Chapter 202 The Tree of Life in Spring

() "Have you figured out your identity now?" I asked again when I saw the congresswoman returning.レ♠思♥路♣客レ

The arrogant congresswoman who used to have a domineering attitude did not show any abnormal reaction after my words. She just looked at me calmly. After a few seconds, she suddenly said: "What do you want me to do?" What?"

"We will discuss the specific matters later. Now, first of all, we need you to help us understand what kind of sacred object the family is planning to obtain from the Dark Council?"...

The other party's eyes gleamed obviously after hearing my words, and I could tell that she was a little surprised. Part of me thinks this reaction is normal, but another part of me doesn't quite understand it. I can understand the reason for the twinkling in her eyes, and I can also understand her mentality, but the surprise is more strange. Why would she be surprised to hear me asking about sacred objects? What is she surprised about?

Although she showed some slight emotion, our congresswoman quickly eliminated all facial expressions, and then asked calmly: "Didn't you see the holy objects when you rescued me?"

Although this is a very common question, and many people have the habit of starting a sentence with such a seemingly useless question before officially starting the topic. However, our congresswoman is obviously not that kind of person. Moreover, I can sense from her mental fluctuation that she cares about the answer to the question. This phenomenon is very abnormal, because if it is just a casual question, normal people will definitely not care about the result. So, if she cares, it only means that this is not a simple casual question, but her real doubt. Reconnecting with her previous surprise, it can be roughly confirmed that the content of this question is the reason for her surprise. In other words, she was surprised that we didn't see the holy object. ..

This congresswoman would be surprised that we did not see the holy object. That means that normally the holy object should be with her, and if we rescued her, we should also save the holy object along with it, and This sacred object should no longer be on her person now, but she always thought it was with us before.

Taken together these findings. I started to speculate backwards. What can be included in the things that will inevitably be rescued together when rescuing people? Definitely not too big. And it cannot be something that can leave the body at will. So. There are only a few answers left.

A sacred object is either an item that can be stored close to the body, such as an accessory, or something that is worn on the body, such as clothing.

Generally speaking, jewelry and other things are more likely to become holy objects, but when we rescued her before, we didn't take away any jewelry-like things from her body, so the answer should not be jewelry. But if you exclude accessories, then all that is left is the clothes you wear.

After having such speculation. The armor that was ripped off from her when we rescued her suddenly popped into my head.

When we rescued the congresswoman from that rotten vegetable leaf monster, she was wearing a set of full-body armor, and not only was her gender wrong, but she didn't even match her occupation. Full-body heavy armor is definitely not what a priest should wear, not to mention that this is a weak elf girl. For her, a set of men's armor that is more than 1.80 meters tall can barely be worn and moved. That thing was definitely not her original equipment. Combined with her reaction just now, I understood immediately. The holy object is the armor we took off.

I remember that it took us a lot of effort to disassemble the armor. In the end, we had to use the equipment stripping properties of the Eternal to get the thing off. This shows that the armor is not extraordinary. After all, the armor that can be fixed on the owner's body without falling off after he is unconscious is definitely not an ordinary thing. It should at least be a high-level magic equipment. Moreover, the combat power of the rotten leaf monster was actually not weak. The reason why it was easily killed was mainly because the people on our side were too strong. It’s not that that thing doesn’t work. Otherwise, the members of the Dark Council would not have been attacked and wiped out.

This set of armor can protect the congresswoman inside even after the owner completely loses consciousness and persists until we find her. This proves that the properties of this thing are quite incredible. Generally speaking, it is considered good if the armor does not fall off after the owner is unconscious. He still has to resist in the monster's body until he is rescued. This is definitely an ability that only artifact-level equipment can have.

It is said that although I took off the armor of the congresswoman at that time, thanks to my habit of picking up rags, the armor was not thrown away by me, but was thrown away all over Fenglong Dimension. I often find a bunch of messy items in my Fenglong space. The reason is my obsessive-compulsive habit of picking up equipment. Although some equipment may be completely worthless to me, I will just habitually stuff those things into the Fenglong space, and if I don't pick them up at the time, I will feel weird in my heart for a long time, always I want to come back and pick that thing back up.

