"Mom, did you feel the earthquake today, the base was attacked by lord-level monsters, and it took us seven doomers to barely repel it." eat

"One of them is a father of three, and I sent his relics back to the base, Mom, at that moment I seemed to see my shadow from those crying children, and blamed me, if I could be stronger... If I could... Mom, I'm so sad, I'm so sorry..."

"Ling, it's not your fault, both you and them are heroes of the base, and I believe that those children will also carry on the legacy of their heroic father and become warriors who protect the base like their father in the future."

"No... You don't understand, you don't understand..."

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"Mom, there has been more and more personnel loss in the base recently, and today three more Doomers have left, including Uncle Quisan, the captain of the guard by my father's side, it's useless for me to keep it, they all said that the Lord of Doom has been eyeing our base, and he will come back sooner or later, is this true, what should I do Mom, Ling... I'm so confused..."

"Ling, in its current form, my mother suggested that you also leave the Grey Fort base, your talent is very good, but you haven't grown up yet, you shouldn't be buried here." eat

"Mom, you... How can you say such a thing, the Gray Fort base was established by you and your father from the gathering place little by little, it was your mother's hard work, you, how can you! ”

"I'm sorry for what made you angry, but I'm sorry Ling, if you continue to stay here, you will only lose everything, so after my mother calculates the gains and losses, this is the best plan now, compared to the base, you are your mother's hard work, and my mother hopes that you can live."

"You... No, you're not a mother, a mother wouldn't say something like that, you... You don't understand anything at all..."

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"Hehe, Dad is also gone, with his lover and property, he abandoned our base, do you say I'm going to get him back? No... Such a betrayer, he deserves to die! It's all because of him, he killed his mother! If Mom is still around, everything, everything..."

"Ling, your mood is very unstable, my mother suggests that you take a break first, you have been too tired recently, and the tense nerves have caused a great load on your spirit, and your mother is very worried about your physical condition, and if you continue like this..."

"Shut up! Stop pretending to be my mother, you make me feel sick, my mother won't be like this, my mother will support me, she will support me, right... I'm going to kill him, kill that bastard. ”

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"Mom, look, I brought my dad back, although it was only half a section, but in this way, our family will be reunited again, Mom praise Kualing, like when I was a child, like you used to be, praise me... Praise me!

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"Mom, why don't you speak? Speak, speak to me! ”

"Ling, you can't go on like this, Mom asks you to stop using your Doomer power immediately, your mind has been seriously affected by Turbidity, now you are on the verge of going berserk, Mom begs you, you can listen to Mom, Mom doesn't want to lose you."

"How so? Mom, I feel good, my whole body is full of strength, I want to become stronger, stronger, so that I can protect the Gray Fort base, and I can protect the memories of me and my mother... Get stronger... Yes, keep getting stronger..."Ru

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"Mom, I don't know why, there are fewer and fewer people in the base, I can't see many people walking on the street, I finally saw a few, when I went up to greet them, they all showed a frightened expression to me, yelling at me and running away, Mom, why do you say this, are they all crazy?"

"So I chased after them and killed them all, they must be about to go berserk, that's why they hallucinate, right, Mom, how could I be a monster?"

"Ling, can you stay at home with your mother in the future, your mother doesn't want you to go out."

"Hey, that's weird, Mom, didn't you always want me to leave the base? Now finally figured it out? But no, Mom, Ling is very busy, Ling has to patrol the base every day, and Ling has to protect everyone, so she can't stay with her mother all the time. ”

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"Mom, it's really strange, everyone in the base is closed, why can't Ling find anyone, it's not okay to go on like this, so Mom, do you know, Ling went out to the base today and found a few gathering places around."

"Ling was kind enough to let them come to our base to live, but they attacked Ling directly, Mom, Ling was so angry, so Ling arrested them all, so there are more people in the base, it's really good, Mom..."

"It's just that why don't they speak, just lie on the ground, Mom, do you think they're sleepy?"

"Ling..."

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"It's really annoying, Mom, several nearby gathering places have been searched by Ling, but there are still not enough people, far from enough, Ling wants to find more people, more people to fill the Gray Fort base, so that the base can be lively."

