Chapter 445 World Tree Phantom and Cognitive Bias
Elf Royal Court, Ilisel Family,
After coming out of Pompeii's room, Lis followed Riccardo down.
“I didn’t expect that the patriarch would give this ring to you.”
Riccardo glanced at the gold ring Li Si wore on his hand, sighed slightly and said:
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"But I think Patriarch Pompeii is right. You may be the most suitable to do this now."
Li Si shook his head. Although he was a little confused, he didn't say much.
Now it seems that the entire Elf Royal Court is relatively normal. With the back-up prepared in advance, there should be no problem with safety.
When Li Si and Riccardo got off the magic elevator, they saw several elves with the same blond hair and golden eyes walking in from the outside.
“Elder Riccardo, long time no see.”
One of the elf youths looked at Riccardo and said.
Riccardo nodded:
"Long time no see, Xifu."
Seeing this, Li Si also stopped and stood beside Riccardo.
Due to the destruction of the Elven Court in the previous life, basically no players had in-depth exposure to the plot related to the Elven Court.
Li Si didn't know these sun elves in front of him, but the aura exuded by this sun elf named Xifu was quite impressive.
Not weaker than Riccardo, but obviously he is much younger than Riccardo.
“Who is this?”
Sifu looked at Li Si standing side by side with Riccardo and asked with a smile.
“This is the guest invited back by the Pompeii patriarch, Your Excellency Li Si.”
Riccardo frowned slightly, but still introduced him.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Li Si."
Xifu stretched out his hand and said to Li Si with a smile.
Especially when he noticed the ring on Li Si’s hand, the smile on his face became even warmer.
“Hello.”
Li Si shook hands with the sun elf calmly. He felt that the sun elf in front of him gave him a strange feeling.
He is now wary of everyone in the Elven Court, even Riccardo and the Pompeii patriarch.
Seeing this, Xifu didn't bother too much. He simply chatted with Ricard for a few more words and then left.
Looking at Xifu and several sun elves leaving, Li Si said to Riccardo:
“The one just now seems to be quite powerful too!”
"As expected of the Ilisel family!"
Hearing this, Riccardo shook his head and said:
"Sifu's talent is quite good among the family, but it is usually a bit too much. Confident.”
Is the strange feeling Xifu gave him just now because of his indifferent attitude towards the possible attacks?
Li Si felt that something was wrong. When he was in Arcot City, when he learned from Riccardo that the Ilisel family's sun elves were facing an attack, he thought that the situation in the Elf King's Court was already quite bad.
But now it seems that both the ordinary residents of the Elf King's Court and the people of the Ilisel family have a feeling of contempt for this matter.
This is not the same severity and urgency as what Riccardo showed before.
Li Si felt vaguely separated.
Even the Pompeii patriarch just now, although he gave Li Si a good feeling, he also attached great importance to this matter, which seemed to be normal.
But even if those reasons exist, it always feels like something is wrong to leave such an important matter to the Elf Court to Li Si.
"Let's go, Your Excellency Li Si."
Riccardo said to Li Si:
"You must have worked hard along the way. I will take you to a place to rest."
< br>"It's been so many days since this happened, so I'm not in a hurry. What's more, the leader of Pompeii also said that triggering the effect of [Prediction Ring] also requires a certain amount of opportunity."
Li Si nodded, Follow Riccardo and walk outside.
At this time, in a dark place in the Ilisel Tower, a pair of eyes were staring at Lis and Riccardo who were walking outside.
His eyes were firmly fixed on Li Si.
"Li Si?"
"What a troublesome little guy. Did he guess something?"
"In that case, we can't take action now."
"The breath of that guy Stephens is really troublesome!"
After a moment, the darkness here returned to calm, but there was a hint of blood in the deep darkness.
Come to a courtyard east of the Elf King's Court.
This courtyard has the style of the Pompeii patriarch. Although it is an elf tree house, it is quite spacious and the decoration inside is also quite luxurious.
"Li Si, this is where our Elisir family receives distinguished guests. There is no problem for you to rest here during this period."
