Chapter 508: Chapter 497: The Secret of Blue Star
"The leader is expressing gratitude to you, following your human customs, you should respond with ’You’re welcome’!"
A voice replied from beside them.
The giant leopard slowly walked out from behind the tree, staring intently at the two below, saying, "They’ve said thank you, if there’s no response with ’You’re welcome’, it only proves that this person is ungrateful and expects a return favor, not a good person."
Xu Lingjun and Han Yun City both blinked in confusion.
They thought, where did this kid come from?
The Ancient Tree chuckled.
Its branches and leaves shook as a voice laughed, "Don’t mind it, although I’ve taught Xiaoyun the human language, she has hardly ever used it, so she’s still at a textbook level."
"Isn’t that right?"
The giant leopard Xiaoyun asked curiously.
"It is, but not that rigid."
The Ancient Tree laughed, "Dear human friends, we thank you for all you’ve done for us. Without you, we might not have won this battle, or even if we won, the casualties would have been severe."
Xu Lingjun asked, "You know what we’ve done?"
"I am a spirit of the trees, all the plants within the Secret Realm are my eyes and ears. From the moment you entered the Secret Realm, I’ve been watching you."
The Ancient Tree said, "So I know, you came from the direction of Xia Country... you’re not with those humans who attacked us. Especially since you helped us repel those humans, you provided significant assistance, which is why I invited you to talk with me."
Han Yun City said, "So, we’ve been under your... no, it’s not just me, all of us have been under your watchful eyes?!"
"Yes."
The Ancient Tree answered, "During this time, you’ve been entering our domain one after another, and those who came were the most elite experts... I watched them explore the Secret Realm, watched them clash with my kin, watched them retreat in embarrassment, watched them get killed by others..."
Han Yun City keenly caught the nuance and asked, "Killed by people? They died at the hands of humans?"
"Yes."
The Ancient Tree replied, "They were well-prepared, especially equipped to handle us, along with being very powerful. Although my kin aimed to kill, they all barely escaped... Unfortunately, they didn’t expect that the current Secret Realm isn’t just a world of our Demon Beasts anymore, humans are here too, and they were caught off guard, killed!"
"So it was them after all!"
Han Yun City angrily said, "Damn, we should have struck harder from the beginning, while Old Xu was battling that Grandmaster, to kill more of those Baoxue Empire bastards!"
The giant leopard Xiaoyun tilted her head curiously, asking, "Why bring your mama into this when you want to kill people?"
Han Yun City: "........."
Xu Lingjun asked, "So what do you want from us?"
The Ancient Tree said, "I’m seeking your help."
SHe gave a bitter smile, saying, "My eyes can see through the entire Secret Realm, so I know just how powerful the enemy is... Especially after they detected that I can see through all their actions, they stopped making surprise attacks, advancing steadily instead, and I have no way to counteract this."
"Actually, whether we reach out to them or not, this is our territory, if it truly comes to a fight, we will win."
Xiaoyun lazily sprawled on the ground, saying, "Sister, don’t you understand our strength... If it really comes to a fight, no matter how powerful their weapons are, we won’t lose..."
"If there weren’t third-party interference, we’d be the ones losing!"
The Ancient Tree explained kindly, "Xiaoyun, you don’t understand, when they first entered the battlefield, they directly wiped out over twenty Level 8 Demon Beasts of ours and numerous powerful Demon Beast weapons..."
"Just avoid them."
"The places attacked by those weapons can’t sustain life anymore."
The Ancient Tree explained to Xu Lingjun, "Previously, we had a significant advantage, mere humans arrogantly trying to defeat us on our own turf was impossible... But when they were thoroughly defeated by us and fled, they launched that terrifying weapon."
At this point.
The leaves of the Ancient Tree couldn’t help but tremble slightly.
It said, "I’ve never seen such a fearsome weapon... The plants were conveying their fear to me, and I found that the areas baptized by that weapon were completely beyond my observation range, not even a blade of grass can survive there."
Xu Lingjun explained, "Nuclear bombs, they leave behind a great deal of radiation after striking, if you continue living in those areas, you’ll be contaminated by radiation, turning into a monster, and this radiation may linger for hundreds of years without fading."
"This is the real reason we’ve been retreating at every step."
The Ancient Tree said, "If we win greatly, they will launch a nuclear bomb... We can only lose, can only retreat, and they just keep advancing..."
Xu Lingjun thought, does this tree read books?
It actually uses idioms.
Han Yun City asked, "So you want to seek our help?!"
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend, isn’t it?"
The Ancient Tree said, "Our Secret Realm and you humans have always been water that doesn’t interfere with well water, although occasionally a demon beast breaks out... But those that go out don’t listen to us and have nothing to do with us, we have no interest in outside lands, we just want to live peacefully on our territory, you shouldn’t want those insane humans to obtain the Secret Realm either?"
Xu Lingjun asked, "Why are those Baoxue Empire bastards so obsessed with the Secret Realm? I noticed their casualties are actually even worse than yours, their numbers actually can’t compare to our Xia Country, but such sacrifices, even our Xia Country can’t endure, let alone them, what exactly is their purpose?"
"This... Maybe they intend to use the Secret Realm to attack you? After all, the Secret Realm acts as an interlocking between your two countries..."
"To deal with us, they’d risk incurring a force possibly even stronger than us?"
Xu Lingjun shook his head, saying, "To be honest, we are here for a purpose... We’ve been developing the Outer Universe Battlefield over this period, and the mysterious races of the heavens that tried to invade Blue Star were forced to retreat by us, and through this war, we’ve discovered one thing, Blue Star being targeted by so many mysterious races of the heavens actually has a reason."
"And this reason, according to our judgement, should be in the Secret Realm!"
Han Yun City said, "That’s why we’ve sent so many experts into the Secret Realm during this time... And now, it seems those people from the Baoxue Empire are also here for this purpose, but we only learnt about this through prisoners of the mysterious races of the heavens in the cosmic battlefield, while the Baoxue Empire, despite not waging war with the mysterious races of the heavens, knows this information."
He asked, "Do you know what this implies?"
Xu Lingjun said, "To not hide it from you, we are here to clarify this matter... You must understand, the mysterious races of the heavens have always been targeting Blue Star, we’re fighting very hard, and in a way, if we can’t defend Blue Star, you won’t have it any better."
He explained earnestly, "We are all native Blue Star inhabitants, maybe indeed your homeland was destroyed beneath ours, but that wasn’t deliberate, more a coincidence, we’re also victims, but now Blue Star is our mutual home, if we can understand why Blue Star is being targeted, maybe we can be more guarded against the mysterious races of the heavens, and by then, we’ll all be much safer."
The Ancient Tree: "........."
She sighed long and hard, "Well, we need your help, otherwise, I’m afraid the Secret Realm will be completely destroyed under a nuclear bomb, and seeking help, indeed, needs sincerity."
Both of their eyes lit up involuntarily, Xu Lingjun said in surprise, "You’re willing to tell us?"
"The secret has already leaked, how long can it be concealed by not saying anything?"
The huge tree gave a bitter smile, "You’re very right, we are all native people of Blue Star, but there’s one thing, you were wrong in saying... Our homeland wasn’t destroyed beneath yours, we have no deep-seated enmity between us, rather, you saved us."
