The sound of the thousand-year-old watch and protection, what is what you see and think.

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"We don't know the specific laws of the times,"

"There seems to be some kind of pattern and there seems to be no pattern,"

"Maybe it's just a joke by the gods."

Excerpt from Lanxing's modern history science book "Tracing the Stars".

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When the crisp chirping of fairy birds could be heard faintly in the forest outside, and when the faint light of the saucer flower in the wooden container in the house gradually faded from the water, she opened her eyes gently, and a glimmer of light through the cracks in the wood told her that a new day had arrived.

"Whew, it's a new day coming......" The already noisy voice outside made her realize that it was probably not too early, "Oops, did you oversleep this time?" ”

It looks like a teenage girl sits up, and the long silver-white hair characteristic of the Moon Prayer is scattered behind her, although this may not be conducive to movement in the forest, but it seems that it has become a custom for both men and women to have such long silver-white hair.

There wasn't a soft bed underneath her body, just a rocky floor covered with leaves, but it was soft and comfortable to sleep on, though it might not look good.

"Hmm......" The girl didn't hesitate for long, and quickly recovered from the confusion she had just woken up, and tidied up her clothes a little from the rough weaving of vines...... She didn't have a quilt or anything like that, but just slept on the pile of leaves in her clothes, and some of the skin on her body showed a tender green similar to the leaves, "Then today's itinerary is ......"

She casually glanced at the ground next to her, which was painted with a lot of jumble patterns...... This is not the text of the Moon Prayer, but a bunch of ghost drawings that are so abstract that only she can understand in the whole world, well, in a sense, these strange pictures are much more abstract than the real simplified characters......

"Ah yes, the messenger last time said that there may be a northern tribe migrating over and merging recently, and I have to patrol the northern coast to see if there are any traces of it......" After staring at the pile of ghost talismans on the ground for a while, it seemed that she had finally stripped away that valuable information, and the girl sighed softly, "Let's observe if there is anything else on the way." ”

Hunting is mainly done by adult males, and this forest is rich in products, and the Moon Prayer people do not need to plant a large area of land, just picking fruits is enough for all the tribes to eat daily, except for some people who are responsible for weaving clothes, like her, although she can barely travel independently but is still a child, the main job is to pick fruits and carry out some patrols or pass messages between different tribes.

The girl rose from her humble bed, a small cabin that took up little space, made of simple planks, and even the ground was hard rock. But on the ground next to it was a small wooden container with clear water, and a small saucer flower bloomed quietly on the water, and when night fell, it seemed to be a small night light, providing a faint light to the room.

"Good morning, little flower~" The girl said good morning to the dish flower as usual, and the latter had begun to gradually retract the light it emitted, it only evolved this faint halo to attract pollinators in the dark, and there was obviously no need to shine in the already bright enough environment, "A new day is about to start again, you have to work as hard as before." ”

As she spoke, the girl narrowed her eyes slightly, and looked at the saucer flower with a gentle gaze, as if she was looking at something else through it: "You must live well, and you will see you next time." ”

Soon, she looked away from the saucer and looked gently at a piece of wood beside her, the surface of which had been carved into a delicate groove, and in which was inserted an item that was clearly not of this era...... Although the blade of the high-carbon steel dagger is already a little dull, it is far sharper and harder than any stone knife.

"It's time to go." She took a deep breath and reached out to pull the dagger from the slot in the wood, examining it carefully, the slightly worn blade made her frown and feel slightly dissatisfied, "Well, it's time to re-polish it." ”

The girl skillfully inserted the dagger into the animal skin holster around her waist, an angle that would prevent the dagger from accidentally injuring herself, and then she walked to another corner of the house...... A thin stream of water passes through it, and the constant flow of water indicates that it is not stagnant water, but a branch of the water that flows to the outside world, and this water is usually clear, no worse than the water filtered by the layers of technological tools, and a very clever topography has managed to channel a small stream of water into the interior, this interesting structure can even be called tap water in primitive times.

The girl was completely surprised by this, and she walked up to the trickle as usual, and gently took some water from it and splashed it on her face, and after washing away the last trace of sleep, her silver eyes that were open again were completely awake.

"It's time to go......"

