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In the past Tibetan culture, 88 was a number with special meaning, but sometimes it does not necessarily mean that there are really 88, but refers to a thing with infinite changes and meanings in many forms.

It is said that God Shiva with 88 changes lives in the 88 layers of hell, so the so-called 88 devils actually refer to this kind of devils with many changes.

In Wang Zhimo's letter before, there was a reminder that the old lama said that the place where they are staying is now surrounded by 88 demons. Looking at the situation now, this sentence should refer to these vultures that can become humanoid up.

Thinking in this way, Wen Ying frowned and lowered his head to check the female vulture that he and Jiang Shanglu had captured together. She was almost no different from a human, except that she had slightly flattened respiratory organs and no teeth. After scanning the inside of his mouth for a few times, he said to the frightened and trembling female vulture expressionlessly,

"I know you can understand me, what happened on the mountain, are you so hungry that you can't stand it and go down to the bottom of the mountain to deceive people to cook food for you?"

Hearing Wen Ying questioning herself in such a horrifying tone, the female vulture who had been dismantled only bulged her flat cheeks and rolled her gray eyes a little nervously. She instinctively felt for the two unknown humanoid creatures in front of her. I am afraid, and I dare not tell lies to anger them.

In fact, the evolution of the brain is not complete compared to the inside of the group, because it is not good at hunting, so the female vulture, who was sent to deceive these tourists by virtue of its ability to imitate human speech, took a long time to shake its feathered body. arm, and then opened his completely empty mouth and replied in a hoarse voice,

"Shan—is going to be sick—meat—meat—can't eat—hungry—hungry—"

The words that Shan is about to get sick made Wen Ying and Jiang Shanglu pause. They didn't expect these vultures to know that Gang Rinpoche was about to be covered by various diseases and microorganisms. Fearing that there would be a shortage of rations in a disaster, he deliberately went to the bottom of the mountain to hoard food by deception.

It's just that since they are already nervous to this extent, the footsteps of disaster should be very close to Gang Rinpoche.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhimo on the mountain and Wen Ying, who was suffering and safe, were still worried about their expressions. Then he raised his head and glanced at the mountain, which is still unknown, and heard Jiang Shanglu beside him suddenly He said something to himself out loud.

"Otherwise, you'd better not take me to waste time, go up and have a look yourself first, maybe something will happen a day or two later."

"……how about you."

Obviously recalling his situation during the day, Wen Yingda has maintained this state of wanting to be by his side all the time since two months ago, and thinking of this, Jiang Shanglu unconsciously squinted his eyes. Didn't say much, just turned around slowly and smiled at him again,

"There are still a few hours before dawn. I will find a safe place to rest. As long as I don't get any wounds on my body, I won't have any problems for the time being. You should go to Xiao Wang and the others first, and find out their details. Make sure there is nothing wrong, come down and find me again."

Jiang Shanglu's words sound reasonable. After all, according to the current situation, no matter how worried Wen Ying is, he has to think about the overall situation first. Now that everything on the mountain is unknown, it is impossible for him to leave Wang Zhimo and so many people alone. Don't care about the safety of people's lives.

So at the moment they did not stand still for too long and reached a consensus. Jiang Shanglu stayed behind and was responsible for sending people like Cao Kongming down the mountain safely, and then explained the abnormal evolution of vultures to them in detail, and asked them to notify the human government as soon as possible. On the other side, Wen Ying continued to go up the mountain to find Wang Zhimo alone.

Just before leaving, Wen Ying was still a little tangled up about not bringing the female vulture that was caught, and what souvenirs he should bring to Wang Zhimo now, but Jiang Shanglu, who was amused by him, just frowned at Wen Ying. Under the staring eyes of the eyebrows, he was amused for a while, then raised his head and smiled at him in a particularly disgusting way,

"You really believed me when I said I was going to give vultures away... I have already prepared it and put it in your luggage, the souvenir from Aygul, take it to them, and say hello to them by the way .”

Although he was teased by him again, Wen Ying also had something to do at the moment, so he and Jiang Shanglu told each other to be careful, and then he and he hurried up the mountain, while the other stayed down the mountain and separated.

