Non-Human Sub-district Office

Nie Shen never thought that he would have a chance to survive.

He opened his eyes from the long and unexamined chaos, looked around himself, and found that the white mist that should have been as light as a tulle had become gray, exuding an ominous atmosphere.

——It is resentment, but it has become extremely thin.

He raised his head and saw a few emerald green leaves that were close at hand, emitting a faint light in a dark night.

Some are like poplars, but the leaves are much larger, and some of them can be seen here and there with bright yellow flowers.

Nie Shen looked around in a daze, feeling unexpectedly calm.

He vaguely remembered the days when he spent all these years with resentment, until he became chaotic and didn't know if he was still himself, so he finally fell asleep slowly.

He accepted all the causes and effects of grievances, and when Chu Chu woke up, he couldn't tell who he was.

He opened his eyes in a daze, and after a long time, he realized that there were several layers of thick barriers between himself and the outside world.

Those diaphragms are full of cracks, and they become one piece at a speed visible to the naked eye, without any trace.

Nie Shen raised his hand and gently pushed the diaphragm in front of him.

Then his whole world shook slightly, and there was a crisp "ding bell", resembling the sound of wind chimes.

"..."

what.

It was locked up.

Nie Shen had such a realization in a trance.

He slowly withdrew his hand, looked around in the small world of the photo, and after a while, remembered who had said to him——

[From the west city of Qingqiu Kingdom, six hundred miles to the south, there is a place called Dixiu Valley.If you have nowhere to go, go there. 】

Nie Shen was confused for a long time, staring at the branch hanging from him in a daze, as if a dragonfly had tapped the calm lake of his heart, tranquility was swaying round and round, causing a little fluctuation.

This is Emperor Xiu Valley.

He is not dead.

He actually came here.

Nie Shen couldn't remember exactly what happened in the last few days, but he knew that the resentment was so thin now that it must be because of being placed next to Dixiu's body for many years.

But now there is no one in Dixiu Valley except him.

Dixiu's body is here, lying quietly in this vibrant valley, with the ding-dong of running water, the whispering of vegetation, and the gentleness that shakes him when the wind passes by.

But Dixiu's soul is not here.

Nie Shen was lying in this small world, separated by layers of membranes and branches and green leaves, and could see some starlight leaking when the wind came.

The sun and the moon in the wilderness are false.

The light of the sun and the moon falls on the Central Plains first, and then enters the Great Wilderness from the Central Plains.

The Great Wilderness during the daytime is not as bright as the daytime in the Central Plains. The sky is always covered with a layer of light red mist. Behind the mist, a ball of fire is burning violently. It is the sun shining in from the Central Plains.

The sun blossoms fall into the various parts of the Great Wilderness, turning the Great Wilderness into a richness that the Central Plains does not have - the flowers are blooming fragrantly, the aura is abundant, and there are opportunities to create miracles of life everywhere.

Only when the light red mist is burnt out can we see the blue sky in the few moments before night falls.

The azure faded, and the silk cloth of the sky was soaked in black, and countless streamers of moonlight fell in from the Central Plains, nourishing the world of the Great Wilderness over and over again, and giving many living things in it the conditions for survival.

Nie Shen looked at the stream of light in the sky, countless moonlight fell into the valley, and together with the shining Dixiu tree, it looked like a romantic summer night where fireflies gathered.

He waited quietly, in a daze, watched countless day and night cycles, and finally remembered a lot.

There are also places where the light red sky is not all over.

He remembered Luanfeng saying that the sky in Mengze would always be beautiful blue and light turquoise.

Like the color soaked by mountains and rivers.

But that was after his father strayed into the wilderness by mistake, and broke into Mengze in a panic.

Before that, Mirage had never cared about the color of Mengze's sky.

Luanfeng had never met Nie Shen's father, only heard a few sporadic words from Mirage.

Nie Shen's father died before he was born, because of his own poor health, coupled with his inability to adapt to the strong aura of the Great Wilderness, he could not make up for it, so he left not long after.

Before he died, he wove a pretty wonderful world for Mirage.

He said the sky should be blue, there should be a ferry in this water, there should be cranes and herons.

He said that this water pool is too quiet, there should be thousands of birds and beasts to be lively.

