"What happened?" Mu You asked curiously.
Fuya hurriedly described the experience in the game just now.
Mu You also frowned after hearing this. The weirdness in the future actually mutated and even attacked fairies. It also seemed to have a certain contagious ability, which could turn normal fairies into weirdness.
This is probably the reason why Fuya has never encountered any weird things in the future. The weird things from the previous era were not aggressive to the native creatures in Sky City. Instead, they would actively help them repel outsiders. This was only good for the goblins, so the goblins deliberately allowed the weird and savage growth.
But now, in the Bitter Garden, weirdness has become a real 'pest'. Of course, the fairies can no longer turn a blind eye. Every time one appears, they will be eliminated immediately, which creates the illusion that there is no weirdness.
"Anyway, the only information we have right now is this place called the 'Dark Cave', right?" Mu You looked at Fuya.
"It's just possible... that impostor said that there is no such place in Bitter Garden. It always feels like he just made up a name casually to save his life..." Fuya was helpless.
Mu You nodded. He was not as pessimistic as Fuya. Compared with the Bitter Garden in the past, many things have changed dramatically in the future. Just like Luohua City and Glory City, what is not available in the future does not mean that it is not available in the past.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly returned to his game.
[You ask the fairy girl and Tina if they know a place called the 'Dark Cave'? 】
[The faces of the two goblins suddenly changed when they heard this, and they showed surprised expressions at the same time. 】
["The Dark Cave, whose full name is the 'Darkest Cave', is a forbidden place in the Bitter Garden. Legend has it that the Dark Cave is connected to the real hell. All fairies who enter there will be contaminated with a terrible curse. It is expressly forbidden for any fairies to approach." , and even a place for discussion..." the elf girl carefully explained. 】
[Tina glanced at the fairy girl in surprise: "You are just an unknown fairy, how do you know this? This should be a secret that only upper-class fairies have the opportunity to hear..."]
["Ah...because I used to be in the upper class..." The fairy girl lowered her head in embarrassment. 】
["I see, you made a mistake and were deprived of your name..." Tina instantly understood the fairy girl's situation, floating in the air, folding her arms and saying confidently: "Don't worry, now you have become Tina's companion, if in the future Tina has become a person in power and will immediately amend this long-outdated law and restore her identity."]
["Thank you..." The elf girl looked at Tina gratefully. 】
Mu You was overjoyed when he saw the conversation between the two in the text. There really is such a place!
[You hurriedly ask for the specific location of the 'Dark Cave'. 】
["The Dark Cave is located south of the central square of the Bitter Garden, about one hundred and thirty miles away, in a saline wasteland with no grass growing on it." Tina said. 】
"Huh?"
Mu You was startled.
Others might not feel anything about this location description, but he immediately thought of a place: the underground city!
As the city lord, Mu You is extremely familiar with all the building layouts in Sky City, and the location mentioned by Tina at this moment corresponds to Dawn City, which happens to be the entrance to the underground city!
[You asked Tina, what is the relationship between dark caves and dungeons? 】
["Dungeon?" Tina looked at you with some doubts, and looked at each other with the elf girl, both looking confused. 】
["There is no place called 'Dungeon' in the Bitter Garden." Tina said. 】
No dungeon?
Mu You was surprised. As the template for creating all sky cities, this original sky city did not have dungeons? So where do people here usually go to level up?
etc……
Speaking of dungeons, Mu You suddenly realized a more important issue:
Their twelve sky cities are all powered by the remains of gods buried in the deepest part of the underground city.
So what is the power source of this original sky city?
You must know that this bitter garden was created when the gods joined forces to create the Star Spirit World.
At that time, the Protoss was obviously still in its heyday, and all the major gods were present. It was impossible to temporarily kill a certain god and then use his body to build a city, right?
Humans can do this because the gods have long been extinct, and they dare to be so unscrupulous without restraint.
But in the heyday of the Protoss, it was a civilization that relied on faith. Using the remains of a certain leader as fuel would definitely not be justified from their internal ethics.
The question is, if it is not a divine corpse, what else can the source of power be?
Mu You hurriedly took out the miracle lamp and asked the lamp god to come out for consultation.
“The power of the Bitter Garden?”
The Djinn God was a little impatient to be woken up from his sweet dream, but he was quickly stunned when he heard Mu You's question.
"I really haven't noticed this..."
"Ah? Didn't you say that you participated in the creation of the Star Spirit World?" Mu You looked at the Djinn in surprise.
