Tomb of the Fox and the Crow Chapter 154 Whereabouts
Hurting each other, forgiving each other, and then deepening the disappointment in each other in a cycle of mistakes, that's what people are.
- Preamble
"Bai Gu," said Jane Gray, huddled on Bai Gu's right side, "if we freeze to death and starve here, who will collect our bodies?"
Shaking his head, Bai Gu looked at the flying snow dancing wildly in the sky: "No, we won't freeze to death." It's just a heavy snowfall, and we can go back even if we feel like it. β
"And even if you die, we won't let you die first. Across Bai Gu, Xuan Junyang said to Jane Gray.
"Do you two need me to carve an epitaph for you?" said Jane, laughing, and it was hard to accept to say such a thing.
Xuan Junyang opened his mouth, and white water vapor floated out of his mouth. He loved the solidification of this gas, which was vague and fantastical, as if he had spit out his soul full of exhaustion and unwillingness.
After thinking for a while with the sound of the wind, Xuan Junyang said: "My epitaph will be written; 'Come on, you useless people, I'll pick you up.'" ββ
"I'm going to be picked up by Satan when you die. Jane Grey pouted, the dead left such an epitaph, it was simply a curse left by the time of life.
"That's too dark," Bai Gu said, "Do you hate this world so much?"
Listening to Bai Gu's question, Xuan Junyang did not answer. Because it's too cold, he doesn't want to explain it to his tongue, and he really doesn't like the world.
"What about you?" said Jane, burying her head in the crook of Bai Gu's arm. She felt cold and wanted to be warm.
Bai Gu looked at Jane, who was snuggling with him, and then at Xuan Junyang: "It's really happy to be able to live." β
The three of them didn't notice that the snow in the sky slowly quieted down, and the madness of flying up and down gradually became a slow and light fall.
It's true that the weather in Iceland is charming, and that's fascinating. In less than half an hour, the wind and snow had completely stopped, and the sky had become clear. The three men standing behind the rocks stood up.
"Tsk, what the hell. Xuan Junyang stretched his waist, and sitting for a long time made him feel his muscles stiff. There was a thin layer of snow in all directions, sparsely white. I could feel the temperature drop a little bit from just now, but it wasn't in the way.
Bai Gu looked at the sky, and he felt happy. He had never seen such a sky, the sky of his hometown was always as gray as the current situation, and the sky of London looked so thin because of the rain that it seemed as if a hole could be broken at the slightest poke. If he could, he would like to live here in the future.
Suddenly, a shout came from behind him: "Bai Gu!
"Huh?" Hearing Jane Gray's call, Bai Gu looked back, and a snowball hit him in the face, making a "pop" sound.
Cold, some hard, some rustling to the touch.
Wiping the snow off his face with his hands, Bai Gu felt that he seemed to be alive and real, and he could give birth to so many experiences in an instant, but the touch of the snow was slightly different from the existence in his memory.
"Oh, you're too slow!" Jane Grey grumbled dissatisfiedly with her hands on her waist, "like a sloth, my grandfather reacted faster than you." It seems that what she wants is a white lone who can quickly dodge, or fight back immediately after being hit.
Xuan Junyang shook his head: "Jane, you have to know that Bai Gu didn't like this kind of activity since he was a child - when we were children, he was always chased and beaten by all the children with snowballs. He didn't quite understand why Bai Gu would rather be buried like a little snowman by snowballs in all directions than fight back.
"Oh......" Looking at Bai Gu, who slowly wiped off the snow and then wiped his face with his sleeve, Jane frowned, and an apologetic look flashed on her face.
"Jane," Bai Gu looked at the snow in his hand, and he understood why the snow felt different, "Your snowball is not clean, there is mud. β
"Sorry!"
"Bai Gu won't be as knowledgeable as you," Xuan Junyang looked ahead with a slight nudge from behind, "Let's go quickly, even if the days are surprisingly long, we shouldn't waste too much time - especially in this cold and treacherous mountain." β
He was right, and if he looked in the direction he could see, within a hundred meters there was a cliff that seemed to have been split vertically by a blade. In front of that, the path of the void stretched out to the mountains that were still haunted by the wind and snow in the distance, and under the clear canopy of the sky was a landscape that had been freed from the wind and snow and become open.
The mountain breeze blowing from afar is mixed with a trace of cold air that seems to be pulled out by reaching out, it should be cyan, cold and cold in the hand, and it will dissipate in the hand in half a moment.
"Where are we looking for?" Xuan Junyang asked Jane Gray as he looked at the mountains in the distance. It was the Gray family's book, and the most thoroughly researched people were naturally the Gray family.
"The power is gone, and silver light falls from the sky. β
"The silver light fell on the pillars. β
"The pillar of heaven fell, and the people found the sword in the ruins. β
Jane Grey recited the words from the manuscript and walked to the end of the cliff.
"The mountains of the past were slashed by silver light, and the breath of power was left with silver light. If the mountains are cut down, then the cliffs in front of the mountains are the relics. It's just that I don't know if the new landform will have covered up the traces of the past in the area where the geomorphological activity is so frequent. β
Standing on the edge of the cliff, Jane Grey stretched out her arms to feel the cool breeze from the mountains opposite. Bai Gu looked at her, and the free look seemed to be able to go straight to the clouds with a jump.
