I'm a villain, not a devil

Chapter 723: Does the World Tree also have distant relatives?

However, in about ten days, most of the Green Scale Clan's habitat had been transformed.

Sean gave the order, and Illya led her men to station themselves along the coastline next to the Sunken Port. The best craftsmen in the entire Paradise City all rushed over, and the Vetoes, the Weaklings, and the top machines all started working at a speed beyond imagination.

After giving some casual praise, Sean held Xiao Ci under his arm and dived into the energy channel again.

This time he was familiar with the route and went downstream at full speed. Originally Sean was worried that the confused Xiao Ci would not be able to handle the energy concentration here, so he specially protected her. Unexpectedly, after entering the energy channel, Xiao Ci's breath suddenly became much more active, and it seemed that even though she was unconscious, she was more adaptable than Sean.

It turns out that he is from the World Tree Clan.

Sean removed the protection around Xiao Ci and sped up again.

It didn't take long before the huge trees with their roots on the seabed could be seen in the distance.

Zhan also sensed Sean's arrival and was already outside happily welcoming him.

"I thought I wouldn't see you for a while." As soon as she came up, she patted Sean's shoulder enthusiastically.

Sean chuckled and said, "Come over when you're free. By the way, I brought you something."

After saying that, he brought a huge container tied behind him to Zan.

Zhan, who had smelled some scent in the container early on, opened it expectantly, and then her eyes lit up.

The main body of the World Tree on the seabed shook happily, causing the seabed water to surge and the surrounding sand and gravel to roll.

The gift Sean brought was naturally the food that the World Tree liked, which he learned from Lian.

"Okay, okay, okay!" Zan's eyes lit up and he shouted excitedly.

Wrapped in energy, the roasted mollusks passed through the sea water and came to the roots of the World Tree. At the same time, a root that had been buried deep in the seabed emerged and eagerly coiled around it.

Suddenly, Zhan looked intoxicated.

"This smell, this sticky texture, this strong seasoning... mmm--"

He shivered a few times, like a drug addict who hadn't done anything for a long time.

Obviously, Zhan was very satisfied with the gifts Sean brought.

Sean was just about to speak when a breath interrupted him.

Looking over, I saw a huge orange-yellow round pupil approaching rapidly from a distance.

A sea beast that was almost as big as a mountain had approached here without anyone noticing.

Sean immediately put on a vigilant expression, his perception told him that the person coming was very dangerous!
A deep blue level sea beast, and most likely a middle deep blue level, or even an upper deep blue level!
There was shock in Sean's eyes. This was not the same deep blue sea beast he had seen before. This one was obviously much stronger. There were indeed many terrifying creatures on the seabed.

He turned his eyes to the side and saw Zhan, who was enjoying the special food that he had not tasted for a long time, and seemed to have no interest in the visitor at all.

There was a flickering light at Sean's fingertips, and a small fox face appeared back and forth on his fingertips. He was ready to use fox magic to lead the sea monster to another place.

Although Sean is not afraid of the sea beasts that may reach the upper layer of the deep blue, it would be a big trouble to deal with them.

The speed of the sea beast's approach suddenly increased a lot. Sean's body tensed slightly, and the energy in his hands began to roar.

However, just when he was about to take action, a huge sense of oppression like a tidal wave appeared out of nowhere!
The feeling of oppression was far greater than that of the sea beast, and even Sean broke out in a cold sweat.

What shocked him even more was that the source of the oppressive feeling was none other than Zhan, who had looked intoxicated before.

At this moment, the alien in the World Tree is narrowing its eyes slightly, and its one-meter-tall body exudes a deterrent force like a mountain.

The sea beast had obviously noticed it as well. A human-like panic flashed across its huge orange-yellow round pupils, and it immediately turned around and tried to move away.

Unexpectedly, the huge World Tree on the seabed suddenly trembled, and countless roots emerged from the sand and gravel, winding around it at a speed that even Sean could hardly see!

The sea beast as big as a mountain was tied up tightly in an instant.

It struggled in panic, and the surrounding sea water was stirred into a sandy yellow color.

Zan's angry voice rang out: "I would have forgiven you for coming here to be a bitch if you had nothing to do, but now I'm having a happy meal together and you still want to come and disturb me?!"

