deltrittennovels #257 - The Secret at the Top of the World Tree (2 in 1 Order)
#257 - The Secret at the Top of the World Tree (2 in 1 Order)
Subsequently, Xiao Yu and the others were thrown into the dungeon without any chance for argument.
Inside the cell, Ada rested her cheek on her hand, pondering:
"The conspiracy to change the future is likely orchestrated by King Griffin and that masked prophet. If that's the case, they won't let us reach the top of the World Tree easily."
Hera: "So, the voice that lured us here was a trap from the start?"
Xiao Yu nodded: "There must be something fishy at the top of the World Tree."
Ada: "But what do we do now?"
Everyone looked at the heavily guarded prison cell, their faces filled with worry.
Just as everyone was looking gloomy, suddenly, a huge rat appeared in the corner of the cell, cautiously poking its head out.
"o(\u003e﹏\u003c)o No way!"
The girls were so frightened that they scattered and ran away.
Only the cat girl's eyes lit up, showing off her rat-catching skills. After scurrying around, the rat disappeared from the cell again.
Hera frowned: "That's not right. This room is surrounded by walls. Where did the rat come from?"
She started stomping on the floor repeatedly and discovered a loose brick. Lifting it, she found a small tunnel underneath!
Comment: "Wow, you can find something just by exploring a bit. The freedom is high."
Everyone walked along the tunnel for a while, and when they left the tunnel, a bright and open scene appeared before them.
...
This was an elf tribe deep within a sea of trees.
Large leaves and vines intertwined to form a verdant barrier, like a secluded garden.
The entrance to the tribe was an archway made of giant butterfly wings.
Passing through the gate, the tribe's huts were made of petals and fruits.
In the center of the tribe stood a large tree woven from delicate vines and flowers, adorned with orange pumpkin lanterns that emitted a soft glow, illuminating the entire tribe like a picturesque dream.
Some adorable elves moved about in this tribe.
Flower fairies wore dresses woven from flower petals, their every step light and graceful, as if they were fairies strolling through a sea of flowers.
Vine fairies were draped in soft green leaves, their long hair braided into green vines that swayed in the wind.
Butterfly fairy girls had intricate patterns painted on their wings, dancing among the trees like real butterflies.
Comment: "What? So many beautiful elf girls. This is simply a paradise."
...
Xiao Yu arrived at the most central hut in the tribe and found Queen Diemei of the Butterfly Fairy tribe.
Diemei wore a delicate blue dress as light as wings, her slender legs slightly visible through the skirt, revealing captivating curves. Her long hair cascaded down her back like a waterfall.
Diemei's features were exquisite and enchanting, her willow eyebrows slightly raised, and her eyes were like stars.
She was adorned with colorful small crystals that shimmered and shone, and she sat elegantly on a throne made of flower petals.
Colorful butterflies surrounded her.
The perverts in the comments went crazy: "Oh! Peach Blossom Village has created such a seductive beauty again. It's simply unfair!"
After bowing, Xiao Yu said to Diemei: "We need to get to the top of the World Tree, but King Griffin won't allow it. However, it's crucial for saving the world. We hope Your Majesty can open a passage."
Diemei frowned slightly and said: "Guests from afar, although I'd love to help you, the passage to the upper levels of the World Tree has been blocked by King Griffin's men."
Everyone was shocked: "How could this be?"
The Queen's eyelashes trembled slightly, her expression lost:
"Since you came from the prison, you can probably guess that this entire tribe is a huge open-air prison. At the edge of this prison are tall fortress walls.
Griffin Royal Guards are stationed on the fortress, and they possess many strange metal lumps that can fire beams of light. We are no match for them at all."
Ada analyzed: "Those metal lumps should be modern laser cannons brought by future people like the 'Masked Prophet'. After all, they even have holographic projection devices, so bringing some other things is reasonable."
Diemei tossed her long hair:
"For a long time, our Butterfly Fairy tribe and other fairy tribes have endured humiliation and borne heavy burdens to seek a place to survive for our people.
