I'm a villain, not a devil

Chapter 721 Past
Although they are both world trees, the newly revived Lian is obviously much weaker than the Zan that has lived in the sea for more than 100,000 years.

When facing Zan, Sean could only make sure that the other party had no hostility, but he could not see anything else - the other party was really like a big tree rooted in the world, standing still.

Of course, this was also within the expected range. There were a lot of deep red peak sea beasts at the deepest part of the sea, and some were deep blue. If they were not strong enough, even if they could withstand the collapse of fate, they would have been eaten by other predators long ago.

Lian, as a world tree that has just revived, should have been a righteous god when he was alive, but the energy strength after revivification is not as strong as Shenhong.

I don’t know if it’s because it hasn’t fully recovered or there are other limitations.

The female body made of leaves moved softly and spoke lightly, giving her the impression that she was not very old.

Of course, considering that the lifespan of the World Tree in this world as Lian said is no more than five years ago, the other party is indeed just the age of a little girl - according to the development level of the World Tree.

Sean now clearly felt that Lian had a good impression of him.

He has been in contact with too many women, and this emotion cannot be concealed in front of him.

Lian didn't know that Sean had seen all her thoughts, so she just continued quietly:
“At that time, I took root deep in the cavity. As the surface was in destruction, I could only try to extend my roots downwards. The accompanying lake pointed me in the direction, and my roots went deep into an unknown land.”

Sean glanced at the nearby light red lake, which contained Kral's existence that completely suppressed the Mother of Corruption. Unexpectedly, the entire lake was actually a companion of Lian...

He did not rush to ask what the lake was, but just listened to Lian continue:

"I still don't understand what that unknown land is, but I know there is a lot of energy floating in it, which is just enough to meet my growth needs."

"I took root deep in the cavity and survived, hoping to hold on until the destruction of the ground was over, and then go back again. Until I met you at the end of the Second Era."

Sean couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Met me? Where did I come from?"

Lian Youyou said: "He came from underground and found me along the roots. The first thing he did when he found me was to kill me."

Sean choked. It seemed that he was not a good person in his previous life either.

Lian didn't show any anger, but a look of reminiscence on his face: "You shouted something like 'You did it, didn't you?' 'Who has been draining energy?' 'Do you know how long I've been trapped?' and rushed over to kill me."

She spread her hands. "At that time, I was still a minor, and I had not yet mastered the power of a True God. My strength was roughly the same as that of a lower-level Deep Blue. I was no match for you. However, after you subdued me, you tried to absorb my integrity, and something went wrong."

Sean looked strange: "Absorb your integrity? The integrity of the World Tree cannot be plundered, right?"

Lian nodded, but the look on her face seemed as if she was grinning.

"Obviously, you know this now, but you didn't know it then. You saw the natural integrity in me and tried to extract it - but that goes against the rules of the world, so Kral showed up."

The tentacle guard in the lake...

Lian continued, "Although Kral is hiding in my companion lake, it is not under my control. You can think of Kral as a special guard born from the rules of the world. It will react strongly to things and people that violate the rules of the world."

Sean suddenly realized that it was no wonder that he had used illusion to display the aura of God twice and lured Klar out - this world does not allow gods to descend, and the appearance of gods would violate the rules of the world.

Lian couldn't help but laugh: "Then, you were beaten up by Klar at that time."

Sean curled his lips. The one who was beaten was Sean from his previous life. What did it have to do with Sean in this life?
Lian continued, "You were seriously injured, but you also discovered Kral's characteristics. After giving up the idea of ​​plundering my integrity, Kral returned to the lake."

"Of course, theoretically we should still be enemies, but..."

As she spoke, the female body made of leaves shyly smoothed the hair by her ears - even though it was just a bunch of leaf veins.

Lian did not explain in detail, no, to be more precise, she simply omitted a lot of processes.

"Anyway, we became friends afterwards."

A question mark popped up in Sean’s head. This is not the way to omit something, right?
However, looking at Lian's expression, Sean felt that it might be something shameful...

He didn't ask any further questions, but Lian herself felt a little uneasy.

"Anyway, we both know that the other party actually has no ill intentions... You yourself don't know what the unknown place where I absorbed energy is, but there is a door there. You said that because I kept absorbing energy, the door could not be opened, and you floated in the void between the two doors for many years before you broke free."

"Then, as soon as he saw me, he discovered a familiar energy and saw the integrity in my body, so he wanted to take revenge... After the misunderstanding was resolved, everything was fine. Well, that's about it."

Ignoring Lian's shy expression when she said these words, Sean's eyes slowly showed surprise.

Doors…the void between two doors?
His pupils contracted violently and he instantly realized what it was.

A gate through the world?!

Could it be that my previous life was traveling back from another world? !
Looking at Lian's expression, it seems that I didn't tell her about the relevant matters in detail in my previous life, but the information revealed can already prove the existence of the door.

Sean couldn't help but take a step forward and grab Lian's hand: "The unknown land below? In other words, the door is still down there?"

Lian's face turned yellow due to Sean's sudden attack - the green leaves that made up her cheeks suddenly turned light yellow.

Lian stammered, "Should, should be gone..."

Upon hearing the news, Sean was immediately disappointed: "Gone?"

Lian nodded carefully. She tried not to pull her hand out of Sean's grasp, so she could only continue in a low voice: "Because in your previous life you said that it was not safe to leave the door here, so you moved it somehow. I don't know where it went, but it should be gone."

