From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 271 Ancient Tree Crisis, the Origin of the Life Vine
After Su Muyu entered the space of the ancient tree of knowledge, Lu Heng and the others followed Seren to the tree house where he lived.

In the tree house, Seren also filled two wooden cups with dew and placed them in front of the two people.

"I collected some dew this morning. If you need it, you can drink some."

"Thank you." Lu Heng thanked him, picked up the cup and put it to his mouth to taste a little.

The dew is so fresh that you can even smell the greenness of the leaves.

Although he had information about this world, the information was provided by the Creator Organization and was incomplete, so Lu Heng needed to confirm some information first.

"Forest Elder, can I call you that?" Lu Heng greeted him.

"I'm just a ranger." Seren replied calmly.

Because of their long lifespan, the elves give people the impression that they do things slowly and their emotions are very stable.

"Who is the current ruler of the Elf Kingdom?" Lu Heng began to get to the point.

"It should be Queen Orianna, a very smart girl." Seren gave this evaluation.

However, Lu Heng could tell from his tone that this evaluation might have a long history.

What he meant was probably that Queen Oriana hundreds of years ago was a very smart girl.

In fact, Lu Heng had heard of Queen Orianna's name. The reason he asked this question was to determine the time when he was recruited and which period in his memory it was.

Lu Heng pondered and continued to ask: "Is there a great arcanist in the Elf King City now?"

Thryn nodded and replied, "Of course, Archmage Augustus, this is one of the greatest arcanists in our Quel'dorei."

Hearing the name of the great arcanist Augustus, Lu Heng confirmed one thing: this time was relatively early in his memory.

Because I remembered that the great arcanist Augustus sacrificed himself to protect the elves.

Lu Heng was thinking, the third challenge task is to investigate the crisis faced by the elves. Could this crisis be the death of the great arcanist Augustus?

After all, Augustus was the only remaining great arcanist of the Quel'dorei, and his death was a heavy blow to the elves.

Lu Heng continued to ask: "Are there liches on the mainland?"

Seren nodded: "Yes, but these undead spirits who dare not see the light are hiding in the underground of the Alsri Mountains, so they are not a concern."

Lu Heng turned around and pointed at a big tree in the forest, and asked: "I saw a layer of black on the trunk. Can this forest still block the invasion of the abyss now?"

When Seren mentioned this, his expression became serious: "It's getting more and more difficult."

Lu Heng felt his heaviness and knew that the Quel'dorei elves were indeed facing a huge crisis.

This elven civilization persisted in the invasion of the abyss for seven hundred years, but ultimately failed to find a way to defeat the abyss.

This continent is being swallowed up by the abyss bit by bit.

When this forest falls one day, the world will fall into the abyss like a landslide.

Lu Heng continued to ask: "Forest Elder, do you know that you have been recruited?"

Seren closed his eyes and replied, "Of course, the elves were also recruited."

Like humans, the Quel'dorei elves were once recruited to go to other worlds to try to save other civilizations.

Since the elves have a long lifespan, even after seven hundred years, there are still elder elven people who experienced the pre-abyss era alive, so the elven civilization heritage has hardly been lost.

This is also the reason why the Quel'dorei elves can maintain their kingdom.

This is different from the Dark Iron Dwarves and the Bansair people. These two ethnic groups have undergone many migrations and much of their cultural heritage has been lost.

Lu Heng asked many questions and wanted to continue asking.

After answering the previous question, Seren turned to ask: "Your world has also been invaded by the Abyss, right?"

Lu Heng nodded: "Yes, the abyss has descended for a year."

Seren nodded and said, "As expected, I can't tell what type of civilization you are. It seems that there are many forces mixed together."

Lu Heng explained: "We should be a technological civilization. Before the abyss came, there was no magic, no source energy, and no supernatural power."

Seren smiled and said, "To be precise, magic is also a natural force."

