Chapter 876 - 875: Another New Resident

Chapter 876: Chapter 875: Another New Resident

In the Soul Wilderness, Luna spoke much more fluently, compressing two hours of content exchanged with the Tree Angel into a five-minute package and tossing it to Yu Sheng—

"...After being reverse-polluted by the Dark Moon Royal Court, the Tree Angel’s consciousness nearly broke; it doesn’t even know how it created that Mist Forest Sea. Freyia’s attempt to break open the Rift was what startled it awake...

"Now the Tree Angel is still not very clear-headed; I see it as having a slight amnesia. It doesn’t quite remember how it stumbled into this world, but possibly due to excessive erosion in the void, leading to cognitive confusion, it instinctively found a ’nutrient-rich’ place to temporarily escape the crisis...

"I asked if any other companions also fell in, and it said it was unclear, adding that everyone hasn’t been clear-headed for a long time, making mutual communication difficult...

"Oh, it also mentioned that although it doesn’t know where other Time Shadows landed, in its haze, it indeed saw something massive crossing above the Sky Island. The aura of those things is similar to the ’Dark Moon Royal Court’, possibly the very thing we’re searching for. It said that shadow flew along the direction of the Sky River..."

Luna rattled on, showing none of her slow demeanor from the real world, while Yu Sheng listened and nodded. Only when hearing the last sentence did he pensively open his mouth:

"Flew along the direction of the Sky River... If those Historical Fragments seeping from the Boundary Land fault also have similar ’information aggregation’ characteristics, it indicates a large Sky Island similar to this might exist in that direction... This intelligence is crucial, I’ll have to inform Baili Qing later."

Luna nodded, and immediately Yu Sheng casually asked, "Did you mention our situation here to it?"

"Didn’t reveal much, just briefly talked about the Boundary Land and Special Service Bureau," Luna said, "Discussed Erin quite a bit though—it is very concerned about the Omen Goddess’s condition, and I think candidness here helps gain its trust."

Yu Sheng raised an eyebrow: "You’re candidly sharing and still calling Erin ’short’?"

He emphasized the word "short", to which the opposite Knight shook her head solemnly: "The Tree Angel consistently emphasizes the current Omen Goddess looks like a flattened person. I said ’short’ Erin has already boosted her height..."

Yu Sheng: "... You just keep teasing, with Erin’s current propagation speed, there’ll come a day you can’t defeat her even with a full-scale attack, and I won’t be protecting you then."

But Luna just chuckled, pretending not to hear.

Then Yu Sheng sighed lightly and switched to the next topic: "Did you mention ’getting registered’ to it?"

"Well... No, I forgot," Luna shook her head.

"Alright, I’ll explain personally," Yu Sheng rubbed his forehead, "The nephew is still linked up there anyway."

...

Beneath the Giant Tree, shadowy tree silhouettes surrounded, Zheng Zhi still sat on a colossal root, lush and verdantly engaging in photosynthesis. Though he looked like someone fleeing from a bizarre film set of biochemical horror and parasite, his spirits were exceptionally high.

When Yu Sheng arrived, this exuberant fellow was leisurely plucking leaves from himself and even using them to make a whistle, producing sounds reminiscent of a boiling kettle.

Yu Sheng immediately thought Zheng Zhi’s peripheral nerves could be dismantled to serve as arresting cables for Baili Qing’s landing.

"Hey, Brother Yu," Zheng Zhi greeted excitedly upon seeing Yu Sheng approach, "Look, the leaves on me can grow back after pulling them off... Oh, do you need something from me?"

"Nothing, just carry on," Yu Sheng subtly waved his hand, "I’m here to chat with this ’Big Tree’."

As the words left his mouth, Zheng Zhi’s expression underwent a visible "switch", and the tree bark structure on his cheeks expanded further. After a brief pause, a slow, elderly voice emanated from Zheng Zhi: "Hello, friend... I know, you assisted the omen... What do you wish to tell me?"

Honestly, watching Zheng Zhi in his current state while hearing the Tree Angel’s voice from his mouth, Yu Sheng felt a bit strange. He could only attempt to ignore the subtleness in his heart while maintaining a serious demeanor: "I’m here to discuss the ’future’—First, I want to confirm whether you know that you are indeed a kind of... invader to our world?"

Yu Sheng paused, carefully choosing his words: "You, along with your kin, including the omen before integrating with Erin—your existence itself poses a threat to our Universe."

As the winds blowing across the tree canopy gradually calmed, after a moment of silence, the elderly, slow voice finally spoke: "Yes, I know... Moreover, we once made attempts to seek a place for settlement without causing destruction... But regrettably, those attempts failed... Perhaps not entirely, as the omen seems to have survived in some form; however, the process... appears no longer replicable."

The Tree Angel spoke very slowly, with intermittent breaks resembling tangled thoughts, thus taking a while to convey a piece of dialogue.

