Under the warm sun, the silvery white sand stretches into the distance, and the waves wash happily onto the beach and then retreat lightly.

The carriage stopped, Xue Ying jumped down, and the moment her feet stepped on the sand, she was so moved that she was about to cry: she was finally able to walk with her feet again, and what she used to think was ordinary things now feels precious.

The carriage did not stop, turned a corner and left. Xue Ying looked at it from afar, there was only one person on the beach, with his back to her and quietly looking at the sea.

The posture is upright, and just looking at the back is already very pleasing to the eye. Xue Ying walked over, and then her eyes were involuntarily attracted by the footprints on the beach: on the flat sand, there was only a series of footprints, extending to the feet of the person in a steady manner.

She rolled her eyes, took off her shoes, carefully stepped into the footprints, and then step by step, all of them stepped on the footprints of others, because of the difference in the stride length of the two people, several times she almost couldn't keep her balance and fell, but after a few thrilling thrills, the distance between the two people was getting closer and closer.

Finally seeing the other party's feet, Xue Ying was overjoyed, and was about to take the lead, but heard the other party ask: "Do you know what it means to step on footprints?"

Xue Ying was stunned, and after she woke up, her cheeks were instantly hot, and she suddenly didn't dare to raise her head.

Regarding stepping on footprints, there is a story of "Lei Ze Huaxu": legend has it that Fuxi's mother, Hua Xu, lived by the Huaxu water, and was pregnant with Fuxi because she stepped on the footprints of the thunder god.

Thinking of this ambiguous story, and thinking about her childish behavior just now, Xue Ying couldn't wait to find a hole to get into.

She was embarrassed, as if she heard someone say, "Let's run", she looked up suddenly: "Where are we going?"

The stove looked at her in a bit of a daze.

"Did you just speak?" Xue Ying asked cautiously.

"What do you hear?"

"Ahh Xue Ying scratched her hair in embarrassment, "It's nothing, it's auditory hallucinations." ”

The stove was about to say something, but Xue Ying pointed to the ground behind him and shouted, "Crab!" In the blink of an eye, the person had already rushed out and happily began to chase the crab.

"Ah, this shell is so beautiful, you see, colorful!" As soon as she finished speaking, she was attracted by something else, and walked farther and farther, only to come back to her senses to find a wave coming towards her.

"Ah......" Xue Ying screamed and turned around and ran away, finally avoiding the bad luck of "getting wet", patted her chest and looked back at the sea with palpitations, but heard a chuckle.

"Don't laugh!" she looked back angrily, threatening with little force.

It's okay if she doesn't say it, but when she says this, the stove can't help but laugh. Xue Ying puffed out her mouth and pulled him forward angrily: "Don't move." ”

Seeing that a wave of waves in her heart was about to hit, she retreated one after another, and did not forget to warn: "Don't move!" The stove looked at her with a smile, opened her mouth and was about to say something, Xue Ying nervously warned again, "Don't speak—ah!" Because all her attention was on the stove, she didn't notice the change in the ground, and after stumbling, she squatted and fell hard on the beach.

She got up with a wrinkled face, just in time to see the waves roll under the foot of the furnace, and then, leaving a "pit" - around the furnace there seemed to be a layer of transparent glass separating him from the waves, and not a drop of water could enter.

Until the waves receded, she hadn't come back to her senses, and Shi Shiran had already walked back to the stove, looking down at her in a daze, and sneering: "It's so naïve." ”

Xue Ying looked up at him with her mouth open, and it took a while before she came back to her senses: "You say I'm naïve?"

"Yes, that's naïve. ”

"......" Xue Ying stood up and patted the mud and sand on her buttocks, without saying a word.

"Angry?"

Xue Ying shook her head, and then suddenly laughed with a "poof".

The stove was inexplicable: "What are you laughing at?"

"This is the first time you've said I'm bad," Xue Ying grinned more and more happily, "It turns out that you can also scold people." ”

The stove was even more confused: "Is this a good thing?"

Xue Ying nodded vigorously.

"Why?"

Because I want you to be human, not a Buddha who doesn't have seven emotions and six desires. This sentence came to her lips, but Xue Ying did not say it.

……………………

Lightning flashed and thundered, and heavy rain poured. Xue Ying, who woke up to the deafening roar, found that there was silence in the room, and suddenly had an ominous premonition.

Cloaked and got up, opened the door, and the wind and rain rushed in front of him, almost wanting to blow people down. A dark guard fell in front of the door: "County Lord, the master has left." ”

Really.

Xue Ying sighed: "Okay, I know." He closed the door and stood there for a long time. The situation in northern Xinjiang has been turbulent, and he has stayed too long to treat her leg, and it is time to leave.

It's just that the one-year period mentioned by Master Mingli is getting closer and closer, and no one can say when the next time they will meet, or whether the two of them will be able to meet.

"Smack!" a thunderous explosion that seemed to tear through the sky startled her. Then there was a rumbling tremor on the ground, and she was wondering, as the ground shook violently.

Soon there was a knock at the door: "County Lord, are you okay?"

She opened the door with a pale face and whispered, "Earthquake?"

In the storm, the dark guard didn't hear her clearly, and said to himself: "The manatee turned over just now, I'm afraid there will be danger here, we must leave immediately." ”

Manatees roll over, undersea earthquakes, and then a tsunami will follow?

Xue Ying's heart tightened: "What about the others?" In the middle of the night, will those who live by the sea have time to escape?

The dark guard paused and said, "County Lord, now we can only do our best to protect your safety. "Others, nothing can be done.

Xue Ying bit her lower lip fiercely, and the salty smell suddenly spread in her mouth: "Okay, let's go!"

After running overnight to avoid the tsunami, Xue Ying didn't even remember to look back, so she had to rush to Anjing City in a carriage, just because there was news from the front: Huanglong War Zone, it's the other way around.

Among the four major war zones, the Huanglong War Zone is mainly responsible for guarding Anjing City, and has a very special status among the four war zones. If the other three major theaters want to rebel, they all have to fight all the way back from the frontier, only the Huanglong theater, a turn can pinch Anjing City in his hands.

Now the 100,000 troops in the Huanglong Theater surround Anjing City, and there are only 8,000 Praetorian Guards in Anjing City, although they can barely resist the troops of the Huanglong Theater by relying on the walls of Anjing City, but in the current form, it is a matter of time before the city is broken.

At this moment, the deployment flaws of the four major theaters of Dagu were exposed: the Huanglong theater was too close to Anjing City, and the other theaters were too far away to return in time.

At the same time, there was another piece of news that made Xue Ying feel worried: the Northern Plains Kingdom had launched a full-scale attack on northern Xinjiang, and the forms of Zhongguan and Dongguan were very severe, and the distant Columbia University also sent troops to cross the small countries and tribes in the middle, and gathered outside Xinshu, putting on a posture of eagerness.

The carriage was galloping, but there was silence in Xue Ying's ears in the car, only a strange "tick-tock" sound, which was the countdown of fate. She muttered, "There's no time. ”