The long sleep made the Burning Bug's body a little stiff. It squirmed as usual, and then heard a crisp sound.
Click——
Click——
A trace of light and heat penetrated this originally airtight little world, and the Burning Bug, who could not yet open his eyes, felt a slight throb in his heart.
After experiencing the terrifying dark world in my dream, everything in this world seemed so warm.
Then, several sounds often heard in the elf eggs during this period reached the Burning Worm's ears.
"Think! (It's moving, the eggshell is moving!)"
"Strange! (Is it going to hatch? I'm so looking forward to it!)"
"Sanai...(You two guys, can you be quiet, don't scare the burning insects...)"
"Bu Yi! (That is, everyone, get out of the way and leave space for Xia Chen!)"
The noisy but warm sounds gradually stopped, and the burning bugs, which yearned for the light and heat of the outside world, focused on creating more cracks through their wriggling movements and breaking the bonds.
This process is not strenuous, and soon, amidst the crisp sounds full of vitality, cracks sprout up all over the red and black elf eggshell.
Then, a red tentacle shaped like a flame stubbornly broke through the egg shell, announcing the arrival of new life.
The burning insect is born after breaking out of its shell!
Xia Chen originally thought that he didn't actually like insect elves too much, but when this round little guy with snow-white fur looked at him with dark blue eyes with curious eyes, he changed his original prejudice.
Chongchong seems to be quite cute!
He looked at the Burning Worm with a squinted smile, stretched out his index finger and touched the fiery red tentacles above his head, and said, "Hello, Burning Worm~"
The burning insect's tentacles, which were like burning flames, instinctively shrank back at first, but after sensing Xia Chen's kind and warm emotions, they boldly extended their tentacles in response.
Any creature will feel a natural affinity with the first person or spirit it sees when it opens its eyes.
The Burning Bug responded with the few words he had learned from the elves some time ago: "Lawa... (How are you...?)"
Xia Chen smiled and scratched the snow-white fur on its head. The latter squirmed and let out a slight cry of comfort.
"Welcome to the world, burning bug~"
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"The vital signs of this female burning bug are stable and very healthy. No congenital diseases have been found so far. This is the specific report."
The beautiful Miss Joy took the sleeping Burning Bug from Happy Egg and handed it to Xia Chen along with the inspection report.
The elf center on Yuanling Island had been built during the time Xia Chen left, and several Miss Joy and staff also moved in.
Although they are alliance civil servants, their actual wages are paid by the island owner Xia Chen, and Xia Chen is a wealthy owner, so they are very polite to Xia Chen with their generous salary.
Xia Chen took the burning bug like a child and said thank you to Miss Joy and Happy Egg.
Although it is a bug, the burning bug is actually not small in size. It is half a meter long, which is larger than the average newborn baby.
After passing through the growth stage, their size can even exceed one meter, which is much larger than larval elves such as green caterpillars and unicorn worms.
Xia Chen had heard a saying that Vulcan Moth was expected to become the quasi-god of He Zhong's generation, but he gave up because there was no good second-stage design.
Vulcan Moth's handsome appearance, extremely high upgrade level, and powerful strength seem to confirm this.
Saying goodbye to Miss Joy, Xia Chen left the elf center and came to the ecological garden specially built for burning insects and blue flame blade ghosts, with a constant temperature of 40 degrees in all seasons.
Since Xia Chen's physique is beyond that of ordinary people, this little temperature will not have much impact on him.
The design style of the ecological park is inspired by desert oasis, which is lush and lush, and also has humanistic color.
In the garden, a house is filled with smoke, and it must be the alchemy master Cangyan Blade Ghost who is busy again.
Xia Chen did not disturb him and carried the sleeping Burning Insect to another glass room here.
He placed the burning bugs on a warm and soft blanket made of top-quality horn sheep wool, and then made special "baby food" for the burning bugs in the room.
The newborn period is the most emotionally nurturing stage. Xia Chen happened to be free during this period, so he began the long-lost life of raising a baby.
The burning insect was awakened by the slight sound of movement and raised his head to look at Xia Chen who was busy.