"But don't worry Mom, Ling already has a clue, the person who captured her today told her that there is a new super large gathering place in the north, and they have annexed several gathering places, and now there are thousands of people, cluck..."

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"And mom, you know, their names seem to be... Ash gathering place, Mom, you see, even the name is so similar to our Ash Fort base, Ling thinks they will definitely be willing to come to us, Ling is going to find them, but I heard that their leader seems to be very powerful, Ling is a little worried, so Mom... Can you give the power to the Ling? ”

Ling's five eyes were bloodshot, and she looked at the maid with a longing gaze, her red eyes full of madness.

The huge mouthparts at the corners of her mouth had begun to drip mucus downward.

The fleshy wings behind him are flapping as if urging.

But just as Ling used her two claws to grab at the maid with her two claws, she paused on the way, and among the five blood-red eyes, the two pairs that belonged to humans regained a bit of clarity, as if they were struggling with something. eat

It's a pity that soon, the madness of Turbidity regained possession of Ling, and Ling, who became a "Turbid Corpse" after going berserk, was very sensitive to Turbidity, and she had long sensed that her mechanical mother had also become a doomer under her influence, and there were a lot of Turbidity in her body, in her eyes, just like those she had captured from other places, they were excellent nutrients and a source of strength to enhance her.

However, it is not the same as those who resist.

Ling's claws easily pierced the maid, and the maid did not resist at all, like a mother, making her daughter's last supper.

Soon the maid's mechanical body was torn into pieces, and Ling greedily absorbed the turbidity in the maid's body, and her monster body, which was already unrecognizable and could not see the human form, now became even taller and more terrifying, with four more eyes on her face, and two more pairs of fleshy wings on her back were wrapped in slime.

After the evolution was completed, Ling seemed to have finally recovered the human consciousness from the frenzy of eating, she looked at the maid who was almost scrapped under her claws, completely paralyzed and damaged, and took several steps back, wanting to say something, but from the mouth... The mouthparts covered with sharp teeth were only whimpering like the roar of a monster.

No, it should be said that from a very early age, Ling was unable to produce human voices, and those conversations were just the maid's analysis based on calculations, so as to convert the roar into human sentences.

Now that the maid is gone, no one can understand the monster anymore, and when no one can understand the monster anymore, she becomes a monster completely. eat

The memory replication of zero in the Rubik's Cube of Consciousness ends here.

After that, Liao Ji doesn't need to look at the memory fragments anymore, and he knows everything.

Zero was the second of them to join, as can be seen from the fragments of Sytheia's memories at the beginning, and the point in time was very early.

At that time, the Ash Gathering had just returned from a triumphant victory, and it had swallowed up many of the surrounding small gathering places, becoming the only super-large gathering place at that time.

Perhaps it is precisely because of the fame and the growth of the population that it will attract the attack of the monster.

Yes.

The little girl's Ling Liao Ji doesn't know, but the "Ling" Liao Ji as a monster does. eat

This was an elite boss at that time, and it took Liao Ji a lot of effort to successfully attack the crusade.

Later, I followed the clues of the Gray Fort base on the monster, and when I looked for it, I found that the base had long been in ruins and empty.

In the garbage heap of the abandoned base, I thought about whether I could Taobao pick up the waste, and I found this broken housekeeping robot that was torn apart, and realized its natural potential, so I immediately used the "contract" to successfully save it, so that after the system was restarted, there was a follow-up... Zero.

At this point, Liao Ji completely connected his memories and understood what had happened.

And he came to the end of the Rubik's Cube of Consciousness, and at the end, a phantom of a little girl appeared in front of Liao Ji.

That's what she was like when she was young.

When Liao Ji thought it was still some memory fragment, what he didn't expect was that this time the little girl phantom actually noticed him. eat

"Big brother, you're finally here! Ling who has been waiting for you for a long time can finally breathe a sigh of relief! ”

Liao Ji looked at the little girl who was talking directly to him, slightly surprised and puzzled.

The current Ling is obviously not a "memory", but more like an independent individual hidden in the Rubik's Cube of consciousness and has her own consciousness, and what she says is also very strange.

"Wait for me... For a long time? ”

"Yes, yes, that pink-haired big sister told me that one day, a handsome big brother will come in, and after Ling helps the big brother, the big brother will also fulfill one of Ling's wishes! I'm looking forward to it! ”

Pink-haired... Big sister?

