Old Master, have you ever been beaten by a Pokémon?

After Liu Tianci slowly strolled around them, his eyes finally fell on a lonely, bare, and relatively flat large rock.

Without saying a word, he strode over and sat down heavily on the stone with a "thump" like a deflated ball.

After sitting firmly, he turned his head to look at Rotom beside him and reminded him: "Rotom, you control the Bluebird drone to continue monitoring them. Call me if there is any situation." After saying that, he reached out and gently touched Rotom's little head.

At this moment, the setting sun hanging in the sky seemed to be deliberately painted with a thick layer of rouge, which was too red, and even had a strange blood-red hue. This strange color rendered the entire sky a dark red hue, which made people feel awe.

The gold-powder-like sunset light sprinkled unreservedly on the entire forest. They were like a group of naughty elves, lightly jumping among the colorful leaves. The already beautiful forest glowed with a breathtaking aesthetic atmosphere against the backdrop of the afterglow, just like a beautiful painting from the hand of a master.

Liu Tianci was wearing a pair of stylish communication sunglasses, taking photos of the beautiful scenery around him. Every time he pressed the shutter, he would smile with satisfaction. After taking the photos, he picked out a few photos that he thought were the best and quickly sent them to the chat room.

Li Lianting, who had just returned from a long journey, sat exhausted on a chair. She first looked out the window at the cold, hard concrete jungle, then turned her gaze back to the computer screen in front of her. When she saw the photo sent by Liu Tianci, she instantly perked up.

"Tianci, you have already gone to the mountains? Can you share your camera with me? I also want to see the charming scenery of Fangdou Mountain with my own eyes!"

Li Lianting said this coquettishly while impatiently turning on the headset. Not long after, a video request window popped up on the computer desktop. She excitedly clicked on the window, and in the blink of an eye the screen switched directly to virtual projection mode.

However, the winter sunset is always as fleeting as a flash in the pan. By the time He Ye finally connected the video, the sunset had already been almost half-sunken below the distant horizon, leaving only the remaining half of the sun still stubbornly emitting the last rays of light.

The originally bright sky suddenly seemed to be covered by a huge black cloth, and the sky suddenly became much gloomier, as if a storm was about to come.

Everyone just looked at it roughly for a while, and the camera installed on Liu Tianci's sunglasses also moved along with his gaze, and finally stopped in the direction of the forest on the top of Fangdou Mountain.

At this time, it can be seen that the shadow areas of the trees that have lost direct sunlight are gradually expanding. From where Liu Tianci is at the moment, it seems as if a thick black curtain is slowly covering these densely packed trees.

The whole picture appears extremely hazy and deep, which makes people feel chilly.

"Why does this forest look so strange?" Lotus frowned and asked softly. Perhaps it was because she had just admired the beautiful sunset, the strong visual contrast made her feel particularly uncomfortable with the dark scene in front of her.

Liu Tianci narrowed his eyes slightly, stared at the forest and said, "It's normal to feel weird. After all, there are some things in here that shouldn't belong to this forest...

Okay, I'm going to close the video link with you. The clip I'm going to show you next is not suitable for children to watch. " After saying that, he gently twisted his neck, stretched his muscles, and then concentrated on the next work.

At this moment, the night of late autumn and early winter came quietly at a very fast speed like a ferocious beast. In the blink of an eye, a blazing bonfire had risen from the ground, illuminating a small area around it.

I saw several people sitting in a circle around the warm fire, roasting delicious sausages on the fire, and humming cheerful songs from time to time. The atmosphere seemed relaxed and pleasant.

However, they did not realize that in the dark forest behind them, several dark shadows were approaching silently step by step...

Everyone sat around the blazing bonfire, chatting happily. However, somehow, the topic always seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, and after a lot of twists and turns, it always came back to Xiao Wei.

"Xiao Wei, this is a beautiful tourist town! But it's a bit strange. I just walked around and didn't see any school. So where did you go to college? It wasn't in Dongdu, was it?" someone asked curiously.

Indeed, the largest city near this tree-lined area is Dongdu, and most of the colleges and universities are gathered in the large university town of Dongdu. So everyone naturally speculated whether Xiaowei was also a student who graduated from there.

He actually had a plan in mind when he asked this question, and he was determined to get the name of the university Xiaowei attended. After all, if the school she attended happened to be in the city of Dongdu, wouldn't there be plenty of opportunities to meet her in the future? Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth could not help but slightly rise.

Seeing this, the boy in a blue down jacket standing nearby immediately gave him a thumbs up, expressing his admiration for his method of finding out information in a roundabout way.

However, when they heard Xiao Wei's answer "I don't go to school", everyone was stunned. Especially him, who was full of expectations just now, his eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

Under the light of the fire, Xiaowei's smiling face had become serious at some point, and the smile disappeared without a trace as if it had been swallowed by the darkness.

"Hey~ Not going to school? How is that possible! What you said is not even a joke." He shook his head quickly, trying to get Xiaowei to change her words or explain.

Xiao Wei sighed softly, holding a branch in her hand, and nonchalantly poked the fire in front of her. Then she slowly turned her head and smiled broadly at the young man who was talking to her, but her eyes looked a little lonely:

"I'm telling the truth. From childhood to adulthood, my parents have always taught me to read, recognize words, and learn all kinds of knowledge at home. So, I have never been to a real school."

After hearing the girl's words, the latter opened his lips slightly and was about to respond. However, at this moment, his eyes were involuntarily attracted by the girl whose only half face was bathed in the firelight.

The faint, flickering firelight illuminated half of her face, making the other half hidden in the darkness appear even more mysterious and hazy.

As he stared at that face, a strange emotion suddenly surged in his heart. He tried to pull the corners of his mouth and smile to respond to the girl, but for some reason, his cheeks seemed to be tightly bound by an invisible force, becoming extremely stiff, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't squeeze out a smile.

At this moment, he was shocked to find that he couldn't smile at all. The natural affinity and smile he had shown when facing others disappeared without a trace. He felt very confused and didn't understand what was going on.

The girl in front of him had a bright smile on her face, but he could not feel the joyful atmosphere conveyed by it at all. On the contrary, he sensed an indescribable complex emotion from that smile, which lingered in his heart like a fog, making him confused.