Translator: SumTLMan
While previously conversing with Jon, Angel could discern Jon’s hopes for the future development of the Mother Tree Network.
However, a significant part of these aspirations was challenging to achieve solely by Jon and his current team.
The best solution would be cooperation from the Mother Tree.
To gain the Mother Tree’s cooperation, a person entrusted with the authority of “Tree Civilization” was essential.
The importance of “Tree Civilization” is self-evident. Controlling it equates to holding the lifeline of half of the Wilderness of Dreams and the life-and-death authority over the Dream Plant Fairies. Given its critical nature, Angel naturally hesitated to delegate this core power, even knowing Raphaella’s high compatibility with Tree Civilization.
In Angel’s view, high compatibility was a necessary but not the most crucial criterion for someone to be granted the authority of Tree Civilization.
Besides high compatibility, the chosen individual also needed to be rational, objective, neutral, and responsible, with a stable and robust temperament, unaffected by external factors.
Most importantly, they should possess a high vision and long-term foresight, preferably with leisure.
Angel himself found these criteria stringent, but Tree Civilization’s importance warranted such caution. Handing it over lightly would be irresponsible to both the new inhabitants and life forms of the Dream Realm.
Angel thought it unlikely to find someone meeting these criteria soon.
However, whether conversing with Jon, immersed in the Power Tree, or envisioning the towering form of the Mother Tree alongside the even more colossal tree in reality, he couldn’t help but draw parallels between them.
The Eternal Tree.
The true core nurturing generations of extraordinary beings after moving from Savage Grottoes to the Mirror World!
In Angel’s heart, the Mother Tree naturally paled in comparison to the Eternal Tree. Yet, their shared arboreal nature and status as the foremost of all plants inevitably led to associations.
Repeatedly, Angel wondered: Given their similarities, would the spirit of the Eternal Tree, Tree Spirit, also highly resonate with “Tree Civilization”?
Angel’s visit today was to seek an answer to this question.
Upon meeting Tree Spirit, Angel instantly sensed the answer.
Tree Spirit’s words and actions, including the moment its forehead touched the large tree, causing a reaction from the Mother Tree, all confirmed a mental resonance.
Despite the vast distance from the Mother Tree, Tree Spirit’s resonance indicated an obvious conclusion:
Its compatibility with “Tree Civilization” was exceptionally high!
This near-perfect compatibility assured Angel that had Tree Spirit initially carried the power of Tree Civilization, it would have seamlessly integrated it without any loss.
Realizing the high compatibility, a glint of joy flashed in Angel’s eyes.
In his mind, few could meet his stringent criteria, but Tree Spirit undoubtedly could!
Having interacted extensively with Tree Spirit, Angel knew it might appear whimsical but rarely acted on emotion, possessing an utterly rational and objective mind.
Moreover, Tree Spirit had flawlessly guarded everyone in the Mirror World, demonstrating its commitment to life and a stable, enduring mindset.
Considering all factors, Tree Spirit was the ideal candidate for the authority.
Eager to entrust the Tree Civilization power to Tree Spirit, Angel realized there was no rush, as it had only just encountered the Wilderness of Dreams today.
Moreover, Angel was also unaware of Tree Spirit’s attitude towards the Wilderness of Dreams and the Mother Tree of Civilization.
Although because of the tea party venue, Tree Spirit showed a positive color towards the Wilderness of Dreams, but what about aside from the tea party?
Suppressing his eagerness, Angel did not reveal any trace of it on his face, calmly stating, “I think, I know the familiar consciousness that makes the Lord feel close, it’s something else.”
It was not surprising to Tree Spirit, as after all, Angel was the founder of the Wilderness of Dreams, and everything unusual here was definitely under his control.
Tree Spirit didn’t speak, just looked at Angel with his eyes, waiting for him to speak voluntarily.
“The Wilderness of Dreams, after all, is not the same as the Dream Realm, it cannot be like lucid dreaming, where if the heart desires, it is obtained.”
“This place was originally a wasteland, and it had been desolate for a long time until not long ago, this land gave birth to a tree. This tree not only brought greenery but also brought vibrant vitality to the dead wilderness.”
“This tree is the Mother Tree of Civilization.” Angel said, “It is also the Mother of the Dream Plant Fairy, the source of the green fields.”
“It is in that direction.” When Angel said this, his eyes looked towards the distant land. After a long time, he then turned his head to look at Tree Spirit: “I think, the familiar consciousness that Tree Spirit sensed should be coming from it.”
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After a while, in the core area of the Wilderness of Dreams, next to a towering giant tree, two figures were obscured by the faint mist, hanging in the air.
These two were Angel and Tree Spirit.
The Mother Tree of Civilization was very far from Initial Heart City, and since there weren’t many high magic zones outside the city, it would probably take a long time for Tree Spirit to travel there under the current circumstances.
Therefore, Angel asked Tree Spirit to exit the Wilderness of Dreams and then log in again. By changing the login location with authority, they directly arrived near the Mother Tree of Civilization and then controlled strong winds and fog to pass through the vast forest, hanging in front of the Mother Tree.
After arriving here, Angel did not speak immediately but waited for Tree Spirit to finish observing.
Tree Spirit’s gaze moved slowly from the most distant forest to the nearby strange city——the city of the Dream Plant Fairies, built near the Mother Tree of Civilization.
Tree Spirit showed great interest in this city, although not yet completed, but already having a unique artistic style, carefully observing every detail.
Tree Spirit was also curious about the Dream Plant Fairies, but since the Wilderness of Dreams had not yet opened higher levels of virtual magic power, Tree Spirit couldn’t hide the exploratory look in its eyes, easily noticed by the Dream Plant Fairies, so Tree Spirit did not look too much.
Finally, Tree Spirit’s gaze settled on the tall, majestic Mother Tree of Civilization, looking like a pillar holding up the sky.
Tree Spirit’s original form was a huge Eternal Tree, so it had many unique perspectives and opinions on giant trees. Even though Tree Spirit had seen many giant trees, the form of the Mother Tree of Civilization was the most special he had ever seen.
Not to mention its unique shape, the Mother Tree of Civilization was surrounded by an invisible force.
This force was like an aura that could accommodate thousands of phenomena. As long as one was near the Mother Tree of Civilization, they would be influenced by this aura. When one pondered a problem, inspiration would emerge in the mind, driving the solution of the problem.
It was because of this inspiration that the Dream Plant Fairies were rapidly perfecting themselves.
From material to spiritual sublimation.
Tree Spirit couldn’t help but sigh, no wonder the suffix of the tree could be titled “Civilization”. Perhaps, it was because of the existence of this kind of aura.
The sole regret is that this power has the greatest impact on the Dream Plant Fairies, as they are not born long, and even with innate knowledge inheritance, they are still as pure as a blank slate, easily digesting innate knowledge and perceiving acquired knowledge under the influence of spiritual light.
For Tree Spirit or humans, the spiritual light of the Mother Tree of Civilization has little impact, as they have already established a complete set of personal values.
In the face of this spiritual light, they are more like observers, who can draw analogies through it, but cannot be contaminated.
Even so, Tree Spirit still benefit greatly, as finding a non-human civilization is not difficult, but witnessing the birth of a nascent civilization is not so easy. Because in the outside world, any brilliant birth is a coincidence of the right time and place.
After observing for a long time, Tree Spirit finally withdrew his gaze.
Angel then spoke up.
However, Angel did not immediately ask Tree Spirit about their view of the Mother Tree of Civilization but asked another question: “Tree Spirit Lord, about the small experiment I mentioned earlier, is there a result yet?”
Tree Spirit, still immersed in the grandeur and generosity of the Mother Tree of Civilization, took a while to come back to his senses and nodded at Angel: “There is a result, it is the main consciousness entering the dream.”
The answer of Tree Spirit slightly dimmed Angel’s eyes.
His small experiment was unrelated to the Mother Tree of Civilization, but about whether Tree Spirit, when it left the Wilderness of Dreams, was the main consciousness entering the dream or not?
The true body of Tree Spirit is in the Mirror World, but it has many avatars, each with a certain fragment of consciousness.
Like the large tree at the entrance of the ruins where Angel was, it was actually an avatar of Tree Spirit; in the Star Pool ruins, there was also an avatar of Tree Spirit.
What entered the Wilderness of Dreams was the avatar of Tree Spirit from the Star Pool ruins.
Angel wanted to know whether it was the main consciousness or the avatar’s consciousness that entered the Wilderness of Dreams.
If it was the avatar’s consciousness, it meant that Tree Spirit could not only connect with the real world but also connect the Wilderness of Dreams through the consciousness of the avatar.
This would be like Tree Spirit building a bridge of consciousness communication between reality and the Wilderness of Dreams.
Unfortunately, even if it was an avatar, the consciousness that entered the Wilderness of Dreams was still the main consciousness.
Thus, the previous conjecture did not hold.
This left Angel somewhat disappointed, but as Tree Spirit narrated, his eyes sparkled again.
“You are worried about emergencies in reality that I cannot deal with in time? Like the matter of the live wire?” Tree Spirit said with a smile: “Don’t worry, there’s no need to. Although I entered with the main consciousness, there are some fragments of consciousness in my avatars that are monitoring everything in reality.”
“Although these fragments of consciousness cannot directly communicate with the main consciousness in the Wilderness of Dreams, when something unexpected happens in the outside world, the fragments will sense it. At the same time, my main consciousness will receive some vague feedback.”
Simply put, this is a power of intuition.
Tree Spirit: “Previously, Sanders came to me in reality and said he was going to leave temporarily to seek Sumesh. At that time, my fragments of consciousness sensed it, and the main consciousness in the Wilderness of Dreams also received some vague feedback.”
“Although the specific information needs to be confirmed back in reality, I can still receive feedback, so don’t worry about not being able to deal with dangers in reality in time.”
Tree Spirit clearly misunderstood the point of Angel’s concern, thinking he was worried about dangers in reality, which is why he said this.
However, after this conversation, Angel indeed breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Angel’s idea of direct real-time dialogue between the main consciousness and fragments of consciousness is slightly different, being able to achieve a degree of fuzzy feedback is also quite impressive.
At least there’s no worry of neglecting the matters of reality.
Moreover, if Tree Spirit really gains the power of the “Tree Civilization” in the future, not only could he help Jon expand the functionality of the Mother Tree Network, but he also wouldn’t get lost in the “Wilderness of Dreams” and ignore reality.
This is also a good harvest.
However, this is still Angel’s idea. Whether Tree Spirit likes the Mother Tree Network and is willing to devote time and energy to it remains an unknown.
While Angel was lost in thought, Tree Spirit turned his gaze once again to the distant Sky Piercing Tree.
Tree Spirit: “I want to go touch the Civilization Mother Tree.”
Angel nodded, directly controlling the surging wind, enveloping the fog around his body, and flying with Tree Spirit to the middle trunk of the Civilization Mother Tree.
There were no branches or leaves here, and the nearest living being was several hundred meters away, a few cradles of nascent Dream Plant Fairies hanging on the tree wall.
Tree Spirit looked at the trunk in front of it and slowly pressed his forehead against it.
The moment his brow touched the Mother Tree’s trunk, all the branches and leaves of the Mother Tree shook slightly, and all the Dream Plant Fairies on the branches felt it.
However, they didn’t notice anything unusual, thinking it was just the wind getting stronger.
After a while, Tree Spirit slowly backed away and returned to Angel’s side.
“What does Tree Spirit Lord feel?” Angel curiously asked.
Tree Spirit shook its head: “The Civilization Mother Tree hasn’t formed a spirit. Its consciousness is like the World Will, a collective pan-consciousness of fragments, so it’s hard to get any response from it. However, it wasn’t fruitless. When I touched it, I felt a connection with heaven and earth, very interesting and wonderful.”
While Tree Spirit was reflecting, he didn’t notice the strange look in Angel’s eyes.
Tree Spirit thought he felt nothing, but Angel knew that when Tree Spirit touched the Civilization Mother Tree, the light representing the Tree Civilization on the Power Tree in his mental space was swaying incessantly, almost eager to hand over authority to Tree Spirit.
If not for the laws of the Power Tree, the Tree Civilization might have bypassed Angel and directly created a scenario of divine authorization.
This terrifyingly high compatibility made Angel feel alarmed once again.
Indeed, only between giant trees can there be a resonance of the soul.
“Although we didn’t get much feedback this time, speaking of which, I have a method here that can deeply connect with the essence of the Mother Tree. I wonder if Tree Spirit is interested in experiencing it?” Seeing the look of regret on Tree Spirit’s face, a faint light flashed in Angel’s eyes.
Tree Spirit: “What method?”
“Mother Tree Network.”