Green.

After a short period of time, Richard's eyesight returned to normal, and he saw a patch of green—a rich green.

The pale blue "round mirror" shaped portal disappeared behind him, and he appeared in a dense forest.

Looking around, you can see that the field of vision is full of tall trees, each of which is dozens of meters and nearly 100 meters high, scrambling to stab into the sky and compete for sunlight. And strive to spread branches to the surrounding areas to seize the living space of the rest of the trees.

Looking at the foot, there was a carpet of grass not far away, and a little further away there were patches of shrubs, moss growing in the corners, and some vines wrapped around the trunks of the trees, trying to climb up.

It gives people a sense of vitality, but for some reason, Richard keenly felt a hint of aging from this vitality.

The air was filled with a faint smell of dampness and decay, which came from the accumulation of dead branches and leaves, and the thick spread on the ground made people feel soft and soft when they stepped on it, as if they were stepping on cotton.

"Rustling ......"

Richard walked among the trees, carefully observing everything, trying to get as much information as possible about this strange plane.

Is this in the middle of a large forest in a strange plane? or is it ...... The forest has covered this strange plane?

From a logical point of view, if the productivity of a plane is high enough, then the forest area will be relatively smaller, because the intelligent life of this plane needs more space for production and development, prompting them to develop the forest. Conversely, if a plane's productivity is low enough, or once high but hit in some way, the forest will continue to expand, gradually swallowing up the habitat that has lost its sapient life.

At the limit, if there is no intelligent life in the entire plane, it is not impossible for the forest to occupy the entire plane, or occupy most of the plane.

That...... What is the current situation in this plane?

Richard narrowed his eyes, chose a direction, and flew forward quickly.

......

A few days later.

Richard had already explored most of the entire plane during the flyby, and fell from the sky, his brow furrowed.

At this time, he was still in the forest, and there was no sign of reaching the edge of the forest, it was hard to believe that such a large forest would exist in the normal world, and from this aspect, the latter possibility of his previous two guesses was greatly improved.

It is worth mentioning that after flying this distance, he noticed that the trees around him began to wither.

As if there is a lack of water or some kind of nutrient, the surface of the tree cracks a finger-thick gap, and fine wood chips continue to fall from the cracks. The rest of the surrounding vegetation was affected, the grass turned gray, the shrubs hung low, and the vines wrapped around the trunks were loose.

The smell of aging in the air is aggravated, making people a little uncomfortable.

Looking at the whole forest, it is obviously full of life, but for some reason, it makes people feel lifeless.

Richard pursed his lips, thinking about what was going on in this plane and what he was going to do next, when he suddenly heard a sound of "rustling" in the distance.

Turning his head to look, a short time later, an emerald green petite figure broke into view.

It was a little girl who looked no more than seven or eight years old, riding on a brown elk, grasping the elk's antlers with both hands, and walking through the forest. The little girl had bright green hair and two ponytails tied to the back of her head, which kept shaking and flicking as the elk jumped over the dead branches and bushes on the ground.

After a while, the elk carried the little girl to a dry tree, and the little girl grabbed the elk by the antlers, slid down from the elk, which was a head taller than her, and walked to the root of the tree, and pressed her hands on it.

Strange to say, I saw that as the little girl's hands touched the trees, the dry trees recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye—the cracked appearance healed, the yellowed leaves turned green, the branches became straight—and the surrounding grass, shrubs, and vines also became normal.

In just a minute, a small area was restored to its former state.

The smell of aging in the air suddenly decreased, and Richard saw the little girl stride towards another tree.

"Yoyo~"

The elk screamed.

The little girl was a little puzzled, first at the elk, then at something, and turned her head sharply to look at Richard.

The moment she saw Richard, the little girl was obviously stunned for a moment, and then her eyes brightened, revealing a little surprise, and she was about to run over without any warning.

After running a few steps, he noticed that something was wrong, slowly stopped, looked over to Richard, and greeted him a little unskillfully: "You...... Hello?"

It is the 'Baruku' language, a popular language of ancient wizarding civilizations...... Richard listened to the little girl's voice, the thought in his mind turned, quickly switched to 'Baruku', nodded, and responded to the little girl: "Hello. ”

"Are you from another world?" the little girl looked over and asked very directly, without any detour or disguise.

"Yes. Richard nodded and replied, happy to have such a direct exchange, so he said to the little girl, "Because I am from another world, I am very new to your world, and I want to know a little about your world, can you introduce me to it?"

"Introduction?" the little girl said, as if recalling the meaning of the word, after a few seconds, "I can introduce you...... It's just that there's nothing to introduce - what you see is what the world looks like, the rest of the place is the same, and what you see me is the only person in this world. ”

Is the world like this? You're the only person in the world...... Richard raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and then his heart sank...... Some of his guesses were confirmed, the current plane is indeed a decay plane, and it is a plane that has decayed to the extreme...... The traces of the ancient wizard civilization have been completely erased and turned into a primordial plane.

