I awakened to be a menace at the start of the game, and my parents sent me to the cherry blossom vie

Chapter 337 Inside the tree

Lin Fan stared at the big tree in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and then reached out his hand.

The next second—

An astonishing scene unfolded as ripples mysteriously spread across the surface of the tree trunk beneath his palm.

It looked like a pebble had been thrown into the water.

Golden ripples spread outwards from the point of contact between his palms.

Then a bizarre scene unfolded.

His hand passed right through the tree bark without any resistance.

"I'm lying down..."

This sudden and bizarre scene startled Lin Fan so much that he reflexively pulled his hand back.

He looked at his right hand.

It is completely intact. There are no wounds, no foreign objects, and no discomfort.

The five fingers move freely.

Then he looked at the thick tree trunk in front of him, which remained unchanged, just as it had been before.

"What the heck... what's going on?"

He stared at the tree trunk.

The tree trunk returned to its calm state, showing no sign of what had just happened.

A sense of doubt arose in his mind, but at the same time, he subconsciously reached out and pressed it again.

Ripples spread.

His palm pierced the tree trunk again.

The feeling... was like putting your hand into water.

He peered inside.

My wrist is gone, and half of my forearm is gone.

There was nothing unusual, but he still pulled his hand out again.

It is still intact.

"That's interesting."

He looked at his palm for a while, then tried again.

This time, I simply put my entire arm inside.

There is no resistance. There is no temperature change. There is no pain.

It's as if that tree didn't even exist in that location.

He pulled his arm out.

Upon double-checking, they were still completely unharmed.

Lin Fan looked at the giant tree and clicked his tongue.

"You can put your hand in."

He stroked his chin and muttered to himself.

"Where is that person?"

As soon as the thought popped into his head, he knew what he had to do next.

To be honest, a normal person would turn around and leave in this situation.

A giant tree that devours living things, its surface large enough to swallow your arm; no one with any sense would jump in.

But Lin Fan was not like that.

He recalled the time the withered tree communicated with him in the dim space.

And those images that were shown to him.

If it wanted to harm him, it could have done so in the dark space.

But it didn't.

It even actively displays information.

"Shall we take a gamble?"

Lin Fan stretched his neck.

"The worst that can happen is that I die once. Even if I die, I can go back into that space and settle the score with it."

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath.

Then--

Take a step forward.

……

Just as he expected, there was no obstruction, and he didn't feel like he bumped into anything.

But the moment his body passed through the tree bark, Lin Fan's hair stood on end.

It wasn't a danger, just an instinctive reaction.

He didn't stop.

Keep going.

The head passed through the golden ripples.

My vision blurred briefly, and then—

Bright.

But at the same time, his eyes widened in surprise.

Is this the inside of the giant tree?

He looked at what was in front of him, or rather, the space, with some disbelief.

Contrary to expectations, it was not a dark and cramped environment, but rather a bright and spacious space.

The walls were golden and translucent, and you could see the light pulsating inside.

There was no ceiling above, but a dome made up of countless golden points of light.

The ground beneath my feet is solid, warm to the touch, and slightly springy when I step on it.

"Is this the interior of the giant tree?"

Even now, Lin Fan still looked around in disbelief.

Moreover, the space was much larger than he had imagined.

Judging by appearance, the diameter is at least thirty or forty meters.

And in the very center of this space, there is something else.

That was... a sphere.

A sphere with a diameter of about two meters.

At this moment, the sphere is suspended in the air, about one meter above the ground.

Furthermore, the entire sphere was covered with dense golden threads, and something inside was glowing.

"Is this the core of the giant tree?"

Lin Fan hesitated for a moment, then took a few steps closer.

As if sensing his approach, the threads of the sphere loosened slightly as he drew near, as if they were alive.

Through the gaps in the threads, he could vaguely see what was inside the sphere...

It turned out to be a seed.

To be precise, it is a fist-sized, amber-colored seed.

Its surface is smooth, and golden veins flow inside.

"Is this really the core??"

Lin Fan was stunned. He never expected that he would see the core of the giant tree so easily.

Should we take advantage of this opportunity and just go and take him out?

However, Lin Fan quickly dismissed the idea. At the same time, he circled the sphere, observing the surrounding situation.

Besides this sphere, there are other things in the entire space.

The ground around the sphere is covered with dents, which are evenly distributed and exactly the same size.

Some of the stalls were empty.

Some of them contain something.

Lin Fan walked to a pit with something inside and squatted down to look at it.

Inside the pit was a smaller seed.

It's much smaller than the one in the middle, about the size of an egg. It's the same amber color and also has golden veins.

"Are these... also seeds?"

He counted the pits that contained things. Seven.

There are eight empty stalls.

"Seven? Does that mean there are seven clones, or something else?"

Lin Fan stood up and looked at the large one in the middle.

If the withered tree says that the giant golden tree outside is its part, then the core of this giant tree should be this large seed.

Those...those little seeds...

"Spare supplies? Or a new life being born?"

He thought about the scenes he had seen in the mysterious space and couldn't help but speculate.

However, just as he was pondering...

Suddenly, that aged voice rang in my mind.

Lin Fan was taken aback.

He's not in a dark space now.

This is the real world!

How did that guy manage to contact me?

However, while Lin Fan was still in a daze, the voice rang in his mind again, and this time the meaning was very clear.

You came.

"Who are you……?"

Lin Fan looked up and around. "A dead tree?"

After he finished speaking, the voice remained silent for a long time, as if it were pondering something.

After a while, just when Lin Fan thought the connection had been lost again, the voice rang in his mind.

A dead tree?

This name is interesting.

"No, wait, isn't there something wrong with your focus? Is this the time to talk about names?"

Hearing this answer, Lin Fan was speechless and immediately asked,

"Didn't you say you were about to die? How come you're contacting me again? You were lying to me!"

Upon hearing his question, the withered tree fell silent for a few more seconds.

Then he was given a longer explanation.

In layman's terms, when Lin Fan stepped into this place, it sensed Lin Fan's presence and thus connected with Lin Fan through the seed.

At the same time, it also conveyed another meaning to Lin Fan.

That is... it's about to die.