Just like the various examinations and tests on Earth thousands of years ago, the alien invaders selected better beings from this group of relatively high-quality humans and their descendants through various forms of tests.
The genetically modified people in the world tree that Shi Wanyun climbed were those who had passed the second level of selection.
But the selection is not over yet.
The humans who passed the second round of selection were like the students who passed the college entrance examination and were admitted to university thousands of years ago.
Still not up to quality standards.
So, in the world tree that looked like a university thousands of years ago, a new round of selection began.
The third level of selection.
The status of humans who have entered the World Tree is determined by the degree of success of the genetic mutation.
The three levels of selection are closely linked.
What is most surprising is that these three levels of selection are mostly carried out by humans themselves.
Almost all humans who have gone through these three levels of selection have never seen the real manipulators behind the scenes, those alien invaders.
These people even believe that after passing these selections, they can get close to those alien creatures they believe to be gods, and can... return to their homeland, the Earth.
They don't know it, but they are actually standing on the earth.
Perhaps the selection is not over yet.
No one knows whether humans who pass the third level of selection will go through the fourth or fifth level of selection.
But what is certain is that the selection is not over yet.
after all…
As the controllers of this selection, those manipulators behind the scenes, those alien invaders, have not yet intervened.
The purposes for which the humans who are finally selected will be used is still decided by the alien invaders.
Xu Xin finished speaking.
Shi Wanyun was no longer in deep fear, but looked at him with a very complicated expression.
Confused, puzzled, shocked, unbelievable, and...
Thinking and a sense of sudden realization.
"What... are you talking about? Alien invaders? We're still on Earth?"
Shi Wanyun asked anyway. She grabbed Xu Xin's arm and stared at him intently: "What you said just now, was this just a guess of yours? Or have you already obtained evidence?"
The panic and confusion in her heart now overshadowed the fear in her memory.
In fact, the conjectures that Xu Xin just mentioned basically coincide with her conjectures.
Except for the conjectural background.
In her mind, this was not the Earth thousands of years later, but another planet, or even another world.
The mastermind behind all this is not an alien invader, but the monster she saw... the one that almost caused her mental breakdown.
Thinking of this, the image of the monster appeared in her mind again.
Then fear arose in my heart again!
She shook her head vigorously.
Now is not the time to think about these things!
She pursed her lips and looked at Xu Xin.
Now, she just wanted to know whether the background of the conjecture described by Xu Xin was also his conjecture.
Still the truth.
"What do you think? Do you think what I said is true?" Xu Xin asked back.
"Is it true...?" Shi Wanyun murmured.
"Have you never had any guesses about this world?"
"I...of course I did."
Shi Wanyun's hand, which had been tightly grasping Xu Xin's arm, slowly loosened and fell weakly on the bed.
She whispered, "Everything here is too similar to Earth. The ecological environment and species are very similar. Add to that the initial data and prompt sounds, and I initially thought that this was just a very realistic virtual world, and we were just a group of people who fell into deep sleep."
"Do you think so now?" Xu Xin asked.
"Of course not." Shi Wanyun shook her head, "Because the senses are too real. I have been trying hard to find flaws in this regard, but in the end my result is that this is a real world."
"This cannot be a fake world. If a fake world can be so real and indistinguishable from the real world, then... it is no longer a fake world, but a real world."
"So, I began to change my mindset. This world might be a parallel world, or a planet created based on the ecology of Earth."
Shi Wanyun looked at Xu Xin with a complicated look in her eyes: "When I saw that monster, I was actually more inclined to the latter."
"This is a planet created by an advanced intelligent creature that imitates the Earth's ecology. Or maybe it's the other way around. The Earth we once lived on is actually the imitator, a scaled-down version of this planet."
Ah this...
Xu Xin was a little dazed after hearing this.
This woman's imagination is not ordinary rich...
Although he had thought about these various possibilities, those thoughts basically just flashed through his mind.
"But now, you've given me another possibility." Shi Wanyun's eyes trembled slightly, "This is... Earth a thousand years later? Did you... get any evidence?"
She did not question Xu Xin.
"Evidence..."
Xu Xin is still a little hesitant now, whether to tell her the truth, whether to...
Treat us as your own.
In fact, during the process of Shi Wanyun telling him the story just now, he had basically trusted her.
