Chapter 153: Mental Resonance and Reality Interference

Though unseen, at this very moment, every alchemical creature knew that a powerful companion, standing at the pinnacle of their kind, had been born.

This fluctuation was merely instantaneous and did not linger, so its impact lasted for only a brief second or two.

Aside from sensitive animals, humans—creatures whose perceptions have been dulled by modernization—were likely the only beings on the planet completely unresponsive to it.

Perhaps one in tens of thousands felt something in that fleeting instant, but the duration was too short, dismissing it at best as an illusion, failing to draw any attention.

Children made up the vast majority of this small group.

Wu You inevitably still harbored some concerns; after all, not everyone has a three-thousand-meter-tall giant tree sprouting in their backyard.

The interference from the field storm had ended, leaving artificial satellites safe from threat, and it was entirely possible that one might soon alter its orbit to scout the area.

Radar wavelength detection had already proven ineffective against the former mountain tree, let alone the ancient tree of nature.

Yet Wu You always worried whether high-altitude optical photography might expose them, and the same applied to aircraft.

A canopy spanning a height of three thousand meters was simply too massive a target.

However, the moment that peculiar tidal fluctuation subsided, the consciousness of the ancient tree of nature immediately linked with Wu You and Sarasar beside him.

Neither Wu You nor Sarasar offered any resistance.

Feeling much like a surge of micro-currents, Wu You sensed his consciousness connecting with a vast expanse of matter.

A wave of consciousness carrying a request transmitted along invisible threads straight into Wu You's mind.

This was the distinctive behavioral trait of the ancient tree of nature’s consciousness: it requested Wu You to empty his mind and accept its guidance.

What did this mean?

Wu You projected a feeling of consent, temporarily setting aside his anxieties and trying to calm his heart.

About five seconds later, two very peculiar visual experiences appeared in his mind.

One perspective consisted of things currently within his line of sight, a visually driven image.

The other felt like a dragged-out film reel, closely resembling modern cinematic shooting techniques that panned from a distance up close.

This was similar to the observation mode of alchemical creatures, yet vastly different.

That observation mode entailed achieving a complete shared consciousness with the alchemical creature, where one could do nothing oneself and remained merely a bystander.

Right now, however, these dragged-out images seemed to circle around his consciousness, and his observing will could move completely freely.

To experience it more thoroughly, Wu You closed his eyes.

The imagery within his consciousness finally unfolded entirely.

It was a colossal tree, thousands of meters tall, with a canopy that blotted out the sky—precisely the ancient tree of nature, evolved from the mountain tree.

The location was indeed the Xiaoshan District of Qiantang.

The scene showed the blazing sun high in the sky, its harsh light beating down directly upon the ancient tree of nature.

Wu You’s physical brow furrowed instinctively.

What was going on, daytime? But he immediately realized this was not a real scene at all; it was a mental panorama presented to him by the ancient tree of nature.

In the vision, sunlight streamed down upon the ancient tree of nature—wasn’t this precisely one of the things Wu You had been worried about?

With a mental flick, his "conscious entity" flew beneath the canopy of the ancient tree of nature.

Then Wu You discovered that the illumination below remained undiminished, showing not the slightest sign of the massive canopy blocking the sunlight.

Flying close to the ancient tree of nature once more, Wu You noticed that every single branch and leaf possessed a very faint luster.

The sunlight seemed to pierce right through them, continuing to radiate downward toward the ground.

Yet upon closer inspection, that was not quite how it worked.

The sunlight was indeed absorbed by the ancient tree of nature rather than passing straight through it, but the ancient tree of nature projected the exact same light from the opposite side.

It was as if it "swallowed" the sunlight from the front and "spat" it back out at the same angle from the back.

As if waiting for Wu You to fully comprehend this process, the scene shifted.

Before Wu You's eyes, the towering giant tree that blotted out the sky vanished without a trace.

Yet Wu You already understood that the ancient tree of nature had not ceased to exist; it had merely become invisible.

If sunlight could be swallowed and expelled, then naturally all refracted and reflected light could be treated the same way. The ancient tree of nature was simply displaying its "stealth mode."

Following that, regarding wind and air currents, rain and lightning, and the guidance of electromagnetic wavelengths, the ancient tree of nature demonstrated its abilities to Wu You one by one.

Soon, they reached the issue Wu You cared about the most: collisions with large physical objects.

The ancient tree of nature reappeared within the field of vision of Wu You's conscious entity.

A commercial airliner drew closer from afar, beginning to appear in the picture.

The airplane was slowly descending in altitude, flying toward Xiaoshan International Airport.

Following its current trajectory, it would inevitably collide with the ancient tree of nature, striking the main trunk dead-on.

Under normal circumstances, the ancient tree of nature would undoubtedly be completely fine, while the airplane would surely be doomed.

Wu You knew that reality might not be quite so coincidental, but at this moment, it was undoubtedly a story deliberately "directed" by the ancient tree of nature.

The pilot of the aircraft must have been completely unable to see the ancient tree of nature at this moment, showing not the slightest intention of slowing down or turning.

Ten kilometers, five kilometers, one thousand meters, one hundred meters.

The commercial airliner "crashed" directly into the trunk of the ancient tree of nature.

Yet an utterly exasperating thing happened to Wu You.

Even as a conscious entity, he couldn't help but let out a curse!

The strong emotional reflex caused his physical mouth to blurt out the exact same word.

However, an even more intensely emotional curse reached Wu You’s ears.

Needless to say, it was definitely that prankster of a primordial demon.

Why did Wu You and Sarasar lose their composure?

Because they saw the commercial airliner vanish headfirst into the tree trunk—no, it wasn't a disappearance either.

Just like the light and wavelengths from before, it was directly "swallowed" inside by the ancient tree of nature.

And then it was "spat" out from the opposite side at the same angle and at its previous speed.

Wouldn't the passengers inside be harmed?

If it were anyone else, they might think the ancient tree of nature possessed spatial teleportation abilities, with a teleportation range that was merely "skin-close."

Yet Wu You knew it wasn't that, and all alchemical creatures knew it too.

Because Wu You and the alchemical creatures tossed things through space and summoned each other every single day, they were far too familiar with spatial information.

Besides, could something of such high frequency and density as light mean the ancient tree of nature was maintaining spatial teleportation indefinitely?

How awesome was the Gold tier? Very awesome, certainly.

But Wu You didn't believe it was awesome to that extent.

Then this must be the ethereal-material interference capability of the ancient tree of nature—what on earth was the principle behind this?

Microparticle disintegration and recombination? Or was it simply something from a higher dimension?

Wu You had no intention of searching for answers within his meager scientific knowledge; anyone trying to study something so mystical must have lost their mind.

He only knew that the three-thousand-meter tree in his backyard could now be grown with absolute peace of mind.

With his worries lifted, what remained was pure curiosity.

Wu You immediately began studying his current "conscious entity" state like a curious toddler.

The cluster of black mist flying back and forth to his side should be Sarasar.

As for his own appearance in this vision, he was a golden sphere of light.

Could he have hands and feet?

The thought had barely crossed his mind when Wu You felt a wave from the ancient tree of nature sweep across his "conscious entity."

He grew hands and feet—well, only hands and feet, while the rest remained a ball of light.

What the hell, seriously!

I wanted to have hands and feet, not have you give me *only* hands and feet! Where is my head? Where is my torso?

Where is the wise, valiant, handsome, and upright posture of your master?

"Hahahahaha... Master..."

A voice that currently sounded extremely grating rang out right beside Wu You's "ear"...