Chapter 241 An Unexpected Thing

"Naxi, let's go."

After standing up, Colin shouted to the elf lying sideways on the sacrificial stone platform without hesitation.

"What a giant..." Naxi rubbed her eyes and sat up. She looked at Colin who was about to leave, and then she realized what she was doing. She couldn't help but ask one more question, "Are you really going to the mountains?"

"Yes." Colin nodded, his expression calm.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that Naxi's aura was more powerful now than when he saw her before, and even her red hair and wings looked more shiny.

'I don't know if it's because I returned to the Elf Kingdom, or because I've been staying on the sacrificial stone platform for the past two days... Well, it might also be because of the Heart of the Ancient Tree...' Colin speculated silently.

"Okay..." Naxi looked at Colin's expression, then glanced at the sacrificial stone platform, hesitated and said, "Then little Naxi should go with the good giant."

After saying that, she flapped her emerald red crystal wings and flew towards Colin's head with ease.

But when she got closer, Naxi suddenly changed her direction.

"What a giant, can Naxi stay here?"

She asked, pointing to the hood behind Colin's back.

"Yeah." Colin nodded confidently.

"Okay!" Naxi happily fell into the gray hood after hearing Colin's words.

Her weight was so light that Colin almost didn't feel the added weight of the hood. He paused, turned and walked out of the tree hole.

Susu——

A rustling sound came from the hood, Colin's ears twitched slightly, and he subconsciously reached back to use his mental energy.

‘Naxi is... building a small bed for herself? ’

The picture fed back by his mental power surprised him a little.

I saw Naxi suddenly taking out a few seeds from somewhere, and light green light sprouted from her small palms. The seeds sprouted immediately, swelled in the wind, and quickly formed a small bed...or a basket. appearance.

Tiny vines passed through the gap between the witch robe hood and the witch robe, firmly fixing the small bed with side rails in it. Soft moss-like plants were spread on the small bed, looking green. You can tell from one look that it will be very comfortable to lie down on.

But that's not the point...

Colin frowned secretly as he looked at the elf's appearance.

Not because of the crib she made... The crib didn't affect his movement or safety, and he didn't care.

It's just that Naxi, a red elf, is more like a grass elf in her abilities at this moment.

The red grass elf... Colin was a little confused.

However, looking at the forest in front of him that was originally green but now turned dark red, he felt normal in his heart.

Naxi, I'm afraid, was originally green, but was later affected by the mysterious pollution in this different space, and turned into the bright red color it is now.

Then think of the mountains in the distance, which have not been completely polluted and still have a trace of green left.

Colin's heart suddenly sank slightly.

If the depth of the color and whether it is completely dyed red represents the depth of pollution, then the originally light green plant elves have now completely turned into bright red...

Naxi is afraid...the pollution has gone very deep.

"No...that's wrong!" Colin shook his head again. Although Naxi's memory was a little confused and blurry, other than that, she did not show any other abnormalities...it was far from as polluted as the color indicated.

After thinking for a moment and coming up with no results, Colin buried these thoughts in his heart and prepared to leave.

But the next moment, he seemed to have thought of something. He looked back at the ancient sacrificial tree behind him and paused slightly.

"What a giant, little Naxi is ready, why don't you go!"

Naxi stood up from the homemade crib and asked eagerly.

She couldn't wait to try out the little bed she made to lie on during the flight!

The cot was extremely delicate and tailor-made to size. When she stood up, the railing beside the bed was right up to her chest, making it easy for her to hold on to it.

But looking straight from the outside, one cannot see the crib, only Naxi's little head suddenly popping out.

"Little Naxi, have you finished the sugar gems I gave you yesterday?" Colin looked at the ancient sacrificial tree in front of him, then looked down at his pocket watch, and suddenly asked.

"Well... I've finished eating!" Naxi paused and replied calmly, while subconsciously touching her chest.

There, there is an extremely delicate pendant, which is her treasure chest!

With his mental vision present, Colin did not look back. He smiled dumbly, and did not expose Naxi's lies.

Perhaps because of her nature, or perhaps because of her life experience, Naxi is like a hamster, she likes to store things and is very frugal.

The Heart of the Ancient Tree that he first gave to Naxi, if she hadn't been asking Naxi to try to open the door and go out after entering the different space this time, she had to use it to replenish the consumption. Otherwise, I am afraid that it would still be stored in her possession by Naxi. In the treasure chest.

"What a giant, little Naxi is obediently listening to you. She will eat sugar gems whenever she is hungry."

Seeing his silence, Naxi quickly added.

"Yeah, I know." Colin nodded slightly.

