Passing through the tunnel, crossing Hope Cliff, and returning to Hope Barrier, it was the evening when the sun was setting all over the sky.
It's midsummer.
The tunnel leads directly to the cave. Once out of the tunnel, through the entrance of this huge cave, Tang Ling saw the sky burning like fire.
This made Tang Ling stop. He knew that after a while, the red accumulated in the sky would slowly fade away, and then the dark blue sky would completely swallow up the faded red.
"Brother, what is this?" Shanshan's little hand is holding a grass stem. The five petals on the grass stem have white leaves with pink edges. They look very cute, just as cute as Shanshan's clean little hands.
"Bitter White Ding" Tang Ling turned around. Before he finished speaking, he saw Shanshan put a white leaf into her mouth.
"Bah, bah, bah, it's so bitter, so bitter, bad leaves." The delicate nose was raised delicately, a pair of big eyes that seemed to contain clear lake water were also narrowed, and the little face was chubby.
Life was hard, so Tang Ling's goal was to keep Shanshan simple.
Therefore, it feels good to pinch her face.
Tang Ling smiled and pinched Shanshan's cheek: "I'll make you greedy."
"Is your mouth bitter? Brother, can I change it into something sweet for you?"
"Look, the leaves of Kubaiding are bitter, but its roots are sweet. Can you try it?"
"Well, it's so sweet, it's really sweet." Shanshan smiled happily and hung it on Tang Ling's neck, reluctant to spit out the bitter white diced root in her mouth.
Tang Ling picked her up and walked home.
The sun was setting in the sky at that time, but they had to go home before dark. There was still mother-in-law at home, the fire had been raised, the food was hot, and the water was very hot.
"Brother, the sunset disappeared so quickly."
"Brother, I don't like it being dark. If the sunset stays a little longer, I can play outside a little longer."
"elder brother"
Tang Ling almost walked to the entrance of the cave belonging to the First Preparatory Battalion in a daze.
As for the sunset, he no longer dared to look at it.
But fortunately, this kind of heart-wrenching memory has become much less frequent now.
But this time, I guess I was secretly practicing the 'eating technique' in a secret passage. I was a little tired, so I let memories take advantage of my fatigue to come in.
Tang Ling put on an expression and took out a thorny melon from the luggage bag on his back. He bought it in Security Zone No. 17. It was a gift for everyone and it was not expensive. After all, it was the height of summer. , If you search carefully in the wild forest, you can pick many.
Tang Ling gnawed the melon with big mouthfuls, juice overflowing, that rogue big eater was back again.
It's just that the cave seemed very quiet, and no one appreciated his 'performance'. After all, the First Reserve Battalion's annual assessments were at similar times, which resulted in the Crescent Soldiers' monthly vacation days almost all falling on this day. .
"Are you back early?" Tang Ling roughly wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, but heard bursts of very beautiful singing coming from the cave.
It sounds great!
Tang Ling couldn't help but step lightly and quietly walked to the cave where the singing came from. It was the cave of the Raptor Team.
The singers were Wei An and Christina. They were smiling, leaning against each other, singing this beautiful tune repeatedly, as if they were immersed in it, and looked very happy.
Tang Ling did not rush into the cave rashly, but retreated quietly, leaning against the entrance of the cave and listening quietly.
This is an era of spiritual desert. The cruel life makes it impossible for people to stop and create any spiritual wealth.
For example, Tang Ling knew about literature, music, and those magical movies and TV shows through reading, but he didn't have time to listen to a complete pre-civilization song.
In his memory, the songs were the ancient tunes that his mother-in-law hummed softly when she coaxed him to sleep. When Shanshan was happy, she unconsciously hummed "la la la" that was completely out of tune.
When he actually heard it this time, he suddenly discovered that songs had a soothing effect on people's hearts.
Tang Ling stood alone at the entrance of the cave and listened intently, but he saw Amir walking over from outside. When he saw Tang Ling standing outside, he showed a surprised expression.
"Shh." Tang Ling stretched out his finger to signal Amir not to interrupt.
Amir stood quietly beside Tang Ling, and singing continued to come from the cave.
"Does it sound good?" Tang Ling asked Amir quietly.
Amir was obviously intoxicated by what he heard, his eyes flashed, and he nodded gently.