After Wen Ying's men left, Jiang Shanglu, who watched him leave, grabbed the female vulture that was firmly tied up on the ground and returned to the camp where he had just come.

Cao Kongming, who was asleep, and the others hadn't realized that a deadly danger had just passed them by, and they were still falling asleep exhausted, but Jiang Shanglu struck a match and lit his feet The fire that had already dimmed, and after waking up these extremely nervous guys one by one, he returned to the edge of the burning fire and lit a cigarette for himself slowly.

"...Mr. Jiang...this is...what's wrong..."

Cao Kongming curled up in his sleeping bag and asked in a daze like this, then slowly got up. After seeing the weird-looking female vulture that Jiang Shanglu casually threw in the middle of the camp, this size and bear looked like The golden-haired guy who was about the same size screamed uncontrollably like a little girl, and then subconsciously hugged a chubby middle-aged man beside him.

And was shocked by his strange cry, the other people who were quite sleepy also woke up now, and then everyone looked at Jiang Shanglu who was sitting in the middle and smoking alone, and saw that his face was pale , the man with red lips, inexplicably revealing a bit of beauty in the night and firelight, turned his head and smiled faintly at them.

"The cannibal murderer has been caught, do you want to get up and have a look?"

His words made everyone dumbfounded for a while, and after a long time, they dared to gradually lean over to check this human-like female vulture together, after noticing the familiar jacket she was wearing , everyone was stunned for a while.

And when Cao Kongming stammered and called Mr. Jiang again, Jiang Shanglu, who was pale and thoughtful, took the cigarette on his finger to his mouth and took a sip, and then slowly spit it out. After taking a puff of cigarette, Cai shrugged and smiled lazily and explained,

"It's what you see now. The original Ms. He should have been eaten before entering Gang Rinpoche. This female vulture is the accomplice. If her other companions find something abnormal, they will come again soon. So you must leave here overnight, and you are not allowed to go up the mountain again. The animals here have undergone some mutations due to some special circumstances. After you go down the mountain, you'd better take this female vulture and contact the local county government immediately. The above will naturally Someone paid attention to it, well, besides, that American citizen over there doesn’t need to contact your own government, otherwise...you will know the consequences yourself.”

Jiang Shanglu is so red.The naked threat caused Comrade Cao Kongming, an American citizen present, to nod his head gloomily, and vowed to the Jade Emperor with his palms together that he would never go back to his hometown and talk about it.

The other people who were dazed hadn't figured out what was going on until now, but seeing that Wen Ying, who was with Jiang Shanglu, was nowhere to be seen at the moment, they also had indescribable doubts on their faces.

It's just that Jiang Shanglu obviously didn't want to explain too much to them, and those of them who were lucky enough to rely on him to save their lives didn't dare to ask more, but after listening to him and explaining a few precautions seriously, it seemed like Jiang Shanglu, who was thinking about something, suddenly called out to the people in front of him who had already started packing their luggage, and asked them a question in a seemingly casual manner.

"...Speaking of which, is it convenient to ask everyone something?"

"Huh? You ask, what's the matter?"

"Does my face look a little red now?" Jiang Shanglu asked again.

"what?"

The whole group was stunned because of his particularly strange question. The middle-aged man who spoke to him before replied hesitantly for a long time, as if a little bit, Brother Jiang, are you feeling unwell, and waved his hand casually to indicate that he was fine. No matter, Jiang Shanglu, whose eyes were a little inexplicably blurry, put his finger on his too fast pulse for a while, and after a long time, he raised his eyes and smiled and said,

"It's nothing serious. Maybe I have a cold. I'll send everyone down the mountain first. Have you packed your things?"

……

At four or five o'clock on the top of Mount Kailash, outside the temple gate with prayer flags and manidui hanging, there was no melting snow until the end of April, which cut off all dangers in the mountain and the possibility of melting here, and the white area looked extraordinarily sacred and tranquility.

Suddenly, there was a hoarse and hoarse door push, and the ancient temple door was slowly blown open by the wind in the half-dark sky.

