Chapter 022 22

Lanaro is the spirit of the forest. The pomegranate seed fell into the soil, and as the new buds broke through the soil, the first Lanaro was born in front of the king of plants. Solomon, the tiger and Lanaro made a vow to protect the forest. After that, the king of the forest led the birds and beasts to guard the secrets in the center of the maze; the seeds took root in the soil and brought green to even more distant places.

Humans also gathered in the rainforest - the exiles of the Red King civilization who failed to find a kingdom in the only remaining oasis had forgotten the fragrance of the paradise after hundreds of years of wandering, and had forgotten that the three kings who had shared the throne in the past had also brought them the wisdom to survive in the desert.

At this time, the green of the rainforest has separated the yellow of the desert, and is gradually expanding with the stable flood period controlled by the Faruna God Machine. So Solomon taught the first group of humans who came to the rainforest to build houses that would not be flooded by the flood period, and taught them to master the skills that their ancestors had forgotten during the exile.

During this time, Lanaro and humans walked through the forest, leaving behind countless memories and stories that will continue to be passed down in the future - to the Immortals, humans are a forgetful race, but this time it doesn't matter, even if humans forget everything again, the forest will not forget.

——Because the forest remembers everything, remembers what happened many, many moons ago, and will also remember stories many, many moons in the future.

"Let me see, what year is the time monitoring coordinate now..." Lansermello pulled out the Sumi Chronicles on the edge of the screen and began to compare it with the chronology of major events provided by the world consciousness. "If we use the end of the Demon God War and the time when the Seven Consuls were determined as the standard - ah, the Demon God War will end soon."

"It will end soon?" Solomon had just sent away the person who came to ask for advice, turned around and walked into the tree house and closed the door. "Then how do you think the Heart of God will appear?"

"I think it's a big meeting." Lansermello highlighted the two thrones and Sky Island that were mentioned repeatedly in every document about Teyvat. "That is, the last demon god in each region who can take over the Heart of God will have a divine road leading directly to the sky appear in front of them - then they go to Sky Island and get the Heart of God representing the Seven Consuls from Tenli."

“So it’s like the lobby of Heroes’ Throne?” Solomon chuckled. A translucent flower that the Demi-Narroyo left for the remaining two colleagues appeared in his palm. “Everyone has to go to the lobby and wait for the door to open before entering the container called the rank. Ah, now that I see it, the containers of the seven ranks are actually quite similar to the seven hearts of God.”

"After all, there are only seven seats."

"The only difference is that the Heroes won't fight for a place in the present world." Lancermello raised his head in boredom, watching Solomon weave a brand new dream with the flowers that Merlin left behind to represent dreams. "Is it to respond to the prayers of the rainforest residents? Ah, it's past the time when they first entered the rainforest - they already have plenty of time to pursue wisdom."

"So I'm going to finish the story that has been recorded as a legend." Solomon smiled and projected the current terrain of the rainforest into the house. "In the place where the city of Sumi will be built in the future, there are already big enough trees growing there - let me think... probably bigger than the tree in the center of the great oasis back then."

"Now many people have built houses on that tree, forming a human settlement."

"Then as time goes by, the settlement will become a city, and scholars will build the palace of the gods on the top of the city. They will bathe in the glory of the gods and become preachers of wisdom." Lansemello also laughed while looking at a certain record. "You were lazy before, weren't you, teacher?"

"You've spread the Book of Ecclesiastes."

"I have at least cut off the beginning and the end and made it more suitable for my use when I am done." Solomon laughed, watching the completed dream quietly float out of the tree house and go towards the scholar who was seeking wisdom. "The 'first wise man' - he will go through countless hardships and finally receive the blessing of the tree king, see the vast sea of ​​knowledge, master it, and finally wake up in his own bed."

"And he will lead Sumi City to overcome the coming disaster."

"As for what the disaster specifically refers to... who knows?" Lansemero shrugged. "At least, apart from this one record, the rest has nothing to do with the God of Grass. Well, the next task today is to build a home for Lanaro. Do we want to build a second maze?"

"Then we don't need to do that." Solomon shook his head and put away the flower that represented the dream. "Even if it will be covered by yellow sand in the future and Lannaro will hide in his dreams, at least Lannaro will live there now, and humans are walking with Lannaro in the rain forest - we should still build it according to Lannaro's own ideas, right?"

The nursery of Lanaro is not as lifeless as the future that the world consciousness shows them, but is full of green that represents life - this is a wetland, and the Lanaro huts are staggered along the water's edge, while the Lanaros are scattered around, humming the tunes of the forest in the shade of the trees.