In fact, many players have my kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder. After all, the currency in "Zero" can be exchanged and used in real life, so low-level equipment will not be thrown away without value like in other games. After all, it is all money. Even if it's not valuable, few people are willing to just throw it away. In our guild, due to Fenglong, storage space has never been a problem, so players in the guild have a very serious obsessive-compulsive disorder about picking up equipment. It’s like a cat scratching their minds when they don’t pick up equipment.

Although obsessive-compulsive disorder is not a good thing, at least this time it can be said to be a good thing. Because of my obsessive-compulsive disorder, I didn’t abandon the armor that seemed very ordinary at the time, but threw it into the Phoenix Dragon Space. Now that I think about it, if it wasn’t for this obsessive-compulsive disorder, I probably wouldn’t have gone there at that time. Never mind that thing. After all, that thing was worn on Ms. Congressman at the time, and she was an NPC, so players probably couldn't use that equipment. In addition, the thing looked gray at the time, its shape was quite satisfactory, and it did not leak any magic fluctuations. Even if it was thrown at the city gate, few people would take a second look.

Now that I have guessed that the armor is a sacred object, I stopped talking in circles with that person and said directly: "The armor you are wearing is a sacred object, right?"

"How do you know?" Ms. Congressman obviously does not often engage in diplomacy and other activities. At least she is still a little different from spies and the like, so she does not hide her emotions very well, especially in such emergencies. Although she realized that she shouldn't do this just after shouting this sentence, she had already done it. At this time, she realized that it was useless, so she no longer struggled, but asked in frustration. :"How did you know?"

I didn't answer her question. Instead, he said: "Pay attention to your identity. I am the questioner now, and you just need to cooperate."

Although she wanted to say something else, the words were swallowed back, and the congresswoman finally nodded.

"Very good. It seems that you have a general understanding of the current situation. Let's discuss the details slowly." After I finished speaking, I said goodbye to the elves present. They still had their own things to talk about. As for the matter on the Black Elf side, we have now been given full authority to handle it. I plan to solve this matter now.

I was already planning to leave, but the Elf Clan leader stopped us and took us to the core area of ​​the Tree of Life. This place is located within the Tree of Life, and is quite deep into its core. Many high-level elves can be seen here, even in the previous battles, these people have never left. For the elves, the Tree of Life is an existence that does not allow any loss. Therefore, unless there is a crisis of genocide, the guard base here will not be mobilized.

After the patriarch took us into this huge core area, I first observed the surrounding environment. This so-called core area is inside the tree trunk and is surrounded by wood. The room is not very big, probably only the area of ​​three or four classrooms combined. However, the height of this room is relatively high, and the top is at least five meters above the ground. There is an upside-down cone in the center of the roof. This cone is not labeled and is not a whole. It is completely formed by seven or eight gradually tapering rattan-like structures intertwined with each other.

The surface of this upside-down vertebral body is not bare. But there are many green leaves spread out by God. At the very tip of the vertebral body, there is a slight upward curve, and a not very large pink flower blooms at the tip of this curve.

Although the overall shape of this beautiful flower is not much different from ordinary flowers. But its surface is shining with dots of light, and there are seven or eight golden stamens protruding from the center of the flower. Drops of transparent liquid are being secreted from the golden stamens, and then dripping into a small pool directly below the inverted cone.

This pool located under the inverted cone is not an artificial product, but a protrusion of a wooden structure growing from the ground, which looks like a shallow goblet. This one-meter-high pool already contains a pool full of transparent liquid. Although the liquid looked no different from water, I knew that it must be very precious. After all, it was the liquid secreted by the Tree of Life.