The huge root that had just wrapped around the food was aimed at the sea beast's terrifying mouth and stabbed into it.

The teeth of the sea beast were obviously very good, but when it bit down with its sharp teeth, only a series of teeth-grinding squeaking sounds came out, and when it was lifted up again, there were countless tiny gaps on its sharp teeth, and the roots of the hairpin, which looked like a tree, had not changed at all.

His anger continued: "My taproot! Do you know how many years it has been? Huh? Do you know?!"

The taproot penetrated deep, and the sea beasts in the upper layer of the deep blue struggled frantically, but they could not escape the entanglement of countless roots.

"It's been a hundred thousand years! I haven't tasted food from the ground in a hundred thousand years! Today I finally get to eat to my heart's content, but you still want to be so shameless! Shameless, shameless, shameless!"

The taproot had already penetrated deep into the belly of the sea beast, and immediately, the mountain-sized sea beast shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"I usually don't cause trouble for you, but you got crazy with me. You're such a jerk! And you're such a jerk!"

While shouting angrily, Zhan completely absorbed the sea beast in an irresistible manner.

It was a giant beast in the sea just now, but now only a piece of empty fish skin is left!
Sean was watching in amazement. He knew that Zan must be very powerful. After all, it was the World Tree that had lived for more than 100,000 years.

However, considering that the other party has abandoned his integrity, and the rules of this world do not allow gods to descend, Sean estimated that Zhongzan has the strength of the peak of Deep Blue.

But now it seems that Deep Blue may not reach its peak yet?
The deep blue sea beast was like a lamb in front of him, without any chance of resistance!

This was my first time making friends seriously, and I think I made a pretty incredible friend...

After doing all this, the hairpin pulled out its main root and wrapped the remaining food around it again, with a look of joy on its face.

The rest of the roots swung, pulling the fish skin from the sea water and placing it into the energy channel.

The voice of the hairpin sounded: "Ah...so good...so delicious...Sean, this is for you, um~"

Sean couldn't help but shiver, the sound of the hairpin was too enchanting.

He took the huge fish skin and showed surprise as soon as he touched it.

The fish skin also contains countless energies, and the scales that are larger than others are extremely hard. If this fish skin is used to make armor, it must be the top-level one.

After a while, Zhan, who had finally finished his meal, showed an expression of being unsatisfied.

Sean asked curiously, "Is it delicious?"

Zan nodded immediately and said happily, "It's delicious! How did you know that the World Tree likes this? It's so delicious. I haven't tasted it in 100,000 years."

"Then I'll bring it to you next time."

Zhan was even happier and quickly grabbed Xiao En's hand: "Okay, okay, it's settled."

After the other party had finished eating, Sean asked, "Is that sea beast your, um, neighbor?"

Zhan took out a emerald green toothpick from somewhere. It was obviously food absorbed by the roots, so he used it to pick his teeth.

"Neighbors, aboriginals. This was its old nest, but I drove it away. However, I felt a little embarrassed to drive it away, so I left it alone. Since it has been a jerk for 100,000 years, I usually give it some energy."

As she spoke, Zan became annoyed again: "It would be fine at other times, but you still bother me when I'm having a good meal. It's really annoying - Oh, by the way, the energy of sea beasts is not suitable for humans to absorb. It's useless for me to extract that energy and give it to you, but the fish skin should be helpful to you."

Sean naturally accepted the food and some other benefits.

After finishing the meal, Zan turned his attention to the other machines that Sean brought. The latter explained, "They are all entertainment machines. I had them waterproof and energy-resistant. You see, they can be opened like this. Anyway, you can control the energy to transform into a human form, and you can play with them later."

Zan was delighted again: "Are you all playing?"

Sean nodded and demonstrated it: "This is the handle, this is the power supply, and this is the charging port - so you can use energy to directly convert power, right?"

"no problem!"

"That's fine. I've had people install all the games that can be found on the market. There are also manuals and tutorials here. You can try them one by one and play whichever one you like. Oh, and there's also this player. It's full of all kinds of movies and stuff. There's all kinds of stuff."

Zhan was overjoyed. She held the machines lovingly and turned them around for several times. Finally, she looked at Sean with emotion.

"Sean, you're so nice!"

