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Ultimate Treehouse (Red-Mythic)

Type: Special Plant Territory Structure

Grade: Red-Mythic

Status: Healthy

Level: 1

Upgradeable: Yes

Daily Plant Essence Generation: +5000

Level-Up Requirement:

• Daily Plant Essence Production 20,000.

• Treehouse Core Level Up.

Structural Upgrade Requirement (Major Evolution)

• Treehouse Level 20

• Daily Plant Essence Production 50,000

• Territory Plant Count 500

Description: A highly mutated Banyan-Core Territorial Structure that has completely evolved beyond normal biological limitations after merging with the Treehouse Core.

The Treehouse now serves as the central nervous system of Territory 1, functioning simultaneously as the energy circulation center, Root Network controller, defensive fortress, biological environmental regulator, and the primary life-anchor sustaining the entire Territory.

The Treehouse is no longer merely a shelter.

It has evolved into a semi-sentient biological fortress capable of autonomous defense, territory-wide coordination, environmental manipulation, structural reconstruction, and plant evolution support.

The entire Territory now functions like a living ecosystem connected directly through the Treehouse Root Network.

Territory Effects: (Effective Range: approx. 500 × 501 × 500 area via Treehouse Core Root Network)

• Plant Growth Acceleration: +100% growth speed for all plants and trees inside Territory range.

• Mutation Enhancement: 100% probability for plants and trees to undergo beneficial mutation and evolution.

• Rainfall Dispersion Canopy: The gigantic canopy completely blocks storms, acid rain, black fog, snowfall accumulation, poisonous particles, and most natural environmental disturbances.

• Soil Stabilization Root Web: Deep underground root network stabilizes the entire Territory terrain, preventing erosion, collapse, earthquakes, and sink formation.

Integrated Defense & Support Systems:

• Torrent Vine Turrets — Gigantic organic heavy-caliber biological weapons positioned around the sixth floor of the Treehouse.

It possesses an unlimited bio-energy ammunition supply and operates as a fully autonomous defense network capable of automatically detecting hostile intent, unleashing rapid-fire suppression, providing long-range biological artillery support, tracking multiple targets simultaneously, and maintaining continuous high-intensity firepower without overheating, while its targeting accuracy is greatly enhanced within Territory influence.

The turrets are directly connected to the Treehouse Core and supplied through the Root Energy Network.

• Spikevine Network: The entire Territory perimeter is covered with concealed Spikevines.

• Normally disguised as harmless vines and vegetation. Automatically activates against hostile targets and intruders. Restrains enemies through root binding. Pierces targets with hardened spikes. Causes continuous bleeding damage.

• The Treehouse now possesses full authority over Thornvine, Bloodvine, Demonvine and Spikevine. All vine-type defensive plants can now coordinate together through the Root Network.

• The Lightfly Vine has merged fully with the Treehouse core. Continuous internal illumination, no fuel or resource required. The host can mentally adjust brightness and lighting zones. Retains original Lightfly functions such as minor energy attraction and night visibility enhancement. The Treehouse now possesses permanent bio-luminescent lighting.

• Warmheart Ember Moss: Fully integrated with the Treehouse Core. Full Territory temperature control. Temperature can be adjusted freely according to the Host’s requirements. It prevents freezing, overheating, environmental discomfort, and weather instability across a large zone.

• Iron-Heart Command Vines.All hanging vines evolved into high-density combat vines. Vine hardness comparable to forged iron. Can be mentally controlled by the Host for grabbing, lifting objects, and binding enemies. Acting as auxiliary combat limbs.

• Can temporarily transform into Demonvine state during combat. Greatly increases attack power, binding strength, and destructive capability.

• Aquaheart Root Network: A gigantic underground purification and water circulation system connected directly to underground water veins and nearby water sources. Capable of detecting underground water sources, purifying contaminated water, maintaining territory hydration balance. Automatically distributes water throughout Territory, supports all plant growth and biological activity. Connected to mountain pond and Water Mage Treehouse through Root Network.

• Lumen Reed Network: Territory-wide biological illumination system connected directly to the Treehouse Core. The Host can mentally adjust brightness, lighting zones, and coverage. Provides clear, energy, efficient illumination throughout the territory 1 while retaining minor energy attraction and night visibility enhancement.

