38. Tree (5k)
"Please get in the car, guys, if you don't mind."
"Thank you."
As a country that worships etiquette, even the method of bringing Fisher and them back is very interesting, Lu An ordered several other deer people to go to a place outside the forest to get chariots and horses, their deer race generally does not need chariots and horses, this thing is prepared for other races.
Beyond the forest where Fisher had landed was a much wider forest, as if the continent were an endless jungle, but the trees were not as densely spaced apart from each other as before.
After thanking them, Fisher and his party got into the car, and Asuka Karasawa turned her head a little sideways and secretly looked at the many deer species that accompanied them outside, and looked back at Hook Kiss and Fisher with some surprise, and asked,
"They're deer people... Is there a horse in this world? Or a fox man or a dog man or something..."
"Yes, but not on this continent."
It was Hook Kiss who spoke, and Fisher had discovered that he was familiar with everything in the Tree Continent, and it seemed to have something to do with the so-called "medical exchange" that he had come here before.
Tang Ze Asuka nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then asked,
"That's... Aren't the centaurs angry at us using the carriage? I mean, look at us using horses as tools or something..."
Hook Kiss opened her mouth and was speechless, Helaire next to her covered her stomach and laughed, which made Tang Ze Asuka a little embarrassed, she seemed to realize that she seemed to have asked a stupid question, Fisher, who was leaning on the corner of the carriage next to her, didn't raise her head, just asked her,
"Are there monkeys in your world?"
"I've got it all, let alone hers." It was Mihayin, who had a fierce face but an expressionless face, and Tang Ze on the side nodded and agreed with him.
"Do you get angry when you see humans forcing monkeys to perform?"
"Well, if it's a panda, because they're really cute, I've heard that Chinese have a panda in their hands..."
Although he didn't know what the panda was, it was probably such a reason, and Fisher didn't say anything more, but just silently remembered this matter in his head, as a clue that might be related to the contributor to the manual that Yaren Niang had completed.
Since the exchange with Helaire just now, she has been strangely quiet, as if she was moved by Fisher's inner thoughts, and no longer asked him about his interest in Yaren Niang, only looking at the scenery outside.
Fisher didn't ask much, and he suddenly wanted to confirm one thing, which was about the nature of the completed manual.
I remember mentioning that the completion of the manual cannot be seen by anyone other than the owner of the completion manual, but the higher the rank, the more vaguely you can feel their existence, for example, when Fisher first met Elliog, she smelled the smell of the two completion manuals on her body, and suspected that she was the Secretary of Life, so she returned to the research institute with her.
On the other hand, when she first met Renee, she could directly see that she had a complete manual, indicating that her existence should be higher than the mythological rank, and the noun "power" she mentioned seemed to imply that she was a god hidden in the spirit world.
At present, Fisher knows that there are two gods from the spirit world, namely the scarlet unknown mist, and the second is the mother goddess who once gave magic to humans, and the symbol of the mother goddess "moon" herself often dreams, especially when she is around Renee, Fisher feels that Renee and the mother goddess are inextricably linked, and also suspects that Renee's current observance is related to the oath of the gods and the mythical war in which the mother goddess intervened.
Then, the current nature of the completed manual is that it can only be seen by god-level beings and other owners of the completed manual, while the existence of the mythical level can sense the breath of the completed manual, but it is still unable to see it.
The question that Fisher wants to verify now is that if all the completed manuals come from the Creation Society founded by Asuka Karasawa, then can she, who has not yet learned magic, be able to see the completion of the manuals? What about Mikhail, who was the object of suspicion of the first cardinal?
Fisher quietly took out the soul completion manual hidden in his arms and spread it in his hand, and chatted with Tang Ze Asuka about the deer she saw just now, the female deer species, during which both Tang Ze Asuka and Mikhail looked at themselves, but in Fisher's secret observation, they didn't realize the completion manual they were holding in their hands at all.
Not to mention Hook Kiss, he didn't even feel it before he reached the mythical level, Heliel was beyond Fisher's surprise, she didn't seem to perceive anything like Hook Kiss, only humming a little song quietly and looking at the scenery outside the window.
It seems that the current Tang Ze Asuka and Miha'il are still abiding by the rules when they finished forging the manual, so he can now safely check the matter about Yaren Niang's completion of the manual.
He first carefully skimmed over the World Tree Teardrops and the items Renee gave himself that were sandwiched in the sub-human mother's completion manual, and with a little twist of golden light, several lines of illusory subtitles of the same style of Mihayel gradually appeared in front of his eyes, and the page numbers on the book automatically turned to a new page, and a new line of titles appeared,
【Deer Race】
[Please select a study individual: 0/1]
[Bindable object: Lu Ming, juvenile female deer species]
Without much hesitation, Fisher was ready to consider binding, and he was ready to rely on the sequence system given by the Sub-Niang Completion Manual to pry open this corner of the past, as he gradually discovered that the entries written by the authors of the Sub-Niang Completion Manual in the Completion Manual sometimes revealed a little bit of useful information, such as in the North.
