Shimmer Forest

"Why?" Su Jin asked instinctively as the pain eroded his nerves.

"In this village, knowing too much is not a good thing." Wu Hao didn't answer him, and there was some haze in his originally bright smile.

His face in the blurred vision, and the seemingly absent voice lingering in his ears, were faintly strange and strange.

He was originally the most familiar person, but now exudes an uneasy strangeness.Su Jin thought, there was nothing strange about it.After all, the person in front of him is not the one who grew up with him, his Wu Hao.

Just like Fang Wuyi is not a mountain god, he is not the original self either.

When Wu Hao closed the door, he accidentally found that the other party was staring at him, as if he wanted to say something.

His hand holding the door paused, but he still closed the door gently.

Night came quietly.

In the middle of the night, Su Jin vaguely felt someone sitting beside him.

Even with the eyes closed, a black figure could be seen through the eyelids.

He instinctively felt that this person should be Wu Hao, and wanted to open his eyes to confirm, but his body was like a nightmare, unable to move.

The air-conditioning seeped in from every pore, and he seemed to hear Wu Hao's voice coming from a very distant place through many obstacles.

"Nerd—"

Instantly regaining consciousness, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked around in a panic, but there was no one around him.

The pain in his chest has eased, but the throbbing when he heard the call is still so clear.

He hadn't felt his heartbeat for a long time.That heart stopped beating during the sacrifice with the mountain god, and then turned into dead ashes after the baptism of blood and the long time.

He never thought that there would be a day when his heart would beat so clearly.It's like he never thought that he could meet that person again.Is it the former Wu Hao calling him... No, maybe it's just because I miss him so much that I can't distinguish between dreams and reality.

After all, he had heard that person's voice in his dreams countless times.Only this time it was especially clear.

He got up and opened the window.It was already dawn, and it started to rain again at some point.The air was damp and musty, and the air-conditioning lingered.

Sighing lightly, he turned around and folded the bedding, tidying up the house.

Hu Yuze should find this place soon, even if that Wu Hao is no longer someone he knows, he doesn't want to make trouble for him.

Perhaps those pains were what he should have borne from the beginning.

Locking the door lightly, he looked up at the hut where he used to live, thanking the short but real dream that happened there.

When he turned around, he realized that the outside world, which looked clear and bright through the window, was now shrouded in thick fog.

The weather is so abnormal.It was obviously raining, how could there be such a heavy fog?

He was instinctively vigilant.

Groping and walking slowly in the fog, he could feel the cold raindrops falling on his body, which made him very uncomfortable.The ground was full of mud, slippery and wet, and he walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow, as if deliberately delaying his pace.

He felt like he was spinning around in place, unable to discern the direction, but he didn't dare to stop.

The footsteps are getting heavier and heavier, and the fog is gradually thinning as time goes by.The silhouette of a person began to appear vaguely in front of his eyes.

When the last trace of mist dissipated, his consciousness suddenly became clear.Looking around, he realized that he was standing on a desolate street. He rubbed his eyes to make his vision less blurry, only to realize that these passers-by were all people from the village.

Uncle Wang, Aunt Wang, the old woman in the shop, the uncle who sells fish, every face is so familiar and strange.

Before he had time to be moved or shocked, he found that the eyes of these people were full of indescribable horror.

He thought maybe he should find a passerby to ask, what is this place, and where should he go.But the panic-preventing eyes of the people clearly reminded him that these were not the gentle and kind people he knew.

He could only confront them, and more and more pedestrians gradually surrounded him.Their eyes were empty and full of hostility, exuding a strong murderous look, as if they would turn into human-loving monsters at any moment.

"What are you doing here, outsider." A husky voice sounded from beside his ears, although it was hoarse, it was full of majesty.

He subconsciously looked at the source of the voice, and the speaker was an old man.His white hair was dry and messy like weeds, and his face was covered with deep wrinkles like knife cuts.Thin and shriveled, holding a thick deadwood crutch, terrifying like a mummy.

"Uh... I just broke in by accident." It wasn't someone he knew, and this person seemed to have a very low status in the village, so he had to be calm.

"Hmph, breaking in by mistake?" The old man snorted coldly, and shook the ground heavily with his crutches: "Since ancient times, only criminals have been able to enter here, and no one who has come here has been able to get out."

