All-out Tower Defense: My Card-Drawing Talent is a Bit Strange

Chapter 140 Tree

Secondly, why is the pain coming in waves? It seems like his body is on fire. Yang Fei doesn't know if plants feel pain when they are burned, but judging from the current situation, it should hurt, and it should be a lot of pain. It's very likely that he's already burned to ashes.

Having understood his current situation, the next step is to find a way to achieve the three goals he set earlier. Now that his physical condition is clear, the next questions are: Where am I? And why am I here?

"Fire! Fire!" The shouts in an unknown language echoed in his mind again, but Yang Fei didn't know how to respond. He had already learned about this way of speaking that appeared directly in his mind from the succubus and the tentacle monster. It was a way of using mental power.

As long as the cultivation paths are aligned, such spiritual communication can be achieved through mutual energy resonance. Even if the languages ​​are different, the meanings they want to express can still be clearly understood by the other party.

Yang Fei only had a general understanding of the skill, but he had never actually learned it. On Azure Star, none of the teachers who taught him were able to use their true qi because none of them had reached the Martial Realm, so they naturally couldn't teach him this skill. Yang Fei had been busy with matters concerning the Sky Island and hadn't learned this skill from the succubus sisters.

"Sigh, you only realize how little you know when you need it! When I get back, I should try to learn this skill first. When I'm with the succubus sisters, I can't keep thinking about those things with my lower body!"

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After trying it a few times, Yang Fei realized that he couldn't even use his true energy in his current state, so he could only sigh helplessly. In the world of tower defense, this skill is still very important.

Previously, when outsiders came to his sky island, he could use his absolute authority as the lord to ignore language restrictions and had never realized this problem.

Looking back now, this idea of ​​being a tower defense lord, passively defending the sky island, and minimizing contact with the outside world before growing stronger still influenced Zi's own principles of conduct.

The development of my Sky Island has deviated significantly from the various plans recorded in "Tower Defense World". The experience summarized by my predecessors is no longer suitable for me. I must break this convention and find my own development plan.

Otherwise, the development of his sky island might go awry in every way.

After waiting a few more minutes, the voices in his mind started to become noisy. Yang Fei was a little annoyed. He wanted to see what would happen after the fire on his body was extinguished. Now, things were really messed up. He hated this kind of noisy environment the most.

Trying to retain a sliver of consciousness before shifting his main focus back to the sky island, Yang Fei slowly ceased his series of movements inside the arrow tower. With some effort, he raised his hand, temporarily casting aside the "reflection" in his mind that didn't belong here, and returned his attention to the sky island.

Then, Yang Fei was stunned. The void outside the sky island was dotted with stars and the moonlight was shining brightly. It was obviously night. Looking at the number of monsters remaining on the blue door, more than a third of the 1.2 million had already been lost. It must be getting late.

"Holy crap, what's going on? How long have I been gone?"

"15 hours. You have been in a state of enlightenment for 15 hours." A trembling voice sounded from behind. It was not the familiar Mona, but the fourth-tier elf Veranel.

"Where are Mona and Lola?" Yang Fei turned around somewhat slowly, and sure enough, there was the elf in the corner, trembling as she held a thermal lunchbox, looking at Yang Fei with some hesitation.

"Lady Lola has been commanding the battle intensely all day and has gone back to rest. Lady Mona has taken over from her and is still commanding the battle, so she can't get away. Therefore, I'm here to bring you food." Vera Nair carefully handed the lunchbox to Yang Fei with both hands.

Yang Fei took the lunchbox from Vera Nair's hand, looking at the cautious elf with some confusion: "Are you afraid of me?"

Before they became his loyal followers, it would be easy to understand why he was afraid, since he was commanding a group of demons and didn't seem like a good person. But why is he still afraid now?

Moreover, Yang Fei remembered very clearly that when he assigned work to these elves, they were very happy. Veranel also had an impulse to sacrifice herself at any time. She shouldn't be so afraid of herself, right?

"No." To everyone's surprise, Vera Nair denied it directly after hearing Yang Fei's question. She did not hesitate or hide anything, and it did not seem like she was lying. But her cautious state made Yang Fei puzzled. What was going on?

Yang Fei could understand that trees and humans have different ways of perceiving and understanding the world, but could it be that these elves also have different ways of perceiving and understanding the world?

Could they really lie so blatantly? Or are they simply a hypocritical race?

"Go back and rest. We'll need your Elf Team tomorrow morning!" Although he had questions, Yang Fei didn't ask them because he was afraid that their worldviews might be different.

This also explains why she would deceive herself when she was in a state of absolute loyalty. Perhaps in the worldview of elves, respect and deception can both be considered normal ways of showing loyalty.

"Yes, Master." Vera Nair breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Yang Fei's words, then hurriedly left the Ice Arrow Tower where Yang Fei was located, leaving Yang Fei even more puzzled. This didn't seem like a simple lie, nor was it some kind of deception that served as a form of loyalty. To put it more simply, she had a way of bypassing the restrictions of unwavering loyalty, thus lying to him.

"Damn it, this tower defense world really has bugs. No wonder these elves could change their loyalty to me overnight. It was all an act. How infuriating!" Yang Fei opened his lunchbox, took a sip of soup with some anger, and began to complain inwardly.

After leaving Yang Fei, Vera Nair returned to the Sky Island at an unimaginable speed. She quickly found a deserted place and began to breathe heavily. Her skin began to darken with her breathing, and her eyes gradually turned blood red.

No one knows what she went through, nor what she saw. To stare into the abyss is something no intelligent being can imagine. It is the sum of all the dark sides of the ordered world; it is an indescribable, ineffable fear; it is the end of the world.

