EBE Chapter 314 Mutual Cause and Effect
Chapter 314 Mutual Cause and Effect
Fortunately, Lezhi was there to keep things in order. He guessed from the sudden silence on Maoqiu and Leixiu's faces that the vines' movements were not very graceful and were bothering their eyes.
Lezhi casually channeled some energy into the vines and tried to calm them down in his mind. The effect was immediate. Some of the unsightly branches obediently shrank back, leaving only the practical backrest and flowers. With Lezhi in front of them, the scene became much more pleasing to the eye.
Since the vines are no longer challenging their bottom line, Lei Xiu and Mao Qiu can still tolerate it. The most important thing is that Le Zhi is comfortable sitting down.
The human and the bird exchanged knowing glances that only they understood, their eyes meeting briefly before immediately looking away.
“Lei Xiu, I understand what you just said, and I don’t blame you.” Distracted by communicating with the vines, Le Zhi also gave herself some time to think. Now that she had considered it, she continued the previous topic, “Regarding the abnormalities that have appeared on me, almost every single one of them cannot be explained by common sense. I myself don’t know what’s going on. It’s normal for you to be careful, and I know you’re doing it for my own good.”
Having affirmed Lei Xiu's actions, Le Zhi didn't want to disappoint him with her attitude.
"Well, so what are you planning to do next? Now that you've mastered the growth-inducing skill, you can also consider trying mutation and evolution."
Over the fire, Lei Xiu turned the golden-brown, crispy insect meat over the fire. They had hunted it casually when they first stopped at the oasis. The insect meat was very tender; it only needed a little roasting and a sprinkle of Lezhi's homemade barbecue seasoning before it was ready to eat.
The stewed meat next to him was still bubbling away, and it looked ready to eat. Lei Xiu decided to prepare another main dish so that dinner could officially begin.
Seeing that Lei Xiu had arranged everything in an orderly manner, and knowing there was nothing for her to do, she decided not to cause any trouble and instead focus on preparing a special meal for Maoqiu and the chicks.
It's mainly for the baby birds, since they're still small. The fluffy thing can just eat with them.
Take out the white juice fruit that was just harvested from the space and cut it open. The milky white juice was collected in the pot. Two white juice fruits are enough for the chicks to eat, but this is just a supplement. Their main food is still meat and vegetables.
Vegetables are eaten raw, while insect meat is cooked and lightly seasoned. Although the furball has been eating seasoned food with them for so long without any problems, it's always better to be cautious when raising young animals.
Previously in the chick cave, when feeding the chicks, Lezhi was very careful to reduce the amount of seasoning, and everyone ate happily. So, deliciousness is the most important thing.
The chicks are fed only the freshest and most tender parts of meat, and Lezhi is never stingy in this regard.
But he wouldn't skimp on himself either; the less tender parts, after cooking, also tasted delicious. The meat stored in the space also spoiled much slower—a characteristic that still amazes Lezhi.
That's why he kept saying that the tree spirits were truly a blessed race, with the mother tree taking care of her people in every way, as if she didn't want them to suffer any hardship.
Now that Lezhi has become a member of the tree spirit clan, all he wants to say is, "Well done, Mother Tree, please continue."
If one can always be pampered, who would be willing to go through hardships? Suffering is never something to be proud of; resilience is.
So why would a mother who dotes on her child so much deliberately guide him here? Is there anything the Mother Tree can't solve, besides the shadowy figure? Are there other unknown threats here?
My thoughts started to wander again, and once again, I couldn't stop them.
The presence of the blue moon has been so strong these past two days that even the sun has to temporarily retreat. Even during the day, the gentle sunlight is tinged with blue light, and at night, the blue light is even more unrestrained.
Lezhi has almost forgotten what a normal sky looks like; all she sees is an eerie blue.
"How long will it take for this blue moon to disappear? It's making my eyes tired." I strongly suspect that once the blue moon disappears, these creatures who have suffered from it will definitely not be able to return to normal life for a while.
"It's hard to say. I've experienced five void resonances, and the duration of the blue moon's existence varied each time. The first one lasted for three days..."
Before Lei Xiu could finish speaking, Le Zhi suddenly realized that today was the third day since the Blue Moon appeared. "Then..."
"The second time, it lasted a whole month." Lei Xiu's next sentence immediately plunged Le Zhi's mood to rock bottom.
"The third, fourth, and fifth times, each lasted for a different duration, but none lasted more than a month."
"Have you tried to summarize the pattern regarding the timing of the Blue Moon?"
"Yes." They had already finished dinner, and Maoqiu and the chicks were snuggling together with their eyes closed, resting. Lei Xiu added firewood to the fire pit.
Using flint would work, but in the wild, the presence of an open flame would deter insects hiding in the shadows, so Lei Xiu would always light a fire pit whenever the conditions allowed.
The firewood crackled, as if providing accompaniment for Lei Xiu. "After each void resonance, we would gather together to review the situation. After several such reviews, we finally confirmed that the Blue Moon's lifespan is closely related to the insect swarm."
"It's related to the insect swarm? But the insect swarm started because of Blue Moon, that's not what you told me."
"Yes, we originally thought it was just a one-sided influence, but then we discovered that when the insect swarm affected by the Blue Moon was killed to a certain point, the Blue Moon would begin to weaken and then disappear. It was like this every time. From this, we concluded that the Blue Moon and the insect swarm were probably influencing each other."
"In other words, perhaps at the beginning, the appearance of the Blue Moon triggered the insect swarm, but later, the affected organisms must have been feeding the Blue Moon in some unknown way. When this reverse feeding could no longer sustain the Blue Moon, it would naturally disappear."
"As for how they achieve this mutual influence and reverse nurturing effect, we don't know for the time being. But with a solution, everyone will be more purposeful in their actions. All the high-ranking officers who participated in the war back then knew this. However, the main force of the insects has not yet appeared. Even if everyone knows where the problem lies, they cannot solve it immediately."
Lei Xiu's eyes gazed at the Endless Abyss, where the storm was still raging in the distance. His eyes shone with a light that appeared exceptionally deep under the blue moonlight.
The Endless Abyss, the Endless Abyss—it is because of its existence that they are in such a passive position. They know that the main force of the insect swarm originates from the Endless Abyss, and they could have nipped the danger in the bud, but they are restricted by geographical reasons and can only fight passively.
Lei Xiu found it unacceptable to feel that the battle situation was not under his control, which was why he insisted on exploring the Endless Abyss last time.
"According to Lei Xiu, as long as we can eliminate the insects in the Endless Abyss in advance, the Blue Moon will begin to recede, and its impact on the outside world will be reduced to a minimum." No wonder Lei Xiu was so eager to come to the Endless Abyss. However, it seems a bit unlikely that the two of them can manage it.
“There’s a high chance we can’t do it with just the two of us.” Lei Xiu said as soon as Le Zhi thought of it. “Unless we can gather the elite of the entire clan to attack together, those insects can wipe us out just by sheer numbers.”
Unless their energy is inexhaustible and their destructive power is always maintained at its highest level. But that's impossible.
Such a thing is probably only something a god could accomplish. Even if Lei Xiu considered himself to be at the top of the tree spirit race's combat power pyramid, he wouldn't dare to make such a boast. Le Zhi is even less capable. Putting aside everything else, Le Zhi has never actually fought an insect in person. Although he has amazing talent, he seems to be going for a ranged attack style. Lei Xiu had observed his close combat skills in his previous battle against the Fanle Bird. Although there were some highlights, he was still quite inexperienced.