Ark pigeon mode, activated!

The tender sprout is just a little bit, and more roots are spreading underground. The hard soil frozen by extreme cold cannot stop them at all, and the crackling sound of the roots separating the soil and rocks can be faintly heard.

It grows so fast that it doesn't look like a plant at all.

It is estimated that after ten days or half a month, the forest will be able to completely cover the mansion and spread to the surrounding areas.

Pasture forests can grow to very large sizes, with the center being large enough to accommodate their living areas.

"Okay, go get warm by the fire, and leave the rest to me."

Beatrice said softly.

The floor was broken, the woods continued to grow, and a slight chill was emitted. The temperature in the room dropped significantly, making it unsuitable for them to stay here.

"Oh, I see..."

A few people responded twice and then left the room.

Wendy, Surtel, and Hiltunen were discussing the pasture forest with great interest. They had been trapped here by the severe cold and felt a little bored. They were very interested in the pasture forest seeds that Beatrice brought back.

Camilla followed behind, frowning subconsciously in thought.

Under the erosion of the severe cold outside, the surface soil is also difficult to maintain temperature and is frozen. However, Mu Shulin ignores this extreme environment and grows wildly. This kind of survival ability is simply... simply like... the World Tree! !?

This name suddenly popped up in Camilla's mind.

He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, his expression a little strange.

What the hell is the World Tree?! I've never heard of it!

Camilla felt something was wrong, not only with him, but also with the world!

He vaguely felt as if there was a membrane covering everything, hiding certain things. Only when he had a flash of inspiration could he barely perceive a trace of the truth underneath.

It is difficult to understand how this situation could have occurred.

He was a little suspicious that it was done by the Dark Snake. After all, the specific existence form of the Dark Snake was unknown, but after careful consideration, he denied this conjecture.

The occurrence of anomalies is either natural or caused by external interference. There is no point in discussing the possibility of natural existence because he cannot recognize many things in the world and cannot make reliable inferences. External interference means that some creature wants to achieve a certain goal, so it interferes.

Who wants to do what?

Camilla thought hard but still had no clue.

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Chapter 363: Blade Master Tower, Spring is Coming Soon

The pasture trees grew very fast. After a day, the outside of the house was wrapped up and there was no trace of it being completely closed.

Many parts of the house have been replaced by wooden structures, and some green sprouts have grown out, full of vitality.

The pasture forest can produce oxygen without photosynthesis, and even much more than normal photosynthesis. Even if the space is closed and there is a fireplace, there is no crisis of oxygen deficiency.

Camilla and others were busy cleaning up the garbage produced by the growth of the pasture forest in the house. The pasture forest did not produce any dead branches or leaves, but the process of its encroaching and replacing house materials was not very meticulous. During the process, there was even a brief period of cold wind blowing in from outside, so they had to pay more attention.

However, once it completely wraps around the house, it will be warmer than before without the need for a fire.

The thermal insulation capacity of Mushulin wood far exceeds that of ordinary materials. Moreover, it can regulate the internal temperature environment, making it more comfortable to live in.

The only problem is, getting out can become a hassle.

Beatrice planned to wait until the pasture forest was initially grown, and then design several wooden doors to connect the inside and outside. The multi-layer structure could isolate the outside world to the greatest extent.

In order for the Mushu Forest to move, it must grow to a specific stage. A unique Moon Spring is born inside the Mushu Forest. This is the core of the Mushu Forest's vitality. As long as it exists, the Mushu Forest can survive for a long time without taking root underground.

When the Moon Spring is consumed to a certain extent, Mu Shulin will have to put down roots and recuperate.

In addition, Moon Spring itself can also replace food.

In Beatrice's dream, the elves fed on the water of the Moon Spring.

After several days of growth, the pasture forest grew into a huge wooden hemisphere like a castle, covering a large area around it. The outer wall was only covered with gray-brown tough bark, without a trace of green, and the young branches and buds were all in the internal space.

With the wooden hemisphere as its center, the pasture forest is still growing, but the growth rate is much slower than before.

The land here is just frozen and is not barren, but it is still a little insufficient for the already quite large pasture forest, so it slows down its growth.

In the center of the pasture forest, where the first buds grew, a depression appeared in the center of the wooden ground, and a layer of shallow spring water had already emerged.

Camila and his companions came over from time to time to check on the growth of the pasture forest through the condition of the Moon Spring.

The pasture forest is too large and they cannot leave, so it is difficult to observe the situation.

Beatrice focused on guiding the growth of the pasture forest, while they collected some resources from the area covered by the pasture forest.