Although she didn't know what this human being who had been by her side since coming out was doing, her intuition told her that it had something to do with her.
Feeling the warm embrace from the inside out, the Burning Bug turned over on the extremely soft cashmere and continued to sleep.
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Coldness, silence, darkness...the feeling that was completely opposite to the warm world suddenly hit me. The burning insect shuddered and slowly opened its eyes.
This place again... Where is this? Dreamland?
Recalling the look that made her soul tremble, Burning Worm felt that it was not that simple.
[This is my world...originally]
An ethereal voice suddenly sounded in his heart, and the burning insect was slightly startled.
"Who are you..."
[I am the light here, the light that is driven out.]
The voice didn't make any riddles and explained directly.
[Light exiled to the void by the Great God of Glory.]
Although the voice calling itself "Light" explained it very clearly, there are still many things that the Burning Insect is puzzled about.
"Who is the Great God of Glory..."
[The great existence that exists in another world... In short, after the self was expelled, the humans and elves here lost their light.]
The Burning Insect finally understood something. So, the owner of that evil and treacherous sight is the Great God of Glory?
[Yes, He fell into a manic state for some unknown reason, and the world was in danger because of this.]
"Light" seemed to be able to read the Burning Bug's thoughts and said so.
[Although I don’t know why your consciousness appeared there, fortunately I met you, and I...want to ask for your help.]
"help..."
The Burning Bug suddenly fell silent. Recalling that sight, her survival instinct made her first reaction be rejection.
"I feel that I don't have that ability..."
[You have it. I feel the breath of the sun in you.]
"Light" did not understand the meaning behind the Burning Bug's polite refusal, and his voice became increasingly excited.
Burning Bug is an honest bug. When she saw this, she said directly: "I am more worried about my own safety."
"Light" then understood the Burning Bug's concerns and quickly added.
[With my help, you will be fine, and it will also be good for you. You will gradually inherit my authority and power, and you will become the new Sun God!]
"oh..."
The Burning Bug's response was quite cold. It was not that he doubted this promise that seemed to be a big deal, but that he had no idea——
What is the sun god?
Is this an elf?
[Actually, even if you don't help me, I can only stick to you and help you grow, but countless creatures in this world can only gradually die in darkness and despair. I know this has nothing to do with you, but...
.In short, that’s it, you can make your own decision.]
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The voice of "Light" gradually fell silent, and no more words were spoken, but the two fiery red tentacles on the top of the burning insect's head were intertwined, just like her state of mind at this time.
To help or not to help, that is the question.
I don’t know if “Light” is intentional. Its words are somewhat suspected of moral kidnapping, and the burning insect is not the kind of insect that “as long as I don’t have morals, you can’t morally kidnap me.”
She had good intentions in her heart when she first came to this world, but she didn't know whether it was because of her nature or because she was infected by Xia Chen and the others.
Anyway, Burning Bug really started to think about this issue seriously.
After a long while, she began to ask: "What can I do?"
The fire that exists in the soul or consciousness suddenly jumps up, as if expressing excitement.
[Cast light, absorb faith!]
The burning bug was confused, "What does this mean?"
[Contrary to that being who absorbs negative energy and turns it into power, my power comes from the belief in light of the creatures in this world.]
[Now, I need you to turn into the sun, project the light of your world here, absorb faith and restore strength. The more faith, the stronger the power, the stronger the strength, the more faith, and so on, until we have the power to defeat the "dark matter"
", the ability to help the glorious god regain his conscious consciousness.]
(Dark Matter: In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, it is entrenched in the World Tree and must exist, and is the origin of all disasters.)
Although the explanation of "light" is very clear, the burning bug is still a newborn elf after all.
She ignored the word "Dark Matter" but didn't know what it was, and nodded half-understanding.
[When you fall into a dream, your consciousness will be brought here by me. You will transform into the sun and bring light and heat to living beings. The positive energy they generate will also feed back to you and increase your power. If you understand
If so, then we can start now.]
"Well... let's try it first..."
Because of the psychological shadow caused by that evil sight, the Burning Bug was still a little timid and nodded slowly.
