Chapter 11 Section VI

The next day, Xiang and the boy headed east to find their new national.The cold morning mist hung like a curtain at the edge of the forest. They walked briskly on the wet moss between the forest belts, their feet soft. "This is too slow," Yi Zaitian said, "We don't have enough food, and we don't have time to find it. Human cavalry may appear at any time..." Suddenly there was a scream in the sky.The two children were startled, they all recognized that it was Tiancheng's cry. A gigantic celestial being appeared in the sky, with space for almost a child to sit on each wing.It circled and swept downward.

"Go to the forest!" Yi Zaitian shouted.Yuren's body is lighter and weaker than that of humans, but they are much more agile. The two children run like two little rabbits.When Tiancheng was about to crash into the forest, it rolled over and flew away. The two children were panting in the woods when they heard the sound of horses galloping again. "Run!" Before Xiang could react, the boy had already pulled him out of the woods again, and an arrow pierced the tree that Xiang had just approached. As soon as they ran out of the woods, the shadow of Tiancheng pressed on them again.The two teenagers were crushed and scrambled by the strong wind that passed over their heads. The horses roared behind them, and the human cavalry chased them up.

Yi Zaitian pulled Xiang suddenly, leading him to run to the other side.Xiang saw that the direction he was leading him to was not a road, but a dark swamp.He shouted: "I can't get through there!" The young man rushed forward and stepped into the swamp. Only then did Xiang remember that he is a Yu clan, and his body is half lighter than that of a human race.With the sound of horseshoes approaching behind him, he also jumped into the swamp with big strides, his feet were soft, and he stepped on it, but he only left a deep footprint on the mud, and Xiang was already covered in cold sweat.He aimed at a dry place, and jumped continuously, trying to keep up with Shang Yi Zai Tian's pace.

The human warhorse neighed in front of the swamp and stopped.The two human cavalry drew their bows and shot at them one after another. Xiang Neng could clearly hear the arrows coming through the wind, from far to near, and then screaming past him. Can catch the trajectory of the arrow and watch it sink into the muddy water with a muffled sound.He didn't know if this was the Feather Clan's specialty, but it only made him more frightened, he lowered his body, and crawled forward on the ground with hands and feet.But Yi Zaitian ignored the shooting from behind, just ran faster and faster, and he was already tens of feet away from Xiang.

With a scream, Tian Cheng descended from the sky again, this time it flapped its wings, stretched its sharp claws forward, made a hunting posture, and charged towards Xiang Xiang from the rear.Xiang suddenly rolled to the side, Tiancheng's huge wings brushed past his head. Xiang got up and wanted to run again, but suddenly his feet fell into the air, and the muddy water reached his knees.This is the narrow part of the swamp, the more he struggled anxiously, the more he sank into the mud, turned around until he reached his waist, and he shouted anxiously: "A Yi, help me!" Yi Zaitian turned his head, but didn't stop, and ran to the opposite side of the swamp on his own.

Xiang was desperate, he frantically tried to grab something around him, but he just grabbed handfuls of mud.The sun was shining brightly above his head, but darkness had already enveloped him tightly.Xiang raised his hands in vain, as if trying to catch the light, but his body was sinking slowly.Chest...neck... Suddenly, as if light had penetrated his palm, he held the rope of light tightly.Xiang felt an upward force at that moment, as if he could climb up by holding on to the light.That's what it feels like!The upward will is running through his whole body, causing him to raise his body from the mud, and there is a force pulling him out of the darkness!

Xiang felt that if this power filled his body, it would burst out from those two points on his back, it must be his wings! But at this moment, Tiancheng jumped down from the sky again. Can't you give me a little more time?Xiang thought. At this moment, it seemed as if several huge water jets sprayed from the swamp, and like tall tree trunks rising rapidly from the mud, those huge tentacles sprayed straight to the sky, entangled the sky, and rushed Take it back.Xiang watched Tian Cheng pressing straight towards him, and before he could yell out, he was sucked into the swamp by a force.

