Chapter 115: Familiar Strangers
People move again, and when they hear that a target is close at hand, they always move faster.
Just as everyone was moving forward, suddenly the big girl in front shouted:
"Look, there's someone up ahead!"
Everyone's hearts suddenly became excited, and finally met someone, it was not easy, where, where?
When I looked up, I saw an old man standing on the hillside in front of me, with gray hair, as if he had lived here for a long time.
His face was full of wind and frost, and he was looking straight in the direction of Mo Ju and the others, as if he saw Mo Ju and the others coming, and he was also very excited, and the crutches in his hand were also raised upwards vigorously, and then he began to run towards everyone.
Mo Ju and the others were shocked, you slow down, don't meet yet, if you get down again, we will really become sinners!
"Old... Rotten... Finally... Again... See... Alive, Hiccup. ”
With a crooked neck, he lay straight and straight, which was scary.
I fork, I won't carry it like this, right, this is hanging? The crowd was in a hurry.
"Uncle, uncle, wake up!"
The big girl and the little girl slapped the old man's back vigorously.
"Uh...
The old man finally breathed a sigh of relief, okay, okay, okay, it's good that he didn't hang up.
Everyone was also relieved, it was so good that they were still alive.
"Uncle, are you alone? Hasn't anyone else been here? ”
The eldest girl asked anxiously.
"Wow, it's so nice to see you guys, finally seeing a living person coming, I finally hold on, wow!"
The old man was crying loudly, and this cry seemed to carry great grievances.
The big girl was at a loss all of a sudden, didn't she just ask, wouldn't it be so scary?
What are you crying for, such a big person, and crying so sadly, did I do something wrong?
However, everyone did not speak, and could only wait for the old man to slowly calm down.
The old man cried for a while, and the emotions in his heart seemed to have been released, and he gradually stabilized.
"It's great that you're here, I've been waiting here for fifty years!"
As soon as the old man opened his mouth, he said something that shocked everyone.
What the! Fifty years, waiting here? Isn't it, deceitful?
It's not like, looking at the way it looked just now, it's true that no one has been excited for a long time, but after waiting for fifty years, what is it, why? The crowd was puzzled.
The old man sat up too, gathered his thoughts, and began to tell the crowd about him.
It turns out that the old man is also a trialist, but he is a trialist a long time ago, and it is estimated that he can't remember how long, at least, he has been on this road for fifty years.
"You're wondering why I've been here for so long, and I want to go, but I can't do it anymore."
"Do you feel that your body is better now than before, and it consumes a lot?"
The old man asked.
"yes, why?"
Everyone nodded, and everyone felt this way.
"That's right, in fact, when you set foot on this road, there is a kind of pressure formed in you, whether it is gravity or pressure, anyway, this road is to increase your consumption, and the more you go up, the more your consumption will increase. As for the rest of the world, I don't know, I've never gone further. ”
The old man seemed to be reminiscing about the past, remembering when he was young.
"It's a pity that I insisted on coming to the trial with my lover at the beginning, and I didn't listen to the instructor's teachings, which made a big mistake."
The old man and his lover were rescued when they first fell, and the guide was also good, he was a very good person, prepared a large number of recovery herbs for the two people, and also tailored a growth plan for the two people.
It's just that the old man insisted on going his own way, and after his body recovered, his strength also increased a lot, and he felt that he could no longer do anything if he stayed in place, so he forced the guide to say the destination of the trial, and it was also that sentence, he walked along the road, went out of the village, and crossed the river to arrive.
Although he was very dissatisfied with the guide's desire to leave two people, the old man still obeyed his words, and did not take any other way, but always walked on the main road, along the road.
It's just that what happened later was unexpected by the two of them.
At first, I didn't feel anything, and then I gradually began to feel that my strength was a little insufficient, and the two of them just rested while moving forward, and they didn't take it seriously, and then the rest time became longer and longer, and the night was not enough, and the time during the day began to be occupied, and the work of finding food became a difficult task.
Unable to replenish, the state of the body is getting worse and worse, and the footsteps of the two people gradually stopped, but the two people are young and vigorous, mainly the old man is young and vigorous, and he refuses to admit defeat and refuses his lover's suggestion to go back many times.
