2 Blood Ritual and Restoration

Ji Yu held a curious attitude towards this unknown primitive tribe that he had never seen before. At this moment, he was acting like a spectator.

The discomfort from the boar's blood sacrifice was still tolerable for Ji Yu.

After all, Ji Yu grew up in the countryside. He had seen pigs being slaughtered during the New Year on numerous occasions.

Therefore, after adjusting his state of mind slightly, he became a quiet audience of this ritual.

During the ritual, the tribe elder sang and jumped under the oak tree, giving people a feeling of eccentricity.

However, this eccentricity was beyond what existed on Planet Blue.

The ritual did not last long, ending after a brief ten minutes.

He watched the tribesmen gradually walk away, leaving the tribe elder who continued to sit cross-legged under the tree with his eyes closed. Ji Yu could not help but sigh.

"This game really knows how to choose its themes!"

"The first thing it did was to choose something that would catch people's attention."

"A dying oak tree, a primitive tribe, and a blood ritual. What unique ideas."

After muttering to himself, Ji Yu began to observe this primitive tribe.

The tribe was not big. There were only about a hundred wood houses in the surrounding forest.

With a rough estimate, Ji Yu knew that the population of this tribe should be around 500 people.

After the ritual was completed, some of the tribesmen who were not fully clothed, began to prepare the ingredients while others fiddled with unknown herbs. The remaining picked up spears and bows and headed out to the gathering point.

As such, after taking a careful look around, Ji Yu withdrew his thoughts and returned his attention to the main business.

It was needless to say that this game was not simple. What Ji Yu wanted to do now was to follow the game's guidance and watch how this would unfold.

Looking at the guiding introduction at the top of his panoramic view interface, Ji Yu seemed a little doubtful.

"Imagine yourself as a tree trying its best to absorb nutrients from the soil to obtain rewards?"

"This doesn't seem too difficult, right?"

Ji Yu was a serious man of action, so he immediately gave it a try.

And that was Ji Yu's attempt.

A few minutes later.

[Ding! Congratulations! Through your efforts, you've successfully allowed your manifestation to enter a meditative state. First success: Oak Tree Vitality +0.05.]

When this line of words appeared on Ji Yu's information interface, Ji Yu felt a distinct sense of comfort seeping into his body which was an oak tree.

This was a feeling that Ji Yu had never experienced before.

Curiosity mixed with a tinge of anticipation for the unknown. Ji Yu immediately continued to meditate.

Five minutes later.

[Congratulations on your successful meditation. Oak Tree Vitality +0.02.]

Ten minutes later.

[Congratulations on your successful meditation. Oak Tree Vitality +0.03.]

Fifteen minutes.

Twenty minutes.

...

As an oak tree, what Ji Yu was experiencing felt strange.

And this strange feeling came from the sense of comfort he was getting through meditation.

It was the feeling Ji Yu got when he drank the honey pomelo tea he bought. It was sweet and sour, and gave him a pleasant feeling all throughout.

Moreover, the entire process did not make him feel bloated at all. One could only imagine the pleasant feeling it brought.

Right now, the roots of the oak tree which Ji Yu manifested in were like a straw in a cup of milk tea, continuously absorbing nutrients from the cup of milk tea which was nature…

And it was in this state of constant enjoyment that changes were happening to the oak tree that Ji Yu manifested into.

An hour later.

The incomparably withered oak tree whose bark was already chipping off was slowly recovering, showing a trace of moist vitality.

Three hours later.

The grayed bark of the oak tree slowly regained its dark brown coloration. The roots which were gravely decayed started to rapidly grow new roots.

Eight hours later.

Numerous new roots had branched out from under the oak tree, and with that foundation, the originally bare branches at the top of the oak tree actually started sprouting small, inconspicuous brown buds.

....

Late at night.

Ji Yu was still in a trance-like meditative state when the sudden pop-up in his mind woke him up.

"Has it already been twelve hours?"

Opening his 'eyes', the sudden night vision gave Ji Yu a sense of novelty.

It was like looking through an infrared heat sensor, but compared to that, this vision of his was clearer and more realistic.

However, compared to the novelty of having night vision, Ji Yu was more interested in the transformation his oak tree underwent.

At this moment, Ji Yu no longer saw a withered oak tree.

From what he could see, there were already new leaves growing sparsely on the originally withered tree.

The young leaves were very sparse, small and curled. However, the oak tree looked much better than the dying oak from before.

"This recovery speed is not considered slow!"

"Thankfully, this manifestation is situated at an undeveloped primitive tribe. If it was in a certain neighborhood of the modernized world, the nature of things and situation would be a lot different."

Ji Yu rejoiced inwardly but he looked around the oak tree again.

In the dark night, it was drizzling.

Other than the sound of wind and rain, nothing else could be heard in the rainforest.

In the distance, the two tribesmen on duty were dozing off on the tribe's shabby observation deck. Ji Yu chuckled and slowly exited from the game.

[Player is leaving the game…]

[Game manifestation entering autonomous mode]

[Opening Oak Tree Status]

[Weak]

[Life Force Level: 1]

[Vitality: 3.21 (Average: 10)]

[Tree Height: 49.23 meters (Average: 25)]

[Tree Age: 392 years old (Average: 400)]

[Original Characteristic (1): Increase in size (Low)] (Small increase in growth speed. Maximum size increased by a few times.)

[Original Characteristic (2): xxx (Damaged)] (…)

[Characteristic Obtained (1): Strong Absorption (Low)] (Efficiency and effectiveness of absorbing nutrients from the ground has greatly increased)

[Characteristic Obtained (2): Increased Vitality (Low)] (Breakthrough of limit, ease of recovery from dire conditions. Natural lifespan and size growth will increase to a certain extent)

[Note 1: Characteristic is rare in low-level lifeforms and generally difficult to produce under normal conditions - similar to genetic mutations]

[Note 2: If you wish to view your status or the game manifestation's status, please refer to the status bar.]

[Special Hint: The next time you can enter the game is at 12:00 Line's Federation Time (LFT). Afterwhich, the game will be unlocked every day at 12:00 (LFT). During this time, players can choose to play the game either continuously or with breaks. However, please note that even if playtime does not reach 12 hours on that day, the remaining time will not transfer over to the next day.]

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