Soul Tree (Part One)

Although this space truly existed, Mo Li always had an unreal feeling about it. It was a strange sensation, and he could not explain why he felt that way. It was simply an inexplicable awareness deep in his subconscious.

The entire space was covered in greenery, and the terrain was exceptionally complex. There were mountains, hills, canyons, and rivers. The tree covered in Human Head Fruits that he had pointed out to Wei Dengke earlier stood in the center of the space. It was in a canyon surrounded by three mountains, with only the side facing the entrance left flat.

Just as Mo Li was surveying his surroundings, Wei Dengke, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly asked, "Mo Li, if I hadn't remembered who I really was, would I have kept reincarnating through those memories and never gotten out?"

"...How would I know?" Mo Li shifted his gaze back to Wei Dengke and rolled his eyes.

"I think that if someone can't recover their sense of self, they'll never escape the endless cycle. Their body will eventually collapse, while their consciousness will be absorbed by that tree and turned into a new Human Head Fruit."

"I don't think the tree only absorbs their consciousness after the body collapses. I think it already absorbed our consciousness when we came in. The tree uses our consciousness as nourishment, circulating it through its trunk. Those cycles should be produced when our consciousness comes into contact with the consciousnesses the tree has absorbed."

"Your guess could be right. If someone can't recover their sense of self, their consciousness will be completely assimilated into the tree." Wei Dengke clearly agreed with Mo Li's speculation, but after saying this, he fell silent once again.

"What are you thinking about?"

"I'm wondering what happened to Lin