Chapter 23 Chapter 23 The Dance of Anka

The first train of Lincheng subway is at 6:05 in the morning, and the last train is at 11:55 in the evening.The free time in between was six hours and ten minutes. The total length of the three lines of the Lincheng Subway is about 45 kilometers, including the necessary return, the total distance is nearly 60 kilometers. Six hours and ten minutes, sixty kilometers.An average of about ten kilometers per hour. The average walking speed of normal people is five to seven kilometers per hour. These tedious figures mean that only if Meri keeps running will he be able to complete every subway line in the six hours when the subway is out of service.

So at this moment, at midnight when the lights of all houses in Lincheng were gradually extinguished, Meili was running vigorously on the subway tracks. And in her arms, there was still wet Ermao. "Have you noticed the shape of the Lincheng subway? The three subway lines just form a perfect Anka, which is the key to life. Anka means divinity and eternal life to us." "The reason why I chose to build my own underground palace in Lincheng is because the subway line here provides me with the most perfect practice place. Just like the pyramid has mysterious power for the eternal life of the pharaoh, this project of modern mortals can also Let my mana be accelerated."

"I told An Yu the secret of this practice, so he completed the reincarnation of practice one by one by taking the subway and saved your life. And now, in order to repay you for rejecting Pei Sidu's temptation and harming me, I will also give this I'll tell you a secret." "As long as you can walk across the shape of Anka with your footsteps before the first subway train starts tomorrow morning, reflecting the flow of the light of life, your devout love and belief will be able to endow An Yu with the lost spiritual power and let him recover. Human form. After all, for thousands of years, no one has sacrificed for him, so as long as there is even one person's dedication, it is the difference between existence and non-existence, heaven and earth."

"Do you want to?" "I am willing!" Meili remembered that after answering these three words, she jumped into the light green pool and hugged Ermao tightly.Although she knew that the water came from the Nile River in the sky, once it was contaminated, she would no longer be able to imagine escaping from the pursuit of the God Realm in this life, but at that time she only wanted to say impassionedly like a revolutionary martyr: "The word 'escape' has been removed from my dictionary." Pick it up!" She really didn't want to run away anymore, since she couldn't run away, she simply stopped, turned around, stood at attention, and stared straight ahead, at least not to look so wretched.What's more, An Yu and Er Mao have saved her so many times, no matter which one it is for, she will have to pay it back sooner or later.Otherwise, she will regret it for the rest of her life.

She started from Xingfu Garden Station, the westernmost station of Line 1, and ran east along the subway tracks.Although the underground tunnel was pitch black, Teacher Li Ping drew a spell on her forehead, which guided her like a coal miner's searchlight. "The recovery of the most spiritual power will depend on the belief you have dedicated. In this country without belief, love is the closest form to it." Leading her to the starting point of the subway station, Teacher Li Ping looked deeply , like a father who has entrusted his life's treasures, "Merry, all my hopes are placed on you."

Meili nodded unavoidably. Although she was not sure whether she was "in love" with An Yu, she knew clearly that she didn't want him to die, and she hoped that he could appear in the form of An Yu instead of Ermao. in front of myself. However, she soon stopped worrying about the problem.In fact, after not eating for nearly two days, and being accidentally injured by a stick in the head by a member of the dog-beating team, Meili's energy was completely maintained by the adrenaline that was constantly frightened.And when the endless accidents turned into long-term mechanical movements, she soon found that her limbs were sore and dizzy, and there were layers of sweat on her forehead, and her chest was so disgusted that she wanted to vomit.

At this time, all her energy was focused on how to prevent the black dog in her arms from falling to the ground. Her dizzy mind didn't have the energy to think about whether to "love" or "repay" An Yu, or something like this. Esoteric questions such as whether interspecies love is within the scope of one's own acceptance. Although he prides himself on running as his only strong point, even though Meili has made up his determination like steel, his heavy legs are still walking lower and lower.Finally, with a "plop", she fell face down on the rails firmly.

Fortunately, the moment she fell, she lifted Ermao up in her arms with sharp eyesight and quick hands, so that the poor black dog didn't get hurt even more. With her cheek pressed against the icy track, Meri's heart beat like a drum, making her eardrums and temples throbbing with pain.There seemed to be nothing in the empty stomach that could squeeze energy out, and the hit on the back of the head also caused the eyes to turn black, and even the light from the spell on the forehead could not be illuminated.Merry wished she could just close her eyes and never wake up again. But what about Ermao?Er Mao was lying beside her, his wet fur had already dried, and his whole body exuded a slight warmth.If she just let herself fall asleep like this, when she opened her eyes.Will you find that Ermao has turned into a cold corpse?Or just like Mrs. Yin, dissipating into a cloud of green smoke, leaving no trace of its existence?

