Darkness is still the theme of this small world, it is quietly devouring people's hearts, and fear is like a ruthless net weighing on everyone's hearts.
It was already noon, and the whole family was sitting around under the lamp. Perhaps only this weak light could give them a sense of security.
Ai Siyu sat next to his mother. The unknown and fear made him feel a little uneasy, but his mother was reading a book seriously.
"Mom, why are you still reading?"
"Why are you panicking? What's the matter? The elders are there. As a man, you have to act like a man. What great things can you achieve if you mess up when things happen!" Ai Mu's reproachful tone made Ai Siyu have to explain with a smile.
"Mom, look, it's been dark all day, and the bloody fog has never cleared. What is going on? Can I not panic?"
"These are just trivial things. The Ai family has been passed down for thousands of years and has never experienced anything before! What is supposed to come will always come!" Ai's mother showed an extremely confident expression on her face.
"Mom, what is the mission of the Ai family?" Ai Siyu asked carefully.
"I don't know either. I will let you know what the clan wants you to do. Your main task now is to study hard."
Seeing that his mother was already a little angry, Ai Siyu did not continue to ask further questions, but picked up a book from beside him and started reading.
Time passed bit by bit, and the whole town was suffering from fear.
In the Situ family in Zhenxi, uneasiness is also filled in the hearts of every clan member. The Situ family has not experienced several tragedies like the Ai family, but they can still see and hear some tragedies.
Looking at the vision of heaven and earth in front of them, everyone didn't know what to do. The patriarch, Situ Yun, stood in front of the window and looked at the bloody scene outside the window. There was no expression on his face, and he was thinking about something in his heart.
According to the ancient books of the Ai family, the bloody fog will last for three days and three nights, and the elders are waiting for the arrival of the fourth day.
After another night, the bloody fog has lasted for a day and a night. Fear spread deeper into the soul, and people used silence to oppose everything in front of them.
But when the second night came, a tribesman ran into the darkness. While running, he shouted: "I can't stand it anymore. This is simply hell on earth. I want to leave this ghost place..."
The roar disappeared in the distance, and other tribesmen stood in front of the window listening to the desperate roar, filled with struggles in their hearts.
But in the end, no one went out to stop him, because no one knew what existed deep in the blood mist, and no one knew whether he could come back after he went out.
After the third day, Ai Tianxia informed the tribesmen by phone: "One more night and the fog will dissipate." This simple sentence gave the desperate tribesmen a reason to persevere.
People are waiting in the long night, waiting for their piece of light.
A crisp rooster crow came from afar, and the distant sky turned gray. The blood mist slowly faded away, and people hugged each other and cried. People who woke up from nightmares understood how good it is to be alive.
The town has returned to its previous tranquility, and people are walking out of their homes one after another, looking at the white clouds in the sky and feeling the sunshine on their faces.
Sighs came from the bottom of my heart again. People are always like this. Only when they are lost do they know how to cherish. For things that I usually have no time to care about, I now know that they are the most beautiful and true.
Throughout the day, people in the town were no longer busy, but sat quietly in front of their homes, enjoying the infinite light.
When night falls again, starlight and moonlight intertwine in the sky, revealing the faint outlines of pedestrians on the ground, and laughter like silver bells floats in the air.
Ai Siyu looked at the innocent and lovely figures jumping in the distance and couldn't help but fall into obsession.
"Brother, what are you doing! Let's go!"
Ai Siyu suddenly woke up and couldn't help but cursed "little goblin" in his heart.
As the night progressed, Ai Tianxia was thinking about something in the study, when there was a knock on the door.
"Sir, Chief Situ wants to see you."
Ai Tianxia was shocked, "What is he doing here?" But he immediately opened the door and invited him in.
"Brother Situ, why are you so free to come to my place today?" Ai Tianxia showed a somewhat forced smile.
"Brother Ai, you and I haven't seen each other for more than 20 years, right? Thinking of the brotherhood we had when we were young, how could I not come and see you?"
Ai Tianxia gradually thought of Dan Nian's past events in his mind, and felt warm in his heart.
"Brother Situ, please come inside." Ai Tianxia made a gesture to invite you in.
After the two entered the house, the door was immediately closed.
