novelonline Chapter 2991 Self-Purification
Chapter 2991 Self-Purification
Chapter 2991 Self-Purification
"That tree can absorb the time curse? Why don't we move further away? It won't attack you, right?"
Shade asked worriedly. What the sorceress described was clearly the characteristics of the "Cursed Tree" that Adele and Shade had mentioned. It was not the most dangerous tree after the apocalypse, but an ordinary one. In fact, it is difficult to use "ordinary" to describe the evil thing.
"It's okay. I can feel that the tree is just absorbing. It shouldn't be able to move on its own. My behavior just now was only because of the curse in my body, which sensed the power of the tree."
She closed her eyes, and then unexpectedly she threw herself into his arms. He quickly hugged her, and the water repellent spell failed again. The rain flowed down her hair to his shoulders, and he quickly carried her to the starting point of the path.
It took her a long time to open her eyes again:
"After we met just now, you told me that you found the local 'Paradox breeding factory'. In fact, you have been paying attention to the Paradox Worms, but ignored another thing."
“What am I overlooking?”
"Time Curser. The paradox worm and the time curse are not equivalent. Even if the paradox worm is removed, the time curse still exists."
Xia De leaned his back against the tree, and she leaned on Xia De's chest. Although this posture looked ambiguous, they were both reluctant to let go.
"Shad, if the bugs accumulated in the Vista Forest for tens of thousands of years can become a disaster, then why haven't these time cursers for tens of thousands of years affected this land?"
She seemed to understand a lot of things at once:
“The moment I saw that big tree just now, I seemed to see the entire story of this place over the past 1,800 years in the Sixth Era.
Even if the time curse will dissipate as the soul leaves, the power of the curse will definitely remain in the bones. Now this question can be answered. This forest has a "self-purification" function. The time cursers will be absorbed by this tree, and the curse will be concentrated and stored, so the earth will remain clean. "
"But I bet not all of these people came here voluntarily."
Xia De said softly, and the black-haired lady leaned on Xia De's chest and trembled slightly:
"But in order to prevent the curse from piling up under the earth, these are necessary sacrifices. The Time Transfer Station raises and processes the paradox bugs that appear due to time travel, and similar giant trees deal with the time curse that appears due to time travel - this is a perfect closed loop."
Perhaps this was some kind of conspiracy, or perhaps her destiny of becoming a similar being in the future triggered a resonance between the trees. In short, Helena Carter saw the entire history of the tree. She even described it to Shade like this:
"Most of the time cursers in this city will end up in this tree. The tree won't actively call them, but when all their historical missions in the long river of time are completed, they will appear here for various reasons.
When they come here and see the tree as we do, they will walk under it as if they have seen a dying soul, and then let the vines hang them up.
Xia De hugged her tightly:
"I won't let you go under the tree."
"I won't be like this, because my destiny has destined me to become an equal existence. Everything is clear, this is the mission that destiny has given me. Become a cursed tree and absorb as much power of the time curse as possible until I can no longer bear it."
Her tone was vague, almost like she was making a prophecy, but everything she said was something Xia De had already witnessed.
"As for your future, that is my concern, you don't have to think about it. But this tree here will eventually collapse. If this tree turns into an evil thing in the future, why have I never heard of it after 30 years?"
Shade asked softly. The soaked sorceress in his arms looked up at him. Although she and Miss Danister were not related by blood, they both had almost the same rose-red eyes:
"I've seen it all. A stronger being will absorb the curse after the tree can no longer absorb any more. This only happens once every three hundred years. The Cursed Tree is an evil creature born to absorb curses. If it weren't for the fact that the tree would eventually turn into something more terrifying, the Cursed Tree wouldn't even be called an evil creature."
She turned her head slightly and looked towards the direction of the giant tree in the rain:
"It also takes many, many years to absorb the curse. Even if the person you are looking for disappeared a year and a half ago, he should still be here now. Go find him, Shade, and let me rest here for a while.
There's so much going on in Vista Grove that I think I'm a little tired."
She tiptoed slightly and took the initiative to kiss Xia De. This action was so natural, as if this scene should happen at this moment.
