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As for its appearance, it was still a chubby orange cat.

Orange Cat.

Lu Yuan shook his head, casting the mix of bitter and sweet emotions to the back of his mind.

"It’s really good to you," this lowly maid and lascivious cat suddenly said.

"What?"

"If God really exists, He has truly given you a lot," the Old Cat said, "Spatial Teleportation, Ability to go beyond the Safe Zone, humans, Rize Civilization, Meida Civilization, none of these three civilizations exist, you should know how precious it is..."

"With this ability, even if you became a profiteer among the great civilizations, you’d make a fortune."

"It’s what I deserve!" Lu Yuan said with a cold laugh, "Do you know how much hardship I have endured?"

"Your sister is really beautiful, if our world were a third-rate novel, the author would definitely set her up as a goddess."

Lu Yuan was stunned, staring at the Old Cat in disbelief. After confirming it was telling the truth, he fell silent for quite some time.

This guy’s neuroticism was getting worse.

He hastily petted the cat: "Don’t be like that… comrade, I’ll use the Life Fruit on you earlier, to give you a flesh body. That’s my promise."

"Even if I had a flesh body, I would still be a robot... not the same as normal life. So, it’s not necessary."

The Old Cat twisted its body and silently moved aside.

It also discovered that its program malfunctions were becoming more frequent.

Gently lowering its head, it watched the surging river, the fish leaping high, their scales shimmering in the light.

It suddenly realized that it had forgotten what fish tasted like, no matter how hard it tried to remember.

It seemed like an important thing, but it couldn’t recall.

It had no sense of smell, no taste, no touch. It didn’t need to eat or sleep.

A robot, that’s all.

The more time it spent with Lu Yuan, the more it yearned for the times when it had been alive.

But what does it mean to be alive?

As the sun set and night fell, the orange mechanical cat sniffed a wildflower.

Just like the once Great Warrior Cat Mama, brave-hearted yet able to gently sniff a rose, it remembered this scene.

A cloud appeared in the sky, embracing the sun. Perhaps the sun was also intoxicated, which is why the colors of the sunset lingered into the night, tinted with a blush.

But in the end, the Old Cat couldn’t recall the scent of the roses from its memories.

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...

Lu Yuan’s own mental issues had improved, but his comrade’s mental problems were getting worse.

Lu Yuan was somewhat helpless, walking over to the Tree of Life, his eyes brightening.

Two days in the Safe Zone equated to over two hundred days outside; the Tree of Life had completely devoured the [Monster]’s corpse.

The number of its branches and leaves exceeded a thousand!

Those bright green leaves, somewhat resembling Bodhi leaves, shone with a sacred glow under the setting sun.

And its bark bore ancient dragon patterns. At first glance, one might think the tree had grown for hundreds of years.

"My goodness! That’s really something!" Lu Yuan exclaimed excitedly.

The [Monster]’s corpse was indeed nourishing; it not only replenished the depleted Essence but even allowed the Tree of Life to grow rapidly to a height of 3.2 meters. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

A small Life Fruit had already grown from one of the branches.

"Such a big tree, and only one fruit..." Lu Yuan was somewhat dissatisfied, "Old Cat, do you want it for your use? I’m not lying."

"It’s no use, I can’t feel anything, and even with a flesh body, I would be just a walking corpse," it replied.

"Alright then... I’ll think of another way in the future."

The Cannibal Flower had also expanded to a diameter of 1 meter, opening its gaping maw, greedily devouring the creatures around it.

The Cannibal Flower even sprouted an eyeball resembling crystal, at a glance similar to that of the [Monster].

Lu Yuan looked around and found some small animal bones buried at the base of the Tree of Life, probably eaten by the Cannibal Flower.

"Rabbits, Mountain Chickens, what’s this, an eagle’s feather?"

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"Everyone is evolving in some freakish direction."

The Cannibal Flower’s eyeball looked at Lu Yuan strangely, even that information fed back into Lu Yuan’s mind—he saw himself.

"Wow."

[Unknown Cannibal Flower has undergone extraordinary evolution for unknown reasons.]

[Ability 1: Devour. It can digest almost all creatures, as well as some anomalies, continuously transferring the acquired nutrients to the mother entity.]

[Ability 2: Spiritual Spike. Executes spiritual attacks through the additional eyeball, capable of instantly paralyzing large creatures.]

Lu Yuan sensed the Cannibal Flower and immediately his eyebrows lifted with delight.

"It even learned Spiritual Spike!"

No need to worry about the Tree of Life going out of control... because this thing is actually a part of his own soul, no different from his hands or feet.

[Soul Companion·Life Tree: Due to devouring the corpse of a ’Monster’, it is currently in the second stage of growth, becoming stronger, more spiritual, and able to resist more external attacks.]

[Some ordinary extraordinary creatures are no longer its match.]

[After merging with it, you can directly control it, borrowing its power to fight against enemies.]

[Shape: 22.1]

[Qi: 12.5]

[Spirit: 15.5]

The Divine Attribute and Lu Yuan himself are exactly the same, but the Shape and Qi attributes have undergone some changes.

"This thing must be extremely precious... I really don’t understand," Old Cat commented on the Tree of Life, scrutinizing it.

It even jumped onto the Cannibal Flower, observing that odd eye.

"Could this tree be a ’Demon’? It seems to be able to grow indefinitely, getting bigger and bigger... eventually will it become like a real World Tree?"

Old Cat, somewhat crazed, murmured to himself, "It’s really good to you, it must be watching over you..."

Lu Yuan no longer provoked the cat; he touched the Tree of Life, and instantly, he transferred his soul into the tree.

This feeling... it was like changing a viewpoint, those stiff branches were his hands.

Due to the inherent limitations of the tree, it wasn’t very agile.

With all its might, it could only tremble slightly.

As for his human body, it fell to the ground, seemingly turned into a vegetative state.

The only agile part of the Tree of Life was the Cannibal Flower, which resembled the big eating flower from "Plants vs. Zombies".

Suddenly, the Cannibal Flower devoured the human body.

The Tree of Life trembled, making a rustling sound as if it was quite proud.

"Did you eat yourself?" Old Cat asked in astonishment, "Or can you control the Cannibal Flower not to digest yourself?"

The Cannibal Flower let out a "gaga" weird laugh, the Cyclops eye blinked twice, and then spit out the upper half of the human body, leaving the lower half within the Cannibal Flower.

Then, the human body also opened its eyes and laughed, "How about that, do I look like a monster fused with a human and a plant?"

The Cannibal Flower continued to toss the human body, swallowing and spitting it out without rest.

Old Cat: ...

Dude, your mental state isn’t too good, huh.

...

Just then, a haughty and willful wolf also emerged from the cave.

It heard its master’s familiar call, with somewhat feeble steps.

The Tree of Life·Lu Yuan and Old Cat immediately froze on the spot, both revealing expressions of disbelief.

Because behind it—followed an entire dozen she-wolves!!

Pink ones, white-furred ones, black-furred ones, loli-shaped ones, tsundere-shaped ones, sweet-shaped ones... all kinds of shapes and forms!

"The Great Cat Mama once said, ’Kill the ugly, kill the not ugly too, settle the quantity issue before addressing the quality problem,’" Old Cat shouted excitedly, "You really are my idol!"

And suddenly, the Tree of Life seemed to sob...

The movement of the branches must be its sobbing, right?

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