My Evolution Starting from a Giant Tree Chapter 38: Disaster Level
In such a remarkable age, their encounter itself counted as destiny.
Furthermore, standing by one another was equally predetermined.
Thus, in this light, Lin Meng had come to view Betty as his closest confidante.
And Betty had proven worthy of his trust so far.
Before long, she was bound to emerge as his most reliable right-hand.
With these thoughts, Lin Meng's eyes on Betty grew even softer.
As the branch snapped off, a droplet of浓郁 life essence trickled down onto Betty's form.
Yet, unbeknownst to Lin Meng, the very instant that life essence contacted Betty.
The soundly sleeping Betty abruptly revealed a smile.
"Master..."
Murmuring with deep affection, Betty plunged into an even profounder slumber.
...
Time flew by in a haste.
Moments later, winter had fully descended.
Thick snow danced wildly through the mountain depths.
White blanketed the heavens and earth alike. Snowflakes drifted down endlessly, turning the ground into a blinding spectacle under watchful eyes.
Still, despite the relentless snowfall, the valley's mist refused to lift.
Mist enveloped the peaks.
But that wasn't the scariest part.
The real horror lay in how the mist now shrouded hundreds of mountains.
From high above at this moment...
Anyone peering down would surely gasp in shock.
Stretching over 100 kilometers in length and 30 to 40 kilometers across, countless peaks lay hidden beneath the fog.
Mountain summits dotted the landscape every few hundred meters.
Thankfully, the fog confined itself to the mountains, sparing the nearby cities.
Otherwise, humans wouldn't just post armies at the mountain edges on high alert.
No, they'd unleash full barrages of artillery and firepower on the range.
But would humanity's vaunted heavy weaponry truly faze this living, breathing fog?
Lin Meng, nestled deep within the mountains, curled his lips in a peculiar grin.
Several months had slipped away.
In that span, Lin Meng hadn't busied himself excessively.
Besides sustaining the fog's expansion, he'd devoted himself to channeling evolution points from his "pets" into bolstering his own strength.
Over these months, countless evolution points—hundreds, even thousands—poured into enhancing his myriad branches.
The sheer expenditure was staggering, no doubt.
Yet, the rewards far outweighed the cost.
Now, gazing up at Beiyu Canyon...
You'd behold a verdant cascade, dozens of meters broad, plummeting from above.
These were Lin Meng's fortified branches in all their glory.
Every one ranked at level 2 in prowess.
Forget the rest—a lone branch could slaughter an ordinary level 7 or 8, or even level 9 mutated beast with ease.
And Lin Meng commanded hundreds like them.
Picture the devastation if hundreds lashed out together.
Skies rent asunder? Earth torn apart?
Even more astonishing, his branches now extended roughly 100 meters outward.
Meaning, everything within a 100-meter radius fell under his absolute domain.
"Hu..."
Drawing in a long breath, Lin Meng at last savored the essence of true might.
By human standards for peak spiritual power, his own now soared to 70,000 or 80,000.
Should such immense spiritual power inhabit a mutated beast...
Lin Meng figured it could level a whole county in mere half a day.
Of course, as a willow tree, Lin Meng lacked that mobility.
But should a beast boasting 70,000 to 80,000 peak spiritual power venture within a few hundred meters of him...
Lin Meng vowed it wouldn't see another dawn.
Such was his unshakeable confidence.
In close quarters, Lin Meng reigned supreme.
Any daring to challenge him within a hundred-meter radius either hadn't appeared yet or lay as cold corpses.
A soft chuckle escaped as Lin Meng's assurance swelled.
Today, he stood among the pinnacle beings of transcendent tier one.
One more upgrade to his tree roots, fueled by evolution points, and transcendent tier two beckoned.
And transcendent tier 2? What did it signify?
Hundreds of thousands in peak spiritual power.
A mere twitch could cleave the world and snap rivers in twain.
Take Lin Meng now—with just 70,000 to 80,000 peak spiritual power.
Yet, unleashing full force, his might rivaled a standard transcendent tier 2, capable of obliterating the 200-to-300-meter Beiyu Canyon in a heartbeat.
It wouldn't overstate to claim he'd flatten it utterly.
From what Betty overheard among humans...
A transcendent tier 2 already qualified as a walking catastrophe.
But first, back to transcendent tier 1.
These past months, transcendent tier 1 mutated beasts were no longer mere myths.
Deep in the oceans, such dread creatures had become all too commonplace.
How fearsome were these transcendent tier one beasts—or sea monsters?
Verge of demonhood, they wielded basic intellect and awareness. They sensed peril sharply and countered it adeptly.
More chilling still, they shrugged off bullets and conventional arms.
Their battle power chilled the blood.
Among human reports, a mutated octopus peaking over 80,000 spiritual power ravaged seas off the cherry blossom nation.
It even sent a 10,000-ton freighter to the depths.
Thanks to that, all humanity grasped transcendent tier 1's terror.
No match for standard guns.
Should more of these proliferate, they'd imperil humankind entirely.
To counter, experts from countless nations convened for the inaugural global summit.
Fortunately, after ten days' deliberation, they reached a firm verdict.
Attaining transcendent tier 1 was immensely arduous.
Excruciatingly so.
It demanded a life-form leap, a profound soul ascension.
Thus, humanity breathed a collective sigh of relief.
Yet, just as calm settled, darker tides stirred beneath.
The Chinese Federation and Pacific-spanning Freedom Alliance uncovered a chilling truth.
A second order loomed beyond transcendence's first.
Bodies pulsing with hundreds of thousands of spiritual power—that was disaster incarnate.
If transcendent tier 1 merely menaced a single city...
Then tier 2 could raze cities effortlessly, no mere boast.
They embodied calamity and apocalypse alike.
Without deploying ultimate arsenal—nuclear arms—humanity couldn't eradicate them decisively.