"Where did you come back from?" Tang Ling asked Amir casually. In fact, he just wanted to keep the two of them from being too silent.
The relationship between the entire Raptors team is very good, but Amir always seems to be separated from everyone by a wall.
Tang Ling didn't know if it was his imagination. He felt that the wall between Amir and him was particularly thick.
But Tang Ling didn't want that.
Because Amir is from the settlement, and because when he pretended to be injured that day, Amir strode over and said there was hope, and his expression when he rushed to treat him was sincere.
Unexpectedly, this was just an unintentional question from Tang Ling, but Amir's expression was very abnormal and indescribably complicated.
After a while, he whispered: "I'm at the Barrier of Hope. I have nowhere to go. I just went for a walk."
"Ah, I'm sorry." Tang Ling suddenly felt a little guilty. Shouldn't he have thought of it
Born in the same settlement, wouldn't he also have nowhere to go without Su Yao
**
"Don't be shy, sing it again, you must sing it again." Auston roared at the top of his lungs in the cave, looking very excited.
In line with Auston's high-pitched tone, Andy also added fuel to the fire, jumping and asking Wei An and Christina to sing again the song that Tang Ling and Amir overheard in the evening.
I'm looking forward to it, a pre-civilized song.
That is a very precious treasure. With the drastic changes of the times, many of the audio and video materials of the previous civilization have been destroyed, and the rest have disappeared inexplicably.
It is said that only a few nobles have access to some.
The most the Crescent Warrior has access to is access to some literary works from pre-civilizations, but don't even think about audio and video materials.
"Just sing." Yu also cheered.
Christina glared at Tang Ling. Who would have thought that this guy was so bad. He didn't say anything when he came back. He eavesdropped on her and Wei An singing at the entrance of the cave and spread the news everywhere.
Even the quiet and calm Amir was led astray by Tang Ling.
Tang Ling ignored Christina's glare, and instead provoked the stubborn Auston to continue to heckle her.
"Tina, how about we sing it again?" Wei An pulled Christina's clothes and whispered.
Christina glared at Tang Ling again and said directly: "Sing as long as you sing, each of you come up with a hope. We are not singing in vain."
"Hey, we completed the mission. We lacked everything except hope points. Sing, the uncle has two hope points, you sing it twice." How could Tang Ling be 'scared' by Christina, holding a glass of hot water? , pretending that I am very generous.
Amidst everyone's laughter and commotion, Wei An and Christian stopped being 'pretentious'. With a slightly shy expression, the two girls sang the song they sang in the afternoon again.
It's very beautiful. Both of them have good voices. Coupled with the beautiful tunes composed by pre-civilizations, people will soon be immersed in the singing.
Even Yu and Auston, two people who had listened to some songs from previous civilizations, didn’t think the song sung by Wei An and Christina was as good.
In the cave echoing with singing and in the warmth of dancing firelight, several teenagers from the Raptor Team smiled with quiet and gentle eyes, while the two girls, with a slightly shy but slightly proud expression, held hands. Singing.
They grew up together and have been extremely close for two months.
They laughed and laughed, amidst the hard and heavy training life, because they could still find a little fun in each other.
They had just experienced a life and death battle, and in the blink of an eye they were immersed in singing again.
Such a picture will be engraved in memory forever.
"What does this song mean?" After the song ended, Tang Ling half-leaned against the cave wall and asked the two girls.
Although he could understand several languages due to his inexplicable memory, Tang Ling did not understand the language in the song. He was simply attracted by the tune.
"Yeah, what do you mean?" Everyone couldn't help but ask.
The language of this song feels very unfamiliar. Even Auston and Yusheng were nobles and had to learn many pre-civilized languages since childhood, but they had never been exposed to this language.
"It is the language of an island country in Dongshengzhou. Before the civilization collapsed, the island countries were almost isolated from the world, so it is more difficult for their inheritance to be left behind." Christina explained.
However, due to the development of science and technology in pre-civilizations at that time, the distance between countries was getting closer and closer, and they could communicate in many ways.
Therefore, some songs about that island country were still circulated among the nobles.
It’s not like no one understands the language at all.
Christina accidentally discovered this song in the collection at home. When she saw the lyrics, her heart was touched, so she took Wei An to listen to it and learn the song together during the holidays.