In that case, An Yu would never come back again. won't be coming back... "No!" Meili yelled, jumped up abruptly, raised his arms that were so stiff and almost unconscious like a robot, and continued to run forward with Ermao in his arms. She didn't have a mobile phone, didn't wear a watch, and even if she occasionally passed by the subway platform with flickering lights, she didn't have the energy to check whether the clock was hanging.She only knows that she should keep her head down and run, just like Kuafu chasing the sun, if she can't run to the southernmost end of Line 2 before the first subway leaves, what is waiting for her is to be crushed by the subway train coming at high speed with Ermao into powder.

Teacher Li Ping said that for some reason, he could no longer help her. She can no longer fantasize about being dependent on anyone. The chest cavity seemed to be torn apart bit by bit, and the hair in her arms was getting heavier and heavier. There were several times when Meili fell down and couldn't confirm whether she had passed out or not.In her heart, she anxiously urged herself to open her eyes, get up, and then move her legs in a stylized manner. She had never felt anxious and— Responsibility! Everyone, including Merry herself, had underestimated her.When a person's small universe explodes, let alone running with Ermao all night on the difficult subway tracks, even if she is hugging a big man like An Yu, she still has to grit her teeth and drag him to draw a picture. A giant key to life graphic comes.

The symbol of Anka "♀" symbolizes divine power and eternal life, and it is also a sacrificial dance that she dances with all her strength. She can't lose any more. It's a pity that even if she keeps recovering the memories of her previous life, she is not a god after all. When the dazzling searchlight completely emptied Meili's eyes, and the sound of the rumbling train was like a sea tide, Meili felt a sweetness in her throat in despair, and her beating heart seemed to spurt out of her mouth and landed in her arms. Ermao's body. The last consciousness before losing consciousness was that her legs were still moving forward involuntarily—she fell down against the speeding subway train... "Fortunately, I have sharp eyesight, otherwise the princess and the young master were really hit to death by the subway, wouldn't the master want to drag us to the sun to dry?" "No one will compete with you. Anyway, when Goddess Sekit asks for your sins, just remember to go out and top the tank!" "Originally enough time, who knew that the princess would run like a snail in the end! How dare you brag about being good at running like this?" "It's okay, after all, I'm just a mortal. If we didn't wake her up several times, I'm afraid she could sleep on the track until dawn!" "That's not sleeping, it's passing out! Please understand these two concepts!" "Regardless of whether it is true or not, we dragged the princess and stepped on the train to finish the last few tens of meters anyway. I don't know if it counts as cheating?" "It's okay... Even if Anka's tail is a little shorter, it's still Anka..." Who is talking?Why are the voices all the same, like a schizophrenic talking to himself?And it's also super severe schizophrenia, because he doesn't play two roles alone, but N roles and N is greater than or equal to two... Merry opened his eyes with difficulty. "Wake up, wake up, the princess is awake!" "I said she can't die!" Several voices cried out in surprise at the same time. "Don't make noise, I'm standing in the front right now!" Before the words finished, a face appeared above Meili's line of sight. There is really only one face.A dull and featureless face, even if you stare at it for ten seconds, you will never remember it again. But this face is like a shot in the arm. Just now, Ren Meili was as soft as a pool of sugar people melted by the sun, but at this moment, she made a carp to stand up straight and sit up, her upper and lower teeth "squeaked together" Biting for a while, I finally uttered a syllable that humans can understand: "Ghost..." The great teacher Li Ping, she had hoped to see An Yu when she opened her eyes, even if it was Ermao who was alive and kicking, but why is that ghost whose head is turned upside down 180 degrees is squatting beside her at this moment! ? Seeing that Meili groped and shrunk to the bottom of the wall, wishing to touch a stone and hit her face, the ghost touched her nose, as if to express the deepest apology: "By the way, I forgot that the princess can't bear this look..." said Then, he stood up and wanted to turn the body under the neck around. "Don't, don't, forget it!" Meili yelled with her eyes closed, she didn't want to see that noodle-like neck writhing in front of her eyes again! "Actually, just get used to it. If you have nothing to do, read the Book of the Dead. There are many beautiful photos of me on it." The ghost actively suggested. Meili closed her eyes and did not speak, knowing that even if she could score one hundred and fifty points in the