Yes, it’s time to set off. After sleeping under the boundary monument one night, my whole body and heart were filled with a sense of peace and quiet. Facing Jue Yuan’s words, it was like he was telling me what should be done. Going to work is normal.
Compared to me, the others were a little nervous, but it was much better than yesterday. After a simple wash and some dry food, we set off.
The thickness of the boundary monument is only 5 meters. According to the standard pace of an adult man, it is only five steps, or at most six or seven steps. However, these 5 meters are like a clear dividing line. When we cross these 5 meters After that, the world changed.
When we originally looked from the other side of the boundary monument to this side, all we could see was the thick rolling fog. But after we completely crossed the boundary monument, there was no trace of the fog that could not be dispersed, and it was clear that everything in front of us was completely different. very clear.
I can't describe what kind of scenery this is. The purple-red sky is heavy in the sky. The hillside on this side no longer has the winding path, but is filled with large tracts of wild flowers.
This kind of wild flower has a pale color, but there is a tragic red color at the top of the petals, which is irregular, just like a drop of blood dripping on the white canvas, and it is so beautiful that it has a cruel feeling.
Under the hillside, there is a place shrouded in fog. According to my understanding, it should be a lake, but I can't see clearly.
"It's very beautiful here. It seems to best explain what the cruel beauty of death is. Purple red, pale, bright red... The combination of these colors is very cruel. Even the best painter in the world cannot use this most beautiful color." Extreme, the most gorgeous colors to show a world of death, but nature can do it, heaven and earth can do it." It was Brother Chengqing who spoke. He rarely said so many words, but I know that the taciturn Brother Chengqing is very interested in He had a profound understanding of painting. Whether it was Chinese painting or Western painting, the scenery in front of him shocked him.
This kind of beauty is so disturbing that it creates a psychedelic and unsteady feeling from the bottom of my heart. Looking back, I find that the boundary monument is still behind us, and a sense of security rises from the bottom of my heart, as if in the world, That touch of gray with green traces of vicissitudes of life is the most determined force, which resolves the impact of these extreme colors on us.
"Let's go." I said quietly, the wind ruffled my hair. In the sea of flowers touching the ground in front of me, I actually saw two roads leading to different directions hidden in it.
Which way to go? I don't understand this place at all.
Jue Yuan said behind me: "North is New and South is Old. Since we are going to the new city, let's take the north path."
I nodded and walked at the front. There was a strange aroma in the wind, just like the most peculiar cocktail. The dreamy sweet aroma was mixed with the strongest smell of blood, which made people addicted.
It's a pity that no one here is a determined person. Although this fragrance is full of stimulating and contradictory beauty, we no longer care about it at this time.
Jue Yuan made a very strange comment that the flowers here did not parasitize any spiritual bodies, but for those who are not determined, smelling the fragrance of this flower for a long time is no different from taking drugs.
Yeah? But I pursed my lips tightly and remained silent. I didn’t care about the so-called aroma at all. The boundary monument shocked me so strangely. From the sense of flesh and blood in my bones, my mind was always on the boundary monument. I really had no thoughts. Pay attention to these things.
I even have an idea in my mind that people who have felt the boundary monument and been baptized by the boundary monument will no longer be afraid of this fragrance, no matter how addictive it is, or even if there is a deep hidden secret in this fragrance. Despair doesn't matter anymore.
When I came, it was an uphill road, but when I left, it was a downhill road. As the distance got closer, the wind blew, and I was finally able to see clearly what was in the distance.
There is still a purple-red sky, low in the sky, and the place where the fog is rolling is the calm lake surface. The lake surface is reflected by the purple-red sky, and it also shows a blurred purple-red color, but it destroys everything. , is a mess on the lake.
At first, I couldn't see clearly from far away. But when I got closer, I realized that what was standing so quietly and motionless on the lake were actually boats, big ones, small ones, some that were about to decay, some that were still new. , just scattered across the lake, looking a little heartbroken.
