After a long time, the blackbird tide dissipated, and finally saw the light of day.

Gu Shengchao and Ding Ying threw away the unicycle they were holding, only to find that all they were holding on to was a few pieces of wood, and the other parts of the unicycle were all knocked away by the blackbird. There were dozens of blackbird corpses scattered around him, and looking at their bloody appearance, they obviously died by impact. Both of them had injuries to their fingers to varying degrees, but fortunately, they were skin injuries that were not serious.

The two didn't dare to stay longer, so Gu Shengchao carried Ding Ying to the inn where there was a guest room just now. The door of the inn was closed, and after Gu Shengchao knocked on the door, someone replied inside: "Don't knock, the guest room is full, go look elsewhere?" ”

"It's okay to have a firewood house, we'll stay for one night, and we'll give you as much silver as you want." Ding Ying made up her mind this time and no longer cared about the price.

The guy in the door replied: "Don't talk about the firewood room, even the kennel has people sleeping in it, there is really no place, sorry for the two." ”

The situation just now was too terrifying, and Gu Shengchao begged: "That's it, let's share a house, see who is willing to let us live in it, and we will give out the money." ”

The guy told them, "Don't waste any time, there's already someone doing what you can think of." According to the experience of previous years, the wave of blackbirds just now is just the beginning, and a large number of blackbirds will surely come at sunset. Instead of wasting time here, try your luck elsewhere. ”

Gu Shengchao looked at the sun, and there was about an hour before sunset. He looked around at the closed doors of each house and ran out of the city with Ding Ying on his back.

"Where are you going?" Ding Ying was puzzled.

Gu Shengchao explained: "There is no place to hide in the city, and the only safe place now is to rush to the mountains before sunset, and any crack in the stone can accommodate you and me." ”

Ding Ying couldn't walk, so she had to let Gu Shengchao run towards the mountain on his back.

Looking at the mountains tired and dead horses, people are no exception. Half an hour passed, and there was still some distance from the mountain, and when I looked back at Raven Bay, it had already become a small dot and thrown into the distance.

The ancient saint was sweating profusely, soaked with sweat, and his breathing became short.

Ding Ying couldn't bear it, "Brother Gu, you let me down and run alone, don't worry about me, I won't blame you." ”

"No, my husband is a good man, since he said that he would send you back to the Seven Star Cliff, how can I not believe my words." Although Gu Shengchao struggled, he still quickened his pace.

Next to the canal, a female goat kept arching and running forward, and the lamb "bleated" and stopped from time to time to rest. The ewe looked up into the distance, making an uneasy sound, and she poked the lamb's buttocks with her sharp horns, and the lamb had to run forward in pain, and the ewe jumped over the lamb a few times to lead the way.

The speed of the two sheep was obviously faster than Gu Shengchao, and they left him behind in a short time.

Gu Shengchao discerned the direction and prepared to run towards the nearest col to find a place to hide. The lamb seems to think the same way, and deviates from the direction of the ewe. The ewe is anxious and uses her body to block and force the lamb to change direction.

The lamb is stubborn, shaking his head and crowing while plowing the ground with his front hooves to vent his frustration with the ewe. Once again, the ewe looked alarmingly at the setting sun, then squeezed the lamb to force it to move on to another time.

Gu Shengchao sensed something unusual, he knew that animals could perceive far more than ordinary people under certain conditions, could it be that the ewe knew that the blackbird flock was coming, and wanted to lead the lamb to a safe place to hide? Thinking of this, Gu Shengchao also changed direction and ran with the ewe.

Turning over the cliff, there is a steep cliff in front of you, straight and towering, not at all the kind of strange rocky landform that can hide people, sparse trees, and it is impossible to block a simple impact of the blackbird tide.

"Look!" Ding Ying pointed into the distance, her voice a little frightened.

Gu Shengchao turned his head to look, the afterglow of the sunset had dissipated, and a black line crossed the top of the mountain and crossed this side, and the darkness behind it was dark and invisible. The sky darkened instantly, as if an invisible hand was pulling a huge curtain between heaven and earth.