Every year, they come here to capture some fairies to serve as laborers, and beautiful fairies are sold to dignitaries..."
Diemei covered her mouth, unable to continue.
Hera clenched her fist: "Isn't this exactly what they do to the mecha girls in the future? The 'Consortium' bastards never change, no matter the era."
Xiao Yu then stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, can you bear to see the fairy race suffer at their mercy?"
Diemei sighed: "It's not that we haven't thought about resisting, but the disparity in power is too great. Every time we resist, it results in even more violent punishment and retaliation."
Xiao Yu clenched his fist and said: "But it's different now. I will assist you. Next, I will gather all the forces in the Tree Sea that can be united, and we will break through Griffin's encirclement together!"
Ada also stepped forward and clenched her fist: "I will help too!"
Hera and Chun Tian, the two mecha girls, also shook the submachine guns in their hands: "We have weapons too!"
"Woo-ooh! ┗|｀O′|┛"
The Fire Dragon Girl spat out a fiery breath into the air and patted her round belly.
The other moe girls also waved their fists with enthusiasm.
"Everyone..."
Diemei wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes and nodded heavily: "I will introduce you to the various races in the Tree Sea."
The game popped up a prompt: 【The game is about to enter 'Animal Crossing' mode. Please find the various fairy races in the Tree Sea and earn their trust by completing various challenges.】
Then, Lu Yu cracked his knuckles and started playing Animal Crossing mode to his heart's content.
【Butterfly Fairy Tribe - Butterfly Dance】
In the Butterfly Fairy tribe, Xiao Yu and the moe girls need to learn to dance with the Butterfly Fairies, gaining their approval by imitating their dance steps.
As the dance progresses, the Butterfly Fairies will gradually speed up the dance steps, increasing the difficulty.
Lu Yu watched in all directions, successfully completing complex dance moves by quickly clicking the musical note buttons on the screen.
【Flower Fairy Tribe - Challenge of Flower Language】
The interaction between members of the Flower Fairy tribe mainly involves an ancient puzzle game to convey flower language. Xiao Yu needs to understand the flower language and complete the corresponding tasks according to the flower language requirements.
Flower language interpretation requires players to guess the meaning of the flower language by observing the Flower Fairy's actions, the color of the petals, the scent of the flowers, and other information. After correct interpretation, the Flower Fairy will show a satisfied smile.
This gameplay tests memory and observation skills. When Lu Yu was playing, Liu Mengyuan kept reminding him:
"Silly, you should choose this one? Eh, no, this one, this one."
Lu Yu rolled his eyes: "Good grief, I chose the right one at the beginning, you idiot streamer!"
Liu Mengyuan felt wronged: "You're still talking about me, even though you weren't sure yourself."
The comments laughed: "Hahahaha, the two streamers are so cute."
【Tree Fairy Tribe - Rhythm of the Trees】
Xiao Yu needs to complete the Tree Fairy Elder's test, jumping among the treetops, dodging leaves blown by the wind and climbing vines to reach the designated location.
【Spider Tribe - Exploring the Spider's Nest】
After passing through the Tree Sea, Xiao Yu arrived at the Spider's Nest.
After meeting the Spider Queen, Xiao Yu needs to help the Spider tribe build bridges between cliffs using spider silk to build a passage to the outside world for the spider cave.
By clicking on the positions on the screen, Xiao Yu can cast spider silk and build walkable passages. At the same time, he needs to pay attention to the complexity of the spider nest structure to ensure the stability of the bridge.
So, the live stream comments gave Lu Yu ideas on how to build the bridge.
After finally completing the challenge,
Unexpectedly, the Spider Queen was a yandere obsessed woman who insisted that the protagonist was her fiancé!
To avoid being eaten clean by the Spider Queen, Xiao Yu needs to find the correct passage in the intricate spider nest to escape, while avoiding the spiders lurking in the nest.
Because Lu Yu operated quickly and completed the level within 3 minutes, a reward chest fell from the entrance, containing a pink spider egg.
