Chapter 134: Spring Comes Upon A Withered Tree (I)
TL: Sarah
【主线任务——拯救身陷大火的生灵，根据拯救数量计算完成度。】
【Main Mission: Save the forest creatures trapped in the fire. Your completion rate is calculated by the number you save.】
尚可刚刚恢复意识就接到系统的任务，连前情提要都没来得及介绍。眼前是一片正在燃烧的森林，延绵数里的树木都被大火吞没，滚滚热浪扑面而来，浓浓的烟雾呛得人难以呼吸。
As soon as Shang Ke regained consciousness, a Mission was given to him by the System without even giving him time to familiarize himself with the world’s setting. In front of him was a burning forest, trees stretching for several miles engulfed in fire. A rolling heat wave was blowing against his face. The thick smoke made it hard to breathe.
尚可被活跃的火元素团团包围，第一时间意识到这个世界可以使用魔法。然而附近没有水源，空气中的水元素又大多都被火焰蒸发或驱逐，根本无法将大火扑灭。
Shang Ke was surrounded by lively fire elements and he realized immediately that magic could be used in this world. However, there was no water source nearby, and most of the water elements in the air had been evaporated or expelled by the flames. It couldn’t extinguish the fire at all.
时间紧迫，尚可顾不上思考，只能尽可能多地凝结水元素，将自己浇了个通透，然后冲进大火中，放开精神力，以最快的速度寻找生命体，只要发现，立刻用魔法将它们送到森林之外。
Time was running out. Shang Ke did not have time to make a better plan as he condensed as much water element together and poured it over himself. He threw himself into the fire and released his spiritual power to quickly find anything with life. Once found, he immediately sent them out of the forest by magic.
皮肤上不断传来灼烧的痛感，浓烈的烟雾呛得他眼泪直流，四周的一切都变得扭曲模糊。长发随着热浪飞舞，碧绿的眼眸中，映照出火焰的色彩，身上滚落的汗珠，全被转化为淡蓝色的水元素，星星点点萦绕在他周围，与火元素交缠争斗。
Burning pain kept coming from his skin and the strong smoke made his tears flow. Everything around him grew distorted and blurred. His long hair danced along the heat waves and the color of the flames reflected in his green eyes. All of the sweat rolling down his body transformed into light blue water elements, lingering around him like stars and fought against the fire elements.
一个个魔法光团从他手上施放，穿梭于火焰之中，不知疲倦地拯救着受难的生灵。
One magic light after another was cast from his hands, shuttling through the flames, tirelessly saving the suffering creatures.
随着时间的推移，森林之外，获救的生灵越聚越多，种类五花八门。它们站在高处，一边舔舐伤口，一边遥看大火中那抹渺小而又绚丽的蓝色光晕。
Through the passage of time, more and more forest creatures were rescued from the forest, and of various kinds. They stood on a high point, licking their wounds and watched the tiny and brilliant blue glow in the flames.
天空逐渐被黑暗所笼罩，广袤的森林，依然在疯狂燃烧的大火中哀鸣。
The sky was gradually shrouded by darkness, and the vast forest continued wailing in the raging fire.
尚可的精神力耗尽，整个人虚脱地栽进一条小河中。清凉的河水减缓了身上的灼痛感，也洗去了让人窒息的烟味和火星。随即，尚可发现自己竟然可以在水中自由呼吸，水似乎能够补充他的生命力。
Shang Ke’s spiritual power ran out and his whole person collapsed into a small river. The cool water eased the burning pain and washed away the choking smoke and sparks. Soon, Shang Ke found himself able to breathe freely in the water which seemed to replenish his vitality.
不过他实在太累了，已经没有精力去思考这些，任由自己漂浮在河水，映着猩红的火焰，他缓缓闭上了眼睛……
But he was really too tired that he had no energy to think about it. He let himself float along the surface of river which reflected the scarlet flames from the trees. He slowly closed his eyes …
不知昏睡了多久，尚可在一片淅淅沥沥的雨声中醒来。睁开眼，首先看到一片泛着银光的水色，周围暴虐的火元素已经消失。
After an unknown period of time, Shang Ke woke up to the falling rain. He opened his eyes and first saw a piece of silvery water color. The oppressive fire elements had disappeared.
