After a while, the little one finally stopped crying.
"Tell me your name."
Reilo was certain that this was the first time he had ever seen this creature, neither in an illustrated guide nor as a specimen.
The body resembles a tree root, with the limbs, hands, and feet being the rootlets. The head has lifelike facial features, with a green leaf growing on it and several small red flowers blooming.
This appears to be some kind of plant Elves.
The little thing glanced at Reilo.
"My name? Hmph, my name, along with countless legends lost to history, has not been mentioned for nearly ten thousand years. You are the first person in these ten thousand years to have the honor of knowing it..."
Boom.
"Speak properly!"
"Woo!"
The little one covered his head, tears welling up in his eyes; he absolutely hated Reilo.
My name is Bai Liuliu.
"Ha?"
Reilo was stunned, unable to believe his ears.
"I said, my name is Bai Liuliu."
The little thing covered its head and started yelling.
Pfft!
Reilo couldn't help but laugh out loud, pointing at the little thing in disbelief.
" Bai Liuliu? Don't you like to show off? Why did you choose such a name? Hahaha, it doesn't suit your image at all."
Reilo really hadn't expected this.
This little creature, who loves to show off and displays its emotions, has a name associated with legends. It hasn't been mentioned for nearly ten thousand years, leading one to believe it had some kind of imposing name, but it turned out to be such a comical thing.
The little creature looked at Reilo with a wronged expression, but its heart was turning dark.
Hmph!
Foolish thing!
Laugh.
Laugh as much as you want.
This will be your last moment of happiness in this world!
Reilo then asked, "So what kind of creature are you?"
"Didn't you realize? Of course I'm a great Plant Ginseng Elf!"
The little thing said proudly.
" The Plant Ginseng Elf?"
Reilo looked puzzled, confirming that he had never heard of any written record of this creature.
"You've never even heard of the Plant Ginseng Elf?"
The little creature asked with a skeptical look, "You must know about the Sky-Piercing Tree, right?"
Reilo thought for a moment and said, "That kind of thing went extinct after the Ancient War. There are still a few Trees of Life in the Thorn Forest, though. Why are you talking about this?"
"Extinct, wiped out?"
The little creature stared in disbelief and asked, "So, what the last group of explorers said about the complete extinction of the Gulan Fairies is true?"
"The Gulan Fairies?"
Reilo frowned; this little thing didn't seem to be acting.
Is this really a creature from ten thousand years ago?
As far as Reilo knew, even Extraordinary Scholar were extremely skilled in health preservation could only live for seven or eight hundred years at most, while the vast majority of Extraordinary Scholar, for various reasons, were only two or three hundred years old.
This little thing has actually lived for over ten thousand years?
"They went extinct long ago, wiped out by a combined force of ancient humans and alien races from the Star Curtain. You didn't actually survive from that era until now, did you?"
Holy crap!
The Plant Ginseng Elf cried out in terror, "Could I be the last Ancient Creature in this world?!"
"What!!!"
Reilo's voice suddenly rose two octaves as he pointed at the little thing.
"You say you are Ancient Creature, Ancient Creature from before the historical break?"
As he spoke, Reilo picked it up again and examined it carefully from all angles. It looked like a weakling and had absolutely no relation to those enormous Ancient Creature.
"Let go! It hurts like hell!"
The little creature was being held quite tightly by Reilo, struggling constantly but unable to break free.
Reilo released his grip.
You're saying you're Ancient Creature?
What happened to the Ancient Creature?
"Shouldn't Ancient Creature be enormous and incredibly powerful? How could you possibly be Ancient Creature?"
"Ha?"
Immediately afterwards.
With Reilo's explanation, this Plant Ginseng Elf finally understood the current human definition of Ancient Creature.
"Those you're talking about are ancient kings, beings that were extremely rare even before the Great Cataclysm. The Ancient Creature I'm referring to are those from the same era as me before the Great Cataclysm!"
After a pause, as if remembering something, the little creature suddenly showed a hint of sadness.
"That's true. Most Ancient Creature went extinct in that cataclysm. Even the very few that survived, after so many years, even those known for their longevity, are probably all dust now. Only those ancient kings were able to live on through slumber."
"Ancient cataclysm? How did you manage to survive until now?"
Reilo asked two questions in a row.
Archaeology has its own timeline.
Ancient times.
It refers to the period before the historical break of the biological winter, a time of great biodiversity and abundant life, with individuals generally being powerful and the average level of biological strength far exceeding that of today.
Ancient times.
This refers to the period after the biological winter recovered, through the wars of ancient humans, followed by internal human wars, until the establishment of the Great Empire of Light of Aurora and the establishment of the pantheon of God of Light, where all human Gods and the many alien gods of the Starveil Land came under the rule of the God of Light.
During this period, the Starveil Land was ruled by the Gulan Civilization for the vast majority of the time, but before the Gulan Civilization, there seem to have been several short-lived civilizations.
