Chapter 228: The Magical Modified Big Fish and Begonia
The beginning of the story is mainly from Qiu's perspective, and he can be said to be the main protagonist of the entire story.
The world on the other side is no different from the world on this side. People in each world live the same life and have their own tasks.
It's just that people in the other world are born with special abilities, and when they acquire these abilities, they also have a vocation.
Qiu, who was on the other side, had just turned 14 at this time, and had just reached adulthood in the world on the other side.
In the other world, those who have gone through the coming-of-age ceremony at the age of 14 are already real adults. And they will also begin to assume the responsibilities that everyone in the other world has to bear, that is, their vocation.
Qiu's job is to patrol between the other side of the Taiwan Strait. This is a lonely job, because there are special passages between the two sides of the strait, and the gap between the two sides that Qiu wants to patrol is a void.
.There is no life, no sound, no light, and there is only dead silence.
Although Qiu hates this job very much, this is his bounden duty and there is no way to change it.
Qiu, who came to the crack for the first time, was also frightened by such a scene. The lamp in his hand became his only support.
In the darkness, there was only a lamp beside Qiu. Listening to the sound of the flame burning in the lamp, and calculating how long the fuel could last, Qiu lived like this every day.
Soon Qiu was able to calculate how long each drop of lamp oil would burn and how many steps he would take to finish each day's task. He even said how many times his breathing and heartbeat beats every day.
Gradually, Qiu learned to entertain himself. This empty world has become Qiu's paradise. Even if it is very dark, he can't see anything clearly without the light in his hand. Even if it is very quiet, except for
There was no voice other than his own.
But this place has indeed become a place where he can let go of everything and get angry with others outside. He has a place to vent, because here he can cry loudly and do whatever he wants. Gradually, he has fallen in love with this place.
This is like a secret base that belongs to him alone.
But suddenly one day, an uninvited guest came through the cracks.
During one of his inspections, he discovered a fish. It looked like a dolphin, but was red. It looked very special.
You must know that this is a gap between two worlds, a place where life will never be born, and here he found a fish, which surprised him very much.
Because he has regarded this place as his secret base, but now there are creatures coming here, which also makes him want to know the origin of this fish and why it is here.
As a result, I searched through various illustrated books and found no record of such a strange fish.
But the fish was still alive, so he put the fish in the fish tank and raised it.
One day later, he heard from an old man in the village that people on this shore would turn into fish after death and be guided into the underworld by them. This old man was the guide of the previous generation.
"Have you ever seen a red fish?"
Qiu asked.
He suddenly felt that the fish in his home might be the soul of the person on this shore mentioned by the old man.
"I have never seen a red fish, but I heard the leader of the previous generation said that when a person is young, his soul will turn into a fish. Good people are white and bad people are black, but the most numerous ones are gray.
.As for the red fish, he has only seen it once, because it was a fish that entered here by mistake and should not be led into the underworld."
After listening to Qiu's words, the old man also told him everything he knew.
"thank you!"
Qiu also expressed his gratitude to the old man. Now he knew the origin of the fish he picked up.
But he didn't see the smile on the old man's face after he left. It seemed that the old man already knew everything.
After returning home, Qiu began to search all the ancient books, trying to find a way to send the fish back to his world.
In the end, all I found was a description of this red fish, and only a few sentences.
"Red fish are people from this shore who mistakenly entered the other shore. They did not die on this shore, but their souls came to the other shore for some reason. If they cannot return to this shore, then in seven days, they will die on this shore, and deep in the other shore
The red fish will also disappear, and there will be no way to enter the underworld and get a chance to be reincarnated."
Seeing this, Qiu silently calculated the time until he picked up the red fish. It had actually been four days, which meant that the red fish would completely disappear in three days.
Qiu, who had never experienced separation between life and death, the first thing he thought of was to find a way to send the red fish back to the other side's world.
However, the answer is indeed no, even asking the old man before did not get any answer.
The only useful news I got was that the fish transformed by the people on this shore can feed on mana.
Although he didn't know if this could delay the dissipation of the red fish, Qiu still gave his mana to the red fish.
At this time, the red fish woke up for the first time, but it was still very weak and could not even swim.
However, Qiu was overjoyed when he heard the news, because his efforts were not in vain. This also made him more determined to send the red fish back to this shore.
At this time, Qiu thought of the underworld. Since there were no corresponding records on this shore or the other shore, he wanted to go to the underworld to get a way to send the big fish back.
Because the underworld is the place responsible for the life and death of people on this side, so people who are on the other side can naturally go to the underworld.
However, he was blocked by the gatekeeper at the entrance to the underworld.
"People on the other side, what is that in your arms?"
The gatekeeper was like a hill in front of Qiu. Although his voice was very low, it gave Qiu a very heavy sense of oppression.
"I want to know how to get this fish back to this shore! Please let us go."
Qiu said to the gatekeeper.
"Everything has its destiny, and dissipation is also the fate of red fish. People on the other side, you don't need to say anything. There is nothing you want in the underworld, so it's better to go back as soon as possible."
The gatekeeper still said in a low voice.
"Since we can break through this shore and come to the gap, there must be a way to go back! This cannot be solved by a simple fate!"
When the gatekeeper mentioned the word fate, Qiu became quite angry.
But it wasn't because of the red fish, it was because of himself.
Although he already likes living in the cracks, who wants to passively accept such a vocation.