People in Xumi: I am really not the Dragon King

Chapter 430: Tree King: Destiny is the ultimate knowledge, so those who come here will be blonde.
"Boom——"

Under the dilapidated purple-red sky, the huge ship of consciousness roared, carrying its two passengers through the blockade of many flying monsters.

Beside the two of them, the scene outside the barrier perfectly illustrates what the end of the world is.

Not only were black and purple deformed tree tumors and beast monsters seen everywhere, but even the color of the entire sky was frozen in a dusk that looked like it was stained with blood.

For some reason, even though Lin Feng had almost completely cleared out the forbidden knowledge in the Sumeru Earth Vein, within the Tree King's consciousness space, time still seemed to have stopped forever on the day she chose to sacrifice herself.

".So sad, so painful."

"Crazy, confused, helpless. Is this her consciousness? Surprisingly..."

Standing on the edge of the ship of consciousness, Nashida looked at the many black hounds running through the wasteland below with a complicated expression.

I never imagined that the Tree King's dream would collapse into this state.

Even if she just tried to resonate with the owner of this consciousness space for a moment, the next moment her heart was filled with overwhelming fatigue and despair.

"."

Bow your head and keep silent,

I found that this feeling was even several times stronger than the loneliness I had experienced in the past five hundred years.
Although she knew best what her past self was like, Nashida had no idea how the Tree King had been able to survive here for hundreds of years.

"That's enough, don't force yourself."

I had anticipated the scene here.

Lin Feng, who had been observing the outside world, patted Nashida on the shoulder from behind, signaling her to relax a little:
"The power of the abyss is not compatible with you gods who have power over plants and trees. Even Apep can't make good use of it. It's normal for you to feel uncomfortable here."

"Based on the time when the Tree King died, the scene here should be the Xumi Land five hundred years ago, which was the period when the abyss was most seriously polluted."

"But the most profound impression was actually this kind of thing. It seems that she still hasn't been able to get out of the shadow of the past war in these five hundred years."

Stepping to the edge of the boat of consciousness, which symbolizes rational thinking,

Under the dusk sky that seemed to be splashed with a bucket of blood, monsters of various shapes and sizes were wreaking havoc below.
In this desperate scene where it seems as if the world is on fire, Lin Feng, who has now come here in the form of a conscious body, can feel more deeply how profound the disaster that the Kanriya disaster brought to the world in the past was.

". But even after experiencing the disaster of Kanriya, she should have done her best to successfully quell the disaster. Why is there still such a scene in her consciousness?

The emotions I feel here are completely different from what she is described in the records."

Whenever the Great Compassion Tree King is mentioned, the void and any paper documents will highly praise her wisdom and greatness.
He is the image of a wise man who can always find the best solution, always calm, gentle, and seemingly omnipotent.

But after actually arriving here, Nashida discovered that the confusion, fear, and pain in the other person's heart were even more obvious than when she was locked up.

"Do you think this is different from the tree king you imagined?"

".But this is not an isolated case. Aren't all of you gods like this?"

He discovered that Nashida beside him had finally shed her idol filter for the Tree King and began to view this deified abstract concept as an individual.

Faced with this almost defenseless exposed consciousness space, Lin Feng, who was more aware of the surrounding emotions, was not surprised by what he saw:
"Gods also feel fear, sadness, and loneliness. You should know this best."

"Although in the eyes of the people, gods are omnipotent and have superhuman wisdom,
But under the illusory concept recorded in the scriptures, I think everyone is just 'playing' the gods in essence."

".Play?"

Looking at the space of consciousness in front of her and recalling her experiences over the past five hundred years, Nashida paused and suddenly seemed to understand something.

"Yes."

Patting the little guy's head, Lin Feng sighed slightly:
"Just like the title of 'brave' among humans never belongs only to those without fear. Many of them simply bury their fear deep in the grave for something more noble."

"You were born with an unimaginably heavy responsibility, so even if you are facing death, you cannot allow yourself to show the slightest hesitation in front of the public."

"But no matter how they appear outwardly, gods also have all the emotions that humans should have.
After sacrificing his own life,
Since no one is paying attention to him anymore, the tree king here probably no longer has to play the perfect role of being fearless and without hesitation."

".Really, it's so lonely."

Hearing Lin Feng's words, Nashida lowered her head slightly, with complex and unexplainable emotions in her eyes.

"Yeah, loneliness. You two have always been the same in this respect."

Just like two branches growing from the same root, even though they grow at different times, the processes they go through are always very similar.

He gently took Nashida's hand, stretched out her tense fingers, and placed them between his own hands.

Lin Feng looked at the destination not far away, and his tone was filled with emotion:

"Different countries, different gods, all have different sorrows."

"But for the Tree King and you, your deepest experience is probably loneliness."

"Xumeru's situation is somewhat special after all. The Tree King was obtained and lost again, but you never had it.

Because there was no one she could rely on, she was probably the loneliest god in all of Teyvat at that time, guarding Mount Sumeru."

"."

After a brief pause, the boat of consciousness was nearing its end.

Standing up from where he was, he looked ahead at the winding path covered with cherry-red petals.
Although Lin Feng's words gradually became gentler, they also contained a bit of determination that Nashida rarely felt:
".But loneliness is not eternal. The memories you have experienced will eventually become a part of who you are today. Changing or abandoning them will make you no longer yourself."

"That's why, now that I'm here, I will never allow two people who have only been lonely once to become one person who will be lonely forever.

Although such an outcome may seem to have temporarily resolved the crisis, it is nothing more than a greater tragedy.”

He gently touched Nashida's head, who seemed to understand but not quite.
At least for him, no matter what the reason was, Lin Feng would not let this cute little guy leave him like this.

at the same time.

