The sea is constantly lapping against the sand.

The blue ocean stretches to the end of the sea level, but even though it's a sunny day, it's unlikely that there will be any seagulls soaring over the surface.

The death of the living.

The island, and the surrounding seas, seem to reject the existence of all living beings.

Huang Shanyun is strolling along the beach.

She will always be the representative black dress and black dress, no matter where she appears, she is as eye-catching as a crow. It even makes people feel that she doesn't seem to have anything other than black.

"You're here."

Huang Shanyun stopped, and a beautiful face turned to Xu Yun.

Her gaze was as godless as a dead person, and she couldn't see any life.

The waves crashed against the surface of the sea, wave after wave.

Xu Yun walked towards her, and soon, came to her, and the two of them were so close that they could hear each other's breathing.

"You don't really, want to leave this island?"

Huang Shanyun heard Xu Yun say this, but his eyes moved to the sea.

"I don't remember saying anything like that."

"You said that."

"Then you forgot about it."

A gust of wind blew, blowing Huang Shanyun's long hair and drifting across Xu Yun's face.

"Come back with me. Over here...... It's cold. And, you haven't forgotten what day it is, have you? At night, you can't go out. ”

Then, without waiting for Huang Shanyun to answer, he grabbed her slender hand, and then walked towards the back. Shanyun didn't say anything either. Let Xu Yun take her hand.

Dead Water Island ......

An island that is almost completely closed to the outside world. This isolated island is not part of the territory of any country. Located in a sea area that you can never find on a map. Here, people live a completely self-sufficient life, with no communication with the outside world.

Like...... Utopian islands in general.

The population of this island is only two or three thousand, most of whom live in small towns in the center of the island, while a few live in villages close to the sea or deep in the mountains. The soil on the island is suitable for growing wheat-based crops, so the staple food on the island is not rice but pasta. And most importantly...... This island, for some strange reason. There is a phenomenon called "death of living beings", which directly leads to the existence of only human beings on this island. This is not an anomaly from the point of view of the normal food chain, after all, plants and animals have a very important associated relationship, for example, flowers need to be pollinated by butterflies, but this phenomenon is completely irrational on this island.

But compared to this, the most unusual thing on this island is......

When it is already far from the sea and enters a forest. Xu Yun said to Huang Shanyun: "After the 'Moon Shadow Festival', we will graduate. I've decided...... Go on a hunting tour of the Forbidden Mountain! ”

Huang Shanyun heard this. But he was stunned.

"Forbidden Mountain Patrol?"

"Yes. I am one of the most outstanding students of this class of Qi practitioners, and since this is the case, of course, I should join the Forbidden Mountain Patrol work. ”

"Are you sure? Hunting in the forbidden mountains is dangerous. Over the past decade......"

"I have already mentioned it to Lingxi, and he said that he is willing to partner with me and go to patrol the Forbidden Mountain together after the 'Moon Shadow Festival'."

"Don't go."

However, at this moment, Huang Shanyun stopped. She held Xu Yun's hand tightly.

"Shanyun?" Xu Yun looked puzzled.

"Absolutely don't go......," Shanyun said in a resolute tone, "Don't go...... Don't go to the Forbidden Mountain! ”

At this time, although there was still a dead breath in her eyes, Xu Yun faintly saw a trace of ......

Feelings that belong to humanity!

"I'm not going to go into the Forbidden Mountain. The hunting patrol is only on the outskirts of the Forbidden Mountain. What's more, they are all Qi cultivators who have been guarding outside for many years......"

However, Shanyun didn't seem to hear Xu Yun's words at all, and still clutched Xu Yun's sleeve tightly and refused to let go at all.

Right now...... Xu Yun suddenly saw something incredible!

"It's ...... What's going on? ”

He actually saw that a statue had fallen from a tree in the distance!

"The 'Moon Shadow' statue?"

It was a cracked statue lying on the ground, carved with the back of a white, slender figure.

