Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

"Want to go out and have a look?"

He nodded vigorously.

"Then you can wander around the cave entrance. If you feel like you're going to freeze, come back quickly."

Jiang Bai gave it a reminder, and then let it go out to play on its own.

Seeing the little guy's curiosity about the snow-capped mountains, Abedo took out his sketchbook.

"What an interesting little guy, worth recording."

Seeing that he wouldn't be asleep anytime soon, Jiang Bai yawned and climbed into the coffin to sleep.

"I'm going to sleep now. When you're ready to sleep, call Gudong back to keep watch. He understands."

"Okay, go to sleep, goodnight."

Abedo set up his easel, took out his paints, and sat down in front of the fire to begin sketching.

Chapter 588 He is Abedo's twin brother

In no time, a lifelike slime appeared on the paper.

Around the slime, the rocks and the snowy landscape in the darkness looked exceptionally rudimentary.

Abedo looked at his painting with satisfaction, then stretched out his hand.

Alchemy: The Art of Creation!

A patch of soil disappeared, and a small, azure-blue slime appeared before them.

Unfortunately, this slime didn't have the intelligence of a gooton. It wandered aimlessly in the cave and didn't attack the humans.

Gudu, who had returned at some unknown time, was stunned.

As expected of the master's friend, he's incredibly capable!

Abedo noticed Gudu's astonishment and laughed, "It's just alchemy."

He reached out and pulled Gudu into his arms, studying Gudu's unusual behavior.

This slime is extraordinary; he has never encountered a slime like this before.

Also in a cave, Dulin quietly watched Bennett sleeping in his sleeping bag.

Because of the cold, Bennett curled up tightly into a ball.

He had witnessed far too many unfortunate things that day.

However, after he fell asleep, these unfortunate events subsided.

No one can be unlucky all the time; otherwise, there would be no chance to survive. Misfortune will always have a temporary respite.

After watching for a while, he left.

Once he stepped out of the cave, he disappeared from sight.

In the distance, on a frozen clearing, a giant frozen tree grew.

Plants are the organisms closest to the earth's veins.

Like an organ of the world, it harmonizes the earth's veins where elements surge.

Over hundreds of years, his consciousness merged and collided with the chaotic ley lines of this land, creating this monster that was transformed from a plant.

Like the Ice Mist Flower and the Deceptive Flower, these elemental plants are products of the elements.

The only difference is that it is not a real plant.

He possesses Dulin's consciousness; he can mimic the shape of a flower, eat like a human, and run and jump like an animal.

Just as Jiang Bai said, he has a completely new life.

They gained the ability to disguise themselves as humans.

He should think carefully about what he should do.

The enormous freeze-dried tree folded its branches and leaves and fell into a deep slumber.

The next day, Bennett woke up to find that the person was gone.

He thought the person whose name he didn't know had just gone out temporarily, and waited in the cave for a while, but the person still didn't return.

He was somewhat disappointed.

The new friend I met yesterday is gone today.

He forced a smile to encourage himself, "It's okay, Bennett! It's good to go on an adventure alone, and I don't have to worry about dragging others down with me."

He rallied his spirits and continued on his way.

They encountered Jiang Bai and Abedo coming from the opposite direction on a mountain path.

Bennett's eyes lit up when he saw the two of them.

Just as I was about to run over and say hello, I suddenly tripped over a tree branch in the snow and fell face-first into the mud.

Jiang Bai was somewhat surprised to see Bennett. He went over and helped him up.

"Are you okay?"

He was quite impressed with Bennett, even though they hadn't met many times. The kid was just too unlucky, so he couldn't help but remember him.

Bennett casually brushed the snow off himself. "It's alright, it's alright, Jiang Bai, and you too... I'm so glad to see you all!"

He didn't know how to address Abedo, so he could only use "you".

“You know me?” Abedo raised an eyebrow.

He didn't recognize the adventurer in front of him; the only way the other person might recognize him was because Dulin recognized him by his appearance.

Upon hearing his voice, the classmate scratched the back of his head in confusion. "Don't you recognize me? We just met yesterday. You said you wanted to go on an adventure with me, and we even traveled together for a while."

"If I'm not mistaken, the one you met should be his twin brother, named Abe-Shao."

Abedo, who was about to say something, felt speechless upon hearing the name.

Abe?

How exactly did Jiang Bai come up with this name?

