Please be my partner.

The moment Mellen and the two dogs came into contact with the emerald green halo, they instinctively felt an almost greedy desire in their hearts.

However, this greedy desire only lasted for a moment before they were dispelled. After all, with the contract as an anchor, Mellen and his dogs were completely resistant to this kind of negative mental influence.

When Melen came to his senses, he saw that the dark green sphere had released green light and merged with the leaves, looking at him as if facing a great enemy.

Mellen was secretly on guard, and pretended to be puzzled and asked, "What's wrong?"

The dark green sphere seemed extremely shocked and asked, "Are you okay?"

At this moment, countless roars and howls came from all directions.

The dark green sphere released a green energy that enveloped Mellen, and then said: "You are here, don't move, otherwise, it will be dangerous."

Because the green energy is not a restraint, but more like a kind of protection or mark, plus it is not very strong, Melen can break it with one poke, so he did not act rashly for the time being.

Of course, necessary preparations have been made just in case.

Melen looked into the distance and saw a large number of high-dimensional monsters rushing madly towards the jungle. At the same time, cracks appeared in the void, and more high-dimensional monsters walked out of them, with the same clear goals.

Soon, these high-dimensional monsters formed torrents, rushing towards the jungle from all directions.

The emerald green halo just now flashed through Mellen's mind. He turned his head to look towards the depths of the jungle, guessing that some special treasure nurtured in the jungle must have matured, which is why it attracted so many high-dimensional monsters.

Green spheres float out from every leaf, ranging from hundreds to thousands or even tens of thousands.

These green spheres that floated out from the same leaf quickly merged with one of them as the center.

The terrifying aura of those tens of thousands of people merged together had reached the level of saints, and in terms of quantity, there were seven or eight of them in the small area that Mellen saw in this direction alone.

Soon, the torrent of high-dimensional monsters collided with the army of green spheres, and a brutal fight broke out between the two sides as soon as they came into contact.

The various wonderful abilities of the high-dimensional monsters bloomed in front of Mellen's eyes like a dazzling display.

The abilities of the green spheres seem to be relatively simple, just the omnipotent green light, but these green lights are not only offensive and defensive, but can also connect and fuse with each other to form a stronger force.

Surrounded by green energy, Melen was like a spectator outside the game, enjoying this visual feast from the best perspective.

Occasionally, green spheres floated around, and Melen could even feel their surprise when they noticed him. But apart from the layer of green energy that enveloped him, none of the green spheres attacked him. Instead, they protected him subtly and took the initiative to help block some of the aftermath of the attack when they were able.

This also confirmed Mellen's previous guess that the green energy enveloping him was indeed some kind of protection.

The battle became intense from the beginning and became more and more intense as time went on, but now Melen understood that if there were no major accidents, the winner of this battle would definitely be the green sphere.

Because the remains left behind by the death of those high-dimensional monsters will be quickly swallowed and absorbed by the earth, and converted into pure energy to nourish the jungle. During this process, Melen can clearly feel that every leaf is growing rapidly.

Of course, the jungle side also suffered heavy losses during the battle. Occasionally, you could see areas being breached by high-dimensional monsters, with large tracts of leaves being torn apart and devoured.

Whenever this happens, the green spheres born from the corresponding leaves will die collectively, but after their death they will turn into pure energy and dissipate into the surrounding leaves. These leaves that have absorbed the same energy will grow significantly in a short period of time.

In other words, no matter who dies on either side of the enemy or us, the jungle can be strengthened as a whole, which can be said to be a case of going in but not out.

At this time, Melen even suspected that the emerald green halo that appeared in the depths of the jungle at the beginning, which was suspected to be the birth of a special treasure, was also a trap set by the jungle to lure these high-dimensional monsters.

Just like the pitcher plants in nature, they release a scent that attracts insects, luring them to "throw themselves into their arms".

Chapter 422 Shelter? Safe!

According to the normal development of the novel, the jungle side should have encountered a crisis at this time, and then Mellen took action at the critical moment to gain a lot of favor. Unfortunately, reality is not a novel, and there are not so many coincidences.

