The falling sunset melted into the sky, and the viscous orange red smeared the edges of the vast mountains, and the projections of the distant mountains were scattered on the wilderness. The sky and the earth showed a dark and inexplicable color, like spilled oil paint.
call…
On the wilderness, a cold wind blew, and the sound of the wind was faintly mixed with the howling of beasts. A few figures ran across the wilderness, constantly approaching the towering mountains. Along the way, pitch-black blood was sprinkled all the way.
If you look carefully, you will find that the one running in front is a tall and tall young man with injuries all over his body. There are a lot of scratches and bite marks on his arms, legs, and even his chest. As for the flesh and blood on his body? He turned bloody, and the dark black blood that was close to pitch black continued to flow out of it. He was already extremely weak.
And what kept chasing behind him were? Five strange beasts.
The whole body of this beast exudes a faint blue light, and its appearance is similar to that of a wolf, but it has an extra eye on its forehead. All three eyes are blooming with a faint blue light. There are streaks of flame-like lines, and the whole body's aura is extremely fierce.
It's just that their bodies are both illusory and real, and they seem to be between the virtual and the real. One moment he was still running on the ground, and the next moment he turned into a few illusory blue shadows, which broke through the air in an instant, and rushed towards the bruised and extremely embarrassed young man.
It was about to cull him to the ground together.
The young man's expression turned cold, he gritted his teeth and cursed, his body leaning forward while running paused slightly, then his waist and abdomen were folded sharply, and his hands? Turned around and swung out.
At this moment, there seemed to be a cold glow on his nails.
The sound of slashing came out, and the young man's hands seemed to have turned into two sharp blades, entangled with several wild beasts.
Inevitably, there were more injuries on his body.
"Hoo... hoo..."
At the foot of the mountain, Yu She was panting violently. The strength in his body was rapidly draining along with the blood, so that his complexion faintly began to turn pale and transparent.
An extremely thin black line gradually loomed under his pale skin, presenting a distorted and terrifying shape.
As he became weaker and weaker, his eyes gradually became confused, and he felt that afterimages began to appear in the world in front of him.
"... Are you going to die?" The color between the sky and the earth is getting darker and darker, the yellow and darkness are intertwined, and the rich color is distorted in his eyes, reflecting a melting sunset, like boiling magma, "It seems that I have to be one step ahead of others I have returned to the embrace of Eternal Night... "
He tried his best and fought fiercely. He could faintly hear a few wailings from around him. Warm blood splashed on his face and splashed into his eyes, covering everything blurred in front of him. A layer of blood.
The sharp claws tore through everything and grabbed at his heart.
Yu She felt that he had stretched to the limit, his eyelids were about to close tightly, and fell into eternal sleep.
At this moment, there seemed to be a hand pushing him gently from behind. Yu She's body almost fell to one side involuntarily, and a figure had already passed through the mountain path hidden behind him. He stepped forward and came to him, facing the sharp claws that were attacking him.
In Yu She's blood-blurred vision, a strange and slender figure was reflected.
Just a back view can give people endless malice, darker than the night, deeper than the abyss, and that powerful spiritual thought distorts Yu She's thoughts, and it seems that there is a vast expanse in front of him. The curtain of darkness, all his senses were swallowed up.
The man didn't seem to do anything, just looked down at the beasts emitting a faint blue light.
Swish—
In the next moment, strands of jet-black flames burned on the three wolf-like beasts. This flame was not from outside, but? It seemed to have been lurking in their bodies for a long time, burning spontaneously from within their bodies.
In the blink of an eye, the few beasts who had been aggressive and fierce just now couldn't help but began to roll all over the ground, and let out a series of roars from their mouths. At first the roar was fierce, but later on it became weaker and weaker, and finally it even turned into a desperate and mournful whine.
It wasn't because he didn't look at them anymore, but he turned around and looked at the young man who had been pushed aside by him just now. The man was sitting on the ground in a state of embarrassment, almost breathing his last breath.
