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Dong Zheng explored the surroundings alone, and finally found a trail that he could barely walk.
He picked up a long, sturdy branch to make a cane, and he was able to walk a little better.
Dong Zheng walked for almost an hour, gradually approaching the edge of the swamp, and suddenly felt a little movement in the prisoner's space.
Cui Zuojing was already awake, rubbing his eyes and sitting cross-legged on the bed, his hair was messy, he gave Dong Zheng a signal that he was going out.
Dong Zheng obeyed and let him come out for the time being.
After a rest, Cui Zuojing's complexion was slightly better. The poisonous mist was not fatal. He looked around and asked, "Are you going out soon?"
"It should be soon." Dong Zheng stopped and handed the retrieved Tang Dao to Cui Zuojing. He had roughly cleaned up the blood on it. "What are you doing here?"
"It's not a good place, I'll be safe with you." Cui Zuojing stared at the woods in the dark and said, "Anyway, I'm fine."
"Don't lie to me." Dong Zheng knew that Cui Zuojing was in poor condition from the shriveled Arabidopsis in the center of the inner core. He raised his hand and touched Cui Zuojing's forehead, feeling a little feverish.
Cui Zuojing shook his head and pushed his hand aside, humming: "You are not happy to have someone with you, it's really hard to serve."
Dong Zheng didn't force him to see this: "Okay, if you feel uncomfortable, go back immediately, don't force it."
Cui Zuojing said casually, "I see."
It is indeed better for the two to support each other than to walk alone. Dong Zheng showed Cui Zuojing the ruby he got from the Immortal Head of Hydra. Of course, Cui Zuojing didn't know what this could do.
Without a boat, it was very difficult to cross the swamp. By the time he reached the edge of the swamp, Dong Zheng was about to lose his strength. Cui Zuojing could go back to the prisoner space to rest when he was tired, but he couldn't.
When he finally stepped on the dry and hard ground, Dong Zheng closed his eyes. He really wanted to sit down and rest for a while, take a nap, and rest on Cui Zuojing's legs in the underground cavity. There was not much energy left.
But he just stood there supporting the tree trunk for a few minutes, and then started to walk again. Dong Zheng was afraid that with his current physical state, once he sat down and rested, he would never get up again.
The color of the dark sky seemed to have become lighter, faintly blue, and the figures of the stars gradually dimmed.
It's almost dawn.
Rao was sleeping just now, and Cui Zuojing also felt tired. He looked up at Dong Zheng: "Is it alright? Otherwise, take a break."
Dong Zheng shook his head: "Let's find a place to rest when it's dawn, it always feels unsafe here."
After leaving the swamp, the mangroves gradually sparse, and there is a small intestine in the gravel, which leads to nowhere.
The two walked in silence, and suddenly Dong Zheng stretched out his hand and stopped Cui Zuojing, who was looking down at the road.
Cui Zuojing raised his head, and at the end of the path, a shadowy figure squatted on the stone.
The two looked at each other and became alert. The creature must have seen them, but it has not moved.
Cui Zuojing: Go and see
Dong Zheng: Let's go.
After the eye contact was over, they approached the figure step by step. Cui Zuojing cheered up. To be honest, his current state is not good. If he encounters a monster as powerful as Hydra again, it is estimated that it will be difficult to deal with.
As the two approached, the shadow gradually became clear. It was a monster with a lion-like body, a woman's face, and two wings on its back. Its front paws were on the ground, and it was sitting on the boulder.
The moment they saw the monster's appearance, Dong Zheng and Cui Zuojing looked at the other side of the stone almost at the same time. As they expected, what was divided by the stone road was a cliff.
The monster who had been staring at them quietly, seeing the two of them standing still, took the lead in saying: "If you want to pass from here, you must answer one of my questions. If you answer wrong, I will eat you all."
These familiar lines, familiar monsters, and familiar terrain are simply a replica of Sphinx fans. No one is familiar with this story.
The sky was already bright, Dong Zheng could clearly see the hair on Sphinx's face, he took a deep breath: "What's the problem?"
What animal has four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, three legs at night, and the most incompetent when it has the most legs? This question is the most well-known Sphinx mystery, and the answer must be known to everyone.
According to the routine of this box script, it should be related to this, but what the monster said next was beyond Dong Zheng's expectations.
"Then listen to my question." Sphinx said slowly: "There is a pair of sisters born on the same day, the sister will be born from the sister, and the sister will be born from the sister, who are these sisters."
Cui Zuojing was taken aback, he had never heard of such a statement.
Dong Zheng was also stumped for a while, frowning slightly in thought. The sphinx waited patiently for his answer, the lion's tail swaying behind him, waiting to bite off their throats when either got the wrong answer or the two ran away.
Each of the two sisters will be born from the other...
Birth of each other... Transformation.
The stars in the night are getting dimmer, the sky is getting brighter, driving away the endless darkness, the moon is looming in the clouds, and the moment the sun on the side of the sky jumps out of the sea level is when it disappears.
Cui Zuojing is also thinking. According to the original Sphinx mystery, this mystery and its answer are also a metaphor, a very vivid metaphor.
Looking at the distant sky, he felt that the answer seemed to be coming out of his mouth, but he couldn't think of its name for a while.
what is it
"The answer is day and night."
Dong Zheng's calm voice sounded beside him, Cui Zuojing was stunned, and the squatted Sphinx's complexion changed suddenly, and he almost fell off the stone.