He didn't quite understand the meaning of the old man's words, but he did hear his father say that this village was a cursed, desolate and terrifying place a long time ago.

"I didn't intend to disturb your life, I just stumbled in by mistake. This elder, can you show me a way out?" He still tried to explain, his words respectful.It's a pity that the other party didn't buy it, and waved his hand as if ordering, and the crowd gradually surrounded him.

Their movements were unusually slow, and they approached cautiously, as if they were very frightened, but they had no choice but to come forward.

"What are you doing?"

Just as it was gaining momentum, a familiar voice appeared in due course.The movement of the crowd stopped, and they quickly made way from the direction of the sound.

"Wu Hao?" Seeing the familiar yet unfamiliar face at the end of the crowd, Su Jin whispered in surprise.

"Mr. Su?" Wu Hao didn't expect him to come, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Holy One, do you know this stranger?" Although the old man's words became more polite, there was a hint of questioning.

"That's right, this is the person I dreamed about last time, the person who brought God's will." Wu Hao quickly calmed down and replied with a smile.

"What, what?" The old man became panicked in an instant, and the dead crowd around him became commotion.He threw down his crutches and knelt down on the dry yellow ground, terrified: "We are so disrespectful to the guests of God, kneel down quickly, all kneel down."

The crowd also obeyed his will and knelt down in unison. Everyone buried their faces deeply on the ground, pious and ridiculous.

Su Jin wisely didn't say anything unnecessary, and looked at the man with a sly smile in doubt.

It seems that he has already gotten used to such etiquette, and Wu Hao is not used to it in any way.He walked over and held Su Jin's hand involuntarily, and strode away, leaving the villagers kneeling there.

"Who are you?" Su Jin asked in a low voice as he walked side by side with him.

"I know you have a lot of questions, but this is not the place to talk." Wu Hao's expression was extremely serious, and he quickened his pace.

Su Jin also stopped talking and followed him closely.

This road has made Su Jin lose his sense of direction since just now. The straight dirt road stretches to the distance, with no end in sight. The same thatched cottages are neatly arranged on both sides of the road. The sky is also yellow, as if the whole village is covered by the wind and sand. .

Being in such a place can easily make people feel boring and depressed.

The two walked quietly for a long time, and finally stopped in front of a wooden house.

The slightly dilapidated wooden house seemed to be the place for the two of them to stay.Wu Hao pushed open the creaking wooden door, and the dust fell down.

Su Jin retreated instinctively, then looked up suspiciously.There won't be so much dirt in the place where the permanent residents live. Doesn't Wu Hao never clean it?Not only that... The whole village is abnormally depressed.

"It's windy and sandy here all the year round, so there's always dust on the door." Wu Hao whispered softly as if responding to his doubts.Seeing that the vigilance in the other party's eyes had not dissipated, he just turned sideways and smiled faintly: "Come in."

The moment Su Jin stepped into the room, Wu Hao slammed the door and pressed him against the wall, with a hint of anger in his brows: "Didn't I say, don't go out when you're alone?"

When he hit the wall, he touched the wound without accident, and Su Jin gasped in pain.It never occurred to him that the annoying spirit who would only follow behind him and obey him would be so tough on him, and he didn't know how to react for a while.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I forgot that you were injured!" But it was only for a moment, and he quickly returned to his familiar appearance, with a little panic in his eyes.

Su Jin patted away the hand he reached out to support, and Wu Hao, who was unfamiliar at this moment, made him feel a little scary.Ignoring the other party's embarrassment, he looked around the room.

The house was as simple and rough as he had imagined.Mottled walls with peeling paint, a wooden bed, an Eight Immortals table, a seat, and an oil lamp, that's all there is.

"You live here?" Although there was a lot of dust on the door, the inside of the house was clean and spotless.He turned his head and calmly asked Wu Hao who was standing aside looking a little lonely.

"Ah, no." Wu Hao came back to his senses, and quickly shook his head: "Living in my house...it's too dangerous, I think it's better to put you here first. I've set up an enchantment here, you should be very Safety."

"Why is it dangerous?" Su Jin frowned and asked aloud.This village brought him so many mysteries that it washed away the emotion of the long-lost reunion.But no matter what, it would be a good thing to avoid Uncle Wu... If Uncle Wu treats him like other people in the village, I'm afraid even if he knows that it's not the same person, he will feel a little... sad.