Chapter Eighty-Seven: Pentagon Maple
Ever since the events of the Night of the Blood Moon, nay, even earlier, I've become very cautious when it comes to things, and I don't dare to make willful and arbitrary decisions. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info about this dream, I would like to discuss it with Liqing or even any of them. I trust my instincts and believe that this is not that simple, and that if I do not consult with them and rush forward, I am likely to encounter danger, causing them to risk coming to save me, or even being injured.
However, it backfired, and at this moment of urgency, they all disappeared without a trace.
I knew in my heart that usually when they disappeared, I didn't want to find them at all, because they were definitely not nearby, and they didn't know if they had gone 108,000 miles away with a little spell.
"What to do? You say, is this true? "I sat in the middle of the courtyard and asked the mysterious man in my body sullenly.
The Battle of the Blood Moon is over, and through my battle, he has absorbed a lot of demon spirits, and his sense of presence has become much stronger. But, for some reason, he had suddenly fallen silent since then, and I could feel him, but he stopped communicating with me.
This mysterious man has been living in my body for a few months, and I have a rough judgment about his "character". He is not a perverse fellow, on the contrary, he is more generous and gentle, and seems to have an "understanding heart", which can understand and tolerate anything that may arise. But whenever there is communication, his posture is not high, and he does not feel that he is a "non-human" existence, but like a humble gentleman with a high ancient style.
So when he doesn't speak, I don't think he's pretending to be mysterious, on the contrary, I think there must be something that prevents him from speaking at all. Perhaps, he also has his battles are unknown.
The mystery man did not answer my question, and the only answer I was the warm wind of early summer.
The leaves of the trees are already very green, and they are in the most vigorous growing season. In many parts of the city, the trees have been uprooted or even shattered, but the trees near the bar are safe and lush, giving people a momentary sense of well-being.
Looking at these trees, the huge pentagonal maple in my dream suddenly hit my mind again.
That giant tree looks a little different, it looks like a cannibalistic tree!
Thinking of the little girl in red struggling in the roots of a tree that seemed to be alive, and thinking of her pleading in a weak voice: "Brother Shining, hurry up!" "My heart hung again.
Maybe every minute I sit in this yard, her life keeps going by. Whether it's true or not, she's pinning her hopes on me, will I still be able to sit here?
I hesitated for a moment, then got up and went back to my room, finding a backpack and packing all the weapons and tools I could think of, as well as simple medicine and food. I took out a pen and paper, wrote down the reason and destination of the house in a simple note, left it in the most prominent place in the hall, put my bag on my back, pushed a bicycle and went out.
I checked the address I got in my dream - "No. 64 Jingbei Hutong", which is in the north of the city, not even a suburb, not an inaccessible place. And it's early afternoon, the weather is good, the sun is shining, even if there are any weird demons, they won't openly appear in broad daylight.
Urban traffic has not yet recovered, because roads are not yet clear, not only have public transport stopped running, but even private cars are not on the road due to lack of fuel. All traffic sections are extremely scarce, and people mostly go out on foot or by bicycle, and the whole city has entered an unprecedented state of pristine.
There are also a few more bicycles in the bar, and I don't know who got them to put them. In fact, they don't need bicycles to go out, so most of them come to hide people's eyes and satisfy their curiosity. But it's good to have these bikes, otherwise I would have walked to the northern outskirts of the city and would have walked into the dark.
After about an hour of riding, we finally reached the northern edge of the city. The buildings here are not as dense as in the city center, but the population density is not low. It's just that most of the buildings here are old low-rise buildings, and they have been around for a long time, so they collapsed a lot in this earthquake. Until now, the remains of the building have not been cleaned up, and it looks extremely desolate.
The roads are becoming more and more difficult to walk, and even bicycles are not easy to pass. I found a marker, locked my bike, opened the map on my phone, and walked all the way to find it.
Jingbei Hu agreed that it was easy to find, and it was a long alley, all of which were old houses, most of which had collapsed in the earthquake. Now, there seem to be very few people in this alley, and it is estimated that all of them have been evacuated to the resettlement site.
As soon as I stepped into the alley, I suddenly felt a chill in my heart. I knew very well that this was it, that was the place in my dreams, and that it really wasn't a dream!
Because in front of my eyes, as if a picture scroll was unfolding, an extremely tall pentagonal maple tree appeared. Despite the destruction of the surrounding buildings, the tree is still unscathed and standing.
The size and shape of this tree is almost the same as the giant tree in my dreams!
I gasped and took two steps back.
In my dreams, this is a "man-eating tree". So, is the little girl in red also real? Now, where do I go to find her?
I looked at the tree from afar, observing it closely. The sun is shining down, and every leaf is reflecting a golden shimmer, like the surface of a sparkling lake.
Actually, it's different from what I had in my dreams.
In my dream, its leaves were emerald green, but now, its leaves have turned yellow. It's early summer, but it's already the color of autumn.
Moreover, the body of this tree exudes a strong and uncomfortable smell, which seems to be a kind of death breath, or rather, "demonic energy"!
Because the years are too long, have you cultivated into a demon?
But there is a strong sense of disobedience, and I feel that it is different from any demon I have seen before. The aura was indeed evil, but somehow it was indescribably strange.
Underneath the giant tree, there was a small courtyard house, very old, the house was only made of mud and masonry, and even the roof tiles were broken, and green grass grew. However, such a set of thin-form house courtyards were also preserved in the strong earthquake without any damage, which was in stark contrast to the surrounding large-scale collapse of houses.
Huge maple trees grow in this courtyard, and the canopy is like a giant yellow umbrella, which collects the whole yard under the "umbrella". The breeze blew, and a large number of leaves were sprinkled like yellow rain. The roofs of the courtyard have accumulated a large number of yellow leaves, just like the days of early summer, but here, it has entered the cold autumn in advance.