Chapter 29 False Faith
“Is what I’m doing really right?”
The leader of the transformation trees sat blankly on the ground, questioning himself in a mutter.
“I deceived everyone, created a totem, fabricated a faith, and used everyone just to satisfy my own purposes, right?”
Mo Ling listened to the leader of the transformation trees confessing in bits and pieces, gradually outlining the life of this transformation tree.
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The leader was different from the other transformation trees.
Since birth, he was not in a state of unconsciousness like the other transformation trees. While the other transformation trees were still wandering aimlessly towards the big tree cave, he was already avoiding the beasts that came at him.
The price of consciousness is to bear the pain of consciousness.
He watched as his compatriots were devoured by the beasts without defense, feeling anger in his heart but unable to do anything about it.
He slowly walked down from the altar, disappearing from Mo Ling’s sight.
Is this another coincidence? Mo Lin found it difficult to connect the terrifying voice with the weak transformation tree in front of him.
The gathered transformation trees finally had the power to resist.
Watching their dying compatriots, the leader began to feel fear, regretting why he had taken this path.
After mobilization, the transformation trees were ready, carrying blocks and walking towards the big tree cave.
But looking at the performance of the leader of the transformation trees, this seemed to be a relic?
Could it be related to the voice of God?
What is this again?
“Must change.”
The voice of God she heard in the big tree cave said these three words.
“It defiled our sacred big tree cave!”
The transformation trees were initially guarding the surroundings out of habit. When they realized that the natural enemies had been eliminated, they stopped being so cautious.
“I wonder how Li Luo is doing now.”
Mo Li looked at the spine, full of doubt.
“The cave demon is the biggest threat to us. It lurks in the big tree cave, constantly preying on our newborn compatriots.”
There were many births of transformation trees, and even if the majority were eaten, there were still some who managed to reach the big tree cave unharmed.
But no matter how hard Mo Ling thought about it, he couldn’t come up with an answer.
Now Mo Ling couldn’t even figure out his own situation.
Deceiving his compatriots with lies all along, must be tormenting internally?
“Sacred Object, why are you coming so late?”
They used traps and tools to kill some weak natural enemies, which encouraged the leader.
Hearing the vision that the newly born transformation trees could safely reach the big tree cave, this group of transformation trees abandoned their own desires for the big tree cave and chose to follow the leader without hesitation.
“Sacred Object, have you really come?”
Taking out a strange spine from his backpack, the leader murmured, “I originally thought I would need this.”
Mo Ling carefully examined the spine that he had placed on the altar in front of the block, but found nothing special.
“Whoever you are, in my heart, you are the sacred object of my Chifang tribe.”
Was that voice of God emitted by the leader?
The leader muttered, “Oh Sacred Object, the power of the transformation tree is really too weak. From my brief life, I have learned one thing, the more resistance, the more I realize that the power of the transformation tree has limits, unless, it becomes another species.”
The leader lifted the spine in his hand, his eyes shining, then glanced at the block and let go of his worries slowly.
Didn’t expect that they could actually save the tribe!
Listening to the leader’s confession, Mo Ling gradually understood why he felt so coincidental.
It turned out that the leader had been deceiving everyone all along, the totem, the sacred object, all were just lies, and he had been lying with the block all along.
The transformation trees originally just wanted to go to the big tree cave, but the leader told them that what they were doing now was for the sake of future generations.
Mo Ling was shocked, unable to believe what he heard.
The voice of God?
The guards surrounded them as if nothing had happened.
The leader took out a strange spine from his backpack.
Although Mo Ling had never heard it before, he clearly remembered what Li Luo had said.
The leader suddenly uttered these three words.
The arrival of the block was beyond his expectations, he thought it was just a similar object that could boost morale.
Letting them form a wall with their bodies, they stood firmly in front.
But the leader could no longer bear it. He woke up a confused compatriot and told this compatriot that their mission was to save the transformation trees in the midst of danger.
The leader was mobilizing the transformation trees for battle.
“As long as we eliminate the last natural enemy, our mission will be completed!”
He found a safe place near the forest where the transformation trees were born and established the tribe.
It was originally a delicate balance.
The leader always pondered whether his actions were right, often doubting his own behavior.
He even casually fabricated a square totem, wanting the transformation trees to have edges and corners, to know how to resist.
“I still have too little information.”
Mo Ling felt frustrated. At least with Li Luo, they could communicate with each other, but now there was really no one to talk to.
The transformation trees spontaneously woke up the newborn compatriots, telling them about the disasters the transformation trees were facing.
He carefully placed the spine on the altar in front of the block.
The leader looked confidently at the block, and the transformation trees were all cheering.
“Praise the Sacred Object!”
The flames on the altar flickered, the block fell in the center without moving.
“Compared to the Sacred Object, this is just a kind of miscellaneous power.”
“Still worrying about yourself.”
Mo Ling also felt the leader’s helplessness.
The leader’s muttering kept echoing in Mo Ling’s mind.
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The leader found that these simple compatriots did not doubt him, but believed anything he said.
He turned around and touched the block.
Slowly, the Chifang tribe was established.
Since the creatures blocking the path were all killed by Mo Ling, the way from the tribe to the big tree cave was unobstructed.
The leader knocked his head a few times towards the block, and when he stood up, he had already regained his previous spirited look.
Simple-minded, yet very pure.
He didn’t know whether it was better to choose more compatriots who resisted and died or those who died aimlessly.
Resistance comes with a price.
The power of the two transformation trees was still too limited, so the leader continued to expand the team.
The next morning, when Mo Ling woke up, he had already been carried by a group of transformation trees to the platform in front of the tribe.
If they wanted to go fight the natural enemies, they would go to their deaths.
But the good times didn’t last, the huge gap in battle strength resulted in heavy casualties every time they resisted.
“The arrival of the Sacred Object is indicating to us that it’s time to eliminate it!”
He held the spine in his hand and muttered to himself, “I originally thought I would need this.”
The battle of that day left Mo Ling very exhausted. He put the spine aside, and fell into a deep sleep amidst the crackling flames.
When they arrived at the edge of the big tree cave, all the transformation trees’ faces were filled with longing for the big tree cave.
However, a roar made all the transformation trees alert.
Upon hearing that familiar howl, Mo Ling was also surprised.
That was the creature that had caused him to fall deep into the big tree cave!
