Ji You staggered to find his own house. The house had collapsed. The beams and vertical timbers were in a mess. There was no trace of the past. It was all charred and black.
Ji You stood here, clenching and unclenching his fists, opening his mouth again and again, but unable to shout a word.
He stood here with only blackness in his eyes.
"Ayou? Uncle and the others..."
When Ji Shuyu came over and saw Ji You like this, his heart skipped a beat. Could something have happened?
However, he hasn't seen many corpses along the way. Could it be that he hid somewhere else?
"I, I don't dare to go in."
When Ji You heard Ji Shuyu's voice, he turned his head stiffly, as if his whole body was frozen. He was probably frightened by Jijiacun's appearance, otherwise he would not have become like this.
"Ayou, it's okay."
Ji Shuyu reached out and pushed Ji You's face back, then patted his shoulder to comfort him.
"Ayou, let me go in and look for it. I didn't see much on the way here. Maybe the village chief and his uncle escaped with their people."
Ji Shuyu's hand squeezing Ji You's shoulder suddenly became stronger, then he let go and took a long step towards the ruins in front.
Ji You looked at Ji Shuyu's back in front of him. The sudden appearance of such a person in the black world gave you a new feeling, giving you the illusion that everything would be fine.
However, Ji You knew that Ji Shuyu was just pretending to be calm and using this to comfort him.
Otherwise, the strength of Ji Shuyu's hand just now would not have been like that.
Sure enough, it is not unreasonable for the villagers to like Ji Shuyu.
After a while, Ji Shuyu moved the crossbar next to him, walked out, and shook his head at Ji You.
"Ayou, there's no one inside. It seems we have to think of where to find uncle and the others."
Ji Shuyu said this very easily. When Ji You heard this, he turned his head and looked at the ruins behind Ji Shuyu and let out a breath.
Not bad, not bad.
"Father? It's really hard to guess. What kind of person is my father? It's not like you don't know, Ayu. If you can guess his thoughts, he must have burned incense in his previous life."
Ji You raised his shoulders, stretched, and looked at the dark blue sky. It turned dark a little faster today than yesterday.
"Ayou, uncle is being cautious, which is a good thing. Let's think carefully about where to go to find uncle and the others. Moreover, things here must have an outcome, right? This is the first time we have seen Ji Ji at this age.
Our village has been destroyed like this, and you don’t want to know the answer?”
Ji Shuyu's nervousness was relieved a lot. After all, he hadn't seen the bodies of the villagers in Jijia Village yet. As long as they hadn't been found yet, that was the best answer.
Moreover, with the presence of the uncle and the village chief, the people of Jijia Village should not have much trouble.
"Well, let's go out first. The ground here is too hot."
Ji You nodded and jumped his feet twice more. Maybe it was because he had just had a burn? The burning sensation was constantly coming from the ground, burning on the soles of his feet, making them itchy and hot.
"good."
Ji Shuyu responded, and then walked out with Ji You. Well, going to the end of Jijia Village and looking for someone from the beginning? I felt like I wouldn't find him.
"Ayu, where do you think father and the others will be? Do you really want me to think about it?"
Ji You held his head in his hands and backed away, mainly because he looked at the ruins of Jijia Village and suddenly couldn't remember what Jijia Village was like before, so he walked backwards, hoping to find some good memories.
However, after Ji You finished speaking, Ji Shuyu remained silent.
Ji You turned his eyes sideways and found that Ji Shuyu was still standing beside him, but he didn't know what was going on and didn't answer his words.
"Ayu, what are you thinking about? Why don't you reply to me?"
Ji You frowned, turned around, put an arm on Ji Shuyu's body, and when he raised his eyes, he was stunned.
"Ayou, uncle and the others——"
Ji Shuyu swallowed his saliva and almost collapsed. How could this be possible?!
At this time, in front of Ji You and Ji Shuyu, all the people from Jijia Village were piled up, forming a small mountain of corpses.
However, there are thousands of lives here!
Blood, bright red blood is like a stream, gushing out here, gushing out there, going in all directions, seeping into the ground, and smelling of blood.
The piled corpses didn't look like they were placed randomly. They were stacked one on top of another, with their heads facing outwards and their arms hanging down. Their long hair was stained with blood and stuck together, making them sticky.
Some people's eyes are open and bloodshot, and some people's eyes are closed tightly, but there are subtle blue lines on their eyelids.
They died here and were placed here in a ritualistic pile.
There was a lot of ceremony, but it was Ji You and Ji Shuyu who were tortured.
Ji Shuyu is a person with some emotional deficits. It is more difficult for him to feel normal emotional fluctuations than ordinary people.
The pain slowly spread from his heart, and he could only swallow harder. Tears welled up in his eyes, blurring his eyes. He could not see the face or the eyes that could not be closed tightly.
