Chapter 275 The Truth
Chapter 275
Everyone held their breath and stared intently at the sky. Although they didn't know what had happened, they all quieted down when they saw that Lin Xia looked unwell but remained silent.
Just as Lin Xia thought something else was about to happen, the giant tree was suddenly bound by strands of law power, and its size gradually shrank.
Even as it shrank to the size of a palm, it struggled incessantly but could not break free from the rules and constraints.
Then it slowly flew into Lin Xia's hand. The moment it landed in her hand, Lin Xia was jolted. She was momentarily dazed, and her face turned pale.
Just now, her mental energy was momentarily stirred, and she and the giant tree were switched as master and servant.
He didn't know when, but this giant tree had actually made a contract with him, which he had never noticed. No wonder they offered almost no resistance when he made his moves.
And I am the servant, the giant tree is the master!
They remained calm, finding fault where possible, and letting it go if they couldn't. She even wondered if everything was too simple, realizing that she had long been their puppet.
Lin Xia clenched the tree in her hand, feeling fortunate. She had always had doubts about why she was sometimes deceived, and she thought that she would definitely find out when she became stronger.
But I had completely forgotten about it. Now that the master and servant have switched places, some of my thoughts have become clear.
The giant tree's consciousness fell into a deep sleep, forced into a deep sleep; otherwise, Lin Xia would have no control over it, and being countered would have been inevitable.
At this moment, the dark clouds dispersed, the sun shone brightly, the sky was clear and blue, the ocean returned to calm, and everyone sobered up from the tense atmosphere.
Looking at this long-lost peace, people felt as if they had been freed from something, and the heavy shackles on their bodies had disappeared.
Only when people saw the ocean system and the ships completely disappear did they feel a sense of reality, and those who had lost consciousness slowly regained their senses.
People cheered and wept.
Words cannot express the relief, the regret, and the pain...
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Lin Xia flashed back to the mansion to digest the massive amount of spiritual power and energy that had returned during the master-servant exchange.
Ji Wei and the others stayed behind to reassure everyone, explaining that the survival system had provided them with many conveniences and enhanced their strength.
However, given the ocean system's past misdeeds, everyone was somewhat afraid. After all, everyone now relied on their own cultivation to improve their strength, and doing quests in the game world seemed completely unnecessary.
Ji Wei and the others couldn't answer the specific questions either, since they genuinely didn't know either. However, unlike ordinary players, they had a deeper understanding of the power of the survival system.
But some things cannot be said.
Lin Xia did not absorb this energy, but instead stored it all, including the spiritual energy, in a separate space.
She looked at the bound sapling and learned many things from its consciousness.
This giant tree has lost track of its age. As a plant, it was fortunate enough to receive a true water spirit as its heart, which allowed it to grow flesh and blood and transform into a human form.
However, acquiring spiritual power was extremely difficult. By chance, it discovered the human species, whose cultivation of spiritual power was as easy as drinking water.
It devised a plan to drain the first human world it encountered. It discovered that the subconscious sea of that world was so vast and open, like a bright and tempting temptation.
After draining a planet dry, its spiritual power surged, increasing millions of times faster than it could have achieved through cultivation. Thus, it began hunting planets.
In the process of digesting spiritual energy, it discovered that not only had its spiritual energy increased dramatically, but it had also absorbed the development history of a civilization and gained all the knowledge of that civilization.
This greatly shocked it; humans are indeed a species favored by heaven and earth, making one envious.
It absorbed everything smoothly, but as its cultivation level gradually improved, it discovered that the planets were not entirely unrelated.
Discovered and hunted by the Creator, it was nearly annihilated, which is why it began to hide its whereabouts and cultivate puppets.
Search for talented plant-type mythical beasts from various worlds, grant them extraordinary encounters, and make them believe they have received a tremendous opportunity.
After absorbing the clone of the True Water Spirit, it became its servant. It raised these alien beasts in space, and killed and ate them when they were fattened up.
Gradually, it discovered that there were quite a few strange beasts cultivating like it, and eventually, cooperation began to emerge.
If the beastmen want to replace humans, they need to seize human civilization. Their attempts to seize the subconscious sea have failed countless times, but they have also tried countless times.
When a replacement fails, it absorbs the energy for its own use and never wastes it.
It heard that if it could find a human civilization with abundant energy, a long history, sufficient accumulation, and a high level, and find a way to become the World Tree of that world, it would have a great chance to cleanse the stain of its previous energy acquisition.
It will become a glorious and righteous being, and all the sins it commits will be borne by everyone in that world.
Lin Xia's world is the world it chose.
Originally, Blue Star was just an ordinary prey, but the emergence of the survival system has made everything unpredictable.
It made many arrangements in advance. It actually marked all the players with special vehicles. They were all outstanding in a certain aspect and were destined to be extraordinary.
In order to cast a wide net and find those with spiritual power, it was fortunate that it found Lin Xia from the beginning and marked her.
However, the survival system is very powerful; it cannot completely control those with mental power, but can only influence them subtly.
Liu Ying is one of its clones. It retains its own consciousness, but it lacks the memory of encountering it.
All I remember is that I had a miraculous encounter that allowed me to develop a real body and no longer be subject to human mental power.
Unfortunately, the survival system discovered Liu Ying and seized the opportunity to send the mental power user to the world where Liu Ying was, where she obtained the cultivation method.
It merely shifted its focus elsewhere for a short while, and was thus exploited.
It was initially quite angry, but as time went on, the development of Blue Star gradually gave it ambition, so it decided to wait and see.
Aside from occasionally tripping up those with spiritual power, it's just a test. After all, how can one truly grow without hardship?
She certainly didn't disappoint herself, growing into a qualified leader and gaining recognition from several other worlds.
At first, it was afraid of the creator god of this world, but after it drained many of the creator god's worlds without any reaction, it became bolder.
He thought this survival system was just a coincidence, arranged by chance, like himself, to absorb spiritual power, but he never expected that he was wrong.
The creator gods of these worlds may truly be asleep, but some 'gods' who have left this world are terrifyingly powerful.
The message ended abruptly there, and Lin Xia understood everything.
But is this 'god' the one who created the survival system?
Looking at the survival system that was still bound to everyone, Lin Xia didn't know whether it was a god who saved humanity or a terrifying jackal like the giant tree.
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