The kiss in the rain had a damp smell, and the rain in midsummer represented vitality and vigor. She hugged Xia De's neck, and Xia De's hands were on her waist. The passionate kiss was silent in this deserted forest, because the rain covered all traces of them.
If you look closely at the tree today, you will find that it is somewhat different from the giant tree that Shad saw in 1854. The tree crown covers a larger area of forest land, and the trunk is taller and thicker.
It is not easy to find a specific person among thousands of corpses, especially since all the people here are no different except for their appearance.
Xia De could only fly up by himself to confirm the appearance of each one. It took him a full half hour, and when dusk was almost fading, he finally found the silent Anthony Winslet.
Flora's uncle should be 14 years old now, and the man who traveled through time from 1844 is now 39 years old.
Xia De was worried about disturbing the giant tree, so he didn't touch him directly, but felt him carefully from a close distance. Without a heartbeat, the blood in his veins was no longer flowing, and his mental power was almost completely close to zero, but he was still alive because of the vitality injected by the vines.
If he stayed here forever, he could even maintain his youthful appearance for decades. However, when all the curses in his body were absorbed, that would be the moment of his death. The curse was closely linked to the soul, and losing the curse was equivalent to shattering the soul.
Therefore, offering the curse to the Cursed Tree is not a way to get rid of the curse of time. The cursed people in the doomsday era can only get a peaceful rest through this method.
"Didn't you save him?"
The sorceress in the woods asked in surprise when she saw Shade coming empty-handed.
Shade shook his head:
"I don't want to fight this tree right now, and I haven't figured out what to do with him if I really rescue him. He doesn't belong to this time and space, and certainly not to 1854, where I am. Even if I send him back to 1844, where he originally belonged, it doesn't match the history I know - he was missing until my time, and even ordinary divination couldn't find him.
But I am certain that he was still alive in 1854 in a remarkable state.”
The last sentence was said by Luvia when she was performing a special divination.
The sorceress, whose mental state had recovered somewhat, said:
"Let me communicate with the tree. I can persuade it to help you keep Anthony Winslet in this state of suspended animation. When 1854 comes, you just need to find the tree again and you can rescue Winslet, but his time curse will still exist by then."
This is indeed the best way, which not only maintains Uncle Flora's "missing state", but also achieves the purpose that ordinary divination cannot locate. The only small problem is that in 1854, Uncle Flora should have been 47 years old, not as young as the 37 years old hanging on the tree. But if the difference in appearance is only eight or nine years, it can actually be explained by good maintenance.
"But can you really get close to that tree?"
Xia De asked worriedly:
"I came to find this person mainly to learn the secrets hidden in him. Now most of the things are known. I don't want to let you take risks for him."
Even Flora would agree with Shad's opinion. Although it is a bit unfair to say this about Anthony Winslet, he is only a minor character in this story, and whether he is dead or alive is not actually very important.
"It's okay. It was just the first time I saw the tree that caused the problem. It should be fine now. In fact, I feel like I have a strange connection with it. It probably thinks of me as one of its kind."
She held out her hand to Shade:
"Can you help me get over there? I want to communicate with it, too. This tree has its own story, too. But that story has ended now."
She was now able to walk on her own, so she and Shade were actually holding hands as they walked along the path again. When they pushed aside the grass and walked towards the open space, Shade was a little worried, but when he saw that the black-haired sorceress only hesitated for a short while, he felt relieved.
Dusk ended and night arrived, but the rain still showed no sign of stopping. The sparse starlight and moonlight made the "corpses" swaying in the rain even more terrifying than at dusk, and the gloomy atmosphere was no less than visiting an empty cemetery in the foggy night.
Shade did not bother Flora's uncle anymore, but went around the largest chair with the black-haired sorceress and came to the tree trunk behind the chair.
With Shad looking slightly worried, Helena Carter placed her left palm against the tree trunk, while her right hand was still held by Shad.
Nothing happened in the first few seconds, but soon the emerald green light symbolizing nature and life and the grayish-white light symbolizing death and curse lit up on the dark brown bark at the same time.
The light wrapped around the black-haired sorceress's hands, and she closed her eyes. The thirteen life rings behind her automatically appeared at this moment.