Chapter 249: The ...... of the Ferryman to and from the Gorge of Life and Death
There is no sorrow or joy to abandon the abyss, the reef and shallows on the shore of the Gorge of Life and Death.
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Dark, empty, lonely and long......
It's been a long, long time, and such days have been spent so plainly, and time has passed forever. As an existence born in an environment of extreme precision, its perception is not subject to errors due to any changes in the external environment, nor is it affected by subjective emotions, so it can clearly remember the passage of each Planck fragment during this time. However, although it understands what loneliness and boredom are, the emotions of despair and pain are completely incomprehensible to it, and such things are eliminated from the beginning...... This was the case long before it was born.
If you feel lonely, then continue to be lonely, it will not have any negative impact on the completion of the task, and no one will care how it feels, in fact it will not feel anything about it at all, and even those loneliness and loneliness are not really spontaneous loneliness, because it ...... It is a soulless being.
Only the life forms that come from the division and evolution of the source spores will have the so-called soul, even if they are clones of those cells have souls, and in the most fundamental definition of this world, without the existence of a soul, it cannot be regarded as a real life, at most it can only be regarded as a relatively complex high-precision pseudo-intelligent machine.
Its existence was destined to be a tragedy from the beginning, and the most tragic part of it is that it will never really feel that it is a tragedy, because all the emotions that arise can be said to be just special procedures.
The liquid-like transparent medium is as viscous as syrup, but it doesn't lag in the slightest, it ripples like a real stream of water, swirling back and forth in the dark world. The constant flow of power from within allows it to maintain this weak movement until the final end of the universe, but it is clear that it is not going to do so at this point, because there will always be circumstances that make it temporarily stop this small action that is a pastime for it.
It was a tiny point of light, yes, a light source that could only be described as a dot, and it suddenly lit up out of thin air in the dark world, a faint glow above the undulating transparent medium. At the same time, complex fluctuations continued to come out from this small point of light, and finally the point of light once again collapsed into invisibility with a trace of distortion in space.
However, it was enough time for it not only to fully decipher the information contained in those fluctuations, but even to think about and measure it, and then this particular being came to a conclusion based on its own past experience.
Accepting tasks and carrying out tasks has always been its destiny.
Like the sound of gurgling water, this unknown transparent medium also began to fluctuate like a stream of water, and under the influence of an unknown force, it began to form a central vortex, and the surrounding transparent medium liquid began to be sucked together, accumulating in one position at a speed visible to the naked eye, which was no longer a simple liquid form, but began to become more and more viscous, and finally condensed a layer of film-like things covering the surface, restricting the overall shape of these liquids.
A completely black, obsidian-like sphere emerged from the medium, silently staying in place, as if it was silently looking at the world after a long absence, and then, a somewhat low ripple emanated from it: "It's been a long time...... It's been a long time, but I didn't expect that there would be guests coming to this place, this inconspicuous corner that has long been forgotten by the world. ”
Multiply...... Zizi ......
The tiny point of light that had disappeared suddenly flashed in another place, and the oscillation of the space emitted a corresponding response waveform, and the meaning of it suddenly made it serious: "Is this the case?" Then everything is as you wish. Although you are not my creator, this does not prevent me from respecting you, flowing ......"
As if touching some kind of taboo, a strong invisible force field suddenly appeared, which was different from any ordinary field, and the strong physical interference effect it carried even cut thousands of small wounds on the thin film formed by the transparent medium liquid in an instant.
Even though it did not cause any actual harm, the bad mood of the owner represented by this action still frightened it, and it hurriedly did not dare to say more: "...... Yes, I see. ”
As if connected to some kind of control hub, the originally dark space was gradually filled with a faint light, and at a glance, under this dark dome, the scene seen in the distance was...... An endless sea of transparent media.
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Lanxing, the Southern Yuan continent, the northern coastal region.
Even though the strait between the Northern Yuan Continent and the Southern Yuan Continent is claimed to be the narrowest strait between the Lanxing Continent, it is not possible to see the other side with the naked eye. Standing on the shore and staring into the distance, you can still only see a sea and sky, and the faint fog finally obscures everything, even the horizon becomes hazy and unclear.
