"Please get in the car, everyone, if you don't mind."
"Thank you."
As a country that values etiquette, even the method of taking Fisher and the others back was very interesting. Lu An ordered several other deer people to go outside the forest to get carriages and horses. Their deer people generally don't need carriages and horses.
Everything is prepared for other races.
Outside the forest where Fisher and the others landed before was a wider forest, as if the entire continent was an endless jungle, but relatively speaking, the distance between these trees was not as close as before.
After thanking them, Fisher and his party got into the car. Asuka Karasawa turned her head and secretly looked at the many deer people accompanying them outside. Some of them were amazed and turned back to Gelsemium and Fisher.
asked,
"They are deer people... So are there humans and horses in this world? Or fox people or dog people or something..."
"Yes, but not on this continent."
The person speaking was Gelsemium, and Fisher had discovered before that he was very familiar with everything in the Tree Continent, which seemed to be related to the so-called "medical exchange" he had come here before.
Karasawa Asuka nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then asked,
"Then... won't the horses and men be angry when they see us using the carriage? I mean, seeing us using the horses as tools..."
Gelsemium opened her mouth and was speechless. Heller next to her held her stomach and laughed, which made Asuka Karasawa feel a little embarrassed. She seemed to realize that she had asked a stupid question and leaned against the corner of the carriage.
Fisher didn't even look up and just asked her,
"Are there monkeys in your world?"
"It's all in my era, let alone hers." The one who spoke was Mikhail Yin'er, who looked fierce but expressionless. Tang Ze nodded in agreement with his statement.
"Do you get angry when you watch humans forcing monkeys to perform?"
"Well, only if it's a panda, because they are really cute. I heard that every Chinese person has a panda..."
Although he didn't know what a panda was, it was probably for this reason that Fisher didn't speak any more and just kept this incident in his mind silently as a clue that might be related to the contributor.
Ever since the exchange with Heller, she had become strangely quiet. She seemed to be moved by Fisher's inner thoughts, and no longer asked him about his interest in Asian women, and just looked at the scenery outside.
Fisher didn't ask any more questions. He suddenly wanted to confirm something, which was about the nature of completing the manual.
Still remember what I mentioned before, the completion manual cannot be seen by others other than the owner of the completion manual, but the higher the rank, the more vaguely they can feel their existence, such as the first time Fisher and
When Eliog met, she smelled the smell of two completed manuals on her body, and suspected that she was the Life Minister, so she returned to the research institute with her.
Looking back at the first encounter between herself and Renee, she could directly see the completion manual she owned, indicating that her existence should be higher than the mythical level, and the noun "power" she mentioned seemed to imply that
She is said to be a deity hidden in the spiritual world.
Currently, Fisher knows that there are two gods from the spiritual world, one is the unknown scarlet mist, and the other is the Mother Goddess who once bestowed magic on humans. The symbol of the Mother Goddess, the "Moon", he often dreams about,
This was especially the case when Renee was around. Fisher felt that Renee was inextricably linked to the Mother Goddess. He also doubted the oaths Renee was currently abiding by, the oaths with the gods, and the intervention of the Mother Goddess.
Myths about war.
So, the current nature of the completion manual is that it can only be seen by beings at the god level and other owners of the completion manual, while beings at the mythical level can sense the aura of the completion manual, but they still cannot see it.
The question Fisher wants to verify now is that if all the completion manuals come from the Creation Society founded by Asuka Karasawa, can she, who has not yet learned magic, see the completion manual? As the first cardinal's suspicion, can she see the completion manual?
Where is Mikhail?
Fisher calmly took out a little of the Soul Completion Manual hidden in his arms and spread it out in his hands. By the way, he chatted with Asuka Karasawa about the deer call she just saw, the female deer race.
Both Karasawa, Asuka and Mikhail had looked at him, but in Fisher's secret observation, they were not aware of the completion manual they were holding in their hands.
Not to mention Gelsemium, he didn't even feel anything before reaching the level of mythology. Heller was beyond Fisher's expectation. She seemed to be the same as Gelsemium, not sensing anything, only being quiet.
He hummed a little tune and looked at the scenery outside the window.
It seems that Karasawa Asuka and Mikhail are still abiding by the rules when they forged and completed the manual, so he can now safely check the relevant matters.
He first carefully passed over the teardrops of the World Tree and the items Renee gave him between them. With a little bit of golden light twisting, several lines of illusory subtitles of the same style as Mikhail gradually appeared in front of his eyes, and
The page numbers in the book also automatically flipped to a new page, and a new line of titles appeared.
【Deer race】
[Please select the research individual: 0/1]
[Bindable objects: Lu Ming, underage female deer race]
Fisher was ready to consider binding without much hesitation. He was going to rely on the given sequence system to pry open this corner of the past, because he gradually discovered that the entries written by the authors in the completion manual sometimes revealed something useful.
message, for example, this is the case in the north.