The nearby neighbors all had stored supplies to deal with the disaster, but most of them didn't survive. After the Pale Mother was severely damaged, the environmental deterioration was even more terrifying. Now the temperature outside is probably down to nearly minus ninety degrees Celsius.

Naturally, there are some living people. Camilla and others plan to accept some people to live in the outer areas after the pasture forest expands.

The premise is that there are still living people.

A few more days passed in the busyness.

An unexpected news came.

Beatrice detected through the roots of the pasture forest that a team was trying to repair the heat ring.

The team, wearing enclosed protective suits that were almost like space suits, was operating on the outskirts of the city in the extreme cold, repairing the thermal ring that was mostly buried by ice and snow. Their progress was unknown.

Without the power of the Pale Mother, the heat ring would need other powers to maintain it. There might be witches in the Kingdom of Fen'es who could do this, but it would definitely not be easy.

This team came from underground. Because all the equipment such as elevators were broken, they could only climb out from the deep underground city with difficulty and then carry out repair work. The difficulties they encountered were hard to describe in words.

It is true that the underground city is not completed, but who says it must be completed before you can live in it?

As early as when the underground part was built, many dignitaries of the Kingdom of Fen'es moved in and settled there. In addition to the large number of workers who had been working in the underground city before the thermal ring failed, there were indeed many people who were lucky enough to survive this disaster.

The underground city is not like a basement, which is located on the shallow surface. Its main body is nearly ten kilometers deep underground, and the excavated soil and rocks can be piled up into mountains outside.

It is because of its depth that it receives a large amount of geothermal heat and is protected from the erosion of the severe cold.

As long as some of the passages are slightly blocked, no one in the underground city will freeze to death due to the severe cold.

However, the city was not built after all, the supply of materials was insufficient, and the internal circulation was not fully established. Construction had to continue, so no matter how difficult it was to repair the thermal cycle, it had to be done.

After learning that someone was repairing the heat ring, Camilla and others gathered together to discuss it for a long time.

Entering the underground city is obviously a good way out, but with Mu Shulin there, they don’t actually need to rely too much on the underground city. Mu Shulin itself is enough to meet most of their survival needs.

For them, it would be best to rely on the pasture forest to survive, and then exchange supplies with the underground city and support each other.

However, there is a very delicate problem, that is, the underground city is too deep. The huge project launched to survive the end of the world is precisely located in the center of the land crust. It is inevitable that communication with the ground becomes extremely troublesome.

The underground cities in other countries are not much better. In order to survive, many people have dug underground cities that appeared from the magma.

Later on, maybe Mu Shulin was wandering alone on the earth, and the underground city was closed on the ground due to extreme conditions such as severe cold, with no intersection at all.

There was nothing concrete gained from this conversation. Mu Shulin was still growing, so they planned to first check on the repair status of the thermal ring.

If the thermal ring is successfully repaired and the city of Rushka is temporarily revived, there may be a group of people who do not want to go to the underground city and want to live in the pastoral forest.

Half a day later, several witches appeared near the pasture forest, circled around a few times, and finally left.

A place as huge as Mu Shulin is basically impossible to hide, but there is no obvious entrance and no one is willing to break it in.

Not to mention the defensive capabilities of Mu Shulin, this is obviously something that a certain force created in order to survive in an extreme environment. If it is damaged, the hatred will be huge.

Ten days later, a low humming sound suddenly sounded, echoing in the wind and snow.

The invisible barrier was erected again, blocking out the wind and snow, covering the city of Rushka, which had turned into a world of ice and snow, and the temperature no longer continued to drop.

A large number of workers wearing protective clothing were transported to the surface to clear the snow and ice in an attempt to resume construction work on the underground city.

Some of the collected combustible materials were placed directly on the open ground and burned. Heat accumulated in the city of Rushka and the temperature gradually warmed up.

Some personnel began search and rescue operations, looking for those who barely survived and transferring them into the underground city.

There is no need to fight for a spot to enter the underground city this time. Too many people have died. Perhaps all the living people in the entire Fen'es Kingdom can fit into this underground city.

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#It dropped 20 degrees, so cold...

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Chapter 364: Blade Master Tower, it’s time to wake up~

After a long time, the ice and snow finally melted in the city of Rushka, but everything that was once prosperous could no longer appear.

Through the newly built hidden wooden door, Surter and Hiltunen walked out of the pasture forest.

