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Chapter 484 Whose World Tree is playing CF?
After visiting the spaceship, Secretary Li took Lin Mo to his workplace for lunch.
Although the dishes are not as plentiful as before the disaster, the combination of meat and vegetables is reasonable and there is plenty of staple food.
Lin Mo picked up his tray, found a corner to sit down, ate a couple of bites of rice, and suddenly remembered something.
When will the portal to the other side of the moon be arranged?
Secretary Li sat down opposite him and put down his chopsticks.
"This will take some time. The moon has no atmosphere; it's a vacuum environment."
"Once the portal is opened, if the air pressure on both sides is unbalanced, the air will be sucked out instantly, which is very dangerous."
"So the engineering team is building a large sealed chamber to simulate a vacuum environment, and plans to place the teleportation portal inside."
"It will be completed soon, in about two days."
Lin Mo nodded, picked up a piece of braised pork and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Okay, let me know when it's finished."
That's perfect, he's been expending a lot of magic power these past few days and needs time to recover.
For the next two days, Lin Mo had a rare period of leisure.
While consolidating his experience in casting portal magic and mastering the details of mana control, he wandered around the Tian Shu dungeon.
Check the news to understand the current overall situation in China.
The catastrophe of the Great Slowdown of Earth continues, but the underground city system is operating smoothly, supplies are being supplied in an orderly manner, and social order is maintained.
Compared to the numb and zombie-like state of everyone a few months ago, everyone is now energetic and smiling.
Their lives are worlds apart.
Pedestrians on the street walked briskly but without panic, children went to school as usual, and workers took turns working as usual.
This calm and vitality amidst the apocalypse is the strongest foundation of the Great Xia regime.
The next morning, Lin Mo remembered something.
Elder Muyu previously cast an activation magic circle on the World Tree, allowing it to maintain a human-like state and communicate with people at any time.
After he left, the World Tree remained awake, and no one knows how it is now.
I happen to have some time, so I'll go check it out.
Lin Mo had his bodyguard drive him to the Central Ecological Park.
From afar, you can see the World Tree's enormous trunk that pierces through the dome, with fireflies twinkling among its branches and leaves, full of vitality.
Upon closer inspection—
"Da da da da da—!"
"Fire in the hole!"
"Bang!"
A series of gunshots, English voices, and explosions came from ahead, sounding particularly jarring in the quiet park.
Lin Mo paused in his steps.
He looked in the direction of the sound and was immediately dumbfounded.
In front of the World Tree, there is a 50-inch large screen monitor, with a speaker on each side.
On the screen, a character is running wildly across the map with an AK-47 in hand, muzzle flashes and spent cartridges flying everywhere.
It's CrossFire!
And the "player" who controls this character—
Two thick roots emerge from the soil, branching into five thin tendrils at the end, mimicking the shape of human fingers, one pressing on the keyboard and the other holding the mouse.
WASD switching is smooth, and mouse movement is precise.
On the front of the tree trunk, the young man's face emerged from the wood grain, his eyes fixed intently on the screen, his expression extremely focused.
His lips were slightly upturned, clearly indicating that he was engrossed in the game.
"..."
Lin Mo stood there, bewildered.
He rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't dreaming.
World Tree.
The sacred plant of Terra, the life-giving foundation that the Elven race has worshipped for tens of thousands of years, and the core hope for the restoration of the entire Blue Star's surface ecology.
Playing CrossFire!
This scene is just outrageous!
Lin Mo turned his head and waved to a researcher nearby who was recording data.
"Come here for a second."
The researcher jogged over, saw the direction Lin Mo was looking, and immediately gave a wry smile that said, "I understand your confusion."
Lin Mo pointed to the World Tree.
"What happened?"
The researcher scratched his head and sighed.
"Sir, it's a long story..."
"At first, we considered that plants respond to sound waves and that listening to music can promote growth, so we played classical music and light music for them every day."
"The results are indeed quite good; growth data have improved."
Lin Mo nodded:
"and then?"
"Then it got tired of listening to it after a while."
The researcher shrugged.
"So we tried pop music, folk music, rock, rap... all sorts of styles, but we got tired of them quickly."
"Later we started showing it movies, 24 hours a day, all kinds of movies: science fiction, action, comedy, documentaries."
"They were very enthusiastic at first, watching with great interest, and even discussing the plot with us afterward."
"After a while, they started complaining about being bored again."
Lin Mo's lips twitched:
"So you just gave it a computer?"
The researcher's wry smile deepened.
"It wasn't something we gave it to voluntarily."
"It was probably citizens taking a walk in the outer park, sitting under the trees chatting, talking about things like online games."
"The World Tree heard us and asked, 'What's this CF? It sounds interesting, I want to try it too.'"
"We didn't take it seriously at first and just gave them a few perfunctory replies."
"But it wouldn't give up, and even said, 'If you don't let me play, I won't grow properly.'"
Lin Mo: "..."
The researcher shrugged, his face full of helplessness.
"There was nothing we could do, so we consulted Academician Liu, who said, 'As long as it's happy, it doesn't affect the growth data, so let it be.'"
"Then we brought over a large-screen computer, along with a picture and text instruction manual."
"I originally thought it would take at least a few days to get the hang of it."
"As a result, it spent two hours reading the instruction manual, and then figured out how to go online, install the game, register an account, and complete the whole process on its own."
"They started the treatment that very night."
The researcher glanced at the World Tree, which was firing wildly on the screen, his voice tinged with awe.
"And he played quite well; I heard his rank is already quite high."
As a PhD student in botany, he felt like all the books he had read before had been wasted.
In the past, if anyone told him that trees could be used to play games, he would verbally abuse them across the internet.
As for now...
I just hope the other person doesn't verbally abuse me from behind the internet...
Lin Mo listened to the whole thing and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
On the continent of Terra, the elves had worshipped and served him with utmost care for tens of thousands of years, but when they arrived in Great Xia, the situation changed.
Not only do they have plenty to eat and sleep well, but they also have a computer to play games on, and whatever they want to watch is available on the computer.
Are you just enjoying yourself here?
He shook his head and strode towards the World Tree.
"Hello, Mr. World Tree!"
The face on the World Tree trunk moved, its gaze shifting from the screen to Lin Mo.
But the two roots never stopped moving as they clicked the keyboard and mouse.
The character on the screen continued to move nimbly around the map, firing when necessary and reloading when needed.
Blind operation.
"Oh! Lord Lin Mo!"
Joy was evident in the World Tree's spiritual fluctuations.
"It's so nice to see you again!"
"I'm having a great time here, I'm very happy."
The face on the tree trunk smiled, its tone sincere.
"To be honest, if I were to go back to Terra, I think I would go crazy."
"Life there is incredibly boring for me now."