[Those who fight monsters should be careful not to become monsters.]
[When you stare into the abyss from afar, the abyss is also staring into you.]
------ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
the next morning.
"Wake up."
"Well..." Mutt's mind was still groggy, and he didn't even want to open his eyes while lying down.
The bed was too hard and uncomfortable to sleep on, which seriously affected the quality of his water surface.
"Wake up, it's already dawn." Someone continued to poke the cat boy in the face.
Mutt then reluctantly opened his eyes, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the white mouse's furry head, which was slightly shaped like a water drop.
"Oh, Mitch..." The cat boy rubbed his eyes: "Is it dawn yet? How long have I slept?"
"God knows. Anyway, here I fall asleep as soon as it gets dark and wake up naturally as soon as it gets bright. No one can tell how long the night has passed." Mickey grinned, with a look of disapproval.
Mutt couldn't help but be even more worried. How long had it been in the outside world? Maybe he had missed tomorrow's dark American football game? How was the battle on Albert's side going?
He disappeared suddenly. Will they look for him? Are they worried about him?
Damn it...never mind it for now!
Mutt tried to put all worries behind him and first find a way to escape from this so-called [Crustallium]. Of course, he also knew that it would be easy to explore around the Crustallium aimlessly like this.
Those who are attacked by the crystal monster have no benefits other than losing their lives, so they might as well follow Mitch first and see if they can get any information from this child.
but------
"Hey," the cat boy turned away subconsciously as soon as he saw the rat boy's body: "Put on your clothes first. You can't keep your butt naked in front of others, you feel a little ashamed."
"Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot that I'm not alone now." The little mouse replied, "But we are going to climb a mountain next. Are you sure you really want to put on clothes? The crystals on the shining hills don't count.
It's sharp, but occasionally some protruding crystals will catch on your clothes and they will still be scratched. After climbing a mountain, your clothes will be in tatters. Is this really good? You know, considering your body
Clothes may be the last set of clothes you bring from the real world. You will have to wear these clothes for dozens or hundreds of cycles in the future, and you will never be able to find a replacement------"
"That's enough, if I say it's okay, it's okay!" Mutt said with a blush, he didn't want to think about it so much. Mitch said this as if they would be stuck here forever and couldn't get out, which was really unlucky.
"As long as you like it." The rat boy didn't argue with the cat boy. He turned around and put on the coat that Mutt gave him yesterday and hung it on his crotch. In fact, he was still naked from behind, but from the front.
Just cover up the important parts to make it less embarrassing.
Mutt was no longer too lazy to argue, and just asked casually: "Where is the Shining Hill? Are there any important clues to leaving the crystal boundary?"
"No, it's just a relatively high plain with better scenery. And the terrain is high, and those monsters can't get up." The rat boy turned around and said, "Didn't you promise to tell me your story?"
In that case, why not choose a place with beautiful scenery to talk about."
"You are really full of leisure and leisure..."
"Hey, when you are trapped in this hellish place for more than two hundred cycles, with nothing to do all the time, you will be like me, full of leisure and leisure." said the white mouse.
In fact, Mitch has been trapped here alone for at least sixteen years, and he has never gone crazy. Mutt just admires Mitch's strong psychological endurance.
The road to Shining Hill is not easy. The cat boy followed the rat boy, first down the mountain, then avoiding the crystal snakes, running from one valley to the other, and then from the slightly sharp crystal.
They climbed up the cliff and found a slightly safer platform to rest on the way. According to Mitch, they could reach a large platform halfway up the mountain after climbing another twenty or thirty yards.
Although he said he wouldn't care, as he walked down the mountain, Mutt found that his pants had been torn several times by crystals. He couldn't help but feel distressed for the only piece of clothing he had. Then he discovered that he was a cat.
Human fur can better prevent crystal cuts, so when he found a platform to rest during the climb, he boldly took off his pants and wore only underwear.
"Hey." Mitch even smiled evilly when he saw Mutt not wearing pants.
"I know what you are thinking. If you want to laugh, feel free to laugh." The cat boy looked at the trousers he took off lovingly. There were three or four cuts on the trousers legs, but they were not serious in fact.
"By the way, you usually climb up and down like this, so you won't get hurt? I'm not referring to those minor injuries, but the serious injuries caused by serious cuts on the body." Mutt asked.
"Yes. I once again slipped and fell from the mountainside while climbing a mountain, and my chest was pierced by crystals." The rat boy replied: "At that time, I thought I was finally going to die and could finally escape from this endless prison.
