Zoldan

Bustling bazaars

Lively streets

But it hides a cold wall

Endless

It's hopelessly endless

Xiguang and Dai Wei "walked" on the lively streets, squeezing out their own way one after another in the midst of people coming and going. In the sea of people, the two struggled to raise their heads to confirm the direction, and from time to time they had to use their afterglow to make sure that the other party was not too far away from the crowd. "It's time to hold hands," Saiko thought as he struggled to push the crowd, distraught that made Saiko ignore the shyness that he realized only after thinking about it. He turned his head to look at Daiwei, who happened to make eye contact with him, and waved to Xiguang with a wry smile, and he had to nod helplessly. The streets of Zuoerdan are unexpectedly long and narrow, probably because the architect did not anticipate the huge population of Zuoerdan at the time, or whether it was a special day. From the other end of the crowd, Devi shouted something to Xiguang, but the sound of the lion dancing crowd on both sides of the platform was too hard for Xiguang to hear. The people seemed to be talking about something, and Seiko wanted to ask about the situation, but he tried to get over and realize that they were using a language he didn't understand. I don't know how long this dilemma has passed. Finally, in the alley that extends in all directions, the crowd loosens little by little with the diversion of the alley. Devi pointed to a small empty alley ahead, and Xiguang immediately realized that he walked through the crowd.

Finally finding a place to rest, Devi crossed her arms over her chest, half-leaning against the wall, while Xiguang put her hands on her bent knees and gasped.

"Is it a special day?" Xiguang asked,

"Yes, today is the Dark Festival"

"Dark Rite?" Xiguang felt a little different about the name, and he didn't expect that someone would actually go to celebrate the darkness.

"Well, just like in the material world, human beings celebrate Halloween, the ancient Celtic tribes worshiped their ancestors and evil spirits for peace in order to ward off evil spirits, and the same is true of the Dark Sacrifice, in order to drive away the 'greedy beasts' and worship the heroic spirits outside the high walls, but now this is the same as your Halloween, the Dark Sacrifice has become a festival used by people to celebrate relaxation."

In the news revealed by Devi, a term made Xiguang curious, "Greedy beast? What is that, is it the same as the New Year's Beast? ”

Dai Wei shook her head regretfully, "It would be good if that were the case, the greedy beast is different from the year beast, it does live outside this high wall, let me explain it to you," Dai Wei stood up and paused, "You are also curious, the world beyond this high wall." Beyond the walls is actually a 'passage', yes, as you might guess, it is a passage to a world that is closer to the truth, and this world made of money is so simple and crude, you can get close to the truth by stepping over the high wall, but beyond the walls is purgatory. ”

"It's a ravenous beast."

"No," Devy shook her head, she looked at herself, her head bowed, and for the first time there was a gloom in her eyes, "That's despair and fear."

The people in the alley are already empty, quiet.

"Okay, okay, I accidentally said too much" Devi patted her cheek, and quickly cheered up again. "However, our mission is not to cross this high wall, and it is also impossible to fight against the ravents, our goal is simple, that is, to cross the world at the minimum cost."

Xiguang was a little puzzled: "So what exactly should we do?" ”

First of all, we need to secure the merchant to obtain the "price", that is, to obtain something that perpetuates his existence in the world to come, and to trade with it. Next, we find the black marketeer to rent the door, and meet in the next world, and if we get separated, we meet in the next world. ”

Separated? Xiguang didn't know why Devi said that. "Okay, okay, as cloudy as it sounds, let's go ahead with this plan!" Xiguang replied by twisting his neck.

In this way, Dai Wei and Xiguang walked to the market after a while, and as expected, the market was as crowded as the entrance, with the sound of hawking, hustle and bustle, quarrels, and children's brainwashing. Xiguang followed Dai Wei absentmindedly, still pondering what Dai Wei had just said to herself, the dark sacrifice, the greedy beast, the door, the price, these familiar and unfamiliar things rolled up in the whirlpool in her mind, and she couldn't find the connection. When he came back to his senses, Xiguang found that at this time, Daiwei had already walked away. Xiguang struggled to catch up with Daiwei, "I said I should still hold hands!" Xiguang stretched out his hand and grabbed it, only to hear a scream, and the person in front of Xiguang who thought it was Daiwei turned around in horror, "Husband!" She shouted, only to see a shouter rush out of the crowd, grab Xiguang, and beat him fatly. Xiguang only felt that the sky was spinning, and when he came to consciousness, he was already lying next to the trash can on a strange street corner.

"Oops, it really hurts, it hurts" Xiguang gradually regained consciousness, and the bruises on his face became more and more painful as he regained consciousness. "Devi!" Unlike last time, this time Dai Wei had disappeared without a trace, and Xiguang felt an indescribable uneasiness from the bottom of his heart.

At this time, a small hand handed a piece of paper to Xiguang, "Thank you!" Xiguang took the paper and looked up, his eyes immediately widened, the person in front of him was the white-haired little girl who was fleeing at that time, she looked at Xiguang and smiled, faced Xiguang with his hands behind his back and took a few steps back, turned around and ran into the depths of the alley, "Wait a minute!" Xiguang shouted, but did not respond, "Damn! Xiguang got up and chased after the little girl, the alley twisted and turned, Xiguang followed the afterimage left by the girl's white hair at the corner of the alley, "Wait a minute!" Xiguang chased desperately, the pain in his stomach and legs stimulated his nerves from time to time, but now it seemed that he couldn't manage so much, the girl suddenly got into the narrow gap between the alleys, Xiguang saw this, took a deep breath, held his breath, and squeezed in with his thin figure, with a lot of effort, he squeezed out and fell into a desert, the girl ran on the desert, Xiguang chased hard, but this did not shorten the distance between the two people. In the midst of this chase, the girl disappeared into the wind and sand of the desert, Xiguang followed the direction of the girl to find, came back to his senses, and was already standing in front of a huge lonely city, there seemed to be no traces of people inside, looking back, Xiguang found that the color of the world became cold and monotonous, and the desert seemed to be only black and white, in the distance, he was startled, "Wall, the other side of the wall, I am on the other side of the wall!" Eh!! ”

The abandoned lonely city, the black and white desert, this is the "passage", the other end of the high wall, lonely, lonely, the wind and sand have hidden the direction from which they came, the only way is to walk like this lonely city, and the nightmare begins to come.