"A dead world?"
Richard didn't quite understand, as the Green Forest World had given him the impression of nothing but vitality, nearly overflowing with life energy.
Trees felled in the morning would by afternoon be entwined with vines. Within three days, moss would cover the entire tree.
The whole tree would become a nursery bed for mushrooms.
Such terrifying life energy had nothing to do with death.
"I think we have a different definition of death," Richard said. "This world to me seems full of surging vitality."
"That's just the facade, stranger."
The Snake King's dragon eyes sized up Richard from head to toe, then slowly replied.
"All these are illusions created by that damned tree, which was supposed to guard us but chose to betray instead.
It roots in the World Origin, using the whole world as its planter, continuously turning this world into nutrients for its growth...
If it keeps growing like this, in one or two epochs, the entire world will become part of it.