So the mirage covered the sky of Mengze blue, built a ferry and a boat in the water, and blessed many unnecessary creatures.

She is the only great demon who can be called "benevolent" in the wilderness.

She doesn't go out, but she is also willing to accept the guy who breaks into the dream.

She turned Mengze into the "Taoyuan" in the mouth of the human man, thinking that if the fate is not over, in the long time to come, there will always be a human being who can weave beautiful dreams and stories, rushing into Mengze in a panic Come here.

It's a pity that she didn't wait for it, and even the child she protected wholeheartedly failed to grow up safely as she wished.

Nie Shen recalled something from his childhood.

His mother's time with him cannot be said to be short.

It's just that the growth rate of their miraculous race is really too slow, so slow that it is almost comparable to those god trees.

After a hundred years, she still looks like the little girl bouncing around behind her mother.

In my memory, my mother once said gently and helplessly that he didn't want to grow up, but at that time he had never seen the world outside Mengze, and he was always close to his mother, and he didn't understand why he wanted to grow up.

With a mother around, why grow up?

He always said that in his memory.

And his mother always hugged him into her arms and said that there was nothing wrong.

With her here, it's okay not to grow up.

and after?

Nie Shen always subconsciously skipped over what happened later, and didn't want to recall it anymore.

That was not a pleasant memory, and even now, he had no intention of digging it up again.

The day was wiped with black marks again.

The wind brought a little noisy movement, which seemed particularly noisy to the ears.

Nie Shen woke up from the memory, turned and looked in the direction of the voice.

The wind chime made a few crisp sounds when it bumped lightly.

The two monsters who stepped into the valley from the outside were startled, and one of them stuffed the big and small bags into the arms of the figure next to him, and ran over quickly.

Standing under the tree, he raised his head and asked, "Are you awake?"

Nie Shen looked at the figure under the tree and thought for a long time before recalling the other person's name: "Lin Mu."

"it's me."

The little Dixiu under the tree showed a smiling face, with the same sweet dimples as in his memory, and the memories that surged up following his voice came one after another, full of content that made him relaxed and happy.

He heard Lin Mu say, "You have been sleeping for more than 700 years."

Nie Shen was taken aback.

He looked at Lin Mu and turned his head away, and asked Di Xiu, who hadn't changed a bit for hundreds of years, if Nie Shen could be released.

Dixiu still had that amiable look, while controlling his body to take down the small wind chime that had been hanging on the branch for hundreds of years, he said, "The grievances have almost been eliminated, and we need to do more good deeds in the future to accumulate merit."

He easily opened the cube in his hand, watched the dusty weapon inside run out, and then slowly and jerky changed into a human form.

"Should I tell Yan Xuanjing and the others about this?" Lin Mu asked.

Dixiu nodded, and took out something that Nie Shen didn't know, as if to inform Nine-Tailed Fox.

The appearance of Lin Mu has not changed much from the memory, but the most obvious thing is probably the evil spirit on his body.

It's already so strong that it doesn't look like a half-demon.

Even a half-demon like him, who is so blessed and loved by heaven and earth, still has much better luck than many ordinary monsters.

Lin Mu waved his hand in front of his eyes, and asked him, "Do you want to go out and have a look? Great wasteland has changed a lot."

Nie Shen paused: "Change?"

"Yes, you may be shocked." Lin Mu said, stretched out his hand, and took Nie Shen to the top of the next mountain in the next moment.

Looking outside, there are strange buildings and a continuous sea of ​​flowers.

There are small black dots flying around in the sky in the distance, and sporadic figures can be seen in the sea of ​​flowers.

Nie Shen was stunned for a long time, then pointed to the figures in the sea of ​​flowers: "Human?"

"Yes." Lin Mu nodded, "Now the existence of monsters is no longer taboo, and neither is half-monsters."

Nie Shen stared blankly at the harmonious coexistence of monsters and humans below, opened his mouth and closed it again, showing a sense of bewilderment in his whole body.

"Why?" he asked.

"Because during the more than 700 years you have been sleeping, human beings have broken into the universe." Lin Mu simply sat down on the top of the mountain.

