Chapter 126: Heaven’s Pillar Tree (1/2)

Chapter 126: Heaven’s Pillar Tree

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The team departed again the next day when it was still dawn. Luo Yuan noticed some sadness in Wang Xiagiang’s eyes as he gazed at her. She sensed his sight, looked up at him with a glance and immediately lowered her head without saying a word.

Luo Yuan wanted to say something but hesitated, and sighed. After half an hour, the team finally went on the express highway. On the road they could see smashed heavy trucks everywhere instead of consumer cars. There were countless of materials on the road- including ingots, grains, machineries, instruments, and even plenty of guns and ammunition.

Before the collapse of humanity, this express highway was the only route connecting Hedong City with other places. Day or night, there were a lots of trucks passing by this highway. Unfortunately, it had also being affected by the outbreak. Luo Yuan tried to gather some weapons but couldn’t carry all the ammunition with him. He took only three boxes of bullets and hanged them on the giant lizard. Now everyone had a gun, they were all 95 military-type rifles. Other than that, there was even a sniper and Luo Yuan gave it to Chen Xianfeng.

Although he might not be as capable as Luo Yuan in terms of combat skills, at least he could help in shooting in case there’s any battle. The nearer they got to the giant tree, the more amazed they felt. From the middle of the trunk onward, there were multiple giant roots that went deep into the ground. All the surrounding roads had been uplifted with its growth. Even though the building at the suburb area had already collapsed, Luo Yuan could see that the giant tree was still growing.

The team took a quick rest at noon and continued their journey. They finally entered into the shaded area of the tree when it was about 3pm. The sky was completely eclipsed by a boundless number of green leaves. This was the world of birds! There were countless large and small mutated birds inhabiting the giant tree and they were tweeting away endlessly. The air was so fresh that everyone felt revitalised.

This was definitely a fairyland to stay in, if only there were no mutated birds, snakes and all different kinds of weird creatures that lived in the giant tree. None of them had the mood to enjoy the beautiful scenery as they noticed that this was almost an independent ecosystem that housed countless of mutated creatures living therein.

The ground was covered with feathers and excrements as well as skeletons of mutated beasts. Luo Yuan could find almost any grade of materials there. He picked up a few two meter long light blue feathers. After becoming an evolved human, he could vaguely feel the power of the property, like how thick the earth is and how moist the water is.

​“Tail feather of a Storm Bird”

“Rarity: dark blue.”

“Weight: 3 grams”

“Additional Capacity: Balancing airflow.”

“Evaluation: The Storm Bird is a peculiar variant of creatures which naturally hates storms. Whenever storms appear, you can always see it chasing it away. It has the natural ability to quell storms, and this ability is fully embodied in its feathers. It only requires a small amount of wind energy.”

Excitement could be seen on Luo Yuan’s face. Aside from his saber, all his other equipments were still in the light blue rank. He wanted an upgrade for so long but had never found the right materials. Unexpectedly, he has found it now! Luo Yuan paid more attention to the feathers on the ground and found a few more similar ones. He managed to find several other blue-level feathers, but there was only one with properties he desired out of the six feathers found. Luo Yuan still collected it though it was a fire series material. As the west was located in the plateau, the air was so thin and the temperature during the day and night were extremely cold. Adding this feather into quilt or underwear could help keep them warm.

”Look, there is a fruit over there.” Cao Lin suddenly whispered with excitement.

Luo Yuan raised his head and saw a fruit the size of a head hiding in the layers of leaves. Its surface was a combination of green and red which looked very attractive. Apparently the fruit had been noticed by someone else as there was a gigantic green mutated bird standing like a stone on branches not far away. Its eyes were half-closed, staring at the fruit over and over again while paying attention to its surrounding.

Since the outbreak, Luo Yuan rarely saw any plants or trees with fruits or food. Even the former artificially cultivated corn had an unfavorable production rate. On this the giant tree, he could hardly see any other fruits except for this one. Of course there might be some hidden ones in the leaves, however, in Luo Yuan observation, if this fruit could be noticed by such a powerful creature it must be very precious.