Lu Heng understood what he meant. In fact, it was just a deviation in context and cognition.

In human thinking, all forces beyond technology are considered supernatural forces.

However, in the magical world, magic is equal to human technology and is a natural force.

Lu Heng did not explain too much, but smiled and asked: "Can I ask this question now? Why did you let my companions go in to see the Ancient Tree of Knowledge?"

Seren fell silent, obviously hiding something.

Lu Heng frowned, sensing something was wrong, and asked, "Nine people were recruited, why was she the only one to see the Ancient Tree of Knowledge?"

In fact, Lu Heng had been thinking about the reason just now.

If it's because of gender, that's not true because there is a blonde woman in Blake Field's team.

Why choose Su Muyu alone?

At first, Lu Heng was a little worried, but after careful consideration, he felt that there should be no danger.

First, it was allowed by Thryn.

In other words, if Su Muyu is in danger, it can only be because of Seren's problem.

However, this time, he was teleported directly to the Moon Shadow Forest and appeared in the tree house.

If Seren really had a problem, he could take action when he was teleported over.

Besides, there will not be a real dead end in conscription. Even if you are teleported into a prison, there must be a chance to escape.

But according to Su Muyu's energy sensing, the level of the forest elder in front of him was over level 42, and there was no upper limit.

The entire forest obeys his call, and if he really wants to take action, it will be a dead end.

Just now, Black Fielder had offended him to that extent, but he did not kill him.

The three of them had never offended him, so they should not be treated maliciously by him.

The more silent Seren was, the more Lu Heng felt something was wrong.

Lu Heng asked again: "Why did you choose only her?"

Seren sighed and replied, "Because she has the essence of the ancient tree, and you humans have taken away the essence of the ancient tree."

When Lu Heng heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he wanted to draw his sword, but he forced himself to hold back.

This moment.

Lu Heng thought of the reason why he chose Su Muyu to enter the ancient tree space, because she had the [Life Vine] source essence.

At the beginning, I didn’t think about it in this way.

Now after hearing what Seren said, I finally understood what was going on.

[Life Vine] The source material was obtained from the Creator Organization. At the beginning, the origin of this source material was not deeply investigated, but now we know it.

It turned out that this source material was taken from the Ancient Tree of Knowledge by the Creator Organization, and finally it ended up in Su Muyu's possession after some twists and turns.

Su Muyu was summoned to this forest again and was sent into the ancient tree space by Seren.

If this is the case, Su Muyu might be in danger.

Lu Heng quickly turned his head to look in the direction of the Chongming Bird and shouted, "Mu Yu!"

No response, the Chongming bird did not respond.

There is only one possibility for this situation to occur: the ancient tree space has isolated the connection between the summoned creature and its master.

The connection between the summoned creature and its master cannot be extended indefinitely, as there are rules and restrictions.

For example, if the distance is too far, the summoned creature will lose control.

Or, they entered a special space and lost contact due to spatial isolation.

Now the Chongming Bird has no reaction, which means that the ancient tree space that Su Muyu entered has cut off the connection between her and the Chongming Bird.

Lu Heng suddenly became nervous, jumped up and rushed out, rushing into the forest passage, looking for the ancient tree door.

However, after rushing into the forest passage, Lu Heng found that he could not find the ancient tree door.

This forest is like a maze. No matter how hard I rush around and how I shuttle between the giant trees, I can't find the path I just remembered.

Lin Zeyu followed behind and shouted, "Where are you going? Wait for me."

Lu Heng was too fast, and he lost him after chasing him for a short distance, and he also got lost. …

After a while, Lu Heng ran back from the forest, walked up to Seren with a sword in hand, and said in a deep voice:

"If you are joking, this joke is not funny at all. If you really want to hurt her, then I will have to do it."

Seren sat there quietly and pressed his hands: "Young people, why be so impulsive? Sit down and wait for a while."

