Twilight Chapter 25: The Statue
In ancient times, there were birds, whose name was Chongming, like a chicken, singing like a phoenix, and having double pupils. When the feathers are removed, the flesh flies, and it can fight the fierce beasts, tigers and wolves, so that the demons and the evil can not be harmed......
In the midst of the heavy rain, in the gloomy world, the statue of the respectful bird stood alone, the bird's head slightly raised, its wings spread, and it wanted to soar.
Song Wu and Zhu Quanyu wore soldiers' armor and hid behind a feather on the bird's tail, carefully observing the situation on the bird's back.
"It's a bit tricky, but it can be solved quickly if it goes well. Song Wu looked at the soldier stationed on his back and gasped.
"Old Zhu, are you ready?" he glanced at Zhu Quanyu.
"Alright. Zhu Quanyu also replied with a look.
The two nodded, then shook off the rain from their bodies, and rushed to the garrison soldiers with a quick run, and dealt with them in a few strokes.
The soldiers didn't see anything, only felt two black shadows pass by, and then they were knocked unconscious.
"I thought it was powerful, but it seems that the Dementors didn't realize the importance of this formation at all. Song Wu pushed away the soldier's body and said.
But Elder Zhu disagreed: "The dementor family suffered the loss of the Chongming Bird back then, otherwise, the black dust would have been in the bag a long time ago, and now that it has re-attacked the black dust, as an enemy, even the statue will definitely not let go." But now only a few small soldiers are stationed, which is too child's play. ”
"I don't think so, maybe the Chongming Bird has its own power, the Dementor can't do anything to the stone statue, so he can only let the soldiers guard it, and now that a thousand years have passed, they don't know what this formation is for, so they didn't pay much attention to it, and sent some puppets casually. ”
"Your argument is really far-fetched. Either way, it's better to be careful. ”
Zhu Quanyu gave him a speechless expression, and then looked at the formation again. He wiped the rain off it with his hands, turned his head and said to Song Wu, "Hurry up and write it down, and then return to the cave to report." ”
Song Wu nodded, took out the cloth and drew the formation. Zhu Quanyu stood aside, he looked at the city from afar, the former prosperity was buried in the desolation, only the ruins shivered in the rain, and the picture looked very bleak. He couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, and his mouth trembled slightly: "This is the last chance to turn the tables!"
Zhu Quanyu stretched out his hand to touch the statue, although he had lived for most of his life, it was the first time he had such close contact. The rain lapped on the statue with a crisp "popping" sound.
Zhu Quanyu touched the pattern on the heavy bird, and recalled this "pop pop" in his ear, and suddenly frowned.
"Hollow?" he couldn't believe it, and hurriedly leaned down and tapped the bird's back with his hand, followed by an empty and crisp sound, and a faint echo.
"It's really hollow!" Zhu Quanyu was very surprised, and looked at his hand again, there were faint yellow marks on his hand, and when he smelled it carefully, it was the smell of rust.
"Old Song, Old Song. Zhu Quanyu felt a little uneasy in his heart, "You just said that this Chongming bird is carved from stone?"
"Yes, it's a stone, it took three years to complete. ”
"Is it hollow or solid?"
"Of course. Song Wu replied.
"Are you sure?"
"What's uncertain about this, it's all written in the books. Song Wu flipped over the pattern on the cloth and the comparison on his back, then put it in his arms, turned to Elder Zhu and said, "I remember, let's withdraw." ”
I saw Zhu Quanyu looking at him with a serious face, and the pale yellow marks on his fingers were washed away by the rain: "I'm afraid...... It's not that simple......"
"What's wrong? Song Wu also felt a trace of uneasiness and hurriedly asked.
"It's okay, just kidding. Zhu Quanyu suddenly laughed, startling Song Wu, "Look at your appearance." ”
"You......" Song Wu shook his head helplessly, and breathed a long sigh of relief.
Seeing that Song Wu was relieved, Zhu Quanyu also pretended to be calm, after all, this matter was known to him, with his character, he must investigate before he would give up, at that time there will be more troubles, and the longer he stays in the Central District of Black Dust at this moment, the more dangerous it will be.
While the two were talking, not far away, an unkilled soldier struggled to take out the flare in his hand, released it with the last of his strength, and then died......
At this moment, an orange fireworks rose in the air, piercing the sky and illuminating the gray sky, and the patrolling soldiers looked at the signal flares and rushed towards the statue of the Bright Bird.
