This isn't a souls-like game at all.

Ye Yiyi was silent for a moment.

Indeed, before Ye Yiyi, the saint had seen other name seekers.

However, including the Dragon of the Hell of Fire, those people either had their own things to do or were unwilling to get involved in the mess of the war, so they all refused the responsibility.

Until the leaves appear one by one.

"I understand."

Ye Yiyi let out a long breath, then rolled his eyes and looked at the other person with a strange expression.

"That's what they said, but you were still captured and imprisoned here... The forest rangers didn't take your soul but offered it to the Colorful Stone Tree instead. Why is that?"

"It should have been my turn today."

Xia Zuo pursed his lips, the smile on his face faded, and he pulled out a small stack of familiar documents from his trouser pocket with drooping eyes.

"My companions have been sacrificed."

He said calmly.

Ye Yiyi took the certificate and took a look, only to find that it was a mercenary certificate.

When he opened it again, he saw Xia Zuo's name written on it. He was from the Holy Kingdom of San Dohalin, and the organization that issued the certificate was the San Dohalin Free Mercenary Mutual Aid Association.

Looking at the other mercenary certificates, Ye Yiyi discovered that there were both men and women among them, all from the Holy Kingdom of Saint Dohalin.

Ye Yiyi was very familiar with the mercenary certificate, and having it could indeed prove the other party's statement.

In other words, the cage was originally occupied by a group of mercenaries.

The forest ranger caught a lot of them and picked one to sacrifice every day, and Xia Zuo happened to be the last one.

If Gray Lotus had not happened to fall in the forest and Ye Yiyi had not arrived right after, Xia Zuo would probably have died by now.

Understanding the logic, Ye Yiyi sighed inwardly, lowered his eyes, and whispered.

"I'm very sorry……"

"It's nothing. I've already died once, so I have nothing to be afraid of even if I die again."

Xia Zuo forced a smile and said casually:

"At least ten thousand years ago, there was no hero like you to save me..."

"And what about you, sir? You are so strong, able to fight so many blows with the Phytoceratops. Could it be that you are a Kingsman under the command of one of His Highnesses?"

When Xia Zuo said this, his eyes were almost shining.

"Unfortunately, I am not a Kingsman either."

Seeing that Xia Zuo seemed disappointed, Ye Yiyi didn't care. He returned the mercenary certificate to him and asked:

"You're a Saint Doharin after your resurrection. How did you end up in the Gray Leaf Forest of the Iron Kite Knight Kingdom? Are you here to look for your name?"

"Iron Kite Knight Nation?"

Xia Zuo was stunned for a moment, then reacted and quickly shook his head:

"I've never been to the Iron Kite Knight Kingdom. I came here from the Mist Forest of Saint Dohalin."

"?"

What do you mean you came here from the misty forest of Santohalin?

Ye Yiyi frowned in confusion.

There are at least thousands of miles between the Iron Kite Knight Kingdom and the Holy Kingdom of Saint Dohalin, right?

"This is the power of the mist."

Seeing Ye Yiyi confused, Xia Zuo explained.

"The hazy mist of the Colorful Stone Tree possesses a very special power, capable of connecting different regions across time and space."

“Although the various misty forests along the border are not connected, they form a complete area within the mist.”

"The forest rangers and other races living here cannot leave, but people from the outside world can enter through different misty forests."

"That's why I'm from Saint Dohar Forest, and you're from the Iron Kite Knight Kingdom, but we can meet in the same misty forest."

"Is that so?"

Ye Yiyi was surprised.

No wonder the item description of Dancing Butterfly Moon Orchid says that the Misty Forest is "a boundless forest shrouded in hazy mist."

Wait a minute, but if that’s the case, can I use the Misty Forest as a transit point and go directly from the Iron Kite Knight Kingdom to Saint Dohalin?

Ye Yiyi's eyes lit up and he told Xia Zuo his thoughts.

"If the Colorful Stone Tree is still awake, then maybe it's possible, just like in the past when we used the ley lines to teleport over long distances."

"Immortal life is the embodiment of miracles, capable of all sorts of incredible things."

Xia Zuo sighed as he spoke, then turned his head to look at the coral stone sculpture surrounded by a forest of cypress trees.

"But right now, I can only say that there is little hope."

"why?"

Ye Yiyi also followed his gaze and looked at the coral stone sculpture.

"This is the Nursing Hall, and that stone sculpture is part of the Colorful Stone Tree."

Xia Zuo whispered and led Ye Yiyi towards there.

"That grayish color symbolizes that the Colorful Stone Tree has fallen into silence."

"In this case, the hazy mist it releases spreads uncontrollably and cannot be accurately transmitted like ley lines. That's why I say there's little hope."

