Arknights is too real, right?

On that day, there was an important intersection between the lost man in the long river of time and the simple life of the shepherd boy.

Under the setting sun, the sheep whose throat was cut had gradually lost its struggle.

Xia Feng pressed the sheep's head with one hand and held the blood-stained Shenyue Sword with the other. He looked at the shepherd boy not far away with some surprise.

"you"

Perhaps it was because his appearance at the moment was a little scary, but the shepherd boy immediately came back to his senses under the grief and anger of losing his beloved sheep.

He instinctively took a half step back.

"Ah, don't kill me!"

Xia Feng looked at the sheep under him.

"Is this your sheep?"

The boy's voice became stammering because of fear.

"It's mine. I'm sorry. I didn't know you lived here. I disturbed your rest. I don't want the sheep anymore. Don't kill me. I won't tell the villagers about this. Please let me go home!" "

The boy knew very well that judging from Xia Feng's hunting action just now, he could not escape no matter what. That method was simply faster than the most ferocious beast in the forest.

However, Xia Feng did not continue to show his fierce look towards him.

Standing up from the sheep, Xia Feng put the knife back into the sheath on his waist and asked the boy in a calm voice.

"Are you from the village in front of you?"

"Yes, I am."

"May I have your name?"

The boy swallowed and replied tremblingly.

"My name is Tullerman."

Under the setting sun, Xia Feng walked towards the boy step by step.

Seeing the strange man approaching him whose chest was stained red with blood, Tullerman did not choose to run away. For some reason, he seemed to be able to feel that this man really did not mean any harm.

Walking up to the shepherd boy, Xia Feng said softly.

"Tuleman, I'm sorry for killing your sheep, but there is no other way. I can only do this in order to survive."

"It's okay, I..."

"In this way, if you come back to me in a few days, I will find a way to hunt a wild deer in the forest to compensate you, but you must promise me not to tell the villagers that I live here."

"kindness"

Raising his hand, Xia Feng patted the boy's shoulder gently.

"Then it's agreed, this is a secret between us."

Xia Feng didn't know how the boy would tell the adults about the whereabouts of the sheep after he returned to the village. The only thing he was sure of was that the boy kept his promise.

After a period of time, no one came to trouble him, and the fat sheep temporarily solved his food problem.

Until one day, Xia Feng, who was lying in the shed, suddenly noticed footsteps approaching.

Opening his eyes, he saw the shepherd boy again.

"Sorry, I haven't caught the wild deer I promised you yet."

The boy's expression was very awkward, as if he had taken a lot of courage but didn't know what to do.

After hesitating for a long time, he took out half a piece of dry cake and a small earthenware jar from his chest.

"this is for you."

Xia Feng was stunned for a moment when he saw the food the boy took out.

"What are you"

The boy sat primly on the edge of the shed.

"The food I gave you, I didn't tell the villagers, it's all the food I usually save."

Looking at these incomplete foods, something in Xia Feng's heart seemed to be touched.

"Why do this?"

The boy's language expression ability is limited. At his age, it is difficult to express his true inner thoughts.

With his eyes averted, he murmured softly.

"Winter is coming and it will be difficult for a person to survive alone."

"Are you worried about me?"

"No, no, I just don't want you to starve to death. We have agreed that you will help me catch a wild deer. I...I'm waiting."

At this moment, Xia Feng smiled for the first time since he came to this "world" and woke up.

Without memory, he seemed to have obtained something more important than food for the first time, because he was not a beast, but a human being.

"Tueleman, thank you."

"No, no need."

"What's in that jar?"

"It's goat's milk. I brought it to you to drink."

This half piece of dry and hard cake and the goat's milk with a strong smell are not delicious food, but chewing it in the mouth makes Xia Feng enjoy it very much.

Perhaps, this is the so-called friendship.

After a period of time, the shepherd boy would often come over and bring him food.

During this period, the relationship between the two was still a little unfamiliar. Maybe it was because of some flaws in his personality, or because the boy had never been with strangers before, so he never took the initiative to ask Xia Feng any questions.

As if they had formed a tacit understanding, the shepherd boy and the strange man living alone on the edge of the forest maintained a subtle relationship, at once distant and supporting each other.

Autumn is entering its final stages and the weather is starting to get cooler.

Gradually, Xia Feng got used to this simple life.

In order to fulfill that agreement, he changed his lazy habit, picked up the Shenyue Sword, and started hunting seriously.

After a long period of lurking, he squatted near a water source deep in the forest and spotted a huge male wild deer.

After a chase, Xia Feng finally succeeded in killing the deer. Dragging a rich trophy with him, he returned to the shed at the edge of the forest with satisfaction.

I imagined that the next time Tullerman came to see him, he would be surprised to see this giant deer.

Xia Feng fulfilled his agreement and successfully hunted a deer to compensate for the sheep he accidentally killed.

However, after returning to his residence, he did not wait for Tullerman for several days.

When some things exist, you don't think they are very precious. Just like sunshine, woods, and streams, they exist as they should.

However, one day when this "taken for granted" disappears, you will wake up.

It turns out that some seemingly small intersections may be extremely precious miracles.

The sun rises and sets, and the temperature gets cooler.

It wasn't until snow began to fall in the sky, and most of the deer that had been hunted had been eaten by the summer wind, that Tullerman still didn't appear.

