Shimmer Forest

Wu Hao took Su Jin's hand, walked through the path covered with apricot blossoms, and walked towards the depths of the sea of ​​flowers.

The colorful colors gradually faded, and the lush green appeared in front of my eyes.The dense grass is soft and verdant, the towering trees block out the sun, and a few rays of sunlight penetrate the gaps in the leaves and scatter down, reflecting on the dew-stained grass, breaking into a piece of golden light.

It was an all too familiar scene, and Su Jin's hands trembled slightly with excitement.Wu Hao seemed to be aware of his changes, and his broad and rough palms grasped him forcefully, leading him to move forward.

Through lush forests, passing by clear and flashing lakes.Those familiar scenery passed by one by one, exuding a nostalgic atmosphere.Wu Hao was chattering in front of him, but he had no intention of listening, his eyes and mind were completely occupied by this piece of emerald green, and he was afraid that the scenery would disappear just by blinking.

The woods gradually thinned out, and an earth-colored path appeared among the overgrown weeds. There were unicorns swaggering past on the road, and somewhere under the grass there were still golden cicadas sloughing quietly.

At the end of the road, a prosperous and vibrant village appears in front of you.The slightly old houses are neatly lined up on both sides of the road, and people set up stalls on both sides of the road, beating and beating, as if preparing for a feast.

Seeing them coming, Uncle Wu jumped down neatly from the roof, laughed and rubbed Su Jin's hair: "Hey, you're back. Where did you get kidnapped by our brat again?"

Su Jin didn't answer, her thin shoulders trembled slightly.

"It's...enough." The words between the lips and teeth were intermittent, and Su Jin's lower lip began to glow slightly red due to the clenched bite.

"Stupid?" With an unexpected reaction, Wu Hao called out his name against the light, smiling brightly, just like when he was a boy.

"Really...it's...enough..." Big drops of tears fell on the ground, and the water stains faded away.Su Jin's words were shattered by pain: "Why do you want me to see it again... It's obviously something you've been trying so hard to forget... What do you... want to get from me?"

The originally noisy village fell silent in an instant.Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared straight at him with indifferent expressions.

"Even if this is not enough?" The voice of the question revealed a little childishness, and the familiar face showed a gloomy expression that he had never seen before.Then the fake appearance gradually faded away, and turned into Hu Yuze's cold and frightening appearance: "Let you taste all the pain, let you gain happiness, even so, are you unwilling to give your life to me willingly?"

"It really is you." The tears had dried up, and Su Jin's voice became extremely indifferent and calm.The surrounding scene is like a huge curtain, which is slowly lifted, revealing the village hidden under it, surrounded by mist.The people in the village watched him indifferently through the fog.It's just that there is no sense of familiarity in that ashen and lifeless expression like a dead person.

"What an interesting person." Hu Yuze walked to his side, lifted his chin, and forced him to face himself squarely: "I think all of this is seamless, but I didn't expect you to see the flaws."

"Everything is so logical, that's why people doubt it. Otherwise, how could I meet the person I want to see the most in the most painful time, and how could I see the village I miss in this dark place. "Su Jin didn't avoid his gaze, his brows were tightly frowned, and his eyes were full of hatred and vigilance.

"Is that so? I thought people were stupid creatures." Instead of being annoyed by his eyes, Hu Yuze smiled and looked around with disdain: "Just like them."

Patroled by his eyes, everyone backed away tremblingly, their originally indifferent faces turned hideous with fear.Only the haggard village head came out tremblingly, knelt down in front of him, and buried his head almost in the ground: "Master Mountain God, I am the one who led people into the village this time, please reward me and let me leave this village."

Lord Mountain God... What a familiar title.Su Jin looked at the person in front of him in shock. He knew from the moment he stepped into the village that this was a cursed place, and that Hu Yuze was the god who ruled the village, but he never thought that this person was actually The mountain god with the same name as that person——

"What's the matter? You looked surprised." Ignoring the pleading words of the village chief, Hu Yuze raised his eyebrows, very interested in his current expression: "I thought you knew everything."

"As you have heard, I am the leader of this village, the mountain god respected by the people in the village." As if he didn't need to answer anything, Hu Yuze let go of the hand holding his chin, and began to explain on his own : "It's a god, but it's just an exile sent to this cursed land."

"This is the junction of yin and yang. The evil of the human heart attracts the raging and nibbling of monsters, which makes this place so barren and barren. Therefore, 'gods' are needed to suppress those aliens and maintain the balance between the human world and the alien world." Hu Yuze backed away a few steps, paced leisurely around him, and continued: "However, I don't like these selfish people who shrink back and only care about themselves, so continue to let the demons go, making this place more and more horrible. Horror, making people more and more miserable. But as time went on, even the game bored me."