【恭喜宿主完成主线任务——拯救深陷大火中的生灵。一共拯救了六百七十一只生物，完成度超过100%，奖励治愈水一瓶。】
【Congratulations to the Host for completing the Main Mission of saving the forest creatures trapped in the fire. A total of 671 creatures were saved, with a completion rate of over 100%,. A bottle of healing water was awarded. 】
什么？完成了？就算是简单世界也不至于简单成这样吧！
What? He completed it? Even if it was an easy world, it couldn’t be easy to such an extent!
【不要怀疑系统的判断，宿主已经深刻体悟到英勇的精髓，舍身忘我，一往无前。在今后的任务中，也请继续保持这种精神。】
【Don’t doubt the judgment of the System. Host has comprehended the essence of heroicness. To give one’s life selflessly and press forward against all obstacles. Please maintain such a spirit in the future missions as well.】
尚可第一次如此轻松地完成任务，感觉有些不敢置信。直到他游出水面，才发现其实也不是那么轻松。他身上90%的皮肤大面积烧伤，皮肉翻裂，红肿溃烂，十分可怖。原本顺直的长发此刻如同枯草一般，衣服只剩下几片残余，勉强遮住隐秘部位。
Shang Ke was in disbelief that he managed to complete a Mission so easily for the first time. It wasn’t until he swam out of the water that he realized it wasn’t so easy after all. About 90% of his skin was extensively burned, his flesh torn, swollen and ulcerated, which looked quite horrible. His originally straight long hair resembled like hay and the few pieces of his clothes remaining barely covered his private parts.
虽然有水元素的防护，但随着精神力的消耗，防护作用也越来越小，专心救援的他，竟然完全没发现自己已经受了如此严重的伤。
Although he had the protection of water elements, it’s effects had grown weaker and weaker due to the consumption of his spiritual power. Because he had been so concentrated on rescuing others, he didn’t realize how gravely injured he was.
这时，耳边突然传来几声低鸣，尚可抬头一看，只见周围零零散散地围着一群生物。有黑熊、l青羊、紫貂、豹猫、狐狸、梅花鹿、兔子、松鼠等等，除此之外，还有一些叫不出名字的奇怪物种和十几颗橄榄状的果实。
At this moment, a few low sounds were heard. Shang Ke looked up and found a group of creatures scattered around. There were black bears, bighorn sheep, ferrets, leopard cats, foxes, sika deer, rabbits, squirrels, and so on. In addition, there were some strange species that couldn’t be named and a dozen olive-shaped fruits.
尚可开始以为那只是普通果实，但随即感觉到果实中的生命波动，才知道那是某种生物的卵。
Shang Ke thought at first that it was just an ordinary fruit, but he immediately felt the fluctuation of life in the fruit. He then knew that it was the egg of some kind of creature.
尚可缓缓站起身，伤痕累累的身体，形如鬼魅的模样，丝毫没有让动物们感到害怕，在它们澄澈的眼眸中，只有对他的尊敬和爱戴。
Shang Ke stood up slowly and despite his scarred body that turned him into a creature out of horror stories, it didn’t make the animals afraid. Their eyes showed only respect and love for him.
这群动物身上透着不同寻常的灵性，与其他世界见到的动物截然不同，这种灵性可能来源于这个世界活跃的元素。
This group of animals had unusual spirituality, which was completely different from animals seen in other worlds. Their spirituality may have come from the active elements in this world.
皮肤上传来的阵阵刺痛感，让尚可回过神，也让他想起系统赠送的治愈水。将治愈水召唤出来，尚可一口饮下，立时感觉一阵舒爽，身上随即散发出淡淡的光晕，狰狞的伤口在光晕中慢慢愈合，干枯的头发也逐渐变得柔顺光滑，并且重新生长起来。
The tingling sensation on his skin brought Shang Ke back to his senses and reminded him of the healing water given to him by the system. He took out the healing water and Shang Ke drank it in one mouthful. Immediately, there was a comfortable feeling throughout his body, giving off a faint halo. His ferocious wounds slowly healed in the light, and his dry hair gradually turned long, soft, and smooth again.