Binding.
He thought so in his heart, and his body was well prepared to fight the pain, but the illusory text in front of him just flashed, and a new line of text appeared,
[Binding successful, congratulations, you have unlocked the DLC (additional content available for download): Partial information of ‘Shadow of the World Tree’]
?
As always, Fisher couldn't understand the extravagant content of these weird words left by the author, which seemed to be the vocabulary of a different world where she lived, but he understood that some brand-new functions seemed to be unlocked now.
[The World Tree that perished in the First Life War is still standing on the earth. The Phoenix species that entered the North before the Chaos species invaded reality are still crawling under her huge shadow. But now, those who traveled through time and space came here.
You have also entered the land where she is rooted...Of course, there will be more demi-race women waiting for you]
[You have unlocked a new sub-human race sequence, unlocked earlier material rewards, and unlocked all ancient clues panels]
The first two are not difficult to understand, but the third...
He seemed to have seen the so-called "ancient clues" once and only once before, that is, in the cave left by Jasmine's mother Scrophulariaceae at the bottom of Lake Nali. When he saw the crown worn by Scrophulariaceae, this so-called
The prompt appeared once, but never appeared again after that (Volume 2, Chapter 134). He thought there was an error.
Now it seems that this is not the case, but because the things he encountered before were not "ancient" enough, and only Scrophulariaceae's crown could barely be considered?
Had Scrophulariaceae been born in such an early era? Or was it that she inherited the belongings of her elders when she left the crown at the bottom of Lake Nali?
Both are possible, and Fisher is not sure, but he prefers the latter. He will ask about Gelsemium genus when he has the opportunity later.
Fisher returned his gaze to the illusory subtitles in front of him, and watched as a new line of labels floated out of the bound deer race,
It's this kind of strange label again. Fisher might have complained about it at first, but now he seems to be used to it.
After finishing these things, Fisher did not relax. He glanced at everyone who was resting around him, and turned the page back to the previous page, recording the location of the demon species.
Yes, Fisher had some doubts since he knew that the Demon Seed did not exist now. The first thing he thought of was Emhart. After all, he had been imprisoned by Baimen for so long, so he should know about the Demon Seed.
Very deep; the second thing is that when he unlocks the serial tag, the demon species has a tag.
He had completely read the comments on many labels at that time, and he might be able to get more secrets about this "post-birth race" from the comments on these labels by contributors who completed the manual.
【Demon Species】
[Mythical Species], [Destruction of Heaven and Earth], [Royal Family’s Choice], [Immortal Species]
He had read about the other three labels, [Royal Choice], and knew that this sequence label contained those demi-human races. The meaning of the other two labels could be known from the literal meaning, but only this one [Destruction of Heaven and Destruction]
地】Somewhat confusing...
Little by little, his consciousness came into contact with the label of [Destruction of Heaven and Earth]. As a little bit of golden light flashed, the message contained in the label also burst out.
[Destruction of Heaven and Earth: They believe in chaos that is not tolerated by the world and gods, so like the masters they believe in, they are a symbol of danger and destruction, and possess unimaginable power]
[Included races: Demonic race]
[Because there is only one race in this column, there is no sequence reward]
Under the illusive golden subtitles, what is different from other sequence labels is that there is an additional line of red eye-catching warnings,
[Contributor’s note: Please be careful with ‘%@#%&￥’]
Looking at the familiar, unrecognizable garbled text, Fisher opened his mouth, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, as if he couldn't understand why the garbled text appeared in front of him.
First of all, we must rule out that what the contributor wrote is garbled code, otherwise she would have no meaning in writing this sentence. So, what will she write here?
The name of a person? The name of a race? The name of a concept?
Last time Valentina's race was garbled, it was entirely because she was not a complete Phoenix, so there would be a deviation when treating her as a complete individual. However, here is the author's personal annotation, but it still appears.
Garbled code...
Of course, there is also a possibility that the name she wrote was interfered by external forces, so she was unable to show her true appearance in front of her.
So, what is the external force that can interfere?
Fisher no longer paused, but slowly closed the bag and put it in his arms, and then slowly leaned against the wall of the carriage, gradually integrating his messy thoughts with the silent environment in the carriage.
...
...
"There are so many trees here. There must not be such big trees on earth..."
The person speaking was Asuka Karasawa. Although she was still very reserved at ordinary times, after all, the people around her were quite kind. This period of getting along with her also allowed her to slowly let down her guard, and she became a twentieth-century person again.
Most young people look clear and stupid.
