Reborn as a tiger cub, I'm too weak, so I can only rely on self-discipline.

Chapter 138 is about to mature!

Sha sha...

Just as Cang Nian was distracted, he heard the sound of branches and leaves rustling nearby.

Turning around warily, I discovered that the evolved pine tree wasn't taking the opportunity to attack me, but rather using its branches to support two pine cones and presenting them to me.

"You're not trying to give me these ordinary pine cones in an attempt to make me give up destroying this special pine cone, are you?"

Seeing this, Cangnian began to have some doubts about the intelligence of the evolved pine tree.

Is this really the evolved pine tree that could understand the meaning of the fisherman's words before?

Doesn't it understand that only this special, enormous pine cone is useful to it?

But then, the Evolution Pine Tree did something else.

It moved two ordinary pine cones in front of the huge pine cone, then touched the huge pine cone with one of them, and then swung the branch supporting the ordinary pine cone up and down.

Next, it bumped another ordinary pine cone against the huge pine cone, and then swayed the branch supporting the ordinary pine cone from side to side.

Cang Nian keenly noticed the difference between the two actions and began to observe them even more carefully.

"Huh? These pine cones that are swaying up and down still have a bright green outer layer."

The pine cones swayed from side to side, their outer skins already dried and cracked.

Could it be that it's trying to say that large pine cones, like green pine cones, are immature?

Unlike dried, cracked, ripe pine cones, can't we eat them right now?

Seeing the series of actions of the evolving pine tree, Cangnian felt that he had grasped its meaning to some extent.

Zhizhi~!

At this moment, the little sable tugged at Cang Nian's fur, then approached the huge pine cone and twitched its nose twice.

Then, it looked at Cang Nian and shook its head.

The cries and body movements of the little sable are even easier to understand.

Just as the evolutionary pine tree demonstrated, the little sable also discovered that although the smell was wonderful, the large pine cone was not fully mature and needed some more time to develop.

"Wow! It's huge! Is it cooked? Can I eat it? Will eating this thing speed up my evolution?"

At this moment, the fisherman finally arrived, found a place to stand on the tree, and asked in amazement.

People living near the snowy mountains in Northeast China are naturally familiar with eating pine nuts.

Knowing that the faint fragrance came from these large pine cones, one naturally wanted to eat them.

Upon hearing the fisherman's words, the branches in front of the huge pine cone swayed from side to side, then from top to bottom, and finally, after a two-second interval, swayed from top to bottom again.

"It seems that this evolved pine tree is quite intelligent..."

Seeing the Evolution Pine Tree's actions, Cangnian nodded in approval.

Clearly, after living under its canopy for so long, this big guy has learned the meaning of nodding and shaking his head.

Therefore, it uses this method to express its own thoughts.

And the actions just now became very clear.

It was answering a series of questions from the fisherman.

The left-right swaying in the first segment is the answer to the fisherman's first question: Is it cooked yet?

The up-and-down swaying in the second segment is an answer to the fisherman's second question: Is it edible?

The third paragraph pauses before swaying up and down, which is the answer to the fisherman's third question: Will eating this thing accelerate evolution?

Now, Cangnian could rest assured.

The pine cones were not yet ripe, and the evolved pine tree did not object to the Cang Nian family eating them; otherwise, there would have been no need to answer the latter two questions in this way.

But it knew that this thing was not easy to grow, and it didn't know how long it would take to grow it again. Therefore, it wanted to wait until the huge pine cone was fully mature before letting Cang Nian's family eat it.

In this way, the effects of this product can be maximized.

"Can we continue to feed the pine trees evolution factors so that the pine cones grow faster?"

Wait... this doesn't seem to work..."

The fisherman, meanwhile, stroked his chin thoughtfully.

The fisherman longed to evolve to a higher level and become stronger.

Although he is now at the second tier, dealing with those first-tier evolved creatures should be easy for him.

But returning to Kangcheng will undoubtedly involve numerous hardships and dangers. His laws can only be used ten times in the short term, and even with Pipi's help, it may not be enough to handle all the crises along the way.

So when he learned that eating pine cones could promote evolution, he became excited!

Given Cang Nian's temperament, surely he would at least leave him a pine nut or two?

But halfway through his explanation, he rejected the idea himself.

The evolution factors that Cangnian collected were of the first tier, while the pine tree had already evolved to the second tier. Like Cangnian and the others, even if it consumed more first-tier evolution factors, it would have no effect.

"Grandpa Tree, how many days will it take for your pine cones to fully mature?"

Uh, how many times did the bright sun come out in the sky?

The fisherman asked again.

Even when asking, fearing the pine tree wouldn't understand, they used the sun, which the pine tree could refer to, to describe the time.

Upon hearing the fisherman's question, the pine tree paused for a moment, then its branches and leaves gathered together, supporting the pine cones one by one.

At first, there were five pine cones together.

Later, seven pine cones were together.

"Does this mean that you can't pinpoint the exact time, but it should be between five and seven days, Mr. Tree?"

Looking at the pine tree's expression, the fisherman pondered.

Shasha~!

Then, the pine tree swayed its branches up and down, expressing its agreement.

"That's great! We'll have the results within a week!"

Seeing this, the fisherman was quite pleased.

It would be very difficult for other evolved creatures to advance to the second tier using conventional methods within a week.

A week later, the pine cones ripened, and Cangnian's family ate them. They kept some for themselves and Pipi. Even if it was impossible to break through to the third tier, it shouldn't be a problem to move forward a bit more from the second tier!

While this won't change your superpowers, it will significantly improve your physical abilities!

By then, Pipi will have grown a size larger and its lightning will be even more powerful, which should be enough to cross the layers of jungle and return to Kangcheng!

Cangnian, having learned the approximate time it would take for the pine cones to ripen, was relieved.

The pine tree didn't object to its family eating the pine cones; the pine cones would ripen in just a few days, and everything was clear!

Since that's the case, all I can do now is wait patiently.

"Ow~!"

Then, Cangnian raised his head and let out a howl.

Okay, everyone, time to go to sleep!

Collecting evolution factors today took him a lot of effort and left him quite exhausted.

Now that the plan to tame the pine tree is complete, this enormous pine cone is about to mature, a truly unexpected delight.

Today's task has been successfully completed!

But just as he climbed down from the tree, his ears twitched, and he looked towards the dense forest not far away...

Suddenly, a roe deer poked its head out from the bushes and began to examine the pine tree.