Ascension of the Sylvan Cosmos. Chapter 132. Forest Integration

With Ignatia's return, Liu Shu's Level Up ended without any complications. There wasn't much of a difference from usual, so it was completed after around a week.

With her height reaching 70 ters, Liu Shu's town beca larger while her House Trees also beca more spacious.

As Liu Shu grew, everything else followed in her steps. The walls moved outward, together with the . By now, the Mother Of Thousand was around 117 ters away from Liu Shu's body, while the wall was at nearly 215 ters.

While it felt like the living area was small, once the calculations were done, it was incredibly wide and enough for a large living area, especially if each of the houses could fit more than one family by dividing the floors.

The main problems Liu Shu now faced were getting the necessary materials for her quest and the fact that many more people were visiting the forest. With the recent events and the increasing the level range of the Golden Sap Forest so much and so swiftly, curiosity pushed people to explore.

Still, the Rose Fairies and Fire Ants had lost many people during the invasion, so they also needed a few years to replenish their ranks. anwhile, the Myconids were slowly influenced by , and, like Rose Fairies, they were becoming stronger and were gaining intelligence.

While their intelligence was far from the level the Rose Fairies were currently at, it was high enough to give them the ability to discern basic concepts.

Liu Shu opened her after Leveling Up, checking her surroundings. It was sothing she had beco accustod to doing after what happened last ti. 'Hm, I wish my senses weren't cut that much during the Leveling Up process.'

She was not wholly unconscious since she felt her roots and the pulse of energies traveling through them. The voices of the forest were constantly echoing in her mind. Unlike human speech, it was slow, but Liu Shu could easily discern and understand them.

Humans, Sylvans, Beastkin, and other typical intelligent creatures lived in a different ti fra compared to tree species.

A conversation between two typical trees could last weeks or months, while intelligent creatures were finished in a few hours at most.

Liu Shu humd as the voices of other trees reached her and were processed.

"rcy… we plead… servitude…"

"Accept… the… new… ruler…"

"The… forest's… overlord…"

"World… Tree…"

Liu Shu humd and thought to herself. 'Really stupid. Isn't it logical to beco my subordinate?'

Golden Sap Forest's flora was at a relatively low level. Even the highest-level trees in the surroundings were around Level 15 or so. Moreover, these were almost non-existent. To be generous, 1 in 50,000 trees was a Level 10 tree, and even between those, only less than one percent reached Level 15 or more.

Speaking of Level 15 trees, as Liu Shu's roots stretched further and further away, she managed to co across the Rose Fairies' previous house eventually. The reason she could recognize it was that so of the dresses the Rose Fairies wore were crafted from this tree's leaves and branches, allowing Liu Shu to recognize the aura.

'So, you are 800 ters away from ! Hello!'

The World Tree communicated with it, and to Liu's surprise, an answer ca back quite quickly. It just took the tree around one and a half hours, thirty minutes per word, to communicate. 'Greetings… World… Tree…'

'Oh! You are a quick speaker! So, I wanted to say thank you for taking care of the Rose Fairies before ! They are with now!'

'Great… News…'

Liu Shu giggled happily and asked. 'Hehe. So, will you beco my subordinate or be uprooted?'

'The forest… is… yours…'

'Nice! I would feel bad killing you, so it's nice that you agreed~.'

Right after the tree agreed, Liu Shu received a ssage.

[Congratulations! A significant proportion of the trees in the has accepted your presence. Would you like to integrate part of the forest?]

Liu Shu looked at it with a stunned expression. 'Integrate the forest? What does that an?'

[System Hint: Integrating the forest will allow your senses to travel through every tree connected to you. However, integrating the forest doesn't an taking everything under your control. You will gain an increasing influence with all Flora, and domain-like abilities will expand without being impeded by anything else. The forest will beco you, and you will beco the forest.]

Liu Shu exclaid. 'Ohh. Do I gain sothing else? Wisdom?'

[World Tree Wisdom: Integrating the Forest will give you the ability to control your surroundings more freely. Your presence will be etched in the world as you expand, and you will gain so of the attributes from the forest while also making everything under your domain gain benefits from you.]

'So…' Liu Shu pondered and asked. 'My sap will beco golden?'

She received no answer, making her pout. After thinking for a few seconds, Liu Shu felt that doing so had only benefits. However, just in case, she decided to ask Flor and Ignatia.

After a longer-than-needed explanation, Flor blinked twice and asked. "So, you are going to integrate the forest and spread your presence everywhere?"

Ignatia laughed while patting Flor's head. "Well, as long as the change happens when nobody is in the forest, it won't be that noticeable. It's a gradual change, after all. Also, we need to camouflage you soon; this integration you want to do is the first step. To completely hide your presence as a World Tree, assimilating with the surrounding forest is the best way to proceed. The Array master or rune crafter we'll find to do the work will have an easier ti."

Flor looked up from Ignatia's embrace, confused. "How do you know all of that?"

Ignatia looked down and pecked Flor's forehead, smiling mischievously. "