Zhou Yi called Ni Ge aside for consciousness synchronization communication.

This also gave him, as the director, some face to avoid undermining his authority.

"Chairman, we are indeed playing a game. However, it's used for treating Plant People."

Ni Ge gestured with his hands: "Currently, our company's technique for treating Plant People involves Cave People operating medical Usurper Worms, which are implanted into the brain, and then, with the aid of consciousness restoration at the hospital, the brain is reactivated, gradually restoring independent thought and integration with the outside world… But in the past two years, we have repeatedly tested and found some difficulties in the treatment itself."

"The first is that very few Plant People can be treated. I have requested Hei Fu to take me back there once every two months to find Plant People who can still be treated. However, thus far, we've only found four whose brains haven't been completely destroyed and can be treated."

"The second is the side effects."

"Shu Yumei is among those who have recovered the best, but she still shows some symptoms of acclimatisation issues. She often feels dizzy and short of breath, experiences intermittent internal bleeding, and in severe cases, falls into prolonged comas, even regressing into a vegetative Plant Person state."

"The medical department has conducted multiple comprehensive check-ups, but they couldn't find the cause. Not until Jue Mingzi advanced, using the computational power of the Light Core Level Mechanical Life, did we finally pinpoint the cause — a lack of Pan Tree Element."

"For Shu Yumei and others, it's essential, like oxygen is to humans. However, it's too sparse here. There are only eight Pan Trees on Earth right now, and the Pan Tree Element is severely lacking, which is why our office is here, because we can't move too far away from the Pan Trees. It's not only that the Pan Trees have it, but they also release it into the air."

Zhou Yi was taken aback: "But aren't you fine?"

"Because I am a normal Mud Tree Person, not a Plant Person."

Ni Ge explained: "After Shu Yumei and the others have highly integrated with plants, the number of symbiotic plants in their bodies increases, over 30% of their body is plant, causing them to require a lot of Pan Tree Element. It's very different from before, and they are greatly affected by the plant organs."

"I see."

Zhou Yi asked: "Do we currently have a solution?"

"To eradicate this issue, we need to plant Pan Trees on a large scale. But as you know, it takes Pan Trees hundreds of years to bear fruits that can grow into trees. They are very stable, but their growth cycle is extremely long."

Ni Ge, feeling somewhat helpless, said: "So, what we can do is collect more Dead Sea Fruits, extract Pan Tree Element from them, and then make it into special injectable hormones to treat discomfort and coma when they show symptoms."

"However, the number of Pan Trees and Dead Sea Fruits is still not enough. So, to resolve this fundamental problem, the only other solution is to extract Pan Tree Element from the environment on Jupiter or transplant Pan Trees and Sky-reaching Trees here."

"Unfortunately, this is not feasible for now."

"So we've hit a wall."

Zhou Yi thus understood the difficulties faced by the Mud Tree Civilization Department.

Hei Fu, such as the Light Core Body Black Thorn, is a locally born life on Jupiter, indeed able to roam there, but due to the sheer mass, it cannot transport the remaining Pan Trees or Sky-reaching Trees here.

Obtaining large amounts of Pan Tree Element would require setting up factories there to extract it from Jupiter's atmosphere, but current technology renders that impossible.

As Jupiter repels foreign life, the crazy Dave among the Moon People serves as a precedent. Even Light Core Bodies going there would have their consciousness crushed by the massive structure of that planet, turning into muddleheaded monsters.

"I am indeed playing a game with two colleagues, who are two of our department's five Plant People."

Under Ni Ge's guidance, Zhou Yi also noticed.

Those two employees wearing gaming gloves, wrapped in vines, covered by employee shirts from outside, appeared bulky, displaying a burly build.

The two individuals, one with hair like small braids of black-brown vines, and the other with bark-like skin from the neck down, are indeed Plant People.

"Through gaming, they can be stimulated to alleviate the discomfort of Pan Tree Element scarcity and stimulate the brain to secrete that, that…"

"Dopamine?"

"Yes, dopamine. Chairman, you know quite a lot."

Ni Ge nodded: "Dopamine can stimulate and activate the prefrontal cortex brain area, exciting them, and along with endorphins, it serves as a natural painkiller. Although there are physiological structural differences between us Mud Tree People and Earth humans, the hormones in this aspect are quite similar…"

Zhou Yi, however, had specifically looked into it.

Mud Tree people and humans both have humanoid physiological structures, which is no coincidence. Based on the continued research and analysis of the Seeder Ship over at Qing Liu and Qin Fu, it has been confirmed that the Ancient Plate Tree, this man-made Primordial Soup, also contains segments of human genetic information.

So, despite having evolved in different environments, Mud Tree People and Earth humans still possess high similarity.

"Facts proved that frequent gaming greatly helps new Mud Tree People alleviate physiological pain and reduce regression into ancestral Plant People. So every day, we play for two hours, now is game rehabilitation time, you can see it on our schedule."

Zhou Yi checked, and indeed it was so.

Then it's all fine.

Only then did Ni Ge wipe his sweat and let out a slight sigh of relief.

Zhou Yi directed his gaze to the building itself: "Why has this building been made into an indoor botanical garden? Is it for convenience?"

"Chairman, the indoor vines here are actually Tree Demons and adventure vines."

"Mainly adventure vines artificially bred through tillering, they are extremely useful tools."