"Do I really need to point out the answer hidden behind this?"
This bastard...
Xia Yibing clenched her fists tightly.
She remembered that being "one step away from the throne" was not just empty talk.
Because after suppressing the rebellion of the old royal party, King Charuni once hinted that he could directly hand over power to Hitzfeld!
The reason is that she, like Alwyn, has the blood of the goddess in her body.
Maybe even... the concentration is higher!
It was just that Aisuen declined...
"You clearly had the opportunity to reach the pinnacle of the world, but you gave up."
"You clearly had the opportunity to abandon the mundane world and rise above the rest, but you gave up."
"You are not like the gods in the sky that give people a sense of distance, nor like the stars in the sky that make people look up. You would rather turn into a firefly torch to illuminate others."
The tone was as ethereal as the clouds in the mountain stream, and Dai Lin sang deeply like a poet.
"Tell me, now that I know these secrets, when I look back at you who is so 'ordinary', can I still think that you are the same as them?"
"You yourself said that there is no distinction between noble and humble people." Hitzfeld's eyelids twitched, and he said as calmly as possible, "But you call my companions like this... calling them 'them'."
"Because there are very few people in this world who are willing to sacrifice like you and your beloved companions." Dai Lin interrupted her, "It is great that you light yourselves to illuminate the darkness, but this is not enough. The efficiency of lighting is still too low."
"That's why I insisted on trying to persuade you," Hitzfeld said. "You also want to 'illuminate' - our wishes are not in conflict."
"But the process is conflicting." Dai Lin shook her head. "Don't say anything, Miss Hitzfeld. I respect you, so I don't want to do anything to you. I also hope that you can understand my thoughts, and even... come and help me."
"..."
"..."
"..."
It seems like the end of the story here.
None of them spoke again. For more than ten seconds, the only sound that could be heard on the seabed was the noise of bubbles gushing out.
"You must cease all your actions."
Hitzfeld was the first to break the silence and spoke these words to Dai Lin word by word.
Only she could make the first move, because she could feel how hard Xia had been pinching her since the beginning, and she had to make her attitude clear to reassure the woman.
"I can help you, but not in this way... After everything is over, we can have a good talk about class and change. We can find a compromise..."
"There won't be such a solution." Dai Lin interrupted again. She sneered and said sarcastically, "There won't be such a solution..."
"You thought the example I gave was inappropriate? Because animals and humans are different species?"
"Then I have to ask..."
She lowered her head, and only questions came out:
"Nobles feasting in palaces and mansions, and commoners starving in shabby mud houses."
"The merchants who travel by airship and airplane, galloping through the mountains overnight; and the folk peddlers who cannot afford the train tickets and have to rely on themselves, working without sleep and only walking a few miles in a night."
"The silhouette of a mansion decorated with colorful lights on a winter night, compared to a worker reading a newspaper on the curb relying on street lamps for lighting."
"Except for the fact that they all have two eyes and a mouth, and similar biological features, how can they be considered the same species? How can they be considered the same species?"
this--
Hitzfeld's scalp tingled.
She remembered a sentence.
Being half a step ahead is a genius, being one step ahead is a madman.
As for Dai Lin, or Brichel...she is no longer just one step ahead, she is simply forcibly imagining an ideal future in the old era when productivity cannot meet the advanced standards.
There was no way she could succeed.
She was on the wrong path from the very beginning!
"Prepare--"
She loudly reminded the woman beside her.
Without her having to say anything, Xia Yibing pulled her into his arms and hugged her waist tightly, and a white light flashed out from his right hand, forming a sharp metal blade.
boom--
This was definitely the wisest choice, because immediately afterwards, the spherical bushes behind the two began to riot.
The bone layer rock that blocked the magma was forcibly overturned by a huge force, and a large amount of slurry with golden, orange and red colors gushed out violently from the bottom of the sea. The magnificence and shock produced at that moment was no less than watching a violent explosion up close.
The sea water was shaking... Hitzfeld was held by Xia Yibing. They changed their position to face each other, and he opened his arms and hugged the woman's shoulders tightly.
The two of them felt like they were being sucked into a vortex, and the world was spinning around them... Hitzfeld felt like he was thrown into a washing machine, which was turned on the highest setting.
From time to time, hard objects collided with her body, some were light, some were heavy. She didn't care whether her spirit body would be cut or not, and tried to think wildly - stop! Stop!
Perhaps her thoughts worked, and after a while, the turbulence in the deep sea gradually subsided.
Although they were still being tossed in the water by the undercurrent, they could at least open their eyes and observe the situation.
Then they were shocked again.
