Chapter 662: The Father Tree

"What are you doing wrapping that huge clump of velvet moss around the roots? Making a substrate? What are the great tree's roots for? Anchoring? Then you wouldn't need such a huge clump, right?"

"Great tree, great tree, retract your roots and leave just one to save strength."

"Feathers? Feathers of a Chaos Angel, where did you pluck them from? From Alba's batch of angels? She truly is the Wealth of... sending you bones and then feathers again, I almost jinxed it." Nai Ge Li Si had ignited beacon fires many times before; now, whenever divine names were involved, it was much more cautious.

"Then what's the use of sticking the feathers into the substrate? Wait, say that again. You're saying feathers allow Chaos Angels to fly in the void, so there must be something in the void for the feathers to leverage. You want to use the feathers to intercept this 'something'?"

Seeing Ange nodded.

Feiti, watching from the side, was simply amazed and asked in a low voice, "My Lord Nai Ge, the Lord only said four words: 'There is something, intercept.' How did you interpret so much meaning from that?"

Nai Ge Li Si put a hand on its hip: "Otherwise, how could I be the God of Knowledge? This is the power of knowledge."

Fine, Feiti immediately shrank back; don't mention knowledge, just the word gave it a headache.

Thanks to Nai Ge Li Si's constant chatter explaining things, otherwise everyone would really not understand Seeing Ange's series of operations. Simply put, there are things in the void that are normally invisible to the naked eye and imperceptible to the soul, but they undeniably exist, because the wings of the Chaos Saint Spirit can leverage them to fly.

Actually, it's not just the wings of the Chaos Saint Spirit; the Void Steps of the Mourning Skeleton work too. Seeing Ange and Feiti can both move in the void, running around by stepping on empty nothingness, so they sensed the existence of these things long ago.

However, in the void, Feiti's Flash cannot activate because the Void Steps cannot withstand the instantaneous explosive force of the Flash's activation; it needs a solid object to step on, such as an airship, a chariot, or a large rock.

From this, it is evident that there are things in the void, but not many. Seeing Ange is simply trying to use these feathers of the Chaos Saint Spirit to intercept the things in the void.

But obviously, feathers alone won't work. If feathers alone could intercept the 'things' in the void, the Wings of Darkness would have long ago gathered a pile of Chaos Saint Spirits to flap the wind constantly. So, it requires something that can gather these 'things'. What exactly can gather these 'things'?

Compare it, compare it slowly...

"Use this." The God of Life suddenly appeared, extended a palm, and snapped off a small sprout from one of its fingers.

"What is this?" Nai Ge Li Si looked hesitantly, unable to recognize what kind of sprout it was.

If it was something seen before, few things could stump Nai Ge Li Si. It was simply not good at creating new knowledge, but it remembered old knowledge very well. The only exception was various kinds of sprouts and trees; it couldn't remember them.

There were too many. Sometimes the differences between each species were minuscule. Even if they looked exactly the same, if the branching was symmetrical or offset, they could be divided into two types. Or if one had fuzz and the other didn't, they became two different plants.

"Oh, my Father Tree," the God of Life replied casually.

Nai Ge Li Si remembered. When they first arrived on the Divine Wood Continent, Seeing Ange had used concentrated essence insect ash liquid to resurrect a small sprout, but it wouldn't grow. Finally, the God of Life took it over. Could this be that sprout?

"Yes," the God of Life confirmed.

"Can it be grown now? Won't you grow your Father Tree again?" Nai Ge Li Si was startled. The God of Life's Father Tree was a void giant tree where even a small segment was hundreds of kilometers long. If it reappeared, no one here could defeat it.

The God of Life spoke leisurely, "You have planted so many World Trees; did you grow me?"

"Uh, didn't you grow small trees?" Nai Ge Li Si retorted.

But it understood the God of Life's meaning. Even if a Void Tree was truly grown, it wouldn't be its Father Tree; at most, it would be like those World Trees without consciousness.

If it was just a plant possessing the characteristics of a Void Tree, that would be fine. Pluck its leaves and fruits to feed the Void Chimeras, and feed a little to the silkworm babies; perhaps they could spin silk with void characteristics?

Who knows? Anyway, just compare it. Try everything; surely some will have some inexplicable effect.

The Conch Plane has now become a port. A large number of void airships come and go here, and a vast number of adventurers gather in this place.

