Eros's eyes widened, and his once dashing appearance now appeared somewhat pale.
She pointed her spear at the energy pipe and coldly asked Sophia, "Do you know what this energy pipe is for?"
Sophia shook her head. She didn't know, but she was very clear about what she was doing.
Eros gave a cold laugh: "These energy pipes ultimately connect to only one direction: the Tree of Life... Do you think the life force of the Tree of Life comes from nowhere? All the energy of the Tree of Life comes from the Tower of the Holy Spirit!"
Sophia was slightly taken aback, and Quan Ji and the others were also a little confused, looking at Eros.
"So, the energy of these living beings trapped by the life essence is used as a carrier for energy, and ultimately the flow of energy is actually to the Tree of Life?"
It wasn't hard for anyone to think of this possibility, but to be honest, the Tree of Life had always been active, while the Tower of the Holy Spirit had only been established eight hundred years ago.
Eros immediately saw the other's doubt: "Once upon a time, all living beings believed that the Tree of Life was an inexhaustible source of life force. The elves were able to live long and protect the forest by relying on the energy obtained from the Tree of Life. Until eight hundred years ago, the queen at that time discovered that the Tree of Life was showing signs of slow depletion, which led to a significant weakening and aging of the elves."
"For the elves, life and freedom are paramount. The weakening of the Tree of Life caused all elves extreme fear. At that time, they tried everything to stop the Tree of Life from decaying, even sacrificing their own life force to nourish it."
"However, such a method is useless. The aging of the Tree of Life has not been resolved at all, because the source of the Elven race's life force is the Tree of Life. Such rumination is meaningless."
"Until one day, the queen at the time discovered that the energy of each kind of creature had subtle differences. So she had a sudden inspiration and tried to use other creatures to regurgitate energy for the Tree of Life. The result was obvious: she succeeded, and the decline of the Tree of Life was indeed slowed down."
"However, such a delay is only temporary, because the energy required by the Tree of Life is far too great. Ordinary living beings will die on the spot due to energy exhaustion within half an hour at most."
"For the eternity of the Elven race, for the eternity of the Tree of Life, for the eternity of the forest, the Queen began to try using the life essence to replenish the energy of living beings, and the results were remarkable."
"She knew very well that only by allowing different beings to continuously transfer energy to the life essence to restore their energy could a balance be achieved between the Tree of Life and other creatures, and only then could the crisis of the Tree of Life be alleviated. Even if such a method was too extreme, she had to do it, because she was the Queen of the Elves and the Guardian of the Forest."
"In order to protect the reputation of the elves and the balance of the forest, the empress at the time built the Tower of the Holy Spirit and began to secretly send some extinct creatures to the Tree of Life to provide different energies."
"Thus, the order of the Tower of the Holy Spirit was formally established."
"This is the greatest secret of the elves, and the greatest secret of the forest. You think we are cruel? But have you ever thought about what would happen if the Tree of Life withered?"
"The elves will live for only a few hundred years or even less, just like other creatures. They will lose the power to protect everything. The Whispering Forest will become like other forests because it has lost the Tree of Life. It will not be able to remain evergreen, will not be able to recover quickly after being damaged, and will not be able to provide a stable environment for the creatures. It will eventually become a dead land."
"You think the Tower of the Holy Spirit torments so many living beings, but have you ever thought about the elves, have you ever thought about the entire forest!"
"If it's possible to exchange a few lives for the eternity of many others, then this is the best path, no matter what."
Marshal Eros lay on the ground, laughing as he did so, but the warmth in his eyes grew colder and colder.
Sophia and the others were incredulous when they first heard the truth.
The withering of the Tree of Life did not begin in the last two years, but rather as early as eight hundred years ago?!
This truth somewhat shattered their understanding, and looking at the energy tubes they had smashed on the ground, their feelings were extremely complicated.
Sofia gritted her teeth, her feelings a mix of emotions that words could not describe.
However, at that moment, a cold female voice came.
"Are you done talking?"
Quan Ji stood silently in front of everyone, a golden light shimmering in her eyes, and quietly knelt down in front of Eros.
"In the end, isn't it just that you elves want eternal life and eternal power? Why make it sound so grand?"
"You keep saying that the elves protect the forest, but after the Tower of the Holy Spirit was built, why have countless lives still been wiped out? Why were the Holy Unicorns slaughtered overnight? Where were the elves then? Where was your protection?!"
"Now that we've discovered the trail of the Holy Unicorn, do we know to grant it eternity?"
"Isn't that disgusting?"
Quan Ji's words were cold, yet they pierced through everyone.
She didn't cite any ancient examples, but rather the extinction of the sacred unicorn, which happened just a few years ago.
The elves weren't wiped out in one fell swoop; they fought and waited all night.
What about the elves who keep saying they want to protect the forest?
How could the forest guardians, who are able to sense even the slightest clue, be unaware that such a big thing had happened?
Quan Ji's words made Eros feel guilty.
Eros looked at Quan Ji: "What could a human like you possibly know?"
Quan Ji scoffed coldly: "Don't you know perfectly well what I know? Aren't you also confused about the meaning of doing this?"
Eros froze, staring at Quan Ji with a look of embarrassment and anger, as if he had been exposed: "I have never been confused about anything I have done!"
"Is that so?" Quan Ji raised her voice and then asked in return, "If you have no confusion, why did you hesitate when breaking the energy tube and not pierce those creatures? Even if you lose, you should put your gun away."
"Marshal of the Elven race, you should have discovered us long ago, right? At least... as a god among mortals, you knew of our existence and purpose from the very beginning when we entered the Tower of the Holy Spirit, didn't you?"
"If you are so determined about the path you have chosen, why did you only appear when we reached the top? You could have appeared earlier to stop us, and you knew that you could have killed us and prevented the destruction of the Holy Spirit Tower simply by destroying the energy tube, but you did none of that."
"If it weren't for my confusion, I really couldn't figure out what it was about you."
"You know very well, don't you? The Elves are doing this out of selfishness."
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