Strange Cards

Chapter 431 The Golden Tree Growing in the Snow

Standing on the sea covered in snow, Gu Nian looked at the mecha landing behind him and knew that Yu Yan and Da Niu had arrived.

But Gu Nian could do nothing but watch helplessly as they faced Pang Pu until he died.

Even offering assistance to them is not permitted by the script.

They were destined to die in this script.

In the grand scheme, the hunters who joined after Shigure will all become fuel in Shigure's heart.

These fuels will burn everything in Shiyu, giving it the terrifying power to crush natural disasters.

To die and then to live.

This was destined long ago, and it was the method that the world had already chosen to save itself.

Shi Yu, with his cursed fate and terrifying strength, is destined to become a demon or a Joker.

It was all predetermined.

The hand of fate will push him forward relentlessly, and he has no choice.

There is no escaping it, nor can we escape it.

……

Nanhai City.

As a large city near Linhai City, it is also one of the cities most severely affected by the disaster.

The temperature here has already dropped to minus fifty degrees Celsius, and it continues to fall.

Gu Yue had already gone back to bring the two elderly people over and took the two little girls to her home for refuge.

The cats outside had already taken refuge in Shigure's house. With the help of Yanyun, surviving this natural disaster wasn't too difficult.

Sanhua and Lihua looked at the extra pure white kitten in the group of cats and the small yellow creature following beside the pure white kitten, and a look of reminiscence appeared in their eyes.

The two cats looked at each other, then walked over, picked up the two little creatures, and threw them into their group of kittens.

Although the outdoor sunroom is no longer usable, the house that was renovated by Yanyun still has pretty good insulation.

Fortunately, Jiangtian Haoyuan always keeps some emergency supplies, enough for them to maintain their lives.

At this moment, Liu Yu was leaning against the window, looking at the small fence that was about to be submerged in the wind and snow, her face full of worry.

There, the golden tree that Shiyu had given her was planted.

While sitting in the room knitting, Grandma Gu looked at Liu Yu who was leaning against the window, put down her knitting needles, walked to Liu Yu's side, and gently stroked Liu Yu's hair.

"Child, what are you looking at?"

Liu Yu turned around and looked at Old Madam Gu standing beside her.

"grandmother."

"I'm worried that the golden tree my brother left me will freeze to death."

"The golden tree?"

Grandma Gu pulled up a chair and sat down, then let Liu Yu sit on her lap.

"child."

"Would you like to hear Grandma tell you a story?"

"The stories your grandmother heard from her grandmother when she was your age."

"A story about a golden tree."

Liu Yu looked at the kind old lady in front of her, while Qi Nannan, who was playing with her grandfather, also came over.

Grandma Gu looked at the two little girls beside her and said softly.

"A long, long time ago, there was a golden tree in the world."

"That golden tree is peculiar; it doesn't sprout in the land where spring lasts all year round, but instead stands proudly in the wind and snow."

"Because the golden tree is a mythical species."

"The golden tree represents hope and the future, but fertile land and clear mountain springs, which represent beauty, cannot make the golden tree take root and sprout. Only the wind and snow, which represent disaster, can make it grow."

"The golden tree absorbs the power of disasters, using this power to grow until it is fully mature and brings hope to the world."

"The golden tree is hope in the most desperate times. It only appears in the most desperate times of the world, bringing people hope, a future, and most importantly, love."

"Moreover, the Golden Tree has another crucial ability."

"That is the ability to fulfill wishes."

Liu Yu looked up at Old Madam Gu, who affectionately pinched Liu Yu's little nose.

"Under the golden tree, all good things will happen unexpectedly."

"What is lost will come back again, and we will meet again after we have been separated."

"However, the golden tree only exists in these stories."

"My great-grandmother said she had never seen a golden tree since she was a child, and neither had my grandmother."

"It's just a beautiful story."

Just as Grandma Gu finished speaking, a small golden tree broke through the wind and snow covering it and stood proudly in the world.

Even if the surrounding wind and snow are fierce, blowing it this way and that, it still stands proudly like an ancient pine tree.

Something like gold flowed down the golden branches, and the leaves growing on the saplings also flowed with a golden hue.

Looking at the golden tree emerging from the wind and snow, Liu Yu said excitedly.

"Grandma, look."

"A golden tree! A golden tree has grown!"

After hearing Liu Yu say that the golden tree had grown, Qi Nannan also went over. The two girls leaned against the window, quietly watching the small golden tree that stood proudly in the wind and snow.

Looking at the striking gold against the white background, Grandma Gu took off her reading glasses, wiped them clean with her clothes, and put them back on.

Even though she was old and her eyesight was failing, Grandma Gu recognized it as the golden tree that she had heard about from her grandmother when she was a child, a tree that represented hope.

Grandma Gu was completely unaware that some glistening tears were sliding down the corners of her eyes.

Looking at the golden tree standing tall in the wind and snow, Grandma Gu's eyes were filled with memories of the old man who used to hold her in his arms and tell her stories when she was a child.

"So, Grandma wasn't lying to me after all."

"The Golden Tree really exists."

……

Linhai City, a battlefield by the sea.

Qi Wu, upon receiving the Demon Blade and two strange Heart-type cards from the Remnant Flame Evolver, unhesitatingly inserted all three Heart-type cards into the Remnant Flame Evolver to fight.

When Qi Wu took off his own Remnant Fire Mech and put on the Remnant Fire Mech that Shi Yu had once piloted, he finally understood why, even though Shi Yu had been expelled from the Hunters, the title of genius in the mouths of the research hunters had not been taken away.

Because Shigure is a true genius.

Several years have passed since Shigure developed the Zanka mecha, and each generation of Zanka mecha has been upgraded, so it is no longer an upgraded version of the first generation model, Shigure's.

The current version of the Remnant Fire Mech has been upgraded to the fifth generation, while Shigure's is only the first generation Remnant Fire Mech.

Although Shigure's Remnant Fire mech can use Remnant Fire V-type and even Remnant Fire VI-type, its foundation is ultimately just the first generation of mechs.

Even so, Shigure's first-generation Remnant Fire Mech completely outperformed the later upgraded fifth generation.