Every world is full of ghosts and monsters begging for hugs

Children born after the war have no concept of the classroom, just like when adults occasionally say that candy is sweet, they have no idea about it because they have never come into contact with it.

The World Tree is the place that all children dream of.

But what the boy didn't say was that Shuangye did not live to see the day when the World Tree appeared, and died in the plague that broke out after the war.

He was only seven years old at that time. He wanted to go and save Shuangye, but in the end, he was carried away from the war zone by his parents who were suppressing their heartache.

His parents cried and told him, "Your brother is gone, you are the only one we have, you can't get into any trouble!"

At that time they didn't know that there was actually a tiny life in their mother's belly, a weak life born in the war. It did not die from the plague or from the mouth of wild beasts. How could this not be a miracle?

Sanye lay on his brother's back and said happily: "Brother, let me tell you quietly, my parents said they would send me to the World Tree."

The young man paused.

Sanye was very happy, with the expectation and innocence of a child, very innocent, "But I think my brother is better than me, and he should be more qualified to go to the World Tree than me, but mom and dad said that the person chosen by the World Tree is me, brother, it's okay, when I go to the World Tree, I will make a wish so that my brother can be as happy as me."

The World Tree is where happiness lies. This is the knowledge that is instilled in every child.

The young man lowered his eyebrows and said in a muffled voice: "After you go to the World Tree, will you also not come back like them?"

Sanye's joy faded, and he felt sad. "I don't want to leave my brother behind and go to the new world, but I will definitely be taken to the new world. It would be great if I could make a wish to take my brother, mom and dad with me."

"It's okay." The boy comforted his brother, "My parents and I will wait for you. Maybe one day the passage to the new world will open and we will be able to meet again."

Sanye became happy, "Well, we will definitely meet again!"

"No! None of you can go to the World Tree!"

Bai Yao's voice was swallowed by the air, and any sound she made could not echo in the ears of her younger brothers. Even though she knew that no matter how much she said, it would be in vain, she still subconsciously wanted to stop it all.

The wind suddenly whistled sharply, and dangerous noises were heard in the surrounding grass. Pairs of dark green eyes came from far away, as if examining a lone prey and considering how to start.

Bai Yao was the first to notice that something was wrong. She shouted, "Run! Li Ye, run!"

The boy paused.

Sanye asked: "Brother, what's wrong?"

"I seem to hear someone calling my name." Li Ye raised his eyes and looked around. He didn't see anyone, but he noticed a pair of wild beast eyes peeping at him in the dark.

The moment the prey noticed it, the beast in the dark jumped out.

They looked like wolves, but also like more ferocious tigers and lions. Their pitch-black bodies were twisted and terrifying, and the smell of decay was nauseating.

This should be a safe area away from wild animals. There wouldn't be so many wild animals here. It must be because there are more hungry wild animals and they can only go farther to find food.

Sanye hugged Liye tightly in fear: "Brother..."

Li Ye tried his best to stay calm and slowly put down the small wooden barrel in his hand. When a wild beast rushed towards him, he quickly lit a torch. Wherever the flame passed, the beast instinctively retreated.

It was during this time that Li Ye ran back the way he came with the child on his back. Behind him was the wild beast wrapped in the smell of decay chasing him relentlessly. He did not dare to look back, let alone stop.

The faint light of the torch flickered in the night wind, like a meteor that could fall into the dark wilderness at any time.

The malnourished body cannot support the desperate steps of the person trying to survive, and the torch in his hand cannot last for too long and will eventually go out.

They fell to the ground, and dirty water splashed on the muddy ground. At the moment when the torch was about to fall into the puddle, Li Ye lay on the ground and quickly reached out to grab the torch.

"Brother...Brother..." Sanye leaned against Li Ye and looked at the approaching beasts with fear.

Li Ye put the torch into San Ye's hand, "San Ye, do you see that direction? Keep running in that direction, that's our home."

"Brother, let's run back together!"

Li Ye said decisively: "Go back first and find my parents. They will come to save me."

Sanye shook his head and cried, "No..."

"Sanye, don't cry!" Li Ye pulled the boy up forcefully and pushed him towards home, "Now only you can find my parents to save me!"

Sanye staggered a few steps after being pushed, but still didn't move when he looked at his brother.

Li Ye said: "Run!"

Sanye cried out, hugged the torch, turned around and walked towards the place called home.

The beasts tried to go in the direction of Sanye, but a stone thrown over made them change their minds. The prey in front of them looked easier to eat than the prey holding the torch.

The moment they pounced on him together, Li Ye quickly fled in the opposite direction.

After running for a long time, he had very little strength left in his body, and the air he breathed in rapidly was so stinging that it brought a taste of blood to his throat.

He seemed to be hallucinating.

"Li Ye, don't stop!"

"You can survive!"

"You will definitely survive!"

The boy wiped away the sweat that was about to flow into his eyes. In a blurry and trance-like state, he seemed to see the figure of the girl.

He cannot die.

He tried hard to live every day in this terrible world. He put in so much effort and was unwilling to die like this!

The increasingly heavy footsteps were oppressing his breathing. He knew very well that his body could not hold on for much longer. Before the last bit of his strength was exhausted, he turned in another direction.

A small animal like a wild dog jumped out. Bai Yao stood in front of the boy, but the wild dog went through her body, pounced on the boy behind her, and bit his arm.

The wild dog's sharp teeth tore at his flesh, and blood splattered everywhere. Li Ye had a wound so deep that the bone was visible. He endured the pain and struggled desperately. When the wild dog tore off the flesh of his entire arm and swallowed it, he used his other hand to support himself and climbed up, then continued to move forward crookedly.

There was a sign saying "Danger" erected in the area in front of him, and his figure tilted and he fell into a pit.

People patrolling the refuge area would throw the beasts they had hunted together into this pit. These beasts had mutated due to eating too many rotten things, so they were also tainted with the smell of decay.