23: Chapter 23: The Mother Tree is Completed, System Rewards

The towering phantom of the great tree was right before its eyes, but separating the monster from its target was a vast lake with azure waves.

The Tai Chu Mother Tree was on an island in the middle of the lake, and the overwhelming animal legion was the Mother Tree's sturdy shield wall.

As a youngling, the monster was filled with infinite grief and indignation; it had not yet evolved into its complete form and could not fly.

Furthermore, due to its attributes, it had an extreme aversion to water.

But if given time, it could alter its form and give birth to an army of countless aquatic monsters.

However, time was not on its side after all.

Having just appeared, it was detected by the System, and the Mother Tree, in coordination with the consciousness of the modifier Zhao Feng, mobilized the life of the entire planet to oppose it.

It could not even absorb Soul particles to replenish its losses; the Soul particles of the dead creatures would suddenly vanish!

Yet it sensed that the tree was a good thing.

Once it obtained that tree, it could not only evolve into a more powerful individual but even escape that influence and become an eternal existence.

Success meant life, failure meant death; the arrow was on the bowstring, and it had to be fired!

The monster arrived at the bank and leapt with all its might; its injured body still provided it with powerful momentum.

It shot out diagonally like a cannonball, covered half the distance in the blink of an eye, and then fell into the water with a splash.

Like a drop of cold water falling into hot oil, the water suddenly "boiled" over.

Countless creatures churned in the water, surrounding the monster in the center.

One must know that the earliest life originated in the water; aquatic animals were not only numerous but also possessed great strength.

The monster had miscalculated its own strength; facing even larger and more numerous aquatic animals, it was suppressed completely from the very beginning.

In the water, the monster could utilize less than ten percent of its strength. Its black fire had been basically exhausted in the war against the land creatures, and it could not be utilized in the water either.

Its claw attacks were always delayed in the water, and the aquatic animals dodged them easily.

Its entire suit of bone armor was shattered into fragments by the intersection of water and fire, leaving it basically exposed while facing some small aquatic insects.

Compared to large animals, the monster hated and even feared the tiny yet numerous insects. With the black fire for large-scale area-of-effect attacks unusable, facing the similarly countless leeches, the monster was already overwhelmed!

Leeches constantly devoured the monster's flesh and turned to ash, yet more leeches still charged up viciously.

A giant octopus-type aquatic monster blocked the monster's path forward, and the monster could only be traded life for injury by the leeches, eventually being devoured completely.

The dark skeleton sank to the bottom of the valley, wrapped in silt, and descended.

"Ding! Emergency mission completed. Awarding 0 transformation points. Currently at 0 transformation points. Issuing subsystem construction module. Module loaded, please check."

"Mission Six changed."

Mission Six: Subsystem Construction

Mission Brief: Because the threat faced by the Tai Chu Mother Tree has been eliminated, the host has obtained the subsystem construction module, which will provide a shortcut for the rapid development of the Human Race.

Your Human Race has already initially acquired language and writing, and is capable of creating and using simple tools.

However, they remain fragile in the face of wild beasts. Please construct and issue a subsystem to enable the Human Race to gain strength and no longer be weak.

Mission Goal: Successfully construct a subsystem and issue it for successful operation.

Mission Reward: Astral Gate opening, mysterious treasure chest.

Zhao Feng was still in the green space at this time, and the Tai Chu Mother Tree would only fully appear in another day, so he happened to have the time to complete this mission.

He looked at the mission reward and saw that there were no transformation points, but rather some Astral Gate opening, which left Zhao Feng looking at the 0 on the panel, wanting to cry but having no tears.

He skillfully opened the panel, and sure enough, the words "Subsystem Editor" appeared in the top right corner. Focusing his intent on these words, Zhao Feng successfully entered the editing page.

The Subsystem Editor was divided into four options: Edit, Simulate, Save, and Extract.

For Zhao Feng, who had edited countless creatures, he was very familiar with the System's style, so there was no such thing as not knowing how to use it.

Edit, as the name implies, is to create a System within it.

Simulate is for the simulated operation of the edited System.

Save is definitely for storing the edited System.

Extract is naturally for loading the System onto a creature.

Entering the editing page, there was nothing on it, but Zhao Feng was not surprised; he began to imagine in his consciousness.

A System like this couldn't be simpler; he had tons of online and mobile games from his past life to draw inspiration from.

"Hmm! It must be able to Cultivate, have experience points for killing monsters, be able to do Artifact Refining and Alchemy, have an Immortal Cave, have girls, and also mounts, pets..."

"Let's call it the 'Great Cultivation System'." Zhao Feng nodded with satisfaction and began to simulate its operation in the simulator.

A standard Taichu Star Human Race appeared on the panel, and after loading the System, it began to kill monsters and slaughter various creatures.