• Vine Sniper Towers: Gigantic mobile biological sniper fortresses connected directly to the Treehouse Root Network. Height surpasses surrounding mountains, long-range battlefield observation, shared vision synchronization with Host. Supports ranged units and Archer Druids, integrated biological machine gun systems, coordinated synchronized defense between towers, can slowly relocate through underground root movement.

• Territory Gate & Living Wall: The Territory Gate and outer walls have evolved into biological defensive structures. Massive living wall height comparable to mountains. Covered in concealment moss and Root Network. Extremely difficult for outsiders to detect and automatically strengthen during hostile intrusion. The entire outer wall now behaves like a living biological fortress barrier.

• Complete Authority: Vikram now possesses absolute authority over the entire Treehouse and Territory systems. He can mentally control the Treehouse’s internal structure, Root Network pathways, environmental functions, defensive systems, connected structures, and synchronized Territory operations.

• Life Link: The Treehouse Core is now directly bound to Vikram’s soul. It cannot be stolen, controlled, corrupted, or permanently destroyed unless Vikram dies. As long as Vikram remains alive, the Treehouse Core will continue functioning under his authority.

• Treehouse Relocation: The Treehouse can now relocate itself to different locations using sufficient Plant Essence. During relocation, connected structures and Root Networks can remain partially synchronized, allowing the Territory to migrate together with the Treehouse Core.

• Core Resonance: The Treehouse Core can temporarily enter a high-energy synchronization state with Vikram for 10 minutes. During activation, all plant-based abilities, summons, Root Networks, and defensive systems receive a 100% increase in overall effectiveness. Plant regeneration speed, biological energy circulation, and Territory synchronization efficiency also rise drastically while the entire Territory enters an active combat-support state.

Cooldown: • 24 Hours

• Origin Rebirth: Once every 30 days, the Treehouse Core can revive one destroyed Plant-type summon using massive amounts of Plant Essence. The revived summon will retain its previous evolution potential and reconnect completely with the Treehouse Root Network, preventing the permanent loss of important plant units. Stronger summons require significantly higher Plant Essence for successful revival.

• Treehouse Reconstruction Unlocked: The Treehouse can now continuously reconstruct and evolve its biological architecture automatically. Internal rooms, pathways, defensive systems, and structural layouts can expand or reorganize themselves according to the Territory’s development and the Treehouse’s future evolution requirements. Damaged sections can also regenerate and repair themselves over time.

• Fortress Mode Unlocked: The Treehouse can now temporarily enter a full defensive combat state. During Fortress Mode, all defensive systems become significantly stronger, vine activity accelerates, Root Network synchronization enters combat mode, turret targeting efficiency improves greatly, and the overall durability of the entire Territory rises sharply against hostile attacks.

• Spatial Storage Unlocked: The Treehouse now possesses a large-scale internal spatial storage system connected directly to the Treehouse Core. Authorized members can access stored resources through Territory synchronization while Vikram can access the storage remotely even outside Territory range. Certain biological resources stored inside may also receive preservation and stabilization effects over time.

• Healing Sanctuary Unlocked: The Treehouse can now function as a biological healing zone throughout the entire Territory. All biological beings inside the Territory range gradually recover from wounds, infections, toxins, exhaustion, and minor biological corruption while their stamina and natural regeneration speed increase continuously. Humans, animals, birds, and plant-type organisms all receive the healing effects of the Treehouse, with the recovery speed becoming significantly stronger closer to the Treehouse Core.

System Evaluation: You are now finally evolved enough to live similarly to the Elves. Congratulations.

Seeing the complete evolution of the Treehouse, even Vikram found it difficult to describe the feeling in his heart.

The changes were simply too shocking.

The towering Treehouse, the gigantic Vine Sniper Towers, the glowing Territory pathways, the endless Root Network, and the mountain-sized biological walls, everything looked unreal.

Not only him, but the others had also gathered outside after hearing the massive disturbance caused by the Treehouse evolution.

Sophia looked around with wide eyes before staring at the gigantic Treehouse in disbelief.

