Here, the Lord said this is a good thing

The enemy of nature...?
Ye He was attracted by this new term and asked Maria curiously:

"Can you elaborate on what the enemy of nature is? Is it a person, a god, or some kind of entity?"

"Well……"

Maria showed an embarrassment on her face, not because she couldn't say it, but because:

“In fact, we don’t know what the enemies of nature are, because the enemies of nature described in the doctrine are very… general?
I'd better recite this part of the teaching to you."

"Row."

Ye He nodded and put his finger into Dolores' mouth, quieting her humming.

[When nature is at its most flourishing, when all things are budding, the enemies of nature arrive.]

[The dark clouds that cover the sky and block the sun, the endless storms fall, and the unstoppable cold sweeps across the world. These are the footsteps of the enemy of nature.]

[It split the mountains and rivers, dividing the daughter of nature in two. ]

[The oceans are frozen, and snow is falling between the sky and the earth, but there is no longer a drop of clean water to be found. ]

[At the very end, the time of destruction comes, all blessings are annihilated, colors disappear, and everything withers. ]

[The crazy offspring wailed on their mother's corpse and killed each other, causing blood to overflow the land and form a lake.]

[Even corruption has no right to appear. Under the dark sky, the pale earth is dazzling, and scarlet blood and tears flow, returning to nothingness. ]

The doctrine that Maria recited was like poetry and a feeling of desolate mourning poured out of her very naturally, and Dolores gradually dared not move, for fear of causing disrespect or blasphemy.

A full minute passed before the aura of desolation lingering around Maria slowly dissipated.

She and the other nuns looked at Ye He, as if waiting for Ye He, who was in deep thought, to come to his senses.

"Ah……"

Ye He did not keep them waiting for long. He quickly patted Dolores on the back, signaling her to continue, and then smiled at Maria:

"Isn't this the Ice Age?"

“What is an Ice Age?”

Maria and the others naturally didn't understand Ye He's explanation, but Ye He had already fully understood what the enemy of nature was, and they could still feel this feeling.

“It was… a period of time when the sky was dark, the temperature remained very low, and the earth was covered by glaciers and snow.

This period usually lasts tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years. It is a process of natural evolution of a planet suitable for the birth of life...Oh!

I think I understand what the possible natural enemies are, and why the god [Yalin] has two sides... those knights... wow, wow, wow, how interesting."

Ye He explained it briefly to the nuns and understood many things at the same time.

This is different from his previous world, where humans could only deduce the existence of the ice age through carbon isotope counting and fossils.

There is "mystery" in this world!

Supernatural forces have always existed in this world, so much so that after tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years, new species have evolved into humans again.

A new era has begun, but people can still use the "mysterious" supernatural power to call upon that long-gone era.

Maria, Dolores, and Jessica, these three nuns are more than just the inspired ones of Mother Goddess of Nature.

The remaining traces of that era were recorded among intelligent creatures in the form of "divine scriptures" and "doctrines", and Maria and others were their recorders.

As for the "enemies of nature"... to put it bluntly, there are too many animals and plants, which release too much carbon dioxide. The extreme greenhouse effect causes a large number of rain clouds to appear, covering the sky while also bringing rain, lowering the temperature of the world.

Of course, just this little bit of rain clouds certainly cannot trigger an ice age, that is, the arrival of the Ice Age.

Perhaps some external reason related to the movement of the planet and the galaxy caused the sun to move away from the planet, eventually causing the surface temperature of the planet to drop sharply.

Ye He didn't know much about this, but he roughly understood why there was such a thing as "enemies of nature".

It’s just “the time has come”!

This is definitely not the "time" that Ye He needs to pay attention to. At present, the planet is still far from the next ice age. This kind of "planetary cycle" change that takes millions or tens of millions of years is not something Ye He should worry about.

But he also unexpectedly learned the symbolic meaning of the three "knights" Griffith, Crent and Bruce from the doctrines recited by Maria.

