Chapter 1: Strange Dreams
In the middle of summer, the showers stopped at the beginning, the trees on the side of the road were verdant, and a rare rainstorm in 50 years swept the entire Hengzhou City clean.
"Well... It hurts......"
On the side of the road on the outskirts of Hengzhou, a young man lay in the mud, seemingly awake, and let out a low groan of pain.
More than ten meters away from him, a battery car that could be vaguely identified was lying in the mud.
His name is Lin Dong, a sophomore in the clinical department of Hengzhou Medical University, because of his difficult family background, he stayed in Hengzhou during the summer vacation to work part-time as a courier.
"Jingle Bell ......"
Lin Dong woke up slowly, and a hurried phone rang suddenly.
The thin trouser pocket emitted a little light, Lin Dong's mind was a little confused, and he didn't know how many times the phone rang before he could sit up.
He was a little struggling, took out the brick-like Nokia from his pocket, pressed the answer button without looking, and shouted weakly: "Hey......."
"Xiaolin, what's the matter with you, you haven't come back yet?"
The hurried and slightly concerned voice on the other end of the phone made Lin Dong's mind a lot clearer, and gradually, some of the things that had just happened slowly came to mind......
I remember that at dusk, I sent the last order of express delivery on the outskirts of the city and then returned to the city, but unfortunately the car and electric car just half of the ride, suddenly the wind was fierce, flying sand and stones, the downpour came suddenly, the majestic rain was mixed with bursts of thunder and lightning, the fire danced like a silver snake, the whole sky was split as if it was about to crack, and the momentum was as great as the end of the world.
There is only a yellow mud road leading to the city in front, and there is nowhere to shelter from the wind and rain on the road, so I can only go up to the wind and brave the rain.
A purple thunderbolt with the thickness of the bowl mouth descended like a dragon roaring angrily, with boundless power, and smashed into less than two meters in front of him, and then, a wave of air wrapped in rain and cement slammed down on himself on the electric car. And then ...... It seems that there is no more ...... A sharp pain permeated his whole body, and he seemed to faint.
Lin Dong subconsciously glanced at the two meters in front of him, and his heart couldn't help but tighten, a large pit with a diameter of three meters appeared in front of him, as if it had been cut open by an excavator, the cracks on the edge of the pit had already been soaked in rainwater, and the weeds and trees on both sides of the pit had been burned by wildfire. Under the rain, it is even more messy.
He got up from the ground and took a few steps forward, and looked into the pit, which was charred and blackened, as if it had burned with rage.
Call~
Lin Dong exhaled with palpitations and muttered to himself: "The catastrophe is not dead, it is really a catastrophe that is not dead, it is terrible, it is terrible." ”
"Hey, Kobayashi! Kobayashi? What catastrophe does not die? Why don't you speak? Are you still there? Kobayashi!! ”
There was another anxious shout from the brick mobile phone, which startled Lin Dong, who was panicked in his heart.
Immediately, Lin Dong hurriedly put his mobile phone to his ear and replied carefully: "Director Zhou, I... I'm fine, I just ......."
"Okay, you go back to the company first, and then talk about it when you come back." The man interrupted Lin Dong's words and urged.
Lin Dong nodded, answered, and hung up the phone.
At this time, although it was late, fortunately, the rainstorm had stopped, Lin Dong rested for a while, and his physical strength recovered a lot, so he dragged his heavy body and helped the battery car up. He got on the battery car, tried it, and could still drive, but it was just slightly dirty after being stained with muddy water.
Then he got on the electric car and hurried back to the company.
As soon as Lin Dong entered the company, a middle-aged man stood at the door and looked around, and when he saw his arrival, he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. This person's name is Zhou Jianlin, and he is the business director of the express company, that is, Lin Dong's top boss.
Seeing Lin Dong's muddy and embarrassed appearance, Zhou Jianlin frowned and said, "What's the matter?" Sending a courier is like a war? Didn't you find a place to shelter from the rain when it rained? ”
Lin Dong smiled slightly, and knew that Jianlin's face was cold and warm this week, and although his words were ugly, he couldn't hide his concern. He smiled and said, "It's okay, just go back and wash up." ”
"Yes." Zhou Jianlin nodded slightly, and said, "Xiaolin, I have something to tell you." ”
"Director Zhou, you say." Seeing Zhou Jianlin's solemn face, Lin Dong felt a little bad in his heart.
"Yes, since it is the current off-season and the volume of business is decreasing, the company has decided not to hire part-time employees. At present, the existing part-time employees in the company can only be dismissed if they cannot be transferred to long-term positions. Zhou Jianlin said helplessly.
After hearing this, Lin Dong stood there like a thunderbolt, his fingers trembling slightly.
Zhou Jianlin looked unbearable, shook his head slightly, stepped forward to pat Lin Dong's shoulder, and said, "Xiaolin, I know that it is not easy for you, you are a part-time work-study here, and there is a younger sister in my hometown who is sick and needs your part-time help." But it's an order from above, and I'm... Alas...... But don't worry, once the company re-recruits part-time couriers, I will call you as soon as possible. ”
Lin Dong smiled bitterly, although Jianlin had the heart to help himself this week, but he was just a small business executive, how much power could he have in his hands?
