Han Zhan couldn’t be wrong.

He had interacted with the World Tree many times, whether it was the special texture of the trunk or its umbrella-like growth pattern, they were identical!

"This video was just uploaded."

"It shows that Fourth Senior Brother’s filming time must have been not long ago."

"If it was not long ago..."

As Han Zhan spoke to himself here, he subconsciously thought of the dream he had.

The voice in the dream became clearer and clearer in his ear.

That voice seemed to mention... a name.

Han Zhan shook his head, breaking away from his memories.

Could this mysterious sapling discovered by Fourth Senior Brother be related to the voice he heard?

"I’ll contact Fourth Senior Brother now and go check the place where he discovered the sapling."

With this thought, Han Zhan decisively decided.

The calls from the dream needed resolving before he could have a good night’s sleep, it had already become a major concern for Han Zhan.

Now that there’s a clue, of course, he would set off immediately.

From Julu Pass to the south of the Imperial territory.

On the Blue Star map, it was indeed a very long distance.

But with Great Xia’s current technology level, after the iteration and upgrade of the Star Iron Express, it only took three minutes to get there.

Shen Zheqi heard that Han Zhan was coming, so he waited at the docking point specifically.

All the Contracted Spirit Girls also came along.

Concerned about Han Zhan’s health issue, they couldn’t rest easy.

A grand entourage arrived at the desert, the environment here was harsh, with winds howling, and there was no one in sight.

But they did not see the abyssal gaping hole described in the video, as expected.

Seeing Han Zhan’s confusion, Shen Zheqi did not provide much explanation. He raised his hand and pointed to a certain spot in the desert.

"It’s over there."

Following Shen Zheqi’s finger, the group looked closely and finally spotted a tiny tiny tree the size of a fingernail.

"This little tree is quite magical."

"As long as you water it, it can instantly devour the surrounding endless sand, forming an abyss of unfathomable depth, but it doesn’t last long."

"The quicksand in the desert will fill it back up, then it returns to being the little sapling."

Shen Zheqi explained.

"Let’s test it now," Han Zhan nodded slightly.

Knowing their purpose, Shen Zheqi did not stop them, only advising, "Be careful," and then retreated about twenty meters. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

That should be the range where the abyss appears after the sapling touches water.

Everything was ready.

Han Zhan poured water onto the sand, irrigating the sapling.

Sure enough, upon being watered, the entire sapling shook lightly.

A sound seemed to come from a distant past and echoed in everyone’s ear.

In the next second, tons and tons of sand beneath Han Zhan and the others suddenly disappeared!

The prepared group was left floating midair, unlike Shen Zheqi’s first rapid descent.

Before them,

The sapling transformed into the reverse-growing robust trunk and branches, extending towards an unknown darkness.

The golden-brown dragon scale tree pattern was almost identical to the World Tree.

"That’s right." After confirming again, Han Zhan nodded with the girls.

Together they descended into the darkness.

"Isn’t this a bit too rash?"

As their bodies continued to sink, the faint light above grew dimmer.

As if enveloped by darkness, Xia Youwei spoke up.

"Why not let Bob use the Intelligent Mechanism to explore the pit first?"

Han Zhan shook his head.

It wasn’t that he wanted to rush recklessly but that he had no choice.

"When contacting Fourth Senior Brother, I also spoke with Bob."

"The Intelligent Mechanical Shuttle exploring with Fourth Senior Brother had already entered here first. But they found nothing."

"That’s why I needed to see for myself."

As Han Zhan explained, the group quickly flew further down the abyss-like pit.

But like the Intelligent Mechanical Shuttle, there was nothing to be found.

"Fourth Senior Brother will continually provide water for the tree, so we don’t need to worry about the time issue," Shang Siteng remarked.

"However, I’ve made a new discovery."

She paused and continued, "We have been descending for an hour, given Joyful Wind’s descent speed, we’ve traveled quite a distance."

Shang Siteng looked towards Han Zhan.

She knew Han Zhan would understand her meaning.

Sure enough, Han Zhan furrowed his brows and picked up after her:

"Are you suggesting that the depth we’ve descended has already exceeded the expected diameter of the Blue Star?"

Blue Star is a sphere, with the diameter representing the distance from one side of the surface to the other.

The distance they had descended already exceeded this length, yet they hadn’t reached the other side.

"Could it be that we unknowingly entered an Other Space?" Li Lingzhen speculated wildly.

"Perhaps we shouldn’t judge Blue Star by ordinary planetary standards," Gongyang Jin objected, "You must remember, it is a Fruit World."

If Blue Star is a Fruit World, maybe, rather than treating it as an ordinary spherical planet, it could be seen as a fruit?

Gongyang Jin’s words opened up new lines of thought.

"Fruit, fruit, fruits are attached to trees, the base of the fruit often connects with branches. If the Blue Star Fruit World is similar..."

Could it be that this seemingly endless passage ultimately leads to the World Tree?!

No, that’s not right.

If it leads to the World Tree, why can’t the Intelligent Mechanical Shuttle explore it?

As Han Zhan pondered, his eyes suddenly felt burning hot.

The Divine Light Talent had been passively activated!

The next second, Han Zhan opened his eyes, a brilliant golden light shone from his eyes.

Looking again into the endless darkness, he discovered something different.

In the distance, at the end of the abyssal passage, under the Divine Radiance, a thread of Spiritual Power was flowing downward.

Following the delicate flow of Spiritual Power, Han Zhan gazed downward.

The once bottomless, dark abyss was now a white rippling vortex, appearing like the shape of a "gate"!

Han Zhan and the others kept descending swiftly, but the white vortex gate maintained a fixed distance as if it were within reach yet forever unattainable.

This explains why the Intelligent Mechanical Shuttle’s exploration always failed to reach the bottom.

Han Zhan could see it because he possessed the Divine Talent, the eyes of Divine Radiance.

This confirmed his suspicion; this passage was indeed connected with the World Tree!

Under the continued gaze of the eyes of Divine Radiance, new inscriptions appeared on the white vortex gate:

"Access Granted."

"Enter Now?"