[Dark Sky]... dark clouds cover the sun, plunging the world into darkness, symbolizing Bruce's fate as the Dark Knight in this era.

[Pale Earth]... Glaciers and snow cover most of the land, so everything looks "pale", which is the fate of Krent's Pale Knight.

[Scarlet tears of blood flow] ...That part of the "animal gods" who are unwilling to accept the arrival of the ice age, or who are unable to bear the arrival of the ice age, cannot accept the "natural death" of the Mother Goddess of Nature.

They sacrificed themselves in an attempt to call back Mother Nature. The blood of countless beast gods gathered together. The hot blood could not be frozen and could only flow everywhere while melting the glaciers.

But this is the cycle of the planet's operation, and no matter how powerful the gods are, they cannot shake it.

These divine bloods that have never been corrupted can only circulate forever until they are annihilated, just like the unwilling tears of blood that cannot stop the end of the era.

But its symbolic meaning has been passed down to this era, that is, the fate of Griffith's Blood Knight.

No wonder Ye He always thought these knights were so weird!
Dark, pale, blood...

These three meanings are totally unrelated. They are neither contradictory nor can they coexist.

At the same time, it is also the power of the "savior"!
It turns out that they were the last three colors remaining in the world at the end of the last era. After the correspondence was completed one by one, everything made sense.

Oh, right!
There is also the forest god, the god [Yalin].

Ye He's special mission is described as follows:
[Optional task completion conditions:
1. Provide the Blood of God to Param and assist him in completing the purification ritual of the Blood of God, thereby awakening [Forest God - Ya] (gentle side).

2. Provide Dilizi with the blood of God to awaken [Forest God - Ya] (Kuang Mao face).

Before, Ye He was blinded by the literal meanings of the two words "gentle" and "wild", and could only subconsciously understand them from the literal meaning.

Fortunately, he was careful and came to Maria and others to find out the situation first.

Now it seems that the "crazy and lush" forest god should be the stage before the ice age, when the trees in the forest can grow and rise freely. The forest at this stage is healthy and positive, but if we distinguish between good and bad, the crazy and lush forest god Ya is more inclined to the "good" side, the normal side.

It is hard to say about the “gentle” forest gods, “cold currents cut off the mountains and rivers”… God knows whether these forest gods are on the verge of extinction, endlessly mad, or have already been swallowed by the cold and are in deathly silence, so they are “gentle”.

Ye He felt that it was most likely due to the "dead silence" and "gentle" options, so in terms of good and bad, this side of the forest god Ya was more likely to tend towards the "bad" side.

But after returning to the Continental Hotel, Ye He still gave the Blood of God to Paramum, ready to assist Paramum in awakening the "gentle side" of the forest god.

This is not because Ye He himself is a "bad guy", so he chose the "bad" side of God.

Rather, it was the conclusion he came to after comprehensive consideration.

Even though forests are made up of plants, in order to compete for sunlight, water and other growth resources, the intensity of the "survival of the fittest" among plants can be no less intense than that between animals, or even more "ruthless"!
Therefore, the "wild forest god" is likely to have some kind of "aggression", just like Atlach, whom Yehe first met, who did not regard non-believers as human beings at all.

What Ye He wanted was a forest god with whom he could "cooperate happily", rather than a forest god who was impossible to control and might even become an enemy.

So relatively speaking, Ye He still chose the "gentle" God of the Forest. Even if the God of the Forest who had experienced despair still had the arrogance of a "God of Nature", he would at least become more reasonable and be able to talk to Ye He nicely.

Facts have proved that although Ye He does not quite understand the extraordinary, he understands "human nature" quite well.

The "divinity" that was born out of "human nature" retains all the weaknesses of "human nature", and the people of this world have never expected gods to be just gods, so no matter what kind of god it is, they all have some human joys, sorrows, anger and happiness.

At midnight that night, Param performed a sacrifice on the rooftop of the Continental Hotel, offering the divine blood given to her by Ye He to the "gentle" forest god.

