In this space tunnel where it is impossible to distinguish between up, down, left and right, Lu Xiao could only record the time of her fall through the time recording function of Focus.
No more, no less, exactly 30 minutes and 15 seconds, Lu Xiao finally broke out of the monotonous space tunnel.
"Boom!"
Landing steadily, Lu Xiao made a thick sound different from falling to the ground when he stepped on the ground.
This regularly undulating ground is made of wood and covers a very large area.
Lu Xiao saw the distant scenery from the air. These woods should be the roots of the World Tree, and the terrain descended from east to west.
"It turns out that the World Tree really exists. I thought the so-called World Tree was just a special system that connects nine parallel worlds."
Lu Xiao's golden eyes looked into the distance in the sky. A huge tree trunk with no end in sight stood at the far end of the horizon.
According to legend, Nidhogg stayed at the roots of the World Tree and gnawed at its roots in order to corrupt the World Tree.
The spectacular scene in front of him made Lu Xiao doubt the authenticity of the legend: "How big does Nidhogg have to grow to bite off the roots of a tree in his lifetime?"
"Haha~"
Joking laughter came from the distance behind Lu Xiao: "I don't want to eat this dry and nutritious thing. I'm just absorbing the magic power of the World Tree."
"call!"
The violent sound of breaking wind came from the distance, and a black dragon that was more than three times larger than Fafnir glided in from the distance.
"boom!"
The huge black dragon landed heavily on the ground, walked slowly in front of Lu Xiao, lowered his head and looked at him with vertical pupils.
"Sure enough, although you are not of the bloodline of our Western dragon, you do have the dragon factor in your body."
Lu Xiao was almost blown away by the air that naturally spurted out from the black dragon's nostrils.
"Nidhogg?"
"it's me."
"Well, can we keep a safe distance? I'm worried about being sprayed to the sky by you."
"Huh huh huh~"
Perhaps because he hadn't interacted with anyone for a long time, Nidhogg was in a good mood. Lu Xiao's half-joking words made him laugh in a low and cheerful tone.
"Pa~"
Lying on the ground and crossing his two front paws, Nidhogg put his head on it and turned his head slightly to Lu Xiao without using his nostrils.
"Is this okay?"
Lu Xiao sat cross-legged in front of Nidhogg, raised her head and looked at his left eye and asked: "Nidhogg, I don't like to beat around the bush, so I asked directly."
"Why did you invite me to the roots of the World Tree."
"Before I answer your question."
Nidhogg seemed to ask with deep meaning: "What do you think of the infinite reincarnation of the nine realms?"
A look of astonishment appeared on Lu Xiao's face: "You know?"
"Ha~ Of course I know."
"The reincarnation is in the nine realms within the scope of the World Tree, and the roots are not so strongly affected."
"Although I will also be restricted by the rules of reincarnation, my memory has not been specially blocked and the memory of each reincarnation has been retained."
Lu Xiao asked out of pure curiosity: "How many times did the Nine Realms reincarnate in Ragnarok?"
"Let me think."
Nidhogg's eyes showed a look of memories: "It seems like... 215 times?"
"……ha?"
Ragnarok is a cycle of thousands of years. Lu Xiao's expected answer was a dozen or at most thirty times. Nidhogg's answer far exceeded his expectations.
"So many?! How do you persist in a world of infinite reincarnations when you retain all your memories?"
Nidhogg said nonchalantly: "The reincarnation of the world has nothing to do with me. Regardless of whether it reincarnates or not, I will live here to absorb energy."
"However, recently I have become tired of this same boring life and hope to find new excitement."
"This is why I invited you here. I hope you can break the cycle of Ragnarok and welcome the unknown new world."
Lu Xiao speculated that there is no World Tree in the so-called new world.
This mother tree nourishes the creatures in the nine realms, but it also brings a lot of troubles and problems to the nine realms, with both advantages and disadvantages.
Lu Xiao still doesn't know why the reincarnation of the nine realms was started. His question was answered here by Nidhogg.
"The Twilight of the Gods means the end of the World Tree and the decline of the gods. The new world will be dominated by mortals."
"Just like Odin is reluctant to part with his right to rule the nine realms, the world tree consciousness that has initially sprouted spiritual wisdom does not want to disappear so soon."
"Driven by a small selfishness, the World Tree focuses on the twilight of the gods that leads to its own destruction, and there is an infinite cycle between the period when it first sprouted spiritual wisdom."
It is nothing new for the world to have consciousness. Gaia in the moon-shaped world is a similar existence.
Maintaining one's own survival is the instinct of all living things. This idea was the first thing the World Tree was born with when its spiritual intelligence was still immature. This led to the infinite reincarnation within the World Tree system.
Lu Xiao rubbed his eyebrows thoughtfully: "Do you have a way to end the reincarnation of the world?"
"Yes." Nidhogg said jokingly: "But I guess you also have your own plans, so I won't say more here."
Just like Ymir's divine body and soul will turn into nutrients that nourish all things, even if the World Tree is unwilling, the creatures living in the Nine Realms will eventually need to move on and break away from the cradle of the Mother Tree.
Being trapped in a closed-loop time structure will only turn the Nine Realms into a pool of stagnant water that cannot flow, and sooner or later more serious problems will arise.
"Nidhogg, will you help us?"
Lu Xiao sincerely promised the giant black dragon: "As long as I can defeat the overly controlling Odin, I promise to break the time loop of the World Tree."
"To achieve this goal, we need more assistance."
"Um……"
Nidhogg hesitated: "I..."
"Buzz~buzz~"
The sound of flapping wings like cicadas came from above Lu Xiao and Nidhogg.
"Hey~ As expected, I'm here this time too."
Nidhogg shook his head helplessly, sat up straight and took a deep breath.
Red and black dragon's breath flames spurted out from his mouth, turning all the uninvited guests who came in groups into flying ash.
Lu Xiao saw the attackers' true bodies in a flash: "That's not..."
"Yes, light elf."
After eliminating a wave of enemies, Nidhogg did not sit back on the ground, but continued to look at the sky and explained: "They will find me every reincarnation."
"They say they want to purify the thick sores of the World Tree, but in fact they just want to monopolize the energy-rich magic nodes at the roots of the World Tree."
Lu Xiao raised his eyebrows. This was the first time he heard that the light elf was actively pursuing something.
"Does Odin know about this?"
"Of course I don't know."
The second wave of light elves was about to arrive, and Nidhogg curled his lips: "With Odin's greedy nature, once he knows that there is inexhaustible magic power in the roots of the World Tree, he will definitely find a way to take it as his own."
Own."
"Every time the light elves reincarnate, they hide their actions from Odin. This time they seem to have some internal problems, and the frequency of attacks has dropped significantly."
'Light elves, variables, Kratos...I understand.'
Just when Lu Xiao thought he could easily defeat the light elves in this reincarnation, hundreds of light elves with wings on their backs escorted a beam of pure light and a strange device approaching from above.
Nidhogg was a little stunned: "No, Eternal Light has moved out. I have never seen this before."