"I participated in the creation of the Star Spirit World, but I only participated in a very small part. To be precise, I was only responsible for the design of the world's lighting fixtures. The rest is not under my control..." The Djinn God was asked It's a bit embarrassing. A project as big as the creation of the world cannot be completed by one or a few gods. To be precise, except for a few special gods, most of the gods are only involved in some minor tasks. Work.
"But it's true that your sky city is driven by divine skeletons. The Bitter Garden also needs something of the same level as a power source. What could it be... By the way, who was in charge of the Bitter Garden at that time... …No, it’s been too long ago, I can’t remember it clearly…” The Djinn murmured to himself and tried to remember, but unfortunately he couldn’t recall any useful information in the end.
Mu You had no choice but to give up and return to the game. Since he couldn't get the result from asking the djinn, he might as well go to this 'dark cave' and take a look in person.
Moreover, the future saint seemed to have disappeared here. His intuition told him that this place was probably the key to solving this mission.
But before setting off, he was also going to meet the old woman who yelled at them before.
This person had just seen through their identity as fools, and he was so excited, so he obviously knew something.
Originally, he should be the one fleeing in the enemy's territory, but Fuya's actions just now provided him with inspiration. Sometimes, he doesn't need to be so disciplined.
Half an hour later, Mu You was in the game.
[Tina passed by the door and wandered around a few times. After confirming that no one was following her, she hurriedly waved to the darkness behind her. 】
[The watchman shouldered an unconscious woman, walked out of the darkness, quickly entered the building, and put down the elderly woman on his shoulders. 】
["Oh, I'm a pacifist. Such immoral things should be left to No. 2..." The watchman muttered, looking at the unconscious woman on the ground with a look of guilt on his face. 】
["What a long time! How can a grown man be more mother-in-law than a woman? Tina doesn't want her family to be an indecisive person!" Tina put her hands on her hips and glared at the watchman with dissatisfaction. 】
Mu You looked at the prompts in the game and smiled.
Just now he arranged for the watchman to follow Tina to kidnap this woman.
After instigating the rebellion of a second-fifth son, and a high-ranking second-fifth son at that, the originally almost impossible task of kidnapping high-level officials from the Fairy Country became extremely simple in an instant.
At first, Mu You was worried that Tina would be unwilling to do this kind of thing where the goblins were fighting among themselves. But it turned out that he was overly worried. When he proposed the kidnapping plan, the goblin saint even showed a hint of expectation and agreed immediately. , took the initiative to set off with the watchman.
In just half an hour, she used her status as a saint to walk into the old woman's mansion openly, knocked her unconscious and kidnapped her, without arousing any suspicion in the whole process.
As for the identity of this old woman, he has also heard the fairy girl explain that her name is 'Olmedo'. It is said that she is the contracted dependent of the former fairy king. She has lived in the Bitter Garden for more than three thousand years and is the youngest here. There is no such thing as a long human being.
At the same time, Olmedo is also the only remaining 'gardener' in the goblin country, responsible for taking care of and cultivating the 'Bitter Mother Tree'.
The Bitter Mother Tree is the holy tree of the fairies, its status is no less than the World Tree of the forest elves, because this tree is the birth bed of all fairies.
Goblins do not have the concept of getting married and having children, and they are not born from female goblins, but from trees.
The Bitter Mother Tree will produce a batch of flower buds every few years. When these flower buds are fully mature, they will 'bloom', revealing the fairy larvae bred in them.
The role of the 'gardener' is to rely on superb cultivation techniques to ensure that the bitter mother tree always grows healthily, thereby stably producing a population for the fairy clan.
It is said that when the fairies were prosperous in the past, there were many gardeners at the same time. Under the joint care of the gardeners, the mother tree grew rapidly, and the population of the fairies also grew explosively. Unfortunately, as time goes by, more and more humans have mastered the skills of gardeners. Few, until now only Olmedo is left.
In this case, her status goes without saying. Although she does not have any formal position in name, in terms of reputation in the goblin country, Olmedo is even higher than Tina, a saint.
[You reach out and release the Holy Light Technique towards the unconscious Olmedo. 】
[Under the warmth of the soft holy light, the old-looking human woman's eyelashes moved slightly and she slowly opened her eyes. 】
[After Olmedo woke up, he subconsciously covered his swollen head and looked around. He quickly realized something, backed away hurriedly and nervously, leaned against the wall, looked at you vigilantly, and said angrily: Fool, As expected, it’s you, what exactly do you want to do? 】
["What do you know about the Fool?" You asked. 】
[Olmedo ignored you, but glanced between you one after another, and his eyes finally landed on Tina. 】
[Looking at Tina who was standing with you, Olmedo's face turned red and white, and said angrily: "Holy Girl Tina, do you know what you are doing? Why did you choose to join in with these fools? Do you Want to betray your race?"]
