Astral Gods

Chapter 35 Light Supplement

After the seed bestowed by the god Xiong Sang awakened its soul consciousness, the three little ones no longer had time to fight in the winter.

Every day, they teach the male mulberry tree, a gift from the gods, about the world. In addition to teaching it knowledge in class, they also collect various plants and animals for the male mulberry tree to learn about.

However, many plants and trees wither and turn yellow in winter, so there aren't many plants and animals that can be collected, but that's enough to teach Xiong Sang to recognize them.

Just as the three little ones were taking turns teaching Xiong Sang various kinds of knowledge, Lord Zi Li came over with another object.

"Zishan, look what good stuff I brought you!"

"Lord Purple Plum, what did you bring?" The three little ones flew curiously to its side to examine what it had brought.

Upon seeing the cylindrical object, Yew's eyes widened, and she raised her antennae: "Lord Purple Plum, is this the extraterrestrial artifact, the flashlight, that you purchased from the Flame Spider Merchant's Claws last year?"

"Yes," Lord Purple Plum explained, "I bought this extraterrestrial artifact called a flashlight last year and started using it on the Purple Plum Divine Gift Seed. Every day after sunset, I shine it on the Purple Plum Divine Gift Seed for four or five hours, and the effect is quite good."

"It's winter now, and the plants aren't growing much. Although the Lord-level God-given Seeds are immune to summer heat and winter cold, it's their nature to not want to grow when the weather gets cold."

Its diameter is over two hundred meters high, and it's impossible to build a greenhouse that large for it, so it's not used in winter. We can use it to test the effectiveness on the yew seedlings.

The yew tree asked, "Which sapling should it be given to?"

"Let's try it on the male mulberry first and see the effect. If the effect is good, then we'll use it on the life seeds you recently planted. At that time, we can compare the growth of the life seeds."

"Okay." The three little ones followed Lord Zili's instructions and prepared to give the flashlight to Xiongsang's divinely bestowed seed.

Night fell quickly, and the sky outside darkened, with sparse starlight flickering across the heavens. At this moment, the entire continent, except for a few places, was mostly shrouded in darkness.

Just then, Lord Zili made a hook above the insulated room, hung a flashlight on it, and turned it on. Instantly, a blinding white light shone, illuminating the entire insulated room.

"Wow!" The three little ones, including Purple Pearl who came to watch, exclaimed in amazement when they saw the greenhouse light up. Not only them, but even Lord Purple Plum, who was operating the flashlight, showed some surprise in his eyes.

It wasn't that it hadn't used a flashlight on the Purple Plum Tree before, but back then it was always in the wild, and it would just shine the flashlight from one direction or hang it directly on a tree.

The light was quite strong back then, but it wasn't as bright and dazzling as it is now, enough to illuminate the entire insulated room.

In this environment, plants can naturally absorb more light.

Thinking of this, it instructed the three little ones to inquire of the male mulberry tree, the gift of the gods, in the greenhouse: "Ask the male mulberry tree how it is feeling?"

Upon hearing Lord Purple Plum's words, the three little ones asked in unison, "Xiong Sang, how are you feeling? With this light shining on the tree, are your leaves able to photosynthesize? Do you feel any discomfort, or are you unable to absorb the light?"

Under the beam of light, like a small sun from a flashlight, the divinely bestowed seed of the male mulberry tree responded, "I can absorb this light. This light is very useful; it feels just like sunlight. It allows my branches and leaves to absorb the light, and the tree itself to grow strong."

"It's good that it works." Hearing Xiong Sang's words, the three little ones breathed a sigh of relief. They were afraid that it wouldn't work, which would have been a real problem.

The flashlight beam was right there. The three little ones didn't go anywhere; they just stayed under the tree, ready to receive feedback from the divine seed of the male mulberry tree.

The flashlight beam illuminated the insulated room and also shone through the glass of the insulated room outwards.

Soon, many insectoid warriors living nearby flew over. Insects are naturally phototactic, and after becoming Force creatures, their instincts are somewhat restrained, but their curiosity increases considerably.

They surrounded the insulated greenhouse. Some rhinoceros beetle warriors wanted to go in, but were stopped by the Purple Hemp Mountain Lord: "This is an insulated greenhouse specially built for the life-seedlings. It is not suitable for too many insectoid warriors to go in. Otherwise, the heat will dissipate and the insulation effect of the greenhouse will be greatly reduced."

Upon hearing the explanation from the Purple Hemp Mountain Lord, most of the rhinoceros beetle warriors stood outside and waited obediently. Some mischievous little warriors tried to sneak in, but were discovered by the Purple Hemp Mountain Lord and sent back: "You don't have to go in. You can look through the window if you want."

Under the curious gazes of many, the flashlight emitted a soft light, shining on the seed bestowed by the god of mulberry.

Rhinoceros beetle warriors of all sizes perched on the windows specially opened to let in light in the insulated room, looking quite novel.

Inside the greenhouse, Lord Purple Plum reminded the three little ones, "You can shine the flashlight on the life-giving plants to speed up their growth, but you can't keep it on all the time. Just shine it on each life-giving plant for three or four hours after sunset every day."

"Why?" the three little ones asked curiously.

Lord Purple Plum said, "This question was asked to me by the Purple Plum Divine Seed, and I also asked the Flame Spider Merchant."

"The flame spider merchant told me that plants absorb light just like we insects eat food or are active when we are awake."

When we eat a certain amount of food, we feel full and need time to digest the food before we can eat again.

Plants are the same; after absorbing sunlight for a certain period of time, they also need to convert that light energy into their own nutrients.

"Oh." The three little ones have already learned a lot, and they can understand what Lord Purple Plum is saying.

Lord Purple Plum said, "Winter nights are relatively long, about 12 hours. You can take photos of one life seed during the first half of the night and another life seed during the second half. This will be more efficient."

"Is that so?"

The three little ones had a brilliant idea: "Could we use this on three life-sustaining plants, giving each one an extra four hours of sunlight each day, so that all three plants could grow together?"

Lord Zili considered for a moment and said, "That's possible, but then you'll have to get up in the middle of the night every day to change the insulation of the flashlight compartments."

"Yes." Hearing this, the three little ones hesitated again.

"Lord Zili, there are too few flashlights. They are not enough for Zishan's current life seed."

"Yes, yes, if we had three flashlights, we could use them on all of Yew's life seeds."

Lord Purple Plum shook its tentacles: "As the yew grows, its life seeds will only increase. Let alone three, even five will not be enough for it sooner or later."

Like the little warrior, the life seeds are growing rapidly, and they will only slow down when they reach a higher level. By then, Zishan will have at least a dozen life seeds, which is hardly enough.

Zizhu asked, "Lord Zili, could we use flames instead of flashlight beams to provide a light source for the life-seeds?"

"That won't do," Lord Zili quickly stopped Zizhu's dangerous idea.

"While flames can provide light and heat, there's also a chance they'll burn the life seed. It's not worth it for a little bit of growth."

"Okay." Zizhu thought about it and realized it made sense.