Damn it, I was quite cautious in my last life... Sean cursed inwardly, then looked at Lian curiously, "What happened next? After all, you and I, uh, are both dead?"

Lian's expression changed several times, and this time, she pulled her hand out with force.

Her mood seemed to drop suddenly, and it was a long time before she spoke again.

"My death is actually foreseeable, but you shouldn't have died..." Sean raised his eyebrows slightly. What does that mean?
Lian was silent for a long time again, then he sighed and whispered: "The World Tree can never escape the fate of collapse, and no one in this world can live for more than 5,000 years. Therefore, when I was born, I was prepared for collapse at any time. I am not afraid, I just hope that I can leave some nutrients in the end, so that the next member of the tribe can last a little longer."

"But I didn't expect that my death would harm you in your previous life. It was all because of me..."

Sean, who had never truly experienced the Second Age, was unable to empathize with Lian. However, he had a very good impression of the World Tree clan, so he subconsciously patted the other party's shoulder to comfort him.

Who knew that this action seemed to be a switch, Lian was stunned on the spot for a moment, and after a long time, tears slowly flowed from the eyes that were made up of leaves.

As the tears fell to the ground, the originally calm light red lake next to it suddenly began to roll and boil.

This was a sign that Kral was about to appear.

"Lian?!" Sean quickly called out to the other party.

Fortunately, Lian also noticed this. She quickly wiped away her tears, and the lake finally returned to calm.

She took a few deep breaths, wiped her eyes vigorously, and apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm not in a good mood... The natural race is not allowed to cry, this is also one of the rules of the world..."

And this rule?
When Sean was confused, Lian sighed lightly: "You did the same to me back then..."

She calmed down and talked about what happened at that time.

"After you and I became friends, we had a long and happy time... We stayed in this crustal cavity for nearly a hundred years. Although the destruction on the ground was still going on, our lives were quite peaceful."

“But, you have other things to do… You’re here for completeness, so you have to go out and search.”

"I-I don't know where you go to find extra integrity, but every time you come back you are covered in wounds, and once you even lost half of your body."

At this point, Lian's expression turned somewhat painful.

"I... I couldn't bear to see you continue like this, and the World Tree would eventually fall, so... I thought of Senior Zan."

Sean raised his eyebrows slightly. He probably knew what Lian was going to do.

As expected, Lian slowly spoke: "I proposed to you that I would give you integrity to save you from getting hurt or even dying...but you refused."

Sean was not surprised. This was the second way to gain completeness, and his previous life was obviously not for this kind of completeness.

However, what Lian said was beyond Sean's expectations.

"You rejected me, saying that it was unnecessary. The upper limit of the integrity of the World Tree was too low, and it was not what you wanted... I was a little frustrated at first, thinking that my most precious thing couldn't help you... But then I remembered what happened when we first met."

"If the integrity of the World Tree is not important to you, then why did you try to rob me of my integrity in the first place? I don't understand, but I think you made up an excuse in order to not want my integrity."

Lian waved her hand gently, directing Sean's gaze to the edge of the tree hole.

There was sadness in her eyes: "I... I didn't realize that the changes in my thoughts were caused by the overturning of the fate of the World Tree... just like I didn't realize before that I was corrupted by the Mother of Corruption."

"I...I am still too immature."

"But I didn't understand this at the time. I just wanted to help you... So the first thing I did on the day I became an adult was to... expand my integrity and try to gather myself together."

Sean frowned. What Lian mentioned about the expansion, integrity and cohesion was news he had not known before.

Lian explained softly, "It is just an act of betraying one's identity, which is more serious than giving it up voluntarily, and will be punished."

"But at that time, I just thought you were doing this for my own good, and I only thought about the so-called 'I want to help you'"

She smiled miserably: "Incompetent kindness is the greatest evil."

The air froze a little.

Lian fell into recollection: "At that time, I was full of joy, thinking that I would get your...your praise...but I forgot one thing, that is, the ground is still in destruction."

"My actions have attracted the gaze of destruction..."

She lowered her head and seemed to be crying silently.

"I didn't even know what was happening, but destruction suddenly came, and you noticed it... You could have given up on me and let a fool like me fend for myself... But you chose to stay and save me... Even more, you used up all the integrity you had accumulated before."

Sean curled his lips and said nothing.

Given his current personality, if the same thing happened, he probably wouldn’t save Lian.

Lian whispered, "You were seriously injured and it was only then that I realized what had happened... but this is not even the most important thing."

"The most important thing is that the destruction of the Second Era was supposed to last for more than a thousand years. Because of this accident, the destruction swept across the world and was forcibly interrupted by you in your previous life... This directly led to the stagnation of the operation of this world."

She looked up at Sean with an apologetic expression: "I interrupted your plan... but you didn't blame me, you just wanted to do it again. I... I couldn't bear to see you like this... So, I made a second decision. Fortunately, the second decision was correct."

"I gave up my heart as the World Tree and gave you a trace of the world's rules..."

Sean frowned, "What do you mean?"

Lian whispered: "The rules of the world can help you avoid the world's attention. I hope this can help you... The price is... The World Tree Clan will no longer be born in this world, and I will forever sink in an unknown place and be tortured by betrayers."

Hiss...this girl...why does she look like someone who is in love?
Damn, what Zan said is true!

Lian said timidly: "It should be useful... I had a vague sense of it before I fell..."

(End of this chapter)