"Hmm?"
Seeing this, Fang Mo was a bit surprised.
To be honest, the Arcane Ring was incredibly powerful, essentially a graduation-level artifact from the Equivalent Exchange mod. Yet, it had failed when faced with the Essence Berry Bush.
Under the influence of the Goddess of Nature's Bounty mode, the Arcane Ring could almost be considered the ruler of all nature. If Fang Mo wanted, he could turn an entire barren planet into a lush oasis—never mind techniques like *True Thousand Hands* or *Buddha on Top*. But despite this overwhelming power, he had just encountered an obstacle.
Of course, thinking about it from another perspective, this also indicated that the Essence Berry Bush was quite special. For some reason, it simply did not respond to natural energy.
"Doesn't work, huh?"
Fang Mo frowned, staring at the Essence Berry Bush, deep in thought.
He began to consider why his previous attempt had failed. Could it be that the Essence Berry Bush wasn't technically a plant? While in the game, it might not have been classified as one, in reality, it's a different story. When Fang Mo brings something into reality, its characteristics, name, and function are taken into account to create a reasonable real-world version.
Take the sleeping pill, for example.
Anyone with common sense would know that this item was basically a joke in the mod. It forces players to sleep, but its texture is literally just a brick. If it were a real-world item, it should have turned into a pill or a bottle of liquid after being made real, right?
But what happened?
Fang Mo ended up materializing an actual brick.
And this brick came with a sleep-inducing feature—smack someone with it, and they're knocked out cold. Imagine if this fell into the wrong hands. It could cause chaos within a ten-mile radius.
That being said, this example demonstrates how the process of making something real works.
So, given that the Essence Berry Bush's function and name suggest it should have plant-like qualities, it should, in theory, behave like one.
After all, it's a *berry bush*. A plant that grows berries—logically, it should have some plant traits.
"So, it just doesn't absorb natural energy, huh?"
After pondering for a while, Fang Mo began to understand the reason. It made sense in a way. If the bush could absorb natural energy, then combined with the Arcane Ring, Fang Mo could essentially create a self-sustaining loop. He'd be able to perpetually accelerate the plant's growth.
And then, he could keep harvesting berries.
Even though Essence Berries tasted disgusting, this endless cycle would be way too overpowered.
The last time something was this broken was when Fang Mo used a Tinkers' Construct scythe with *Unbreakable* reinforcement, combined with the Pam's HarvestCraft trading boxes, allowing him to infinitely farm emeralds.
Fang Mo had already achieved that kind of infinite emerald farming in the Minecraft world, but doing that just felt boring... After all, he was the almighty Block God! The Creator of the White Lands! How could he stoop to such low tactics to exploit resources?
Instead, Fang Mo chose to expand his *villager amusement park*.
With sixteen maximum-capacity Tinkers' Construct smelteries running non-stop, powered by Auschwitz-grade fuel, he continually melted and healed villagers to harvest their precious emeralds!
Thus, all his emeralds were earned through hard work—not through exploiting some cheap trick.
"Wait, I'm getting off-topic..."
Realizing he was thinking about those annoying villagers, Fang Mo quickly refocused on the problem of the Essence Berry Bush.
If this thing couldn't absorb natural energy...
Then what could he feed it?
Just as Fang Mo was pondering this, a squishy sound suddenly came from behind him, like something soft and wet was slapping the ground.
"What the hell is that sound?"
The noise interrupted his thoughts, and Fang Mo instinctively turned around.
At that moment, a small pink figure suddenly lunged at him.
"S-s-s!"
"Huh?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Fang Mo instantly recognized it. With a quick motion, he used a gravity field to stop the figure mid-air.
"Why are you here again?"
Looking at the little pink-haired creature baring her fangs and claws, Fang Mo couldn't help but rub his face.
Yes, this little thing was none other than the Devil of Lust, whom Fang Mo had brought back from the *Chainsaw Man* world. Because she had been reborn, she was still small, with pink hair and heart-shaped pupils. If you ignored her devilish powers, she could even be considered quite cute.
"Do you want to have s-s?"
"No."
Fang Mo refused immediately.
But the Essence Berry Bush was too strange—it produced berries without ever blooming. How was he supposed to crossbreed it?
"Son of a..."
Annoyed, Fang Mo cursed under his breath.
He even kicked the bush a couple of times to vent his frustration.
"Um..."
Suddenly, the pink-haired devil seemed to realize something. She approached Fang Mo and said, "Are you trying to make this flower pollinate the bush?"
She pointed at the flower in Fang Mo's hand.
"Yeah."
Fang Mo nodded irritably. "I'm trying to breed the ultimate World Tree seed, and the last step is to incorporate the Essence Berry Bush's traits as the male gene donor. But this dumb thing refuses to bloom..."
"What about me?"
The pink-haired devil's eyes lit up mischievously. "I don't have any reproductive barriers..."
"Get lost."
Fang Mo almost kicked her. "I'm making a World Tree here, not some weird fantasy tree. If I accidentally create a Tree of Lust, can you even handle the consequences?"
"Fine."
She pouted but, after some thought, spoke again. "I can help, but you have to promise me something."
"You can help?"
Fang Mo looked at her, surprised.
"If I help, you have to kiss me!" She demanded eagerly, "You're an adult, you have to keep your word!"
"I'll kiss you eight hundred times if you want."
Fang Mo responded without thinking.
"Deal." The pink-haired devil wasted no time. She moved toward the Essence Berry Bush, and soon, a dreamy, sweet aura emerged from her small body as her pink heart-shaped eyes began to glow.
"You!"
She pointed at the Essence Berry Bush. "Start blooming!"
A pink chain shot from her fingertip and disappeared into the bush. Almost immediately, the bush began to writhe unnaturally.
"Are you kidding me...?"
Fang Mo was stunned.
"Hurry, more blood!" The pink-haired devil turned to Fang Mo. "Like before!"
"Got it."
Fang Mo snapped out of it and quickly poured more blood.
After several buckets of blood, the bush squirmed like a mass of worms, as if resisting something. But eventually, it succumbed to the devil's power and reluctantly produced a tiny, golden-green flower, barely the size of a grain of rice.
"Now!"
The pink-haired devil shouted.
Fang Mo didn't need any prompting. He immediately brought the flower over and completed the pollination.
At the same time, the pink chain binding the Essence Berry Bush shattered, and the tiny flower withered.
But at that moment, the plant Fang Mo had been working on finally completed its final transformation.
Upon inheriting the bush's traits, the seed in Fang Mo's hand turned into a glowing orb the size of an egg. It didn't even look like a plant anymore. Instead, it resembled a fully-realized Minecraft XP orb, glowing gold and green, as if it were alive.
Without hesitation, Fang Mo tossed the orb onto the ground and activated the Arcane Ring.
The earth trembled.
A colossal tree shot up from the ground, towering into the sky, its canopy reaching the heavens, its roots plunging into the abyss. The infinite sky was completely shrouded by its immense crown.
The World Tree.
Was born.