At noon, Li Yu and Qiu Tong watched Lu Xu and Xu Tao leave the world's oldest building that sheltered them overnight.

When they were indoors, the two of them were unaware of the impact of last night's events on the place, and when they stepped out into the sunlight, they saw the damage that the demons had done to the beautiful building when the demons attacked last night.

The carved railings in front of the main entrance of the world's oldest building have been mercilessly crushed to pieces, the rows of stone steps are more like they have been plowed by someone, and the paw prints and ravines scattered all over the ground tell the two of them the grandeur of the great demon's might. When you look up at this scenic spot again, you can see the pillars that are already in danger, the eaves of the buildings that were once golden and brilliant are now worse than the fish that have been scaled off, and the wooden doors and windows that have been corroded by the black fog have even grown mushrooms. The most obvious thing is that a huge hole has been broken in the roof of the building, and it is presumably that the demon has invaded the interior of the building.

This was once a symbol of a city, but now it has decayed overnight, thinking that all this is because of his own shelter, Lu Xu couldn't help but sigh for a while, and his heart was gloomy.

"Don't blame yourself", Xu Tao saw Lu Xu staring at the dilapidated building in the world for a long time, and probably guessed what he thought in his heart, so he said lightly: "This world's oldest building has been completely destroyed many times, but no matter how many times it is destroyed, it will eventually stand here again." I don't think this will be the last, but as long as there are people alive in this place, and as long as there are people who remember what it represents, it will definitely stand here again. ”

Knowing that Xu Tao was comforting himself, Lu Xu smiled slightly and said, "Actually, I was thinking, since that monster last night, since he could make a hole in the wall, why didn't he just make a hole on the first floor instead of climbing to a high place?"

Xu Tao replied: "Because of the power of the world's oldest building, the 'geographical advantage'." Since it is called 'geographical advantage', it is natural that the closer to the ground, the stronger the power, so the first layer of protection is the strongest, and the further up it goes, the weaker it becomes, and the demon will choose to break through from the top down. ”

After saying that, Xu Tao had already walked down the broken stone steps, and Lu Xu had to follow closely.

"Where are you going next?" Lu Xu asked as he walked quickly to Xu Tao's side, nearly tripping over a piece of gravel.

Xu Tao witnessed the whole process of Lu Xu's staggering with disdain, and said: "We have a long way to go, if you break your foot at this time, don't think that I will be a crutch for you." ”

Lu Xu's heart was cold...... I thought to myself, "This kid must have changed his face too quickly, he looked like a hot-blooded teenager dozens of minutes ago, but now he is cold to death." What kind of ...... is this?"

However, in a moment when Lu Xu lost his mind, the young man walked a long way again, and he was not worried that Lu Xu would really walk too quickly and lose his foot in the pile of rocks. He hurriedly shouted, "Wait for me!" and hurried after him.

Li Yu asked Qiu Tong, "What do you think was that thing that appeared last night?"

Qiu Tong replied indifferently, and said: "A plane is on the verge of destruction, and there will always be all kinds of monsters and supernatural species, and I didn't look at it carefully last night, but I think it may be a complete gluttony, or a dark battle tyrannosaurus." ”

"Huh?" Li Yu looked stunned, saying that he couldn't imagine that thing yesterday would be a dark battle tyrannosaurus beast or gluttony.

Qiu Tong cleared his throat and said: "Lu's Spring and Autumn Festival, 'Zhou Ding is gluttonous, has a head but no body, cannibalism has not been swallowed, and it hurts his body. ’

It has been passed down from generation to generation, and the ornament with open eyes and open mouth on bronze is called gluttony.

As for whether this kind of ornament is also called gluttony in the Yin Shang period, there is no way to test. After the history of the Shang and Zhou cultures, there has been great progress, and the gluttonous patterns on the bronzes are not randomly embellished, when there is a deep meaning. And more than the ritual utensils are covered with gluttonous patterns, although it is to sacrifice to ghosts and gods, or there is also a double wish to ask for blessings and purify Xu ominous.

The gluttonous pattern is based on the face of the beast as the main composition, the left and right are symmetrical, and the symmetry is also one on the left and one when the body is carried out. The face is a natural symmetrical figure, and it has a deep impression on the face of both animals and humans.

Because the face is a silent language, not only the expressions of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness are revealed on the face, but also the attitudes of solemnity, might, kindness, ferocity, insidiousness, and mystery are also revealed on the face.

There is a cloud in the "Divine Strange Sutra: The Southwest Desolation Sutra", "There are people in the southwest, hairy, and pigs on their heads." Greed is as vicious, accumulating wealth without using it, and being good at robbing people of grain, according to the "Historical Records of the Five Emperors". The strong take the old and the weak, and they are afraid of the strong and hit the single, which is called gluttony. "Spring and Autumn" glutton, Jinyun's untalented son. ’”

"It turns out that gluttony is such a thing. Li Yu somewhat understood.

