The heavy rain stopped after a night.
But the sky has been cloudy.
Occasionally a ray of sunlight would shine through the clouds, bringing with it a damp and chilly feeling.
Life has become a little more unchanging, and panic is growing and spreading in invisible corners.
Lin Yu tidied up the yard a little. When cleaning the pond, he found that the black stone in the pond seemed to be a little bigger. He picked up the stone, turned it over in his hand, but couldn't see anything, so he threw it back in.
Turning around, he looked at Guan Qingtong standing under the camphor tree with her eyes closed.
She had been standing there for three days without eating or drinking.
A golden light flashed by.
Looking closely, the golden color came from underground, flowing upward along the tree roots and along the veins of the leaves, and Guan Qingtong was standing in the river of light...
A coal tit flitted across the river.
Lin Yu rubbed his eyes and the scene disappeared.
He flicked his bracelet and walked into the store.
"Originally, those things were rare. There might be a lot of them, but they were hidden in places we didn't know about. That's rare. We discovered them, studied them, used them, looked for them, or even made them ourselves, but we can't say that we understand them," Chang Lizhang told Sun Yu and Jin Cheng about his thoughts. "I was very scared, so scared that I left the institute, but I can't change other people's ideas, right?"
Chang Lizhang and Jin Cheng temporarily stayed in the insect house.
Sun Yu also spends most of his time here every day.
Lin Yu walked behind the counter and saw Zhaocai sleeping curled up on a chair. He smiled, opened the drawer and took out a key.
Sun Yu heard the voice and turned to him and said, "Brother Lin? Are you going out?"
Lin Yu nodded and said, "I'll go home and get some things."
Sun Yu said: "You may not be able to come in for a while. I just received news that the bill will be released. Everything will be strictly enforced at that time."
"Bill?" Lin Yu was a little confused.
"Yes," Sun Yu nodded, "It seems that it was proposed before Mr. Zhuang passed away. Just when this happened, it was immediately put into use."
"Mr. Zhuang is back?" Lin Yu grasped the key point.
"That should be the case," Sun Yu glanced outside, "The control of Cultural Street may be stricter, so you should not go out for now. It's a special time, and the section chief is not here..."
"Haven't Boss Jiang and Section Chief Tang come back yet?" Lin Yu asked.
Sunwoo shook his head, "No."
Lin Yu nodded and put the key back.
Zhaocai woke up. When he saw Lin Yu, he meowed, jumped off the chair and walked out.
When it reached the door, it barked again.
Creak.
It was the sound of a door being pushed open.
The four people in the store looked outside at the same time.
Guan Nuo pushed open the iron gate, and Jiang Mo walked into the yard unsteadily, dragging a crane.
"Guan Nuo? Jiang Mo?" Sun Yu stood up happily, walked out, and asked Guan Nuo: "Are the section chief and Jiang Ge back?"
Guan Nuo shook his head. After seeing Sun Yu's disappointed expression, he added, "The section chief and Brother Jiang should be fine. They may be back in a few days."
"I see." Sun Yu walked up to Jiang Mo and squatted down and said, "Xiao Mo, are you tired? Do you want to eat something?"
Jiang Mo let go of his hand.
The crane landed on the ground and was about to flutter its wings to fly when it saw Zhaocai. So it consciously limped to the edge of the pond, spread its wings and buried its head.
Zhaocai yawned and licked his fur.
"Is this crane from the mountain?" Sun Yu asked.
Jiang Mo glanced at Sun Yu without saying a word. He walked slowly and staggeringly back to the store and then went upstairs.
"Is he okay?" Sun Yu asked worriedly.
"I'll go see him." Lin Yu said as he walked back to the store. After hesitating for a moment, he went into the kitchen, heated a cup of milk, and brought it upstairs.
After looking at his mother standing under the camphor tree for a while, Guan Nuo walked back to the store with Sun Yu.
Chang Lizhang looked at Guan Nuo's face and asked, "Is there something wrong?"
Guan Nuo nodded.
He saw Jin Cheng and asked, "Perhaps your dream foretells the future of the entire world."
"Ah? That, that's not..." Jin Cheng was a little confused for a moment, "But I don't know what that means, I just feel scared."
"Xiao Nuo, did something happen when you went to the mountain?" Chang Lizhang asked.
Guan Nuo nodded.
"Now that you're back, everything should be fine, right?" Chang Lizhang asked again.
