citizens of Starlight City, friends from all times and spaces!"

"Today, we will be here together to witness a historic turning point!"

Faced with the encroachment of manna's ecosystem, we have never given up hope, and we have never stopped exploring!

Now, with the help of our distant allies, we have found a spark of hope!

He turned slightly to the side, and the curtain slowly fell away, revealing an ancient giant tree standing quietly inside.

Its trunk is thick and covered with dark brown to black bark covered with luminous silver veins, the veins flickering like a living circuit.

The branches are not lush, but strong and twisted, with countless slender, translucent, luminous aerial roots hanging from their ends, and a soft halo emanating from them.

Zhou Tai's communication with Eva was quick and smooth.

The moment he entered the spiritual world, Eva already knew about the crisis facing the Ling Cage world from his memories.

The life source, composed of the trinity of information, matter, and energy, shares many similarities with its collective consciousness ecological symbiotic network.

In essence, they are no different!

This similarity sparked Eva's curiosity, and her ancient consciousness generated a strong thirst for knowledge at that moment.

Therefore, when Zhou Tai entered the spiritual world, he pondered how to seek help from a 'god'.

Eva had already transmitted the coordinates of a soul tree that had grown for hundreds of thousands of years into his mind.

This Tree of Souls is distinctly different from the Sacred Tree of Souls worshipped by the Na'vi, yet it shares many similar characteristics.

Chapter 110 Purification

"Pandora's Ancestral Tree!"

Mayor Du Sinan's voice was clear and powerful under the force field amplification.

"This is a magnificent biological creation we discovered on Pandora, World Four!"

"Through research by a team of top scientists from various fields, we have confirmed that the Pandora Tree is a living super ecological purification factory!"

"Its life form contains incredible power!"

It can actively devour and decompose mana spores, transforming deadly pollution into nutrients for life;

It releases purifying agents into the atmosphere, which can neutralize or even kill viruses and toxins present in the air…

Du Sinan vividly explained the magical purifying effects of the Pandora Tree.

Whether it's water or the earth, anything within its root system can be effectively purified and restored to clarity.

"From today onwards, the manna ecosystem will no longer be a nightmare threatening us; its spore viruses will be isolated and even eradicated by us!"

As the speech ended, the ancestral tree, which possessed a portion of Eva's consciousness, began to radiate a halo.

Those drooping, translucent, luminous aerial roots swayed gently in the breeze, scattering soft specks of light.

At a microscopic level, those light dust particles are not simply light, but active spores released by the ancestral tree.

They are as light as dust, yet they possess a hunting instinct carrying life information, actively capturing, entangling, and devouring mana substances floating in the air.

This seemingly effortless purification is the result of knowledge provided by source material experts, combined with Eva's tens of millions of evolutionary processes.

The Mana ecosystem is a harvesting tool that the Mana giants have meticulously crafted over thousands or even hundreds of millions of years.

The system is mature, and the plundering and analysis of the source of life has long been ingrained in its underlying logic.

Otherwise, several advanced prehistoric civilizations would not have fallen to the enemy.

Fortunately, Eva is also a high-caliber individual.

Over tens of millions of years of planetary evolution, His understanding and control over ecology, symbiosis, and energy cycles have reached a level that is beyond human comprehension.

Although such an understanding cannot completely eradicate the mana ecosystem overnight.