On that day, there was an important intersection between the lost man in the long river of time and the simple life of the shepherd boy.

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At sunset, the sheep whose throat had been cut off was gradually losing its struggle.

Xia Feng pressed the sheep's head in one hand and the blood-stained Shenyue Knife in the other, and looked at the shepherd boy not far away with some surprise.

"You ......"

Perhaps it was because his appearance at the moment was a little terrifying, and the shepherd boy immediately came back to his senses under the grief and indignation of losing his beloved sheep.

Instinctively, he took a half-step back.

"Ah, don't kill me!"

Xia Feng looked at the sheep below him.

"Is this your sheep?"

The boy's voice stammered out of fear.

"Yes.... It's mine, I'm sorry, I didn't know you lived here, disturbed your rest, I don't want sheep, don't kill me, I won't tell the people in the village about this, please let me go home! ”

The boy knew very well that judging from Xia Feng's hunting movements just now, he would not be able to escape no matter what, and that technique was even faster than the most ferocious beast in the forest.

However, Xia Feng did not continue to show his fierce face to him.

Standing up from the sheep, Xia Feng inserted the knife back into the scabbard at his waist, and asked the boy in a calm voice.

"Are you from the village up ahead?"

"Yes..... I am. ”

"What's your name?"

The boy swallowed his saliva and replied tremblingly.

"My name is Tullman."

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Under the setting sun, Xia Feng walked towards the boy step by step.

Seeing the strange man whose chest had been stained red with blood walking towards him, Tuleman did not choose to run away, for some reason, he seemed to be able to feel that this person really had no malicious intent.

Walking up to the shepherd boy, Xia Feng said softly.

"Sorry to kill your sheep, Tuleman, but I can't help it, I can only do this to survive."

"No..... It's okay, I'm ......"

"In this case, if you come to me in a few days, I will find a way to hunt a wild deer in the forest to compensate you, but you must promise me not to tell the people of the village about my residence here."

"En......."

Raising his hand, Xia Feng patted the boy lightly on the shoulder.

"Then it's agreed, it's a secret between us."

Xia Feng didn't know how the boy would explain the whereabouts of the sheep to the adults when he returned to the village, and the only thing he was sure of was that the boy had kept the agreement.

For some time after that, no one came to his trouble, and the fat sheep temporarily solved his food problem.

.....

Until one day, Xia Feng, who was lying in the shed, suddenly noticed that footsteps were approaching.

When he opened his eyes, he saw the shepherd boy again.

"I'm sorry, I haven't caught the wild deer that I promised you."

The boy's expression was very jerky, as if he had mustered up a lot of courage and didn't know what to do.

After twisting for a long time, he took out half a hard cake from his chest, as well as a small pottery jar.

"Here's this."

Seeing the food that the boy took out, Xia Feng was stunned for a moment.

"You're ......"

The boy sat stiffly on the edge of the shed.

"I didn't tell the people in the village about the food I gave you, it was all the food I usually saved."

Looking at these broken foods, something in Xia Feng's heart seemed to be touched.

"Why?"

The boy's language skills are limited, and it is difficult for him to express his true thoughts at his age.

His eyes dodged, and he muttered softly.

"Winter is coming, and it's hard to survive alone."

"Are you worried about me?"

"No.... No, I just don't want you to starve to death, we agreed that you would catch me a wild deer, I.... I'm waiting. ”

At this moment, Xia Feng smiled for the first time since he woke up in this "world".

With no memory, it was as if for the first time he had acquired something more important than food, because he was not a beast, but a man.

"Tuleman, thank you."

"No... No. ”

"What's in that jar?"

"It's goat's milk, I'll bring it to you."

This half of the dry and hard cake and the strong smell of goat's milk are not delicious food, but when chewed in the mouth, Xia Feng enjoys it very much.

Perhaps, this is the so-called friendship.

....

For some time afterward, the shepherd boy would often come running to bring him food.

During this period, the relationship between the two was still a little rusty, perhaps because of some personality flaws, or the boy had never gotten along with strangers, so that he never took the initiative to ask Xia Feng any questions.

As if forming some kind of tacit understanding, the shepherd boy and the strange man who lived alone on the edge of the forest maintained a delicate relationship, which was inseparable and supported by each other.

Autumn is in its final stages and the weather is starting to get cooler.

Gradually, Xia Feng got used to this simple life.

In order to fulfill that agreement, he changed his lazy habits, picked up the Shenyue Knife, and began to hunt in earnest.

After a long period of lurking, he crouched near a water source deep in the forest and found a large male wild deer.

After some chase, Xia Feng finally succeeded in killing the deer, and dragged the rich booty, and he returned to the shed at the edge of the forest with satisfaction.

I thought to myself, the next time Tuleleman came to him, he would be surprised to see this giant deer.

......

Xia Feng fulfilled his promise and successfully hunted a deer to compensate for the sheep he had killed by mistake.

However, for several days after returning to his lodgings, he did not wait for Tulelman.

When something exists, you don't feel very precious, just like the sun, the woods, the stream, it is a matter of course.

However, one day, when this "right" disappears, you will wake up.

It turns out that some seemingly small intersections may be precious miracles.

.....

The sun rises and sets, and the temperature gets cooler.