Liao Ji suddenly had the figure of a succubus in his mind. eat

Is there a shadow of Rena here, too?

No.

Liao Ji thinks back to the experience of the Holy Kingdom, the journey of the Dragon Kingdom, and now the Machine Alliance, it seems that he should not be surprised, it should be said...

Sure enough?

Since the time of Tang, I should have thought that I could reproduce the memories of the old days and turn them into consciousness, such a powerful ability, and only the "Ability Department" could do it.

Seeing that Liao Ji didn't speak for a long time, Ling was a little nervous, she clenched her little fists and asked in a very anxious tone: "Big brother, you are not allowed to cheat!" Because Ling's wish is very important, very important, very important! It's what Ling wants to achieve no matter what! ”

Liao Ji half-squatted down, stroked the little girl's head, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, didn't your pink-haired sister tell you, brother, I am the best for children, let's say, what is Ling's wish?" "Ru

Seeing that Liao Ji finally took care of herself again, the little girl breathed a sigh of relief, and then she showed a sad expression, lowered her head, and whispered to Liao Ji:

"Big brother, Ling, Ling has done something very sorry for her mother, Ling regrets it very much..."

"But now Ling, I can't apologize to my mother in person, so I hope that my eldest brother can... Can help Ling take care of her mother! ”

"Ling hopes that Mom can be happy, big brother, you can... Do you promise? ”

"Ling begged the big brother very, very, very seriously."

The little girl tugged at Liao Ji's clothes, as if Liao Ji would not let go if she didn't agree, although her young eyes were full of perseverance, after all, as she said, this was the most important thing for her.

"Okay, brother promises you." eat

"My brother will definitely help you take care of your mother."

"Really, really! Thank you big brother! The pink-haired big sister really didn't deceive people, so Ziling was relieved! Ling said excitedly and happily! ”

The little girl was talking, but tears appeared in her eyes, flickering in the crystal tears, like missing her mother, like in the lonely nights when she lost her mother, the housekeeping robot who was always by her side and played her "mother", like the potato soup that the maid made for her mother, like the mother who became her only spiritual pillar at that time...

Liao Ji didn't say much, just poured the sobbing little girl into his arms.

"Big brother, pink-haired... Sister... Sister said that our world has been... There's no more turbidity... Everyone is happy... I'm living happily... Is this true..."

"It's true."

"Too... That's great... Ling's so happy... That's nice... Actor... Ling also wants to live in this era... Ling also wants to be with her parents... Happiness together... That's nice... That's nice..."Ru

"But it doesn't matter, although Ling can't help it, as long as my mother can... Mom can be fine, thank you big brother, thank you for telling me this..."

"You can't cry, Ling... To be strong, the big brother helped Ling, Ling hasn't helped the big brother yet, this is my agreement with my pink-haired sister, Ling must fulfill it well, Ling said strongly! ”

The girl wiped her tears with her fleshy little hands, and took the initiative to leave Liao Ji's arms strongly, and then Ling, who didn't need Liao Ji to do anything, opened her arms, and the "patch" capsule that Rena had given him in Liao Ji's backpack resurfaced.

"Goodbye, then, big brother."

"Say hello to mom for me."

After Ling waved at Liao Ji, the little girl's phantom quickly dissipated and turned into a rain of light, and after these rain and dew dropped on the capsule in Liao Ji's hand, the capsule began to change rapidly, revealing its true appearance.

It was a dark green seed with majestic vitality. eat

The item notes in Liao Ji's vision have also changed from the original [Patch] to...

【Seed of the World Tree】

When he was in Kyle Technology, Liao Ji once asked the Demon City scholar Einz about the knowledge of elves, and Professor Einz mentioned the World Tree.

The World Tree has the magical ability to connect with the soul for the elves, and it is rumored that each leaf of the World Tree is the soul of an elf, and its branches and veins are the divine soul link.

And here it is...

What this World Tree seed wants to connect is no longer the soul, but the thousands of servants in the Rubik's Cube of Consciousness.

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Supplementary reading: 1. The Origin of the Seed of the World Tree (Volume II, Chapter 71)

2. Professor Eins's Note (Volume III, Chapter 50)