Are these people stalling?
But Hitzfeld did not take the opportunity to escape far away... They seemed to be swimming towards the center of "it" and diving into the deep sea.
What do they want to do?
For no reason, Dai Lin felt a little uneasy. He became more and more crazy towards Pusiangsi and Lao, desperately mobilizing a large amount of magma, almost covering the entire sea area.
All the molten lava cooled naturally, forming spherical cages one after another in the middle, like a dense honeycomb structure, trapping the two of them inside.
"Assignment for the attack." Rao raised an eyebrow, "Leave it to me."
He stretched out his only remaining right arm, as if he was throwing something into the air. Not long after, a dozen thick branches suddenly emerged from the solidified cage wall where the branch had been thrown. They grew wildly, filling all the gaps in the solidified matter until they cracked and collapsed, forcibly breaking the cage in the most brutal way.
“We are here as a reserve force.”
Sixus looked over there from a distance and said.
The potion prepared by Pusians was indeed different. It was not the first time she took the soul-calling incense, but the stability this time... She even felt that she could actively mix the "hallucinogenic" power to control those deep-sea species... their spirits.
"Of course!" Li Ang nodded his chin and looked at Feiti.
"You'd like to contribute, too, right ma'am?"
"..."
And below, hundreds of meters below the sea, Hitzfeld and the other man were gradually approaching the body of the giant tree.
This giant cage tree, coral, lava stone tower... no matter what you call it, it is really huge and spectacular.
The shadow stood there like a curtain covering the sky. Looking left and right, there was no end in sight. Looking up, there were endless irregular forks and condensed branches. Looking down, even deeper darkness enveloped everything.
This thing is bigger than the Death Tree.
Fortunately, it was not very aggressive, and its consciousness as a living being was very weak. Moreover, it was very close to her.
Hitzfeld tried to get closer to it, reaching out to an overhanging treetop.
"Aisun..." Xia Yibing reminded uneasily.
But she didn't stop, she insisted on holding it, trying to transmit thoughts through it.
[Mr. Laworth, are you still there?]
……no respond.
She tried a few more times to make sure that Deka was completely motionless, and she felt vaguely uneasy.
[spread.]
She tried to change the subject of communication.
Imagining that the object of communication was not Deca, but the magnificent life in front of her, she continued, "Scatter!"
A miracle happened.
In the direction she was staring at, the rock wall formed by countless branches gradually split to the side and was burned and melted by the gushing magma.
Xia Yibing looked at the girl in surprise and went in without saying anything.
She touched the rock wall with her fingers, then touched the flowing magma, and made sure that she could not feel any temperature. Then she turned around and motioned for the girl to come in.
The two of them drilled into the giant tree, opened a path and explored along the way, trying to find out whether this thing had a core.
It is true that trees and rocks do not have cores or organs.
But since it is already alive, it must have something.
A carrier of thought and consciousness.
They have to find it first.
"Is it there?"
Xia Yibing suddenly pointed in the direction of a gap.
Hitzfeld leaned over to look, and could vaguely glimpse through the tiny cracks…in the distance, deeper below, there seemed to be something flashing red light.
"Go down and have a look."
She continued to communicate with the giant tree to ask it to spread its branches, and the two continued to dive, and soon they entered a huge cavity.
This place is like inside a living organism, with walls all around wrapped in solidified tissue like muscles and blood vessels, and hardened silk threads connecting to a "big stone" in the center of the cavity.
It flashed red and looked like a beating heart.
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A long-lost speech at the end of the volume.
Actually, I was thinking of making a thank you list, but then I thought that all the IDs have been changed to the default ones, so I might as well be lazy and wait until the 30th.
Don't worry, everyone.
Just like what the poem says: Winter is here, so spring can’t be far behind.
Chapter 75: Mythical Road 2
"Don't come near." Xia Yibing held the girl's hand, "Let me go first."
Admittedly, considering the overall situation, she could not stop Hitzfeld from taking the risk, but she absolutely could not accept letting Hitzfeld explore the unknown.
Especially since I'm by her side, if she can't even help with this little thing, then what's the point of her following along?
This is a very normal consideration. Whether from the perspective of the role positioning of both parties in the relationship - that is, "Xia Yibing is the guardian and Hitzfeld is the protected", or from the perspective of business - "the character who is most likely to complete the task should be protected the most", her idea is correct.
But Hitzfeld held her back.
"No," she said firmly to the woman, "Let's go together."
Xia Yibing looked back blankly.
Illusion?
I always feel that Aisuen's behavior pattern has changed a bit.
In fact, this is not an illusion.
If we go back to more than a year ago, when the two had not yet truly and thoroughly confirmed their relationship and were not so close, Hitzfeld might not have cared about this kind of thing.
Because at that time she was passively accepting this relationship - she never took the initiative, and it was always her who was responding to and resisting the enthusiasm from the woman. It could even be said that she had never truly fallen in love with her.
If she were to choose at that time, although she was worried, she might let Xia Yibing help her explore the way out of caution and ignorance, and then think in her heart, "I will be sad if she dies, but I... there is a high probability that I will not survive in that situation anyway, so the worst that can happen is that I will risk it all to help her get revenge."
But now it's different.
Now she knows what she wants.