The mischievous lamb seemed to know the danger and followed the ewe desperately towards the unobstructed cliff. In the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the dense grass under the cliff wall.

Caves, there are caves.

Gu Shengchao couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised, he ran wildly with Ding Ying on his back, and came to the bottom of the cliff, Gu Shengchao gently put down Ding Ying.

The blackbird flock had already approached, and a blackbird didn't have time to dodge, so it crashed straight into Gu Shengchao's right shoulder, and he almost fell down with an "oops". Gu Shengchao didn't have time to care about the wound, he hurriedly pushed aside the grass, revealing the hole inside. The opening is not large, and only one person is allowed to curl up in it.

Gu Shengchao didn't think about it, he climbed upside down with his hands and feet, and pulled Ding Ying in easily. He began to feel the rock pressing against his back, and he didn't dare to look up, and after about five or six feet back, the feeling of oppression disappeared, and then he tried to look up slowly, feeling as if he was in a cave.

I couldn't see my fingers, and I could only hear the lamb's uneasy "bleating" on the side.

Gu Shengchao pulled Ding Ying hard, heard her moan, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"It doesn't matter, the wound just touched the stone, you just lightened it." Ding Ying replied, her voice trembling a little.

Gu Shengchao slowly retreated, and was careful that Ding Ying came in, because he couldn't see anything, he wasn't sure if Ding Ying had come in or not.

"You let me go." Ding Ying gasped and said hurriedly, not knowing whether it was timidity or nervousness.

Gu Shengchao hurriedly let go, and a moment later, a flame ignited from Ding Ying's hand. Ding Ying held the fire fold high in her hand and illuminated the cave, because she was afraid, her face was full of fear, as if she was about to cry. The firelight gave her courage, otherwise she would have really shed tears.

By the light of the fire, the two of them could see the cave in general terms.

It is about three people high, more than two feet deep, and more than ten feet wide. The upper dome slopes backwards, and the innermost part is a vertically smooth cliff. The entire cave was empty except for the two and the goat mother and child. The two sheep were frightened when they saw the fire, and they both hid under the cliff behind them and huddled together, and the ewes protected the lamb inside.

Gu Shengchao helped Ding Ying to stay away from the entrance of the cave, sat down against the rock, and discussed: "We don't know how long we have to hide here, there is no danger here, let's extinguish the fire for the time being, and it's not too late to keep it and use it in time." ”

Ding Ying agreed and extinguished the fire. Gu Shengchao was afraid of touching her, so he moved to the side. The cave fell into boundless darkness again, except for the occasional cry of the lamb, which was Ding Ying's heavy wheezing sound.

About a cup of tea, Ding Ying's panting became more and more rapid, and she rekindled the fire to illuminate her uneasy face.

"What's wrong?" Gu Shengchao asked with concern.

Ding Ying cried with a sad face: "It's dark here, I can't see anything, I'm afraid, I'm really afraid." ”

Gu Shengchao enlightened her: "The fire break can't last, and it will be bad when it burns out in an emergency, so let's wait for emergency use." Tomorrow I will find an opportunity to pick up more dry firewood and burn it as much as you want, how? ”

Ding Ying also understood what Gu Shengchao said, she nodded sideways and didn't dare to look at Gu Shengchao, and shyly said, "Otherwise, or you are next to me, I'm really afraid." ”

"Okay!" Gu Shengchao sat down next to Ding Ying, and she put out the fire. Ding Ying was a little reserved at first, keeping a distance from Gu Shengchao, and after a little longer, fear finally overcame the last shyness in her heart, and her whole body leaned on Gu Shengchao's shoulders and arms, so that she felt steady.

"The wound on your leg doesn't hurt!" Gu Shengchao broke the silence and asked.

Ding Ying replied: "It doesn't hurt if you don't move, it's much better now." ”

"Well, why don't I go to the cave and see what's going on?"

"Don't."