Maybe, for a moment, Ji Shuyu hated his body like this?
Ji Shuyu was stunned, unable to find an outlet for all his feelings, and this was all he could do.
Ji Shuyu's hands trembled, and he stretched out a little distance forward, then took it back. He was not qualified.
"Ayou——"
Ji Shuyu took a deep breath, closed his eyes to calm down a little, clenched his fists and turned around to look at Ji You, wanting to persuade him something.
But he saw Ji You running out from in front of him, rushing to the mountain of corpses, and kneeling in the bloody ground with a plop.
"Father!! Ah!!!"
Ji You knelt there and reached out to grab those hands. The faces one by one looked so familiar and yet so strange!
"Why? Why, why is this happening? I, we, we are just, just, why?"
Ji You knelt there and kept kowtowing, his forehead was stained with plasma and his skin was broken.
However, Ji You will not stop, and he will not stop without an answer.
"Ayou, we..."
Ji Shuyu stepped forward with no expression on his face. He looked at Ji You, quietly, he wanted to take Ayou away, but he didn't know if anyone would be there or if someone would come after them.
Therefore, the best thing now is to take Ji You away, but seeing Ji You like this, Ji Shuyu couldn't say anything.
Ji You didn't hear Ji Shuyu's words. He was kneeling there, with corpses layered on top. Some people were looking down at him, and some were glaring at him. He was here, but he didn't feel like he was here.
Time flew by and one night passed. Ji You was still kneeling under the mountain of corpses, dumbfounded, as if he had been wasted for a long time.
Ji Shuyu stayed behind Ji You and looked at Ji You.
The moon sets and the sun rises, and the long river of time flows forever.
"Ayou, it's time for us to go."
Ji Shuyu put his hand on Ji You's shoulder, squeezed it tightly, and whispered these words again.
"Ji Shuyu! Do you have any conscience? They are all here, where are we going?! Where can we go? Without them, the world is so big, where would be our shelter? Ji Shuyu, take a good look at them,
They are all here who accompany us day and night, my father, my mother, the village chief, Granny Hua, they are all here! They are all here! So, where should we go? Where is our end?"
Ji You waved Ji Shuyu's hand away and stood up on one foot. The other foot was frozen in place, unable to stand up. Ji You roared at Ji Shuyu with such an embarrassed look.
Ji You stumbled as he spoke. He wanted to blame Ji Shuyu, but felt that he shouldn't. Without Jijiacun, there would no longer be a place to hide in the vast Changyun Mountains.
But, who is it?
Who on earth did such a thing?!
Who would be at odds with the entire Jijiacun?!
Who can destroy the entire Jijia Village in half a day?!
Father, mother, and village chief are all real masters. Who has the ability to destroy the entire Jijia Village in such a short period of time?
Also, what is this ritualistic way of accumulation?
After all, who is behind the storm?
What should we do?
What should we do!
Ji You asked himself over and over again, but he still couldn't give himself an answer. He couldn't touch the answer or see the color of the answer.
But, why?
Why should they have to endure all this?
Why did this happen so suddenly?
Why does everything seem to have been predetermined, more like it was premeditated?
"Ayu, where should we go?"
Ji You raised his head and looked at Ji Shuyu, his eyes confused and confused, just like when he was young, eager and confused.
Ji Shuyu looked at Ji You and slowly took his hand away from Ji You's shoulder.
Afterwards, Ji Shuyu shook his head at Ji You. He didn't know the answer Ji You wanted and couldn't analyze it.
"Ayou, it's really time to go. It's not as safe here as you think."
Ji Shuyu moved his fingers and stretched out his hand to Ji You.
Ji You glanced at Ji Shuyu, shook his head, bent his legs and knelt down again.
"Ayu, no need. We are still here. There is no place to go except here. They are still here. I can't set up graves or guide their spirits. So, let me accompany them. Accompany them.
Passing through the final days.”
After Ji You finished speaking, he pursed his lips and chuckled, turned his head and knelt under the mountain of corpses, knocking his head heavily against the ground.
However, when Ji You was so calm, his hands were clenched tightly. He was not as calm or even indifferent as he looked.
One day——
Ji Shuyu looked at Ji You's back, his outstretched hand was frozen there, and he slightly bent his index finger to allow it to move a little.
Ji Shuyu couldn't take his hand back, and Ji Shuyu didn't become very nervous. Since he couldn't move it now, he could just wait and do it later.
Ji Shuyu has always been so relaxed. He raised his head and looked at the top of the mountain of corpses. Every face was stained with blood, and there was no difference between killing him with one blow.
It seems that this murderer has extremely strong strength and very fast speed.
"What have you been through?"
Ji Shuyu's faint voice fell, and then he turned around. He could not stay here for too long.
Some people and some things must eventually come to an end. No matter how many years of hard work it takes, the end is the real end.