Kevin, but with little Ellie as a male mother on Star Rail

"Although those monsters seem to prevent us from getting close to the fruit, this is already the place where it will bloom and bear fruit. We just need to stay here safely and wait for these branches to bloom and bear fruit."

According to historical records, the ancestors of the Xianzhou people gained the "immeasurable lifespan" that will never age because they ate the fruit of Jianmu.It even protected future generations and made the Xianzhou people completely immortal species.

So, it is quite natural for a tree with such great power that its fruit can restore the "Tianque" caused by it to normal.

But Kevin is not like Pado, who naively thinks that the purpose of the Medicine King's secret message is to simply restore the health of these children, saying that they just want to restore the immortal boat that returned thousands of years ago. Even during the "fertile" period, he didn't quite believe it.

"Since they have made arrangements... let's go, Pado, the things here have nothing to do with us."

"Hey, but why?!"

Chapter 115 How many people have fought in ancient times?

Kevin is not from Xianzhou, and he doesn’t know the history of Xianzhou... He doesn’t know why Xianzhou hates “abundance” so much, and it’s impossible to judge the quality of possession from an outsider’s perspective. The fairy boat with built wood is better, or the fairy boat without built wood is better.

But at least now it seems that no matter whether it is the secret biography of the King of Medicine or the official Xianzhou, they are all people who belong to the same civilization after all. Kevin can judge the inferior, but he cannot interfere indiscriminately as an outsider. An internal war.

Just like he thought before that it was not a good thing for Xianzhou to constantly launch external wars.But he is also very clear that the immortality of the Xianzhou people is very attractive to countless short-lived species. If they are not strong enough, there is no guarantee that more others will launch a war against the Xianzhou people. .

War is such a sad but helpless thing... You can't persuade the powerful fairy boat to stop declaring its sovereignty.So when the rich people think that the fairy boat is weak and take the initiative to invade, will you step forward and take responsibility for those who died as a result?

No, you can't... Even Kevin himself believes that he has never been responsible for the loss of any life from beginning to end.

Whichever of the two evils is better... Hehe, this is what Kevin dislikes the most, but it is also the reality he has been choosing from the beginning to the end. It is the choice that best faces the truth of the world.

Maybe Xianzhou's current choice is a plan that can minimize grief. Maybe there are other better choices, but you can't find him, and you can't hold anyone responsible for this.

As mentioned earlier, everything has two sides, and unilateral judgment does not have any legitimate meaning...

Therefore, these children who were deeply involved in the tragedy due to Xianzhou's foreign war, as well as the Xianzhou people who chose to join the Secret Story of Medicine King for other reasons... were trapped in such a choice. Those who grieve the sacrifice have the right to question such a world and civilization, and even Kevin is not qualified to take away their power to resist fate.

"We don't belong to this civilization, Pado."

Looking at the doubtful eyes of his companions, Kevin explained in a rare and soft voice: "You can change the situation of one or two people, but as long as the fairy boat remains like this, there will still be countless people who will cause tragedies... ...Can you guarantee that you can save them all?"

"This...I..."

Kevin's words instantly put Pado into a state of confusion.When dealing with children, she is indeed kind-hearted, but how can her ambitions be so big?

Even a fool should be able to imagine that there are of course countless children in the world who live miserable lives for various reasons, but how can she really save all these people?She couldn't even take care of herself many times.

Pado did start to hesitate at this moment.

Indeed, judging from the current situation, the buds here will mature soon, and the children will be able to successfully eat the fruits and restore their physical health. There is no need for her to stay here anymore. She cannot treat everyone. Very well looked after.

"No! You must not leave now!!!"

Before Pado could really make a decision for himself, the old fox man suddenly seemed to have been triggered by some key words. He broke out of his trance and roared with a ferocious face.

"Ah? Grandpa, what is...what's wrong with you?"

Pado was about to step forward to ask something, but was pulled back by Kevin. He shook his head at her and said, "Judging from his physical condition, he doesn't have much time left. Now he is in the process of splitting the world and building a new world." Under the double erosion of wood... he may have completely fallen into the demonic body under the influence of obsession."

