Chapter 1637 - Tree Planting (2/2)

“Say… does the queen want to play a round of puzzle bobble?”

“I have picked up a spiritual recalibrator around here yesterday, not sure whose it is…”

Vivian was swarmed by the energetic sprites the moment she showed up, and their wave of chatter even surprised Salaman. While they were usually a chatty bunch, they were even more excited now that they had seen their queen.

Vivian took a good effort to get the noisy bunch to pipe down, and Salaman quickly ran through what they planned to do to the sprites.

And the bunch of tiny ones instantly burst into a furor again. “We are connecting the Throne to that?”

“The queen isn’t sitting on the Throne?”

“That World Tree thing… is it the queen’s replacement?”

“Doesn’t that mean the sprites no longer have a queen?!”

Hao Ren knew that he sprites would be worried about that, and he quickly added, “Even once the World Tree goes online, Vivian will still be your queen. But she doesn’t need to control it directly. She can leave the work to the system. Both of you will not be affected.”

Not too far away, Nangong Wuyue poked Sanba’s arm. “Doesn’t that sound like an attempt to obfuscate the matter?”

The sprites were already chattering away discussing it, and a few seconds later, they started nodding, “Oh, okay…”

“…That actually worked!” Wuyue exclaimed.

“Well, the sprites don’t really understand the proper concept of a ‘queen’, and their search for one was mainly for fun.” Nangong Sanba seemed to have seen through things, “As for the Weaves of Destiny, it is an automated network that uses the sprite’s processing abilities as auxiliary support.”

Lily nodded as well. “I actually saw through that long ago. The sprites and the queen, the Weaves and Throne of Destiny, they are two separate systems that are placed within the same vector. Now, Mr. Landlord is simply separating the vector and letting the World Tree do the hard work, while Battie is just lending her name. Pfft, that’s totally freeloading. So much for saving the world.”

As she finished, everyone looked at her as if she was an alien being: No one had thought the doggie would see through things so clearly…

On the other hand, after completing his briefing with the sprites, Hao Ren had obtained permission to enter the throne hall.

The sprites went back to the crystal wall one by one, and the entire wall became ethereal. A few seconds later, the material wall disappeared and what was left was a majestic gate as well as a winding crystal tunnel behind it.

Hao Ren took the lead as others followed closely behind. After going through the winding passageway, the hall in Hao Ren’s dreams appeared before him.

Just like what he saw within the dream, the hall was so austere that it looked spartan. Primordial rocks and crystal formed the basis of the hall and a few drooping crystals were the only decorations of the hall. Aside from that, the only thing that could everyone’s attention was the massive crystal in the center of the hall, and the throne before it.

This was the throne symbolizing the authority of all creations in the universe.

“Its… just like that?” Lily commented in surprise. “I thought it would be a little bit more ornate.”

“Mother did not leave any decorations when she built the place, or rather, she did not have the time to make any,” Salaman explained. “Everything was done in a hurry.”

Hao Ren came before the connection port of the Throne of Destiny–the chair itself. “So, based on the guidebook, I just need to place the Seed of the World Tree here?”

Hao Ren already had the droids establish a connection with the Weaves of Destiny earlier, so he was not unfamiliar with the software, but this was the first time he came into ‘close contact’ with the hardware.

As he looked at the plain-looking throne, he even doubted if the thing could establish a connection with the World Tree in his hands.

Nangong Wuyue and Nangong Sanba started chattering in a corner, “Brother, how do you think the World Tree should be planted?”

“How do I know… Should I be digging a hole or something?”

“Maybe not, but it sure looks like it needs watering…”

The MDT floated to Hao Ren’s side and banged against the latter’s shoulder. “Who cares, just put it on the throne to test it out? This is what Madam Raven 12345 has gotten us. If it doesn’t work, it’s on her.”

Hao Ren then steeled himself and pulled the Seed of the World Tree out of his Dimensional Pocket and placed it solemnly on the throne.