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What kind of secret is hidden between the believers and the gods?

——— "Jack".

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Believers long for the protection of the gods, and the gods need the worship of the believers.

——— Gardener. Emma Woods

Somewhere in the bamboo forest.

"Geely, stop!" The priest shuttled through the dense bamboo forest, chasing the white wolf that was running to the depths of the bamboo forest not far ahead. She had wanted to try her hand at the retinue. Geely's hidden skill, but unexpectedly, it suddenly ran into the bamboo forest, so that she had to catch up.

The sun suddenly dimmed, and the sky gradually became covered with clouds, and although it was day, it was like night. In the distance, a large dark cloud came slowly like a well-trained army, flashing blue-purple lightning and occasionally deafening thunder. Seeing this, the priest hastened his pace. In the bamboo forest, there are two unequal figures, one white and one purple.

After about half an hour, there was an excited wolf howl from behind the bushes ahead. When the priest heard this, he knew that it had stopped, so he held the bamboo on the side with his left hand while covering his stomach with his right hand, leaned forward slightly and stopped, adjusting his breathing for a while before slowly walking forward.

The priest had just stepped over the bushes and was about to walk forward with his right foot, when suddenly there was a hurried cry from his right. Geely, he turned around and walked in front of it. was about to scold, but saw it sitting on the black-brown ground like a dog sticking out its tongue, and its clear blue eyes were particularly beautiful, which was quite coquettish and cute. Seeing this, the priest's heart softened, so he squatted down and touched its head, and pretended to be serious and said, "Don't take it as an example." ”

Geely seemed to understand what she was saying, and blinked twice in agreement.

The priest turned his head to look around, and to the left was a swamp in the forest with a radius of about two hundred meters, in the middle of which was a thatched hut built on the raised ground, and in front of the door was planted a long-withered willow tree, and a rope was tied in the middle of the trunk, which connected a tall tree not far in front of the priest, barely a simple "bridge".

"There are clues in the bamboo forest that hint at the identities of the other contestants." The priest remembered what the nightingale had said before, and thought to himself: Is it a clue?

The priest looked at the thatched huts in the middle of the swamp, and then at the black-brown swamp with bubbles on the surface, and swallowed. If it hadn't been for Ji Li stopping her just now, she would have really stepped on it! The priest turned to look at the rope that connected the two trees and hung over the swamp. Although it looks quite dangerous, I still want to try it in my heart, after all, wealth is in danger.

The priest got up and was about to walk towards the arbor, but at the thought of his retinue. Instead, Geely hesitated, fearing that it would take the opportunity to run away. As if she knew what she was thinking, Geely turned into a small white ball of light and flew into the retinue card she had placed in her left sleeve. The priest pulls out the retinue card, which displays a faint red lettering: Retinue. Geely has returned, and the next time you summon it, you can summon the name of the follower.

The priest smiled with satisfaction, put away his identity tag, and walked over to the tree. I visually saw that the rope was about a meter away from the surface of the swamp, so I thought to myself that I had to be careful, in case I fell into the swamp and never got out. She first grabbed the rope with both hands, grabbed it and put her right foot on it, and then used her left calf to push her left foot on it, successfully hanging herself on the "bridge". The waist is slightly bent, one hand is grasped forward, the other foot is moved forward, and it is like this, and it slowly crawls forward at the speed of a turtle.

After about a quarter of an hour, the priest hung in the middle of the rope, and she now felt that her whole body was aching and weak, as if in the next second her hands and feet would unobey the rope. If you can't move forward, you can't go back, it's really a dilemma! Sweat from his face fell into the swamp below, shattering a bubble on its surface. The priest glanced sideways at the swamp, and felt that it was like a devouring mouth, waiting for himself to fall off the rope and have a good meal.

Damn it! I can't hold it anymore......

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A blurry cloud of transparent "air" stood behind the bushes on the opposite bank, staring coldly at the priest hanging in the middle of the rope.

It's okay to save me from doing it myself.

