The Kyushu of the world is distributed in the north and south two semicircular vast continents, the north five states and the south four states, from the map it seems that the world has just opened, so it is called the Chaos Country. Between the two continents is the vast Netherworld, in the center of the sea there is a huge oval island, thousands of miles longitudinal and horizontal, like a lonely egg split from the north and south continents, hence the name of the deserted egg island. The north of the island is Taiping Prefecture, and the south is Zhixu Kingdom, across the river. The northernmost part of Taiping Prefecture is the Jiuqu Mountains, and the Qingxuguan is located in the southern part of the Jiuqu Mountains, so we can only go south from here.

The new emperor ascended the throne and changed the yuan to Xingmu. The day I and the girl went down the mountain, it was the ninth day of the eighth month of the third year of Xingmu. Half a year ago, a once-in-a-century famine broke out on Huangdan Island, and more than 7 million people starved to death in the entire Taiping Prefecture, but there was not a single corpse on the road, because there were more than 7 million people dying of starvation, and there was nothing that could not be eaten after everything that could be eaten was eaten. They have no other choice, and the choice belongs to a very small number of people who have the right to have money or good looks. Those who are alive do not know whether they will be alive tomorrow, nor how long the famine will last, let alone how many will starve to death - this will not even be known to future generations, only a small series of cold figures that have been discounted and remodeled in some inconspicuous corner of the history books.

The moment I stepped out of the Void Barrier, I was startled, and hurriedly turned back to find Master and Master Actually, but there was no trace of them. In my memory, there is obviously a prosperous scene under the mountain, the sky is blue and the water is clean, the wind and the sun are beautiful, the fertile fields are thousands of hectares, the cattle and sheep are herds, the streets and alleys are bustling and lively, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. But what appeared before my eyes was a desolation, as far as the eye could see, with all the flowers and plants, all the people gone, the ground scorched under the dim and gloomy dome, and the lifeless villages and towns were full of devastation, as if they had fallen from heaven to hell in an instant.

"How so?!" I was terrified as if I had been awakened from a nightmare.

"That's how it is. The girl's answer made me even more confused.

"Nonsense! I've been on the mountain for so many years, and everything I see is ......" I turned sideways and pointed back, and suddenly realized, yes, it must be this void barrier!

The girl also thought of the reason, and couldn't help but sigh: "What a powerful trick!"

Over the years, Master has been using his profound mana to construct a mirage for us under the mountain, until I have the ability and compulsion to face this real world. As soon as I thought about it, could it be that all these things on the mountain were also conjured up by the master? the green mountains, the green bamboo forest, the blue sky, the clear lake, the golden toad, those people...... Filled with doubts, I couldn't help but feel a chill down my spine and my heart at the same time, but I was immediately pulled back by reason -- the scene can be fictional, but it can't. The panic when I saw Ye Wuxin for the first time, the smoothness of tasting the shredded green pepper meat of the third senior brother, and the sadness after Shi Jinghuang fell off the cliff, it was impossible to fake.

Looking at the desolation in front of me, I suddenly realized Master's intentions and understood my mission. It is precisely this kind of world that requires us to work harder, as Master said, "to set the world, to help the common people, and to create a beautiful new world". The beautiful new world will not die because of the shattering of dreams, it will always stand still in a corner of our minds, like a beacon that will never be extinguished, piercing through the fog, illuminating the night, and guiding us to the other side of peace and tranquility.

But before you can find Brave New World, you have to find the horse. We walked along a hillside of grass and trees to the foot of the hill, and not far in front of us two horses, one black and one white, tall and strong, with complete saddles, tethered to a pavilion with peeling paint and missing three horns. They had sharpened their ears and sideburns, their manes flowing, and each looked at us with a smile on their faces with a big watery eye.

We rode through dry riverbeds and abandoned villages into a vast wilderness. As far as the eye can see, the vegetation is sparse and uninhabited, and the yellow and black hills stretch endlessly, lying on the ground like half-dead leper dogs, and in the distance there are scattered broken frames and white bones.

