Shimmer Forest

A black, round mass of unknown species in front is rolling painfully in the flickering light: "Ah—there is light—it's going to disappear, it's going to disappear!"

Maybe it was too cute because of its chubby appearance, or maybe it was because the arrogant shout was too joyful, the tense atmosphere disappeared in an instant, Wu Hao quickly picked up the flashlight and turned it off, and the wailing stopped.

"Huh, uh... so scary..." The chubby object let out a long sigh of relief, and sat up clumsily: "So it's a human being... Why did you come here? Are you lost?"

"Is it a monster..." Su Jin also took advantage of the situation and sat down cross-legged, carefully looking at the creature in front of him.

"That's right, there are very few humans coming here." Yuan Gungun seemed very happy, and approached the two of them curiously to smell and smell: "Your body has an outside smell... Did it fall?"

"Fell off?" Wu Hao scratched his hair, not knowing why: "It didn't fall off, we were walking and suddenly found that we couldn't get out."

"Well... I didn't mean that, I mean, I mean..." Yuan Gungun was at a loss, gesticulating, trying to express something, but couldn't say anything clearly.

"Idiot, it means that we have fallen into another world." Su Jin rolled his eyes at him and explained it for him, not forgetting to complain by the way: "Really, I told you not to run around. Fortunately, this guy is a vegetarian."

"So, this is the world of monsters? Wow, it's my first time here!" Wu Hao didn't care about the other party's complaints at all. He looked around happily and found that the surrounding area was completely dark. , and lowered his head slightly disappointed: "What, isn't it pitch black and nothing?"

"I, I'm a shadow monster, I can't see light, so, so..." Yuan Gungun explained cautiously, as if he felt very embarrassed about it - although there was nothing wrong with it.

"But it's alright, why did we fall?" Wu Hao, who was rough and nervous, didn't notice this, and asked to himself.

"Hmm... I don't know..." Yuan Gungun raised his head and thought for a long time before whispering.

"This is a forest far away from the world, and it is also the closest place to the other world. There are often monsters and gods wandering around, so children born in this place are more likely to sense their magnetic fields and wavelengths." Su Jin hugged his shoulders, A mature look of serious thinking: "The place where we are is also the junction of different things. When we got lost, our mind flustered and disturbed the magnetic field, causing a short-term space distortion, and we fell down.

"Huh? Magnetic field? Another world?" Wu Hao's brain was obviously not enough, he repeated the few words he had finally memorized with a dumbfounded expression, and looked blankly at Yuan Gun Gun and then at Su Jin.

"Then... how should we go back?" Su Jin asked with a little worry, ignoring his asking gaze.

"It's daytime in this world right now, wait, I'll take you back at night." Yuan Gungun stretched out his short black hands and scratched his head vigorously: "The light of daytime is too strong, even in a cave It felt terrible."

Wu Hao couldn't hold back the urge to speak. Although he still didn't understand what they said, he still inserted the topic forcefully: "Can you also go to our world?"

"Well, your village is the junction of the two worlds, we can come and go freely...but I can't get out of that cave..."

"Why?" Wu Hao, who was dull, didn't notice a trace of sadness in the other party's words, and continued to ask heartlessly.

"Because I'm afraid of light..." Yuan Gungun leaned over and sniffed him vigorously, as if he wanted to try his best to experience the outside world through the breath on his body.

"Only one time, I couldn't help poking my head out of the cave, and accidentally saw the starry sky there." Yuan Gungun looked into the dark, bottomless distance, his eyes full of yearning: "Small pieces Spots of light sprinkled across the deep blue sky, like scattered gems, very beautiful."

"It's a pity that I only had time to take a look, and I was hurt by the light of the moon, so I ran back quickly." Xiang Xiang was a little embarrassed by the behavior of immersing himself in the memory just now, and scratched his head with a smile: "Although The light of the stars doesn't matter, but the moon doesn't."

Yuan Gungun laughed, but there was a bit of disappointment and longing in his voice: "It's such a beautiful scene, I really want to see it again."

No longer having the heart to destroy its imagination, Wu Hao, who had been noisy all the time, also calmed down rarely, and the two of them hugged their knees and looked at it quietly.

Maybe they sensed the loneliness deep in its heart, so the two stopped being vigilant and afraid, and instead chatted with it.Talk about some things about the village, about monsters, the dark cave has become less dark, and the transition from day to night is not so long.

After nightfall, Yuan Gunguo brought them back to the cave in the human world as promised.When saying goodbye, it stood still and waved to them, looking very reluctant and lonely.

"What a good monster." Wu Hao walked forward slowly holding the flashlight that had been completely extinguished.

"Hmm." Su Jin responded casually, as if thinking about something.

"So longing for the outside world, but being imprisoned in darkness all your life, how pitiful it is."

"Ah."

"However, I didn't expect there to be monsters. This is the first time I've seen real monsters. I've only heard about them from people in the village before."

"Hmm..." Finally stopped the monosyllabic response, Su Jin looked at him with surprise and contempt in his eyes: "Is this the first time you saw it?"

"Yes." The other party's expression could not be seen clearly in the darkness, but he subconsciously looked at Su Jin: "What's wrong?"

