The clouds open and the fog disperses, and the brilliance returns, and the final declaration of brilliance in an instant.

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"Don't you hate all this?"

"Why hate?"

"Your power is getting weaker."

"I know, it's an inevitable consequence."

"The island is going to sink and everything is going to be submerged."

"I don't even know if I'll make it to that point."

……

On a small island far away from the world, it is like a joke played by fate to everyone, where travelers from different places meet with different purposes, but in the end, they are able to remember each other firmly.

Mu Xue offered to tow the wooden boat to the seashore, and with the muscular strength of the Moon Man, even one person would be able to slowly pull the heavy wooden boat to where the tide could reach, although it might take a little more time. Xinglan walked directly to the Xin Yu man and sat down during this time, the other party was even shorter than her height at this time, but that way of thinking was obviously not something a child could do...... Well, for example, Mu Xue who has been a little stunned next to her.

He was no longer staring blankly into the distance, but turned his head to watch Mu Xue struggle to drag the wooden boat from the top of the beach to the ocean. This process is not easy, if it is an earthling, it is impossible to do it alone without the help of a structure such as a pulley, but this is still barely possible for Mu Xue, but it takes a little effort.

"Nostalgic days...... he sighed, and then in the language unique to Xin Yu people, he seemed to hum a strange melody that changed in intonation very quickly, without much joy and relief, just a feeling as plain as water, "The world is very big, no one can see it all." ”

"You're coming from far away." After Xinglan was silent for a while, she suddenly spoke, not a question, but an affirmative, "A distant place on the other side of the sea, this is not your world. ”

"And what about yourself?" He looked at Xing Lan, and his scrutinizing eyes seemed to contain the precipitation of the years, "You are not them, we know them somewhat, although they don't necessarily understand us, but we never know you, and you are not the kind of anomaly full of incongruity, what are you?" Mysterious people never seen before. ”

"I'm from a place farther away than you." Faced with this Xin Yu person's tentative question, Xing Lan only gave a simple answer.

However, this Xin Yu person, who had completely given up on survival, suddenly laughed at this time, and laughed extremely desolate and vast: "Is there a more distant place?" Do you really understand how far away we are from the place we came from? How can you assert ...... so firmly"

Mu Xue was a little overwhelmed by this sudden laughter, stopped her movements and looked here, Xing Lan shook her head at her and motioned for her to continue, and then just one sentence made the Xin Yu man's laughter pause: "You know where the Trap Mountain is, don't you?" ”

The smile on his face disappeared, and after a while, he nodded: "Yes." ”

"You're not going to tell me where it is, are you?"

"That's right." He first replied without hesitation, and then looked at Xinglan with some hesitation, and couldn't help but ask, "How do you know......"

"Cangqing told me." Squinting her eyes slightly, Xing Lan carefully looked at the reaction of the Xin Yu man in front of her, catching his momentary distraction, "She asked me to take the word and tell the people in the Empty Mountain that there is no resemblance in the outside world anymore, and don't try to leave there again." ”

"Impossible, Cangqing is still alive!" At this moment, the Xin Yu person's face really changed, as if he had encountered something unbelievable, "Although it is indeed something that she may do, but unless she is about to die, she will never say it casually, and she is definitely alive now, I don't feel any signs of disappearing......"

Still alive? Even Xinglan didn't know if this state was still alive...... However, there is no way to explain the problem at hand: "She really looked like she was about to die...... Maybe he was saved again in the end, I don't know. ”

"Anyway, you better not go with this talk." It seemed that he had finally received an acceptable explanation, and his emotions calmed down again, "Cangqing's opinion is just her personal opinion, others may not agree with this opinion, and I won't tell you where the empty mountain is." ”

Xinglan noticed that his voice was much weaker than it had been at first, and it was accompanied by a slight gasp, as if he was enduring something.

"This position is fine......" Seeing that Mu Xue had already dragged the boat out for dozens of meters, Xing Lan hurriedly called out to her, "You don't need to continue going down, just wait there for a while and let the tide rise on its own." ”

The gray sky seemed to be getting stronger and stronger, and the hazy mist rolled and entangled with each other to a degree that was visible to the naked eye, gradually dissipating in the strong wind, and even revealing a few bright rays of sunlight...... They were like golden pillars of light piercing the clouds and shining on the surface of the sea, illuminating a few brilliant spots of light. This may mean that there will be a good weather for travel in the future, but it will need to wait a little longer, rather than going to sea immediately, so Xinglan simply decided to wait a while and let the tide in front of him slowly rise on its own.

"Now, do you want to go together?" After thinking about it, Xing Lan still asked tentatively, "The wooden boat is enough to seat three people, if you are willing to act as a guide, even if you can't act on your own, we can help you." ”

Hearing this, he just shook his head: "No, just let me stay here by myself, in fact, what will happen to this island has nothing to do with me, I don't know what happened to Cangqing before that made her feel like she was going to die, but I am really dying......"