Before that, even Kevin himself thought that this was a state that a fairy boat person would fall into...but the old fox man in front of him taught him a lesson in person.

Perhaps even when Pado first met him, the old man's body and mind were still in a completely normal and amiable state.It's just a pity... By the time Kevin saw him, he was completely hopeless.

Things are changing so quickly and so...unpredictably.

"Ah, but how is it possible..."

Padu wanted to explain something else, but the old man in front of him could no longer maintain his spirit. He covered his head and shouted in pain: "As long as you go out, you will definitely tell others what happened here, right? Everyone. Everyone thinks they are right...Why does everyone think they are right!”

"Those Xianzhou people outside who believe in "hunting" and war don't care at all... Children here, do you know... War, because of the war, they lost their parents and support and were abandoned in the world. There are very few people here who are willing to pay attention to them...but do you know what the most tragic thing is?"

When talking about the children, his crazy and turbid eyes even softened slightly, but in the next second he was completely swallowed up by hatred: "Their parents died in the war, but there are still some surviving comrades who are willing to take care of them. That's the only one willing to accept them..."

"They opened their hearts to them, just like real family... But as long as the war doesn't stop, they have to go to the battlefield again and again!"

"Over and over again! Year after year! There are fewer and fewer people who can come back! These children... They just have their own new family, but they have to fall back into the grief of losing their family. Why? Why? !!!”

The old man himself is also a person who survived the war. Naturally, he came here because there are many children whose parents were his comrades-in-arms.

Naturally, other comrades who once relied on their lives will not forget to visit the orphans of these deceased people. But as time goes by, they go to participate in one war after another...lucky sooner or later. will be exhausted. Even if only one person in the 100-man team is killed, they will not always be the lucky 99.

Yes, the lifespan of the Immortal Boat people is thousands of years.As for a Cloud Rider, he has been on the battlefield since he was over 200 years old. How many years of war will he have to go through before he can wait for the moment of glorious retirement?

Lord Grim, lying drunk on the battlefield, has fought since ancient times...how many people have returned?

Chapter 116 "Discipline" Can't Fill the Abyss

"I hate war...I hate Xianzhou...Why do such a powerful civilization have to bear the consequences of these innocent children?!"

“This kind of place should have been destroyed long ago!!!!!”

The crazy roar was so heartbreaking.It was obvious that this old man of the fox tribe was still completely eroded by hatred and other strange energy.Although his appearance still looked normal at the moment, Kevin could feel that the other party's spirit had been distorted into a completely indescribable state.

Let alone him, even if Aponya, who is the best at this, is here, he may not be able to bring the opponent's condition back to normal levels.

And the mental distortion soon affected the physical level... It seems that the fox people's bloodline does not have the influence left by Jianmu in the bodies of the Xianzhou people, which originally caused them to transform into immortals. The things they grow are probably not as good as the wooden structures of the fairy boat.

But just as his body gradually began to change into a 'beast' form, the surrounding roots suddenly began to quickly cling to his body, and the imaginary energy in the world also began to pour into his body.

It feels like it was deliberately shaped into a terrifying monster...

"Kai, Boss Kevin, what should we do now...Is there any way you can help this old man?"

In Pado's impression, the image of the old fox man was obviously still the same as when she first met him. Although Kevin didn't know much about him, he wanted to find an old man who was willing to watch over those children for so many years. There is no way he is really a bad person.

"..."

"Stand back, Pado."

Kevin didn't make any promise to Pado that he would be able to save him. After all, even in his senses, the real old man might have passed away before he arrived. Things like splitting the world are very important to living things. The erosion is not limited to the physical body.

Such an old man who is almost in prison has no ability to resist such things at all, let alone other levels of torture such as the demon Yin body and Jianmu.

Oh, this is really...

boom--!

As Kevin's body flashed, all the thick wooden roots wrapped around the old man were easily smashed with one punch, and then the almost completely non-human shape was revealed——

It still retains some characteristics of the fox-man, but most of the area is completely covered by branches, like a strange combination of three forms: human, animal, and plant.

