Chapter 18: The Voice of the Shadows
(This chapter is a transitional chapter, and then it's the last paragraph of the insect master volume, and in the original words, I didn't actually plan to write it long...... )
This is a path between the mountains and forests, and if you have walked the roads before, there will be lush grass on both sides of the road, but here it seems to be much more depressed, not only in terms of numbers, but also in the posture of the sluggish. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
However, this is also a very normal situation, when she came here, Sakura also listened to some information about this place by the way, and it was the news given by the "migrants" who passed by the light vein neck before, and at the same time, she also accepted a commission by the way.
With a relatively small hat, the two small cat ears on the head are hidden, and he wears a black kimono that has never changed, and he steps directly on the clogs barefoot, because it is slightly restrained, so the tail does not leak out of the short hem.
With this attitude, Sakura has been traveling alone for a long time, and when it comes to it, the people Sakura has met along the way are unexpectedly simple, and I think it's also the reason why this world is still very closed in it.
Took out a small wooden box, there seemed to be something beating in it, and after opening the box, Sakura took out an oval sphere wrapped in paper from it, and slowly peeled it off, revealing the contents of the cocoon.
Raising his hand, he used two fingers to pull out something that looked like paper from the hole in the white cocoon, it was a letter from Gingu, originally, Sakura accepted this commission was Gingu's work, and now he is at the seaside, so he turned to entrust Sakura, and some details are written in this letter.
This is a prop called "virtual cocoon", which is a very common thing for insect masters, many times, insect masters are traveling around and running around, and the contact between them and the entrustment of tasks are conveyed by "virtual cocoons".
"Void" is the name of a worm, they will migrate back and forth between the enclosed spaces where they live, it is relatively rare, has unpredictable power, but is less harmful insects, of course, this does not mean that they are harmless, on the contrary, this is a very dangerous insect.
The material used to make the virtual cocoon is the "jade cocoon", the silk on the cocoon is not only one like the ordinary cocoon, but the silk spit out by two pupa, and the silkworm cocoon used to make the virtual cocoon is actually empty inside, that is, the empty cocoon.
Extract these silks, re-weave them into two small cocoons, and seal the "void" in them, then this "void" will go back and forth between the two cocoons, even if they are thousands of miles apart, as long as the letter paper is stuffed into one of them, then the worm can be taken to the other cocoon.
However, the "virtual cocoon" has a useful life, because with the passage of time, the "virtual" will continue to expand its nest, at this time, it is not possible to convey information accurately, and in the end, this will even be connected with the nest where the "virtual" lives, at that time, it is almost impossible to have any effect.
If there are people in some enclosed spaces at the same time, there is such a worm as "Void", and if they open the door rashly, they are likely to be taken by "Void" to their nest, that is, "Void Hole", wandering in the almost endless dark labyrinth, unable to find a way out......
Of course, these are all digressions, in short, now, Sakura is going to solve this simple commission first, and by the way, you can also ask about the rumors of "ghosts in the mountains and forests", this place is not far from there, and it is only two or three mountains apart......
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This is a fairly large village, but the life of the inhabitants here is not very good, naturally, it is not very bad, and the reason is probably not only because the growth of crops here can only be regarded as bare, but also because the young children here are generally frail and sickly.
More than 10 years ago, this was also the location of the Neck of the Light Vein, and at that time, because of the Light Vein flowing here, the people here were blessed by this river of life, and they were able to grow strongly, and the crops could always get a good harvest.
However, later, the veins of light migrated from here to the rest of the place, and then there was a volcanic eruption, which consumed both the farmland and the mountain forests, and the insects also migrated away from this area, and the result was doomed, the decay of this place......
Sakura's mission is to come here and use some medicine for the children who are weakened by the migration of the light veins and insects, so that this place can recover from decay faster, and at the same time, it seems that it is also a personal request to introduce the "migrants" of this place......
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Although I am not very good at actively communicating with people, it is not difficult to complete the commission, as long as I look at those children who are weak, and then take the initiative to show my ability to heal these diseases, things will become much easier.
"I will leave the ratio of these medicines to you, take one pair every day in the future, after a while, they will slowly get better, and when they are basically healthy, they can slowly stop taking medicine, and after that, they will not be so weak and sick."
