Chapter 45: Li Yuan's Memories (2)
So I set up a game. Yao...... If you remember that child, the child who was obedient to me and trusting me immensely. Soon after you left, he committed suicide because he couldn't stand the endless horror and nothingness of the giant tree anymore. At that time, I didn't know for what purpose, I collected some of the DNA from his body and preserved it. β
"What am I going to do, yes, you're not wrong. At this point, I chose to remake it through his DNA...... I know that if you hear these words, you will definitely accuse me of betraying humanity, but have you ever thought that I am not you, I don't have such a bright mind and adaptability? If you were still here, if you were facing this situation, you would be able to think of a solution that is not immoral, but can solve the problem. But I'm not you...... That's all I can do, and that's all I can do in this situation. β
"I created the clone Yao. I'm going to use him to get down the tree and lead the street kid up the tree. Yao was afraid, he knew that as soon as he got off the tree, his power would pass quickly, and he would gradually become a cripple under the influence of distorted cause and effect. I told Yao that as long as he got down the tree to bring the street boy up, I would pick him up, and I wouldn't let him become a wreck. β
"Yao was naΓ―ve, he believed my words. But I deceived him, and from the beginning, he was just a tool for me. At that time, I only thought about getting that child's eternal heart, even in the face of the real Yao, I could deceive him with duplicity, let alone just a false clone?"
"Autumn, you're smiling again...... Forgive me. My sins haunt me, and if I die, even hell will not take my filthy soul. I only hope that you can go to heaven, this is my lifelong wish, this is the only regret of 'me' in the first time and space, and it is also the wish of 'my' in countless endless time and space. β
"For that wish, I did not hesitate to give everything, from the body to even the soul. β
"I began to implement my plan, and in my control, Yao, the child, was very obedient and soon left the giant tree and teleported into that dimension. But I found out that I had done something wrong - because there was no supercomputer in this world to do all kinds of calculations for me, and in the process of transmitting it, I got a decimal point wrong in the vast sea of data, and soon the consequences of this decimal point became apparent - Yao was finally teleported to that world, but he was hundreds of years earlier. In his time, he passed by hundreds of years with the birth of that street child. They weren't on the same plane, and it was impossible for them to meet, let alone Yao put him in the giant tree. β
Yao, who was on land, soon discovered the mistake as well. At that time, he still fantasized that I would bring him back to the tree, but I didn't...... Yao waited for me on land for decades, from child to youth, from youth to prime, and the curse of the giant tree burned and spread on him after leaving the world of cause and effect distortion. I don't know how many nights and days, he endured indescribable pain, still innocently and expectantly waiting for me to bring him back to the tree, but I didn't. β
"I'm a devil. β
"Eventually, he was completely disappointed, and he began to curse me from the bottom of his heart and resent the world. He chose to kill himself, wanting to end this endless suffering with death, and sadly, even the last power of death, he no longer had it. After being killed, he continued to resurrect, and he became another Eternal. He will live forever, in the form of this curse. β
Yao also launched his revenge. He joined an organization called the Cult of the Giant Tree, which had an unbelievable passion for the Giant Tree, the gateway to the world of cause and effect. He joined the organization, hoping to find a way to lift the curse of the giant tree. But he was disappointed, after all, the technology of the humans in that world was too backward. Even though he used his wisdom to help the humans of that era solve countless problems, he was still far from solving the mystery of the curse of the giant tree. β
In the end, after countless days and months, he made his final decision. The only way for him to go up the tree and solve the curse of the giant tree is to face it head-on. If he chooses to climb the tree again, he will be cursed by the more terrible Giant Tree, but this is the only solution. He's going to give it a go. β
"This is the origin of the two expeditions of the Giant Tree God Cult. β
"With his intellect and the cunning of the men of his age, he easily lobbied the princes and wealthy merchants of his land to sponsor his expedition. The first expedition quickly failed. However, all this was within Yao's calculations, and he had long known that with only those humans and primitive human equipment of the past, it would be impossible to conquer this giant tree...... On another level, I guess he was in a state of mind at the time, and that was what he expected from me at the end. He was expecting me in the trees to be able to remember his presence when I saw the expeditionary force. He reminded me in this way, hoping that I could bring him back to the world of the Giant Tree. β
"What was I doing at the time? I was trying to create a second clone of Yao, throw him into the right plane, and bring that wanderer up. Heaven forbid that I failed in the end, otherwise...... My sins that were already heinous will be doubled. β
"The second expedition Yao personally went into battle, of course, this was originally in his plan, how could he lift his curse if he didn't go up the tree himself? The expedition on the giant tree was not as smooth as imagined, he and his army encountered countless dangers, the giant tree did not even climb one percent, and the supplies were no longer enough. The soldiers in the army were heavily wounded, their morale was low, and there were even mortals plotting to overthrow Yao's rule and return to the land. And all of this was suppressed by Yao Dan, because he knew that rashly going up the tree made his curse even more intense, and this was his last chance. Even if he sacrificed all these expeditionary forces, he would not hesitate to do so. β
By the time his expeditionary force reached about three percent of the top of the tree, near the area around the Lost God City, more than half of the army had died. He knew that no matter how much he pressed and spurred, this army of mortals could not expect them to advance far. β