Yes...... Back! Only the statue on the back is carved!

This statue, known as the "Moon Shadow", is the idol that every island resident worships at home on this backwater island. It can be said that this is a common religion of all people on the island. Every year, there is a "Moon Shadow Festival", at which the "Moon Shadow" will appear to indicate whether the next year will be a good harvest or a ...... The Year of Calamity!

Moon Shadow is the statue in front of you with only a back!

"Someone threw away the statue of Moon Shadow? Aren't you afraid of retribution? Xu Yun immediately ran up, straightened the statue, and then squatted on the ground and bowed with a pious expression.

However, when Shanyun looked at the "Moon Shadow" statue, he kept retreating, and in his eyes, in the originally lifeless pupils, there began to be an expression called "fear", which kept pouring out!

"Please don't blame Lord 'Moon Shadow', don't blame ......" After Xu Yun bowed to the "Moon Shadow" statue a few times, he lifted the statue up and prepared to take it home to re-offer, however, when he turned around, he found that Shanyun was gone.

"Shanyun?"

At dusk.

Xu Yun returned to his residence on the island.

"Coming back?" When her mother saw Xu Yun returning, she was about to say something, but she saw the "Moon Shadow" statue in Xu Yun's hand!

"That'...... Is that...... Moon Shadow? ”

"Yes, Mom, I don't know who threw away the Moon Shadow statue."

"Heavenly ...... However, is it appropriate to bring back the Moon Shadow Statue that has been discarded by others? Why don't you take it to the island office? ”

"The Island Office?"

"Hmm...... Never mind. Today is a special day, and I can't go out. After all, tonight is the 'Bone Night Festival'. ”

"yes...... Bone Night Festival. ”

Bone Night Festival, which is a festival unique to the backwater island. There are a lot of very special festivals on this island. And the Bone Night Festival is one of the very special festivals.

There is no fixed date for the Bone Night. It's just that a week before the Bone Night Festival, the statue of "Moon Shadow" will change, and black tears will flow from its left eye! Once the moon shadow sheds black tears, it means that a week later, the Bone Night Festival will be ushered in!

The Bone Night Festival is characterized by the fact that everyone on the island must stay at home that night and never go out. From 7 p.m., there may be "people" visiting the home. At that time, the door must be opened. The opponent is given a stack of cards, from which one must be drawn. And anyway...... There are absolutely no two kinds of cards to draw, the little ghost card, and the big ghost card!

Once the imp card is drawn, then this "person" can enter the house!

Once the big ghost card is drawn, then, the person who draws the card must go outside! It will be an hour before you can come back!

Of course, this visiting "person" naturally cannot be a human, but a real ghost!

However, this is just a legend, and everyone thinks that the people who visit the Bone Night Festival are ghosts dressed as humans, just like no one thinks of a child who comes to the door to ask for candy and dresses up as a ghost for a real monster on Halloween. At the end of the day, it's just a holiday. It's just that this festival must be taken seriously, and before the sun sets, you must return home, and there can be no exceptions!

"Every year of the Bone Night Festival, I have never really won a ghost card." Xu Yun re-enshrined the Moon Shadow statue and said, "Of course, the cards must be drawn. ”

"That's nature, it's a festival that has been passed down from the island all along, and it's still very important. You're going to have to draw cards. ”

"Well, got it. I'll go take a shower first. ”

At half past six in the evening, Xu Yun's father, the chief secretary of the Island Office, returned.

As the chief secretary, Xu's father seemed very energetic. As soon as he got home, he immediately reminded: "Never go out at night!" It's the Night of Bones at night! ”

"Speaking ......" Xu Yun suddenly asked a question: "Dad, what if someone suddenly falls ill?" Can't you go to the doctor? ”

But my father's answer was categorical.

"If so...... Then the patient is left alone to go out to the doctor. Other than that, others ...... Don't go out! (To be continued......)

PS: It's a change today...... After all, "Cursed Island" has just begun, and I still want to sort out the clues......