I was liberated. When I woke up the next day, the injuries on my body had completely disappeared, and I was already lying in a safe place."
"Who...saved you? Apart from us------"
"God knows." Mickey interrupted, as if he didn't want to mention this terrible memory again: "I only know that we will not die in [Crystal Realm]. Even if the body is torn apart, we will wake up the next day.
It's intact. That's how annoying this place is. But I don't suggest that you mess with the monsters in the crystal world just because you know you won't die. They may not be able to kill you, but being attacked by them and torn to pieces and eaten is still a big deal.
Bad experience."
So Mitch had tried it a long time ago...and died in the mouths of those crystal snakes or other crystalline monsters.
The rat boy touched his calf: "My leg must have been broken at least a hundred times, and it must have been cut by crystals thousands of times. But you see, there is not even a scar left afterward."
All that's left is pain, right? Mutt muttered to himself.
"Have you rested enough? Let's continue walking? We're tired of the scenery here." Mickey urged.
"Okay..." Mutt put his pants on his shoulders and followed the rat boy to continue climbing the mountain. Of course, as long as the rat boy walked in front, his butt would be facing the cat that continued to climb below.
As a human boy, Mutt could easily see all the uncovered areas of Mitch's crotch, which was very embarrassing. The cat boy could only try not to look up when climbing the mountain, and only focus on the foothold in front of him.
, climb up bit by bit according to Mitch's instructions. Fortunately, the cliff itself formed by these crystals is almost ladder-shaped, and there are protruding crystals everywhere that you can reach out to grab. Just be careful not to be cut by the sharp edges of the crystals.
Alas, it is very easy to climb this cliff.
"We're here." When Mutt carefully climbed over the edge of a cliff, Mitch also shouted. The child had already sat down on an open flat ground.
Mutt took a breath and began to look around. Is this Glitter Hill?
The scenery is beautiful, and what Mitch said is true. There are giant crystal pillars everywhere on this hill. They are like natural lightning rods, attracting a series of lightning strikes from high in the sky. After absorbing the energy of lightning, the original shape is
The light blue crystal pillars began to emit lavender light, and were constantly surrounded by tiny flashing particles. Because there were a huge number of crystal pillars on this plain, and the pillars were so tall and strong, they all absorbed the light together.
After the thunder, the scene was really magnificent and shocking.
The thunder was not as powerful as Mutt imagined. These natural lightning rods only absorbed the lightning, and the crystal pillars towered into the clouds. Their tops were at a height that Mutt could barely see with his naked eyes. In other words, the actual thunder was in
It happened very high in the sky, and the thunder could not be well conveyed to the bottom of the crystal pillar group where Mutt and the others were.
"Although they are beautiful, don't touch those pillars. Unless you want to enjoy the pleasure of being scorched by lightning." Mitch said: "Your clothes will also be scorched. If you insist on touching them, take off your clothes first."
"I know, I won't touch it!" Mutt replied angrily.
"Now," the rat boy lay lazily on the ground, "You are all ready. Let's tell your story, brother Mutt."
"How can this preparation be considered complete..." the cat boy complained as he sat on the hard crystal floor. He may have to slowly get used to this hard floor in the future, because he may never find soft cushions and soft seats again.
The bed is up.
"So, where should we start?" Mutt thought and began to tell his story. Of course, he did not intend to share all his experiences in this life with the rat boy he almost didn't know before. He only wanted to tell his story.
He told Mitch about his and Albert's experience of going to Melson Stone. He told Mitch how he met the crystallized white dragon on the top of the Guardian Tower, and how he defeated the white dragon and got this thing around his waist.
The crystal stabbing sword. He also told Mitch how he was accidentally injured by the stabbing sword while maintaining the crystal stabbing sword, which caused the crystal produced in it to go out of control, swallow him up, and bring him to this [Crystal Boundary].
"Hmm." The mouse listened carefully: "Interesting."
"Interesting? Is this your evaluation?" Mutt said in surprise: "I was swallowed by the crystal and was sent to the crystal world innocently. Now I am troubled! Didn't you also be sent to the crystal world because of a similar experience?
This kind of ghost place?"
"Similar, indeed similar." Mitch shrugged disapprovingly and replied: "Simply put, I am the [sacrifice] of that tower------assuming that the tower you are talking about and the tower I am talking about are the same.
If it’s the same tower."
He looked at the cat boy blankly: "It was your tribe that cruelly and ruthlessly sacrificed me and my tribe to the crystal. My tribe members died tragically, but I am trapped here forever." (Unfinished)