running test, it would be foolish to escape from this ghost who came and went without a trace. "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I won't kill you this time, I'm here to save you!" The ghost is a kind and understanding ghost, and when she saw Meili shaking into a ball, she understood what she was thinking, "Look, if it wasn't for me to save you!" You, you were killed by a subway train long ago." Meili quietly opened her eyes, and found that she had indeed left the subway tunnel and came to a secret corridor.The understanding ghost even lit a candle, and the exquisite murals on the stone walls on both sides were faintly revealed. "It's still not bright enough, right? If the princess marries our young lord in the future, maybe the lord will consider turning on the lights in the underground palace in the future." Excitedly rambling on, "Then we can also enjoy watching TV. It's very hard to go out to the canteen every night to catch up with series..." Mei Li was not in the mood to listen to such a terrifying ghost, but was suddenly awakened by the word "young master" in his mouth: "Er Mao, where is Er Mao?" "Ermao? There are no Ermao here..." Guigang said this, seeing that Meili was already frowning and looking desperate, and didn't dare to mess around anymore, so he quickly stepped back and shook the candle, "Would you like a dog, but a man?" There is one." "I succeeded?" In desperation, Meili pushed away the ghost blocking her, forgetting even her fear.She stumbled to the place where the candlelight was shining, and she saw a young man lying quietly on the ground, his pale face was illuminated by the dim yellow candlelight, as if it had been coated with a layer of wax, giving it an unreal feeling. However, even if it was just a lifeless wax figure, Meili would never mistake this indifferent expression and forbearing lips. What's more, around the neck of that young man, there is also a colorful cloth bag in the style of ethnic minorities ridiculously tied. "An Yu..." She softly called his name, shaking him carefully.But the sleeping youth did not open his eyes. "Why won't he wake up?" Meili turned to scold the ghost angrily, "Did you do something to him?" "I swear by the great king of the desert and the king of darkness, Seth, since the day I was born, I have been defeated by the young master for thousands of years. How dare I do anything to him?" Realizing that he was getting darker and darker in the eyes of "I see you are a villain who is determined to take personal revenge", he coughed quickly and put on a serious look, "According to my guess, either the power of the most spiritual recovered quickly Slow down, or the young master is imitating the classic plot in European fairy tales, waiting for the princess's kiss to wake him up..." "You think An Yu is just as boring as you!" Meili interrupted him unbearably, "When he wakes up..." She originally wanted to threaten the ghost that when An Yu woke up, she would beat him all over the place, but in the end, He changed his tone wisely, "When he wakes up, I'll let you see what 'cool' is! — Ah, he's awake!" An Yu really woke up!He sat up, his dark pupils reflected the beating candlelight, appearing somewhat hollow and indifferent. "Do you feel okay? If you don't feel well, don't talk for now." Mei Li has never had such a great sense of accomplishment in his life, turning the dying black dog into a handsome guy, and he trembled more than usual in excitement , "By the way, you lost a lot of blood earlier, do you want to drink some water first..." An Yu's eyeballs rolled and landed on Meili.Although the girl was standing on the edge of the candlelight, he could still see her pale and bluish face, cracked lips, blood-stained dress and broken knees, and he could also see her messy, sweaty hair Suddenly, the eyes that had been evasive due to lack of confidence suddenly brightened, and the expression that had always been shy due to fear and avoidance also fully unfolded.At this moment, she is like a wild pansy flower blooming on the cliff. Although the petals are broken by the strong wind, she has more vigorous and even stronger vitality than those flowers in the greenhouse, even if there is only a little soil, With a little water, she can live just fine. She changed so much overnight! But this kind of Meri was probably what the Meritamon of the previous life wished for. An Yu reached out and pressed her forehead. "Is it really uncomfortable? Is it a headache..." Mei Li nervously moved closer, racking his brains to find a cure for the headache, "Or..." "Get lost!" An Yu said suddenly. "What did you say?" Meili only thought that there was something wrong with her ears, and bent over and froze on the spot. An Yu frowned, but her eyes were still empty and indifferent, making Meili unable to see other emotions. "I'm going to find you... Pei En bumped R-ba!" He put his hand around his neck and uttered these words forcefully. "Young Master is really cool!" Ghost, who had lost his sense of existence, nodded suddenly, with a tone of hard work