The poplar tree in front of me does not look like poplar tree.

The original poplar tree had twisted and winding branches and grew a little curved. The poplar tree in front of me became straight and tall and straight.

There are huge differences between the two in wooden structure.

The original poplar trees are known for their perseverance and stand firm in the desert wind and sand. The wood has high toughness but average hardness.

Today's poplar trees not only further improve their toughness on the original basis, but also have sharply increased their hardness.

When Lu Li reached out and folded a piece of the branch, he clearly felt the hardness and toughness like steel bars.

The wood on the broken branches is smooth and dense, and is more round and delicate, denser and harder than the texture of sandalwood.

In terms of wood alone, the new variety of poplar trees is already the top hardwood material.

In addition to the general purpose of wood, such wood can be used to make furniture and various woodware, and can even be used as steel plates.

The hard and tough, dense and round poplar wood board is lighter than steel, but has stronger strength, hardness and toughness than steel. It is good to build cargo ships, warships, aircraft carriers, and nuclear submarines, and is more resistant to seawater corrosion than steel plates.

More importantly... Lu Li felt an energy similar to true qi on the branches of the poplar tree.

There is very little energy radiated, and most of the energy is absorbed by poplar euphratica and used for the growth of the tree itself.

Lu Li had long expected this, but he didn't find it strange.

Adding the spiritual root gene to the poplar gene, the new species of poplar tree is always absorbing light radiation and generating biochemical energy, which is exactly the same as the source of true qi.

Lu Li smiled and shook the poplar branches in his hand. The magic power was poured into the branches, which was very transparent and smooth, and the magic power was extremely conductive.

This thing... can already be regarded as a kind of spiritual wood!

The mana conductivity is extremely high and the mana affinity is extremely strong. It is very suitable for making wooden talismans, wooden magic weapons, and even wooden swords.

Of course, Lu Li doesn't need to use these things to refine any magic weapon. Instead, he is a little worried about whether this "spiritual wood" will bring any problems.

If the "popular spirit wood" emerged and the "resurrection of spiritual energy" was launched in the real world, it would not be what Lu Li hoped to see.

"Test it first."

Lu Li picked up the broken poplar branches and walked into the virtual laboratory to test the poplar branches.

During the experiment, Lu Li first virtually created various animals and asked them to eat the leaves of poplar spirit trees.

Lu Li discovered that animals that consumed the leaves of poplar spirit wood and digested and absorbed the biological energy, or "spiritual energy" generated in the leaves, will improve the physical fitness of these animals.

If consumed for a long time and is nourished by "spiritual energy" for a long time, these animals will become stronger and have better physical fitness, but... they cannot break the limits of genes.

It's okay! It's okay!

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As long as the genetic limit cannot be broken and other animals are not allowed to generate spiritual root genes, it will not have much impact.

Lu Li nodded slightly, and felt a secret relief.

Next, Lu Li began to study the impact of poplar spirit wood on humans.

In addition to eating the tender leaves of poplar spirit wood, Lu Li also virtually created various poplar spirit wood products, such as tables, chairs, sofa beds, etc., which are used to observe the impact of poplar spirit wood on the human body.

Like animal experiments, eating leaves of poplar spirit trees will nourish and improve people's physical fitness.

This improvement is comprehensive and has a great nourishing effect on kidney function.

So... the poplar leaves in the future will probably become a nourishing product that is deeply loved by middle-aged and elderly men!

The effect of making tea with poplar leaves is much stronger than making wolfberry!

Lu Li smiled and shook his head. You can do whatever you want, as long as you don’t pick all the leaves.

As for those spiritual wood products, the scattered spiritual energy radiation is relatively weak, and the nourishing effect is much worse than eating leaves directly, but it can still eliminate fatigue and nourish the spirit.

No negative effects were found, and the positive nourishing effect was not too outrageous. There would be no "resurrection of spiritual energy" and would not cause turmoil in the real order.

No problems were found yet.

Now we need to see if large-scale planting of poplar spirit trees will lead to qualitative changes from quantitative change!

Lu Li walked to the vast desert where the virtual came out, looked at a poplar spirit tree growing in front of him, smiled, and waved his hand, "Virtual poplar spirit wood forest!"

A flash of light, the vast desert in front of you turned into an endless forest of poplar euphratica for several years.

Populus euphratica trees stand tall in the desert.

The dense branches and leaves are like umbrella covers, with huge trunks of more than one meter in diameter standing straight and tall. The original vast yellow sand has turned into a green forest.

Judging from the virtual scene, the poplar spirit wood made by Lu Li does have the ability to transform and green the desert.

