As it should be, the surroundings were quiet, with only the lingering sound of the wind, which softly meandered through the treetops and leaves, blew over his shoulders, and lifted his short hair playfully.
Xie Ning turned around several times. He didn't dare to go too far away from the original place. At this moment, he still had the ostrich mentality of looking for a sword on a boat, fearing that if he walked a little further, he would miss the opportunity to return to the human world, the key, the door... anything.
He had been an atheist for twenty years, and now he was so anxious that he prayed to everyone in his heart, from the spirits of his ancestors to the Jade Emperor and the Three Pure Ones, even Jesus, the Father and Mary. He was so panicked that his hands and feet were shaking. He just hoped that as soon as he closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the wall of the partition would appear in front of him.
Unfortunately, reality always disappoints people. He didn't know how long he had been waiting. His lips were parched and his mouth was dry. It was cold at night. Xie Ning's teeth were chattering with cold. He felt that the night wind was pouring in through the cracks in his bones, chilling his soul.
He had to wrap his thin coat tightly around himself and sit on the ground crying to himself.
Nothing, cell phone, water cup, self-defense tools... Xie Ning was tired, hungry, and exhausted. Earlier, he had thrown a few sticks of chewing gum into the interlayer of his backpack. It was the original mint flavor that he hated the most. Now thinking about it, even the most hated flavor has become a luxury that he can't hope for or ask for. After all, it's candy, which can save lives at critical moments.
Why should I hang my backpack on the hook first!
Xie Ning couldn't help but despise the order in which he did things. If he could carry the bag, he would have enough water, not to mention food. That was a large 800ml water bottle...
Now, what does he have left
Xie Ning patiently began to search through the items on his body, hoping to find something useful.
Not to mention the clothes, there was an 8-page sketchbook with a strap that could be worn cross-body, so I was able to follow him to this damn place. There were also two pens clipped on it. When I emptied my pockets, I felt two stacks of unused toilet paper inside. Other than that, that was it... nothing else.
That’s all.
Xie Ning was really dumbfounded.
Although pens and sketchbooks were his favorites, they were useless now! Toilet paper could be used to make a fire, but he didn't have any matches. He couldn't just rub two sticks together to make a fire in this wet and mossy place. That would be like changing one's fate!
Just as Xie Ning was complaining in pain and his teeth were chattering from the cold, a light suddenly appeared above his head.
Xie Ning looked up in surprise and gazed towards the sky.
In his field of vision, the heavy clouds were like scattered flying catkins, breaking apart piece by piece as if melting, gradually revealing the sky full of stars and the bright moonlight. After getting rid of the cover of the dark clouds, Xie Ning discovered that the night sky here was not completely dark, but pure to the point of being almost bewitching, and against the backdrop of the Milky Way and the bright moon, it presented a gorgeous and magnificent ultramarine color.
This scene was so beautiful that it was beyond words. Xie Ning opened his eyes wide and his lips parted unconsciously. If he had painting supplies at hand, he could really go without food or drink until he had completely reproduced everything in front of him on the canvas.
However, as he was intoxicated, a thought silently but unignorably surfaced, running through his self-deceiving delusions.