92 Flying Trees (1/2)

Lachlan hopped onto Aaron and flew up towards the top of the tree. Once he reached a high enough branch he gently placed the gravity stone on it and got Aaron to fly away, roughly 250 metres towards the ocean.

'Alright, let's hope this works. Gravity 200 times Earth's upwards' Lachlan gave the command and he heard the ground rupturing around the tree.

The tree was getting tugged upwards at 200 times Earth's gravity, any roots that were too deep or weak were quickly ripped off and the tree shot upwards. Lachlan waited for two seconds before he gave his next command, '200 times Earth's gravity downward'.

Just like before he watched the trees velocity slow down before coming to a halt after two seconds. 'Nullify all gravity' Lachlan quickly gave his final command and the tree began to just float in the air. The tree's roots were long and thick, with some of the thinner ones being completely broken.

Lachlan quickly moved over to check the ground and saw that it had really ruptured apart. Fortunately, levelling out the ground wasn't a difficult thing to do and wouldn't take too long to do.

The rest of the group that saw what had just happened came over rather quickly, ”What did you just do?” Chloe asked as she looked towards the floating tree in shock. She didn't expect Lachlan to do something so extravagant.

”You remember the time we found researcher Anne and I brought the whole laboratory with us?” Lachlan asked. Chloe nodded silently and realised what he had just done, Lachlan continued ”Yup, I used the gravity stones to pull the trees out the ground before making them float in the air. Rather simple to do once you practice a bit.”

”Alright, but where should we put the trees we rip up from the ground?” Chloe asked as she continued to stare at the tree. It was rather large, roughly 300 metres tall. Not to mention they couldn't really just place it in the ground since some of its roots had been ripped apart.

”Suppose we could try making a wall around the island with the trees. They're long enough and thick enough to provide us with a strong wall, we'll also leave a small gap so that people can visit the beach. Make sure the gap is only wide and tall enough for a human to walk through,” Lachlan suggested.

Lachlan then hopped back onto Aaron and they flew up to the tree. Using his crushing grip Lachlan held onto one of the tree's roots tightly as they dragged it along with them. Once they were above the sand Lachlan brought the tree down softly.

He then flew back up and got the stone before flying higher. They reached a point where it was between the middle of the tree and the top of the tree. Lachlan held the stone in his hands as he aimed it towards the tree.

'Change gravity 200 times forward'

The stone shot out of his hand and smashed into the tree. The moment the stone smashed into the tree a resounding bang echoed through the surrounding area. It sounded as though a canon was just fired.

But at the same time, the moment the stone came in contact with the tree Lachlan quickly issued the final command. 'Nullify all gravity'

Since the stone had just smashed against the tree all the speed it built up in that split second was lost. But all that force from the stone was enough to make the tree tumble. It slowly began its fall before it picked up the pace once it was well beyond any saving point.

The moment the tree smashed against the ground a sound shook the surrounding area. Lachlan even saw the ocean ripple at the tree's fall. Lachlan looked at the placement rather proudly, since the tree didn't come close to the water it provided a rather nice wall.

As Lachlan turned around to look to where the others should be he heard a multitude of cracks. As though dozens of shotgun had just gone off a few metres away from him. That's when he finally saw that the rest of the group was following his lead.

There were four more trees floating in the air. But taking a closer look he could see a thick rope wrapped around roots of three of the trees. He then saw Georgia begin flying up on Kyle with the ends of the ropes in her hand.

She went up to the final tree which didn't have a rope around its roots and tied it up. She then began flying towards Lachlan, with all four trees in tow. It looked rather ridiculous, the sight of four extremely large trees following behind a woman on a bird.

”Yo, your idea was really well thought out,” Georgia complimented as she flew past. She then flew down with the trees, she placed one down on its roots before untying the rope and flying back up.

She tied the rope around one of the higher branches before flying slightly higher and around to the opposite side of the tree. Lachlan then saw her clench he fist and throw a punch. It landed on the tree cleanly and left a small indent.

She quickly flew down and grabbed onto the rope before giving it a tug down to the ground. The tree landed softly against the ground. Lachlan realised it was a much more efficient way of doing it since it didn't create any sounds and was much more safer.

Georgia then did the same thing with the rest of the trees. Lachlan just sat on Aaron watching the whole thing. He was rather surprised at how efficient Georgia had got by the final tree. The two of them then went back to the group after grabbing the stones.

The entire group continued to do this another 3 times before they were satisfied with the area they created. But at the same time, they weren't too satisfied with the wall they created. It only covered roughly 10 kilometres of the island's circumference. They still had another 60+ kilometres to go before they create a proper wall around the island.

”Well, what should we do now? Should we just say fuck it and finish the wall or leave it how it is for now?” Zhang asked as he looked at the wall with a scrunched up face.