[Faced with the old man's question, Tina just smiled contemptuously: "Haha, of course Tina is loyal to the goblins, but the ideas of you old-timers have long been outdated. Tina is just saving the goblins in her own way."]
["Saint Tina, you must have been deceived by these foreigners. Believe me, they will only bring disaster to us!" The old man hurriedly warned. 】
["Foreigner? Olmedo, have you forgotten that you are also a foreigner yourself!" Tina sneered. 】
[The old man was stunned when he heard this, clenched his fists, and his face turned red: "I have been working for the goblins for three thousand and four hundred years! In these years, I have never left the Bitter Garden. I have long regarded this place as... I have already considered myself a member of the Fairy Tribe! Your Royal Highness, over the past three thousand years, have I ever felt sorry for the Fairy Tribe?"]
[Faced with the old man's tearful accusation, Tina just looked at her calmly. After she finished speaking, she said coldly: "Eight hundred years ago, the last goblin king, Orenz the Blesser, was your contract. The goblin disappeared without any reason."]
["Only a month after the king disappeared, you announced the so-called 'Cradle Plan' in the name of the gardener, saying that all newly born goblins would be gathered together for a unified and secret training. The reason was for the sake of the goblins." We will serve as a talent reserve for the future of our nation.”]
["Out of respect for your hard work and achievements for so many years, no one doubted you at that time, and everyone silently supported your decision. But now, after so many years, what is the result of your training?"]
["Why has no one seen the young fairies you gathered up? Where did you hide them? Why did the king disappear in the first place? Who is betraying the fairies?" Tina said clearly. A lot of secrets were revealed, pointing suspicion directly at the old man. 】
Mu You raised his eyebrows as he looked at the texts that kept popping up, as if he had caught up on the melon-eating scene.
Only now did he understand why Tina had chosen to support them so decisively before. It turned out that the Fairy Kingdom had been leaderless since a long time ago.
And judging from Tina's questions, this woman does have a lot of problems.
[The old man was stunned for a long time after hearing this. After a moment, he suddenly showed an extremely tired smile: "I really can't hide it anymore..."]
["Hide it?" Tina glared condescendingly at the old man and snorted: "Olmedo, are you admitting that you are lying? Then call it truthfully. After all, all the new fairies born in these years have been tricked by you. Where did you hide it?"]
["Your Highness the Saint, I have never hidden anyone..." The old man sat slumped on the ground and sighed: "The reason why no one has ever seen these new fairies is because... they don't exist at all... ”]
["What do you mean?" Tina frowned. 】
["The bitter mother tree stopped growing eight hundred years ago, and has never produced any goblins since then..." the old man said bitterly. 】
["What?" Tina was shocked. The fairy girl not far away also covered her mouth in surprise. 】
"Oh?" Mu You was surprised.
The mother tree of the fairy clan does not bear fruit, which means that the population of the fairy clan stopped growing eight hundred years ago. At the same time, the fairies are not immortal. Fairies die every day for various reasons, so they can only go in and out. Under this situation, the population of the goblins is destined to become smaller and smaller.
This mother tree is the only source of population for the fairies. Once it stops growing, it is equivalent to fundamentally depriving the fairies of their ability to reproduce. A race that has lost the ability to reproduce will inevitably die.
["Why did it suddenly stop growing?" the watcher asked out of curiosity. 】
[As a result, the old man looked at him with a sneer: "Isn't this what I should ask you fools?"]
["Ah?" The watchman was stunned, scratched his head, and said with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, I didn't quite understand. How on earth can the mother tree of your fairy clan be related to us fools?"]
"Because, eight hundred years ago, the day the bitter mother tree stopped growing was the time when your first fool was born... At the moment you were born, we just started to perish. Do you think it has anything to do with it?" The old man He snorted coldly. 】
["Ah... could this be just a coincidence?" the watchman said. 】
["Coincidence? Four hundred years ago, one of your fools landed in the Bitter Garden for the first time. The moment he landed, the bitter mother tree immediately began to wither quickly. No matter what I did, I could not stop it until the fool left later. , the withering has just stopped, is this a coincidence?" the old man sneered. 】
["This..." The clock watcher had nothing to say. 】
(End of chapter)
