Chapter 2- A world of unknown

Deciding that i would explore this world, i started climbing down the humongous tree and is currently walking on the tree's giant branches and overgrown roots. Looking at the giant tree made me think of the tree of legend. The world tree Yggdrasil, seriously though the giant ash tree is beautiful and indescribable. Even there are giant floating islands staying afloat in the air. I still find myself admiring the tree that i woke up to.

But, yet i still wonder. Was there any connection towards this tree and that miniature one i found on that cavern's altar? Did that tree have anything to do with the current situation i am in? Looking at my marked palm, i stop in my tracks a bit and wondered.

''When i woke up, this mark has been branded on my palm, was it something like magic? Like one of those sudden contracts? Normally,i would be skeptical about magic and things like that. but seeing the floating islands and flying creatures up in the sky.''

I can only sigh at my heart. I know nothing about this world or its origins. Even this mark on my palms is something i have no idea off. But at any rate, i need to move on and get off this giant tree.

Still halfway through the tree, with a camera in hand,i have been taking photos of the flora's that grows within the tree. There are many wild plants that i have not seen before and taking a photo of it, is something that i would never miss.

During the way down, i have took photos of about 24 different types of wild plants and yet there still many types popping down that it seems endless. This land right now is like a goldmine of interesting things.

In the sky there are about 4 floating islands. The first island was mostly covered with moss and plants. The second island was more akin to just a giant rock. The third one has one growing tree on it and seem particularly lonely looking to look at. The fourth one was something i like more, the island is magnificent with its sparkle as its flowing water pours down the land and forms a stream of crystal clear river.

I wondered on why such floating island gets its water from, but thinking even further made my head hurt. I mean, its a floating island, an island that seems free of gravity. How does that even work? Is it like how the sun and planets work? They revolve around the giant tree maybe?

Anyway, i seem to be getting nearer towards the base the tree, maybe after arriving there i should make a makeshift shelter, dig on the ground and make a hole , then rest for the night.

After doing all the things i mention earlier, i open my survival backpack and open a canned food and started eating the beef on it. Canned food isn't really that flavorful but i just have to deal with it. Feeling a bit of stale taste on the canned food, i decided to make a bonfire for the night, then heated up the can to cook it.

After eating, i started cleaning my utensils and then used the can and make a flower pot on the spot. I can't carry these cans with me, so rather than just leaving it behind, i decided to at least plant a flower on it and leave it as reminder if i somehow have to go back here.

Resting on my sleeping bag, i started staring at the night sky which is littered in stars. This kind of view was impossible to see unless your in a uninhabited place without pollution back on earth. But looking at the clear sky without pollution was mesmerizing.

Seeing the stars made me reflect on the day. Today, so many events happen that i can't even put my finger on where to start. First being lost on a forest. Finding a cavern inside a tree. Discovering an altar and being binded and knock unconscious by a gas. Then suddenly finding myself in a parallel world with floating islands , Humongous trees and skies full of stars. There were even creatures that should only exist on fantasy.

But yet here i am witnessing them with my own eyes. I have given up whether this a hallucination or not. After all , even if i say that i still have this eerie feeling in my heart. Part of me wants to get out of here already and wake up. But yet a part of me also wants to stay on this world and explore it.

This situation was like a dream, a good dream. My body feels tired and want to sleep, but i am afraid, that closing my eyes. I would wake up on that cavern and find it all as a sweet dream.

But whether this is a dream or not, it will be all decided the moment i open my eyes after sleeping.

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Feeling the warm wrap of my sleeping bag, i slowly open my eyes......What greeted me was the giant tree that i have arrived from.

Sitting still in daze, i feel some kind of assurance. Assurance? i don't even know why im feeling this. But with this wide new world, i can't just sit here anymore.

Washing my face at the nearby pool of water, i took a bath and wash my clothes for a bit and dried it on the sun. Then when my clothes dried, i pulled out my hooded caped coat that i usually use keep my clothes and backpack safe from the rain or wind. Putting the coat on tightly, i then gave farewell to the base of the tree and headed into a random direction

Walking slowly, i was staring almost everywhere, as i look around curiously at the land before me. There were also signs of wildlife, but because i keep my distance and with my hooded cape coat being adaptable to the surrounding that i have gone notice.

Then, i entered a forest and walked for almost an hour before seeing the exit. What greeted me after exiting the forest was a grassland that almost stretches into the distance. Then without wasting any more time, i followed where my feet takes me and continued onward.

Hours pass, yet im still keep my waling pace and took many shots of the scenery. Flowers and trees that i have not seen before fills my camera. But even if i took more shots, i am not particular worried about using all the memory of my camera when i have still have a box full of 5 Terabyte memory cards. It may look insane having that amount of memory cards. But as paranoid person who worries about everything. I have confidence that my equipment will last till i die. And for that, i would like to thank my great grandfather who have introduce me to a friend of his where i got my equipment.

Still looking at the camera, i was surveying the landscape when i notice a type of beast i have never encountered before and prone on the ground to observe. Looking at the bull like beast, i notice that beside the beast there was a figure that resembles........a human..

I grew excited, and because of that i quickly stand up and prepared myself to make contact with the figure i have spotted.