Section 25 On the Run
The murmur that lingered around him disappeared, and the two of their kind opened their eyes at the same time and looked at it strangely. And it also knew that it couldn't hide it from them, and it pointed to the opposite hillside with its thin fingers, and when the two of its kind saw the humans on the hillside, they also showed the same greedy look as it, and they tacitly picked up the spears beside them and prepared to pursue the two pieces of fat, and the closest route to pursue the two humans on the opposite hillside was through the entire downstream settlement. But they all chose to go around because they wanted to monopolize the two humans, and they couldn't let anyone else know their whereabouts.
As they circled the valley, Lily and Annos finally climbed the ridge on the side of the wall. They did not dare to stop for the slightest, and the lily made a general discerning direction on the ridge, and they headed for the largest canyon in the mountain. She knew that after the gorgeous cloth robe woke up, she would definitely send xenomorph creatures to chase them, so the choice of the direction of escape was also very crucial, and the reason why she fled to that canyon was because that canyon was connected to the sea.
After this time of contact, she discovered that xenomorphs and humans have similar thinking patterns, and most of them have a linear way of thinking. If it is similar to human thinking, then when chasing them, she must think that they will run towards a mountain with greater depth, rather than running to a dead end like the sea, so Lily thinks that her reverse thinking has a 60% chance of going against the pursuers.
Crossing mountains and mountains, fleeing all the way, they also try to eliminate their traces and choose some more difficult roads to hide their traces. But what she didn't expect was that the "regular army" in gorgeous cloth robes had not yet attacked, and the three stragglers had been chasing after their butts. But because Lily's escape was so well done, when the three xenomorphs climbed the ridge where they were originally located, they could no longer find Lily.
Of course, it would be very unwilling to give up these three xenomorph creatures like this, but now when they go back, they will definitely be discovered by the settlement, and the punishment of being found to have embezzled public property is something they are unwilling to bear, not to mention the property of the gorgeous cloth robe. The three xenomorphic creatures could only roughly judge one direction and began to pursue in a daze. They set out on the same place, but there was a longitude difference of about thirty degrees between the direction they were pursuing and the direction of the Lilies and the others, and this difference of thirty degrees caused the distance of ten days.
That night, Lily and they ran all the way, not daring to stop at all, until they were exhausted, and they took a short rest under a boulder. After dawn they ran all day, but fortunately there was a never-ending forest in the mountains, which not only hid their tracks, but also provided them with food. The fruit thrown to them by the xenobiological soldiers in the castle, and there are many in the forest, which is not only delicious, but also filling. This provided the material basis for their escape, which ran for another two days. Lily climbed a hill and looked around, and found that the valley where the xenomorph creatures were no longer visible, and there was no trace of the pursuers in the past two days, which made their hanging hearts fall to the ground slightly.
In the past few days, they found that there were not only xenomorphic creatures in the forests of this heavy mountain, but also other beasts "dinosaurs", unlike the pterosaurs they began to meet, the dinosaurs they encountered along the way were all herbivorous, and there were countless dinosaurs with unnamed names, and these dinosaurs, large and small, were basically not in any danger as long as they did not set foot in their territory, which made them finally sure that they had come to the prehistoric era of the earth.
This discovery made them a little disheartened, in a world like prehistoric times, even if they escaped the pursuit of xenomorphs, what could they do, would they be savages here for the rest of their lives? Such a discovery made Lily, who had just escaped from death, lose her fighting spirit, and she didn't know where the end of her escape was.
Seeing Lily so discouraged, Anos reminded her: "Have you noticed that the white creature that is also in the cage does not seem to be hostile to us, and if the white creature with black and white eyes appears, there must be others, we can try to contact them." After being reminded by Anos, she also remembered the angel-like white creature, and the last engineering bag used by the black-eyed white creature, which had heavy human industrial traces on it, and at first glance it was not made by the white creature, he seemed to be just a user. Thinking about this link, her fighting spirit burned again, and she thought excitedly: "There must be other human gatherings or similar groups here, if we can find them, we can try to contact them, if we can be accepted by such a group, at least we don't have to worry about survival for the time being, if so, we may be able to find a way back." β
Looking at Lily, who was still thinking, Anos thought that his comforting words had no effect, Anos hesitated again, gritted his teeth and stammered: "What if... If...... I really can't go back, if we can only live here, won't there still be me? No way.... No way..... You can marry me if you are wronged, where is not to live, I will take care of you. β
Lily, who was still thinking about what to do next, was also surprised after hearing his words. I didn't expect Anos, who has always been dull, to say such a thing, she was not surprised by Anos's confession, but surprised at how this coward could have such courage now.
Lily grew up with Anos, and after they went through puberty, Lily knew that she would definitely be Anos's wife in the future, and she didn't want to be someone else. But Anos, a fool, could not say "like her!" either by his own inspiration or by his own suggestion! I didn't expect that in such an environment, he would confess to himself for the first time. It made her heart feel a little overwhelmed, a little shy, and a little sweet.