The war between the two sides lasted for a whole day. Except for the stalemate in the first few hours, the growth rate of the jungle far exceeded the attack speed of the high-dimensional monsters, directly turning a war into a mowing game.

Even the outer area where Mellen was located had not been breached by any high-dimensional monsters from beginning to end.

After the last high-dimensional monster was killed, the green spheres began to clean up the battlefield in an orderly manner, collecting the scattered debris into categories and throwing them into the jungle.

After a brief observation, Melen discovered that most of the debris was left to the jungle for overall digestion, while a small portion was distributed individually according to certain criteria.

Melen could vaguely see the crisscrossing energy pipes beneath the jungle, which were the roots of these leaves.

After waiting for a while, the dark green sphere that had previously dealt with Melen returned, bringing with it some of its spoils, which it happily buried under the leaves of its home.

Although there were no injuries on the dark green sphere, its light had dimmed a lot, and it looked like it was severely exhausted.

As Melen had seen before, the dark green sphere had been in danger more than once during the war, but fortunately it had survived in the end.

The dark green sphere's hostility towards Mellen had completely disappeared at this time, and it no longer urged Mellen to leave.

After the dark green sphere finished its work, Melen took the opportunity to communicate with it, and the latter did not refuse.

Soon, Melen learned a lot of information from the dark green sphere, including why the latter's attitude had changed so much.

The most important reason is that Melen was not tempted by the "fruit", so he is qualified to be a friend of the jungle.

The 'fruit' in the dark green sphere's mouth naturally refers to the source of the war. Now it seems that it is indeed some kind of trap, designed to lure high-dimensional monsters to come and then kill them as nutrients for the growth of the jungle.

Only those who can resist the temptation of the "fruit" and do not go crazy when the jungle activates the trap are qualified to be accepted by the jungle.

Although it feels that the jungle's growth method is a bit weird, nature has always been about the survival of the fittest. Predators prey on prey, and herbivores eat plants. These are all natural. Animal husbandry also appeared after the birth of human civilization. The pigs, cattle and sheep in those farms and pastures are for human consumption. There is nothing wrong with this.

Finally, Melen returned to the previous topic: "I want to seek your people's protection, what price do I have to pay?"

The dark green sphere said directly: "Nutrients."

Mellen didn't hesitate and took out all the crystals and debris of the high-dimensional monsters he had hunted along the way. Then he said, "I need a simple shelter. I wonder if these are enough and how long I can get shelter for?"

If the dark green sphere had eyes, it would have been staring wide open at this moment. Although the crystals and debris that Mellen took out were not many for the entire jungle, they were an extremely valuable treasure for the dark green sphere.

The leaves behind the dark green sphere swayed slightly, as if conveying a message. A moment later, it gave an exact time: "Twenty starlight pulses."

Because the higher-dimensional world is vast and infinite, with countless wonders and sights, even higher-dimensional life cannot perceive all environmental changes. Therefore, based on different perceptions, the timekeeping methods of higher-dimensional life are also different.

Starlight pulsation is one of them, a phenomenon that can only be sensed by a few high-dimensional life forms.

Twenty starlight pulsations converted into the time that Mellen knew was about fifty years.

Mellen immediately nodded and said, "Deal."

At the moment the deal was done, the ground began to wriggle slightly, and half of the crystals and debris disappeared, taken away by the jungle. The dark green sphere happily buried the other half in the leaves of its home.

In a short period of time, the leaves of the dark green sphere's home grew several times and were about two or three meters taller than when Melen first saw it.

After receiving the benefit, the dark green sphere became more enthusiastic towards Mellen and told him about the jungle's protection range. It was a large circle extending outward from the jungle, but not including the interior of the jungle. As long as you were within this range on weekdays, you could be protected by the jungle.

But when the jungle activates the 'fruit', you need to get as close to the jungle as possible, preferably at the same distance as Melen is now. This way, not only will Melen be safer, but the jungle will not need to expend too much extra energy to protect him.

