I could feel the cotton-like mist gently brushing the tip of my nose, I gently closed my eyes, tears were still flowing, the flaming bird soared very steadily, but I still hugged the little prince's waist tightly, as if the tighter the hug, the more steady, the pain would be reduced; I don't know where I'm tired, so I want to lean on his back like this; Although his back is distinct, it still makes me feel thick and reliable; This kind of warmth is different from what the patterned tiger and rabbit spirit gave me, but I can't say what is different. The picture in my mind is still the appearance of the tiger being swallowed by ice at the end, lingering, how I hope this dream is just a dream; But I know very well that this dream is no longer a dream!

"Du Duo, Du Duo!" It was the male voice again.

"Is that you? Are you in my dreams? I asked.

"Won't you just open your eyes and see?" The voice replied.

If it was before, I would have chosen to give up and immerse myself in my own world, but now I won't, what can I do in my dreams, in heaven and hell? Running away will never solve anything.

I slowly opened my eyes, and in the blurred vision, there was a white piece, and when I focused on it, it turned out to be the top of the white wall; What's going on? Am I not on the back of the flaming red bird? I sat up slowly, why am I lying on the bed? I gently stroked the soft bed, looked around, and I was back in the white house. There is no anxiety and fear from the last time, and there is no loneliness and loneliness from the last time. He calmly said, "Come out!" ”

After waiting for a long time, no one spoke, so I continued: "It's okay if you don't come out, tell me how to get out and how to get back to my dreams." ”

"Are you sure you're going back to your dreams? Have you figured it out? The voice said.

"Maybe when I go back to my dream, I can still see the tiger with a pattern; Perhaps, maybe she's not dead yet, and everything can start again. "I don't say it confidently.

"She's dead, dying for you, and."

"Don't say it, I know, don't say it!" I interrupted her, tears welling up in my eyes, I really didn't want to face the fact that they were dead.

He was silent, and I sobbed for a while; calmed down and wiped the tears from his face: "I really don't understand, I originally saved her, why she still died, or because of me; And the Pattern Tiger, what did she do wrong? How so? ”

He sighed: "All things arise because of you, and you are the cause and effect; It's just how to accomplish this fruit. ”

I asked suspiciously, "Am I cause and effect?" ”

"The girl died because of you, but her death may be another form of rebirth; The Pattern Tiger also died because of you, but she has already told you her expectations. Whether it's worth dying or not depends on what you do. ”

I was lost in thought, there had been no sound in this room for a long time, but the silence no longer scared me.

The girl said: Thank you!

Tiger Says: Find your true self!

I don't know what or where I really are; I don't know if this is the road to salvation or not, but I can't live up to it, and I don't have the right to live up to the mission entrusted to me with my life; Since I am cause and effect, then bear such cause and effect and fight.

"I'm going out, I'm going back to my dreams." I seemed to be talking to myself, and I seemed to be talking to that voice.

"Have you figured it out? The road ahead will be difficult to walk, more likely to die in your dreams, lose everything, are you really ready? He said.

I smiled: "Whether it's a dream or something, I'm already in it, since it's my dream, it's up to me to decide, even if I never wake up, I'm willing to try." ”

"Good! I'm sure we'll see you again! The door is there, open or not, the choice is yours. ”

I walked to the door, still without a doorknob, it was strange, the last time I was panicked, this time I was so calm: "We'll see you again, I hope you can see me!" ”

I closed my eyes and gently pushed the door open with open hands.

I thought that there was a bright world outside the door, and I was back on the back of the flaming red bird, and in the middle of the air, it must be bright, but why, I didn't feel the sunlight outside my eyelids? There also seems to be a faint light flickering between my eyes from time to time, but more like firelight, candlelight, lights? Forget it, what do you want to do so much, open your eyes and see, you will know.

I opened my eyes, am I lying in a cave? The "roof" is a semi-circular stone structure, uneven, originally black, but slightly reddish; I sat up, and the bed was nothing more than a large, flat, semicircular stone, and the whole bed was in a semicircular arc, as was the wall; I gently touched the wall, and it was warm, warm, and the same was true for the bed; Of course, the pillow is also made of stone that resembles a pillow; Under the feet are rabbit spirits sleeping soundly; The water serpent sword perched on my waist; On the right hand, there is a gauze curtain with red light, which covers this "small room" not too much, and despite the red light, it can still be seen that the original color of the gauze curtain is golden; I gently lifted the curtain and walked out of this "small room" with gentle movements, for fear of waking up the rabbit spirit; The moment I lifted the curtain, I found that my hand was bandaged, but the cloth used to bandage the wound was not the usual white, but also the gold of the curtain.

