booktalesy Chapter 335 The Consciousness from the Giant Tree
Chapter 335 The Consciousness from the Giant Tree
Lin Fan stared in shock at the giant tree before him.
Walking plants.
A conscious, moving tree-shaped creature.
What the hell is this?
vegetable?
No, it's a humanoid plant?
He took a few deep breaths, trying to calm his racing heart.
The dim space was deathly silent, with only his own slightly heavy breathing as the only sound.
"This is truly eye-opening."
He stroked his chin and muttered to himself.
"It might just be a memory of this dead tree from its life."
Yes, memory.
Perhaps when this dead tree was alive, it was one of those "walking trees".
These images represent its past.
Fear? A little bit.
But more than anything, it was curiosity!
He stood there, staring at the rough surface of the withered tree for a long time.
The grayish-white bark is covered with cracks, each crack conveying the weight of time.
"What are you trying to tell me?"
He couldn't help but ask the question aloud.
But there was no response.
"If you can't answer, you can just wiggle a branch."
However, there has still been no response.
The withered tree seemed completely dry and dead, not even making a sound.
Lin Fan hesitated for a few seconds.
The scene I just witnessed is still replaying in my mind, to be honest...
He was eager to know what would happen next.
"Should we take another look?"
After a slight hesitation, he reached out again and placed his palm on the bark of the dead tree.
The moment the fingertips touched it, the images flooded back.
This time there was no buffer; it was a direct panoramic view, and he was already somewhat prepared.
The next moment, a world unfolded before his eyes.
He seemed to have activated God mode, able to freely observe this lush green world.
The entire planet is green.
As the camera zoomed in, the plants on the ground became increasingly clear.
At the foot of a hillside, various forms of plants and organisms grow on the ground.
Some are as small as shrubs, moving quickly across the ground.
There are also giant trees as big as hills, whose every step can cause the earth to tremble.
The plants presented to him at this moment had all sorts of shapes and forms.
Some have humanoid outlines and walk using their roots as legs. Others retain a more primitive tree shape and move slowly using their massive root systems.
There were also some smaller ones, exquisitely shaped, emitting light of various colors...
They're like the elves in those Western fantasy movies.
Plant spirits.
The entire planet is a world of plants.
The sky was a pale green, and the sunlight, after passing through the atmosphere, turned into a warm gold, illuminating this vibrant planet.
The giant tree creatures stretched their branches in the sunlight, making a rustling sound, like some kind of song.
The visuals are stunning. So beautiful they seem unreal.
But having seen the footage of the three-eyed man's previous experiences, Lin Fan vaguely sensed...
This wonderful feeling won't last long.
It was as if it were confirming his idea.
The scene before my eyes suddenly changed.
The once clear sky suddenly darkened.
It's not the kind of darkness that's obscured by dark clouds.
It started from the edge of the sky, as if something was approaching.
The overwhelming darkness slowly and irresistibly spread in.
The plant life on the planet stopped what it was doing and all looked up at the sky.
The sunlight is gradually fading away.
The darkness drew closer and grew larger.
In the end, Lin Fan finally saw the culprit that had blotted out the sky.
At that same moment, his mind went blank for a brief period.
Lin Fan has lived this long and has seen large creatures in movies and animations. He himself is also a large creature.
In his understanding, even the largest creatures have a scope.
But now, his understanding of colossal objects has collapsed.
In the distance, on the horizon, there was a limb belonging to some unknown creature.
It was so large that it completely covered the sky above the entire planet.
The rough, black surface has some kind of pattern, and a dark red light seeps out between the patterns.
A single limb completely blocked out the sunlight from this planet.
Let the whole world be plunged into darkness.
Even more terrifying is that as darkness gradually envelops the land, the plants shrouded in darkness begin to wither rapidly.
The smaller, fairy-like plants were the first to fall, their light extinguished, and their bodies withered.
The medium-sized tree-like creature began to tremble violently, and large areas of its leaves fell off.
Finally, the largest ancient trees stepped forward.
Their size is comparable to small mountains, and the last trace of golden light still remains in their canopies, as if it were the life energy they have stored up.