In this way, through fast-paced gameplay, Xiao Yu gained the trust of the ant tribe, beetle tribe, vine tribe, mammoth tribe, and other elf races.
...
After watching Lu Yu play Animal Crossing mode, the audience in the live stream sighed:
"Damn, any of these gameplay elements could be made into a separate game!"
"Does the Taoyuan Township production team not care about the cost of making games at all? But I like it!"
"The only flaw is that the first opposite sex in the game to pursue the protagonist is actually a spider girl..."
"What's wrong with the spider girl? Who isn't a Pansi Cave master?"
"To be honest, the Spider Queen is right up my alley. If I were playing, I would definitely deliberately lose to the Queen and then watch the defeat CG."
"Speaking of which, didn't you get a spider egg just now? Streamer, quickly turn the egg into a girl."
After the barrage reminder, Lu Yu used the "Moe God Crystal" on the pink spider egg.
After the evolution was completed, the pink spider egg bloomed with a warm light. As the light gradually dissipated, a spider girl appeared in place.
She wore a pink bow hairpin on her head, and her long, slender hair was divided into two strands and draped over her shoulders. Her deep blue eyes revealed a hint of innocence and curiosity.
Her skin was smooth and delicate, slightly pink, and lace-like spider web patterns adorned her skin, making her both unique and charming.
The spider girl wore a pink, semi-transparent spider silk dress, and her figure was curvy and exaggerated. Her legs were covered with fluffy spider web gauze stockings, and every step she took was as light as a dance.
"Zhu Zhu has met her master~"
Her spider-like vertical pupils flashed, and her voice was clear and sweet, like the tinkling of wind chimes.
The comments exploded instantly:
"This spider girl is so cute! The patterns are so exquisite. The production team is really dedicated."
"Is the designer of this game a monster lover? The designs of the monster girls are amazing."
"Ah, I want to live in this tree sea like this, completely isolated from the world."
...
After everything was ready, Xiao Yu and Diemei led the many creatures of the Tama Tree Sea, marching mightily towards the fortress walls that imprisoned them.
On the endless, high fortress walls, kingdom guards in heavy armor stood densely packed, ready for battle.
In front of the guards were titanium alloy laser cannon launchers, with the flag of the fortress city "Sky Federation" and the "Consortium" logo printed on the barrels.
Ada sneered: "Sure enough, you are future people, running to the world 20,000 years ago to bully primitive people. Is that interesting?"
King Griffin's face was cold. The prophet wearing a mask beside him stepped forward:
"We are the ones who are truly saving this world. You don't know how much energy the 'Moe God Crystal' has. This power belongs only to the creator god and cannot be coveted by mortals like us. What we are doing is just atoning to God."
Xiao Yu said in a deep voice: "We must go to the top of the World Tree. The fairies of the Tree Sea also want freedom. Since negotiations have failed, then everyone will just have to use force."
After that, the two sides officially went to war!
Diemei spread her wings and flew into the air, letting out a soft cry.
A group of huge mammoths roared in from the distance.
They broke through the forest, raising a cloud of dust, and ran ferociously towards the fortress walls.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
The mammoths kept hitting the fortress walls, and soon they were bleeding from their heads.
But they didn't give up. If a companion was injured or killed, the mammoth behind would immediately take its place.
Xiao Yu clenched the sword in his hand, dodging the mammoths running beside him. He flexibly shuttled between them, sometimes crossing shrubs, sometimes sliding under the elephants. The game level was directly transformed into mammoth parkour!
"Shoot!"
Seeing the cracks in the wall under their feet getting bigger and bigger, King Griffin standing on the city wall ordered to fire.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The guards operated laser cannons and fired at the elephant herd.
Many mammoths that were hit by the cannons wailed and fell during the charge, colliding with each other, and the earth made a deafening noise.
The situation took a turn for the worse!
To divert the attention of the laser cannons, the other creatures in the Tree Sea also joined the battle.
The overwhelming butterfly fairies spread their wings and flew, rushing towards the walls of the fortress with the courage of moths to a flame.