And on his pale, bleeding face, the distorted black lines were gradually fading, as if they were about to disappear.
Yuan Buwei was stunned for a moment, walked up to him, lowered his head slightly, and asked, "Are you okay?"
He had read information about the world in the Monster Guild. The real world is not that there are no people, but that there are aborigines. It's just that the inner world is too vast, and the settlements of the aborigines are scattered widely and far away from each other, so sometimes you may not be able to meet the aborigines.
And the characteristics of this person are obviously aborigines.
There is no language barrier between the inner world and the outer world, so I didn't worry that the other party wouldn't understand what I said.
Yu She, who was slumped on the ground, slowed down for a while, until the twisted black lines under his skin gradually sank, and all the abnormalities disappeared. He seemed to have returned to his normal appearance, and gasped hard: "I , I’m alright? I want to thank you for saving me this time.”
His breathing gradually calmed down, and he stood up from the ground. Only then did he finally have the opportunity to look at the person who? just shot? who saved him.
This is? A young man who looks less than twenty years old. He has black hair and black eyes. He is neatly dressed. The top button of his snow-white shirt is undone. Under his messy hair, he has a very serious face. He is good-looking, but the most important thing is his special temperament.
Yu She can swear that he has lived for twenty years, and he has never seen anyone who can compare with this person. Even the Dr. Huo from the bustling metropolis in the town, who was once extremely powerful in his opinion, seemed to pale in comparison to this person in an instant.
Inexplicably, Yu She felt a little nervous in his heart. He licked his lips and said in surprise and doubt: "Hi, my name is Yu She, and I am a resident of the nearby Yongning Town. What's your name? Is it? A traveler from elsewhere? I don't seem to have seen you around."
While he was looking at Yuan Weiwei, Yuan Weiwei was also looking at him. Because it is said that the aborigines in the inner world have good or bad attitudes towards outsiders. They may be willing to communicate, or they may shout and kill. When it is difficult to judge, he is not going to reveal his identity casually, so he will take it lightly. He smiled lightly: "I'm not from here? I'm an explorer who likes to explore mysteries. Well, my surname is Yuan."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Yu She suddenly felt more cramped, took a deep breath, and then said with a smile: "So you are? An explorer, no wonder Mr. Yuan, you have such a strong strength, you can solve the five heads in one go. You are not weak." wild beast." There was admiration in his eyes.
... Desolate beast? Knowing what the aborigines called the beast, Yuan Buwei nodded silently and did not speak.
Yu She looked up at the sky, and saw that the setting sun had gradually set, and there was only a very light line of deep red in the sky in the distance. It seemed that the earth was about to be swallowed by darkness, and the mountains were like giants standing in the night, gazing at them faintly.
His complexion changed slightly, and his tone became urgent: "I didn't expect it? It's almost night, there's no time to say more, before the eternal night comes, let's go back to Yongning Town first, and we'll talk about it on the rest of the way!"
Seeing that he was in a hurry, there was still a hint of fear hidden in his tone, why not? He didn't waste time to say more, so as not to ask some common sense to expose his ignorance.
Under the last ray of slanting sunlight, the two hurried forward. The dim light of the sky was like the shadow of a distorted monster, chasing behind them.
In the process of rushing, Yuan Buwei had already learned a lot of information from Yu She through insinuating, even though Yu She himself was not clear about it.
—The chat group of the Monster Guild only provided him with the most superficial information, maybe? I don’t know? The Monster Guild doesn’t know much, or is it intentional? .
But now, many things that he didn't know, were clearly understood through the mouth of Yu She, an aborigine.
The first is the distribution of forces in the Inner World. The entire Inner World is very large. There is no concept of a country, and there are only towns and villages scattered in the wilderness. Of course, there are still more. The bustling metropolis in Shekou.
Since Yu She has never left Yongning Town, he only knows that there is a bustling "Wutong City" thousands of miles away to the east of Yongning Town. And this? Because a doctor from "Wutong City" settled in Yongning Town, he only knew the news. As for other directions, or places farther away, whether there are any bustling cities? He is not sure.
