People in Xumi: I am really not the Dragon King

Chapter 431 Tree King: Sage? Is there something wrong with your sage's stats?

A moment later, a table with three chairs was placed.

Facing the tree king's suspicious expression, he brought the little guy to the other side.

Knowing that Nashida had been looking forward to this day for a long time, after Lin Feng came here, he deliberately left some time for the two "Buyer" to reminisce.

Of course, even though they looked exactly the same, it wasn't too hard for him to recognize the two over there:
——Although the image of the tree king at this moment is also a blade of grass, the sadness and tenderness in her eyes make people subconsciously feel that she is a woman who is much more mature than she looks.
If Nashida is mostly innocent and well-behaved, then this one will make people unconsciously associate it with motherhood.

You come and I go, one question and one answer,
Because both of them have countless things to say to each other, this scene doesn't seem boring.

The emotions that had been suppressed for hundreds of years were able to be expressed to each other. Lin Feng sat quietly on the side, listening silently as the Tree King gave his blessings to Nashida and explained the reason why she was born as a "new branch".

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He paused for a moment, stopping his explanation of the forbidden knowledge and the World Tree disaster.

I never thought that the existence I "dreamt" would appear in front of me in this form.

The Tree King thought of the attachment shown by "herself" in front of her. Although she didn't understand what was going on, she was still relieved that Nashida could find someone to rely on.

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Before I knew it, the time for chatting was over.

Although there seemed to be a small problem with the divine plan, she was only able to stay awake for a short time, and she no longer had the extra time to care about these details.

He shook his head slightly. He had just explained clearly the disaster that the World Tree was facing now.
Although he didn't know why "he" had been looking at her with sympathy, the Tree King still planned to give the solution he had prepared long ago:
"——The forbidden knowledge comes from the bottom of the abyss and is incompatible with the original rules of Teyvat. The various disasters in the outside world of Sumeru in the past five hundred years are basically because the world tree is "rejecting" this knowledge."

".I am really happy to see you grow up to what you are now, and I believe that one day in the future, you will become a great god."

"But my existence has long been contaminated by forbidden knowledge. If the problem of forbidden knowledge in the World Tree is not resolved, the entire Teyvat may fall apart."

Looking up at Nashida in front of him,

For some reason, the Tree King found that the "self" in front of him seemed to have anticipated what she would say, and appeared much calmer than he had imagined.

Although she felt a little sad that she was not cared about that much, she still breathed a sigh of relief and spoke to the little guy in front of her in a tone that seemed to be seeking relief:
"You are very smart. You should have realized that there is only one solution to the problem at this moment."

"Originally I was still wondering how to convince you, but now I'm happy to see that you are mature enough to face all this calmly."

“Face it calmly.”

"If you mean the Tree King disappears, the former Nashida also ceases to exist."

"——Then I'm sorry, I don't intend to accept your proposal."

Without any warning, the previously harmonious atmosphere of the conversation suddenly changed.
Before Lin Feng could say anything, Nashida, who looked exactly like the other party, looked at the Tree King and refused with a rare firm attitude.

".If possible, I don't want to choose an ending that is too cruel for you."

"But as the God of Wisdom, you should know this. There is no other way."

No matter how much I tried to make this farewell seem less sad,

But in the face of Nashida's resolute attitude, she still shook her head silently, with a complex and incomprehensible look in her eyes:

"The forbidden knowledge is completely bound to my existence. Even if I die, it will remain in the world as knowledge and memory. The only way to eliminate it is to make the "Great Kindness Tree King" no longer exist.
Although you may not understand the inevitability of this now, you don’t have to feel sad for me. I have already foreseen this day and have prepared for it. ”

I raised my head and finally had the chance to look seriously at the black-haired boy beside me.

For some reason, no matter how hard he tried, he could not sense any aura from the other person. The consciousness gave him the feeling of an ordinary person without any special powers.

Apart from knowing by chance that the other party came from another world, the Tree King, who had been isolated from the world for a long time, suddenly found that he knew nothing about the companion chosen by Nashida.