"You guy, you are really slow..."

"Huh?" The slight sneer from the opposite side surprised him: "You don't see it often, do you?"

"Our village is in such a place, it's strange to see it."

"Wow, why didn't I hear you say that?"

"You never asked again."

"It's not fair, I want to see it too!"

"Who made you a fool!"

Talking and laughing all the way out of the cave, what greeted them was overwhelming rain.

"Muscle, flesh, man." He gritted his teeth and spit out three words, the grim smile on Su Jin's face seemed to eat him up: "You'd better think of a way to get us home safely~"

"Ahahahaha, don't worry." Although he was laughing and trying to get away with it, Wu Hao's back was already dripping with cold sweat. He took out the folded umbrella from his bag and said with a smile: "Look , I brought an umbrella, I already said it would rain today."

"Well, animal intuition is still useful." Nodding in satisfaction, Su Jin snatched his umbrella, opened it and walked into the rain.

Wu Hao, who was left alone, dared not speak out. After all, so many things that happened today were all due to his whim.Seeing the man walking farther and farther on his own, he gritted his teeth and rushed into the rain, following Su Jin pitifully.

"...nerd...the rain is so heavy..."

"kindness."

"The clothes are soaked through..."

"kindness"

"It's so cold……"

"kindness."

"Is that umbrella quite big?"

"kindness."

"Then let me go in..."

"No."

"..." Wu Hao, who failed to guide, puffed up his cheeks in dissatisfaction, and soon lost his mind like a deflated ball.

Seeing his dejected look, Su Jin finally felt compassion, and sighed helplessly: "Forget it, let's support together."

"Hey." The face that was gloomy just a second ago was smiling brightly at the moment, Wu Hao cheekily squeezed into the umbrella, grabbed the handle of the umbrella and propped it up.

"Don't stick it all over your body with water, it's so wet that it's so uncomfortable." Without the umbrella handle in his hand, he felt relieved, but Su Jin still gave him a disgusted look.

"Let's make do with it, nerd...young master, if you hide over there, you'll get wet."

"Hey. Really, why are you so unlucky."

"Don't be angry, young master, I've already held an umbrella for you."

"Want me to forgive you? Then buy me a soda."

"Okay, okay, I just got the pocket money from my father, let's go!" He patted Su Jin's back boldly, and his palm felt cold.Only then did Wu Hao realize that his right arm had subconsciously moved the handle of the umbrella to the left in order to perform the slapping action. Su Jin, who lost the cover of the big umbrella, stood in the rain and was completely chilled from head to toe.

"Muscle, flesh, man." Three words were squeezed out between teeth again, and Su Jin, who had already turned into a drowned chicken, completely transformed, and punched out viciously: "You, give, me, go, die!"

"Wow, I was wrong, I really didn't mean it!" Dodging his attack neatly, Wu Hao jumped three meters away at lightning speed, turning his head and apologizing while running.

The two chased to Grandma's canteen. The exhausted Wu Hao threw the umbrella on the ground and lay down on the floor: "Grandma, we're here to buy soda, I'm dying of thirst."

"Don't get water on other people's floors." Su Jinyu kicked him angrily, and then sat directly on his back: "Ah, I'm so exhausted."

"Oh, you two dolls, why are you so wet?" Grandma heard the sound and came out from the back room. Seeing the two wet little ghosts, she went back to the room and took out two towels.

"Wipe dry quickly, and be careful of catching a cold." Grandma muttered, handing a towel to Wu Hao, while the other towel covered Su Jin's hair, and carefully wiped it for him with wrinkled hands.

"Grandma, you are too partial, why don't you wipe it for me." Wu Hao muttered pretending to be dissatisfied, and rubbed his hair with a towel a few times in a fool.

"This baby is weaker than you, so of course you have to take care of him more." Grandma grinned, even the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were smiling.

"Huh? It's so good to be a bamboo pole..." Before he finished speaking, he saw a strong killing intent in the eye that was peeking out from under the towel. Changed the subject: "Grandma, I want, I want two bottles of soda..."

"Don't drink something so cold if you're in the rain." After hammering her waist, the grandmother walked slowly back to the back room: "I'm going to make some hot juice, you guys wait."

In order to prevent the other party from taking the opportunity to retaliate, Wu Hao wisely shut up, and honestly wiped his body with a towel.The lights in the store were a bit dim, Su Jin carelessly brushed her hair, and accidentally saw some light in a dark corner that the light couldn't reach.

Walking over suspiciously, he discovered that fluorescent powder was placed in a box in the corner. The colorful particles were packed separately in small, transparent bottles, and the glow that bloomed was gentle and dreamy.

"What, isn't this fluorescent powder?" It's a pity that Wu Hao has always been a person whose scars healed and forgot the pain. He quickly forgot the danger just now, and taunted him: "Do you want to buy this? Is it at night? It’s too dark and I’m afraid I can’t sleep, so you want to use this lighting?”

"..." Su Jin seemed to have not heard his words at all. He just frowned and stared at the bottle for a long time before putting his eyes on him and asking seriously: "Can you make umbrella bones?"