Chapter 370 Pulse of the Earth_2
However, after accepting nearly two million survivors for relocation, it was undoubtedly stretched thin again.
The entire Tree Domain now has a population of over three million, but the cities occupied have already reached six, and the places requiring manpower have multiplied.
Although it is true that spiritual energy exoskeleton mechas, mechanical giant spirit gods, breeding armor warriors, and so on were being rolled out in succession to increase production, they still weren't enough for current needs.
"Recruitment Expansion"
Su Han finally decided on a recruitment expansion, not just for the Tree Domain Legion, but also for the construction teams, logistics support squads, production manufacturing, and scientific research teams all needing enlargement.
Among the survivors who moved from several bases, there was no shortage of talents ranging from engineers to researchers. If this opportunity to expand rapidly was not seized and a solid foundation laid out in the rear areas, it would be a waste of resources.
As Su Han's orders were issued, the entire Tree Domain quickly sprang into action again.
Countless people who already wanted to join the Tree Domain's combat units flocked to the recruitment centers, and at the same time, personnel numbers also surged in construction teams and logistics troops.
The rapid replenishment of personnel and the newly added Black Rock Tree Monsters were immediately put to work constructing the outermost city walls.
Above the rock earth city walls, sturdy bunkers and tunnels were being constructed one by one. The fluctuating mutant beast groups and evolved beast groups were unable to mount attacks on these rock earth great walls before being systematically exterminated by the city wall-dependent defense legions.
In just a few days, the number of monsters exterminated by the entire Tree Domain reached a million. Around several core cities, all monsters were driven out, and the first batch of Star Torch Trees gradually grew to a height of two to three meters, their emitted light already sufficient to disperse the surrounding fifty meters of fog.
The light awakened more dormant grasses and sown wheat seeds, fruit trees, and tender green shoots began to spread on the wastelands surrounding the cities.
The ones most astonished by the sight were the survivors who had moved from several bases.
They had thought that the Tree Domain base would be a more backward base than Fenglu, East Sea, and other bases.
Although being in the south might be safer, in every other respect, it could not compare with these core bases.
However, they had no complaints upon arriving; ensuring safety was already the best outcome.
But the scene before them far exceeded their imaginations.
Inside and outside the city, the white fog, which clung like a shroud, was being dispelled by these saplings; and under the illumination of the Star Torch Tree, plants began to revive, their fresh green vitality surpassing any spring they had ever experienced in their lives.
Seeing the reactions of these people, the Tree Domain's 'veterans' inevitably had a few extra words to say, which, in turn, stabilized the people's hearts.
Streams of emotional energy flowed into the Star Torch Tree and subsequently transmitted to Su Han.
"Over three million people as the main body, along with the emotions of survivors from the six bases, their mental strength hasn't been directly transmitted, but there will still be a certain increase. Based on this energy accumulation, reaching Sixth Order doesn't seem so far off."
In the Tree Domain, every wave of mental strength and emotions melding into the Star Torch Tree were perceived by Su Han.
As the creator of the Star Torch Tree, he had essentially established a certain connection.
To him, the Star Torch Tree was like the Lizard God Statue to the Lizardmen Clan representing the never-seen Lizard God.
Even without relying on Angel Envoys, just through such an accumulation of power, he was enough to keep growing stronger.
Spirit Melding!
Su Han exerted his Spirit Meld Talent in his consciousness, transforming and merging this energy into his body further.
His physical body kept growing stronger, his spirit increasingly robust, his strength as a Fifth Order Superior solidified even more.
Meanwhile, in the depths of his sea of consciousness, countless souls imprisoned by his Spirit Meld Talent gathered streams of transformed mental strength, gradually forming a Star Torch Tree shaped like an Ancestral Tree at its center.
Each gathering of power, the feedback of mental fluctuations, further bolstered his spirit and stimulated his talent to increase further.
This was his experiment.
Since his own Spirit Meld Talent could imprison and mobilize the souls of monsters, why couldn't he personally craft a soul for his own Star Torch Tree?
He had already established a connection with the Star Torch Tree. If he successfully used his Spirit Meld Talent to shape the Star Torch Tree Spirit, then this connection would become unbreakably stronger.
