Fiancée Stolen by MC, I Trip Them up-Chapter 351 - 253: Chicken Game!

Zhao Yi had already deduced that after realizing he couldn’t send that thing inside the Great Hero Hall into the Small World Fragment, he had completely lost all means to restrain that monster.

The words Zhao Yi said to the protagonist earlier were not exaggerated.

Neither the Sages of the Spirit Realm nor the monster inside the Treasure Tower Secret Realm, nor the cultivators of the Cultivation World, were able to resist.

The only thing Zhao Yi could do was to transfer everyone into the Small World Fragment before the great catastrophe descended.

The Small World Fragment was large enough, at least ten times the size of the Cultivation World, and the various resources on the fragment were rich enough to support all the people of the Cultivation World.

But there was a problem.

The Cultivation World was vast, with its population, monsters, and other entities scattered everywhere.

The Great Xia Court couldn’t possibly gather everyone in a short time.

Even if everyone was in place, human nature was still unpredictable.

Especially since the Little World faced the Chaos Void directly, the harsh living environment and years of cultivation would be wasted by the intrusion of Chaos Qi.

This would inevitably lead to various problems.

Some wouldn’t believe it, some would doubt, some wouldn’t want to leave, and some would gamble on luck...

Zhao Yi could lastly only take with him the Imperial Clan Court, Xuanzhen Temple, and the Iron Armor Army and Armor-Breaking Army, and even the City Guard Army might not follow him out.

So, attempting to send everyone into the Small World Fragment was destined to be an impossible task.

And those unwilling to leave would die.

As cruel as it sounds, that was the reality.

Relocation was inevitable.

The strategic environment of the Cultivation Realm was too harsh.

It had even become the target of many.

Zhao Yi would eventually leave with everyone willing to follow him.

And before leaving, he needed to make some arrangements to buy himself time.

This arrangement mainly relied on the Artifact Spirit of the Treasure Tower.

When Zhao Yi heard the protagonist say that the Treasure Tower was one of the six Divine Artifacts jointly forged by the Spirit Realm Sages for Liu Wei, the Sage of the Cultivation Realm, he speculated whether there was an Artifact Spirit within this Divine Artifact.

But that Artifact Spirit was very cautious, and despite Zhao Yi probing several times, he never found any trace of its existence.

However, the more this was the case, the more convinced Zhao Yi was that there was definitely something mysterious inside the Treasure Tower.

That thing controlled everything in the Treasure Tower Secret Realm from the shadows.

"What do you intend to do?" the protagonist asked.

Although the protagonist despised Zhao Yi, in the face of the life and death of the entire Cultivation Realm, he was able to differentiate between what was important and urgent.

Despising Zhao Yi and cooperating with him did not conflict.

Zhao Yi straightforwardly shook his head, "I don’t know!"

"You don’t know?" The protagonist raised his voice subconsciously.

The protagonist had just listened to Zhao Yi’s detailed analysis, thinking he had a strategy, which was why he grittingly decided to cooperate with him.

But Zhao Yi actually said he didn’t know?

Zhao Yi said matter-of-factly, "The Treasure Tower Spirit has been avoiding people, what can I do? Can I just barge in and grab it?"

In fact, Zhao Yi didn’t plan to enter the Treasure Tower Secret Realm again.

Zhao Yi’s intuition told him that he had already been targeted by the Artifact Spirit of the Treasure Tower.

This was evident from the thirty-something times Zhao Yi had gone in and out; every time, the location was the Great Hero Hall Secret Realm.

Though the last time wasn’t the Great Hero Hall, it was a Red Forest infested by the Nether Tree.

Clearly, the Treasure Tower Spirit wanted the same thing as Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi hoped the Treasure Tower Spirit would help delay the Nether Tree’s invasion into the Cultivation Realm, thereby allowing as many people as possible to be transferred into the Small World Fragment.

The Treasure Tower Spirit also wanted to use Zhao Yi to delay the Nether Tree’s infestation of other Secret Realms.

If Zhao Yi could kill the Nether Tree, that would be best.

Even if he couldn’t kill it, with Zhao Yi’s strength and means, he could at least delay the Nether Tree.

In the meantime, the Treasure Tower Spirit might find a chance to escape.

Therefore, this was a game of chicken.

Zhao Yi and the Treasure Tower Spirit were like gamblers standing on a Russian roulette.