The leader of the Jingling clan asked us to wait in this room for a while, and then walked to the central pool and stood there for a while with his eyes closed. He didn't see what she did. Suddenly, the flowers above the pool fell inexplicably. This change shocked me at first, but when I saw that the elves around me didn't react at all, I felt relieved.

After the flower fell off, the place where the flower originally grew suddenly began to swell, and then it took only a few minutes to turn into a seed slightly smaller than a football.

The seed itself is emerald green, and its appearance has the same white flash points as the previous flowers, and strong energy fluctuations can be sensed from it.

After the seeds grew out, the Elf Clan leader reached out to catch it, and then the fruit naturally fell off and fell into the hands of the Clan leader. After catching the fruit, the leader of the Elf clan turned to us, walked back, and handed over the seed in his hand.

"This is the seed of the Tree of Life. After you choose a planting location, place it there, and then you need four mages with the ability to cast sub-forbidden spells to release single-target sub-attack spells at the same time. Forbidden spell."

"Huh?" I was shocked when I heard this request. The Second Forbidden Curse Body is terrifying enough, but it actually attacks a single target, four at a time. This power is concentrated at one point, even if it is a protoss, it is a question whether it can survive, but the leader of the elves actually asked me to use this magic to blast this seed. Are you going to plant trees or make popcorn?

The leader of the Elf clan knew why I had this expression, so he began to explain: "Don't be surprised. The seeds of the Tree of Life are unusual because they contain a large amount of life energy, so they are likely to be used as food by higher-level monsters for protection. For its own seeds, the Tree of Life has added a protective shell outside the seeds. The defense of this shell is so strong that the roots of the seeds themselves cannot break through the shell and germinate, so external forces are needed to help destroy the shell. Of course. Because it only needs to be destroyed Shell. Therefore, the secondary forbidden spell you release must be of the plasticity system, and the psychic system is useless."

I nodded and said, "Are there any other things to note?"

The leader of the Jingling clan thought for a moment and said: "There is nothing much to pay attention to. The tree of life is actually a super tenacious existence. Basically, as long as the seed breaks the shell, nothing can stop it from growing. So. , so a side effect is produced, that is, before it initially matures, all people within the growth range need to evacuate. Although the tree of life has high intelligence, its consciousness is in a sealed state during development, so it will appear as if it has no consciousness. The monster grows crazily, and whatever it comes into contact with during this process will be directly crushed and absorbed by it. Unless you have a god-level defense, the roots cannot stop it. The only solution is to leave the scene immediately after the seeds germinate. As long as If you avoid the three-kilometer radius, there will be no problem.”

I nodded and put away the seeds and said, "Okay, I understand. Let's deal with the problem with the black elves now."

"No, wait a moment." Persephone suddenly interrupted us, and then said to the Elf Clan leader: "I heard that condensed seeds are a kind of damage to the Tree of Life. Is this damage caused by the flower? Was it caused by the falling flowers?”

The leader of the Jingling clan looked back at the bare cone tip and said: "That is the flower of life. It is always in an open state. It can absorb elements in the space and transform it into vitality to nourish the tree of life itself. The condensed liquid is the life essence. Flowers. The Tree of Life can consume these life essences to breed seeds with different functions. But it is a pity. Once the flowers fall off, it will take almost a week to grow back. During this period, not only cannot the life essence be produced, but also A large amount of life essence must be consumed to allow the flower of life. This is why our elves will not give free seeds. It really has a great impact on the tree of life."

Persephone asked again: "Can I touch that place where the Flower of Life grows?"

The leader of the Elf clan looked at Persephone in surprise, and then thought for a moment before saying: "If you just touch it, there should be no problem. Although this is the core of the Tree of Life, it is also an organization that can regenerate. Therefore, even if it is completely destroyed, it will only affect the growth of the Tree of Life and cause it to be unable to be protected by us for a long time, but will not cause the death of the Tree of Life. Besides, the location where the Flower of Life grows is not very fragile, as long as If it’s not intentional vandalism, there won’t be any problems.”

