A month later, the green wood had grown to 1 meter high, and its roots reached 4 meters deep, which can be described as rapid growth.
In this month, it only rained a total of three times in the jungle, and the rainfall was not heavy. The stored water in the jungle has been almost consumed. When the rain comes, the jungle will work hard to store water and save it for later use.
As he grew up day by day, Aoki found that his mental scanning range was constantly extending without him having to deliberately exercise. At the beginning, it extended 50 meters in a single line and 20 meters in all directions, but now it has grown to 60 meters in a single line.
It stretches 22 meters in all directions. The clearly visible increase in ability gives Aoki unlimited confidence.
However, as the weather gradually dried up, Aoki also discovered a crisis of survival.
In plants, there is a water supply balance system, which is simply the balance between water absorption and utilization.
For example, trees extract water from their roots and transport it to their branches and leaves, which have two uses for the water. The first is photosynthesis, which consumes water and carbon dioxide to produce oxygen and organic matter. The second use is plant transpiration: this water
It is emitted through the stomata (not limited to leaves) to adjust the temperature difference between the air and the plants to avoid high temperature burning. This water accounts for more than 90% of the water absorbed by the plants.
In the past, it rained almost every day, so there was no need to worry about water shortage, but that is no longer the case. Since it rains almost every 10 days, the water supply is still quite tight.
In the tropical monsoon climate, the temperature is relatively high all year round. Even in winter, it can usually reach above 20 degrees, so water consumption is still relatively large.
Now due to the lack of water supply to the roots, the plants do not have enough water for transpiration, so many leaves have begun to wilt. Especially because Aoki worked hard to sprout and grow new leaves last month, these leaves are still a bit delicate now.
It cannot withstand the high temperature air around it.
"Alas! It's not easy to make a tree!" Aoki couldn't help but sigh when he thought of all the difficulties he had encountered from the beginning to now.
Not long after, a group of leaves began to wither. Finally, Aoki had to abandon the car to save the water. Most of the water was supplied to the transpiration function leaves of the trees to ensure that the supply could be maintained at the lowest level.
Photosynthesis was reduced, respiration was enhanced, the permeable membrane was destroyed and caused the loss of substances in the body... A lot of problems appeared in front of Aoki, which made Aoki exhausted physically and mentally. At this time, Aoki's growth rate had basically stopped.
, the stored water is only used for basic consumption.
Looking at his previous actions, Aoki found that the all-out growth strategy some time ago was his most failed decision. Moreover, he did not discover in time that this was not a tropical monsoon climate zone, which was also a major mistake.
Mistakes are not terrible, as long as you can face them and not make the same mistakes next time.
Half a month has passed, and the slow-growing jungle finally received another rain. Aoki, who is familiar with the water redistribution system of the soil-root system (HR for short), will quickly transfer the rainwater from the surface to the ground through the roots this time.
Deep underground, the total amount of available water is increased to wait for the next rain.
The branches, trunks and other parts of the body are not idle, trying their best to store water and strive to absorb more water.
After doing all this, Aoki still felt unreliable and aimed his thoughts at the stream.
"Isn't there a lot of ready-made water there? Why not use such good conditions?" So Aoki wanted to try his best to bias the tree roots to grow in the direction of the stream, and temporarily stop growing in other directions. Since there is still about 2 meters of distance between the tree roots and the stream.
There is a height difference, so I guess I have to work hard to reserve water and be careful about water use in the past few months.
Finally, after another 2 months, Aoki finally extended his claws into the stream.
The joy of success made Aoki unable to help but draw water from the stream.
"Woo! Wow! Ha! Ha!" Aoki felt the cool feeling and couldn't help but feel excited, and the whole body of the tree was strangely shaking without wind.
"Finally I don't have to save water anymore! I think there are still difficulties that can stop me." Aoki was very proud and proud.
At this time, Aoki's body size is 1.2 meters high, and the roots have reached 6 meters deep. In appearance, it only grows from 1 meter to 1.2 meters, not much change, but the roots have grown from 4 meters to 1.2 meters.
6 meters deep.
Prioritizing the development of the root system to adapt to the impact of the environment is a need for survival. However, with the supply of stream water, the green wood can start to grow and focus on the branches and leaves.
However, Aoki did not act too exaggerated. At this time, it may be that the season has reached winter, and all the trees are recuperating. Aoki noticed that none of them revealed new branches and buds, but kept the original leaves unchanged.