As for the meaning of the lyrics, Christina glanced at Wei An. It was better for a little girl like Wei An who was full of emotions. She was too careless and it almost ruined the artistic conception of the song.
"The song talks about classmates who are about to separate and the agreement they made before separation. Classmates is a word from pre-civilization. They are people who study together and get along like this in our first preparatory camp." Wei An First he explained it, and then he started saying the lyrics word for word.
"I will never forget the promise I made with you at the end of summer."
“There are still dreams and biggest wishes for the future.”
"I believe we can meet again at the end of summer ten years later"
“I will still have the best memories with me at that time.”
"I met you in an inadvertent moment."
"Oh, the fireworks blooming brilliantly in the night sky is inexplicably sentimental."
"Ah, the wind goes by with the passage of time"
"Somewhat happy and cheerful"
“I have experienced many adventures”
"I believe we can meet again at the end of summer ten years later"
"Hold back the tears and say goodbye with a smile."
"It's a little sad, but I still have the best memories."
In Wei An's soft and emotional voice, the lyrics were read out line by line, and as Christina said, even the lyrics were so moving.
At this time, even the dullest Auston can understand why Christina and Wei An were moved by this song and studied it over and over again, because it is easy to think of their present time together. Every day.
After all, the boy couldn't express himself. He just looked at his friends and felt something firm in his heart.
After Wei An finished speaking the lyrics, she sat down, held her chin in her hand, glanced at everyone, and finally her eyes fell on Tang Ling, and asked: "It's summer now too. You think, in the summer of ten years we will Will we still be together?"
"Together, fighting for Safe Zone 17? If not together, will we be able to see each other in the summer ten years later? What will we look like in ten years?"
This question actually caused a slight pain in Tang Ling's heart. He thought that this sadness had completely dissipated with the death of his mother-in-law and sister, and would never happen to anyone else.
Ten years from now? Maybe he doesn't have to wait ten years at all, and he has already broken up with Safe Zone No. 17.
But Tang Ling didn't want to express this emotion at all, just like he didn't want to remember these memories in his mind at all. Why did he remember so many of them inexplicably
So, Tang Ling laughed carelessly: "What are you thinking? In ten years, you will definitely gain weight, just like the fat cook who is responsible for delivering meals on duty, tsk tsk, why are you still fighting?" Let’s enjoy life in Safe Zone 17, haha.”
What kind of answer is that? Only Auston laughed stupidly along with Tang Ling.
Wei An hugged her knees in frustration, and Christina glared at Tang Ling again. There was no way to have spiritual communication with this kind of person. He was a person who didn't understand any emotions at all except eating.
**
"Why did you deliberately say that to Wei An today?" Yu was a little dissatisfied and handed Tang Ling a small cloth bag.
Tang Ling lowered his head, without looking at Yu, and opened the small cloth bag. Inside were several pieces of meat. Judging from the texture and firmness of the muscles, this was definitely ferocious beast meat, but it should not be level three. The quality of ferocious beast meat.
"Level 2 ferocious beast meat?" Tang Ling weighed the meat and found that these small pieces weighed five kilograms, which should be enough to last for a short period of time.
"Well, five kilograms of second-grade ferocious beast meat jerky requires more than twenty kilograms of fresh second-grade ferocious beast meat to make. It already accounts for most of the family's reserves. As for the third-grade ferocious beast meat, the family is not willing to exchange it. "Even the second-level ferocious beast meat, they thought I needed it," Yu explained.
"It's already very good." Tang Ling didn't care. Yu said that he would suffer from the transaction, but in fact Tang Ling felt that he had taken advantage.
"You haven't told me yet, why did you deliberately attack Wei'an?" Yu continued to ask.
"Really? I just didn't think about the problem ten years later. I just said it casually." On the edge of the patrol area, Tang Ling looked at the ruined battlefield under the purple moon, as if he was seeing a settlement that had become a ruin.
Ten years from now, who would think
Well, it’s an over-section and I won’t explain anything superfluous, but it contains several important pieces of information. Adding the song 'secret base' to the book was something I decided early on. I decided that three songs must be included in this book. Of course, this can be considered a characteristic of my book writing. Wait, there's another chapter.
(End of chapter)