When the fireworks slowly rose and bloomed in the air, Song Wu felt a chill behind him, and he turned around to take a look. After a burst of thunder, a woman stood on the bird's head, her hair fluttering gently in the wind, and a cold light was released from her gray pupils.
"She's ...... Kong Yan?" Song Wu was terrified.
"Let's go!" Zhu Quanyu patted him on the shoulder and hurriedly fled, "We have been discovered, and it will really be over if we are a little later!"
The two jumped off the statue and headed towards the outskirts.
Kong Yan looked at them and didn't catch up, behind him, more than a dozen black shadows shot out and flew in the direction of the two.
On the street, the puppet soldiers chased after the two men. Just as they turned the corner, there were two people standing in front of them---- Shangguan Hua, Lei Guang. The footsteps behind him became closer and closer, and Song Wu and Zhu Quanyu looked at each other and immediately rushed to the opposite side.
Zhu Quanyu jumped up, the fire in his hand condensed, and flew towards the two of them. With a wave of Song Wu's left hand, the ground began to freeze and spread rapidly towards them. With his right hand, he controlled the vitality and poured the power of ice into the rain, becoming "Ice Rain" and smashing it down.
Lei Guang was just about to catch up, when suddenly his feet were cold, and he looked down to see that his feet had been frozen. Overhead, the raging flames rushed over, and Shangguan Hua raised his hands and condensed a shield to block the flames.
Seeing that Zhu Quanyu and Shangguan were confronted, Song Wu increased his strength and moved the ice to the upper layer. Thunder Light was furious, and the thunder and lightning in his hand gathered and slapped at the ice, trying to stop the ice from rising.
At this time, Zhu Quanyu retracted the attack, kicked and shattered the shield, and the ice rain rushed in his face and smashed on them. Shangguan Hua and the others were in chaos, and taking advantage of this opportunity, Song and Zhu hurriedly fled.
"There was a fork in the road, and we split up. ”
"Okay, you... Take care!" Zhu Quanyu said.
"You too. The corners of Song Wu's mouth raised, "Bibi to see which of us returns to the cave first." ”
With that, the two fled in different directions.
They all remembered the full pattern of the formation, but just in case, they tore the cloth in half, each with one, and finally went back to the cave to put it together.
It's a convention.
On the upper floor of the Wild Goose Tower, Mo Feng overlooked the dilapidated central district and the two people fleeing in different directions, the corners of his mouth twitched, slightly angry. There was a murderous aura in his eyes, which permeated this gray world.
A bolt of lightning swept through the air, and suddenly Mo Leiling appeared beside him, lazily looking at Song Wu Zhu Quanyu and the large group of clumsy pursuers behind him.
"Aren't you going to chase after you?" Mo Feng asked him with squinted eyes.
"Aren't you going, then?"
"I'm in charge of the command, and you're in charge of the action. Mo Feng said.
"Well, well......"
"Wait......" Mo Feng turned his head and stopped Mo Leiling, "I feel a trace of breath on you......"
Mo Lei Ling sniffed on his clothes and asked, "What smell, what kind of fragrance?"
"No, it's very similar to Mo Yuyi, or rather, it's similar to that group of fugitives. ”
"You mean... The people of the black dust?"
"Yes, I'm used to defining this aura as ......" Mo Feng slowly pulled out the knife in his waist, "The smell of betrayal ......"
"You seem to like to do things to your own people......" Mo Leiling turned his head to look at Mo Feng, the two of them looked at each other coldly, and remained silent, only the sound of rain slapping on the blade at the moment.
The rain doesn't seem to stop. In the sky, a fallen leaf streaked across the sight of the two, although it was only for a short time, it was enough to completely cover each other.
"Is it blind?" murmured.
When the leaves drifted away, the ink wind in front of him was gone, the corners of Mo Leiling's mouth raised, and he jumped forward, and suddenly, a big pit appeared where he was standing, and there was Mo Feng's machete on the pit. Murrayling spun around in the air, thunder and lightning on his arm, and he shot a golden lightning bolt into the air, making a muffled sound.
"Hit? So, take it when you see it. He walked to the edge of the tower and leaped down......
In the air, Mo Feng's arm was slightly numb, and bursts of white smoke rose from his arm, he roared loudly, summoned the machete into his hand, his brow jumped, and then hurriedly chased after him.
"Why didn't you kill me?"
