The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

Abedo smiled at Dain, then began rhythmically tapping the trunk of the Golden Tree.

"Boom!"

The earth cracked open, and a rather thick wooden vine burst forth from beneath the ground, growing right beneath the three of them and carrying them into the sky.

"Do you remember the fruit that the golden tree bore before?" As everything on the ground shrank rapidly, Abedo looked up at the tree canopy above, which was finally becoming clear.

"What's wrong? Is it cooked? Call the others over, let's cut it up and eat it." Yu Jin also looked up and saw a tiny white dot in a golden light.

If you don't look closely, you might think it's just that you've been using your eyes too much and that white spots have appeared in your field of vision.

"No, it can talk now."

Abelardo sighed and forced a smile as he spoke.

He was feeling incredibly frustrated. Why were all the things related to embers so strange?

Fortunately, the sound of the fruit is now very quiet, not even as loud as the rustling of the golden tree's canopy and leaves.

But who knows, one day it might turn into a megaphone, just like it suddenly started talking.

Before that, Abedo felt it was necessary to find the Golden Tree's first guardian—Ember—to come and take a look.

"???" Several question marks appeared above Yu Jin's head. Could it be that the golden tree didn't bear fruit, but its offspring?

It seems that to a tree, there's no difference between fruit and offspring, right? Unconsciously, Ember's thoughts veered off course again.

"A talking fruit." Dain was a little numb. He had seen too many strange things lately.

……

"World...forget me..."

"I poke!"

"World—, forget me—"

"I'll poke it again!"

"World, forget me."

"It's quite fun."

"Senior Yu Jin, stop playing around." Abedo pulled Yu Jin away from the ground, who was squatting down and constantly poking at the ground, with a dark expression on his face.

The white fruit was as big as a person, with emerald green light flowing through it, and the elemental power overflowing from it was almost tangible.

However, the golden tree absorbed all the grass elements that seeped out; otherwise, it would have developed excessive hair growth.

Yu Jin stood up, stroking his chin as he circled the white fruit again and again, as if trying to figure something out.

Seeing how serious Ember was, Abedo handed over the notebook he was carrying.

"This is my rough research, please take a look, senior."

Yu Jin took Abedo's notes, glanced through them, but couldn't understand them. Fortunately, Abedo thoughtfully included a summary at the end.

Throwing the notebook back to Abedo, Ember said with a serious expression, "You mean, if this thing explodes, it might turn all of Mondstadt and parts of Liyue into rainforests?"

"It's even worse. So many trees growing prematurely could cause climate imbalances, which is a more deadly threat than the rainforest itself!"

Aberdo also looked grave; he was startled when he came to this conclusion.

This tiny white fruit possesses such immense power that it could practically be described as a weapon capable of destroying a nation.

"Hmm... I understand..." Yu Jin nodded, then jumped up and slapped him.

"So it was you who ate the Golden Tree's belly flat!"

"The world rises, forgets me."

This time, Guozi's voice was even louder.

Chapter 354 Answering Machine

2023-12-22

"What a strange sound." Yu Jin couldn't help but complain when he heard the voice that was obviously different.

“What’s even stranger is that it only repeats this one sentence,” Abedo said, looking at the huge fruit in front of him.

At first, he was very interested in this talking fruit, and even went so far as to build a long-term camp on such a high branch.

It turned out that this thing would repeat the same sentence all day long, without even changing its tone. Since other research still required his attention, Abedo went off to do his own work.

"World...forget me..."

As soon as Abedo finished speaking, the white fruit repeated the words it had said countless times, as if reminding it.

"Forget it? But I don't even know who it is, how can I forget it?" Ember patted the fruit's skin, and unsurprisingly, its voice changed a few more times.

"Does anyone know about it?" Yu Jin patted for a while, then got a little bored.

"Ask the golden tree instead of us."

"No, I've never seen a talking fruit before."

Dain and Aberdo both shook their heads; they truly had no idea what this thing was.

“I asked it, but it doesn’t know either. It said it was sucked out by a big tree underground.” Yu Jin scratched his head. This was troublesome.

If we don't know its origin, should we keep it or remove it?

"An underground tree?" Dain's ears twitched. He looked around and gazed at the enormous golden tree before him.

Could these underground trees be the World Tree?

“It should be the World Tree.” Abedo’s words confirmed Dain’s conjecture. Based on his extensive research, the branches of the Golden Tree could be connected to the ley lines hidden beneath the earth.

The honeysuckle trees at the foot of the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain are the best example.

Because the golden tree occasionally shares some nutrients with its newly adopted "little brother," the honeysuckle tree is changing its appearance every day.

Besides the Golden Tree, the Honeysuckle Tree is the largest tree in the entire tree.

“The World Tree…” Dain looked at the white fruit in front of him, his expression becoming solemn.

"It's best not to touch anything that's been extracted from the World Tree. The World Tree contains all of Teyvat's history, and perhaps this fruit is the crystallization of a certain part of that history."

Dain recalled the information about the World Tree in his mind and warned.

He had never seen the World Tree, but since Kanria once lived deep within the earth, it must have studied the World Tree.

Therefore, Dain also knew some information about the World Tree. As for more, he would have to go to Mount Sumeru to find it.

The World Tree is guarded by the Grass Goddess, one of the Seven Gods, and no one else knows where the World Tree is.

"Is that so? It seems quite important." Yu Jin glanced at the white fruit in front of him with interest.

"World...forget me..."

Then it started muttering again.

"I find this thing really annoying." Yu Jin was so tired of hearing it that his ears were practically calloused.

And so, under the watchful eyes of Dain and Abedo, a tender bud sprouted from the trunk of the golden tree next to the white fruit.

Then, tender shoots grow, and its leaves unfurl. At the top, a fleshy red flower bud blooms, and then, in addition to the talking fruit, another talking flower appears.

"World...forget me..."

"Who are you?"

"World...forget me..."

"Who are you?"

"..."

"..."

"What are you doing?" Dai Yin rubbed his temples as he watched Bai Guo and Hong Hua sing in unison.

Did he eat some poisonous mushrooms underground?

"Answer this fruit." Yu Jin clapped his hands, quite satisfied.

The people of Liyue know the quality of the corrupted trumpet flower.

"Look, none of us recognize this fruit, so it's the same as forgetting about it. So, stop shouting!"

Ember patted the white fruit again.

"World...forget me..."

"Who are you?"

The white fruit immediately responded with an ember, but soon the red flower followed closely behind.

"It's so noisy," Abedo said, picking at his ears. One tape recorder was already loud enough, but now there was another one.

"I agree." Dain nodded in agreement.

……

Descending from the towering golden tree trunk, Ember and his companions returned to Abedo's camp.

"Are we just going to leave it like this?" Abedo stepped out of the tent, looked up at the sky, and seemed somewhat worried.

"Never mind, the Golden Tree won't die anyway. If you're interested, you can go and study it."

Yu Jin looked like he was giving up.

"Forget it, I already have so many research projects, I really can't find the time to work on a new one." Abedo gave a wry smile. Why did he feel that Ember was somewhat similar to his master?

But on second thought, there are still many differences between Ember and Rhine-Dott.

At least he wouldn't truly ignore it. Moreover, judging from the spread of the Golden Tree's roots, as long as Ember isn't on some deserted, desolate sea, he is, in fact, inseparable from the Golden Tree.

This is very different from Rhein-Dörgården.

She really doesn't care about anything.

"Sigh—" Abedo couldn't help but sigh again at this thought.

"Why are you sighing? Too busy? Let me see your research topic. Maybe I can give you some pointers."