Chapter 404 What would you choose?

Chapter 404 What would you choose?

World Tree Foundation Research Institute.

Zhan Ji Lingma was called over by the staff again. The reason was that a powerful energy fluctuation suddenly came from the forest, but the investigators did not find anything unusual at the scene.

Originally, this matter should have been notified to Takatora Wudao, but the staff could not find their project director.

"Is it an alien?"

Zhan Ji Lingma frowned and looked at the surveillance footage.

The staff shook their heads and said, "We haven't found any traces of high-level aliens. We are not sure if they are the hip-hop knights outside."

Speaking of Street Dance Knight, Zhan Ji Lingma's eyes moved. He moved the mouse and clicked on the surveillance footage from some time ago. After looking at them one by one, he found someone's figure in the forest.

Looking at those Heim's underworld plants spontaneously appearing around the man, and then him picking up the fixed seeds all over the ground like opening a blind box, Zhan Ji Lingma couldn't help but smile with interest.

"Why……"

Zhan Ji Ling Ma murmured with burning eyes: "Can you use the power of Helheim Forest?"

In fact, in the early days of the establishment of the Helheim Underworld Research Group, Zhan Ji Lingma had already discovered that the power of Helheim could be controlled by humans, but that experiment did not completely succeed.

But even so, it is enough to prove that there must be a divine power in this forest that can dominate the world!
Just when he was feeling excited, Sid came in from outside carrying a safe. After taking a look at the situation in the command room, he went into the conference room at the back.

Seeing his appearance, Zhan Ji Lingma raised his eyebrows slightly, then came to the conference room and found a chair to sit down opposite Xi De.

"How's it going, Sid? Did the A-level alien locking test go well?" Zhan Ji Lingma asked with a smile.

"Those little brats are really useless."

After complaining, Cid smiled strangely and said, "However, Wudao Guihu's strength is really good. There are rumors that the captains of Gaim and Baron are now missing. It seems that he is really dealing with those little ghosts!"

...

The rumor in Sawame City that "the plant viruses that infect the people are caused by monsters summoned by the hip-hop group" is getting more and more serious.

The public spontaneously organized protests against the activities of street dance groups, and even began to attack and expel members of each dance group, causing those young people to worry about being attacked when they walked on the streets.

Naturally, I can no longer dance.

Members of each dance troupe could only stay in the base and worry. They wanted to find their captain to discuss countermeasures.

However, not only has the captain of the Gaim Team disappeared for a long time, but the current person in charge, Kota Kuzuya, is also missing. Core members Mai Takashige and Mitsumi Wudao cannot be contacted either. This makes the team the hardest hit by this incident.

Now that locked seeds merchants no longer provide locked seeds, the once popular "Alien Game" seems to be about to become silent.

——On the surface.

Because West Germany is still secretly providing each small dance troupe with fixed seeds that can summon aliens.

The ranking of the Alien Game still exists. The Gaim Team took first place directly in the last game, and the other small dance teams are naturally unwilling to fall behind.

So he encouraged that group of ignorant young people to continue summoning aliens, continue to tear open the cracks in the underworld of Helheim, and then put all the blame for the world being invaded by monsters on the hip-hop group!
——This was the countermeasure that Sengoku Ryoma and Xi De secretly discussed without telling Wu Dao Guihu.

If Helheim continues to grow at this rate, it will take about ten years for the Earth to be completely covered by forests, and they don't want to wait that long.

The two people in the conference room looked at each other meaningfully.

Zhan Jiling leaned against the long table and smiled: "Gui Hu's strength is of course the most reliable~"

Cid sneered disdainfully: "So do you think that he will be the person chosen by Helheim Forest in the end?"

Zhan Ji Lingma, with an unclear expression, did not respond to this, but turned his head to look at the door of the meeting room. Then a young woman in a professional suit walked in with a smile.

This is the secretary who often follows Sengoku Ryoma. Although he belongs to the World Tree Consortium, he is actually Sengoku Ryoma's subordinate.

Zhan Ji Ling Ma then said meaningfully: "During this period of time, Yaozi will act with us."

"Oh~"

Sid looked at him with a twinkle in his eyes: "It seems that you have already made a choice in your heart."

Many people want to obtain the power of Helheim.

The people who founded the World Tree Foundation are eager for it, and the people who work inside and know all the truth are also coveting it. But before that, Zhan Ji Lingma only wants to support Wu Dao Guihu to obtain this power.

Therefore, even if Xi De had an idea in his mind, he would never be able to compete with Wu Daoguihuo's power, so he could only lie dormant in the dark.