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After a moment of silence, he looked at the boy beside him.
Because I believe in my own vision, and I also believe in Nashida's unreserved trust and happiness.
Suddenly realizing that this ending might be better than the prophecy, she also patted the little guy's head and spoke with a sense of relief:

"——I am glad to see that you are no longer alone now, and I am also glad to see that the person next to you is not the one I originally expected."

"The protagonist of the prophecy will never stay in one place. You will inevitably become lonely again one day in the future.
But if you are the knight chosen by your own will, you will be able to continue even without me."

He stood up from where he was and came to Nashida.

In order to avoid feeling sad, I planned to say as little gossip as possible.
But after going around in circles, I ended up telling myself a bunch of things.

He talked about his favorite recipes, the gifts he left at Jingshan Palace, and his favorite places to relax.
Most of the instructions are about life, and there is no god at all.

She believed that she could do everything well, and she also believed that after obtaining her "memory", Nashida would not forget what she should do.

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"Go ahead. I don't have much time left to be awake. This is my own choice. You don't have to blame yourself for it."

The green light of the grass element gradually bloomed around him, and he was about to take the initiative to give the little guy a hug that he had long owed.

But just as she was about to hug him,
Lin Feng, who had been watching for a long time without any presence, shook his head slightly, inserted a hand directly between the two Buyer who were about to touch each other, and said the first words after coming here:

"——I'm sorry to stop you from hugging, but there will be many more opportunities like this in the future, so please don't rush now."

"——As you said, I will not leave Nashida."

"——But besides that, I think she also needs a "mother", a "sister", and a "senior" besides the "knight". "

Carefully maintaining the state of the tree king, all the necessary preparations were finally completed.
It took a lot of time to "change the source". Now the maintainer of this consciousness space has quietly been replaced by myself during the conversation between the two grasses.

With a slight movement of his mind, he directly gave himself the highest authority to decide the survival of this place. Lin Feng, who had not dared to bring in even a little power before, could finally project the power he should have.

"Om-"

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Suddenly he found that the dissipation operation he was performing in the consciousness space was actually terminated by others. A certain glowing Buyer blinked with a look of question marks on his face.

Before she could figure out the situation, a force a hundred times or a thousand times stronger than the fragment of her consciousness surged in from the outside world.
Reshape the structure, repair the soul,
As the space around him became solid, the boy who had previously had no sense of existence became as conspicuous as the center of the entire world.

The seven-colored elements rose from the depths of the earth like an ocean, condensing into the supreme authority.
Combined with the huge amount of abyss power that made the tree king feel his heart stop,
Lin Feng casually wiped away a half-black and half-white illusory crown before it took shape. He did not intend to face this bright light bulb when facing the two of them.

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I found that the way the Tree King in front of me looked at me was like a Liyue person finding out that the street kid who bought on credit at the teahouse was the Geo King.
In order to prevent the Tree King from using the authority of the World Tree in the name of Nashida to erase him, he directly pulled the bit to the top for safety reasons.
In order to make this "Buyer" give up any plan of self-destruction as soon as possible, Lin Feng, whose temperament has completely changed, also came in front of her:

"——Although I have met you by chance in a dream before, I think it is better to introduce you again under the current circumstances."

"——As the first sage of the God of Grass and one of the two rulers of Xumi, although I am far from being omnipotent at the moment,

But at least in terms of power and person, I think I am worthy of the title of "The Adventer."

He had known about the relevant plan a long time ago, and had been chatting with the Tree King so that Lin Feng could concentrate on adjusting this consciousness space.
Nashida looked at herself who had become unresponsive because she had suddenly learned too much information.
Although the actual relationship between himself and this "sage" seems to be reversed, he is still a little proud of his ability to select people.

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From time to time, he glanced at Lin Feng with a puzzled look.
At this moment, the Tree King had completely lost the confident look he had at the beginning, and his performance even looked more like a curious baby than Nashida.

Looking at "myself" leaning against the other person with a "proud" attitude,
The tree king felt Nashida's obvious dependence and happiness at the moment, and because of the title of sage just introduced, he also cast a subtle look at the little fellow:
——Since ancient times, sages in most cases refer to followers of gods, and generally speaking, it is the gods who make the decisions.

Although Nashida was able to find a trustworthy sage through her own will, as a senior among gods, I am very happy.
But even if we put aside this seemingly overly harmonious relationship at the moment, is there something wrong with the strength of you as a sage?

