What you saw, heard, and smelled might well be fake.
Inside the illusion, the enlightenment tree could be right in front of Chen Luo, and he might not even know it.
The only ways to break an illusion were to find a flaw in it or destroy it with brute force.
The first would take quite some time. If Caroline discovered him and kept him occupied, Chen Luo would have no chance of breaking the illusion quickly.
Brute force was even further out of the question. His attacks were far too weak.
Chen Luo felt his heart sink. This isn't how I imagined it before coming here. I've never stolen crops like these.
I'm just here to steal some crops. Do you really need defenses like these?
Chen Luo had no time to waste here searching for loopholes.
Once the enlightenment tea ripened in a few days and was distributed, getting his hands on it would be much harder.
A faint, barely audible voice reached Chen Luo's ears.
"Yuri, carry it faster. Faster!"
Yuri strode along carrying manure on a shoulder pole. This was a special kind of manure produced by a creature resembling honey, and it was highly beneficial to plants.
Now at the peak of Emperor Rank, Yuri could easily carry several thousand tons a day.
He wasn't tired, but the humiliation cut him deeply.
These people used to grovel before me. Now they're barking orders at me.
I really want to slap them hard in the face.
Chen Luo stared at Yuri in disbelief.
Yuri?
Didn't you go off on some interstellar drifting adventure to become a mercenary?
How did you end up here?
Life really is full of surprises.
Chen Luo had already wanted to grab someone and ask about this place. He hadn't expected to