"Brother Situ, what's the matter?" Ai Tianxia stared at him, a strong sense of self-confidence revealed in his eyes.
"Well, let me tell the truth. I came here today because of those three prophecies."
These words were like thunder in the clear sky to Ai Tianxia, and his face became extremely ugly, "How do you know the three prophecies of my Ai family?"
"Brother Ai, don't be too nervous. I come here with no ill intentions. The prophecy of the Ai family is also the prophecy of our Situ family. Even after the prophecy becomes reality, the missions of our Situ family and Ai family will be the same.
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"My Situ family has inherited the same mission for thousands of years. The first prophecy is: the appearance of blood ice that will never melt."
"The second prophecy is: Seven tragedies will appear in the world. They are bloody corpses floating in the river, corpses transforming in the well, corpse dismemberment, terrible lightning, sky fire, rain disaster, and tree people."
"The third is: three days of eternity. So far, the three prophecies have become a reality. According to ancient sayings: When the three prophecies are realized, you and I should complete the mission of tens of millions of years. Complete the mission of tens of millions of years.
The mission started years ago and the promise made thousands of years ago will be fulfilled."
"I didn't expect that the Situ family has the same responsibility for thousands of years as my Ai family. It's not easy to fulfill this promise! It requires us to pay too much." Ai Tianxia's voice was already hoarse, and he patted it gently.
Situ Yun's shoulders.
Situ Yun nodded with some sympathy, and sighed helplessly, "How can we not abide by it? You and I both know the terrible consequences of breaking the promise. At some point, our people will be the ones who die tragically. It's time to send the children away.
They are on their own path."
"I don't want my children to take on responsibilities that are beyond their age. Let's wait and see. Isn't there a fourth tragedy that hasn't happened yet?"
"No need to wait. The fourth tragedy, 'Terrible Electricity', happened at my Situ's house. I saw it with my own eyes."
"The woman in white clothes was attracted into the air by high-voltage wires, and the electricity instantly penetrated her fragile body. The white clothes kept flying in the wind, the woman kept struggling in the air, and the shrill shouts kept reaching my ears. The woman finally transformed
Countless ashes were floating down in the air, brother Ai, do you know? It was too miserable at that time, watching a person turn into nothingness in front of your eyes. Hey... I feel scared now when I think about it."
"Yes, I have also spent the past ten days in nightmares. But don't forget that this is just a reminder. If you and I break that promise, the fate of our people will not be better than theirs."
Ai Tianxia's expression at this time was more helpless. After some thought, he made a difficult decision: "Then let's make preparations early!"
"Tomorrow I will gather the young people of my generation. We must face what we have to face." There was a hint of excitement in Situ Yun's helpless words.
The two talked about some related things again, and time passed slowly during the conversation.
Ai Siyu was chatting and laughing with her mother at home, when there was a knock on the door. "Ai Jing, are you at home?"
"Mom, someone seems to be calling you, let me go and take a look." Just when Ai Siyu was about to get up, his mother stopped him. "You stay at home, I'll go take a look at what seems to be the crazy uncle."
Ai Mu walked out, and when she opened the door, she saw an old man standing there. At this time, the old man was no longer crazy and slovenly as usual.
"Uncle Crazy, why haven't you rested at this late hour?"
"I can't sleep. As we get older, we sleep less." The two of them said as they walked towards the house.
"Uncle Crazy, I put the food on the table for you tonight. Why are you not at home today?"
"I see, thank you for your hard work. It's been more than 20 years since I gave you food. If you hadn't given me food every day, I wouldn't be alive now."
"What I do is nothing compared to what you have done for us!"
"Hey, I came here today just to talk to Siyu about something."
Ai Mu sighed deeply, "What is supposed to come will always come!"
"Uncle Crazy, you are here!" Ai Siyu greeted enthusiastically.
"Siyu, are you in the mood to go out with Uncle Feng for a walk?" He didn't know how to reply to Uncle Feng's words.
"Go and go for a walk with Uncle Crazy." Mother said hurriedly before Ai Siyu could answer.
"Okay, then let's go out for a walk." Ai Siyu agreed while thinking about how this could happen.
The moonlight is like water, giving people too many dreams, and it interacts with the waves in the Qingfeng River in the distance, showing infinite beauty.