Persephone said quickly: "I don't want to destroy it, I just want to see the life form of the Tree of Life. Maybe I can help her. You also know that I am the goddess of spring, and taking care of flowers and plants is what I am good at. thing."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the Elf Clan Leader and the surrounding Elfs immediately softened, and many people became excited. Maybe it's because Impelsephone hasn't spoken much and behaves very low-key, so many people have forgotten that she is actually a goddess.

After receiving permission, Persephone walked to the pool over there and stretched out her hand to place where the Flower of Life was blooming. The height of this place is only more than one meter, and Persephone can just reach it if she stretches out her hand.

As Persephone's fingers touched the place where the Flower of Life grew, we all saw a circle of green light visible to the naked eye suddenly rippled from the tip of the cone, and then like a shock wave, a circle The green light curtain in the circle ripples outward layer by layer in a spherical manner.

At first, the light shocked us when it shone out, but when the first layer of light flashed through, everyone was just surprised, because everyone felt the powerful life force contained in the light. In fact, this light is not only transmitted in this room. After the rippling light film spreads, it will ignore any obstacles and spread outward. No matter whether it is the human body or the building, there is no blocking effect on it. Moreover, any area swept by the light film seems to be accelerated by time. The turf on the ground began to grow wildly, and various plants twisted and climbed up and grew up as if they were alive. The speed was so fast that many people were even knocked over by the plants that sprouted from the ground under their feet.

Of course, this light is not only effective for plants. Animals are also affected. The most intuitive thing is the group of injured Elf soldiers who have just withdrawn. Just after the battle, there were still many wounded soldiers in the Elf Tribe. Due to the lack of magic power of the healing mage, these people could only endure the pain for the time being and use ordinary medicines to treat them. However, as the circles of light film passed by, Their bodies, those with minor injuries were healed directly. The seriously injured and dying person immediately felt no pain after the first light film was applied. After the second light film was applied, the seriously injured person could already do it. After the third and fourth light films were applied, the person immediately died. I have completely recovered, I don’t even feel tired, and I am in great spirits. Even some life mages with keen senses actually find that their bodies are rejuvenating. The aging body structure is transforming into that of a young person.

"Are you kidding me? My body...!" Compared to the people outside, the elves in the core area felt it more clearly. This light film seems to gradually weaken with distance, so the elves in this room feel particularly strong. They can almost see that their physical features are rapidly getting younger, which is really amazing.

Fortunately, the green light suddenly stopped after rippling for more than a dozen times. Then, a small area where the Flower of Life grew suddenly bulged, and then rapidly grew and expanded. It turned into a bud in seconds. Then it took another ten seconds for the bud to become the size of the previous Flower of Life. Then suddenly it bloomed and returned to its previous state. Of course, during this process, the Life Essence in the small pool under the Flower of Life also dropped by more than half as crazy as if it had been leaked. If I hadn't known in advance that the condensation of the Flower of Life would require a large amount of Life Essence, I would have done it. If it doesn't work, I'll call it quits.

As the Flower of Life fully bloomed, Persephone did not take her hand back, but we discovered that a circle of blue light suddenly lit up on the Flower of Life. This blue aperture suddenly expanded to one meter in diameter. Then it suddenly shrank, and then a large number of blue light films suddenly appeared around it. Just like the green light films that rippled before, these light films appeared throughout the city, and then gathered here at extremely fast speeds, and The speed is extremely fast, but the direction is completely opposite. While the light film was gathering, everyone present was surprised to find that their magic power was decreasing sharply. Kristina was so frightened that she quickly applied a protective shield to herself. In the end, it could only barely offset part of the suction force, and the magic power was reduced. It's still losing slowly, but the speed has slowed down a lot.

In fact, we are not the only ones whose magic power is declining. In fact, all magical things in the entire city, whether living or inanimate, as long as they are magic, have a declining magic value. Of course, energy is always conserved, and the decline in our magic power is not in vain, because we all saw the flower of life spraying out the essence of life like an open faucet. It was really spraying. Because the flow rate was too fast, a lot of life essence sprayed into the pool below and even splashed out. But even so, it only took about twenty seconds to completely fill the pool. There was even a lot of it overflowing on the ground.