The spider girl weaved various spider webs, skillfully interfering with the rays of the laser cannons.
In this chaotic battle, Xiao Yu and his companions finally successfully bypassed the mammoth's collision and arrived at the foot of the fortress wall.
At this time, a deafening roar sounded, and a certain part of the city wall was finally smashed out of a huge gap by the mammoth.
The vine fairies used vines to weave rope ladders and threw them towards the city wall.
Xiao Yu quickly led the moe girls through the gap and climbed up the city wall along the rope ladder. On the city wall, the kingdom guards were densely lined up, wearing heavy armor and holding spears, watching the approaching fairy army.
"┗|｀O′|┛Roar~~"
The Fire Dragon Girl spewed out a dragon's breath, burning some obstacles on the city wall to ashes, paving the way for advancement.
The fox girl instantly turned into a fox shadow on the ground, flexibly traversing between the enemies and performing backstabs. The slime girl transformed into a ball, constantly smashing the guards flat.
Ada held a wrench in her hand, and under the shooting cover of Chun Tian and Hera, she roamed between the enemies, destroying the laser cannon devices one by one.
In this chaotic battle, Xiao Yu quickly spotted the Masked Prophet standing high on the city wall, watching with cold eyes.
Xiao Yu dashed forward in a single stride.
Clang!
The Prophet's lightsaber flickered with a cold light, intertwining with Xiao Yu's longsword.
Xiao Yu's movements were agile, each swing of his sword filled with power.
The Prophet, however, coldly wore his mask, showing no emotional fluctuations. His swordsmanship was like a rainbow piercing the sun, swift and accurate, sometimes thrusting straight, sometimes slashing horizontally, full of unpredictable cunning.
The figures of the two rapidly moved across the city wall, their sword shadows crisscrossing. The Prophet's figure was sometimes near, sometimes far, like a shadow following form, while Xiao Yu nimbly evaded each fatal attack.
Xiao Yu suddenly spun around, cleverly dodging a fatal horizontal slash, and simultaneously struck the Prophet's chest with a backhand sword!
In the end, the wounded Prophet had no choice but to retreat. The guards on the city wall were also retreating under the powerful onslaught of the fairies.
King Griffin's face was ashen. Realizing that the situation was not right, he could only order:
"Retreat, a full retreat!"
After Griffin's guards fled in disarray, the Griffin flag on the fortress wall was replaced by the fairies' flag, and the emblem of the Griffin Kingdom was removed at this moment, declaring the fall of the fortress.
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The fairies, finally free, cried with joy, embracing each other. The entire Tamma Tree Sea resounded with earth-shattering cheers!
……
At this time, the popularity of the live broadcast soared to 6 million, and the barrage exploded:
"Awesome, it's so damn enjoyable to watch!"
"Wuwuwu, the fairies are finally free, it made me cry."
"Damn, this scene is just like a Hollywood blockbuster."
"Good heavens, just watching the streamer play is making me excited."
"Yeah, it's hard to imagine how awesome it would be to play it myself. Too bad my high-end computer hasn't arrived yet, so I can only watch the live broadcast to satisfy my cravings."
Some viewers also noticed:
"Speaking of which, this Animal Forest and Elephant Run gameplay feels very similar to a video that circulated online last month."
"What video?"
"It's the video of the Peach Garden Village employees going to Xishuangbanna, Yunnan for a team-building trip, and then their CEO Lu fighting with elephants."
"Wow, now that you mention it, it's true. They just happened to go to the rainforest, and they just happened to tame elephants, and now there's this gameplay in the game. I originally thought they were just going out to play, but I was too shallow. They really put the footage and inspiration into the game at any time!"
"In the Chinese game industry, only Peach Garden Village are true game lovers! QAQ"
"So dedicated, how can they not make world-class games!"
A system light screen popped up in front of Lu Yu:
[3 million Peach Garden Village users are moved and happy about Peach Garden Village's attitude of seriously making games even during team building, Leisure Points +1800]
Lu Yu, who was broadcasting live, was immediately stunned.