They raised their enormous branches to protect the tiny plants below, and then released golden light toward the dark limb in the sky.
But the light shone on that severed limb, like a match trying to melt an iceberg.
It's completely meaningless.
The darkness continued to spread.
And those ancient trees that stood out, one by one, extinguished their light.
The branches of the giant tree were visibly broken.
The tree trunk has fallen.
It shattered into dust.
It was as if, with the encroachment of this darkness, everything on the entire planet was dying.
finally……
Darkness completely engulfed the entire planet.
The image then freezes on the last ancient tree.
This ancient tree is larger than all the other ancient trees. It is the last remaining luminous tree on the entire planet.
But now, swallowed by the endless darkness, the golden light on its body is getting weaker and weaker.
It's getting darker and darker.
Until it is completely extinguished.
Its leaves have all fallen off, its branches have turned grayish-white, its vitality has been extinguished, and it has completely become a dead tree.
Darkness completely enveloped the planet, but the enormous limb continued to move slowly. The darkness gradually receded, and light reappeared...
The enormous limbs were like a passerby who casually stepped on a nest of ants by the roadside and then continued on his way.
They didn't care at all whether these plants lived or died.
There is no reason.
There is no motive.
I was just... passing by.
The scene finally settles on that desolate planet.
The sky was no longer azure, but gray and hazy, with withered bones scattered everywhere.
Only a huge, withered tree remained, standing alone on the planet's surface.
It was exactly the same as the ancient tree in the mysterious space that Lin Fan had seen.
Upon seeing this, Lin Fan was startled and abruptly pulled his hand back.
Before he knew it, his palms were already sweaty.
He took two steps back, his chest heaving violently, staring intently at the withered tree in front of him.
For a long time.
"……Hold."
He managed to utter just that one word.
The shock he felt from the scene was immense.
An entire civilization.
Civilizations on an entire planet.
How could he be so easily killed by a "passing" limb?
And this withered tree in front of us may very well be the last survivor of that civilization.
"So you..."
Lin Fan stared at the withered tree, his voice somewhat hoarse.
"Are you the last living one on that planet?"
The withered tree remained silent. Nothing changed on its gray bark.
"No, you're not alive either," Lin Fan corrected himself. "You're withered."
But its consciousness remains.
It is stored in this space in some way.
"That golden tree outside..." Lin Fan narrowed his eyes, "What is it to you? A clone? A seed? Or do you want to be resurrected?"
The withered tree remained unresponsive.
Lin Fan stood there for about half a minute.
Nothing happened.
"Damn, I must have been a fool to believe in ghosts and actually told you all this."
He took a few steps back, no longer intending to touch the bark.
He had just received too much information and needed time to process it.
The sight of those limbs that blotted out the sky sent chills down his spine.
But just as he was about to turn and leave.
"..."
A voice.
In his mind.
It didn't come from the ears; it appeared directly in the consciousness.
old.
Dry.
Like the creaking sound of a dead tree being blown by the wind, but amplified countless times.
It was a completely unfamiliar language.
It lacks syllable logic and grammatical structure; it's more like a vibration of some kind of emotion.
But oddly enough.
Lin Fan couldn't understand it, but somehow he could understand the meaning of the tone.
Just like you can't understand what a baby's crying is saying, but you know whether it's hungry or in pain.
And at this moment, that's exactly what the aged voice meant.
Yes.
That's the meaning of this passage.
This is in response to all the questions he just asked.
Yes, that's what it went through.
Yes, it wanted him to see these things.
Lin Fan was stunned.
"Can you hear me?"
There was a two-second silence.
The aged voice rang out again.
The message conveyed this time is a bit more complex.
It's been a long time... since I've seen... its existence.
Intermittently. As if he hadn't spoken in a long time.
Lin Fan's mind raced.
This dead tree, the last remnant of this ancient plant civilization, could actually communicate with him?
"Wait a minute."
After placing the pot of true scriptures behind him, Lin Fan raised his hand in a gesture, though the other party most likely wouldn't see it.
"Let me ask a few key questions first."
He took a deep breath.
"Is that big golden tree outside you?"
---