Villain: Fairy, please offer your loyalty

Mei had decorated the roof of the RV beforehand.

A large recliner, a low table, and several fluorescent lights suspended in mid-air transform this metal roof of a dozen square meters into an exquisite open-air viewing platform.

All around were endless yellow sand.

The moonlight shone down, making the surface of the desert glow like a huge skeleton.

Vivi stood on the edge of the car roof, hugging her arms with both hands.

The night wind blew in, carrying sand and dust, and a dry, hot breath that made one's throat ache.

"there."

Vivi pointed southwest.

Under the moonlight, one could vaguely see cracks of varying depths on the ground in the distance, like scars on the earth.

"Those cracks didn't exist three years ago."

Vivi's voice was very soft.

"Alabasta hasn't seen a single drop of rain for three whole years."

"Rivers dried up, wells ran dry, and oases disappeared one after another."

She squatted down and scooped up a handful of dust that remained on the roof of the car.

"Farmers couldn't grow crops, and herders' livestock died of thirst in droves. Towns and cities fought each other over the remaining water resources."

The sand slipped through her fingers and was scattered by the wind.

"Last year in Katoria, more than 400 people died in two villages over a well that was about to dry up."

"After the men finished digging, the women took their hoes and continued digging. In the end, the well dried up too, and no one got any water."

Vivi's shoulders were trembling.

"Crocodile used the drought to incite public sentiment, making the people believe that my father was controlling the weather behind the scenes."

"Actually, it was all his conspiracy... He used the Sand-Sand Fruit's power to drain the entire kingdom of water."

"But the people didn't know that. All they knew was that their children had died of thirst and the crops in the fields had all withered."

She turned to look at Gu Fan.

The desolate moonlight was reflected in those beautiful blue eyes.

"Young master, you said that weakness is the original sin."

"What have my people done wrong?"

"They just wanted a drink of water, they just wanted their child to live."

Gu Fan leaned back in the recliner, one hand behind his head.

He didn't look at Weiwei.

My gaze fell upon the starry sky above.

The stars in this world appear brighter than those in the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm.

Perhaps it's because the sky here is clean enough, without too many celestial array patterns to disturb the view.

"The Crocodile you mentioned."

Gu Fan spoke up.

"I've never bothered with the petty scheming among the ants of this small world."

"But this practice of paving the way for oneself by draining others' livelihoods is indeed disgusting."

Vivi's breath hitched.

Gu Fan sat up and rummaged through his storage ring.

He took something out.

It is about the size of a thumb, entirely emerald green, with rings of pale golden light swirling around its surface.

It looks like a seed.

But the vitality emanating from within the seed was so intense that even a mortal like Weiwei, who had no cultivation, could sense it.

A warm, vibrant atmosphere, like spring itself materialized.

"What is this...?"

Weiwei asked instinctively.

"A celestial spirit seed."

Gu Fan weighed the seed in his palm.

"Things from the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm would only grow into an ordinary spirit tree if thrown into the spirit fields there."

"But what if you put it in a world like yours where spiritual energy is scarce..."

"The effect might be a bit exaggerated."

Gu Fan stood up and walked to the edge of the car roof.

He glanced at the dry, cracked yellow sand beneath his feet.

Then he just tossed it aside.

The emerald green spirit seed traced an arc before falling into the yellow sand.

one second.

two seconds.

Nothing happened.

Vivi was about to say something.

The RV beneath my feet shook violently.

It's not shaking.

The entire earth was trembling.

The sand surface began to sink where the spirit seed landed.

Immediately afterwards, a patch of emerald green emerged from the sand.

A tender sprout.

The sprout grew rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the blink of an eye, it has grown into a sapling as tall as a person.

Two breaths later, the tree trunk swelled to the point where it would take two people to hug it.

Three breaths.

A towering tree, hundreds of feet tall, rose from the ground, its canopy like a green cloud, blocking out the moonlight overhead.

But this is only the beginning.

The roots of the giant tree spread and expanded wildly underground.

