The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 295 - 206 Longevity Tree

Chapter 295: Chapter 206 Longevity Tree

As the ordinary citizens of Xinheng City were evacuated in batches, the streets gradually became silent, with vehicles and pedestrians scarce and hard to find. The shopping malls, supermarkets, and shops all closed down, and the entire city seemed abandoned.

"In the end, the entire city was evacuated. I can’t even buy a dumpling."

Hovering in the air above the city, Chen Guangxi looked at the deathly quiet streets and sighed helplessly.

Flying forward, after passing six or seven intersections, she saw the streets below were teeming with people, forming a dense crowd. Under the influence of mind-controlling extraordinary persons, the people lined up orderly, boarding vehicles to leave Xinheng City.

Given the current transportation capacity and the repeatedly discussed emergency procedures, it was estimated that the millions of citizens in the city could be evacuated by tonight.

"Ms. Chen."

A girl in yellow with bee wings flew over, saying, "Everything is stable at the moment."

Chen Guangxi nodded.

How could it not be stable?

All the citizens had been mildly hypnotized, behaving like obedient babies. Even those usual unruly troublemakers had turned into a high-quality crowd.

As for human-caused disturbances, it was even more impossible.

Armed helicopters patrolled the skies, military forces and armored vehicles were on the ground, and extraordinary persons were everywhere. Who would dare to cause trouble?

Any demonic sects, evil cults, or internationally wanted criminals who dared to show up would be like throwing meat buns to dogs, never to return. Besides, they had just been raided last night and lost a lot of people. Who would dare to poke their heads out now?

Better to keep hiding and wait for the Cave Heaven Blessed Land to open.

"Huh, what’s that?" In the distant sky, an extraordinary person who could fly pointed in a direction and exclaimed, "There’s something happening over there!"

Chen Guangxi ascended higher to get a better view and looked in that direction.

In that direction, on the outskirts of Xinheng City, in a desolate mountainous area, there was an inexplicable radiance steaming, white mist swirling, exuding a sacred aura. The space was distorted and blurry, giving off an otherworldly feeling.

"Another anomaly has appeared. I’ll go check it out; you report to the higher-ups immediately."

Chen Guangxi turned into a stream of light and flew over quickly.

Not only she, but many other extraordinary persons also noticed this anomaly, and dozens of powerful auras rapidly approached that direction.

Before long, the mountains were filled with people.

"The space here has twisted, forming a small world within."

An extraordinary person stood in front of the twisted space, trying to see "inside," but the view was blurry, revealing nothing.

"Let me try."

An extraordinary person from Spark Technology took out a drone from her storage ring and remotely controlled it to fly into the twisted space.

After a moment of manipulation, the screen displayed the scene observed by the drone: lush forests and thriving vegetation resembling a primeval forest, with vines thicker than water barrels and towering trees like giant umbrellas.

"Great, we have a signal; that’s good news," said the extraordinary person from Spark Technology.

"Roar..."

From deep within the forest came the roar of a beast, thunderous and resonant.

"There’s a living creature?" Everyone’s faces changed, for living creatures in abnormal areas were extremely dangerous.

The drone continued to fly forward, and after more than twenty minutes, the ruins of an ancient town appeared on the screen, with broken walls and rubble piled high, destroyed for untold years.

In the ruins, there was a clear, bottomless pond, the water sparkling like divine liquid gathering, and in the middle of the pond was a small island with a waist-high tree growing on it.

The tree trunk glowed green like it was carved from jade, lush and vibrant, with the crown bearing abundant blue-pink leaves, dreamlike and dazzling, making people feel enchanted.

Among the blue-pink leaves were many unopened golden-red flower buds, full of life and spiritual aura.

"This is..."

Some extraordinary persons from immortal cultivation sects held their breath, eyes wide with disbelief, deeply shaken.

"What is it? Hurry up and tell us." Someone nearby urged.

The cultivators said nothing more, decisively taking out their talismans and crushing them—calling for backup!

Seeing their actions, others naturally realized that the tree was not ordinary. They quickly took out tools to call their own people, and some crafty individuals took out signal jammers to prevent the news from leaking, but they were a step too late.

"Damn, that thing is the Longevity Tree!"

Finally, someone cried out in disbelief.

"Hiss..."

Everyone gasped, and the temperature in the area dropped significantly.

The Longevity Tree, the mythical tree of East Continent, whose flowers could be made into the Great Elixir of Immortality, could bring the dead back to life, heal broken bones, and prolong life by three hundred years!

It was said that even someone hanging on by a thread, no matter how severe the injury, could recover. It also worked for high-level extraordinary persons, as documented in numerous records of the East Continent’s extraordinary institution, the Association of Unorthodox Studies.

However, with the decline of the transcendent, the Longevity Tree inevitably withered, decayed, and died, ultimately disappearing into the river of history with the retreat of the transcendent era.

And yet, a sapling had appeared here!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The wind howled as many extraordinary persons flew into the twisted space without hesitation, aiming to seize the Longevity Tree.

Everyone moved into action, but some were intercepted by the stream of light flying in from afar.

Chen Guangxi narrowed her eyes and stared murderously at the old man in front of her: "Get out of the way."

The old man coughed twice and laughed awkwardly, "Ahem, Miss Chen, let’s just watch the fight from here and leave it to the youngsters to fight for the prize."