"Later, I heard from passing demons that as long as someone is willing to give me their life, I can leave this cursed place. For this reason, I asked them to offer a living sacrifice. In order to make the living sacrifice willing to give me their life, So torture them, make them beg me to kill them - but it doesn't seem to work."

He narrowed his eyes dangerously, the wound on Su Jin's chest opened at some point, Yin Hong's blood seeped out, and soon the clothes on his chest were dyed deep red.

"It seems to have failed again this time." Hu Yuze smiled, and transformed a dagger with blue luster from his palm, and pointed the tip of the sword at his chest: "It hurts, I will let you go immediately."

Su Jin didn't resist, but closed her eyes gently.

Click.

Somewhere in the silent village, I suddenly remembered the slight sound of something breaking.Su Jin's body froze, and he vaguely felt that he had heard this voice somewhere before, but he couldn't remember what it was coming from.

Hu Yuze's hand holding the knife stopped for a moment, he raised his head vigilantly, his eyes passed through Su Jin, and looked towards the source of the voice.

On the densely foggy sky, cracks appeared like porcelain, and the cracks slowly expanded, and then a long sword suddenly pierced in, tearing a huge gap in the sky.

Someone descended from the sky, and with a raised sword, he lifted the dagger in Hu Yuze's hand and stood between the two of them.

"...Wuyi?" Su Jin's eyes widened abruptly, and he opened his mouth with difficulty, making a dry and hoarse voice.

Some little fur balls jumped down from the gap one after another, landed in front of Su Jin, and surrounded him.

"I found it, I found it!" The little furballs cheered, jumping around him, completely ignoring the tense atmosphere at this time.

"...you?" Su Jin was a little surprised and touched the little fur ball in front of him, and the fur ball came over meekly and rubbed against his palm.

"You can actually turn thoughts into form... You are really infatuated." Hu Yuze seemed to have discovered something interesting, and a dangerous grin crossed his lips again: "But so what? I am a god, you I'm just a mortal, and it's impossible to save my prey."

Fang Wuyi ignored his words, and directly drew his sword and slashed forward, his eyes were as cold and firm as ice: "I will knock you down."

"Kill me?" Hu Yuze's eyes flashed with surprise, and with a wave of his palm, he easily blocked his attack, as if he heard something ridiculous, he laughed loudly: "If you don't have the power of 'Missing', you won't be able to Can't see me. Want to knock me down? It's ridiculous, hahahahaha!"

Fang Wuyi also ignored him, and just raised his sword to attack.Those cold eyes gradually turned red, revealing the cruelty and madness accumulated in the battlefield.But after all, there is a huge disparity in strength between humans and demons, and he was soon scarred.But as if he didn't feel the pain at all, he threw himself into the battle crazily, his eyes full of joy of killing, no longer caring about life or death.

Su Jin knew that he was extremely angry, but he didn't know why he was so angry, so angry that he wanted to take his life.He struggled to stop it, but he was in so much pain that he couldn't even speak.

Fang Wuyi was shaken away by Hu Yuze's palm, and fell heavily beside him.He choked up a mouthful of blood, tried his best to crawl to Fang Wuyi's side, and held his hand.However, he was too weak, and with all his strength, he could only call out his name, and he couldn't continue: "...Wuyi..."

"I've seen it all." Fang Wuyi stood up with difficulty, unable to see his expression clearly under his long hair, he hugged Su Jin, his voice was full of indifference: "I saw how he tortured you and hurt you in that wild place." .So it is absolutely impossible for me to let him go."

The tightly bowed head was raised slightly, and the cold eyes under the bangs revealed unshakable firmness.

"By the way, there is one more thing I've always wanted to say to you." Before Su Jin could be surprised, the ice in his eyes melted quickly, revealing a trace of warmth.He pressed his lips against Su Jin's ear, and the warm breath mixed with his soft words clearly flowed into his ears and engraved into his heart.

I love you.

The fur balls around him suddenly turned into white light, and the light rose in the sky, pouring into Fang Wuyi's body one after another.His wounds healed quickly.

"What?" Hu Yuze, who was enjoying the fun, was shocked in an instant: "You can transform 'thought' into power?"

"However, those 'minds' of yours will only take shape when they are contaminated with the energy of the other world." The shock in his eyes quickly dissipated, replaced by a bloodthirsty smile, and he raised his hand, which was stained with blood. The dagger shone coldly: "You have absorbed the energy of the other world, which also means that you have given up your identity as a human—interesting, it has been a long time since no one has challenged me."