I used to think that plants are the loneliest plants in the world, standing in the same place, unable to speak, unable to move, unable to hold themselves tight when cold, unable to scream when in pain, and so on until the final death. The little tree that has lived for so long, with such a big tree as a companion all day long, watching the sun rise and set day by day, must be empty in my heart.

My heart was also drained by this feeling of emptiness, and a wind with pain blew through that emptiness. No one likes loneliness, and the reason why they cling to the darkness and coldness is just because they have been burned by the warmth and light of the past.

What kind of past does the little tree have......

"What are you crying about! Why do you need to be so grief-giving, as if you were sympathetic to me? I don't need your sympathy, you better leave that sympathy for yourself. Since I have made an agreement, I will fulfill the agreement, and I have warned you of the danger, do you still want to go? ”

I nodded vigorously: "Must go!" Why don't you take my hair now, or I don't know if I'll see you again when I come back. ”

The little tree paused for a moment, but did not answer.

"This is the first time I've made such a formal agreement with Lone Spirit, I don't want to break the appointment, come on!"

"Don't worry, let's talk about it when you come out."

I was a little surprised, but I said, "Okay, I'll definitely come out." ”

I don't want to curse myself, I'm sure I'll be able to come out and give my hair to the little tree again.

"Also, wait a minute," I squatted down, touched Yaya's hair, and said softly, "Yaya, you wait for me here, obedient, I will come back to you." You can't come along, stay here and wait for me. ”

Yaya made a "woo" sound and licked my fingers gently, but she still stubbornly followed me.

"Don't come along, you stay here." I commanded.

Yaya let out a low voice of resistance.

I picked it up and said softly, "You stay here, I have a hope, you are waiting for me here, I will definitely come back." ”

The girl seemed to understand my words and fell silent.

I smiled, put it down, and said, "Goodbye." ”

"Is it okay?" Xiaoshu asked.

"Let's go."

The little tree lifted me up, and then jumped up, the scent of the tree coming to my face, and I could feel the leaves gently rubbing my face. Cool, soft, and a little itchy. Living in these big trees all the time is actually a good life, but it is a little less warm.

"Thank you, little tree." I leaned on the back of the little tree and whispered.

"We're an equivalent exchange, you forgot?"

"I'll never forget."

I will never forget your kindness to me.

"You'll find Qi Yan." Xiaoshu suddenly said very seriously.

"I know!"

The sounds around him became more and more monotonous, and the trees that passed by became more and more sparse, until they reached a dead silence. There was no sound, no wind, and there was not a single leaf on the tree where the little tree and I were, only the dry branches stretched stiffly. I know that the Dead Forest is nearby. At the same time, I felt Qi Yan's breath, and he was there! He's still alive, but his breath of life is a little weak. Hold on, Qi Yan, I'll be here soon.

"Thank you, I'll take the rest of the way myself."

Xiaoshu gently placed me on the ground and said, "I'll ask again, if you regret it, it's too late to leave." ”

"When I have spiritual power, it is also very powerful, and I still have a thousand-year spirit stone on my body, so you don't have to worry, I will definitely come out alive."

"But you don't have spiritual power now, you can't see with your eyes, and you can't use that spiritual stone of yours......"

"Good luck to me." I turned around and followed my feeling in the direction of Qi Yan.

Xiaoshu suddenly reached out and grabbed me: "I'm really curious, why." ”

"You just asked me a question, and now I'm asking you too, how long have you lived, little tree?" I asked.

"It's thousands of years, and I can't count it myself." Xiaoshu replied with some confusion.

"Do you think these thousands of years are long?"

Xiaoshu hesitated for a moment and replied, "Now it seems like a moment. ”

"Yes, even if the length of life is extended indefinitely, looking back on it is only a moment. However, sometimes a short moment, maybe just a glance, maybe just a boring conversation, but it makes you feel like a lifetime is as long. I think you get the idea, too. In those long days without light, there is a person who shoots straight into your heart and lights up everything, only then you will suddenly feel that life is so beautiful. Qi Yan is the golden light in my life, driving away all the darkness and cold. ”

"So, you're risking your life to find him?"

"Yes, anyway." I smiled, as if I really wanted to see Qi Yan in my heart.

"Okay," Xiaoshu let go of his hand, "I'm not sure who is right and who is wrong, maybe you'll regret it, maybe I'll regret it, maybe we won't regret it." It's up to you to decide, you go. ”

"I promise, I'll come out alive." I laugh.

Then he turned around, step by step, towards the Dead Forest, towards Qi Yan. I didn't know what lay ahead, I was really scared and uncertain, but I wouldn't make any choice but to move forward, even if there were 10,000 ways back behind me. As I approached the Dead Forest, the silence grew louder and more dead, but there was something terrible about the silence.

Something was approaching me in front of me, it was a strong force, but it was different from what I had encountered before when I was with Chen Yuan. The power of the latter is to collapse the heavens and the earth, while the former is deathly calm, like the silence before the storm, which gives people a terrifying feeling. Everything comes from the senses, my hearing cannot provide me with any valuable information, and at this moment, everything around me is so quiet that I have the illusion that my ears are deaf. In such a dark and silent world, all I could trust was my intuition.

The Dead Forest is ahead, but there should be other terrible monsters I'm up against.

I stopped.

It's definitely not okay to break through. I don't have spiritual power right now, and I can't see where it is, the only thing I can rely on is hearing, but it doesn't make any sound, and almost all situations are against me.

How, exactly?

I took a few steps forward. A huge push forced me to keep moving forward, not having time to think, not even having time to hesitate. A tremendous pressure rushed straight at me, and I was caught between the two forces and could not move. As these two forces continued to advance and strengthen, I began to have difficulty breathing and felt like my ribcage was almost crumbled. My hair was getting heavier and heavier, almost crushing my neck. My feet seemed to be on the ground, but not at all. I don't know where I am now, that's the real darkness.