If it grows a lot of new branches and leaves at this time, it will cause a bunch of bugs to gather for dinner like last time. As a result, the green wood grows upward little by little, gradually surpassing other trees next to it.
After about two months, the weather basically remained unchanged, with high temperatures and not much rain. However, Aoki noticed that the plants in the jungle began to grow new branches and buds, bright and tender yellow, full of hope and new life.
Many insects have gradually become active from their original depressed state, bringing vitality to the jungle.
Aoki knew that a new round of growth competition had begun.
At this time, in addition to feeling an instinctive feeling of taking root and sprouting, Qingmu also experienced another strange phenomenon: the tree was bulging and wrapped in some strange places, as if it was growing something.
After almost 10 days, Aoki saw that he had grown "beards". There were not many beards. When he counted them, there were only 10: 5 growing on the branches on the ground and 5 growing underground from the roots of the tree.
.They are similar to the nascent aerial roots of the banyan tree, but they are different. Aoki has studied them over and over, but still can't figure out what they are.
Unconsciously, another month passed, and the drought situation eased, and the frequency of rain gradually increased. Finally, it gradually developed into heavy rain for three days and light rain every day. The water level of the stream rose to more than 5 meters, which was a lot.
The underwater animals also emerged from the dry holes to welcome the new year.
The plants in the jungle are also swaying, as if to welcome the arrival of the rainy season.
At this time, Aoki's 10 "beards" have grown to half a meter long. They look like heavy-flavored tentacles in XXX movies. If it weren't for a layer of bark tissue covering the surface, Aoki would definitely hate them.
That's right. Because before rebirth, Aoki hated the tentacle flow, heavy taste and so on, and was the most disgusting.
Aoki didn't know what they were used for, but the unpleasant image was still relegated to the cold palace by Aoki.
With the arrival of the rainy season, all things grow, giving Aoki more fun. The control of growth is left to the instinct of the trees. And Aoki has a lot of fun through the function of spiritual power.
At this time, Aoki's mental power has grown to the point where he can extend a straight line of 100 meters, and the surrounding scanning range extends to a radius of 30 meters.
At this time, Aoki was having a great time playing and was very interested. Small caterpillars, insect eggs, spiders, birds, poisonous snakes, pheasants, turtles, small fish, moss, pond turtles, frogs, all kinds of things were not missed. Sometimes
Aoki also carefully observed some courting animals in a playful manner, and of course the mating scene was not missed. It was really an "evil" tree.
Although the green wood has become a tree, when you observe poisonous animals such as snakes and scorpions at close range through your spiritual power, you will still feel your heart pounding. It is as if you are still a human being, and you are stretching your head to bite them.
The big anaconda that worried Aoki finally appeared in front of Aoki after Aoki's tireless waiting. Its cold blue scales, cold vertical eyes, huge body, cold breath, and bloody mouth made him...
Aoki couldn't help but shiver. At this time, it was staying in a deep pool of a stream with a depth of 10 meters, constantly preying on fish that were resting in the deep pool.
Seeing this, Aoki realized that his original idea was wrong.
The streams here are generally only three or four meters deep, and in the dry season they are only 1 meter or half a meter deep. For large underwater animals or amphibians, the living space is not enough to support their living needs. Therefore,
There certainly won't be too many large underwater animals here.
For a large anaconda with a huge appetite, if the water here is not deep enough and there is not enough food, it will definitely not establish a territory here. This explains why Aoki has been so hard to see it for more than half a year.
Only during the rainy season, when it comes here on a whim and out of boredom, can Aoki see it.
"What is the outside world like?" Are there wild boars? Jungle leopards? Monkeys? Other giant pythons? And I don't know the environment I'm in at all. Is it a valley? Is it a ridge? Is it a hillside? And, where exactly am I?
At this time Aoki was very eager to see outside.
Limited to the current environment, Aoki could only see streams and trees and jungles within 200 meters. Any further away, and they would be blocked by the leaves and tree trunks in the jungle. And the distance of his spiritual power was only a mere 100 meters.
"It would be great when mental power can break through to cover the entire jungle." Aoki felt excited when he thought of the potential of mental power.
This is a heart that longs to be unfettered. At this time, Aoki is even more eager to grow up quickly.
From then on, Aoki lost his ambition and devoted himself to growing himself. Until one day, the tranquility of the forest was broken.
Aoki heard the sound of people talking.
"More than half a year has passed. Has someone finally come? I don't know who it is this time."