frightfiction Chapter 732 World Tree
Chapter 732 World Tree
The boundless darkness was thick and viscous, as if it had sunk to the bottom of a trench thousands of meters deep.
Zhang Heng's consciousness floated in this void, without direction or time, only a suffocating sense of nothingness slowly dissolving within him.
However, within this absolute "nothingness," something seemed to be entangled with him, pulling at his consciousness and dragging him toward some unknowable depth.
At first, it was just a faint ripple, but then the whole world began to twist, displace, and shatter violently in his consciousness.
The darkness was torn apart, and incomprehensible fragments swept over like a waterfall flowing backwards: burning stars, withered forests, cracked earth, and countless blurry, wailing figures of Pokémon.
These fragments rapidly recombine, piece together, and then scatter again, ultimately constructing a vast, complex, and illusory outline that exudes an ineffable vitality.
"Om..."
As the nauseating dizziness gradually subsided, Zhang Heng "opened" the eyes of his consciousness.
What came into view was a magical realm he had never imagined, one that transcended the dimensions of reality.
What first occupied all of my senses was that incredibly enormous existence.
It is not a mountain, yet it is more majestic than any mountain; it resembles a tree, yet it transcends the concept of a "tree".
It was a giant tree that radiated a pure, crystal-like light. The light was not dazzling, but a warm, restrained pale blue-white glow.
The diameter of the trunk is difficult to estimate, and the translucent interior of the tree is not solid, but rather layered and winding.
Countless branches of varying thickness extend into the endless void, while their roots penetrate deeply into the "earth" below, which appears to be composed of pure light.
Each root is like a glowing ancient dragon, intertwined and forming an independent ecological foundation that can support a whole world.
"Your consciousness... can indeed come here..."
That voice, whose gender and emotion were indiscernible, flowed like icy spring water over a smooth stone surface, directly reaching the core of Zhang Heng's consciousness. It was the First Divine Punishment - Eternity!
"eternal?!"
Zhang Heng's consciousness, like a startled wild beast, suddenly turned around, even though his sense of direction was already blurred in this space.
Although it was only consciousness, he could almost feel his pupils contracting violently as he frantically scanned the strange space shrouded in the light of the World Tree.
He subconsciously reached for his waist—the deepest muscle memory a trainer has when facing a crisis—but all his fingers touched was nothingness.
An even stranger feeling came over me.
"Where are my friends?!"
"wrong!"
"And my hand?! What happened?!"
He "saw" his translucent, slightly glowing arm, the image resembling a scene from an old movie with a poor signal.
It flickered and faded, with tiny, scattered fragments of light peeling off its edges, as if it might dissipate and vanish at any moment.
"Uh……"
A sharp, stabbing pain originating from his consciousness, along with a profound sense of weakness, washed over him. Zhang Heng shook his head in agony.
He understood. He had been forcibly guided to this strange dimension by some higher-level force due to his severely depleted mental energy and extremely unstable consciousness.
At this moment, he was not a physical entity, but a fragile consciousness that could dissipate at any moment, like a moth that had strayed into the realm of gods, exposed to an incomprehensible being.
Stay calm. You must stay calm.
The instinct for survival and the resilience honed since his transmigration forcibly suppressed the surging horror and panic. Zhang Heng forced himself to take deep breaths, trying to adjust his violently fluctuating mental state.
The more dangerous the situation, the less you should panic.
"First Divine Punishment, your codename is Eternity... What does it mean?!"
Zhang Heng spoke first, his voice echoing strangely in the space. He chose to take the initiative, trying to gain some useful information.
"The divine punishments of the Temple of Creation are mostly codenamed directly to their abilities or symbols—Wild Vine represents grass and madness, Plague represents poison and death, and Lightning Fiend represents lightning and malevolent energy..."
"Your eternity alone does not point to any specific attribute or destruction; it points to... time? Or something else?!"
Before Zhang Heng, in the void illuminated by soft light, space flowed and rippled like water.
A figure, gradually emerging from faint to dark, slowly came into view.
She was still wearing that pristine white cloak, and still covered that mask with its indistinct gold and white patterns.
The First Divine Punishment - Eternity, stood quietly in front of the tree trunk. Even though it was just a projection of consciousness, it exuded an incongruous yet strangely integrated aura of indifference.
He did not answer Zhang Heng's question about the meaning of the code name. His gaze behind the mask seemed to pierce through the void, landing on Zhang Heng, or perhaps on a more distant place.
Zhang Heng was neither annoyed nor discouraged by the other party's silence. He continued to ask questions, speaking at a steady pace, but his fluctuating concentration revealed his tension.
"Where is this?"
This time, Eternity answered.
His voice remained calm as he stated the true name of this space:
"World Tree."
world Tree!
These three simple words struck Zhang Heng's consciousness like three heavy hammer blows, causing a violent shock!
Horror, disbelief, and even deeper confusion... all sorts of emotions exploded in his consciousness like fireworks.
In the vast Pokémon universe, the significance of this name even surpasses that of most legendary Pokémon, touching upon the very essence of the world!
In Zhang Heng's original world memories, the clearest impression of the World Tree came from the theatrical version of "The Hero with the Wave".
This is also the first time that the concept of the World Tree has been brought into the world of Pokémon.
The World Tree depicted there is the source and destination of all life, the embodiment and carrier of the planet's life force, protected by the mythical Pokémon, Mew.
Its root system is believed to connect and maintain the balance of all ecosystems on the planet.
Once the World Tree withers, life on the entire world will decline, the food chain will collapse, and ultimately, the end of the world will come.
In the theatrical version, it is located in a special dimensional space near a place called "Orudron City", protected by a powerful barrier that makes it impossible to reach by ordinary means.
Zhang Hengqiang suppressed his turbulent thoughts, raised his head, and looked at this boundless, silent realm bathed in pale blue light with a new, awe-inspiring gaze.