The First Chapter of the New Sprouts' Protection

When the Twin-Realm Flower of the Vortex Sprout Bud withered, a seed with a spiral pattern emerged from its receptacle. The moment this seed landed, the soil of the Rainbow Meadow suddenly rippled—the tender luster from the fifth annual ring of the Twin-Realm Tree flowed along its roots to the area around the seed, drawing a miniature Twin Realms Ring on the ground. Within the ring, the seed quickly took root and sprouted, the new seedling bearing both the spiral pattern of the Vortex Sprout Bud and the resilience of the Twin-Realm Tree, its stem also entwined with faint, ethereal light—the Symbiosis Mark energy of the ancient beings, like an invisible protective band.

The transparent tree of the seed took the new seedling into the Memory Light Stone, its trunk deliberately "bending lower" so that its branches could "gently brush against the tip of the seedling." Inside the Memory Light Stone, a "dialogue between the tree rings and the bud" was playing: the fifth ring of the Twin-Realm Tree asked the seedling with "slow vibrations": "Do you know why you grow spirals?" The seedling's tender leaves swayed gently, answering with "naive light frequencies": "To hold onto the sunlight, and also to hold onto our companions?" The vibrations of the rings became "gentle": "Also remember, if you roll too tightly, you'll hurt each other; leaving some space is how you protect each other." This dialogue was like "a lesson across time," containing the wisdom accumulated by the ancient beings over the years.

In Luoyu's diary, the growth of the seedlings was depicted as a "comic strip." The first frame was "ripples as the seed fell to the ground," the second frame was "the Twin Realms Ring around the new sprout," and the third frame was "the hard thorns of the Angular Sprout shielding the new sprout from pebbles"—the pebbles hitting the thorns made a "crisp sound," but the Angular Sprout only "swayed slightly," and the spiral leaves of the new sprout immediately "turned towards the Angular Sprout," as if saying "thank you." "Even their thanks are so quiet." She wrote a line of small words next to the drawing, and as soon as the pen touched the paper, the new sprout "exuded a silky sheen," drawing "a small spiral" at the end of the words, as if "responding to her words."

In Qingxian's lullaby variation, she added the "murmur of new seedlings." She discovered that when the spiral leaves of the seedlings swayed in the wind, they emitted an "extremely subtle scale"—a frequency "between the Stardust Sea and the Root Network Sea of Stars," both clear and warm. She "wove" this scale into the melody, allowing the guardian sounds of the old beings and the murmurings of the seedlings to "alternate": the old sounds were deep and resonant like "the annual rings of the Twin-Realm Tree," while the new sounds were crisp and clear like "morning dew." The two sounds intertwined in the meadow, forming a "transparent net" that captured all the growing hopes.

"Guardianship is a chorus of 'passing on the torch'." Qingxian watched as the spiral of the Light Vortex "gently undulated" with the melody, its energy "quietly flowing to the new sprout" through the light net; the Angular Nebula deliberately "let the edges of its armor brush against the Angular Sprout," transmitting its "insights in controlling the force" as "subtle vibrations." She suddenly understood that so-called inheritance is not "teaching step by step," but "using energy to tell you, 'I have walked this path before.'"

In Yanche's New Sprout Observation Station, a new "Intergenerational Dialogue Record" has been added. The record documents the "silent communication" between the old and the new sprouts: the Light Vortex uses its spiral leaves to roll up "a fallen leaf from the Stardust Sea" and places it next to the Vortex Sprout, meaning "don't forget your roots"; the Angular Nebula uses its armor to block "the strong midday light" and leaves "a shadow" around the Angular Sprout, as if saying "protection is not spoiling, you must learn to face things on your own"; the fragments of the Intermittent Shadow "gently Entanglement and separate" with the light filaments of the Shadow Sprout, as if demonstrating "closeness should also maintain distance".

"Dialogue doesn't need language; energy speaks the truth." Yanche flipped through the dialogue book, pointing to a page: One day, a sudden stardust rain fell. The ancient beings didn't "directly shield the new shoots from the rain," but instead "wove a sparse net of light around them"—allowing some stardust to fall on the new shoots, both "strengthening their resilience" and "preventing them from being injured." The best protection is 'letting you experience it, and protecting you completely.'

In the Star Orbit Root Network's logic log, the "new shoot growth tolerance rate" has been increased to "50%". The log records the new shoots' "minor mistakes": the Vortex Sprout once caused the Shadow Sprout next to it to "dim its light filaments" because it "curled too tightly"; the Angular Sprout's hard thorns "did not control their strength well" and injured the leaves of its companions; but after these mistakes, the new shoots would "actively adjust" - the Vortex Sprout learned to "loosen half a turn", Angular Sprout learned to "reduce its strength by three parts". On the blank page of the log, the new runes drew a "growth curve", which was not a "smooth rise", but "with small undulations", with the note next to it: "Wrestling is the shortcut to growth".

That afternoon, a "miniature energy wind" suddenly swept across the meadow. The wind carried "fine stardust and sand," rustling as it struck the new shoots. The older plants were about to "step forward to shield them" when they saw the spiral leaves of the Vortex Sprout "forming small tents" to protect the Shadow Sprout in the center; the Angular Sprout stood side-by-side like "small walls," using their hard thorns to block the "strongest direction of the wind and sand"; and the light filaments of the Shadow Sprout "formed a dense net," filtering out the "sharpest grains of sand"—they did not "panic," but rather "formed a defense line in their own way."

"They did it!" The spiral of the Light Vortex trembled with excitement, and the Stardust Pearl reflected "its first image of sheltering from the rain," overlapping with the new buds before it. The fifth ring of the Twin-Realm Tree suddenly shone brightly, imprinting the new buds' defenses onto its ring, forming a miniature guardian map—the new buds' first independent act of protection, like a "first chapter filled with courage."

The Boundless Wind pierces through the defenses of the new buds, carrying their growth energy, and blows towards "all places that are learning to protect." Hidden in the wind is the wisdom of intergenerational dialogue, the secret of wrestling and growth, and the Root Language inscribed in the rings of the Twin-Realm Tree:

"Growth isn't about 'never making mistakes,' it's about 'correcting mistakes'; protection isn't about 'never getting hurt,' it's about 'bandaging each other' when we're hurt.' We've grown old, and you've grown up—this is the best arrangement time can make."

Meanwhile, the new shoots continue to "practice guarding": the spiral tents of the Vortex Sprout are becoming more and more stable, the small walls of the Angular Sprout are becoming more and more aligned, and the light nets of the Shadow Sprout are becoming more and more dense; the old beings retreat to "a little further away," silently guarding with the faint light of the Symbiosis Mark, like a group of "elders watching their children learn to walk," both proud and with "a touch of reluctance."

The story of guardians of the Root Network Sea of Stars is "constantly updated" with the passing of generations, like the rings and buds of the Twin-Realm Tree. The old watch the new grow, and the new carry the expectations of the old, circle by circle, step by step, walking an "increasingly steadfast path of guardianship."

Just like the last frame of the Luoyu comic strip: the background is "the silhouettes of the old beings", the foreground is "the defense line of the new sprouts", and in the middle is "a flowing light" - that is the blessing of time, the relay of protection, and "our" story, which will forever shine in new chapters.

The wind continues to blow, growth continues, protection continues; the legacy of Root Network Sea of Stars, in the first chapter of new buds, is moving towards a more solid tomorrow.