Chapter 262 The former wooden house was unexpectedly...
Surprisingly, the cabin, which they had imagined would be destroyed by the mutant plants, stood intact in its place.
And the waist-high fences were all standing properly around.
Besides the many fallen leaves in the yard, there were also pieces of dough scattered all over the ground near the fence.
"How could this be?" Sang Zhitao frowned, looking at the small house that seemed to have never been invaded by the mutated plants. For a moment, she was afraid to push open the door.
Lin Mo, however, kicked open the wooden door without a care.
The door slammed against the wall with a loud bang.
Sang Zhitao cautiously peeked inside, only to find that everything was exactly as it had been. Not only were all the items perfectly intact in their original places, but there wasn't even a speck of dust.
“This isn’t right!” Sang Zhitao looked at the diagonal wall. “That place used to be broken. I escaped through that big hole.”
Lin Mo touched the wooden door with a somewhat grim expression: "Memory wood."
"What?" Sang Zhitao looked at him suspiciously.
Lin Mo walked into the house and turned on the solar-powered wall lamp.
The room suddenly lit up, and Sang Zhitao then realized that everything in the room except the wood was damaged and worn out; she had just not seen it clearly because the room was dark.
"These pieces of wood are all made from memory wood." Lin Mo walked around the room with a solemn expression.
"What is memory wood?" Sang Zhitao asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Memory wood is a type of wood produced after a special mutated tree dies. It has the ability to remember. Furniture made from memory wood, even if it is crushed into powder, will restore itself to its original appearance given enough time."
"You mean, these were restored by the memory wood itself?" Sang Zhitao looked at the soft cushions on the bed in confusion.
Following her gaze, Lin Mo slowly shook his head: "Memory Wood can't do that."
Sang Zhitao clicked her tongue and couldn't help but complain, "Could it be that the mutated plants did it for me?"
Not hearing Lin Mo's reply, Sang Zhitao looked at him in confusion, only to find him staring intently at a wooden cabinet taller than a person.
Sang Zhitao raised an eyebrow, but didn't urge him. She just watched obediently from the side.
Unexpectedly, Lin Mo was not looking at the cabinet that was relatively short to him.
He walked to the cabinet and reached out to pick up a file folder from it.
Sang Zhitao stared at the file folder, momentarily stunned.
"There's something here?" She walked quickly to the cabinet, looked at the cabinet which was much taller than her, and twitched her lips. "This is not my fault. I will be at least a few hundred years older before I can see the top of this cabinet."
"Didn't you tidy up before?" Lin Mo asked slowly after a moment of silence.
Sang Zhitao rolled her eyes at him: "I'm only three hundred years old, still a baby! This kind of thing is to me like a two-meter-tall wardrobe is to an adult—I would never clean it unless absolutely necessary."
"Even adults wouldn't do that..." Lin Mo couldn't help but cough lightly.
“Sometimes the truth is annoying.” Sang Zhitao snorted. The original owner of this body simply didn’t understand these things, and she was just plain lazy.
She used to be a diligent girl, but ever since she started her journey to another world, she has become increasingly lazy.
Back on Earth, it's even more so; if something can be done in bed, there's no reason to get out of bed.
There was even a time when she didn't get out of bed for half a month except to go to the toilet. Her food was even placed on the bedside table by her nanny. Sang Leping was so scared that she almost thought she was sick. She was relieved when her sister Sang Lezhi said that she was just lazy.
Lin Mo silently walked to the side and began to inspect all the furniture that was taller than Sang Zhitao.
Until he came to the little dress hanging on the wall.
"Is this what you wore before?"
He silently gestured to indicate Sang Zhitao's height; the size of the skirt should be what Sang Zhitao would wear when she was about one year old.
“The person who raised me said it was what I wore when I came here.” Sang Zhitao looked at the clothes and finally realized something was off. “That’s not right. According to Ran Feng, I was separated from you not long after I was born.”
“If we calculate my growth rate in centuries, then when I was one year old, wouldn’t that be two hundred years ago? Where did I live for the remaining hundred years?” Sang Zhitao looked at Lin Mo with a furrowed brow.
Lin Mo carefully took off the clothes and folded them neatly.
“I have no memory of it, and I don’t know what happened back then, but…” He shook the open folder in his hand, “it must be related to the Spiral Tower.”
Sang Zhitao walked to his side, took the document from his hand, and started looking through it.
Observation Record No. 730.
Experimental subject: Healer No. 3.
Experimental age: 297 years old.
Bloodline origin of the experimental subjects: Healer No. 2 (mother) and Healer No. 73 (father).
Experimental observation location: The experimental observation point has been moved to the isolation area.
Experimental observation results: No signs of awakening.
Experiment Observer: Recorder 775 of the 304th Phase of the Spiral Tower Divine Child Project.
Following that were some of Sang Zhitao's physical data and some blood analysis reports, almost all of which were replaced with symbols and numbers, which Sang Zhitao couldn't understand at all.
"So, the Spiral Tower has been taking care of me all this time, just to see if I'll awaken?" Sang Zhitao frowned. "Awaken what? The One of All Things?"
Lin Mo tapped the report with his fingertip: "It should be, and the first hundred years you just mentioned were probably spent in the Spiral Tower."
Looking at the line of text he was pointing to that indicated the experimental observation site, Sang Zhitao frowned: "Now that I have the ability to heal, will they find out that I've awakened?"
"Haven't you used your healing ability before?" Lin Mo asked, frowning.
Sang Zhitao shook her head: "No, the first time I used it was to treat Ruyue's illness."
Lin Mo sighed softly: "You've met Kane, haven't you?"
Sang Zhitao nodded in surprise.