Crossing the sea and crossing the sea, in fact, if you go all the way, you can cross this strait in three days even with a canoe or other tools, and those dangerous sea storms do not happen every day, so why is the final success rate of the Moon Prayer people crossing the sea so low...... Perhaps the dense fog that lasts for a long time throughout the day alone accounts for the vast majority of this.
Navigation beacons, perhaps everyone remembers this kind of giant luminous floating objects called navigation beacons, although they are called navigation beacons, but in the eyes of these moon prayer people who do not understand their functions, not only can they not play the role of navigation beacons, but together with those large fluorescent flying insects flying above the sea surface, they have become an extremely easy thing to disturb the line of sight, making it very difficult to locate even if you want to use the position of the observation stars...... Of course, it is estimated that the moon prayers of this era do not know how to observe the starry sky to locate it.
There are no golden sandy beaches along the coast, no other stretch of white saline land, only a narrow reef trail on the outskirts of verdant forests, and the bare reefs on the outskirts of the coastline, though not as unforgiving as the cliffs, are the last blow to the seafarers...... Even metal ships can be sunk in this endless stream of reef impacts, not to mention the small, rudimentary wooden boats.
From the bottom of her heart, Mu Xue naturally hopes that the moon prayer person who crosses the sea can succeed, but from a realistic point of view, this possibility is too beautiful to make people dare to think about it, because often the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, so it is better not to have hope for it from the beginning, and the success will be regarded as a surprise.
If calculated according to a time similar to that of Earth, it was about eleven o'clock in the morning that Mu Xue finally passed through the dense forest...... It is not easy to walk through this vine-filled and overgrown forest, even with the skills of a praying moon, there are no artificially carved roads here, and it is a completely wild natural environment, which not only takes a lot of time, but also wastes a lot of physical energy to walk through it. Although the physical strength of the Moon Prayer People is quite good, Mu Xue also felt a little tired at this time.
A few chirping woodrats that jumped past her were finally lifting her spirits from almost drowsiness, and her exhaustion was not only physical, but also psychological, because she had to watch her surroundings carefully and be vigilant at all times as she walked through the forest...... There's nothing to deal with here, and if a laser bug were to come up at your head from a distance, I'm afraid more than 90% of the animals would have to be laser burned on the spot.
That's not a pretty way to die, Mu Xue once saw the dead corpse of an animal whose brain was scorched by a laser bug, the smell of protein decay made a large area around the corpse smelly, and the worm that was the culprit completely crawled into the inside of the animal's body to feast, she didn't want to die like this, absolutely not.
Once the lightspeed attack is fired, it is obviously impossible to dodge it in time, so the only way to prevent this attack is to keep an eye out for any movement around your body...... Because the laser is quickly weakened in the atmosphere, the farthest range of laser insects is only about ten meters, and it takes a step closer to being able to penetrate the skin and scorch the brain, and the reflection of their crystals is still easy to detect.
Fierce claws and powerful muscles are often not the most terrifying things you have to face, but the unknown hidden in the shadows is the deadliest existence. For the sake of caution, Mu Xue adjusted the color of her skin to a brownish-green camouflage that is very close to the woodland, which can be a good visual distraction.
But at this time, the long journey was finally over, and only a few trees were left around her, and the endless sea was already unfolding in front of her, and the deafening sound of waves came from the sky like thunder, which was a sound she was very familiar with, and the wind blew violently after leaving the dense forest, with a cold breath.
"Life and Death Gorge, I finally saw this place again." Exhaled lightly, Mu Xue's nerves that had been tense in the forest finally relaxed, and there was a complete unobstructed view of the vicinity of this bare reef, and there was no need to worry about any ambush creatures attacking, as long as he was not stupid enough to slip his feet into the waves of the sea, there would be no big problem, and his skin gradually changed from camouflage to shiny silver, this is to make himself look more eye-catching, easy to be discovered by the moon prayer who successfully crossed the sea, "Then next, you just need to wait here...... What the! ”
The girl who suddenly noticed something unusual looked ahead in shock, and the silver pupils that had contracted into a crescent moon due to the strong light seemed to have a tendency to dilate, because she found that the situation on the coastline this time was different from what she had seen before.
Large swaths of wooden wreckage were washed by the waves between the reefs, and Mu Xue would not admit it, it was ...... The wreckage of the wooden boat.
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