The three guards stayed beside the mother for a quarter of an hour. During this period, the mother nodded from time to time and faked a smile from time to time. You asked a question and I answered. I felt bored watching from the side.

The human sat next to me, patted my hand quietly, pointed at the guard holding the big cloth bag, and whispered: "Do you think the bag he held contained corn?"

I immediately shook my head, "What is corn?"

"It's what we eat. I told you before, but you forgot so soon?"

He looked like he couldn't believe it, so I didn't know how to answer. At this moment, the three people spoke in a more relaxed voice, and put away the bags and cloth in their hands.

"Okay, I've wasted a lot of your time, so we'll leave first."

"These corns should be able to help you for a while." The guard carrying the big cloth bag handed the bag to his mother before turning around and leaving. The mother did not react much and watched several people leave.

After that, I immediately got up and ran over, asking my mother, "What did they say?"

Hearing this, she sighed softly, led me back to the corner, put her bag in front of the human, then sat down on the ground and said, "We may have to stay here for a while."

"what happened again!"

I jumped up instantly, over and over again, is it interesting?

The look on my mother's face wasn't very good either. She held me in her arms without saying a word. I rarely see a mother like this.

This scene seems to have happened a long time ago. I can't recall it, but it is almost certainly not a good thing.

This atmosphere is inexplicably quiet. Take a look around: the city gate is still lit, the houses are calm, the stars are eclipsed, and the narrow alleys cannot be penetrated deeply.

Late at night, I smelled some noise in my sleep. I tried to open my eyes but couldn't. I felt sleepy and soon fell asleep again.

I didn't sleep for long. It was still dark, and the night was getting dark. I could barely see the road ahead, so my mother woke me up together with the human being.

Of course I didn't want to, so I kept pestering my mother and asking her why.

"The guards asked me for my ID badge. Where do I have that? I just did as they said and got two more."

After explaining, she hit the human on the head and said, "Stop closing your eyes. Do you know where Tiangong Street is in Dongcheng?"

"Tiangong Street, ah... I know, but it's far away. I still want to sleep..."

Mother chuckled and nodded on his head twice more, "Don't sleep anymore, take us there."

"oh…"

I don’t know how long I walked in this scene, from when I raised my hand and couldn’t see my fingers to when the sun started to rise.

"How much longer?"

The human being didn't have much energy and said, "We're almost there."

After saying this, I turned the corner and saw a large group of people gathered together, which was very lively.

I originally wanted to get closer to see what was going on, but people came to join in the fun one after another. I, my mother, and the human were squeezed into the center of the crowd.

In the crowd, the three of us had our own place, and no one around us wanted to get close. This was a good thing, and I couldn't stand seeing them either.

I raised my head and looked ahead a few times. I saw an open space. What was there to see?

After that, I heard some snippets one after another from the mouths of the people around me, which probably meant that there were several houses here, but they were blown away by the wind last night, and there was a person in the house who was no longer there.

I can roughly imagine a picture like this in my mind: a sudden strong wind blows out eight or nine lamps and candles, cuts off six or seven cypress trees, scatters five or four flocks of birds, destroys three or two houses, and wakes up alone in a dream.

I staggered out the door, unable to cover the door. The rubble and gravel danced in the sky, the broken windows and the old couch sank. It was hard to pass by in this moment. How could anyone in the world risk their lives? The red sun didn't come out to find the sound. I couldn't see the house.

Present person.

There is not even a single broken tile or brick, which is really strange.

"Was the wind that strong last night?"

The human looked back at me and said, "Maybe we just can't feel it there. After all, we are so far apart. This kind of thing is not common, but it shouldn't be considered unusual."

Having said that, his face was still full of curiosity, and I was more interested in what he said.

Just as he was about to ask, his mother suddenly looked at him and asked, "Has something similar happened in this city before?"

I immediately fell silent. The questions my mother asked had her own intentions. Although I wanted to ask similar questions, the results would definitely be different. Just listen carefully.

Seeing that it was his mother who was asking him, he immediately became serious and looked at the house that disappeared out of thin air in front of him.

"I also heard from people that there seemed to be a big storm here more than ten years ago. The storm was very strange and could kill anyone who touched it. People all hid in their homes and sealed off the inside and outside, trying to hold on.

Just let it go, but the storm lasted for more than two months and did not recede."

There was no change in the mother, "If there is such a big storm, there is no point hiding in the house, it will be blown away together."

"I don't know about this. Many people are still spreading the word about this. It's not just weird. I heard that you can see all kinds of strange shadows and all kinds of roaring sounds in the storm.

Just knocking on the door and outside the window, even just looking at it can make your soul fly away, it's so scary."