In just over an hour, today's accumulated Star Torch Tree energy was all transformed, and the Star Torch Tree Spirit reached about half-human height.
Su Han opened his eyes, returned from the realm of consciousness to reality, his body shrouded in lingering energy.
"The Star Torch Tree Spirit has been fully shaped successfully, a hundred meters in height should be enough to break through to the Sixth Order."
Sixth Order represents a further control of Spiritual Energy, an Advancement of a Great Demon of the Blood Sea.
Each Blood Sea Great Demon needs to Devour more of the Blood Sea Space, and control more creatures to complete its Advancement.
At this moment, Su Han has an innate advantage, that is, the human race is very united, and there are many people.
"Next up is the Ice Ghost King."
Su Han muttered to himself, among the five Angel Envoys, only the Molten Gold Titan and the Ice Ghost King had not yet reached Fifth Order Intermediate.
The Ice Ghost King's Fusion with the Foolish Dead God's Power is stuck at 29%, which is even more urgent than the situation with the Molten Gold Titan.
The lower-grade material of the Foolish Dead God's Power is the Soul of the Undead, and more of the Undead Race are needed to fill the gap.
Su Han left his room and went straight to the Bug Quality Rift, opened it, and stepped inside, passing through Lingzhou Base directly to Fenglu Base.
"Lord Su."
As soon as Su Han emerged, an army-clad man came forward and saluted him, "The commander is in the command center."
"Lead the way."
"Yes."
The man's saluting arm was pitch black, wrapped in a black shell material, and his nails were relatively sharp, not the arms of a normal human, but insect limbs.
"Are you one of the first batch of Heteromorphic Transformers at Fenglu Base?" Enjoy new chapters from My Virtual Library Empire
Su Han asked out loud, and the big man responded loudly, "Reporting yes. My name is Niu Ben, Transformer number one, with an arm replacement and spine insertion of insect bone, in charge of assembling the insect people troops at Fenglu Base and coordinating the insect hordes."
Niu Ben did not conceal, in fact, he was one of the informed, about raising Su Han's authority to the same level of Li Wenyuan.
As the future commander of the insect hordes at Fenglu Base, his authority level is not lower than that of Xia Yunqing, only his strength is temporarily slightly weaker.
"How are you adapting to the insect limbs?"
"Very well, the insect limbs have greater strength compared to a human body, and can withstand general firearm attacks without using Spiritual Energy. The insect bone organs have also amplified my Spiritual Energy and Mental Strength, and it won't be long before I can break through to Fourth Rank Lower Class," Niu Ben explained, "Many comrades have been given a chance of rebirth due to Heteromorphic Transformation, allowing them to return to the battlefield, and that's a good thing."
"People die on the battlefield, and insect limbs can't come back to life."
"The Armed Forces aren't afraid of death."
Niu Ben answered directly, grinning, "Lord, I know what you're concerned about, but nobody looks at us with strange eyes. Even if we're not at Tree Domain Base, we're still part of the Armed Forces, they're also Xia Country's people, we are one family."
Niu Ben is a smart man, knowing what lurks beneath Su Han's worries.
Unlike the slow spread and proper propaganda of the insect warriors in the Tree Domain,
this time, along with the construction of worm nests, Heteromorphic Transformation has been extensively deployed, quite suddenly.
The timing of transformation was sudden, the base of transformation much larger, making it difficult to grasp some of the sentiments within the base.
But, it appears he was overthinking it.
Su Han remained silent, followed Niu Ben out of the Worm Nest Territory, at which point the Bug Quality Rift had already been relocated to the northwestern perimeter outside Fenglu Base.
Worm nests were being constructed one after another, Bug Quality was accumulating continuously, trucks, and engineer insects moved back and forth on the roads, transporting massive amounts of Blood Sea Creatures' corpses, tossing them into the Bug Quality for constant transformation.
Although it had just begun, it was evident that there were already thousands of insects within the entire worm nest.
Arriving at the command center, Su Han found Li Wenyuan busy at work.
Compared to his idleness, Li Wenyuan was busily engaged with a group of staff officers and advisors, only gradually stopping as Su Han entered.
"Su Han, you've arrived. The Undead Race's anomalous space rift you asked me to look for, I've found it in the vicinity. There are three, all fairly close by," he reported.