There were cold shouts in the distance, and a faint yellow light flashed on the black sand, making the shadows on the ground look particularly dim. There was darkness beyond the light, as if hiding countless pairs of peeping eyes.
Yang Yiyi pushed the glass ball forward carefully, feeling a little confused. This place was not like a closed cave at all, but like a desert with no edges visible. However, it was clearly daytime outside, but now it was pitch black above her head.
It shows that this is not the outside world...
So what exactly is this place?
Yang Yiyi couldn't tell the direction here. At this time, she could barely find her way just by relying on the faint smell of blood. She was almost out of spells. If she encountered danger again, it would be difficult for her to fight back, so
You should leave here as soon as possible to avoid any accidents.
Fortunately, although the four children in the glass ball looked sluggish, they were still breathing. They were probably just comatose and nothing serious.
To be honest, she didn't understand why those monsters brought the children to this place. It was clear that everyone else in the black market died miserably outside, so why should they let these children go?
She didn't believe that monsters had any good virtues about respecting the elderly and caring for the young, or that they were so ritualistic that they had to take children to a specific place to kill them.
In that case, those monsters may have brought the children here to achieve a certain specific purpose...
Just for what?
"It's outrageous..."
Yang Yiyi couldn't figure it out, and it was impossible to ask those monsters. She suddenly felt that she was quite unlucky during this period——
He made repeated mistakes using false authentication, suffered constant backlash, and almost lost his life;
I just went to the market to sell charms, but I encountered dragons and monsters, spied on many things I shouldn't know, and almost died in the tunnel;
Now he is suspected of being hunted, killing a group of people who are close to him, not to mention, he finally determined to fulfill the other party's request, but something like this happened in Beijiu Forest, which has always been peaceful...
What bad luck.
Although she didn't experience much in this weird place, it left a very deep impression on Yang Yiyi inexplicably. It even overlapped with the memories of being locked up in the big yard when she was a child, making it difficult for her to forget.
This feeling was very strange. Yang Yiyi retracted her thoughts and continued to push the glass ball forward carefully.
However, at this moment, she suddenly noticed that a boy in the glass ball moved his fingers. He was obviously awake, but he did not open his eyes. Instead, he continued to pretend to be unconscious and secretly looked at himself.
Yang Yiyi secretly praised the child's intelligence and whispered: "Are you awake?"
The boy said nothing and continued to pretend to sleep.
"Don't be afraid, I am here to save you. You should know Shen Miaomiao, I am her friend."
The boy's brows trembled and he asked carefully: "Are you really Aunt Shen's friend?"
Yang Yiyi heard the fear in his words, so she said gently: "Yes, she asked me to rescue you. Don't be afraid. It's okay. I will take you out of here safely."
She had no experience in dealing with children, so she could only try to make her smile look as kind as possible.
After hearing this, the boy finally opened his eyes. They were a pair of large, pure and flawless eyes, like glass, which had not been polluted by the world, but lacked a bit of the agility of a child, and the whole person looked dull.
Yang Yiyi remembered this child at a glance and couldn't help but ask: "Kid, what's your name?"
"My name is Han Xiao, everyone calls me Xiaoxiao." The boy looked around, as if to confirm his situation. After a moment, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked tentatively, "Where's sister, what's your name?"
"You can call me Sister Yiyi."
Yang Yiyi smiled and then asked, "Xiaoxiao, do you know why you are here?"
Han Xiao nodded blankly: "I know, a group of monsters captured Xiaoye and Xiaomeng. Xiaohu and I rushed out to rescue them. Dad and several uncles and aunts also came over, but they couldn't defeat the monsters. We
He was brought here."
"By the way, sister Yiyi, do you know where dad and the others are?"
Yang Yiyi was silent for a moment, not knowing how to answer, so she changed the subject and said, "Xiaoxiao, what do those monsters look like?"
"They are some dryads, tree-like people."
Dryads? They should refer to those dead tree monsters...
Yang Yiyi thought in her mind and nodded: "I understand, then do you know why the tree demon wants to catch you?"