Until just now, she lost her voice due to fear.
It remains to be seen whether her behavior just now was due to fear.
What could be so terrifying that even the memory could scare her like that, as she had experienced life and death and was considered the top among all survivors
If it wasn't because of fear, it was probably a punishment for breaking some kind of contract.
If that was the case, then she still couldn't fully believe it.
He may have believed in Shi Wanyun. He believed that she would stand by him if she was not controlled. But...
What if she hasn't gotten out of control yet
Did the genetic medicine he injected into her really work
Obviously, other people would have a rapid metabolism similar to shedding after injecting the drug, but she didn't.
She herself said that this was because she had injected a genetic drug into the World Tree.
It's just... She hasn't finished her story yet.
Shi Wanyun looked at Xu Xin and saw his frown and thoughtful expression. She immediately realized that the man in front of her still did not completely trust her.
Her eyes darkened slightly: "I..."
She didn't know what to say. She had clearly tried her best to recall the past in order not to miss any details, and even faced the fear deep in her heart again.
She no longer knew how to prove herself.
A wry smile appeared on her face.
She had told too many lies before, so this was retribution.
Xu Xin raised his hand to look at the watch. It was already late at night.
"Maybe we should change places. Change place, change mood." Xu Xin stood up.
This is Zeng Tao’s tree house. It’s so late, so let’s not occupy her tree house.
He just received a message from Zeng Tao every ten minutes, asking him why it wasn't over yet.
"...Where are we going?" Shi Wanyun also stood up with him and asked softly.
"To my tree house."
…
At this time, Zeng Tao was in Lou Feier's tree house, lying on the windowsill, staring at her tree house.
“Why don’t those two people come out…” Her little feet kept kicking the wall of the tree house.
"Hey, hey, don't kick my house!" Lou Feier was lying on the sofa, sliding her watch and reminding her to be careful.
"If it's broken, it can be repaired automatically." Zeng Tao curled her lips, stopped what she was doing, turned to Lou Fei'er and said, "Hey, what are those two people doing in my tree house? They even closed the windows and curtains. I really..."
"… Who knows." Lou Fei'er was a little unsure now, "Maybe he really did something in there?"
She put away her watch, lay on her back on the bed, looked at the ceiling, and said to herself with some dissatisfaction, "Why? What's so good about Shi Wanyun? I'm not inferior to her in terms of face, but she's far worse than me in terms of figure. If she really couldn't help cheating when Wen Xi was not around, she should have chosen me..."
"Because you are too obedient?" Zeng Tao leaned against the windowsill and jumped onto it. "I heard that men don't have feelings for women who are too obedient."
"Hmm? Is that so?" Lou Feier sat up and murmured, "I don't think I was very obedient..."
Then she reacted and rolled her eyes at Zeng Tao: "I actually listened to the advice of an 18-year-old solo girl like you."
"You must be kidding. I held a boy's hand in kindergarten!"
"Holding hands and being friends, right?" Lou Feier said sarcastically while stroking Coco who was already sleeping soundly on the armrest of the sofa.
“Hmm…” Zeng Tao stared at Lou Feier.
At this time, the sound of branches shaking and tree crowns rubbing against each other came from outside the window.
Zeng Tao came back to her senses and looked out the window, and immediately exclaimed in delight: "Haha, they finally came out!"
Xu Xin could no longer control Zeng Tao's tree house, so they both jumped out of the window.
Zeng Tao also immediately jumped out of the window of Lou Feier's tree house and fell to the ground with a "bang", which immediately attracted the attention of Xu Xin and Shi Wanyun.
Before Xu Xin could say anything, Zeng Tao immediately ran up to the two of them and looked them up and down at their clothes.
"… What are you doing?" Xu Xin wanted to push Zeng Tao away, who was sniffing around in front of him, but he couldn't. He could only take a step back, "Are you a dog?"
"Strange..." Zeng Tao looked at the two of them in surprise, "They didn't change their clothes, and there was no smell. You closed the curtains and didn't do anything?"
Behind him, Lou Feier also did not take the right path, but jumped out of the window of her tree house, walked behind Zeng Tao, and said with a smile: “I told you, this kind of thing will never happen.”
"You two..." Xu Xin was a little helpless.
He was busy with important matters, so what were these two people thinking
"Hmm..."