The little prince sat on the ground and fell asleep against the head of the bed; This fellow, all asleep, still clutching one of his short knives in his hand, is really cautious; The closed eyes finally revealed his small double eyelids, the standard melon seed face, dark skin, and really not delicate; But it's sexy. It's just that his face is also reflected red.

I looked around, this should be a cave, the top of my head is the mouth of the cave, shining with light, but the distance is too far, it seems that the mouth is small, and the light shines on me, and there is not much left; The cave is lit entirely by red light. I walked about 3 meters forward, and when I looked down, it was the source of the red light, very deep, I couldn't see the bottom at all, and what I could see was the red light; There are also flashes of red light along the walls going down, and if it weren't for the fact that the abyss is a little scary, the view is still good.

"You're awake!"

I looked very seriously, and was startled by the sound, and stood on the edge of this "cliff", and almost stepped on it, when suddenly someone stopped me at the waist and dragged me back; When I looked back, it was the little prince; My left hand instinctively rested on his chest and accidentally touched his pectoral muscles; Yes, we hugged each other, just like the scene in the TV series where the hero saves the beauty; He was a head taller than me, and I had to look up at his nostrils; We are so close that if it weren't for the darkness, I'm afraid the pores on our faces would be visible; The deep but evil eyes attracted me again, only this time my heart beat faster, I couldn't breathe, and my face was hot and swollen. No, there is no shame; I gently pushed him away, and quickly stepped back to a safe position, and I didn't know what to say with my head down, but fortunately the light was dim, and he couldn't see anything.

He coughed lightly a few times, presumably to relieve the embarrassment between the two of us, and then walked up to me and said in a very gentle voice, "You, uh, are you sleeping well?" ”

"Very good!" I whispered.

"It's frozen everywhere, I really don't know where to take you, so I can only take you to where I live, the environment is not very good, I wronged you!" He was a little embarrassed. "But I've never brought anyone else here."

I smiled, "You don't have to explain that much to me. ”

"No, I didn't explain, I didn't explain!" He hurriedly explained.

In order to end the awkward conversation between us, I'd better change the subject!

"You mean, this is your home? Isn't that desert your home? I asked.

"This is where I live temporarily, and the desert is also a casual place to play." He laughs.

"So, if you want to kill me, it's fun?" I deliberately teased.

"Oh, I'm the boss, I have to be the boss! Domination! Hey! Can we turn this over to that? His tone was a little pleading.

"Turn it over, does this mean that you turn over and turn it over? Someone died because of your 'playing', and that girl died! "I was very angry and angry.

"I really didn't mean to, you saw the situation; But strange to say, the evil desert is inhabited by dark and shameless people, and there will be no good women, and I don't know where that girl came from. He tried to explain it to me, but it was clear that the girl's presence was really confusing to him.

I looked at him carefully, it was sincere, now is not the time to pursue this matter, there is no point in pursuing it, this person fought against the ice armor man with me, and saved me and the rabbit, and the person who killed the girl by mistake was also frozen: "Forget it, let's not mention this matter for now!" ”

"That's it! I'll take you down to have a look, okay! ”

"Go down? This is bottomless, can you still come up if you go down? I don't ,,," Before I could finish my sentence, he put his arm around my waist, hugged me, jumped deep, and jumped down. I was so scared that I covered my eyes with my hands and kept yelling.

"Don't shout, it's not fast, let's see if it's good!"

"You're just a madman, I don't watch, I don't watch!" I said scared.

He put one hand around my waist and the other on my wrist and said, "Trust me, you are in my arms, I will protect you!" "What a beautiful promise, if it's so exciting.

Feeling that he was slowing down the descent, I lowered my hand and slowly opened my eyes, and we descended very slowly, so slow that I could enjoy the scenery along the way; The sparks are like flying fairies, like looming fireflies, and the flames on the wall are sometimes large and sometimes small flickering and swaying with the breeze, they are like a bright lamp, igniting the darkness in the heart.

