The angel, who was dressed in white clothes and had a compassionate face, sat directly on the ground opposite Henryk without any pretense, at a level parallel to Henryk who was kneeling on the ground.
This shocked Henrik again.
His back was tense, and the back of his head suddenly jolted, as if he had been immersed in ice water on a winter day, and he suddenly woke up.
"Sit down, sit here -"
He hurriedly stretched out his sleeves and carefully wiped the exposed stump of the big tree he had just chopped down. There was no dust at all on the stump, but there were many wood thorns. He was wearing heavy jeans and leather
It's rough and thick, so naturally it doesn't matter. But it obviously can't let the angel sit on it.
Henryk soon felt remorse - the thorns on the wooden stake scratched his sleeve and cut his arm when he hurriedly wiped the tree stump. And more importantly, his blood was stained
tree stump.
Feeling that he had messed up, Henrik regretted why he had not cut down the tree seriously just now.
If he had just chopped down the tree seriously, there wouldn't be so many burrs on it. He had such confidence in his craftsmanship.
But at this moment, in front of the Lord Angel, I showed my laziness and my lack of seriousness in my work attitude. Even in front of him, I said "Please sit down here", but it was stained with blood. This
For the pure angels, it can be called a kind of harm, a kind of pollution, a kind of corruption——
This feeling of guilt made Henrik feel ashamed.
"Ah, how can such inferior food..."
As a result, over the years, although many of the pure-blood hounds in this village starved to death, froze to death, and were killed by radioactive beasts... they eventually multiplied, and almost every family raised a lot of hounds.
Now we live in close symbiosis with them. In Huaming
After Shu refused to accompany and escort them, they wanted to give Hua Mingshu a puppy to accompany him on the trip. But after Hua Mingshu refused again and left, a puppy ran out of the village on its own and stayed there.
I followed him from noon to sunset and still didn't leave.
"Don't worry. If you feel nervous, then as a reward for treatment, why not give this-"
Henrik smiled calmly: "I have to take care of my family.
"really……"
Maybe there is only hatred and jealousy.
Henrik picked it up carefully, but was reluctant to eat it. He was also worried that if the corn was touched by his dirty hands, the angel would be disgusted with him...
Just like in spring, when you are basking in the bright sun, the warm wind blows on your face accompanied by the fragrance of flowers. People can't help but close their eyes and take a deep breath - the kind of feeling that comes from the cracks in the bones.
The sleepiness is like a sprout growing and spreading in the flesh.
The radiance emanating from Hua Mingshu made the wounds on Henryk's arms disappear in an instant. He even felt that all kinds of diseases on his body were cured because of this, and his body became several years younger in an instant.
Hua Mingshu's deep voice sounded like he was nostalgic: "I haven't eaten corn in a long time."
Hearing Hua Mingshu's words, Henrik couldn't help but laugh: "It's the same if you ask other people. I know that there must be some people who are able to abandon their wives and children and go to the empty island... There are also people who have no worries and are willing to go out and make a living.
; There are also young people who still have their future and are not willing to live on the earth.
"...Can I think about it?"
"...Then, this is all for you, I haven't eaten it yet..."
"I just hope you can think about it carefully and tell me your inner answer."
Looking out from the Sky Island, you can only see high-rise buildings and the sea of people; looking out from Xiacheng District, you can only see the deep sea of sky.
As a result, when he came to his senses, he found that he was being supported by Lord Angel and sitting on the tree stump again without knowing it. Hua Mingshu was still sitting opposite him.
It was said to be chatting, but in fact it was basically just him talking non-stop - he was also a talkative person:
"Don't be like this, it sounds like I'm taking your food."
I can't do anything, but I am wasting the power of Lord Angel's Holy Order...
All people on land know that the Sky Islanders are prohibited from learning history. The dragon is open to them, the survivors, and allows them to learn the knowledge of the past, but the Sky Islanders can only live in the present.
In the past, there were Skylanders and even elves who set foot on the earth, seeking the hidden history.
People's awe of the Sky Islanders is based on their fear and alienation; and their flattery and obedience to the Sky Islanders is based on the expectation of "flying to the Sky Island". If we remove
What will be left of these things?