Bind.
He thought so in his heart, and his body was also ready to fight the pain, but the illusory words in front of him just flashed, and a new line of words appeared,
[Binding successful, congratulations, unlocked the DLC of the sub-human mother to complete the manual (downloadable additional content): 'Shadow of the World Tree' part of the information]
?
As always, Fisher couldn't understand the content of these weird words left by the author of the manual at all, and it seemed to be the vocabulary in the other world she lived in, but he understood that now that Yaren Niang finished the manual, it seemed that some new features had been unlocked.
[The World Tree that died in the First Soul War still stands on the earth, and the Phoenix Species that entered the North before the Chaos Species invaded reality is still prostrate under her great shadow, and now, you have also entered the land where she is rooted... Of course, there will be more subracial women waiting for you]
[You've unlocked a new sub-race sequence, unlocked an even more ancient material reward, and unlocked a panel for all ancient clues]
The first two are not difficult to understand, but the third...
He seems to have seen the so-called [Ancient Clue] once and only before, that is, in the cave left by Jasmine's mother Xuanshen at the bottom of Nari Lake, when he saw the crown worn by Xuanshen, the so-called Yaren Niang's prompt to complete the manual appeared once, but it never appeared again after that (Volume 2, Chapter 134), and he thought that Yaren Niang made a mistake in completing the manual.
Now it seems that this is not the case, but because the things he encountered before are not "ancient" enough, only the crown of Xuanshen can barely be counted?
Scrophularia was born at such an ancient age? Or was it that she inherited the belongings of her elders when she left the crown at the bottom of Lake Nari?
It's possible both, and Fisher isn't sure, but he's more of a lover of the latter, and he'll have a chance to ask about hook kisses later
Fisher put his gaze back on the illusory subtitles in front of him, and watched the bound deer race float a new line of labels,
【Deer Race】
[Eastern Continent Species], [Orc Species], [Under the Rites], [Silly]
It's this strange label again, and Fisher may have complained about it at first, but now he seems to be no longer surprised.
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After these things were done, Fisher did not relax, he glanced at the people around him who were resting, and little by little turned the page back to the previous one, recording the location of the demon species.
Yes, Fisher had some doubts since he knew that the demon species did not exist now, and the first thing that came to his mind was Emhart, after all, he had been imprisoned by Baimeng for so long, and he should have known a lot about the demon species; The second is that Yaren Niang has finished the manual.,When he unlocked the sequence tag.,The demon species has a tag.。
He had read many of the annotations for the tags at the time, and might be able to learn more about the secrets of this "post-born race" by completing the annotations on these tags by the contributors to the manual.
【Demon Species】
[Mythical Species], [Destroying the World], [Royal Family's Choice], [Immortal Species]
The other three labels, [Royal Family's Choice] he had read before, and also knew that this sequence label contained those subhuman races, and the other two labels could know their meaning literally, but only this [Destroying the World] was a bit confusing...
Little by little, his consciousness came into contact with the [Destroying the World] label, and as a little bit of golden light flashed, the message contained in the label also burst out.
[Destroying the world: They believe in chaos that the world and the gods do not tolerate, and therefore, like their masters, they are symbols of danger and destruction, possessing unimaginable power]
[Race Included: Demon Species]
[Because there is only one race in this column, there is no sequence reward]
And under the illusory golden subtitles, unlike the other sequence labels, there is an extra line of red eye-catching warnings,
[Contributor's note: Please be sure to be careful with '%@#%&¥']
Looking at the familiar, unrecognizable garbled text, Fisher opened his mouth, his brow furrowed deeper and deeper, as if he couldn't understand why there was gibberish in front of him.
First of all, it is necessary to rule out that the contributor of the manual written by Yaren Niang is gibberish, otherwise she will not have the meaning of writing this sentence, so, what will she write here?
A person's name? A name for an ethnicity? A name for a concept?
The last time Valentina's race was garbled was entirely because she wasn't a complete phoenix yet, so there would be a deviation when the sub-mother completed the manual and regarded her as a complete individual, but here is the handwritten note of the author of the sub-human mother's handwriting, but there is still garbled characters...
Of course, there is also a possibility, that is, the name she wrote was interfered with by external forces, so she could not show her true face in front of her.
So, what is the external force that can interfere with the completion of the manual by Yaren Niang?
Fisher didn't pause anymore, but slowly closed and put the manual in his arms, and then slowly leaned against the wall of the carriage, gradually merging with the silent environment in the chaotic thoughts.
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"There are so many trees here, there must not be such a big tree on the earth..."
