My Weekly Refreshing Mentor Spirit-Chapter 400 - 317: Birth of the Insect-devouring Tree (Part 3)

However, turning this technology from a coincidence into stability required a time and cost he couldn’t imagine, so Xue Dili didn’t mind this scientist going mad to research and uncover its mysteries.

He merely listed out the circumstances of the Divine Tree’s birth and its causality, for reference only.

If the Interstellar Corps could truly stabilize and master this technology, it would be beneficial for the entire cosmos, and the same goes for Xue Dili.

But this time, he wasn’t here to discuss biotechnology.

Soon the basic characteristics and summary of the Insect-devouring Tree were presented to the high-level leaders of the Interstellar Corps, who took one look and gasped in astonishment.

Even if they understood that it was an extremely coincidental subspecies of the Divine Tree, this indicated that the traits of the Divine Tree could indeed change, and the tree itself was neither good nor evil; it was merely wrongdoers who turned it into a calamity.

And isn’t the current "human-eating" Divine Tree also selectively cultivated by humans?

Kou Kewei, why not us?

Thus they decided to expand the technological project, increase investment and research, and send some information to a large number of scholars who might be interested in this direction; it seemed they genuinely wanted to explore this project.

Although this research had a lower priority for the Interstellar Corps compared to T0 level projects like Mimic Venerable King’s inner cosmos manufacturing and the T1 level world chat group they were preparing for.

Yet this project is at least at the T2 research sequence level, which is already a study capable of altering the cosmic landscape.

But all this was secondary, and not very related to Xue Dili, who actually intended to repeat an old trick, sealing the Insect-devouring Tree within himself, just like when he previously sealed Angel Rachael’s world’s Divine Tree inside himself.

There was an easier way, such as the Star Annihilator Cannon, but Xue Dili felt it wasn’t necessary, at least the mutated Divine Tree only displayed insect-eating characteristics.

Soon, several members of the Interstellar Corps came to assist Xue Dili, including Olivia, whom Xue Dili knew well.

Without the lieutenant, his brute force was more suitable for battlefield or behind-enemy-lines sabotage.

When the group arrived on the ground, the Divine Tree’s size further swelled, nearly reaching a kilometer in diameter, its trunk seemed to pierce the clouds without end, and it was visible to the naked eye in the cosmos as a colossal presence.

"It’s really like the wilderness era, those World Tree-like entities," Olivia sighed.

"Of course, after all, this thing consumed two Insect Race Queens, dozens of Insect Race War Soldiers, and tens of billions of insect swarms, the amassed energy could blow up this planet," another person resembling a lizardman said, crossing his arms, and upon seeing Xue Dili, he greeted him.

Xue Dili awkwardly responded to the lizardman brother.

Though a bit impolite, he really thought of the lieutenant’s Sub-dragon wife.

"I once utilized the sealing of a World Consciousness to seal a complete Divine Tree within myself..." Xue Dili explained his plan to everyone.

"Using the same method this time, sealing it within myself, but the only issue is, the consciousness of this planet is already in a state of pseudo-death, and the Seed of the World is in my hand, so what I want to do is temporarily become this planet’s consciousness using the Seed of the World, then once the sealing is complete, I will awaken the planet’s true consciousness, allowing it to take over and easily disentangle myself..."

This was the plan.

If others were to use this plan, the Interstellar Corps would definitely not agree, because it requires becoming part of the World Consciousness, which is too outlandish for humans, even bordering on self-destruction.

But for Xue Dili, the Guardian of Earth, who has not only used world authority multiple times, but also temporarily stood in for multiple World Consciousnesses as a "human"...

This seems like basic operation...

Regarding how to avoid side effects and information shocks brought by World Consciousness authority, Xue Dili already had a complete handling system, even becoming a true World Consciousness, he could easily extricate himself.

Although Xue Dili’s abilities were currently insufficient, his status was already equivalent to Creator Zeus.

So after some discussion, the Interstellar Corps agreed to this plan.

And the Interstellar Corps had more considerations; if Xue Dili could succeed, it would prove their project of transforming the Divine Tree had deeper research significance, which is human mastery over the transformed Divine Tree’s powers. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Actually, researching up to this point, they also thought about that organization, the Mist Council, the path those Apostles walked seemed to lead to the same destination, which is using humans to master the power of the Divine Tree.

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A gigantic seal began enveloping the Divine Tree.

And Xue Dili also approached the Divine Tree, connecting with it through the Cursed Blood.

For some reason, he seemed to sense that this Divine Tree felt extremely close to him, probably because of the bacteriophage fused within it; Xue Dili could be considered the father of this bacteriophage, and after its fusion with the Divine Tree, it seemed to inherit this connection.

Therefore, when Xue Dili connected with the Divine Tree, it calmed down and stopped swelling, the fruit on its wilted flowers ceased to grow further, instead shaking gently as if in gratification.