Chapter 1: A Guest from Outside the World
A round of red sun crosses the Huanglongling Mountains in the distance, shining softly on the beach at the foot of Longwei Mountain, and the pale yellow sand is dotted with various shells, shining in the sun. There is no wind on the surface of the sea, and the waves gently lap on the beach, making a gurgling sound. The water is quite clear, and you can see a variety of colorful small fish swimming in the water for a meter or two.
A fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl in a light blue shirt and a ponytail was holding a harpoon, the cuffs of her trousers rolled up, her eyes staring intently at the bottom of the water, looking for the fish in the sea. She's looking for slightly larger fish, not these smaller ones.
She has thrown a lot of earthworms and small shrimp into the water, which are the favorite food of the big fish. After a while, many large fish swam in, competing for the bait in the water. Fish are greedy and will not hesitate to lose their lives for this.
However, the little girl was not in a hurry, and it seemed that she was waiting for a bigger fish.
Suddenly, a perch more than a foot long swam leisurely from the deep sea, and the spots on its back were clearly visible. The perch was still two feet away from the girl, and the girl hurriedly picked up the harpoon and threw it at the perch in the water, and the harpoon "swished" through the water and plunged into the water. The fish in the water were frightened and fled in all directions.
Obviously, the girl didn't fork the fish. She sighed very disappointedly and said, "I obviously aimed at it, why didn't I hit it?" ”
Suddenly, three feet behind her, a harpoon swished, with the slightest sound of wind, flew past her, like an arrow from a string, and threw it farther into the water, and with a poof, shot at the panicked perch. Suddenly, a blister appeared on the surface of the water, and the blister was mixed with a wisp of blood that was extremely difficult to detect.
"Hit! Dad, you're too accurate! The girl applauded continuously, and her hands danced with joy, and there was a splash of water under her feet.
Three feet away, a middle-aged man in his fifties, with long hair coiled on the top of his head, tied with a net, wearing a green shirt and green pants, with high trouser legs, looked at the girl happily, and said with a smile: "Xue'er, there is a difference between spearfish and archery, you can't just aim at the target, you have to pay attention to refraction!" ”
"Dad, I really can't grasp this refraction! I was obviously aiming just now, but I just couldn't hit it! Cher said coquettishly.
"That means you haven't practiced enough! Looks like you're going to have to practice a lot! As she spoke, her father jumped into the sea and dived to the bottom, but after half a cup of tea, he resurfaced, holding up his harpoon in one hand, and there were two fish on it: a perch and a yellow croaker!
"Oh my God! Dad, you're too godly and accurate! I thought you only hit one fish! When Xue'er saw his father forking two fish, she smiled from ear to ear, clapped her hands and said, "It seems that we can have a fresh fish feast today!" ”
This girl's name is Ling Xue, and her father's name is Ling Helai. Their father and daughter depend on each other for their lives, and they live in Lingyu Village behind Longwei Mountain, where they make a living by hunting and fishing.
Suddenly, a burst of scorching thunder exploded from the sky, and in the blink of an eye, the clouds were all overcast, and the sun lurked behind a large dark cloud as if afraid, and the sea became dark for a moment. The wind was fierce, and the branches of the trees on the shore were blown to and fro, and waves immediately rose on the sea.
Daddy Ling Helai came ashore wet, wiped the water on his head and face, looked up at the darkening sky, and then at the increasingly turbulent sea, and said, "It seems that it will rain heavily soon." Let's go home. ”
"If you don't go back, you'll have to be drenched in soup chicken later!" Ling Xue said with a smile.
The father and daughter hurriedly put on their shoes, packed up their things haphazardly, carried the fish basket containing the dozens of fish they had caught today, and hurried to their home on the edge of Longwei Mountain not far away.
At this time, the sky seemed to be suddenly covered by a giant hand covering the sky, and in an instant it was dark and lightless, and the ground was dark, and there were no five fingers in sight, no one on the other side, and nothing could be seen clearly.
"Dad, I can't see anything like a blind man now!" Ling Xue said in horror.
"What does it matter? You can walk on the way home with your eyes closed! Her father spoke not far in front.
"If you say that, you can't walk fast with your eyes closed!" Ling Xue caught up with her father in the dark, pulled her father's clothes, and walked slowly in the dark.
At this moment, a bolt of lightning scurried through the dark sky like a silver snake, and then a rumbling thunder shook the sky open, revealing a little light, and only the narrow and bumpy road ahead.
The father and daughter were about to speed up and run, but God seemed to be intending to make a big joke with them, and suddenly the rain poured down, and the father and daughter were suddenly drenched in soup.
"Haha, it's so fun!" Ling Xue didn't run at this time, she stood on the muddy ground, while opening her hands to the sky to catch the rain, while turning in circles, the rain flowed down her hair, nose, and mouth, anyway, it was already drenched, and it didn't matter if she was drenched in the forest.
"Stop playing, I'm going to catch a cold if I get drenched again!" Her father warned that he said so, but when he saw Ling Xue not moving, he also stood there and didn't leave.
Suddenly, another bolt of lightning slashed from the sky to the sea, twisting, dissolving, spitting out a cold light like fire, and slashing towards the shore beach.
"Dad, the lightning is coming, run!" Seeing this, Ling Xue felt a burst of fear in her heart, and ran away.
"What's there to be afraid of lightning?" Ling Helai didn't think that the lightning was anything to be afraid of, but fell behind, and while walking, he also looked back at the seaside. When the lightning struck the beach, it seemed to be hindered by something, and it did not move any further, but after a few more flashes, it dissipated into the sky.
The rain was still pouring down, and the sky was suddenly much brighter.
Seeing that the lightning was gone, Ling Xue was no longer afraid, and stopped again, turning back to wait for her father. At this time, she suddenly saw a pile of black things on the beach, and she became a little nervous.
"Daddy, look, what's that black stuff?" She raised her hand and pointed to the beach two hundred paces away.
Ling Helai stopped, followed the direction she pointed, looked back, frowned and said, "It seems to be a person lying there!" Let's take a look. ”
Braving the heavy rain, the father and daughter returned to the beach. At this time, the sea level has risen by almost a foot compared to the previous one. I saw the man lying on the beach, motionless, half of his body sometimes submerged in the sea, sometimes exposed to the sea.
"Oh my God! It's really human! Where did this man come from? Why didn't you see it just now? Did it fall from the sky? Ling Xue was puzzled, raised her head and looked around at the sea, only to see the waves pushing one by one under the dense rain curtain, surging towards the shore one after another.
"Falling from the sky? Haha, Cher, you really can imagine. I think it may have been washed up by the waves just now. Ling He came to the man's side in three steps and two steps, bent down, stretched out his hand to probe his snort, and smiled at Ling Xue with great joy: "This person is still angry." Luckily we arrived in time, otherwise we would have been swept away by the waves or drowned in the sea! ”
At this time, the clouds dispersed, the sky became brighter, and the rain continued to fall, but it was much lighter. The father and daughter turned the man over and lifted him up to a high place. I saw that the man was about twenty-five or sixteen years old, his face was pale and bloodless, his mouth was covered with sand, he was wearing a light brown jacket on the upper half and jeans on the lower half, he was barefoot, his hair was very short, less than an inch long, and his hair was all strangely dressed, not like a native of his hometown