On the seabed...the place originally occupied by the "spherical giant tree" has completely become history.
Before, it glowed and illuminated the seabed, and they could vaguely see a huge shadow standing in the west, a little bit in front of the left.
Those are not strange things, but more bone-layer rocks gathered together - these things are the roots of the beach, the reason why the beach can stand and be considered land in the past.
But now they are all gone.
The shadow disappeared, and there was a deep and empty space in the northwest... All the bone rocks collapsed and cracked in the previous vibration, exposing the secret hidden in it... which had been buried for who knows how long.
That's a tree too.
Looking at the thing in front of her in shock, Xia Yibing's mind went blank.
Of course, she already knew it wasn't a tree.
But it's so similar...
Those branches...
Those hardened structures that intertwine after solidification...
Is it a coincidence?
The most primitive natural hotbed actually corresponds to the most primitive mythology...
Hitzfeld was also shocked, but she still tried her best to keep calm.
this thing……
The size of this thing that actually appeared due to the collapse of the continent is simply difficult to estimate.
Because this is not the real seabed. The real seabed is directly below the beach plate, the position that was previously determined by Ms. Fetti to be a "vacuum".
This thing is rooted there. It still looks a bit like a tree and is still condensed from countless magmas, but it is almost a thousand times larger than before... There is no end in sight.
Its essence remains unchanged—it still shines from the inside out.
The golden-red light comes from the hottest center of the earth. It is the most primitive and may even be the first ray of light ever seen by life.
Is this thing really alive?
Dai Lin just said that it acted like a puppy to me...
Can I really?
Can it affect it?
Hitzfeld is certain she doesn't have a megalophobia, but she believes anyone in her position would have concerns.
It is unrealistic to expect to be able to perform with the sword. Although this sword is very powerful now, even its predecessor, the fire-starting sword, only caused a fire explosion... equivalent to a small volcanic eruption.
The total area of the pass of the Pushen Crater is roughly equal to three Blackwood Cities, which is not at the same energy level at all.
From this perspective, our only chance of turning the tables is that this thing is "closer to me".
What should I do… fight with Daelin for control of it?
But I've never had this experience.
And can I really do it with my weak spirit?
Hitzfeld was a little worried.
Her spirit was originally weak, and had recovered a little with the nourishment of the Nature Orb, but was basically returned to its original form after returning to the underwater cave.
This meant that she might have to rely on her spirit—roughly equivalent to that of a golden squirrel—to fight against Dai Lin, a madman whose will and spirit were strong enough to pass the golden trial.
How to win?
Why would the other party fight with her for the control of this thing? She estimated that her soul would be crushed before the result came out.
"No one else will ever give them the chance I did!"
Dai Lin’s announcement came from afar.
Her lower body had been completely fused with a cluster of hardened branches, and her skin had hardened and cracked all over her body, with the same light as that of the giant magma tree flashing in the cracks.
"I gave them a chance... I didn't want to at first... I wanted to believe..."
"I haven't just been watching all these years..."
she says.
"I have tried hard, as a genius..."
"I try to publish my theories, my ideals, everything about me!"
"But who cares anymore?"
"Even from the people who respect me the most, all I get is 'too radical'."
"They don't understand at all! They can't understand this ambition!!"
Haloxylon ammodendron——!
As she roared, streams of magma spurted out from the ends of the branches, solidifying and hardening in the sea water, surrounding the two of them, and instantly forming a spherical cage.
"So tell me! Tell me—!"
Her body approached instantly, her entire face was squeezed against the outer edge of the cage and completely deformed, and she roared angrily.
"Tell me if I don't choose this, if I don't do this, who will come to rescue us? Who will give us a chance to turn things around!???"
"Is it the newly appointed King Sara who can't even handle the palace struggles?"
"Or that half-baked security chief beside you?"
"Who can do it?"
"You say——"
"She's completely crazy."
Xia Yibing said hatefully, while swinging her sword to create a few pale white ripples, breaking the prison into pieces and escaping with the girl.
"You can't escape!"
But more magma gushed up with bubbles, quickly weaving into more branch barriers around them.
"I respect you, Miss Hitzfeld, so I will not allow you to switch forms in that manner."
"but."
Dai Lin floated up with a fanatical smile on his face.
"Since Sarah has not developed the 'God' part of you, I guess this is fate..."
"Fate has brought us together, especially at this juncture, when the world is planning to reopen the path to mythology..."
"What do you want to do?"
Hitzfeld asked her with a cold face, and at the same time quietly reached out and pressed the end of a branch, frantically transmitting thoughts to her.
