Global Catastrophe: I Became the World Tree-Chapter 130 - 123 Happiness Troubles_2

At this time, the team had finally escaped the pursuit of humans.

Of course, traveling within the Donglin Mountain Range was not so easy, mainly because there were still many animals in the team that had not mutated.

Under such circumstances, naturally, they would attract the attacks of those mutated insects.

Fortunately, Ye Feng had anticipated this situation. Under his command, the Second Order mutated black crows, mutated bats, and mutated sparrows all dispersed to various locations, releasing their own oppressive aura.

Faced with their warnings, the vast majority of mutated insects would retreat, of course, there were some that were unwilling to do so.

There was nothing much to say for those, simply killing them was the answer.

In addition, the numerous mutated red fire ants and mutated yellowjackets would also join the patrolling ranks to ensure that no mutated insects could sneak in unnoticed.

In this way, after spending nearly an hour, Ye Feng finally herded the few hundred animals from the zoo to the part of the mountain range closest to Sunset Valley.

"Let’s settle down here for now," Ye Feng said.

This area’s mutated insects had already been cleared out by his subordinates once, making it a relatively safe territory and a temporary resting place for these animals.

To avoid exposing himself, Ye Feng had no plans to bring them back to Sunset Valley.

Only if the negotiations with the high-level officials of Yang City went smoothly, would he consider doing so.

Next, Ye Feng instructed the Mutated Wolf King, mutated black crows, mutated bats, and their subordinates, to stay here and be responsible for temporary supervision.

As for the other mutated creatures, they took with them the batch chosen by Ye Feng and started heading back to Sunset Valley.

"After planning for so long, I can finally look forward to a great harvest," Ye Feng said somewhat excitedly.

The team quickly returned to Sunset Valley, and with them came nine mutated beings.

They were the mutated giant panda, mutated Siberian tiger, mutated Asiatic lion, mutated American leopard, mutated brown bear, mutated African elephant, mutated hippo, mutated white rhino, and mutated honey badger.

Except for the mutated honey badger, the others were all large in size and fierce in attack.

Training them up, although uncertain whether they could match the King Cobra, the Mutated Wolf King, the Mutated Eagle, and other such self-evolving mutated beings,

they could at least surpass the mutated buffalo.

It can be said that their lower limit is laid out right here, and they cannot be any worse no matter what.

As for the upper limit, it all depends on whether they can evolve on their own in the future.

Of course, the mutated honey badger is an exception. Although it does not have much advantage in size, the Flat Head is known as the most fearless animal, and just for that, it is worth giving it a contract slot, Ye Feng thought.

"Good, the next step is contracting. Those selected by me are the strongest of their species. Once trained, they can manage their own species," Ye Feng said.

Ye Feng was already imagining that these contracted animals could also have a large number of subordinates, and with a single command from him, he could gather an army.

The contracting process, although smooth, took much longer than he had expected.

Mainly because these animals were originally at the top of the food chain, and getting them to submit from the bottom of their hearts was not an easy task.

It was only because Ye Feng had broken through to the Fourth Order that he had an absolute suppressive power over these First Order mutated creatures. He suspected that if he was only a level higher than them, it likely would have been impossible to subdue them directly like with the Mutated Wolf King.

Ye Feng spent a full half-hour before he contracted all the mutated beings.

"It’s really exhausting! I feel like my spiritual power has been mostly depleted," Ye Feng let out a long breath.

It’s worth mentioning that the most difficult to contract was not the tiger or the lion, but the honey badger, which once again refreshed Ye Feng’s view of the Flat Head.

By this time, the total number of mutated beings contracted by Ye Feng had reached 28.

"Next, let’s see their talent. Don’t disappoint me!"

Ye Feng mumbled to himself while infusing spiritual energy into these animals through tree roots.

Without a doubt, the one that received the most infusion of spiritual energy was the mutated African elephant due to its large size, which could absorb as much as 30 Points of Spiritual Energy in one go.

The second was the mutated hippo, which could also absorb 26 Points of Spiritual Energy.

And third is the Mutated White Rhino, absorbing 25 points of Spiritual Energy.