You must know that to leave Yongning Town and go to other places, you must pass through a large wilderness. There are various crises lurking in the wilderness at any time, which is very dangerous for most people. Only certain teams of explorers, assembled a group of people with extraordinary strength, would dare to take risks. That doctor came along with a team that passed through Yongning Town, and then he stayed here?.
I didn't want to listen quietly, so I didn't say much.
According to the Monster Guild, the inner world feels like a civilization that has been destroyed and rebuilt on top of the ruins, like an oasis in a desert. If there is a biochemical crisis or a meteorite falls in reality, the connection and transportation between cities will be cut off, and people will rebuild their homes on the ruins.
There is a lot of danger in this world. The wilderness is full of wild beasts, and they will attack nearby towns every once in a while. In addition, sometimes some dangerous places will appear inexplicably—of course, for the awakened, it is a place of ruins where opportunities can be obtained—slightly If you don't pay attention, you will be trapped in it, and you will not know whether you are alive or dead. And whether it is a metropolis or a small town, a kind of "Origin Stone" is needed.
This kind of stone is buried deep in the ground in the wilderness, and it is difficult to dig out, but it is the only energy source in this world. From the most common lighting, to the energy needed by weapons, only the origin stone can provide it.
Therefore, even though they are aware of the danger, many people still have to go out to the wilderness every once in a while to dig for source stones.
However, not all the aborigines in this world are ordinary people. A very small number of them will suddenly awaken the power of the blood in their bodies one day, and thus possess all kinds of incredible powers. They can fight wild beasts in the wilderness and overcome some sudden crises. The desolate beasts near the town will be cleared, so as to shelter ordinary people to live.
Yu She is obviously one of them.
"... This time I was? I came out to dig the origin stone, but I didn't expect luck? No, I ran into a group of desolate beasts nearby. Even if I escaped at the first time, or? How many? "Mr. Yuan, you take action? Save me, this time I can only return to Yong Ye's arms."
Speaking of this, Yu She felt lingering fear, and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, feeling very grateful.
"Return to the embrace of Yongye? Is this what people in the other world say about death? Or is it just a custom of this small place in Yongning Town?" He waved his hand, but he thought to himself.
When the two were talking, a small town standing in the wilderness was already in front of them. A huge source stone was inlaid on the top of the tallest church in the center of the town, and the radiant light that bloomed enveloped the whole town.
Soft white light surrounds the edge of the town, like the only shining lighthouse in this dark world.
"Quick! Come in!" Yu She's joyful and hasty voice was heard next to his ear, with a bit of panic that couldn't be concealed, "...they are going to catch up!!"
He pulled past Buwei and quickly ran into the territory of the small town, and a faint soft radiance immediately shone on the two of them.
Yuan didn't want to step into the town, so he turned around and looked.
I saw that the night had completely fallen, and there were no stars and moons in the sky. The extremely dense darkness was like a bottle of ink spilled down, but it gave people a viscous, paste-like feeling. Is there something surging in the darkness
"ah!"
Not far away, a scream came out.
Yuan Buwei turned his head slightly to look over, only to see that a few hundred meters away from the two of them, there seemed to be a group of people running in from outside the town.
The last person who ran was engulfed by the endless darkness before he stepped into the territory of the town, and he only had time to let out a scream.
At that moment, it seemed that there were countless invisible hands stretching out from the darkness, dragging the half-body in the darkness into the darkness and disappearing.
The other people who walked with him all had terrified and gloomy expressions, as if they were concerned about each other, but they didn't have too much emotion, as if they were used to such things.
Yu She next to him let out a sigh, and said sadly, "I recognize that person. He is a carpenter in the town. He has no relatives in his family. That's something to be thankful for."
"What is this? What's going on??" Yuan Buwei asked curiously, "Can we tell now?"
