It's late autumn, and the leaves have already begun their journey back to their roots, however, there are always some people in this world, who leave their homeland at the moment they shouldn't, some are voluntary, some are unwilling, but they are helpless!

Cangshan extends from north to south, high, wide, barren and mysterious. It stretches to the north into the hinterland of Entropy, which is bordered by barren forests, and to the southernmost sea, the largest mountain range on the mainland. On both sides of it are Yuezhou and Cangzhou, and every year, countless people flee from Entropy Prefecture to other parts of the mainland, and these two states are the most. Most of these people are voluntary, and only a very few are unwilling. On the road, more than ninety percent will die, and very few will survive in the end.

Today is August 15, the moon is particularly round and bright, and the shadows of fallen leaves can be clearly seen on the ground drifting in the cool autumn wind.

A child in shabby clothes, and obviously ill-fitting shoes, with unwashed hair and something in his arms, ran through the woods. Every time he ran, he hid under a tree and looked around, as if he was hiding from something.

After making sure there was nothing else around, he started running again until he came to a ruined temple that had been abandoned for many years, and then ran inside. The broken temple collapsed on a wall on the west side, and the wind blew in, whirring, and it sounded like panic. There was a faint fire in the ruined temple, and the few remaining pieces of tiles were filled with weeds and fallen leaves, and the bottom was simply cleaned up, so that a small space in the ruined temple was restored to its former appearance.

The child ran to the place, crouched down in a corner where the fire did not shine, and then laid the contents of his arms on the thatch, which was wrapped in a cloth, soft, like some kind of dirt, but judging by the smell of decay, it was not.

"Eat, I found this point nearby, although the taste is very strong, but when it is cooked, at least it is better than digging out of the soil, although it is not as fresh as your body, but at least you don't have to suffer that kind of pain anymore. He said to the dark corner, his voice low and deep.

There was a rustling sound from the corner, and a thin, skinny hand as rough as the roots of countless old trees reached out from the corner, and then took the thing over. Then, the sound of eating and thudding came from the corner.

Seeing this, the child habitually touched the pendant on his chest, then took out a piece of jerky from his arms, and with great strength, he bit down on a piece and sent it to his mouth. When swallowing, the child struggles and seems to be difficult to eat, but if he does not eat, he will not be able to live. After taking a bite, he put the jerky back into his arms, took out a mud pot from the other corner, took a sip of water, and then stared at the faint light of the fire in a daze.

"You're still disgusted with that, aren't you?" said an old, frail voice from the corner.

"Are you bored? This is the first time you've asked me? I'm annoyed that you're asking this. The child said in annoyance.

There was silence in the corner for a long time, and then the voice came again, "Yiyang!"

"What?"

"I'm sorry. ”

It turned out that the child had a name, called Yiyang. He was suddenly stunned, looked into the corner in surprise, and asked, "You...... What do you say?"

"I'm sorry, Yiyang, people like us don't need to regret it, and we don't have the right to regret it, but, I'm sorry, I apologize for what I once did to you, although it didn't work, but, I will feel better this way. The voice said a lot in one breath, and there was sincerity in the tone.

"No need!" he turned his head and said coldly, "You don't say much, if you die, I won't be alive tonight, but if you want to die, it's okay, I'll send you myself when I go out tomorrow." ”

"Thank you!"

This time, Yiyang didn't talk, but curled up on the thatch and slept directly.

............

Early the next morning, Yiyang was woken up by the coolness of late autumn, and when he opened his eyes, he saw frost all over the ground, he reached out and touched it, it was cold and cold, but it was not frozen in his hands. A thin old man in a blood-colored shabby robe, on crutches and with a limp, walked from outside the ruined temple, and when he saw Yiyang waking up, he stopped and said, "Let's go, let's go east, tomorrow we can cross this wood, reach humanity, and you will be free." ”

Yiyang got up, moved his body, and said, "With your fastest speed, can you get there tonight?"

"Yes, but you can't keep up. ”

"Where's my fastest?"

"Yes, but you can't bear it until late at night, you only ate a bite of meat last night, and your body can't support it. ”

After hearing this, Yiyang took out several pieces of jerky from his arms and ate them like a wolf, even though the jerky was very hard, he forcibly swallowed it, but there was a disgusting expression on his face.

"Is it enough now?"

"You are very decisive and suitable for us...... the old man said, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yiyang.

"I don't want to listen, I don't want to be like you, how many times do you want me to say that? ”

"Yes, I've lived for decades and haven't lost, but I lost to you, a child who is only five or six years old, it's very useless!" the old man sighed.

Yiyang walked past him and said, "Let's go." ”

So, Yiyang ran to the east as fast as he could, and the old man followed. The two ran and stopped until late at night, when the clouds were thick, and they stopped in a cave.

Yiyang threw some firewood on the ground, and the old man glanced at the firewood, and the firewood ignited.

Yiyang looked at the dark sky outside the cave and said, "It's late autumn, why is it raining?"

"I don't know. ”

Yiyang walked to the fire, sat down, and looked at the fire in a daze, as if he was thinking about something.

Seeing this, the old man consciously walked to the corner where the fire did not shine and sat down. The two of them did not say a word, and the only sound in the cave was the crackling sound of dry wood being burned and exploded by the fire, and there was a howling wind outside the cave.

After a long time, Yiyang suddenly asked, "How far is it from humanity here?"

"Tomorrow morning, in less than three hours, we will arrive. The old man's voice was weaker than last night, and it seemed that he would die at any moment, and it was hard to imagine how his spirit came from during the day.

Hearing this, Yiyang got up and went in the cave and looked around, as if looking for something. After a while, he saw a sharp stone under the wall of a cave, which looked sharp. So he went over and picked up the stone and walked towards the old man.

He walked up to the old man and said, "Can you sit up and not lie down?"

Hearing this, the old man sat up.

Yiyang looked at him, suddenly bowed deeply, and then said sincerely: "I am very grateful for the things you have saved me several times, my brother said, to be a man, you must be grateful for your kindness, so I will find you food every night when you reverse your vitality to maintain your life." But, for the fact that you took me captive and took me to the devil's path, I hated you, and I said that if I lived, I would kill you with my own hands, because you made me fall, and you made me what I hated, so I'm sorry that I'm going to kill you now, and tomorrow I'll be humane, and I'll remember all that you did to me for the rest of my life, but I won't remember your name, just as I didn't remember your name until now. ”

The old man looked at Yiyang silently, because he was blinded by Yiyang, and he couldn't see the old man's expression.

Yiyang walked up to the old man, held the old man's head with his hand, found a little above the back of the old man's head with his fingers, and then stabbed it down with a stone.

The old man trembled, but could not resist.

There was a sudden rumbling sound, and it was pouring rain outside.

Yiyang threw down the stone and ran to the fire and sat down, rubbing his hands on the ground, trying to wipe the blood off his hands.

The old man looked at Yiyang quietly and said, "Your heart is still clean, you have not fallen, you can eat those things as soon as you eat them, it's not a big deal, you will come into contact with more people who eat those things in the future, but they won't spit out bones." I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Tomorrow, you are free, and I am also free, thank you. ”

With that, the old man fell into the darkness.

Yiyang looked at the darkness, didn't speak, and the movements of his hands stopped.

This rainy night will never be forgotten for the rest of his life!