Until snow fell in the sky, and the deer that had been hunted back had been eaten by the summer wind, Tulerman still did not appear.

During this period, Xia Feng wanted to go to the village many times to see if anything had happened to the kid, but in the end, he still held back.

Because he understands that there are some things that he can't control, and his appearance may cause greater "accidents".

In this way, Xia Feng returned to his previous lazy state.

He didn't want to hunt, he didn't want to think, and he couldn't even turn over unless he was so hungry that he couldn't stand it.

He was huddled in a windy shed on all sides, covered in wolf and deerskin, his dirty beard and hair knotted.

Looking at the snow in front of him, he didn't know what he was expecting or what he needed to do.

Even the meaning of his life is nowhere to be found.

.....

When you are caught in a dream, you will not know the dream, unless the person in the dream can see something other than the "dream".

On that day, the opportunity to break the dream came by chance.

.....

Half-asleep, Xia Feng heard the footsteps of someone approaching again.

Unlike before, this time the owner of the footsteps seemed to be in a hurry, and from the frequency of the steps, he could actually judge a kind of joy subjectively.

"Hey~ Are you still there!"

The shepherd boy's call came to his ears, and this voice, like a warm sun to dispel the cold, shone into the heart of the summer breeze.

With a smile on his lips, he sat up from the shed.

"I'm here."

Raising his head, he turned his gaze in the direction where the voice was coming from.

In his vision, Tullerman, still dressed in shabby clothes, was running towards him quickly, as if he was still holding something in his hand.

But in the next second, Xia Feng, whose eyes focused on that kind of thing, was stunned.

.....

In Tullerman's hand at this time was a toy made of dead leaves folded together in regular terms and fixed to a wooden stick.

As he ran, the thing swirled in the wind.

This is, a windmill.

With a windmill as the key, the memories sealed by the time traveler are awakened.

.....

In the shed, Xia Feng looked at the windmill that was approaching in a trance, and the sound in his ears seemed to have disappeared.

At this moment, memories flooded into his mind like a flood, and countless faces that were extremely important to him occupied his empty heart.

"Turtle ......."

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Summer Wind was gone, and he left the forest.

Tuleman took the windmill and stood behind him, looking at his back in disappointment, gradually disappearing from sight.

The young Tullman didn't know why Xia Feng's temperament had suddenly changed, and he resolutely left the place, looking at the back that was gradually fading away, he just felt as if he would never see this stranger whose name he didn't even know again.

.....

After the summer breeze left, Tuleerman's life returned to peace, herding sheep and staring at the sky in a daze.

It's just that every time he passes by that forest, he will subconsciously look towards the collapsed shed, and in a trance, he will always think of the person who lost his right eye.

Until one day, he witnessed a terrible disaster.

.....

On that day, strong winds swept and black clouds covered the sun, and a storm of flames destroyed the forest.

Along with this catastrophe, the place where Tuleerman met the man was also ruthlessly erased.

It wasn't until much later that the ghost of Turman, who had changed the location of the sheep, approached the vanished forest again.

To his surprise, he didn't know when he thought that the area that had been turned into wreckage had actually grown a lot of crystal mysterious ores from the earth.

From afar, Tuleman's eyes widened, and he fell into shock.

"It's ......."

.....

This crystal and beautiful ore seemed to have some kind of temptation for him, which made him subconsciously take a step.

Just then, a familiar voice came from behind him.

"Don't go in."

Turning around, Tuleman saw the strange man who had lost his right eye.

"You..... You're back? ”

"Yes, but I'll be leaving soon."

"Where are you going?"

At this moment, the summer breeze has trimmed the long hair and beard very cleanly, and the clothes on the body are as clean as if they have been washed with river water, which really looks like they are about to start a long journey.

"I'm going to a faraway place."

With his back to the crystal "Sea of Source Stones", Tullmann blinked his confused eyes.

"Far away? Be...... Go back to where you started. ”

"Yes."

"Where? When I grow up, I want to go to you. ”

Xia Feng shook his head slightly.

"No, you can't see me."

"Why?"

"Because the place from which I set out is both the past and the future for you."

.....

Spots of light appeared.

The light like a firefly floated lightly around Xia Feng's body, making him look a little illusory.

Smiling and looking at Tuleman, in the end, Xia Feng seemed to have decided something in his heart.

"Tuleman, do you know what the stones in that forest are?"

"I don't know, it's the first time I've seen you."

"That's the Source Stone."

"Source Stone?"

"That's right, it's a mysterious ore formed in a natural disaster area, and it contains a huge amount of energy, it seems to be omnipotent, and can even push cities to avoid natural disasters."

"Ahh So powerful? What else is it for, can you tell me more? ”

"Of course you can, after knowing this, your name will always be remembered by the world, Tuleerman, this era is the source stone technology civilization that began with you."

After that, Xia Feng used very simple language to talk about the important impact that the source stone will have on this world in the future.

.....

After everything was said, Xia Feng turned around and walked out of this natural disaster area without looking back.

"Goodbye, Tuleman."

Looking at his back as he went away again, Tuleman shouted loudly from behind.

"Why, why did you come back and tell me this!"

The last sound of the summer wind resounded through the sky.

"Because, you are my only friend in this era!"