Although after training, the body has also become better, and it is much stronger than when it first came out, but the pressure behind it is also getting bigger and bigger, and the two of them have also struggled many times, forward or backward? It's always in the middle of an argument and there's no conclusive conclusion.
However, God will always have the opportunity for you to continue to move forward, like poison, every once in a while the body begins to get stronger, and then moves forward for a while, and then stops, continues to strengthen the body, and then moves forward.
In this way, I don't know how many times I have been strengthened, and I don't know how many years have passed, and the two of them have come to this place now, but this stop is a lifetime.
It may be that there are too many accumulated injuries and the foundation is too shallow, and the old man's lover couldn't stand the pressure here at first, and was injured when he went to look for food.
What was originally a small injury may recover quickly in normal times, but here this small injury gradually becomes a huge threat.
It was as if it had opened a small opening for the accumulated injuries, and it was out of control, and the old man's lover left this world inadvertently.
The old man lives here alone and struggles, and he hopes to wait for someone to come and take him away, or bring a message back, but this is fifty years, according to his mark.
After listening to the old man's words, everyone was also terrified, fifty years, plus the time that the old man had gone before, to say the least, it took a hundred years, and only then did he come here, and no one had ever come, I went, didn't it, is it so terrifying here?
"Big girl, don't you know something?"
Mo Ju looked at the big girl and asked, didn't the old farmer tell you something?
"No, I don't know at all."
The big girl said helplessly.
"Uncle, when you came out, didn't you meet any other race?"
Mo Ju still asked the old man, maybe the old man would have a different answer.
"No, my guide just led me to this road, and then we just walked all the time, and there was no other race, have you met?"
The old man was very surprised, it seems that these people still have luck.
"Well, I've met a few races."
Mo Ju didn't elaborate, it seems that his experience is quite exciting.
"Hey, it's not easy, and I don't know how long the road will be, I don't have a chance to go."
The old man sighed, looking at the road behind, and his heart was also sad.
If I could have listened to it at the time, it would not be like this now, but there is never an if, only the past and the future that have happened.
"Don't be too sad, didn't you meet us, we can help you go together."
The eldest girl is also warm-hearted, seeing the old man like this, she also said her thoughts, whether it is comfort or sincerity, it can be regarded as doing her part.
"Thank you, but no, as long as you can bring me a message out, I'm an old bone, and I'll be here with her for the rest of my life."
The old man looked at the small house on the hillside, and there seemed to be an inseparable affection in it.
"Let's go, go to me first, and you can camp and rest."
The old man also got up, picked up his crutches, and led the people to his quarters.
It's just a small stone house, I don't know how it was built, it should have taken a lot of effort, the house is not big, there is only one, there is a white skeleton in it, this should be the old man's lover.
Although they saw the skeleton, they didn't feel scared, as if there was a familiar feeling, we used to be in this state, and we saluted to the skeleton, and everyone came out of the stone house.
I looked at the sky, and it didn't look like it was raining, so I cleaned up outside and set up a bunk.
It's still the same process, the hunting duo has set off, and the remaining two people are preparing the utensils, but with the guidance of the old man, they will soon be ready neatly.
The old man watched everyone busy, sighed that everyone's strength was strong, and he could prepare to eat so quickly, and he secretly regretted his original decision.
After supper, everyone rested and slept, and the old man seemed to know the importance of rest, and he did not disturb them again.
The next day, they got up early, prepared breakfast, called the old man to eat together, and everyone was ready to say goodbye to the old man.
The old man did not stay, nor did he reluctantly, nor did he ask to go together, but just handed over a nameplate to Moju's hand, the meaning of which is self-evident.
Mo Ju nodded, and didn't say much, just like that, everyone left here and continued to walk forward, looking for the end of the road.
Only an old figure behind them, silently looked at them for a long time, and when the figures of everyone finally disappeared, the old body took a few steps forward, staggering, as if falling down, but everyone did not see it, and did not look back.
The road is under their feet, and only by continuing to move forward will there be no tragedy behind them, but everyone has more worries in their hearts, some for the elderly, and some for themselves.