Game of the World Tree - Chapter 16

16. Chapter 16 This is not just a game (please recommend!)

In the blink of an eye, time has come to dusk.

In the forest of elves, ancient trees of various shapes and forms tower into the sky, with branches intertwined and lush branches covering the sky.

The golden sunset shines through the shade of the leaves, like twinkling stars, revealing an elusive tranquility.

A rhythmic chant slowly sounded, and several tough vines suddenly emerged from the soil, flew from all directions, and entangled on a tall ancient tree.

Li Mu put down the staff in his hand, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the person behind him:

“It’s fixed!”

“Nice! Entanglement is useful!”

“Hey, now we don’t have to worry about someone getting killed by the tree when it falls!”

“Pfft… Demacia, you were just unlucky. You were standing in the wrong place. Otherwise, why was it you who got hit every time?”

“Get lost!”

“Hahaha!”

Several elves in linen armor rushed forward while making a noise, holding their wooden swords and began to chop at the base of the ancient tree…

“Speaking of which, this feeling is really weird… It’s obviously the goddess and the world tree, but our task is to cut down the tree…”

“It should be that the goddess is in a bad state. Look at the world trees

, they are all withered.” “But the thing that is most lacking in this forest is wood. The goddess doesn’t care, right?”

“Hardcore natural god cult…”

“It’s just a game, don’t take it too seriously.”

“Uh… If you didn’t mention it, I would have almost forgotten that this is a game…”

The players chatted while working.

They are Li Mu’s teammates.

After the first task, in order to do daily tasks more efficiently, Li Mu formed a team with several players.

With the shouts of “one, two, three” and the sounds of chopping, the ancient tree, which was tens of meters high, shook slightly, and then became more and more violent…

“Push together! Quick! One! Two! Three…!”

“It’s broken! It’s broken!”

Amid the cheers, the huge ancient tree shook slightly, and finally fell down, startling a group of flying birds…

And several elves rushed forward again, took out their wooden swords to chop, and flashed a series of gorgeous sword skills. They cut the ancient tree into sections, like serious lumberjacks.

“Is this tree enough for us to finish the job?”

Several people said while wiping their sweat.

“Enough, this tree is very big, I doubt we can move it all in one trip.”

Li Mu said while carrying the ancient tree in sections with others.

This was his sixth mission. After teaming up with several other players, his efficiency improved a lot.

Unknowingly, Li Mu had been playing in the game for a whole day.

To be precise, it was a day of chopping trees.

Glancing at his character card, he raised his lips:

“After I complete this mission, I should be able to reach level 5.”

“Fuck! Big Boss!”

“You’re such a hard worker! It’s only been almost a day, right? It’s only three or four hours on Blue Star, and you’re already level 5?”

“You’re worthy of being Brother Mu!”

Several players immediately looked over with admiration.

Li grinned, a smile appeared on his handsome face, and explained:

“I’m lucky. After accepting the mission for the first time, I found a light-friendly sun cedar. Alice gave me 300 experience points directly.”

“What a lucky guy!”

“Is it the golden tree at the entrance of the camp?” There

was envy and jealousy all around.

“That’s great! Why am I so unlucky? Every time I received a mission before, I was cleaning the temple, and the experience points were pitifully low. Later, I finally accepted a mission to collect wood, but I was killed by felled trees several times, and all my experience points were cleared.”

The elf with the four green words “Demacia” on his head said resentfully.

“Hahahaha, maybe you are a non-African! Hahaha!”

“In a sense, you are a very talented person because you can be killed by fallen trees every time.”

“You took off your clothes when the server was opened, and you took the initiative to tease Alice. I admire you in the whole server.”

“I said, ‘Demacia’, what is your favorability with Alice now?”

Demacia glanced at the system bar, his two pointed ears drooped down, he touched his afro, and said weakly:

“Negative… Negative one hundred…”

“Hahahahaha!”

“You are really making me laugh to death, hahaha!”

“No wonder you always get rubbish tasks, hahaha…”

“No, I think this is just because he is unlucky…”

Amidst laughter and joy, several players formed a logging team carrying wood and returned to the camp under the World Tree.

The camp was originally a low shrub, but at this moment, a large open space has been cleared by the players.

Dozens of players formed groups of three or two and were building houses with the cut wood and collected stones.

A dozen wooden houses of different shapes were simple, but they had already taken shape; the fastest one had even built a two-story wooden building.

Looking at the decent buildings, Demacia couldn’t help but sigh:

“What a talent! They built the house in such a short time!”

“Because they have skills! You know what, sometimes magic and sword skills are really useful, and the higher the level, the greater the strength, and the more they can do…”

someone explained.

“Of course, design is also crucial.”

He pointed to the center of the construction site, where a tall pink-haired female elf in a robe stood. She was holding a blueprint made of unknown materials and gesturing with several other players. Above her head were three green Chinese characters for “Cuckoo Bird”:

“See? The girl called ‘Cuckoo Bird’ over there is the real boss. It is said that she studied civil engineering in Jinghua in real life, and she designed several of these houses. It seems that she is about to reach level 5 by completing construction tasks.”

