Chapter 1774: Fire and Roots

The story of the Edward family, Xia De had only now seen the full picture.

More than two hundred years of time had condensed into roots spreading across six generations; and the stories experienced by each person had destined the heavy family tree that Xia De "touched" at this moment.

"Actually, I'm more curious, how do you know so many things?"

Both were silent for a moment, then Xia De asked curiously. Although Mr. Green didn't provide very detailed information, Xia De and the church had never been able to find out this information.

Mr. Green didn't answer this time, but said very cautiously:

"You have to know, not everyone is like me, without any thought of resisting the ancestor."

Xia De narrowed his eyes slightly. So even within the Edward family, there were different voices.

"Don't continue this topic. There are so many family members, there will always be some who have unique ideas."

The corpse-ghost shook his head:

"Is there anything else? The one question I wanted to ask,"

"He has already answered me. If there is nothing else, I'm going back to sleep. Although I'm not afraid of the sun, generally speaking, I only move at night."

Green asked, and the corpse-ghost nodded gently:

"Oh, your Echo—Tree's Kiss, is not specifically designed to seal that kind of unsolvable trouble."

"That I don't know. This time I really don't know." That is to say, not only the fire, but this kerosene lamp was also highly likely not an ordinary item. But this also created a new problem: once the nun recovered this flame, the central island of Green Lake would be completely out of control.

"I know he won't be able to come out for a short time." Regarding this, Green wasn't surprised:

The children of the third generation originally thought they had completely broken contact with the family, but now, they had to face family events they hadn't even heard of.

"Back to the topic, what does this have to do with fire? Or is it that this device and ritual that has existed since ancient times to suppress the chaotic space of the central island of Green Lake is actually fire?"

"I know that! There is indeed one. I'm not sure what kind of flame it is, but I'm sure it's not ordinary. You also know that because there is another island behind this island, the spatial state of the entire island is extremely chaotic."

"Before mentioning fire, let me ask another question: Guess, what happened when Green Lake Town was destroyed? That caused the island, which had never had problems before, to show its current appearance?"

"He didn't land on the island after all, he hasn't returned to the family."

And his ancestor, for a short time, shouldn't appear outside the island either. Laplace Klein Howard seemed to be busy with something important and couldn't get away.

The mothers and uncles of the second generation grew up happily on the island, but experienced the destruction of their homeland in childhood, and missed their childhood hometown until they died;

Mr. Green sighed deeply:

"One of your ancestor's experiments failed, activating the chaotic space?"

It seemed that the missing 【Creation · Space】 was still not the time to appear.

"According to the information I found, as well as rumors heard from other family members, the flame should have come here around the Second Era. Unstable space worsened over time, and it became a major problem in the Second Era. As for the specific device, it was a hand-held metal kerosene lamp, and the flame was in the lamp furnace. It stabilized the space and used firelight and shadows to draw a boundary for the two islands. My grandfather irreversibly damaged this oil lamp,"

"That's why the fog on the other island came to the real island."

"That's good. Does your family have special rule cards? I don't mean ordinary special cards... Do you know the Creation series?"

"Yes, thank you, Mr. Edward Green Lake." "This is also a story I learned bit by bit eighteen years ago. My grandfather pretended to know nothing, investigated the entire island himself, and fought against countless mechanisms, monsters, and death traps left by the ancestor. The ancestor at that time wasn't like he is now, always keeping his eyes on the outside world, so after my grandfather experienced countless days and nights of exploration and investigation, he finally had results. He discovered that the problem of the central island of Green Lake was by no means created by my grandfather alone. This lake and this island, as the most unstable of the unstable spaces in the material world, can be traced back to the distant past, so distant that it might even be the Second Era. There were no problems before because some kind of magical device and ritual stabilized the space of the island."

"Then the second item, fire. Does your ancestor have a special flame?"

Green said quite sincerely. The history of the Edward Green Lake family was so clearly displayed in front of him. The shock he received at this moment was absolutely no less than the shock when he saw this family tree that had spread for three generations in the restaurant when he first landed on the island with Mei Gen.

"It's also thanks to my grandfather's sacrifice that I could have an ordinary, peaceful life. You should also thank him, otherwise, the situation you have to face would definitely not be as... good as it is now."

"I'll just ask about two items. First, does he play Pride?"

"It turns out such a story happened before."