Normal intelligent beings would probably go "crazy" as soon as they see Xiu, even if they are indirectly influenced by His aura. But she herself is already his servant, a rare rational being in the world of order among the madmen. But today, her last bit of rationality has also gone completely mad.

The Fallen Tree World lost an elf named Veranel, the Abyss World saw the appearance of a demon named Veranel, and the Tower Defense World gained a projection of this new demon race—the Abyss Elves.

The darkness on her skin faded, and her eyes returned to their deep blue. Veranel gently waved her finger, absorbing a trace of barely perceptible abyssal pollution remaining in the air. A look of enjoyment slowly spread across Veranel's face: "Master, your aura truly captivates me~"

No one knew that an intelligent being from an orderly world had undergone a complete transformation, becoming a creature of the abyss through and through. This was quite different from the corrupting power of demons or the punitive power of the hell realm.

Those who are lured by demons into the abyss and become abyssal species still belong to the world of order in principle, because the cycle of reincarnation is real. From the moment a creature is born, it is determined whether it belongs to order or the abyss. Falling and punishment are, in principle, still punishment methods of the world of order, which is somewhat similar to the demon's "light fall".

No matter how they change, no matter how they join another camp, they ultimately belong only to their original world.

But now, things have changed slightly. The master of the abyss, the controller of the dark side of reincarnation, unintentionally released pure abyssal aura, completely subjugated an intelligent life from an orderly world to the abyssal world. Her physical body in the real world is no longer her true form, but merely a projection of the abyssal world onto the real world.

Her previous allegiance could be categorized as a change in perception or a misalignment of values; she had become a believer in the Abyss, a real servant of the Lord of the Abyss.

Now, by gazing directly into the abyss, she has become a part of the abyss—no! It should be said that she herself is a part of the abyss, a servant directly under the Lord of the Abyss.

After finishing his dinner in the lunchbox, Yang Fei looked at the battlefield and, finding that everything was going more smoothly than he had imagined, left the Ice Arrow Tower. He then took Sephira and put all one hundred elite souls he had collected into the Abyss Shop. Yang Fei did not rush to order today's items.

He just wants a way to deal with the swarms of mimics right now, and doesn't want anything else for the time being. But he doesn't know what can deal with the mimics, so he can only save up and see if he can exchange it for something like a monster guide before making a decision.

After letting Sephira rest, Yang Fei went to check on the progress of the various construction teams. The 10 new wells had been completed, costing 8000 copper coins and 1700 units of stone, and all 10 new wells had been upgraded to level 4.

Unfortunately, the gray quality stone is still somewhat insufficient, and it's impossible to upgrade all of them to level five, so we can only make do with what we have.

After this upgrade, Yang Fei allocated 3 of these wells to the Spirit Field, 3 to the elves, and 4 to the refugees of Qianwu Star. He kept the original well, which was the only level 5 well, for himself. Qianwu Star and the Elf Hills were the areas he would develop next, and he couldn't do without water resources from them.

The three wells given to the Spirit Field region go without saying; no one can do without these cultivation resources. The three wells given to the Elf Hills are for his continued "redemption" of a large number of elves. Three level 4 wells may be a bit too many for their current population, but Yang Fei only hopes that these three wells will be able to support his ambitions in the future.

Giving the refugees on Qianwu Star only four wells is actually a bit too few, but since they haven't all joined him yet, these four level 4 wells are just right. Once they've all joined him, he'll upgrade all four wells to level 5.

The water resources provided are sufficient for them.

After finishing up all the miscellaneous tasks on the sky island, Yang Fei returned to his cabin and lay in Lola's arms. He tried again to sense his tree body. He still had many questions about why that situation had occurred and needed to investigate further.

Using that last vestige of consciousness, Yang Fei reconnected to the body. He still couldn't sense anything around him, nor could he use his body, but the pain had eased considerably.

"Goddess, how is the Divine Tree?" An unknown voice entered Yang Fei's mind again, but without the previous panic and noise. The speaker seemed to be an old man, his voice was somewhat aged, and he spoke cautiously, as if afraid of offending something.

"I used Great Restoration and Great Regeneration spells on it, barely managing to preserve the divine tree's life, but this fire has still caused irreparable damage to the divine tree, and it probably won't be able to recover for several years," a young female voice said, her tone full of worry and helplessness.

"Unable to recover for years? How could this be!" The old man's emotions were first in disbelief, then turned into a desperate wail, and then he actually burst into tears. Yang Fei was speechless. The owner of this voice was definitely an old man. Was it really appropriate for him to cry like this?

Afterwards, the goddess and the old man exchanged a few more words, and Yang Fei managed to understand the general content. His tree body was called "Yuanming," and every three years, something called "Mingguo" would be born on it. Normal people could unlock one of their "Yuandao" talents by consuming this Mingguo.

This abyss path should be a cultivation method, because Yang Fei heard a few proper nouns, such as "seeing the abyss" and "approaching the abyss". They were not easy to understand literally, but they were easier to understand when replaced with Qi Refining and Foundation Building in a fixed sentence.

This Abyss Dao talent is somewhat similar to Yang Fei's pay-to-win strike awakened using a skill book; it's a skill-like thing. And his body can generate 10 such skill scrolls every three years. No wonder that old guy was wailing and crying.

Yang Fei didn't know much about the group of people who were speaking, and they didn't explicitly state their situation. However, based on Yang Fei's judgment, the one who could control this divine tree was definitely not an ordinary race. It was very likely a dominant species similar to a small world, or a force similar to a super sect in the cultivation world. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to control such a treasure.

The talent skill book was something Yang Fei obtained by opening the golden gift pack, which was a reward from the Heavenly Dao in the tower defense world. It was even rarer than the golden treasure chest. Yang Fei didn't really believe that a small force could hold onto something that continuously produced these treasures.