Seeing the legendary angel right in front of him... Henrik thought of the rumors he heard a month ago.
"If I were more than 20 years younger, maybe I would be tempted. But now...forget it. I don't know anything, and I'm a waste when I go up there - there won't be so many trees on the empty island.
If it weren't for those slaves, they wouldn't be cutting down trees with chainsaws and giant axes every day."
"I have almost used up the wood I saved in the summer. Before the big hunting day, I will give the old carpenter some good wood and ask him to help make new furniture. Together with my father, I can build the house in more than a month. I think
Well, there is no need to build a stone house. The wooden house is easy to expand. If there are more people in the family in the future, they can continue to build it along the door.
He has also seen an old man die quietly beside a warm fire, with an unfinished manuscript in hand; he has seen an old tree that is at least hundreds of years old and has survived the religious war, but is now corroded by a curse.
Hollow, yet still standing, casting a heavy shade; he had seen people
He cried sadly in front of the failed wine barrel; he had seen the deer and crows who were not afraid of people beside the crystal pond - hunters no longer hunted these animals with the same smart eyes as them, but interacted with them
Stand together to destroy the radiation beasts created by the war.
After more than an hour of chatting, Qiu Ri gradually reached its highest point. And Henrik gradually became less nervous.
This is the corn that Lord Angel has touched——
Maybe in the future, everything will go back to the beginning.
The middle-aged man with a solemn expression pointed to the corn in Henryk's hand, with a rare relaxed smile on his face: "Can you give me half of it?"
"Have you asked other people too?"
Hua Mingshu whispered.
But the final result was a bit surprising even to himself.
Hua Mingshu suddenly reached out and grabbed his arm: "Don't hurt yourself."
——But to be honest, Henryk doesn’t think that kind of hatred is too strong. Because everyone has adapted to this kind of life now...
"But we old people just want to live out our lives peacefully. It's like the sun has begun to set, and all we think about is when the moon will rise, instead of letting the sun hang in the sky all the time."
"It's okay."
If this "traveler" were an islander, he would at least receive the hostility of more than half of the people on land. It would be even less likely that he would get real ideas and stories.
"...If it's possible, I hope my eldest brother's son can go. If not, it doesn't matter...As for myself, I'd better forget it."
Looking out from the "Tower of Babel" and the airboat is the endless gray dome and the ultramarine sea.
However, if the traveler is an "angel", it will be different.
Is this fair?
On this forgotten continent, there are still beautiful things.
But at least for now, what Hua Mingshu—or Russell—sees is not despair and ignorance. It is hope and rebirth.
He once saw that there were still dogs from the old era in a certain village - it is said that when they escaped at first, they found two pure-blood hounds, but people did not eat them even in the most difficult time. As a result, these hounds
By hunting small radioactive beasts, more people were helped to survive. Until the hounds died of old age, the people in that village did not eat their meat, but erected simple stone monuments for them.
Such miracles made Henryk feel deeply in awe.
The middle-aged man said extremely seriously.
The illusory halo of hazy light above his head suddenly levitated, expanded in a circle, and shone with light as it rotated.
He once saw a poet in a certain village who still had a pipe organ with a good sound. There was also a suona player in that village who was an adventurer. He was attacked by a radioactive beast while exploring the ruins.
He lost his legs, but managed to survive. He crawled to the village, heard the sound of the organ, and was moved to tears.
Hearing this, Henrik was startled.
The middle-aged man sighed, stretched out his hand, broke the corn into two pieces, and handed one piece back to Henrik.
He has seen a strong peasant woman standing on the farmland and greeting him warmly and giving him food; he has seen a tired lumberjack cheer up after seeing him and telling stories about his family; he has seen a childish
Lovers give each other wild flowers as tokens of love, and bundle the wild grass into grass rings to make a private commitment for life...
——When he looked up from the ground, he couldn't see the empty and void gray dome at all.
A warm current rushed to his face, soaking through his limbs and bones.
He raised his head and looked at the sun that was not dazzling.
