On a street in Chihuyan, Zhongli and Dadalia were walking and shopping.
“I didn’t expect that Chihuyan sells so many gadgets.”
Dadalia was in a good mood, and he already had a lot of small toys in his hands along the way.
He planned to take advantage of his position to send these to his home in the winter.
My little brother must like it very much.
Dadalia, who was happy in her heart, felt something was wrong as she walked, as if something was missing.
When he looked around, he realized that Zhongli, who had been acting as a commentator, was inexplicably missing.
Confused, he looked around and saw that he was surrounded by tourists and children. There was no sign of Zhongli among the people coming and going.
Eh?! Why did such a living person suddenly disappear?!
It wasn't until we returned the way we came that we saw Zhongli standing on the roadside not far behind, looking in a direction, seemingly in a daze.
"Mr. Zhongli?"
Dadalia, who took a few steps back to Zhongli, spoke in confusion, but the other party did not respond.
It was evening at this moment, and the two of them were on the coast. The dusk sea breeze blew, and Dadalia suddenly felt that the surrounding temperature had dropped a few degrees.
call--
A chill spread at this moment.
The cold that penetrated the bone marrow made Dadalia look around alertly.
This sea breeze, which was far colder than the Winter Palace, made him confused and at the same time wary.
But the laughter of the children around him seemed to tell him that everything was an illusion.
In the bustling street, Dadalya looked left and right, holding a children's toy, with a nervous look on his face, like a psychopath.
"Mr. Zhongli?"
"Um?"
This time Zhongli finally reacted. He turned his gaze towards the abyss of rock formations, looked at the nervous Dadalia with a calm and natural look on his face, and asked, "Master, what's wrong?"
"Uh, it's nothing." Dadalia waved his hand unnaturally.
At the same time, I was confused. The chill was fading, but the source had never been found.
Originally, he wanted to ask Zhongli, but for some reason, the words came to his lips: "Mr. Zhongli, what do you think of these Liyue toys I bought?"
"Master, do you want to send it back to Zhidong for your brothers at home?" Zhongli asked.
Seeing the other party nodding, Zhongli smiled naturally: "It's just some small items, it's nothing, but is the winter environment really suitable for flying kites?"
"Ah, thank you Mr. Zhongli for waking me up."
Dadalia, who was awakened by the words, reacted.
He looked at the kite in his hand and laughed awkwardly.
Another ray of sea breeze blew by, and this time Dadalia did not feel the cold. It was the gentle and gentle sea breeze unique to Liyue Port that completely blew away the chill just now.
The two of them continued walking on the street, preparing to go to the restaurant they had booked for dinner.
What Dadalia didn't notice was that although Mr. Zhongli didn't talk much in the past, but he always said the right thing, he talked a lot less today.
But Dadalia was thinking about her home in the winter and didn't notice this.
At a certain moment, Zhongli turned his head and looked in the direction of the rocky abyss. Divine power flashed in his eyes, and the ice on his face also flashed away.
At the same time.
Ouyang was trapped in a palm-sized black and red square, as if he was asleep, without any life.
"Dip - It detects that the user has entered an unconscious state and activates emergency mode."
Zhi——
An imperceptible electric current flashed through, stimulating every cell in Ouyang's body.
But Ouyang, who had his eyes closed, showed no reaction.
"Beep - the user shows no signs of waking up, continue to activate emergency mode."
Zhi——
Zhi——
Ouyang's body seemed to be connected to high-voltage electricity, and the current passed through every cell in his body, stimulating his nerves.
But still no effect.
And the system is just simple, mechanically repeating the stimulation work, hoping that Ouyang will wake up.
But it has always been in vain.
In the small square, except for the slight sound of electricity, it became quiet.
On the other side, on the ground of the rocky abyss, is a camp.
When the sky darkened, Yelan climbed out of the hole in the ground.
Shen He, who had been standing by the side, immediately stepped forward and asked, "How is it? Have you found him?"
"No." Yelan shook her head.