The little girl didn't know what Richard was thinking, and continued: "Actually, it wasn't me alone before, and my mother. But not long after my mother gave birth to me, she passed away, and since then I have taken care of the world's forests according to my mother's words. My mother once told me not to be afraid of losing her, because one day someone from another world will come to my aid and take care of the forest with me. ”

"Then ......," said the little girl, who looked at Richard with a pair of big eyes, and asked seriously, "Excuse me...... Are you the one who came to help me take care of the forest?"

"Take care of the forest?" Richard smiled wryly, "I'm afraid I can't, at least not yet—I have other important things to do." ”

"Other important things?" the little girl was a little puzzled, and she didn't understand after thinking about it for a long time, "Is it ...... Is there anything else besides taking care of the forest?"

"Absolutely. ”

"Okay then...... That...... If you're done with anything else, can you come back and help me take care of the forest?"

"If you have time, of course. And now, I want you to tell me what's special, different, dangerous about this world?" asked Richard.

According to his thoughts, since there are no traces of ancient wizard civilization in this world, there is no point in staying longer. His purpose is to go to the native plane of the ancient wizard civilization and the plane that was swallowed by white light, so he needs to get the jump point of this plane to the next plane, and do it by continuing to jump.

How many more jumps he had to make to reach his destination, he couldn't be sure, but he had to try.

The little girl opened her big eyes and looked at Richard for a long time, and finally did not refuse Richard's request, stretched out her hand and pointed in one direction, and said, "If you are looking for a special place...... As you walk from here, the trees will wither more and more, until you reach a place where all the trees are withered, and you will see a black hill. Mom told me not to go near there, I don't know if it's the place you're looking for, but you can go and see.

By the way, this is for you, my mother left it to me to bless me, and I will leave it to you now to bless you, so that when you see it, you can remember to think of me, and you can remember to come back and take care of the forest with me. ”

At the end, the little girl handed Richard a spiky silver leaf, which was a little hard, as if it were made of metal.

Richard pursed his lips, but after all, he did not refuse the little girl's kindness, took the silver leaf and said, "Okay, thank you, by the way, what's your name?"

"Green. The little girl said.

"Green...... Luxi, we'll see you again when we have a chance. Richard said, waved his hand, turned around without further hesitation, and quickly flew in the direction pointed by the little girl, disappearing from the little girl's field of vision.

The little girl stared at it for a long time before she withdrew her gaze, not very emotional, but she didn't know why, because no one had ever taught her what it meant to be disappointed.

She didn't lie, she lived alone from the time her mother died at a very young age. This left her with no clear concept of many things, such as time, distance, and even the inability to discern good and evil.

If nothing happens, she will continue to live in such ignorance until the rest of the world breaks in, changes her, or dies alone as the last person in this world.

Today, she is lucky enough to meet someone from another world, but unfortunately she is also separated soon after the encounter.

She wasn't sure if she would really be able to meet each other again, but she didn't have any other choice, after all, she couldn't leave here, she had to take care of the forest of this world according to her mother's words...... Forever.

The little girl pursed her lips, no longer looking in the direction where Richard had disappeared, and walked to the dead tree to the side, and began to use her innate special ability to treat the "injured" tree.

......

A little later.

Richard appeared on the black hill that Lu Xi said, and not far in front of him was a pale red "round mirror" that had just been activated by him, nearly two meters high, which was one of the spatial jump points of this plane.

In this respect, Midori didn't lie to him.

This made Richard feel a little emotional: I must admit that Lu Xi is an extremely simple little girl, because she lacks enough communication with outsiders, her intelligence may be more immature than her appearance, resulting in no city for speaking and doing things.

And some of the experiences of Green Xi and his ability to heal trees also made him quite interested, and if he could, he would be willing to stay and have more contact with the other party.

But he also knows what is the most important thing at the moment, so he can only do what he told the other party - come back after doing important things.

Let's hope that one day......

With this in mind, Richard looked at the pale red space jump point that had opened.

Compared to the previous space jump point, this one is obviously a bit smaller.

It stands to reason that it is possible for a plane to have more than one jump point, so if he is willing to take the time, he may be able to find a second, larger space jump point beyond the hill.

However, due to the lack of sufficient information, he did not know which plane the spatial jump point would lead to, and even if he did, he could not determine what the plane he was going to would develop into in the long run, and it could not be ruled out that it would be as extremely decaying as the current plane.

In this case, there is not much difference between choosing a random spatial jump point and carefully choosing a jump point.

Then it's better to choose a random space jump point.

It's all about probability.

Let's see what probability will look like on the plane he goes to next.

Come on!

Richard straightened his expression and stepped into the space jump point.

The spatial point fluctuated, Richard disappeared, and the world fell silent again

......