The sea water kept beating against the sand.
The blue ocean continued to the end of the sea level, but, although it was a sunny day, it was impossible for any seagulls to soar over the sea.
The death of living beings.
This island, and even the surrounding sea area, seem to reject the existence of all living beings.
Huang Shanyun is walking along the beach.
She is always in the representative black dress and black dress, no matter where she appears, she is as eye-catching as a crow. It even made people feel that she didn't seem to have any clothes other than black.
"You are indeed here."
Huang Shanyun stopped in his tracks, and turned to Xu Yun with a beautiful and refined face.
Her gaze was as lifeless as a dead person's, and she couldn't see any vitality.
Wave after wave beat the surface of the sea, and each wave was higher than the other.
Xu Yun walked towards her, and soon came to her. At this time, the two were very close, and they could hear the sound of each other's breathing.
"You don't really want to leave this island?"
Huang Shanyun heard Xu Yun say this, but moved his eyes to the surface of the sea.
"I don't remember saying anything like that."
"you said before."
"Then forget about it."
A gust of wind blew up Huang Shanyun's long hair and scattered it over Xu Yun's face.
"Come back with me. It's... very cold here. Besides, you haven't forgotten what day it is, have you? At night, you can't go out."
Then, without waiting for Huang Shanyun's answer, he took her slender hand and walked towards the back. Shanyun didn't say anything, and let Xu Yun hold her hand.
Backwater Island…
An isolated island that is almost completely closed to the outside world. This isolated island does not belong to the territory of any country, and it is located in a sea area that can never be found on a map. Here, people live a completely self-sufficient life without any communication with the outside world.
It's like... an isolated island that exists like a utopia.
The population living on this island is only two to three thousand people, most of them live in small towns in the central area of the island, while a few people live in villages near the sea or deep in the mountains. The soil on the island is suitable for growing wheat-based crops, so the staple food on the island is not rice but pasta. And the most important thing is... On this island, for some weird reason, there is a phenomenon called "death of living beings". This phenomenon directly leads to the fact that only human beings exist on this island. . From the perspective of a normal food chain, it is an abnormal phenomenon. After all, plants and animals have a very important companionship. For example, flowers need to be pollinated by butterflies. However, this completely unreasonable phenomenon exists on this island.
But compared to this, the most unusual thing about this island is...
When he was far away from the sea and entered a forest, Xu Yun said to Huang Shanyun: "After the 'Moon Shadow Festival', we will graduate. I have decided... to go on a patrol to the 'Forbidden Mountain'!"
Huang Shanyun was startled when he heard this.
"Forbidden Mountain Hunting?"
"Yes. I am one of the most outstanding students in this class of Qi trainers. If this is the case, of course I should join the forbidden mountain hunting work."
"Are you sure? Forbidden mountain hunting is dangerous. In the past ten years..."
"I have already mentioned it to Lingxi. He said that he is willing to partner with me to go hunting the Forbidden Mountain together after the 'Moon Shadow Festival'."
"do not go."
However, at this moment, Huang Shanyun stopped in his tracks. She held Xu Yun's hand tightly.
"Shanyun?" Xu Yun looked puzzled.
"Absolutely don't go..." Shanyun said in a resolute tone: "Don't go...don't go, don't go to Forbidden Mountain!"
At this time, although her eyes were still full of lifelessness, Xu Yun could faintly see a trace of...
Belonging to human feelings!
"I won't go into the Forbidden Mountain. The hunting tour is only on the outskirts of the Forbidden Mountain. Besides, there are Qi trainers who have been guarding outside for many years..."
However, Shanyun didn't seem to have heard Xu Yun's words at all, and still held onto Xu Yun's sleeve tightly, refusing to let go.
At this moment... Xu Yun suddenly saw an incredible thing!
"How is this going?"
He actually saw a statue falling from a tree in the distance!
"The 'Moon Shadow' statue?"