"Yes, yes, a lot of things happened, and maybe everything will be different in the future." Guan Nuola pulled open a chair and sat down. He rubbed his brows, took a long sigh, and then recounted the story of the gods and demons gathering outside the world.
Then he said, "But it is said that many cultivators on the mountain have begun to overcome tribulations. The restrictions on cultivators by the Heavenly Dao have been relaxed. In the future, there will be more masters among us humans, and perhaps many people will become immortals. So there is still hope."
"Then the restrictions on demons have also been lifted, right?" Chang Lizhang asked pointedly.
Guan Nuo said: "Maybe, I don't know either. Now I'm just waiting for news. Besides, Brother Jiang..."
At this time, Lin Yu came down from upstairs with an empty cup.
When he heard Guan Nuo mention Brother Jiang, he looked at him and asked, "What happened to Boss Jiang?"
Guan Nuo said: "Brother Jiang is very powerful."
Lin Yu nodded, "I know, Jiang Mo said..."
"What did he say?" Guan Nuo asked anxiously.
"Boss Jiang is almost here."
As soon as the words fell, they heard several loud noises. They ran to the yard and looked up at the sky. There were countless spots of light projected down from far away.
…
The bubbles floated on the gray wool and drifted towards the unknown front.
Lin Shunan was in a coma.
Tang Butian reached out and felt his pulse.
Jiang You said: "Don't worry, he can make it."
Tang Butian looked up at him.
From time to time, light floated between his fingers, and he seemed to be weaving something.
Jiang You said, "It will be soon. I can feel that my son is missing me." He looked at the tentacles that occasionally swept across the edge of the ash and said, "Do you remember the barbecue stall at the entrance of the night market? When we get back, let's go get some grilled squid first? The squid there is fresh, not dry, and tasty."
Tang Butian asked, "Will there still be a grilled squid stall?"
Jiang You was a little disappointed, "Yeah, maybe it's gone in the near future."
Tang Butian asked: "What does Jiang Mo think?"
"As for him," Jiang You laughed unconsciously, "he is very simple. In the past, revenge was all he wanted, and nothing else mattered to him. Now, he probably just wants hope..."
"What?"
"I hope his old father will live in peace and stability," Jiang You turned his head and said, looking ahead, "There are two pieces of news, one good news and one bad news."
Tang Butian pursed her lips, and the magic sword fell on Jiang You's shoulder.
"Be careful, be careful. This sword is not as sharp as before!" Jiang You raised his hands in surrender.
Tang Butian looked at him.
Jiang You didn't keep it a secret any longer: "The good news is that we're almost there. The bad news is that some doors are about to be opened."
"Door?"
"yes."
"Will they come?"
"It won't fall like dumplings, but in the future, slaying demons may become a normal thing," Jiang You carefully held the transparent sword with his thumb and index finger and took the sword off his shoulder. "In the future, there may be a regular column in the news broadcast. Today, a monk killed a gamma-level demon in a certain area. What is the current situation of the landform in the area? The investigation team has moved in to conduct surveys and resource development. Experts say that various rich mines are expected to be formed... It's interesting, isn't it?"
"Speak human language." Tang Butian said.
Jiang You said: "When a whale falls, everything comes to life. In fact, you see, the relationship between us and the world is a bit like the relationship between intestinal flora and the human body, isn't it?"
Tang Butian turned her head away. After a moment of silence, she said, "Many people will be bewitched."
Jiang You replied: "It's inevitable."
The bubbles seemed to melt into a thick, sticky barrier.
The spiritual energy around suddenly became thin.
It's a familiar feeling.
Some light came in.
It is the light of the sun.
…
The spots of light on the clouds were shaking and shaky.
Sun Yu was feeling a little bored staying in the store, so he walked into the yard, took a few deep breaths, turned around and saw Zhao Cai had slipped into the greenhouse at some point, and was lying beside the fish tank, scooping up fish with his claws.
Sun Yu walked quickly into the greenhouse, hugged Zhao and said, "Don't touch this, I'll make you some fish paste in the evening."
Bang!
Turning around, I saw a flower pot lying on the ground.
The flowerpot broke, soil splashed all over the ground, and the roots of the plants were exposed.
Sun Yu put down Zhaocai and was about to go to the broom in the corner.
He stumbled and nearly fell, and then he realized the ground was shaking.
Earthquake?
Sun Yu rushed out holding Zhao Cai. He saw that everyone was standing in the yard, looking up at a certain place in the sky.