"If you have anything to do, you can ask the waiter to do it."
Riccardo introduced Li Si.
In fact, with his status, he does not need to do these things at all.
But when he learned that Li Si also mastered the power of the extraordinary realm, he paid much more attention to Li Si.
Elves are proud, and sun elves even more so.
But when facing real geniuses, they will also put away their arrogance and prejudice and communicate in a friendly manner.
This is true for Sifu, and even more so for Riccardo.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Elder Riccardo."
Li Si nodded. Although he didn't care too much about the place of residence, he was quite satisfied with this temporary residence.
After a few polite words, Riccardo stood up and left.
After Riccardo walked away, Li Si briefly checked the situation in the house, then sat at the table and reviewed today's experience.
When staying in a place of right and wrong like the Elf King’s Court, it’s better to be careful.
To be honest, what he saw and heard today made Li Si feel unclear.
Especially the Pompeii patriarch. Although Li Si has never heard of the name of [Prediction Ring], if the effect of this ring is really what Pompeii said, its level must not be low.
Just leave it to yourself?
With just this ring, can we really find out who is behind the scenes?
Li Si didn't quite believe it, so he asked him to wear the ring and wander around the Elf King's Court, waiting for the trigger effect to find clues to the mastermind behind the scenes?
This approach always feels a bit childish.
With elf legends sitting in charge, and the power left behind by the elf gods, they would actually place their hopes on him, a human?
Or, in fact, the Pompeii patriarch secretly prepared many plans to find clues, and he was just a member of the plan?
How can I get more information?
Do you want to do what the Pompeii patriarch asked you to do first? Li Si was thinking in his mind and subconsciously drew his right hand in front of him.
Huh?
Li Si suddenly stopped and looked at his right hand that was stuck in mid-air.
What am I doing?
Somehow, the feeling of disobedience reappeared in Li Si's heart.
It’s like when you are chatting with someone and your mind suddenly goes blank when you want to say something.
A little disgusting, a little uncomfortable.
Li Si looked at his right hand silently, trying hard to think about what went wrong, but in the end he found nothing.
Sure enough, something wrong seemed to have happened!
Li Si's heart tightened. The anomalies in the Elven Court made him feel as if he had fallen into a fantasy story. Everything seemed normal but was full of weirdness.
Retreat and leave now?
Li Si hesitated for a moment, but stopped the idea.
On the first day, he felt a lot of abnormalities.
Although I haven't gone to other parts of the Elf King's Court yet, I guess there will be a lot of things that are amiss.
Pompei and the others didn’t talk about it for now. They didn’t know why Riccardo didn’t react at all to this.
Is this the result of Riccardo being contaminated by the power of the abyss?
So, is the entire Elf Royal Court now contaminated by the power of the abyss?
Li Si felt like he was now on a powder keg, and this powder keg was the entire Elf King's Court.
But now Li Si is unwilling to leave, firstly because he has prepared emergency measures and is sure to leave the Elf King's Court safely before danger arrives.
The second reason is that he just tried to contact the secret of the destruction of the Elf King's Court, and he is unwilling to leave now.
Then all the preparations made before were in vain.
Don't worry, although something is wrong, there should still be some time before the destruction of the Elf King's Court.
Li Si thought silently in his heart that if possible, he still wanted to save Cecile as much as possible.
Even if Cecil in her previous life had not died due to an assassin's assassination, she certainly had not escaped the destruction of the Elf King's Court.
It was precisely because of the deaths of Cecile and her mother that the Elf Sword Master became so emotionally extreme.
For Li Si, saving Cecile also meant making friends with the future legendary swordsman.
Of course, what is more important is that Li Si wants to help this strong elf girl.
Let’s take one step at a time
Li Si thought silently in his heart and stood up.
Stretching out, Li Si twisted his neck and walked out of the house.
Practice your martial arts skills!
If you don’t practice martial arts for a day, you will feel like something is wrong with you.
If Mr. Stephens knew that he was wasting his martial arts training, he would definitely teach him a lesson!
