Qingzhu Town, a remote town located on the border of the Tianxiang Empire, is backed by a huge mountain range, the people of the town depend on this mountain forest to live, from time to time there will be hunters into the mountains to hunt, not far in front of the town is a river that meanders out of the mountain forest zigzags into the distance, behind the town is an open crop field, you can see many people bending over in the field to cultivate.

"Xiao Lin, Xiao Lin!" an old man with a white beard shouted loudly in the town, cursing a few words from time to time.

The old man was dressed in very ordinary linen clothes, with folds on them like dried straw, his old face was covered with furrows and wrinkles, and there was a scarlet markings on the left side of his neck, like a strange rune carved into it, and it felt like a birthmark, brought out of the mother's womb.

"Where did this stinky boy run again?" The old man looked around, his cloudy eyes were the wind and frost left by the years, and if he looked closely, the old man's left eye was slightly more transparent than his right eye, and he felt that there was a thin veil covering his eyes, and the brilliance in his eyes was ethereal, like a faint mist.

A woman who was washing vegetables at the door of the house laughed: "Old man Yun, I can't find that doll again." ”

The old man known as Old Man Yun shook his head helplessly: "The child is too wild, I can't take care of it." Despite his age, his voice is still clear and full of energy.

Qingzhu Town is not big, there are hundreds of families living here, everyone goes in and out, looks down and does not look up to see, has long been very familiar, will walk around each other in their spare time, the people in the whole town are like a family, they can always smile and say hello when they meet on the road, and occasionally they can chat for half a day.

"Old man Yun, your baby ran out of town. "A hunter had just returned from outside, carrying two wild boars that had just been hunted.

Old man Yun stomped his feet and blew his beard: "Stinky boy." ”

"Grandpa!"

Old Man Yun took two steps out of his legs, and a figure rushed over quickly from afar, and it didn't take long for him to stand still in front of Old Man Yun, his chest kept rising and falling, panting.

This is a young man who looks to be about ten years old, dressed in linen clothes like the old man, with black and messy hair, as if wearing a bird's nest on his head, a piece of crystal purple jade hanging around his neck, strung with a black rope, shining in the sun, and wearing a chain made of animal teeth on his right hand, which was a birthday gift given to him by Old Man Yun when he was ten years old.

"It's coming! it's coming!" the young man looked at Old Man Yun, pointed to the outside of the town, and said vigorously, the beast tooth chain in his hand kept swinging.

Old man Yun wiped the fine beads of sweat on the young man's forehead with his hand, frowned, the wrinkles on his face trembled and danced, and he opened his mouth to reprimand: "What did I tell you? Don't run outside the town, don't listen every time, you say you ......"

"Grandpa, here!" Xiao Lin kept looking out of the town, his palms trembling a little.

Old Man Yun also looked out of the town, furrowing his white eyebrows: "What's coming?"

Xiao Lin clenched his hands very tightly, and kept looking up at the outside, his dark eyes were shining like translucent black beads: "A large group of people, sitting in the iron box, the box will breathe fire, is coming this way." ”

"What?" Old Man Yun grabbed Xiao Lin's arm and dragged him home, shouting as he walked: "The big guys are all in the house, don't come out, hurry up!"

The villagers were stunned and didn't know what was going on, but Old Man Yun had always been loved in the town, and everyone started to act, packed up their things, called back their children, and entered the house one after another.

Xiao Lin was pulled by the old man Yun, his head kept looking back, his slender legs were like two fragile wooden stakes stuck in the ground, he stopped for a while on the dirt floor, and chattered endlessly: "Grandpa, why are you running, let's go and see." ”

"Don't you want to die?" Old Man Yun dragged Xiao Lin forward quickly, his steps were light, and he didn't look like an elderly man at all.

"The people in the town pay attention, immediately go out of the house to gather, repeat, immediately go out of the house to gather!" A loud voice came from the radio, which shook Xiao Lin's ears and buzzed, and it was like a hammer hitting his chest.

Xiao Lin turned his head, and a huge black metal flying object was approaching here in mid-air, and the dark shell was carved with complex golden lines, like a spider's web and like an intertwined branch.

Xiao Lin slowly moved his feet and quietly hid behind Old Man Yun, he didn't know why, his body was like being soaked in ice water in winter, his lips trembled, his limbs were stiff, his hands were holding the linen clothes that Old Man Yun was wearing, his knuckles had already turned white because of the force, and he poked out half of his head to look at the behemoth in the sky.

The huge flying object resembled a giant beast in the air with its fangs, filled with an ancient and inviolable momentum, and looked at him with a condescending majesty, and the flames on the thrusters behind him rose, like the claws of evil spirits flying, and the smoke and dust blown up by the heat wave spread everywhere and rippled out.

The residents of Qingzhu Town have been self-sufficient and isolated from the world for many years, and they have never seen such a posture, and they were frightened for a while, and they stood in place in a daze and didn't know what to do.

The flying object slowly fell from the sky and stopped not far from the town, and a small team walked out of the flying object neatly, each dressed in pitch-black combat uniforms, silver gloves and long boots, with a long sword pinned to his waist, and a bulging battle bag on his back, and was moving quickly towards the center of the town.

Xiao Lin was pushed into the room by Old Man Yun, and fell to the ground with a "bang", the ground touched by his hand was wet, and there was a pungent fishy smell, and the ground was full of blood?

"We tracked down a fugitive here, suspecting that he was hiding in this town, please cooperate with our search!"

An officer standing at the head of the squad, wearing a blue leopard's head badge on his left arm, swept his eyes sharply over each resident, high above him, unquestionable.

