Realizing the crisis of the "Source Master", as if making a final struggle, the entire "Source Sea" under the Star World Tree began to make waves and surge in front of Liao Ji.
Countless "sources" jumped out from the sea, using their bodies to bring up waves of waves, and rushed toward Liao Ji like crazy, trying to stop Liao Ji from heading towards the "source master".
But these are all useless efforts. The only source master at the same level as Liao Ji has been completely paralyzed by the players. No matter how many other "sources" there are, they can't do anything to Liao Ji.
The blade of the great sword broke through the waves, crushing the mythical creatures that blocked the way. However, these "sources" continued to rush forward, just to give the phoenixes behind them on the sea breathing time, hoping that their "source masters" could At least fly up again and escape from here.
This scene allowed Liao Ji to see the other side of "Yuan", the side of the ethnic group.
At a critical moment, it seems that "Source" is no longer such a cold and ruthless mythical creature.
But this does not make Liao Ji show mercy.
After all, the two sides seem to be destined to be opposites ideologically. Just as if one day, the oxygen on the Blue Star has independent consciousness and tries to occupy the body and obtain a body, I am afraid that all humans will try their best to kill such people. Awareness of autonomy.
The same is what Liao Ji is doing now.
Source is the building block of the world.
Cornerstone, no awareness required.
Ten steps...five steps...three steps...
Liao Ji, who was carrying a big sword, finally arrived in front of Phoenix. No matter how the Phoenix Origin Master retreated, there was no room to escape at this distance. As long as Liao Ji wanted to, he could swing the big sword and kill Phoenix. head.
The source master is eliminated, which symbolizes the complete end of the entire source group. The source sea regains its calm, the ecology of the world tree is balanced, the natural "turbidity" will disappear, and the vast world as each "leaf" will also welcome Come and recuperate.
Everything will be beautiful again...
?
In the phoenix's cry of unwillingness and despair, Liao Ji's sword pointed directly at the phoenix's head, slashed it down, and stopped suddenly at the last centimeter, with the sword's edge floating above it.
But apparently the Phoenix Source Master didn't seem to notice it. It was more like he had imagined that he was being killed by Liao Ji. After letting out the last cry of grief, his body fell completely with a plop and began to twitch.
Twitch once, twitch twice, twitch...
"Wu...Wu?"
Phoenix Source Master, with his eyes closed, finally noticed something was wrong. Shouldn't its body completely freeze after twitching twice? How could it still keep twitching?
When the Source Master opened his eyes, he saw Liao Ji holding the sword on his head, which made Phoenix feel confused at first, followed closely by an unparalleled desire to survive.
Some things, such as death, if you have really gone through half of it, if you have experienced such coldness and ashes after passing through the gate of hell, then the will to survive after the disaster will be several times stronger than the "newborn calf" before.
Therefore, when torture is used to extract a confession, it is not necessarily necessary to torture the target directly. You can first find another prisoner and let the target see the miserable appearance of the prisoner. The subsequent extortion of a confession will be much smoother.
This is also the origin of the term "killing chickens to scare monkeys" in Liao Ji's hometown.
What Liao Ji is doing now can be said to be similar.
After experiencing being frightened by Liao Ji, and experiencing being so close to the end for the first time in its "origin", the current Phoenix Source Master seems to have awakened some attribute. From being aloof before, he would rather die than surrender, to what he is now. ...
"Chirp!?"
"Chi..."
The phoenix began to chirp crazily at Liao Ji. After seeing Liao Ji frown, the phoenix seemed to realize that it was so frightened that it was so nervous and panicked that it even forgot to "switch" the language, and hurriedly changed to Liao Ji's language.
"Spare...spare me..."
"Please, let me go..."
Unlike the former source master's ethereal voice, the current Phoenix seems to be catering to Liao Ji's preferences, replacing it with an ethereal and crisp timbre, with a weak and pitiful voice.
Even...a female voice.
It has nothing to do with the sound.
In Liao Ji's plan, there was no intention to actually eliminate the Source Master. He had done so much in the past just to make Phoenix completely submissive and obedient, and to develop more independent consciousness to communicate with him.
"Tell me, what do you mean by "getting through" before?"
Fenghuang was confused for a moment, as if she was thinking about what Liao Ji's "passing through" meant. Soon her expression changed, as if she was about to become excited again.
"Cold wave...the end of the era...you...why refuse! Stupid! You are seeking your own death, I am your only one..."
It was as if there was a phoenix that had transformed into the "Source Master" again, and even his voice became shrill and shrill. Unfortunately, he couldn't stay in this state for a few seconds. He was just halfway through his words when he suddenly became silent.
Because Liao Ji's sword was a little closer to her neck.
"What is the cold wave?" Liao Ji asked.
In view of what Master Yuan had just said, Liao Ji paused and then emphasized: "Use an easy-to-understand expression."
"The cold wave is the end of an era and a crisis that World Tree will face." Phoenix answered honestly.
Seeing that Liao Ji still didn't understand, and was afraid that the sword on his neck might drop further, Fenghuang immediately followed up with a metaphor.
"Trees will actively turn their leaves yellow, wither and fall in autumn. This is to survive the cold wave of winter. The same is true for the world tree. "
"Zhuoe was never meant to target us."
"The destruction of your world is the independent consciousness of World Tree, and we, as the source, are the ones who save you."
"We have to prevent the World Tree from self-dormant and collect healthy leaves together. This is the only way to survive the next terrifying cold wave that even the World Tree will not be able to contend with."
"If we don't concentrate our power, each world will still be independent..."
"When the cold wave comes, the leaves on all the trees, that is, your world, will be stripped of everything in an instant and become a desolate world of death. That's when you will truly... die."
Perhaps he was worried that Liao Ji didn't believe what he said.
After the words fell, the Source Master opened his phoenix wings to Liao Ji, and then, the preserved images from the distant past began to slowly reappear in front of Liao Ji's eyes.
The Star World Tree has existed for countless thousands of years.
Although "Yuan" only gave birth to consciousness in the last few epochs, it still has the memory of Mohu before.
In the image shown by Phoenix, Liao Ji saw a reincarnation.
In summer, the branches of the world are lush and leafy. In each of the vast worlds among the leaves, creatures thrive and thrive, giving birth to various civilizations, many of which have extremely bright and dazzling leaves.
But gradually, when tens of thousands of years pass and "a certain point in time" is reached, that is, when "autumn" comes, correspondingly...
Zhue appeared.
Yes, as the "Source Lord" said, Zhuo'e did not appear "suddenly", but has existed since ancient times. However, there was no record before, because the world that experienced Zhuo'e... was destroyed. .
The green and healthy leaves withered and decayed under the corrosion of the turmoil. Corresponding to the world inside, all life was devastated and the earth was cracked. Although one civilization after another resisted, they were eventually annihilated by the turmoil.
As the last leaf on the World Tree also darkened, symbolizing the complete death of its world, these yellow leaves fell off from the World Tree and all fell into the "Ocean of Origin" where the World Tree ate.
From the lushness of "summer" to the bare world tree now, all of this is preparation for the next "winter".
An unknown amount of time passed, this time a little faster, probably only a few thousand years. Liao Ji saw the so-called cold wave in the images recorded by the "Source Master".
It was like a biting cold wind or a swarm of locusts.
Countless densely packed tiny particles moved toward the World Tree from the distant darkness.
