Zhang An took a deep breath, then closed his eyes again.

The scroll unfolded again, and the points of light flickered sparsely.

Zhang An frowned, recalled the map given by Lu Bu, and began to make comparisons.

Basically, the points of light that still exist are under Cao Cao's rule, and the points of light that have disappeared are outside Cao Cao's sphere of influence, I don't know if there is any connection between them?

In my impression, the place with the most dense light spots on the scroll, except for Cao Cao's sphere of influence, is in the east of the Jingxiang River.

Zhang An fell into deep thought, and now he only had two choices.

One is to collect the remaining stones as quickly as possible, and then go to the place where the stones disappeared to investigate.

The biggest advantage of this is that you can collect as many stones as possible before the mutation happens.

The disadvantage is that during the period of collecting stones, Zhang An may not have rushed to the place where the stones disappeared in time and lost clues.

However, because the boy had been following Zhang An for the past few days, Zhang An had never observed the scroll, so he couldn't be sure when the mutation happened.

The second choice is naturally to ignore the remaining stones and go directly to Koto, where the stones have disappeared the most, to investigate the cause.

The biggest disadvantage of this choice is obvious, that is, when Zhang An set off to Jiangdong to find the root cause, it is likely that he will not be able to keep even the remaining stones, and because he does not know the time and reason for the change, it is likely that even if Zhang An rushes to the Jiangdong area, the biggest possibility is that he will not be able to find any clues and fall into a stalemate.

Zhang An didn't dwell on it for too long, so he made a decision.

First hold the rest of the stones in his hand as quickly as possible, he doesn't want to go to the Jiangdong area, he didn't find the clue of the missing stone, and the stone that still existed disappeared mysteriously.

There were thirty-six stones in total, three of which Zhang An had obtained, fifteen of them had disappeared, and eighteen of them remained.

These eighteen pieces, you must try your best to hold them all in your hands!

After making up his mind, Zhang An immediately got up and left the room, found his war horse in a stable in the village, and then left the village and galloped to the next location in the night.

After all, every second that passes now, a stone may disappear, how can Zhang An not be anxious.

But while hurrying, Zhang An was also thinking about what he should do with these stones.

Originally, Zhang An's plan was to find a piece to absorb a piece, but now that the young man had been following him, he didn't dare to do so.

Now that he has found two stones, which are not heavy, but he is bound to find more stones, what should he do then?

The boy doesn't know how long he will follow him, so it's impossible to let the war horse carry it all, right?

Now even if this horse is carrying himself and the Fang Tian Halberd weighing more than two hundred catties, he can rush at the speed of a normal horse, if the burden is heavier, even if it is a war horse carefully selected by Lu Bu for himself, I am afraid that it will not last long.

Looks like he's going to have to deal with the teenager as soon as possible. Thinking of this, Zhang An couldn't help but glance back.

Then he was not surprised to see the boy flash in the night like a ghost, not far behind him.

What a hassle.

Zhang An sighed, but the young man's intuition to seek advantage and avoid harm was too strong, and he couldn't have any thoughts that were unfavorable to him at all, otherwise the young man would hide.

If you really can't see him, you may be more worried.

You can only take one step at a time.

It seems that God is also compensating Zhang An for his recent bad luck, and in the next twenty days, Zhang An traveled to four places without sleep and collected four more stones.

Except for one stone, which was found in a dense forest with a little effort, the remaining three stones were found at a glance with great difficulty.

But the success of finding the four stones didn't make Zhang An much happier.

Because Zhang An was so focused on finding the stone, he still didn't come up with a way to deal with the boy, and the boy still followed Zhang An persistently in the past twenty days.

But the boy only followed, and he didn't have a direct contact with Zhang An.

Secondly, the six small stones could not be absorbed in time, which was also an extra burden for Zhang An.

The third, and most troublesome, is the problem of horses.

Compared with when he first came out of Xudu, Zhang An's war horse was much more depressed and emaciated, and it could no longer support Zhang An's sleepless journey.

If he loses his horse, Zhang An needs to carry everything on his back, not to mention, but more importantly, Zhang An will slow down the search for stones.

"No, I have to find a place to get some money and get a horse. When he was eating and resting at night, Zhang An touched the head of the war horse with distress and apologies, "It's just that you can't get such a good war horse in ordinary places, what should I do?"

If it weren't for the war horses specially provided to generals like Lu Bu, how could ordinary horses afford the weight of weapons and armor when generals were fighting?

In fact, when Lu Bu didn't have a divine horse like the Red Rabbit Horse at the beginning, he only wore armor during the march, while Fang Tian's halberd was carried by another war horse.

And in addition to the exhaustion of the war horse, after twenty days of travel and the search for stones, even if a warrior like Zhang An is energetic, he can't hold it anymore.

