Chapter 22: Resistance and Danger

The bizarre changes in living organisms should be minimal in an area of primordial rainforest.

Because there were trees that covered the sky here, and these trees provided the best protection to animals living in the rainforest.

From what they knew, the Purple Moon’s pollution had the least impact on plants.

After all, according to what had been found throughout the world, the officials had yet to discover any plant mutants attacking humans or other animals.

That was why Reid and the rest dared to enter the rainforest with only a few armed guards.

Of course, apart from the primordial rainforest, the deep sea provided an excellent shelter too. However, there were too many creatures in the deep sea after all. Many marine life were contaminated due to various reasons, which resulted in bizarre school of fishes and the whale attack on the merchant ship.

In short, the more they thought about it, the more depressed their mood became.

Just as everyone’s thoughts were in turmoil.

Adam, who was an oak tree, didn’t feel good either.

As the purple moonlight shone down, the air became filled with a prickling sensation that made Adam’s senses uncomfortable.

On the treetop, the faint white light on the edges of the jewel flowers’ petals which were originally as clear as crystal was currently battling the Purple Moon’s radiation.

The purple moonlight was invasive, constantly wanting to contaminate the jewel flowers of the oak tree, but the faint halo around the flowers kept resisting.

And that was the source of Adam’s discomfort.

Purple Moon. There was nothing about it in the knowledge that Adam was born with.

However, after listening to the conversation of the humans below and what he was feeling, it was clear that the Purple Moon phenomenon was nothing good.

As such, with an idea established, Adam immediately reacted.

Saturating the power of the entire oak tree, the faint halo of the jewel flower on the crown of the tree began to slowly strengthen.

At the same time, the broad green leaves on the outermost layer of the oak tree started bending as well.

Simultaneously, the leaves emitted a sort of green light.

The light was faint, but the leaves gradually became transparent.

The veins in the leaves gradually became distinct, and there was a substance flowing through them like water. It looked mysterious.

After that, the radiance of the jewel flowers and the glow of the leaves complemented each other, joining together to form a single entity.

The white halo quickly disappeared and was replaced by a brilliant green light.

In an instant, a green light barrier that seemed like an energy barrier actually appeared on the tree crown.

At this moment, the wide leaves had already covered all the jewel flowers, giving Adam more time to focus his energy on the outermost leaves on the tree crown.

In an instant, the green light barrier expanded outwards.

The green light formed a clear boundary with the clashing purple light. At this moment, Adam finally felt the discomfort from the invasion of the radiation subside.

Still, even though the symptoms were gone, Adam didn’t let his guard down. He kept trying to maintain the current barrier.

What Adam did not know was that while the oak tree saturated all its energy on the leaves and let it spread out, the birds and other small animals that were hiding under the leaves relished in the feeling.

As if they were drunk, these birds no longer had the fear they had before. Instead, they all jumped to the treetop.

All animals were intoxicated by the green light.

The green light entered their bodies through their mouths and noses, causing their originally muddle-headed minds to become more active.

The eyes of the birds started to show alertness, and their feathers slowly became softer.

The butterfly and some flying insects became more active, and their wings became more brightly colored and beautiful.

There were also more than ten squirrels hiding in the tree trunks. They seemed to have smelled something and ran towards the treetop, intoxicated.

The owl that belonged to the tribe elder was the same. It jumped out of the tree hole and flew towards the tree crown with its eyes wide open.

Suddenly, the tree crown seemed to become lively but tranquil as well.

“Speaking of which, does anyone feel that the fragrance of the oak tree is getting stronger?”

“Did it? Wasn’t it always like this?”

Someone frowned and took a deep breath.

“Uh, it does seem to be more fragrant than before. Furthermore, the fragrance seems to be different from that of the jewel flowers just now.”

The fragrance of the flowers of the oak tree was faint at night, but now, the sudden crisp fragrance carried a faint earthy smell that was absent just now.

“Could it be?”

Someone reacted and immediately looked up at the tree crown behind him.

However, under the purple moon in the dark night, the people hiding under the shade of the tree looked up and saw nothing unusual.

The light above the tree crown was impossible to see from under the tree.

“There doesn’t seem to be any difference. Could the fragrance of the oak tree be coming from the trunk of the oak tree?”

Anderson spoke, and moved toward the massive trunk of the oak tree.

However, just as Anderson walked towards the tree trunk, a voice suddenly caught everyone’s attention.

“What’s happening? Is my detector broken? The degree of pollution was 0.48 just now but it is only 0.47 now. Eh, it dropped to 0.46.”

“No, that’s not it. My degree of pollution is also decreasing!”

In an instant, everyone picked up their detectors and scanned themselves.

The results were astonishing.

Yes, everyone’s pollution level was decreasing rapidly.

Barton, the tribe elder, was displeased with the fuss which these outsiders were kicking up for nothing.

However, considering the identities of these outsiders, Barton didn’t berate them.

What he needed to do was to simply oversee the prayers of his tribesmen. As for these outsiders, he would just turn a blind eye to them.

Closing his eyes, Barton silently prayed towards the oak tree again.

Barton had left all the outsiders to his grandson, Simon, to handle. As for the outcome, he did not want to know.

This was the rule of their tribe. The ritual chief and tribe leader had their own duties.

He was just a ritual chief. The secular and external policies would be decided by Simon, was Barton’s mindset towards them.

Whether it was good or bad, everyone would face it together.

“The degree of pollution decreased?”

Simon quietly observed the exclamations of the people in front of him. At the same time, he roughly understood what was going on.

Thinking about how much these people cared about the Purple Moon pollution and what the decrease in pollution meant, Simon could instantly connect the dots.

As such, Simon felt even more relaxed.

The value of the sacred tree has increased once again in these people’s hearts and that would provide the sacred tree with another layer of protection.

As a member of the tribe which served the sacred tree, Simon would try his best to reap the best benefits for the tribe.

With this thought in mind, Simon naturally felt more relaxed.

Under the night sky, the people of West York chatted happily while Simon and his tribesmen quietly prayed in front of the oak tree.

This might look peaceful and tranquil, but potential dangers were lurking around.

An hour later.

In the depths of the rainforest, behind a tall mountain, at Blackwater River Beach, ferocious crocodiles crawled out.

Most of these crocodiles were more than five meters long. Their bodies were covered in pustules, and there was a black fog surrounding them.

They lifted their heads as if they were sniffing for something in the air, before they moved immediately.

Beneath the Purple Moon, all the vegetation that the crocodiles passed by withered. More than 50 crocodiles quickly and accurately headed towards the oak tree.