Through this small gap, you can see that the temple is full of dozens of people, both men and women are all wearing traditional Tibetan costumes, all of these people's faces are pale, and you can even see clearly. to red sores and ulcers on arms and cheeks.

They are all Tibetans who originally lived on the mountainside of Kailash Rinpoche, but they were driven out of their villages one after another by their relatives a few days ago.

Of course, this is not because they have done anything wrong, but because of their own special circumstances, they can no longer live normally in their respective villages. Except for the old lama who lives in the temple on the top of the mountain who is willing to accept them, there is no one in this world Any clean place can accommodate them who are full of diseases.

"...It hurts...It hurts...Let me die...Please let me die..."

An old Tibetan lady cried bitterly on the ground because she couldn't bear the pain of festering on her skin. She was about to go crazy in front of everyone. People around tried to stop her from thinking, but they couldn't control her behavior at all. Very crazy old lady.

Just at this time, a branch of the linden tree suddenly protruded from the temple and bound the old lady's hands and feet, and ran out quickly to close the temple door tightly, and then helped a woman who had fallen on the ground An old Tibetan lady who cried out in pain for a long time on the ground.

With a tired face, Wang Zhimo lowered his head to help the old lady treat the wound, and let everyone go to the paved shop in the temple to rest before squatting on the ground exhausted to catch his breath.

"Do you want to rest for a while?"

Ye Ku, who walked out from the inside, also looked very tired, but he couldn't sleep all night long when he thought of the Tibetans who had lived in heavily polluted areas for a long time and whose physical conditions were beginning to show.

But Wang Zhimo shook his head when he heard the words, and after holding Ye Ku's hand to barely stand up, this young man who used to talk a lot, but now he didn't even have the strength to open his mouth, stood up for a while and then shook his head and smiled. on the road,

"Oh, what are you doing here? I'm really fine. You go in first. Maybe Wen Ying will be here soon. Let me go to the door and have a look..."

Hearing what he said, he unconsciously looked in the direction of the door. Thinking of Wen Ying, who should be on the road and soon to arrive, he looked at him with a worried expression and slowly nodded, hesitant to speak. He nodded and turned back into the house.

Wang Zhimo, who walked to the door after a while, poked his head out to see the weather that seemed to be good today, then stretched out and came out with the highland barley wine pot in his hand, ready to plant it on the snow at the door for him. The half of the phoenix tree root was poured with some appropriate fertilizer, and I prayed a few words that my brother Ying might come over today.

It's just that he just squatted on the ground slowly, and before he started to fertilize and water regularly every day, the young man squatting at the gate of the temple felt as if someone was walking vaguely at the end of the snowy field before dawn.

And subconsciously rubbed his eyes and muttered, am I dazzled? How could someone come up the mountain so early? Comrade Wang Zhimo, who has been here for almost five months, watched that figure getting closer .

After a while, the part inserted in the snow in front of him that had transformed into the mountain to deliver a message for Wen Ying in person, and then returned to an ordinary tree root, suddenly withered quickly by itself.

"Hey... what's going on! Stop suffering!! Stop suffering!! I'm going to die!! I seem to have watered brother Ying's tree roots to death, what should I do!!!"

He didn't know what was going on in front of him. The terrified Wang Zhimo thought that he had watered the roots of the tree all day long and watered him to death, so he broke down and yelled immediately, ignoring Going up to deal with the suspicious traveler, he ran back to the temple in a hurry to arrest Ye Ku to see what was going on.

But Wen Ying, who had just left on this side and came to the mountain after walking all night on the other side, finally came to the gate of the temple. Then the young man in gray clothes with a bit of tiredness on his body lowered his head and put his eyes on the snow. The jug and the root of the phoenix tree frowned a little doubtfully.

It's just that this kind of insignificant matter didn't attract much attention from him, so he took off the veil that was rarely taken off during the daytime, and Wen Ying, who was frowning tightly, stepped forward and knocked on the door.