Damn? We were purely slacking off during our team-building trip. Are we really that good?
Oh well, as long as I can earn points, I don't care.
……
Afterwards, everyone prepared to say goodbye to the fairies and head to the top of the World Tree.
Queen Diemei hesitated: "I also want to go on an adventure with you and witness the crisis of this world."
The other butterfly fairy girls were reluctant: "Queen, if you leave, what will we do?"
The Queen said firmly: "As long as the fairies of the Tree Sea are united, the Griffins are no match at all!"
[Diemei joined the adventure team]
After half a day of climbing, everyone finally arrived at the top of the tree.
The huge canopy of the World Tree was above their heads, and the leaves floated like colorful clouds, emitting a faint fragrance. Thick branches supported the entire canopy, like huge pillars supporting the sky.
Xiao Yu and his companions overlooked the primeval land of the prehistoric era, vast and mysterious.
The endless tree sea stretched out beneath their feet, and lush vegetation covered the earth.
In the distance, mountains rose and fell, rivers and streams crisscrossed,
In the sky, strange birds soared, and ancient flying dragons crossed the turbulent sea of clouds.
Everyone felt refreshed and happy when they saw this scene. Xiao Yu sighed:
"Seeing this scene, I feel that all the battles along the way have been worth it."
However, when everyone followed the gap at the top of the canopy and entered the interior of the World Tree, they were shocked beyond words.
It turned out that the inside of the huge tree trunk had long been hollowed out.
In the center of the tree trunk, a female elf as tall as the World Tree leaned against the tree trunk.
Her eyes were deep and empty, losing their former vitality, and her once beautiful face was now full of paleness and withering.
The surface of her body was covered with some strange cocoons.
These cocoons had a mechanical appearance, and the metal grooves on the surface emitted faint life fluctuations, seemingly a quantum computer with self-awareness.
Each cocoon was embedded with a 'Moe God Crystal'.
Aida approached one of the cocoons to observe and said in shock:
"These are also the work of the 'Consortium'.
It is these cocoons that are absorbing the life energy of the World Tree and rewriting the future with the power of the God Crystals!"
"Great Elf!" Diemei cried out in pain.
The World Tree Elf said:
"I'm sorry, Diemei, these years, my power has been absorbed by these 'cocoons', and I can't protect you, my people. You have suffered."
"Great Elf, I didn't expect those humans to be so presumptuous. Please wait a moment, I will destroy all these parasites!"
"No!" Aida raised her hand to stop her.
"These metal cocoons have completely coexisted with the World Tree Elf. If you kill them rashly, the Great Elf will also..."
"It doesn't matter, my power has been almost completely absorbed, leaving only endless pain. Let me be free."
The World Tree Elf looked gentle, "It's just that in the future, without my protection, everything will depend on yourselves."
Afterwards, Xiao Yu and others, with sadness and anger, completely blew up these computers.
"Thank you..."
The World Tree Elf slowly closed her eyes.
Rumble... Rumble...
The originally vibrant World Tree began to gradually wither, its leaves turning yellow and falling, turning into a relic.
The scene shifted, and the Prophet, located at the foot of the World Tree, saw the gradually withering World Tree and clenched his fists secretly.
Barrage:
"Wuwuwu, the elf is so pitiful."
"The evil Consortium!"
After blowing up these cocoons, Aida looked at the detector in her hand and said excitedly:
"Great, my future era is back."
Xiao Yu said with relief: "That way, you can go home."
……
Just as everyone was cheering, suddenly—
A deafening roar resounded again between heaven and earth!
Crackling crackling crackling~
Amidst the lightning and thunder, huge rifts appeared in space again.
Everyone's face changed. Without a doubt, the dimensional quake was coming again!
Aida: "It is estimated that the quantum computer that originally changed space-time was destroyed, breaking the balance of space-time again."
In the void not far from Xiao Yu, the phantom that had appeared in the future era reappeared.
