I was born on the day when the sky clouds came.
My mother told me that that day a fire broke out under the sky, burning the clouds and plunging the entire heaven and earth into a sea of fire.
That day, most of my tribe died, and it was also that day that I was born.
I don't have a name. In my tribe, names seem to have no effect. Some... are just how to survive in this cruel world!
I don’t know why, but we, who never kill, always become the prey of others. Human beings like to hunt us, peel off our skins, and make them into their clothes.
The blood on the skin can be washed away, but can the dead air stained on it be washed away...
Cut off our horns and make what they call souvenirs.
But what qualifications do we, the weak, have to become souvenirs
Drink our blood raw because that seems to cure some of their ailments.
But the dagger that pierces our heart and the warm blood it releases uses our whole life while healing!
So since I was born, I have always been afraid, always avoiding, and always alert, but these are obviously not enough... Because this world belongs to steel, to humans, and to the majestic city barriers built one after another.
It's also because I seem to be a little special. The fur on my body is white, which is different from all my people. My horns are also white, and even my eyes are the same!
And this difference, after someone discovered me once, brought me endless catastrophe...
It was this catastrophe that made me understand why the fire from the sky that my mother mentioned on the day I was born came. It was a weapon, a weapon that was said to... be able to destroy the world.
The reason why I know this is because I cannot escape the destiny. In this catastrophe, the ethnic group abandoned me, and my mother abandoned me, because my existence seems to be the source of the demise of the entire ethnic group.
I wanted to run and catch up, but I didn't dare... I've been cautious since I was born, so I didn't dare to shout loudly or run fast, because the sound of running would put me in deeper danger.
Until, after being abandoned, I became the trophy of a man whose name I do not know.
What he needs is not the dead skin, not the blood without warmth, but the living me. That is a gift, a gift to the city lord.
So... After being hungry for a long time, I was sent to the city and became one of the so-called strange beasts in the city lord's backyard.
I sometimes think that I am lucky. Although I have lost my freedom, my tribe, and am trapped here, I am here. I don’t need to hide, fear, or run. Besides... I am here, And some friends.
Among my friends, there are wise old apes, aggressive little tigers, and charming foxes. As for the others... I don't like them because they are too fierce.
The old ape is a very strange guy. He is very old, and his whole body is covered with wrinkles. He likes to sit cross-legged on the hill, likes to put some stones around, and likes to call us to celebrate his birthday on fixed days every year.
It said, this is called birthday celebration.
And it seems to have been here for a long, long time, so much so that it seems to know many things and has become an omniscient presence in the backyard.
The little tiger is different from it. The little tiger likes to fight very much and seems to work hard to become the overlord in the yard. It is also the one that allows me to not be bullied here. At the same time, it also has a hobby, that is, it likes water. It once said that it is getting old. Finally, if you can be buried in a waterfall pool, that would be great.
As for Ahu... Although we are friends, I don't like some things about it very much. It was sent after me. After coming here, she likes to give her hair to other strange beasts, and each one takes it. The strange beasts who saw its fur seemed to be very happy.
But I'm worried that one day it will be bald. In addition, I discovered a secret about it. The guy who gets the most hair on it will often die silently soon after.
But no matter what, we are friends, so I won’t want the hair she gave me.
I thought that my whole life might be spent walking in this courtyard to the ruins, and maybe one day I could become a wise man like the old ape, until I met... her.
It was a little girl, who seemed to be only three or five years old. Her expression was a little cute, and she tried hard to look like a little adult, but... she had a little baby fat.
But her eyes were bright, like stars.
Next to her was a middle-aged man with white hair. Their clothes were different from everyone else in the world. I don’t know how to describe it, but the wisest old ape in the backyard told me that Immortal.
I don't know what an immortal is, but I know that the arrival of the white-haired man made the city lord, who looked like the sky in my eyes, tremble and kneel down, like a slave.
This may not be anything, but if the person kneeling there is all the city lords in this world, then the meaning... will be different.
"My daughter wants to write a book, so I brought her here to look for materials." These were the words spoken by the white-haired man to the countless city lords who were kneeling before him.
I understand what a book is, but I don’t understand what the material means, but it doesn’t matter. The wise old ape explained everything to me, but it’s a pity... Even if I tried hard to look at the little girl, she passed by the backyard, Didn't notice my presence.
This was our first encounter, and it was also the beginning of my life-long companionship... Because, the little girl I thought would disappear from my eyes fell down while jumping and running happily.
Her father did not help her up, but stared gently, watching the little girl get up on her own. But at that moment, I didn’t know what kind of force was pushing her. Maybe it was the purity of the little girl, or maybe it was After she got up, she tried hard not to cry, but tears fell down her face.
So I walked over, and amidst the surprise of all my friends and the panic of all the city lords around me, I came to her side and licked the tears from the corners of her eyes.
It seemed that it was my tongue that tickled her, so the little girl giggled, with some curiosity in her eyes, and stroked the hair on my head with her little hands.
Very comfortable.
"Dad, can you give me this little white deer?" The little girl turned her head and looked at the white-haired middle-aged man. I also turned my head and looked over.
From the white-haired middle-aged eyes, I saw my own figure, a white young deer.
This is me. Perhaps it was the influence of the weapon I was born with. After I grew to a certain level, I stopped developing and remained in a larval state forever.
But for some reason, the eyes of the middle-aged man in white seemed to contain some other meaning. I didn't know what it was, but it didn't matter, because he nodded.
This is the first time since I entered the backyard that I have left here.
When I left, I said goodbye to the old ape and told it that I might not be able to come back for the next birthday celebration. The old ape said it doesn't matter, we will meet again.
Although the old ape's eyes were deeper when he said this, as if he saw the future, very far away... But I didn't care, because I knew that his eyes were not very good.
As for the little tiger, he went to fight again, so my farewell was unsuccessful, but Ah Hu cried. It seemed that when we parted at the end, he gave me the hair, but I still didn't want it, so he cried very sadly.
But I'm not sad, because after leaving the city lord's mansion and wandering around this world with the little girl and her father, I have a name.
"Little Bai Lu, let me give you a name. Your name is... Xiao Bai Bai!"
I liked this name very much and was about to nod, but her father spoke from the side.
"No."
"Why, daddy."
"..." The middle-aged man said nothing, but the little girl kept asking questions, and finally he seemed helpless and spoke.
"Because Daddy doesn't like the word Bai."
"Then let's call it baby." The little girl pouted, but she quickly thought of a new name. She held my head and kept talking.
So, I got a name, this name, called baby.
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It’s time to make up for the update, and I’ll blow it up by the way to see how many fellow Taoists are still awake :)
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