"Vikram... this is really our Territory?"

Her voice was filled with amazement.

Even Divya looked completely stunned while observing the surrounding changes.

The Territory now looked less like a wasteland shelter and more like some ancient Elven civilization hidden deep inside a fantasy forest.

Meanwhile, Anjali’s focus was somewhere completely different.

Her eyes locked onto the fruit trees nearby.

Without hesitation, she walked over, stretched her hand upward, and directly plucked a bright red apple.

Then she looked toward Vikram suspiciously.

"This is really an apple, right?"

"It might be poisonous, right?"

"Can we actually eat this?"

Vikram rolled his eyes.

"What else would it be? A grenade?"

Anjali immediately took a bite.

CRUNCH!

The next second, her eyes widened. "It’s sweet?!"

Sophia instantly rushed over. "Move! Let me try too!"

"You just said it might be poisonous," Divya said while laughing.

Sophia coughed awkwardly.

"That was called being cautious."

"More like being greedy," Anjali snorted while protecting her apple.

Soon the three girls completely abandoned their image.

Anjali grabbed another apple.

Sophia somehow found glowing purple grapes nearby and immediately started stuffing them into her mouth.

Divya discovered strange golden peaches hanging from another tree.

"This peach smells amazing..."

The moment she bit into it, her expression froze.

Then she immediately grabbed another one. "No one touch this tree."

Sophia looked at her speechlessly.

"You literally just said we should share resources equally yesterday."

"That was before I tasted this."

Even Luna silently appeared beside another tree at some point and calmly picked several silver-blue fruits without saying anything.

Seeing that, Sophia immediately shouted:

"Hey! She’s secretly stealing the good fruits!"

Luna glanced at her calmly. Then, she eat it, and didn’t even reply to them.

Even Harry, Ron, Draco, Lily, and the other Territory members looked completely shocked while observing the surrounding transformation.

The previous Territory already felt safe.

But now, the place looked like a hidden paradise inside the wasteland.

Harry stared at the gigantic Vine Sniper Tower near the gate. "That thing is taller than the mountain..."

Ron swallowed nervously. "If zombies attack this place, I think the zombies should be the ones feeling scared now."

Draco slowly nodded. "I suddenly feel bad for them."

Even the twenty other survivors looked around in disbelief.

Some touched the glowing plants carefully.

Others stared at the biological walls surrounding the Territory.

The fear they had carried since entering the wasteland had unknowingly weakened greatly.

"Yes," Vikram finally said while looking at everyone.

"This is our Territory."

"From now on, we don’t need to worry about food, fruits, water, or most wasteland disasters anymore."

Hearing this, everyone unconsciously relaxed.

Although they had not truly starved before due to Vikram’s preparations, deep down, everyone still feared the wasteland itself.

Storms, black fog, mutated creatures, and different types of disease.

Those fears had always existed silently in their hearts.

But now, since arriving in the wasteland, everyone genuinely felt they could survive here.

Not barely surviving, they could actually live.

While the Territory members continued exploring their transformed home excitedly, the plant army was also reacting to the changes.

The plant team quietly observed the small Treehouses built throughout the Territory.

The symbols on the Treehouses clearly matched their own attributes and combat paths.

The Warrior moved toward the Warrior Druid Treehouse.

The Water Mage approached the Water Mage Treehouse.

Even the Guardian and Archer seemed curious.

Feeling the connection between themselves and the structures, they immediately entered inside without hesitation.

Clearly, even they understood these Treehouses belonged to them.

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Later that night.

Vikram leaned comfortably against a luxurious leather sofa with automatic heating and massage functions.

Soft carpet spread beneath his feet while the four girls rested beside him lazily.

"Phew~"

Vikram let out a long breath while staring at the ceiling.

"This..."

"This is the wasteland life I wanted to live."

"And now it finally came true."

After returning from the hospital following the battle against the Legendary Zombie and discovering part of the Zombie Origin truth, Vikram had immediately focused on upgrading the Territory and Treehouse.

After that, he completely ignored the chat channels, world discussions, and group messages for an entire day.

For once, he simply rested.

At the same time, Vikram himself had also successfully unlocked Spirit Energy after the evolution.