The sound of the train whistling disappeared from the ears, and the sudden pause and push back made the lonely passengers in the carriage know that they had arrived at the end of the journey.

The tightly closed doors quietly opened, and a wisp of fresh breeze with the humidity of morning dew invaded the cabin, and the fresh smell of natural plants and trees permeated the dull and oppressive closed small world.

Letting go of the hand holding the column, Xu Anchuan got up and shrugged his shoulders and lifted the schoolbag behind him. Walk to the door and get out of the subway.

On the abandoned subway platform, Xu Anchuan stepped on the dense weeds, and the pale yellow moonlight fell on him from the broken roof.

He watched the train go away, the wind whistling from the subway of Xudu Line 10, which was engulfed by dark green vines, along the bronze track that had been eliminated by time and decayed by wind and rain, through the moonlight mist, and sailed far into the unknown distance.

The sky was already a little brighter, and the moon was about to leave in the corner of the sky, leaving only the last bit of pale yellow moonlight, and the east was white.

took out the mobile phone from the schoolbag, pressed and held the power button to turn it on, the morning breeze blew across Xu Anchuan's cheeks, and in the spare time waiting for the machine to start, he looked at the train that had disappeared in the moonlight in the distance.

The screen lit up, which was the expected display of no signal, Xu Anchuan held the phone, looked at the time, and then turned off the phone.

May 23 at 05:05.

With inexplicable courage, he rushed to the unknown journey, took the subway for 5 hours, and waited alone in the closed and dim carriage, just to come here to find the answer. The days to come, good or unfortunate, are all arranged by fate. In any case, he tried his best.

Standing on the dilapidated and ancient ruined platform, the tall brick walls made of black stone and loess have long since collapsed, the roof decorated with white jade glass has been broken and broken, and the bronze cast subway tracks have also decayed.

The platform in the ruins has become an ancient proof, reminding the world of the glory of her existence, which is the heyday of the past that latecomers have no chance to see.

Through this ruined wall, Xu Anchuan can vaguely see those shocking and brilliant buildings of the past. Unfortunately, it is now full of grass and smoke. But in this ruined world full of life on the surface, not to mention the loud voices, even the insects and birds that can be heard everywhere in the grass wilderness are not the slightest, dead and strange.

Xu Anchuan's heart ached inexplicably, and for some reason he wanted to close his eyes and open his arms. Just like a boat that has been drifting in the sea for many years in the wind and waves has found a peaceful harbor to dock, Xu Anchuan's heart feels calm and comfortable for a long time. In the dead silence of the ancient ruins, there seemed to be a place that called out softly to him, with the sound of the wind and the sound of water.

When he opened his eyes, an inexplicable voice in his heart guided Xu Anchuan to move forward, and he walked along the platform that had been abandoned for many years, stepping on the tall grass that grew wildly among the broken white jade bricks, and the dew on the green leaves wet his trouser legs.

Xu Anchuan walked alone in the silent wilderness, I don't know how long he walked, the world around him gradually brightened, the sun rose to shine on all beings, and a faint circle of light rose around the moist blades of grass.

Suddenly, Xu Anchuan stopped and stared solemnly at the barren red land that came into view not far away.

The endless, narrow and bottomless deep crevices are like a dividing line between the cracked earth and the sky, and the dense green grassland is clearly separated from the barren and red land. Even the sun hanging high in the sky seemed to be clenched by an invisible giant hand, unable to illuminate the terracotta. Countless huge fires burning in the shape of lotus flowers illuminate the vast terracotta like stars in the sky, and the dark red fire obliterates the warm sunlight to shine on all beings.

On the terracotta, an ancient stone monument with a distant and desolate atmosphere stands majestically, like a pillar that stands up to the sky and the earth in mythology. An unknown terrifying force sliced away most of the stele, and the smooth section emitted a steady stream of crimson smoke that rose and gathered clouds.

The world on the other side was like a dream, Xu Anchuan looked at the mountain-like broken monument, and his soul seemed to fall into a lucid dream.

Seeing the monument is like seeing fate, he saw the scene in his childhood dream, and also saw the scene dreamed of all living beings he didn't know, and even the dream of flowers, grasses, insects and fish.

Staring at the monument, although Xu Anchuan saw him for the first time, he seemed to have seen him countless times in his dreams and soul. Xu Anchuan, with a trill, summoned out the words on the broken stele:

【Yin Cao】

That is the name of the terracotta world, and that is the final destination of the Chinese ancestors.

Since Xu Anchuan stepped onto the train called Xudu, he had a faint guess in his heart about the end of the purpose.

