Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

The weakness of the alien invaders is their "source of life", the red crystal.

A hope for the continuation of the race that they have been looking for for tens of thousands of years.

Today, there are large quantities of this substance stored on Earth.

Because on the earth, there are enough "source of life" raw materials for their entire race to continue for thousands of years, and a large number of alien invaders need to be stationed here for mining.

"I said, is the red glow that appeared when you invaded the earth and mutated the creatures on the earth also related to your red crystal?" Xu Ying asked.

"Yes, the ammunition for that ray weapon is exactly those red crystals."

The monster explained.

"Because of the threat of humans on Earth, they decided to destroy humans on Earth at all costs, so they adopted this method to mutate the creatures on half of the planet and attack the other half of the planet."

"Isn't your source of life very scarce, why do you still use this method?" Xu Xin asked, "Your conventional weapons are also very strong, right?"

"Although it will consume part of the 'source of life' red crystal, it will only be consumed once." The monster's mouth full of fangs opened and closed. 'Civil War', this kind of consumption is less. After all, they also need to be 'eat'."

"In other words, your red crystal is not only the source of life, but also the source of mutation for these mutated creatures." Shi Wanyun concluded.

"Yes. The 'blood pattern mutation' of mutated creatures is also related to the red crystal."

As he spoke, the monster waved its hand lightly, and immediately, something the size of a fingernail appeared in its hand.

It was a crystal that exuded scarlet light.

Although it was only the size of a fingernail, it was like a bright light bulb, its scarlet light illuminating the entire interior of the tree house.

Xu Xin and the three people who were instantly enveloped by this light all frowned.

This feeling...

Not very comfortable.

Xu Xin instantly remembered the radiation stone he had obtained from the ground before.

At that time, the radiation stone cracked, and such light shone out from the gap. Mimi, Silver King, and Afu all benefited from it and even advanced. The red light at that time was not as dazzling.

When he was illuminated by the red light, he felt a splitting headache, as if something was about to tear off his scalp and come out of his head.

He is much stronger now than he was then, and he has also been injected with the potion of immortality. Facing this even more dazzling red light, he no longer has that feeling, but he still feels a faint discomfort.

The monster also saw that the three people in front of him did not like the crystal in its hand, and immediately put it away, saying: "This is the red crystal I am talking about. On the other hemisphere of the earth, there is a crystal with a diameter of at least 20 meters and a height of 20 meters. crystal, that is our goal."

"...I said, why is your crystal so bright!"

Xu Ying saw that the monster had put away the crystal, and then she took away the hand blocking her eyes.

"It's so bright that I can't see it for a moment. The crust of your home planet is made up of this kind of material? Isn't it emitting red light all the time..."

"I have not been to the home planet, but... this is indeed the case."

The monster took out the crystal again, but this time it held the crystal in its dark, twisted hands with many eyes, letting traces of scarlet light overflow from the gaps in its fingers.

"The mother star is indeed a scarlet planet, that's what they told me. However, the light on the mother star is not so dazzling, because the crystal in my hand is condensed. I told you just now Yes, this crystal on Earth has been condensed, because in order to be transported from a distant mother star, a reduction in volume is essential."

"So it's like this. I thought your home planet was so bright, and you have eyes all over your body. That's a bit strange..." Xu Ying looked at its clenched fist and said.

"The radiance of the scarlet crystal itself is relatively mild, probably... about the same brightness as the bright white crystal on the earth." The monster put the crystal away again with its backhand.

When Shi Wanyun heard this, he took out a tree house core. The bright white light followed the scarlet light and illuminated the inside of the tree house brightly: "About this level?"

The monster's head nodded: "Yes, that's the extent."

From this point of view, the white crystal on the earth is quite similar to the scarlet crystal on that planet.

"Normally it is this brightness, but that huge condensed crystal is not."

The monster thought of something, and his eyes that were originally fully open narrowed, as if he saw a bright light.

"The light of that crystal is too dazzling. For a species like them that is covered in eyes and whose light perception sensitivity far exceeds that of humans, it is impossible to look directly at it."

"Have you... seen it with your own eyes?" Xu Xin asked.

"I've seen it." The monster nodded, "I've seen it in another time and space. However, although I have the same number of eyes as them, my light perception level is almost the same as that of humans on Earth, much weaker than them, so I can still look directly at them. Yes, but after just looking straight for a moment, my eyes started to hurt.”