Lin Mo breathed a sigh of relief: "I wrote about Kane in his diary. Although he is very loyal to the Spiral Tower, he is a kind and quiet person. And you have not revealed your healing ability in front of them, so you should be fine."
"As for the Spiral Tower casualties from the collapse in the East District..." He paused for a moment before saying, "They are mostly from the new generation. Not only do they have little contact with the higher-ups, but they also don't know much about the All Things Beings. They should be fine."
Lin Mo looked around and, before Sang Zhitao could speak, said directly, "There's nothing left to look for here. Let's go back. We need to discuss this matter with Han Yue."
"You trust her a lot?"
Sang Zhitao didn't say who this "she" was, but Lin Mo knew.
“Han Yue…” He paused for a moment, “Although I don’t have many memories, I wrote in my diary that she is the only person in this world I can trust.”
Lin Mo glanced at Sang Zhitao: "This was written before I met you. Now you can write the only two."
"Only three, right? There's also Ran Feng, this grandson or granddaughter?" Sang Zhitao nodded, silently reciting the grandchildren list in her mind.
Lin Mo was taken aback when he heard this unfamiliar grandchild's name.
Sang Zhitao didn't care and clapped her hands: "To you you are the youngest grandson, but to me you are the eldest grandson."
Lin Mo couldn't help but tap her on the head: "Stop calculating randomly, let's go back."
Sang Zhitao nodded indifferently.
Before leaving, they made sure to pick up some pasta near the fence before departing from the hut's perimeter.
When they entered the mutated grass and stood near the cave entrance, they discovered a towering tree diagonally opposite them.
The tree was extremely lush, its canopy resembling a green cloud floating in mid-air.
“What a huge tree…” Sang Zhitao exclaimed.
"Why didn't I see it before?" Lin Mo asked warily.
Sang Zhitao waved her hand: "We didn't look around carefully when we came out, so it's normal that we didn't notice anything."
Lin Mo tacitly agreed with her statement, staring intently at the tree for a while before picking up Sang Zhitao: "Let's go back, there's nothing to see here."
Sang Zhitao grabbed his arm: "Wait!"
"I..." She clutched her chest, staring intently at the tree, "I need to get there!"
Lin Mo frowned deeply: "No, it's too dangerous. That's a mutated plant. Its size is enough to prove its powerful abilities."
"I can't protect you..." Lin Mo sighed when he saw her resolute expression.
"I heard its voice calling me, and I could sense that something I've been searching for for a long time was there. It's very important to me." Sang Zhitao frowned as she sensed the aura of the world fragments emanating from the direction of the great tree.
Her small hands gripped Lin Mo's clothes tightly, her fingertips turning slightly white.
Lin Mo silently looked at her hand, then sighed softly, "I understand."
As he spoke, he picked up Sang Zhitao, turned around, and headed straight for the big tree.
The saying "looking at a mountain makes a horse run itself to death" applies equally to this father and daughter. They walked for nearly three days before finally reaching the vicinity of the giant tree.
This tree is so tall that it can be described as towering and blocking out the sun.
Countless animals, some squatting, some standing, and some lying down, inhabit the area beneath its trees, along with a variety of plants.
Wow, there are humans here!
"Aaaaaah, two-legged creatures!!"
"Grandpa Tree, help! The two-legged creatures are coming!!"
"That little two-legged creature is so cute~"
...
As the father and daughter appeared, countless whispers flooded Sang Zhitao's ears.
"Mmm..." She covered her ears and buried her head in Lin Mo's arms.
Seeing large beads of sweat pouring from her forehead and her eyes tightly shut as she cried out in pain, Lin Mo was terrified and quickly put her on the ground: "Tao Tao, what's wrong? Tao Tao?"
“…Ugh…So noisy…” Sang Zhitao managed to utter two words.
"Tao Tao!" Seeing her pale face, Lin Mo didn't care about anything else and picked her up to walk back.
"Wait a minute..." an elderly voice rang in his ear.
Lin Mo was startled by the voice, but he didn't say anything and just focused on getting Sang Zhitao away from this place.
"Little ones, stop talking! You'll make the little girl's head explode!" The elderly voice echoed throughout the area.
Soon, all the mutated plants and animals shut their mouths.
As the chaotic noise subsided, Sang Zhitao's complexion improved considerably.
"Are you alright?" Lin Mo breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her open her eyes and her complexion regain some color.
"I'm sorry, these children have never seen a human before, and they couldn't control themselves for a moment." The elderly voice was full of apology. "I never thought I would meet someone who could understand me."
"Who are you?" Sang Zhitao asked, panting, after taking a few sips of water.
The aged voice was not angry at Sang Zhitao's attitude. Instead, it smiled and said, "It's my fault. My name is Tree, and I have lived for many, many years."
"You are the big tree in front of me?" Sang Zhitao asked incredulously.
The tree shook its branches, and the leaves rustled. A branch appeared in front of her from afar: "Hello, my name is Big Tree."
Sang Zhitao pinched the slender branch and shook it up and down. The big tree laughed a few times and then handed the branch to Lin Mo.
Lin Mo remained silent for a moment before reaching out and pinching the branch, swaying it up and down like Sang Zhitao.
"Why are there so many mutant plants here?" These mutant plants, which are clearly natural enemies of Sang Zhi Tao, live together harmoniously.
After a moment of silence, the tree sighed heavily, "It's a long story..."
Sang Zhitao silently took out a few pieces of dried meat from her backpack: "It's okay, I have time."
As she spoke, she slipped a piece of dried meat into Lin Mo's hand.
Lin Mo looked at the jerky, then at her, and speechlessly stuffed the jerky into his mouth, listening to the big tree slowly explain.
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