Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva

Tilan and his party settled down in the Withered Tree Garden for the time being, and the arborist here also provided them with a good place to stay.

Several people looked around curiously in this large room, feeling the unique style of the house.

The house is roughly circular in shape, with a total of four floors, three above and one underground. The top floor has a curved dome like a mushroom, but this dome is like a complete hollowed-out circle, taking on the shape of a crescent. It can be used to bask in the sun, enjoy the scenery, or enjoy the shade.

There are comfortable living rooms, dining rooms and kitchens on the first floor, bedrooms and study rooms on the second floor, and bathrooms and bedrooms underground. Compared to the surface, the underground seems to be warmer in winter and cooler in summer.

After the group assigned bedrooms, they gathered in the hall, with dinner sent by a local arborist on the table.

"There's not a lot of meat, but there's a lot of fruits and pastries." Iyepel lightly pressed the light green and transparent soft cake with his hand, then picked it up and took a sip.

"Slightly sweet, slightly refreshing, and has a good taste. It can be said to be a T5 food to the outside world."

"The staple food is sliced ​​bread, dried meat slices, and the rest include citron fruit soup, light green sweet cake, and fresh cut fruits."

"It's rare to have a hearty dinner. I'm almost tired of eating canned food recently." After a few people sat down, they began to taste it slowly and then commented.

Although everyone present is from a good family, they are not so pampered and cannot eat any low-grade food. This is probably because the food industry is now developed, and even if there are no special effects, the taste will not be too bad.

After eating and drinking quickly, everyone was able to turn over in a comfortable big bed instead of sleeping in a cramped car as usual.

The next day, it was already nine o'clock in the morning when Tilan woke up.

Still feeling sleepy, she sat on the edge of the bed for a while before standing up. As for her bedmate, Delores, she was still awake.

After sitting in front of the dressing mirror and combing her hair briefly, Tilan returned to the bed and saw Dolores, who was still sleeping, tapping her eyebrows with her finger.

Although there are many rooms in the house, they are not enough for twelve people to have a bedroom each, so it is usually two to one room. It is also the first time for Dolores to sleep in a bed with others. She told Tilan last night After talking a lot, I finally fell asleep slowly.

A black nightgown covered her snow-white body. Compared to Tilan, Delores' figure was much fuller. When sleeping on her side, Tilan's arms could occasionally touch softer places.

Speaking of which, this was the first time she saw Dolores sleeping soundly. The girl suddenly thought that she usually took a nap in the club activity room or slept on Dolores' lap, so today she woke up early and watched To Dolores sleeping soundly.

He closed his fingers and continued to look at the sleeping Dolores. Seeing that her hair fell between her collar and the pillow, her body was rising and falling slightly, and she still didn't seem to be awake, Tilan raised her body.

I won't disturb her for the moment and let her continue to sleep. It seems that last night was the first time she stayed up late. Usually Dolores's schedule is very stable.

After getting up and changing her clothes, the girl walked out of the room and went downstairs. Several companions were already sitting in the hall.

"Morning~" After saying hello, she sat at the dining table and ate the hot sweet corn porridge and sandwiches, then she took a few people to find the arborist here.

Half an hour later, under the guidance of an arborist, the group came to a building under a dead wood dome. It was very shady and cool, and faint mechanical sounds could be heard.

"This is our water supply system. The water in the Dead Tree Garden is taken from deep underground. It cannot be drunk directly after being pumped out. It must undergo complex disinfection and purification before it can be used for daily life and irrigation."

"Because the process is complicated, water is very precious." He explained while leading a few people into the underground passage.

The passage is dotted with dim lights, which are not too bright, but seeing is not a problem, and it can be seen that they use electricity very sparingly.

Going down the spiral staircase, the huge underground spiral extraction device also appeared in everyone's eyes, but everyone also saw something different in the huge sedimentation pool beside it.

"Are those fish?" The girl looked at the black shadow swimming inside.

"Yes, these are the fish in the underground river. Compared with the poisonous rain on the surface, the underground environment is much better. There are also a small number of fish surviving, and they will be drawn up with the water flow."

"These fish will supplement daily protein, and we will also release some fry back to the underground river to maintain the balance." said the arborist.

Then they followed the water pipeline to a plantation, which was separated from the outside world by transparent glass. Green and pleasant crops were planted in rows of channels, with bright red fruits hanging in the middle. , some autonomous robots cut off ripe fruits during their shuttle and put them into a basket on the side.

"The temperature and humidity in the plantation are controlled to a certain extent and kept within a range suitable for plant growth. It is not difficult to cultivate crops." Walking in the plantation surrounded by glass, watching these clean and vibrant fruits grow, Gives people a sense of satisfaction and gain.

