Taking Willow Tree

After hanging up on General Ross, Chen Changsheng began arranging for a batch of Bio-Tyrants to be brought out of the cultivation tanks, making up for some of General Ross's recent losses in high-end combat power.

The Tyrants were now purely combat weapons. Just as tanks and aircraft needed fuel, the Tyrants also needed to constantly replenish nutrients to sustain prolonged combat.

The Biomass produced by Mother Nest was actually a form of energy, while Life Essence was a higher-level form of Bio-energy. This was also the foundation that allowed the Viral Consciousness Aggregate to survive.

The reason Chen Changsheng kept accumulating Biomass energy was precisely because of this: everything was for survival.

The Tyrants had been designed with the Zerg as a reference. Zerg combat drones did not need to digest food, so they had no complex organs. A drone only needed an energy-conversion organ that could turn energy into attacks and an energy-storage organ. This greatly reduced the manufacturing cost of producing drones while also increasing their combat power.

More importantly, this meant the drones could not function without the logistical support of the hive, reducing the risks involved.

That was also why the Tyrant forces currently had such a low production rate—the logistics simply could not keep up!

The Tyrants usually soaked in nutrient tanks, slowly absorbing nutrients and storing energy. Their efficiency was not high, but fortunately, it was not low either.

Compared with those fuel-guzzling monsters that easily cost millions and burned tens of thousands of dollars' worth of fuel every time they were deployed, the Tyrants' maintenance costs were pitifully low. This was one of the reasons the military favored them so highly.

Compared with aircraft and tanks, the Tyrants had a much wider range of applications. They could form squads with soldiers for conventional combat, or they could form special assault teams. They could even carry micro-bombs and launch suicide attacks like terrorists. In short, the Tyrants had countless uses.

As for the Tyrants' combat power, Chen Changsheng naturally had other ways to improve it. Ordinary people could become stronger by injecting Gene Enhancement Serum. Since the Tyrants were already products of genetic engineering, would making them stronger not be even easier?

However, there was no need for that. The military could not afford those extremely resource-intensive biochemical weapons.

At this time, General Ross was probably going through his most difficult period. If Chen Changsheng could provide timely assistance, there would certainly be greater benefits in the future.

Among this batch of Tyrants, Chen Changsheng also generously included a few hunting hounds. These enhanced hounds, which had been infected with Blacklight Virus, were a little ugly, but usefulness was what mattered. Their sense of smell was extraordinarily keen. With their help, General Ross would surely find the Green Monster he had been longing for very soon.

However, things probably would not be that simple. After all, Bruce Banner still had an extraordinarily high IQ in his normal state. Once Bruce Banner realized that he was the Green Monster, he would certainly hide himself by every possible means.

As a researcher under General Ross, Bruce Banner surely knew General Ross's methods. Chen Changsheng believed that even if Bruce Banner were beaten to death, he would never want to fall into General Ross's hands.

Besides, at this point in time, who could possibly kill the legendary The Hulk?

Therefore, General Ross's operation would most likely end in ruin, with heavy losses. It was precisely by investing at a time like this that Chen Changsheng could demonstrate how much importance he placed on General Ross and further strengthen their relationship.

As the chairman of an arms-trading company, Chen Changsheng knew very well whose coattails he ought to cling to.

His cooperation with General Ross had been so pleasant that there was no reason not to continue. A general who liked studying Super Soldier Serum was surely better for Chen Changsheng than a general who only liked aircraft and artillery.

Chen Changsheng did not know how long General Ross would need to find The Hulk. During this waiting period, Chen Changsheng decided to first visit Willow Tree and take some Life Essence, then make another trip to the Mother Nest in the Pacific Ocean to increase his Biomass energy.

At this point, Chen Changsheng had not yet begun massively stockpiling Life Essence and Biomass in this world, and he did not know how much Bio-energy Willow Tree and the Mother Nest in the ocean had accumulated by now.

But even a mosquito was still meat. During this period, Chen Changsheng was at his weakest since arriving in this world. For the sake of his own safety, he felt that it would be better to replenish some energy as soon as possible.

Willow Tree was in the outskirts near New York City. Chen Changsheng reached his orchard in a run. Security at the orchard had now been taken over by the insurance company's security department, and every guard was one of Chen Changsheng's insect-men.

With these security personnel present, no one could approach Chen Changsheng's orchard, and no one could discover the secret he had hidden there—a Willow Tree capable of producing all kinds of fruit.

Willow Tree had not grown into something that blotted out the sky and covered the earth. Instead, it was as inconspicuous as an ordinary fruit tree. The countless connected fruit trees were Willow Tree's true body: a Willow Tree covering hundreds of acres of land.

Chen Changsheng knew of a type of fungus that could cover more than an entire state's worth of land. He believed that if Willow Tree were allowed to grow freely, it would have the same effect. By then, the production of Life Essence would surely explode.

Thanks to the fame of Magic Forest Fruit Trading Company, Chen Changsheng had been continuously acquiring land from the New York City government. The orchard was also expanding at a crazy rate. The future looked bright!

Over the course of a year, Willow Tree had accumulated quite a lot of Life Essence, nearly as much as Chen Changsheng had carried with him when he first arrived in this world.

This time, Chen Changsheng had decided to pursue The Hulk, a venture fraught with danger. Therefore, he decided to take Willow Tree with him. If anything dangerous happened, he would at least have a means of saving his life.

Willow Tree was also a plant, so even if Chen Changsheng took away its main body, the orchard could continue developing normally. Its flowering and fruiting would not decrease at all. This was why Chen Changsheng liked Willow Tree. Who would not like a Willow Tree that could take care of itself and even take care of you?

Willow Tree's existence was similar to Chen Changsheng's. It was also a Viral Consciousness Aggregate. However, Willow Tree's relationship with Chen Changsheng was even closer, like that of a symbiotic organism.

Willow Tree's memories were all stored by Chen Changsheng within the virus's memory network. The advantage of doing so was that even if Willow Tree died in an accident one day, it could still be revived indirectly through the virus's memory network.

Chen Changsheng did not know whether Willow Tree would still count as the same Willow Tree by then. But as long as its connection with Chen Changsheng remained, he felt that it was still that same Willow Tree.

After merging a section of Willow Tree's trunk into his own body, Chen Changsheng instantly felt a powerful life force surge through his entire body. Though this pleasantly tingling sensation was not his first experience of it, it still made Chen Changsheng let out a blissful moan.

Feeling the power continuously welling up inside his body, Chen Changsheng felt that he was ready for anything again. Of course, he was not the kind of person who easily let power cloud his judgment. Even though he felt reinvigorated, he still followed his plan and prepared to head to the Mother Nest deep beneath the Pacific Ocean.