He wasn't worried that this was a common problem in the entire inner world, so that he, who didn't understand common sense, would expose his identity as an outsider. After all, when "Nightmare" entered the Inner World for the first time, it was night in the Inner World, and "Nightmare", who was just an ordinary person at that time, could lie down for a few days without a problem. It can be seen that the night in the inner world is not dangerous. And the monster guild? No mention of this.
- Then it can only be? The situation in Yongning Town is special.
Sure enough, Yu She didn't have any doubts at all. He just "sighed" and said, "This is the blessing of the Lord of Eternal Night. Every night, this wilderness near Yongning Town will change, and it cannot be changed in time." Those who rush back will be deeply trapped in the eternal night and return to the embrace of the Lord of the eternal night."
Why not: "???" These? Aboriginal people still believe in God? Are the gods in the inner world true or false? If there is a god, I am afraid this is not a blessing, but a curse.
Yu She seemed to have a very subtle attitude when it came to the word blessing, probably deep down in his heart he also thought it was a curse, but he was just in awe of the legendary gods and didn't dare to say this:
"Actually, you should be able to understand. It is said that other nearby towns are blessed by different gods. For example, Xianquan Township cannot light a fire, and once there is a fire, it will cause unknown; Black and White Town cannot have colors other than black and white. Otherwise, the townspeople will be lost forever; and Wutong City, I heard that every family there? Plants Wutong, if? Wutong dies, it will cause disaster... "
And these strange curses are also one of the reasons why many aborigines dare not leave their hometowns to go to other places rashly. After all, no one knows why strange places will trigger the curse.
Yu She said a lot of strange "curses" in one breath, but in Yuan Buwei's view, these are very similar to "game rules" set for different regions in some games.
While casually introducing Yuan Buwei, Yu She asked curiously: "I don't know where you are from, Mr. Yuan? Which god do you believe in? And what kind of blessings have you received?"
"...Me?" Yuan Buwei was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "The place where I was born is called Moyuan, um, you should regard it as a city built underground. There is no light over there, It's dark all year round, and many of its inhabitants live and die without ever coming to the surface."
He recalled it for a while, and his tone sounded very natural, without any trace of fabrication.
"...Moreover, the residents in the Devil's Abyss are born at an extremely fast speed, and their attitudes towards each other are not friendly. They like to fight each other, and the winner takes everything from the loser, including life." After all, they are all? It is their instinct to devour each other's souls.
Yu She suddenly let out an "ah" in surprise, and looked at Yuan Buwei with some understanding and tolerance.
Yuan did not collide with his eyes, a question mark popped up on his head. I always feel that this person seems to have misunderstood something.
"In the past, I also heard that some people in towns are very vicious. I never thought that Mr. Yuan, you live in such a place. You can grow up safely and leave from there. It's really a happy thing. ?."
Saying so, Yu She laughed.
—Of course he didn't think that the one who took the initiative to save him would be some kind of bad guy. This guy is obviously a very good guy. Then the other party was able to successfully escape from the "magic abyss" that sounded like bad guys everywhere, wouldn't it be a very good thing to be thankful for
Why not? He smiled: "Yes? Ah!"
——It's really a joyful thing to see everything beyond the Demon Abyss!
"...The Devil's Abyss is really dangerous. Those? Getting along... After my hard work, all the residents were finally persuaded by me and realized their past mistakes, so they became a harmonious and united family."
"Ah?" Yu She realized that he had misunderstood just now. It turns out that Mr. Yuan didn't escape, but changed everyone's ideas through his own efforts, which is even more remarkable. He immediately admired him from the bottom of his heart, "Mr. Yuan, you are really amazing!"
"It's all about convincing people with reasoning." It's not because the whole person? Seems to emit holy light, illuminating the right way, "No matter how stubborn a person is, as long as the reason is strong enough, they can't be persuaded."
Yu She looked at? His eyes had been raised to admiration.
Originally, he had saved his life because he didn't do it. In addition, the two of them traveled all the way, and they got to know each other better along the way. The trust of inaction has clearly reached a new level.
He directly invited Yuan Buwei to stay at his home.