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A yellow-robed man passed by in the bamboo forest on the shore, and the priest hanging on the rope seemed to see a life-saving straw, and hurriedly shouted to him: "Sir, can you help me?!" ”

2

As soon as Jack took a step out of the cave, a dark purple light suddenly flashed not far ahead, and a yellow-robed man wearing an ancient stone mask appeared to block his way. Jack looked at the other party coldly and said, "Something?" ”

"What is it? To each his own, he takes what he needs. The Lord in Yellow said.

Jack snorted coldly and said, "The supreme god also needs the help of mortals? There was hostility hidden in the flat tone.

The Lord of the Yellow Clothes stretched out his right hand in the shape of a claw, and said in a deep voice: "It is not impossible to think that you can achieve your ambition (in order to achieve your goal, it is not impossible). ”

Jack clasped his hands to his chest, and the five fingers of his left hand tapped his right elbow rhythmically, and the claw blade on his left hand danced in turn. It would be nice to have Hasta's help, but everyone takes what they need...... What does God want?

God may not be able to afford what he wants.

Seeing this, the Lord of the Yellow Clothes raised three fingers with his right hand, and then said, "To do it or not to do it, you will decide." ”

Jack stared at the Lord in Yellow for a moment, then suddenly sneered twice, then hummed a ditty and walked past him.

The Lord in Yellow glanced up at the gloomy sky, and when he saw this, he also turned away.

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The Lord in Yellow walked for more than an hour before he reached the swamp in the forest. As he walked, he thought to himself: The human form is so slow! He saw a vague and transparent "air" behind the bushes not far ahead, and he was watching something.

"Sir, can you help me?!"

Hearing this, the Lord of the Yellow Clothes turned his head to look, and saw the priest hanging in the middle of the rope, so he raised his right hand and aimed it at her in the shape of a claw, and then pulled it sideways, and the priest drew a perfect parabola in the air and threw it to the shore.

"Oh, my waist ......" The priest climbed up as he touched his waist with his right hand, then looked up at the yellow-robed man in front of him, smiled, and said "thank you".

"Thou ......" The lord in yellow looked down at the priest, and wanted to stop talking, thinking that I am a human being now, still wearing a mask, but I don't know it, otherwise I will leave early!

When the priest saw that he did not answer, he was immediately slightly embarrassed, so he clasped his hands into fists, imitated his tone and asked, "I don't know the benefactor's name?" ”

"Hartark."

"Hartuck? Strange name. The priest pondered for a moment and asked, "Then you are also a contestant?" ”

“…… I am the one who seeks you (I am the one who gives the contestants clues). The Lord of the Yellow replied in a deep voice, "You are here to reach this place, so I will only provide a picture (since you have only found this swamp, I can only provide a clue). ”

"What clues?"

“……”

The priest was bewildered.

The Lord in Yellow smiled secretly. He really knows one clue, and as for whether he can understand the meaning of the words, that's her business.

Three or two bits of rain fell from the sky and dripped onto the back of the yellow-skinned hand of the yellow-clothed lord. He looked up at the gloomy sky, flickered and vanished.

"Time and space travel...... the priest said subconsciously, several familiar but unfamiliar images flashed through his mind. Before she could take a closer look, a few pea-sized drops of rain hit her, and in a matter of seconds, it turned into a downpour, and a cool breeze with the scent of bamboo came with it. The priest covered his head with his sleeves and hurried in the direction of the bamboo grove.

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Jack, who was in a state of stealth behind the bushes on the shore, saw the two leaving, and turned away.

The low laughter of "Hehehe......" gradually weakened with the blurred and transparent "air" that was fading away, until it disappeared from this heaven and earth.

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Recall this, crane. Michiko's thin eyebrows furrowed slightly. Lethe River Crossing People." Jack's thing was before Apollo. Joseph told her. I have to say that under the skin of that gentleman is a dark and twisted soul.

Just thinking about it, the turquoise jade hairpin that was originally inserted in her hair suddenly flew in front of her and re-transformed into an entourage. Man in the mirror. Three eyeless, gray-white faces emerged from the mirror, facing her——— angry, frightened, expressionless.

The crane came back to his senses and stared at the man in the mirror with pure black eyes like an abyss. Seeing this, the frightened face immediately shrank back; She holds the handle of the fan with her right hand, and with her left hand slowly unfolds the fan, revealing the knife that reflects its image. Seeing this, the angry face gritted its teeth and retracted; Only the expressionless face has been facing her.

