After falling out of the tree, Xu Le hurriedly patted his backside. To be honest, it hurt quite a bit.
He looked around suspiciously, and only after confirming that no one was there did he turn toward the tree before him.
"Were you the one speaking?"
"These tests are meaningless."
Hearing such a definite answer, Xu Le's pupils contracted despite his mental preparation.
"Are you the Mother Tree?"
"By your understanding, yes."
The Mother Tree's will was hazy. Although it had its own consciousness and could even give birth to beings like the Children of Guyinduo,
the Mother Tree itself had always remained hazy.
Even when it had communicated with Xu Le before, that communication had always been vague and indistinct.
But things were different now. It could express itself clearly, and its words no longer felt ambiguous.
In this state, it could already communicate with him normally.
This place was very likely the Mother Tree's home ground, or somewhere that made it easier for it to express its individual will.
Xu Le deliberately made a show of surveying his surroundings before saying,
"This is a nice place. Is this your home, Mother Tree?"
"Yes. This is where I was born."
Hearing this, Xu Le's pupils contracted again.
Born... that word sounded a little off.
It was not the birth itself that was strange, but how strange it sounded in light of their surroundings.
This place, this cabin, and the things inside it
all clearly pointed to one thing: someone had once lived here.
The Gundo Mother Tree had been born here. Did that mean it was a tree someone had planted?
"I seem to have learned something terrifying."
"The past has faded away. We should look toward the future."
"That's true. Then is there something you want to tell