The Nether Tree’s next move was the gun in their hands.

They were betting.

Betting that there were no bullets in the chamber pointed at their temple.

From the current situation, Zhao Yi seemed to have a good chance of winning.

Because the protagonist said that in the River of Time, the Nether Tree appeared three years later.

If it were to invade the Cultivation Realm directly, it wouldn’t take that long.

Thus, the answer was obvious.

In these three years, the Nether Tree was conquering and expanding within the Treasure Tower Secret Realm.

Three years was neither too long nor too short.

Although Zhao Yi couldn’t transfer everyone away after these three years, he could at least ensure that no one from the key and close Zhao family would be left behind.

So, it was the Treasure Tower Spirit that should be anxious now.

Zhao Yi had three years, but it probably didn’t even have three months.

Zhao Yi didn’t know how the monster inside the Great Hero Hall transformed into the shape of a massive tree, but he understood the normal distribution within a forest very well.

The larger the tree, the more monotonous the surrounding ecosystem would be, and the system cycle would be weaker.

Because that tree would seize all the growing resources around it.

Except for the big tree, all other living things would die.

The Nether Tree inside the Great Hero Hall was the same.

As the Nether Tree continuously grew, it would inevitably devour the resources within the Treasure Tower Secret Realm.

The Red Forest that Zhao Yi visited earlier was a typical example.

In the Red Forest Secret Realm, except for the red trees, all other creatures died.

Even Zhao Yi, after staying inside for too long, felt his vision and spirit being polluted by the monotonous color scheme, leading to depression, dullness, and even suicidal thoughts.

Zhao Yi even suspected that the Treasure Tower Spirit sent him to the Red Forest Secret Realm to pressure him.

If Zhao Yi didn’t deal with the Nether Tree, the Cultivation Realm would end up just like that.

It just didn’t know that when Zhao Yi was certain the Nether Tree was already in power, and not something the Cultivation World could resist, he immediately thought of complete relocation.

Keeping the land and losing people means losing both.

Keeping the people and losing the land means keeping both.

Zhao Yi was no fool, he wouldn’t fight in a situation where death was certain.

The protagonist saw Zhao Yi staring blankly at the Treasure Tower Secret Realm and frowned, "Are we just going to do nothing if it doesn’t come out?"

"Of course, we still have to do something."

Zhao Yi thought for a moment then assigned tasks, "I need to return to Shengjing City to arrange some affairs. You should take a trip to the Great Hero Hall Secret Realm and see that monster with your own eyes, otherwise, you won’t grasp the seriousness no matter how much I say."

The protagonist nodded, "I would have done so even if you hadn’t suggested it!"

Saying this, he looked at Zhao Yi and solemnly stated, "The Nether Tree is not only the problem of the Cultivation World but also a disaster for the Spirit Realm and the Three Thousand Small Worlds. I think it’s necessary to inform the Spirit Realm of this news. The Sages of the Spirit Realm have much stronger cultivation than the Cultivation World, if they take action, perhaps the Nether Tree can be nipped in the bud."

The bud?

Zhao Yi recalled seeing the countless inscriptions on the tree roots below the great river and an entire Secret Realm’s worth of red forest, and his gaze turned gloomy.

The Nether Tree had been lurking for hundreds of thousands of years and had long become a force to be reckoned with.

Anyone who regarded it as an ordinary tree would be at a great disadvantage.

Zhao Yi glanced at the protagonist and nodded in agreement, "You’re right, the Nether Tree is a disaster for the entire world. There’s no need for us to bear such a big burden alone. If you have a channel, you should definitely report this to the Spirit Realm. If the Sages of the Spirit Realm are willing to act, the problem might really be resolved."

At this point, Zhao Yi added, "But before that, I still suggest you go to the Great Hero Hall Secret Realm first. After seeing it, your message to the Spirit Realm will be more impassioned."

After speaking, as if something suddenly occurred to Zhao Yi, he casually mentioned, "By the way, be sure not to enter the river in that Secret Realm, there’s nothing significant there, no danger at all."

The great river?

An odd light flashed in the protagonist’s eyes.

Zhao Yi was always one to keep secrets.

His specific warning not to go to the river indicated there must be something there.

The protagonist smirked a little.

Since Zhao Yi suggested not to go, he was all the more inclined to go!

PS: Happy New Year to all my brothers! Happy New Year!