It was a statue lying on the ground with cracks. The statue was carved with the back of a slender figure covered in white.
Yes... the back! Only the statue on the back is carved!
This statue, called "Moon Shadow", is a statue that every islander worships at home on this backwater island. It can be said that this is the common religious belief of all people on the island. And every year, there will be a "Moon Shadow Festival". During the Moon Shadow Festival, "Moon Shadow" will appear, indicating whether the next year will be a year of good harvest, or a year of... disaster!
Moon Shadow is the statue in front of me with only its back!
"Someone actually discarded the statue of 'Moon Shadow'? Aren't you afraid of retribution?" Xu Yun immediately ran up, straightened the statue, and then squatted on the ground, worshiping with a devout expression.
However, when Shanyun looked at the "Moon Shadow" statue, he kept backing away. In his eyes, in the originally lifeless pupils, an expression called "fear" began to pour out!
"Master 'Moon Shadow', please don't blame, don't blame..." After Xu Yun bowed to the statue of "Moon Shadow" several times, he lifted the statue up and prepared to take it home to worship again. However, when he turned his head When it was time, it was discovered that Shanyun had disappeared.
"Shan Yun?"
dusk.
Xu Yun returned to his residence on the island.
"Are you back?" When the mother saw Xu Yun's return, she was about to say something, but she saw the "Moon Shadow" statue in Xu Yun's hand!
"That... is that... Moon Shadow?"
"Yes, Mom, I don't know who discarded the Moon Shadow Statue."
"God... But, is it appropriate to bring back the Moon Shadow statue that was discarded by others? How about taking it to the Island Office?"
"Is the island office?"
"Well... Forget it. Today is a special day, so I can't go out. After all, tonight is the 'Bone Night Festival'."
"Yeah... Night of Bones."
Bone Night Festival, this is a festival unique to Backwater Island. There are many very special festivals on this island. The Bone Night Festival is one of the very special festivals.
There is no fixed date for Bone Night. However, one week before the Bone Night Festival, the statue of "Moon Shadow" will change, and black tears will flow from the left eye! Once Moon Shadow sheds black tears, it means that the Bone Night Festival will be ushered in a week later!
The characteristic of the Bone Night Festival is that everyone on the island must stay at home that night and must not go out. From seven o'clock in the evening, there may be "people" visiting the home. At that time, the door must be opened. The opponent will give a deck of playing cards, and then must choose a random card from it. And no matter what... There are absolutely two kinds of cards that cannot be drawn, the little joker card, and the big joker card!
Once the little ghost card is drawn, then this "person" can enter the house!
Once the big joker card is drawn, the person who draws the card must go outside! It must be an hour before you can come back!
Of course, the "person" who visited couldn't be a person, but a real ghost!
But this is just a legend. Everyone regards the people who visit the Bone Night Festival as ghosts in human costumes, just like no one would treat a child who comes to ask for candy to dress up as a ghost on Halloween as a real monster. After all, it's just a holiday. It's just that this festival must be taken seriously. Before the sun goes down, you must return home, and there must be no exceptions!
"Every year during the Bone Night Festival, I have never really drawn a ghost card." Xu Yun re-enshrined the Moon Shadow statue and said, "Of course, drawing cards is a must."
"That's natural. This is a festival that has been passed down on the island. This festival is still very important. You must come to draw cards when the time comes."
"Well, I see. I'll take a shower first."
At half past six in the evening, Xu Yun's father, the Chief Secretary of the Island Office, came back.
As the chief clerk, Xu's father seemed very energetic. As soon as he got home, he immediately reminded: "Never go out at night! It's the Bone Night Festival!"
"Speaking of..." Xu Yun suddenly asked a question: "Dad, what if someone suddenly gets sick? Can't you go to the doctor too?"
But his father's answer was decisive.
"If that's the case...then the patient has to go out to see the doctor alone. Besides, other people... must not go out!"