The Willow Trees did not consume only the energy Chen Changsheng provided as they grew. They also produced energy according to their needs and plundered it from other life-forms.
One Willow Tree after another burst from the ground, their towering crowns blotting out the sky and sun. In the forest, the ecosystem Ego had painstakingly arranged over ten thousand years was immediately absorbed by the Willow Trees and converted into biomass energy. Countless branches wrapped around Ego's hoard and absorbed it all as nutrients.
The Willow Trees' roots grew even larger than their crowns. Countless roots intertwined into a network, while even more broke through the hard rock layers and plunged deeper underground, trying to locate Ego's brain.
As the Willow Trees grew, their roots spread across the planet began connecting with one another. A familiar root system slowly took shape.
It was the planetary will neural network of Avatar World, a miracle of life created through the planet's geomagnetic field, biological magnetic fields, and other wondrous geographical conditions. The will-based nervous system originally formed by biological communities had been simplified by Chen Changsheng. Each Willow Tree directly transformed into the most basic neural unit of the planet, preparing to awaken a planetary-level Gaia Consciousness and fight Ego for control of the planet.
As Ego devoured various planets, he suddenly sensed a hint of danger, along with a faint but deadly threat. He could not figure it out, but he did not dare gamble.
After hesitating, Ego withdrew the attention he had scattered elsewhere and glanced at his foolish eldest son beside him.
Although he was confident that Star-Lord, that useless fool, could not affect his performance, Ego trusted even more the prickling sensation his instincts were giving him.
Calling his attention back, Ego focused his gaze on Star-Lord once