It was not just a matter of confirming the relationship and feelings. The realization she had not long ago also made her realize that this relationship was not just a simple role-playing.
The idea of Aisun Hitzfeld playing the girl and Shasha Emaar playing the boy - that's not the case. It never was.
On the surface, Xiasha-Imaer was the director of Shadow Lion Bureau. Although she was not awarded any honors, she could be regarded as an earl during her tenure. Her every move could stir up the situation in Wayne, the political center. There were countless nobles who wanted to curry favor with her, get to know her, and entertain her.
Of course, she also has to show her dignity. The most obvious aspect of her appearance is that her dressing and clothing are becoming more and more neutral.
Because she is not the kind of woman who is good at using her feminine charm to get along with everyone. She is not used to giving orders while wearing a skirt, so she can only do this, continue her past style, and even further amplify and strengthen it on this basis.
But does she really not want to wear a skirt?
Hitzfeld thought she should be thinking so.
This woman was very strong-willed and stubborn, and her little thoughts were not easily visible, but she was well versed in interpretation and always remembered that no matter how many times Xia Yibing chose a more neutral outfit, she basically always insisted on wearing a pair of black stockings on her legs.
After doing this many times, even though Hitzfeld had made no achievements or knowledge in psychology, she could roughly guess: this was Xia Yibing's inner persistence, and she was using this method to interpret her love of beauty.
It may not seem obvious, and it may seem a bit self-deceptive when you actually look into it, but that's how people are...it always takes some persistence to hold on.
After realizing this, Hitzfeld knew that what he had done before was far from enough.
She did accept the other person completely and wholeheartedly, but she did not take the initiative to return the same affection to the other person.
Of course... she did consider the other person in all aspects, such as packing clothes, washing socks, preparing the other person's favorite food, spending as much time with her as possible... and so on.
But it wasn’t enough—it was still not enough—and it wasn’t so much that what she did was qualified as it was her inherent impression that the “weaker” party in the relationship was responsible for doing these things.
She put herself in the role of a "girl", which is actually a prejudice.
In a way, it's ridiculous... because she knows her past, and she is the one who has more reasons to play the role of "boy", so why can she enjoy everything so calmly? Enjoy the feeling of being sought after?
Just admit it directly: she just didn't respect Xia enough and thought that she should be like this.
But I never thought about whether Xia had also dreamed of being treated like this, and had also dreamed of being the princess who was rescued in those novels and picture books.
She has never even been praised for her beauty by someone she likes...
Thinking of the momentary excitement a woman feels after being praised, Hitzfeld feels his heart trembling.
She stared at the person in front of her, at the pair of seductive eyes. Suddenly, she felt a surge of courage from the bottom of her heart and said, "From now on, I will climb up."
"It shouldn't be your regret that you can't give me what I want...it should be my regret."
"Aisun?" Xia Yibing was no longer surprised. This was the biggest shock.
But Hitzfeld had made up his mind.
Did anyone stipulate that she had to be Sherlock Holmes?
A detective who can only "work in the wild", with fame but no power?
Don't be funny, only she can define herself.
Now that she has found the person she cares about most, the question of "what to do" should not be a problem for her.
The answer should come naturally: do whatever they need.
In the past, my idea was to live my own life first, and then use my little investigative skills... and the divine eye to help solve some of Sarah's problems. Then, in the process, I would try to make some money, gain more knowledge, and find my parents.
But this is too passive... a bit like going with the flow.
Maybe I can try to use my abilities and connections to pull out a network. It includes not only Pusiens, Nianlun, Ethan and others, but also Alvin and those nobles and officials.
Then I can try to use this influence to feed her back——
Thinking of the glorious scene, the girl smiled.
"Don't worry, Xia."
"The day will come when you can wear a skirt as you please."
???
Xia Yibing was totally confused.
"No -" She touched her nose and stuttered, "That... Aisuen, I don't actually like -"
"Don't comfort me, I know everything."
What do you know?
Xia Yibing is also a smart person. She occasionally does stupid things because she lacks relevant experience. It does not mean that her emotional intelligence is low.
Otherwise she wouldn't realize so quickly sometimes that she said the wrong thing.
Very quickly, she analyzed why Hitzfeld said these strange things.
That possible truth moved her and made her want to laugh - she had to admit that she did fantasize about being treated like a princess by a man, but that fantasy was too far away and could be said to have ended on that nightmare night.
Her needs in this regard are actually very small.
Of course, even small demands are still demands, and she was touched that Hitzfeld thought so, but she really didn't expect the girl to work hard to change anything.
How can I change it?
Will I dance as a woman myself in the future?
It’s not that she looks down on young girls, but some things have certain requirements regarding physique and height.
If you can't do it, you can't do it. Forcing yourself to do it will be inappropriate.
You can't force yourself to bend your knees and squat when kissing her, or ask her to get a small stool to stand on.
Xia Yibing simulated the scene in her mind: in the center of the dance hall, she was wearing a long skirt and looked up slightly, and a gray-haired girl taller than her raised her chin from above with a strong and playful smile on her face.
Then the camera turned and it was revealed that the gray-haired girl was actually standing on a small stool.
She even stood on tiptoe, her ankles were trembling slightly, and behind that seemingly strong smile was a fine layer of sweat on her face...