Coco was also brought down by Lou Feier. Feeling Xu Xin was beside her, Coco opened her eyes slightly, then kicked in Lou Feier's arms, jumped into Xu Xin's arms, then closed her eyes again and fell asleep.
"When did you come back?" Xu Xin rubbed Coco's ear and asked Lou Feier.
"I came back a long time ago. I came back not long after you started talking to her." Lou Feier pointed at Shi Wanyun who was standing next to Xu Xin without saying a word.
"Did you find anything?"
"Of course."
Lou Feier told Xu Xin her discovery.
"... Another statue?" Xu Xin was surprised, then delighted.
Although we don’t know what’s going on yet, there must be something there that is very important to them.
The image of a woman...
Could it be Yingying’s statue
"… I may know something about the statue you mentioned."
Shi Wanyun, who had been silent on the side, suddenly spoke.
"What?" Lou Feier and Zeng Tao both looked at her.
"You..." Xu Xin looked at her.
Yes.
Thinking about it now, it was a bit outrageous that she appeared in the underground Crystal Palace.
Why did she suddenly appear near the underground crystal city where important secrets were hidden
It makes sense that she knows some things.
"What do you know?" Xu Xin asked immediately.
Shi Wanyun glanced at Lou Feier and Zeng Tao, then at Xu Xin, without saying a word.
Her meaning was clear.
I'm just telling you.
"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean?" Zeng Tao was immediately unhappy, "Why, you look down on us, right?"
Shi Wanyun shook her head gently: "I will only tell Xu Xin. As for whether he wants to tell others, that is his business."
Xu Xin was silent for a moment and said, "Okay, both of you can go back. My conversation with her is not over yet."
"Wait! Aren't you going to your tree house?" Lou Feier's eyes suddenly opened and her lips slightly parted, "Because Zeng Tao's tree house is not convenient?"
"Ah!" Zeng Tao also reacted and spat, "Gadfly!"
"You're overthinking it." Xu Xin didn't want to pay attention to them.
"If Xu Xin asks, I don't mind." Shi Wanyun chuckled.
"Ah... then do you mind adding me as one?" Lou Feier pointed at herself.
"… Do you want to listen to what you are saying?" Xu Xin was helpless.
"Boss, you are so lucky." At this time, Qin Fu poked his head out of the tree house nearby, leaned against the window and laughed, "You are choosing concubines down there in the middle of the night. I am really envious."
"How is your recovery going?" Xu Xin asked when he saw that Qin Fu looked good.
"I've fully recovered. I can go out and have fun again." Qin Fu twisted his neck and said.
"Don't run around anymore. Every time you go out you get into trouble!" Zeng Tao immediately retorted.
"But it's always a good thing." Qin Fu shrugged, "Maybe I am everyone's lucky star? I wonder if I am qualified to get a gene medicine?"
"You're dreaming. I haven't even got one yet!" Zeng Tao immediately retorted.
"So... can you add me in?" Lou Feier blinked and asked again.
Xu Xin: “…”
The farce did not last long and they all went back in the end.
Xu Xin brought Shi Wanyun to the third floor of the tree house.
"Okay, now your fear has been relieved, right?" Xu Xin sat on the sofa, relaxed his body, and then said, "Next, I don't want you to stop talking suddenly in the middle of the conversation like you did just now."
"..." Shi Wanyun nodded gently, "I understand. I will control my emotions."
She looked at Xu Xin: "I think you must be wondering why I lost my composure just by recalling the situation at that time."
Xu Xin didn't say anything and agreed.
"Because the memories of that time are so profound to me, so profound that it seems as if I were there." Shi Wanyun explained softly.
Xu Xin frowned slightly.
What is this nonsense
Just as he was about to open his mouth to say something, Shi Wanyun's next words blocked his throat.
"Haven't you always wanted to know what my special ability is?"
When Xu Xin heard this, a gleam of light suddenly flashed in his eyes.
Her special ability
"My special ability is..."
Shi Wanyun's voice was gentle, but her words were very important: "In my consciousness, from a third-person perspective, my memories at that time were perfectly reproduced, and I could even... see scenes that were beyond my sight at the time, such as behind me and outside my peripheral vision."
“Be personally there, experience the past again in your mind from a third-person perspective in greater detail.”
"This is my ability, memory reappearance."
Memory... Reappearance