The clouds there formed a vortex, and there seemed to be a door at the deepest part of the vortex. Undercurrents intersected and melted into the thin sunlight.
Everything was quiet.
——
Zhuang Zekun stood in front of the window, staring at the door.
The office door was pushed open and Ji Xiaozhen and Wu Yulan walked in.
Ji Xiaozhen walked up to Zhuang Zekun and said, "Everything has been arranged."
Zhuang Zekun turned around and asked, "Did the higher-ups agree?"
Ji Xiaozhen said: "Yes, Director Jia said he is responsible."
Zhuang Zekun asked Wu Yulan: "Is there still no news from Qingtong?"
Wu Yulan shook her head and said, "I just asked Xiao Nuo, but there is no conclusion yet."
"We can't wait for her," Zhuang Zekun made a decision. He looked at Ji Xiaozhen and said, "After the door is opened, the army will be the first line of defense. The masters on the mountain are all undergoing tribulation and cannot take action. They will set up a seal closest to the door. Our task is to wait until the situation stabilizes, cut out the entire space where the door is located, and then destroy it. Therefore, no matter how great the sacrifice, we must wait for the moment of stability to arrive. Do you understand?"
Ji Xiaozhen nodded: "I understand."
——
Guan Nuo put down his phone.
Chang Lizhang asked him, "What do you mean?"
Guan Nuo shook his head and said, "I didn't say anything. I just asked my mother if she was still calculating."
Chang Lizhang said: "Let's just wait here."
"Aunt Wu also told me to wait here and not to leave no matter what happens." Guan Nuo glanced at Chang Lizhang and asked, "Uncle Chang, do you know something?"
Chang Lizhang said: "I have also been involved in Shunan's project. Haha, Shunan only wanted to understand the principles behind that project, but I know that the research on small worlds in that project has some directions that can create something very lethal."
"What does it mean?" Guan Nuo asked.
Chang Lizhang replied: "Now the institute is able to create some ordinary small worlds. In other words, it has the ability to cut out a piece of space from our world."
"Really?" Jin Cheng was a little unconvinced.
"Yes, I know, I have used it," Guan Nuo testified.
Chang Lizhang continued: "So it is possible that they would use this method."
——
The ground was shaking more and more violently.
The door in the void seemed to have opened a crack, and the light spots on the clouds flickered, turning into meteors flying towards the door.
The space is disordered and layered.
At the same time, many figures also flew towards the door. Some of them left their shadows in front of the door, while others disappeared in the undercurrent before they got close.
Guan Nuo suddenly turned around, rushed into the store, went upstairs, and pushed open the bedroom door.
Jiang Mo sat on the windowsill with her back to him, swinging her legs.
The ground in the yard lit up, revealing strands of transparent silk, spider silk.
The spider silk was woven into a spider web and flew towards the sky.
Guan Nuo climbed onto the bed and tried to move to the windowsill.
At this time, Jiang Mo turned around suddenly. He saw Guan Nuo's feet on the bed, and a red light flashed in the depths of his eyes. Guan Nuo felt dizzy, and then found himself in the pond in the yard, his whole body wet. The crane beside the pond looked at him, turned around, and continued to cover his head with his wings.
The spider web continued to stretch in the sky, as if flying towards the door.
Some spots of light seemed to notice the spider web as well. They moved towards it, but when they were about to touch it, they moved away.
There was a tiny fire burning on the spider silk.
——
"What is that?" Ji Xiaozhen frowned.
"Spider web, maybe," Zhuang Zekun said with some hope in his tone, "maybe he did it?"
"who?"
However, just as it was about to get close to the door, the spider web stopped.
Zhuang Zekun sighed and did not answer Ji Xiaozhen.
——
The spider web rolled up, and finally, as if it had trapped something, it began to sway and fall down.
When he was more than a hundred meters above the ground, Lin Yu saw clearly what was in the spider web - three familiar faces, Jiang You, Tang Butian, and Lin Shunan.
Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief and put away the meteor hammer.
The spider web entangled Jiang You, Tang Butian and Lin Shunan, who were like a basketball, bouncing and approaching the insect house one by one.
Finally it fell into the center of the yard.
The spider silk disappeared.
Jiang You raised his hand with difficulty, pushed his glasses, stood up, and then pulled Tang Butian to stand up. Then he waved to Sun Yu and said, "Contact the research institute and ask them to pick us up." He pointed at Lin Shunan who was still unconscious, "It will be too late if we are late."