"Furthermore, its life radiation also passed through the fog, affecting all life in the forest."

"It's easier to say about races like the Stone Cypress Tree People and the Saliva Rock People, who are originally derived from it."

"But others who had originally hidden in the forest to avoid the war suffered a devastating disaster."

Xia Zuo said helplessly: "Those forest rangers who have lost their civilization and wisdom like wild beasts are affected by this life radiation."

"Is that so?"

Ye Yiyi chewed over Xia Zuo's words carefully, then looked at the coral-like stone sculpture, and suddenly became curious.

"So this coral-like thing is the shape of the Colorful Stone Tree? Its main body also looks like this?"

"Pretty much. The Colorful Stone Tree isn't a single tree, but a sea of ​​coral rocks. They're scattered across the borders, and the mist connects the forest into a whole."

Xia Zuo replied, "The Phytoceratops actually had a similar coral horn on its head. You should be aware of this, right?"

"Of course I know."

Ye Yiyi nodded, thinking that the coral horn was extraordinary. Each color represented a kind of king dragon power, and when it flashed, it looked like a rainbow.

and many more……

Ye Yiyi paused, his expression suddenly becoming incredulous.

A rainbow-colored coral horn?

It is said that before the Phytoceratops became a god, the color of the horns on its head seemed to be gray, like stone, right?

"What is the origin of that phytoceratops?"

"It is the descendant of the King Dragon."

Xia Zuo's expression was hesitant and strange, as if he didn't know how to explain it.

"When I was working at the temple, I heard a rumor that the Phytoceratops was the offspring of the King Dragon and the Colorful Stone Tree..."

"Grass!"

Ye Yiyi was really shocked this time!

Is the taste of King Dragon so strong?

He knew that the king's desire for power was almost insatiable.

But isn't it too fucking weird to make a stone tree pregnant?

He said that the phytoceratops became a life god once it awakened, and was also called the "Dragon with Tangled Rainbow Horns".

It turns out that "rainbow horn" refers to the colorful stone tree, and "tangle" refers to the king dragon!

Recalling the experiment that the King Dragon had conducted on the Autumn-shelled Locust, Ye Yiyi couldn't help but look horrified.

Could it be that guy did something similar to the Autumn Shell Locust and gave birth to some "Autumn Shell Entangled Dragon"?

Ye Yiyi didn't know what to say, but he inexplicably felt that the Dragon King might have really done this.

This time the dragon was really lustful.

“It’s truly against the will of heaven…”

He sighed and saw the tree man he brought standing outside the forest, waving at them.

It did not take root like its companions, but stood in front of the forest like a guardian.

Seeing the two people coming, the tree man picked some fruit from the treetop and bent down to hand it to Xia Zuo.

"Colorful Red Fruit? Ah, thank you."

Xia Zuo thanked the tree man quietly, ate the fruit clean in two or three bites, then covered his stomach and let out a sigh of satisfaction.

"It's been three days, and I finally have something to eat..."

Ye Yiyi finally reacted and was about to speak when he saw Xia Zuo looking up at the tree man in front of him and asked.

"What did your companions say? Can you contact the Colorful Stone Tree?"

The tree man shook his crown and replied in a low voice in frustration.

"No, Mother...didn't...respond..."

"Yeah……"

Xia Zuo was also a little frustrated, and turned to introduce Ye Yiyi:

"The Stone Cypress Tree People can communicate by taking root in the Colorful Stone Tree, just as the Forest Rangers can communicate with the Lingering Vine Veins."

"Communication? Can't the little goblin do that?"

Ye Yiyi asked thoughtfully.

"No."

Xia Zuo shook his head. "The Colorful Saliva Stone Tree is not an immortal life form that borders the land. The little goblin cannot communicate with it."

Then he sighed helplessly:

"If the tree people can't awaken the Colorful Stone Tree, the hazy fog may continue to spread until it leaves the confines of the Mist Forest."

"Until one day, the entire border is completely covered."

"But judging by the current trend, this isn't something I should be concerned about..."

"..."

Ye Yiyi was silent for a moment.

Just as he was about to say something, he saw Xia Zuo giving a self-deprecating smile again.

"...We have no control over what happens millions of years from now. It's hard to say whether the border will still exist by then."

"..."

Ye Yiyi couldn't help but roll her eyes.

So this is what you mean when you say it's none of your business?

"anyway……"

Xia Zuo turned around and looked at Ye Yiyi with a hint of uneasiness on his face.

"What on earth are those black flames that have stained the stone people?"

Ye Yiyi came back to his senses and finally remembered the main reason for coming to the temple, so he briefly summarized the situation of the ceratops and the prototype of life messenger and recounted it roughly.

"Is there such a thing?"