Genjin: I don't want to fall in love with Yae Gongji

Chapter 302 The connection between the World Tree and the Dead Zone

"It was successful, and the surrounding area has become lush again."

"Thanks to your help, this place can return to normal in such a short period of time." Tinari thanked Ying.

"Tinari, even though you said so, I always feel that you are not very happy."

"Is it so obvious? Oh, okay." Upon hearing this, Tinari touched his forehead with his hand, and then put it down again.

Because recently, the problem of dead zones has given him a lot of headaches. After all, if one area is cleared, new ones will pop up, and there is no way to completely eradicate them.

"Because the rate of emergence of dead areas has obviously become much faster recently. Even if a dead area is cleared like we just did, a new dead area will be generated soon."

"If it just means more work for me, that's fine, but the conditions in the dead zone will have an impact on all aspects of the rainforest."

"For example, even if we just restored this area to normal, not all the plants in it would come back to life."

"At present, the number of many kinds of plants in the rainforest has been severely reduced, and changes in the number of plants will also affect the animals related to them. The ecology of the rainforest is becoming precarious."

"In addition, since the situation in the Dead Realm started to get worse, Kelai's magic scale disease has also become more serious."

Hearing that Ke Lai's illness was getting worse, Paimon was a little worried about it.

"Huh, how could this be?"

"The specific reason is not yet clear, but a few days ago I received a letter from an acquaintance of the Order. He told me that there are indeed many patients with similar conditions."

"Is there no way to eradicate the dead zone at present?" Ying asked from the side if there was any way to solve this problem.

"As far as I know, there is none currently. The Death Domain has existed in Sumeru for thousands of years, and its birth came from a deeper place in this world."

"Have you ever heard of the World Tree?"

world Tree?
Ying felt like she had heard it somewhere before, but she couldn't remember it.

“I always feel like I’ve heard it somewhere.”

"The world tree is located deep in the ground under your feet. Although it is not a biological tree, you can roughly regard it as a big tree growing upside down."

"You should know about the earth veins. They are like the roots of the World Tree, crisscrossing the ground, extending from the deep and huge hollows to the ground."

Hearing this, Ying felt that there were criss-crossing or huge holes, which seemed to be similar to what he saw when he lost consciousness.

"The earth's veins will continue to absorb the memory of this world, and the World Tree also collects all the information and wisdom in the world from ancient times to the present."

"The reason why the God of Grass is also called the God of Wisdom is precisely because her consciousness is connected to the World Tree, and the power of the God of Grass can actually be said to be a manifestation of the power of the World Tree,"

"The emergence of the Dead Domain is actually a disease of the World Tree."

"Is the World Tree sick?" Ying was a little puzzled by this.

"Yes, a long time ago, my ancestors learned about this from the relatives of the Great Merciful Tree King, but those mysterious creatures didn't know how to cure the World Tree."

"Therefore, we rangers may have to fight against the Dead Zone for a long time."

"Okay, let's stop talking about this topic here. Now that things here are over, let's go back to the city wall now."

So on the way back to the city, Ying kept thinking about these things Tinari said, because she had learned about some things when she was in Mondstadt.

That is the honeysuckle tree on Longji Snow Mountain. Its power seems to come from the earth's veins.

But now that area is already a forest of elves, and this honeysuckle tree is now well protected by the elves.

But one thing is worthy of affirmation, that is, once there is a problem with the earth veins, whether it is the World Tree or the Honeysuckle Tree, there will be corresponding problems.

But the only thing that confused her was Sumeru's World Tree. The dead zone appeared because of problems with the earth's veins.

But where is the source of the appearance of earth veins?

...After walking for a while, the three of them returned to Huachengguo.

"Mr. Tinari, you are back, thank you for your hard work!"

"The dead zone you discovered before has been dealt with, so you can rest assured."

At this point, Tinari heard a sound not far away, and then looked over. After spotting the brightly colored bird, he suddenly realized something.

"Oops, it's Hypatia!"

After saying this, he quickly ran to where Ming Cainiao was.

"Tinari, what happened to you, you came running here all of a sudden?" Paimon asked in confusion.

"This colorful bird is specially designed to deliver urgent messages to Hypatia. Do you remember the name Hypatia? She is the scholar you met before."

After hearing such an explanation, both of them suddenly realized that something must have happened to the scholar.

"It turned out to be her. What happened to her?"

After hearing this, Tinari picked up the letter in his hand and read it, his expression instantly became a little weird.

"Why did your expression suddenly become so weird? Let me see too..."

Paimon took a look and found that there seemed to be only three crooked lines drawn on it.

"Let me explain, it should be like this. After we brought you to Hua Chengguo from Hypatia that day, she started meditating again."

"When she opened her eyes again, it should have been just now. She hasn't eaten for nearly three days, but she forgot to prepare dry food in advance, so now let's hurry over and rescue her."

Paimon felt a little incredible that Tinari could understand this letter, because the meaning could be interpreted with just a few lines.

"What? She has been sitting there for so long - no, how did you figure out such content from a few lines?"

When Tinari heard this, he immediately explained, "Of course it's because this kind of thing has happened before. She drew five lines last time! Forget it... I don't really want to recall the situation at that time."

"Hypatia's condition shouldn't be too bad now, but it would be better to go see her as soon as possible."

"I have some emergency food here. Can you help me bring it to him?"

"Eh, us? But Hypatia has the scent of phenol. Will there be any problems with the travelers?" Paimon said what he was worried about.

Upon hearing this, Tinari took out the incense burner from before again.

"Traveller, now come and smell this again."

After hearing the incense burner, Ying took a whiff of the fragrance and found that she was no longer dizzy.

"How do you feel?" Tinari asked the situation.

"There is a very fresh aroma, and there is no uncomfortable feeling." Ying said what she felt.

"Hey, you don't feel uncomfortable anymore? Really?"

"Really." Ying nodded.

After getting this result, Paimon asked Tinari again.

"Tinari, how do you know he has recovered?"

"When he was helping to clean up the dead zone, I saw that he was already proficient in using the ability of the grass element, and I knew it at that time."

"Traveler, when I told you about the root system of the world tree, did you think that those things sound similar to your hallucinations?"

(End of this chapter)