Bennett was overjoyed. He had been wondering if he would ever meet that boy again, but now that he had met his twin brother, it would be much easier to see him again in the future.

He felt that the boy seemed to have walked into a dead end, and was somewhat misanthropic, showing no interest in anything. If possible, he wanted to give him some advice.

"So you're twin brothers! No wonder you look exactly alike. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't even know his name."

"We're looking for him. Do you know where he is?"

Bennett became distressed. "I haven't seen him this morning. He must have left."

"Can you tell us what happened after he met you? We're a little worried about him."

Aberdo tacitly accepted the claim that he was a twin brother.

The person in front of him did not know him and would not doubt his claim of being a twin brother.

They do not want to reveal Dulin's existence at the moment.

“No problem… I fell into a deep pit, and he was attracted by my cries for help. He said he would save me if I answered one question…”

As expected, Jiang Bai heard the question, "What is the meaning of life?" again.

If I'm not mistaken, Dulin must have just woken up and is searching for the meaning of his existence, otherwise he wouldn't keep asking this question.

"...I talked to him a lot, and he offered to go on an adventure with me. We spent most of the day together, but he wasn't very talkative, and he gave me the feeling that he didn't really want to live..."

Bennett voiced his concerns.

Jiang Bai patted his shoulder and comforted him, "Thanks to you!"

Jiang Bai didn't know if his words had any effect on Dulin, but he was willing to bet that Bennett's words had definitely had a significant impact on Dulin.

Bennett demonstrated firsthand what it means to be hated by the world while simultaneously loving it deeply.

This experience is somewhat similar to that of Dooling; he can see himself in Bennett.

Bennett also possesses a tenacious spirit that allows him to grow through adversity.

This is the best guidance for Dulin, who is in a period of confusion.

Bennett shook his head. "I only said a few words, I didn't do anything."

"Can I go with you to look for him? I'm also a little worried about him."

"Of course, no problem. But aren't you on an adventure? Is it alright to suddenly go looking for someone?"

"It's okay," Bennett said with a smile, pushing up his goggles.

He came out on an adventure alone, without any specific destination.

He was more worried about the friend he had just met yesterday than about taking risks.

Yes, even though Dulin only saved him and spent half a day with him, he had already considered him a friend.

"This search method isn't working. Let's go back to my lab first."

Abedo plans to go back and use the blood he collected to make a device for finding missing people.

Chapter 589 You Need to Calm Down

Arriving at Abedo's laboratory in the snow-capped mountains, amidst a dazzling array of experimental equipment displayed to Jiang Bai and Bennett, Abedo quickly created a tool to locate Dulin.

However, even with the tools, finding Dulin in the vast snow-capped mountains is not a quick process.

On the afternoon of the second day, the three of them finally arrived at the huge frozen lake where the frozen tree had grown.

Bennett's eyes widened. "Wow, what a huge Frozen Tree!"

He had also seen a frozen tree over the Peak Hills in Mondstadt, but that one wasn't as big as this one.

"Why is it shaped like a tree?"

Jiang Bai was somewhat puzzled.

Dulin is clearly a dragon, so why did his consciousness turn into a tree?

After thinking for a while, Aberdo offered a relatively plausible guess:

“Plants are the closest beings to the earth's veins. His consciousness has been here for many years, so he must have detached from the earth's veins in the form of a tree…”

"So what do we do now?" Jiang Bai asked, shrugging.

Judging from how the sapling has folded its branches and leaves, it is clearly still dormant. Should we rush up and beat it up?

Dulin didn't do anything, so it wouldn't be right for him to just rush up and beat him up like that, would it?

It was originally searching for meaning in its existence, so it should have been given positive feedback. But what if it got beaten up and turned evil instead?

"Let's wait. Let it wake up."

Aberdo didn't want to go up and beat him up for no reason.

Let's wait and see how things develop.

Even if things take the worst possible turn, they won't get too bad.

Dvalin is in Mondstadt, the Clown Master is in Mondstadt, and the wind god Barbatos is also in Mondstadt.

What's more, there's him, and there's Jiang Bai.

If Dulin can be killed once, he can be killed a second time.

But he didn't want to kill him.

If possible, he would also like his brother to live in the sunlight.

What are you talking about?

Bennett felt he could understand each word they were saying, but when put together, he was completely confused.

Aren't they looking for Abedo's younger brother, Abeso?

Why did we find this frozen tree here?