Chapter 1130 - 607: The Third Faction? World Tree Main Control_2

A whole vast stretch of petrified creatures.

And all of them were petrified giant beasts!

It had only been a split second, but everyone inside the vine sphere had seen it.

Damn it, we should’ve thought of this earlier!

Their petrification experiments have really succeeded!

And they’re about to test the power of these petrified creatures, sending a whole army of them to attack the World Tree!

"What exactly are these petrified creatures? Can you explain it to me?"

Xu Ying, who had been silent the whole time, finally spoke.

The others explained to her how they had crossed paths with the petrified creatures.

And the source of it all was the Chang Yin Family.

"Petrified creatures..." Xu Ying pondered for a moment, then slowly shook her head. "As for these petrified creatures, I really don’t know anything. In my timeline, nothing like that has ever appeared. Turned to stone and still moving that nimbly, even flying? That’s way too ridiculous..."

No one present knew what to say.

Honestly, if they themselves hadn’t fought those things, they wouldn’t have believed such creatures could exist either.

"...This petrification technology might not be the aliens’ tech at all."

In the end, Xu Ying came to a conclusion.

Not the aliens’ technology...

Xu Xin had suspected that before as well.

The entire petrification experiment was centered on the Chang Yin Family as its core. If Chang Yin himself had been turned into that by the alien invaders...

Then why would those aliens bother making Chang Yin the ’warden’ in charge of the experiment?

Letting Chang Yin run the experiments, with most of the main materials even being provided by Chang Yin himself—that meant the other side didn’t actually have this "petrification tech" at all.

"But it can’t be human technology either... tch, could there be a third party in the mix again?" Xu Ying felt the situation had gotten complicated. "If that’s the case, then is this group of petrified creatures attacking us really sent by the alien invaders?"

"That part is certain." Ji Chaoyang nodded. "In my prophecy, aside from the petrified creatures, I also saw familiar figures—the furred freaks."

The furred freaks: mutated humans responsible for controlling the beast hordes on-site during attacks.

Unlike the gene-mutated humans on the World Tree in the other hemisphere, these mutants were extremely low-level, even showing atavistic traits, growing fur all over their bodies.

They counted as "old friends" of Xu Xin and the others.

"Then it should be correct," Xu Ying murmured.

"So, what you’re worried about is that the ’second day’ in the prophecy refers to the second day inside the World Tree?" Xu Xin asked.

"I’m not sure, but we should prepare anyway." Ji Chaoyang said in a low voice.

"But if it’s the second day outside, then we don’t need to rush that much." Wen Guixin leaned on the window, looking out at the surrounding fields and pastures. "One day outside is a hundred days in here. We’ve got plenty of time."

"...Honestly, I think even if it is the second day inside the World Tree, you don’t need to worry too much."

Xu Ying sat down on the sofa, stretched lazily, leaned back, and looked up at everyone.

"I’ve said it before: the World Tree’s defenses are beyond anything you can imagine. No matter how strong those petrified creatures are, as long as they’re using normal methods like brute-force attacks or setting fires, they won’t be able to deal any real damage to the World Tree." She smiled.

She truly wasn’t very worried.

That confidence came from her faith in the World Tree.

"So, if the petrified creatures want to lay siege to it, let them come. It’ll be a good chance for you to see what an invincible World Tree really looks like!"

Her words eased the frowns on everyone’s faces.

"Then... what counts as an abnormal method?" Qi Xuefei suddenly asked.

"Mm... I don’t know."

Xu Ying thought for a while, then shook her head. "The methods I can think of might not be completely harmless to the World Tree, but at most they’d feel like a light scratch."

Something suddenly occurred to Xu Xin. "A virus? Could they use a virus?"

Everyone turned to him.

Back when the World Tree had not yet matured, Shi Wanyun’s mission had been to inject a virus into it to delay its maturation. So the enemy did in fact possess a virus capable of harming the World Tree.

As he spoke, he took out the vial of virus that Shi Wanyun had given him back then and handed it to Xu Ying. "This virus."

Li Wenxi leaned in curiously.

The others had already seen it before.

"But that virus is pretty weak, isn’t it?" Wang Lei pointed at the vial in Xu Ying’s hand. "Even when injected into an immature World Tree, all it did was delay its maturation. Can it really affect a World Tree that’s already mature?"

"It’s just a possibility." Xu Xin muttered. "The alien invaders have had a full thousand years since they created the World Tree. Is it really possible they never figured out a way to destroy it?"

"This is my first time seeing this too."

Xu Ying said a bit awkwardly. Then she shook the vial and analyzed, "This is a virus that only affects plants. If you injected it into your treehouse, the treehouse would completely wither and die in a matter of dozens of seconds."

A treehouse was basically a degraded, ultra-small version of the World Tree. In other words, this virus was indeed designed specifically for the World Tree.

"Its toxicity is very strong, but for the World Tree, this amount is completely useless." Xu Ying handed the virus back to Xu Xin. "It’s like pouring a bottle of water into a desert. It won’t have any effect on the desert at all, and the water itself will evaporate almost instantly."

"Then how much of it would it take to hurt the World Tree?" Xu Xin pressed.