At the same time, at the end of the twisted and deformed aisle, a figure familiar to me was hurrying towards me.

He waved his arms desperately at us, his blurred eyebrows full of panic and fear, his mouth wide open, but he couldn't hear what was being said.

His yellow coat and crimson corduroy trousers showed a number of black plaster marks on one side and one vertical, probably from running too quickly and falling down.

I stared at him as if I had never seen him before.

"Run!" Chang Qingsheng followed the person, and actually pounced on me appropriately, like a slow motion in a silent movie, and the panic and despair on his face were clearly reflected in my eyes.

In the gloom, a touch of gold flashed by.

Then, the world seemed to be poured with thick ink, and the eyelids that had been holding on to the unclosing, suddenly drooped, and in the last consciousness, Qi Zhen's voice echoed......

The darkness is overwhelming, and the lonely figure of panic disappears from time to time. On a familiar path, I ran desperately. All I knew was that I had to run as hard as I could! The road ahead is vast, and behind it is a palpitating chaos. Why run? Where are you going? I don't know.

There was silence all around, but suddenly a low voice sounded: "Where is this?" Where am I? The muttering voice was so familiar that I couldn't help but stop.

"Do you know where this is?" The one who spoke came out of the darkness.

My heart shook.

Be...... Qi Zhen!

Why him? Why does he always ask this question?

"I ...... I don't know! I replied abruptly.

"I'm going out!" He said eagerly.

I nodded.

"You know what? How did I get here? ”

I groaned and shook my head. I still want to figure out how I got here!

"I've always been here, I can't get out!" He looked confused, "No matter which direction I go, no matter how long I walk, I will come back here in the end!" ”

"Do you remember, before you got here, when and where was the last time you saw me?"

"You? ......" He thought hard for a while, and finally shook his head.

I was a little disappointed, and then I thought: he said he couldn't find a way out, but I haven't tried yet, how do I know if he has a bad sense of direction?

"Forget it! Let's look for it together, and maybe we can find a way out. I held my head high, calmed my breath, and plunged back into the darkness.

He followed me closely.

After walking for a long time, the confusion in my heart became deeper and deeper. Although everything was shrouded in darkness, it definitely felt familiar to me! But every time its name hit my throat, I felt the world spin around and I couldn't remember anything.

Behind him, his breathing was unsteady, short, tense and restless.

The two of us walked in the dark for a long time, and the stone road under our feet was still the same, with neither end nor beginning.

"Don't go!" I stopped, "Here...... It is true that no exit can be found. ”

"What then? We can't get out! He exclaimed.

No, it's not us, it's just you! I looked at him quietly, but this sentence jumped in my heart.

"Why don't you speak? Aren't you in a hurry? He stared at me with a strange look of despair in his eyes.

This despair makes my heart tremble!

When did I see this look of despair?

…… He is Qi Zhen...... He's Qi Zhen! So he......

My heart felt like someone had been stabbed, and a fine cold sweat trickled down!

I finally know what this place is!

I opened my mouth to tell him.

A white light tore through the darkness!

A string of huge black beads swirled and pressed against my head!

It seems to be Mount Tai pressing the top.

All of a sudden, I couldn't hear anything!

I opened my eyes.

There was literally a huge string of beads flying towards me from the dark clouds outside the hall.

It's the "Soul Breaker Bead"!

I was so weak that I felt like someone had my bones sucked out. With all his strength, he only raised his wrist with difficulty and touched it, where the round beads were cold to the touch.

How?

The thought of doubt was only a flash.

Because a pair of unfathomable black eyes appeared on the beaded face of my wrist, glancing at me with a smile, and there was a cold and fierce light hidden in the gentle and watery eyes.

Originally...... So!

In an instant, I understood a lot. It's just that the breath in my chest suddenly leaked, and the thought of hoping that I couldn't sleep for a long time dominated my whole thought. The body is getting heavier and heavier, and the hard and cold ground seems to have turned into a soft futon, well, I'm so tired! Can you take a break? I can't resist the temptation of comfort and leisure, and I fall into a deep sleep.

Time seems to be gone, and both pleasure and pain have become a void of nothingness! No one pays attention to it or urges it, and he is victorious like a fairy.

If you can do nothing on a warm spring day, just lie on a soft couch, the breeze is coming, and the fragrance of flowers is refreshing...... Well, that's about it!

"Wake up! Wake up! The hoarse and unpleasant voice rang tenaciously from light to strong, from far to near.

The warmth of spring has changed into a blazing sun, oh no, it's "scorched like charcoal"!

This heat, what sweat like rain, sweat like rain, it doesn't work at all. The flesh and skin are sizzling, and the dripping may be human oil; The scalp seems to crack violently, and the suckling pig that is roasted repeatedly on the shelf is about this!