"It's so beautiful!" I sighed. I couldn't help but reach out and want to catch those flying sparks.

"Don't touch it with your hands, it will burn you." He hurried to stop me, and I immediately retracted my hand.

He stretched out his hand and gently caught a small spark, which did not fall on his palm, but floated on the palm of his hand, dancing around his palm.

"Why can't you get burned?" I asked puzzled.

He smiled but didn't say anything, and I didn't ask any more questions, continuing to admire the fiery spark.

"My name is Lingyun, I have your name in my heart, and you have to keep my name in my heart, okay!" He looked at me very seriously and said; As we spoke, we reached the bottom of the cave.

We looked at each other, his eyes expecting my answer, and after a long time, we kept holding each other, as if we had forgotten everything, and each other's world was only each other.

My heart began to flutter again, and I quickly pushed him away, for fear that he would find out, and deliberately pretended that nothing had happened, and did not answer his questions, and the small spark in his hand flew away.

"How can there be a fire in this big garden jar?" I deliberately digressed the subject.

"This is not a big round tank, if it weren't for the ice, the scenery below really can't be seen!" He explained.

"It turns out that there is also a bright light in the abyss, but unfortunately, the pattern tiger can't be seen!" I remembered the conversation I had with the Tiger Tiger, and we discussed "starry sky and abyss", but I didn't expect that "bright starry sky" was actually in this abyss.

I was sad and bowed my head and said nothing. The prince sensed my unhappiness: "I'll take you up, and then I'll look outside!" ”

I took a deep breath: "How do you go up?" Will you fly or will I fly? ”

"It's easy!" The prince whistled with his hand.

A few seconds after the whistle fell, I heard a birdsong, and I looked up, and a big fiery red and glowing bird flew towards us from the direction of the entrance of the cave, and the little spark fairies in the cave dodged on their own, opening a way for it; It stopped in front of me, although this place is not bright, but this fiery red bird has its own light, the last time I didn't appreciate it properly, this time I want to take a good look; There is not a single stray hair on the whole body, it is all fiery red, with bright eyes, with long red eyelashes, with its own beauty; The tail is long and floats in the air, like a red ribbon, full of aura; The body is strong, and the back is large enough to sit for two people.

I looked at it stupidly, stretched out my hand to caress it, but I was a little scared; The prince saw my thoughts and took my "hesitant" hand, I looked at the prince and he said, "It's okay! "I touched its feathers, and felt its aura infect me, and my world suddenly brightened; What's even more incredible is that it actually looked back at me; The prince said, "It has a lot of aura, and it likes you very much!" ”

"Is this, Phoenix?" I asked hesitantly.

"Of course." The prince was very proud.

Oh my God, my dreams are so beautiful; I woke up from a dream, and I was afraid that it was time to run, and I dreamed of a fire phoenix!

"I'll help you up!"

I sat in front of me, and the prince sat behind me, and he hugged me gently, and his hands were a little confused, and of course, so did I; I don't know if the fire phoenix is worried that I am afraid, or if it wants me to enjoy the dazzling scenery, it flies very slowly. The dotted red "fireflies" are flying all over the sky, and the fire phoenix with its own light is like a fairy in the dark night, which is a dark hole, but the aura is fluttering. When I was about to reach the entrance of the cave, the fire phoenix suddenly increased its speed and rushed upward, I was startled by the sudden acceleration, the prince held my hands, my back pressed against his fiery chest, my own heartbeat seemed to accelerate with the rhythm of his heartbeat, and then, he whispered softly in my ear: "Don't be afraid, I will protect you!" "I really didn't expect that this is still a romantic spring dream.

We flew out of the hole, and the outside world was the opposite of the inside; That's right, a piece of pure white, the world is completely swallowed by ice. I looked back at the hole we had flown out of, and there was only one mountain tip that had not yet been swallowed, and there was ice underneath the peak.

"This mountain is called Red Flame Peak, and you can see it, only the part of the mountain tip has not been frozen yet; It turns out that this is a volcano, and the mouth of the mountain is on fire, and the peak is also full of flames, so it is called Red Flame Peak. His words were a little sentimental, but I didn't say anything either.