Now, he has been walking alone on the ground for several months as "White Feather" Hua Mingshu, also known as "Detective" Holmes. He also gradually understood why Zhu Rong let him walk alone on the ground.
The angel wore a simple robe, refused weapons and guards, and walked alone in the vast wilderness, touching every village, curing the diseases and injuries of everyone he met, and listening to their past pain and future.
desire.
When he was on the empty island, Russell occasionally thought... It would be great if he looked up and could see egrets and seagulls; what if what hung in the sky was not the gray sky... but blue, even
Even better with an ultramarine sky.
So, Henryk used his brain for the first time in a long time and thought about it very seriously.
Today's Hua Mingshu can be called an ascetic - compared to the sacred, solemn and spotless posture at the beginning, he now looks like an ascetic monk parading in the mortal world.
"——We all live together, and we can take care of each other when something happens. When we have nothing to do, we can play cards and chess together. We can also grow some radishes and cabbage in the backyard. Dad also likes to tell stories. When the time comes
You can build him another small shed and tell stories to the children in the village at the door.
It was these angels who appeared from the other side of the sky without warning, who defeated those crazy mages and brought peace to the earth that was about to be destroyed. They were not entirely part of the church, but came with pure goodwill.
Fighting third party camp.
Russell could only see the endless forests and fields.
None of them have forgotten it.
They may not be able to read, but they all know who their benefactor is. As they learn to speak, many histories of the old era have turned into stories one after another and flowed into their hearts.
This isn't fair.
Hua Mingshu suddenly asked: "Suppose I give you a chance now... let the people from Kongdao come down and live in your village; let some people from your village - for example you - go to live on Kongdao,
Would you do that?"
"I heard that the old men in the village are planning to build a tea field and exchange some tea seeds from the old men in the sky. I don't know what tea is... but it is said that it can make water become like wine.
It’s a delicious thing. Life always gets better little by little.”
He soon realized that this was not the Lord Angel trying to make fun of him.
"Now that you have your own plans for the future... then I have a question for you."
——The angel who has not appeared for a long time has descended on the earth again.
But Hua Mingshu took a bite calmly, not minding the floating ash on it. It could even be said that it tasted delicious.
Maybe in the future, all this will change.
They respect the church very much, but they respect angels even more.
They have long lost the technical ability to manufacture and repair musical instruments. In this era, there are very few people who still have musical instruments, and even fewer still understand music theory. The two work together to play the music that belongs only to them, and in the suffering
Singing their songs. After meeting Hua Mingshu, she sang a cheerful song to him, just like they were living under the sun.
but……
People on land will never forget history - in the war of annihilation more than a hundred years ago, they were actually on the verge of failure long ago.
He had no choice but to find Hua Zhi and give the dog to her. After all, if you follow him, you won't have enough to eat.
When the other party completed the mission of exploration and research and returned to the empty island... they were still human beings, enjoying countless cattle and sheep, clear water, praying in the marble temple, and drinking clear water
Water and wine. And they are still living in confusion on the ground.
"Don't be so polite."
Occasionally, he could actually see wild geese flying across the sky. It was even rarer than the meteors that fell down at night in Happy Island.
"...That's it."
The people on the Sky Island live so well, but they come to the land to seek the truth from the "abandoned" people living in poverty - then why do they hand over the truth that has been passed down from generation to generation?
"...I have actually thought about it. I will work harder this year to build a new house for my family. The previous one was too crowded. It was fine when there were only three of us brothers and sisters, but now my brother and I are married.
, has a child of his own. Eight pairs of feet are squeezed into two beds, which is a bit unsightly.
That is a sun that is much farther away and cooler than it looks on Sky Island.
Yet all they get is silence and hostility.
It is precisely because Hua Mingshu is an angel that he will be recognized and respected by people. Only then will they be willing to accept Hua Mingshu's help and speak out the words and wishes that come from the heart.
Those creatures that disappeared from this world in the past have gradually returned again.
Whenever this happens, Russell will fall into deep thought.
Is this vibrant world really about to enter destruction and reach the end of the world?
"——And what can I do?"
Russell was extremely serious and asked in a low voice to himself.