God's Gift

As Yu Youyou's voice fell, a dull and heavy sound came from the front. Everyone looked over and the shape of a ring appeared in front of everyone.

The first ring was filled with fog, and the gray mist blocked the light. This was a place where the sun could not shine in. In the distant sky, there were thick dark clouds, which were blown into rings by the tornado, and there were faint lightning flashes in them.

In the fog, there seemed to be a huge black shadow approaching them.

Shen Minghua took a vigilant stance and blocked Ye Li and the others behind him, "Another giant beast."

But Lu Keming vaguely sensed something was wrong, and he looked at Yu Youyou. The smile on Yu Youyou's face had disappeared, and she was now staring straight ahead, with a solemnity in her eyes that Lu Keming had never seen before.

Looking at Yu Youyou's expression, Lu Keming felt a little uneasy. He held Yu Youyou's hand and asked, "Youyou, what's wrong with you?"

The warmth in her palm drew Yu Youyou's attention back, and she turned to look at Lu Keming.

The cold wind, wrapped in mist, blew up Yu Youyou's long hair. In the fluttering hair, her dark and clear eyes looked at Lu Keming, and the emotions in her eyes made Lu Keming unable to see clearly.

Lu Keming's heart skipped a beat and his face darkened. Thinking of the conversation between Yu Youyou and Xiaoou just now, he had a bad feeling.

deer?

The dark shadow in the fog was getting closer, and the dull and regular sound just now was becoming clearer and clearer.

Fang Ziang was a little confused. He listened carefully to the clattering sound and said, "It seems to be the sound of horses?"

"No, it's not a horse." Lu Keming looked up at the black shadow. In the gray fog, its voice was looming, and it seemed to have two pairs of huge horns.

Xiaoou stared at the black shadow and suddenly said, "It's this."

Hearing this, Lu Keming held Yu Youyou's hand tightly, and his voice rang out in the cold wind: "Youyou, do you know who it is?"

Lu Keming's voice was not loud, and Fang Ziang, who was standing behind the two of them, just happened to hear it. However, he did not make a fuss like he did before. Instead, he stared at Yu Youyou without saying a word.

Yu Youyou took a deep breath and finally gave Lu Keming an answer: "It's Forrest."

"Forrest?" Fang Ziang finally spoke, "Isn't it the god of this world? How come it appears here?"

The others did not hear the conversation between Lu Keming and Yu Youyou, but they heard Fang Ziang's loud shouting, and the crowd suddenly became noisy.

Amid the chattering of others, Lu Keming frowned at the familiar name, and his voice was somewhat puzzled: "Isn't it dead?"

"Yes, he is dead." Yu Youyou nodded and gave Lu Keming a positive answer, but did not explain to Lu Keming why the dead god appeared here.

Lu Keming did not ask Yu Youyou the reason. He just looked at Yu Youyou, his chest heaving slightly, his eyes equally heavy, and he did not speak for a long time.

When the two looked at each other, Fang Ziang suddenly spoke:

"If it is a god, it shouldn't harm us, right?"

As Fang Ziang asked the question, the black shadow finally broke through the thick fog and appeared in front of everyone.

What appeared before them was indeed a deer.

The deer looked similar to the one enshrined in the shrine they had seen before, but it was much more terrifying.

It's not just because of its huge size, but also because of the exposed bones and rotten flesh all over its body.

In contrast to its dead body, its rotten flesh nourishes many plants. Next to its antlers is a pomegranate tree that is bearing fruit. Below the pomegranate tree, red amaryllis flowers extend from its eye sockets, filling its left eye. Its right eye is also covered with a gray film, and underneath the film is a scarlet eye.

The rotten flesh, exposed bones and the plants growing wildly on it together form a strange yet beautiful picture.

It stopped ten meters away, and its eyes full of amaryllis flowers seemed to be looking at the people in front.

Shen Minghua stared at Forrest blankly, and after a long while he said, "Is this what gods are like?"

"That shouldn't be the case. Isn't the body of Forrest in the shrine intact?" Fang Ziang swallowed and commented carefully:

"This Forrest looks like he's going to kill us all."

Lu Keming stared at Forrest, silently calculating in his mind what his chances of winning would be if he fought with it.

When everyone was hesitating and stopping, Yu Youyou suddenly squatted down.

She carefully tied the laces of her canvas shoes, stood up, lifted her backpack, took Xiaoou's hand, and then turned around.

Lu Keming looked at her movements and asked in confusion: "Youyou, what are you doing?"

Yu Youyou had a serious expression and answered solemnly, "Run away."

Lu Keming looked hesitant, and turned back to look at Forrest again: "Is it necessary to escape?"

Yu Youyou nodded solemnly, with her hands on her waist, her body ready to run away, "It is very necessary."

Lu Keming looked at Yu Youyou and nodded thoughtfully. Amid the tense gazes of the crowd, he spoke calmly:

"Then run."

As soon as Lu Keming finished speaking, the two of them pulled Xiaoou without any hesitation and turned around and ran out together.

Everyone stood there, staring in amazement at the fleeing backs of Yu Youyou and Lu Keming.

After two seconds, everyone finally reacted and started running away in all directions.

After they started to run away, Forrest finally moved. It raised its head and let out a dull deer cry. As the cry sounded, pieces of rotten flesh on its neck fell off, revealing its bloody trachea.

When Yu Youyou and Lu Keming were about to run to the mecha, the sound of a deer's cry shook off the crumbling boulder on the gap in the boundary wall, and it rolled in front of everyone, completely blocking the exit ahead.

Yu Youyou stopped, took a few breaths, and looked at the huge rock blocking the road with a headache.

As the boulder fell, Forrest raised his deer hooves and ran towards the crowd.

The distance just now was only two steps away for Forres. He caught up with the crowd almost in an instant, and the crowd whose way out was blocked were forced into a corner.

It lowered its head and sniffed in front of everyone with its black nostrils. As it moved, a foul smell came out of its nasal cavity.

The students at the outermost edge were so frightened that they dared not move. They could only pray in their hearts that the god would not start a massacre.

But the reality disappointed him.

After sniffing for a short while, Forrest took a step back. Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, it rushed forward in two steps and pierced a student's chest with its sharp antlers.

Bright red blood spurted out in an instant and fell onto the pomegranate tree next to its antlers, dyeing the unripe green pomegranates red.

Everyone finally understood that the current Forrest was not the legendary god who would sacrifice himself to save the world.

The students fled in panic to both sides.

Yu Youyou, who had said she was going to run away, stood there in a daze. She felt a warm sensation on her face, and when she raised her hand, she felt a smear of bright red blood. She looked at the blood with a dazed look in her eyes.

"Forrest..."

Perhaps she was the one who truly woke up at this moment.

Her dearest companion had died four thousand years ago.

And now what was in front of her was just a body that had been eaten by humans and contaminated by the Dark Star.