The toxicity of this black mud does indeed appear to be quite potent.
Therefore, Gu Xinghe dared not throw it to the red spider to eat, and could only rely on himself to test the poison first.
As soon as he swallowed the lump of black mud through his tentacles, Gu Xinghe frowned in pain.
He hasn't felt that a dish is "bad" in a long time.
At this moment, after the tentacles swallowed the clump of black mud.
Gu Xinghe felt as if he had swallowed a huge mass of despair, making his tongue taste bitter.
He patted the tentacle, which looked somewhat wilted after swallowing the black mud.
Gu Xinghe increasingly understood why the game system required him to come to this space alone to complete the mission.
But clearly, it is a "weapon" specifically designed to counteract this black mud.
A few moments later, the tentacles had finished "digesting" the black mud.
And it also adapted well to the rather extreme "bitterness" just now.
If the method to enter the ancient tree's "dream" is somewhat difficult and uncontrollable.
It seems that he could also try to consume all the black mud in the [Mind Realm].
This indirectly achieves the purification of the ancient trees.
Despite not sleeping all night, Gu Xinghe did not feel tired.
Perhaps it was because he had already struck first and "dealt with" all the villagers in the village.
So in the time that followed, Gu Xinghe did not receive any "visits" to his attic.
The next morning, before leaving the attic, Gu Xinghe stretched himself back to his original height.
"Mr. Gu Xinghe, did you sleep well last night?"
"Of course, I think I also had a nice dream, but I forgot what it was about after I woke up."
Gu Xinghe nodded to Bourne, who was coming out of his room, and answered his question.
"That's good."
Bourne was pleased by Gu Xinghe's words.
"However, dreams seem to be like this: it doesn't matter if you don't remember the specific details after waking up."
Let's just remember the positive emotions that come from having a good dream.
"That's right. By the way, Mr. Bourne, you must have had a good night's rest last night, right?"
At this moment, Gu Xinghe looked at Bourne's body, which was now completely normal, and deliberately asked a question.
"Of course, perhaps it's all thanks to you."
The adventure you described really thrilled me and gave me a great sense of satisfaction.
So I slept really well last night.
These were not mere polite words; Bourne was genuinely thanking Gu Xinghe.
"I haven't slept this well in a long time. I think I even had a dream yesterday."
Although I can't quite remember it, the feeling was just as comfortable as when my mother held me when I was a child.
Oh dear... I'm getting old, really old... I'm even starting to reminisce about such a distant past..."
While sighing, Bourne gestured to Gu Xinghe and then walked into the kitchen.
He said he would prepare a sumptuous breakfast to properly entertain Gu Xinghe and make up for the meager dinner the previous day.
Because we took Gu Xinghe on a tour of the village yesterday, it was already quite late when we returned here.
So the two of them just had a simple dinner.
Although Gu Xinghe didn't care, Bourne kept it to himself.
He had always wanted to show Gu Xinghe something that would impress him.
This feeling is somewhat like that of a child who is always trying to attract their parents' attention.
They want to show their parents how good they are.
So, in a sense, the villagers really did treat his story as a bedtime story yesterday.
But Gu Xinghe didn't find it strange or uncomfortable.
Whether it's a respectable father or a god who bestows blessings in times of crisis and despair.
These are simply different people interacting with him.
It is merely an identity bestowed upon him by subjective cognition, and a title derived from it.
From what Bourne just said, it's clear that he didn't have the nightmare of being dismembered that he was supposed to have.
In Gu Xinghe's view, in order to maintain "normality" in the small village.
Not only the villagers, including Bourne who were already asleep, but also Leahy, who came straight to his attic.
They would all forget that Gu Xinghe had conducted experiments on them.
Conversely, when Byrne recounts the feelings he had about his beautiful dream.
Gu Xinghe immediately realized that what the other person had dreamed of might be the same "dream" that he had also experienced the previous night.
So now it seems that those dark, faceless human figures are indeed the people in the village.
They were buried under the tree roots, and felt as if they had returned to their mother's embrace.
And in this "mother's embrace," they are also protected by the power of this ancient tree.
But the state of the ancient tree shows that this protective force is gradually weakening.
This has led to the continuous erosion of these "people" in the village.
So, this might be why the game system sent him to revive the ancient tree.
However, this applies to both the villagers and the villagers themselves.
It was the same ancient tree he had seen in his "dream" last night, the one that had proactively arched its roots to show him.
They were clearly treating him like a child relying on his parents.
So, why did the ancient tree refuse his help, which was like that of a "patriarch"?
And then, how did they "flick" him out of that "dream"?
Could it be because if I accept his help?
Will the "childlike" villagers who are forced to accept the filth in the "Mind Realm" die completely?
The villagers are clearly inseparable from this space.
If the ancient tree had received Gu Xinghe's power at that time, the villagers, who were like children, would likely have been "purified".
Although the accuracy of this guess was not confirmed, Gu Xinghe used it to clarify the relationship between the three of them.
When they met him, the villagers and the ancient tree clearly regarded him as a reliable elder.
The ancient tree's attitude towards the villagers also seems to be that it treats them as children who need its nourishment.
In other words, if Gu Xinghe is from the grandfather's generation, then the ancient tree is probably from the mother's generation.
The villagers, naturally, became the grandchildren's generation.
Suddenly, Gu Xinghe, who was being promoted to a higher generation, realized that this seemed to be a kind of "three generations living under one roof".
The shock of this generational difference might be comparable to what he experienced at the Tavern of Misfortune.
He was mistaken by Carl, the manager of the tavern, who thought he was Chris's son.
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