However, Qiu Tong felt that Li Yu must not have understood, so he went on to explain: "'Gluttony' is a fierce beast in ancient legends of many planes, and its biggest feature is that it can be eaten.

It is an imaginary and mysterious monster. This monster has no body because he is too good at eating and eats his body, only a big head and a big mouth, and is very greedy, and finally eats himself all.

It is a symbol of greed, so it is often used to describe gluttony or greedy people.

Later generations exaggerated the greedy part of the gluttonous image, Su Dongpo once wrote a "gluttonous fu" and said: "Cover the beauty of the aggregate, in order to raise my gluttony", adding cuteness to the gluttony, and friends who like food are also called "gluttonous people". schoolbag

Tang Dufu's poem "Muntjac": "Dressed and a thief, gluttonous with a beard." 'Qing Li Yu's "Nai He Tian Gang Vinegar": "In the end, if you don't break into the table, you will be gluttonous, and the first guests will endure the empty shackles." ’”

Li Yu nodded abruptly and said, "Okay, okay, don't say it, I really understand." But those two are going to go far, let's hurry up and catch up!"

"Eh, stop me, I haven't told you about the Dark Battle Tyrannosaurus yet!" Qiu Tong said loudly.

Between the walks, the two had nothing to say. I saw Xu Tao divide a part of the Sword Spirit Flame and wrap it around his feet, and his steps were light as if he was stepping on the wind, moving quickly. And Lu Xu has gained the ability to run tirelessly since the night when it snowed, although he is not very proficient in the application of this ability, but at this moment, it is not too much of a problem to just catch up with Xu Tao's pace.

After running for two hours, the world's oldest building had been left out of sight, and the flames that had been lingering on the boy's feet tended to be extinguished, and the two stopped in front of a large shopping mall.

"Let's take a break here. The boy gasped slightly, a fine bead of sweat on his forehead.

Lu Xu nodded, seeing the tiredness on Xu Tao's face, he couldn't help but think that the seemingly extremely powerful teenager in front of him was actually a patient with congenital heart disease.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that when the two of them left the world's oldest building, it was Lu Xu who carried all the materials on his back, and he could be regarded as making the best use of his talents.

"Let's drink some water," Lu Xu stopped and handed a bottle of juice to the young man, and then continued, "How far do we have to go?"

Xu Tao took the juice, took a sip at random, and then sat on the roof of a Mercedes-Benz car, looked at the open mall gate in front of him, and said thoughtfully: "It is very likely that the demon last night will come to chase us after nightfall, so naturally the farther away from last night's hiding place, the better." However, there is more important things to be done at the moment. ”

"Well, what's the matter?" Lu Xu asked, and at the same time took out a bottle of pure water and poured it into his mouth.

Xu Tao glanced at Lu Xu indifferently and said, "Isn't it cold to wear a beggar's outfit?" Besides, I don't think you have the capital to show off?"

Lu Xu squirted out a mouthful of water.

It is true that last night he was first chased and torn by mud, wild cats, and big birds, and then eroded by the black mist of that unknown demon, how can the clothes on Lu Xu's body be described by the word tattered. If he wore a few more palm leaves on his head, there was a good chance that anyone who saw him would think he had just returned from a vacation in Hawaii.

"Let's just find some clothes to change into in this mall," the boy retracted the few remaining green flames from his legs into the scabbard, then jumped off the roof of the Mercedes Benz and continued, "Remember to choose as light and strong clothes as possible that are suitable for exercise, and preferably some outdoor sports tools or something." I went to find out if there were any knives or anything like that that could be used as weapons. ”

Suddenly realizing that Xu Tao was planning to act separately from him after entering the mall, Lu Xu's heart couldn't help but tighten, and said, "That...... There won't be any youkai during the day. ”

"Well," Xu Tao pondered for a moment and said, "Probably not, at least I haven't seen a monster that appears during the day." ”

"Why Say 'Should'......"

The young man said indifferently: "Then so be it, meet at the door in forty minutes." Then he left Lu Xu with a gorgeous back of his head and walked through the glass door of the mall alone.

No matter how entangled Lu Xu was, he could only follow in, but he saw that Xu Tao was squatting motionless on the ground behind the door after entering, as if he was studying something.

"It's funny. The young man looked at the ground with a sudden expression of realization and said.

In the mall, one meter from the gate, ten centimeters above the ground, hangs a fishing line. The two ends of the line are tied to the feet of the two "fashion models", and in the crooks of the arms of the two "models" each hold a small bucket full of glass beads.

"It's a simple alarm device. Xu Tao said, "If I had been a little reckless just now, I would have stepped on it." That must have touched the fashion models on both sides, and then the glass beads would 'crackle' and fall to the ground. ”

Li Yu and Qiu Tong also followed behind at this time.

Li Yu sighed: "If we are in front, then we are the ones who trigger the alarm device." ”