She couldn't help but lower her head and scolded shyly: "Coward, how can you have the courage to say such a thing now." β
Anos also lowered his head and said with some sadness: "When a demon wants to eat you, I hate myself like that, I hate myself for why I can't protect you, I hate why I can't stop time, I hate why I don't have the strength to break free from the cage, at that time, I was even more eager for my soul to fly out of this useless body, instead of bearing all the pain you had at that time, but what was the use of hating that time, and fortunately the white creature gave us a chance to escape... I'm really useless," he seemed to recall the scene at that time, and the pain made him a little speechless.
Seeing him like this, Lily was also heartbroken, took his lowered head into his arms, and kissed him lightly on the forehead. said softly: "How can you be useless, you have been protecting me since I was a child, without you I may not be where I am now, have you forgotten?" When I was a child, when my mother didn't come home for a few days, you were always with me, we got into a quilt and you told me stories, and when I was in school, I was ostracized by other girls, so you went to them to theorize, and I was almost beaten to death by their boyfriend. The first time I went to work, I was harassed by my boss, so I ran and beat my boss, and I was locked up by the police for half a year, and we have lived together since I was six years old, and for so many years, I have regarded you as my father, brother, and mine in my life. Husband! During the time when we were dependent on each other, you protected me all the time. Ay... You, I've often thought that the most meaningful thing in my life over the years has been that you've protected me, you know? Lily muttered to Annos.
Listening to Lily's affectionate memories, Annos raised his head and asked in confusion; "But, I'm so stupidγγγγγ"
Before he finished speaking, he was kissed by Lily's gentle lips, and she said nonely, "I just like you to be so stupid!" β
For a long time, the lips parted. Annos looked at Lily tenderly, and suddenly hugged her tightly in his arms, as if he wanted to rub her into his body. While hugging her lord tightly, she howled and cried, "You don't want to die. You don't want to dieγγγγγ β
Lily also burst into tears, hugged him tightly, stroked his back, and whispered in his ear: "I won't die, I won't die, I will always be by your side and never leave you." β
The long-term exhaustion and mental stress were released at this moment, and they fell asleep in their arms. In a clearing on a hillside. Unknown weeds swayed in the wind around them, and the clouds in the sky rolled up, casting dappled light and shadow on their bodies, and this moment seemed like an eternity.
After a long time, they were awakened by a violent tremor, and suddenly stood up from the grass, and looked around blankly. Not far from them, a herd-eating triceratops were grazing around them, and every slight movement caused the ground to shake violently. Looking at the humans who suddenly stood up, the triceratops group also looked at them curiously. They looked at each other and smiled, slowly moving out of the Triceratops land's gaze.
"Do you count as a marriage proposal?" Lily asked with a smile on Anos, blushing.
"Ah, yes. Proposing in such an environment is a bit too shabby. I don't even have an engagement ring," Anos said with a red face and stammering. As soon as the words came out, the psychological scruples and inferiority complex were gone, seeing that Lily did not resist at all, he was indescribably happy in his heart, and the words of marriage proposal were not as difficult to say as he imagined.
"Not necessarily, a ring. This is okay, too," Lily picked up two stakes on the ground that had been broken by a triceratops and handed them to Anos. Taking the stake from Lily, Anos was embarrassed. But seeing his encouraging eyes, the apprehensive mood calmed down at once.
He took a deep breath to calm his mood, slowly knelt on one knee on the grass on the hillside, looked at Lily and said affectionately: "Karin Blicken, allow me to call your name at this moment, at this moment I, Anos Fogg, are no longer your friend, your classmate, your colleague, but a man who has loved you since the beginning of life, and we have experienced the pain, confusion and joy of life together. In this process, I was desperate to find that the distance between us was getting bigger and bigger, the woman I loved was getting farther and farther away from me, and the ravine between us was as far away as heaven and earth. At that time I smiled at you, and my heart ached. I was near you, but my body was burning. Then I heard your voice, but there was not a sound in the whole world." Annos choked up a little when he said this, and Lily also quietly watched him cry silently. After a while, Anos wiped his eyes and said again, "Now we are here, and we are deep in this dangerous and fantastical world together, and our lives are always on the verge of extinction. But I'm actually happy, and it's the happiest thing we've ever been in the world since we grew up. Without the barriers that the mundane world and myself had built, I realized how stupid I was, and I was grateful to the world for sending you to me, even if it required me to exchange my life. Speaking of this, he paused, picked up the stake that Lily handed him, and asked solemnly, "Karin Blicken, will you marry me, Anos Fogg?" β
Lily looked at Anos affectionately and wiped the tears from her face. She kissed Anos on the lips, then stared into his eyes and said solemnly, "I do!" β
The gentle mountain breeze caressed the grass on the hillside, and the huge body of the triceratops in the distance faded away. The galaxy in the blue sky is faintly visible among the white clouds. The impermanence of the world is far away from the man and woman at this moment, and the best picture of life is engraved in each other's minds.