Chapter 40: Before leaving
"Woo~~~", the leaves are blown in the hand, which is often a game that is not worth mentioning for children, but the wood elves and forest spirits who come out of the forest can play a single but melodious tune with a single leaf.
The night breeze is cool, the moonlight is bright, the melodious music echoes in the breeze, and the lingering sound spreads far away in the forest, accompanied by the intermittent sound of insects, adding a bit of silence to the forest at night.
The forest spirit was lying on his side on the top of a building in the forest temple, and several plates of common fruits in the forest were placed aside, the fruits were obviously freshly picked, and there were still green young leaves hanging on them, the water on the young leaves had not dried, and the drops of water were quite lovely in the moonlight.
Perhaps for most shrines, climbing on the roof is rude, which means trying to trample the gods under their feet, but for the three-dimensional forest temple, this is a common thing, and the roof itself is also part of the three-dimensional temple, and your roof may be my ground, everyone has long been accustomed to it.
Shur leaned against the forest spirit's abdomen, listening to the rarely heard forest tune in his ears, and the toothy comb in his hand slowly combed the soft fluff of Moria's body. The yellow-brown and white fluff is short, soft, and feels very tactile to the touch, and the fluff carries the unique plant fragrance of the forest, which seems to be absent, but it always lingers, making it difficult to ignore.
The night was dark, the forest was plunged into darkness, the lights in the forest city were extinguished, and no matter what happened, no matter what was about to happen, life would go on tomorrow, for any race, and even the forest dwellers who were in the forest as if they were separate from the civilized world. Even in the forest temple, the lights were already dimmed, although the arrival of Shu'er, and the familiar divine aura during the day did not dissipate until not long ago, so that most of the high-level priests had a premonition that something big was about to happen, but everyone still did not go against the will of the gods, as if nothing had happened, they just deliberately avoided Shu'er's temporary room, and even if they met, there was no communication, at most they just nodded silently.
Shur yawned, picked up an unknown fruit on the plate beside him, pulled off the young leaf and raised his hand to stuff it into the mouth of the forest spirit, playing the interrupted Moria's smile and let out a yo-yo deer chirping, and seemed to lick his fingers while eating the young leaves.
"Aren't you going to sleep yet? Shuer sat up and stretched, and let out a long breath, "Walking with God this time is indeed safer in theory, but after all, it is to go deep into the big rift, and no one can say what you will encounter, so it's better to rest early and recuperate, otherwise, it will be too late to regret if something really goes wrong." ”
"Yo Yo Yo, is that so?" Lin Jing blinked, tilted his head and said innocently, "But, I can't sleep." ”
"Huh?"
"Every night before departure, I can't sleep what to do, yo yo, staring all night long, subconsciously combing my plan in my mind, constantly simulating the difficulties that may be encountered in the mission, but also figuring out the thoughts of my companions, designing how to deal with the questions they raise, sometimes thinking about looking up, I find that the sky has turned white, yo yo, really tired. The pale green nails poked at Xiu'er's face, and Lin Jing made a very distressed expression, "And the next day, I have to use magic to solve the bloodshot in my eyes, and act with everyone as if nothing happened, hey, it's strange, why can I use magic to solve the problem?"
"Tsk, you guy......" Xiu'er could only smile bitterly, there is no doubt that Lin Jing is not describing himself, but Xiu'er's habits, as Moreya said, before every important action, Xiu'er will repeat the same experience, this habit has been solidified in his hometown, and there is no change when he came to Pavatiga, I didn't expect to pretend to be normal, and in the end he still didn't hide from Lin Jing's eyes.
"Of course, I'm a hunter, and my eyes are my weapons. Wrinkling her nose mischievously, Moriah shifted her position and leaned against Shuer, "You have too many worries and too many plans in your heart, and the most important thing is that you are still afraid, right?"
Sighing softly, Shur didn't speak, just raised his head and looked at where Dark Moon should be in the night. What are you kidding, how can you not be afraid, there is a great chasm, the most mysterious and unknown area in the twisted void. The unknown is the root of all fear, the most terrible thing, no matter how strong the will is, it is impossible to be indifferent to it, I believe that a thousand years ago, the goddess of the forest Anika on the eve of the self-split into the Great Rift, it is impossible to be indifferent, even the gods are like this, not to mention that Shur is just a mortal.
It's just a simple fear of the unknown, this is the instinctive reaction of intelligent creatures, not afraid of death, not at ease, in fact, the current Xiuer has no worries.
Even if he was like the half of Anika's body, he would be lost in the depths of the rift forever, and there would be no problem. Before rushing to the Forest Temple this time, he was summoned to the Dark Moon by Luna in a dream, and had a detailed discussion, that is, this detailed discussion, Shur had already arranged all the follow-up plans, and he had the last resort, even if all the gods' efforts failed, he could keep the Pavatiga civilization, at least theoretically. As for the world of his hometown, believing that even if he never returns, Luna will try her best to find it according to her plan to stay, and he doesn't need to bother with it anymore, so ......
"There's nothing to be afraid of anymore. ”
"Yo Yo, I always think you've made a very dangerous declaration. Moria stared at Shul with strange eyes, "Are you sure you don't want to die with me in the Great Rift when you say this now?"
"Ahem. A few dry coughs resolved the embarrassment, and Shuer sighed and said, "Actually, I'm not as nervous as you think, although it's true that I can't sleep, but I'm mainly thinking about another problem." ”
"Huh?"
"Why do people dream, you say?" said Shure, lying down again, resting on Moria's back, and whispering in a hazy voice that was half asleep and half awake, "In those dreams of our past, could there have been worlds like ours born and destroyed, and what happened when we woke up from them?"
Moria didn't answer, she knew Shul didn't need to answer right now.
"If dreams represent illusion, waking up represents reality......" Shure suddenly straightened up and almost hit Moria's nose, but he didn't care so much, instead stared into her eyes, "So, what does the Great Rift represent? Maybe only by understanding this answer can we really save Pavatiga's fate." ”