"Save the Tree of Life?" The old lady looked stunned. It was obvious that she had not reacted yet, and she even couldn't understand what Ruan Xi meant.
Ruan Xi was in no hurry to explain. She just waited quietly for the old lady to recover before continuing the conversation.
"How can we save it? The Tree of Life has been growing there since the beginning, and it has never moved..." Perhaps influenced by the property that plants generally grow in a fixed place, the old lady was confused for a moment, and felt that she could not understand it, and subconsciously avoided this direction of thinking.
"Grandma, haven't you heard of the legend of the Tree of Life? I found it on the terminal." As Ruan Xi spoke, he turned on the terminal's light screen and called up the information he had previously read about the Tree of Life.
When Ruan Xi was looking up information about the Tree of Life, he found it through a very ordinary search method. He really thought that anyone with a personal terminal could easily access this information. However, looking at the old lady's stunned expression, he suddenly became uncertain.
"Grandma, haven't you seen this information? Or is it that your personal terminal cannot find this information?" In the latter half of the sentence, Ruan Xi subconsciously lowered her voice, as if she was afraid of triggering some restrictions, and was very cautious.
The old lady didn't say anything, but immediately opened her personal terminal screen and entered the search keyword "Tree of Life". The result was blank, with no content. The housekeeper tried it and got the same result.
"Am I the only one who can access information about the Tree of Life? What kind of logic is this? I don't quite understand..." This really embarrasses him, a mechanical idiot! In his previous life, computers were just a simple search tool for him. He even played Freecell only once, forced by a classmate! Programming gave him a headache just thinking about it.
Ruan Xi frowned unconsciously and reread the information on the Tree of Life on his personal terminal screen. It was exactly the same as before, but why was he the only one who could see it? How authentic was this information?
Ruan Xi was a little confused, his brows unconsciously furrowed slightly, and he remained silent for a long time.
Until the old lady could no longer bear the silence and broke it.
"Xiao Xi, all I can remember about the Tree of Life is what I just told you, nothing more. However, I think I know more than that. I don't know why, but I only remember those..." As the old lady spoke, she seemed to be a little crazy. She held her head with a painful expression, and a thin layer of cold sweat had already seeped out of her forehead.
"Grandma, don't force yourself if you can't remember. If I want to know the answer, you can find out by yourself." Since it was done by humans, there will always be traces to follow. It just takes more time.
“Whenever I try hard to recall more information about the Tree of Life, I feel a sharp pain in my brain, which makes it impossible for me to concentrate and think of nothing. This is very strange, but I have never felt it was strange before until you asked. I don’t know what this means, but maybe, Xiaoxi, you are an opportunity, a... well!” Judging from her expression, the old lady seemed to be getting more and more energetic as she spoke, and even a few traces of excitement flashed in her eyes. However, before she could finish her words, she let out a painful groan, and then she hugged her head with both hands and curled up in pain.
"lady!"
"grandmother!"
The old lady's condition was a bit scary. Her face was pale, she was sweating, and her whole body was shaking uncontrollably. The housekeeper immediately supported her and carefully secured her to the sofa. Ruan Xi also hurried forward to help the old lady feel her pulse, but could not find any obvious abnormalities. She was just a little emotionally excited.
But why was she suddenly so emotional? Was it because she wanted to reveal the message of the Tree of Life?
"Bai Yu... Bai Yu... the safe... the things inside... give them to Xiao Xi... give them to Xiao Xi..." The old lady said this intermittently, and then she could no longer hold on, and her eyes went dark and she fainted.
"lady!"
"grandmother!"
Ruan Xi and the housekeeper cried out in surprise, but the old lady did not react at all.
"Butler, lay grandma down. Her emotions are fluctuating too much. Perhaps... there is some kind of restriction that prevents grandma from revealing any information about the Tree of Life, but she insists on resisting. I'm going to use acupuncture to forcibly relax grandma's brain nerves, so that she... can temporarily forget everything about the Tree of Life." As Ruan Xi spoke, he took out a pack of silver needles from his arms. He asked He Ziqian to help polish them, and they were very easy to use. Every time he pierced the acupoints, he was so steady that even the butler was shocked.
"Young Master Xi..." The housekeeper had never seen such a treatment method before. He was terrified, but he didn't dare to stop it. He could only stare at Ruan Xi's movements with a worried look on his face.
"Don't worry, grandma will be fine." After Ruan Xi said this, he inserted the last silver needle accurately. He breathed a sigh of relief, held the old lady's wrist with one hand, and calmly transferred the supernatural power in his body into the old lady's body. Seeing that her complexion improved and her breathing became steady, he let go of her hand.
