paranoianovel Chapter 676 Return home
Chapter 676 Return home
"'Fake news', 'slander'? Um... no, I have my reasons."
Nashida was a little confused about the two words "scam" and "slander" that she had never heard of. Although she could roughly guess what they meant, she was still a little concerned.
However, she also knew that now was not the time to care about this. Facing Zuo Xi's confusion, she quickly waved her hands, indicating that she was not wrongly accusing the other party for no reason.
"...You're not trying to say that because I appeared in the World Tree, it caused some abnormalities in the World Tree, and that's why you were able to come in, right?"
Zuo Xi looked at Nashida and it didn't seem like she was making those weird metaphors. She really believed that their ability to enter the World Tree had something to do with him.
But the question is, what does it have to do with him? It can't be that something happened while he was unconscious? Even if something happened, he shouldn't have anything to do with the World Tree.
"Eh? How do you know... Um... That's exactly what I thought."
Nashida was a little surprised that Zuo Xi expressed her thoughts so immediately, but after thinking about it, she felt that Zuo Xi seemed to do this often before, so she was not so surprised.
Rather, this further proves that he is still the same Zuo Xi as before... This is undoubtedly a happy thing for her.
"…Tell me more about it."
Zuo Xi pinched his chin and frowned. He just said it casually, but he didn't expect Nashida to really think so... So did something really happen to him that he didn't know about, which led to some unknown connection between him and the World Tree?
Although it was hard to believe, it didn't seem so difficult to accept... After all, he could feel the connection himself, and Nashida's guess was confirmed to some extent.
"It's like this. A few days after you... died, I suddenly felt the guidance from the World Tree... It was then that I realized that my life experience might have some connection with the World Tree.
So I tried it, and indeed, I successfully entered the space of the World Tree... As for the Traveler and Paimon, the Traveler once dreamed of the World Tree. I thought the two things might have something in common, so I called them over as well.
I guess this is the fulfillment of our previous agreement... We agreed that I would help her find some truth and the meaning of that sentence."
Nashida spread her hands and slowly explained the cause of the matter to Zuo Xi in a calm tone. Zuo Xi listened quietly until Nashida finished speaking, then he expressed his opinion.
"I see... but Narcida, does what you just said have anything to do with the question I asked?
What I asked was what does your ability to enter the World Tree without the Heart of God have to do with me, but you answered me that you already have this ability... Do you think this is reasonable?"
Although Nashida did explain why she was here and why Ying was here with her, Zuo Xi did not hear any key words related to himself appear in the previous conversation.
Is Nashida mentally ill? Why did she start answering irrelevant questions?
“I’m sorry, I didn’t make it clear… Actually, what I wanted to say was that I could feel the guidance of the World Tree, perhaps because something unusual had happened to the World Tree itself.
And that extraordinary situation, I think it might be you, Zuo Xi."
Nashida's expression was slightly troubled, and she was unable to explain clearly at the first time. It was indeed her old problem of guiding explanations that came back again.
Every time she explains a question, she always starts with some preconditions related to the question. This may make her answer seem irrelevant at first... or even irrelevant.
But she thought Zuo Xi would understand it quickly... It seemed that Zuo Xi really knew nothing, and what he said before did not seem to be an exaggeration at all.
Hmm... She really didn't expect this.
"Because of me, the World Tree became abnormal, and as a result, you who were related to the World Tree also felt the abnormality and received guidance, so you naturally discovered that you have the ability to enter the World Tree without relying on the Heart of the Grass God?"
Zuo Xi sorted out Nashida's logic. Not to mention the probability of the content being true or false, just looking at the logic alone is not difficult to understand and it makes some sense.
But this still fails to explain the key question, which is why Zuo Xi could cause the World Tree to mutate... Logically, he shouldn't be here.
In other words, it was because he shouldn't have been here but appeared here anyway, which caused the World Tree to mutate?
Just like an immune response, he became the allergen?
This is nonsense. The forbidden knowledge has poisoned the World Tree half to death, but Nashida has not received any guidance. What qualifications does he have?
