Although the Sadness Ridge has the word "sad", the countryside built here is not as desolate as these two words, because of the high terrain and the dangerous mountain road, this is a rare paradise, even without the protection of the wall of life, there has never been a fierce beast to attack here.

At this time, it is dusk, the country road is paved with the remnant sun, the golden rice fields are covered with a bright afterglow, and occasionally you can see a few crooked scarecrows standing in the sunset, guarding this quiet countryside, not far from the paddy fields to be sown, frogs chirping, insects singing, and the ploughing ox chewing the grass leisurely wagging its tail, waiting for the owner to lead it home.

The rain and smoke are curling, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, Luo Hanlin is sitting on a stone, the tranquility of the countryside is in full view, there is a heavy thunderbolt hammer at his feet, but he did not touch it, there is no need to touch, he picked up a small stone, casually threw it on the butt of the ploughing cow not far away, seeing the ploughing ox shaking its tail to tickle his buttocks, he couldn't help laughing.

At this time, a little girl's brisk voice came from behind Luo Hanlin: "Grandpa, grandpa, look what I brought you!" ”

Luo Hanlin turned his head and saw a cute little girl standing behind her, she was wearing a linen dress unique to the countryside, her big eyes were as bright as stars in the sky, and she was smiling like a peony flower.

The girl was carrying several hard-boiled eggs in her arms, so she directly carried them in her clothes, looking so funny, Luo Hanlin stretched out his hand, took an egg, and said, "Don't call me grandpa, I'm not old." ”

The girl laughed and said, "Isn't this old? My grandfather looks younger than you. ”

It's not that Luo Hanlin hasn't eaten eggs, there are such things as eggs in the standard food of the Eagle Banner Army, but they are generally peeled, just take them and eat them directly, plus the evolutionary has a lot of strength, and he didn't deduct his proportions for a while, and when he peeled the shell, he accidentally snapped and crushed, and the egg white yolk splashed all over his body.

"Oh, grandpa, why are you so careless!" The little girl put the egg in her arms on the ground, then picked up one, jumped up and ran to Luo Hanlin, knocked lightly on the edges and corners of the thunderbolt hammer, skillfully peeled it, and handed it to Luo Hanlin, and said with a smile, "Come, I'll peel it for you to eat." ”

Rural children often do not pay attention to the details of hygiene, such as now, the little girl still has some loess left over from farm work, but Luo Hanlin didn't say anything, took the egg in her hand and stuffed it directly into her mouth, chewed it twice and swallowed it, he wiped his mouth, and asked silently: "Why don't you go?" ”

There are many scattered counties around Sadness Ridge, and most of the people have been evacuated, but the villagers of this small village outside the world are unwilling to go, and they can't be forcibly driven away by force.

The little girl climbed up the stone where Luo Hanlin was, sat next to him, her little legs dangling in the air, she held her little face, looked at the golden rice field in front of her, tilted her head and said, "Because this is home." ”

Luo Hanlin said helplessly: "But now is the time of the war. ”

"War?" The little girl tilted her head, as if she was pondering some difficult problem, she thought for a while, and then raised her head, her clear eyes revealing puzzlement, "What is war?" ”

Luo Hanlin opened his mouth, but he wanted to say something, what is war? This question will laugh out when it spreads, and in this era of total collapse, you actually ask what is war?

However, Luo Hanlin thinks it's nothing funny, this girl looks like she is about 14 years old, she belongs to the new era generation through and through, in the disaster of the first year of the collapse, her mother has not yet conceived her, and in the Patriotic War of the Honkai for 3 years, she is only one year old, and she can just walk and talk, is it ridiculous not to know what war is? Not ridiculous at all.

She's luckier than me. This thought came to Luo Hanlin's mind.

This girl is the envy of many people, the one who wants to be but can't be for those who have suffered from war.

Just as Luo Hanlin was pondering, the little girl suddenly shook his arm and said, "Tell me quickly, what is war?" ”

Luo Hanlin shook his head and said, "There's nothing to say, and you won't want to know." ”

The little girl kept shaking Luo Hanlin's arm, and begged in a milky voice: "Oh, tell me! ”

Luo Hanlin was so worn out that he lost his temper, but when he really wanted to answer this question, he found that this veteran, who had been entangled with war all his life, didn't know what words to use to interpret war, and he held back for a long time, and only said one sentence: "People will die." ”

The little girl's eyes widened with curiosity and said, "My grandmother died the year before last, is that war?" ”

Luo Hanlin shook his head: "It's not one person, many people will die." ”

The little girl thought to herself, oh, this is terrible, she poked her little head out and asked tentatively, "A few village uncles have accidentally fallen off a cliff before, is that like that?" ”

Luo Hanlin shook his head again: "It's much worse than that." ”

The little girl thought, oh my God, it's worse than that?! She was surprised and said, "Could it be that it rained heavily, landslides on the mountain, and flooded several families?" ”

"What you said is just a trivial matter..."Luo Hanlin was a little speechless, he stretched out his finger and gestured, and said, "Take the distance as a metaphor for how bad it is, what you say is like the distance between two fingers, and the war I talk about is like the distance from us to the moon." ”

Luo Hanlin pondered for a moment, and then added: "From here to the moon, and back again." ”

The little girl stared at the budding moon in the eastern sky in amazement, scratched her little head, and muttered blankly, "That's far enough, too bad, ma'am." ”

Luo Hanlin said: "Right now, our country is going through war. ”

The little girl said, "When will it end?" ”

Luo Hanlin shrugged his shoulders: "Maybe soon, maybe very slow." ”

The little girl shook Luo Hanlin's arm and said, "Then that, after the war is over, will you still come here to watch the sunset?" ”

Luo Hanlin looked at the little girl's eyes, and after being silent for a long time, he nodded: "Yes." ”

"Must come!" The little girl opened her arms to the setting sun and laughed, "At that time, there must be no war in the world, and everyone will not have to run to the moon and come back!" ”

...

Darkness, dizziness, blurring...

In Luo Hanlin's consciousness, the scene under the sunset became more and more blurred, and he wanted to continue to stay there, but with the violent shaking and noise, that scene was slowly torn apart, and he could not go back.

Luo Hanlin opened his bloodshot eyes, he didn't know how long he had been unconscious, the blood mist mixed with gunsmoke and dust on his body had turned into a thick dirt, and it would fall down if he moved casually.

A soldier covered in bruises knelt in front of Luo Hanlin and shouted in despair: "General, we are surrounded and we can't rush out..."