Dilizi and Yehe were standing at the edge of the ritual array. Dilizi had just helped Paramum complete the arrangement of the ritual array, and the materials needed for the array were provided by Yehe.

Both of them were looking at Paramum in the magic circle, watching the demigod kneeling on the ground complete the sacrifice, and making the blood of the god disappear in a gray light.

"..."

Ye He really wanted to ask Dilizi, is that it?

It’s a pity that Dilizi can’t speak, and the ceremony seems to be not over yet, so it’s not appropriate for them to make any sound.

Fortunately, after a few minutes, the dim light lit up again in the center of the magic circle and fell into Param's body.

Ye He saw this demigod suddenly stand up, turn her head, and look at him with her eyes emitting a gray light.

Then she ran quickly to Ye He and grabbed his hand!

"Thank you! Mortal! You chose me. You made a very wise decision! I want to repay you!"

Two voices came out of Param's mouth at the same time, one of which was Param's own voice.

The other girl's voice, as clear as an oriole's, should be the Forest God - Miyabi (gentle side) who has regained consciousness.

He actually descended directly and used Paramum's body to thank Yehe personally.

At this moment, Param's face also showed an extremely bright smile, and the happiness from the bottom of his heart was beyond words.

"Okay, okay, Goddess Yalin, let's be frank. Are you interested in working together to fight against the Fallen Divine Realm?"

Ye He was not deceived by the excitement of these gods. Through the doctrines recited by Maria, combined with his understanding of the "end of the era" in the Ice Age, he already knew that this goddess was not easy to deal with.

"Fallen God Realm?"

Param's face showed a surprised expression, and Dilizi, who was standing next to him, also looked at Yehe in disbelief.

Before this, Ye He had never mentioned the "Fallen God's Domain" in front of Dilizi and Param, but Ye He knew very well that these two demigods and the forest god behind them should have known about the Fallen God's Domain for a long time.

"What if I say... no?"

Ya Shen no longer pretended, but looked Ye He up and down with interest.

"Then I will have to enjoy those profits alone."

Ye He shrugged at Ya Shen, then looked at her with a look that saw through everything, and smiled at her:

"Fresh... corrupt divinity... This kind of "fertile soil" should be good for growing the World Tree... right?"

When Ya Shen heard Ye He mention the term "World Tree", his expression gradually became serious.

She looked at Ye He very seriously, and then suddenly smiled at him:
"How about letting me repay you first?"

“Of course, but how are you going to repay me?

I know that you and your other side must be at odds with each other in private.

If I choose you, I will never choose her again. And as the "World Tree" of the last era, you can't just give me the status of a God-favored One and be done with it, right?
I have plenty of that identity.”

While Ye He was speaking, he slightly triggered the Eye of God in his eyes and activated the blessing of the God-given body.

In fact, he didn't need to go through so much trouble. At the first sight of Ye He, Ya Shen had already discovered that Ye He was blessed by many gods.

Her gratitude to Ye He was actually a disguise, in order to get a closer look at Ye He, and hopefully figure out why this human was worthy of the attention of so many gods.

Then... dig Ye He over!
Unfortunately, Ye He did see through her intentions, and immediately expressed his needs, revealing her true identity as the "World Tree" of the previous era.

"You actually...know my true nature?"

Ya Shen glanced at Dilizi, who quickly shook her head in fear and fell to her knees, saying that it was not she or Paramum who had said anything wrong to expose Ya Shen's identity.

"The World Tree is really a 'tree'. It should be under the jurisdiction of you, the God of the Forest. In other words... as the Lord of the 'tree', you are the World Tree yourself. Is this easy to understand?"

Ye He played a joke on Ya Shen, but he did understand the concept when he learned the term "Forest God".

"How clever! As expected..."

After saying this, Ya Shen opened his eyes wide and turned around to look around.

Ye He knew why she was so surprised. When she stated one of her nicknames, her mouth opened and closed, but she could not make any sound at all.

It was as if there was a higher-dimensional existence beyond the definition of "God" that prevented Ya Shen from saying some alias for Yehe.

(End of this chapter)