The cold wind robbed the temperature of the World Tree, covering the branches with frost. Such temperatures made even the trunk of the World Tree with its thick bark seem unbearable and began to suffer from frostbite and cracking.
Immediately afterwards, tiny particles adhered to various parts of the World Tree like locusts. They squirmed and crawled on the branches, wandering crazily thinking that they wanted to find food to eat.
Unfortunately, at this time, the World Tree has "fallen its leaves" in advance, leaving only the bare trunk.
So the cold wave lasted for three hundred years? Five hundred years? Afterwards, the cold wind continued to blow farther away, and those small locust-like particles also followed the cold wind and left the World Tree.
That's it...
The World Tree successfully "survived" the suffering of "winter".
In the next thousands of years, it was the "spring" season. The withered leaves that had fallen into the "Original Sea" were like spring mud. Some of them were transformed into nutrients by the "Original Sea". For the cornerstone of the world, which is the source.
The source becomes the nutrient of the World Tree, allowing the World Tree to awaken from hibernation. On those bare branches, the source material transported from the "Source Sea" becomes new twigs and the sprouts of the "leaves" ,become...
new world.
After tens of thousands of years of reproduction, the World Tree has once again returned to the "summer" season, with lush branches and leaves, green leaves, and splendid civilizations.
This scene has the same meaning as the image Liao Ji saw at the beginning.
At this point, the "Source Master" showed himself the reincarnation of the entire World Tree.
It has been reincarnation for tens of thousands of years, millions of years, or tens of millions of years.
Seeing Liao Ji here, he finally understood the origin master, the cold wave, and...understood the obsession of "source".
"Your world is not our hard work. We used to cherish every world because every leaf is the cornerstone of our compatriots. But because of the cold wave, the world tree had to be born separately." "Zhue" to force the leaves to fall off, otherwise..."
"You have also seen that if the World Tree does not do this, then when the cold wave comes, the leaves will not be able to withstand such low temperatures and will still die. Even if there is a powerful civilization that can really withstand such extreme cold, what will happen next Those glimmers of light, those insects that come with the cold wave, will completely eat away at these leaves and these civilizations."
"These Zerg races are different from Zhuo'e. Zhuo'e is essentially still the power of the World Tree. All worlds destroyed by Zhuo'e will fall into the Source Sea, and then return to the World Tree itself after experiencing the precipitation of the Source Sea."
"But once the leaves are absorbed by those glimmers of light and eaten by the Zerg, that part of the "source" power will be completely separated from the World Tree and plundered by real alien species. It is equivalent to the World Tree, which has completely lost this part of its power. .”
"As time goes by, the World Tree will really become weaker and weaker, until it finally dies completely."
Speaking of the source master Phoenix here, his voice became deeper. This was also a dilemma that their "source" could not avoid.
Yuan didn't want the leaves to fall off, and he didn't want the world that his compatriots transformed into to be corroded by the evil. But on the other hand, because of the existence of the cold wave, it seemed that it was necessary for the leaves to fall off, otherwise the consequences would only be worse.
"Our ancestors tried many methods without success, until, until..."
Phoenix raised his head proudly.
There is no need for the source master to say anything later, Liao Ji can also understand from this expression. The source master of this generation, that is, the phoenix in front of him, tried to use the creature "player" to successfully resist the evil and prevent the leaves from falling off. , the source world can be preserved.
And then...
"So you didn't tell the other sources the truth, right? Instead, you deliberately caused a conflict between the sources and World Tree?" Liao Ji recalled the worlds that were destroyed by the sources.
The so-called "Yuan" is "destroying" the world from the perspective of the world's native creatures, but from the higher perspective of "Yuan", it means that Yuan is relying on the world to practice and improve his strength.
"That's right, we have successfully overcome the turmoil, and now we have to face the cold wave. The power of the cold wave, relying on the civilization of local creatures, has been proven many times, and it is impossible to compete with it, so we can only deal with it ourselves."
"I collect all the healthy leaves and concentrate all my strength. Only in this way, when the cold wave comes, can I use my wings to protect the leaves and protect other worlds from being robbed of power."
Phoenix raised her head again. In Source Master, Liao Ji saw a sense of mission and firm will. This was not a lie. She really wanted to do this and fight against the cold wave on her own. .
So now Phoenix Source Master's "plundering" of the world is more like... foraging before winter comes? Gather strength?
At this point, Liao Ji finally understood the whole truth.
He also found the solution he hoped for.
"If I have another method that can resist the cold wave in the next ten thousand years, can you and your Yuan clan stop endlessly occupying the world?"
"Occupying...that's not occupying at all! The world itself is ours...chirp!" Fenghuang was about to express her dissatisfaction with Liao Ji's wording, but when she felt that the sword edge was falling again, she hurriedly chirped, Stepping back from the brink.
"Yes, yes... we are just trying to survive, but I doubt you very much. I don't believe that you have such a method. If I guess correctly, your so-called method of resisting the cold wave is still the same as yours. High-dimensional creatures, right?”
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Speaking of this, Phoenix couldn't help but snort, as if to say, hasn't she tried it before?
However the fact is...
"You are very strong. I admit that if all the leaves can be born with the same strength as the world you are in, they may be able to withstand the cold wave, but... on your planet, how many people can be like you? Is it the same?"
"According to my observation, in fact, it is difficult for those so-called saviors to resist even Zhuoe. They still managed to succeed with the help of many aids given by us. With such strength, how to face it is even worse than Zhuoe. A cold wave that’s countless times more severe?”
"Furthermore, even your world is developing too slowly. You, a high-latitude creature, are simply not enough. The most intuitive evidence is that in the five hundred years since you disappeared, your world...has made progress. ?"
It can be seen that the Source Master has really done his homework on himself, and he even knows that he has disappeared for five hundred years.
And what the Source Master said is indeed true.
In the past five hundred years, my world has been progressing without him, but the extent of progress is really too weak compared to before. Even the strength of the real world has regressed. .
After all, there were hundreds of disaster-level doomed ones in the Ash-End Empire during his time, but in today's world, there are only five supreme ones left.
To put it bluntly, the ultimate question is...
Players are the driving force of the world. There is only one player in a world, which is too few and far from being able to meet the driving force needed by the world.
And once the player goes offline, it is equivalent to the world stagnating and losing its vitality.
This is why Source Master Phoenix denied Liao Ji.
really.
According to her previous settings for "Falling", it was indeed not enough to withstand the cold wave in stand-alone mode.
but...
As an independent game enthusiast, although Liao Ji doesn't want to admit it,...
The real usage of the game, which can bring out the player's maximum potential and bring out the player's strength and motivation ten times, a hundred times, or even a thousand times, is definitely not the "single player" mode.
It is obvious that Phoenix Source Master is still in the stage of trying to cross the river by feeling stones for this new model of players, and is a confused manager.
But Liao Ji is different.
"How long is it until the next cold wave comes?"
"About...three thousand years." After some calculations, Phoenix quickly asked in confusion: "What exactly do you want to do?"
"Three thousand years should be enough to rebuild an online game in a different world..." Liao Ji murmured.
"Net, online games?"
