There has never been any picture that shocked Ying Feng so much that he stared at the person in front of him for a long time, forgetting the reason why he called him in the first place, but Ling Xiao waited for a long time and did not see him speak. , took the initiative to ask: "What do you want me to do?"
Ying Feng didn't realize his abnormality yet, so he asked:
"why are you laughing?"
"Did I laugh?" Ling Xiao touched the corner of his mouth, as if it really was, "I don't know why, as soon as I entered here, I felt very calm, and I couldn't help it."
"That is the power of God. God will calm our souls. Everyone who walks into the church will be infected by divine grace."
A voice slowly sounded at the other end of the church, and the two of them looked at each other and saw a man dressed as a priest walking out of the narrow door on one side. Tiansu people can't tell their age when they reach adulthood, but the experience in this person's eyes can make people conclude that he has gone through many years in this life, and the years have precipitated invisible traces on his unchanging appearance.
He came over and looked at the two of them carefully, "It's your first time here, is there anything you need help?"
"Oh," Ling Xiao hurriedly handed over the booklet in his hand, "I'm from Bikong, and our principal asked me to bring this booklet to Ling Xing, saying it was his relic."
The pastor probably hadn't heard this name mentioned in a long time. He was stunned when he heard it, and took it slowly.
He turned the first page and found a familiar face among the blank-eyed and numb faces.
"Yes, this is his graduation album. I heard him mention it once. He said he was going to pick it up, but he always failed to do it because of some things. I didn't expect that someone would send it over after such a long time."
He raised his head and looked at Ling Xiao, but he didn't seem to be looking at him, "I think when I saw him for the first time, he was also standing in the position you are now standing in. At that time, his condition was very bad, even God It can't illuminate the shadow in his heart, and although he is alive, it is like walking on the ground."
"At that time, he had already dropped out of school. I saw that he had nowhere to go, so I left him here and taught him the will of God. It was God who pulled him back from the edge of his life, and he was full of vitality every day. , not only walked out of the past, but even helped many suffering people get rid of the haze, and won people's admiration."
"If I have to say that I have any regrets, it is probably that the incident had too much influence on him, so that he could never accept the coming-of-age ceremony, and he would not be an adult for 80 years."
Ling Xiao glanced at Ying Feng quietly, and he listened very seriously.
"Can we go and see where he lived?"
The pastor closed the booklet, "Come with me."
Ling Xiao and Ying Feng followed the pastor through the narrow door just now and into the church.
"His bedroom is very small, because we are full of energy, we don't need too much material to be satisfied," he said, pushing open a door, and a room that really looked very small appeared in front of the two of them.
But the room is small, but it is filled with all kinds of things in an orderly manner, making it neither shabby nor crowded.
"I have regular cleaning, so the room is very clean, you can sit as you like."
Ling Xiao looked around the room. A bunk bed, a double desk and two chairs almost filled the entire space. In addition, there was a bookshelf carved out of the wall, which was full of books.
"You live together?" he asked curiously.
"Oh no," the pastor also followed his line of sight to the upper and lower bunks, "my room is not here."
"Then he has other roommates?"
The pastor slowly touched the edge of the upper bunk, "This bed was added later, and a very special person lived here."
"A special person?"
"Yes," the pastor said, "Ling Xing raised a Lone Star."
"Lone Star?" Ling Xiao didn't know what that meant.
Ying Feng, who has never spoken since entering the house, took over the topic, "Lone Star is an extremely rare mental illness. People called Lone Star will show an atavistic personality and have no human feelings. It is even more impossible to have empathy with people. Therefore, in their spiritual world, there is no sympathy or pity, only obedience. As long as they receive an order, even if the opponent is a person who has no resistance, they can kill without hesitation. "
"On average, one person with this lack of emotion will appear every five hundred years. It is also five hundred years. Tianguxing will revolve to the extension line of Tianjuxing and Zhiyang. Three stars are three points and one line, so people use Tianguxing is named after it. Guxing does not have the ability to love. When they wake up, they will find the strongest person to kill in their young state, gain the ability of each other at one time, and grow into the most terrifying fighting machine. There was once a lone star, a man who destroyed a small country near the star, and it was only then that the country began to realize the power of this flawed personality."
The pastor nodded in appreciation, "You're right, according to legend, in ancient times, Tiansu people behaved like this for a period of time. Once we were all Lone Stars, but after everyone evolved, Lone Stars became real Lone Star. Lone Star will slaughter the same kind after awakening. No school can take it in. It should have been taken over by the military, but Ling Xing believed that the training of the military would make him more ruthless, so the church came forward and agreed to keep him. Come down, be raised by Ling Xing until he wakes up, and then hand it over to the military."