Ahead of the path, the world tree of the dream.

It had been an unknown amount of time before this dead silent world finally showed signs of being touched again. A dreamy pink-purple light fell, and beneath the world tree that looked like countless suspended wood pieces, a suspended emerald green ball of light trembled slightly, as if it had finally woken up from an endless long dream.

When the dreamer wakes up, the world will respond.

The next moment, emerald green dots of light, like fireflies in the night, emerged from the veins of the ground that were sprinkled with pink petals.
As if it had used up all of its own strength, these light spots surrounded the floating light ball, and it took a long time before they slowly condensed into a slightly illusory shape.

".Someone, is coming?"

".Finally, it looks like my time has come."

After hundreds of years of silence, some people are not very skilled in expressing their thoughts with words.
The white-haired figure with a side ponytail slowly raised her head. Judging from her facial features, she looked exactly like Nashida who had rushed here at that moment.

"Your growth seems to be a little slow, but you have been able to persevere until today, 'My Reincarnated Self'. You are already amazing."

He looked down at his current appearance, and touched the flying petals with his hands.

It has been a long time since she had such a real feeling, and she felt a little nostalgic as she experienced the last bit of time before it disappeared.

"What's going on in the outside world? Where is the boy I saw in the Sea of ​​Dreams last time?"

"During my absence, did everything in the outside world develop as planned?

However, since someone has come, it should still become that bad. "

As the manager of the World Tree, the Grass God has far more authority than ordinary demon gods.

She knew much more about the secrets of this world than her colleagues.

She had foreseen her final outcome a long time ago, but now that the time of "liberation" was approaching, she inexplicably felt a little reluctant:

——Although she had already decided to disappear completely, she never felt any reluctance or unwillingness.

Apart from the happy times at the beginning, the past thousand years have been busy dealing with various crises that could endanger the world.

At the moment before she disappeared, she suddenly wanted to take a look at the world today and wanted to spend more time with Nashida.

".But, this kind of thing is not allowed after all."

"As a role model for my juniors, I must stay motivated and leave them with a final, most positive impression."

"I failed to fulfill my duty as a senior to accompany him, so I shouldn't let that little guy bear the guilt of making me disappear when making a decision.
As the "Tree King" in her heart, I have to be open-minded and optimistic, and even get what I want."

I have almost completely forgotten my original image, and can only try to put on a smile with the help of the little guy's appearance.

The purpose of this smile is to welcome one's own demise.

Since I failed to fulfill my responsibility of accompanying my child, even if I will be forgotten in the end, I will treat it as my last effort. At least I should leave a positive example for the little one.
I forced myself to let go of the last bit of reluctance in my heart and found a fairly satisfactory expression for myself.

Finally I can put an end to this loneliness that has lasted for thousands of years.
Even though she knew that her disappearance would be complete, she suddenly became curious whether the darkness that had enveloped her friends in that empty place where there was nothing would be gentler than the darkness here.

On the outskirts of the trail, pink and purple grass covers the tree roots.

Lin Feng held Nashida's hand, and in order not to destroy the dream that was on the verge of being broken, he walked slowly forward in a normal way for the first time in a long time.

Judging from the weakness of the surrounding area, it is clear that the Tree King's activity space is probably only a small part of the core area.

Considering the plot that almost completely ignored the conversation with the traveler, he thought that at this moment the Tree King probably couldn't even confirm the number of visitors.

".It's worse than I thought. After a while, I will lose the ability to communicate with others."

The scenery around him was beautiful. The sky during the Kanriya disaster seemed to him to have a weird and dreamy feeling.

But from the perspective of the tree king, this pink and purple sky may represent a nightmare that will never go away.

"We're almost there."

Lin Feng could already see the towering crimson tree in front of him. He paused for a moment, not knowing how this meeting would unfold.

"Although I can roughly predict how she will appear,
But I don’t know how the tree king will react when he sees me, and I don’t know if the one I saw in the dream sea before is her. "

Both of them were just projected into this dream in the form of conscious bodies. In order to reduce the pressure on the Tree King as much as possible, Lin Feng didn't even bring in any strength. He was just ready to transmit at any time.

In order to minimize the impact of forbidden knowledge on the outside world, the remaining fragments of the tree king's consciousness were sealed in a world tree space that was almost completely isolated from the main body.

Although it was unclear how much information about the outside world she could obtain under such circumstances, Lin Feng believed that as long as she was still thinking about isolating the forbidden knowledge, it would not be too much anyway.

"."

The hand he was holding felt a little resistance, and Nashida seemed to have stopped behind him.

Knowing that he was about to meet the person he had always admired, the little guy was inevitably a little nervous.
Lin Feng turned around and gave her an encouraging look, indicating that she should leave everything to him.

At the foot of the giant tree, there is a platform made of tree roots.

With the remaining memories, a tea table was set up for afternoon tea, and the Tree King, who appeared in the image of Nashida, was quietly waiting here.

I have seen two figures walking together from afar. Although I am a little surprised by the intimate gesture of "myself" holding hands with others,
But looking at this scene, she became more certain about the vague prophecies she knew:

".Destiny is the ultimate knowledge, but unfortunately even if one knows it, it will not bring people the joy of finding the answer."

".The disaster is finally here. In order to stop the world from burning, the golden-haired traveler will set out on a journey, and I will also be destined to be forgotten.

So this time it was indeed "

???

"Blonde hair? Huh? Something seems wrong?"

I paused, and suddenly realized that everything in front of me was different from what I expected.

The tree king, who had already prepared to disappear, blinked and found that the "ultimate knowledge" of fate sometimes seemed not so reliable.
(End of this chapter)