I moved reluctantly, and without opening my eyes, I scolded: "What are you arguing about? The old lady can't sleep peacefully! ”

After scolding, I was suddenly confused. Have I been sleeping? It seems like...... It's not like that, is it?

"Are you awake? What do you think? What do you want to say? "Someone lifted me up.

I shook my head and opened my eyelids.

A pair of cold eyes are close at hand.

"Chen Qiu, you're back!" I was overjoyed.

I thought I was speaking loudly, but I heard my own faint voice like a gnat, and after a shock, my whole mind finally came to my senses.

"You're finally awake! What do you think? Is there anything uncomfortable? The other asked eagerly next to him.

I turned my head to see that what was usually easy was now quite difficult. "It's okay...... Ahem, Changqing, why are you wearing such a bright and dazzling dress? I looked at him and frowned.

"Brightly colored?" Chang Qing looked at me intently for a long time before he smiled and said, "I've been wearing this dress for several days, have you only seen it now?" It's really ...... to get such a four-word comment from you Odd! ”

I still looked at his clothes, which were an ordinary coat, but sky blue, and stood out against his earthy brown trousers.

"Leave evergreen clothes alone! What do you think? Chen Qiu grabbed my hand and asked, with a tired voice...... It's so dull and ugly.

"Your voice...... What's going on? "I was surprised. Her voice was as clear and cold as her eyes.

"Nothing...... I took a three-day, two-night train to Guangxi, another day and one night to Naba, where I stayed for half a day, and then spent three days and four nights in southern Fujian, where I found the remote mountain village where witchcraft was said to have flourished. I stayed there for another day, and then for two days I came back non-stop, non-stop, nothing but my voice was hoarse. Chen Qiu recounted blandly, "When I rushed back to school, I only saw dead people all over the ground, and ......"

She paused, looking directly into two pairs of hopeful eyes: "And a brown light. ”

"Jane!"

"Cat Charm!"

Chang Qing and I spoke together, looked at each other, and then closed our mouths together.

There is no shortage of disappointment in my heart!

It's not the Golden Silkworm Shadow!

"That's the primordial god of the cat charm, I think it has been hit hard, and even the nine lives it has cultivated have been ruthlessly abandoned." Chen Qiu said indifferently.

"Not a single left?" There was no schadenfreude in my tone as I expected, hehe, I was so kind.

"It's not. Genshin can still escape, and it probably still has its last two lives. Chang Qing replied on her behalf.

"You don't see it...... Other? I asked softly.

Chen Qiu shook his head.

Between her expressions, there was less pain and helplessness, but there was a lot more confusion and exhaustion.

She went to her hometown and southern Fujian, and she didn't know what she found? Is the owner of the Golden Silkworm Shadow her great-grandmother? Have I made a soul contract at all?

A lot of questions came up, and I didn't know which one to ask first.

"Didn't you go to find the truth? What was found? A voice interjected.

My body shook!

Qi Zhen walked out from behind Chang Qing and stood in front of me.

He was still wearing that yellow coat and crimson corduroy pants, his eyes were a little dark, and he looked very tired.

He looked at me with the same eagerness as ever. I lowered my eyes and looked away.

"I'll say it if you don't ask." Chen Qiu's hoarse voice was very calm, "Now, I can be sure that my great-grandmother really died sixty years ago!" ”

"What does this mean?" Qi Zhen asked.

"I also found another truth in Minnan that is closely related to the spirit stone." Chen Qiu ignored him, picked up a glass of water on the bedside table and drank it all. Then he looked at me and Evergreen.

"What is it?" I hurriedly asked.

"I found the man who snatched the stone from my great-grandmother!" She waved her left hand slightly, and a cloud of silver light unfolded in front of me, "If you take a closer look, is it her who you see in the Soul Splitting Bead and the Golden Silkworm Shadow?" ”

In the cold silver light, a woman of thirty-five or sixteen years old, with a delicate face and a charming expression, stood brightly. She was slender, fair-skinned, and her soul-soothing eyes rippled like water.

"It's her! It's all her! I took one look at it and replied in the affirmative.

"Well, I'm sure it was indeed her that day in the Golden Silkworm Shadow!" After taking a closer look, Chang Qing also nodded.

Qi Zhen glanced coldly at the woman in the silver light, her face was expressionless, and she suddenly fell silent.

But I felt a chill in my heart.

"Uh, she...... Isn't she...... Your great-grandmother? I suddenly remembered the first half of her sentence and asked hesitantly.

"She's my great-grandmother? How is this possible! Chen Qiu was surprised, "Haven't you seen my great-grandmother?" ”

"Hmm...... Ah, when have I seen it? "I'm confused.

"In the Soul Breaker. You have clearly described her appearance to us! Chen Qiu replied.

I frowned in confusion.

