Neverland

Yan Cen's reaction was extremely fast and he stretched out his hand to hold the girl's arm holding the knife, but just as he raised his hand and his fingers touched the girl's skin, he saw the other's arm passing through his palm like a phantom.

The speed was too fast, Yan Cen couldn't react in time, and when he realized that he only got a handful of cool air, the girl's knife had already dropped.

——She has no entity!

At the same time, Xu Muzhou also quickly took a step back, but the distance behind him was the wall, so the distance he could retreat was very limited. Even if he dodged quickly, the sharp blade was drawn on his left upper arm. a hole.

The coarse cloth clothes were torn, and the wound oozes blood instantly.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Muzhou subconsciously forgot that the girl had no body, and raised his hand to block her hand, but he didn't want to touch the cold and smooth skin.

Xu Muzhou didn't care to think about what kind of thing the other party was, so he grabbed her hand as soon as he could touch her, and slammed upwards hard.

Although Xu Muzhou's combat effectiveness is not very good, he has stayed in Neverland for so long, and he has taught Yan Cen a lot in his free time. Girls are still more than enough.

During this time, Yan Cen also turned around and grabbed the girl's other wrist, twisting it forcefully behind her.

The knife fell to the ground with a clang, rolled twice on the floor, and landed at Yan Cen's feet.

Yan Cen didn't lower his head, and kicked the knife away with a touch of his toes.

The knife rolled on the floor for a long time before disappearing in the darkness.

Yan Cen's face was quite ugly, he glanced at Xu Muzhou's arm, and asked in a low voice, "How is it?"

Xu Muzhou didn't think there was anything wrong, he glanced sideways at the wound.Because he hid in time, the wound wasn't deep, it just scratched a little bit of skin, and the blood didn't bleed much, and it had stopped by itself. It was only because the wound was a little long that it looked a little scary.

"It's okay." Xu Muzhou said without paying much attention, "Just break the skin, it doesn't hurt."

The girl didn't know if it was malnutrition or something, her body was so fragile that it would break if she folded, and now she seemed to have lost the ability to "ghostly" just now, and was controlled by Yan Cen and Xu Muzhou one after the other, Twisted like a misshapen seahorse.

The girl scratched his darling under Yan Cen's eyelids, Yan Cen was a ghost if he could be polite to her, the girl's fragile wrist bones were crunched by him, Xu Muzhou couldn't help but click his tongue when he heard it, It felt like Yan Cen was about to crush people just looking at it.

"My brother." Xu Muzhou was afraid that he would kill the task target in a fit of anger, so he quickly said, "Calm down."

Yan Cen: "..."

The little fox has always been called by the last name, and this sudden call is so close, it sounds...in fact, it's pretty good.

Xu Muzhou was busy comforting Yan Cen, but the girl didn't seem to appreciate it, she didn't seem to feel any pain at all, she didn't even look at Yan Cen, she still stared at Xu Muzhou with a gloomy face.

Xu Muzhou was a little bit guilty when she looked at her, not knowing how his face offended her.

——Not as good as Yan Cen and her taste?Xu Muzhou thought incomprehensibly.

But even so, it's not like going up to kill people.

Moreover, Xu Muzhou was always a little concerned about how the girl broke through Yan Cen's "defense line" just now. If she had no entity, she was indeed immobilized by the two of them now, but if she had, what happened just now? what's going on.

Before Xu Muzhou could come up with a reason, the girl suddenly moved. She didn't struggle, but opened her right hand held by Xu Muzhou. With her palm up, she reached for the crystal ball that was always on on the roof. .

The sphere, which had been quiet all this time, seemed to be inspired, and flew towards the girl with the precision of navigation.

Xu Muzhou only felt a blur in front of his eyes, and the white light that he had seen more than once enveloped him again.

At that moment, Xu Muzhou only had one thought in his mind.

——It really is a ball from Pengcier's background!

But the strange thing is, when the white light disappeared, Xu Muzhou regained his composure and found that the situation in front of him was exactly the same as before. He and Yan Cen were still in the dark castle, and their positions hadn't changed, except for the girl in front of him who didn't know where to go. Except where, everything seems to be exactly the same as before.

"What's wrong." Xu Muzhou said strangely: "Is she a Pokémon, can she run away by shrinking into the hole?"

"No." Yan Cen turned his head to look in another direction and said, "Look at that."

Xu Muzhou followed his gaze and turned around, only to realize that at some point in time, the door that was tightly locked by chains had opened silently.

The two heavy doors separated left and right. The outside world was even darker than the castle, and there was no moonlight. It looked like a dark monster with a bloody mouth wide open, and it felt malicious.

"...It looks like a trap." Xu Muzhou said, "But I think it is necessary to take a look."