With these poplar spirit trees to prevent wind and solidify sand, over time, soil will be deposited on the yellow sand ground and eventually turn into fertile soil.

Lu Li nodded slightly. It has now been confirmed that this gene editing experiment has been successful.

Now we have to see if this huge spiritual wood forest will bring too much "spiritual energy".

Lu Li shook his body, flew into the air, and floated in the middle of the Lingmu Forest.

Releasing his soul, Lu Li clearly felt that in the vast forest below, countless poplar spirit trees were radiating with spiritual energy.

Although the spiritual radiation radiates from a single poplar tree, the total amount of spiritual radiation in such a huge spiritual wood forest is still amazing.

But... if the spirit gathering formation is not used to collect these spiritual energy radiation, the spiritual energy is scattered in an area of ​​hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, and the overall spiritual energy concentration is still very low.

In this environment, the original desert plants will grow faster and grow better. The animals will also gain some nourishment and will have better strength and physical fitness. Apart from that, there is nothing special.

If it is a human, you will only feel that the air in this place is very fresh and comfortable.

The spiritual radiation of poplar spirit wood dissipates will not have much impact on the world.

Lu Li secretly calculated that unless the planting area of ​​poplar spirit trees covers 80% of the world's area, there will be no qualitative change caused by quantitative change and "resurrection of spiritual energy" will occur.

Eighty percent of the world's regions are planted with poplar spirit trees? This will never be achieved.

Because...the land area only accounts for 29% of the total area of ​​the earth. All the full-planted poplar spirit trees on land still cannot reach the critical point, which is too far away.

"Then it's OK!"

Lu Li virtualized all the effects of poplar spirit wood, confirming that there would be no problems with poplar spirit wood.

In virtual experiments, Lu Li even virtually produced poplar spirit trees all over the world. Each spirit tree has three thousand years of age, and its branches and leaves cover the sky and the sun, covering the earth with the extreme state. A virtual rehearsal was conducted, but no problems were found.

Even in the extreme state, there was still no "tree demon" and no "spiritual energy recovery" appeared.

Waving his hand to close the virtual laboratory, Lu Li showed a smile on his face, "Farming in desert? No, I plan to plant trees in desert!

In fact, the experiment just now has proved that Lu Li can use spiritual root genes to transform other plants. Even if it is used to transform corn and wheat, it is not a problem. It can really achieve desert farming.

But... there is no problem making tea from the leaves of poplar and spiritual wood. Eating "ling rice" and "ling wheat" every day may cause quantitative change and qualitative change, and a "spiritual energy recovery" will really occur!

Even if the probability is low, under a huge base, a certain "supernatural awakening" will inevitably be born under the long run.

It is better to take the technological route in the real world, so there is no need to use extraordinary routes that emphasize individual abilities to influence the real order.

It’s better to plant trees in the desert!

Lu Li picked up the communicator and summoned Assistant Tian, ​​"Old Tian, ​​come to my office!"

"Here you come!"

Assistant Tian hurried into the office and said to Lu Li: "Professor Lu, what instructions do you have?"

"I'm going to do research in the northwest desert and find me a place to stay there!"

Assistant Lu Li Chaotian said: "No need to prepare a high-end laboratory. I mainly do the cultivation of desert plants. As long as I have a place to settle down."

“Desert plant cultivation?”

Assistant Tian laughed, "Professor Lu, are you planning to farm in the desert as you said online?"

I just finished farming in the ocean, and now I am going to farm in the desert. Next time... are you going to Antarctica, the moon, or Mars?

"It's not farming, it's planting trees!"

Lu Li smiled and said, "Forget it, farming in the desert, farming in the ocean is enough, so it's better to plant trees! Planting trees is good!"

Planting trees is no different from farming, right?

Assistant Tian nodded, "I'll contact the above immediately. When will you set off at the earliest?"

"In a week, I have to do some experiments first."

Lu Li is preparing to complete the gene editing experiment to be done in Fudan's laboratory, and then he will take the poplar seeds that have finished the gene editing.

"OK!"

Assistant Tian agreed and hurried out to report Lu Li’s request to the higher authorities.

"Professor Lu is going to the northwest desert?"

When the leader received the news from Assistant Tian, ​​he couldn't help laughing, "Our Professor Lu is really going to farm in the desert."

"Professor Lu said that it is not farming, it is planting trees!" Assistant Tian explained.

"Everyone can plant trees, it's no different from farming."

The leader smiled and nodded, "Desert control is a great achievement that benefits future generations! Gold and silver mountains are not as good as green waters and green mountains. Professor Lu's research is beneficial to the present and future generations!"
To be continued...