"Noodle time~ Noodle time~"
Little Lolita Aina hummed a tune, her fluffy big tail swaying as she happily left the room.
Now, in this room, only Luo Xi and Wei'er were left.
"Thanks."
Luo Xi struggled to sit up from the hard bed.
Lying there was truly tiring, and the bed was seriously uncomfortable for his back.
"No need for thanks. Since Aina is willing to trust you, there's no harm in answering a few questions."
The cat-eared girl put away her smile and said, "But the questions you asked earlier are the most basic common knowledge known to everyone. Do you really need me to explain them to you?"
Luo Xi nodded without a second thought.
Wei'er gazed at Luo Xi for a while.
"Alright, go ahead and ask."
"Then the first question..."
Luo Xi thought for a moment and then asked, "What are those ears on your sister's head?"
Wei'er: "...Don't you find that a bit boring?"
"Sister, that's where you're wrong. If someone asks, you should just answer."
Aina suddenly popped her head in, deliberately twitching the ears on her head and smiling like a cunning fox.
"Aina has wolf ears, not dog or fox ears."
Wei'er said with a deadpan expression, "Go cook the noodles, and close the door."
"Okay~" Aina pulled her head back and then closed the door behind her.
Luo Xi smiled, "You and your sister seem to get along quite well."
"I don't need you to tell me that." Wei'er huffed.
Smiling, Luo Xi asked, "My second question, what's this Origin Beast you mentioned earlier?"
Wei'er: "..."
Even three-year-old children in this world probably knew what an Origin Beast was.
Could this man really have amnesia?
Luo Xi asked doubtfully, "Can't you talk about it?"
"It's not that."
Wei'er shook her head gently, explaining:
"An Origin Beast is actually a non-human entity that has embarked on the road to Sublimation. The great will that created this world is absolutely fair, treating all beings equally. Under its influence, flawless and pure Yuan Su fills the entire world. Beasts, plants, and even minerals could sublimate and give birth to beings with transcendental strength. These transcendental beings are collectively known as Origin Beasts."
"And the thirty-two Eternal World Trees that support this world could also be considered the most primitive Origin Beasts."
[Logged Item: Pure Yuan Su]
[Logged Item: The Road to Sublimation]
[Logged Item: Eternal World Tree]
"What are Yuan Su and the Road to Sublimation? And what is the Eternal World Tree?" Luo Xi continued to ask.
"That... I'm starting to believe you really did lose your memory."
Finally convinced that Luo Xi may have indeed lost his memory, Wei'er looked at him with a hint of pity.
"I can't describe what pure Yuan Su is with words, but perhaps you'll be able to feel it yourself soon. We, as Mutation Patients, are far more sensitive to Yuan Su than ordinary people."
"As for the Road to Sublimation, most of the official roads are controlled by high-ranking individuals. Ordinary people can't know about them, so I can't answer your question."
"Then there's the Eternal World Tree... Look there."
She stood up, walked to the window of the room, slowly pulled out the latch, and pushed the window open to either side.
The bright moonlight and the soft points of light entered the room, falling among the cat-eared girl's silvery white hair. Luo Xi suddenly noticed that her temples were slightly curled, adding an extra bit of cuteness to this already adorable cat-eared girl.
A gust of cold wind blew in from beside the cat-eared girl, making Luo Xi shrink his neck, but his eyes involuntarily glanced toward Wei'er's fluffy cat ears.
He really wanted to pet them...
Would it be possible to pet them for a few minutes if he offered money?
Wei'er scolded dissatisfiedly, "What are you staring blankly at? I told you to look up front!"
Only then did Luo Xi snap back to reality.
The white text adds a finishing touch.
[Note: Traveler, are you still going to argue? You're a suspicious pervert! Take him away!]
Mock as you will, if this broken text could speak in XCW's voice, maybe he'd even be thrilled.
Luo Xi looked up and gazed outside.
A gigantic tree, radiating warm, gentle light, stood not far away, its light forming a curtain like an inverted bowl covering the entire city. Beyond this tree, even more distant, there was an outline of an even larger tree that seemed to connect heaven and earth, hidden in the clouds.