"You damn guys...how do you understand!!!"

I don’t know what kind of persistence it is that makes him never forget the hatred in his heart even though he has become like this... Kevin has no doubt that if he is really released, he may still... Is it possible to attack all the Immortal Boat people indiscriminately?

"I don't understand what kind of hatred you have in your heart, but... I think the real you is dead, and what's left here now is just a body supported by hatred under the influence of the world rift. .”

Kevin didn't know if he could understand what he said now, so after finishing this sentence, the huge ice crystals instantly froze the nearby roots and the other person's body, leaving only the only thing left on his body. The head that could still be called a 'human' was exposed to the outside.

Even though he knew that he might not be able to achieve any effective changes, Kevin still gently stretched out his palm and applied the "commandments" he had just mastered to the other party.

The first of the "precepts" is, you must not forget your roots as a human being.

[Precepts] Second, you must not be anxious or irritable.

"Commandment" third,...

Perhaps due to the influence of Aponia, the "commandments" used by Kevin inevitably brought some feelings like her... But fortunately, this did not affect his view of " The use of "Discipline" may be improved instead.

Finally, under the constant restraint of one command after another, the other party stopped screaming bit by bit.The only pity is that...the infected body has not changed at all.

Under the influence of physical factors, even if his mental state is temporarily restored to a relatively normal state, sooner or later he will fall back to his original state.

"Commandments" can't save the dead, just like Aponya couldn't change his foreseen fate no matter what.

"Boss Kevin...are you okay?" Paduo, who approached cautiously, asked softly.

Although we had only known each other for a few days, the almost omnipotent image of Kevin, his boss, had already penetrated into Paduo's heart.If it were a little more serious, she might almost swell up like a puffer fish.

However, this time, the all-powerful Kevin boss in her eyes shook his head regretfully: "It's a pity that his obsession is so deep that he completely fell into the "Demon Yin" almost the moment he was affected by the world split. "...I can't possibly save him."

Even Kevin, who has been entrusted with the wishes of countless people more than once, is essentially just an ordinary person, not an omnipotent god.

According to Xianzhou, being possessed by thoughts...the more powerful the grief and obsession, the easier it is to completely drag people into the bottomless abyss at this time, which is even a kind of Kevin's current mental state seems completely irreversible.

It is tantamount to saying that his memory and spirit have been shattered into a mess. How can the broken mirror be reunited?

What the little dragon girl said before, the elixir that can block emotions and allow people to physically cut off their passions - that may actually be the best way to prevent and treat the demonic body.

Even if his state managed to temporarily regain clarity under the constraints of the "commandments", at this time he probably couldn't remember who he was at all, why he was here, and what was his purpose?

Seeing the old man's eyes staring blankly at the flower buds not far away, Padu obviously felt a little bit unbearable.But just when she was about to step forward and try to say something to the other party, an accident suddenly happened——

Boom--!

The entire hall... no, it should be said that the entire cave seemed to be trembling suddenly.At the same time, the roots in the hall were constantly tumbling and surging, as if something terrifying was brewing.

Immediately afterwards, the golden buds in the hall... they bloomed.

Chapter 117 The dead look up to Jianmu

Even if he was in the main hall and was completely unaware of what was going on outside, looking at these inexplicably blooming flower buds, Kevin could clearly guess what was going on.

It seems that the secret plan of the Medicine King was extremely successful at this time, and Jianmu, who was dead in everyone's eyes, revived, otherwise the flowers here would not suddenly bloom and bear fruit.

Looking at these charming but deadly flowers, the dull expression on the old man's face suddenly regained some vitality - he walked out of the restraints that had been released by Kevin, dragging the branches that were entangled with him. The strange body walked towards the blooming flowers step by step.

Every time he took a step, the branches on his body would fall off in large areas... Until he finally reached the flower closest to him, his posture had completely returned to his unsightly human form.