The next day, the Elf Royal Court,
Riccardo came over early in the morning and prepared to walk around the Royal Court with Li Si to see if he could trigger the effect of the [Prediction Ring].
Li Si felt that Riccardo seemed to be very active in finding those behind the scenes, but he did not refuse his company.
Although having an elf elder as his guide is a bit overkill, Li Si is indeed not familiar with the Elf King's Court.
Especially Li Si is very interested in some places in the Elven Court, so it is also good to have Riccardo, the elder of the Ilisel family, accompanying him.
At least you don’t have to worry about being stopped by others when you go somewhere.
“Is this the Altar of the World Tree?”
Li Si was now in the center of the Elf King’s Court, Drono City, and sighed as he looked at the scene in front of him.
Generally speaking, the central area of a city is its most prosperous and lively area, but the Elf King's Court is different.
In the core area of the Elf King's Court, Drono City, there are no buildings. An ancient altar covering an extremely wide area lies quietly here.
This ancient altar has only three floors and looks very simple, even crude.
Each of the blue-gray stone bricks that make up the altar seems to bear the traces of time. It has been eroded by wind and rain and is mottled, but it also reveals a sense of vicissitudes of beauty. Between those stone bricks, there seems to be still the laughter and laughter of the elves, or the whispers of their devout prayers.
The few remaining stone pillars on the altar, like patron saints, have stood firm despite thousands of years of wind and rain. Although their bodies are dilapidated, their majesty and strength have not diminished at all. The patterns engraved on the stone pillars are rough and wild, and every stroke is full of the tension of life, as if you can feel the close connection between the elves and nature.
Li Si looked at the altar in front of him like a thick history book. Every stone brick and every stone pillar is its chapter, recording the glory and decline of the elves, and also telling the story of the world. of change and eternity.
Standing here, Li Si quietly felt the shock and awe that spanned time and space.
This altar may have existed before the prosperity of the human race, and even longer than the existence of many eternal gods.
Li Si could feel the faint and pure aura of divine power shrouding this ancient altar. Perhaps it was because of the protection of the elves and gods that this altar was preserved.
Looking at this ancient altar, Li Si seemed to be in a trance as if a big tree covering the sky had appeared. It stood alone in a world that was still a wasteland, but it seemed so full of vitality.
In Li Si’s eyes, this giant tree seems to be rooted in the whole world.
The branches are thick and solid like mountains and rivers, like the arms of a warrior holding up the entire sky; and its branches and leaves are lush and green like jade, like the embrace of a loving mother, warm and broad, giving this desolate place The world shelters and nourishes.
What’s even more magical is that when the sun penetrates its canopy and casts variegated light and shadow, along with the tender green life essence dripping from the canopy, it is like a flowing waterfall of light spreading light and hope to the earth. Just like the drizzle that nourishes the heart, a barren place can bloom with vitality.
After a while, Li Si woke up from the hallucination.
Is this the World Tree Yggdrasil?
The existence that was born at the beginning of the Gaia world and gave birth to the vitality of the entire world?
Riccardo stood next to Li Si, noticed that he had woken up, and said with a smile:
"Did you see it? That is the origin and mother of our elves, the World Tree!"
"This altar is the place where the mother of the World Tree once took root. This place is imprinted with special traces in time and space. It has never dissipated in thousands of years.”
“It’s really shocking!”
Li Si nodded, filled with emotion.
This can be considered a miracle!
When he saw the World Tree, he felt as if he was immersed in the river of time, and his perspective was infinitely higher.
For some reason, Li Si always felt that there was something about the World Tree in the phantom that made him want to get close.
Ding~
A clear voice rang in Li Si’s ears, but he didn’t react at all.
The altar in front of me, if [World Tree Sprouts] will appear on the ruins of the Elf King's Court, it will most likely appear here, right?
Li Si looked at the ancient altar in front of him with expectations in his heart.
Sure enough, the choice to come to the Elf King’s Court was the right one, and it was a worthwhile trip to witness such a miracle.
The rest, as long as we find the guy who attacked the Sun Elves, the journey will be complete!
Li Si thought to himself, unaware that his perception was biased again.
(End of this chapter)