One of the big differences between the Xinyu people and other races is that their brains are no worse than fuzzy calculations, so they can keenly capture those subtle frequency changes in the environment, and many things are not a vague perception in their minds, but accurately calculate values like meters.

…… For example, the countdown to the end of one's life.

Once again, a melodious melody resounded on this isolated island in the ocean, echoing above the nearby sea, the instrument carved out of purple branches was not a flute, but the sound it blew was indeed a bit like a flute, although it may not be so varied, but Mu Xue was deeply attracted to this instrument.

There are no complicated rules for musical instruments, no rigid sheet music, and even some pronunciations are not so standard, but this kind of melody contains deep feelings, closer to the natural sounds of nature, and I can't help but indulge in it unconsciously.

Wait until the clouds in the sky have completely dispersed and the light of the sun shines on the world, until the sound of the sea is getting closer and closer, and the tide is surging over the dry wooden boats, carrying a heavy hope all the way.

"You did it yourself?" Xinglan asked softly.

He nodded, stopped playing for a long time, looked at Mu Xue next to him, who seemed to want to get closer and was a little afraid, and beckoned gently.

Although he didn't look as tall as Xinglan on the outside, but at this time, it seemed like an old man in his twilight years smiling at the still young child, Mu Xue cautiously stepped forward and looked at this alien person, his blue-gold hair shining in the sun.

He grabbed Mu Xue's hand, stuffed the strange musical instrument carved from his purple branch into her hand, and helped her close his palm in Mu Xue's surprised eyes: "It shouldn't be lost with me." ”

With clear skies and calm seas, it's time to move on.

Is this a gift? Mu Xue held the instrument carved from the purple branch tightly, she could feel that the hardness of this thing was quite amazing, but the surface was polished to an extremely smooth surface, as if it was the result of countless years of repeated carving, and with the physical strength of the Xin Yu people......

"We're leaving." Xinglan stood up, looked at him and said.

He nodded slightly, as if he had already expected this: "I know it's time, don't delay your journey." ”

Xinglan didn't ask for his name, because she knew that their real names were information that couldn't be translated in this language, and those so-called self-names were only temporary code names, and the real names were meaningless and worthless.

"Xinglan ......" Mu Xue clutched the purple flute tightly, as if she was afraid that it would disappear as soon as she let go, she looked at Xinglan a little blankly, looking overwhelmed, "Then we have to ......"

"Say goodbye, for the first time and for the last time." Xing Lan sighed softly, maybe this Xin Yu person has changed the image that Cang Qing left in Mu Xue's mind before, and for this kind of person who is about to die, many things really don't care anymore.

……

A few minutes later, with the long cry of the perched ship beast, a small wooden boat left its exterior with the wind and waves, and sailed straight north, so insignificant in the vast sea.

The signal surrounds the beach, shadowless and invisible through the entity to gaze at this Xinyu man. Xinglan already knew the reason why he said he wouldn't live long...... The Xinyu people were able to use the electricity in the purple branches to make themselves strong, but they also became too dependent on it, and once they had no external power to replenish them, they would become weak and eventually fail. This purple twig is not a power generation device, it is just an extremely efficient battery, and the battery ...... Eventually, it will be exhausted, and the limited resources have been allocated to the departed compatriots, and the last flute in his hand has long been out of power, in which case the internal organs have begun to gradually die.

Being able to clearly see the countdown to their own death, what a cruel torture it is, perhaps most of the Xinyu people will be so resentful of everything in their last moments, giving them the most rational and cruel way to die, full of fear and darkness.

"Praying for the moon, the god they have always believed in, does this such thing really exist?" Watching the wooden boat gradually move away, the last Xin Yu man on this island sighed, he looked up at the vast sky, "Compared to the frost they worship, sure enough, I still like the purple Qinglin the most...... Even though there is no basis for it, I still believe in my feelings, and I have always believed that the moon that shimmers with thunder and brilliance, you must be the one that flies the highest and highest, right? ”

"I've felt the last flash of light countless times in my life, but I've never experienced this kind of experience, so let me feel the moment of incarnation at the last moment, the moment of incarnation, the existence announced to the world......"

He stretched out his arms, squeezing almost every vestige of strength left in his body, as if it was a return of light, and the powerful electromagnetic field once again enveloped his body, and then suddenly gathered together, turning into a final powerful pulse, rushing directly into the infinite and distant sky...... Eventually, it hit the atmospheric ionosphere, and the weakened signal bounced off different parts of the star's surface.

It wasn't a complicated message, just a very ordinary pulse that didn't carry much information, and when the arms that had completely lost their strength fell down on the sand, the mission was complete.

Here, declare to the world: I existed, and now I have fallen.

(Thanks to the 588 starting coins of "Purple Cloud Half Covering the Light Moon Traces" and "I'm Hungry for the Journey~)