Speaking in a cold voice to the villagers around her, Sakura was still calm and indifferent, she was now in a villager's house, and next to her lay a child under the age of ten, who looked like he had just drunk the medicine, and his complexion was calmer.
At the beginning, because Sakura was young and a little mysterious appearance, many people were skeptical, and Sakura's temperament and actions were extremely mature, so soon, he won the trust of the surrounding villagers, and the example was placed in front of everyone's eyes.
In fact, what Sakura gave was the prescription that Yingu had passed on to her before, and the main role was to repel insects and nourish her, as long as she used this combination in the short term, she would soon be able to restore the health of these young children.
"Are you, the insect master?"
This is a man with short black hair, who looks to be close to thirty years old, he is the one who rushed over just now, Sakura thought he was just an ordinary person who heard the news, but now it seems that this person knows more.
“…… Sort of. ”
After staring at the man for a while, thinking for a moment, Sakura nodded lightly and replied in a somewhat vague way, she thought that maybe this man could make her work easier and give herself some useful news......
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"Silver Ancient? Is this what he taught you? ”
This man's name is Ze, and his family used to be a prominent family that managed the mountains and forests here, and for generations they guarded the mountains and rivers where the light veins flowed before, so that this area in the past remained wealthy, and now, it is also a person who has more power to speak in this village.
"Well, yes, it's my teacher, but do you know Yingu?"
Sakura nodded, a little surprised that this man would know Yingu, and in the previous time, he hadn't heard Yingu mention that there would be acquaintances here, so Sakura also asked by the way.
"Ah, it was a long time ago, about ten years ago, at that time, I met him, he was just an amnesiac teenager at that time, and it was when the light vein neck didn't leave, so maybe he didn't remember me anymore, after all, he didn't know him very well......"
The man smiled and said to Sakura, but it still looked a little lonely, but it didn't look like it was because of Yinggu, probably because he remembered something else.
"I'll come here, even if the silver Gu and the shark commissioned me, I think they probably know what is going on here."
Sakura took the initiative to tell the man the reason why he would come here, and after hearing it, Ze's eyes narrowed slightly, and then smiled, it seems, just such words, made him very happy and satisfied, and the reason, Sakura couldn't figure it out.
"That's a good thing......"
The man looked up at the mountains in the distance, which had begun to grow trees again, and whispered, until after a long while, he turned his head with a smile, looked at Sakura, and spoke softly, very hospitable.
"Are you going to stay here for a while? If so, please let me entertain you as a reward for helping our village solve this big problem! ”
"Next, I won't stay, if I get here, it's actually just a stop, I have other things to do, but if you really feel grateful, can you tell me a little bit about the rumors here?"
Sakura shook his head slightly, and simply rejected Ze's kindness, but instead made an inquiry very straightforwardly, and after hearing Sakura's words, Ze didn't care, but showed an interested smile.
"Rumors? There's really a lot of this, since I was a child, I like to listen to people who come and go, and people who come to my house to say some interesting rumors~ So, I also have a pretty good accumulation in this area~ What do you want? ”
As if remembering some interesting past, Ze put his hands in front of him, facing the girl who looked very young in front of him, although this girl was strange, but it made people feel annoying, in his mind, if he took off the hat, it should be a cute little girl, and unconsciously, he treated Sakura as a cute junior.
"It's a rumor about a ghost seen at night in the mountains to the south."
Sakura doesn't care about the attitude of the person in front of her, or rather, there are things that don't mean anything at all, and she cares more about important issues related to her than these.
"Ghosts? It's just a little bit of a rumor, and because it's not very interesting, I haven't heard much of it, but when it comes to shadows, there's a very interesting thing, well, it's not a rumor, it's a real thing! ”
Frowning slightly, Ze gave an answer that didn't work, but, immediately, he said something that surprised Sakura a little, or rather, something was too coincidental,
"It is said that in the town that climbed over a few mountains to the south, there was a person who disappeared in the mountains for more than half a month and then suddenly returned home.
After a while, his shadow reappeared, but after that he suddenly stopped talking, did not eat or drink, and just sat in the darkest place on the edge of the village......