Under the sky that was so dim that it seemed as if night was about to fall, there was not a single living creature to be seen around the pasture forest. Under the melted snow, a large number of corpses were scattered around. The cars crowded on the road were like coffins. Those who failed to return home or find a reliable shelter in time had no choice but to freeze to death.

After making sure that the surrounding situation was normal, they separated and rushed to their respective homes.

In such severe cold weather, I don’t know how their families are doing.

Wendy did not leave because she was weak and was not suitable to travel when the traffic in Rushka City was paralyzed. Now communication would not be restored in a short time, and she could not contact her family. She could only rely on Sulter and the others to convey some news.

She planned to stay in the Mushulin Forest in the future. Although there was not much room for her to show her abilities here, in terms of survival, it felt much more reliable than the unfinished underground city.

Camilla and Wendy briefly observed the outside from the wooden door, but found that the sunlight was extremely weak and they couldn't see much, so they retreated.

Two or three days later, Surter and Hiltunen came back together.

Most of their family members chose to enter the underground city, but did not require them to follow along, probably because all eggs should not be put in one basket, and the underground city that has not been fully built is really not very reassuring. It is not known whether the thermal ring can persist in completing it this time.

As for the pastoral forest, no one knows how big it can grow to or how many people it can accommodate. Considering many factors, it is better to separate them.

Although Surter and Hiltunen are still young, they are already capable of taking care of themselves and there is no need to worry too much.

Wendy's family had already rushed to the underground city through the passage leading to the underground city in the city when the thermal ring failed, but they didn't get in touch with them, so they thought nothing would go wrong.

I heard that the royal family of the Kingdom of Fen'es had long ago escaped to a large underground city jointly built by other major powers, but I don't know if it's true or not.

Mushulin is still expanding, and most of the nearby residents have moved to the underground city, so there are no neighborhood disputes.

The temperature inside the heat ring returned to normal. Camilla and Wendy would go out for a walk with Surtel and Hiltunen from time to time, but they would not stay for long, lest the heat ring suddenly fail.

Time passed quietly and half a year passed in a flash.

The sun's rays were so dim that it was impossible to distinguish between day and night, and it was unknown what stage the construction of the underground city had reached.

But no matter what, the heat ring collapsed again.

This time, it was destroyed by various monsters roaming outside the heat ring.

Those monsters created by the influence of the Dark Serpent ignore the severe cold and darkness, wandering on the vast ice fields outside the thermal ring, slaughtering all creatures they encounter.

The witches kept trying to stop them from destroying the heat ring, but ultimately failed.

A cold wave blew through, and amid the howling wind, the city was frozen in the extreme cold of over 100 degrees Celsius below zero, and everything fell into deathly silence.

In the pasture forest, Camilla and others sat around the fireplace, looking at each other in silence.

In half a year, the volume of the Mushulin forest has expanded dozens of times, as if irregular wooden boxes were stacked tightly together, dividing the forest into a large number of closed areas. They are located at the core and are not affected by the external climate. The energy generated by the metabolism of the Mushulin forest can keep the interior warm like spring.

During this period, they also accepted some people to live in the pastoral forest. Their number was small and they lived in other closed areas and had no intersection with them.

After living in the forest for so long, they gradually got used to the life here and no longer encountered any inconvenience.

The Moon Spring has accumulated enough water, and Mu Shulin can leave at any time.

However, the completely dead silence outside still made people feel sad.

Where can they go if they leave?

The Mu Shulin continues to take root here, and its growth rate is getting slower and slower. Under the extreme climate, there is no need to continue to expand its size, but the hard shell needs to be reinforced again and again because the Mu Shulin is often attacked by wandering monsters from the outside world.

The damage caused by the current attack is far behind the speed of repair of the forests, but who knows when they will be unable to withstand it.

Surtel and Hiltunen still often go out to hunt those monsters, which not only reduces the pressure faced by Mu Shulin, but also allows them to continue to grow and become stronger.

Unlike Hiltunin, who can absorb power after killing monsters, Surtel becomes stronger at an unreasonable rate, and can keep up with Hiltunin no matter how fast he progresses.

In the pastoral forest where it is no longer possible to distinguish between day and night, time flies by and several years pass in the blink of an eye.

This year, when Camilla and Wendy tried to repair some electrical appliances, they fell in love and tasted the forbidden fruit, and their relationship became closer, but it soon evolved into a messy relationship between Camilla, Wendy, Surtel and Hiltunen.

Then, having grown to a certain level, Surtel and Hiltunen finally perceived the truth of this world.

This is... a dream.

The dream of the dark serpent.