Chapter 5: A Subverted World!
According to Xinhua News Agency, on February 3, a group of 19 young people went to Xinjiang for an expedition and lost contact halfway, and it has been 56 hours since there has been no news. We will continue to do our best to search and rescue ......"
When he woke up, Shirai only felt a splitting headache and weakness. It was pitch black all around, and Shirai's first reaction was that he was still in the stone tower. But in a moment he was overjoyed, for he felt that the ground was wet, and not as smooth as in the stone tower. It's pitch black, but it's not so scary.
"Hu Hai!Hu Hai!~Xu Qing!~" An echo echoed from the silent darkness. It looked like a cave, and Shirai leaned slowly forward at the foot of the cave wall.
I don't know how long I walked, this cave seemed to have no end, and the hunger had reached the white well on the edge, and it was close to despair at this moment.
Because he knew that if he couldn't go out, he would starve to death, and his physical strength would not last long. But I had no choice but to move forward step by step, thinking about the incredible things that had happened in the past few days as I walked.
It turns out that there are really things in this world that are beyond human ability and beyond human understanding, and there is space transmission, which is really hard to believe, at the moment of transmission, Bai Jing felt that something had drilled into his head, and at that moment, he seemed to be able to feel the state of every cell in his body, although he closed his eyes, but there seemed to be a moon in his mind, and the light was transparent and comfortable.
I don't know how long it took, but Shirai, who was already exhausted, finally saw a faint light coming through, and a feeling of joy struck, as if he had a little more strength, and moved forward quickly. However, as the light got closer and closer, Shirai noticed that something was wrong, and the air began to dry and hot, and although Shirai began to feel cold, he could only walk forward, still holding a glimmer of hope in his heart.
Sure enough, this was not an exit, but a huge magma pool, and in the light of the magma pool's fire, a huge open field could be seen here, with the magma pool in the middle.
The glimmer of hope that had been held was like a toppling building, collapsing.
Shirai sat down on the ground in a dejected state, taking the bag off his back and trying to find a little food inside. However, he knew that this was just a deception to himself, and that the food and water in it were long gone.
Just when Shirai wanted to give up and fall asleep, he was stunned to find that there was a gray tree opposite the magma pool, Shirai had never seen such a tree, the tree was one person tall, and the leaves and trunk were gray, as if it was stained with a layer of dust.
Enduring the hot baking, Shirai went around to the tree, and found that although the tree was gray and white, it had a crystal transparency, and each leaf seemed to be made of jade.
A sweet smell came, making Shirai feel a sense of ups and downs, and it turned out that there were three dark fruits on the tree, each slightly smaller than a fist, but sweet and refreshing.
Many fruits will be red and black when ripe, but these fruits are jet black, not mixed with a little other color, the skin is crystal clear, there is no dust, and it is not an ordinary fruit at first glance. Shirai hesitated a little, but in an instant, he thought that his life was going to be gone, so he still cared about this.
Shirai picked a fruit, smelled the sweet smell, couldn't help it anymore, took a bite, except for the fragrance and sweetness, there seemed to be nothing other weird, Shirai was a little relieved.
Without any more pauses, Shirai picked the remaining two fruits, wrapped them in gauze in the backpack, carefully put them into the backpack, and continued along the cave.
Strangely, after eating the black fruit, Shirai felt less hungry and regained some strength.
Finally, after walking for another half a day, Shirai walked out of the cave, and the entrance of the cave was full of thorns, and it took Shirai half a day of strength to climb out.
The first thing I saw was a lake, with rippling blue water, birds singing and butterflies dancing, flying flowers, like a paradise in another world.
Relieved, Shirai ran to the lake excitedly, not so much the lake is actually more like a wider river, the lake water is crystal clear, the fish in the lake are beautiful and strange, as if he has never seen it anywhere, where does Shirai, who has long been hungry and thirsty, think so much, he didn't take off his clothes and threw his bag and ran directly to the lake.
The water splashed, the fish frightened away, drank a few mouthfuls of sweet lake water and felt that all the fatigue of the road had been swept away, Shirai walked back to the shore, sat on the grass and quietly looked around, this is a valley, on both sides of the slopes are not high, the place is covered with green, the trees are delicate, the grass is green.
Suddenly, Shirai was stunned and motionless, there was a young man's face reflected in the lake, it looked like he was seven or eight years old at most, Shirai patted his head vigorously, and then looked into the water, shocked and incredulous After a long time, Shirai slowly accepted the reality of his changed appearance, but in a blink of an eye, he didn't understand, just now he was still a young man's body, how could he become a seven or eight-year-old child now? Could it be that there is something wrong with picking fruit in the cave?
Gradually, accepting the reality and figuring it out, Shirai began to study himself carefully by the lake, and his current self is a little similar to his childhood self, but he is more white and delicate than his childhood and I don't know how many times, and his immature face seems to have a dusty temperament, in short, he doesn't look like a mortal person at all.
If the previous shock was acceptable, the following discoveries challenged Shirai's cognitive and worldview again and again.
Bai Jing, who was bathing in the lake, found more and more that the fish and other aquatic creatures in the lake had not been seen by himself, but this was still acceptable, maybe the formation of the stone tower sent him to a very remote place on the earth, but Bai Jing really couldn't remember that there was such a gentle and beautiful place in that place.
"Ahem... ”
Shirai, who was in the backstroke, suddenly choked on his saliva, and fear should be more appropriate than shock.
There is no familiar sun in the sky!
No, the sun in the sky is not round!
Shirai saw that what should be called the sun was in the shape of a long stick, glowing violently but gently.
Fear made Shirai forget to swim, and at that moment his head was empty.
After several struggles, Shirai finally climbed ashore, gasping for breath, not having the courage to look up at the stick-like sun again.
Shirai, who had been paralyzed on the shore for a long time, slowly recovered and convinced himself to admit that this was no longer the earth, and maybe not even the universe where he used to be.
Shirai kept comforting himself that he had no father or mother, and he could still have this adventure in his lifetime, letting himself know that there were still so many things in this world, not to mention that he had more than ten years of life, although he had left the familiar earth, but fortunately he was still alive.
I was in a daze for a long time, and the stick-like sun did not set in the west like the earth, but slowly shortened like a sword returning to its sheath. The sky slowly began to darken.
Shirai picked up his backpack and opened it to look at the two strange fruits left inside, dark and fragrant. There was also a worn-out book in the bag, which had been thrown into the bag by Shirai when everyone was desperate at the end, but the bronze lamp was thrown into the stone tower in a panic.
Choosing a random direction, Shirai plucked up the courage to walk forward, although he didn't know where to go, he couldn't stay here. In fact, what scares Shirai the most is that he is worried that there are no humans on this planet, and then loneliness will torture him to death.
Walking along the valley, the valley behind him resounded with a beast-like roar, which made the beginning of the slightly cool sky full of terror, Shirai began to run, Shirai did not find out, since eating this strange fruit, not only the body has become seven or eight years old, but also the endurance has become a lot better, Shirai, who has been running in one direction for a long time, does not feel tired at all, and the speed is no less than that of an adult.