Lush forests, crystal clear streams, birdsong echoing through the valleys, and the turbulence of falling waterfalls can be heard in the distance.

If you're here during the day, the view should be pretty good.

It's a pity that now there is no other light in the night sky to help distinguish the things around you except for a little moonlight and starlight, and if you are an ordinary person who comes here, you may trip over if you don't pay attention, right?

Walking in the remote valley at night, Xia Zhi began to think in his heart, why did he put his girlfriend's soft body in the warm quilt at night, and ran all the way to this place where there was not even a street lamp?

Beside him, Nogi Sonoko looked at the surrounding scene with great interest, as if she was nostalgic and contrasting something. Compared to her, Mio was also curious, but her attention was still more on the boy's side.

This leads to ......

"Yikes!"

Nogi Yuanzi, who was in a trance, seemed to have tripped over something, and one stumbled and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, he was pulled by Xia Solstice in time. "Eighty-four-three" "Be careful. "

Obviously they are all battle-hardened warriors, why are they still so careless?

Xia Zhi thought helplessly.

After Nogi Sonoko whispered a thank you, it seemed that she was worried about accidentally falling again, so she simply grabbed his arm.

Xia Solstice didn't care, and instead continued to ask, "Are they really not thinking about decorating street lights or something here?"

"On the road a little further from here, it seems that there is an installation. Nogi Sonoko replied.

"Maybe it's because you're too close to Lord Divine Tree, and you're worried that human technology has polluted this holy divine domain?"

Xia Zhi thinks that technology itself is a way to use the laws of nature, and it is not some kind of xenogeneous energy from another world, nor is it any pollution or anything like that?

"Or is it because you think that the Sacred Tree-sama will shine on its own?" Nogi Sonoko gave her opinion after thinking about it.

This is a lot more reasonable.

Xia Solstice thought to herself.

It's just that I haven't seen a similar light now.

Is it because the power has weakened to the point where even the light cannot be maintained?

"Because the sacred tree doesn't shine in normal times. Kurumi Tokizaki answered the doubts in his heart.

“......"

Xia Solstice turned his head to look at the garden beside him.

The girl stuck out her tongue and said embarrassedly, "I didn't come here at night." "

It's better to say that she has only seen the Divine Tree once...... About two years ago.

Even Nogi Sonoko, who is a brave man and has a high authority in the amnesty, doesn't know much about the sacred tree.

Kurumi Tokizaki, why is he so familiar?

"We're here. "

Miss Time Elf stood still, turned around and looked at them with a smile.

In fact, she didn't need to be reminded, Xia Zhi also knew that they had arrived at their destination.

Although it was made gigantic when it was transformed into a sea of trees, the sacred tree was not that big in normal times, but compared to the other trees around it, the height of the sacred tree was also particularly eye-catching.

Just being there has a sense of solemnity.

The root system extends throughout the land, and even in a world surrounded by walls, people can farm normally and fish can swim freely in the sea.

However, this sacred tree, which once blessed the entire Shikoku and was the survival of human beings in the Divine Age, was extremely weak at the moment.

...... No, it's not just weakness.

Xia Solstice could feel it, and there was a faint, seemingly dead silence in this weakness.

Such a dead silence should not have appeared in the sacred tree that blessed the whole world and represented new life and continuity.

Xia Zhi had some possibility in his heart.

"As you can see, the sacred tree is actually dead in a way. Kurumi Tokizaki gave a slightly different answer from Nogi Sonoko.

"Ahh

Ignoring their surprise, Kurumi Tokizaki continued, "It's not wrong to say that it's alive, after all, its power still exists, but its internal consciousness has completely dissipated." "

She turned her head to look at the Divine Tree, which was already a little withered and withered, and continued to explain, "Its power is too weak to carry the huge existence and consumption that originally came from the collective consciousness, and in order to maintain this last power for a longer time, it has chosen to completely consume its consciousness. "

"All that's left is a program that follows instinct and keeps the world running. "

Thinking and being consumes energy, and in order to save energy, simply don't think...... Is that what it means?

Xia Solstice thought to himself.

He probably knew why Amnesty had been avoiding his previous request, because he didn't want him, an "outsider", to see the Divine Tree in this way?

It was finally clear why the Divine Tree didn't take the initiative to lift the fire barrier in the outside world...... After all, it no longer has the consciousness of "initiative".

"Buzz ......"

Just when Xia Solstice was thinking like this, he seemed to feel their arrival, and the sacred tree in front of him suddenly lit up with a soft white light, and a gentle breeze blew around, driving the leaves to sway gently, making a "rustling" sound, as if he was expecting him to step forward.

Xia Solstice thought about it, stepped forward, and gently put his hand on the trunk. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

The next moment of contact with him, the holy soft white light became brighter, and Xia Solstice could feel as if something was surging towards his body0....

It was the divine power from the Sacred Tree.

Snatching?

...... No, as Kurumi Tokizaki said, there is no personal will in this force.

It's not so much a final death throe, but rather a sense of trust, right?

...... Do you want to entrust the last power to your "colleague" along with the world?

Xia Zhi guessed in his heart.

Is that what it desires?

Even at the end of life, the remaining instinctive programs are still looking for a way out for human efforts...... Sure enough, it's a gentle god.

But, I'm sorry, I'm not an earth god.

Moreover, for the time being, he is not used to accepting people other than Ai Lu Ke into his body.

Xia Zhi thought to himself, and pulled his hand back mercilessly, and the energy circuit was interrupted

The branches swayed gently in the breeze, as if revealing a faint sense of loss and regret.

“...... Haven't you considered fertilizing it more?" asked Xia Solstice, turning back to Kurumi Tokizaki.

"Brother Xia Zhi......"

Without waiting for the girl to answer, Nogi Sonoko gently tugged at the corner of his clothes: "Strictly speaking, all the fertilizers used for cultivation in Shikoku now also come from the Divine Tree-sama. "

Xia Zhi thought about it, it seems that this is indeed the case?

He shook his head, pulling his mind back to the point.

There's one more question here.

As far as Xia Zhi knows, even at the end of the original plot, until it completely dissipated, the Divine Tree was not weakened to this extent.

In other words, because of the appearance of Kurumi and other elves that he guessed, the world has changed more than he imagined.

What happened to them before they came into this world?

On the other hand, for the boy's refusal of 3.4 to give away the last gift of the sacred tree, Shizaki Kurumi was not surprised.

After all, even if everything else is aside, for a god who can defeat the gods, this bit of power from the dying god tree is too insignificant, right?

"Mr. Xia Zhi, you should know that the history of this world is the result of being changed, right?"

Kurumi Tokizaki changed the subject and said.

Xia Zhi didn't quite understand why she suddenly brought the topic here.

He tilted his head, waiting for the girl's next words.

Kurumi narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at him and said meaningfully:

“...... But no one has ever said that history has only been changed once, has it?"

And it's not just changed once......

Could it be said

Listening to her words, a possibility rose in Xia Zhi's heart

"Didn't you want to ask where the other elves were?"

The elven girl smiled and continued

"They're all left behind. "

......。

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