The mothers and uncles of the second generation grew up happily on the island, but experienced the destruction of their homeland in childhood, and missed their childhood hometown until they died;

He continued to sigh there:

"Generation after generation of people, each with their own stories, each with their own legends. Just like roots deep in the soil, everyone is there, and everyone has always been there."

"Yes, the ancestor must control the white fog so it won't continue to spread, otherwise once the church increases the intensity of the investigation, his years of hiding would be exposed. So, my mother and three uncles took a boat to leave their hometown with the surviving townspeople, and my grandfather went missing in that accident. In fact, he almost lost his life and was later transformed into a demon by the ancestor."

Laplace Klein Howard himself betrayed the Divination Association because of the Pride problem, so he would naturally continue his research. But what Xia De wanted to know wasn't that:

Of course, Green believed this also had to do with him not forgetting to bring the roast chicken.

"At least I've never heard of it."

"No, no, the ancestor has hidden for so many years, if he were exposed because of a failed experiment, that would be too ridiculous."

"So, Mr. Edward Green Lake damaged the device, let the white fog invade the real island, and caused the destruction of Green Lake Town? But because of this, he released his five children?"

"For the sake of the roast chicken I brought, I also want to inquire about the peculiar relics or ancient divine items possessed by your ancestor."

This time, Mr. Xia De allowed Green to tell others what he had said. And when Xia De asked if he could tell the Green siblings about his current situation, the old corpse-ghost sighed and plunged his head into the soil.

Xia De asked again.

"My mother told me that our family, at least up to my generation, everyone liked to play Pride. As for the ancestor, I heard he did many ritual and experimental studies based on Pride, but I don't know the specific details."

"You see, in fact, from the moment the ancestor came to Green Lake, the family story has been playing out. Comedies and tragedies, every generation has its own legends."

Mr. Green shook his head:

In short, this invitation trip on Friday afternoon unexpectedly allowed Green to gain quite a lot of effective information. This wasn't just luck; if he hadn't kept his promise and let Mr. Nicholas Xia De go last time, he wouldn't be so easy to talk to now.

Xia De thought for a while, which was also a long-standing mystery:

Although Mr. Nicholas Xia De was unwilling to go to the banquet with Green, he still indicated that he could continue to provide help in the future. When the two parted, Mr. Green also indicated quite obscurely that the two living people of the second generation who were not on the island, Jarvis Edward Green Lake, who became a believer of the 【God of Tyranny】, and Nadia Fu Lun, who became a believer of the evil god 【Dragon-Eating Demon】, both possessed information that even he didn't know.

Xia De thought for a while:

"The fact that the ancestor is still alive was not known to the descendants before they died or were transformed. My grandfather, the third generation who was forcibly transformed into a demon, Edward Green Lake, discovered the ancestor's secret research before he died and traced it to another island. He didn't want his five children to be turned into inhuman forms by the ancestor, or even not be at peace after death, so he made a decision."

The people of the third generation had family scandals and incestuous plots, but this also led to the grandfather's discovery and sacrifice;

The ancestor of the first generation came to Green Lake alone and discovered the secret of Green Lake;

Xia De was full of respect for this gentleman he hadn't met yet. According to the generation, this was also the grandfather of Mei Gen and Ao Dai Li:

The corpse-ghost nodded:

"Me" reminded gently, Green suddenly realized:

He looked at Xia De seriously, clearly about to mention the family's secret past:

【Think carefully again.】

He pointed to the direction of the central island:

Mr. Xia De was surprised by this topic, but still said:

"He was so restrained on the night of the lunar eclipse and took the initiative to promise not to create chaos during the negotiations between the two countries. Of course, it's not because he is kind. But what kind of thing could actually entangle him?"

"Of course I know! This is the origin of all Pride, it's the original series!"

Mr. Xia De was also full of interest when talking about this topic, but he didn't know if the family had such powerful cards:

The second generation he raised experienced his initial experiments and developed Green Lake Town, which originally only had village scale, together with him;

Xia De frowned deeply. Nun Dailin once prophesied that she would definitely be able to find a new spark of the first fire in Green Lake this time. It seemed that the blind nun was right. It's just that Xia De didn't remember that a spark of the first fire alone could stabilize Green Lake, which could be called the largest spatial chaotic point in the material world. ===== CHAPTER 1775 =====