He held on to the helplessness in his heart, nodded to Zhou Jianlin and said, "Thank you......"
"Thanks what! You are a top student at Hengyi University, and I can't say that my brother needs to rely on you in the future. Zhou Jianlin comforted, but Lin Dong only smiled.
The job he finally found was gone, and although the salary was not much, it was already an important source of income for him. But now...... Thinking of his sister in his hometown, Lin Dong's nose was sour, and his heart was sad.
After saying goodbye to Zhou Jianlin and settling less than a month's part-time salary, Lin Dong returned to his temporary rented nest in a trance.
Lying on the bed, he stared at the ceiling with wide eyes. Thinking about the dilemma he chose to face, his mind was in a state of confusion. In the chaos, a loud laugh echoed in his mind, as if he was talking about "poor worms" and "ants", and he couldn't hear them very clearly.
fell asleep in a daze, and Lin Dong, who was asleep, dreamed of a strange picture......
A Taoist temple, an ancient tree embraced by several people, and a Taoist dressed in gray robes and silver-bearded and white-haired under the tree sat cross-legged. On the opposite side of the old road, there is also a childish Taoist boy sitting cross-legged, the old Taoist mouth has words, and the Taoist boy on the opposite side sometimes pauses, sometimes his face shows ecstasy, it seems to be a scene of preaching and teaching.
Suddenly, the white fog rose, and a fog covered the old and the young.
As soon as the scene turned, Lao Dao sat under the ancient tree, and the Taoist boy opposite was holding a red pen in one hand and a yellow rune paper in the other. The red pen flew on the rune paper, and the mysterious runes appeared on the paper.
Then I saw Daotong put down the red pen, his hand was sealed, and there were words in his mouth: "Heaven and earth are infinite, thousands of miles of tracking!" Follow! ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw the mysterious rune seal standing out of thin air, and the rune seal suddenly magnified several times. When I looked up, I saw that the scene above the talisman seal was actually a red land, the land was dry, the ground was rolled up like a crack, and the dense ravines were like spider webs.
There are some rice-like plants on the dry land, but these plants have not known how long they have been drought, and they all have a withered yellow color.
Looking far away, I saw a green case not far away, and there were three animals of cattle, sheep and pigs, rice, millet, wheat and grains on the desk. In front of the desk, Dao Tong held a Zhu pen in one hand and a Xuan Fu in the other. Dao Tong pondered for a moment, and suddenly the red pen was raised, and obscure and mysterious runes appeared on the rune paper.
The talisman seal has been completed, Dao Tong put the red pen aside, twisted the talisman seal, and threw it into the air. Fu Seal spontaneously combusted out of thin air, and there were words in the mouth of the Taoist child: "Long Xiang Nine Days, Resist the rain and ride the wind!" Ganlin Mantra! ”
As soon as the words fell, suddenly thunder rumbled, lightning flashed, and the rain poured from nine days!
When rain falls from the sky, everything seems to feel something, blooming vigorously in the heavy rain.
The rain kept falling, and I don't know how long it rained, but I felt that the heavens and the earth were filled with rain, and there was no place for everything.
Dao Tong appeared again, standing in the void, a solemn look appeared on his immature face, looking at the surging water country under his feet, his face was unbearable and jealous.
At this moment, there is no longer a red pen in the hand of the Dao Tong, and there is no Xuan Fu.
But I saw him stuff his finger into his mouth, bite it lightly, and blood flowed to his fingertips.
With the hand as the pen, the blood as the guide, and the sky as the paper, a huge talisman appeared in the air out of thin air. The blood-colored talisman seal showed a faint golden light, and with a wave of his hand, the talisman seal quickly attacked the Ze country at his feet.
The seal fell, and Zeguo was calm, but Dao Tong's immature face was even more severe, as if waiting for something more powerful.
Really!
Just heard a bang, a hundred feet of water column rose from the ground, and above the water column, a dragon with two horns on its head, like a dragon and not a dragon, appeared.
In the face of this fierce and vicious dragon, Dao Tong's immature face was not afraid, and he saw that his blood was flowing like an infusion, and his hand led the blood to make a talisman in the air. A pale touch appeared on Dao Tong's immature face, it was obvious that the energy required for this talisman was huge, and he was just trying his best at this moment.
In an instant, a huge sigil reappeared.
There was a faint golden light around the talisman seal, but the lightning and thunder in the talisman seal were endless, and the heaven and earth were filled with one majestic voice after another, resounding throughout the universe: "Heaven and earth are sealed, slaughter the gods and destroy the saints!" Heaven and Earth Talisman! ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw the Fu Seal attacking the dragon at a speed invisible to the naked eye.
The Fu seal passed, rolled up thousands of feet of water, and the heaven and earth were pulled up out of thin air.
Rumble!
