When the liquid poured into his throat, the dry feeling was quickly dissipated. Chu Tianhe could not detect any fishy taste in his mouth, and could only taste a trace of weird "sweet" taste that was not part of the taste. Even so,
He spat anyway, guessing that this stuff must actually taste terrible.
At least I'm alive again. Anyway, let's think about what to do next. It's a good thing to have one less burden. If I knew I could unload such a heavy burden from my heart, I would have done it a long time ago. In addition to losing the sense of taste over the years,
, the judgment of many things also disappeared. I don’t know if it was really from that day on, or if the edges were slowly smoothed by the years, it doesn’t matter.
His face was covered in blood, as were his hands. Maybe he didn't pay attention when wiping his mouth. He looked like a madman who had just bitten someone, which was in sharp contrast to the indifferent expression. Maybe it was also because he couldn't smell it.
It has something to do with breath, otherwise everyone would wipe it clean. Only beasts—predators that do not find raw flesh and blood disgusting but regard it as delicacies—would be like him now.
He sat blankly for a while. It was still some time before dawn, and even a few hundred years old would feel a little inappropriate sleeping next to a corpse. Let's get rid of it first, he thought. Before that, Chu Tian
He first groped around on it and in the package.
, found a few bills from his hometown, broken silver, and a woman's jewelry. I don't know who it is for or who gave it to me. I can't tell which country it comes from based on the workmanship. He is not interested at all. At this time, he even
Seeing the half piece of cake stained red with blood was boring.
There was nothing worth keeping, and the young man actually didn't have much food left. After plundering everything he could eat, Chu Tianhe thought about it and decided to throw it into the swamp, along with the money - greed would cause
Trouble, he understands this truth. Although this person is a nameless and small role in Jiutian Kingdom, if the messenger of the gods kills someone... he is afraid that he will be punished, and he does not want to cause more trouble.
After dragging the body for a while, he came to an open area. They had passed by the swamp here many times, but they did not dare to act rashly. If they made a wrong step, they would fall into the mud under the meadow, and there would be no chance of survival.
.
The dark night made the operation more difficult. After the body was dragged here, Chu Tianhe felt a little tired, as if the newly replenished water had been consumed again. He shook his head secretly in his heart, feeling that the gain was not worth the loss. Flies were hovering around him, and he
He didn't feel noisy, maybe they were staring at the dried blood around his mouth. One or two dragonflies skimmed over the swamp, flying very low.
He saw a quagmire without turf, picked up a wooden stick, and first poked the stick into it to test the hardness and depth. After it felt almost the same, he pushed the young man in. He had to press his head down first. If it was spread out in the mud,
On a flat surface, the sinking speed will be much slower; it is not possible to release the legs first, and the resistance will be greater.
Afterwards, Chu Tianhe sat aside and watched the body sink slowly with an expressionless face.
Suddenly it started to rain.
He raised his head and looked at the starless night sky through the sparse tree canopy here. It's funny, if they had been willing to wait patiently for a while, maybe this wouldn't have happened. He stretched out his hand and wiped out the drizzle.
Pick up a small handful in your hand, apply it on your face, and rub it
He needed to be clean. He was no longer thirsty. He just wanted to rest for a while and then go out from the forest. After he wiped his face clean, he took out his own and the young man's bamboo water bottles and placed them on two quilts.
The rain washed clean fern leaves under the leaves, and then accumulated water.
After finishing all this, Chu Tianhe sat casually under a tree. Behind him was a dense forest and in front of him was a sparse swamp. Only two calves of the body were left exposed, and all the luggage had disappeared. He
I thought to myself that after the body sank completely and no trace could be seen, I would leave with the filled water bottle.
"You are really calm."
Chu Tianhe was startled and jumped up from under the tree. He was really frightened, because for so many days, there should not be a third person besides them. At this time, there will never be a second living person.
Man, have you seen a ghost? But this voice is not like that young man's, but more like the voice of a person's brain silently reading words. In addition to fear, there is more surprise.
He stared intently at the sinking body. Not long after, the voice sounded again.
"I'm not there."
Indeed, the direction was changed now, and it was closer - as if behind him. He looked towards the dense forest, which was pitch black, and the shadow of each tree looked like a person standing there.
"I'm in your... head."
The sound is close at hand.
"What are you?" Chu Tianhe asked, "You are not a human being."
"I'm not a lonely ghost." The voice seemed to hear what he was thinking and chuckled at the same time. It continued, "But you really helped me a lot."
"...What did I help you with?" As he said that, Chu Tianhe glanced at the corpse unconsciously.
“Provides a delicious soul!”
Although he couldn't hear the voice or intonation, Chu Tianhe could still feel a sense of joy from such wording. It was as if this passage really came from his mind when he was happy.