The mother was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "How did such a powerful method disappear?"

"It disappeared directly. The storm that was originally in full swing suddenly stopped without any signs. It disappeared without leaving any traces. At that time, almost everyone saw it, but no one dared to believe it. It took several days before

Someone bold enough to step out."

Hearing the sound, the mother stopped talking and lowered her head in deep thought.

I couldn't help the curiosity in my heart. I looked at him and asked hurriedly: "Why do you still need to hear about things that everyone knows?"

He spoke to me in a much more relaxed tone. He walked closer, put a hand on my shoulder, and said, "Who knows what happened more than ten years ago? I'm only ten years old now, and I wasn't even born at that time.

, I heard these things from everywhere, I can’t believe them.”

"Can't you believe it?" I turned my head to look at my mother and repeated it.

"Zhiju comes to the nest and comes out of nowhere. If you really want to know, go and find it. But before that, you'd better finish the things in front of you."

I was reluctant to do what she said. If I wasn't afraid that she would do something stupid, I wouldn't even be willing to follow her.

"It's a small sign, just don't use it, why bother?"

Hearing my complaint, the human said again, "Identity tags are really important. All humans must have them."

Along the way, whenever I said that the thing was useless, he would repeat similar words several times and keep nagging me. I had already become impatient, pushed him away and quickly followed my mother, not getting angry at the same time.

He said: "What's the use? Will I become a human being after having it?"

This was a bit out of my mind, and by the time I reacted, it was already too late. As soon as I said it, my mother turned her head and glanced at me. Although it was only for a moment, I did see blame in it. I lowered my head, and my whole body felt ridiculously hot.

It's like being roasted on a fire.

I am a beast, and I have many habits unique to beasts in terms of speech and actions. After entering human territory, I have been ten thousand times more careful not to leak any flaws, but there are times when I take it lightly.

"sorry…"

I didn't dare to look up, afraid to see my mother's eyes at that moment, and suddenly a hand was put on my shoulder from behind.

"Sorry for what?"

It was that human being. He said without any hesitation: "Scavenging is not a class. In the eyes of many people, they are not worthy of being human. Yes, they are noble. After all, the hierarchy is there. But if we are not human, then we are not human."

?Then I still call them pigs and dogs!"

I didn’t understand what he meant. I hadn’t heard any movement from my mother during this period. Just when I was thinking of taking a peek, my mother suddenly stopped, turned around, patted my forehead, and said with a smile, “He’s right.

, Shuangxuan, learn from others."

My mother laughed, and she laughed from the bottom of her heart, but I was completely confused.

The human hand fell from my shoulder, scratched my ear, then ran forward two steps to my mother's side, raised his head, looked at the sky, stretched out, and then walked over again, hooking one hand

He put his hand on my shoulder and said: "I can sleep from the afternoon until the next morning. When I'm hungry, I can slowly look for food. If I can't find it, I'll starve. I don't have to be restrained by anyone, and I don't have to look at anyone's face.

This kind of freedom is rare for many people."

To be honest, I didn't know what he was talking about from the beginning, and I didn't have time to think about it. Before I knew it, I had arrived at the place where the guards were talking about yesterday.

What comes into view is a house that can be seen everywhere. If you look closely, it is much simpler. The door is no more than three people wide. There is an ordinary wooden board hanging on it, with two words engraved on it.

"What...home."

Of these two characters, I only recognize the last one.

"Miss Yao, Yao family." The human stepped forward, and he was also guiding the way along the way.

After passing through the door, he continued: "Although this place is small, the Yao family is big. This is just a small area controlled by the Yao family. It may not be eye-catching. The identity of everyone in Shanhai City is determined by their family."

The determination, rights and status can be imagined."

I didn't even bother to listen to these words, and I couldn't understand them anyway, so we followed him into the room.

The house doesn't look big from the outside, but it looks a little empty inside, probably because of the decoration. There are two "cases" placed flat in the center, and a few "stools" are randomly placed in the rest of the place, but there is nothing else.

.

Both of these are very common things, and I can also understand them in human beings. A case is used to put something, a bag, a cloth...anything can be used, and it has a wide range of uses. A stool can be used to rest, but in my opinion

It's better to just sit and lie down on the ground.

In the room, besides us, there were three other humans. A man and a woman were sitting in front of two cases, and there was another person sitting on top of the cases, talking happily.

"We were lucky, there was no one there."

The human looked at my mother and me and took two steps forward. Before he could speak, the three people opposite didn't even look this way. One of them said, "I'm not free now. If you have anything to do, come back in the afternoon."
To be continued...