For example, the Ice Filth that Reilo found seems to be a civilization from the winter period of the Starveil Land. Later, due to environmental changes and the resurgence of life, it was no longer suitable for the development of this civilization and was replaced by the Gulan Civilization.
However, according to Dark Night Fire Woman Kurianna Human-faced Spider Black Rock Mountain, this civilization seems to have retreated to the underground?
Medieval period.
This refers to the long war between the Witcher of the Dark World and the Church.
This war lasted for thousands of years until modern times, when the Dark World declined, the Church completely dominated the Land Night's Veil Land the Starveil Land, and began the Crusaders.
To put it simply...
From ancient times to the modern era, humankind has ruled the Starveil Land for nearly ten thousand years.
The Gulan Civilization ruled the Starveil Land for about 20,000 years, before which there were several other large civilizations that existed sporadically for several thousand years.
As for the historical gap between ancient and prehistoric times, it is approximately 15,000 years...
Reilo stared at the Plant Ginseng Elf as if it were a monster, and said incredulously, "You've lived for tens of thousands of years, how come you're still so weak?"
The Plant Ginseng Elf, as if its tail had been stepped on, shrieked, "How am I weaker?"
"Besides, I've been in a state of dehydration ever since the Great Cataclysm. I don't know how much time passed before I was revived by those Gulan Fairies. Then the Gulan Fairies were wiped out by you humans. I endured for hundreds of years before I had to enter a state of dehydration again. I only woke up after the last batch of explorers came in. What do you mean by living for tens of thousands of years?"
As he spoke, the little guy's eyes darted around, and he seemed to have gotten back into character, looking at Reilo with a sinister smile.
"Hmph! You say I'm weak? That's because you don't know my true power! Tell me... do you crave power?"
Beneath the X Mask, Reilo raised an eyebrow.
"Of course I want it."
Seemingly anticipating Reilo Luo's response, the little creature's smile grew even more sinister.
"Give me a seed."
Well?
Reilo thought for a moment, then casually took out a pea seed and threw it at the other person's feet.
But then the little thing suddenly peed, spraying urine right onto the seed.
"Hmph, then I'll show you my power!"
After the little thing finished urinating, under Reilo's watchful gaze, the pea seeds sprouted and grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, seemingly ready to mature in just a short while!
"Hmph hmph hmph hmph... Do you see that! You lowly creature, this is my power!"
Then the little guy seemed to have made up his mind.
With a determined effort, it broke off a small section of its own root. Despite the pain that brought tears to its eyes, it endured the agony and handed the root to Reilo.
"Swallow it, and you will gain the power of the sun and moon's essence!!!"
Hehe, hehehehehe...
Foolish fellow, swallow it...
I'll be free if I swallow it!!!!!
Cough cough cough.
Reilo slowly said, "Since those humans revived you a hundred years ago, how did they die?"
The little thing seemed a bit flustered.
"They were all killed by Draman."
Draman was the owner of the notebook that Reilo obtained.
"And how did Draman die?"
"Well..."
The little creature stammered, its eyes darting around, as if trying to figure out how to answer.
Boom.
"Behave yourself!"
"Fuck your sister, you flicked me again, waaaaaah!"
Fabricating lies seemed a bit difficult for this little thing, and when Reilo pushed it too far, it started yelling.
"That bastard wanted to seize my power. He killed his own companions and then tried to eat me. During the Great Cataclysm, I gained some mutations, possessing a unique power. He was poisoned to death by the essence of the sun and moon within me! The essence of the sun and moon only nourishes plants; for flesh and blood animals, it is the most potent poison!!"
Reilo's eyelids twitched wildly as he looked at the rootlets in his hand.
Want to poison yourself?
This guy is definitely no good.
Fortunately, I never forgot about it!
"Then why are you in this castle's secret laboratory?"
"That evil Gulan Fairies wants my power! Those Gulan Fairies are different from you humans; they are a hybrid of animals and plants, and they can absorb some of my power!"
A mixture of animals and plants?
Reilo thought of the images of the Gulan Fairies in the murals, which looked like mushrooms with tentacles.
"Tell me about what the ancient cataclysm was all about."
"I don't know either. I was very young then, only a few hundred years old, and I was completely ignorant. Suddenly one day, the earth shook, and then the natural energy became chaotic. Later, a moon appeared in the sky, and many creatures died as a result. At that time, I underwent some mutations. Not only did I adapt to the moon, but my essence also incorporated some of the power of the sun and the moon, making me stronger than before."
There's an extra moon?
Reilo was dumbfounded.
Does this mean that in ancient times, the Star Curtain World had no moon?!
Did the appearance of the moon trigger a major ecological catastrophe in the world?
As for the little guy's claim of power, Reilo scoffed, deciding to study this strange fellow properly later; he had other things to do right now.
"What are you going to do?"
The little creature cried out in surprise as Reilo held it in his hand.
"Hehe, let me introduce you to a girlfriend."
Without a word, Reilo tossed the little thing into the Space Bracelet containing the Potential Fruit.