Following behind, the Mutated Siberian Tiger, Mutated Asiatic Lion, and Mutated Brown Bear, they all absorb the same amount of Spiritual Energy, 20 points.

Further back are the Mutated Giant Panda and Mutated American Leopard, which together absorbed 19 points of Spiritual Energy.

As for the one that absorbed the least amount of Spiritual Energy, naturally, it was the Mutated Honey Badger, but it also absorbed 10 points of Spiritual Energy.

"Not bad, not bad, when the Mutated Buffalo was at the First Order, it could only absorb 15 points of Spiritual Energy. These animals are indeed each stronger than it," Ye Feng said contentedly.

However, when he remembered another issue, the joy on his face suddenly turned into distress.

The cumulative hourly Spiritual Energy absorption of these Mutated Animals had reached a tremendous level.

Ye Feng did some calculations and realized that even without counting Chen Dalong, providing Spiritual Energy to his 27 Contracted Mutated Beings would require him to spend a total of 596 points of Spiritual Energy per hour.

It must be known that before his breakthrough to the Third Order, he didn’t harvest that much Spiritual Energy in an hour.

If things were normal, even if he broke through to the Fourth Order, he estimated that the Spiritual Energy he could harvest in an hour would be around 600 points.

However, with the massive plant breakthroughs during this Spiritual Energy Resurgence, the amount of Spiritual Energy Ye Feng could harvest per hour naturally soared as well.

Now he could bring in at least 1000 points of Spiritual Energy per hour, and this wasn’t even the limit, as there were still trees successively breaking through, and he felt that there would still be a sizable increase to come.

But even so, Ye Feng felt that the Spiritual Energy was completely insufficient.

After all, just to cultivate his group of Contracted Animals, it would take 596 points of Spiritual Energy.

And his group of Contracted Animals still had a large number of their own kind.

Previously, creatures like Mutated Sparrows, Mutated Bats, and Mutated Black Crows were too weak, and Ye Feng was unwilling to waste Spiritual Energy to cultivate them.

But now it was different. Those bears, lions, and tigers brought from the zoo, how could he not cultivate them?

If he didn’t cultivate them, it would be a real waste to just let them sit there; but cultivating them would mean at least 10 individuals per species, and just thinking about the consumption made Ye Feng’s scalp tingle.

Moreover, apart from them, the aspect of the Power of Faith couldn’t be neglected either. The Mutated Red Fire Ants and Mutated Yellowjackets also needed to be cultivated.

Adding these in, not to mention 1000 points of Spiritual Energy per hour, even 2000 points would be completely insufficient.

"And I haven’t even calculated the Spiritual Energy I need for myself," Ye Feng sighed lightly.

When it came to absorbing Spiritual Energy, he himself was the main consumer.

After breaking through to the Fourth Order, Ye Feng had already tried to add points.

Now, adding a point cost, had increased from the previous 2 points of Spiritual Energy to 5 points of Spiritual Energy.

The increase in Spiritual Energy consumption may not seem large, but it must be understood that now to break through a Minor Boundary, Ye Feng needed a full 400 Evolution Points.

Adding points 10 times yielded 1 Evolution Point, meaning he needed to add points 4000 times to break through.

Adding points 4000 times amounted to a total of 20,000 points of Spiritual Energy.

Compared to the Third Order, the degree of Spiritual Energy consumption had increased dramatically.

Of course, there was also some good news.

Just like before, each point added would increase the length of the roots by 10 centimeters. Adding points 4000 times to break through meant that just by adding points, he could increase the length of his roots by 400 meters.

"Once I finish adding points, my roots’ length can directly reach 1690 meters," Ye Feng said, finding comfort amidst the hardships.

With his current income of 1000 points of Spiritual Energy per hour, after deducting the 596 points for cultivating his subordinates, he would only have about 400 points left.

Such an amount of Spiritual Energy would take him at least two and a half days to raise a Minor Boundary.

"Let it be two days then! After all, I’ve already reached the Fourth Order," Ye Feng muttered.

Other Mutated Beings, after reaching the Fourth Order, might not be able to break through a Minor Boundary even in two months.

More importantly, his Realm was already nearing the limit this world could withstand.