After the pool was filled, Persephone finally let go of her hand, and the blue light disappeared immediately. However, the life essence flowing out of the Flower of Life was not cut off immediately, but gradually become smaller. The leader of the Elf clan reacted very quickly and jumped over. He then took out a bottle from nowhere and drank the liquid inside. Then he placed the bottle under the Flower of Life and began to receive the life essence flowing out of it. Seeing her action, the other elves also reacted and quickly took out the bottles they carried with them. First, they drank a few sips themselves, and then they suddenly remembered something and gave each of us two bottles to drink quickly. , and then rushed over with the empty bottle to catch the overflowing life essence with their clan leader.

I looked at the bottle in my hand, opened it and smelled it. After thinking about it, I still didn’t drink it, but just put it away. However, I didn’t embezzle other people’s bottles. Instead, I took out a metal can as big as a water tank and ran away. Go over and shout: "Get out of the way, use me."

The elves looked back and were startled by me, but they just didn't want to waste their life essence, so they stepped aside and let me hold the metal can and point the opening at the life essence that was still flowing down. The elves who had their hands free were not idle either. Instead, they first collected the life essence that they had caught before, and then borrowed some empty bottles from Kristina to fill up the large pool of life essence that overflowed on the ground. Hua Ye carefully collected them all, and in order to prevent waste, they also took away part of the life essence in the pool that was completely overflowing to the point where every drop in it would overflow. At least it would not go out now. Romantic.

After the elves took care of all this, I also took away the metal can, because the life essence in the Flower of Life has basically returned to the normal flow rate, and now it is just dripping faster drop by drop, and it has not reached the level yet. line point. However, in just a short while, more than one-eighth of my super large jar was filled. You must know that my tank is two hundred liters, which is larger than the pool below. This shows how scary the output is.

Probably because they were used to being poor, so many life essences suddenly appeared, which made the elves act a little abnormally. They were all holding bottles and singing and dancing like crazy.

I can't interfere with this kind of business. I can only wait for them to recover on their own. Fortunately, these elves recovered very quickly. They quickly recovered from their ecstasy and realized that they were leaving us here to dry. long time. The leader of the elves quickly came over to apologize, and then I put the jar in front of her and said, "This is for you. It's already one-eighth full. But you have to find a container as soon as possible to transfer the life essence inside. . This is a special container for liquefied magic crystal steam. The internal structure is very complicated and the cost is exaggerated, so it needs to be recycled."

"Oh, that's for sure." The leader of the Jingling clan immediately called a few guards to carry the cylinder away. In less than two minutes, the empty cylinder was sent back to me, and the leader of the Jingling clan also held two bottles. It looked like an extra-large crystal bottle with an elven style was handed over. "This contains life essence, which is a small thank you gift. After all, it is all your credit for producing so much life essence. If someone is injured, it only takes one drop to recover instantly for a normal injury, and two to three drops for fatal injuries, depending on the situation. Just drop it. Even a dead person can be brought back to life with ten to twenty drops, as long as he has not been dead for a long time, his body has not deteriorated, and his soul is still there."

"So powerful?" Kristina walked over excitedly and looked at the two extra-large crystal bottles in my hand and said, "Doesn't this mean that these two bottles can resurrect tens of thousands of people? You elves The clan is so generous!”

The leader of the Elf clan said with some embarrassment: "Actually, we don't get much life essence at ordinary times. Most of what the tree of life produces will be consumed by itself. We can only occasionally get a few drops out under special circumstances. I don’t dare to use it too much. If you hadn’t produced so many of them this time, our own soldiers would generally be reluctant to use them!”

I nodded and put away the two bottles of Life Essence and said, "Thank you for your Life Essence. I'll help you resolve the matter with the Black Elf first." (To be continued.)