and deep understanding. "Shut up!" Meili yelled, but she didn't even give up the ghost from the corner of her eye, she just glared at An Yu with disbelief, "Why did you tell me to get lost? Why did you tell me to go find Mr. Pei? Because are you going to be in any danger again? Or do you think I have to pay a lot to restore your spiritual power? Why don’t you think about what you did for me before, even if I just want to pay off the debt, you can’t refuse What's more—" She pointed at his neck and said decisively, "the cloth bag hanging around your neck contains my photo, which is the evidence that you have a crush on me, and it's too late to get rid of it now!" An Yu lowered her head, looked at the colorful cloth bag on her chest, her expression didn't change at all.Then he suddenly reached out to hold the cloth bag, and with a little force, he tore the funny pendant off his neck. "If you don't believe me, open it and have a look..." Meili instinctively felt that something was wrong, but she held on to her breath and refused to back off—could An Yu have amnesia?This plot is really too bloody! Sure enough, An Yu took out a photo from the cloth bag.Stained with blood and soaked in pool water, the art photo is almost unrecognizable at the moment, and it is lucky that it has not turned into a pile of pulp. Mei Li peeked at the photo in An Yu's hand.Fortunately, the person in the photo can still make out the eyebrows and eyes, and even the ancient Egyptian characters written on the back of the photo can still be discerned. "I didn't lie to you, did I..." Meili summoned up the last courage and followed the guidance with a smile.However, before she finished speaking, An Yu had already smiled coldly, holding the photo with both hands, once, twice, three times, immediately tore the softened photo paper into eight pieces, and then threw it at Meili's feet! "You!" Meili was speechless for a moment, but felt his whole body was cold and his hands were trembling, and he couldn't even utter a single word. "Ghost, take her away!" An Yu turned her head away impatiently, "And let her take away this rubbish too!" "Yes, young master!" The ghost hurried up, bent down and picked up the fragments on the ground, put them into a calico bag and stuffed them in Meili's hands, "Princess, let's go." "No, you go take care of the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled." Meili stared at An Yu and stomped her feet fiercely, "The brainless are also disabled!" The ghost looked at An Yu, who had a frosty face, and then at Meili, who was exasperated, shrugged helplessly, "Okay, as you wish." Then, like a stack of playing cards that were juxtaposed together, they were suddenly twisted apart, and behind the ghost, countless identical anti-face monsters appeared, forming a perfect fan shape.When the fan closed again, another ghost appeared in the corridor. "What else can I order, I have plenty of clones to do it." The two ghosts bowed like five-star hotel waiters, seeing that the man and woman in front of them didn't appreciate their humor, so they had to look at each other , one walked to An Yu's side, and the other stretched out his arms towards Meili: "Princess, let's go." "Okay, I'll go first, come find me when you're clear-headed!" Mei Li threw this sentence at An Yu angrily, turned around and left, and a ghost hurriedly followed her step by step. Seeing the candlelight guiding Meili disappear into the depths of the darkness, An Yu suddenly grabbed the neck of the ghost next to him: "What's going on?" "What... what's going on?" The remaining ghost stammered and blushed, deeply regretting that he hadn't chosen the task of escorting Meri away before his brother.Even if there is a risk of facing the Scorpion Goddess, it is much better than doomed to bear the wrath of the Young Master. "Don't play dumb!" An Yu tightened her iron-like fingers, "Believe it or not, I'll twist your head straight forever?" "Why blame others, my son." A voice suddenly came from the depths of the darkness, and before the words finished, a hand had already grasped An Yu's wrist, saving the poor ghost from his threat, "Yes You yourself have inspired the power of the curse by disobeying my advice." "Her voice is like a sword, her touch is like a thorn, her kiss is the most terrible poison in the world, and her love will make you beyond redemption." Li Ping repeated the spell, looking at the silent man with a smile on his face. An Yu, "Your self-control disappoints me. But it's no wonder, after three thousand years of abstinence, it's really hard to hold back in the touching scene of life and death." "What kind of poison is it?" An Yu finally asked. "I have been in the mortal world for so many years, and I have also read some modern poems. The most impressive one is "The Farthest Distance in the World"..." Li Ping turned his head and asked the ghost, "Do you know this poem? Poetry?" "I've heard of it." The ghost rolled his eyes and thought for two seconds, then suddenly slapped his head, "By the way, the farthest distance in the world is when