Chapter 119: Capture
If he hadn't been inside it, Mei Yang would have found it hard to imagine that the interior of such a tall mother tree was actually hollow.
Before, from outside, they couldn't see the structure inside clearly, but after walking in, Mei Yang found that once his eyes adjusted to the dim light, he could actually roughly see the appearance of the surrounding buildings - the interior of the entire tree was like a giant tower-like building, or it could be understood as a department store with complete facilities.
Going up the stairs, Mei Yang discovered that each floor had different functions: some were similar to children's playgrounds; some were similar to banquet halls; and there was also an entire floor divided into large and small compartments, which seemed to be shops selling different kinds of goods.
The spiral staircase they were walking on was close to the inner wall of the tree, running through the entire tree from top to bottom, and there was another identical staircase on the opposite side.
Probably because elves are generally tall, each floor of the building is about six meters high, which is very spacious and grand.
As they wandered, they stopped at floors that caught their eye, touching objects that had been abandoned decades earlier. Interestingly, not only were most of the objects made of wood or carved wood, but each floor had ventilation holes, concealed by animal skins.
Mei Yang lifted a piece of animal skin, and in an instant, sunlight shone in from the deep ventilation holes, illuminating the interior space of this floor which was about 600 to 700 square meters.
It was as if the owner of this vertical building, which condensed an entire town, was just temporarily away on a long trip and would be back soon.
The heavy sense of time brought by the dust nailed Mei Yang to the spot. He felt an indescribable sense of nostalgia in his heart, as if he had lived here for many years.
How is that possible? Mei Yang smiled and shook his head. He had only been in this world for two or three days.
"Let's go, Mei Yang, let's go to the upper floor and take a look." Blue called out from the stairs.
"Oh, here I come." Mei Yang replied slowly.
He covered the lifted animal skin back, and the light in this layer immediately dimmed. Without the sunlight, the dust floating in the air no longer jumped.
Mei Yang quickly walked back to the stairs and continued to climb up with his friends.
Out of respect for old things, when exploring the interior of the mother tree, everyone only touched some exposed public facilities and did not enter any room.
After going up a few more floors, the team gradually became a few elves leading the way, with Mei Yangzhui at the end.
The elves were very excited. These old-fashioned buildings seemed to evoke their childhood memories. The oldest ones, Red and Auggie, were racking their brains to think about whether they had played on a familiar rocking car they had just passed by when they were children.
Not to mention them, even Mei Yang, a pure human, had a strange sense of déjà vu about certain objects and architectural layouts in the mother tree.
This feeling was so strange that Mei Yang felt uncomfortable.
After going up a few more floors, Red suddenly shouted, "Look! There's a hole here too!"
As he said that, he rushed out first.
This was an arched doorway exactly the same as the one they had come in through. Mei Yang guessed that outside, there were probably the same huge branches as when they landed. Perhaps the vine elevator could stop freely at certain heights, and those extremely broad branches were like the terraces of the huge tree house called the mother tree, and there might be small houses on top for each elf to live in individually.
Apparently, the other elves thought so too.
They all walked out one after another.
As soon as they went out, no one made a sound. Mei Yang scratched his head, feeling something was wrong - the entrance to the cave was made of the bark of the mother tree, so it was thick, but it shouldn't be soundproof to this extent, right?
"Red, Blue, Pop... why aren't you talking?" Mei Yang asked loudly.
Why did they go out one by one and stop talking?
Mei Yang was left alone in the dim tree trunk, and he felt a little scared.
He took two steps at a time, climbed the last few steps, and walked out of the cave.
When he walked outside, his eyes adjusted to the suddenly brighter light, he squinted and looked forward, and immediately fell silent - the Elf King was standing outside with an expressionless face!
Mei Yang was frightened.
"Wang, good afternoon." He stammered.
To be honest, although he seemed to be adopted, Mei Yang and the Elf King actually spent less than half a day together.
Mei Yang didn't even know whether the Elf King was sleeping next door under the same roof last night.
He had no idea of the Elf King's character. He only knew that this man, who was as otherworldly as moonlight, often had a blank expression on his face.
Beneath this expressionless mask, it is likely that negative emotions outweigh positive ones, because Mei Yang clearly remembers that there were a few times when a faint smile would appear on the man's face during some warmer conversations.
Mei Yang didn't know what the Elf King was thinking at the moment, but he was no better than the elves next to him who were scared like quails, hanging their heads and not saying a word.
There was also a slight feeling of shame - my guardian had seen me being naughty again.
Mei Yang looked up at the sky, wondering how he could explain to his parents that he had turned his simple habit of "visiting the mother tree more often" into exploring the tree hole with his friends...
"Hmm." The Elf King's tone was unremarkable, "We'll talk about it when we get back."