Han Xiao said blankly: "They probably want to eat us. Dad said monsters can eat people. Fortunately, an aunt covered us with this ball, otherwise we might have been eaten... By the way, Miaomiao
Sister, you haven’t told me where dad is yet.”
Looking at the other party's big, innocent eyes, Yang Yiyi didn't know how to answer.
As far as she knew, the parents of these children should be dead, but she really couldn't say such heavy words as "Your father is dead."
Once these words are spoken, it means that these children will be alone from now on.
She always remembered how she felt when she realized her brother was dead when she was a child. Even when she recalled it now, she still felt sad and helpless - it took her a long time to accept this fact, and this boy, and even these children...
...and how long does it take to accept it?
However, at this moment, she suddenly heard Han Xiao say: "Sister Yiyi, my father is dead, right?"
Yang Yiyi was stunned.
"Is dad dead?" Han Xiao asked again.
His eyes were calm, with no fear or other emotions in them, but Yang Yiyi still noticed his small fists clenched due to nervousness.
Yang Yiyi took a deep breath and said softly: "Xiaoxiao, I don't know who is your father. Can you describe it to your sister?"
Han Xiao seemed stunned for a moment, tilted his head to think, and described the image of a man intermittently.
After listening to this, Yang Yiyi felt a little heavy.
Although Han Xiao's expression was very childish, she could still tell that the child's father was the man who exploded with the vines.
She hesitated for a moment and said seriously: "Xiaoxiao, your father is a great man."
Han Xiao nodded, pursed his lips and said, "Yes, dad is great, so... is he still alive?"
Yang Yiyi was silent for a long time and decided to tell the truth: "He is very brave and loves you very much. He bought a lot of time for me and asked me to save you before he died."
Han Xiao bit his lip and didn't speak for a long time.
Children in this era understand and have been exposed to death very early, but there are not many people who can truly face it bravely. Yang Yiyi was surprised by this child's strength.
She deeply remembered this boy named Han Xiao.
After some time, the remaining three children woke up one after another. When they saw Han Xiao and Yang Yiyi, there was a trace of confusion on their faces. It took a long time to recall what happened, and an expression of fear suddenly appeared, but
No one cried.
Under Han Xiao's explanation, they learned Yang Yiyi's identity and the fact that her parents died.
After all, death was too painful for a child, and an atmosphere of sadness began to spread. Yang Yiyi comforted her for a few words and then stopped talking.
This kind of pain cannot be eliminated with a few words of comfort.
She didn't say anything more. Seeing that the children were sad but not crying, she felt relieved a little. She spent the rest of the time paying attention to whether the area was safe and paying attention to her steps.
She remembered that Han Xiao's father reminded her to be careful where she steps before he died. Although she didn't know exactly what she was guarding against, it was always right to be careful.
One of the four children, a girl named Xiaoye, seemed to know what was going on with the glass ball. She was Sister Miaomiao’s daughter. She said that this was an ability called [Shelter] and she knew how to relieve it.
.
However, Yang Yiyi did not ask her to release this ability for the time being, but planned to make sure it was completely safe before proceeding.
What surprised her was that it was very peaceful on the way back. Although this place was very strange, there didn't seem to be many living creatures living in it. Those branch monsters seemed to be the only living creatures. Although she heard some strange noises, she kept hearing them.
No other monsters were seen.
She was heading back in the right direction, and there were no dangers along the way. It didn't take long for her to lead the children out of the hole in the stone and back outside.
Everything goes too well.
But Yang Yiyi still wasn't careless. Leaving the cave didn't mean that the danger had been eliminated. She now needed to find a way back and be careful of the dead tree monsters that might appear.
At this moment, Han in the glass ball laughed and said: "Sister Yiyi, we figured it out."
Yang Yiyi thought for a moment and agreed to the children's request.
Next, I don’t know what Xiaoye did. The glass ball quickly melted like ice cubes. The four children stood on the ground, their bodies crumbling, and they felt unsteady.
Their moods have improved a lot, but they obviously haven't completely recovered from the shock of their parents' death and are still a little depressed.
Yang Yiyi waited for them to recover a little before planning to take them away. These children were also very sensible, and none of them disobeyed her instructions.
She sighed and secretly swore in her heart that she would bring these children safely to the city.
