Merit Book·Xinghai

He ran desperately, branches and thorns slashed across his body and legs, leaving countless scars, which might attract more predators, but he couldn't care about these anymore.The creaking sound behind him was getting closer and closer, and he seemed to feel that the sharp teeth had touched the skin on the back of his neck.

He swung his arms vigorously, but his breathing became heavier and his body became more and more stiff. He felt that his legs were no longer his own, they were just swinging mechanically, and his chest heaved rapidly, as if he was exhausted. Bellows twitching with the last of its strength.But he couldn't stop, even if his speed was only a little slower, what was waiting for him was the end of being torn to pieces.

But the deadly sound that seemed to pierce the skull was still getting closer, and several gray shadows passed through the bushes like the wind, and the murderous red eyes were fixed on the staggering thin man in front of him. figure.

With their speed, they could actually catch up with that man half an hour ago, but their natural caution, timidity and a certain hobby of teasing their prey made them just follow behind the man relentlessly.

When the man stops, it is the end of this hunting game.At that time, their teeth will pierce the soft flesh, and they will taste sweet blood in their throats. This is a rare experience in their life-because the creatures in front of them are very few, even their kind A living creature that even weak omnivorous animals can hunt with their own hands.

Why is it so difficult for human beings to survive on this planet?The most direct reason is - because none of them can beat.

The three gray shadows chasing behind the man at this time are small animals called stone rats.For other creatures on this planet, they are just a weak race that tastes delicious but is too small to fit between teeth, and barely survives because of their strong reproductive ability.But for human beings, they can only avoid the fate of being slaughtered by these little things if they are combined in groups, relying on the protection of the village and the prestige of the slave owners.If you meet alone in the wild, even if it is a small team, you will eventually be devoured by these guys without leaving any bones.

At this moment, the man who is desperately escaping from the mouth of the stone mouse can never imagine that in less than 200 years, humans will almost slaughter these little gray things Apart from seeing them, humans can only see these little guys acting cute in zoos.

Of course, human beings at that time could not imagine at all how fear and despair people felt in their hearts when they saw these cute little guys.

The man knew that there was no reason for it, but the great fear of death in his heart still made him run non-stop, and the rustling sound made the hair on his back stand on end.He opened his mouth wide, swung his arms vigorously, stumbled and ran for an unknown amount of time, and finally staggered and fell to the ground.

"It's over, I'm going to die!"

The man screamed in his heart, and he tried to stand up with his hands, but his body trembled in vain, like a sad worm.

His eyes turned black, his ears were like drums and thunder, and his consciousness was blurred by the extreme lack of oxygen, and he almost died immediately.After a long time, he realized vaguely that he was still alive.

The man trembled, and raised his head cautiously, for fear of seeing a pair of red eyes full of mischief.

But no, there was nothing in sight.

The predator who was chasing after him disappeared at some point, and there was a soft grassland like a green carpet in front of him. From nowhere came intermittent singing, which was clear and sweet, and extremely sweet.

The man stood up unsteadily as if possessed by a demon, and stumbled towards the direction of the singing.

He thought he saw the legendary goddess.

The palm-sized face is fair and cute, and the soft long hair is simply tied behind the head with a goose yellow ribbon, and a few strands of hair hang down the side of the cheek, looking soft and affectionate.A long white dress, the hem of the skirt is dotted with some small colorful flowers, and there is a gold ring on the ankle, which is as thin as a tender bamboo, and there are more than ten golden bells on it, which jingle with her movements. The voice, accompanied by that sweet singing, came from afar, even more dreamy than the best imagination in a man's dream.

The man walked forward in a daze for a few steps, then suddenly came to his senses, trembled all over, immediately fell to his knees, buried his head deeply in the grass, and never dared to look at him again.

The girl's attire was obviously a person of very noble birth, and she was by no means approachable by a slave like him who lost his last piece of fig leaf in the escape just now.He knew that his actions just now had constituted an offense, so he could only tremblingly wait for the next cruel punishment.

"...The best result is to gouging out my eyes. I wonder if her attendant will give me some wound medicine after punishing me? But this place is so far away from the village. If I can't see my eyes, then I will I can never go back. I wonder if this noble lady will let me keep an eye? I may ask her to cut off my hand in exchange."

The man was trembling, thinking about how to persuade the lady not to goug out both of his eyes, but the reason in his heart told him that the most likely result would be that he would not even have a chance to speak. A cold sword would cut off his head.If the lady or her squire had a special taste, perhaps they would devise an original and grisly way of dying for him.

But in the face of the predators in the jungle, the man who dared to flee desperately could only obediently lie on the ground and wait to be killed. No matter how cruel and terrible the result was, he didn't have the courage to stand up and resist.

But beyond the man's expectation, the girl walked up to him lightly, curiously, with kindness and sympathy: "Who are you? Are you human too? Why are you kneeling on the ground?"

"I... I... I... I have offended Your Excellency... I deserve death... please... forgive... If you will, can you... can you cut off one of my hands? I... …I need an eye…” the man stammered.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" The girl chuckled and said, "What an offense! There are no adults here. I am an ordinary human like you. Get up, you are injured, I will take you to the doctor .”

The man was stunned. He wondered if his ears had heard wrong.After being stunned for a long time, he couldn't believe it. He slowly raised his head and took a peek at the girl.

...It's actually true...Although it looks very beautiful and noble, it still... still has the same eyes, ears, nose... the same limbs and body... no fur, no scales, no minions...

A huge, indescribable fear slammed into the man's heart, and his eyes showed unconcealable horror.

The girl hurriedly said: "Don't worry, this place is very safe, with the barrier set up by Mr. Rong, those wild animals outside will not come here."

What the girl didn't expect was that not only did her soft words of comfort not have the desired effect, but instead made the man twisted as if he had been punched hard by someone.Then, as if he saw something terrifying, he got up and ran away in a panic.

The girl was startled, and hurriedly looked around, but there was nothing around her except herself. She patted her chest and blinked her eyes in bewilderment, not knowing why the man reacted like that just now.

The man ran desperately again, this time, he felt an unparalleled fear that was worse than death.

That woman...how dare she...how could she...

How dare she wear such beautiful clothes?For inferior human slaves like them, a roll of sackcloth is already very luxurious.

How could she make her face so smooth and tender?A lowly human slave, with a dusty face, yellow and thin, is what she should look like.

How dare she... how dare she show such a lovely smile?How could there be such pure and peaceful eyes?How can I keep my back so straight?

She doesn't look like a slave at all, she's just... really outrageous!

A brief chance encounter, like a flood, washed away a certain belief that the man had always believed in and destroyed his cognition of the world. He panicked, found it difficult to accept, and feared unspeakably.

"Damn! Damn! Damn!"

The man's lips trembled, not knowing what to curse.

He only knew that the existence of that girl was unreasonable, shouldn't be, was... wrong.

The man ran around blindfolded until a thick arm swung out, throwing him to the ground.