He opened his eyes again, only to see darkness. No, it doesn't seem to be complete darkness, so what's in it. There seemed to be no light here, and he tried to reach out, but touched something cold. "Don't move," said a voice, "don't pop the bubble." "Bubbles? Where am I?" "Underwater, of course," said the voice, "you're in Ze's belly." "Ze?" "Well, Ze is alive, it is this piece of water, and the life in this piece of water, it is the whole, do you understand?" "You mean, this swamp? Is it... is it alive? Is it a whole... thing?"

"correct." "What about you? Who are you?" "I also live in Ze's belly and depend on it for life. It eats what gets into its body, and I get nourishment from this water." "It's terrible, you eat Tiancheng? Are you going to eat me too?" "Hehe, if we want to eat you, we won't wrap you in water bubbles." "Then what do you want to do?" "Very few talking creatures fall into Ze, because they are smart and avoid us, Ze feels very lonely, so maybe it wants you to stay here for a while?" "A while? How long is that?"

"The life of Ze is not long. The source of its life is water, but it has become a piece of stagnant water. Although the rain falls from time to time, the water is still slowly decreasing. One day, the sun will dry up here. Then Ze died. It won't take long, maybe only fifty years." "Fifty years? But I can't do it. Stay fifty years in a place where there is no light and you can't see everything!" "Why? Why must there be light? Is it different to survive in the dark?" "No, it's not the same," Xiang said, "have you never been outside Ze? Do you know that the color of the forest is different every hour from morning to night? You know what it feels like when the wind blows on your face Do you know how comfortable it is to lie on the grass and bask in the sun?"

"I don't know..." the voice said sadly. "Then why don't you go out with me and have a look?" "It's useless, I can't leave the water..." The voice became cold and cold. Xiang was silent for a long time before saying, "I'm sorry..." "Give me one more reason, besides being able to see the color of the forest and feel the wind." The voice said unwillingly. "Then...I can't stay here because I have to learn to fly." "Flying..." The voice in the darkness seemed to be trying to imagine, "That... what does it look like?" "Flying means...that is, you leave the earth, you are in the sky, and you can go to any place." "Oh, that's very nice," said the voice, "but not everything can fly." "Yes..." Xiang said, "Maybe the Yu clan is very lucky." "Lucky? Maybe not..." the voice said, "It seems that we will never belong to the same world. In my world, I am also free, but you can't move a single step." "Is it in the water? But it's pitch black..." "You don't understand that you can see many things without light, and you can see things that you can't see with light. Now you think it's dark here, but it's not. I can see all kinds of colors. You see I see the shapes of living creatures, but they are transparent to me and emit different fluorescent lights. The aquatic plants are blue, like floating light bands, the small crabs glowing orange are crawling in the mud, and the fish fry are like green crystals. I can still hear them, so I can stay here forever, but you can't stand it for a day." "Really?" Xiang was surprised, "It's great to see such a world. I was wondering if I could exchange with you. In fact, the world outside the Ze is not so good. It's so cold in winter that people huddle together, and in summer It makes you feel like you are going to be roasted again, and there are all kinds of scary things, beasts, humans..." "Everywhere is the same. In my hometown, there is a vast sea, and our city drifts with the current. Sometimes the sea is freezing cold, and our city passes under icebergs. Sometimes the sea is almost boiling, because the bottom of the sea Cracked, and flames flowed. All kinds of predators lurk outside our city, and they will be swallowed if you are not careful." "The sea? Did you come from the sea? How did you come here?" "Actually, I have never seen the sea. I just heard what Ze told me. Hundreds of years ago, Ze was still a big lake, and a thousand years ago, it was still a sea, connected to the ocean by rivers. , we moved here at that time. However, I don’t know when, the water surface dried up, and we could never go back. The water is getting less and less, and our tribe is also getting less and less. Now, there are only Ze and I." "Clan people? Are you the shark clan that lives in the water?" "I really want to see the ocean once while I'm alive." "Then...when I learn how to fly, I'll take you to see the sea." "Okay...Okay." The voice was low at first, but then cheered up. "what's your name?" "My name is Mirror." The bubbles surfaced, and Xiang climbed ashore, only to find that his hair was still dry.He looked back, but it was just a swamp.He didn't know the real face of the owner of the voice in the water. He heard the voice, and it must be a little girl about his own age.