"I don't know. In the pavilion, Mo Yuyi sat on the stone bench, leaning against the stone table, staring blankly at the scenery in the distance.
The rain slapped on the leaves and made a "click" sound, and the trees of the whole mountain shook and rustled together in the wind, and the rain mixed together and fell. He raised his head and looked at the dark sky, with some disappointment in his eyes, "Is there no moon or stars tonight?"
"Do you have any plans?"
"I don't know about this, let's take one step at a time. ”
"How many memories do you have of this?"
"I don't remember anything before, but occasionally some images pop up and give me a headache. ”
"What's the picture?"
"There are a lot of them, some of them are in a courtyard, and the big trees in the courtyard are blooming, and the pink flowers are very beautiful. I sat with a couple of people of similar age. ”
"Chat, what?"
"It seems to be some trivial matter, I can't remember clearly, but it's very warm. ”
"So, is there anything else?"
"There's a picture of me lying on a hillside, looking at the stars, the breeze blowing, and by the way, there's a girl next to me. When talking about the girl, Mo Yu's eyes flashed with joy, "Her bangs cover her left eye, which is quite mysterious, she has a green hairpin pinned to the top of her head, she likes to wear a white dress, and she has a purple bell hanging around her waist." ”
"Is she good-looking?"
"I can't remember what she looked like, it's just that when the breeze blew, she sat among the flowers and smiled......" Speaking of this, Mo Yuyi also smiled, and her cheeks were a little red.
But soon, Mo Yu's face changed, and his expression was very painful.
"What's wrong?"
"Head... It hurts..."Yuichi covered his head, "Every time." He ran out of the pavilion and tried to calm himself down in the heavy rain.
"Are you feeling better?"
Mo Yu lay on the ground, letting the rain lap on his body, and the muddy water on the ground stained his clothes.
He burst out laughing, his laughter filled with helplessness and self-deprecation, and his mind was blank with memories of the past.
"Who am I?" he asked secretly, he had lived for more than 20 years, why didn't he have any memories of it earlier?
"It's better. He finally calmed down and replied, the rain running down his cheeks.
There was a slight noise in the woods next to the pavilion, and Mo Yu sat up and looked cautiously at the woods.
"Who is it?"
A man covered in blood slowly emerged from the woods and collapsed to the ground.
"Elder Song Wu, why is he here?Yu Yi, please save him, please!"
"Save him?" Mo Yu felt a little familiar, and he walked over and lifted Song Wu up and put him in the pavilion.
"How dare the people of Black Dust come here?" Mo Yu looked at him and said, "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"
Song Wu opened his blood-red eyes, his consciousness was a little clearer, he gasped, and turned his head to Mo Yuyi: "If I'm afraid... It won't appear in front of you. His tone was weak and laborious.
"Are you so relieved? Say, what is the purpose of your coming here?"
"Haichi... You're not like them, I can feel it, you... And residual consciousness ... And... Humanity..."
"What did you say?"
He grabbed Mo Yuyi's hand and said, "You... Can you help me... Save the Black Dust?"
"You're mistaken, I'm going to destroy the black dust, and I'm not going to save it. Mo Yu tried to break free of his restraints.
"If you want to destroy it, will you still talk so much to me?" Song Wu spat out a mouthful of blood and stuffed the cloth in his arms into him.
Yuichi hesitated, not knowing whether to accept it or not.
"It's in... Save the Black Dust... The only way... Please help me... Give them to the Speaker. ”
"You can pay for such a valuable thing yourself. ”
"No!" Song Wu said with difficulty, "I know I won't live long, so I can only ask you!" He stuffed the cloth into Yu Yi's hand and slowly stood up, his hand couldn't help but tremble, "Yu Yi, listen to the deepest choice in your heart......"
He stood up and struggled to his steps, dragging his scarred body into the rain, his shoes rubbing against the ground, leaving long bloody streaks. As soon as Mo Yu looked at his figure, he couldn't help but feel a sour in his heart.
Song Wu turned his head to look at Yu Yi and said, "I can be sure that you are different from them! Don't feel that the abyss is very far away from you, sometimes, just ...... turning around."
Song Wu looked ahead, the mountain forest, closed his eyes, listened carefully to the sound of rain, and sniffed the smell of the wind.
"How wonderful, it's a pity, I can't feel it anymore, Ziwei, you live well!"
Song Wu slowly fell to his knees, a cut in his chest, and blood gushed out......