"Is it so bright? Compared with the sun?" Xu Ying pointed upward.

"I would rather look directly at the sun than look directly at that crystal." The monster concluded.

Is it even brighter than the sun?

"It sounds a bit scary... The temperature won't be very high, right?" Xu Ying asked.

"Not high, pure brightness, no impact on the surrounding temperature." The monster said.

oh……

This is somewhat different from the crystals on earth.

The light emitted by the white crystals, including the core of the tree house, still has a certain temperature. During the cold winter, as long as the core of the tree house was taken out, the surrounding temperature would rise.

"If you can't look directly, it won't be easy for you to remove the source of life you need from that crystal." Xu Ying said.

"It's not a big problem." Xu Xin looked out the window.

Although it was dawn in the World Tree at this time, the sun could not be seen.

"If we want to look directly at the sun, we just need to wear sunglasses." Xu Xin said.

"Sunglasses? Ah..."

"In the past, when watching a solar eclipse, didn't you always wear sunglasses?" Shi Wanyun made a gesture of reaching out her hand to cover her eyes.

"...But they have eyes all over their bodies." Xu Ying pointed to the monster beside her, "Are you wearing sunglasses all over your body?"

"Sunglasses, you mean these."

The monster waved his hand lightly again, and a pair of sunglasses appeared on his hand.

It was worn on his face.

Because it has no ears, its sunglasses are directly clamped on the head, and even the eyes and legs are pressing down on the two eyes.

But I have to say, after it put on the sunglasses to block the two open eyes of Wei Er, it immediately became more pleasing to the eye.

The monster wearing sunglasses began to explain.

"Every once in a while, they will send someone to knock off a small part of the crystal and divide it into fingernail-sized crystals. Individuals who don't have enough life source in their hands can get it."

"Although it seems troublesome, because this crystal is a very important resource, it has always been in the hands of my father."

"It is also through this method that my father has complete control over all individuals on this planet. This is the biggest bargaining chip in his hand. Well...he in this time and space is no longer my father."

The father of the monster is the current leader of the alien invaders.

"It sounds like your father is also using power to subjugate other alien invaders." Xu Ying pouted.

The scarlet crystal is the source of life for all alien invaders. This kind of thing is in the hands of the leader. If it is compared to humans, all water resources are in the hands of the leader. If you want to drink water, you have to get it!

This power is really too great!

Who here dares to disobey?

"That's right. After all, it is a mining planet, and it is a planet with an extremely harsh environment for them. If they survive in this environment for a long time, there will be a lot of dissatisfaction, and even many of them have long been If you want to go back to your home planet, you may continue to travel among the stars. If you don’t use high-pressure methods, you won’t be able to suppress them at all.”

"So, they are actually not that united."

"Many of them have clearly become dissatisfied with my 'father'."

The monster's explanation made Xu Xin smile.

Sure enough, all intelligent creatures are the same.

They are literally carved out of the same mold as humans.

The more intelligent the creature, the stronger the individual's independent consciousness, and the easier it is for the group to have different voices.

The hive run by bees can run very efficiently, also because those bees basically have no individual consciousness.

Although when the queen is unable to lay eggs, the worker bees in the hive will attack her in groups, kill the queen and create a new queen, but this is all for the better reproduction of the group and there is no personal grudge.

The same cannot be said for humans.

Human beings with a strong individual consciousness will not always trust the same leader.

Especially when the living environment is harsh.

The change of countless dynasties has illustrated this truth.

Alien invaders are intelligent creatures like humans, and the same is true.

The monster said: "According to my observation, their internal team is no longer as monolithic as when they first came here. They have developed obvious internal conflicts, which is something we can take advantage of."

Is that really the case?

Thousands of years have passed since alien invaders colonized the earth.

If we count this as a dynasty established by alien invaders on Earth, then this dynasty has lasted for thousands of years.

A thousand years is indeed enough time for a dynasty to become riddled with holes.

After all, no dynasty in ancient China could last for more than a thousand years.

not a single one.

The longest lasting dynasty was the Zhou Dynasty, which had a history of nearly 800 years, but was divided into the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty.

