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Ying and Paimon were discussing what snacks to make, Yu Jin ran to the trunk of the golden tree in the distance and did something unknown, while Lance Shanks and Albedo...
They seem to be prying the bark?
"Hey! What are you two doing?" Lisa ran over. She didn't know about Albedo, but Lance Shanks was as troublesome as Ember.
"So... so hard!" Lance Shanks squatted on the ground, his white and slender fingers embedded in the cracks of the golden tree's bark.
She exerted force with both hands, as if trying to tear off a piece of bark from the golden tree. However, no matter how hard she tried, the bark of the golden tree did not move at all.
Invariability is the most important characteristic of the Golden Rule, which is also vividly reflected in the Golden Tree.
If the law had not been changed, it would have been extremely difficult to change the golden tree, regardless of whether the change was external or internal.
"Collecting research materials." Albedo glanced at Lisa, then took out a small chisel and started prying the bark with Lance Sanx-san.
But it was obvious that in front of the golden tree that even Lance Shanks's power could not harm it in the slightest, Albedo's small chisel did not leave any mark on it.
"Hey, I don't believe it!" Lance Shanks rubbed her fingertips which turned red from excessive force. She was going to get serious.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" Lance Shanks pushed Lisa and Albedo who were gathering around him. Then a flash of light passed by, and Lance Shanks' arm turned into a huge dragon claw.
And her whole body flew up with the support of the dragon claws.
"Hiss!" Just as Lance Shanks was about to swing her claws hard, the bark under her suddenly cracked and flew out.
"Bang!" The bark fell next to Lance Shanks's dragon claws and shook slightly, causing Lance Shanks to fall into silence.
"Where is your dignity as a member of the golden clan?!" Lance Shanks complained loudly as he looked at the golden tree bark emitting golden light next to his dragon claws.
The Golden Tree said he didn't want to talk, and threw a few pieces of "dead skin" at Lance Shanks.
These "little dead skins" are small for the current golden trees, but this is not the case for Lance Shanks.
"Ah!" After Lance Shanks revealed her dragon claws, her body was out of proportion to the claws. She was now just supporting herself with the claws, just like walking on stilts, but the stilts were replaced by dragon claws.
Now Lance Shanks was hit by the bark that popped out from the golden tree and lost his balance. He fell straight down after a scream.
"Pfft! Xiao Huang, you're going to take revenge on me when you grow up, right?" Lance Sanx regained her human form and jumped out of a pile of huge tree bark. She spat out the sawdust in her mouth and said angrily.
After saying that, she stomped her feet hard. Unfortunately, Lance Shanks's stomping on the ground was powerful enough to split mountains and rocks, but it didn't even leave a footprint on the golden tree.
Just as Lance Shanks was stamping his feet, Yu Jin came over. He patted Lance Shanks on the head and said, "Alright, stop torturing Xiao Huang. We need to keep him mentally focused from now on!"
"Concentration? Does this tree really have its own consciousness?" Paimon, who was standing by, exclaimed in surprise after hearing what Yu Jin said.
"Didn't I show you a performance before? How come you forgot it so quickly?" Lance Shanks rubbed his head. Could it be that Paimon is still very forgetful?
"That can be called consciousness? I thought it was the same as kittens and puppies!" Paimon spread his hands and said.
Maybe in her eyes, what Lance Sanx showed her before was more like an animal show, except that the performers changed from animals to plants.
But soon, Paimon regretted her idea because a thin vine had entangled her body unknowingly.
"Ah——" After a scream, Paimon began to move irregularly in the air.
"Hurry... stop! I'm... sorry!" Paimon was flying in the air at a speed that was impossible for her to reach, and apologies were heard from time to time.
However, the golden tree only shook Paimon for a while before stopping. It was not really angry, it was just playing a joke on Paimon.
"Uh..., so... so many people." Paimon's eyes turned into mosquito-repellent eyes. She was a little confused and couldn't tell who was who.
"Tsk, Lance Shanks doesn't bother you anymore, so you start bothering others again?" Although Yu Jin said this, there was no blame in his tone.
Seeing the Golden Tree so energetic, Yu Jin was also happy. It seemed that his blood was not shed in vain.
After saying that, Yu Jin lowered his head. His eyes passed through the branches of the golden tree and the sky, and saw the bulging roots of the golden tree on the ground.
"Look at your roots, they grow like a ball of wool. Listen to me, dig your roots down along that white honeysuckle tree!"
Chapter 208 Whispering Underground
2023-10-03
"Stab! Stab it hard down there!"
On a branch of the golden tree, Embers passionately directed the golden tree how to take root.
In fact, he was just talking about it, and the specific operation still depended on the Golden Tree itself. After all, Ember had never been a tree, so he didn't know how to grow.
So he could only cheer for the Golden Tree.
About a kilometer away from the embers, the earth that had not been silent for long roared again.
The huge golden tree roots that ran through the entire Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain began to wriggle. They were originally exposed above the ground, but now they have all drilled into the ground.
One after another, bottomless pits appeared on the surface of the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain, making people worry whether this ancient mountain range that has stood for who knows how long will collapse.
Fortunately, this worry is unnecessary. The golden tree only has its main roots deeply rooted in the ground, and other tiny roots are growing in the shallow layer.
If someone could chisel open the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain, they would find that the mountain was already filled with dense roots of large trees.
The stability of the mountains is even greater than before! At least there is no need to worry about disasters such as landslides happening on the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain.
What? You said that it would never rain in Longji Snow Mountain, and there would be no landslides? That's fine.