"It feels good. They all look good." The girl bent over and raised a red strawberry with her hand, wanting to take a bite.

In the past, my life was so tight that I could only buy small boxes of strawberries to satisfy my craving.

The arborist on the side was very considerate and handed the girl a pair of small scissors, "Just cut it off with this and put it in a small basket."

After saying that, he handed over another basket, and the companion next to the girl also got the same thing.

A group of people were cutting strawberries, and the arborist leading the group talked about the cultivation process of these strawberries.

"Actually, strawberries are a fruit that we have only made progress in the past two years. Watermelons were relatively mature before. The yellow-flesh watermelons produced in the dry tree garden have been improved for six generations before they gradually eliminated the toxins absorbed during the growth process and were allowed to enter the federal market. permission." As he spoke, his voice was full of emotion, and there seemed to be a lot of hardships and difficulties in this short sentence.

"It is not difficult to cultivate plants in this desert, but the difficult thing is how to prevent the toxic substances in the poisonous rain from accumulating in the crops."

"Toxins in chemical molecules can be filtered and removed with current technological means, but the poisonous rain that corrodes the jade skirt is not a simple chemical pollution." He slowly talked about the root problems on the planet today.

"The production of extraordinary creations will also bring extraordinary by-products. Hundreds of years ago, in order to synthesize the rare four-leaf crystal, a large amount of water was extracted and added to the ritual reaction."

"Then if the wastewater is completely discarded, it will be thrown into outer space. This is extremely cost-effective and expensive. There was no such margin at the time, and the industrial sector did not allow this kind of thing to reduce production efficiency, so it was shelved. Come down."

"As the civil war situation became critical and production pressure increased, the wastewater was directly discharged into the ocean. From that time on, the fish resources in the Emerald Skirt began to become extinct."

"It's hard to see fish on the table these days, or that's why fish are relatively single."

"Physical and chemical methods can filter out the toxins in the physical and chemical parts, but the toxins related to transcendent concepts are not so easy to remove."

"If you just simply drink water, the impact will not be big. Intermediate extraordinary people can resist it, but the toxins accumulated in the bodies of plant fruits and animals are not simple. If you eat them without paying attention, over time, you will Slowly letting the body fail, as if it was cursed."

"That's why the market in Jade Skirt now conducts strict testing on all kinds of food. Only food that meets the standards can be sold."

"So where do the food ingredients on the market mainly come from?" the girl was curious.

"If the ingredients in Jade Skirt are low-end and ordinary, most of them come from less polluted areas in the south. There are special plantations there, which can circulate clean water internally and obtain a good growing environment."

"Then they are imported from other star regions. Most of the T4 ingredients we see on the market come from here."

"The higher the rating, the higher the requirements for the place of production, pollution level, and quality of the ingredients. It is basically impossible for the ingredients produced by Jade Skirt to be exported." He said with a sense of regret.

"In fact, in the past, Jade Skirt was a good food export planet. It produced a lot of T3 and T4 ingredients, and even several rare T2 ingredients."

"In today's era, high-end ingredients with extraordinary effects are a highly popular commodity. No matter where they are, people want to obtain promotions to the extraordinary sequence and obtain some kind of gain effects. There is a gap in the consumption of high-end ingredients. It’s huge and there’s never a shortage of market.”

"The loss of this important income in the past has caused the economy of Jade Skirt to decline significantly. Now it can only be supported by the remaining industry, but the industry will continue to bring pollution, which is also a vicious circle." The arborist said very much Obviously he doesn't like the situation of this planet vigorously developing industry.

Seeing some disapproval from the group present, he led them to a tall palace. The architectural style here was simple, like a temple where giants lived.

"This is it." Stopping in the empty temple, he raised the dead wood staff in his hand.

A halo of light spread from the top of the staff, and then lights lit up one after another in the temple, finally completely illuminating the inner wall of the dome.

On the colorful murals, arborists wearing colorful leaf uniforms gathered. Among them were elves, humans, and even a few orcs. The arborist headed by him had a golden flame rose on his chest. The badge indicated that he was a follower of Isenisa. He stood under a big tree, raising his hands high, and behind him, on the wall in the middle of the temple, a huge tree crown slowly emerged.

The entire giant tree is outlined with golden lines, and its posture is beautiful. As the light shines on it, the lines shine with a special gorgeous golden color, like a collection of colorful silk threads.

There are countless colorful birds surrounding the giant tree, and there are many fruits on this tree that reaches deep into the sky. They have different shapes, but they are like condensed gold, dazzling and dazzling.