you buy four generations of apples, and I buy four bags of apples!" An Yu turned around and left without saying a word, obviously not interested in this double-mouthed comedy, so she didn't ask any more questions. "The farthest distance in the world is not——even though he couldn't resist this longing, but he still had to pretend he didn't take you into his heart at all, but—" Li Ping narrowed his eyes, and suddenly stood facing An Yu. reciting faintly, "Facing the unforgettable lover, no matter how hard you try, you can't express your true affection." "So this kind of poison is called 'the furthest distance'." Before the words were finished, a swift black figure swooped over from the front, threw Li Ping to the ground, and hoarsely shouted: "Why?" Now he finally understood why when he opened his mouth, he could only utter hurtful words, why when he wanted to smooth that photo, he couldn't help tearing it into pieces!But why does this person in front of him have such a vicious heart? ! "Young master!" Seeing that the situation was not good, the ghost standing by the side turned into four or five clones, pounced up and grabbed An Yu, "Calm down, don't hurt your temper!" "Go away!" An Yu shook his arm, and immediately threw four or five ghosts far away.The ghost wanted to pounce on it again and again, but was stopped by Li Ping's gesture. "What 'why'?" Li Ping, who was pressed to the ground by An Yu, looked at his son's red eyes and smiled leisurely, "Didn't I say it before, my spell is just to prevent you from repeating the same mistakes. Anyway, even without this spell , don’t you also hope that Meili will not recover her memory and get involved in the entanglements of her previous life? Don’t you also hope that she will be a stranger to you so as to gain ultimate freedom? Otherwise, you have not been silenced by poison before. She still speaks sarcasticly, and dare not speak out what she desires in her heart?" "Yes, I don't want her to remember her past life and become your pawn, whether it's Pei Sidu or you! But—" An Yu stopped suddenly, and grabbed Li Ping's collar fiercely, "This spell, How to break it?" "But, you find yourself falling in love with her now? Even if she is no longer Meritamon, but Meri?" Li Ping laughed loudly, "It seems that you haven't learned your lesson at all, my son!" "I'm asking you how to break the spell!" An Yu violently grabbed Li Ping from the ground, and leaned against the wall of the corridor.Intense anger burned him, even if the person in front of him was his father, he wished he could burn the anger from the bottom of his heart on him! "Young master, calm down, don't be impulsive!" Seeing that An Yu's clenched fists could not stop trembling, as if they were about to hit Li Ping's face at any time, the ghost could not help but remind him. "Calm down? I've been calm for a long time! I've been so calm that some people mistakenly think that I don't have a heart, so I won't love or hate anymore!" An Yu panted sharply, and punched Li Ping hard on the wall next to him. A big hole was punched in the solid stone wall! "Actually, I really hope you can show me that you are like my son." Li Ping didn't seem to notice the flying stone chips at the side of his face at all, Li Ping laughed, his eyes were clearly provocative, "Why, I He can kill his elder brother, but my son dare not even hit me? From this point of view, how can you compare with the unscrupulous Horus?" He pushed An Yu's hand away suddenly, He straightened his crumpled collar, "Don't embarrass me!" "Because what I want is different from yours!" An Yu looked at his father, the redness in his eyes had faded, revealing his usual cold pride, "I'm sorry that I will never be interested in what you are fighting for." "That's why you get nothing!" Li Ping sneered mercilessly. "But you still lost my mother!" Enraged An Yu retorted. "Don't mention her, don't mention that woman again!" Li Ping shouted fiercely, and suddenly slapped An Yu across the face. "Yes, the great Dark Lord will never be short of women." An Yu grabbed Li Ping's wrist and smiled coldly, "This is also the difference between me and you." "Oh, young master, you have wronged the master, for these three thousand years..." the ghost hurriedly defended from the side. "Shut up!" Li Ping yelled to stop the ghost, looked at his son in front of him, and suddenly smiled, "If you have the ability, find a way to break my spell, and only then can you prove that you still have blood and are worthy of being my son! " "Of course I will find a way to crack it, but it's not to prove anything to you." An Yu shook off Li Ping's hand, and walked away without looking back after leaving this sentence. "My lord bothered to make the princess remember her past life but then cast a spell. Do I want the young lord and the princess to fall in love, or..." The confused ghost boldly tried. "Whether they love it or not, the ending is in my hands." Li Ping waved his hand, indicating that this topic is over, "The person who needs to solve it now is finally my dear nephew's turn."