The rumbling of the earth continued, and the entire snow-capped mountain was shaking.
The honeysuckle tree also noticed something was wrong. In fact, it already had a bad feeling when the huge "predecessor" grew on the top of the mountain.
But it has no legs, so it can't run away even if it wants to.
Now the honeysuckle tree can only pray silently in its heart, hoping that the huge "predecessor" will not grow roots on its side, as the child is still very young and has not eaten enough.
Unfortunately, the honeysuckle tree's idea was doomed to fail, because the tremors of the earth showed no signs of abating, but instead became more intense.
It could even feel as if something was moving beneath the ground.
Then, its roots beneath the ground were touched by something. It wasn't just as if, there was something beneath the ground!
"You... you are so white." A voice suddenly sounded from the slightly remaining will of the Honeysuckle Tree, and with the voice came endless golden color.
However, the Honeysuckle Tree did not react at all. After all, it had just been rescued from the ice by Ying, and its consciousness was limited, so it could not make any moves at all.
"God... God said, take root... take root, follow... follow your roots, take root." The golden tree did not care about the silence of the honeysuckle tree. The only words in its mind now were those that the embers said on the branches.
The honeysuckle tree suddenly felt that it was wrapped up. Countless roots gradually entangled with the pale roots of the honeysuckle tree, and they were growing downwards along their own root system.
"So... so full, here's one for you... you can try it too, it's something to eat." The golden tree suddenly thought of something, and its roots began to penetrate into the roots of the honeysuckle tree.
As the roots penetrated, a warm current began to flow from the roots to the trunk of the honeysuckle tree.
Under this warm current, some silvery spots began to appear on the few forks of the honeysuckle tree. They were its new buds.
The Honeysuckle Tree had a flash of inspiration, and its consciousness became more solid than before, and its thoughts became clearer.
It knows what to do.
The roots of the honeysuckle tree also began to grow under the nourishment of the golden tree. However, unlike the golden tree, the roots of the honeysuckle tree did not grow randomly like the golden tree. It carried the roots of the golden tree and drilled deep into the earth with a purpose.
However, due to the size of the honeysuckle tree and the fact that it had just awakened, the pure white thin roots had a hard time moving forward underground.
The golden tree naturally noticed this, and began to drive its taproot towards the direction of the honeysuckle tree.
This time, the roar and tremor were not just on the ground. Deep in the earth, these two noises came together with the huge roots of the golden tree.
The huge tree roots were like a rising earth dragon, crushing all the rocks and minerals wherever they passed.
The pure white and tiny roots of the honeysuckle tree can finally grow freely deep underground.
In this way, the honeysuckle tree was responsible for guiding the direction, and the golden tree was responsible for paving the way. These two completely different trees were moving towards the same goal.
As the depth increased, some strange changes seemed to occur underground, and this change was reflected in the honeysuckle tree, as the roots of the honeysuckle tree began to become illusory.
If before its roots were just whiter than those of ordinary trees, now they have nothing to do with "tree roots" at all.
Now the roots of the honeysuckle tree are more like white streams than tree roots.
A white stream with many branches, extremely slender, and able to flow underground.
The roots of the honeysuckle tree stopped, waiting for the golden tree to change. The next journey is not accessible to tangible things.
Invariability, or stability, is the characteristic of the Golden Tree, a characteristic that was personally imprinted by the Supreme Will when it was created.
Only eternal stability can enable the Golden Tree to assume the responsibility of being an executor of the law.
Now, this characteristic seems to have become an obstacle, an obstacle to moving deeper.
But it is different from the previous golden trees. It is watered with the blood of embers.
The golden tree will only change its form along with the law when the law changes. The law is the embodiment of the rules of the world, and the blood of the embers is the pigment that is enough to create the world.
"Boom!" A small flame suddenly appeared underground between reality and illusion.
The fire brought light and cleansed the shape of the golden tree. The flame was small, but it burned quickly.
Wherever it passed, the solid wooden roots of the golden tree that glowed with a hint of golden light disappeared, and were replaced by pure gold.
The golden roots are now like this space, between reality and illusion.
When the honeysuckle tree saw this, the white stream continued to flow deeper into the water.
The golden tree didn’t know how long its roots had been there, and now the underground could no longer be called underground.
There was no soil or darkness here, and the sky was filled with pink and white light, like an infinite independent space. At the same time, there was no physical resistance in the advancement of the roots.
But it was more difficult to move forward here than before, because the friction was replaced by some kind of turbulence.
The golden tree tasted it through its roots, and it seemed to be human memory. It can be eaten, but God said not to eat it.
Then the Golden Tree vomited out these memories again. The golden light on its body became even brighter, and now those flowing memories could no longer affect it in the slightest.
The roots of the honeysuckle tree disappeared the moment they entered here. Apart from the pink and white, there was only the golden light of the golden tree.
Not long after moving deeper, Golden Tree saw something appear.
That was also a tree, a pure white tree. Maybe even bigger than this one.
The roots of the big tree are also white. Its roots crisscross and spiral, eventually connecting with the pink and white space that the golden tree had just passed through.
The strange thing is that this tree grows upside down, which makes the roots of the golden tree and the roots of the big tree face to face. It is a very strange scene.
But just as the Golden Tree was curious, it suddenly sensed a disgusting smell. The unpalatable food that God fed it tasted like this.
At this time, the Golden Tree discovered that underneath the dense roots of the Big White Tree was a trunk with a black center.
The black color corroded the tree trunk, and its breath was wild and chaotic, as if it wanted to corrode the entire tree.