He continued, "On the other side of the peak is the Evil Desert, strange to say, everywhere is covered with ice, but not the desert, until you come; If you look at this side of the peak, this side is Red Flame City, where ordinary people like me live, and if you look down, those 'little bits' are people who are frozen in ice without knowing at all, and they don't know that the ice is gone, whether they are dead or alive. ”

Under the myopic eyes, the vague "dots" are densely packed, and I am still silent, I really don't know what to say!

"The northernmost point is the frozen primordial point!" The prince pointed to the far north, too far away for the ice to join the sky.

"Let's take a look north!" I looked north and said.

The fiery phoenix slowly flew north.

"This land, this forest?" To my left is a "luxuriant" forest, although it is under ice, but according to the shape and the number of trees, it can be seen that it was a dense forest before it was frozen; What caught my eye was a giant tree that rose up into the sky, and there was no head in sight; "What is this?"

"It's a plane tree." The prince replied.

Sycamore tree, is it the thousand-year-old tree spirit that smashed me with its leaves?

"Sycamore Tree?" I asked again.

"Our heavens are all supported by this sycamore tree, and if he falls, the sky will fall." The prince said.

The sky fell? How could the sky fall? Animals talk, and half-human, half-beast monsters, and now for me, nothing is strange in this dream.

"This is the junction of land and water, we can't go any further north, maybe when the Ice Armor will come out again! See that spire? That's the original point of the ice, and it's from that point that the ice spreads. "The prince's fingers are at the top of the tower.

The distance was too far away, and I could only see a spire standing there on the ice, the white ice, and under the sunlight, I couldn't open my eyes. I wonder what happened in that spire, or who it was? How strong is the ability to make everything here freeze. In addition to the sound of the howling north wind from time to time, I can only hear the heartbeat of the two of us, and the gasp of the phoenix, the world has lost the breath of life. Looking at the spire, I didn't say a word, and the moment when the patterned tiger was devoured in my head, it was seared in my heart.

We returned to the Red Flame Peak, and the mouth of the peak was not hot for a long time, and the prince and I sat on the edge of the seal. I looked at the white ice world, and he looked at me.

"Can you tell me who you are? I mean, I know your name is Dudo, just you? "The prince is in a huff.

"I know what you mean, it's just that I don't know who I am. I can't explain to you the world I came from, I can only be sure that everything in this dream has to do with me; Since I entered this dream, I have met rabbit spirits and tiger patterns, and I don't know what they want me to do, let alone what the so-called has to do with me, and what does it have to do with me? In short, I have come to this day inexplicably, along the way, they take care of me, guide me, encourage me, as if this dream is real, and I am the real me in the dream, so what am I in reality? I was so confused that instead of answering his question, I asked him again.

"Dudo, this is not a dream, this is the real world, I live here, everything here is real. Every brick and tile, every grass and tree, every mountain and tree here is covered in ice, and I am sitting next to you alive, you can take a good look at me. The prince took my hands and looked at me solemnly.

Confused, I had tears in my eyes, and looking at his sincere eyes, I nodded.

"There must be a reason why the ice armor man grabbed that box, he can't hurt you, but your blood can hurt him, you are the key point of the whole thing, this is something you can't get rid of, maybe only you can melt the world." The prince continued.

"I never wanted to get rid of it, from the moment the dream began, I was destined to get involved, especially the departure of the Pattern Tiger, which made me more determined, I want to do this to the end, even if it is just for the Pattern Tiger. It's just, I really don't know what to do next? I looked at him and said.

"No matter what you want to do or do, I will be with you and with you." His face was full of affection.

Hearing this, my heart beat faster and my face flushed, and I lowered my head slightly.

Sensing my embarrassment, he became embarrassed himself, and immediately let go of my hand and said, "I mean, yes, I mean." He couldn't speak, and in order to relieve his tension, he suddenly stood up and said, "This place is my home, where I grew up, I have clansmen, I have relatives, no matter what the cost, I will melt these damn ice cubes with you." ”

I also stood up: "In that box is a heart, and Grandpa Witt said, 'If you don't have a heart, it's naturally cold, just give the heart back'." ”

"So there's a heart in the box?" The prince asked in surprise.

I nodded, I looked at him, and I gathered all the courage in my body and said categorically, "I'm going to give my heart back." ”