"Beep beep beep! The System cannot provide experience points."

"A malfunction? Fine, let's patch it up."

Zhao Feng muttered, and began modifying it in the System again.

"Then delete killing monsters to level up, and use meditation to Cultivate."

Simulating again.

"Beep beep beep! Cultivate cannot obtain energy."

"What on earth is going on?"

"Kind reminder: The Taichu Star transformation points have solidified. All situations that cannot currently be achieved naturally require transformation points to modify."

The late System prompt made Zhao Feng calm down.

That's right; currently, Taichu Star has no concept of Cultivation, no Alchemy, Artifact Refining, etc. These things basically belong to creating something out of nothing, so naturally, they require transformation points to modify.

Since the Taichu Star transformation points are solidified, the Human Race that loads the System cannot use the System. It seems he needs to think of a System that can be naturally achieved at present.

Since the method of creating something out of nothing won't work, he can only come up with something visible.

Martial arts originated from ancient struggles between humans and humans, and humans and animals. Humans learned various attack movements from animals, which led to combat techniques, eventually forming martial arts.

Therefore, as long as he creates a learning System, it can help people simulate, learn, and study abilities.

These abilities that currently truly exist are not creating something out of nothing, so naturally, they shouldn't consume transformation points.

"Let's come up with a high-end name again. Let's call it 'Dao'. It can be a path, or it can be principles or rules."

Zhao Feng completed the imagination in his consciousness and wrote the name down.

"Perfect operation! Good, then save it."

"Ding! System kind reminder: The first System construction is free. Subsequent System development requires the collection of variable transformation points."

This System was starting to gradually become less like a System and more like a profiteer.

Zhao Feng was helpless; anyway, he didn't have a single transformation point on hand right now, so thinking more was useless. He would just extract it.

After clicking Extract, the 'Dao' System turned into a point of light and exploded. At the same moment, a System prompt appeared in the minds of the Human Race across the entire Taichu Star.

Yu Shi, who was catching fish by the water, was a member of the village fishing team. Under the leadership of Zhi and Zhuang, the village was developing impressively.

Some of the physically weaker members of the Human Race were assigned to catch fish after completing the village construction, and Yu Shi was one of them.

The Human Race did not get involved in the monster war. After Zhao Feng disbanded the animal army after the battle, the Human Race village returned to peace and began its day-after-day life again.

The suddenly appearing System loading prompt did not scare the thick-nerved Yu Shi.

He was watching an armored fish catch a small insect.

The armored fish was strong and sturdy, possessing immense strength compared to the small insect.

But it was covered in heavy armor, so its endurance was insufficient. Therefore, the armored fish chose an easy method: ambushing and sneak attacks.

With a sudden flash of inspiration, when Yu Shi saw the action of the armored fish shooting out from underwater, some movements abruptly appeared in his brain.

Combining the scenes he had seen before of the armored fish ambushing insects, these movements gradually became coherent and eventually turned into a Move.

Yu Shi couldn't help but execute this movement.

With a bang, a large tree beside him was dented.

Yu Shi was startled; the wood of this type of tree was very hard. Even if one were to hug a large stone and slam it into it, it would be very difficult to leave a mark.

"Did I really do this?" Yu Shi fell into deep thought, completely ignoring the prompt in his brain.

"Martial Skill 'Flying Fish Force' creation complete."

Such scenes were appearing everywhere across the entire Taichu Star. The operation of 'Dao' had another benefit, as the System prompts acted directly on the Soul.

And since the System's pronunciation was in Chinese and the text was in Chinese characters, the Human Race of Taichu Star quickly learned Chinese and Chinese characters.

Zhao Feng stared blankly at the panel in the green space. As of this moment, more than 3,000 types of knowledge had flowed into Zhao Feng's main System, and the content was varied.

Normal ones included Martial Skill types like 'Great Dragon Fist' and 'Iron Skin Technique', as well as daily life types like 'Swimming Crash Course' and 'Fast Eating of Leaves', and even bizarre ones like 'How to Obtain Mating Rights'.

Strictly speaking, this System that Zhao Feng developed was a set.

The Human Race all belonged to the employees; they used the subsystem to learn knowledge, and Zhao Feng was the boss. All the knowledge learned by the Human Race was gathered to Zhao Feng, and then Zhao Feng would classify and learn it.

Excluding some bizarre knowledge, Zhao Feng classified these knowledge into a book that could constantly grow—the 'Dao Scripture'.

Among them, the 'Martial Scripture' had already collected more than 1,000 types of Martial Skill Moves, and the 'Miscellaneous Scripture' contained some knowledge that was difficult to classify, with over 700 items as well.

As for the simulation of spiritual power operation that Zhao Feng was hoping for, there was not a single one.

After finally finishing the classification, the System prompt also arrived.