In the early hours of the morning, the night was thick, the clouds were heavy, there was not a single starlight in the sky, the moon had disappeared, and the heavy and oppressive darkness filled the sky and the earth.

The old man, Tan Xuan, and Sun Suhe stood at the foot of a small and barren mountain that was inaccessible. On the ground, the withered yellow thatch was up to the waist, and the headlights of the cars on the side shot out two pillars of miserable white light, which shone obliquely on the three people, pulling out three long shadows on the ground.

This light not only could not dispel the darkness, but made the surrounding places that could not be illuminated by the lights more eerie, and occasionally a gust of mountain wind blew, and everywhere there were stumbling and shadowy buildings, which made people shudder.

The old man stared at the Xuanzi jade pendant in the palm of his hand, and stood silent, as if he was excited and nostalgic. She gently rubbed the warm surface of the jade pendant with her fingertips, and after a while she cleaned up her mood, raised her eyes to look at the barren mountain in front of her, and silently recited the incantation in her heart.

It looks like an ordinary barren mountain. However, since the old man took out the Xuanzi jade pendant, Sun Suhe had a strange intuition in his heart, and this intuition became stronger and stronger.

Although he couldn't see, hear, or touch, he didn't know why, but he could clearly feel that some strange change had taken place inside the mountain. Maybe it was the mountain itself that gave rise to life? Maybe some kind of creature emerged from nothingness and replaced the original mountain? Or maybe it was something else? Sun Suhe couldn't explain these ridiculous feelings and ideas, and he couldn't figure out where they came from, but he was sure that the mountain in front of him was no longer a mountain.

The ground gradually began to tremble slightly, but it did not feel like the destructiveness of cracking rocks, but like a grass breaking through the dirt and a bird pecking at an eggshell, a feeling of weakness and strength.

The tremor lasted only about ten seconds before it quickly stopped. Sun Suhe noticed that a large puddle of jelly-like gelatinous substance appeared on the ground around him, which seemed to have a colorless and transparent texture, but seemed to flicker with various colors from time to time under the headlights. They wriggled rhythmically like jellyfish, slowly flowing towards the old man's feet.

"Come here, come to me. The old man beckoned to Sun Suhe and Tan Xuan.

Sun Suhe had no choice but to do it obediently. The two of them walked a few steps and leaned towards the old man. As soon as they moved, the strange gelatinous substance on the ground immediately stopped flowing, and then began to slowly retreat.

The old man seemed to have expected it and didn't care about it.

Sun Suhe and Tan Xuan quickly settled into their positions, but the old man just stood still, and after a while, she suddenly sighed slightly and said, "Come out." ”

Who is this talking to? Is there still someone? Could it be Alice? Sun Suhe's heart moved, and he couldn't help but look around, but it was pitch black all around, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

After a few seconds, no one appeared, and the old man lost patience and his tone sank, "Xunru, get out of here." ”

Before the words fell, a rich old man in a gray robe, slightly chubby, and gray hair quietly walked out of the darkness. His feet trembled, and he fell to his knees in front of the old man.

"Okay, I really underestimated you. Wong Chi Seng is your masterpiece. The old man said with a smile.

"Old man, Xunru is at your disposal. Cai Xun fell to his knees and buried his head deep in the ground.

"How did you do that? Bai Yuan kept looking at you. ”

Cai Xunru replied respectfully: "Yes, but you should just let him spy on me, not let him look at me like a prisoner." So, for him, I'm still his boss. I know Bai Yuan too well, as long as someone is willing to pay the price, I can still do something without him. ”

"That's it. The old man looked at Cai Xunru and sighed happily, "Xunru, raise your head, you have done a good job, you have worked hard for you all these years." ”

Cai Xunru raised his head firmly and looked at the old man with tears in his eyes.

The old man stretched out his hand and gently pressed Cai Xunru's head, Cai Xunru had already realized that he didn't hide or dodge, and silently closed his eyes.

A flash of thunder flashed, and Cai Xunru collapsed to the ground limply. His Taoism has been completely abolished, and at this moment, he is just a layman, a weak fat old man.

"Xunru, do you remember the first time we met?"

Cai Xunru was extremely weak, trembling all over, and said intermittently without a breath: "Xunru, for a lifetime, I dare not forget, old man, old man's kindness." ”

The old man turned around and stopped looking at Cai Xunru, she stood with her hands behind her back and asked, "It's been so many years, but I didn't expect that I would send you with my own hands in the end." Xunru, before I say goodbye, I want to give you a gift and tell me what you want. ”

"Don't you want to know why?"

"This is your wish?" the old man seemed to be a little surprised, paused, and said, "Okay, tell me why, why do you want to use betrayal to see me off?"

Cai Xunru smiled bitterly, and it seemed that the spirit of the whole person had collapsed. He burst into tears and couldn't say to himself: "As a result, everything I did was just a joke in your eyes." You are a man of heaven, I do everything I can to hold the corner of your clothes once, old man, Xunru doesn't want you to go. Although you never tell me about you, I know that you can, maybe, maybe, you may ......"

Cai Xunru's voice was choked, and he couldn't say any more.

"Xunru," the old man leaned over and patted the top of Cai Xunru's head, "Silly boy, your hair is gray, why do you still say such stupid things?"

She was silent for a long time, then let out a long sigh, "Well, since you're already here, let's come along." ”

The old man raised the Xuanzi jade pendant in his hand and waved it at the gelatinous substance on the ground.

The gelatinous substance, which had been shrunk to the side, suddenly expanded sharply, setting off a huge wave of gelatinous material on the flat ground, surrounding the four people centered on the old man from all sides. The wave suddenly jumped more than two meters high, paused in the air, and then pounced like a puppy with an acquaintance's wagging tail wildly.

Sun Suhe and Tan Xuan were startled at the same time, and subconsciously wanted to retreat. But before they could move, the gelatinous substance had formed a cylinder that enveloped the four of them, like the car of an elevator.

Within a few seconds, the surrounding cylindrical gelatinous object collapsed and dispersed again. Sun Suhe looked around in disbelief, and what caught his eye was no longer the foot of the barren mountain where he was just now, and in just a few seconds, he didn't feel at all, and the four of them had been taken to a strange place by the gelatinous substance.

This is a round room, it doesn't look big, Sun Suhe estimates that it is about ten square meters. The whole room was made of that strange gelatinous substance, without any seams, as if it was completely closed, and I don't know how it got in. The room was empty, and the gelatinous substance glowed with a warm white light, making the room as bright as day.

Sun Suhe looked closely, and the gelatinous substance that made up the room had an imperceptible sense of flow, which was different from the flow of inanimate matter like water, but a bit like the changes brought about by living beings breathing in and out.

Sun Suhe's heart was beating violently, and he couldn't tell how much it was because of fear and fear, and how much because of curiosity and excitement.

The strange intuition that came from looking at the barren mountain before became stronger and stronger, Sun Suhe secretly sighed, fuck, how do you feel that this room is alive, we seem to have entered the body of some strange creature.