Jiang Chuanyue stood outside the dilapidated house, looking melancholy at the horizon where the green mountains met the sky in the distance, the millstone-like sunset that slowly sank into the horizon.

The breeze blows through tens of thousands of hectares of forest, and the evening forest looks like a golden sea from a distance, with thousands of treetops swaying in the wind, forming cascading waves.

The golden light hit his face through the layers of sunset in the sky, soft and warm, like his mother's hands caressing when he was a child.

However, in such a beautiful evening, Jiang Chuanyue's heart was extremely fucked, just like his messy back that was pulled by the sunset.

After communicating with the people in the village, and inferring from various information, Jiang Chuanyue determined that he was twenty kilometers away from his landing in the Land of Water......

In other words, he walked at full speed for more than ten days, but he only walked more than 20 kilometers.

"I was able to distort my perception to such an extent, and although I don't know what you are hiding, one day, I will reveal your true colors......"

Jiang Chuanyue refocused her gaze on the strange misty forest behind her, a small mountain village located next to the misty forest.

I don't know if it's an illusion, he always feels that the endless darkness is like a black tsunami, swallowing up all the light of time......

"Big brother, big brother, grandpa asked me to call you home for dinner."

In the distance, a little Lori bathed in the golden sunset, shouting in her crisp voice as she ran. Although little Lori was only wearing a shabby dress converted from adult clothes, her big sparkling eyes flashed with indescribable agility.

"Yui-chan, I see."

Jiang Chuanyue walked up to Xiao Lori and touched her little head with a smile, Xiao Yui suddenly shrank her neck back, like a little snail, her two small fists were pinched and contracted in front of her chest, and her cheeks were red and red.

"Big brother, I said you weren't allowed to touch my head." Little Lori pursed her lips and said angrily.

"Haha, didn't I forget, it's all because Yui-chan is too cute." Jiang Chuanyue touched the back of her head, her face a little embarrassed.

"Hmph, I won't forgive you even if you say that."

Little Lori snorted and turned her head, looking like she didn't want to pay attention to you.

"Don't be so stingy, look, how about your brother give you candy?"

Jiang Chuanyue took out a few snow-white candies out of nowhere, put them in the palm of her hand, and stretched them out in front of Xiao Lori.

One second, two seconds, three seconds......

Little Lori didn't move at all, and an atmosphere of confusion and embarrassment filled the air.

"Well, it's a pity that these few candies are so delicious that they can't be bought in the world, since you don't want to take them, I'll throw them away."

Saying that, Jiang Chuanyue was about to withdraw his hand, but at this moment, a gust of wind blew, and the candy in his hand disappeared.

"Damn, always tempting me with candy, what a bad brother."

Little Lori's face was flushed, and her small mouth was bulging, obviously she had already sent one of the candies into her mouth at that moment.

"Haha, you say yes, let's go, don't let your grandfather wait."

"Hmph."

Half of the body of the setting sun slowly submerged into the boundless forest sea, and under the golden sunset, a large and a small shadow was stretched out, swaying farther and farther.

The fog of the Misty Forest grew darker and darker, and the sky above had fallen into boundless darkness, as if swallowing half of the world, far opposite the golden sunset......

……

After dinner, the sun had completely set, and the west was white, barely reflecting the afterglow of the setting sun, but Jiang Chuanyue knew that soon that light would also be swallowed up by the darkness.

"Uncle, I'm really bothering you this time."

On the table outside the house, Jiang Chuanyue was chatting with the old man.

"Hah, what's this? Who hasn't had bad luck when they have it? It's just a matter of helping each other. After saying that, the old man took out a polished smoking gun from the corner of the room, and smoked it.

"Grandpa, didn't you promise me not to smoke!"

Little Lori, who was busy in the house, suddenly popped out of the door, her eyebrows curled up on her puffy little face, and her big shiny eyes exuded a look that made you feel guilty.

The old man smiled awkwardly, extinguished the burning tobacco on the cigarette gun, and reluctantly put it back into the remote corner.

Seeing this, Xiao Lori retracted her head with satisfaction, and before leaving, she did not forget to warn crisply:

"Grandpa, don't think you can fool me, my nose is very smart."

"I see...... I can't help it. The old man had to answer helplessly.

"Yui is really sensible, I've seen children as young as her still out there and everywhere, so naughty that their parents are about to be angry, by the way, what about Yui's parents? Why didn't you see them? ”

Jiang Chuanyue picked up a cup and drank a sip of water, the water was boiled water, but Jiang Chuanyue felt that this water was better than those expensive drinks, and he asked the old man casually.

"Dead, when Yui was a year old." The old man replied lightly, with no sadness or joy on his face, so that people couldn't see what he was thinking.

Hearing this, Jiang Chuanyue was stunned, put the water cup back on the table, and said seriously: "I'm sorry." ”

The old man shook his head and said calmly: "It's okay, it's been six years, and many things are about to be forgotten, so it's good to remember." ”

"Can you tell me how they died?" Jiang Chuanyue instinctively felt that this matter was not simple, and it seemed to have something to do with this strange village, so she cautiously tried it.

"Six years ago, bandits invaded the village, and Yui-chan's parents died in that disaster." The old man's tone was low, his cloudy eyes looked out of the door, and the last bit of sunset outside the house burned out, and the sky and earth fell into darkness.

"But...... Doesn't that seem like your village is visited by thieves...... I'm sorry, but I mean that no one in the village seems to be wary of bandits, but it's because there have been no bandits for a long time, so everyone has lost their vigilance. ”

"You guessed right, in the past six years, there have indeed been no bandits in the village who have dared to attack."

"Why?" Jiang Chuanyue felt a little strange, due to the incompetence of the Daimyo of the Land of Water, during this period of time, the territory of the Land of Water was when local forces were fighting everywhere, and there were many bandits and bandits, there was no reason why this small village, which didn't even have many ordinary people who were stronger, would not be patronized for more than six years.

"Monster, there is a monster on the edge of the Misty Forest, six years ago, when the bandits invaded the village, the monster suddenly ran out and swallowed many people alive, and no one dared to approach the village since." As if hearing Jiang Chuanyue's heart, the old man then explained.

It's just that when Jiang Chuanyue still wanted to ask something, but at this time, Xiao Lori had already walked out of the house, and the old man didn't mean to say any more, Jiang Chuanyue had to keep her doubts in her heart.

At night, Jiang Chuanyue stood outside and looked up at the deep starry sky, and the blood-red moon hung high in the sky.

In the house, little Lori is arguing with the old man about something, it seems that Xiao Yui wants to give candy to grandpa, and grandpa is unwilling.

Listening to the angry voice of the little Lori inside, Jiang Chuanyue smiled knowingly, and a warm current flowed through her heart for no reason.

It's just that under the crimson blood moon in the sky, the heavens and the earth seem to be soaked in blood, and there is a faint ominous aura......