周围的动物们目瞪口呆地看着，一双双闪亮的眼睛中，满是惊奇和崇拜。
The animals around him watched on, dumbfounded. Their shining eyes were full of wonder and admiration.
尚可微微扬首，长长的黑发轻盈摆动，剑眉如飞，细长的眼尾勾勒出妩媚的弧度，两只眸子如同翡翠一般碧绿通透，饱满的红唇水润欲滴，一对尖尖的耳朵，在黑发中若隐若现，白皙的皮肤闪烁着淡淡的光泽。破烂的衣衫，也无法掩盖他优美的身姿和过人的风华。
Shang Ke raised his head and his long black hair swayed lightly in the wind, his sword-shaped eyebrows nicely sculpted with slender eyes outlining a charming radiance. They were as green and transparent as emeralds and his red lips were full and moist. A pair of pointed ears loomed within his hair and his white skin gleamed with a light luster. Those tattered clothes of his couldn’t hide his graceful posture and outstanding elegance.
焦黑的山石后面，一双幽深的眼睛，默默地注视着这番美景。金色的瞳孔中，清晰地映入一道美丽的身影。
Behind a bunch of blackened rocks, a pair of deep-set eyes silently watched the stunning scene. Golden pupils clearly reflected a beautiful figure.
就在昨天，他偶然间看见了一个蓝色影子，从熊熊烈焰中救出了数百只动物，过程足足持续了七、八个小时，那道蓝色影子才消失在他的视线中。
Just yesterday, he accidentally saw a blue figure rescue hundreds of animals from the flames. It lasted around seven to eight hours before the blue shadow disappeared from sight.
经过晚上一场大雨，燃烧了数十个小时的大火终于熄灭，他循着动物的踪迹，来到这条小河边，然后看到了让他终生难忘的一幕。
After a heavy rain in the evening, the fire that burned for dozens of hours finally went out. He followed the trail of animals and came to the riverside. Then he saw an unforgettable scene.
这是一名成年的精灵族男子，而且是一名极其俊美的精灵族男子。
This was an adult male elf, an extremely handsome male elf.
尚可并不知道暗处有人窥视，因为他正在接收系统传来的信息。
Shang Ke didn’t know that someone was peeking at him secretly because he was receiving information from the System.
这片大陆名为“安格洛”，居住着人类、精灵、矮人、兽人以及器鬼等几个种族。人类数量最多，建立了大大小小数十个国家。其次是兽人和矮人，精灵人数最少，但寿命最长。这几个种族数百年一直和平共处，虽然也时有争斗，但并不影响势力相对均衡整体局面，直到器鬼族的出现。
This continent was called “Anglo” and it was inhabited by several races such as humans, elves, dwarves, beastmens and specters. Human beings had the largest population and dozens of countries, big and small, had been established. The second largest were the beastmens and dwarves while elves had the least amount but the longest life span. These races have coexisted peacefully for hundreds of years. Although there had been occasional fights, it didn’t affect the overall situation of the balance of power until the emergence of the spector race.
器鬼族生活在荒原之中，以矿物质为生，擅长金系和火系魔法，厌恶任何植物，无法忍受氧气充沛的环境。但精灵族们喜欢自然，他们所到之处，总是会带来一片充满生机的绿色。
The specters lived in the wastelands and they survived on minerals. They’re well versed at gold and fire magic, hate any plants, and can’t stand an environment full of oxygen. In contrast, elves liked nature and wherever they went, they always brought a vivid lively green.
