"Hehehe......" The old scientist made a series of sounds that I didn't know whether it was coughing or sneering, "When I first came here, when I met that group of fire-raising people, I thought it was really someone from outside who came to save people." Maybe it's heaven forbid, but at the time I thought it wasn't a bad thing to stay in the belly of this void beast, so I ignored them and found a corner to hide without saying a word. Unexpectedly, this saved me, a bad old man.

"I've been in the belly of the Void for over a month. These fire-bearers came to me every three or four days, but they never found me. Several times I was only a wall away from them. I was also a little hesitant, thinking that it must be very uncomfortable for these lads to come to me in the belly of this big guy all the time. Otherwise, I'll go out with them. Now that I think about it, every time I have this thought, it always happens that there is a new problem in my mathematical formula that traps me. Maybe the gods don't want me to die here. ”

Lu Lie was impatient: "Grandpa, why do you like to sell guanzi so much like someone." You just tell me what happened later, why can't you just get in touch with those fire-bearers? ”

"The patience of the little doll is really poor, and she will definitely not live long in the future. The old scientist muttered, continuing his next story, "Until one day, a new creature was eaten into the stomach of this nihilistic beast from the outside world, and he happened to meet me. In this dark world, although I still don't know if this guy is human, he can still speak a human language quite fluently, so I'll just treat him as my own kind.

"In the midst of this dark world, 'him' and I quickly became friends. Not only does that guy know astronomy and geography, but he is also very talkative. I encountered many difficulties and doubts in the process of deciphering Yao's manuscript, and I got answers by asking him for advice. And it was such a guy, who had been in the belly of this void beast for less than a month, and ushered in his most miserable end. ”

Lu Lie quickly realized the problem sensitively: "This guy wants to go out, so he connected with the group of fire-raisers?"

"There's nothing wrong with that. The old man nodded in the darkness, "After I had been happily with him here for a month, one day the fellow suddenly told me that he didn't want to stay in this ghost place anymore, and that there was any way to get out of here? Thinking of the existence of the fire-bearers, I told the guy and told him to try it himself.

But I didn't expect that my words would open the door to hell for him. ”

"Hell a hammer. Lu Lie scolded angrily.

The old scientist ignored the irascible Lu Lie: "Soon after I told that guy, he made up his mind. He told me that there were some very important things he had to do, that he had to get out of the Void Beast's belly. I also encouraged him to give it a try. Less than three days after I told him that the Flame Bearer existed, I remember very well the day when we were all sleeping, when the Flame Bearer appeared. ”

Lu Lie's eyes narrowed into two lines.

The fire-bearer carried the torch and shouted for him to come out all over the hills. He and I heard it. He got up from the darkness, nudged me, and said to me, 'I'm leaving, old sir.' You will be here alone in the future, take care of yourself. I didn't speak, just nodded. The fellow had walked a few steps in the direction of the fire-bearer, then turned around and asked me tentatively, 'Sir, why don't you leave this hellish place with me, old man?' Seriously, I hesitated for a moment at the time, because I was worried that after this guy left, no one would discuss academic issues with me in the future. But my disgust with the outside world and the quest for peace of mind in hiding here eventually prompted me to reject him. ”

"What happened after that, what did the fire-raiser do to him when they found him?"

"After that...... The poor fellow, with infinite hope, marched in the direction of the fire-bearer, shouting, 'Here I am, here I am.' I closed my eyes and leaned on the ground, wanting to hear him one last time. But just as his footsteps were about to coincide with the fire-bearer, the torch that had been far away suddenly went out, and the world with a faint light fell into an even darker abyss. All the voices fell silent at once, but the silence was very brief, and then I heard the poor fellow cry in the distance in unusually surprised and frightened voice, 'What are you? no, you ......'

"I was taken aback and didn't know what was going on. He only shouted, and soon the darkness in the distance fell into endless nothingness. But not long after, the creature's screams were heard in the distance, as if he was trying to endure some great pain. The scream became more painful than the last, echoing through the space for a long time, and my eardrums were about to penetrate when I heard it. I don't know what's going on in the distance, but I think it must have something to do with the people who raised the fire. At that time, I was so scared that I couldn't help myself, and I didn't even have the courage to go and have a look. I just pulled my legs away from the source of the sound and the fire-bearers, trying to stay as far away from 'them' as possible, lest the dangerous fire-bearers find out and affect me. ”

After listening to the story of the old scientist, Lu Lie fell into a long contemplation. The two of them were silent in the darkness for a long time before Lu Lie asked, "So, you haven't seen the true faces of the group of fire-bearers from beginning to end?"

The old scientist shook his head sadly: "Since then, as long as the group of fire-bearers appear nearby, and they are shouting for some survivors, I will grope my way away in the dark." Hell knows what that group of guys became, and what 'they' did to the people they were found out. In short, it's definitely not going to be a good thing. If 'they' find out, it's better to be dead. ”

"I remember you said you never lit a fire here. Lu Lie asked solemnly, "If you light a fire, you will die, that's what you said, right?