But before he knocked twice, the door inside was also opened, and then accompanied by two loud voices saying "how could you die? What the hell are you doing, no, no, I really didn't do anything", the door Wen Ying, who was standing expressionlessly outside, met Wang Zhimo's eyes.

"... Early, have you had breakfast yet?"

They casually greeted them who hadn't seen each other for a long time. At this moment, Wang Zhimo and Ye Ku suddenly had a very strong feeling of unreality, but the voice of the person in front of them sounded so familiar, except...

"Wen Ying...you, your hair and eyes...what's wrong?"

I really don't want to show myself so gaffe, but anyone who sees this strange scene in front of him will find it a little hard to accept.

Because Wen Ying, who was always in good health, didn't know what happened, her whole body seemed to have suddenly lost her pigment, her hair and eyes turned into a weird pure white.

In fact, when I was in Kazakhstan, my body had already appeared this kind of situation that my body tended to be albino during the day. When I came here along the way, Wen Ying, who purposely didn't reveal her true face in front of ordinary people, just said something lightly. Let's go in. , and then slowly entered the Tibetan temple alone with Ye Ku and Wang Zhimo's eyes stunned for a moment.

He didn't look at Ye Kuo's obviously shocked eyes after he came back to his senses, and went ahead to see the Tibetans who were in a miserable situation, although he had expected it, before coming out to formally greet them , and Wang Zhimo, who had been waiting outside for a long time, saw him coming out, and immediately leaned forward and asked in a trembling voice.

"Wen Ying, don't scare me, what's the matter? How did it become like this?"

Knowing that Wang Zhimo was worried about him, Wen Ying, who lowered his eyes and said nothing, did not want to lie to him. After finding a place to sit with them in front of the empty Tibetan temple Buddhist hall, he began to explain some things that he and Jiang Shanglu had experienced before. After a while, he said that he gave the life bone that the tree used to maintain the life cycle to him, who is now [-] years old. Now he can no longer carry out normal photosynthesis, and the tree body has also begun to show serious albinism. .

Hearing this, Ye Ku's expression darkened instantly, and he seemed to understand the real reason why Wen Ying didn't go up the mountain to find them until now.

Thinking again after such a long time, Wen Ying, who had lost his memory before, would actually regain his memory and get mixed up with that sensitive person, staring at him who seemed to be suffering from severe albinism with a bitter expression for a long time It becomes indescribable.

"You... actually gave him your life bone?"

"kindness."

The calmer Wen Ying in front of him behaved, the more oppressed and flustered Yu Ku was. He wanted to get angry and yelled, "You are joking with your own life, do you still remember what responsibility you have on yourself?" .

But when the words came to his mouth, the annoyed Ye Ku was pulled hard by Wang Zhimo beside him, and he reluctantly sat down and tried to calm down his bad emotions. With red eyes, Ye Ku pointed into it with his finger The dying Tibetans said in trembling voices,

"Phoenix... go and take a closer look at those poor people inside. Have you forgotten the reason why Gang Rinpoche is covered with so many germs now? It's those damn old people who let the animals on the earth And plants are forced into disasters time and time again. As long as the old thing still exists, the microorganisms will not be eradicated, but instead of stopping them now, you have to help him live well, then Have you ever thought that Mr. Jiang can survive under your protection, and how many innocent people will suffer from diseases and lose their lives after that...you...how could you be so impulsive It's a selfish thing..."

For the first time in his life, he did not directly refute the person who questioned his thoughts, but chose to be silent for a short time. Wen Ying did not regret his choice to protect Jiang Shanglu at the beginning, but he knew that these self-acts had actually failed him. Yi Ku's trust in him has failed the responsibility of the sacred tree that he should bear.

And knowing that it is impossible to force unrelated people to understand some of her thoughts, the frowning Wen Ying only seemed very patient and slowly explained,

"Perhaps in your opinion, I did not kill Jiang Shanglu because I was selfish, but if you still feel that way after listening to my next explanation, then I have nothing to say...whether you still believe what I said or not , to curb suffering, but I have evolved to the present level, and I have begun to change my original thinking. Any creature on the earth should have its rationality for its existence. The government of animals and plants still cannot understand me for the time being. Thoughts, but we really shouldn’t eradicate all the microorganisms, the fungi themselves are harmful and beneficial, and there are even special existences like Ji Congyun that have been transformed into vaccines..."