Although Naxi secretly stored the Heart of the Ancient Tree, she still kept what he said firmly in her heart.

Snap.

Colin put away his pocket watch and walked towards the nearby trees.

He almost forgot... Before leaving, he had to prepare some Hearts of Ancient Trees, just in case. After all, you may not be able to find ancient trees or even trees in other places.

Stepping forward, facing the taller ancient trees surrounding the sacrificial ancient tree, he displayed the Heart of the Ancient Tree.

Soon, nine ancient tree hearts appeared in Colin's hand.

These ancient tree hearts are light red in color, with a hint of green in the center, and are much larger than the ancient tree hearts obtained before.

‘These trees with tree holes are indeed extraordinary... They are barely surviving, but they can actually bear the heart of an ancient tree of such quality. ’

Looking at the ancient tree hearts neatly arranged in his hand, Colin couldn't help but marvel.

"Are these all for me, good giant?" Little Naxi stared longingly at the heart of the ancient tree in his palm, and the anticipation in her eyes almost turned into reality, and she finally couldn't help but ask.

"Not necessarily." Colin closed his palms and opened them again. Most of the ancient tree hearts had been put into the storage ring, leaving only the smallest one.

He handed the Heart of the Ancient Tree to Naxi and said at the same time: "This one is to reward you for being willing to go to the mountains with me. I will give you the rest when you are hungry or behave well."

"Yeah, yeah!" The elf who took the Heart of the Ancient Tree nodded repeatedly. She was stunned by the sudden happiness, but she still heard clearly what Colin said.

When the excitement passed, she rolled her little eyes and suddenly flew out of the exquisite little bed. She came to Colin diligently and asked:

"Good giant, are you tired or thirsty?"

"No." Colin shook his head.

At this moment, he came to the tallest and majestic ancient tree in the tree cave forest - the ancient sacrificial tree.

Raising his head and looking at this tall ancient tree that looked absolutely extraordinary at first glance, Colin suddenly had a new doubt.

For tree elves, trees are not only their home, but also their relatives and friends.

Even if they move, they should take the trees with them - the tree elves can make the trees grow in reverse and turn into seeds again, and then follow them to take root in the new place.

If the trees are left in place without a tree spirit around them, they will either lose their extraordinary qualities and become ordinary trees, or they will gradually wither and die.

But thinking back to what I saw in the air before, in terms of density, this huge forest of tree holes...or in other words, the entire dark red forest, actually remains here, and it seems that not a single tree has been taken away.

The tree elves have left. Although they don't know where they went, but judging from the situation here, there is a high probability that they will not come back... But their tree is still here.

‘Is it because the evacuation was too hasty...or is it because the trees are contaminated and cannot be taken away? ’

Colin silently speculated that he preferred the latter option.

After all, whether it was the sacrificial tree hole or the rest of the surrounding tree holes, they were all empty, and almost everything had been taken away.

'But...why don't the trees here gradually fade away or die as recorded in the data? ’

Colin couldn't help but frowned again.

'Could it be because there is another elf here - Naxi? ’

Colin's heart moved, and he turned his head and glanced at the elf Naxi who was thinking hard.

If Naxi is really a grass elf, then strictly speaking, it can be regarded as a kind of tree elf.

The nine great elves are only the main lineage of elves. Outside of them, there are many unnamed or unrecognized elves.

Elves may be born anywhere. As a special kind of elves, they have as many races as stars.

Very few of them are truly recognized by the elves, and generally speaking, most of them do not have a high status.

However, grass elves are one of the types recognized by tree elves... and their status is relatively high.

‘If that’s the case… then it makes sense. ’ Colin nodded secretly.

As long as there are tree elves, the trees will be there... This forest probably exists because of Naxi, the little elf!

Colin looked at Naxi, then at the ancient sacrificial tree in front of him, hesitated, stretched out his palm and put it against it.

Then with a thought, he used the heart of the ancient tree on it.

‘It can be regarded as recycling waste. ’ He thought to himself.

Nowadays, the ancient sacrificial tree cannot survive long under the inexplicable pollution.

It would be better to leave an ancient tree heart behind. On the one hand, it is reserved for future research, but on the other hand, it is also prepared for the elves to provide an extra layer of insurance.

Thinking about it, with the heart of the ancient tree obtained from the sacrifice to the ancient tree, Naxi would basically have no chance of starving.

If you encounter a situation that requires a lot of energy to open the door later, you will probably not have to worry about energy replenishment.

After letting out a breath of turbid air, Colin looked at his palm. At this moment, the Heart of the Ancient Tree witchcraft was coming to an end.

There, a dense light green light emerged.