数百年前，器鬼族所在的荒原，矿产消耗殆尽，为了食物，他们开始向外扩张，四处掠夺土地和矿物。器鬼族实力强横，性情残暴，可以直接将金属物转化为战斗力，几乎无惧任何魔法攻击和物理攻击。唯一能够伤害他们的，只有精灵族的自然魔法，而精灵族居住的充满自然气息的森林，也是他们不敢踏足的土地。
Hundreds of years ago, the wastelands where the specters lived ran out of minerals. For food, they began to expand outward and plundered land and minerals everywhere. The specters was of great strength and brutal temperament. They could directly transform metal objects into power and were almost fearless of any magical and physical attack. The only thing that could hurt them was the nature magic of elves and the forests full of nature where the elves lived were lands the specters dared not set foot on.
为了解决这个大患，器鬼族利用他们征服的人类国家，四处破坏森林，大肆捕杀精灵。短短几年，精灵死伤惨重，大片森林也被夷为平地。
In order to solve this great disaster, the specters used the human countries they had conquered to destroy forests everywhere and kill elves wantonly. In a few short years, the elves suffered heavy casualties and large areas of forests were razed to the ground.
很快，人类几个国家与精灵、兽人等族结成联盟，一起向器鬼族宣战。然而，器鬼族的强大和凶残远远超出其他种族的想象，他们借助人类叛徒的力量，设计引出了精灵王，将其击杀，而后又派人破坏了精灵族的自然神木和生命之泉。
Soon, several human countries formed alliances with elves, beastmens and other races to declare war against the specters. However, the fierceness and ferocity of the specters far exceeded the imagination of other races. With the help of human traitors, the beastmen orchestrated a plan and led out the Elven King, killing him, and then sent people to destroy the elves’ Teldrassil and the Fountain of Life.
自然神木是精灵族的母树，也是所有精灵的衍生之地。而生命之泉是母树的灵气之源，它能够赐予精灵充沛的生命力，让植物焕发无限生机。只要生命之泉不干，自然神木即可永存。
Teldrassil was the mother tree of all elves and was also their birthplace. The fountain of life was the source of the mother tree’s power. It could give elves abundant vitality and make the plants glow with infinite life. As long as the fountain of life worked, Teldrassil would last forever.
然而，器鬼族却利用一种神奇的器皿“鬼玉”，将生命之泉封印其中。自然神木失去了生命源泉，逐渐枯败凋零，直至被连根拔起。
However, the specters sealed the fountain of life with a magic tool called “phantom jade”. Teldrassil gradually withered with the loss of the fountain until it was uprooted.
精灵族遭受灭顶之灾，从此一蹶不振。原本长寿不老的他们，开始苍老衰竭，数十年后，相继死亡。如果生命之泉和自然神木就此消失，精灵族也将彻底灭绝。没有精灵族，意味着大陆再也没有可以消灭器鬼族的力量。
The elves were devastated and never recovered. They, who had always lived a long life, began to age, and died several decades later in succession. If the fountain of life and Teldrassil were to disappear, the elves would be completely extinct. The absence of elves meant that the continent no longer had the power to wipe out the specters.
精灵族的长老，以自己的生命为代价，在最后关头保留了一根神木树枝。只要得到鬼玉，将生命之泉解封，那根神木树枝就是精灵族最后的希望。
The elder of the elves, at the cost of his life, had retained a branch of Teldrassil before it had withered away. As long as someone could get the phantom jade and unseal the fountain of life, that branch would become the last hope of the elves.
自此之后，联盟国家与器鬼族控制的傀儡国，开始了连年不断的争战。
Since then, the allied countries and puppet countries controlled by the specters began and endless war.
精灵族在战争和衰弱中，数量快速锐减，百年后，大陆上的纯血精灵几乎完全消失，剩下的只有精灵与其他种族的混血后代。混血精灵无论是相貌、寿命还是自然亲和力，都远远无法与纯血精灵相比。
The number of elves declined rapidly due to the war and aging. After a hundred years, the pure blood elves on the mainland almost completely disappeared, leaving only mixed descendants. Mixed elves were far from pure blood elves in terms of appearance, longevity and natural affinity.