The World Tree, or one of the descendants of the World Tree, this big tree is undoubtedly the descendant of the World Tree in the elven legend.

According to legend, whenever a new planet is developed, the elves will plant the seeds of the world tree and take care of it carefully. If the tree survives, it will gradually improve the environment of the entire planet.

Undoubtedly, this planet once had such a world tree, and these arborists were the guardians who gathered under the tree to take care of it.

"This is the World Tree, right?" The companion looked at the glorious tree on the wall and opened his mouth slightly.

"Yes." The arborist bowed in reverence before the picture.

"So how is it now?"

"It has withered. It withered three hundred years ago. The North Second District was once the capital of the Emerald Skirt, and the World Tree is also here."

"The withered World Tree gradually became corrupted. It was no longer a boon for improving the planet's environment, but became a carrier and source of toxins. So the collapsed World Tree was cut down and transported to the center of the star for burning. This is just the location of its former wreckage. "

"If the environment of this planet cannot be changed, the next World Tree will never grow."

"We pray and work hard to change this situation, but the development of the world is far more complicated and difficult than we imagined."

"Without the glass house and comfortable environment, almost no plants can survive the erosion of poisonous rain, and our footsteps will always be limited to a small indoor space, unable to appreciate the vast nature and scenery."

"We hope to have a new plant that can break through this obstacle. It can not only grow under poisonous rain, but also gradually neutralize and settle the toxins in it. Only in this way can the original appearance of the jade skirt be restored." His voice became louder as he spoke. The more excited he gets, the louder he gets.

In the end, the sound continued to echo in the temple, and then the walls around the temple slowly slid down, and the strong wind and sand from the outdoors blew in. Although everyone did not move, they seemed to have stepped into another world, a desert and sad world.

"This is what we have regretted and prayed for over the years." As he spoke, his voice softened again.

"Do you want us to help you?"

"Yes, if possible, we hope to get some help." As he spoke, he waved his cane again, and the surrounding walls slowly rose again, and their location returned to a quiet and empty temple.

"In the past, we would not have been willing to ask for sympathy and help from outsiders... But no matter how stubborn and determined people are, they have slowly learned to be flexible over the past hundreds of years. We are running out of time, or in other words, the number of our members It has been declining, and if we can no longer make progress, I am afraid that the remaining people will slowly disperse in the next hundred years.”

"Change? This is not a simple thing..." Tilan looked up at the tall and huge painting in front of him. The crown of the giant tree in it was still shining brightly, telling the story of its glory hundreds of years ago.

She couldn't help but think of the welcome speech given by Senior Sister Vetellina when she entered Toyoi Academy.

[Welcome to Kite Academy, Heshia, we are the successors of the 'Feng Yuan Academy', the sons of those who follow the 'Road of Bonds', and the spiritual successors of the 'Tree of Life Sect'. ]

"So how do you see yourselves?"

"What do you think? This...is probably like this." The arborist on the opposite side hesitated for a moment, then slowly became firm.

“We are the guardians of the ‘World Tree’, the sons of nature who follow the ‘Isenisa Legacy’, and the spiritual successors of the ‘Tree of Life Sect’.”

"Sure enough, they are very similar." Tilan smiled.

This is the Federation of Roses, a country that inherits the spirit of the "Tree of Life Sect" in the Twilight Era and strives to explore and maintain the diversity of life so that civilization can continue.

It does not pursue efficiency and consistency like the Mechanical Parliament, nor does it yearn for spiritual purity and unity like the Original Heart. It is also different from the lonely self of the Deep Sea Union, which strives to accommodate all kinds of people. The same life and voice.

It is undoubtedly difficult to maintain such a large and complex country. There are countless quarrels and countless incomprehensions. Without the smooth mediation of the singers of the past generations, such a country would have fallen apart long ago.

If it were in the past, she might have thought, wouldn't it be good if these people moved out of this land soon? Wouldn't it be enough to leave this planet?

But now, after experiencing a lot, she has gradually understood the different obsessions in different people's hearts. Maybe in the eyes of others, it is just an unimportant thing, some unpopular hobby and habit, but in the eyes of the person involved, this is who they are. The purpose of life, the whole meaning and joy of living.

"I think I might be able to help you, but I also hope that this friendship can be remembered, because one day in the future, I will also ask you for help."

"As it should be."

The arborists bent and bowed, and in front of them, the girl's eyes were filled with brilliance, a faint moon mark appeared between her eyebrows, and a faint halo appeared on her side.

Through the halo, they seemed to hear the birdsong and wind of this land hundreds of years ago, the forests and wilderness covered with countless green leaves, and the tall golden crowns with branches full of fruits and colorful birds surrounding them. The big tree in the sky.

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