[Don’t worry, the initial movement is very small and He won’t know about it.]
After comforting the burning bug, the light stopped talking and must have started its first projection.
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After about three or four seconds, the Burning Bug suddenly noticed an extremely strong light and heat gushing out of its body, pouring out like a torrent from a bursting reservoir.
She couldn't see clearly what she looked like, but she thought it should be as bright as the sun.
The Burning Bug looked down, only to find that he was not far from a dry, dead ground. It was not at all as majestic as the sun should be.
[My current strength is still very weak and bleak, please be considerate...]
"Light" explained weakly.
The Burning Bug didn't care either. She was enjoying the wonderful feeling of becoming a "sun" that could emit light and heat, while observing the world she was shining on at the moment.
This is a lifeless world. Not to mention the flowers, plants and trees, even the rocky ground is withered, and there is no sign of any living beings.
After a long time, it still looked like this, which made the Burning Bug feel a little bored not long after he took office.
"Are you sure you can absorb the faith? How about we change places."
Burning Worm raised a question, which seemed to suggest that the fishermen thought the land was not good because they couldn't catch any fish.
[Wait a minute, be patient, the last thing we lack is time.]
Guang said soothingly.
It was obvious just now that the world was about to be destroyed...
The Burning Worm complained in his heart.
Even though she thought so, she finally managed to endure her temper and unhurriedly emitted light and heat to illuminate the earth.
I do not know how long it has been.
There was a sudden noise on the ground, and the Burning Insect, which was about to fall asleep, suddenly became interested and looked down.
But under a rock, the ground quietly turned up, and a dark purple elf with a big head flew out, with several slender pointed needles on its head.
At this moment, he was adjusting to the long-lost sunshine, rubbing his eyes, and looked up at the burning bugs in the sky with a look of disbelief!
This is the legendary... light?
The young poisonous baby saw this thing for the first time and was extremely surprised.
It stayed in place for half a minute before it realized what was happening before it, and then spun around in circles - this was a movement used by their family to express their excitement and joy.
After spinning for about three or four minutes, I don't know if it was fainted before it stopped. Poison Baby lay on the ground facing the sun and enjoyed sunbathing.
Suddenly, it sat up.
"poi~"
Perhaps, I should tell the good news to my tribe!
Thinking like this, Poison Baby turned over and got into the cave and disappeared.
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"How do you calculate that you have absorbed the power of faith? There seems to be no change in your body..."
The purple big-headed elf disappeared, and the burning bug lost the object of observation, and started complaining to "Light".
[Of course a poisonous baby can't feel it, and the formation of belief is accumulated over time and does not happen overnight. Okay, let's end it.]
The burning bug said in surprise: "End? Why? That... poisonous baby has obviously gone back to take people with him."
[My strength can no longer support it for the time being. Don't worry, you will definitely see them tomorrow. Creatures that have never seen the light can endure the darkness, but when they have hope, they will never be willing to give up.]
Guang's words were very philosophical, and Burning Insect nodded as if she had some understanding. Then, she suddenly woke up from her sleep.
Light, warmth, fresh air, all these perceptions told the Burning Bug that she had returned to the real world.
"What, did you have a nightmare?"
A familiar voice sounded concerned, it was Xia Chen.
Perhaps it was the contrast to that cold and lonely world that made the Burning Insect even more aware of how valuable the warmth that Xia Chen brought to him was.
She rubbed Xia Chen's warm hand as a gesture of intimacy.
Xia Chen smiled slightly and asked: "You have been sleeping for a long time and I didn't wake you up. Are you hungry?"
She didn't feel much at first, but as soon as she was reminded, Burning Bug felt extremely hungry, and she nodded politely.
"Rava! (Hungry...very hungry!)"
Xia Chen immediately brought over the special food that had been prepared early. The climate in the ecological park was hot and there was no need to heat it. The burning insects started eating it immediately.
When the body was growing, perhaps it also consumed a lot of energy in that world, and the burning bugs devoured it voraciously.
After a while, the large portion of food specially prepared by Xia Chen was completely wiped out.