Like a primary school student taking a campus bus for a trip, she looked excitedly at a giant tree getting closer and closer in the distance. The giant tree was about a hundred meters long, although it was far inferior to the illusory tree on the edge of the continent that was as huge as the planet.
World Tree, but to her it is already a rare and beautiful sight.
"indeed."
Mikhail also made a rare speech, but unlike Karasawa Asuka who simply admired it, he seemed to be thinking about how to sustain such a huge tree.
"That is the capital of our Chun Kingdom. Under that tree is Uncle Chun's palace. And that tree is not simple. It is a giant tree transformed by Uncle Chun's deceased elders. We have to go to the palace every year to offer sacrifices.
"
"Hey, a giant tree transformed by an elder?"
Not only Asuka Karasawa, but Fisher, who had been thinking hard and couldn't find the answer, also opened his eyes and looked out the car window at the deer-like Lu Ming who was talking to Asuka Karasawa. She seemed to be just like Karasawa.
She was very young and green, but because of her words, she felt shy even when people in the car looked at her, so she shook her deer hooves and hesitated,
"Well, my father and mother told me so...my grandparents also told me so."
Fisher was a little surprised. After all, the elven species are a mythical species. They are high-level subhuman species created by the world tree with the power of life. They should be immortal species like the angel species, but it seems that this is not the case now, so he
asked,
"Elf species can also die? They are mythical species, aren't they immortal species?"
Hearing Fisher's question, Lu Ming's stuttering became more and more serious. For a long time, he couldn't reply to Fisher's words. Gelsemium next to him took over the topic with a smile and answered for Fisher,
"To be precise, the elves are also immortal species, but they are not almost immortal like the angel species. Their lifespan is about twice that of the ordinary whale species, which can live for about three to four thousand years on the seabed.
But on the shore, they can only live for a few decades before they run out of vitality, while the elves can live for seven or eight thousand years, and they will die after their lifespan is over. This is completely different from the angels..."
At the end of the sentence, Gelsemium glanced at Heller, who had been keeping quiet but didn't seem bored at all. For some reason, Fisher actually felt that being quiet in the car for half an hour was a very abnormal behavior for her.
, and as the protagonist angel in the topic, Heller also smiled and waved his hand, admitting to himself,
"Yes, I am an old immortal~"
I don't know who this was said to.
Gelsemium then continued,
"According to legend, elves were created 11,000 years ago, and the angel race was probably born during that period, so in theory, most elves have gone through an iteration. That's why elves, as mythical races, have to
The establishment of 'rituals' is also preparation for their unique iteration mechanism. The children of elves will inherit everything from their elders, including titles, fiefdoms and even names..."
Fisher seemed to have discovered a blind spot. He asked Gelsemium elegans,
"But you said before that it is difficult for mythical species to produce heirs, so their iteration should be theoretically unreasonable."
Gelsemium smiled and nodded, but at the same time pointed at the huge tree in the distance,
"That's right, and this is also the reason why they plant trees...'Li' attaches great importance to funerals and sacrifices. After an elf dies, other elves will use his body as raw material to plant a tree on him and die.
The elf's body will be absorbed by the big tree, decomposed, and then become extremely strong. Until after four springs and four summers, and four fruits, a new elf will grow from the giant tree that grows from the corpse of the ancestor.
Come out of the tree as his [descendant]."
Fisher opened his mouth and suddenly realized something, but before he spoke, Gelsemium seemed to realize what he wanted to say and spoke first,
"You guessed it right, this process actually bypasses the normal birth process of life. The souls of the elves did not return to the spiritual world, and their bodies did not die. Instead, the giant trees planted by the elves produced a
A new cycle. The soul is still that of the elf, but it has been cleansed without any memory; the body is also the body of that elf, but the appearance and gender will change..."
Gelsemium raised her hand and drew a circle in mid-air, showing everyone the miraculous culture of the elves.
“The elves call this process [reincarnation], the dead elves are [predecessors], and the newly born elves are [posteriors]. The two seem to be one but not one, just like a cycle, seemingly unchanged but full of energy.
New content is constantly being produced. This is the reason why the "rituals" formulated by the elves attach so much importance to sacrifices and funerals. In their eyes, the cycle of life is important and irreversible. Understanding this is very important for understanding the thoughts of the elves.
and culture are important.”
"There are many cultures similar to this. The so-called 'what goes up and what goes down' means that although other beings in the Tree Continent die and plant trees on them and will not be reincarnated, all races do this here; they worship their ancestors and pass on their inheritance.
The wisdom and experience left by our ancestors..."
"Well, of course, there are some bad things. For example, they like to eat the fruits of trees transformed by their relatives. I have tasted one. It was a little fishy and not very tasty."
Gelsemium was speechless and her expression became bitter, as if she was recalling some bad memories.