Chapter 31 Radiance
The hope of life burst out at this moment, and before I had time to explain more, I grabbed Yao's hand and ran all the way!
In the distance, the figure of the big man was only vaguely outlined, the wind was whistling in his ears, and the moist air seemed to be sticky to his clothes and skin.
I gasped for air, and the blades of grass as fine as the tips of needles piled up on the soles of my feet, making my every step feel like stepping on a smooth glass surface, and after dozens of seconds, even the distance I slid was longer than I ran out.
In this anxious situation, I secretly screamed badly, and hurriedly turned my head to look behind me in a panic, but under the reflection of the river, the dark and thick grass was empty, as if from the beginning, Xun did not intend to chase after him, or did he not find it at all?
"Hah! Hah! β
I adjusted my breathing as I laboriously rushed towards the back of the big man galloping! But no matter how hard I tried, he always kept five or six meters away from me as if he did it on purpose, so as not to completely lose his vision, but he couldn't see it really, and all the details were buried in the bleak glow.
"Hmm! Not! β
Finally, Yao first lost her strength, and after running as fast as she could for ten minutes, she fell to the ground out of breath. And almost at the same time, I was half-bent over, panting and falling to the river.
As soon as I stopped, I felt just hot and embarrassed, sticky sweat filling every crease between my skin, and a terrible chill from touching my clammy clothes when my chest rose and fell. Struggled to prop up my upper body, my fingers were swollen and numb from the lack of oxygen, although I was already struggling to grab the oxygen around me with my mouth wide open, but the swollen lung lobes were always greedy for more, and after a few times, even breathing became annoying torture.
"Hey, I mean, are you two okay?"
From my trance-like vision, I saw the big man walking over as he spoke. But now I had no time to pay attention to his concerns, so I had to crawl to the stream that was waiting for me.
The pleasant sound of the water took away a little impatience, and I lay on the bank of the river tiredly, looking around for a way out. As his gaze moved, this strange flower scroll with magnificence and bewitching slowly unfolded in front of him.
When the palm of your hand is pressed on the soft ground, the blades of grass are interspersed with the fingertips like silky threads, bringing a silky and comfortable touch. After I got close enough, I realized that it was not the so-called water that filled this "river", but the milky white liquid that I had seen in the blood vessels in the rock crevices before, this liquid seemed to be not low-density, and there was a sticky and heavy texture between the surges.
At the edge of the riverbank, there are some shining points of light scattered here, and if you look closely, these fluorescences revealed on the cliff stone steps are actually a few delicate and clear flowers.
"It's ......"
I leaned over curiously, leaned down to observe it carefully, and at the same time couldn't help but feel a little strange in my heart, because these crystal-like petals didn't seem to be in Wei Ming's existence at all, just like a craftsman's carefully carved handicraft, or a holy relic from an ancient country, so holy and magnificent.
I don't know if it was out of yearning, or if there was some kind of magical magic in this bouquet of ice sculptures, but before I knew it, I raised my hand and probed into the bright glow in front of me.
"Huh? This is? β
Suddenly, just as his fingertips were about to touch the heavenly creation, a hint of disharmony came to the afterglow from time to time.
While the flowers illuminate the bleak air around them, they also paint their lake-blue glow on a small circle of lush grass, but it is the shape of the pile of plants that makes me feel like a thread-like structure, like something else I know.
"It's difficult, isn't it ......?"
With trembling fingers, I picked up one of the whisker-like strands of grass, and as it moved away from the ground, my gaze unconsciously shifted downward, but what I saw once again confirmed my suspicion as a joke that there were no roots.
In a clear halo, the surface of this slender and soft plant glows with a metallic hue, swaying arbitrarily in the breeze. The weariness of Fang Cai faded like a candle, and was replaced by a fact that I could not believe and did not want to believe.
With the last hope, I fell half-on my knees, my fingers through countless strange foreign objects, and landed on the solid ground that carried me, the ground with warmth, the smooth and flat ground, a ground without mud.
"This grassβ"
Staring at the endless wasteland, I muttered as if I had lost my mind,
"It's all hair."
Yao, who had been resting for a long time, obviously heard my conclusion, and hurriedly jumped up from the ground like an electric shock, her eyes full of disgust and surprise.
I had a bitter smile on my face, and it took almost all of my courage to really say it. But for the sake of illusory responsibility, or simply trying to shift the pressure elsewhere, all I can do is state the obvious and try not to be driven mad by it.
"We're standing on a scalp."
