"Gu Shi? Gu Shi!"
Gu Shi came back to his senses from the illusion he had just seen when he felt something cool and soft touching his face twice.
Gu Shi covered his head and muttered to himself, "What was that just now...?"
The system came up to him and asked with concern: "Gu Shi, what's wrong? I saw you were in a daze just now. Are you feeling unwell?"
"No, it's not."
Gu Shi shook his head and looked at the ancient tree beside him. This time, Gu Shi did not see those special scenes again, and the true appearance of the ancient tree came into his eyes.
Compared to the towering tree that Gu Shi had just seen in the illusion, the ancient tree in front of him was really too small.
But compared with the seedlings that Gu Shi remembered had not yet begun to turn into wood, it was already tall enough.
"Is what I just saw what it looked like in the past?"
After hearing Gu Shi's mumbling, the system asked in confusion: "What did it look like in the past? What did you see just now?"
Gu Shi told the system everything he had just seen.
"Is that so?" The system pondered for a moment and said, "I think your guess is very likely correct. The tree in those images might really be the ancient tree from the beginning of the world.
You said that the giant tree eventually transformed into three streaks of light and disappeared, which fits in with the legend of the ancient tree transforming into three treasures."
"That's what I thought."
Gu Shi looked up again at the ancient tree beside him.
In the illusion he just saw, Gu Shi was shocked by the size of the giant tree and had no extra thoughts to pay attention to the details. But now he has the opportunity to take a closer look at the miniature ancient tree in front of him.
Unlike its inconspicuous seedling stage, the ancient tree’s appearance has already revealed its extraordinaryness when it grows up.
Its leaves were a light green, like new buds, full of vitality. Compared to the leaves Gu Shi had seen in his vision, its color was a bit lighter, but it was just as captivating.
Bright light poured down from the sky, shining on the layers of leaves. These leaves even showed a warm texture similar to jade, reflecting a little faint light.
But if you look closely, you'll find that this glimmer isn't simply a reflection of light, but rather the manifestation of some mysterious power. It flickers around the leaves like a firefly, appearing and disappearing.
"it's beautiful."
After Gu Shi exclaimed in admiration, he asked, "So I was the only one who saw the illusion just now?"
The system speculated: "Yes, I have a rough guess.
For such a long time, this new ancient tree has grown little by little under the irrigation of your magic, and your strength has gradually increased with its feedback. Your powers have permeated and connected with each other.
Maybe that’s why you can see those images from the past through it.”
Gu Shi nodded, feeling that the explanation given by the system made sense.
Then he asked, "Its appearance is a little different from what I saw in the illusion, so what is its current state?"
Feeling that his body had almost recovered, Gu Shi moved his hands and feet a few more times, then slowly got up from the ground.
He brushed off the dust on his body and said, "Also, we were so busy discussing the ancient tree just now that I didn't have time to ask, how long has it been outside? What's the situation on Blue Star?"
"Well, how should I put it?"
The system organized its words, "What you see now is the limit of the growth of this new ancient tree in this space."
“You should have been able to tell from the vision just now that this ancient tree should have been like the backbone of the world, growing within the vast heaven and earth.
This valley is just an incomplete small space that I created specifically to ensure the smooth operation of the formation.
The space available for it to grow here is limited, so it's naturally impossible for it to grow to the size you see in the illusion."
Has this ancient tree still not grown to its full form? If so, doesn't that mean all our previous efforts have been in vain?
Thinking of this, Gu Shi frowned immediately.
However, judging from the system's tone, he probably knew about this a long time ago and should have made plans long ago. It's better for me to continue listening and not interrupt him.
Gu Shi suppressed the worries in his heart and continued to listen carefully to the system's speech.
"From the time you fell asleep until now, more than eight months have passed in the outside world. As for the situation..."
Speaking of this topic, the system couldn't help but sigh, "Something unexpected happened a while ago, and the situation deteriorated faster than I expected. Before listening, you'd better prepare yourself mentally."
ah?
Hearing what the system said, Gu Shi's mind went blank for a moment, and then a series of terrible guesses flashed through his mind.
"No way... could it be that the world will really end when I wake up?"
The system heard Gu Shi's unconscious thoughts and quickly explained, "No, no, no, the situation isn't that bad. We managed to hold off the attack."
Gu Shi patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good. Your tone just now almost scared me to death. I thought Blue Star had fallen."
"Go ahead."
"At the beginning, things were moving in a positive direction. After eliminating some people with bad intentions and reassigning the personnel to carry out the tasks, the progress of repairing the barrier is steadily increasing.
But more than three months ago, a sinister sect with deep-seated beliefs emerged from nowhere. They appeared without warning, and they have a large membership, with people from all over the world participating.
“I suspect the leader of this sect may possess some kind of hypnotic ability.
He led over 300 followers straight to the desolate North Pole, where they sacrificed their own lives in a bloody ritual.
"And so, before we could finish repairing the barrier, they used this bloody sacrifice to launch a second attack from the inside, targeting the previous crack.
That night, many people clearly saw a blood-red light shoot straight up into the sky and then violently crash into the barrier.
"I think you can guess what happens next."
The system's voice was tinged with fatigue. "The barrier, having suffered a second trauma, has shattered again. This time the gap is much larger than the last time. I've tried my best but haven't been able to completely fill it."
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