Neighbors in forbidden land

After Yimi finished eating the potatoes in her hand, the time gradually approached noon. After Yimi finished the cloak on her body completely, the sun had passed over our heads accompanied by the tide, and the rays of light shed Even brighter under the endless sky.

"I'm so thirsty..." Yimi wiped the sweat from his forehead, and pulled the cloak that was obviously tighter than the last one to the bottom of his neck, "If this is the case... Xiao Hei is going to take these potatoes Move back to the cave."

"You said just now that there are dozens of them...it will take a lot of time to run several times..."

I stretched out my claws and poked at the sand under the pile of potatoes, then lifted up the sand and held it in the heart of my claws.

"...Xiao Hei, you are obviously shorter than me...how on earth did you pick up such a big box..." Yimi was surprised, and covered her slightly opened mouth with her hand.

forget……

I said I'm shorter than Yimi...

"Really..." Although Yimi's face was full of disbelief, she still didn't say anything in the end.

"Gulu Gulu. (Turn, turn.)"

Little Gu, who kept chasing his silver tail in circles in the sea, saw Yimi get up, and swam to Yimi through the sea.

Yimi also clapped her hands as if she heard Xiao Gu's voice, and turned to face the sea with a smile:

"It's really thanks to you, Gu, if it weren't for you, you wouldn't be able to find these potatoes at all."

"Gollum? (Huh?)"

Sure enough, I still don't understand...

But I didn't speak, just listened to Yimi go on.

"But let's stop here today, we have to go back, see you next time, little Gu." Yimi closed her eyes, smiled and waved.

I also imitated Yimi and bid farewell to Xiaogu.

——See you next time, sister.

—Well, see you next time.

It's really... It's been a long time since I had a conversation like this.

Since that day.

No more goodbyes to say.

See you next time, turned into never see you again.

"Gollum? (You?)"

Yimi turned around slowly and walked away towards the north, that is, the "lake" with water.

"Xiao Hei, bring the potatoes and follow."

After I also turned around, I stretched out my other paw to help Yimi block the scorching sun from overhead.

"Gu, lu. (Yi, black.)"

"What's the matter, Xiaohei?" Yimi, who was walking in front, stopped and asked with some doubts.

Little Gu just now...was he calling our names?

I turned my head slightly and looked back at Xiao Gu who was still standing by the sea. On the calm sea, only the silvery white tail fin swayed in the blue waves.

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"Okay, let's put it in the cave first."

According to Yimi's instructions, I stretched my paws into the cave where Yimi lived before, and then dumped sand and potatoes into the cave.

"Now... what time—forget it, what time is it?"

Hearing Yimi's words, I looked at the sun in Xichui. The bright white light had gradually turned into orange red, reflecting the shadows of Yimi and me together. The large shadow completely enveloped the land around Yimi. Only a few A ray of sunlight penetrated through the gaps in my body, like the flames we ignited in the dark night.

It looks very similar... Although so many days have passed, I still can't make an accurate judgment on the time of the sudden change.

I only know that it has become shorter, and I don't know anything else.

"One hour... Let me calculate the meal time... From the first meal in the morning to the second meal, it's about six hours... It's almost time for the second meal, right?"

Although Yimi put on a look of asking me, I still don't know the concept of human meal time.

"Then get ready, eat some potatoes, and start planting potatoes tomorrow morning!"

Although I don't know what to do, I just need to listen to Yimi.

"So, Xiao Hei, go find a fire."

So I gently spread my wings and flew towards the east.

Recently...the number of trips to and from here has increased.

Along the mountain I used to keep my diary, passing the deep ditch I dug on the side of the mountain, flying over the scorched and blackened land with only a few monsters running rampant, I came to the [-]-meter-high mountain that almost submerged the entire skyline. Penetrating the sky, stretching over a million meters of mountains.

Recently, I come here almost every day... come here to help Yimi find fire.

It was also a product of that day.

The entire mountain range rose up.

Accompanied by what will never be forgotten——

As a result, when I was thinking this way, I was already close without knowing it, and I almost ran into that mountain range.

I hurriedly adjusted my posture and climbed up the [-]-meter-high mountain wall.

There were no clouds today, and after I climbed over this mountain range, I could clearly see that the sun had set and was almost below the skyline when I looked back.

It's really incomprehensible... It was clearly above the skyline before.

But it seems that if we go back the same way... the sun will rise again?