He dully put his palm into the stamens, which were surrounded by golden light and couldn't see the specific things, and then picked out another equally golden fruit from it.It wasn't that big, but in the old man's hands it seemed as heavy as a stone.

Maybe at this moment, he himself didn't know what he was doing, but there was such a will to support this broken body to stand up in front of the flowers, thus holding the fruit of Jianmu in his hands. .

"This is the fruit of Jianmu...can it cure all those children?"

Looking at the scene in front of her, Pado really didn't know what to say... Although she had only known each other for less than a few hours, and the time she had been in Xianzhou was not necessarily as long as one day. But what appeared before her eyes completely subverted her long-held concepts.

"It is said that after swallowing the fruit of Jianmu, not only can one's body be transformed into an immortal species, but one can even gain magical abilities like an immortal. I don't know if it is true or false?" Qingque's voice was unclear. Big, but enough for everyone in the hall to hear.

She would definitely not touch this thing herself. Not to mention that it was just a legend. Even if it was true, she was already an immortal. At the age of about two hundred years, why did she think so much?

As for the so-called magical magic... Miss Qingque knows very well that with great power comes great responsibility. If she really gains any powerful power, I'm afraid she will have to be dragged to a more dangerous place to do hard work. Live!

"That's right! Jianmu's fruit! If it's so powerful...Boss Kevin, it must be able to cure this old man too, right?"

Pado immediately turned to look at Kevin beside him, his eyes full of hope.

Even though she may indeed know a lot of things, and even have quite a lot of experience and talent in business... But Pado is still that simple child from beginning to end, and her simple ideas have not changed in any way. .

But facing her stern look, Kevin could only lower his head silently and shake his head.

"It's useless, Pado, he's already dead."

After all, the body was already exhausted, and the spirit was gradually entering the end of Demon Yin - but the process of being transformed by Jianmu was directly interrupted by Kevin... To be able to do such a thing again A series of actions can already be called a miracle.

"Nonsense... nonsense! Boss Kevin, look at him, he's still standing there with his eyes open. How could he be dead...?"

Pado rudely rejected Kevin's conclusion, and then ran forward quickly regardless of the danger. He just put his palm on the old man's shoulder and wanted to say something, but his face suddenly froze.

"So...so hard?"

She withdrew her palm blankly and looked at the things left on it in a daze... It wasn't even the blood left from the wound, but just pieces of dried wood chips.

Even though the branches seem to be completely separated from the outside of the body, the inside of the old man's body has been completely transformed.Except for the head that was forcibly amputated by Kevin, the rest of the body can be called a vegetative state.

But at least he can still be called a human being, right?

"How could it be possible, Boss Kevin, how could it be..."

The old man who could still stare at him with a smile more than ten minutes ago died in front of his eyes the next moment. How could Pado accept such a situation?

Even though she has been traveling in the universe for several years, she has never seen someone pass away little by little in front of her?

"If the normal life span of the fox people is really only 300 years, then he can be regarded as the longest-lived one..." Kevin could clearly feel it at the moment when he was frozen. The other party's lifespan is definitely not only [-], but his condition is so uncharacteristically old. It must be that Medicine King Secret Legend has already used some other means.

"If you really want to do something, do you have to watch the fruit in his hand disappear?"

This so-called Jianmu Fruit has no appeal at all to Kevin, but this does not prevent him from being able to feel that the originally pure energy in it is passing away at an extremely fast speed after leaving the mother's body.

"Yes, yes...at least we need to cure those children!"

After being reminded by Kevin, Pado, who gradually fell into an empty state, immediately realized what he should do now.She quickly hugged the fruit in the old man's hand, and then turned her attention to other blooming flowers.

She even invited Xing and Qingque to help. Finally, after completely picking all the flowers in the hall, the group, led by Paduo, ran towards a shaded door in the hall—— Presumably those children were also hidden in a relatively safe place.

But Kevin had no intention of doing anything else to take care of the children.He waved his palm gently in front of him, and the old man who had passed away was sealed in the ice coffin. Even his eyebrows softened, making him look like a requiem person who was put into the coffin after his death.