The Eastern Zhou Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty were already symbolic dynasties, and were even subdivided into two periods, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, when the heroes were divided, which prince would still listen to the emperor of Zhou?

Human experience has always shown that a political power cannot remain stable for a long time.

Although alien invaders have a long lifespan and rarely change, a thousand years is enough to make the originally stable regime fragile and corrupt!

"This is really good news." Xu Xin said with a smile.

The monster's mouth opened again: "I also think that if you cooperate with me, we have a great chance to destroy that crystal. After all, they are no longer a seamless group. But we can't Take it lightly, they can still be of one mind when facing the human race, just like they did with me."

Is it consistent with the outside world?

Xu Xin understood this better.

Just like human nature.

"...Well, I have a question, I've always wanted to ask." Xu Xin glanced at the sunglasses on the monster's face, and asked, "Crystal is their source of life, but they are afraid of the source of human life, water ,right."

"Yes." The monster nodded.

"Why are you afraid?"

"That's right." Xu Ying has always wanted to ask this question, "Why are you afraid? If you spray water on them, will they die? Or, do they just hate water?"

"Their bodies will blend with the water if they come into contact with it for a long time."

The monster didn't even hesitate and directly stated the weaknesses of the alien invaders.

"The water eats away at their skin, seeps into their guts, and eventually causes them to dissolve in the water."

this……

The eyes of Xu Xin, Xu Ying and Shi Wanyun who were present all lit up.

This is a huge weakness!

Alien organisms dissolve in water?

Water is everywhere on the earth!

"Don't be too happy. It's basically useless to use water as a weapon."

The monster poured a basin of cold water on the three of them: "It requires long-term contact, such as the behavior that you humans on earth cannot understand the most: soaking your body in water to clean your body."

Ah, just take a bath.

"If that's the case, it won't work. But there is no problem if you come into contact with water normally. Well... I heard that it will hurt a little, but it won't be too serious. Even in the worst weather on your planet, it rains. They can also last for a while.

Calculated using your earth's time unit, even if you are immersed in water, you can survive for more than ten minutes. However, starting from about ten minutes, water will seep into the body and the body will be damaged extensively. "

The monster seemed to show no mercy to the other party at all, and directly told the other party's weaknesses in detail.

I really don’t know what the other party did to make him come to him without any reservation.

However, does it take more than ten minutes to destroy the "skin" of an alien invader, even if it is completely immersed in water like taking a bath?

It would be very difficult to kill them with water.

It's better to just use powerful weapons.

but……

"You are covered with eyes all over your body, so what if your eyes are filled with water?" Xu Xin asked.

"...No. In a water-immersed environment, your eyes must be closed, otherwise you will go blind. In severe cases, the inside may be eroded and die."

The monster thought for a moment and explained.

"However, because each of their eyes can see and has relatively independent and fast reflex nerves, it is difficult for water to enter their eyes under normal circumstances."

"Well... that is to say, if water is sprayed in a large area, they will be unable to open their eyes?" Xu Ying immediately grasped the point.

"Um...yes." The monster thought for a while and said, "But...just put on waterproof clothes. Don't you humans also have raincoats?"

"Even if they wear protective clothing, it can at least disrupt their sight." Shi Wanyun said, pointing to the sunglasses it was wearing, "Water is the best thing to block sight."

"Yes, you need wipers to drive." Xu Ying said with a smile, "Besides, you can give them a surprise attack! In short, this water is also a good weapon to deal with them. It seems that we need to make some large-capacity water guns. Weapons like that.”

"Can you be sure where the crystal is?"

At this time Xu Xin asked.

"You said before that you saw that crystal in another time and space, but what about this time and space? Have you seen it?"

Another time and space is three hundred years after the war, and this time and space is now a thousand years after the war. If the crystal was only seen a thousand years ago, it is impossible to determine whether the position of the crystal has changed.

"This time and space is still at the same location. In my 'father's' underground space of the World Tree." The monster said.

The underground space of the World Tree...

"In other words, the space with the World Tree console?" Shi Wanyun whispered to himself.

"Yes. It's that space. The crystal has always been there." The monster said, "Because only there is where my 'father' can perfectly control the crystal in its hands."

"This...its world tree is equivalent to the palace of alien invaders, right?" Xu Ying's smile froze.

...This is not a good place.