"Maybe you don't know what true parenting means. Religion in Tiansu belongs to a completely foreign civilization. In order to learn God's will, I have overcome the traction of my soul and visited many surrounding planets. In their social structure, every A baby is raised by their family and taught them to do everything in every detail, something that doesn't happen in our race."
"But Ling Xing did it. As an infant, he raised another infant meticulously, taught him what was right, what was wrong, what could be done, and what was not allowed. How to think with the feelings of a normal person, and also teach him to understand the feelings of others, among the Tiansu people who can never understand family affection, they live like the elders and juniors in a real family."
The priest raised his head, "The books you see are all brought by Ling Xing to help him learn human culture. He said that Lone Star can never understand human feelings, but at least he can learn the rules of human beings through books. In his Under the influence, that person developed the habit of reading, and if he didn't understand anything, he would go to the book to find the answer."
Ling Xiao's eyes fell on the bookshelf, and then moved down to the desk. He seemed to see two people sitting at the desk with their backs to him. something, the man stopped to explain to him.
"When you came in just now, you must have seen the flowers and plants in the yard. Those seeds were also brought back by Ling Xing from various planets. In the agreement between the church and the military, Lone Star must go out with the army at least once a year, so that it can be used as soon as possible. Learn fighting skills. In addition, Lone Star has no soul traction, and often travels alone. Ling Xing asks him to bring back the local seeds every time he goes, hoping that in this way, he can understand foreign affairs. The planet does not only have resources and killings, but also has such beautiful life."
"Then why was Ling Xing executed later?" Ling Xiao became more and more confused. If Ling Xing was as good as the priest said, why was he sentenced to death again
The pastor looked solemn, "That year, I set off to study the teachings at the stars as usual. When I came back, the two of them had disappeared, and I could not find them by any means."
"The church believed that this matter was related to the military, but the military refused to admit it. Until the news that the military ordered the secret assassination of Ling Xing came out, under pressure from the people, the military announced that there was no assassination, but the death penalty."
"But he's still a baby," Ling Xiao still kept this matter in mind, "Isn't it said that the death of the baby will be dissipated?"
"That's right," the pastor suddenly became a little indignant, "so the law does not allow the death of a juvenile at all, but the military only said that he was no longer a juvenile when he was executed, but could not give any evidence that Ling Xing was an adult. Refusing to disclose the identity of the deeds, this incident has intensified the conflict between the church and the military, which has remained unresolved for so many years."
"What about Lone Star, who was raised by him?"
"I don't know. He and Ling Xing disappeared completely. We never got any news about him. It's probably hidden by the military as a secret weapon. Now we don't know which planet we're fighting on." He was filled with righteous indignation. Said, "They have always been like this, war is the only meaning of their existence, and one day God will punish them for what they do."
Ling Xiao and Ying Feng looked at each other, "I heard that he committed treason, what did he do?"
The pastor's mood gradually eased, "He stole a seed."
"seed?"
"The tree seed of the tree of souls."
Ling Xiao remembered the tree of souls he saw at the base, "Why did he steal tree seeds?"
"In fact, in order to overcome the traction of the soul and expand the territory, the military has long tried to build soul lighthouses on alien planets, but these lighthouses cannot function. Later, researchers found that the lighthouse and the tree are a whole, only around the tree of the soul. , the lighthouse will light up, a lighthouse without a tree is just a decoration."
It was the third time that Ling Xiao had heard the word "soul traction" from his mouth. Knowing nothing about it, he asked Ying Feng with his eyes, and the latter briefly reiterated to him the knowledge he had obtained from Fu Yao. for a moment.
"That's it," the pastor nodded after listening to his explanation, "the modern Tiansu people have different degrees of soul traction, while the ancient people would not have this problem. In preventing our unbridled expansion, in this way alleviate our sins."
"The tree of soul only bears a seed for thousands of years. Some people predict that the current tree of soul has entered an advanced age, because there are fewer and fewer souls growing on it, and sooner or later, it will stop completely, and then new soul trees will be needed. The tree will take over. But the military wants to plant tree species on alien planets, and the way to expand this range to the extreme is to let a person without soul lead to take the tree species to a distant place to plant, and then coerce the local area. of residents build lighthouses so they can get twice the area of action.”
"People without soul traction? Isn't it Lone Star?"