During the asylum period, as long as Mellen does not take any action to destroy or threaten the jungle, the jungle will not attack him.

After listening to this, Melen nodded slightly. This was very reasonable.

Melen had some confidence in the jungle's promise. He had already tested it before. He had directly taken out the dark green sphere and the resources needed by the jungle several times, and the latter did not rely on its strength to rob it. This could explain something.

Of course, even so, Mellen did not intend to use this place as a permanent base. First, he was not a high-dimensional life, and it was impossible for him to stay in the high-dimensional world for a long time. Second, you can only know a person's face but not his heart. Even a loving couple who lived together day and night and loved each other might draw their swords against each other and wish each other dead, let alone a stranger they just met?

The main reason why Mellen asked the jungle to shelter him was to establish a stronghold for placing a high-maintenance shield. In this way, if the other party abides by the promise, the safety of the high-maintenance shield can be guaranteed for fifty years. Otherwise, it would only be the loss of a high-maintenance shield.

Although the various materials required for the most basic version of the high-maintenance shield are also precious, Melen can still afford it.

After the high maintenance shield is placed, Mellen will not come back here for at least a short period of time.

These thoughts flashed through Mellen's mind, and he didn't hesitate to express his wish to open a cave under the leaves of the dark green sphere's home.

The dark green sphere immediately agreed.

Soon, a small cave was opened up. Through the outer wall of the cave, Melen could vaguely see the roots that were deliberately moved away.

Next, Melen began to manufacture a high-maintenance shield. Since the mechanics in the Fairy Tale Kingdom had already completed most of the work, he only needed to assemble the built components and complete the final connection and debugging.

During this process, Mellen needs to spread the power of the rules to prevent those components from being eroded by the power of the higher-dimensional world. After all, the only thing that can truly block the erosion of the power of the higher-dimensional world is the layer of material that serves as the outer shell.

While Melen was busy, the dark green sphere also came into the cave, but at this time the latter had released the fusion state and its strength had regressed to the first level.

For the dark green sphere, the fusion state can only be used in battle or when encountering danger, because it will consume the power of the home leaf, and excessive use will even affect the growth of the home leaf.

Of course, the latter point is only true for home leaves that have been born relatively recently.

The relationship between the home leaves and the green spheres is closer than symbiosis. The growth of the home leaves can give birth to more green spheres, and the green spheres can also assist the home leaves and help them grow better.

The dark green sphere is a mutant variety of the green sphere. Compared with the latter, it has stronger potential and is relatively rare.

After circling the cave for a few times, the dark green sphere came to Mellen and seemed to be observing his movements with an extremely curious look.

Melen casually chatted with it: "What's your name?"

The dark green sphere seemed to be stunned for a moment, and after a while it finally understood the meaning of 'name', so it shook itself and said, "I, don't have, a name."

Mellen nodded slightly, not really surprised. The jungle was obviously a symbiotic life form. Although there was a preliminary division into individuals, it was still in its infancy and would most likely never develop further. Therefore, it was normal for individual individuals to have no names.

Moreover, the green spheres confirmed each other's identities in a simpler and more efficient way, and there was no need for inefficient information carriers such as "names".

Mellen thought for a moment and said, "I can't communicate as efficiently as you two. It's inconvenient for me not to have a name. Why don't I give you one?"

The dark green sphere seemed to find this quite novel and agreed excitedly.

Melen had no intuition that he was bad at naming. After a moment's thought, he said directly, "Then let's call you Xiaolu. It's simple and easy to understand."

Xiaolu gladly accepted his new name and looked quite happy.

What followed was some random chatting. Unfortunately, Xiaolu, or the entire jungle, had a very superficial and one-sided understanding of the high-dimensional world. After all, you can't expect a group of immobile plants to have a deep understanding of the world.

But even so, Melen still learned a lot of knowledge that could not be learned from books.

In return, Mellen also told Xiaolu a lot of information he knew, of course most of which he had read in books.