His tone revealed a hint of smug satisfaction:
"Very good, thank you for helping me get rid of a big trouble. Then, the world will inevitably move towards final destruction, hahahahaha."
"??????"
Xiao Yu was directly dumbfounded: "But, we clearly saved the future!"
The phantom sighed:
"Let me tell you the Prophet's true purpose.
The reason why the Prophet tried to change the 'future' in this era was to completely erase the discovery and utilization of 'Moe God Crystals' from the world's history.
In other words, this God Crystal is actually a high-tech product developed by scientists of the 'Consortium' in the future.
Because the Prophet foresaw that the overuse of this supernatural crystal in the future would cause increasingly frequent dimensional quakes, and many meta-crystals would be swept into the space-time turbulence, spreading to various periods of human history.
Therefore, in the era where you, Xiao Yu, are, God Crystals and Moe Girls also appeared.
If this is allowed to continue, the existence of the entire 'history and human reason' will be completely destroyed due to the grandfather paradox, and it cannot be repaired.
Therefore, the Prophet wanted to completely erase the future timeline that invented the God Crystal.
Originally, the Prophet was about to succeed, but you destroyed the space-time quantum computer, allowing the future that led to the destruction of the world to recover.
Then, please enjoy the last peace before the 'human reason' of all mankind is destroyed.
Hehehe... Goodbye, children of the Silva family..."
After the phantom finished speaking, it completely disappeared.
The remaining people were stunned on the spot.
Aida felt lost: "Did we inadvertently do something bad?"
Diemei said: "But, if we didn't do this, Miss Aida and your family members would soon disappear, right."
Fina asked Xiao Yu: "Brother, that phantom said that we are children of the Silva family, do you know what's going on?"
Xiao Yu shook his head.
Their family is not this surname at all.
Just when everyone was confused, suddenly!
The increasingly violent dimensional storm once again swept everyone into the space-time rift...
……
At this time, today's Heavenly Venerable Cup live broadcast is coming to an end.
The live broadcast room was completely dumbfounded.
"Damn? What kind of super-god development is this?"
"So who is the villain and who is trying to save the world, I'm a little confused."
"Maybe, there are no villains in the traditional sense, only different positions."
"Either save the world line where Aida is, but the world will be destroyed afterwards. Or save the world, but watch Aida and all the other future people disappear. The protagonist is probably caught in the trolley problem, right?"
"What's next? GKDGKD!"
"I'd better go download the game myself."
In the live broadcast room, Lu Yu and Liu Mengyuan looked at each other, both with dumbfounded expressions.
We... actually made such a profound game?!
……
At this time, Peach Garden Village Villa.
The members of the Space-Time Moe Girl project team were completely dumbfounded as they watched the live broadcast screen.
Xu Qin opened the big screen in the conference room and showed the world view setting draft obtained from Wan Xiaotong.
"In Miss Wan's original world view setting, only the protagonist can travel through time and space after collecting the four divine beasts.
Moreover, even if you travel through time and space, it's just like a road movie, traveling in various eras. I never thought about anything like 'saving human reason'.
But now, even our project team can't understand the whole plot. People and ghosts are all traveling through time..."
Yao Jun: "Although the live broadcast effect is unexpectedly good, our technology students still have to find a way to find out what's going on."
Chu Xiong scratched his fat head and asked all the programmers in the company: "Does anyone have any clues?"
Zhang Fan straightened his mohawk and hesitated:
"Brother Xiong, I don't know if I should say something, but... when I was checking the server log records today, I accidentally discovered that Melissa had visited the R\u0026D server of 'Space-Time Moe Girl' more than once."
"Huh?"
Chu Xiong was stunned, "I originally used the 'Melissa' large model data,"
"No, Brother Xiong, you misunderstood me."
Zhang Fan's face was pale, and he lowered his voice and said:
"I'm not talking about the copied model data, but the real person!
I found out that Melissa, the virtual AI anchor of Peach Garden Light-Year, secretly visited the R\u0026D server of 'Space-Time Moe Girl' more than once in the middle of the night."