Lai You couldn't remember how many years she had gone through. Her memory of time was extremely blurry until after that incident.

It was another period of warm sunshine, and later she learned that humans called it spring.

Yes, she loves spring very much, especially the sunshine and rain in this season.

Just as she was stretching her body under the warm sun and breathing deeply as usual, several tiny humans came to her side again and nestled against her.

Letting out a sigh of satisfaction, Laiyou swayed even more cheerfully in the warm wind.

"Sir, look!"

A young child looked up at the petals falling in the wind and called happily to the teacher who was teaching.

The scholar shook his head and helplessly watched the children jumping to catch the fallen flowers, but when he raised his head, he himself was fascinated by the flowers flying down among the green leaves.

This is something that fascinates Laiyou more than the warm sun and spring rain. She can't explain this feeling clearly.

Lai You, who was enjoying this wonderful feeling, moved the branches.

The wind was different, the heat and moisture in the air were wrong, wrong, wrong.

Lai You wanted to stop swinging, but the increasingly strong wind controlled her body.

Green leaves and white flowers rustled down.

"Hahaha……"

"Yeah! So many..."

"so beautiful!"

Normally, when hearing these compliments, Lai You would dance in the wind in response.

But now the branches were already sour and the air was dull, making her feel suffocated.

"Boom!"

There was a thunderstorm on a sunny day, and the children trembled with fright.

Dark clouds rolled in from the sky.

The husband touched the raindrops that fell on his forehead. Just as he was about to call the children back, the raindrops suddenly formed a line.

With a "wow" sound, the heavy rain poured down like a hole in the sky.

Green leaves and white flowers fell on the ground and spread a thin layer, which was then covered by the mud washed away by the rain.

Lai You trembled and struggled. She hated the rain falling from the gaps along her body and onto the children.

Laiyou wanted to protect the lovely children in her arms from the wind and rain, but her leaves kept falling and her body kept shaking.

"Crack, crackle, crackle"

"Wow, I want to go home, wow wow wow—"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid! The rain will stop soon."

"..."

The sound of thunder, the crackling of leaves due to heavy rain, the cries of children, and the comforting voice of the husband all mixed together and blended together.

Don't cry, don't cry.

do not Cry.

Lai You comforted her gently.

But the children couldn't hear her voice, and their cries became louder and louder.

The sudden thunder and heavy rain made these young and unexperienced children feel that the sky was about to collapse.

Even Mr. Omnipotent can't protect them at this time.

Just when the children were crying hoarsely, a bright light pierced the night-like sky, blinding people.

Danger!

Lai You's body trembled, and her sense of danger made her want to crawl into the ground, but a branch involuntarily responded to the bright light in response to the wind.

Can't let them get hit.

This thought made her temporarily put aside her fear of danger.

"Boom—"

A thunderbolt followed closely behind.

Is this a painful feeling?

Laiyou was trembling, the pain from the broken branch and the burn from the wound made her almost crazy.

Laiyou, Laiyou...

"I'm Laiyou!"

As if she was swearing to the sky, or just proving her existence, Lai You kept shouting.

After the thunder and rain stopped, the husband led the children home. Before leaving, his eyes fell on the charred tree trunk. He turned around and bowed to the ancient tree.

The next year, my husband's family moved next to the old tree. A few years later, more and more residents lived next to the old tree, and it was named Laiyou Village.

After Lai You fell asleep, it was unknown how many years had passed since she woke up again.

She found that she had changed her home. No, someone should have moved her home to hers.

Time is a magical thing, and her wounds have regrown branches that are not yet strong, but are very vigorous.

Her main trunk divided into dozens of branches while she was sleeping, and her leaves became more dense and lush.

And the root system buried deep in the ground has grown to an amazing extent.

It used to be that she could only absorb nutrients from a few dozen meters of the ground, but now, the entire village is within the scope of her root system.

Lai You never tired of feeling the heat radiating from the villagers with her roots, and feeling the breathing of the little people in her arms.

As she observes day after day, Lai You understands more and more.

She learned that human beings are divided into male and female, old and young, and not all human beings are the same.

She learned about the hardships of human production, and that the grains and grains they eat require good weather and good weather in order to have a good harvest.

She knew that human life span was short, less than a fraction of her own.

She also knew a lot more.

Laiyou was very happy. If her endless life before was like a blank sheet of paper, then these humans who settled in her arms undoubtedly injected new colors into her.

Time passes like this day by day, as if it will never stop.

This summer is obviously hotter than in previous years.

People in Laiyou Village haven't gone out for a long time.

Except for a few families who are good hunters, the other villagers have long been out of food.

There has been no rain for half a year, the wells have long since dried up, the crops have withered, and the vegetation has turned yellow.

A month later, the hunters were too weak to go out.

Cordyceps roots and leaves, those who can bite them will be eaten alive, and the old, young, sick and weak will be eaten alive. More and more villagers are dying of hunger and thirst.

The village chief stooped and came to the foot of the Laiyou tree.

The Laiyou tree in front of me is no longer as lush as before, and the leaves on the lower branches have long been raked clean.

The tree trunk is covered with scratches.

The tired Lai You looked at the village chief in front of him without any complaints.

This is also the child she watched grow up. According to their human algorithm, he is 50 or 60 years old, right?

Decades are too short for Lai You, and she is not very sensitive to human time.

Looking at the skinny and trembling old man, Lai You sighed in her heart, he must be dying soon.

Just when Lai You was distracted, the old village chief suddenly knelt down.

"O sacred tree, please forgive the offence of the villagers. They really have no choice but to harm you."

The old village chief thought about the legends passed down from his ancestors for several generations, and kowtowed heavily on the ground several times: "Please show your magical power and save your people!"

Lai You was stunned, how could she bear it, but there was nothing she could do.

Naturally, the old village chief couldn't hear Lai You's voice. In his heart, Lai Youshu was the last straw.

This kneeling lasted for several hours.

The village chief's son found that the old man was missing. When he found the village entrance, he saw the old man kneeling with his hands on the ground under the Laiyou tree.

After trying to persuade him to no avail, the young man slumped to the ground in despair. God had left no way for him to survive.

"My ancestors in Laiyou Village have respected you for hundreds of years. If you were really a sacred tree, how could you watch everyone die like this!"

After the man yelled this in a broken voice, he straightened his body and knelt down. If you want to die, let's die together.

Gradually, the number of people under the tree changed from two to three, four, five...

Looking at the desperate humans in front of her, Lai You closed her eyes.
Chapter completed!