Volume 6 Chapter 160
by Golden DragonVolume 6 + Chapter 160: The Experiment of Destruction
After hearing Eve’s account, Xia Yi was utterly stunned.
If everything proceeded as Eve had designed, then in the near future, every nation on this land would become like the Elven Kingdom, every race and every life would be absorbed by the Anti-World Tree, excised as soul-bearing data.
At that time, no one else would remain in this world, and naturally, there would be no future.
This was the true annihilation of the world.
“Xia Yi, come.”
Eve extended her hand to Xia Yi, making a heartfelt invitation.
“Come to my side. I will grant you special permission to survive as a normal living being. That way, we can witness the world’s destruction together.”
“…Eve, you have gone mad.” Xia Yi shook her head and instinctively stepped back.
“I am not mad, I am perfectly clear-headed. If I were not clear-headed, how could I have devised such a rational plan?”
Eve stepped forward, reaching for Xia Yi’s hand.
“Xia Yi, in my eyes, you are special. Come, in the future, there will be only the two of us, no one else…”
Slap!
Xia Yi struck Eve’s hand away, making her stance clear through her actions.
“Eve, I refuse.”
Eve looked at her own hand, puzzled. “Why? What dissatisfaction do you have with such a future?”
“How could I possibly be satisfied? All life would be excised into the Anti-World Tree.”
“Yes, isn’t that a wonderful thing?” Eve retorted. “Xia Yi, you saw Molent and the Maginot Fortress, didn’t you? All of those are experimental sites I created.”
“So what?”
“Within the aberrant Elven Kingdom, there are many such experimental sites. After gathering enough data and reports, I can eliminate unstable flaws, stabilize the experiment, and achieve a perfect simulation.”
“Do you know how much history has passed from the world’s inception to the present? The excised soul-data entities can endlessly experience all of history.”
“All life in this world will no longer need to engage in meaningless slaughter against one another just to survive. Within the Anti-World Tree, even if they die in the experiments, their soul-data can be recovered and sent to the next experiment.”
Eve described the possibilities of the future to Xia Yi.
“As long as the Anti-World Tree is maintained, all excised soul-data entities can continue to exist. The excised elves have already proven this perfectly.”
“…I will not accept it.”
Xia Yi did not wish for everyone around her to be reduced to excised soul-data entities.
How could she ever accept Xia Lulu becoming such a thing?
That situation would be no different from death, the future would be completely sealed off.
“Eve, I can never approve of your actions. You are doing something wrong. No matter how you embellish or rationalize it, you cannot change the essential nature of your evil deeds.”
“Is that so? So this is how Xia Yi feels.”
Eve’s expression showed a hint of regret.
“You still have attachments to this world… Then, Xia Yi, what did you come to me for?”
“The Life Water, it exists within the Elven Kingdom, doesn’t it?” Xia Yi asked, voicing her original goal.
“Yes. Since Xia Yi wishes to know, I will tell you. The Elven Kingdom has always possessed a World Tree, and that World Tree produces Life Water, a substance with unimaginable vitality.”
“So there truly is Life Water!” Xia Yi’s eyes widened with excitement.
“Life Water is the supreme treasure of the elven race, tied to their very survival. According to ancestral precepts, even the Elven King cannot use Life Water without permission.” At this, Eve’s eyes showed a hint of sorrow, as if recalling certain memories.
“Why?”
“The yield of Life Water is very low. Therefore, the elves would blend Life Water into rainfall, allowing every elf to come into contact with it through the rain,” Eve explained. “In this way, after touching Life Water, each elf would subtly enhance their physical constitution, and the entire race’s strength would rise accordingly. This is precisely why elves differ from other races and can wield nature magic. It is the key that keeps elves among the upper races.”
“So that’s how it is…”
“But all of that is meaningless now.”
Eve said calmly.
Because every elf on this land had already vanished.
She had destroyed everything of the elven race.
“Xia Yi came to me seeking Life Water?”
“I need Life Water to save someone.”
“Who?”
“Xia Lulu.”
“Xia Yi’s mother?”
“Yes.” Xia Yi nodded.
“So it’s for the sake of family… Then I suppose I understand why you are unwilling to accept my proposal.”
Eve gazed at Xia Yi, her eyes shifting, seeming to hold Xia Yi in even higher regard.
“However, I will not give you Life Water. Because your mother will eventually become a soul-data entity as well, excised into the Anti-World Tree. Your efforts are meaningless before me.”
“Eve!”
Xia Yi was already growing angry. Her small hands clenched into fists, trembling slightly.
“What gives you the right to say that? What gives you the right to destroy the world? Is it simply because the Elven Grand Sage prophesied that a black-haired elf would bring destruction, that you feel compelled to carry it out?!”
“Of course not, it has nothing to do with prophecies. I simply must do this, to fulfill the expectations placed upon me,” Eve replied lightly.
“Then I will stop you!!”
Xia Yi raised her hand and struck toward Eve’s body.
With the dragon race’s physical advantage, she could easily overpower an elf at close range.
However…
Slap!
Just as before, Eve casually deflected Xia Yi’s hand, and in terms of strength, she held no advantage at all.
“How is this possible?”
Xia Yi’s eyes widened in disbelief, was this still a normal elf’s constitution?
“Xia Yi, if you truly want to know why, then I will tell you… destroying life is the very meaning of my existence.”
A murky aura emanated from Eve’s body, spreading across the ground.
It was the miasma of calamity.
The surrounding vegetation grew wildly, even ordinary green grass swelled into giant plants ten meters tall, encircling Xia Yi.
The shadow of a colossal beast with enormous wings appeared faintly behind the black-haired elf.
“Beast Authority · Greed…”
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