After a while, an ancient tree heart that was almost the size of an adult's fist slowly took shape.

Different from the ancient tree hearts obtained from other trees before, the red color on this ancient tree heart is very thin, like a layer of mist covering it, which can no longer hide the original emerald green color of the ancient tree heart inside. .

‘It’s a pity that the heart of an ancient tree of such quality can be produced even when it is almost dying. If it is in a healthy state... this may be a good choice for planting the heart of life! ’ Colin sighed secretly.

"Gulu." Naxi visibly swallowed her saliva and asked tentatively: "Good giant, is this sugar gem also for me?"

"Not necessarily." Colin put away the Heart of the Ancient Tree with his backhand and said with a smile.

"Let's go."

He did not look at the ancient sacrificial tree behind him, but stood up from the ground and flew quickly towards the edge of the grassland in the distance.

An hour later.

Dark red glass forest edge.

Phew~

The pale cold wind passed through the gaps between the branches,

Snap.

Water droplets condensed, fell from the tips of branches, and fell to pieces on the ground.

A gray-robed figure flew past immediately, and then gradually slowed down.

Colin felt the sudden drop in temperature around him, his heart trembled, and he became more vigilant.

On the only way to the grassland, he first needs to pass through an ice field, and then he needs to pass through a patchwork of dry lakes before he can officially enter the grassland.

After realizing the connection between the elf Naxi and the dark red forest, he believed Naxi's words that the forest was safe, and relaxed a little.

Even in order to avoid the target being too conspicuous, he did not choose to keep flying in mid-air, but shuttled through the forest.

There are enough gaps between these trees for him to pass through, and with the help of Super Brain, his speed will not be reduced.

Along the way, he passed through almost half of the forest, which indeed proved the reliability of the elf's words.

But at the same time, the elf's other words also became more true -

There is danger outside the forest!

Colin collected his thoughts and continued flying.

The icy cold wind howled like a knife... As we continued to move forward, the temperature in the air became lower and lower.

Those water drops that were still dripping gradually turned into clusters of sharp ice edges that were filled with cold air.

Not long after, through the dark red glass branches, a touch of hard red appeared in Colin's eyes.

'This is the ice field that is also dyed red...'

After observing for a while through the branches, I found nothing unusual.

Colin let out a breath of turbid air and increased the strength of the steel temperature-resistant force field on his body to the maximum, and the gray-black elf armor also shone with a faint light.

At the same time, the flames around Colin gradually extinguished - he carefully replaced the flame flying technique with the more flexible flying and diving technique.

Then, there was no more hesitation.

He didn't speed up or slow down too much. He maintained the most flexible speed and rushed towards the ice field in front of him.

Susu!

The strong wind blew some fragile ice edges,

The next moment, Colin walked out of the dark red forest.

The slowly falling light red snowflakes were disturbed by the sudden intruder and scattered in all directions.

Colin scanned the week.

There is no danger, no abnormality... The ice field is lonelier than the dead dark red forest, and there is almost no other sound except the wind.

"What a giant." Naxi poked her head out of her hood, stared at the strange scene in front of her, and called out uneasily.

"Don't worry." Colin comforted Naxi, slightly raised the flight altitude, and continued to fly forward.

Half an hour later, no danger was found.

By now the snow had stopped and the view was wide open.

Compared with the forest covered by trees, the dark red ice field is like a smooth mirror, which can be seen clearly at a glance.

'Desolate, lifeless...'

Another half hour passed, but there was still no danger.

Colin switched the flying and diving technique to the flame soaring technique and continued to move forward.

In this way, most of the day passed, and Colin had arrived at the junction of the edge of the ice sheet and the lake area, but he still did not encounter any danger.

'However, it is a good thing that there is no danger. ’

Colin's eyes flickered and he continued to fly cautiously towards the grassland without stopping.

In the past, when the lake area had not dried up, this place would have been extremely beautiful.

But now the clear lake water has receded, leaving only the bare lake bed and the carcasses of some fish and birds, and it is also stained with a strange dark red color, which is really not a beautiful sight.

Everything went smoothly on the next section of the road in the Duohu area.

There are no monsters, no strange events, just the dark red color that keeps repeating.

"What a giant... Little Naxi may have remembered it wrong. It turns out it's just as safe outside!"

At the edge of the grassland, at the position indicated by Anandu's die, Colin slowly landed.

The elf Naxi poked her head out from his hood on the small bed.

She looked at this sight that she had never seen before, her expression a little excited, like a child going out for an outing.

But Colin on the side did not answer her. Instead, he frowned and stared at an inconspicuous thing not far away.

That's a petal.

A piece of white petals, but now they are half dyed in dark red!