But looking at Shen He's darkened eyes, Ye Lan couldn't bear it and added: "I went down to check, and except for some traces I could find at the beginning, there were no traces after that."
Ye Lan thought of those melancholy footprints in the main mining area and felt helpless.
After walking along the traces for a day, she discovered that the footprints were gone. It seemed that Ouyang couldn't stand the slow pace and flew deep into the underground mining area.
Shen He nodded when he heard this and said, "Thank you for your hard work. You can go and take a rest first."
She has been here for six days, but apart from being anxious, she can do nothing to help.
Of course she wanted to go down and search, but after the master came back in a hurry, seeing the situation, she left a word and left again.
"You have to remember that although you haven't been here yet, Ouyang is the head of your family. No matter what he does, nothing will happen to you again."
Shen He knew what the master meant, and also understood what Ouyang couldn't let go of - your family.
So even though she was anxious, she didn't lose her composure.
I have been waiting here silently.
When Ye Lan heard what Shen He said, she shook her head again.
"No, I'm here to store some supplies. It's too big inside. I only explored a small part of it this time. I have to be prepared for long-term exploration work."
"And there are still fools underground. Maybe I can find them and ask them. Maybe there will be news about Mr. Ouyang."
"Thank you then." Shen He thanked him gratefully.
"actually"
Hearing the thanks, Ye Lan shook her head for the third time.
She looked at Shen He and said in a serious tone: "Actually, you don't need to wait here. You should have some understanding of Lord Ouyang's strength. No one in Liyue can hurt him."
Even so, Yelan herself didn't believe it.
The bottom of the layered rock abyss is indeed huge, but to say that the powerful Ouyang needed to explore for six days without any news is like a joke.
Such a situation can already be regarded as missing.
But Ye Lan, who was not very good at comforting others, could only say this. She knew what it felt like to lose the people around her, and she didn't want Shen He to lose hope.
Liyue Port, Chihuyan, Zhang Mei’s home.
After Zhuo Yan came back today, he was speechless as he watched his mother-in-law and a group of neighbors busy moving a small stone statue to their home.
Zhang Mei paid someone to polish the stone statue, which is not expensive, only 500 molars.
Even the cost of the stones may not be enough.
He couldn't figure out why it was so cheap, but Zhang Mei said it was because of his brother's trust, so he didn't care.
But he could ignore the matter of spending money, but the fact of inviting a stone statue to his home still made him feel quite uncomfortable.
The main reason is that the mother-in-law said that this stone statue is of Tianshu star Ouyang, and she specially invited it home to worship.
This is why he feels uncomfortable.
Na Zhuo Yan has no problem worshiping immortals or ancestors.
But what is this?
Curse people to die early?
For this reason, he did not help after work today and looked coldly at his mother-in-law.
After everything was done, Zhuo Yan sat in the yard.
Looking at the originally small courtyard, a shrine was specially built to protect the stone statues from wind and rain, which took up half of the courtyard area.
Zhuo Yan felt more and more unhappy the more he looked at it.
"Pooh."
Seeing Zhang Mei cleaning the yard, Zhuo Yan spit out the melon seed shells in his mouth and vented his dissatisfaction.
"Huh? Master, what are you doing?"
Zhang Mei was not happy anymore. She was so busy that her man refused to help or say anything, and now he was scorning her. How could she bear it?
"Don't bother me sweeping the floor. If you don't like me, just go to the kitchen and cook dinner. I've been busy all day and I'm exhausted."
"You've been busy all day, why are you making a fuss?" Zhuo Yan couldn't help but glare at the other person, pointed at the shrine and asked, "You should answer me, what are you making a fuss about?"
"Master Ouyang's stone statue? What's wrong?"
"What's wrong?" Seeing Zhang Mei still acting like this, Zhuo Yan was furious, "I have no problem with you wanting to respect Mr. Ouyang, but you haven't passed away yet, so you built all the stone statues.
Do you want others to be well, or do you want to curse them to die early?"