Just as I was standing in this vast blue-black sea, a few meters behind me came the shouts of a big man,
"Heyβwhat are you two doing! Still not leaving? β
This anxious urge reunited my scattered consciousness, but just as I turned my face to inform him of the discovery, I was stunned, and the hair in my hand slipped unconsciously.
I couldn't explain what I was seeing, the silhouette-like silhouette in front of me was indeed the man's, but it was strangely different, although he was standing in place, his clothes and hair were the same as when he ran before, and he remained pressed against the back of his body. It's as if someone cut out his pose when he was running wildly from a video, and then placed it in the current time and space out of place.
"Yao, step back."
At the same time as the big man spoke, the indescribable smell wafted over again, and I hurriedly lifted my cuffs to cover my mouth and nose, and at the same time whispered to Yao, who had not yet noticed the danger.
Although Yao was still staring at her backward face as if she was allergic, she obediently followed me to the edge of the river after hearing my rather serious tone.
"I said? What do you mean? β
The big man said in a puzzled tone, and slowly moved towards us,
"Let's go! Waiting for your life?! β
When he realized that the two of us had become wary of him, the big man suddenly stood there and shouted impatiently.
And when I heard it, I only thought he was surprisingly weird, so I shouted in a hoarse voice,
"Where the hell are you going to take us?!"
After saying that, I saw the shadow of the big man pause abruptly, and then, as if melting in the heat, all his limbs and joints began to twist in the opposite direction, and a dense clicking sound came from the front, and his voice was mixed with a piercing sound like a rusty gear,
"Go to a safe place, where there is no strife, no killing, no noise. We just need to take root and grow, we just need to enjoy our slumber, wait until the filthy flesh is gone, wait until the seeds of destruction are destroyed, wait until they rot and oxidize, and then take back the world that belongs to us......"
As I said this, the big man's body was still undergoing a drastic change, and I saw his head collapse into his chest, and several slender bone joints broke out from the left and right of his swollen abdomen, piercing the rocks around him like needles. Finally, with a terrible wail, half of his body fell suddenly, and he fell to the ground in a strange and strange posture, and stepped out of his slender feet like insects, and slowly crawled towards the creepy me and Yao.
I heard its shrill sound like claws gliding through glass, like an executioner sharpening his sharp knives,
β...... You are the virus, you are the source of suffering. The forest needs blood, nourishment, not more ugly pieces of flesh, cursed carrion. You have his knowledge, and you are not his creatures, and the forest wants more, more truths, more withering......"
The shadows that seemed to be like hills pressed slowly, and four pairs of long, narrow, misshapen limbs waved and pounded against the rock wall, making a scalp-tingling sound.
I protected Yao behind me, staring at the inhuman monster with tight eyes, but in my heart I didn't even have the courage to step forward desperately, and the exaggerated and incomprehensible existence rolled up my last hope for this world into pieces.
Buzzββββ
Suddenly, a strange sound wafted from behind the monster, washing through every space like waves on the surface of the sea, and I only felt that the low, ancient notes seemed to come from the outside world, but from within my body. The monster, however, curled up at the bottom of the cliff as if it had seen a predator, letting out a fearful, intermittent roar.
Then, before I could react, a dazzling white light exploded into the pitch-black valley! My eyes hurt like they were about to crack in the extreme light!
"Ah!!h
I screamed and fell to my knees, covering my swollen eyes with my hands frantically, but the blue-white light penetrated my palms and plunged into my condensed pupils as if nothing was there!
However, after only a few seconds, the sudden light suddenly dissipated, and I took my hands down with a shudder, but I could see nothing but a dark purple patch.
"Divine punishment! It's divine punishment! Roots of the forest! The Primordial Flame! It's fire! It's the fire that's burning! Bright Red Flames! β
A heart-rending roar resounded throughout the canyon, and I could hear the monsters rolling in pain on the ground not far away, whip-like limbs smashing against the rock walls with a terrifying loud sound, and even the earth was moving!
I held my breath and the churning palpitations pinned me to the ground! Even the voices in consciousness carried an irrepressible panic.
What am I going to do?! What the hell am I going to do! Where to? How exactly can I survive!
"Run."
Suddenly, a strange old voice sounded close to my ears, but I didn't feel any uneasiness, I only felt that the tone and tone of the voice had an incomparable nostalgia, but how long,
"You must live, for us, for everyone."
Without any further hesitation, I picked up Yao, who was sitting on the ground, and rushed towards the unknown.
(This chapter will be slightly modified)