Woooooooo... I don't understand.

Still don't think about it.

After crossing the top of the mountain and descending, there is still the black land covered with red flames in front of you. Under the cracked earth, there seems to be a fire that will never go out, one bright and one dark.

The appearance here is much better than that day.

Much better.

I hurried into the crater, skimmed a handful of lava out of it with my claws, and then quickly returned.

When I returned, Yimi was sitting bored at the entrance of the cave, with her hands clasped together and her legs bent close to her body, her body was shaking back and forth, and the leaves on the cloak were blowing past in accordance with her movements. The wind danced slowly and made a sound of "哗啦哗啦". "Xiaohei, are you back?" Yimi seemed to sense my movement, and turned her head slightly, showing a peaceful smile.

"I can feel it from afar, the temperature and smell."

I hastily put the lava farther away, and then pulled branches and vines over to start a fire.

Speaking of which... am I already proficient?

Watching the branches under the claws burn together with the magma, a faint yellow flame bloomed, and the hazy light swirled on Yimi's small facial features.

"Little black."

"Is it always this hot here?"

Hot...I don't know about that...but the sun's brilliance is hot...so is it hot as long as there is sunlight?

After all, if there is no cloud cover, the sun's rays will fall on this land every day.

No matter what happens here, the radiance will fall.

"It's almost the same as in the palace... It's just that the rain in the palace doesn't seem to be so heavy... No, in fact, the rain should be very heavy, but I always just look at the sky through the magic barrier above my head, even if there is a big rain. Rain, only the part that people need falls in, even if there is a strong wind, only the part that people need blows in, even if there is a lot of sunshine—”

Yimi slowly raised her right hand, stretched out her five fingers and stretched out towards the sun in the west, the sunlight passed through Yimi's fingers, casting a faint shadow on her calm face.

"What comes in is only what people need."

What Yimi is talking about is her past living conditions.

It is also... the current living conditions of human beings.

I haven't crossed that sea for a long time.

It's been a long time since I saw how humans survive.

How to struggle, want to live.

"What's the matter, Xiaohei?" Yimi withdrew her right hand, hugged her legs again, and asked me with her head tilted slightly.

"...Of course, at least as far as I know, the grace of our country has reached the border, and the basic life of the people has been guaranteed."

Then, he added another sentence softly:

"Whether we are exiled or not...it's all the same."

If this is really the case.

Then it's okay.

Just us, here.

It doesn't affect anyone, it doesn't cause trouble for anyone.

Will not cause disaster.

Will suffice.

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After the sun went down and the night returned to the earth, and Yimi fell asleep in the cave, I quietly came to the beach.

Looking at the deep black sea that assimilated with the night.

"Little Goo."

I used my original voice.

The heavy and heavy sound trembled amid the rushing sound of the tide.

I don't know if Xiaogu can hear it...

I was a little worried at first, but I saw it anyway.

Even in the dark sea, the dazzling silvery white in the tumbling tide.

And an almost inconspicuous, blue-black gleam.

That was the light emanating from Xiao Gu's body, a light that did not exist during the day.

I didn't know for sure until Goo emerged from the tide.

I am not mistaken.

Little Gu, she has grown up a bit.

Chubby's body was a little longer, already more than half a meter long.

"Gulu Gulu? (Black? What's wrong?)"

Most obviously, language.

The language of monsters has been mastered even more.

"Ho, ho? (Have I seen you before?)"

long long ago.

"Gulu? Gululu. (Huh? Have you?)"

Little Goo shook his pectoral fins and spit out a bubble.

"Hey... (Is that so...)"

He should have seen it before, but what he saw was not "little goo".

Just like the behemoth monster I killed... there is only one in this world, once it dies, it will be reborn after a certain period.

The reborn one won't remember that I killed "him".

Because the one who died was not "he".

Goo, it must be the same.

because.

That day.

are dead.

None were spared.

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"Today, Yimi said that I will plant potatoes tomorrow. Although I don't know how to plant them, and I don't know if I will mess up, I will work hard. Xiaogu also got a name, but she seems to be not what she used to be. That monster, remember what kind of monster is Xiaogu? Forget it, although I forgot to keep a diary yesterday because I helped Yimi keep out the rain, but I didn’t say that I have to write it every day, right? Anyway, Yimi didn’t mention her Do you still thank me? This sentence is enough, huh huh.

No.40 720 nine days. "