Tianyang's figure immediately blurred, the wind whistled in his ears, and the small figure immediately magnified in his eyes. He saw the other party turned around in panic, and it was a little girl with big eyes, long eyelashes, and a cute pink complexion.
Her little mouth opened wide, as if she had not expected Tianyang to notice her, and Tianyang's speed was so fast.
Tianyang wanted to catch her. The little girl looked normal. Unlike the Frost Man, who was covered in frost, her skin was hydrated and her body was not wrinkled. Moreover, she exhaled white air, obviously a living 'resident'.
But at this moment, the little girl suddenly closed her eyes, and then her figure disappeared quickly into the air like a pattern erased by an eraser.
Tianyang stretched out his hand, but only caught air. However, in his palm, he felt a slight warmth, as if he had touched the hot air exhaled by the little thing, indicating that what he had just seen was not an illusion.
"Did you catch him?" In the distance, Su Lie used his ability of 'shrinking the earth' and came to Tianyang's side in two or three moves.
Tianyang shook his head: "She looks like a normal human being. She is still alive, but she has strange abilities. How should I describe the feeling just now? It doesn't seem like a teleportation ability. It's more like she changed her state and made herself 'non-existent'."
"It doesn't exist?" Su Lie sighed, "I kind of miss the days when I only needed to go to the Reverse Realm to explore and complete missions. Although the Reverse Realm is weird, it's not as weird as here."
"The creatures in this world can actually change their own state of existence..."
Tian Yang touched the tip of his nose and said, "I'm just guessing, but that little thing doesn't seem to be hostile to us, but she is very scared. Her eyes tell me that."
Su Lie looked around and said, "If I were living in such a haunted place, I would be scared too."
Tianyang smiled and looked into the depths of Xingdu: "It looks like we can only keep moving forward. I hope we can find a way to get out of here as soon as possible. I always feel that the longer we stay here, the more dangerous we will be."
Su Lie nodded vigorously.
Snow flakes fluttered, falling one by one from the eternal night sky, quietly landing on the buildings that were once magnificent but now dilapidated and gloomy, and on the streets that were once crowded but now deserted.
Tianyang and his father were walking on the empty street, passing through the ruins. Looking at the houses that were partially collapsed and partially standing, the father and son each had feelings in their hearts.
In some houses, one can still see the 'residents' of the Star City with frost covering their bodies. They exist in a strange state. Although they cannot be called corpses, they are completely like the walking dead.
Their bodies have long been dead and without any water, but their consciousness has not completely disappeared, supporting them to move aimlessly in and out of various buildings, or follow past habits, mechanically and monotonously repeating certain behaviors.
They have no response to any external stimuli. These residents now live completely in their own spirits, their own dreams, and will never wake up.
After many attempts, Tianyang was sure that as long as the monster with a human face and a leopard body did not intervene, and as long as they did not have long-term contact with these residents, they would not show aggressive behavior.
Unfortunately, their brains had probably dried up, and they could not answer most of the questions Tianyang asked them. And the ones they could answer were not very helpful for Tianyang and the others to figure out the past of Xingdu.
So along the way, the father and son obtained very little information. Compared with when they first arrived at the temple, they only knew "the dream god has several loyal servants", which was a somewhat useful piece of information.
"Look ahead."
At this time, Su Lie's voice sounded, and he pointed with his huge sword to the front, where there was a relatively well-preserved building: "Let's go there and take a look."
Tianyang did not object. As usual, he asked two tree guards to scout the way ahead. When they got closer, they found that there was a deep courtyard behind the building, but it did not look like an area where ordinary residents lived. Through the broken walls, they could see that the decorations in the courtyard, the pointed stone pillars that still sparkled with starlight, and the exquisite carvings were far more refined and grand than those they had seen before.
They walked in through the gate, which led to a hall with a long stone platform with gorgeous patterns. On the platform were some colorful stones piled up, and no one knew what they were used for.
On the ground, above the hall, there were hanging palm-sized stone tablets. One side of those tablets had regular circular patterns, and the other side was engraved with numerous strange symbols or words that Tianyang did not recognize.
There were no residents of Xingdu in the hall, and the whole place was quiet. Its dome was very high, giving people a solemn feeling.
Tianyang picked up one of the stone tablets at random. The symbols on it were mostly worn out and eroded by time, and most of them were no longer clear. Even though Tianyang could use some strange power to understand these symbols here, he could only get vague information.
"... Why... Dream God, no longer respond..."