As soon as Gu Shengchao's voice fell, Ding Ying resolutely objected. She also felt that she was abrupt, and smiled awkwardly and said: "This, anyway, there are many blackbirds covering the sky, and they won't leave for a while, so let's go out tomorrow morning!" ”

"Okay!" Gu Shengchao replied helplessly. He knew that Ding Ying was afraid of the dark, so he relied on his heart to be more steady, so he didn't move.

The two of them chatted without saying a word, and in the end they didn't know what to say, so they sat side by side. Not long after, Ding Ying's body slipped and lay on Gu Shengchao's lap and was already asleep. Gu Shengchao was also tired, and he fell asleep with his back against the rock.

In the fog, Ding Ying woke up, dazed and didn't know where she was. She touched it with her hand, as if she had caught something that she shouldn't have caught, and suddenly realized that she was actually pillowed on Gu Shengchao's lap, and she dodged it violently. Fortunately, it was a dark cave, otherwise it would have been worse if you had seen your cheeks crimson with shame.

Gu Shengchao also woke up, he rubbed his eyes and looked around, and was surprised to find a faint light at the entrance of the cave.

"I'll take a look." Gu Shengchao climbed over, he pushed aside the grass, the sky was already bright, and the entrance of the cave had accumulated a lot of corpses of blackbirds that had died by hitting the cliff wall last night. This blackbird is black all over, larger and fatter than the average crow, with a curved and sharp beak and a curly tail, and is indeed not an ordinary crow.

Gu Shengchao drilled out and raised his head to look at the sky, blackbirds flocked, skimming through the air from time to time, compared to the terrifying scene last night, it was not worth mentioning at all. The mother and child of the goats are grazing not far away, and the ewes are still vigilant and wary of unknown risks. Gu Shengchao crawled back to the cave, dragged Ding Ying out carefully, and sat on the grass at the entrance of the cave to bask in the sun.

Fortunately, Ding Ying brought a small water bladder with him, and Gu Shengchao went to the nearby river to fill it with water and brought it back, and picked up a lot of dry firewood and piled it up in the cave. Some preparations were ready, and he was also hungry, so he lit a bonfire at the entrance of the cave, and roasted blackbird meat with Ding Ying and the others to satisfy his hunger. He also threw some dead blackbirds into the cave in case he needed them. In his spare time, he pulled some grass and put it back in the hole.

Ding Ying laughed at him: "What are you doing here, do you want us to eat grass to satisfy our hunger?" ”

Gu Shengchao pointed to the goat mother and son, "And them, maybe they can be used." ”

Ding Ying pursed her lips and smiled silently.

Gu Shengchao selected two more suitable branches and asked Ding Ying to use them as crutches under his armpits, so that there was no problem in walking slowly alone.

It was nearly noon when the ewe suddenly came running with her lamb and burrowed into the hole without looking back.

Gu Shengchao and the two looked up, this time it was different, countless blackbirds circled and gathered from all directions, layered in the sky, like a dark cloud pressed down. With the experience of the last time, the two of them did not panic, they were still the ancient saints who were super advanced, and then they dragged Ding Ying back to the cave backwards.

The two lit firewood in the cave, and in the flickering firelight, Ding Ying was no longer afraid, and sat peacefully on the side. Gu Shengchao used a dagger to cut off the blackbird meat in small pieces, the grease flowed in the fire, and the firewood burned more vigorously and longer.

The mother and child of the goats were afraid of the fire, but they did not dare to go out, and their climbing nature made them actually kick up the smooth cliff behind them, stop at the top of the cave, and trample the cliff with their hooves.

Gu Shengchao grabbed a handful of grass and threw it on, "Don't be afraid, we won't hurt you." ”

With a "boom", a rock rolled down, and a stone fell into the burning fire, and the fire splashed everywhere.

Gu Shengchao was worried about Ding Ying's safety, so he hurriedly picked her up and took aside. The two goats were also frightened, jumped down and curled up in a corner.

The two looked up, and on the cliff wall near the top of the cave, a hole suddenly appeared. The two people looked at each other and said in unison:

"What's that?"