"The creator chose to create three kinds of creatures on the earth for his own reasons. Although I can't find the specific reason now, those ages on Jiang Shanglu will be the key to solving the problem. He and I hope that Hurry up and find out why the microbes suddenly and intensively erupt again. Otherwise, it is not suitable for him to come here because of his current easy-to-infect situation. Why would he take the risk to come here with me... ..."

Wen Ying's voice fell, and both Ye Ku and Wang Zhimo fell silent together. Ye Ku didn't speak immediately, but he was obviously still angry. Wang Zhimo, who frowned for a while, nodded, and tried to ease the atmosphere. With a smile, he gently comforted Ye Ku beside him and said,

"That's right... If all microbes are damned, then what's the matter with my existence? There are many fungi that are used as medicine and food, and various bacteria are used to save people's lives. Can I I swear, I have never thought of harming others since I was born and grew up... You just heard a little bit, let's find out the truth of this matter together, where is Mr. Jiang now? We don't know He also came with you, so I didn't tell you that the temple is full of sick patients, but fortunately he didn't come up... Oh, and, what's going on with you now? Is there any possibility of recovery?"

"There is no possibility of recovery, there is only half—"

Wang Zhimo gave him a displeased glance as soon as the particularly unlucky words came out of the stern-faced Ye Ku. Hearing the two of them quarreling in front of him, Wen Ying didn't say much, just lowered her head Rolling his eyes at his long white hair that fell on his shoulders, he slowly replied,

"He is at the bottom of the mountain now, and he won't come up for the time being. I have left enough food and water for him. I will go to him after I help you stabilize the condition of these patients. He still doesn't know my current situation. , when you see him, don't talk nonsense to make him sad, he himself is actually not in a good mood every day, it is already very difficult for me to coax him every day."

"Uh, okay, okay, we promise not to talk nonsense, but you just said that Xiaotang and the others will soon come here from Medog with that vaccine season, do you have any solutions for the microorganisms in the mountain?"

"Not yet, there are too many, and they are invisible to the naked eye, what can we do?"

He answered it very straightforwardly, seeing Wang Zhimo's eyes that became a little depressed in an instant, and Wen Ying, who was expressionless, did not continue to hit him. After a while, he frowned again as if thinking of something. Added a sentence.

"But there is also a way that doesn't count."

The eyes of Wang Zhimo and Yu Ku who were refreshed for a moment made Wen Ying look at them noncommittally, and after sorting out the thoughts in his mind, he said slowly again,

"I have always been a male tree whether it is now or in the last flowering period, but whether it was Xiao Ao who used his daughter's body as an experiment, or Ye Ku at the beginning, they didn't dare to confirm my identity at first. In fact, it was because of me. Gender problem, I was called the tree of life, not because most of the plants on land are born by myself, I can’t have this function, but my tree will form at a certain stage and lay many pods containing the seeds of a new life."

"The living space on Mount Gang Rinpoche is occupied by a large number of microorganisms, but there are very few animals and plants. If the soil here is redistributed reasonably, the microorganisms lacking water and oxygen in the ground will gradually be suffocated. My mother was in the When translating that traditional folk song, some translation errors occurred, and I misunderstood the true meaning of the tree of life. I accidentally flipped through Jiang Shanglu’s diary that day and saw that he corrected this mistake, and then I also remembered this.”

Speaking of this, he obviously noticed the terribly excited eyes of the two people in front of him. Wen Ying knew that they must have misunderstood what he said, so he didn't pause too much, and he said again in a particularly unreasonable way,

"Don't look at me like that. I didn't say I plan to do this. You can think about other solutions. You can wait for the governments of both sides to make any arrangements. I can't do it now."

"Why... why? It can't be because of Jiang Shanglu again, right?"