Ai Siyu and Uncle Feng were walking along the Qingfeng River under the moonlight, and the breeze blew in, giving them a slight chill.
"Siyu, how have you been studying lately?"
"Haha, not bad."
"I heard from your mother that you studied while working?"
"Well, I feel like I can exercise myself this way."
"Well, people rely on ability to walk in society. Don't care about what others say. Although money and power are one aspect of measuring ability. But don't let them blind the eyes of human nature. Besides, who dares to underestimate power and money?
I, the Ai family, just do it with your heart and don’t let your youth be left with regrets.”
"Yes. I will. I will make my youth feel less regretful."
"Siyu, Crazy Uncle came to you today mainly because he wanted to talk to you about family affairs. I think you also know what happened in the family recently." Crazy Uncle stopped and turned his back to him.
He stared at the river with his eyes.
"I heard something about it."
Uncle Crazy slowly turned around and his expression was already a little excited, "Our Ai family has a mission. These phenomena are all telling us that we should complete our mission."
"Uncle Crazy, can you tell me what the mission is? How can it allow our clan to persist for thousands of years?"
"This... I don't know either. When the time comes, you and I will naturally know." Ai Siyu said nothing more. He knew in his heart that maybe the crazy uncle knew something but he didn't want to tell himself.
The two walked forward in silence for a while. Under the moonlight, the sound of running water and silence spread quietly in this space.
"Siyu, no matter what you face in the future, you must believe in yourself. Believe that you are right, and learn to constantly strengthen yourself. Being yourself also requires a certain amount of strength! There is an old saying that 'man's destiny is destined', but Uncle Crazy wants to
Let me tell you: people can change their destiny. It depends on whether you have this ability."
Listening to all this, Ai Siyu was a little confused, but he still carefully wrote down these few sentences.
Uncle Crazy looked at the river with a dreamy look and said softly: "Go back, remember these few words of mine."
"Mom, I'm back." As soon as he arrived home, he saw his mother waiting for her return.
"What did Uncle Crazy say to you?" Ai Siyu told his mother what Uncle Crazy said.
Seeing his mother in front of him as calm as before, he was a little puzzled: "Mom, don't you feel weird hearing these words from Uncle Crazy?"
"I don't understand these words either, but kid, there are some things you will know in the future." Ai Siyu wanted to ask clearly, but his mother seemed unwilling to say anything more, and her expression became serious.
"Go back to your room and sleep. There are some things you shouldn't ask too much about." After saying that, he walked to his room.
Full of doubts, Ai Siyu complained softly, "Mom, when will I know this!"
Until late at night, Situ Yun walked out of the Ai family compound.
Ai Tianxia, father and son, were sitting in the room.
"Dad, can mother still not let go of her sister's death?" Ai Sichen asked casually, playing with the teacup on the table with her right hand.
"It's still the same, I shed tears every night, and I always call Qian'er Qian'er in my dreams." The father and son faced the sad past and fell into silence at the same time.
"Sichen, you know something about what happened in the clan these days. These phenomena indicate some things, and now you need to do these things." As soon as he finished speaking, an ancient book was handed to Ai Sichen. "
Let's see."
After Ai Sichen took the ancient book, he opened the yellowed paper, and an ancient breath came out. After reading every sentence carefully, "Dad, if possible, I am willing to complete this mission."
"Son, the blood flowing in your body is the direct lineage of the Ai family. You may be the person mentioned in the ancestral home. You will encounter many dangers on this trip. Your life is the most important thing. Don't take risks."
"Dad, you said it was you? Is there anyone else going with you?"
"Yes, not only my people, but also people from the Situ family."
"The Situ family? Could it be that their family also adheres to the same mission as ours?"
"Well, the Ai family and the Situ family will complete it together."
It was already early in the morning, and Ai Tianxia was still explaining some things in Ai Sichen's room.
"Dad, isn't this good? I can't do it." Ai Sichen looked at his father in shock.
"No way, you have to do this for your mother."
In the early morning, the sun came again, and the father and son who had talked all night dispersed. "Don't tell anyone what you talked about last night. Remember! Remember!"
Ai Tianxia left after saying these words, and hurried to the Presbytery.