"I'll contact him." Chang Lizhang said.
Jiang You saw him and said, "Old Chang, you're here. I feel relieved. Everything else will be fine." Then he saw Guan Qingtong, and after looking around, his eyes stayed on the cranes by the pond for a few seconds, then he raised his head and gestured to Jiang Mo.
Unexpectedly, a ball of spider silk hit him in the face.
Jiang You laughed, pulled off the spider silk, and threw it back.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Mo fell down. Jiang You tried hard to hold him, and said as he backed away: "You've become fatter, fatter, I can't hold you anymore, my waist, my waist is twisted..."
Guan Nuo watched the interaction between Jiang You and Jiang Mo. He walked over to Tang Butian and said, "Chief, you're back."
Tang Butian glanced at the door in the void and asked, "What's the situation now?"
Guan Nuo told Tang Butian everything he knew and Chang Lizhang's speculation, and then he said, "Section Chief, can you persuade Brother Jiang to take action?"
Tang Butian turned to look at Jiang You.
Jiang You put the minced ginger on the swing and pushed it hard.
The swing flew high up.
Tang Butian looked at the sword in his hand.
Transparent sword blade.
It did not turn back into a wooden sword.
She said, "Please help me contact Mr. Zhuang."
Guan Nuo was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly took out his phone and said, "Okay, okay, wait a minute, he probably won't be looking at his phone now, I'll look for Aunt Wu..."
Soon, Tang Butian and Zhuang Zekun got in touch with each other.
Tang Butian said: "I'm in the bug house now. I want to know the specific plan."
Zhuang Zekun's fingers left fingerprints on the windowsill. He said, "Xiao Tang, I'm glad you're back. Where's Jiang You?"
“Yes.”
"What does he think?" Zhuang Zekun asked.
"I don't know." Tang Butian said again, "Tell me the specific plan."
Zhuang Zekun was silent for a second, then took out his plan.
After listening, Tang Butian said: "We paid such a high price, but it's just to temporarily isolate the door."
Zhuang Zekun replied: "I know. The rules of heaven and earth have changed. We have a plan to deal with it, but this time it came too fast and too coincidentally. We only have time to resort to this last resort."
"I understand." Tang Butian hung up the phone.
At this time, Guan Nuo noticed the sword in Tang Butian's hand and said, "Section Chief, have you upgraded your weapon?"
"Um."
Tang Butian turned around and saw Jiang You holding up the crane.
Noticing Tang Butian's gaze, Jiang You looked at her and said, "Do you think it's better to braise it or stew it?"
Tang Butian did not answer Jiang You's question. She said, "I'll go close the door."
"You should take good care of your injuries, and I have to take good care of my injuries too," Jiang You tugged at his collar and said, "I have managed to get through this journey with all my strength."
Tang Butian pursed her lips and said, "But, I care."
"Tang Xiaotian, that's not just a door."
"I know."
"When one door closes, there is always another. There is no end. One day, a balance will be reached. Or maybe one day, a hero will be born and change the world - but that is probably a long, long time away."
Tang Butian clenched the hilt of the sword. She said, "Jiang You, to you, perhaps what happens in this world is only interesting or boring. Just like reading a novel, maybe you can empathize, maybe you will particularly like or hate one or two characters. But this is not your world. What you call reality is not reality, it is just your occasional emotion. You will always be safe here, just a bystander, a ruthless monster."
Jiang You said: "So this is how you see me?"
"No, you are the reason why I like this place." Tang Butian avoided Jiang You's sight and said, "I once hoped to practice meditation in the mountains, but for the right reasons that I didn't want to, I went down the mountain. The rules of heaven and earth changed, and the original destinies of the people living in this world were forced to change."
"So what do you want to do?"
"Cut down every door I see."
"It doesn't make any sense."
"It makes sense. It's my will. It's my way."
The girl's face was pale.
Jiang You saw himself in her eyes. He was the shop owner who sat lazily behind the counter, the subordinate who followed her and chatted nonsense and took the opportunity to slack off, and also... the person who woke up a long, long time ago, looked around in confusion, not knowing where to go...
He heard the girl say, "Jiang You, tell me what you saw."
He stretched out his hand and grabbed the girl's wrist. Tang Butian struggled for a while, but the magic sword was still in Jiang You's hand.