The cat-eared girl turned her body to face Luo Xi, her pale red pupils intently observing the expressions on his face.
"The original thirty-two pillars, also known as the Eternal World Trees, were the first creations that descended into this world alongside the great will, nurturing and blessing countless beings."
"The distant tree silhouette you see is one of the thirty-two pillars and also the foundation of Shining Country. It is the Eternal World Tree—Noah. If you count all its branches, at least sixty million people are blessed by it."
"As for the one in front, that is the Divine Tree that protects Winter City. It is also an edge branch of the World Tree of Shining Country. It is because of its blessing that we people can sleep peacefully at night."
[Recorded Entry: Winter City's Divine Tree]
[Recorded Entry: Shining Country]
[Your astonishment +3]
Luo Xi asked, "Are you saying there are thirty-one trees of that size?"
"That would be a sight from long ago, existing only in poetry and myth," Wei'er remarked softly.
"It's said that now less than half remain."
Luo Xi expressed his confusion. "Why are there so many fewer?"
"Because there is nothing eternal in this world, everything will perish with the passage of time."
The cat-eared girl closed one eye, fixing Luo Xi with a pale red gaze, and said deliberately, "Therefore, the Eternal World Trees are not eternal either. Do you understand now?"
"I see, I understand—understand My ass."
Luo Xi couldn't help but retort, "That's it? Your explanation is as clear as mud. Can you speak plainly and stop being so cryptic?"
Seeing Luo Xi's frustrated look, Wei'er's mouth turned up slightly.
She thought he was just simplistically stupid, but it turns out he has moments of agitation too.
"Don't be in a hurry, okay?"
The cat-eared girl closed the window and sat back down on the stool opposite the bed, saying casually, "I really don't know the reason. All this I heard from others, but some speculate that the withering of the Eternal World Trees isn't a natural occurrence. It might be related to the Origin Disaster."
"Origin Disaster?"
[Recorded Entry: Origin Disaster]
Wei'er exhaled deeply. "They are the true apex of Origin Beasts, representing an unstoppable natural disaster, powerful enough to easily destroy a small country. Take, for example, the eighth Origin Disaster, the wind disaster 'Hurricane,' whose aftermath just grazed Winter City ten years ago."
"I was very young back then, so my memory of it isn't very clear, but I heard from my mother that over ninety percent of the people on Grey Stone Street died in that event."
"Listening to you describe it, it does sound quite formidable..." Luo Xi, stroking his chin, then asked, "By the way, where are your parents?"
Suddenly, the atmosphere in the room changed, and the already cold room became even more chilling to the bone.
The cat-eared girl quietly looked at Luo Xi, her gaze tranquil, devoid of ripples like a pool of stagnant water.
"Is that also a question you need to ask?"
"Sorry, forget I asked..."
Luo Xi realized he might have touched a sensitive topic.
If these two girls had parents at home, they surely would have come out to meet him by now.
[Wei'er's favorability towards you -5]
[Wei'er's favorability towards you -3]
"Ta-da! The noodles are ready, big sis, come and eat... Eh, what are you doing? Fighting?"
Aina, wearing a white apron and holding a bowl of noodles, stood at the room's doorway, looking puzzled into the room.
"No."
Wei'er looked at Luo Xi, asking calmly, "Do you have any other questions?"
Luo Xi shook his head.
The duration of his gift was almost up.
Asking questions for just 10 minutes and already losing 8 points of favorability, what a rip-off.
"Then that's good." The little Lolita brought the bowl of noodles in her hands over to the bed, softly saying, "You, Raggedy Uncle, can't move around much, so here are your noodles. Big sis, yours is still on the table."
"Okay."
Wei'er stood up and walked out of the room. After a while, her crisp voice drifted back in.
"One last piece of advice—I'm not sure how you got infected, but those who are infected by inhaling Mutant Factors usually exhibit certain changes in their bodies after a period of time. From past cases, it seems to be quite painful, so be careful."
"If you die, I won't care, you know."
Luo Xi paused slightly.
[Time remaining for this synchronization: 0 seconds]
[Traveler from another world, welcome to visit again~]