尚可穿越过来之时，正是纯血精灵已然消失，联盟处于绝对劣势之际。
The time point in which Shang Ke transmigrated over, it was when the pure blood elves had all disappeared and the alliance was at an absolute disadvantage.
【附加任务1——复活自然神木。】
【Additional Mission 1: Resurrect Teldrassil.】
果然，主线任务轻松完成，附加任务就进入地狱模式了。
Sure enough, since the main Mission was easily completed, the additional Missions entered hell mode.
想要复活自然神木，首先必须从器鬼族手上抢到鬼玉，然后找到最后那根神木树枝。
If one wanted to revive Teldrassil, someone first had to grab the phantom jade from the specters and then find the last branch of Teldrassil.
对于神木树枝，尚可倒是不急。因为他，就是那根神木树枝，更准确的说，是神木树枝转化的精灵。
Shang Ke wasn’t in a hurry for the branch because he was the branch of that Tree, or more accurately speaking, the elf that transformed from the branch.
如今两大阵营处于僵持状态，器鬼族盘踞北方，正在大肆破坏植被，将沃土变为荒原，只允许他们统治下傀儡国家种植基本所需的粮食和蔬菜瓜果。
At present, the two camps were at a stalemate. The specters was entrenched in the north and was wantonly destroying vegetation, turning fertile soil into wasteland and allowing only the puppet countries under their rule to grow basic food, vegetables and fruits.
而联盟国家的人类、混血精灵、兽人、矮人等族，则在寻找机会夺取鬼玉。他们只有复活自然神木，孕育出新的纯血精灵甚至是精灵王，才有可能将器鬼族消灭。
The humans, mixed elves, beastmens, dwarves and other races in the alliance countries were looking for opportunities to seize the phantom jade. Only when they resurrected Teldrassil and produce new pure blood elves, or even the Elven King, that they could they possibly destroy the specters.
尚可接收完信息，再次将目光投向不远处的那十几颗橄榄状的“果实”。在自然神木被摧毁前，不只留下了一根树枝，还留下了十五颗可以孕育出纯血精灵的卵果。
After receiving the information, Shang Ke once again looked at the dozen or so olive-shaped “fruits” not far away. Before Teldrassil was destroyed, it left not only a branch but also fifteen seeds that could give birth to pureblood elves.
神木精灵一直带着十五个小生命四处流浪，寻找安全的栖息之地，好不容易找到一片广袤的森林，本想利用森林充沛的自然气息，将小精灵孕育出来，结果这片森林也遭到了器鬼族的破坏。
The Elf transformed from Teldrassil’s branch had been wandering around with fifteen little lives, looking for a safe place to survive and finally found a vast forest. He wanted to use the abundant natural atmosphere of the forest to nurture the elves. However before he could, the forest was also destroyed by the specters.
如果尚可没有穿越，神木精灵将为了救卵果而被烧成灰烬。“他”虽然是神木精灵，却不会使用法术，只有一身纯净的自然之力。
If Shang Ke hadn’t taken over, the Elf would have been burned to ashes to save the seeds. Although “he” was an elf transformed from the branch of Teldrassil, he did not know how to use magic and could only use the nature power within him.
尚可数了数，十五颗卵果最后只剩下了十二颗，三个小生命隐没在大火中。
Shang Ke counted the seeds but there were only twelve left. Three little lives were lost in the fire.
十二颗卵果，十二个纯血小精灵，就是精灵族未来崛起的希望……
Twelve seeds meant that twelve pureblood elves were the hope for the future rise of the elves…
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Sarah: Sorry it took awhile for this to come out! I’m on a holiday vacation with my family so updates will be a bit slow this month. Thank you so much for the ppl who continued to donate through ko-fi, I’ll try my best to get as much chapters out for this arc! ko-fi.com/sarah_min
SnowTime: For the people who recognize the name Teldrassil, I am borrowing it from WoW because the original name sucks and I can’t think of anything so I found things that might loosely fit. Yggdrasil wouldn’t fit ‘cause it’s too big, so Teldrassil. Chinese it’s the Sacred/Divine Tree of Life which is hella mouthful