Splicing, assembling, engraving runes into the core energy circuit, using the spirit to connect the whole, polishing the shell...

Three days passed in a flash, and the manufacture of the high-maintenance shield was nearing completion. As Melen placed the last piece of the shell made of nine meteorites on it and used the blood rule to melt it into a whole, the high-maintenance shield was officially declared completed.

Melen looked at the creation. It was a sphere with a diameter of about three meters. Its surface was smooth dark gray and had a texture similar to marble.

Mellen withdrew the rule cover, and the power of the high-dimensional world immediately acted on the high-maintenance shield. For a moment, a slight, harsh sound similar to nails scratching on a blackboard was faintly heard.

Of course, this abnormal sound only lasted for a very short time.

Mellen observed the high-maintenance shield and found that there were indeed signs of corrosion on it, but they were extremely minor. At this rate, it should be able to maintain it for decades without any problem.

So far everything has been going as expected, and now it's time to witness the miracle.

Through spiritual connection, Melen activated the high-maintenance shield in an instant. After a slight buzzing sound, the high-maintenance shield began to absorb the free energy around it.

After waiting for a while, Melen sighed slightly.

Because it is the most basic version, the efficiency of the high-maintenance shield in absorbing energy is not ideal. According to the current results, it can only accumulate 5 standard units a day at most, and the total energy that can be accumulated is capped at around 120 standard units. Even if there is an error, it will not be too much.

The 'standard unit' here is a set of standards set by the intelligent machines, and it can be said to have a certain degree of universality.

After some simple experiments, Melen also obtained more data on the high-maintenance shield.

First of all, the high maintenance shield Melen can be turned on or off at any time, and the energy consumed just to maintain the high maintenance shield is almost negligible.

Moreover, according to the high-dimensional knowledge of high-maintenance shield, similar effects can be achieved even in different dimensions. That is, even if Mellen is in the real world or the low-dimensional world, he can do it as soon as he thinks.

Secondly, there is the strength of the shield. If Spike bursts out with all his strength to attack, one blow can probably knock off 30 to 50 units of energy from the high-maintenance shield. The reason for the large error is mainly because there is too little energy now and it is impossible to conduct actual testing.

To be honest, if it were in the real world, Mellen would have spent so many resources just to build a shield that could only protect Spike from two or three attacks. It would have been a huge loss.

Fortunately, what has been tested so far are just the basic functions of a normal shield, and the real essence of the high-maintenance shield is... dimensional jump!

When Melen projects a high-maintenance shield in a dimension lower than the high-dimensional world, the strength of the shield will increase by one level for each dimension lowered.

That is to say, when Melen returns to the real world, the high-maintenance shield he summons can reach the demigod level. This qualitative improvement can completely make up for the quantitative gap to a certain extent.

Mellen breathed a sigh of relief. Although this journey to the higher-dimensional world was not long, the experience was indeed quite rich. Fortunately, the goal had been achieved and he could return to the real world.

After leaving the coordinate anchor point in the cave, Mellen sealed the cave directly. From then on, this place would become the "safe" he rented from the jungle.

After sending out a wisp of spirit to tell Xiaolu that he was about to leave and asking the latter to help look after the cave, Melen returned directly to the real world.

After another period of trance, Melen returned to the poisonous cloud area in the spiritual world.

After releasing the [Soul Synchrony] state, Melen suddenly felt as if a heavy burden had been removed and his whole body was relaxed.

Because the time of [Soul Synchronization] this time was not long, Melen was only a little tired, much lighter than last time.

After comforting Garuru and Void Dog and understanding the current situation, Melen returned to the fairy tale cottage and fell into a deep sleep.

He now needs a good dream to relieve his physical and mental fatigue.

Chapter 423 Reality Test and Showdown

"Who will dream first...Huh? I feel like I've said this line many times before."

A day later, Melen woke up from the fairy tale cottage and stretched comfortably.

After playing with the dogs for a while, Mellen began to continue his unfinished experiment.