Chapter 248 Symbiotic Banyan Tree
Under Xu Xin's identification ability, these two banyan trees both emitted blue light.
It's blue grade!
These two banyan trees are both growing in blue-grade soil. They are also the only two blue-grade soils in this lakeside scene. The rest of the soil is green grade and there is no white grade soil.
The size of these two banyan trees is basically the same as the size of the two-story blue-level treehouse before the number of layers was added. The crown of the tree is dense and about seven meters above the ground, with many roots.
It really looks like a tree house.
Xu Xin immediately walked to a banyan tree and reached out to touch its trunk.
[Banyan tree (blue): A special type of tree that can be cut down to obtain wood. Although it looks like a very ordinary banyan tree, as long as there is a tree house within a hundred meters of it, it can coexist with the tree house. ! 】
It’s not a tree house, but the introduction to this banyan tree is anything but ordinary!
Special types of trees coexist with the tree house within a hundred meters!
Xu Xin's eyes widened.
The last time I saw the word symbiosis, it was plant heart!
Symbiosis, not parasitism! Like a plant heart, it can provide a very powerful self-defense ability for the tree house, and both parties are mutually beneficial!
Unexpectedly, the two banyan trees they suddenly discovered could coexist with the tree house.
Moreover, Xu Xin is sensitive to the words "special types of trees".
The first time he saw these words was in the introduction of the blue-level iron ax, which said that the blue-level iron ax could cut down some special types of trees.
Then he discovered that the tree house was one of this special kind of trees.
Now, so is this banyan tree. Although it is not a tree house, it belongs to the same species as the tree house, and it also belongs to a special type of tree. It can only be cut down with an iron ax of blue level or above!
Exactly the same nature as a tree house!
Xu Xin couldn't help but wonder, what miraculous effects would such a tree-like banyan tree have if planted next to a tree house? Did they find another accessory for the treehouse?
Will it be like a plant heart, bringing a powerful ability to the tree house?
Ji Chaoyang also touched the trunk of the banyan tree. After seeing the introduction, his solemn expression softened slightly: "It seems that it is just an ordinary banyan tree, not a tree house."
Ji Chaoyang raised his head and looked at the dense banyan tree: "However, I always feel that this banyan tree has a certain relationship with the tree house. Maybe we should dig out its seeds."
He was not as surprised as Xu Xin. He had no discernment ability, and his introduction probably did not hint at the relationship between the banyan tree and the tree house.
However, he still sensed that this banyan tree might have a connection with the tree house.
"It does have something to do with the tree house." Xu Xin looked at the banyan tree.
"...Oh, your identification ability can be seen and detailed introduction, what is the relationship?" Ji Chaoyang was slightly startled by Xu Xin's affirmative tone, and then he immediately understood.
"I can get a more detailed introduction. The introduction told me that if this kind of tree grows within a hundred meters of the tree house, it can coexist with the tree house." Xu Xin replied.
The crown of this banyan tree was very dense, but he could still see the interior through the small gaps in the crown.
There are no rooms in the tree house in the canopy, but branches of trees growing there. It looks like just an ordinary lush banyan tree.
"Symbiosis? A hundred-meter range?" Ji Chaoyang turned to look at him. These two words also reminded him of plant hearts. "How to symbiosis? What new functions can the treehouse gain? Do you know this?"
"I don't know." Xu Xin shook his head, "I just said that it can coexist with the tree house. However, we can speculate."
Xu Xin imagined the scene of planting such a banyan tree next to the tree house.
If two banyan trees with dense crowns are connected together...
Ji Chaoyang was silent for a few seconds and said: "Expand the area inside the tree house?"
Xu Xin nodded slowly: "...it's really possible."
Both of them thought it was very possible.
The crown of their banyan tree has never grown horizontally. Not once.
Under normal circumstances, banyan trees can grow to cover a large area.
But since they planted the tree house, the projected area of the tree house's canopy has never changed, it has only been raised once in height.
The green-level treehouse has always been about 25 square meters, the blue-level treehouse is 50 square meters, and the purple-level treehouse he and Ji Chaoyang have is 100 square meters. Even if the treehouse is upgraded, it only enhances the protected area, that is, enhances the protection area. The roots have been removed, but the size of the tree crown and the area inside the tree house have never changed.
So for most people, the space inside a tree house is completely insufficient, especially a plantation house. If you want to plant in the tree house, the area is too small, and the tree house is single-story and too short, so you can't plant freely at all, so you can only plant part of it outside the tree house.
Now that the weather is getting colder, only a small area outside the tree house can be planted. Moreover, winter is coming soon. After the ice and snow comes, it may not even be possible to plant outside the tree house. In this way, indoor planting becomes particularly important.
It would be great if this banyan tree could really expand the indoor area of the tree house.
"How about one per person?" Xu Xin pointed at the two banyan trees.
Naturally, they cannot transplant such a large mature banyan tree. Even if it can be put into a backpack, it is only one-tenth of the weight and cannot be moved by them.
They can only cut down and dig out the seeds. Two banyan trees are two seeds, exactly one for each person.
"I have no objection." Ji Chaoyang nodded, "Let's look at other resources first, and do this kind of thing last. It's very weird here, the action is too big, and special situations may occur."