But her next words made Bai Gu and Xuan Junyang feel an unprecedented challenge.
"Right down there, we're going down the cliff. β
......
"Maybe it's really not wise for just the three of us to do this," looking at the steel pillar embedded in the ground, and then at the rope connecting himself to the steel pillar, Bai Gu whispered to Xuan Junyang, "I'd rather spend more money for someone else to take this risk." β
Nodding, Xuan Junyang agreed with Bai Gu's opinion - two rich sons and a stunned girl, although they were well-equipped, the level of danger had not been significantly reduced.
"I think it's too late for you to surrender now," Bai Gu looked at Xuan Junyang and said to him in a general manner, "It's just a momentary calculation, and it's not worth it if you put your life into it." β
Xuan Junyang looked at Bai Gu with a wicked smile: "If you're afraid, don't go down." β
"Hey, you don't know what to do. Pouting, Bai Gu looked at Jane Gray again.
Obviously, Jane Grey didn't have the same worries as Bai Gu and Xuan Junyang, maybe even if death was close at hand, people with big nerves would only think that it was a bird flying overhead, and they would never crash into their arms.
"Do you really want to go down together?" Bai Gu looked at the girl with an excited face, but he didn't hide a worried look on his face.
Nodding, Jane Gray's eyes seemed to be about to shine: "There is such a good thing, of course I have to find out! I want Xuan Junyang to know, don't underestimate the historical value of mythology!"
"Perhaps...... You can help us keep an eye on this damn steel pillar and don't let it loose. Bai Gu wanted to find an excuse to keep Jane Gray, but he also really didn't trust Iceland's loose frozen soil and unstable steel columns.
Shaking her head resolutely, Jane Grey kicked the steel pillar in front of her: "Look, how strong, it's absolutely fine." β
Seeing Jane Grey kicking her steel pillar as if nothing had happened, Xuan Junyang was silent.
"However, if something really happens, Xuan Junyang and I can't stand it. β
"Ouch, I don't blame you. Waving his hand indifferently, Jane Gray's open-mindedness made Bai Gu feel a little sweat, "It's a person who is alone, and no one will be sad even if he dies." β
Listening to Jian Man's uncaring words, Bai Gu said with a straight face: "Xuan Junyang and I will be sad." β
"I'll come," interrupting the argument between the two, Xuan Junyang untied the rope around his waist, "Even if Jane stays here, she won't be able to hold your or my weight, so it's better to let me stay, you and Jane go down." β
"In this case, won't you be able to verify it yourself?" Bai Gu looked at Xuan Junyang, and also showed a wicked smile, "Could it be that you are really scared?"
"Come on," Xuan Junyang shrugged, "I'm afraid that your arm strength won't be able to pull me." β
Because he was born weak, Bai Gu is like a vampire, he basically doesn't go out much except for classes, and he doesn't like to move his body. Xuan Junyang is good at all kinds of sports, so his physical strength and explosiveness are much stronger than Bai Gu.
Nodding, Bai Gu had to admit that Xuan Junyang's thoughts were completely correct.
Although it looks terrifying and eerie from the top, like a container for endless darkness, when you actually go inside, you will find that the cliff is not so terrifying - not as deep as you think, not as dark as you think, but from time to time you can hear the whimper of cold wind through the forest beneath your feet.
"Bai Gu!" Not far from Bai Gu, Jane, who was also hanging down a little bit with a rope, shouted, "Our luck is good!"
Following Jane Grey's fingers, Bai Gu looked down. Faintly, there seemed to be some light source flickering in the forest. It was a light that I don't know how to describe, because it could be described as a fluctuating oneβit just caused the surrounding scenery to fluctuate and distort, but there was no obvious color in between.
Sitting between the two steel pillars, Xuan Junyang heard Jane Gray's voice, and couldn't help but stretch out his head curiously, but although the distance was only a few dozen meters, he couldn't see anything from his eyes.
"I'll be able to convince Xuan Junyang!" Jane Grey said excitedly, her voice seemed to speed up a lot, "Maybe this will fulfill the family's long-cherished wish and prove it through centuries of research!"
Bai Gu looked at her excited appearance and smiled slightly. Now is not the time to celebrate, because the two of them are still hanging halfway, and they can't go up to the sky or down to the ground.
Suddenly, Bai Gu's brows furrowed. He sped down a bit, then kicked hard at the rock at his left foot to make sure it didn't fall off.
"Maybe I can become a historian with this discovery!" Jane was still dreaming of hers, "Then I can let Xuan Junyang know how shallow he really is!"
After speaking, she looked at Bai Gu, but found that Bai Gu, who was frowning, was swinging towards her like a pendulum.
Then, Jane's vision blurred instantly, and in a trance, there was a staggered rotation of the gray of the stone wall and the dark green of the forest sea under her feet. Maybe she's fallingβshe should have seen the rope around her waist rubbing against the bulging gravel as she bobbed so carried away.
Friction means loss, and loss means breakage.
At this moment, there is only one word in her mind that thunders in her head: DIE.