I'm sprouting again

Bai Xiao looked down.

The hands of the old man with the goatee looked wrinkled and his nail clippers were bare.But his palms were steady without trembling, and his outstretched posture was also powerful.Like a gnarled old tree root.

Bai Xiao raised his head and glanced at the old man with the goatee, he still had that very unfriendly smile.

Even though the setting sun was always there, Bai Xiao still swallowed his saliva.Then, with one hand hanging down to his leg, he quietly grabbed the corner of Zang Feng's clothes, stretched out the other hand, clamped the goatee old man's palm with his index finger and thumb, and pinched it quickly.

Warm, dry, rough.Zou Baba's skin is soft.

Just like people.

Bai Xiao was taken aback for a moment, then put his hand up and pinched it again.

"Hey!"

Suddenly, the old man with the goatee shook his hand suddenly, as if he wanted to grab Bai Xiao's hand, and at the same time he made a loud noise on purpose to scare Bai Xiao.

Bai Xiao's hand retracted in an instant, and even his whole body retracted. The hand that was holding the corner of Zang Feng's clothes tightened suddenly, and he subconsciously hid behind Zang Feng.

Zang Feng had already seen through the old man's little pranks with the goatee, so he quickly reached out his hand to support Bai Xiao's back to prevent him from falling, and then cast a helpless look at the old man with the goatee.

"Hahahaha!"

The old man with the goatee laughed out loud, pointing at Bai Xiao while laughing.

Bai Xiao also understood that the old man with the goatee just now did it on purpose: "..."

He is going to be angry.

The old man with the goatee saw that Bai Xiao's expression became unhappy, so he accepted it as soon as he saw it.He wiped away the tears from his laughter and let out a long breath before putting his hands back on his knees, as if trying to calm himself down.

Then he raised his head and looked at Bai Xiao. A second later, the corners of his mouth curled up again, and the expression of restrained laughter was quite obvious.

Bai Xiao: "..."

He is really going to be angry.

Seeing this, Zang Feng could only stroke Bai Xiao's back as if it were a hair.

When Bai Xiao pinched the goatee old man's hand just now, Zang Feng understood the reaction.As to whether the old man with the goatee was a man, a ghost, or a machine, he already had the answer in his heart.

"You are human." Zang Feng said his answer and the explanation he had just thought about "City of Machinery", "You said just now that those people only see one side of the ghost town, that is to say, they see The city of machines that I visited also exists in the land of ghosts. The relationship between the two is tolerance and being contained, and the city of machines is a part of the land of ghosts."

The goatee old man was attracted attention, he laughed after hearing Zang Feng's answer: "There is nothing wrong with saying that."

Zang Feng's brows moved slightly, which meant that he hadn't gotten to the point yet.

Zang Feng continued to think.Judging from the situation in just a few hours, as he said before, I am afraid that the "core" of the legendary land really wants them to understand this place.What the old man with the goatee has been doing has been guiding them to think.

Why?Knowing this, what will happen?

When Zang Feng was thinking, Bai Xiao was also thinking, but his thinking did not extend that far, but he was seriously thinking about the existence of the Machinery City.

When they were contemplating, the old man with the goatee sat across from him without moving, watching them quietly, as if he was also expecting their answers.

After a while, Bai Xiao seemed to have thought of the answer. He suddenly sat up straight, opened his eyes wide, and looked confident.

Seeing him like this, the old man with the goatee immediately narrowed his eyes with a smile and asked, "Did you think of any different answers?"

Bai Xiao also smiled: "It's not the same, but the angle is a bit different."

Bai Xiao said: "You said two key points before. One is that everything here cannot be seen with eyes alone; the other is that what those people see is only one-sided."

"The answer he said just now, you said is correct, that is, the city of machinery really exists here. However, I have another idea about the way it exists. For example, those who only see the city of machinery Some people, because they only use 'eyes' or other ways to see the world, so what they see is only 'one-sided'."

Bai Xiao took a deep breath and said, "In other words, the city of machinery and the land of ghosts are the same place, but it has different forms in the eyes of different people."

The eyes of the old man with the goatee lit up, and then he smiled with satisfaction: "Haha, yes, you are right."

Bai Xiao laughed immediately, like a student who answered an additional question, and smiled a little smugly.Seeing him like this, Zang Feng felt a little proud.

But soon, Bai Xiao seemed to have thought of something, and then the corners of his smug mouth slowly drooped: "..."

Bai Xiao: Just now the old man with the goatee said he was right.So that is to say, the old man with the goatee also has the "all mechanical" side that those people see?Or is it true what those other people see, and what they see is unreal?Then what about the feeling he pinched just now, is it real or fake?

Bai Xiao: "..."

I feel like I can't think about it any more.

Zang Feng didn't consider these "details" that Bai Xiao thought about.After the old man with the goatee affirmed Bai Xiao's answer, he thought of another question.