Ji Chaoyang was right, Xu Xin thought so too.
He glanced at the orb fragment placed in the gap in the stone wall. Everything here may be thanks to that thing.
It seems that the thing can be taken away, but let's wait until the end. If the thing is moved, something is most likely to happen.
Xu Xin lowered her head to look at the colorful flowers on the ground, squatted down and gently picked one.
[Colorful Flower (Green): A beautiful flower. Planting it in a tree house can improve the decoration of the tree house. It blooms for seven days and withers after seven days. If you pick the flowers when they are ready, the increase in decoration will be halved, but the blooming posture will be maintained forever. 】
"Hey, this is a good thing!" Xu Xin's eyes lit up.
For him, who has a big demand for decoration, anything that can add decoration is a good thing. His art room and alchemy room are still waiting for food.
He glanced at the entire field of colorful flowers by the lake.
"Well, just pick them all and dig them away." Xu Xin touched her chin and muttered to herself.
Although this flower may have a limited upper limit for the decoration of each tree house, and he can also create decorations himself, a little more is better.
The more the merrier!
Moreover, this flower gives them the possibility to provide decoration to other survivors.
Their art room requires sculpting and creation by oneself. Although the upper limit of decoration can be greatly increased, the current speed cannot be mass-produced. Even other explorers cannot enjoy it, let alone other survivors.
But there is no problem at all with flowers that rely on planting. After all, it doesn't cost them any energy. They can just plant them in the planting house and let them grow.
"I am here to remind you that this kind of flower can also be used to make pigments to make each oil painting more decorative." Ji Chaoyang also squatted down and picked a flower, saying with some surprise.
One of Ji Chaoyang's [artist] abilities, oil painting, requires pigments. He has told Xu Xin before.
"Then this thing is also a good thing. Take it with you when you leave."
Xu Xin has decided to dig up the land. Take away all the flowers and trees here!
They are all really good stuff.
He even reached out and pulled out a few grasses, but unfortunately these grasses were not resources.
However, the best thing is still the orb fragment!
Xu Xin looked at the orb fragment that emitted soft white light and squinted her eyes.
"Hey." Coco stood next to Xu Xin's legs, scratched his legs with her two little paws, and then pointed in the direction of the waterfall.
"What's wrong, Coco?" Xu Xin came back to her senses, looked in the direction that Coco was pointing, and asked with some confusion, "Is there something wrong with that small waterfall?"
The waterfall gushed water from an almost horizontal crack in the wall, forming a small white water curtain.
Accompanied by the splashing sound of water entering the lake, the fish constantly swimming in the lake, and the soft white light reflected by the slightly moving water surface, the entire lake is like a fairy lake in a fairyland in Taoyuan, making people feel extremely comfortable. .
Xu Xin even had the idea of "It would be great if I could live here."
"Hey!" Coco waved her little paw and gestured towards Xu Xin.
Xu Xin understood what Coco meant, her expression condensed, and she turned around to look at the small waterfall carefully.
"...You mean, there is still space hidden behind the waterfall?"
"Hey!" Coco nodded her little head.
Because the water flow fell irregularly, the waterfall appeared white as a whole, completely blocking the line of sight, and the scene behind the water curtain could not be seen. In addition, the small waterfall was not big, so Xu Xin did not think about it.
Unexpectedly, this is actually a water curtain cave?
Could there be some treasure in the cave?
However, the area ahead is completely occupied by this lake. If you want to get across, you can only swim across it.
"The space behind the waterfall? Water Curtain Cave?" Ji Chaoyang also looked at the waterfall. His eyes widened and he was a little surprised, "Is this the back of the giant's head?"
"That's right." Xu Xin nodded.
In the space behind the waterfall, the secret about this giant head may be hidden.
The two looked at each other and nodded.
Go check it out. Both of them meant this.
They both jumped into the lake and swam towards the other side.
"Hey!" Coco jumped directly on the head of Silver King.
"Ouch?"
"嘤嘤嘤!"
"Ouch!"
The two beasts communicated for a while, and Silver King also jumped into the lake and swam towards the small waterfall.
Because Silver King's head was out of the water when he swam, Coco lay on its head and didn't get soaked.
At this time, Xu Xin had already swam to the bottom of the lake.
The bottom of this lake is almost ten meters deep, which is already very deep for ordinary people. But Xu Xin, who is wearing a scale armor suit and has many diving experiences, can easily dive to the bottom of the lake.
The reason why he dived down was because he discovered that in addition to many fish swimming in the lake, there were also many crystals at the bottom of the lake!
There are crystals of various colors such as red crystal and amethyst. As soon as he got off the lake, he was surprised by the colorful stones at the bottom of the lake.
The most important thing is that a small part of these stones exudes blue light, and one even exudes purple light!
Purple crystal!
It’s better to put away the purple-level things first!
He immediately went down to the bottom of the lake, went straight to the purple-level crystal, fished it up directly, and put some of the surrounding blue-level crystals into his backpack, then resurfaced and emerged from the water.
Ji Chaoyang disappeared. He must have entered the waterfall.
Xu Xin also extended her hand to the waterfall. (End of chapter)