At the beginning, I just wanted to make the infrastructure of Dahuang keep up with human beings—at least the conditions of enjoyment should keep up.

As a result, few monsters in the Great Wilderness were interested in human civilization, and they only got involved in Qingqiu Kingdom and a few big monster forces with good relations.

These forces developed extremely fast in the first 200 years, and countless weak but trying to survive monsters poured in, making these forces have to expand their territory crazily in order to accommodate these monsters.

At first, he was ridiculed crazily, because in the wilderness, there are as many little monsters as there are, and no one would consider protecting these useless guys.

Not to mention giving benefits to these little monsters to stimulate their growth.

In the eyes of the monsters in the Great Wilderness, this is no different from raising Gu to kill themselves.

But the forces headed by Qingqiu Kingdom didn't care. After tasting the sweetness of universal education and welfare feedback, they only wanted to make a fortune in silence.

Many lands without owner were divided and collected by them, and among the little monsters in the territory, there were a few potential big monsters who stood out after possessing resources.

When other forces reacted, the forces headed by Qingqiu Kingdom had more than 200 years of loyal monsters, and they had lost the ability to compete with them.

And then what made their scalps tingle was that humans also broke through.

They broke the cage of the planet and stepped into the cosmic era thoroughly. Only then did the monsters in the wilderness come back to their senses and realize that human beings are not much weaker than them.

Although human beings alone are still as weak as an ant that can be crushed to death, they have weapons, armor, and vehicles that can instantly cross the stars.

There is also a brain that makes monsters feel inferior.

The initial stage of human beings entering the universe was quite chaotic, but after being stabilized, they encountered many other intelligent beings.

Those beings were born in strange shapes, and their abilities and talents were also in strange shapes. They had all kinds of appearances.

So monsters are no surprise.

Mixed race is not uncommon.

"Later, I discussed with Yan Xuanjing on the human side, and planned to open the Great Wilderness to the outside world..." Lin Mu muttered, "There was a fight."

Nie Shen fell into a deep sleep for 700 years. In the first 200 years they developed quietly, in the middle 200 years they expanded openly, and in the next 300 years, 200 years completely entered a full-scale war.

For the vast majority of monsters, the Great Wilderness is the only place where they can survive openly.

They will never leave the Great Wilderness in their whole life, and will not contact more outside world.

Not to mention how human beings have developed, one monster out of 1 in the entire Great Wilderness would be a good thing.

But some big monsters who have been in contact with the outside world are very clear.

Human beings have entered the age of the universe, and they have possessed many things that monsters could not have in their lifetime—hundreds of thousands of years.

But many monsters don't understand.

In their eyes, human beings are still objects that can be crushed to death casually.

Even if they step into the sea of ​​stars, human beings are very weak.

So we started fighting.

And judging from the results, it was the open side that won.

A hundred years have passed since then, and the Great Wilderness has opened its doors generously.

Many interstellar products flowed into the wilderness, and all kinds of weapons that could kill the middle-level monsters in one blow slapped the opponent's face as swollen as a steamed bun.

Big monsters are still a minority after all.

In 700 years, there are only fourteen big monsters with names that have emerged, which is already considered a very powerful probability.

The mediocre and ordinary monsters are the real majority.

But giving a human baby a weapon requires only one button, and most of the monsters will be wiped out in an instant.

So those monsters no longer dared to object.

——Of course they don't think that everything will be fine by closing the door. The universe is vast and boundless. Who knows if there will be any weapons that can tear open the space.

"Besides humans, there are many aliens." Lin Mu pointed to the little black dots flying around, "You have to learn a lot of things again."

"..." Nie Shen looked at the buildings in the distance and pursed his lips.

Lin Mu tilted his head to look at him: "What's wrong?"

"Where's Mengze?" Nie Shen asked, "Is my...my mother's Mengze still there?"

"Yes, we have enclosed Mengze in the territory for you." Lin Mu asked after finishing speaking, "Do you want to go and have a look?"

Nie Shen nodded.

So Lin Mu stood on the top of the mountain and shouted. After telling Dixiu where he was going, he pulled Nie Shen and jumped down the mountain.

Led by Lin Mu, Nie Shen crossed the sea of ​​flowers and walked into what he thought was a town.