It penetrated through rock layers tens of meters deep.

"Gurgle..."

A deep, rumbling sound came from underground.

The roots of the giant tree pierced through the aquifer deep underground, and under the pressure, groundwater gushed upwards along the channels carved out by the roots.

The first stream of clear water gushed out from the cracks at the base of the giant tree.

Then came the second one.

The third stock.

The tenth share.

The water flowed into the low-lying area around the giant tree, and quickly spread out, forming an ever-expanding lake.

The lake water was so clear that you could see the sand at the bottom. Moonlight fell on the water and shattered into a lake full of silver light.

The spiritual energy released by the giant tree continued to spread in all directions.

Golden rays of light spilled from the tree canopy, like invisible spring rain.

Wherever the halo of light covered the area, the dried yellow sand began to change color.

The withered yellow turned into earthy brown, the earthy brown turned into dark brown, and from the dark brown, tender green grass shoots sprouted at the same time.

The withered yellow turned into earthy brown, the earthy brown turned into dark brown, and from the dark brown, tender green grass shoots sprouted at the same time.

Within a radius of 100 li.

The desert is disappearing.

Instead, there was an endless expanse of green.

Grasslands, shrubs, wildflowers, and even a few fruit trees that had never appeared in this desert before, all bore fruit under the catalysis of spiritual energy.

An oasis.

No.

This is no longer an oasis.

This is a complete ecosystem that suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the desert.

The sand beneath the RV has long since turned into soft grass.

The lake not far away shimmered in the moonlight, and fish were already swimming in the water.

The air was filled with the scent of grass and flowers.

Just minutes ago, this place was a silent desert.

Inside the carriage, Luffy leaned half his body out of the window, his mouth agape enough to fit three fists.

"A tree...a tree! A huge tree! And water! And grass! What's going on?!"

Usopp was completely dumbfounded, and his legs went weak, causing him to collapse to the ground.

"I...I'm not seeing things, am I? A forest has grown out of the desert?"

Chopper lay on the windowsill, tears streaming down his face.

"So beautiful...so beautiful..."

Zoro stood by the window, his grip on his sword tightening slightly.

He didn't say anything, but the vertical line between his eyebrows was a bit deeper than usual.

The cigarette in Sanji's mouth fell out at some point.

He looked out the window at the incredible expanse of green, then glanced at the back of the man standing on the roof of the car.

"What kind of monster is this guy...?"

Roof.

Weiwei stood still, motionless.

She covered her mouth with her hands, and tears streamed down her face silently.

Three years.

A drought that lasted for three whole years.

She went undercover, spyed, and risked her own safety for this land, almost losing her life in the process.

She did everything a princess could do.

In the end, she couldn't even get that one sip of water for the people.

And now.

This man.

I casually tossed a seed down.

The desert, spanning hundreds of miles, has been transformed into an oasis.

Clear water flows from the ground, and vegetation grows wildly from the barren land.

What she pursued, pleaded for, and begged for with all her might.

It was nothing more than a speck of dust that he flicked with his fingertips.

Vivi's knees buckled again.

But this time, before her legs could bend, a hand gripped her wrist.

"Stand still."

Gu Fan's voice came from the side.

"I told you, it doesn't look good to speak while kneeling."

Vivi looked up at him.

The moonlight and the golden glow of the spirit tree intertwined and fell on his profile.

There was no pity, no compassion, and not even a trace of a sense of justice in deliberately helping others on that face.

There is only a kind of nonchalant casualness.

"you……"

Weiwei took a deep breath, tears blurring her vision.

"Why should you help me? Didn't you say you had no interest in saving my country?"

Gu Fan released her wrist and put his hands in his pockets.

"I'm really not interested."

"But deserts aren't pretty; green is more pleasing to the eye."

Weiwei stared at him blankly.

Then she laughed.

Tears still clung to her cheeks, but the corners of her mouth had already curved into a smile.

This man spoke the coldest and most heartless words, yet did the gentlest things she had ever seen in her life.