I am the Clone of a Death Row Inmate

As if sensing what Su Ze was thinking, the Mother Tree said, ”I am a wondrous item. Without someone to wield me, the power I can unleash is limited. Legendary-tier threats cannot harm me, and even God-tier ones would find it difficult to destroy me. However, that does not mean I can defeat them, and I do not wish to fall into their hands.”

”Then... can I use you?” A thought flashed through Su Ze’s mind.

’If the Mother Tree is a wondrous item, then it can’t be a mere Tier Six one. It must be at least God-tier. If I could wield it, wouldn’t that mean I had a God-tier wondrous item at my command?’

”I think it will be very difficult, but you can try.”

”How do I try?”

”First, exit the range of the Oasis.”

Hearing this, Su Ze immediately withdrew from the range of the Miracle Oasis.

He watched as the countless animals and mutated beasts in the Oasis, as if having received some command, retreated out of the Oasis in droves.

It had the air of monkeys scattering from a fallen tree.

After all the mutated beasts had exited the Oasis, the branches and leaves that enveloped the entire Oasis began to tremble, creating a rustling chorus.

Then, all the Spiritual Plants within the Oasis began to shrink. Their leaves and flowers all withered and fell as their branches and stems contracted into the soil.

In just a few breaths, not a single Spiritual Plant could be seen in the entire Miracle Oasis.

After that, the Mother Tree’s own branches and leaves also retracted. Its thick main trunk shrank, growing shorter and thinner.

Atop the Mother Tree, the Emerald Spaceship came into view.

All the dense foliage had vanished, replaced by the spaceship embedded in the top of the trunk.

A moment later, Su Ze watched as the Mother Tree shrank smaller and smaller. The Miracle Oasis, which had stood in the desert for over three hundred years, completely disappeared, leaving behind only the vast yellow sand and a... scepter?... stuck in a dune.

Su Ze flew over and looked at the wooden scepter before him. It looked a bit short, as if half of it had been broken off. Overall, it was plain and simple, looking as if it had been made from a casually broken-off thick branch.

The only part that wasn’t plain was the verdant green gemstone at the top of the scepter.

Needless to say, this gemstone was undoubtedly the transformed Tree Spirit Race spaceship.

’No wonder the Mother Tree said the spaceship was a part of her.’

Su Ze pulled out the scepter, held it in his hand, and weighed it. It was as light as a feather.

He sent his Spiritual Power into it and easily entered the gemstone’s interior, seeing everything inside the spaceship. The gemstone was simply the Tree Spirit Race’s spaceship, shrunken down; everything inside was unchanged.

If he had to point out a change, it was that there seemed to be even more Spiritual Plants inside the spaceship. All the Spiritual Plants that had been growing in the Oasis had been transferred inside.

Su Ze tried to communicate with the Mother Tree. ”So, besides its storage function, does this scepter have any other effects?”

The Mother Tree’s spiritual fluctuations emanated from the scepter in response, ”It has many functions, but I am currently in a damaged state, so there aren’t many abilities that can be used.”

When he heard the Mother Tree say it had ”many functions,” Su Ze had a bad feeling. He had already seen quite a few of the scepter’s clever uses.

And usually, the more miscellaneous, hodgepodge functions a wondrous item had, the weaker it was in terms of offense.

”My greatest function is purification—purifying all negative statuses, including poison, disease, curses, and so on. In addition, the wielder will gain the Plant Affinity ability, allowing them to mobilize nearby Spiritual Plants to a certain extent to help you fight, and even provide you with various support effects.”

”Currently, these two are my main combat-related abilities.”

”Also, considering the large gap between your evolution level and mine, the cost for you to use me will be staggering.”

Su Ze fell silent after hearing this.

’It’s not completely useless, I suppose, but its utility is limited. Its uses are just... rather situational.’

’The ”purification” effect could be crucial when needed. As for the Plant Affinity function, its use on Blue Star is limited. It’s too dependent on the environment.’

’High-tier Spiritual Plants are already rare on Blue Star, with only a few Tier Six Spiritual Plants. I’d have to lure the battlefield near a Tier Six Spiritual Plant just to use this function.’

’Might as well carry it for now...’ Su Ze put the scepter away.

’When the people from the Alien Party come to attack tomorrow and find the Miracle Oasis gone, they’ll probably be dumbfounded.’

Next, Su Ze made some pre-war preparations. He relocated everyone from the Oasis Commerce Association to the Dongli Kingdom.

Then, he and Mr. Ya took the Magic Cube to the Western Continent and brought all four Supremes from the Wol Family and the Stu Family to the Lin Hua Continent.

As for the other Hegemons from the two families, Su Ze didn’t bring them over, as they wouldn’t play a crucial role.

Frank, Craig, and the other two were also bewildered. They wondered why Su Ze, who had just left a short while ago, was already back to drag them into a fight.

’Is this how it works? We pledge allegiance today, and he’s dragging us to the battlefield tomorrow?’

The four of them instantly felt they had backed the wrong horse.

Su Ze also knew this was a bit unreasonable. He rewarded them with some resources to appease them and finally positioned them on the border between the Dongli Kingdom and Luofan Country.

When the fighting started tomorrow, having four Supremes charge into Luofan would be enough to give them a serious headache.

After finishing all this, Su Ze returned to the Blue Star Party headquarters in Xinghuo City with Mr. Ya.

”The Miracle Oasis has been relocated. The Alien Party won’t find their target tomorrow and might strike elsewhere,” Su Ze explained the situation to Chen Suifeng and Mr. Ke.

Chen Suifeng analyzed, ”Within the Lin Hua Continent, their targets are none other than the Great Desert Kingdom, the Dongli Kingdom, and the Ancient An Country. But if they want a proper pretext for war, their only option is to attack the Ancient An Country. Crusading against the Filth Earth Organization is a perfectly justifiable reason.”

Su Ze nodded. ”I’ve already had Pulamon request aid from the Filth Earth Organization. I don’t know if they can hold out. If things get too desperate, we’ll just have to sacrifice Pulamon.”

The Filth Earth Organization wasn’t a true ally; they just shared a common enemy with the Blue Star Party. But they themselves were also traitors to the humans of Blue Star.

And while the legendary puppet Pulamon was useful, once Su Ze also became a Legendary, Pulamon would no longer be so important.

”My fear is that they won’t choose the Filth Earth Organization as their target, or not *only* the Filth Earth Organization,” Mr. Ke sent via voice transmission. ”The Alien Party’s goal this time is to force our hand and eliminate us. If they attack the Filth Earth Organization, we can choose not to get involved. So they will definitely think of other ways.”

”For example, finding an excuse to attack the Great Desert Kingdom, the Dongli Kingdom, or even an important figure... like you.”

Su Ze nodded. ”Then we can only watch their movements tomorrow and react accordingly.”

He took out the scepter transformed from the Mother Tree, removed the Emerald Spaceship from the top, and handed it to Chen Suifeng.

”Mr. Fen, I had the Mother Tree grant you pilot access to the spaceship. Tomorrow, you will pilot it, take the Blue Star Party’s top combatants, and track the Alien Party’s movements to respond at a moment’s notice.”