I thought that when I got off the mountain, I would meet some great traitor and immediately fight with me for 300 rounds, and then I became famous. Unexpectedly, I just walked aimlessly with the girl in this eerie world, listening to the hollow sound of the horse's hooves stepping on the lifeless ground, and letting the dry wind wrap the yellow sand and the smell of death lapping my cheeks, I began to miss the purity and comfort of the pure and empty view and the green pepper shredded meat of the third senior brother.

But if there is a girl, it won't be so boring, in front of me, a rookie who has never seen the world, the girl can be regarded as the kind of old rivers and lakes that open her mouth and "want to be back then" and close her mouth is "don't mention it".

"Back then, this place was really beautiful. Everywhere is an endless water and fertile field, the river canals are like weaving, the lakes are dotted with stars, the blue sky is blue, the eyes are full of greenery, the green waves are sparkling during the day, the fish sails are dotted, at night, the floating light shines silver, the frog sound is like the tide, the scenery, tsk, don't mention. She talked eloquently.

I longed for it: "Which year?"

She thought for a moment: "Twenty or thirty years ago. ”

"How old are you?"

"Hmm...... That's what everybody here says. ”

"Who's here?"

"Uh...... Storytellers ...... Are you hungry? I'm hungry, what do I have to eat?"

I moved my baggage in front of me to look for food, when I was startled. Out of the baggage came a gray fat squirrel! It stood up, its belly drooping to the ground, its face was cute, its little paws hooked in front of its chest, its big tail arched behind it, and its small black bean-like eyes met me, neither afraid nor shy. This little guy looks familiar...... Oh, the one I jumped out of the woods when I met the girl in the latrine. I don't know when it got into the baggage, but it followed us all the way down the mountain, and appeared again when we were about to eat.

I looked at the little squirrel and jokingly said to the girl, "Master is so caring, the dry food prepared is so fresh." ”

Unexpectedly, it understood, and its ears were so frightened that it jumped into the girl's arms, making the girl laugh: "It's so cute, it's right to be a pet, and the journey to the rivers and lakes will not be lonely." ”

So I continued to search for dry food, and pulled out a few pieces of clothing, a map, and some coils from my baggage, but there was nothing to eat, and I found a small yellowed book with the words "Youxian Cave" written on the cover. It's really strange that Master said that the book was "fart-useful", but he also stuffed me with this useless thing. I fumbled through a few pages, and there were a lot of words I didn't recognize, and I didn't understand the meaning of the words that I didn't recognize, and before I could think about it, I was blushed by the beautiful illustrations, and I hurriedly stuffed it back into my bag.

The girl leaned over and asked, "What baby?"

I said: Yuefu Poetry Collection.

The girl said, "Oh, I've seen it, and the people in the drunken smoke shop all learn that."

I asked: What are the Qingqi people?

The girl said: You don't know this, it's just that you only sell your art and don't sell your body.

I immediately digressed the subject: Oops, Master forgot to put dry food.

As he spoke, he picked up the night pot and knocked it on the handle three times, only to see a puff of green smoke quickly drifting out of the spout and scattering into the shape of a lotus flower in the air. Master appeared in the center of the lotus, sitting on the ground, behind the hall of Qingxuguan, the fourth senior brother and the fifth senior brother were sweeping the floor, cooking smoke curled up from the back of the hall, it was the third senior brother cooking, I seemed to return to my childhood.

Master said, "You're in danger so soon?"

I said, "No."

Master stroked his beard: So, do you miss me?

I said, "Not yet."

Master was stunned: Then what are you calling me for?

I said, "I'm hungry."

Master said, "Eat when you're hungry, sleep when you're sleepy, why ask me."

I said, "But there's nothing to eat in the bag."

Master said, "Have you learned the art of forbearance in vain?"

I said, "But the girl hasn't learned."

Master sighed: Now that you have a unique skill, a great mission, and a caring little lover, can't you still be self-reliant?

The girl shouted beside her: Who is his little ......

Master interrupted her with a wave of his hand: it was meant to be.

I still wanted to ask, but Master didn't give me a chance to speak: If you use your brain in advance, don't summon me if you don't encounter a problem that you can't solve in the future.

With that, he turned around, gathered into a wisp with the lotus-shaped green smoke, and retracted into the night pot. >