Sean felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. Apart from anything else, the two bottles of natal tree sap that Zan gave him were worth more than what these machines could match. If he really wanted to convert them, it would be more than enough to buy all the entertainment machines in Paradise City.

No, you don’t even need the natal tree sap, the fish skin just now is enough.

The two chatted lively for a few sentences before Zhan turned his gaze to Xiao Ci.

"Who is this girl to you?"

Sean gave a brief introduction and Zan immediately showed curiosity.

"The Crossing Tree is similar to you as a crosser. It is destined that you two met when you were weak."

Xiao Ci is indeed the World Tree... Xiao En asked in surprise: "Then why is she in human form? And she has a huge energy source in her body, which can even attract other energy sources to approach her on her own?"

Hairpin explained: "It means she died once, which is somewhat similar to your time travel and rebirth, but the difference is that the World Tree is the World Tree, and its essence will not change. Even though she is in human form now, she is still a tree. Moreover, the time travel tree has many special abilities, so it is normal for it to save some energy and be reborn together. Did you give her my life tree sap?"

Sean nodded.

Zhan seemed to be thinking about something, and after a while he pulled out a leaf and put it in Xiao Ci's mouth.

"She may have sunk for a long time during her last rebirth. Her body has some reactions, but all her knowledge about the World Tree has been lost. You can just think of her as being dizzy from the tree sap, just like drinking too much."

As it spoke, the leaf emitted a faint green light. Xiao Ci, who had been dizzy for several days, shook his head and suddenly woke up.

She opened her eyes, looked at Sean in confusion, and then looked at Zhan with a strange look.

The orange cat Loli climbed onto Sean's shoulder and whispered in his ear, "Brother, is that food?"

Sean's eyes twitched. Food? It's about the same for the two of us.

Zan Le said, "It's normal to be greedy. The Tree of Transmigration is like this. Girl, do you recognize me?"

It seems to be my brother’s friend... Xiao Ci hugged Xiao En’s neck, looked at the hairpin carefully, and then shook her head.

Zan said, "If she doesn't recognize her, it means her memory is almost lost. Sean, if you want to help her regain her memory, you may have to find a part of her body. Or help her achieve godhood, and many things will naturally return to her."

Sean suddenly grimaced. Why did achieving godhood sound so easy in Zan's mouth?

However, judging from this, isn’t Xiao Ci the World Tree under the Imperial Capital?

Sean was curious, so he asked all his questions and also told the other party Lian's identity.

Zan scratched his head: "I said that the World Trees are all top-notch love brains. No wonder I couldn't sense the presence of any tribe members when I woke up these years. It turns out that the girl gave it to you."

As he spoke, he looked Sean up and down, revealing a curious look: "Since she said it to you, then she won't lie. The World Tree will never deceive those who recognize it - but she can't perceive the rules of the world, but I can. However, when I saw you, I confirmed that you don't have the rules of the world."

"It seems that you must have placed the rules of the world somewhere where only you can find it during your last rebirth. This is normal. If you carry it with you all the time, it will attract attention and you will probably have a hard time."

Sean nodded: "Does that mean I have to find it myself?"

Zan couldn't help but laugh: "Just look for it, it's yours, of course only you can find it - besides, that's the rule of the world, it's definitely worth it if you put in some effort to find it."

Sean indicated that he understood and asked about the news about the World Tree under the Imperial Capital.

"Didn't you say that tree is related to you?"

Zan nodded: "Indeed, she is related. She should be a descendant of a relative of my nominal parents. Maybe she can be considered my distant cousin or something like that?"

Does the World Tree have distant relatives?

Noticing Sean's doubt, Zan explained, "Nominally, after all, we don't have the concept of reproduction, but we have the ability to reproduce. That tree should also be related to you - well, Lian gave you the rules of the world, but that tree doesn't meet the survival time and survival method. There is only one possibility, that tree lives in a small world."

"small world?"

Zhan nodded: "Just understand it as an alternate dimension, and isn't there a space for her consciousness left there, which just fits the characteristics of an alternate dimension. Well, it's just a very small alternate world anyway - I feel that it should have been given to her by her relatives, of course, it may also be related to you."

Sean pointed at himself and said, "Does it have anything to do with me again?"

(End of this chapter)