No matter what new plane is developed, human adventurers and goblin merchants are always the first to arrive. The Conch Plane is no exception; in fact, its popularity far exceeds any previous plane exploration because this is the starting point for stepping into the void.

"In the history of adventurers, the Abyss Era began ten thousand years ago. From that moment, records of adventurers conquering the Abyss existed. If the ten thousand years following that moment are called the Abyss Era, then this very moment, history is about to turn a new page. This new page is called the Void Era, and its curtain will be opened by me, Jerris of the Moon Ship Mercenary Company. Bless me."

Standing before a brand new void airship, Jerris spread her arms toward the void and proclaimed loudly in the tone of a bard.

But Lily and Fat Avie did not think so. They muttered quietly, "Did sister fail her matchmaking again? I heard she is heading to the Chaos Plane this time. A one-way trip takes four hundred years. Will she even live until then?"

"She should live. I heard she asked Lord Lisa for a Lich Phylactery. If necessary, she can reincarnate as a Lich. But we definitely won't live until then, so parting with sister this time is a final farewell."

"Ah? No, I don't want to part with sister. Shouldn't we go with her?" Lily said anxiously.

Fat Avie asked in surprise, "Are you sure? That's not the Non-Danhai Plane where you can return for rest every ten days or so. Once you step into the void, we might never return. We might not even reach the next plane; we could just grow old and die on the airship."

"For the next few decades, until the moment we die of old age, we will be on this airship with no other changes. Can you endure that?"

"If you decide to have children, we might even give birth to a baby on the airship. But his entire life might only be spent on the airship: growing up, aging, dying, never seeing land or ocean, and never meeting someone he loves."

"After we die of old age, he will also die of old age alone. But since sister will reincarnate as a Lich, she will take care of him, so that's nothing to worry about."

"If we don't plan to have children, then there will only be three of us on the airship, facing each other every day for decades, and then dying of old age," Fat Avie said.

Lily fumed, "What do you mean? From your tone, you don't want to face me for decades? You don't want me when I'm old?"

"No, no, no. I'm afraid you'll get tired of me. So I'll buy more silk masks to maintain my looks, so you won't get tired of looking at me every day," Fat Avie said quickly.

"You know how to speak... Wait, no. Why should silk masks be for maintaining your looks? Shouldn't it be for me to maintain my looks?" Lily realized immediately.

"Yes, yes, yes. Buy double portions, maintain together, neither gets tired of the other," Fat Avie said with a grin.

Lily rolled her eyes: "Do you have that much money?"

"Uh..." Fat Avie's face immediately fell. Don't say double portions; he couldn't even afford a single one. Now, the ones Lily and Jerris used were all gifts from Lord Lisa, thanking them for 'saving' Seeing Ange.

Who saved whom was unclear. Without Lord Seeing Ange, their ship would have been raided by fish-men long ago. But who could blame Lisa for being so thoughtful? For anyone with a slight connection to Seeing Ange, she would arrange small gifts, cost-effective yet very good at building favor.

Although Seeing Ange ignored people and lacked social skills, no one ever said anything bad about him; it was just that Lisa managed things so thoughtfully.

Even Jerris's Lich Phylactery was obtained through Lisa. Otherwise, as the leader of a small mercenary company, how would she have channels to buy a Lich Phylactery?

Lily comforted him, "I don't despise you. Did I stay with you because of your money?"

That wasn't it. In fact, it wasn't because of looks, and even less because of figure... Fat Avie felt even more melancholy.

"But I can't bear to part with sister. If we don't go with her, after reincarnating as a Lich, sister will have to be alone for hundreds of years. That's too pitiful." Lily's mood dropped again.

Fat Avie took three scrolls from his chest: "So I bought these. At the airship's speed, it won't fly out of the teleportation range of the teleportation scrolls within a year. We have a year to adapt or regret it. At least we can accompany sister for another year."

"You're so smart, but why are there three scrolls?" Lily asked.

"What if sister regrets it too?" Fat Avie said.

"Regret your head!" A roar came from nearby: "I'm about to set off to conquer the void, and I still have to take you two victims with me, talking love and kissing in front of me every day, making me so jealous!? The severance pay has been deposited into your mercenary accounts. Go collect it, pack your luggage, and get—out—of—here!"

With one kick each, they were kicked off the airship. Jerris pulled the airship up and left in high spirits.

"Sister doesn't want to drag us down. Waaah—Goodbye, sister. We will miss you." Lily waved vigorously.