I am weak and friendly

Chapter 368 The Funeral of the Wisdom Tree
The sound of a loudspeaker rang in Tang Yiping's ears.

Tang Yiping turned around, and behind him, there was chaos, wailing and howling.

"Stop stabbing me! Stop stabbing me!"

"Help! Ahhhhhh my eyes!"

"Help! Don't stab me there!"

Tang Yiping gripped the doorknob, gathered his strength, and then lunged forward, grabbing the stair railing.

But he was already exhausted. He staggered, fell to the ground, and rolled down the stairs.

Oops!

Tang Yiping tried desperately to control himself, but he had exhausted all his strength.

Just then, he suddenly realized that he was... lying on the stairs.

The force pulling him down disappeared.

No, it didn't disappear; it just changed gravity.

This is... the power of the Staff of Pivot?

The power of the Staff of Pivot?

Wait a minute, wasn't the Staff of Pivot taken away by Stoker and the others?
Tang Yiping lay down on the stairs, then slowly sat up.

He discovered that even though he was tilted relative to the ground and the stairs, he was sitting very steadily.

This is indeed the power of the "fulcrum".

A notification flashed before Tang Yiping's eyes:
—Your body is frail and your strength insignificant, yet your will is unbreakable. You always silently help others, leveraging your life and the world. But sometimes, you too need the help of others. The weak [fulcrum] hopes to stand shoulder to shoulder with you, to become your [fulcrum]. The weak [fulcrum] hopes to forge an alliance with you and is willing to accept your enslavement.

—【Lever】: "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." With the right fulcrum, you can move anything. People always assume the existence of a 【lever】, but no one ever considers the feelings of that 【lever】. Yet, no matter what, the fulcrum is always there, unwavering.

Tang Yiping's eyes widened.

[Lever]?
The "fulcrum" in the "Staff of the Pivot"?
This guy... isn't he still in a weakened state, not completely weakened?
Did it also successfully weaken itself?

Yes... Could this be the power of the [Beacon of Friendship]?

Wait, I haven't activated the [Friendly Lighthouse] yet!

Tang Yiping didn't know when the "pivot point" became a pivot point, but now he had a better way to move.

He shifted his body slightly and then reached his hand onto the wall.

In an instant, gravity shifted, and he "fell" onto the wall, "lying" on it.

Then, he rolled over against the wall and rolled to the corner.

Then it rolled over and rolled up the corner of the stairs.

He rolled forward, completing a transfer that wasn't pretty, but was still relatively quick.

Compared to the Staff of Pivot, the Pivot itself is more flexible to use, as if... wherever he goes, gravity is there.

But after rounding the corner, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

He saw Sun Licheng.

He and Sun Licheng made eye contact.

Sun Licheng had a large hole punched in his chest, and the blood had stopped flowing, even showing signs of drying.

Sun Licheng's gaze remained fixed in his direction.

Looking in the direction of the stairwell.

But Sun Licheng was not alone. He saw a person kneeling in a pool of blood, holding Sun Licheng's head on his knees.

It's Lux.

"Lux!" Tang Yiping exclaimed, overjoyed.

If Lux is here, does that mean Sun Licheng still has a chance?
"Lux, heal him quickly!" Tang Yiping quickly rolled over and then "fell" back to the ground.

His clothes were soaked with blood, but he didn't care at all.

Lux seemed to only notice Tang Yiping now. She looked up, her eyes momentarily dark and unfocused.

"I'm sorry, I... I've already tried."

"No...it's impossible, Lux, you are the Tree of Wisdom!" Tang Yiping recalled the towering, colossal divine tree he had seen.

“I’m sorry I’m late. If only I had been a minute earlier…” Lux said.

"You can drink my blood, and I can pray to you with utmost devotion... Lux, I beg you..."

"sorry."

Lux lowered her head.

Tang Yiping looked at Lux, and for a moment, he seemed to not know what Lux meant by "I'm sorry".

After a long while, he looked down at Sun Licheng.

Sun Licheng's eyes were wide open, staring blankly at him.

He and Sun Licheng had only known each other for a few days.

They have already fought side by side twice.

In a way, they are comrades-in-arms.

He suddenly remembered Sun Licheng's words.

"Single, orphan, and doesn't know when I'll die."

"Now I know when you're going to die, Brother Sun."

He said.

Then he gave a wry smile.

Tang Yiping, you still think of lame jokes at a time like this? You're a real jerk.

He took a deep breath to calm himself down, then used the wall for support to stand up.

"Let's go," he said.

Lux silently stood up, and then, her hair fluttered down. At his feet, delicate, translucent roots sprouted and extended toward the blood on the ground.

"What are you doing?" Tang Yiping asked.

Even in this state, you still want to suck his blood?

“We, the Tree of Wisdom, absorb the power of our fallen comrades, carrying their wishes, and continue to live on,” Lux said.

Tang Yiping paused for a moment, then asked, "Is this considered a funeral for your Wisdom Tree clan?"

“We, the Tree of Wisdom, do not have funerals…” Lux said, but then paused and added, “But you can think of it that way.”

Tang Yiping braced himself against the wall, struggling to stand upright as he looked at Lux.

Lux lowered her head and seemed to hum a strange song.

It's like the wind blowing through the leaves, or like the grass and trees growing.

Dense roots extended up from the ground, absorbing the dried blood from the earth, and then slowly covered Sun Licheng's body.

The roots burrowed into his body, wrapping him up like a rice dumpling.

Just then, Lux opened her eyes.

“He left you a message,” Lux told Tang Yiping.

Tang Yiping's eyes widened.

He said, "Don't be sad for me, I'm just going back to where I came from."

He also said: Thank you, Tang.

On the ground, Sun Licheng's body slowly faded and then disappeared.

The bloodstains on the ground and on Tang Yiping's body were slowly disappearing, as if they had never appeared.

It seems that he has never existed in this world, that he has never been here.

At that moment, Tang Yiping felt a complex mix of emotions.

"If... he disappeared, would his blood still be useful to your Tree of Wisdom?" Tang Yiping asked.

What Tang Yiping least wants right now is for Sun Licheng's existence to be completely erased.

“I’m not the Tree of Wisdom anymore,” Lux said. “Now I’m the Vampire Tree.”

Just now, she completed her hundredth blood-drinking session.

(End of this chapter)