Chapter 167: Twin Flowers
"Twin flowers have two flowers, but the other one is something we can't see." Yuji explains, "It is only under certain special conditions that another flower can reveal its shape. If it has a body, it is called a flower of life, and a flower that has no body is called a flower of illusion. β
"Heyββ?" Song Rui and Tao Ran looked confused, with question marks on their faces.
"Look here." Yu Ji pointed to the picture of the twin flowers on the information, the picture is hand-painted, although it is not detailed, but it shows the enchanting charm of the flower very charming, "The person who painted this picture obviously does not understand what the faint white mist around the flower is, but he still faithfully expresses it." Look here, and here, the white mist is the flower of illusion. β
Song Rui and Tao Ran took a closer look, and sure enough, there were some powdery things surrounding the mirage, they thought that this was the reason why the materials were too old, but they didn't expect it to be shown in the painting.
Song Rui looked back at the relief on the stone wall again, although it was quite vague, it could still be seen that a circle of white mist surrounded this strange big flower. There is another layer of purity and fantasy in the demonic charm, which gives people a very contradictory feeling.
Yuji saw their gaze fall on the stone wall relief, and nodded, "The twin flowers are from this village...... Or rather, the totem of the small clan, the general existence of the guardian. β
"Guardians? Totem? This piece of information suddenly popped up, making Song Rui and Tao Ran a little unacceptable, "Yuji, have you been to this village before?" β
"I haven't been to this village before......" Yu Ji shook her head, raised her head and smiled at Song Rui.
Song Rui breathed a sigh of relief, if the coincidences continued to increase, he would suspect that this was a big conspiracy!
"I was born in this village." Yuji's words are not finished.
βhatοΌοΌβ Tao Ran and Song Rui were shocked, and in shock, the two of them exploded in English! Especially Tao Ran, she felt that her brain was going to be knotted.
But then, Song Rui showed a thoughtful expression, "You go on." β
"The flower of the twin flowers is swallowing the limbs of the creatures...... Maybe it's called genes, and after swallowing enough genes, the Phantom Flower will take on the form of that person and exist for a while. Yuji sat beside Tao Ran, leaned against the stone wall behind him, and said, "Because of this, it has become the totem of this village, or the place of burial." β
Tao Ran and Song Rui took a moment, and then understood this tradition that has been handed down.
Tao Ran once said before that there are no skeletons in this world, because the bones of people in this world will be enshrined in beasts and return to nature. Therefore, when Song Rui appeared in their living room for the first time, the two of them were so surprised.
But the tradition of this village is clearly formed not only because of the return to nature, but most notably, because of the twin flowers. If there were only living flowers, this plant would not have become the totem and guardian of the village.
In a way, the presence of this plant soothes the pain of losing a loved one, even if only for a moment. The people of this village also believe that the twin flowers not only soothe the wounds of the living, but also receive the souls of the deceased, and always protect those souls. That's what the people of the village believed.
It can be faintly seen from the layout of the houses in the village that the people in the village have a strong love for life and life, love and awe. Therefore, it is not surprising that this plant, which can conjure up the appearance of the deceased, will be worshipped by people and become a totem.
"What about this village......
"It's also because of this plant." Yu Ji's right hand unconsciously stroked the stone wall behind him, "After the twin flowers are ripe, a fruit will grow out in a random year, this fruit is a fusion of excellent genes of a variety of creatures, and it is a very top dream ingredient. β
Yuji smiled, "But no one in the village knows that this plant will bear fruit, there is only one twin flower in the village, which has been handed down from a long time ago, and there has never been a record of its flowering and fruiting." But one day, the twin flower no longer devours the genes of the organism, and it goes into a long hibernation. It was also from that day that the twin flowers faintly exuded an incomparable fragrance, spreading all over the village. β
Yu Ji narrowed her eyes slightly, as if she was reminiscing about the wonderful taste, "Like its own existence, pure and charming, although there is a trace of temptation that is difficult to hide, but it will not make people fall in the slightest." All you can feel is the unbeatable deliciousness. β
"It's also this breath that attracts a creature." Yu Ji's words continued, and when she said 'one', Song Rui had a bad premonition in her heart.
"Nitro." Yuji's voice was slightly lower, the tongue against the maxillary attack, a slight pop from the tip of the tongue against the teeth, and the third note was a slight swirl of the lips and a gushing of air - Nitro.
The name seems to have a terrifying magic, and every time it is spoken, it makes people involuntarily hold their breath and be silent for a while, as if they want to gasp and forcibly hold back. Nitro is a ravenous creature and a feared creature. People's fear of it stems from its strength, but also from its greed, and it seems to stem more from the resemblance of man himself to this creature.
The small ruins in this vast desert fell silent for a while, only the wind whistled through those stone walls, as if it was whimpering, it was the remnant of civilization, the remnant of a human civilization that was strong, tenacious, loved life, and revered life.
These three words made Song Rui's bad premonition come true.
"Nitro?" Song Rui repeated.
"I learned this name later when I traveled around the continent." Yuji said, "Six years ago, the twin flowers stopped devouring the genes of living beings and began to give birth to this fruit. This process lasted three years, and the people of the village regarded it as a gift from heaven. In the end, I did everything I could to protect this fruit. β
"......" Song Rui and Tao Ran were silent, they really gave everything they had.
Yuji was not in the village because he was out painting, so he escaped. Perhaps, she was able to escape, not because she was lucky, because when she returned to the village, she happened to run into the well-fed Nitro.
Maybe it was because of the satisfaction of a full stomach, maybe it was because Yuji didn't show aggression to detonate this Nitro, or maybe it was for some other reason, Nitro just passed by her after seeing Yuji, and didn't hurt the girl.
So that's the case, Song Rui connected the abnormal performance of Yuji before him into a complete line.
When she was on the top of the cliffs of the grasslands and deserts, this girl might just want to see her hometown from afar, so she would hesitate when Tao Ran sent out an invitation.
This is her hometown, and it is also the eternal pain in her heart.