I don't understand why Wen Ying didn't go to save the local people when he had a solution. Ye Ku and Wang Zhimo's faces were not very good for a while, and they didn't want to explain so much about this matter to them. They were very stubborn. Wen Ying, who wanted people to know his thoughts, was only silent for a while, then looked at them indifferently and said,

"...No reason, I just don't want to do that."

Just now he was still arguing that he was not a selfish ghost, but now he started to show his selfish side vividly. Knowing that he is a person, he must first consider his own Jiang Shanglu, and only when he is in a better mood will he consider other people's suffering. Suddenly he was speechless. I didn't bother to talk to him anymore, so I stood up frowning and went inside to continue checking the conditions of the sick Tibetans.

Seeing that Ye Ku had left, Wang Zhimo, who had the same embarrassing expression, looked away at Wen Ying, who was obviously angry because of Ye Ku's question just now, so he didn't want to answer directly, and looked at Wen Ying with some uncertainty asked hesitantly,

"...The last sentence shouldn't be the real thought in your heart right now, Wen Ying?"

"Any questions."

Wen Ying, who always makes people unable to understand his thoughts, just looked at him indifferently, and Wang Zhimo met his eyes that were already pure white, and he lowered his head after a long time, feeling a little bitter smiled and said,

"It's nothing. In fact, you have always been like this character since a long time ago. You will be good to others only if you are good to you. Your friendship and your sincerity have always been for those who are really good to yourself, like you Mom, or Jiang Shanglu, but this is also human nature."

"It's just that sometimes I also hope that you can think about everyone. In fact, it's not just your Jiang Shanglu who will be very sad to know that you have become white. As friends, I and Yiku just saw you like this. It's also very uncomfortable, but you must I didn't think too much about it, after all, in this situation, you must first think about Mr. Jiang who is not in good health..."

Wen Ying was slightly stunned by Wang Zhimo's words. He suddenly didn't know how to speak. He really didn't have time to think about their feelings because of some recent events, and he has always been able to see through his thoughts, so he wouldn't. Wang Zhimo, who was too entangled or angry with him, only forced a smile and touched his nose and said,

"Don't be too stressed. I don't mean to blame you. I also know that you are not that selfish. You really don't care about other people's life or death. It's just... I suddenly want to talk to you about my own thoughts. Maybe you feel very uncomfortable. I'm sorry Mr. Jiang sacrificed so much for you before, and I just want to be his only Wen Ying in this life, so I don't care much about the outside things that prevent you from being together... But now you still have a very important thing. Special identity, don’t those abilities in you mean your responsibility? When you are nervous all day whether Mr. Jiang, who only owns the night, will be unhappy because of these things or those things, many people may not even see the dawn The chances are gone, you are not the only one in this world whose love is the most hard-won, we also have to take some personal responsibility, what do you think? Wen Ying?"

After saying these words, Wang Zhimo's tone was a little weak. He was suffering psychologically during this period and suddenly felt that the future was hopeless. Wen Ying, who thought he could solve everything when he came, still couldn't solve anything.

And thinking that there are tens of thousands of civilians who might die because of this at the bottom of the mountain, he didn't notice that Wen Ying's expression in front of him became a little dazed. It took a long time for Wen Ying to frown in disbelief, and then slowly rushed towards him said one sentence,

"So even though you didn't say it just now, you actually felt that I was selfish in saving Jiang Shanglu, right?"

"what?"

For a while, I didn't quite understand Wen Ying's words. Wang Zhimo, who was obviously taken aback, raised his head subconsciously, but Wen Ying, who was clearly angry, didn't want to answer him anymore. Throwing the raisins to him, he looked at his pale face expressionlessly and said coldly,

"If I, as a tree, can produce pods, it means that the flowering period of my life is coming to an end. If a person must sacrifice his life to show everyone his responsibility and bravery, It's better to be a selfish person, Jiang Shanglu, that idiot who always thinks about others, may do that, but it is absolutely impossible for me to do that, I still want to save my life to spend the rest of my life with my lover, maybe If I say this, you will still think I am selfish, maybe you think I deliberately made up a more serious lie to deceive you, but it doesn't matter, anyway, you have already convicted me in your heart, am I right?"