There was a shocking sound, and the voice of weeping ghosts and gods suddenly sounded.
The voice was calm, Jiaolong had already turned to ashes, but Zeguo had also disappeared.
Dao Tong stood in the void, but his figure gradually blurred, while Lin Dong, who was asleep, slowly opened his eyes.
I picked up my phone, looked at the time, patted my head, and suddenly remembered that I still had something to do today.
After quickly washing his face and brushing his teeth, Lin Dong walked out of the room.
After buying some breakfast on the road, Lin Dong walked towards the Jinghu community.
I came to a building, went upstairs, and knocked on the door.
"It's coming, it's coming!"
A gentle voice came from the room, the door was opened, and a beautiful face with a bit of charm appeared in front of Lin Dong's eyes. Her name is Li Yuehan and she is Lin Dong's employer.
In order to raise money for his sister's treatment, Lin Dong found a job as a tutor in addition to delivering couriers part-time during the summer vacation.
Li Yuehan smiled lightly, full of charm: "Xiaolin, why did you come so early today?" ”
Lin Dong smiled, scratched his head, and walked in.
"You sit down for a while, and I'll go change my clothes." Li Yuehan greeted warmly.
Lin Dong smiled and nodded, Li Yuehan turned around, a gust of fragrant wind struck, and the beautiful back fell into his eyes, making Lin Dong dumbfounded. It wasn't until she turned around and entered the room that Lin Dong reluctantly withdrew his gaze.
Li Yuehan is a single mother who works as an executive in a company, and can be said to be an extremely inspirational woman. The workplace is proud, but the love scene is frustrated. At the age of twenty-nine, she experienced a failed marriage, and her son, who was seven or eight years old, followed her.
This is what Lin Dong has learned after being a tutor for so long.
Just as he was thinking about it, there was another knock at the door.
"Xiaolin, you can open the door for me." Li Yuehan shouted at Lin Dong.
"Oh." Lin Dong answered and walked over.
When I opened the door, I saw a man standing outside the door. The person who came looked fierce, glanced at Lin Dong, and did not say hello, and walked in directly. While walking, he stretched his neck and looked at the room, but he didn't find Li Yuehan's figure, so he turned around, looked at Lin Dong with a fierce face, and said, "What about Li Yuehan?" ”
"Sister Li is changing clothes." Although he felt that this person had a bad complexion, Lin Dong still said honestly.
"Change of clothes?!" Hearing this, the strong man's face changed, and he blurted out and scolded: "What a cheap woman, I actually found another person to take over!" Thanks to Lao Tzu's cleverness back then, he left this water-based poplar woman, otherwise he wouldn't have how green this head would be?! ”
It turned out that this strong man was Li Yuehan's ex-husband.
Hearing his disrespectful words, Rao couldn't help but be angry with Lin Dong's character.
He glared at the strong man and rebuked, "You...... Don't talk nonsense! Sister Li and I are innocent! ”
"Lonely men and widows are in the same room, and you still have the face to tell me that you are innocent?" The strong man smiled and walked towards Lin Dong step by step.
Lin Dongsheng was thin, and when he saw this strong man pressing towards him step by step, he knew that it was not his opponent, so he retreated again and again.
"Ning Hao! What are you doing?! At this moment, Li Yuehan heard an angry rebuke to the extreme.
Hearing Li Yuehan's angry shout, the cruel smile on the strong man's face became even more cruel, he gave up Lin Dong and strode towards her, saying as he walked: "Cheap woman, you are fucking embarrassed to ask Lao Tzu what to do!" Lao Tzu would like to ask you what do you want to do when you are alone and widowed in the same room? ”
"Ning Hao, we are both divorced, you don't care what I do with others!" Li Yuehan scolded angrily, but his steps were retreating.
Lin Dong saw the strong man walking towards Li Yuehan, although he knew that he was not the opponent of the strong man, but his feet were disobediently approaching Li Yuehan.
"I can't take care of it? Ha ha! You see I can handle it! Ning Hao laughed, and raised his hand as he spoke, and was about to fall on Li Yuehan's smooth and beautiful face.
Seeing this, Lin Dong was in a hurry, and he didn't know where to give birth to a burst of strength, so he flew directly towards the strong man.
The strong man was caught off guard and was succeeded by Lin Dong, and the two of them rolled directly to the ground.
Although the strong man was a little embarrassed by Lin Dong's sneak attack, he was born with five big and three rough, full of gangsterism, how could Lin Dong, a person who didn't even go out of school, compare with him?
Ning Hao stumbled, directly pressed Lin Dong under him, pulled Lin Dong's collar with one hand, and sneered: "What an adulterer, you know how to hurt people, don't you?" Okay, I'll let you know how to hurt people today! ”
As he spoke, the other hand slapped and landed on Lin Dong's face.
Lin Dong's eyes were full of stars, his ears were buzzing, his brain was chaotic, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
"Idiot! Guarding Baoshan in the air is useless, and he deserves to be killed! ”
Suddenly, at this time, a somewhat unreal ethereal voice suddenly sounded in my mind