Mixed with a cold silence, it slashed through the throat like a sharp blade.

The huge cavity that spans thousands of miles can't accommodate me now.

She was still waiting for an answer, a response that I had rehearsed countless times, or a lie that drove her to despair.

"He, he ......"

But I could only stretch my cracked lips like a dry corpse, and all my words were like fluorescent lights dancing in the night, unable to illuminate the sorrow buried deep in my heart.

"Forget it, don't force it."

She shook her head slightly, and the tips of her dark green hair shimmered with a dull glow,

"There's always going to be a chance."

With that, she no longer hesitated, and turned her head into the silent dead city, but the moment she passed by, I could clearly see that the bright eyes were covered with a layer of crystal tears.

The breeze through the vines gently whipped up the dust scattered on the deserted streets, stumbling against the mottled walls in the light of the light that hung in the sky.

I swept my sweaty bangs to one side, and it seemed that the wound didn't hurt so much.

The wind never stops, forever blowing the shells of countless souls that have once dwelt.

Walking on the ancient path, the houses beside the road are like ancient creatures that have been sleeping for a long time, observing the strange intruder with interest.

My dog clasped around my waist, and occasionally swept my gaze to some dark corner, those half-open wooden doors, narrow alleys, all with a familiar but unfamiliar smell. The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this magnificent city was not built for me and my kind.

From the entrance, except for a few slightly different eaves, the road is all low, charred and brown, and the infrastructure of a large settlement, such as wells and markets, is nowhere to be seen, as if these creatures depend for their livelihood...... Only the pillar of light that fell from the sky.

As I thought about it, I looked up, and the glow pouring down was already close at hand, at least the "it" I was talking about should be in this direction.

But for some reason, following behind Yao, I often want to stop her, not for the sake of confession, or to say the news about Yao, just to say a few words, not even words, if I can see a comfortable smile again, I think my heart will also disappear a little haze.

"Drink—"

Savoring the irrepressible emotion, I suddenly felt a little scared, afraid of this unknown impulse and its possible consequences.

But when I looked at her back again, the churning emotion turned to torment, and every breath of air poured into the lobes of the lungs was sour and bitter.

Maybe I'm sick.

Suddenly, in a blur of vision, something unusual seemed to have taken place in the town. I struggled to gather my mind and began to try to find the source that caught my attention.

After a few minutes of this, I finally got some signs out of the same picture - the number of buildings was slowly decreasing as I walked deeper.

The closer you get to the center of the town, the more complex the structure of the houses becomes, the more spaced they are from each other, and the vines that surround them are softer and more alive than I had seen before.

"Shhhh

Thinking about it, I stopped, and looked at the hole through which the light had entered, the size, shape, and orientation of the hole...... It seems to be an obelisk in the center of the altar near the fern, could it be that this city was built just below the village? If this is the case, could the strange characteristics of the Fern Land be born from this?

"Hey, what are you doing again?"

Just as I was trying to connect the unrelated threads, the voice rang out in the distance.

"Huh? No, no, I was just thinking......"

"...... are you thinking?"

Seeing that she was still a little depressed, I shook my head lightly, put aside the trivial matters that were no longer important, and replied as gently as I could,

"By the way, how did you escape? I remember it wasn't very good. ”

When she heard this, she seemed taken aback, she slowly stood still, and then said as if she was a little embarrassed,

"Uh...... Actually, when that thing caught me, I realized it wasn't a big deal. ”

"Huh?"

I was a little puzzled, and hurriedly asked,

"'No big deal?' You mean you deliberately jumped into the trap? ”

"Sort of...... Bar"

She looked a little strange, and as she spoke, she squirmed over to me, muttering like a child who had done something wrong,

"The village chief came to me that night and said that she 'accidentally' overheard your conversation with me, and that she knew Jue's whereabouts—"

"Isn't this a lie?!"

It's a pity that I, who is righteous and righteous, didn't notice that I was also this kind of goods.

However, she didn't care about my rude interruption, and continued to explain,

"I thought so too, so I agreed first, and I'll see what medicine she sells in her gourd tomorrow."

Suddenly, as if she remembered something, she immediately swept away her reserve, and shouted angrily,

Besides, you didn't say anything that day, and ran out on your own! I ran out and couldn't find you anywhere! But I couldn't help it, so after being eaten by that strange thing, just-"

She paused, and her jade-like face was choked a few shades of crimson,

"I just want to see if you'll come to my rescue."

"Hmmm......"

I groaned, trying to understand this series of inexplicable thoughts, and just before the topic was about to completely deviate, I hurriedly pulled the conversation back,

"No, after you were swallowed, why did you come out again? And we were taken all the way by Xun, and we didn't see any movement from you! ”

Perhaps a little annoyed by my aggressive attitude, she shouted a little anxiously,

"Oops! Didn't I say that! That thing just looks a little scary, isn't it easy for me to figure out how to get out? ”

After hearing this explanation, I was suddenly stunned, but then I felt that there was some truth, after all, for such a strange woman who went to heaven and earth, the cage built by flesh and blood is really a little shabby.

As I lowered my head in contemplation, she sighed softly, and after a few seconds, muttered as if talking to herself,

"I poked a small hole in the monster, in fact, I have been watching you since I entered the canyon, but the descent is bumpy, and the surroundings are dark, and I don't pay attention, and as a result, you are gone."

"Whew......"

I nodded thoughtfully, not planning to tell her what happened during that time, after all, there were all the twists and turns in it, and I was afraid that it would be impossible to tell it.

After sorting out the gradually clear thoughts, I asked with one last doubt,

"So when you decide to come out, you'll find yourself in the palace below, right? With those gnomes? ”

"Huh?"

But her expression was very different from what I thought, her jaw moved slightly, and she said in surprise after a while,

"They'll be ...... after you're gone It's gone. ”

(I don't have an idea today, so let's explain what happened before, and I'll make it up tomorrow)