But Lin Mu told him that this is not a town.

"This is the haunted house opened by my father." Lin Mu said, "If you are brave, you can even play in it for a month before coming out. The excitement is guaranteed."

Lin Mu pointed to another pile of gorgeous buildings in the distance: "Over there is Yan Guikai's free exchange."

"Over there is the Fluffy Paradise. The workers are all fluffy monsters and aliens. They are very popular."

"Over there is the Great Wilderness Spirit Plant Expo Hall."

"that is……"

"..."

Lin Mu chattered about the buildings along the way, and when he arrived at the deserted Mengze, he said, "We left Mengze to you, you can use it for whatever you want."

This is not the first time for Nie Shen to face such a strange world.

When he first went to the Central Plains, he was full of doubts like he is now.

But at that time, there was no one by his side.

He glanced at the trees, and his eyes fell on the original dream.

Thousands of years have passed since he left and returned now.

The fog in Mengze dissipated, and the water lake also disappeared completely.

Weeds are overgrown here, and there is no trace of the magnificence in memory, and there is no residual breath of mirage.

Nie Shen stood in this piece of lush grass, with a look of bewilderment all over his face.

"You don't have to decide what to do quickly." Lin Mu simply found a rock and sat down, took out two packs of snacks from the gauze bag he carried with him, and said, "You can think slowly, don't worry, first Have a snack."

Nie Shen turned his head to look at him in a daze, glanced at the package of fancy snacks, thought for a while, and imitated Lin Shu, sat on the ground and opened the bag of snacks.

He slowly took a piece of dried meat out of the snack bag, took a bite, and couldn't tell what kind of meat it was.

But he didn't mean to ask, he just looked at the flat wasteland with overgrown grass and said, "I don't know this place anymore."

Lin Mu thought it was normal: "It's been so long, and this is your home, and it's not easy for us to clean up, so it's normal for it to become like this."

Nie Shen thought about it and thought it was the same.

Then he looked even more blankly at the land in front of him that was no longer even a "Ze", and didn't know what he was obsessed with.

Everything in this world is like this.

Pushed by time, even if you don't want to change, you will always change as you wish.

Rivers will dry up.

Plants will wither.

Life will pass.

Wind, frost, rain and dew will eventually become memories covered with layers of thick filters.

The resentment that had brought him to this point was almost dissipated, and he had enough vent.

and then?

Then he should atone.

But what about after redemption?

He still doesn't know what he should do to survive.

The mother is gone, Mengze is gone, and there is no object of grudge.

Nie Shen finished the snacks in his hand slowly, and then squeezed the bag again and again, sizzling.

After a while, Nie Shen turned his head to look at Lin Mu and said, "I don't know what to do."

"Ah." Lin Mu was stunned for two seconds with the jerky in his mouth, "If you don't know what to do, just do what your mother did."

Lin Mu understands this kind of confusion, and he has experienced it himself.

When his mother first left, he was left alone, not knowing what to do or what to do.

The previous efforts were all to make my mother's life better and happier. When my mother was gone, I became flustered and at a loss.

Nie Shen was probably a little more bewildered than him.

"You should have remembered a lot of things, right? Recall what your mother has done, or what you want to do, and keep on living. As long as a person lives, happiness and joy will come sooner or later."

Lin Mu has become extremely open-minded in these years: "People who are always obsessed with the past cannot have a future."

Whether it's holding grudges or pity yourself, most of them are things that will trip up your current self.

Lin Shu lay lazily on the stone slab basking in the sun, looked at the sky covered with light red mist above his head, and said, "I've been so busy recently, I haven't seen the blue sky for a long time."

Nie Shen paused after hearing the words, tapped his fingers lightly, and the light red mist in the sky quickly faded away, leaving behind a clear blue sky.

"..." Lin Mu turned to look at Nie Shen, turned to get up, and slapped off the grass clippings on his body, "I'll find a construction team to help you get rid of the grass here, and then you can figure out how to do it yourself later. "

Nie Shen watched the trees go away, carefully put away the snack bag in his hand, turned around and stepped into the grassy homeland.

After more than a thousand years.

In the wilderness, above Mengze, which had been dried up for a long time, a moist and soft mist floated up again.