Old Man Yun sighed and walked towards the officer.

Inside the house, Xiao Lin slowly supported himself on the rough wall, and moved towards the inner room step by step, each step had to be tested on the ground for a long time, for fear of stepping on something weird, the sun outside the house shone on people all over the body, but the room was dark and cold, and a little white mist could be exhaled faintly from the mouth.

The residents outside the house exchanged their heads and ears, a noisy scene, but the house was surprisingly quiet, Xiao Lin could clearly hear his own breathing, his heart was beating rapidly, and he was beating his chest at once, feeling that he would rush out of his body at any time.

Xiao Lin moved a corner, his back pressed against the wall, a few steps away in the inner room, the door was closed, blood flowed out of the crack under the door, and there was a faint gasping sound.

Xiao Lin rubbed lightly to the door of the inner room, suppressed his breathing, paused for a long time, suddenly, took a deep breath, he didn't know where he got the courage, stretched out his hand, pushed the door violently, and the next moment, the cold light flickered, and a long sword had been against Xiao Lin's throat, and there was a trace of blood oozing out.

Xiao Lin grabbed the wall behind him with both hands, not letting himself fall, a man in blue covered in blood who couldn't see his face clearly, wearing a combat uniform similar to the style of the person outside, his left hand was propped up on the table next to the bed, and the long sword in his right hand was pointing at him, the long sword was as cold as snow, and there was a faint cold rolling on the sword, but the man's eyes were like a blazing furnace, burning, glowing, staring at him with blazing eyes.

"Who are you?" Xiao Lin tried to calm his voice as much as possible.

"They are fakes, not the military. The man shuddered his sword and spoke with difficulty.

"You're the fugitive, I'll tell them. Xiao Lin turned around and wanted to run.

The long sword hit Xiao Lin's neck again almost in the blink of an eye, and the man gasped, exhaling and inhaling like a broken bellows, making a noisy and piercing sound.

"They're criminals, trust me!" the man spurted some blood from his mouth and sprinkled it on the ground, his feet trembling and he would fall down at any moment.

Xiao Lin's brain was blank, there was a buzzing sound in his ears, and he had no idea for a while.

"Xiao Lin!" Old Man Yun hurriedly walked in from outside, and when he saw the situation inside the house, his complexion changed greatly, and his dry and rough palm like a withered branch grabbed the long sword in the man's hand without hesitation, and his left hand stretched out, pulling Xiao Lin behind him.

The man quickly withdrew his long sword, coughing up blood in his mouth: "Old man, the people outside are the wicked, they ......" Before he finished speaking, he coughed violently again.

Old man Yun protected Xiao Lin behind him, his somewhat cloudy eyes kept staring at the man covered in blood, and then looked at the long sword in the other party's hand, without saying a word.

Xiao Lin couldn't help but speak: "Grandpa, I think it's ......"

"Shut up!" Old Man Yun said in a stern tone, and he shouted in a low voice without looking back.

The room was quiet again, the three of them didn't make a sound, and Xiao Lin faintly heard the team outside searching from house to house, shouting loudly.

The voices of people outside are getting closer and closer, and it seems that they will break into the door at any time, the man looked anxious and coughed in a low voice: "Uncle, I ......"

"I know you, I believe in you. Old man Yun's eyes were blazing, his face was calm, and there was no trace of waves on his old face.

"Senior?" The man didn't seem to expect Old Man Yun to answer like this, he was stunned, and his tone changed unconsciously.

"Follow me. ”

Old Man Yun picked up the man and pulled Xiao Lin towards the back door of the house.

Xiao Lin was confused, and let Old Man Yun pull him out.

Walking out the back door is a field of crops, dense with crops stretching out like waves, the breeze blowing, the branches and leaves swaying, scattering circles of ripples.

Old Man Yun placed Xiao Lin and the man in the crop field, and the dense branches and leaves wrapped their bodies well.

"Stay here and don't move. Old man Yun whispered and hurriedly admonished while tearing off his shirt and bandaging the man.

"Senior, who are you?" the man asked, propping up half of his body.

"You haven't forgotten what Grandpa taught you. Old man Yun touched Xiao Lin's head.

Xiao Lin nodded a little blankly, and stopped talking.

"Seniors, what the hell are you ......?"

"I'll help you this time, and you're going to protect this child, understand?" Old Man Yun stared at the man with a stern expression.

The man was stunned for a moment, then nodded firmly.

Seeing this, Old Man Yun's face softened, and he got up and walked towards the town, and walked away after a while.

Xiao Lin and the man hid in the crop field, looked at each other, didn't say a word, time passed minute by minute, the sky gradually darkened, and Old Man Yun still didn't come back.

Xiao Lin grabbed a few handfuls of dirt for a while, scratched his head for a while, and from time to time half-squatted up to look at the distance, fidgeting.

"Don't worry, they come at me, and I won't embarrass them. The man comforted Xiao Lin on his lips, but his brows were tightly furrowed, and his right hand kept holding the cold long sword, and he didn't let go for a moment.

"I'm going to check it out. Xiao Lin suddenly stood up and ran towards the town.

The man's face changed drastically: "Don't ...... it"

However, Xiao Lin had already run away, and the man gritted his teeth and stood up, limping after him.

Xiao Lin ran to the edge of the door and looked out through the crack in the door, this look, as if he had been hit hard, his face was like ashes, and the whole person was like a lost soul.

Outside the house, the townspeople were forced to kneel with their heads in their hands, and in front of them lay three men with swords stuck in their bodies, blood soaking the ground.

Not far from the door, a head, staring at him with frightened eyes.