But if there wasn't that wall above his head...

Sid couldn't help but smile and stood up and said, "In that case, I will cooperate with you no matter what you do!"

After saying this, he picked up the locked safe and quickly left the meeting room, so as to avoid laughing out loud due to the ecstasy in his heart.

——Takatora Wudao is such a fool for turning away a good hand of cards!
Zhan Ji Lingma narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Xi De's back, then retracted his gaze to look at Minato Yoko, who understood and put the computer she brought in front of him and turned it on.

The lit screen displayed the scene of the Red Heat Street Dance Troupe's base, but because of the monitoring angle, after the battle, only Gaim and Zangetsu could be seen chasing the giant Lion Alien out of the warehouse.

Zhan Ji Ling Ma's gaze lingered on the melon energy armor for a moment before he looked at the vines captured in the corner of the screen.

"Takahiro has been following this guy recently, saying that he would personally deal with those hip-hop knights. I'm afraid he was affected by this reason."

"I'm sorry, professor, I can't find any information about this person. He seems to have appeared suddenly." Minato Yoko said embarrassedly.

"Maybe it has something to do with Helheim Forest. After all, ever since he appeared, strange things have always happened in the forest~" Zhan Ji Lingma said, stroking his chin.

"Do you need me to investigate?"

"Of course, but now I suspect that Takatora may have already known about the 'fruit'."

"That……"

Hearing this, Minato Yoko was a little hesitant.

Zhan Ji Lingma didn't say anything else, just watched the street surveillance footage playing on the screen, and saw the extraordinary power displayed by the melon energy armor in the hands of Wu Dao Guihu.

A satisfied smile appeared on his face: "Sure enough, the power I created is the most powerful!"

Only after the two men finished their battle, undid their transformations, and disappeared from the street surveillance again did Zhan Ji Lingma slowly stand up.

"I will implement that plan after I confirm it. After all, Guihu is a man I have always been optimistic about!"

"I understand, Professor Lingma."

Minato Yoko nodded and left the meeting room.

After turning off the surveillance screen, Zhan Ji Lingma entered a password on the computer and opened a banned folder.

This is the research and development drawing he once drew——

An apple locks the seed.

Recalling the scene of the man controlling the underworld of Heim in his mind, Zhan Ji Ling Ma raised the corners of his lips: "I just don't know...how does your power compare to it?"

“I’m really looking forward to it~”

……

……

After leaving Helheim Forest, Takatora Wudao brought Kota Kuzuba to the office of the World Tree Foundation.

The so-called "place more terrifying than the fallen civilization" is just a video stored in the computer, a fact that Kuzuya Kota must accept no matter what. "The humans who turned into monsters will only hurt more people. If you didn't fight at that time, you would be the ones killed by him."

"So you once gained hope thanks to your friend's sacrifice. If you want to deny this fact, then despair of yourself for surviving at that time."

"Don't get in the way anymore."

"..."

When Kawahara came back, Kuzunoya Kota had already left the World Tree Group. He was so distraught that he even forgot to ask about the situation of Mai Takashige and Mitsumi Wudao.

Kawahara glanced at the surveillance screen on the computer.

That was the opportunity for Kota Kuzuba to become "Gaimu" - the captain of the Gaim Street Dance Troupe, "Yuya Kakui", bought the Sengoku Driver from Cid, and was bewitched by the other party to enter the underworld of Heim to find the lock seed.

However, Kakui Yu could not withstand the temptation of the fruit. After eating the fruit of the underworld of Helheim, he was backfired and turned into an alien.

Kuzuya Hirotaka, who rushed over, was unaware of the situation. He accidentally picked up the Sengoku Driver and accidentally turned into "Gaimu". He directly killed Kakui Yuya who attacked them as a monster.

This is an irreversible tragedy.

"By telling him this, do you think you can fundamentally undermine his will to fight?" Kawahara said calmly.

"He's a very fragile guy. Even without fighting, this incident is enough to turn him into a soulless shell." said Takatora Wudao.

"It's true that he's fragile, but it's also easy for people like him to stand up again. Gui Hu, you're doing this because you have some expectations of him, right?"

Kawahara suddenly said this.

Wu Daoguihu did not respond, but after a moment of silence, he asked: "What do you want me to do after I get the "Golden Fruit"? "

It seemed that this issue had never been discussed before.

He only knew that there was a fruit in the forest, and whoever got it would gain the power to control the entire underworld of Helheim, and the person in front of him wanted him to be the final winner.

So after selecting him, what do you want him to do?

Kawahara asked back: "So what would you like to do after getting the golden fruit?"