Sure enough, he still came here.

The inexplicable call in his heart became stronger and stronger, and he called Xu Anchuan to continue to move forward, into the terracotta, into the yin, where there was the answer he was seeking.

The green plain is like the sea alone, and the distance from Yin Cao determines the result that Xu Anchuan can get.

See the crimson world in the green sunshine; In peace and tranquility, he walked towards the strange red moon; step into the front of the society under the ivory tower; Touching the back of the world in peace and happiness.

The strange world under the red moon is like a crumbling blade hanging above Xu Anchuan's head, and I don't know when it will penetrate him and bring him to death silently! Even the seemingly calm real world is surging, and the weird and powerful cultivators are also hiding in the sea of people!

Burdened with the curse of fate that he will not live to be twenty-four years old, and burdened with a choice that his grandfather exchanged for his life, how can Xu Anchuan retreat at this moment!

Xu Anchuan touched the full schoolbag behind him, the thing was not heavy but weighty, where a mother's concern and love for her child were placed.

The world is too big to be worth one. In the bustle of the crowd, the superficially strong Ms. Xia has nothing but her only spiritual sustenance.

Xu Anchuan, you have to go home safely!

With self-encouragement from the bottom of his heart, Xu Anchuan resolutely continued to move forward.

Stepping over the bottomless dividing rift, Xu Anchuan walked towards the terracotta. The sun is not there, bathed in the firelight. Under his feet was the terracotta that was as soft as a sponge, and he took one step at a time. A viscous liquid oozed from the earth, filling the deep footprints little by little. The terracotta beneath your feet is terriblely wet, but the air you breathe is incomparably thin and dry.

Pursuing the inexplicable call in his heart, Xu Anchuan walked in this extremely contradictory netherworld of darkness.

I don't know how long he walked, Xu Anchuan looked into the distance, but his eyes were still the barren and dead boundless terracotta. Gritting his teeth and continuing to move forward, the boy with a schoolbag on his back walked in the crimson vast world!

The call in his heart became stronger and stronger, and finally Xu Anchuan saw something different. The bulge buried in the terracotta in front of it exists.

Following the guidance of his heart, he walked there, and excitedly dug the earth with his hands, letting the bloody liquid stain his hands red.

Something buried in the terracotta reveals its true true identity - an old-fashioned black cloth oil-paper umbrella folded away.

Xu Anchuan opened it by mistake, and there was no expected resistance that was difficult to open after being rotted by the soil, and he easily opened the umbrella.

The huge umbrella cloth covered Xu Anchuan's body, and he held the umbrella handle of unknown material, and his hand was warm, as if there was a trace of residual warmth.

Suddenly, an inexplicable force lifted off with an umbrella. Xu Anchuan's hand was imprisoned and bound to the handle of the umbrella by a huge force, and he followed the umbrella to the sky. The terracotta under your feet is getting farther and farther away, and the call in your heart is getting stronger and stronger!

After flying for a long, long time, the ruins of a huge city hanging upside down in the sky were revealed in front of Xu Anchuan's eyes. It seems that when he arrived at his destination, the umbrella floated there in Xu Anchuan's astonishment, the existence that deviated from the rules of the world, the floating city that should only exist in fantasy!

The moment he entered the shadow of the ruins, an inexplicable force turned Xu Anchuan's body upside down, just like the upside-down ruins. Although the body was turned upside down, there was no trace of discomfort.

Getting closer and closer to each other, Xu Anchuan finally stepped on the ground again, and the moment he landed, the umbrella suddenly turned into smoke and dust and dissipated, and the umbrella handle he held in his hand turned into a handful of red sand and slipped from his fingertips.

Xu Anchuan stands here, looking around, surrounded by the glorious ruins of the same desolate and dilapidated but equally ancient as the Yudu subway platform.

Walking in the dilapidated floating city, although Xu Anchuan was sure that there were no living creatures here, he still had inexplicable expectations in his heart. Wait for the slightest movement, the slightest sound.

A trace of intoxicating aroma suddenly came from the red bricks and broken tiles, and the fragrance was like an invisible chain that hooked people, pulling Xu Anchuan into the unknown darkness.

Step by step, stepping on the dust and rubble on the ground, Xu Anchuan finally saw there:

The swaying sea of flowers on the other side of the scarlet shore set off blood-colored waves, and the strange fragrance diffused like the tide of the sea. The sea of flowers is surrounded by countless carved tombstones of different sizes.

On the countless steles, there are eternal candles burning like thousands of small suns, illuminating their names!