There was no food, no way out, no hope...
If he still had his strength, Xu Le certainly would not have suffered such a mental collapse.
But after losing what they relied on most, all supernatural beings would feel the disparity, and Xu Le was no exception.
Moreover, he could clearly feel that his ability to absorb Heart Energy had vanished.
Anxiety, unease, and even fear began to spread. It felt truly awful.
"Why is this happening?"
Xu Le came before the Gundo Mother Tree, took out a fish, and tossed it onto the ground.
"What is happening?" Faced with Xu Le's questioning, the Gundo Mother Tree seemed somewhat bewildered.
"Why did they turn into dried corpses? Those people and these fish should be in the same situation, right? Once they leave that cabin, time starts passing for them. Is that it?"
"More or less."
"That isn't all I want to know."
Even with his mental state collapsing, Xu Le's thoughts remained orderly. He continued asking:
"Does that cabin represent the world? Time stops passing for anything inside it, but once it leaves that cabin with Tu Shu, nothing can be sustained anymore. Is that what you mean?"
The Gundo Mother Tree swayed gently before responding:
"I don't understand the rules here. I already told you that."
"You don't understand, you don't understand-don't understand my fucking ass... Forget it. I wasn't keeping myself together. Sorry."
"It's all right."
Xu Le did not return to the cabin. Continuing to eat fish was already an extremely dangerous gamble. He certainly could not keep doing it.
As things stood, every path forward seemed cut off.
Eventually, Xu Le's gaze settled on the fruits beneath the tree.
"These fruits... can they fill my stomach?"
Xu Le hesitated.
He was running out of time. If