There must be some other reason, but he just doesn't understand it yet.
“Forget it, let’s not think about it anymore…With insufficient information, it would be a waste of time to think about it.
You are here to find the voice Ying heard and to find a way to solve the problem of the World Tree's disease, right? What are you going to do?"
The information was insufficient, and considering his current state of just waking up, it was useless to think more. Since he couldn't figure out the key part, he might as well not waste time on it.
"I don't know... I thought that after entering the space of the World Tree, I would be able to hear the voice that Ying had heard before, but after entering, we saw you first."
Paimon scratched his head and opened his mouth, saying again, "I don't know."
I always feel that this word appears very frequently today. A group of people ran into the World Tree without knowing anything, and there was even one person who didn't even know how he got in.
“I also feel that something is strange. I came here under the guidance of the World Tree.
I could vaguely feel the guidance when I first came in, but I couldn’t feel it anymore after this time.”
Nashida also shook her head. Because she felt some kind of guidance when she first came in, she felt that things would make progress.
That's why she informed the travelers that they were traveling with her. This would not only provide them with a helping hand, but also help them answer some of their questions and they wouldn't make a wasted trip because they couldn't find the direction.
Unexpectedly, after coming in for the second time, Nashida could no longer feel that kind of mysterious guidance... Although there is always a way, I don’t know if there is any deeper reason.
"That's it..."
After listening to Nashida's explanation, Zuo Xi already had a rough guess in his mind.
The so-called guidance was probably the guidance of the branch of the great compassionate tree king, Nashida, which guided Nashida to eliminate her own existence in order to keep the purity of the trees in the world from being polluted by forbidden knowledge.
Logically, this kind of mysterious guidance should always be there, but it is not easy to observe under normal circumstances.
Now the World Tree showed unusual movements, and the call came out from the World Tree by coincidence and was successfully received by Nashida.
She also realized that her identity might be related to the World Tree, so she tried to find a way to enter the World Tree.
And if that unusual movement is really related to me, then the reason why Nashida cannot receive guidance now is most likely also related to me.
As mentioned before, in addition to being able to feel the connection, he can also feel the alienation between himself and the World Tree... Perhaps Nashida is unable to receive information because of this sense of alienation?
There are still many obvious illogicalities in this statement, but if it is just a bold guess, it can be regarded as a reference in a certain direction.
"Since you don't have any ideas, why not listen to my suggestions?"
Zuo Xi pinched his chin and made a suggestion to the three people who had lost their way.
"Great, great! Hehe, I knew that you, Zuo Xi, are the most reliable... Tell me, what should we do?"
As soon as she heard Zuo Xi had something to say, Paimeng immediately entered the familiar time of looking up the reference answers. This was her normal rhythm! Zuo Xi gave orders, and they executed them... In short, they believed that Zuo Xi would be right!
"It's simple...return the same way and wait for my news."
He knew what was going to happen next. If the three of them succeeded, the Great Compassion Tree King would disappear from this world forever.
If possible, Zuo Xi still hopes to avoid this situation.
It just so happened that he had vaguely felt that he should have a way to solve it, but he was not sure how to do it specifically... He needed some time to study it.
So naturally, we have to calm the three of them first, and don't let them discover the truth in a hurry, and then reluctantly accept the reality under the persuasion of the Great Compassionate Tree King.
"Okay, okay...eh? Go back the same way?"
Paimon chatted and nodded in agreement out of habit, but she soon realized something was wrong... Did this mean she wanted to go home?
"Yes, regarding what you are doing now, I have some guesses that will take some time to verify... Anyway, the matter is not particularly urgent, why don't you wait for me to verify it and then I will tell you the results?"
Zuo Xi frankly stated the reason why he asked them to be patient and wait. After all, the forbidden knowledge had eroded the World Tree for hundreds of years, so a day or two would not make a difference.
It would be better to wait for him to do more research and be fully prepared before making plans... As the saying goes, sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood.