Chapter 778: [World Tree Wooden Spike]

At this moment, in front of Lan Qingyou's eyes was a wooden spike with a diameter of about fifty meters.

The entire wooden spike was large at the top and small at the bottom.

A section of it was completely submerged in the soil, with only a small portion exposed outside.

And just from the exposed portion alone, Lan Qingyou could very easily discern that this was hammered here by someone.

After all, there were marks of being hammered flat at the top of the wooden spike.

The marks were very old.

But that was all.

There were no signs of corrosion on the wooden spike from being buried underground for a long time.

Of course, it could also be because there had always been that Parasitic Black-Green Worm pressing down on it previously.

[Description: This is a giant wooden spike made using the World Tree as material; its purpose is temporarily unknown.]

Alright.

Perhaps it was because she had a stirring rod made from a World Tree Branch that she could appraise the material of this thing.

But... the World Tree of this world was actually not valuable?

Otherwise why did she always feel that things crowned with the title of 'World' were always being used in strange places?

Or was it just that the ones she happened to encounter were relatively strange?

For example, that guy Albert.

However...

How exactly should this thing be handled?

Looking at this long spike, Lan Qingyou felt somewhat troubled for a moment.

Since it was hammered here, there must definitely be a use for it.

Otherwise who would use the World Tree in such a place.

It was just that her knowledge was shallow and she still couldn't comprehend the profound mysteries within it.

Huh! Speaking of which, the hollow of that hollow tree previously seemed to be exactly the diameter of this long spike!

Doesn't that mean that broken tree was artificially snapped, and then the spike was hammered in?

But because this caused the tree to hollow out, it was occupied by that parasitic-type abyssal monster, thereby thriving underground here?

Hiss—

Thinking of this, Lan Qingyou sucked in a breath of cold air.

If this was truly the case, then this thing was probably even more untouchable.

Although she didn't know whether the purpose of the person who buried this spike back then was good or bad.

But for Lan Qingyou, the current situation was neither too good nor too bad.

So, maintaining the status quo and not making changes easily was the key.

However, the fact that the Emerald Tablet, which had already turned into a compass, pointed to this place meant this thing indeed possessed some kind of use.

A spike.

Especially a wooden spike, the first thing Lan Qingyou thought of was something like a curse.

But there was also the possibility of Feng Shui, altering luck, etc.

If speaking in the terms of this world where mana was supreme, then the possibility of it being something like a seal was extremely high.

That was why Lan Qingyou didn't want to touch it now.

What if there really was something sealed underneath, wouldn't that be disastrous?

Although she didn't find any traces of magic arrays in the surroundings.

But it was enough to make her vigilant.

"Hey, is there something down there? Not coming up for so long."

Just as Lan Qingyou gave up and was preparing to leave, Elisa above shouted at her.

"There is something, it's just not very good."

Stopping Elisa who descended from the sky, Lan Qingyou curled her lips and motioned towards it.

"What is this, a cursed spike?"

Because Lan Qingyou used a torch and lantern for illumination, Elisa, descending from the air, could very easily see this wooden spike.

"Unclear, anyway in the current situation I don't think it's necessary to pull it out and make trouble for ourselves."

Lan Qingyou shook her head, stating her opinion right away.

But Elisa seemed to have a different idea.

"Is that so, I actually think you're overthinking it."

Elisa waved her hand, lightly tapping Lan Qingyou's shoulder.

"How so?"

Lan Qingyou raised an eyebrow.

"Firstly, it's the Karim World Will."

"It's undeniable that it played a dishonorable role in that grand teleportation."

"But it must be said that if it didn't do so, the possibility that the next one to suffer would be the Blue Star is very high."

"Otherwise the Blue Star's world will wouldn't have directly sold out twenty billion people."

"Which means the Karim World Will's positives for us absolutely outweigh the negatives."

"You should agree with this viewpoint, right?"

Is she debating?

If that's the case, then let me see how you plan to persuade me.

"Of course I admit this, and then?"

Lan Qingyou nodded, acknowledging Elisa's view of the world's will.

After all, the things the world's will did were already very clear through Esmeralda's narration.

It was just a 'local indigenous god' trying to figure out a way to save itself.

So for foreign aid like them, the positives definitely outweighed the negatives.

This point was beyond doubt.

"And then, the Emerald Tablet is a top-tier world artifact for alchemists, this point has been acknowledged by the world's will."

"Since the world's will is positive, it would absolutely not issue an item with negatives that is detrimental to it as a reward."

"You should also admit this point, right?"

With the acknowledgement of the first argument, Elisa immediately stated her second view.

This naturally also received Lan Qingyou's acknowledgement.

Even to the point that when the other party spoke up to here, Lan Qingyou pretty much already knew what the other party's next argument, which would also be the final argument, would be.

"Since it's the place the Emerald Tablet points to, then this thing is definitely useful."

"Or rather, it's precisely guiding us here to pull it out?"

After Lan Qingyou nodded for the second time, Elisa immediately looked at Lan Qingyou with a forty-five-degree sidelong glance.

See.

I knew you would say this sentence.

Lan Qingyou was clear as a mirror in her heart regarding Elisa's words.

But it had to be said there was indeed nothing wrong with what the other party said.

Using the positive and negative proof of the world's will to corroborate the good and bad of the Emerald Tablet's coordinates, thereby determining the good and bad of the thing beneath this wooden spike.

"Alright, you've successfully persuaded me, but regardless, a careful ship sails ten thousand years. How about letting me prepare a bit first before starting work?"

Thinking about it, Lan Qingyou still felt it was better to be a bit more cautious.

Although Elisa's statement was correct.

But regardless, any action would bring about changes.

On this new continent with an unknown future, change itself meant danger.

If possible, it was naturally better to be a bit more fully prepared.

"Of course no problem."

Elisa had no objections to this.

Thus Lan Qingyou immediately began to set about preparing.

Her idea was very simple.

It was to use a combination of sealing magic arrays and curse magic to make a similar safety mechanism.

If nothing happened after the wooden spike was pulled out, then it was fine.

Once the situation changed, she would use this safety mechanism to temporarily replace the wooden spike to carry out sealing-type operations.

Although it was still unclear what the specific purpose of the wooden spike was.

Nor did she know if it was indeed a seal.

But this wasn't important.

After all, even if the wooden spike wasn't a seal, her seal modeled after the one sealing Cthuya's eye would be effective against many abyssal monsters.

After all, Cthuya herself was also considered a member of the abyssal monsters.

According to Lan Qingyou's speculation, this Cthuya might even belong to a high-tier or even top-tier existence...