It howled in pain and hissed: "The group of people four hundred years ago answered my first question correctly, so I spent nearly a hundred years thinking about this question, and it was answered so easily. It's impossible!"
It roared for a while, and finally raised its hand frantically and pointed to the north: "Follow this road to the end and smash the stone engraved with eagles, and what you want is there."
After all, it seemed to feel extremely ashamed, and again screamed up to the sky, jumped, and jumped into the cliff.
Cui Zuojing probed and watched the monster fall, slammed heavily on the reef, and was instantly engulfed by the sea.
It's exactly the same as in the legend.
He turned his head and asked, "How did you guess that?"
Day and night, when Dong Zheng gave the answer, Cui Zuojing suddenly realized that on the same day, the day was born from the night, and the night also appeared from the day. It makes sense to think about it carefully, but it is really difficult to guess.
Dong Zheng smiled and said: "The combat power is not good, if the brain can't keep up, I don't have the face to help you."
Cui Zuojing raised his eyebrows and said: "It's already very good, your ability is not a specialized combat unit... Hey, when you fought Hydra before, did you pass on your thinking to me?"
"Yes, there is a mapping of our blood pact in my inner world, and I seem to be able to pass my thinking to you to a certain extent through that."
While walking in the direction indicated by Sphinx, Dong Zheng explained to Cui Zuojing, "At that time, I suddenly saw a path and a lot of phantoms, and I thought it was probably the best course of action, so I passed it on to Cui Zuojing. is you."
Cui Zuojing touched his chin thoughtfully: "Deduction method?"
Dong Zheng: "It's a bit like, the specifics may have to wait until you feel that way again, but if you follow that path, you did kill Hydra smoothly."
Cui Zuojing took a step and couldn't help sighing: "I'm looking forward to seeing what you will look like when you grow up."
The sun jumped out from the distant sea level, and the first bright sky light shone on the sea surface, the island and the starry sky. The night was dispelled, and the shallow light fell into the dark pupils of Dong Zheng and Cui Zuojing.
Day has come.
The two stopped at the same time, watching the red sun slowly rise, and the cool and moist sea breeze blowing, making Cui Zuojing unable to help close his eyes and take a deep breath.
It's really enjoyable to ignore that he's hungry.
Dong Zheng was hungrier than him. Anyway, Cui Zuojing went back to the prisoner space for a meal when he was in the underground cavity, but Dong Zheng had not eaten a grain of rice since noon yesterday.
Although Dong Zheng didn't say anything, Cui Zuojing took pity on him and suggested: "Take a break and eat something. Anyway, you already know the way. If you are hungry and have no strength at the critical moment, you will be finished."
Dong Zheng replied hello, he stopped, his legs were so tired that they were not his own, he sat down with the trunk and massaged the sore muscles.
Cui Zuojing carried the knife into the woods, and came back shortly after, with blood dripping from the tip of the knife, holding the ears of two dead rabbits.
Cui Zuojing went to pick up some firewood again. He sat cross-legged beside Dong Zheng, and neatly and skillfully cleaned up the rabbit. He peeled off the whole skin, tore off the rabbit's leg and put it on a string. He lit the branch with flint and started to roast it.
The grass in the center of the inner core looked much better, and Dong Zheng felt relieved. He massaged his calf, exhaustion emerged from the depths of every cell, and now when he stopped, he felt sore all over.
He was a little afraid that after the rest, his body that was about to be overdrawn would not be able to support him any more.
Cui Zuojing concentrated on roasting the rabbit legs, and when the meat was charred to the point of oily, he wanted to hand it to Dong Zheng to eat, but found that the man fell asleep leaning on the tree trunk at some point.
The young man didn't bother him, looked at the perfect rabbit leg baked in his hand, and consciously ate it first.
Dong Zheng slept for 30 minutes, and suddenly woke up. He opened his eyes and saw that Cui Zuojing was opposite him, and the two were in a relatively open place. Heart, lean back on the tree again.
"Wake up? Eat something before going to sleep." Cui Zuojing handed him the remaining rabbit legs, "It almost tastes bad without the seasoning, so I can eat it."
Dong Zheng took it over and took a bite at the tenderest part. Cui Zuojing's craftsmanship was good, but there was no seasoning or salty taste, so it was still a little hard to swallow.
But Dong Zheng was really hungry, and regardless of the taste, he devoured the rabbit's legs cleanly. He swallowed the last mouthful, and Cui Zuojing roasted the rabbit's body for him again.
The burning sensation in the stomach finally eased a little. Dong Zheng was busy nibbling on the rabbit. Cui Zuojing held his cheek to watch him eat, and suddenly said: "The rabbit is so cute, how can you eat the rabbit."
Dong Zheng glanced at him, and tore off a large mouthful of meat, chewing it very hard, deliberately.
Cui Zuojing was delighted, and like magic, he took out a mineral water bottle from behind him, which was actually full of water: "I found a small mountain stream when I was looking for firewood just now, so I picked up a little."
Dong Zheng took a sip. The water was very clear and smelled like leaves. He drank half of the bottle, and Cui Zuojing took the rest, and he didn't mind being drunk by Dong Zheng's mouth and drank it all in one go.
The young man wiped his mouth with the back of his hand boldly, and stood up swayingly: "Wait here, I'll pick up some more."