During this period, Xia Feng wanted to go to the village many times to check if the boy had any accidents, but in the end, he held back.

Because he understands that there are some things that he cannot control, and at the same time, his appearance may cause bigger "accidents".

Just like that, Xia Feng returned to his previous lazy state.

He didn't want to hunt or think, and unless he was so hungry that he couldn't even stand it, he couldn't even muster the energy to turn over.

He huddled in the drafty shed, covered with wolf and deer skins, his dirty beard and hair knotted.

Looking at the falling snow in front of him, he didn't know what he was expecting or what he needed to do.

In fact, he couldn't even find the meaning of life.

If you are deeply trapped in a dream, you must not know the dream, unless the person in the dream can see things other than the "dream".

That day, the opportunity to break the dream appeared accidentally.

Half asleep and half awake, Xia Feng heard the footsteps of someone approaching again.

Different from the past, the owner of the footsteps seemed to be in a hurry this time, and from the frequency of the steps, he could subjectively judge a kind of joy.

"Hey~ are you still there!"

The shepherd boy's call reached his ears, and this voice shined into Xia Feng's heart like the warm sun that dispelled the cold.

A smile spread across his lips and he sat up from the shed.

"I am here."

Raising his head, he turned his gaze to the direction from which the sound came.

In his field of vision, Tullerman, still wearing shabby clothes, was running towards him quickly, seeming to be holding something in his hand.

But in the next second, Xia Feng, whose eyes focused on such a thing, was stunned.

What Tullerman held in his hands at this time was a toy made of dead leaves folded together regularly and fixed on a wooden stick.

As he ran, the thing spun into the wind.

This is a windmill.

Using a windmill as a key, the time traveler's sealed memories were awakened.

In the shed, Xia Feng looked at the approaching windmill in a daze, and all the sounds in his ears seemed to disappear.

At this moment, memories like a flood flooded into his mind crazily, and countless faces that were extremely important to him occupied his empty heart.

"Turtle."

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Xia Feng left, and he left the forest.

Tullerman held the windmill and stood behind, looking at his back in despair, and gradually disappeared from sight.

The young Tullerman didn't know why Xia Feng suddenly changed his temperament and left here resolutely. Looking at the back of the person who was gradually going away, he just felt that he would never see this person again. He didn't even know his name. of strangers.

After Xia Feng left, Tullerman's life returned to peace, herding sheep and staring at the sky in a daze.

But every time he passed that forest, he would subconsciously look towards the collapsed shed. In a daze, he would always think of the man who lost his right eye.

Until one day, he witnessed a terrible disaster.

That day, strong winds surged, dark clouds obscured the sun, and a storm of flames destroyed the forest.

Along with this disaster, the place where Tullerman met the man was ruthlessly erased.

It was not until much later that Turman, who had changed the place where he grazed sheep, accidentally approached the disappeared forest again.

What surprised him was that at some point, in the area that had turned into debris, many crystal clear and mysterious ores actually grew from the earth.

Looking from a distance, Tullerman stared in shock.

"This is."

This crystal clear and beautiful ore seemed to have some kind of temptation for him, making him subconsciously take steps forward.

At this moment, a familiar voice came from behind.

"Don't go in."

Turning around, Tullerman saw the strange man who had lost his right eye again.

"Are you back again?"

"Yeah, but I'll leave again soon."

"Where are you going?"

At this moment, Xia Feng had trimmed his long hair and beard very cleanly, and the clothes on his body were as clean as if they had been washed in river water. He looked like he was about to embark on a long journey.

"I'm going to a faraway place."

With the crystal clear "Ocean of Origin Stone" at his back, Tullerman blinked his confused eyes.

"A faraway place? Back to where you started."

"yes."

"Where? When I grow up, I want to find you."

Xia Feng shook his head gently.

"No, you can't see me."

"Why?"

"Because the place I set out from is both the past and the future for you."

A point of light appeared.

Light like fireflies floated around Xia Feng's body, making him look a bit unreal.

Looking at Tullerman with a smile, Xia Feng seemed to have decided something in his heart.

"Tullerman, do you know what the stones in that forest are?"

"I don't know, it's my first time seeing you."

"That's the Source Stone."

"Origin Stone?"

"Yes, this is a mysterious ore formed in natural disaster areas. It contains huge energy. It seems to be omnipotent and can even push cities to avoid natural disasters."

"Ah! So powerful? What other uses does it have? Can you tell me more?"

"Of course. After knowing this, your name will be remembered by the world forever. Tullerman, this era is the Originium technological civilization that started with you."

Afterwards, Xia Feng used extremely simple language to describe the important impact that the Origin Stone would have on the world in the future.

After everything was said, Xia Feng turned around and walked out of the natural disaster area without looking back.

"Goodbye Tullerman."

Looking at his back as he walked away again, Tullerman shouted loudly from behind.

"Why, why did you come back and tell me this!"

The last sound of Xia Feng resounded through the sky.

"Because you are my only friend in this era!"

Happy New Year everyone, Fengfeng wishes everyone a happy New Year!

Ahem, okay, I underestimated the length of the final volume and didn’t finish it before the Chinese New Year, Abba Abba (﹃)

The recent plot may be very confusing, but believe me, if you watch it carefully, you will definitely understand many details that you don't understand now when the real ending comes.