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"I… I am really flabbergasted… Why didn't you tell me such critical news the moment you found out?" Negris felt an overwhelming urge to pounce and give it a good smack with its tail, but remembering it was no match, it begrudgingly held back.

This damned tree, everything else it does is at a snail's pace, only matters involving Little Sapling could stir up its enthusiasm.

The old tree spoke at its usual leisurely pace, "Is it serious? Everything breaks down eventually; it's a natural part of life."

Spoken as if it makes perfect sense, the Starburst Array is merely a man-made object after all, and it definitely has a lifespan unless it can repair itself, like the transfer hub of the World Tree in the Resting Abyss.

But even the self-repairing property of the World Tree's hub is conditional; it requires an abundance of the breath of death or else it would end up like the Teleportation Array in that sealed cave in Demon Valley, broken without the possibility of reconnection.