Zang Feng asked: "Since what those people see is one-sided, what we see is complete. In other words, we have the 'eyes' that can 'see the whole' of the ghost town?"

"That's right." The old man with the goatee showed a satisfied expression again, and the expression read "a child can be taught".

Then, without waiting for Zang Feng to speak, he seemed to know what Zang Feng was going to ask, and said, "However, you haven't learned how to see the world. As for how to learn, you have to work hard on your own, because we are born I will, so I don’t know how to teach you.”

intrinsic?

Zang Feng's eyes moved slightly, thoughtfully.

The city of ghosts is the world that the people in the small town arrive in after death. The so-called "natural birth" has two possibilities: one is after becoming a ghost, and the other is the particularity of the people in this small town.

Since they are also recognized as "new ghosts" now, and they have not acquired this "natural" skill, the first point is ruled out; but the second point is also doubtful. When the storm happened that year, this small town belonged to A traffic fortress, there are many travelers and caravans coming and going.After the storm, less than one in a thousand survived, and the rest disappeared.

In other words, if it is the second point, only people born in small towns have this "natural" skill, then in this ghost town, other people who do not have this skill will see a different world, and there will definitely be conflicts place, but it seems that there is no place at present, and everyone lives in the same world.

Then, there is a third possibility.That is the so-called "birth", the day when these ghosts were "made".

For example, when "City of Machines" appeared.

As if he and Zang Feng had a tacit understanding, Bai Xiao suddenly asked the goatee old man at this time: "So, you are all machines, too?"

The expression of the goatee old man suddenly became severe, as if he saw a bad student who didn't listen to the class, he raised his crutch and hit Bai Xiao on the head.

Bai Xiao has seen how powerful this crutch is. His head is no harder than Zang Feng's, and it will definitely swell!So Bai Xiao saw the crutch coming, and immediately stretched out his hand to protect his head, trying to block it with his arm.

But before him, Zang Feng's arm was stretched out.

"Boom."

The crutch hit the bone of the forearm, making a muffled sound, which showed that the old man with the goatee was using quite a bit of force.

Both Bai Xiao and the old man with the goatee were taken aback for a moment, and then Bai Xiao immediately felt so distressed that he wanted to bite someone.

"Does it hurt? It hurts."

Bai Xiao hugged Zang Feng's arm and rubbed it. When he looked at it, it was already red and there were some blood spots, which showed the great strength.

Bai Xiao was really angry now. While rubbing Zang Feng's arm, he said seriously to the old man with the goatee, "You are using too much force! Although I know you don't really want to beat me into something, but Don't you look at your crutch, it's made of solid wood, and there's a big stone embedded in its head, even if you think it's light, it still hurts when you hit it!"

Under the rage, Bai Xiao's tone naturally couldn't get better. Zang Feng was beaten twice this morning.Usually, when Zang Feng Mohe was ill, Bai Xiao felt so distressed to see him frowning, let alone being beaten.

In the morning, it was their fault, and seeing that the other party was an old man, Bai Xiao didn't care about it; but this time, they came here for no reason, and Bai Xiao was very angry.

After Bai Xiao vented, Zang Feng didn't speak, and looked at the goatee old man with a calm expression - he was also a little unhappy, because the crutch just now was going towards Bai Xiao.

The old man with the goatee didn't expect to be scolded like this. He sat there with blinking eyes and a somewhat bewildered expression.After a while, he secretly glanced at Zang Feng's arm.

Seeing the bluish-red marks, and looking at Bai Xiao's expression, he asked in a puzzled tone, "Does it hurt?"

Bai Xiao stared: "Of course it hurts. Didn't you hear the 'dong' just now?"

The old man with the goatee was stunned again, and then he clutched his cane guiltily and turned it back and forth on the ground. "I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to be so fragile. Usually, I just hit other people like this without any injuries like yours..."

"Then it's because we are weak?" Bai Xiao's eyes widened.

The old man with the goatee saw that Bai Xiao seemed to be about to jump up, so he quickly said, "No, it's my fault. I promise I won't hit you with a cane in the future!"

Bai Xiao was still a little unhappy, but the other party was old and apologized, so he couldn't say anything more.

Bai Xiaoshun calmed down, and asked the old man with the goatee, "Why did you hit us just now?"

The old man with the goatee was a little aggrieved, he just wanted to knock Bai Xiao down, not the other one.

But the old man with the goatee didn't dare to say it. He held the cane in both hands, and said with a sense of aggrieved, "You are stupid."

Bai Xiao: "...???"

Don't think that I really dare not hit you, okay?

The old man with the goatee saw him staring, and said unconvinced: "I said it all, what you see in this world is not necessarily true. Don't believe your eyes, you have to learn to see it in another way. You are still struggling with the mechanical What is not mechanical, not stupid?"

Bai Xiao: "..."