But this time, Yu Sheng exhibited ample patience—until the other finished speaking, he earnestly responded: "Indeed, the procedure when the Omen Goddess entered this Universe was a one-off."

"...I won’t linger here too long," the Giant Tree soothingly and slowly said, clearly misunderstanding Yu Sheng’s intention, "I’m just here for a brief rest; I will leave soon."

"Hold on, I don’t mean that," Yu Sheng immediately interrupted, "I mean there’s now another procedure—a dedicated procedure for solving your ’foreigner registration’ issues."

Suddenly, a rustling sound emerged from among the tree’s crown, with the friction of leaves and branches seemingly conveying confusion.

"I... don’t understand," the Giant Tree hesitated, as if not believing, "Weren’t you here to expel me?"

"If expelling you was the plan, I wouldn’t have saved you initially," Yu Sheng reckoned, "In your current state, expelling you to the void would inevitably mean death—and we surely wouldn’t do that. You possess reasoning, you can communicate, are Erin’s friend, and collaborated with the ’Captain’ years back, correct?"

"Captain... I seem to remember," the giant tree’s voice was deep, its branches swaying slowly, even the speed of its speech seemed a bit quicker, "So... what should I do?"

"The process isn’t complicated," Yu Sheng smiled and raised a hand, "First, you need to trust me and not resist what’s about to happen. The more you cooperate, the smoother things will go. Second... this process requires a bit of blood."

The giant tree hesitated for a moment, "... I don’t have blood, is sap okay? Or you could wait a while... I will bear fruit, and there’ll be plenty of sap."

Yu Sheng had finally struck the right pose and expression, but hadn’t expected this straightforward tree to misunderstand, causing him to cough awkwardly, "Cough, cough, you’ve got it wrong, I don’t need you to bleed, I’ll use my own. Lu..."

Tree Angel: "...Ah?"

The next second, a dark shadow flashed by, and Luna swiftly made three cuts on Yu Sheng’s arm for bloodletting, conveniently carving a heart pattern with a gradient effect, and etched a high-definition logo of a travel agency—Yu Sheng suspected that if there was more space on his arm, she might have added two more anchovies.

Feeling that Luna’s recent personal hobbies leaned a bit towards the bizarre, Yu Sheng controlled his blood that flowed from the wounds to hover in the air, then without hesitation, pointed it at the tree trunk that resembled a Giant Tower.

The blood spread into a mist, seeping into the giant tree in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, Yu Sheng felt the connection formed by the blood was now established.

It was the first time he had established a connection with a Dark Angel so smoothly!

... Is this the difference between cooperation and non-cooperation?

A thought flashed in his mind, and in the next second, Yu Sheng swiftly synchronized his consciousness with the blood connection, feeling himself connecting with a vast, ancient, powerful, yet extraordinarily gentle Mind Body.

Immediately afterward, countless distant and fragmented images flashed through his mind.

He saw a flourishing forest, distant mountains and rivers, life thriving and growing in the shadows of the trees, many figures building a Kingdom under the tree’s Protection—thousands of years of history swiftly played before his eyes, with epic wars, times of peace, the deeds of kings, and adventure tales sung by poets.

Figures draped in robes approached the tree’s base, offering sacrifices seeking knowledge and enlightenment.

A girl with a long spear wept under the tree, speaking of something.

A dying warrior came to the tree to confess, his skeleton later resting beneath the shrubs.

A boy about to leave his hometown buried a piece of wood inscribed with important names under the tree.

Yet more were unnamed beasts, birds, insects, and snakes... they dwelled in the tree’s shadow, seemingly still vivid within the long and profound memory of the eternal giant tree.

It was as if great sorrow and regret surged at the end of that memory.

But at that moment, the countless images and fragments of memory swiftly retreated from Yu Sheng’s mind.

"It’s alright," an old and slow voice spoke in Yu Sheng’s mind, gentle in tone, "You don’t need to mind... it’s all in the past."

For such a long time, Yu Sheng had seen so much death and destruction, witnessed so many ends of civilization and separations of life and death, but this was the first time someone had told him, "It’s all over."

He looked towards the source of the voice and saw a cluster of ever-changing glow floating in the darkness.

It was an old man, a boy, a man, a woman, and all kinds of birds and beasts, flowers, plants, and trees—it was everything from its memory—ultimately, all the light and shadows collapsed into the form of a towering giant tree.

"You truly are a kind existence."

The tree spoke slowly.

"Well then... I am ready."

Yu Sheng nodded slightly.

And so, the glow appeared in the depths of darkness.

The boundless Soul Wilderness and magnificent Valhalla descended with a rumble, a brilliant white Meteor slashed through the chaotic clouds, rapidly expanding into a splendid waterfall of light, crashing down upon the illusory tree shadow before Yu Sheng.

Freyia’s Super Jump Slash—Mass Relocation of Aliens Edition—modified.

In this way, yet another Dark Angel settled collectively in Valhalla.