"Is it you who trapped us here?"
"You are so smart. But you are not the only ones who are trapped. I am also trapped... buried deep underground, and the weight of the entire earth presses on me, making me breathless. And I am not
Not willing to sleep forever..."
The voice spoke to itself.
"you……"
"Ah, I forgot to mention... I am always very hungry. You know, if you are locked in a dungeon without food, you will starve to death sooner or later. I occasionally trap some people here, some who look more-
—Fragile person. You have to know that I am not always so picky, but when you have a lamb that can be slaughtered with your bare hands, you will not choose someone who is evenly matched with you, right..."
"...What do you want to say?"
"Sorry, I haven't talked to food for a long time. It's a bit... boring. You have to understand my verbosity now..."
"So I am also one of your trapped targets?" Chu Tianhe raised his eyebrows, "Because I look more... fragile? Then why are you in the mood to chat with the lamb? Who are you?"
"No, no, no, I changed my mind. All I can control is a small area of the forest. Not everyone can fall into the trap, and some rumors have been caused. Now... is not the time to be picky.
, just like you. However, you have to believe that I have removed you from the hunting target. Because... you gave me something better, which is sweeter than two people."
Don't know what to say.
"You have to help me."
Before Chu Tianhe responded, the voice said again.
"...How to help? And why?" He was confused.
"You have a long life - your current life must be boring to you. Being an errand boy for the gods may not be what you like... Even you don't know what you really like to do. It can be seen that you are very
Boring, no job in the world can make you interested, and everything now is just because you have no choice, so you don’t like it so much. And human nature itself also makes you disappointed. But I want to tell you, no, no
so
.There are still many things worth exploring in human nature - talents. You have to work hard to get what you want. Just like I am trapped here, my magic power is limited, so I can only look at yourselves and save a little life.
Burn a little to the end... Only then can the soul leave the body and belong to me. Single despair and regret can only make the soul emit limited light, but I need more... Just like what you just did. You gave me a little
--inspiration."
Such endless thoughts made Chu Tianhe's mind cluttered. He even gave up thinking because he couldn't understand what the unknown ghost was talking about. He thought about it again and again, but couldn't think of a reason.
.The voice then said:
"I can give you everything you want. I know it's not food, wealth, love, or those boring things, because I understand you - I know what you want, and only I can give it to you. Also.
Only I can understand you - your loneliness."
It laughed and said serious words.
Chu Tianhe felt that a string in his mind was finally broken. It was not something that could be crushed by hunger and hopelessness.
He wants to understand himself.
"What do you want me to do?"
"I want a...permission. A permission that will stay in your mind for a long time. Now my magic power is very weak, and I can't even twist your will and force my way into your spirit - but it doesn't matter, this just shows that I am sincere.
"
"Sincerity?" Chu Tianhe felt inexplicably unwilling, "You didn't even tell me what you look like and what you are."
"Okay, if you want to see it. My true body sleeps underground... When you leave here and come back full of energy, I will tell you the way and method to visit me. Before that, I can only give you a
Projection. But you have to know that this is not my true appearance, but the way you think you see me - the way you feel in your heart."
After saying that, Chu Tianhe felt that his vision became a little blurry. The hazy white mist surged from the outline of his eyes to the middle. This was not the dawn itself. He knew that something was reflected in his eyes. The surrounding scenery was chaotic.
, twisted, only wisps of red lines glowing in the dark night, like seeing the bloodshot eyes of the eyeballs with his own eyes. The shadow in the middle slowly took shape, turning into what he could recognize.
The gray and withered long hair seemed to have been exposed to the sun for a long time on the sand and gravel, floating softly but brittlely, completely spread out in front of the sight. The skin was also like a dead person, like the layer he had seen after the shark was dehydrated.
The shed shell. It - his eyes were as red as blood, and the ulcers on his face were like split red tail scales.
As red as a flower.
Red as fire.
As red as blood.
Like an irreplaceable, unique and true old friend reunited after a long separation.
"I am the nameless python...your 'god' whom you call 'Mahoraka'."
Chu Tianhe nodded in a daze.
The bitterness of being excavated from the depths of his memory caused severe pain in his mind. Under the shock of his vision, he could not stay awake and rational. He only felt groggy and wanted to fall down and never wake up.
When he opened his eyes again, what appeared in front of him was the appearance of the town. It was dawn. Chu Tianhe stood up and felt no pain in his body. When he looked back, he had no idea when he had escaped from the endless dense forest.
.
Everything would be like a dream - if there wasn't a huge tooth still bleeding in my hand...
"Find someone." He heard a dry whisper that brought him back to reality instantly, "Write letters with fangs and invite them. It takes a lot of people..."
"What is...what to do?"
"Invite you to taste the most real despair in the world."