Although during his time at the World Tree Foundation, Wu Daoguihu had gradually confirmed what he was going to do, he still pondered for a while at this moment.

After a long while, he finally answered, "I will use this power to stop the Helheim Forest from eroding the Earth. At the beginning, I didn't know about the existence of the golden fruit, so I just thought that saving some of the human race would be enough. But now, as long as I get this fruit, perhaps the entire Earth civilization will no longer have to worry about being swallowed by the forest."

Kawahara looked at him and said calmly, "You can't do it."

Wu Daoguihu was slightly stunned when he heard this.

Kawahara raised his hand, and even though the rift in Helheim's underworld had not been opened, vines still snaked out along his arm.

"Because after you merged with the Golden Fruit, you became part of the Helheim Forest. As long as you exist, the forest will continue to cover it. Even you cannot stop this power."

"how come……"

Wu Daoguihu opened his eyes wide in shock, as if the hope in his heart was shattered. He staggered back and leaned against the desk.

This time, Kawahara was not exaggerating.

Using the "Golden Fruit" to gain power comparable to that of the gods always comes at a price.

After all, this is a test for the entire civilization. Reaping the fruits is only the second step. The truly important final step is how to lead the entire civilization to evolve to a new stage.

Bai Ya failed, so his civilization was eventually assimilated by the underworld of Helheim.

So what happens when humans gain power?
Once upon a time, a certain god firmly believed that human beings were ignorant, barbaric, despicable and narrow-minded, and that after possessing power that did not belong to them, human beings would only bring about their own destruction.

Although facts proved that the other party was partly right, the humans in that world finally passed the test.

So what about the humans in this world?

Whether Takatora Wudao decides to lead all of humanity to accept the power of Helheim or only selects a part of humanity to evolve, those who possess power will inevitably make different differentiations.

Can he still be sure that he is right by then?
Anyway, there is already an example of failure.

Kawahara did not intend to tell Takatora Wudao about the choice that Kota Kuzuya would make. Different people will make their own choices based on different wills.

And maybe Kuzuya Kota in this time and space will also make a different choice?
Kawahara suddenly felt that the human beings in every world seemed to have a long way to go.

His mind was in a mess, and at this moment, Wu Daoguihu, who had been silent for a long time with a dazed look on his face, suddenly raised his head again.

It is hard to tell what emotions were contained in those eyes, but at this moment they were as deep and heavy as an abyss. Kawahara was even stunned, and vaguely felt that Wudao Guihu seemed to have made a decisive choice.

"I still want to ask you..."

Wu Dao Gui Hu looked at him and said, "You want me to get the golden fruit. What do you want me to do?"

Kawahara turned his eyes away and said, "This is your choice. I will only guide you and help you get the golden fruit. The final decision is still yours."

"That means you won't stop me from doing anything I want to do." Wu Daoguihu asked again in a voice devoid of emotion.

"Why do you ask that?"

"..."

Wudao Guihu looked at him steadily: "Because... although you do dislike those foreigners, you also have a certain tolerance for humans who have become monsters, right?"

Kawahara didn't respond for a while, and the expression on his face seemed to be frozen.

And Takatora Wudao turned his head to look at the computer on the table, looking at Yuya Kakui who had become an alien after eating the fruit of the underworld of Heim.

He whispered, "But I have made up my mind a long time ago - I am willing to bear this sin."

Perhaps this sin is too numerous to count.

- Those who entered Heim's underworld to explore, the experimenters who locked the seeds, the hip-hop knights who were involved in collecting data... and the humans who became aliens.

Regardless of whether the purpose of all this is to save the world, this is the choice that Takatora Wudao has made time and time again.

He must be convinced that he is right.

If he couldn't stop the erosion of Heim after using the "Golden Fruit", then he knew what choice he should make.

At this moment, a faint smile suddenly appeared on Wudao Guitora's face, and he answered Kawahara's previous question.

"So my expectation for Kuzuba Kota is to see what choice he will make in this matter. If his choice is the same as mine, then I should be able to give up completely."

"Gui Hu, even if it's different..."

Kawahara looked at the scenery outside the window calmly: "Your decision after obtaining the golden fruit will not change."

Wu Daoguihu looked at him in a daze.

Kawahara had already turned around: "Don't worry, I won't stop you from making your choice, but the same may not be true for others. - I'm going to go out for a while."

No wonder he felt a bit fond of Wudao Guihu from the beginning.

Because the two of them are really alike, except that Wu Daoguihu has more decisiveness, or even more despair, than him.

...(End of chapter)