Volume 4: Beginning of Spring Chapter 27 Singing
The white fog obscured everything.
Tang Butian looked into the distance and saw some vague black spots that appeared and disappeared like tadpoles.
The air is cold and dry.
Jiang You's hand gently grasped her left wrist and led her walking in the thick fog.
She turned her head to look at Jiang You.
The line from the chin to the neck is very round.
"What are you looking at me for?" Jiang You asked.
The eyes behind the lenses looked a little small, and there was a gentle smile in his eyes.
"I was thinking about what you said."
"What's for lunch?"
“We live by rules.”
"Did I say that?"
"I did." Tang Butian was sure.
"You have to eat when you are hungry. Eating too much will make you gain weight, and your blood lipids, blood pressure and blood sugar will increase. These are the rules." Jiang You touched his belly, and the rubbing of his palms on his down jacket made a short and harsh sound.
"Taking away the soul, luck and life will make you stronger. This is also the rule."
"That's about right. In the past, in the era of gods and demons, a hungry monster would eat hundreds or thousands of human lives, but they never became that powerful. But in the human era, it's terrible. An evil god dares to seize his godhood if its believers regularly offer it dozens or hundreds of pieces of flesh and blood."
"Are you talking about the Mirror Lake Society?"
"I'm just complaining. I ate too much, became stronger, became stronger, and became bald... It's no secret that I was harvested. However, there are always some stubborn people who take this as an opportunity."
"What chance?"
"Returning to the age of gods and demons, that's normal. Now there are all kinds of Chinese studies classes and women's virtue classes that want to reverse history."
He heard a soft chirping sound.
He looked in the direction where the sound came from.
Tang Butian raised the wooden sword forward.
A dark light passed across the blade, then vibrated out in all directions, breaking through the mist layer by layer.
"An epiphany?"
"I have a good understanding." Tang Butian looked into the distance again.
Under the ginkgo tree, there was a man sitting.
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The rain came in torrents.
My face was covered in water, blurring my vision.
He wiped his face, and the moment the red light turned green, he started his electric bike and rushed forward.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw a car about to turn left.
The sounds of rain, cars and pedestrians were still in an instant.
Wipe.
The accumulated water splashed out, soaking his shoes and pants.
The world became noisy again.
After crossing the red light, he stopped, took a few deep breaths, and took out his mobile phone. The time for this order was about to come.
He opened WeChat.
Baby: Be safe during heavy rain.
He smiled, and the puddles on the ground reflected the light, shining in his pupils.
He put the phone back in his pocket and rushed into the rainstorm again.
…
Chai Ou: Have you bought the ticket for your return trip, baby? At what time will I pick you up?
Baby: My mother arranged for me to go on a blind date on the fifth day of the New Year, and I will be back on the sixth.
Chai Ou: ...
Chai Ou: Haven’t you told your family that you have a boyfriend?
Baby: No, my neighbor’s sister is also in Tangjiang. She brought her boyfriend back this year . Her boyfriend is very generous. My family got a box of chocolates and a box of seafood…
He put down his phone.
The house in my hometown is dilapidated and needs to be rebuilt. I borrowed 50,000 yuan and paid it back, but it is definitely not enough. My parents are in poor health, and my sister needs tuition and living expenses for the next semester...
Chai Ou: Let’s break up.
Baby: Are you threatening me?
Chai Ou: No, I’m not worthy of you.
Baby: I was afraid that you would be suspicious, so I told you clearly that I was going to a blind date on the fifth day of the Chinese New Year and would be back on the sixth. My mom called me to eat, so please stop sending me messages. When you have time, read more books and change jobs next year, so that I can tell others what you do when I take you out...
A ginkgo leaf fell and landed on his hand.
The streetlight flickered and then went out.
——Leave it to me, I’ll help you.
A feather-soft voice whispered in his ear.
--Who are you?
——I am God.
warmth.
He was wrapped tightly in something soft.
- Relax, give yourself to me, give it all to me, and you can forget everything...
In the pale golden light.
The baby hugged his arm, "Dad, Mom, this is my friend..."
No!
don't want !
He doesn't want it!
This is not what he wants!
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The surrounding scenery is spinning.
Guan Nuo pointed in the direction and Wu Yulan led the way, and they continued to approach the center of the small world.
Suddenly Guan Nuo stopped, he pulled up his sleeves, and there were several pink scratches on his forearms.
Wu Yulan took a step forward and asked, "What's going on?"
"After I came out of here last time, there was a sudden evil spirit. Brother Jiang took me to Jinguang Temple and asked Master Hongzhen to chant sutras to exorcise evil spirits for me, and it disappeared. I also went to get a rabies vaccine." Guan Nuo felt the fog around him becoming thicker, and then he seemed to be in that classroom again, and saw the boy who was writing and calculating something in the notebook.
"Don't think about it."
He heard Wu Yulan's voice.
A great force pulled him out.
"We're already here. Don't get caught up in the illusion."
Guan Nuo looked forward.
In the fog, a man sat on a bench under a ginkgo tree with his head down. His cell phone fell at his feet and the screen was broken.
"Is he Chai Ou?" Guan Nuo recognized him.
Wu Yulan nodded. "So many days have passed. He is very tenacious and gave us time to find this space."
"How do we rescue him?" Guan Nuo asked.
"In every small world of this type, there is a spirit that seeks energy for this world and replenishes its consumption."
"The black cat?"
Wu Yulan thought of the shadow that escaped from the black cat's body. She said, "We had destroyed the black cat, but now this world..." Her world fell on Chai Ou, "No matter what it is, it is now in Chai Ou's body, tempting him..."
"How do I force it out?"
"There's no way. Look at his body. He's been almost completely devoured."
Chai Ou glanced in their direction.
Guan Nuo saw his face and his eyes turned blue.
Wu Yulan walked forward.
"Wait, Aunt Wu, the Section Chief and Brother Jiang haven't arrived yet, maybe they can..."
"There is no time."
An invisible force pushed Guan Nuo aside.
He fell to the ground and watched Wu Yulan walking forward.
"After it completely devours him, this world will eject us, and then it will escape. If we want to find it again..."
"Aunt Wu, there are other ways..."
Chai Ou stood up.
He seemed unaccustomed to this body and stumbled forward a few steps.
His expression suddenly twisted.
Then, Wu Yulan saw a wooden sword split the ginkgo tree in half, and then the tip of the sword pierced into Chai Ou's feet.
A slightly plump man walked out of the mist and approached Chai Ou. "I always give five-star reviews. Last time, I heard Master Hongzhen chant the Puan Mantra and I thought it sounded very nice, like singing. Let me chant it for you, too."
As he spoke, Jiang You began to recite in a halting, tone-deaf, and staggering manner.
The wooden sword trembled three times and flew back into Tang Butian's hand.
A very light black shadow slowly peeled off from Chai Ou's body.
