Gray clouds filled half the sky.

The stars in the distance, still blinking with bright eyes.

In the dimly lit trench, there were four cold lamps, flickering like ghosts.

Shoko took a closer look, and it turned out to be two vicious dogs, staring at bloodshot eyes, tearing at their bodies.

He shouted urgently, but he didn't hear a sound.

Hurriedly reached out and waved at the dog, but the dog did not react at all.

He leaned over anxiously and threw himself at his body.

It was instantly integrated with the body, and it could no longer come out at will.

At the same time, I felt a cramping pain all over my body.

Shoko was oppressed by a huge pain and slowly opened her eyes.

The sky was gray, and cool raindrops were falling.

Looking in the direction of the heart-rending pain, I saw a dog with blue light flashing in his eyes, scrambling to tear his thighs.

In desperation, Shoko exerted all her strength and roared like an angry male lion.

Frightened, the two dogs squeaked, and ran away with their tails between their legs.

Shoko tried to move, and there was a wave of pain all over his body that made him faint.

He turned his neck with difficulty, taking advantage of the faint darkness of the night to take in his surroundings.

A pungent stench made me fully understand my situation.

He endured the heart-rending sensation and slowly turned to sit up.

The raindrops gradually thickened, and the cold rain washed away the stench on his body. It also brings cool relief to the burning pain all over the body.

He tried several times to get up, but to no avail.

Finally, he confirmed the direction and slowly crawled forward with the help of the strength of his hands.

When he moved slowly and slowly, like an earthworm, to the top of the slope. The dark clouds overhead, torn into a cloud of ash by the breeze from the west, drifted towards the east in a panic and order.

The endless sky, faintly revealing signs of dawn.

Shoko, leaning under an elm tree. After a quick and weak gasp, he closed his eyes under the pressure of fainting fatigue.

Shoko, in a dark and terrifying dream, was awakened by a strong and dazzling light.

The fiery red sun has diligently climbed to the top of the mountain in the distance. The golden light made everything on the earth bright and bright.

One of Shoko's eyes, the swollen flesh of the flesh, was completely closed.

With one eye, he glanced at himself blankly, his tattered and dirty clothes, a trouser leg, ripped from the base of his thigh.

On the bare thighs, in the pits where a piece of flesh had been torn off by the dog, there was still bright red blood flowing.

He tried to move his other leg, and a piercing pain spread through his calf.

He leaned over with difficulty and touched it to make sure it was broken.

A wave of sadness and despair swept over his heart like a haze.

The swollen head was in sharp pain as if it was about to explode. So much so that he fell into syncope again.

However, there is only a trace of the desire to live. supported him, and finally did not fall unconscious.

For the sake of Juanzi and for the sake of parents, we must also live tenaciously.

He forced a glimmer of his spirit and glanced around. Confirm that you are in the messy hill in the south of the city.

Moreover, not far to the west, there is the avenue leading to Nanshan Temple.

Thinking of Nanshan Temple, Xiangzi felt an inexplicable power rise all over his body.

So, he endured the pain in his heart, and crawled and rolled westward. Because he knew in his heart that only when he arrived at Nanshan Temple could he have any hope of living.

After some painful struggles, Shoko finally came to the side of the road leading to Nanshan Temple.

He leaned against a large rock with difficulty. Concentrate all your spirit on the eye, which still radiates light, and quietly look at the end of the road.

At this time, the scorching sun of June, like a blazing brazier, bakes everything on the earth vertically.

Even the big bluestone behind Xiangzi has gradually become hot from a faint coolness.

Clothes soaked in sludge and rain have been carried away by the hot sun.

Only the mud of all colors was left all over his body, which was still stubbornly left on the clothes and pants that showed his flesh everywhere.

Where the dog tore it, the original fresh blood stains have been baked into a black-brown color by the sun, like a poignant silk flower.

Two astute flies were jumping happily along the petals, unscrupulously, melting the unbearable itching into the burning pain.

Just when Xiangzi was in a trance and almost couldn't hold on. From the far side of the road, a donkey cart came leisurely.

Xiangzi, suddenly came a weak spirit. He shifted his body towards the middle of the road, and sat on the hot stone road, watching the donkey cart approach with longing.

The driver was a middle-aged woman.

When I saw Shoko, I was shocked at first. Then, he quickly jumped out of the car and said with a somewhat panicked expression: "Amitabha! Why is it like this? ”

Xiangzi smiled miserably at her and said, "Eldest sister, can you take me to Nanshan Temple?" ”

The woman replied, "Yes! Yes! I happened to go to the temple to make incense. ”

With the help of women, Shoko climbed into the little donkey cart with difficulty. After a moment of relaxation, he lost consciousness.

Juanzi, like a lost soul, wandered blindly around the ditches and grooves of the messy post outside the south gate.

The rotten smell of garbage and the stench of carrion of some animals permeated the desolate mound.

A breeze blew, and Juanzi barely tasted a wisp of fresh air.

It was almost noon, and the sun was still buried in a thick layer of cloudy clouds, and not even a trace of light was projected.

A few tireless crows, exuding the fishy smell in their mouths, "croaked" one after another.

Suddenly, two frightened wild dogs suddenly rushed out of the ditch not far from Juanzi. They also turned around from time to time, barking at Juanzi, as if Juanzi had disturbed their good deeds.

Juanzi looked at the frightened but unwilling dog to really leave. Curious, he walked towards the place where the dog had escaped.

Passing over a few clusters of unkempt grass, the scene in front of her made Juanzi so sad and disgusted that she almost lost her breath.

Juanzi's body shook a few times dizzily. Holding his mouth in his hand, he struggled to press back a whirlwind of churning things.

She calmed herself down for a moment, and cast her sad and frightened gaze timidly on a terrible scene.

Two unidentified corpses, which had been eaten by wild dogs and crows, did not leave anything soft. On the white-soaked skeleton, there are some dark red marks remaining, barely showing their freshness.

Juanzi, forcibly suppressing the fear and sorrow in her heart, tentatively moved her body closer to the white bones.

He wants to make sure that one of them is not Shoko.

The two skeletons, almost identical, did not leave the slightest recognizable thing.

Judging by the fragments of clothes of varying sizes, both were soldiers. In the grass not far away, an old military hat was sleeping, which confirmed Juanzi's judgment even more.

After a moment of relief and relief, she fell into an abyss of even greater pain and fear—could Shoko be like them, lying in a dirt ditch, waiting for her to collect his body.

A sad and anxious mood gave Juanzi the strength to continue looking.

She looked around blankly for a moment, as if she had a clue, and staggered away towards a large elm tree.

I don't know when the stubborn sun stubbornly tore through the tired clouds. In the western sky, a colorful gap was revealed.

The wisps of strong light were sprayed on the vast land without hesitation. All things are evenly dyed with a layer of vivid color.

Juanzi, dragging her tired body, reclined on the old elm tree that was smeared golden by the warm sunset.

The sadness and melancholy in my heart, and the dazed despair, seemed to fade gradually under the beam of light full of warmth and hope.

A desire to live tenaciously for the sake of Shoko fills her body and mind.

Juanzi took a deep breath, and the air bathed in the sun walked slowly towards the colorful glow.