As Xu Muzhou said, he lifted his foot and walked out the door.

It wasn't just the girl who disappeared just now, but also the shining crystal ball.In fact, based on Xu Muzhou's understanding of the props, he feels that there is a high probability that this place is not the real world, but another illusion built by the "bridge".

Xu Muzhou thought so, so he said so.

"Indeed." Yan Cen said, he casually touched the door frame as he passed by, his hand passed through the solid wall without accident, without touching any entity.

"The crystal ball in Toya's hand represents the 'future'. From the perspective of a complete mirror image, this girl's ability may be just the opposite of his." Xu Muzhou said as he walked out: "I suspect that this is the 'past' '."

As Xu Muzhou said, he had already stepped out of the gate of the castle. This was the first time he and Yan Cen had left the cold castle and reached the outside after they came to this mission world.

Unlike what they had seen in the window before, the world outside was dull and dark.This world does not seem to have any light source, and layers of almost dark blue are hanging down from the high sky, connecting with the sea.

The seemingly distant sea surface was actually just a dozen meters away, so close that Xu Muzhou could clearly see the dark waves hitting the reef, leaving behind a sticky liquid just by standing at the door.

If only Toya's world could be written into a book and used as an interesting bedtime story for young children.Then the version of the story in front of me is a completely dark fairy tale without any "sunshine" at all.

If Xu Muzhou looked at it with his eyes, even the land of the dead like Neverland would be thousands of times better than the sea in front of him.

There was nothing on the sea engulfed by the waves, no sunlight, no clouds, only the sound of waves layer by layer mechanically and regularly.

In this environment, the sound of the waves seemed to be amplified infinitely, but after standing outside for a few seconds, Xu Muzhou felt that the sound went straight into his mind, each sound getting louder, and the impression of the previous sound had not passed away. After the next sound, they rushed over again, and the voices piled up irregularly, which made people extremely anxious.

Yan Cen's hearing is more sensitive than Xu Muzhou's, and he couldn't like this kind of sound any more, so he couldn't help but frowned, looking unhappy.

Just when Xu Muzhou thought that this scene would last forever, he suddenly moved the tips of his ears slightly, and heard some other sounds coming from the wind.

——Weak, gentle, mixed with these noisy waves, is slowly coming with the gentle sound of the wind.

It sounded like a musical instrument, but it didn't look like a flute or a guitar, it was more like some kind of synthetic electronic sound. Xu Muzhou thought about it, but for a moment he couldn't remember what kind of musical instrument it should be.

"It's an accordion." Yan Cen said suddenly.

Xu Muzhou remembered it when he heard him mentioning this. In his sophomore year, there was a cultural performance at the school, and one of his junior seniors came on stage and played "Katyusha" on the accordion. A bit like.

It's just that the voice in front of him seemed a little distorted because it was blurred by the waves.

Because it was in the open outdoors, it was difficult to identify the specific source of the sound. It could only be heard that the sound was getting closer and closer, as if it was coming from the front.

For some reason, Xu Muzhou suddenly felt blessed and looked back into the castle.

I don't know if I don't look at it, Xu Muzhou was almost taken aback when he turned around.

I don't know when, under the shadow of the big dial by the door, Toya is holding the eclipsed crystal ball, sitting quietly in the shadow.

Toya didn't know when he came here, he came here quietly and without any sense of presence, even Yan Cen didn't notice it.

Toya lowered her eyes slightly, and even the ups and downs of her breathing were very weak. Looking at it harshly, she looked like a silent sculpture.

Several windows in the hall were wide open, and the waves outside were howling and violent, and the top of the waves even hit the base of the dial.

—the tide is rising.

Xu Muzhou took a step back, avoiding the cold sea water.

"Muzhou." Yan Cen said suddenly, "Here comes the man."

Xu Muzhou turned his head to look at the sea, only to find that a small boat was struggling on the stormy sea, and a tall man was sitting cross-legged on the bow, playing the accordion in his hand.

——Wouldn't this fall into the sea, Xu Muzhou thought in shock, what kind of bold operation by a master of art.

But then, Xu Muzhou realized a problem - the man looked a little familiar.

The small boat was a bit light, and it was very difficult to approach. It took more than ten minutes to approach the shore.

There were several huge wooden boxes on the boat, some of which were already wet by sea water. The man at the bow hung the accordion on his body, and then fastened the boat to the shore familiarly.

At this moment, Xu Muzhou has been thinking about where the instant familiarity came from when he saw the man just now. He didn't have the slightest impression of the man's face, but he was very sure of the instant feeling he had just now. .

Xu Muzhou pondered for a while before he suddenly realized.

What he recognized was not the man in front of him, but the clothes the man was wearing.

——The baggy, rough-made clothes were on his body right now.

He is Joseph.