Yuan did not refuse, so he readily agreed.
——After all, he just entered the inner world and he was not familiar with the place. With an aborigine by his side, it was much more convenient for him to ask about the situation or to do things.
Although the monster guild also provided some information, but firstly, it was not in-depth enough, and secondly, they did not do so, so they did not dare to be 100% sure about the truth of the information.
Is the leader of the monster guild a man, not a god, and everything he knows may not be right. What's more, isn't the Monster Guild a charitable organization? Who knows in the information provided by the other party? Did it intentionally stuff some private goods? It was originally a group of lunatics who were mentally abnormal, calling a dangerous place a treasure land, and luring other people to jump into the pit. It wasn't? Something impossible
Yu She's home is on the west side of the town, and the place where the two came in was the entrance on the east side. If you want to go to Yu's house, you have to go through the largest square in the center of Yongning Town. In front of the square is the tall gray-white church.
In the night, the original stone inlaid above the church shines brightly, and the square is as bright as day.
When the two were about to pass the square, they suddenly saw a group of people walking towards the square from the other side. They escorted a girl in a thin dress and staggered forward. Beside the girl was a pair of men with serious faces and sad eyes. old couple. The atmosphere of the whole team is extremely heavy.
"What happened??"
She didn't look blankly, but could only see the girl's thin back, her loose long hair hanging down to her waist, almost covering her shoulders and arms.
Yu She stopped in his tracks, his brows were tightly knit together, and his expression was very ugly: "Is there another blasphemer?"
Not only him, but also many residents of Yongning Town seemed to be attracted by this scene, and gathered towards the square one after another. It didn't take long before the empty square was full of people, and everyone's expressions were very complicated. .
Some looked worried, some looked sad, and some showed extreme disgust towards the girl, and some even cursed loudly, and the crowd was extremely noisy.
Yuan didn't want to follow the flow of people, and finally saw the girl's face clearly.
This is a girl who looks to be only thirteen or fourteen years old. She is still young, and she can tell that she is a beauty embryo just by looking at her eyebrows. But as beautiful as the left half of her face is, the right half is ugly and terrible.
There are dense black spots all over her right face, as if "worms are crawling". Those? Black worms spread along her right cheek to her neck, and finally even crawled onto her right arm.
This scene can be called horror.
Yuan Buwei quickly recalled many materials of the Monster Guild in his mind, and a word quickly emerged.
— Aberrants
—Aborigines in the Inner World will also be distorted
The crowd was noisy, and from the discussions among the crowd, it was not surprising that he could vaguely hear something.
It seems that there will indeed be some people in the world who will undergo such terrible changes one day, and the aborigines will attribute the reason to these people's blasphemy and be punished
However, looking at the attitudes of these people around, it is obvious that everyone has different ideas about the so-called "blasphemers". Some sympathize, some hate.
Because "blasphemers" often die in painful distortions, no matter out of sympathy or out of disgust, as long as such people are found, everyone will kill them in a special way, which can be regarded as an early end their pain.
Only through these details, Yuan Buwei guessed the thoughts of the aborigines in these worlds.
Perhaps they are also "not sure whether there are gods in the world", but their experience cannot be explained in a way they can understand, so they can only blame it on the gods. It seems that the ignorant ancients also regarded many incomprehensible things as the work of gods.
Some "sane people" are very clear that they are just "blaming the gods" and don't actually believe that there is a god in the world—or, even if there is a god, the attitude of the god toward people is definitely not? friendly, but? Maliciousness—hence their sympathy for so-called "blasphemers."
There are still some people who probably fanatically believe in gods—maybe they just force themselves to believe—or maybe they think that if they please the gods, all the misfortunes will never happen again. Therefore, their attitude towards "blasphemers" is undoubtedly disgusting and indignant.
When she didn't think about it, the priest in the church had already stood in front of the girl, with a sigh in his eyes.
He picked up a pale silver dagger.
"... child, may the Lord of Eternal Night forgive you for your disrespect."