Chapter Fifteen: Awakening and Condition

Congratulations, player, you have successfully upgraded your avatar to Level Two!

Due to your diligence in achieving the breakthrough of a Level Two lifeform ahead of schedule, you have gained the trait: Natural Affinity (Intermediate).

Trait: Natural Affinity (Intermediate) — In grasslands and forests, your stamina and endurance receive a moderate boost. Wild animals and birds will become your companions, and you can clearly sense their emotions.

When Ji Yu fully awakened from the breakthrough state of the oak tree, these words appeared before his eyes.

“This trait is truly excellent,” Ji Yu thought.

He had always loved rural landscapes since childhood, and cherished animals even more. With this new trait, Ji Yu couldn’t help but imagine himself surrounded by a host of creatures.

It was a beautiful scene.

While the affection of animals was pleasant, the key point was the boost to endurance in the jungle. Though this characteristic might seem useless in a city of steel and concrete, Ji Yu’s heart was nonetheless filled with joy.

After all, who wouldn’t welcome an unexpected boon?

Suppressing his excitement, Ji Yu opened the status panel for the oak tree.

Oak Tree Status (Expand)

Good Condition

Life Level: 2

Vitality: 35.42 (Maximum 100)

Tree Height: 286 meters (Maximum 500)

Age: 392 years (Maximum 30,000)

Trait 1: Size Amplification (Intermediate) — Growth speed moderately increased, maximum size moderately augmented.

Trait 2: Ritual Enhancement (Intermediate) — During the main ritual, can slightly channel life essence to followers within 500 meters, slightly boosting their mental and physical state, making them far stronger than ordinary people.

Trait 3: Powerful Absorption (Intermediate) — Efficiency in absorbing underground nutrients and photosynthesis moderately increased.

Trait 4: Vigorous Vitality (Intermediate) — Maximum limits increased, negative states easily recovered, natural lifespan and growth limits moderately augmented.

Trait 5: Resonance Guidance (Low) — Guides lower-tier kin through transformation; duration is proportional to own state.

New Trait 1: Solid Tenacity (Low) — External and internal toughness slightly enhanced.

New Trait 2: Regional Radiation (Low) — Forms a weakly positive mutation radiation zone for lifeform genes centered on itself, with radiation intensity decreasing outward.

New Trait 3: Solid-State Activation (Low) — Physical solidification properties slightly altered; can drive a small portion of roots, branches, and leaves to move.

After reviewing the oak tree’s data panel, Ji Yu was momentarily lost for words.

The changes were immense.

His height had reached nearly three hundred meters?

That was unbelievable.

During the breakthrough, Ji Yu’s vision hadn’t returned to reality, and even now he hadn’t immediately projected his perception outward. He had been completely immersed in a surreal sense of beauty.

Previously, he knew his oak tree avatar was undergoing dramatic changes, but he never expected it would grow to nearly three hundred meters in such a short time.

Still in awe, Ji Yu immediately shifted his vision back to reality.

Under the setting sun.

At this moment, the oak’s crown was adorned with countless gem-like blossoms, their glassy hues shining, and a great number of butterflies intoxicated in their midst.

On the branches, numerous birds perched, not swooning over the flowers like the butterflies, but standing beside the blooms, eyes half-closed as if drunk.

Above, more birds and insects flocked in, some of the insects becoming prey for the birds along the way.

Under Ji Yu’s astonished gaze, the gem flowers atop the oak were not fragile like ordinary blossoms. Even when birds stood atop them, crushing them, not a single crease appeared. As soon as the birds moved, the petals bounced back to their original position with elasticity.

Some birds, curious, pecked at the petals, but left no marks or damage. The petals were as resilient as silicone, yet even tougher and more moist.

Witnessing this magical scene, Ji Yu, despite his mental preparation, was still amazed.

His consciousness flowed, directing his vision toward the birds on the crown.

Ji Yu’s senses were now wonderfully peculiar, for he could perceive the emotions of the birds.

It was a feeling of joy, tranquility, and utter comfort.

Observing these birds, entranced by the mysterious fragrance of the flowers, Ji Yu couldn’t help but click his tongue.

“Are these flowers truly so fragrant and magical?”

As the oak, Ji Yu himself could not smell, so he wondered.

All the birds were intoxicated by the aroma, getting along harmoniously with the multitude of butterflies.

On the crown, harmony prevailed. There were no predators, nor prey.

They were all simply guests, arriving in haste and coexisting peacefully.

Gem flowers, butterflies, birds, and even three squirrels who had scampered onto the branches, curiously watching.

All of this formed a rare spectacle of nature.

With panoramic vision, Ji Yu surveyed the entire rainforest’s surroundings in an instant.

He discovered his vision had become broader and sharper, able to clearly sense the movements of all creatures within five hundred meters.

Beneath the oak, the tribespeople were kneeling, their lips murmuring prayers.

Ji Yu could feel their fervor, tinged with a trace of fear.

This fear was understandable. After all, such a dramatic transformation in an oak tree would naturally startle the human heart.

Moreover, Ji Yu’s growth had destroyed many homes in the tribe with this breakthrough.

Alongside, the thirteen smaller oaks lining the path had been crushed.

At this moment, Ji Yu’s trunk and roots were astonishingly huge.

Humans standing beneath his roots were as insignificant as ants.

Roughly estimating, the diameter of his oak’s root base had reached an exaggerated one hundred and twenty meters.

Big enough, thick enough.

Ji Yu felt delighted.

Yet, regarding the thirteen small oaks he had inadvertently crushed, Ji Yu’s humanitarian spirit prevailed.

Recalling his newly acquired activation trait, a new idea struck him.

His thoughts descended, and Ji Yu sensed his numerous roots of varying thickness within the soil.

Then, Ji Yu acted.

Among thirty-eight main roots, he selected six he could command with flexibility.

These six roots, each at least fifty meters long, extended toward the fallen oaks.

Naturally, this caused a tremor in the surrounding earth.