It was Asuka Karasawa who spoke, although she was still very restrained in ordinary times, but after all, the people around her were quite kind, and this period of time together also made her slowly let go of her guard, and she became the appearance of most young people in the twentieth century, clear and stupid.
She was like a schoolboy on a school bus touring with great excitement as she looked at a giant tree that was getting closer and closer in the distance, the giant tree was about 100 meters long, although it was far less than the illusory world tree on the edge of the continent that was as huge as the planet, but it was already a rare and superb view for her.
"Indeed."
Mihayin also made a rare remark, but unlike Asuka Karazawa's simple appreciation, he seemed to be thinking about how the tree would survive with such a large size.
"That's the capital of our Tsubaki country, and under that tree is Tsubaki's palace. And that tree is not simple, it is a giant tree made by the dead elders of Tsubaki, and we have to go outside the palace every year to worship. ”
"Hey, the giant tree that the elders turned into?"
Not only Tang Ze Asuka, but even Fisher, who had been thinking hard and didn't find an answer, also opened his eyes and looked at the deer breed Lu Ming who was talking to Tang Ze Asuka outside the car window, she seemed to be as young and young as Tang Ze, but because of her words, the people in the car looked at her and she could feel shy, so she shook her deer hooves and said,
"Well, that's what my father and mother told me... That's what my grandparents told me the same way. ”
Fisher was a little surprised, after all, the elven species is a mythical species, a high-level subhuman race created by the World Tree with the authority of life, and it should be an immortal species like the angel species, but now it seems that this is not the case, so he asked,
"The elven species will die too? They are mythical species, aren't they immortal species? ”
Hearing Fisher's question, Luming's stuttering became more and more serious, and he couldn't reply to Fisher's words for a long time, but the hook kiss next to him took over the topic with a smile and answered for Fisher,
"To be precise, elves are also immortals, but they are not almost immortal beings like angels. Their lifespan is about twice that of the ordinary whale species, which can live for about three or four thousand years on the bottom of the sea, but can only live for a few decades on the shore before running out of vitality, while the elven species can live for seven or eight thousand years, and at the end of their lifespan, they will die, which is completely different from the angels..."
In the end, Hook Kiss glanced at Heriel, who had been quiet but didn't seem bored at all, for some reason, Fisher actually felt that being quiet in the car for half an hour was a very abnormal behavior for her, and as the protagonist angel in the topic, Heriel also smiled and waved his hand, admitting to himself,
"Yes, I'm an old immortal~"
I don't know who this is said to.
Hook Kiss continued,
"According to legend, the elves were created 11,000 years ago, and the angel species was probably born around that time, so theoretically most elves have gone through an iteration. That's why the elves, as mythical species, have to formulate 'rites', which is also a preparation for their unique iterative mechanics. The children of the elves will inherit everything from their elders, titles, fiefs, and even names..."
Fisher, as if he had spotted a blind spot, asked, Hookkiss,
"But as you said before, it's hard for mythical species to produce offspring, and their iteration should not make sense in theory."
Hookkiss smiled and nodded, but at the same time pointed to the huge tree in the distance,
"That's right, and that's why they planted trees..."Li' attaches great importance to funerals and sacrifices, and after the elve's death, other elves will use his body as raw materials to plant a tree on his body, and the flesh of the dead elf will be absorbed and decomposed by the tree, and then become extremely strong, until after four springs and four summers, and four times of fruit, a new elf will come out of the giant tree that grows from the body of the ancestor as his [offspring]."
Fisher opened his mouth and suddenly realized something, but before he could speak, Hook Kiss seemed to realize what he wanted to say, and spoke first,
"You guessed it, this process actually bypasses the process of the birth of normal life. The spirits of the elves did not return to the spirit realm, and their bodies did not die, but a new cycle was created by the giant trees planted by the elves. The soul is still the soul of the elf, but it has been cleansed and has no memory; The flesh is also the flesh of the elf, but the appearance and gender will change..."
Hook Kiss raised his hand and drew a circle in mid-air, showing everyone the incredible culture of the elves.
The elves call this process "reincarnation", the dead elves as the "predecessor", and the newly born elves as the "afterlife", and the two seem to be one and the other, just like a cycle, seemingly immutable but constantly generating new content. This is the reason why the elves attached such importance to sacrifice and funeral rites, and it is important to understand the idea and culture of the elves in their eyes that the cycle of life is important and irreversible. ”
"There are also many cultures similar to this, the so-called 'upward and downward effect', although other beings in the Tree Continent die and plant trees on them, they will not be reincarnated, but all races do this here, they worship their ancestors, and inherit the wisdom and experience left by their ancestors..."
"Well, of course, there are some bad things, for example, they like to eat the fruit of the trees that their relatives have turned into, I have tasted one, it is a little fishy, not very delicious."
The hook kiss was stunned, and his expression became bitter, as if he recalled some bad memories.