Day 85 - 11:52 PM - Mountain Base, Mount Malabito, General Nakar, Quezon
Mark stood by the window of the room together with Iola and Miracle. Not only the three, but almost everyone in the base was alarmed by the sudden event. Who would not be? The bright red light emanated by the Night Everred Spirit Tree enveloped the whole flatlands between the mountains. It was bright enough to wake up those that were sleeping.
Furthermore, being seen from far away, it looked like the sun started to rise between the mountains. Even the people of New Infanta Settlement that was about twenty kilometers away northwest witnessed the light. It was although a few mountains separated the two places.
The others might not know. But as the master of the Spirit Tree, Mark knew that it was finally gaining its sentience. Just as how sudden it had fully grown, the birth of its consciousness was the same.
H̷͙͉̝̳͈͗̇̉̕è̶̖̺̼̞̭̄r̸̩̾ẻ̶̹̣̰̹͖̒'̶̻̼̜̠̹̊s̵̠͍̱̜̣͒̕ ̸̥̟̘̅́̕͜͜T̷̡̨̼͙́ō̴̫͙͕͚͕̄̆̒͋d̴̮̲̥͒̃̽͜â̵̞͚͚̗͗ͅy̶͕̲̙̠͌̀̕͝'̷͔̝̮̞͛͠ş̷̙͇̱̞̓ ̴̢̲̫̙̍C̵̛̬͔̉̎h̵͙̗̭͎̺̒̓̇̂̚ả̷̞̩ͅp̴̩̱̫͕̗̒t̵̬̳̀͊̕e̵̲͎̣̣̓̑r̴͍̩̬͈̘̆͒͗!̵̢̙̭̜̝̐
The Spirit Tree awakened and Mark was able to enter the space inside it. It was not an ideal place to live being in eternal night, but it was a secure place as a last resort and to store their important things.
Still, who would have thought that the Spirit World they longed to see was already in the verge of collapse? It was in an even more severe state compared to Earth in many ways.
Just what caused this to happen?
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