There was no reference on the way back, and Yang Yiyi could not tell the direction. However, Han Xiao seemed to know where home was, pointing in one direction and saying: "Sister Yiyi, go in that direction."
Yang Yiyi was surprised when she heard this: "Xiaoxiao, do you know how to identify the direction?"
"I don't know, but I remember that home is in that direction." Han Xiao said seriously.
"Remember?" Yang Yiyi hesitated, "It's not that my sister doesn't believe you...it's just that you can't blindly walk around in a place like this, so I need to confirm again..."
At this time, the other three children said: "Sister Yiyi, just believe what Xiaoxiao says, his memory is really good."
Yang Yiyi asked curiously: "Why do you say that? Is this the ability of Xiaoxiao?"
"I don't know, but he has a really good memory."
The girl named Shen Ye is very cute, and she looks exactly like Sister Miaomiao. She said with a serious face, "I remember my mother praised him for being so awesome."
"I remember it, too. Although I can't remember exactly why, my father did praise Xiaoxiao!" the other two children echoed.
"That's it..."
Yang Yiyi nodded slightly, and her impression of Xiaoxiao was deepened immediately - it seems that this child has something special of his own, otherwise these children would not believe in him so much.
So she asked the children to follow her carefully and not to get lost, and then walked in the direction pointed by Han Xiao.
The journey was still uneventful and went too smoothly.
After walking for about ten minutes, Yang Yiyi opened her eyes wide. She actually saw the house not far away that she had seen when she first entered Beijulin.
It is still located near the cliff, but all the dead trees nearby have disappeared, making it look lonely.
Not only her, but the four children also became excited and praised: "Xiaoxiao is so awesome!"
Yang Yiyi couldn't help but nod: "Xiaoxiao is indeed very powerful. Without you, I wouldn't have been able to find my way back."
Han Xiao just nodded blankly.
"You should listen carefully to what I say next." The next second, Yang Yiyi said seriously, "The trees near here were all monsters before. Although I don't know where they have gone now, they might come back after a while.
, so I need to take you out of here as soon as possible."
"Your parents' wish is that you can live safely, so I will take you to live in a city."
A little sadness appeared on the faces of the four children, and they nodded silently.
"It's going to be dark soon, so we'll set off tomorrow. I'll make you some food and prepare some things. You pack everything you need. Do you understand?"
"I know, Sister Yiyi."
After a moment of silence, Xiaoye suddenly said worriedly, "But Sister Yiyi, what if those monsters come to attack us again tonight?"
Yang Yiyi touched her head and comforted her: "It's okay. My sister will sleep with you today, and I will put charms on the door and windows so monsters can't get in."
Of course she also wants to leave here as soon as possible, but she doesn't have enough charms on her body anymore. It will be difficult to deal with danger if she encounters danger on the road, so she needs to draw more charms tonight.
With her assurance, the children felt relieved and followed her back to the room.
There was no change in the room from what he had seen before. No one should have come in. Yang Yiyi checked around and was about to go to the kitchen to cook when she suddenly stopped in front of the children's bedroom.
She waved Xiaoye, who was looking at her timidly not far away, to come over and asked, "Xiaoye, are the three of you sleeping together at night?"
Xiaoye nodded obediently: "Yes, sister Yiyi, mother said that is safer."
"Then where is the other person sleeping?"
"Is there another person?"
Xiaoye tilted his head in confusion and said blankly, "No, we all sleep in the same room."
Yang Yiyi was stunned. There were clearly only three beds in this room. How could there be four children sleeping there? There was no way there would be someone laying a bunk on the floor, right?
A strange feeling emerged from the bottom of her heart, and she asked: "Xiaoye, tell me quickly, how many of you sleep together at night?"
"Of course three..."
Xiaoye was about to answer, but suddenly became a little sluggish and hesitated, "No, the four of us slept together..."
Seeing her lost in the lake, Yang Yiyi felt an inexplicable creepy feeling.
But just at this moment, she felt someone tugging on her in the room behind her, and her heart suddenly felt cold, and she was about to take action immediately.
However, when she noticed the warmth coming from that hand, she suddenly froze, and inexplicable emotions emerged in her heart.