Tianyang frowned, picked up another stone tablet and read: "... Dream God protects... Star City will last forever..."
Su Lie also picked up a stone tablet at random from the many tablets hanging above his head: "... ... ..How lucky I am to be led by the God of Dreams... ...away from suffering..."
He picked up another piece from his feet: "... .....I haven't seen the Dream God for two hundred days and nights..."
The father and son picked up the stone tablets at random, and obtained various fragmentary information through the symbols on them. After piecing together this information, they were able to restore a basic outline.
The residents of various worlds who were led to the Star City by the God of Dreams were able to enjoy a peaceful and beautiful life here at first. Although they came from different worlds, their communication was not a problem because of the "miracle" of the God of Dreams. Although conflicts occasionally occurred, they were all well mediated.
But after a period of time, the dream god began to appear less frequently, and various conflicts gradually arose among creatures of different races.
In the past, thanks to the mediation of the God of Dreams, these conflicts were resolved before they occurred. However, as the God of Dreams disappeared, the conflicts could not be resolved, so they could only gradually accumulate, and eventually a war broke out that affected the entire Star City.
When the war was at its peak, the god of dreams finally appeared. Although the war ended with the appearance of the god of dreams, the god of dreams cried sadly. The weeping of the god of dreams made the world unstable, and darkness invaded the world, making the night longer and longer.
In order to repair the cracks in the world, Dream God entered a long sleep, hoping to stabilize the world and prevent darkness from invading, but the residents of Star City were inevitably affected.
The starlight that never went out gradually became dim
Suddenly, the clear and sweet spring water began to emit a foul stench, the weather in Xingdu became colder and colder, and even the residents began to be invaded by darkness and corrupted, mutating into all kinds of horrible monsters.
The residents prayed to the God of Dreams to protect them and to wake up and guide them, but these prayers were not answered in the end. As the God of Dreams fell into deep sleep, this once beautiful world eventually withered, was eroded by wind and snow, and was shrouded in darkness...
"This is really a tragedy." Su Lie shook his head after sorting out the outline of the events in Xingdu. "If this information has not been distorted, then this Dream God is still a pretty good guy, but he is a little naive."
"Even creatures of the same species will have conflicts of one kind or another. If you bring creatures of different species together, it's only a matter of time before conflicts break out."
“Although he solved the problem of communication, he could not solve the differences between different races and civilizations, and the conflicts that these problems brought about.”
Tianyang nodded in agreement, and suddenly, a stone fell at his feet.
Tianyang was stunned.
He was sure that he did not notice the existence of the stone when it came into his field of vision.
You have to know that he is now at level 7. Even if his perception is dull, it is impossible for him to wait until the stone appears in his field of vision before noticing it.
If that were the case, he would have died on the battlefield long ago.
But this counterintuitive event happened right under his nose. The only explanation is that before the stone appeared, it had no sense of existence at all. Perhaps the "existence" of the stone itself was blocked. To be able to do this is no longer an ordinary ability, but a way to directly point to the "essence".
Tian Yang looked up suddenly and saw a stone tablet falling from above his head. He reached out to catch it and saw a clear symbol on the back of the stone tablet, as if it had just been engraved: Go! Get out of here! You are at the edge of the nightmare courtyard. If you don't leave now, you will be in danger!
"this... "
Tian Yang showed the stone tablet to his father in astonishment. After Su Lie saw it, he said in a deep voice, "Is someone warning us?"
The image of the little girl flashed through Tianyang's mind: "Could it be that child?"
"Maybe, maybe not."
Su Lie looked into the depths of the hall: "Nightmare Courtyard, is it the courtyard behind this building? It seems that there is something in that courtyard."
"How about it, do you want to go and have a look?"
Tian Yang thought for a moment and said, "Let's leave here. If this is that child, she should have seen us dealing with the residents of Xingdu."
"She should know our strength, but she still left a warning message, which shows that the things in the Nightmare Courtyard are indeed dangerous."
"Let's leave first, and then I'll use the Tree Guard to test and see if I can find anything."
Su Lie said without objection: "Okay, I'll do as you say."
They turned around to leave, but suddenly found that it had become pitch black outside the gate. Before, although the light was dim, there were still stars twinkling, but now, it was absolutely pitch black.
And outside the door, Tianyang could not feel anything but a sense of emptiness, as if he had stepped out of the door and entered another space.
At this moment, his eyes suddenly went dark and he could not see anything.