#2110 - Traces

Chapter 2113: Traces

Second floor, study.

Glennan was still unable to suppress his excitement, using a ladder to retrieve a treasured collection of illustrated books from the top of the bookshelf.

"Most people outside know about the Tree Spirit race through the story of the Water of Life. It was probably decades ago when a famous wealthy man contracted an incurable disease. With the help of the Water of Life, his condition miraculously improved. In fact, after that, the wealthy man was never troubled by illness again, living happily to the ripe old age of 200."

"But the truth is not like that. The Water of Life is just the tip of the iceberg for the Tree Spirit race! Did you know? The world wasn't always like what we see now. Tens of thousands of years ago, our home was originally a sea of trees, a world shrouded in giant trees! The Tree Spirit race was the master of this world!"

Glennan was a little excited, his hands trembling slightly. He carefully opened a yellowed book.

"According to records, the Tree Spirit race is divided into several special races: Leaf, Wood, Root, and Soul, each with different powers."

"At that time, the Tree Spirit race controlled more than 80% of the world's territory. Humans only lived in one corner and were threatened by various natural forces."

"Humans and the Tree Spirit race had not yet developed technology at that time. Humans even learned the ability of language under the guidance of the Tree Spirit race. The whole world relied on nature and the Tree Spirit race to operate."

"At that time, humans signed a contract with the Tree Spirit race, received the protection of the Tree Spirit race, and swore allegiance forever."

Disappeared? And a great change?

It sounded like a lot of trouble.

Fang Heng also frowned, suddenly having a bad feeling.

Could the disappearance of the Tree Spirit race be…

…because of the Blood Clan's progenitor?

The specific time of the Tree Spirit race's disappearance was uncertain, but on closer thought, the time when the Blood Clan entered the Wansen Realm was very likely the time when the Tree Spirit race suddenly disappeared.

There might be some connection between the two.

If that was the case, there would probably be even more trouble.

Fang Heng tried to shift the topic to the direction of the mission, and asked, "Do you know about the Ancient Divine Tree?"

Ancient Divine Tree!

Hearing this, Glennan suddenly stood up from the chair, staring straight at Fang Heng, his eyes shining with a strange light.

"I knew it! I knew the Ancient Divine Tree really existed, didn't I!"

Fang Heng looked at Glennan, signaling him to calm down for the time being.

"Tell me what you know first."

Glennan took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, and sat back down in his seat, opening a page of illustrations in the collection, and continued to tell, "According to legend, the Ancient Divine Tree once supported the entire world. It was the source of power for the entire world's operation, but…"

Glennan's expression gradually dimmed as he spoke, "With the disappearance of the Tree Spirit race, the Ancient Divine Tree could no longer be found. There are rumors that the Ancient Divine Tree had already completely dissipated with the disappeared Tree Spirit race."

"Mm."

Fang Heng hummed softly, glancing at the game log.

Unfortunately, the game did not give any new prompts.

It seemed that not enough clues had been collected.

"Can I ask you a question?" Glennan looked at Fang Heng cautiously, and asked in a low voice, "Who exactly are you?"

"Cough cough." Sandy coughed lightly, and continued to fool him, "We are believers of the God of Nature. How much do you know about the disappearance of the Ancient Divine Tree, or do you have any information that you can provide for us to consult?"

Hearing this, Glennan immediately jumped up from the chair, "Yes! A lot of information is in the headquarters of the Tree Speaker Alliance. Let's go, I'll take you there now!"

…

At night, Fang Heng and his group drove all the way, following Glennan to a community activity center.

Although it was already late at night, the community activity center was still brightly lit.

Everyone walked towards the activity center.

Glennan continued, "The purpose of the Tree Speaker Alliance is to protect the Tree Spirit race. This is actually the contract between us humans and the Tree Spirit race in ancient times. If one day humans betray their original oath, the entire human race will suffer great punishment and be destroyed."

Fang Heng curled his lips when he heard what Glennan said.

This statement didn't sound very true, it had a bit of the flavor of the Holy Court educating its followers.

Arriving at the gate of the activity center, Glennan took the lead in pushing the door open.

Fang Heng followed and walked into the hall.

Immediately, more than a dozen gazes in the hall were cast towards them.

The gazes were filled with excitement, suspicion, and probing.

Fang Heng looked at Glennan beside him.

Glennan scratched the back of his head a little embarrassedly, squeezing out a hint of apology from the corner of his mouth, "That, sorry, only Stina has the key to the activity center…"

"You are Fang Heng, aren't you."

Before he finished speaking, a burly middle-aged man with a fierce face suddenly interjected, his sharp gaze piercing directly at Fang Heng, his tone full of hostility.

"You are that Fang Heng, right? A believer in nature?"

Fang Heng shifted his gaze to the middle-aged man and nodded slightly towards him.

"We have already heard about your affairs. Glennan is still young, and we don't want him to be deceived."

The middle-aged man paused, seemingly giving Fang Heng time to think, and then said coldly, "I don't know what tricks you are playing, if you leave now, and promise never to come back again, we can let bygones be bygones, as if nothing happened."

"Okay, it seems you still have doubts about us, if you must witness it with your own eyes."

Saying that, Fang Heng turned his head to look at Claire beside him, and nodded to her gently.

Claire put her hands together in front of her.

"Chih!"

In the next moment, a cyan-green book covered with green thorns appeared in front of Claire.

This stunt caused everyone in the community activity center to change their expressions slightly.

"Buzz…"

A faint green light bloomed from the Book of Nature.

Under the illumination of the light, the climbing plants that were originally at the window began to grow rapidly!

"Chih chih, chih chih…"

In a short while, the climbing plants gradually spread into the house along the window, until most of the room was completely occupied by the cyan-green climbing plants.

Huff…

Claire breathed a sigh of relief in a low voice, and took back the Book of Nature.

She felt very strange.

Experiencing it personally, she realized that the consumption of using naturalism in this world was more than ten times that of the previous world.

This was only a low-level naturalism ability. If high-level naturalism techniques were used, the difficulty would be greatly increased.