Chapter 358: The Garden
Chapter 358: The Garden
At this moment, Lin Sai's condition was still manageable.
Upon hearing the forest's will, he immediately attempted what it suggested.
Shuffling sounds filled the air as Lin Sai retrieved various items, including chunks of soil and stones, from his bag.
Then, a large-scale resource conversion began.
The [Resource] skill, which interfered with objects in the real world, was a significant essence consumer.
After a series of operations, Lin Sai's will essence decreased significantly.
The two essences seemed to counteract each other.
The life force within Lin Sai gained the upper hand, suppressing the will essence, and the continuous cycle of conflict within his body came to an end.
"Phew," Lin Sai exhaled in relief.
The effects of medication were never as good as genuine recovery.
He took a deep breath and tried to mobilize his strength.
Although controlling the essence felt awkward and unfamiliar, it didn't hinder his daily activities or combat abilities.
However, this hidden danger couldn't be ignored just because of temporary obedience.
Lin Sai pondered, then looked up and asked, "If both essences advance further, will their repulsion become even more intense?"
The forest's will promptly answered, "Of course."
"If you advance them both, it will undoubtedly endanger your life!"
Lin Sai's brows furrowed.
"Is there a solution to this problem?"
The forest's will promptly replied, "There is a solution."
"Using an extremely strong physique to directly withstand this conflict, or balancing the relationship between the two essences through a specific skill..."
Lin Sai glanced at his attribute panel.
Even with his impressive 60-point constitution, he couldn't bear the strain of the conflicting essences.
The kind of robust physique the forest's will mentioned was something he couldn't achieve in a short time.
As for the latter method...
At this moment, free from the pain, Lin Sai carefully examined his skills and items and discovered something intriguing!
[Dataization]
The origin ability of the RPG module, while not providing direct combat power, could alter Lin Sai's life essence through dataization.
Could this skill's effect influence the conflict between the two essences?
"...Let's give it a try!"
Lin Sai activated [Dataization], and his body transcended the concept of humanity.
In the realm of pure data, the two essences transformed into energy bars on the attribute panel, and the interference and conflict disappeared.
The problem was solved effortlessly.
Lin Sai was delighted, but as he calculated the essence consumption, his brows furrowed again.
"I can only maintain this for three hours..."
[Dataization] required essence to sustain!
With Lin Sai's current essence recovery speed and the savings from the [Promotional Discount], he could only maintain [Dataization] for a maximum of three hours.
Eventually, the issue would resurface when the time was up.
If he wanted to keep [Dataization] active to maintain his condition, based on his previous two advancements, each essence would likely need to advance twice more.
But the reality was—
Just one more advancement for each essence would directly threaten his life!
"Isn't this becoming a dead end?" Lin Sai's brows knitted together.
As he pondered a solution, the forest's will observed him attentively.
Noticing Lin Sai's furrowed brows and deep contemplation, it spoke up, "My esteemed sir, there is another way."
"In the center of the garden, you can pluck and consume a fruit from my main body, which will establish a new essence circulation system within you."
The method proposed by the forest's will was straightforward and easy to understand.
However, Lin Sai was more concerned about the term the forest's will had used earlier.
"The center of the garden?
The Forest Will provided an answer: "The Garden is the core facility of the Fifth Divine Court's environmental transformation plan."
"I am also a product of this plan."
"But over the past tens of thousands of years, the Garden World has been neglected, and my root system has become deeply intertwined with the world, almost completely assimilated by it..."
As it spoke, the Forest Will's voice suddenly slowed and gradually faded away.
Lindsey waited for a few seconds.
Seeing that it remained silent, he cautiously asked, "Can you elaborate on this Garden at the center?"
"..."
"My apologies, esteemed sir!" The Forest Will immediately spoke up, its voice filled with remorse, "I have deeply merged with the world, and it is already extremely challenging to manifest an independent personality and communicate like this."
After apologizing, the Forest Will continued its explanation: "The Divine Court's plan was to transform and unify the entire Garden World's ecosystem. The Garden is where I was placed and the facility from which the plan managed the entire world."
With this explanation, Lindsey fully understood the origin of the Forest Will.
It was a facility installed by the Divine Court in the Forest Courtyard, meant to assimilate and control the entire world, similar to an operating system.
However, during the prolonged period of abandonment, this operating system was left unattended and unmanaged, and instead, it was assimilated by the world, giving rise to the unique phenomenon of the Forest Vein.
At this moment, the Forest Will offered its assistance to Lindsey.
The identity of the Divine Court noble also stimulated this consciousness, which was on the verge of disappearing, prompting it to take action.
The lengthy passage of time had made it difficult for it to maintain an independent stance.
"Sigh..."
Lindsey couldn't help but think of the Nature Spirit.
It had willingly merged to repair the world.
Both were from the same era, yet they now faced vastly different fates.
But the unluckiest of all might be the Extinction Crown, whose consciousness had been suppressed.
Lindsey sighed softly.
Seizing the opportunity while the Forest Will could still communicate, he quickly took out the map of the Forest Courtyard: "Then tell me, where is this Garden located?"
Rumble—
The soil beside him stirred as plant sprouts pushed through, rapidly growing into a branch that marked a spot on the map.
"Echo Valley?"
Lindsey examined it closely.
The marked area was an expansive region, and not far from it on the map was the Echo Valley River, one of the three major rivers of the Forest Courtyard.
Lindsey noted the location.
He stood up and looked into the surrounding darkness.
Although the Forest Will did not manifest a physical form, he could vaguely sense its gaze upon him.
Facing this ally who had offered assistance, Lindsey asked, "I'm basically fine now."
"But is there anything I can do to help you?"
"..."
The Forest Will fell silent.
A rumble shook the ground, as if the earth itself was sighing.
Then, the Forest Will continued, "The past glory is beyond retrieval."
"Meeting you at the end is my greatest satisfaction."
"Esteemed sir, the wound on your left hand is from the Abyssal Calamity. If you discover their traces, you must eradicate them."
The Forest Will's voice grew fainter.
As it was about to fall into slumber, a sapling sprouted from the soil before Lindsey.
This sapling did not bear fruit but left a tiny seed on the ground in front of Lindsey.
"I am about to become one with the world."
"This is... the last assistance I can offer you."
(End of Chapter)
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