As he said this, he snapped his fingers.
Several silk ribbons hung down, among which were two vines that were tied with knots by Mei Yang.
Mei Yang: “…”
The Elf King glanced at Mei Yang lightly, and this glance was quite devastating to Mei Yang.
Help! Mei Yang was so embarrassed that he almost dug a luxurious tree house out of the mother tree with his toes. How come he was caught by the parents twice in a row just after he did something naughty?
The Elf King glanced over, as if he knew everything clearly. He completely filtered out the other elves who were known for their mischief in the tribe, and directly locked his target on himself, the suspect.
Red was still righteous. He gritted his teeth, patted his chest, pointed at one of the knots and said, "This is the knot I tied!"
"Really?" The Elf King glanced at him indifferently again.
Wang's eyes were extremely lethal. Mei Yang clearly saw that Red took two steps back in the face of his flat voice and cold eyes.
Poor kid, this is the first time he's been scolded by the Elf King...
But with Reid helping to carry half of it, Mei Yang felt less psychological pressure. He pointed to the other one and admitted, "This is the knot I tied."
The Elf King didn't say anything else, but just directed all the children to hold on to the vines.
Mei Yang and Reid looked at each other, gritted their teeth, and sat on the knot in the vine. Now, the Elf King finally understood why Mei Yang wanted to tie a knot on a good vine.
Under the Elf King's slightly speechless gaze, Mei Yang felt his face flush with embarrassment, but it was obvious that the one who was even more embarrassed was Red. The boy's face was almost as red as his hair.
The Elf King's posture was quite elegant. He just hugged the vine with one arm, and then snapped his fingers with the other hand. Then, amid the children's screams, the vine elevator began to fall down.
The process of going down was more exciting than the process of going up. Mei Yang closed his eyes tightly and used the koala hug posture, burying his head in his arms as much as possible.
It was so exciting that Mei Yang felt several times that he would faint in the next second, but he remained conscious.
The dozens of seconds of descent seemed to be deliberately prolonged. Mei Yang felt like every second was an age. It felt like more than ten minutes had passed before his speed slowed down slightly and he finally landed smoothly.
It can be said that the most exciting part of the entire adventure was not what you saw and heard in the mother tree, but this bungee-jumping-like vine elevator.
"Come down." The Elf King reminded.
Mei Yang was stunned for a moment, and when he saw that the Elf King was looking at him, he realized that the Elf King was urging him.
He tried to move, and then found that not only his legs, but even his arms were weak.
"My legs are weak..." Mei Yang said with a tearful tone.
He didn't mean to cry, but due to the huge physical stimulation, his tear glands were unable to control themselves.
“…” The Elf King sighed helplessly.
Mei Yang really wanted to get down from this embarrassing rattan chair as soon as possible, but he really didn't have the strength to do it. His limbs were limp and his condition was even worse than when he got up.
Now, everyone is standing, but he is still sitting still. It is really embarrassing.
He was so anxious that he almost cried.
Several elves beside him couldn't bear to see this, and Oggie wanted to muster up the courage to walk over, take the black-haired kid down from the vine knot, and help him walk as he did when he got up. But just as he was about to move, he was pulled by the quick-eyed and quick-handed Blue.
Auggie glanced at his blue-haired friend in confusion, while Blue pouted at the black-haired kid, signaling Auggie to look - the Elf King had already moved.
The noble and elegant man, in front of everyone's surprised gaze, took the frightened and crying black-haired baby down from the vine knot and held it in his arms with one arm.
Mei Yang was stunned.
He subconsciously hugged the Elf King's neck, feeling completely at a loss - this was a perfect posture for holding a child. Mei Yang sat on the Elf King's left arm with his butt. It was really hard for him to imagine that under this man's noble appearance, his arms were so strong. Most of his body was pressed against the Elf King's chest, and the Elf King's right hand was lightly resting on his back.
Because of the hugging posture, Mei Yang's head was slightly higher than the Elf King's. From this angle, he was surprised to find that the Elf King's eyelashes were the same color as his hair, both platinum with a faint golden glow.
And this man is really perfect and too handsome.
My guardian is a very attractive man.
After realizing this, Mei Yang's face turned from pale to a light pink.
The Elf King ignored the stunned elf cubs. He looked around, carried Mei Yang to a nearby short tree, broke off a thin branch with his own hands, and handed it to Mei Yang, asking him to hold it himself.
"Let's go." The Elf King said, looking back. Then he said to the black-haired cub in his arms, "Hold the branch, I will deal with you when I get back."
After saying that, he strode towards the tree house.
Clean up? What do you mean?
Mei Yang looked at the branch in his hand, blinked, and thought, could it be the punishment I thought of?
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