557: I let you see, not you discover me

January 10th, 19:20.

Chen Du glanced down at the time.

A battle was currently raging in the core region. How long it would last, and whether it would spread here, were uncertain.

Chen Du needed to act swiftly, obtain the five-colored water, and quickly depart from the Myriad Flowers Sector, this land of trouble.

Knowing that there were no Myriad Flowers Civilization patrols in the central and outer regions, Chen Du's departure speed would be much faster than his arrival speed.

Not only did he lack the various concerns and considerations he had upon arrival, but his strength was also greater than when he came, so his speed was naturally faster.

At this moment, Chen Du stood before a peculiar flower, so strange it barely resembled a flower.

Its form was very odd; it had a trunk similar to a tree, with a diameter that would require ten people to encircle it, and a height of around 200 meters, making it one of the tallest plants in the Myriad Flowers Sector.

At its very top, a flower with five-colored petals bloomed.

The five petals were red, green, purple, blue, and yellow.

According to the Thousand-Faced Tree's description, this thing was called a “Five-Colored Flower Tree,” one of the resources in the world capable of producing five-colored water.

The flower at the very top contained the five-colored water Chen Du desired.

This item was usually guarded by dedicated personnel. During normal times, Chen Du would have no chance of obtaining it.

Even eliminating the guarding alien would be useless.

Firstly, reinforcements would immediately arrive.

Secondly, collecting the five-colored water required some time.

This meant that even if he eliminated the guarding alien, he would be taken down by the arriving reinforcements.

Chen Du currently stood at the top of the Five-Colored Flower Tree. His luck was quite good; the Five-Colored Flower was in bloom.

If a certain amount of five-colored water was taken, the Five-Colored Flower would enter a closed state, also known as a water-storing state, in which five-colored water could not be obtained.

Only after it had accumulated enough five-colored water would it bloom again.

It could only be said that Chen Du was lucky; no one had come here to collect five-colored water recently, or no one had collected it all at once.

Chen Du took out five containers similar in size to mineral water bottles in one go, placing them respectively beneath the red, green, purple, blue, and yellow petals.

According to the Thousand-Faced Tree's information, if anything was placed beneath the Five-Colored Flower, it would begin to drip water.

As if to drive them away, it allowed no foreign objects there.

The dripping frequency was quite fast. Chen Du estimated it would take about 30 minutes to fill one bottle.

Although the Five-Colored Flower was not small, it did not contain much five-colored water. Chen Du intended to collect until it stopped dripping.

five-colored water was very special; in its separate state, it had almost no unique properties, but when the five types of water combined, incredible changes would occur.

The combined water was the true five-colored water, but its shelf life was only one day. Therefore, Chen Du needed to store them separately and, when needed, take them out and mix them in the same proportion.

The use of five-colored water was relatively singular, primarily for cultivating plant-based resource crops.

And in Chen Du's hand, besides the golden devouring grass seeds, there was another resource crop.

A black seed.

This seed was left behind by the Eternal Tree after Chen Du killed it. Theoretically, if this seed could grow normally, it should be an eternal tree.

After all, the Eternal Tree was too uniquely blessed.

Chen Du didn't know how many eternal trees the Sky Phoenix Civilization had in the past, but from ancient times to the present, only one had surpassed its limits and evolved into an Eternal Tree.

Such a hard-won existence could not simply grow from a single seed. At most, it could be said that it had the potential to evolve into an Eternal Tree in the future, but that possibility was definitely extremely low.

Regarding the information about this seed, Chen Du planned to return and discuss it with the three leaders, preferably Durags alone, to hear their opinions.

After all, this thing carried a certain risk.

All of the above were actually later concerns; whether the five-colored water could even nurture this black seed was yet unknown.

In the Dragon Ball, Chen Du asked the Thousand-Faced Tree about related matters, but unfortunately, it didn't know.

Because he had never seen an Eternal Tree, and the Myriad Flowers Civilization had no corresponding cases, as this resource had always been firmly controlled by the Sky Phoenix Civilization.

As for the seed, Chen Du also showed it to him, but unfortunately, the Thousand-Faced Tree's ability to communicate with plants could not be used on seeds.

At this point, this matter could only be proven through practice.

Time passed by like this, minute by minute.

At this moment.

A voice suddenly came from behind Chen Du.

“Where did this alien come from? How audacious, daring to secretly collect five-colored water amidst the chaos!”

“Now that I’ve found you, you won’t escape death!”

Upon hearing this, Chen Du seemed to have expected it. Without turning his head, he said indifferently:

“How can a Great Civilization of Rank T4, the Magma Civilization, not be on the battlefield but instead appear here?”

“Could it be that you’re deserting?”

After Chen Du spoke, the scene suddenly became eerily quiet, so quiet that even breathing seemed to cease.

This Magma Alien was inexplicably stunned by Chen Du's words and attitude.

Chen Du's reply was beyond the scope of his CPU's comprehension.

However, he quickly reacted after taking a few more serious glances at Chen Du, revealing a sinister grin:

“Hmph, you almost fooled me!”

“Are you relying on something that can mask your Rank to put on a false show of strength in front of me?”

The Magma Alien was not speaking carelessly.

His Rank was 23, and his abilities were not geared towards combat. In a war of this level, his role was not significant.

Thus, he was assigned to inspect the central region to see if there were any stragglers.

His Sky Soaring Warrior stage ability was somewhat useless, a passive ability.

He could see a person's timeline.

This timeline was unrelated to age; it could be simply understood as a life stage. This stage was different for aliens of different civilizations.

He didn't know Chen Du's age, and even if he did, he wouldn't know whether that age was considered old or young.

After all, some civilizations could punch two cows to death in the field a few months after birth, while others couldn't even stand.

In his eyes, Chen Du's timeline belonged to the stage where life had just begun.

That is, the period in one's life when Life Strength Rank progresses the fastest.

How could an alien in this period, who had just begun to exert his strength, be his opponent?

Chen Du still didn't turn around, his eyes fixed on the five-colored water dripping from the petals.

At this moment, the dripping speed from the petals had noticeably slowed, meaning that the five-colored water stored in the Five-Colored Flower was almost depleted.

And the bottle capacity, which held the five-colored water, was still less than three-quarters full, meaning not even one bottle would be completely filled.

“Sigh.”

Chen Du sighed slightly. Although the quantity was sufficient, it would always be better to take more of this back, after all, such an opportunity would be difficult to encounter again.

“What are you pretending to be, a master? Die!”

The Magma Alien behind him suddenly erupted, transforming into a scorching mass of magma and pouncing on Chen Du.

Whoosh.

In an instant, a faint golden halo enveloped him.

Then, the Magma Alien heard Chen Du's leisurely voice:

“Let me correct what you said earlier. It was me who let you see me, not you who discovered me.”

The moment his words fell, this Magma Alien, without understanding what was happening, only heard the sound of a finger snap near his ear.

Snap!

His consciousness disconnected!

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