Lu Heng refused to sit down and asked, "Tell me, where is she now?"

Seren sighed and said, "She is in the ancient tree space."

Lu Heng continued to ask: "What are you going to do to her?"

Seren still maintained a calm expression and replied, "At most, we will retrieve the vine of life. We will not harm her life. You just wait."

Lu Heng took a deep breath and thought quickly in his mind.

So far, the elder elf has shown no overt malice.

If he just took back Su Muyu's [Life Vine] source, although he would lose the source, at least his life would not be in danger.

The only thing he was worried about now was whether or not the Creator would vent his anger on the three of them because the Creator Organization had taken away the vine of life?
Should we take the risk and subdue him first?
If we can subdue him, at least we will be invincible.

A sharp light flashed in Lu Heng's eyes, and his figure suddenly disappeared from the spot. He used Void Flash to appear behind Seren, and slashed at his neck with a sword.

Seren did not move from beginning to end, just sitting there quietly.

Lu Heng slashed his sword at the neck, three millimeters away, and stopped. He asked in a deep voice: "Why didn't you fight back?"

Seren laughed and replied, "You are taking advantage of my slow reaction. I know you don't really want to do it. I will wait here with you. After your companions come out, you can decide what to do."

Lu Heng pondered for a moment, retracted the Aurora Blade, walked back to sit in front of him, and thought in his mind, what situation will Su Muyu encounter?
Twice in a row, twice in a row, they were called up to clean up the mess for certain groups.

The last time we were summoned into the Dark Iron Dwarf world, the Lionheart Empire stole the Dark Iron Dwarf's quenching furnace.

This time, the conscription was sent to the Quel'dorei, but the Creator Organization stole the essence of the Ancient Tree of Knowledge.

The difference is that this time Su Muyu brought back the ancient tree essence that was snatched away by the Creator Organization.

When Lu Heng thought about these things, an idea suddenly occurred to him, and he asked, "So we were summoned here not by accident, but because you led us here."

Seren closed his eyes and replied, "Yes, the Ancient Tree of Knowledge predicted that someone would bring back the Vine of Life, so I used magic to attract them. I didn't expect so many people to come."

Lu Heng slowly calmed down and then asked, "You didn't take action at first, were you observing us?"

Thryn smiled with interest again and replied, "Your thoughts are clearer now that you have calmed down. The entire forest is my eyes, and I am indeed observing you."

Lu Heng continued, "That is to say, if you find out that we are related to the humans who stole the essence of the Tree of Life, you will take action, right?"

Seren admitted frankly: "Yes, if you are the ones who took the life vines, I will take action. The Quel'dorei are friendly most of the time, but that doesn't mean we can tolerate humiliation and bullying."

Lu Heng exhaled and said, "I exchanged the Life Vine Essence for the Shadow Knight Essence. If you must take the Life Vine Essence back, I agree. But I want to make one thing clear. We are also victims."

Seren remained calm and replied, "Don't worry, the Ancient Tree of Knowledge will make the decision."

……

at the same time.

In the space of the ancient tree of knowledge.

After Su Muyu entered this space, he found that the connection with the Chongming Bird was cut off.

She was a little worried, but since she was already in, she wanted to take a closer look at the situation here before considering how to get out.

She walked towards the old tree in the middle.

When she got closer, she found that there were many traces of battles on this ancient tree of knowledge, such as the traces of knives, axes, fire and ice, all clearly visible.

When seeing these scars, Su Muyu seemed to feel pain, as if these wounds were inflicted on his own body.

She rubbed her arms, corrected her body's perception, and tried to communicate: "Hello, are you the Ancient Tree of Knowledge? Can you speak?"

no respond.

Su Muyu waited for a while and took a step closer. As he could strangely feel the pain of the Ancient Tree of Knowledge, he reached out and touched the cut edge of the trunk.

At this moment, the source essence in the body seemed to come alive.