Gently push open the wooden door...... Or maybe it was just a wooden plank blocking the doorway, the girl looked up at the dazzling sunlight in the sky, and in the bright light, her silver pupils quickly began to contract, turning into a sharp crescent: "Well, it's a nice day." ”

The cabin was located on a small dirt slope, so that the light world in front of it could be seen neatly cut in half as if it had been slashed by a knife, and just in front of the girl to the left, a thick shadow completely obscured the daylight and shrouded everything in shadow...... But don't worry about the vegetation in the shadows thinning or even dying because the direction of the shadow changes as the angle of the sun shines, and the plants have been accustomed to this daily change for thousands of years.

"O moon god, please bless all beings......" muttered softly, and the girl turned her head to look behind her, the body of the shadow, which was a truly magnificent behemoth, and one could feel how small she was at even a cursory glance.

In the silver crescent-shaped eyes, a trace of the silhouette of the giant tree was reflected.

"Pray for the moon, is your will still awakened?" The girl stared silently at the huge praying moon tree...... Although the Moon Tree is the name of a species, it is the largest moon tree in the world, at least to the best known extent, so it is also known as the original mother tree, the guardian of the legendary moon god Frost Rain, who was transformed after his death, "Listen to the voice of protection for thousands of years, and I wish to bless you forever." ”

The skin from the fingertips to the arms quickly turned silvery white, and the fingers gently drew a crescent in the air, and the girl chuckled a little playfully: "Then you have to go, please bless me all the way." ”

"Child, are you going to go on a tour of the coast......" A somewhat old voice came, and the girl turned her head to see that it was an old woman who looked very old, and although the hair of the Moon Prayer Man was white throughout, the old man's age could still be seen from the wrinkled skin...... She was in her sixties, and there were very few people who could live to this age in this era, and this old man didn't have to take on any hard work anymore, she just sat on a rock, slowly weaving some nets made of vines or clothes.

"Ah, hello mother-in-law." The girl greeted the elders in front of her very seriously, and her expression became serious, she still respected the old man in front of her very much, and she also grew up all the way under the care of the other party, "Recently, I heard that the climate and environment in the north are a little bad, so another group of clansmen are ready to cross the sea, so I want to take a look at the specific situation." ”

"Is there anyone who wants to cross the sea again......" The old man sighed softly, as if he had thought of something, and his expression was a little haggard, "Batch after batch of people crossing the sea, most of them will never be able to reach it." ”

"Yes, in most cases, I heard that there were people who crossed the sea but never waited for them to arrive......" The girl was slightly stunned, and then remembered that the old man in front of her seemed to have been a successful person who had crossed the sea from the north, but these successful people were not all happy after they arrived...... Most of their loved ones tend to die in the power of the ocean, and "things don't seem to be going well lately, according to some arrivals, their ...... The snow seems to be getting worse, it's cold, and it's hard to find enough food, so if you can't survive anymore, you won't venture this way......"

"Snow? Speaking of which, it's a lot of luck with you, but I'm afraid you don't remember the snow at all. The old man looked at the girl with loving eyes, completely caught in the past, "It is really rare for children like you who were born here to see snow, and your mother was born to you just in time for the rare heavy snowfall, which is a very spectacular scene...... But it hasn't been seen since. ”

"I don't know, I don't remember it at all......" The girl sighed softly, looking a little gloomy, "The appearance of snow, even the appearance of my mother has not been seen for a long time......"

The old man began to weave the vines in his hand again, his eyes fixed on the green plants: "Don't worry, it will be fine, everything will be fine, the gods have been watching us from the sky......"

The girl checked the equipment on her body again, picked up a few thick vines from the plants beside the old man, and wrapped them around her waist with a smile: "Mother-in-law, I'll take these, just bring some with me when I go out this time." ”

"Take whatever you want, take it as you want, you're like my own granddaughter." The old woman waved her hand indifferently, "Watch out for danger along the way, avoid ferocious beasts, don't go near undetectable places, and beware of demons ......"

"Got it, got it." The girl waved goodbye, and then walked straight out, all the way through the dome area created by the branches of the Prayer Moon Tree, and her figure quickly disappeared into the vast forest.

"It's because it suddenly snowed heavily when you were born that your mother gave you this name......" After a long time, the old man sighed softly, "Be careful on the road, little girl Mu Xue." ”