"It's the ships that have had accidents here for hundreds of years. They all ended up here?" The person who spoke was Brother Chengxin, who was walking behind me. He also suffered from this stimulation, the shock of smell and sight, sweet The impact of incense and images of death.
"The lake water here doesn't seem to be flowing at all. These boats are motionless! Moving water is never scary. It's such stagnant water that can sink anything." Ruyue didn't know when she walked alongside me again, She suddenly said such words, which made my heart sink a little more.
The legendary Huangquan River is on the Flying Bird difficulty level. Is it a stormy river, or is it just as lifeless as this? My mind can't help but think, maybe the ferryman there knows, is there another ferryman here
Xiao Chengqian was more realistic. Most of the places on the lake could be seen clearly, but there were still two places shrouded in fog. He said, "You haven't seen the city yet? We don't have a boat anymore. Do we want to be on this boat?" Swimming in corpses?”
The corpse of the ship naturally refers to the new or old wreckage of the ship floating on the lake, quietly unaware of it, but we did not think it was humorous at all, but it made it feel a little heavier in our hearts.
Brother Chengxin looked at Jue Yuan naturally. Jue Yuan shook his head and expressed ignorance. He might know the rules for entering the boundary monument, but there was a restricted area after the boundary monument. How could he know what to do behind the scenes? After all, his senior didn't explain anything, and even kept it secret.
But at this moment, I had an indescribable feeling in my heart, that is, if we keep going, we will know the way. If we don’t know it yet, just wait, and there will definitely be a way.
Thinking like this, I quickened my pace and walked downwards. Then I turned to the person behind me and said, "Let's go. I shouldn't be trapped here."
When I said this, I saw the boundary monument again. At this time, its figure was still clearly standing on the top of the island. I felt inexplicably relieved.
The way up to the top is not far, and the way down is not too far either. After about ten minutes, we arrived at the end of the hillside. At the end, there was no beach, but hard rocks and weird flowers. It spread all the way to the lake. Occasionally, the purple-red lake water splashed up, and the flower trembled slightly.
It is not a completely stagnant water, but except for the water on the shore, the water in the lake is really completely still. There are not even ordinary water waves, which makes people feel extremely depressed.
The closest shipwreck to us was floating less than ten meters away. It was just an ordinary fishing boat. It had decayed to the point of being unrecognizable. It could barely keep floating on the water. There were two skeletons on the boat, one lying on the ground. At the bow of the ship, a man was sitting in the cabin, raising his head, looking a little shocked.
I turned my head and didn't want to think about how desperate I must be before dying in this environment, or that they were already dead when their ship floated in here, but under the boundary monument, I hope they can Get a rest, just like the kind of grass Jue Yuan told Hui Gen'er, from twisted and ferocious to peaceful and peaceful, and finally to salvation...
"Chengyi, we are here, but there is not even a bird here. What do you think we should do?" Xiao Chengqian deliberately did not look at the boat and suddenly changed the topic to me.
I simply sat down, lit a cigarette, and said to Xiao Chengqian: "Wait! Or swim, your choice."
Xiao Chengqian was so angry that he took off his coat and said to me: "Brother, don't provoke me. Seriously, don't provoke me, ah!" His temper was indeed very impatient.
Unexpectedly, he ran over a few steps away, picked up Xiao Chengqian's coat, and shouted: "Don't leave it, it's handmade, what a waste." As he said that, he suddenly looked at Xiao Chengqian and said: "Teacher, for an analogy, if I ask Dingyuan to sew a piece of clothing for me, does that count as handmade customization?"
Xiao Chengqian was so happy with Jue Yuan that he didn't care to get angry with me. He snatched the coat from Jue Yuan's hand and said, "What are you talking about? If you think Dingyuan has that skill and is experienced and famous, Fashion designer... Hey, what am I talking about? You too, think of a solution quickly?"
At this time, I stared into the distance and said: "No need to think of a way, isn't this coming?"
"What's coming?" My words immediately caught everyone's attention, and then everyone drove off into the distance.
Isn't there a small boat floating in the depths of the mist