According to the indescribable power I just felt,

They were certain that if the other party had gone there alone in the past, he would have been able to wipe out all the disasters in Kanriya at the source. There was already a real gap in strength between him and the two of them.

I have no idea how this lucky little fellow managed to kidnap such a "knight" and "sage".
Because of the ability to even challenge the rules head-on, she now even felt that her previous struggles and distress seemed a bit redundant.

"There is an extra descender, and I just happened to find him. The plan that was supposed to be implemented by the outside world..."

Because the situation here is very different from what was expected, and the variable of an adventer may even overturn all the original plans.
It was impossible to predict what the outside world was like now, and the Tree King also looked at Lin Feng beside him.

"I haven't been here too long, and everything should still be moving in the 'correct' direction.
But in the past two years, if nothing unexpected happens, the so-called plan will be completely shattered.”

The influence he had on the elemental dragon race alone had caused an irreversible deviation in fate.

The supreme prophecy is no longer something that must be achieved in front of him. If he is not afraid of bugs in the system of heaven, he does not even need to pay attention to formal respect.

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I found that everything was indeed different.

Even though he had been preparing for his own disappearance for hundreds of years, facing this "miracle" that did not even exist in dreams,
This little fellow, who looked exactly like Nashida, lowered his head slightly, and suddenly found it difficult to suppress the desire that had appeared in his heart for a moment.

raise your head,

Looking at Nashida, who was now holding the other's left hand with a look of peace and trust, she suddenly felt as if she saw herself in another world.

There, the old alliance was not broken, and she was no longer the only one who had to face countless monsters alone in the war.

Just like a seed buried in the frozen soil finally seeing the sunlight, a ray of light and hope appeared in the calm eyes after a long absence.

Looking at the Adventer in front of her who obviously had a solution, she also wanted to know how the other party planned to deal with the pollution of forbidden knowledge:
"I can sense that you have unimaginable power from the abyss. If it is just a pollution from the abyss, it probably won't be a problem for you.
But because of the special things between me and Nashida, the manifestation of forbidden knowledge in me is not simply the power of the abyss. It has become like a part of me, parasitic in my consciousness.

As long as the Great Kindness Tree King, which is contaminated by forbidden knowledge, still exists, the world will never forget the boundless disaster, and ordinary means may be powerless."

"You're right, but I've thought about it for a long time before coming here, so don't worry too much."

“You should still remember how you cleared the world of forbidden knowledge, right?

In addition to the simple and direct pollution removal, I also intend to take similar measures this time to prevent future troubles."

"A similar method? Back then, I borrowed the power of everyone's dreams to erase the records of forbidden knowledge from the World Tree, but I can't do that to myself."

He paused, as if he had figured out something.
Contact the other party to quietly change the means of operating authority of his consciousness space,
After the Tree King sorted out his thoughts, there was finally a little more light in his eyes.

"——It's very easy to strip away the forbidden knowledge. Those things are like the pollution from the Grass Dragon. Just keep them with me for the time being.

They are pollution to you and to the world, but they also have some other value.”

"——Besides, your consciousness has been severely damaged by the infection of forbidden knowledge. Simply and roughly erasing the memories of forbidden knowledge will create an irreparable hole in your consciousness and memory.

In order to make the recovery process smoother, I will let you and the world have a dream.

You will remember the forbidden knowledge, but by that time, all the forbidden knowledge pollution of this world has come to me,

I do not belong to this world, so what the world will remember me as is only a meaningless empty noun. "

I don't intend to let the world forget the "Great Compassion Tree King", nor do I intend to let the now very weak fragments of the Great Compassion Tree King's consciousness forget all the memories related to the "forbidden knowledge".
Having collected almost all the pollution in Apep and Xumi veins, what Lin Feng needs to do is to turn the target of forbidden knowledge into an empty set.
It doesn't matter if you can't forget the "forbidden knowledge", and it doesn't matter if the forbidden knowledge is bound to the tree king.

After this precise operation on consciousness, as long as the forbidden knowledge from the bottom of the abyss, in terms of actual content, all that the World Tree can retrieve and reject will be a meaningless blank.

(End of this chapter)