"That's right, so the military gave him this task, but Ling Xing destroyed the plan first. Until now, I don't think what he did was wrong. He violated the doctrine of not stealing, but saved him. Countless innocent lives have also been spared from the murder of our compatriots, benefiting all beings through the fault of one person."
"Where is the tree seed he stole now?"
The pastor shook his head, "I don't know. People from the military have searched many times, but they couldn't find the whereabouts of the tree species anyway. With Ling Xing sentenced to death, this matter will forever remain a mystery."
Ling Xiao and the others have been together for a long time. When they said goodbye, the priest personally sent them to the door. Once again, they passed through the flowery courtyard. It seemed that each flower had a unique meaning.
"I haven't talked to anyone about Ling Xing for a long time, and I'm glad someone still remembers him. We have an element of belligerence in our souls, but faith will help us smooth that out. Force should be used to Defence instead of aggression, I hope more young people can understand this, and you are welcome to come here often."
Before the return trip, Ling Xiao tactfully expressed his willingness to drive, but this time Ying Feng did not stop him, but took the initiative to go to the second seat.
Along the way, Ling Xiao always felt that someone was staring at him. Every time he turned his head, he met Ying Feng's line of sight, making him a little unnatural.
"I really don't mess around," he said. "Even if there is any excitement, I stayed in the church just now, and I'm calm now."
Ying Feng turned his head silently, not wanting to say that the reason he looked at him was not because of this.
But Ling Xiao, who was a big-hearted person, just felt that Ying Feng's behavior was not normal since he entered the church. He didn't think about where the abnormality came from, and he didn't delve into the meaning of Ying Feng's eyes that fell on him many times.
"Where do you think Ling Xing will hide the tree seeds?"
Ying Feng didn't care about this, and replied casually, "I don't know, what do you think?"
"If I were him, I should leave it to someone important for safekeeping," Ling Xiao thought.
"The important person is only the priest, but I believe he did not lie, and he does not know the whereabouts of the tree species."
"Who said that Lone Star is also his important person?"
"The tree seed was stolen from him, how could it be handed over to him for safekeeping?"
Only then did Ling Xiao realize his paradox, and rubbed his nose awkwardly, "That's why I guessed wrong."
But after Ling Xiao said this, he thought, besides the priest and Lone Star, who else would he give the tree seeds to
When the two returned to the academy, it was already dusk, and the sharp-eyed Ling Xiao saw a familiar person entering the dormitory building.
"Is it the Naked Crane? What is he doing in the tenth-grade dormitory?"
Ying Feng frowned when he heard the name, "I don't know, stay away from him, they are not good people."
They deliberately slowed down their pace, distanced themselves from the person who stepped up on their front feet, opened the door with Zhu Yue, looked vigilantly at no one else in the corridor, and avoided a gap to let the pillowed crane in.
"I've already brought the things, and the service is attentive, buy one get one free," Nautilus took out two portable injections, one with bright orange liquid and the other transparent.
"The orange one is the second generation of Burning Cinder, and the transparent one is a purifier. The second generation has strong side effects. The purifier will not make you suffer less, but at least it will keep you from dying. I have already used it all. I told you, if you remember the wrong order, don't blame me for not reminding you."
After he finished speaking, he put the injection on the table. He was not worried at all that the other party would go back on his debt. To him, Zhu Yue was someone who could be pressed to death with one finger, and any warning to him would be superfluous.
After listening to his introduction, Zhu Yue silently took out the soul-suppressing stone from the place yesterday and handed it to him as agreed. The pillow crane was very satisfied with his performance. I have long heard that Kui's soul-suppressing stone is missing, and the military is also looking for it nervously. It is unexpected that he was secretly hidden by such a useless person. It seems that although his ability is not very good, he is not small.
The Naked Crane was appreciating the mysterious ore in his hand attentively. There is a legend about the Soul Requiring Stone, which will awaken the earliest memory of the soul, and he does not know whether this legend is true or not.
But if it's true... Naked Crane suddenly realized that something seemed to be overlooked by him. If this rumor is true, isn't Zhu Yue...
Zhuyue quietly picked up the bright orange injection. It turned out that this was what Ling Xiao stole from the base. He defeated Kui with this thing and became entangled with Ying Feng.
"Is this really the second generation of Burning Cinders? Let me try it out."
What
The pillow crane was startled, and turned back instantly, only to see Zhu Yue pushing the last bit of the potion into her body, her eyes flashed red, and after a low roar, her sharp fangs were exposed.