As soon as Ruan Xi let go of the old lady's hand, she woke up. Before her eyes were fully open, she held Ruan Xi's hand with her backhand, "Xiao Xi, the things in the safe are very important. I'm afraid I can't protect them. Please hold your hand and help me guard it. Your grandfather gave it to me, and I can't lose it..."
The old lady did not mention the Tree of Life again, nor did she trigger the strange power of punishment. Ruan Xi was afraid that the old lady was too emotional and her body could not bear it, so he quickly put his arm around her shoulders, coaxed her softly, and persuaded her, and even sang the folk songs that his grandmother loved to listen to in her previous life. After an unknown amount of time, the old lady finally calmed down. Ruan Xi looked down and found that the old lady had fallen asleep, her brows relaxed, as if she was having a sweet dream.
"Madam has never had a good sleep. She always sleeps restlessly, as if she has nightmares every night, but she can never remember what she dreams about. This is the first time that Madam can sleep so peacefully after her husband passed away." The housekeeper spoke with a sigh and sadness, looking at the old lady's expression, which was gentle to the extreme. Ruan Xi looked at this scene, as if a handful of dog food was stuffed in his mouth.
I just feel a little depressed for some reason!
"Butler, please send grandma back to her room to rest first. Then I'll have to trouble you to accompany me to take out the things in the safe." The old lady mentioned it so solemnly, and it caused such a big reaction. How could Ruan Xi not take it seriously?
"Okay, please wait a moment." The housekeeper quickly calmed down. He carefully lifted the old lady up and carried her back to her room. He quickly returned to the study and said in a deep voice, "Master Xi, please follow me."
The old lady's study is divided into two rooms, the inner and outer rooms. No one can enter the inner room without the old lady's permission, because the key to the inner room is the old lady's dynamic iris.
"But how can I open the door when my grandmother is not here?" Ruan Xi realized this belatedly and felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
Is it too late to bring the old lady back now?
"I can drive." The butler's voice was still calm, as if there was no ripple at all. However, Ruan Xi felt that there was a hint of pride and... showing off in his voice?
Holy shit! Is the butler showing off his special place in the old lady's heart? Another bowl of dog food is coldly slapped in his face!
"Okay, please, butler." Ruan Xi's lips curved into a perfect arc, and her voice was just the right amount of gentleness and politeness. She also made a "please in" gesture with her right hand, which gave the butler enough space.
The butler bowed slightly and gracefully walked to the door. He unlocked the door with the triple password of fingerprint, iris and voiceprint. A light "click" was heard and the door opened immediately.
"Master Xi, please come in." The butler bowed and invited Ruan Xi to come in first, and then he followed. Then, the door of the inner room automatically closed and locked again.
Ruan Xi: "...You won't lock us in, will you?" He still has planting tasks to complete! The tree is still waiting for him to return! Well, let's count He Ziqian as well, he really can't be trapped here!
housekeeper:"……"
The butler looked at Ruan Xi with a strange look in his eyes. Ruan Xi blinked and stared at the butler for a long time before asking, "Is there something wrong with what I said?" With such a high-tech electronic door lock, isn't it normal to be trapped inside if something goes wrong?
"The door locks automatically to prevent someone from following in. Even if there's a problem with the system, there's a way to unlock it from the inside, so you won't be stuck getting out." The butler's explanation was very detailed. Ruan Xi understood it immediately and felt relieved.
"Then I feel relieved. Come on, open the safe. I want to see what kind of treasure it is that can make my grandmother suffer like this!" No longer worrying about the door lock, Ruan Xi immediately put all his attention on the safe.
But where is the safe? Is it hidden in the wall?
The butler also quickly changed his mindset and returned to the topic. He walked to the wall on the left and operated on the empty wall. Then, Ruan Xi saw a hole appear on the wall, and a silver safe was slowly pushed out.
Well, the safe was indeed hidden in the wall.
The style of the safe was surprisingly simple. There was no fingerprint lock, no combination lock, and no iris lock. A small copper lock hung quietly on it. It looked very much like the lock on the wooden box that his grandmother used to store jewelry in his previous life.
In the interstellar age, are there still such ancient locks?
Questions popped up in Ruan Xi's mind one after another, but the butler was concentrating on the safe in front of him. He took out a delicate little key, carefully opened the small copper lock, and successfully opened the safe.
Ruan Xi stared at the safe without blinking, watching the butler take out the small black box from the safe. The box was no bigger than the butler's palm, and there was no lock on it, not even a buckle. One only had to gently open the lid to see what was inside.
It was a dark green bead, round, deep, but without any luster. Ruan Xi could not sense even a trace of life from the bead.
What is this?
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