I'm only three years old, how could it be a world-ending catastrophe?

"What does it mean that it is both a blessing from the sacred tree and not the tree's doing?"

Jiang Luo was completely confused.

Why does this old man speak like he's talking in riddles? Can't he just be more direct?

Xu Heng sighed, as if lost in distant memories.

Instead of answering Jiang Luo's question directly, he began to tell an ancient story.

"In fact, more than a thousand years ago, this large area, encompassing dozens of miles around Chunjiang Garden, was a vast and boundless forest, the habitat of us animals."

"Back then, we were no different from ordinary wild animals, struggling to survive every day."

"Either hunt, or be hunted."

"Until later, we discovered a very peculiar tree!"

"That tree grew in an open space, where nothing else grew, and it stood there all alone."

"But we discovered that as long as we offer sincere prayers to that tree, it will bestow blessings upon us who are the worshippers."

"This blessing not only awakens extraordinary powers within us, but can even transform us into human form, granting us human intelligence and emotions!"

"only……"

"This has a major drawback!"

"We must remain around the sacred tree for an extended period of time and absolutely cannot leave for more than three days."

"Once the time limit is exceeded, we will lose all reason and become a raging beast, acting only according to our beastly nature."

"Even if what we possess is not calamity-inducing power, but extraordinary power without any side effects, it can still become violent..."

Hearing this, Jiang Luo understood a little.

To put it bluntly, isn't it just like the monsters in novels gaining sentience and taking human form?

of course.

That's not the point!

The key is...

Jiang Luo took another sip of the AD calcium milk in her hand and couldn't help but ask, "So..."

"Uncle Xu, so you and Aunt Su are already this old?"

"So it seems you must be the oldest, oldest, oldest Bitden, or in short, the ancestor of all Bitdens?"

Xu Heng: "..."

Su Jingyi: "..."

The couple's faces darkened.

This little rascal, why is his focus always so peculiar?

"Ahem!"

Xu Heng coughed twice, forcibly bringing the topic back on track.

Don't worry about those useless details!

"The key point is what happened next!"

Jiang Luo pursed her lips, said nothing more, picked up the AD calcium milk and took another sip.

Okay, whatever you say is important, then it is.

Xu Heng continued, "At first, all the animals that received the blessing thought it was all thanks to the divine tree."

"We have the utmost reverence for it and regard it as a totem."

"Until later, a greedy pangolin attempted to dig up the entire sacred tree and claim it for itself."

"Its behavior enraged all the animals and sparked a huge melee."

"In that chaotic battle, the sacred tree was broken in half and withered completely."

"We all thought the end of the world was coming."

"Unexpectedly, the power within us did not disappear, and the ability to transform into human form was still there."

"It was only then that we belatedly realized that what truly gave us strength was not that tree."

"But rather, it was that inconspicuous piece of land beneath the sacred tree."

"That tree, from beginning to end, was just a decoy that happened to grow there, a beautiful misunderstanding."

"Later, with the changing times and the development of the city, this mountain forest was razed to the ground."

Skyscrapers rise from the ground, only to be demolished and rebuilt because they are old.

"After countless renovations and changes, that magical land is now buried beneath the foundation of Building 6 in our Chunjiang Garden!"

After hearing all this, Jiang Luo finally understood.

Why is this building a den of ferocious beasts?

original……

This is their base of operations!

But then...

Jiang Luo then thought of another question.

"Uncle Xu, since this is your base camp, why are there such strange occurrences?"

Jiang Luo asked, puzzled.

"This was an accident."

Xu Heng explained, "The reason why a place becomes eerie is usually because someone died there, and before they died, they had an extremely strong obsession in their heart."

"This obsession resonated with the power of this land in some unknown way, allowing them to survive in a bizarre form."

"But their very existence means they cannot leave the place where they were born; that is their territory."

"And their rules for killing are usually the unfulfilled obsessions they had in life."

"The elderly couple from the Xiong family on the fifth floor were born under these circumstances!"

"Their greatest obsession during their lives was to protect their grandson, Xiong Feifei. As long as Xiong Feifei was safe and sound, they would not easily show themselves."

"That's why, and since the supernatural beings can't be killed, we just leave them alone and let them coexist with us in this building."

So that's how it is!

Jiang Luo suddenly realized and nodded her little head.

From this perspective, all the monsters lurking in Chunjiang Garden must be ferocious beasts.

Moreover, these ferocious beasts are all stationed in Building No. 6, and they possess human intelligence, so they are not as crazy as ferocious beasts or calamities!

and so……

The danger level of Chunjiang Garden is not high!

This relieved Jiang Luo.

but……

Jiang Luo quickly figured out the situation.

He looked up at Xu Heng across from him, a hint of suspicion on his face.

"Uncle Xu, Aunt Su, you called me here especially tonight and told me so much. It couldn't just be to give me some information, could it?"

The couple were not surprised by Jiang Luo's intelligence.

After all, we've known each other for three years, and we're already used to it.

"That's right."

Xu Heng nodded, and then revealed his true purpose.

"Back then, among us animals, there was an old deer who was very close to us."

"After receiving the blessing of the divine tree, it awakened a very special power, a prophetic ability called [Skeleton]."

"But this power cannot be released on its own."

"It can only be activated passively when it is injured."

"The more severely it is injured, the clearer its vision of the future will be, and the more prophecies it will receive."

"but……"

"During the chaos of the struggle for the sacred tree, it was severely damaged by the pangolin and ultimately...did not survive."

At this point, Xu Heng's tone was tinged with sorrow, but he still forced himself to continue speaking.

"But before it died, it received a clear prophecy about the future, and it shared this prophecy only with us..."

"Old Deer said..."