Chapter 1876 Revelation of the Mother Tree <TOC> Chapter 1878 Civilizational Confidence
Translator: SumTLMan
As the Titan Tree broke through the earth, several fractured zones formed within thousands of miles around it. At this time, a hundred miles away from the Mother Tree, near a valley created by one of these fractured zones, Angel and the others appeared.
“Was it you who spoke for the tree just now?” Sanders, though asking Angel, had a tone of certainty.
Angel nodded, affirming that the last few sentences indeed came from him.
“The guidance was quite apparent. If they reflect a bit on the intent behind those words, the deliberate traces are easy to discern,” Sanders commented.
“The Dream Plant Fairies are newly born, and even with innate wisdom, they need time and experience to develop depth,” Angel explained. In other words, the thoughts of these fairies were mostly blank slates, and understanding the deeper meaning of those words would take some time. “Even if they do recognize the traces of guidance, it’s no matter. They might comply outwardly while resisting inwardly, but they would never doubt their own mother.”
“When you’re here, you can control the Tree Civilization to guide them. But what if you’re not in the Wilderness of Dreams?” Sanders asked, implying that while Angel could guide once, he couldn’t do it forever. What if the tree regained its voice due to his negligence?
Sanders’ question was also of concern to Freud.
Now, Sanders had used the Power Tree to lock the power of the fairies, which somewhat relieved Freud; they didn’t have to worry about Dream Plant Fairies reaching wizard level strength. However, the sheer number of fairies still posed a great threat. They might be fooled for now, maintaining a balance with humanity, but what if Angel was absent from the Wilderness of Dreams in the future, and the tree regained its voice?
“It won’t happen,” Angel replied confidently. “Because it won’t do that.”
Facing the doubts of the two, Angel explained, “The Mother Tree is the bearer of Tree Civilization, a kind of collective of quasi-consciousness. It is not a being named ‘Civilization.’ Thus, the Dream Plant Fairies do anything, whatever step their civilization takes in the future, the Mother Tree will no longer interfere.”
“Even if their civilization perishes in the future, the Mother Tree can still birth another civilization.”
“The civilization of the Dream Plant Fairies is merely one of the choices of the Mother Tree as the bearer of Tree Civilization.”
Angel’s words touched on the height of civilization choices, leaving Freud momentarily confused. However, Sanders understood.
Tree Civilization is probably similar to a pan-consciousness collective, somewhat similar to the World Will, but far from reaching its height, it can only be described as a Civilization Will.
Like the original continent Angel once mentioned, this continent has a similar pan-consciousness collective, the continental will. Usually, it’s almost impossible to activate the continental will. Even if the continent itself has become barren, the will of the original continent remains as calm as ever, only responding to external information when the continent is about to collapse.
If the Mother Tree of the fairy race is similar to the continental will, then there’s no need to worry about it seizing the right to speak.
Because, it’s highly likely that the Mother Tree will no longer respond to any requests from the Dream Plant Fairies.
What Angel meant by ‘using too much of its essence will put it into a long slumber’ actually doesn’t exist. As long as Angel doesn’t actively use the Mother Tree to contact the Dream Plant Fairies, then the Mother Tree will forever remain in slumber.
Sanders: “If that’s the case, then there’s no need to worry about them discovering the guiding traces.” In fact, due to the Mother Tree’s rare responses, they might take Angel’s previous words as the direction and creed of their civilization.
In this way, the existence of the Dream Plant Fairies will significantly reduce the damage to the Wilderness of Dreams, and due to species diversity, it can quickly make this nearly barren world vibrant with life.
Reflecting on this, Freud no longer worried about the Dream Plant Fairy’s matter, instead jokingly said to Angel: “Did you name the Dream Plant Fairy?”
“To be precise, Dream Plant Fairy is a name I translated,” Angel replied.
The Mother Tree chose the civilization of the Dream Plant Fairy as the first civilization cornerstone of the “Tree Civilization,” definitely holding related information. Angel accessed this information and understood the Mother Tree’s description of this civilization——born in the dream of reality and illusion, the plant fairy.
Based on this statement, Angel named them Dream Plant Fairy.
“What about the Mother Tree? Is its name also translated by you?” Sanders curiously asked.
Angel shook his head: “The Mother Tree’s original name is——Civilization Mother Tree, the true name bestowed by the Tree Civilization.”
All Dream Plant Fairies, from the moment of their birth, knew the Mother Tree’s name, but they do not directly call its true name, instead affectionately referring to it as Mother Tree, the Tree of the Mother.
While Angel and Sanders were casually discussing names, on the other side, Freud’s heart was filled with mixed feelings.
Seeing Angel and Sanders converse so easily, although he still didn’t understand Angel’s previous explanation, Freud thought there was no need to worry too much about the Mother Tree taking back the power of speech.
With Angel’s guidance, and Sanders’s Power Level Restriction, the Dream Plant Fairies seemed to be controllable to a certain extent. However, Freud himself couldn’t overcome his internal struggle.
If it weren’t for his insistence on making the Wilderness of Dreams closer to reality, choosing a power related to plants, such a situation wouldn’t have occurred.
Self-blame and guilt made Freud unable to even lift his head to look at Angel, only bowing down in silence.
Angel, while conversing with Sanders, also noticed Freud’s emotional state.
In his mind, he sighed, realizing that it wasn’t really Freud’s fault, and moreover, making the Wilderness of Dreams approach reality to some extent was also Angel’s wish.
Therefore, even if not today, Angel would think about allowing the Wilderness of Dreams to have forests and green fields in the future.
Freud was just coincidentally involved. From beginning to end, he actually wasn’t at fault.
Angel knew that comforting Freud now would probably be ineffective, as Freud couldn’t overcome his inner obstacles. After some thought, Angel didn’t speak to Freud but said to Sanders, “How does Mentor view the power of the Tree Civilization?”
Sanders replied, “The power of the Tree Civilization, as you said earlier, isn’t particularly important to the Wilderness of Dreams itself. However, it greatly affects the people living there.”
Because civilization doesn’t manifest much on an individual level. But when spread to a group, peaceful coexistence between civilizations is rare; most are in direct opposition.
Even facing the threat of civilization invasion.
This is what Freud feared most; the people of Initial Heart City, even if they became residents of the Dream Realm, still represent the last branch of human civilization. Facing the invasion of the Dream Plant Fairy’s civilization, how should they respond?
Chapter 1876 Revelation of the Mother Tree <TOC> Chapter 1878 Civilizational Confidence