"Lammuhukunda." Solomon accurately found the Lanmuhukunda with whom he had signed a contract from among a large group of Lanaros, and came with this original Lanaro to the base of the Saran tree that was planted later as a symbol of the nursery. "Is the construction of Huanalana going smoothly now?"

"King of a Thousand Trees, you are worried about our future." Lan Muhu Kunda floated in front of Solomon. As a Lanaro who directly connected with the God of Grass, he always saw more than other Lanaros and had a performance that was closer to humans. "However, no matter what, the future is not as important as the present - even if Lanaro and Nala are no longer together in the future, even if the nursery loses its vitality..."

"As long as the seeds 'Lannalo' fall into the soil, the forest will always exist." Lanmuhu Kunda looked at the groups of Lannalo in the shade of the trees, "Lannalo will fall into the soil with memories, and the forest will remember everything with our memories - Well, King of Thousand Trees, you have been like this since the day the nursery was first established, and I don't think you are ready to listen to me. So, what is the reason for you to visit Huanalanna this time?"

"I'm just here to help build the nursery." Solomon laughed, the nursery fully reflected in his golden eyes, "And maybe I won't stay in the maze for long. I need to hand over the control of the Faruna Machine to you - after all, the war is about to end."

So, under the guidance of Solomon, the trees hid Huanalana and provided the forest elves with a carefree paradise undisturbed by ordinary people. The King of a Thousand Trees and the original Lanalana walked in the forest, but they also did not have any more conversations. They just returned to the place where the Faruna God Machine was and handed over the authority to call rain.

After doing all this, Solomon transformed himself into Roman in an unknown place, cast a suggestion magic on himself that was ignored by others, came to the vicinity of the scholars' settlement where the House of the Decrees was about to be established, and dialed the communication connected to the desert.

“Aren’t there some patches that haven’t been applied yet?” Gilgamesh’s voice came towards Roman as soon as the communication was connected. “Why? Are you going to add that part after you get the Heart of God?”

“That’s about it.” Roman glanced at the scholars’ colony behind him, teleported himself to another prosperous human settlement, and answered Gilgamesh’s question with a smile, “Then the countdown for your story will also begin, King Gilgamesh.”

"You are the one who should be worried, right?" Gilgamesh snorted. "Is the magic at the World Tree ready? Don't forget to change the World Tree to what it should be recorded. The Heart of God is not important to us, but don't forget the two prophecies that Merlin left behind that can be spread."

"Haha... I'll remember to spread them - of course, they will be carried to every corner of Teyvat by the wind." Romangan smiled and walked around the settlement at the port. Then, as if he remembered something, he stopped in an empty place and asked Gilgamesh on the other side, "Has the construction of the Golden Dreamland begun?"

"It's mainly some underground gods who were brought out by Chaldea who are doing the work." Gilgamesh sat on the throne and looked at the clay tablet of destiny in his hand. "No one knows that the Golden Dreamland has begun to be built, and the town spirits and humans are still living normally - but Felicitis is already stationed at the entrance of the Eternal Oasis."

"Has the story of the magic bottle begun?" Roman found a random shade of a tree and sat down. He took out the text about the magic bottle from his bag. "The town spirit chose the shepherd to be the king. However, no matter which world it is, the shepherd and the king he will become in the future are two completely different creatures."

"Really? Are you finally going to complain about the shepherd?" Gilgamesh raised his eyebrows. "You are totally unlike the coward you were before."

“No, no, no,” Roman refuted Gilgamesh’s words. “Whether it’s Solomon in the past or Roman now—I have no intention of complaining about the shepherd David who became king!!! It’s just that… Indeed, even if we only look at the records in the Book of Kings, David as a shepherd is different from King David.”

“It feels like the savior has become the Queen of Winter.”

"...The gap isn't that big." Marisbili answered the call between Chaldea and Teyvat and calmly commented on Roman's comments about David. "However, according to Sheba's observations in Chaldea, the Demon War should have ended."

"A huge energy fluctuation has occurred in the Mondstadt area, and the Storm Wall has disappeared. A special energy wavelength has been observed, and it is preliminarily inferred that the passage to Sky Island has been opened. Similar special energy has been observed in the Liyue area, and the judgment is the same as above; the Inazuma area, Maple Dan area, Nata area, and Winter Solstice area... the same as above."

"ah."

Before Chaldea's report was over, the road to Sky Island had already opened up in front of Roman. Roman sighed, turned back into Solomon, and set out on the road to Sky Island.

From this day on, the existence of the Seven Councils of Teyvat was officially established - there were still nearly fifteen hundred years before the commission for the world's consciousness to be handed over to Chaldea was completed.