A green vine of life grew from her palm, climbing up the Ancient Tree of Knowledge as if licking the tree's wounds.

Su Muyu was stunned for a moment, feeling the source energy in his body rapidly dissipating. He subconsciously wanted to take back the source energy, but did not do so in the end.

After a moment, the source energy in her body was almost exhausted.

At this time, a long and distant voice echoed in the space of the ancient tree.

"Human, you have taken away my life vine."

"Ah?" Su Muyu widened his eyes and finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

At this moment, she finally understood why she could feel the pain of the ancient trees being cut by knives and axes.

She quickly explained: "My Life Tree Ivy Essence was exchanged for other Essences."

"I know, and the vine of life on your body is incomplete." The low and distant voice continued to echo in the ancient tree space.

Su Muyu thought of a lot of things in an instant. She was a little reluctant, but still asked: "Do you want me to return the Tree of Life to you?"

"Do you want to?"

"But... yes. I'll try to find other source essences. My companions and I were recruited here and need to face strong enemies. Without the source essence, I might hold them back." Su Muyu knew that the source essence in her body was taken from the ancient tree. Although she didn't take it herself, she still felt guilty.

The ancient tree space became quiet.

After a while, Su Muyu took the initiative to ask: "Can you take back the Life Tree Vine Essence? It is very difficult for me to extract the Essence."

Generally speaking, the source essence that has not been completely fused in the body of a psychic will be separated after death.

In addition, special methods are required to extract the source material.

After a long silence, the distant voice sounded again: "Take the Life Vine with you to fight. The Life Vine is willing to accept you, which means you are qualified."

Su Muyu was stunned for a moment and asked, "You mean, leave the vine of life to me?

The distant voice echoed again: "Let's make a promise. Before you come back, come back here and return the Tree of Life. Can you do it?"

Su Muyu thought about it for a while, then nodded and agreed: "Okay, as long as I can come back."

"Go."

A gust of wind blew up in the space of the ancient tree, blowing Su Muyu up, passing through a layer of light film and disappearing.

The next moment, Su Muyu found himself in a forest passage.

In front of me is the ancient tree door, but this door is slowly closing.

The vines of the ancient tree grew into the passage, entangling the entire circular passage, and the ancient tree door disappeared.

Su Muyu was shocked as he watched the ancient tree gate disappear.

What she had just experienced was beyond her imagination.

Moreover, she now felt a force surging in her body, which was an extremely powerful force.

She quickly took a look at the attribute panel and found that the level had risen to level 33, and all attributes increased by 4 points.

In addition to this, there is an additional benefit called [Blessing of Ancient Trees].

[Ancient Tree Blessing: Obtain the blessing of the Ancient Tree of Knowledge, Spirit +10 points, Life Recovery Speed ​​+30%, Source Energy Recovery Speed ​​+30%. Obtain the protection of the ancient tree, Life Tree Vine Source Quality is increased, Healing ability is increased by 30%, Life Tree Vine Growth Speed ​​+30%. Duration: 30 days.]

After seeing the effect of this [Ancient Tree Blessing], Su Muyu was even more surprised.

The effect of this blessing is quite strong, almost enhancing the ability of the [Life Vine] source material to a higher level.

Moreover, the mental power +10 points is more than what the Dragon Eye Gem Bracelet adds.

You have to know that the Dragon Eye Gem Bracelet is an A-level accessory, but it only adds 9 points of mental power.

The only pity is that this [Blessing of the Ancient Tree] only lasts for 30 days.

When Su Muyu saw the duration, he already knew why the Ancient Tree of Knowledge gave this blessing, which was to allow him to gain increased strength in the abyss battlefield.

In other words, the Ancient Tree of Lore knew her identity and knew that she was here to help the Quel'dorei elves.

This is a blessing in the form of gratitude, and also to increase the combat effectiveness of the recruits and better help the Quel'dorei fight against the abyss.

(End of this chapter)