"Forget it," Jiang You sighed, loosened his hand, and the crane flew out. "Section Chief, I can't guarantee the result. If I pounce and swing the sword of destruction, you can't blame me."
"You..." Tang Butian was speechless.
Jiang You pretended to swing the sword, but found that it was a little sluggish. Upon closer inspection, he saw several spider silks wrapped around it.
Jiang Mo stood with his back to Jiang You.
"What's going on? I came back from far away just to have a bite of hotpot, but in the end I haven't even had a sip of water. Raise this crane for me, braise half of it and stew the other half. I'll eat it when I come back." He walked around to Jiang Mo and squatted down.
Jiang Mo turned his head.
Jiang You straightened his head with both hands and said, "You forgot about the fall just now. I brought you some local specialties."
Jiang Youshou rummaged in his bag and pulled out a piece of bright red cloth.
Tang Butian recognized it. It was made by Jiang You using the energy from the remaining balls on his way back.
It was a cape.
Jiang You carefully fastened the belt, straightened his clothes, and finally touched his head and said, "You made the decision."
Jiang Mo opened his eyes wide, and the red color in the depths of his eyes was dancing.
"I just figured it out. I slept for too long and became stupid." Jiang You smiled. "Thank you, Commander. Let's get started."
Jiang Mo opened his mouth.
This time he tried to speak, but no sound came out.
"Remember to study hard. I'll check the papers when I get back." Jiang You stood up, looked at Tang Butian, and said, "I'll leave my son's enrollment in your hands."
"good."
"That's it," Jiang You said, holding the sword and looking up at the door that was gradually opening. "By the way, I'm still following a book. The author said it was finished last year. When it's finished, remember to ask Shengsou to read the updated chapters to me."
"What book?"
"The Bug House."
"good."
The spider silk in the yard lit up again.
Jiang Mo's eyes were red.
He stretched out his hand, and a little pink light flew out from the second-floor window and landed on his hand. It was a unicorn made of Lego bricks.
He rode on the unicorn and flew towards the door. Thousands of spider silks intertwined around him to form a web, and a fire lit up, a flame that burned all the laws.
The wind blew the bright red cloak.
The colorful threads are shining in the dim sunlight.
The moment he walked through the door, the spots of light burned, the clouds rolled, and the entire sky was dyed red.
Jin Cheng stood in the yard and murmured, "Yes, that's it. This is what I dreamed of."
——
Zhuang Zekun looked at the burning sky, a little bit unbelievable for a moment, he said: "This is, this, this..."
Ji Xiaozhen's expression was equally shocked. She looked at the numbers on the screen and said, "It now shows that the rules of heaven and earth are changing again..."
——
The calamity clouds dispersed.
An immortal exuding fairy spirit walked up to the main peak. He looked in the direction of the human world and suddenly became frightened.
He said, "The Heavens are on fire..."
——
At this moment, Jiang You lowered his head, as if listening to something.
The hot air poured down from the sky.
The sword drew a faint line on the ground.
The next moment, Jiang You finally moved.
His body also became transparent, extremely thin, and huge. A huge transparent figure swung a sword towards this world.
After one sword strike, the figure disappeared like bubbles. It seemed that something had changed, yet it seemed that nothing had changed.
Guan Qingtong finally opened her eyes.
The leaves on the camphor tree fall one by one.
Rivers of light flowed in her eyes.
She began to speak, "A new world has been opened outside the sky, connecting to the chaotic void, and is called the New World. The New World has twelve gates, and insects can pass through the gates to reach the New World."
Guan Nuo felt her voice was familiar yet strange.
It was as if something was speaking through her soul.
"New Territory?" Chang Lizhang walked up to Guan Qingtong and asked, "You mean, they won't come directly to the human world? Instead, they will come to the New Territory, and then we can go there too?"
"Yes." Guan Qingtong replied.
"What did he do?" Tang Butian asked.
"In the new world, if lost creatures call his name and the exchange is successful, the creatures who gain his protection will find their way back."
"What is his name?"
Guan Qingtong turned around, looked at the words "Bug House" on the plaque and said, "Little Spider."
Her voice gradually became warmer. "He is the fire of annihilation that burns all the laws of the world, and he is the law that binds that fire. Now that fire has finally found a world that can carry him, and he has become a world. This is the new law of heaven and earth."
Chirp!
It chirped, spread its wings and flew into the sky .
The golden sunlight shines through the clouds and onto the earth.
A wooden sword fell at Tang Butian's feet.
It's dawn.