The crane frowned. She could see in this expressionless face a feeling of disgust ——— pity that made her heart disgusted. "What do you mean?!" Xianhe forcibly suppressed his anger and asked coldly. Mercy, she has seen a lot, but without exception it brings her disaster and pain every time.

The expressionless face opened and closed, as if to say something to her, but helplessly unable to make a sound. The two looked at each other for a moment, and their expressionless faces shrank back. Retinue. The person in the mirror flew to the top left of the crane, and the smooth mirror reflected an endless and mysterious sea of clouds.

Seeing this, the crane returned to its previous expression and continued to look at this beautiful sea of clouds.

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3

Bamboo Grove Ground, Villa A.

The two of them sat on the same sofa with their eyes closed, and the crybaby on the side was staring at the ceiling in a daze; The photographer stood in front of the window of the hall on the first floor, quietly looking out the window at the bamboo forest that looked hazy and blurred due to heavy rain; The director of the factory handles the ingredients in the innermost cubicle on the second floor. Because Red Butterfly has been staying in the kitchen on the first floor and locking the door, he has no choice but to take the ingredients here to deal with them, and then bring them into the kitchen to fry later.

A "squeak" sounded, and the two souls of the umbrella opened their eyes at the same time; The crybaby on the side turned his head to look. A yellow-robed man wearing an ancient stone mask who was drenched in heavy rain walked into the hall, and when he saw the strange eyes of the three, he said: "If you don't see a few, you don't know me?" ”

"Your Excellency...... Are you Hasta? Xie Bi'an asked. In the camp of the regulators, only the Lord in Yellow speaks the ancient Oriental language every day.

The Lord of the Yellow Clothes nodded slightly, and said, "From now on, my form will be called Hartack. ”

The photographer turned to look at him and said with a smile: "God not only changed his appearance, but also changed his name?" ”

The Lord in Yellow nodded slightly.

"Squeak~ah!" There was a slight sound of the door opening, and the overseers thought it was Jack back, so they didn't pay much attention.

"I'm back......" came a faint but familiar female voice, and the overseers looked to see the priest, who had also been drenched in soup, standing at the threshold, bent over the door frame with his right hand. Her gaze stayed on the back of the yellow robe, and she said weakly: "Hartak, why are you ......?"

Go (Oops)!

Just as he thought he was about to be exposed, there was a soft "thump" behind him, and when he looked sideways, the priest fell to the floor. The Lord in Yellow stepped forward, half-squatted down and touched her forehead with his right hand, the temperature was higher than ordinary people, she must have a fever. I thought to myself: A mortal is a mortal, and if it rains, he will have a fever. With that, he grabbed the priest by the waist with his right hand, hooked his legs with his left, picked up the princess, and turned to walk to an empty couch nearest to him.

Xie Bi'an turned his head to look elsewhere, and by the way, he blocked the head of the crybaby on the left with the palm of his left hand, and said, "Not suitable for children." Fan Wuyi on his right looked at the Lord in Yellow with a blank face; The photographer looked back out the window and pretended not to see.

The Lord of the Yellow Clothes placed the priest on the couch, and then raised his right hand in the shape of a claw at her, and the palm of his right hand glowed brightly dark purple: "In the name of God, call you awake." ”

In response, the priest slowly opened his eyes, sat up on the sofa with his hands, looked at the yellow-robed man in front of him, and asked, "Hartuck, are you a god?" As he spoke, he folded his hands in prayer.

"Hmm." The lord of the yellow clothes lowered his right hand, "Yu wake up you, you are outdated and do not hesitate, but you have not moved now, return to the king's camp (I forcibly wake you up, you will feel unwell after a while, while you can still move, go back to your camp). ”

The priest turned his head to look around, and when he saw that it was all overseers, he quickly got up and left.

"House C, don't make a mistake." The Lord of the Yellow Clothes turned his back to the priest and said in a deep voice.

When the priest went out, he turned his head to look at the yellow-robed man, and felt that he was a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, but she finally left, leaving only the slightly lonely yellow-robed back.

——— This article was written on 2019.08.19 and has been revised several times.