<h4>Chapter 348 Chapter 348: The Same and Different </h4>


    Carrying Ashen''s unconscious body, Lena and Miyuki returned to the border of the Ashen Empire, the Elven Forest, and headed straight for the ancient tree in the deepest part of the forest.


    Regarding the World Tree, Renji''s understanding of this "neutral building" in the game was not much. The main reason was that the original "World Tree" was not as eye-catching as it is now.


    Renji remembered his first encounter with the World Tree. The leaves of the tree were almost withered and yellow, and it was hard to see any green. The trunk was bent and sunken like an old man, and the entire ancient tree was shaking and about to fall. The next Miasma wind might destroy the trunk that had already been hollowed out by corrosion.


    Later, when his Ashen army marched here and joined forces with the forest races to eliminate the Dragon level Miasma Master that was lurking here, the pollution of the forest was alleviated.


    After that, he came into contact with the most mysterious elves and made a contract with Miyuki. The World Tree was then handed over to Miyuki for management. Renji remembered that he had nced at the World Tree, but the game panel only introduced it as an ancient tree that had been standing since the beginning of the world. There were no other information pages.


    Later, he focused on counterattacking the Miasma and proceeded to the final chapter, the final battle to reach the game''s "ending," and hepletely forgot about the World Tree.


    Following the current Subus'' diary perspective, Renji saw Miyuki and Lena directly enter the underground of the World Tree. This space was something that Renji had never entered in the game.


    The underground of the World Tree seemed to have the effect of nurturing both the body and soul. Under Miyuki''s control, the roots of the ancient tree half-wrapped around Renji''s unconscious game character body.


    Storing "Ashen''s" body was only one of the reasons Miyuki brought Lena here. The more important reason was, as she said, to let Lena see other worlds through the World Tree.


    "Other worlds in the World Tree?"


    "Yes, we elves have always believed that the World Tree belongs to our race, and its function is to store our souls. But as I slowly cultivated it and let the World Tree continue to grow, I discovered that this ancient tree is far moreplex than we imagined."


    The World Tree can only bemunicated with by elves, and as a Subus, Lena cannot contact it. However, Miyuki had another way. She ced one hand on the tree trunk and held Lena''s hand with the other.


    Using herself as a bridge, Miyuki allowed Lena to also perceive the World Tree.


    As the elf activated themunication, the underground world suddenly flickered with a crystal light, and every tangled root also flickered, and Lena''s vision changed and began to rapidly rise.


    "This is..."


    Aftermunicating with the World Tree, Lena seemed to be able to perceive the entire world. She saw countless "deceased" souls floating towards the World Tree and being absorbed by the roots of the World Tree. Then, the World Tree washed and purified these souls, turning them into new lives and reincarnating them into this world.


    At the same time, she also saw the veins buried deep under the World Tree. These veins, which had previously withered due to the erosion of Miasma, had now recovered and were like the blood vessels of the world. The World Tree dispersed its power to various parts of the world through these veins, giving birth to mountains, rivers, and fields, and creating waterfalls.


    This was the firstyer of the World Tree, protecting this world and allowing souls to return home. As Lena''s consciousness continued to dive deeper, she arrived at the secondyer of the World Tree that Miyuki had seen.


    Here, Lena''s perspective was further elevated, as if she was in the vast starry sky.


    The Subus saw an evenrger ancient tree, which seemed to be the true prototype of the "World Tree." Each leaf on this World Tree, rooted in the gxy, was no longer an elf''s soul but a world.


    Most of the "leaves" had already withered and decayed, and some "leaves" seemed to be barely hanging on, drooping andrgely yellow, on the verge of death.


    Only a very small number of "leaves" were still rtively healthy and green. Among these healthy leaves, Lena immediately saw the World Tree leaf that symbolized their world.


    This was because this "leaf" was the most emerald green and the most towering, and it was very noticeable across the entire World Tree.


    With Miyuki''s spiritual power, she could only perceive up to here and knew that there were many, many worlds simr to theirs.


    But Lena was different.


    As a top-tier mage, Lena focused all her vast spiritual power, took a deep breath, and plunged into these "leaves." With her soul permeating, the Subus sessfully entered another world and could truly see the real appearance of other worlds with her own eyes.


    Bloody red sky.


    Miasma enveloped.


    The scenery of this world was not unfamiliar to Lena, and it was almost the same as their world.


    The only difference was...


    Lena could no longer sense the aura of living beings here. The deadnd was full of deep and endless cracks, and the air was frequently filled with pollution and corrosion. As far as the eye could see, there were dense clusters of Miasma monsters lurking inside.


    From the perspective of living beings, this world had been upied by Miasma and hadpletely fallen into ruin. It was truly the end of the world.


    When Lena used the power of the World Tree to look at this dead world with her soul, she saw many wandering souls with dull faces and dead eyes.


    As Lena looked at these souls, her eyes suddenly shrank when she saw a familiar pattern on the neck of a powerful undead creature.


    A contract.


    There was no mistake.


    Lena would admit to anything, but this was the one thing she couldn''t.


    Although the pattern was slightly different from Ashen''s contract, the source power was almost the same.


    This shocked Lena for a moment.


    The contract that should have belonged only to Ashen now appeared on the undead creatures of these other worlds, proving that they were also contract holders of Ashen in their previous lives?


    No.


    There was no Ashen in this world


    ''Who did they make a contract with?''


    Lena focused her mind and soon reached the whispers of these undead creatures who died with great regret in the bone-


    piercing Miasma cold wind.


    "I''m sorry, Lord ''Assassin''."


    "If I could have been stronger..."


    "I failed in the end, Even Lord ''Assassin''..."


    "Run quickly, Lord ''Assassin''! As long as you are still alive, we still have..."


    "It''s over, everything is over. Even Lord ''Assassin'' has given up. Hahahahaha. Why? Why?"