Physical exhaustion is secondary, as long as you practice your own qi, you can eliminate it, the most important thing is mental exhaustion.

"It's not the way to go. Zhang An rubbed his eyebrows, looking tired, "I have to think of a way." ”

Chewing on the dry and hard rice crackers and drinking the cold spring water, Zhang An felt that he was really miserable.

Since coming to this node, he has been constantly playing with people, constantly escaping death, and constantly running around on the road.

Now that I think about it, the days when I was trapped in the camp and accepted Wang Yue's guidance were the easiest times for me.

Just when Zhang An was thinking wildly, the boy appeared again in the distance.

Zhang An sighed, then waved weakly to the young man, signaling the young man to come over.

As if sensing Zhang An's malice that he didn't want to catch him this time, the young man hesitated for a moment, then approached Zhang An slowly, and squatted down twenty steps away from Zhang An.

The young man's squatting posture was very strange, except that the movements of his legs were quite normal, and even his two hands were propped up on the ground, tilting his head slightly to look at Zhang An.

Zhang An shook the half-eaten rice cracker in his hand and asked, "Do you want to eat it?"

Without waiting for the boy to speak, Zhang An threw the rice crackers at the boy.

The young man's figure shook slightly, as if he hadn't moved, but he had already moved forward seven or eight steps, holding the rice crackers in his two dirty hands, and nibbling on them in small bites.

The young man lowered his head and ate rice crackers, not looking at Zhang An at all, as if rice crackers were the best thing in the world.

It's just that his ears keep shaking slightly, which shows that he hasn't neglected to be vigilant about the outside world.

Zhang An looked at the young man, regardless of whether he could understand it or not, and began to babble.

"Actually, I'm quite miserable, I came here alone, with no relatives, no friends, and no one I know. Although I got acquainted with Lu Bu later, although he really helped me a lot, I seemed to have my own ideas, and I didn't dare to trust him all. ”

"Do you say that I did something angry and resentful in my last life to get to this point? I took my pet to do a minor operation, but when I got out of the hospital, I found that the end had come, and then I was inexplicably fooled by a person who claimed to be a god to save the world. ”

"I've read a lot of novels and written a lot of things, so it's clear that one of the biggest controversies about the resurrection is the resurrection. That is the person who has died out physically and mentally, and even if he reappears in the world, he is still not the person he was?"

"But I can only choose to believe, otherwise I am afraid that I will not have the motivation to survive. The one who once said that hope and waiting are the most precious and beautiful things in this world. Now, I'm guarding that ethereal hope, and I'm working hard. ”

"Now it seems like a joke to me, I've been here for almost two years, I've killed people and been killed, but I feel less and less like myself. ”

"People change, but I still don't like the feeling of killing. Speaking of this, Zhang An frowned and repeated again, "Yes, I don't like that feeling of killing. ”

"The blood splashed on my face, the screams and wails of the enemy before they died, all made me very uncomfortable. In the first few days of murder, I deeply realized what it was like to toss and turn and stay awake all night, as long as I closed my eyes, the distorted faces, and the piercing screams would unconsciously emerge. ”

"It's said that men should be decisive, so am I a little inadequate? Hey, don't laugh at me, I'm telling the truth. ”

In fact, the young man didn't pay attention to Zhang An at all, he just silently finished eating the rice crackers in his hand, and then looked at Zhang An expectantly.

Zhang An shook his head and smiled, "Why did I tell you so much, you don't understand." ”

He took another piece from one of the few rice crackers and threw it to the boy.

The boy caught it accurately, looked at the undamaged rice crackers, hesitated, and continued to gnaw slowly.

"As for me, I have important things to do lately, and I can't go on with you, I'm too tired. Zhang An yawned and stretched, "Anyway, I'm going to sleep now, what do you want to do, if you want to do it, please move faster and gently, don't make me too uncomfortable." ”

After speaking, Zhang An didn't care about the boy, he directly pillowed his head with his arms, lay on the ground with his clothes, and closed his eyes.

After a while, there was only the sound of the teenager nibbling on the rice crackers, and the subtle snoring of Zhang An.

It didn't take long for the young man to finish eating the rice crackers in his hand, licking his fingers and silently staring at Zhang An, who was asleep for a while, and quietly touched Zhang An's side.

Looking at Zhang An's sleeping face, the young man stretched out his hand to Zhang An.

His right hand lightly poked Zhang An's face, and then immediately retracted, looking at Zhang An warily.

After waiting for a while, and finding that Zhang An did not react, the young man reached out and poked Zhang An's face again.

As if he had found a fun toy, he stretched out his hand and poked Zhang An's face from time to time.

After playing for a while, the boy rubbed his eyes and yawned silently.

Then he quietly moved to Zhang An's side and lay down with his back to Zhang An.

The boy curled up his thin body, muttered a few mutters in his mouth, and gradually fell asleep.