Chang Qing also looked uncertain.

Chen Qiu sighed: "You! I don't know what to say about you! Isn't it the ...... in white and red scarf?"

"What?!" Absolutely ultra-high decibel screams, deafening.

That unlucky old man who was black and fat, white and red in a red scarf, old and ugly, was actually Chen Qiu's great-grandmother!!

"What's wrong with you?" Chang Qing carefully nudged the stunned me.

I looked at them as if I were sleepwalking.

For a long, long time, I held back a sentence: "Your great-grandmother is a man?" ”

Now it was their turn to look at each other.

"Haha......" A sudden burst of laughter came from overhead.

"Which ...... Shameless, sneaky thieves eavesdropping on it? I was annoyed and angry, and I cursed with red ears and red ears. Hey, the weakness and laziness just now are gone.

Chang Qing and Chen Qiu looked up together.

There was no one on the beams, but the laughter didn't seem to come from outside.

"Hehe, cousin...... You're really ...... It's funny! Hehe! "A handsome face appeared in front of me with a smile on my face, as if it were a trick.

I looked at his face, which was flushed with laughter, and I couldn't help but gnash my teeth. But my eyebrows had just been raised, and my wrist was cold, and a string of beads was quietly retracted, and it strangled me tightly.

I glanced at him, and happened to bump into the meaningful smile he threw at me, and the anger in my chest couldn't help but vent. I quickly turned my head away from him.

"Ahem, you were the one who hid in the dark clouds two days ago, right?" Chang Qing sighed, "Yun Tengjiao, are you going to do something to us too?" ”

"Definitely. I like to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, which is wonderful and labor-saving, so why do it yourself? He replied mildly.

"Is your purpose also a spirit stone?" Chen Qiu asked.

"Huh." He smiled and said nothing, apparently acquiescing.

Chang Qing and Chen Qiu glanced at each other, and their expressions turned cold: "So, are you ready to face us head-on now?" ”

"No, no." He shook his head again and again, "A gentleman loves things and takes them in a good way." If you take it by force, you will be left behind, and I don't want to be a robber. ”

The faces of the two of them softened slightly, and Chang Qing said, "Actually, you don't necessarily need spirit stones, you just think it's novel, don't you?" ”

"I know a thing or two about its origins, and it's not very new." He answered honestly.

"So you need it for something?" Chen Qiu asked.

"Not at this time." He said without thinking.

"Oh, when is it needed?" Chen Qiu asked.

"Ahem, you can now be said to have wolves in front of you, tigers in the back, and foxes hiding behind the scenes, waiting for an opportunity, don't waste too much energy on me!" He teased slightly.

Chen Qiu looked at him, speechless for a while.

"Hmph, that's a nice thing to say, it's not that I want to watch the fire from the other side and make a profit!" I couldn't help but mumble very quietly.

"Cousin, it's unkind for you to say that!" His ears were more sensitive than I expected, "If nothing else, have I ever harmed you?" ”

“……”

"On the contrary, the Soul Splitting Bead I gave you has saved you several times in critical situations!" He looked aggrieved, a pitiful, misunderstood good man.

A cold gaze shot at him.

A strange look appeared on Qi Zhen's face, and the corners of his mouth twitched, as if he couldn't help but want to say something.

"Yes! …… Isn't that afraid that I'm warping, you can't see the show? I sneered.

"Alas, I don't know what to do......," he sighed softly, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, but it only spun quickly on the faces of me and Qi Zhen, and disappeared again.

"Well, since you are not ready to be our enemy for the time being, can you tell us what you saw in the black clouds the day before yesterday?" Chen Qiu asked.

"What you see, I see!" His big dark eyes blinked, and they looked innocent.

"She and Qi Zhen are both late, I'm busy dealing with shadows and living corpses, and you should be the most capable of seeing clearly, so ......" Chang Qing explained sincerely and asked, "You really didn't see who released the golden silkworm shadow?" ”

"See clearly?" A mocking smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "Who can really see this turbulent world and this unpredictable human heart?" ”

He raised his head and looked up at the roof, as if it was the world he couldn't see.

After waiting for a long time, he still motionless with the hateful "broken death".

I gritted my teeth and spoke: "Boss, are you done?" If it's over, please continue to answer the question just now! ”

He turned his head abruptly and stared at me with a strange expression.

"Do you see clearly?" His tone was unusually serious.

"Me? You're kidding, I'm a mortal! It's just a flicker, even a little ...... The youkai either turned into pieces or turned into a ball of light and fled! I didn't die, thank goodness for that! What else do you want to mention if you can't see clearly? I replied with a shrug.

He was silent.

Then, he stepped up to me and whispered in my ear, "If you can't see clearly, ask your heart!" The voice grew low, and finally it was inaudible. By the time I came to my senses, he had faded away.