Li Mu looked over there in surprise and secretly memorized the three words “Cuckoo Bird”. The other players were in an uproar:

“Oh my God! It’s not even a day!”

“Yes, I heard that she is planning to design an elf town with several other players who are studying urban planning and gardening… and has already obtained permission from the goddess’ oracle.”

“Oh my god, what a talent!”

“The real version of knowledge changing destiny…”

“Isn’t this too real?”

“I can see now that the real purpose of this mission is to make us build a town?”

“Pfft, it really is to revive the elves! The novice village has to be built by us internal test players.”

“Are the officials so lazy?”

“This is called participation!”

“In fact, I think tree holes are more suitable for elves… and cutting trees and the like always feels unnatural.”

“Maybe there is a deeper meaning?”

“…”

Eve didn’t have any deeper meaning. He just wanted to save strength and absorb some vitality. After all, his life was important now, and everything else could be put aside.

Besides, he didn’t believe in gods, but an ancient god who directly controlled the power of nature, and didn’t have to strictly abide by the rules of the priesthood.

Building a novice village…

Listening to the discussion of the players, Li Mu was thoughtful.

He carried the wood and came to the center of the camp with his teammates.

A bonfire had been lit in the center of the camp. Several elf players gathered around the fire, eating fruits picked from who knows where, talking and laughing.

Alice, the Saint of Nature, stood aside, busy distributing and settling tasks with the players.

For the convenience of movement, she tied her long golden hair into a high ponytail, with a focused expression. There were a few stains on her fair face, and the sweat beads sparkled under the light of the flames, which was very cute.

A group of people came to the girl to settle the tasks.

Alice raised her head and saw several people, especially Li Mu, and her eyes lit up slightly:

“The task is completed?”

She was deeply impressed by this male elf. Although this chosen one was thin, he had been working very hard and found a good sun cedar.

In addition, he was very polite and was not like some rude guys at all…

Glancing at a red-haired Afro in the team, Alice’s smile faded and she snorted softly, while Demacia shuddered and hid behind Li Mu in a somewhat embarrassed manner.

It seems that the n*ked streaking and teasing made the girl remember him completely.

Li Mu coughed and said respectfully:

“Miss Alice, let’s hand in the task.”

Alice retracted her gaze and saw the wood they were carrying. Her eyes lit up:

“High-quality pine wood!”

She nodded to the others:

“Put it in the wood area. Your task is completed.”

As soon as the voice fell, the others received a system notification sound at the same time and cheered.

Li Mu was delighted to see the 150 experience points that had arrived.

It’s time to level up!

After thanking Alice, Li Mu led the others away from the task station.

Along the way, several teammates chattered:

“Brother Mu, you’re awesome! Why do I feel like Alice treats you so well!”

“Brother Mu, how good is your relationship with Alice?”

Li Mu hesitated for a moment and said:

“Not much, only 20 points.”

Upon hearing this, several players were immediately shocked.

“Fuck! That’s already very high! I’m only 2 points!”

“What’s 2 points? I’m negative, and I’ve worked hard for a long time.”

“Don’t say that, we’re also negative. We’ve done many tasks, so it stands to reason that our favorability should be able to be improved, but Alice has never smiled at us…”

“I heard that there are quite a few female players with positive numbers.”

“The favorability system is too difficult…”

“Don’t play the victim, I didn’t say anything even though I was negative 100…”

“That’s your own fault, who told you to touch someone’s hair?”

“Brother Mu, how did you get such a good impression with the Saint Lady? Why do I only get 1 point of favorability after completing a task?”

Li Mu didn’t answer immediately. He walked slowly to a wooden stake, patted his butt and sat down.

The sky had completely darkened, the pure night sky was extremely deep, and the stars in the sky formed a magnificent galaxy, brilliant and mysterious…

The bonfire was burning, crackling, and the flames flickered.

Many players who were working on the construction and collecting wood had stopped. They sat around the fire, eating fruits collected from the forest, talking and laughing.

There were also players who held a party around the campfire in groups of three or two, singing and dancing, and some even made bagpipes out of unknown materials and played music to accompany them.

The whole camp was shrouded in a cheerful and lively atmosphere, bustling and joyful, just like a festival.

Watching all this, Li Mu’s eyes were slightly dazed.

He picked up a purple-green berry that he had just picked on the road and put it into his mouth.

With a light bite, the milky white juice overflowed, with a sweet fragrance and a slight sourness.

The evening breeze in the forest blew gently, blowing the campfire into a shadowy shadow, and the laughter of the players came one after another, like a dream… Everything seemed to be a pure land far away from the world.

He sat quietly on the wooden stake, staring at everything in front of him.

This feeling is very wonderful. It is different from any virtual online games in the past. Li Mu feels as if he is not playing a game, but participating in an interesting large-scale outdoor camping in reality.

A group of people who do not know each other, away from the hustle and bustle and the world, away from the frustration in reality, come here together, share tasks, share joy…

All this is like an unreal dream.

This dream is so illusory and beautiful…

Taking a deep breath, Li Mu feels his heart is unprecedentedly calm at this moment, and all his troubles are left behind.

After a moment of silence, he explained:

“It should be the sense of substitution.”

“Don’t you think that although this is a game, it is also a world?”

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(End of this chapter)