Chapter 343
Chapter 344 Uprooting the Peace Tree
“This area-turn it into farmland.
Finished
“Caspian, divert a flowing water source for irrigation. Then locate groundwater and dig a well.
“Search the surroundings for potatoes, kudzu, yams-anything viable. Transplant them directly. If there’s wheat or rice outside, even better.
“Nighthowl, help till the soil. Alwyn, cast Verdant Bloom.
“Oh, and wasn’t there talk about ostriches? Raise them. Protein will depend on them from now
on p>
As everyone got to work-
Alwyn activated Verdant Bloom, causing all surrounding flora to undergo rapid evolution.
It wasn’t just the sweet potatoes and tubers; even the Peace Tree began to grow at an explosive
rate.
The massive tree actually started to blossom.
Soon, the buds withered and gave way to fruits, each growing to the size of a large watermelon.
Joanna stared at the giant tree in surprise.
The fruit suddenly burst open.
In the next instant, countless snowy-white, translucent grains rained down from the sky- smelling and tasting exactly like high-quality rice.
And at that moment, Joanna finally noticed something.
The Peace Tree had an HP bar.
Under Verdant Bloom’s accelerated growth, the bar steadily climbed until it reached 100 p>
“Congratulations. You have cleared: New Hope Base Defense (Level 45-Hell-tier p>
“Clear Time: 8 hours 42 minutes 21 seconds.
“Would you like to save the current record? Current team: Decennial Team p>
“Save p>
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“Dungeon Rating: SS p>
“You have obtained: Peace Tree Sapling (Diamond Tier p>
“New Hope Base Defense (Level 45-Hell-tier) has been reduced to (Level 40-Nightmare-tier p>
“Peace Tree Sapling (Diamond Tier): Once cultivated into a full Peace Tree, it produces Peace Rice (Diamond Tier). Consuming it grants +1 to all attributes. Long-term effect.
“Note: Unique item to this dungeon p>
She had literally looted their Peace Tree.
Dungeon settlement complete.
The NPCs vanished.
All that remained was the rustling Peace Tree and the crops Joanna had prepared and planted
for them.
Despite it being only an eight-hour dungeon, seeing the scene empty out left Joanna with a lingering sense of melancholy.
She recalled a post she had once read about a professional who fell in love with a dungeon NPC during a seven-day clear.
He went mad with longing and spent the next two years repeatedly entering that same dungeon, living out a cycle of love within those seven days.
Just as he thought he could live that way forever, the dungeon’s resources were exhausted, and the Space Alliance shut it down.
The pro had spiraled into insanity. He traveled to the dungeon’s point of origin only to discover it had existed for 400 years-transitioning from an Abyss-tier raid down to a Common-tier instance before finally dissipating into nothingness.
“I suppose the Peace Tree storyline won’t exist anymore after this, right p>
Since Joanna had achieved an SSS-rank and taken the tree, the original giant Peace Tree would likely disappear.
Leaving it behind felt like a waste,
With a quick gesture from Joanna, Nighthowl understood immediately. He used his spatial powers to cut into the earth, encompassing a 320-foot radius.
-foot ra
Then, the massive Peace Tree was physically uprooted and pulled into the Stellar Dominion.
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Chapter 344 Uprooting the Peace Tree
Even the remaining sweet potatoes and tubers weren’t left behind; frugality was, after all, Joanna’s traditional virtue.
Once everything was secured, Joanna finally stepped out of the dungeon.
Outside the portal, the crowds had dispersed.
Finished
Saul had left, and Marlon and the others had long since returned to training-after all, the dungeon had lasted a full eight hours.
Only Ned remained in the lab.
His attitude toward Joanna was now incredibly polite, bordering on fawning.
“Joanna, would you be interested in joining our laboratory? Your contract beasts’ healing abilities are truly remarkable.
“Nighthowl has moonlight healing, Caspian has water-based skills, and Alwyn has solar-based healing that can even target botanical organisms. This combination is far too unique.
“If you collaborate with us, the experimental products we could produce would grant you financial freedom.
“Also … did you take the Peace Tree during the settlement? It looks like a completely new species p>
Noticing the thinly veiled greed in his eyes, Joanna gave a cold refusal.
“Mr. Skeldon, I have my own company and can handle my own sales. I don’t believe I am required to hand over the resources I’ve earned to your lab, am I p>
“No, of course not!” Ned replied quickly, his reason barely suppressing his avarice.
“Good. Has Sophie come out yet p>
“Not yet. She’s still healing the Peace Tree p>
Ned pointed to a holographic projection in the air.
Because this was a competition, the dungeons had been synced for visual broadcast.
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