Between life and death [unlimited]

Old George's aging face is covered with dimples, and his eyes have long been unable to see clearly because of severe cataracts, but when he strokes the photo in his hand, the expression on his face seems to be lit up, There is also a gentle light in the eyes.

Rough and dry fingers caressed the faces of each character in the old photos one by one. The old George leaned against the warm setting sun and said softly: "My dear Joanna, my dear little George... I am very happy. I'm going to see you soon..."

His tone was flat and sad.

Jiang Lai heard old George's remembrance, for some reason, he couldn't bear to interrupt an old man's remembrance at this moment.

So Jiang Lai just stood quietly at the door, and after the old man put away the photo frame, he acted like he had just come in from the outside.

The sadness on Old George's face was gone before, and he greeted Jiang Xun kindly: "My dear nephew, how did you play today, and where did you go?"

"Forest." Jiang Lai's answer was always concise.

Old George didn't care, he just waved his hand to let Jiang Lai come over for dinner: "You must be hungry after a day, come and eat quickly, the meal is ready."

Jiang Lai pulled out the dining chair and sat quietly opposite the old man.His dining posture was standard, like a handsome gentleman, and he didn't make any noise while eating.

Jiang Xingruo casually mentioned: "Just now, I saw the photo."

Old George was stunned for a moment, and then realized that what Jiang Lai mentioned should be the photo he had just seen.He smiled: "I'm remembering my former family members, and I think I should be able to see them again soon."

Old George still spoke of death without sadness or joy, but with a kind of receptive calm.

Jiang Lai asked, "Is that your wife?"

"Yes," Old George nodded, and he didn't hide it from Jiang Lu, "Joanna was already pregnant when this photo was taken, and I used to have a happy family... Unfortunately, it didn't happen. "

"I'm sorry." Referring to Old George's pain, Jiang Lai replied politely, "Then Joanna, has been dead for a long time?"

Old George stared blankly in front of him, as if recalling the past, "It's been a long time... probably decades?"

"By the way, you should have met other people in the town today, right?" Old George asked Jiang Shang suddenly.

"Ah."

"Don't you wonder why there are no young people in the town?"

Old George's words just hit the question in Jiang Lai's mind, so he immediately stopped eating and asked, "Why?"

"Hehe," Old George smiled, and suddenly there was an indescribable weirdness on his face, "This is all God's punishment! It is God who made us have no descendants, and we can only live in this world alone!"

His tone suddenly became solemn.

Jiang Lai thought about what Old George said just now, and recalled what Old George said yesterday. He tentatively asked, "Punishment...is related to food?"

I don’t know if Jiang Lai’s guess was right, Old George seemed to recall some painful memories, he sighed and said, “Ah... I can’t tell whether it’s God’s punishment or human beings who committed it themselves. It's my fault..."

"Who can explain all the troubles in this world clearly..."

Jiang Lai didn't intend to let Old George, an NPC who obviously knew many secrets, keep releasing heavy news, "Today, I heard about the son of the river..."

He told an innocuous little lie, mainly to find out how the son of the river was related to the punishment of God that Old George said.

Jiang Lai stared closely at the expression on Old George's face, refusing to let go of any slight changes.

Sure enough, after Old George heard the name "Son of the River", a complex look of remorse and fear suddenly appeared on his face, "You... where did you hear it..."

"I overheard someone mentioning it." Jiang Lai continued to lie without flushing.

"Impossible, they won't tell..." Old George couldn't believe it, "All the insiders in this town... No, no one will tell you now!"

Jiang Lai followed the old George's words to speculate—are all the people who knew the existence of the son of the river dead?

"Well, I saw it." Jiang Lai's words were true. He did see a veritable son of the river last night.

"Impossible!" Old George stood up uncontrollably, and he asked, "Why are you lying to me?!"

Jiang Lai had no choice but to continue to tell the truth: "The one last night was not a wild cat."

As if being poked in pain suddenly, Old George's expression was no longer hysterical, and his out-of-control emotions were immediately relieved.

"Little George...well, even if you saw that monster, don't casually tell people outside the town..."

"That's a terrible monster," added old George, "and that's why I want you to stay out of the forest at night, because the forest at night is where the monster gathers."

"A passer-by once passed through the forest at night. He heard the sound of children playing and playing. He thought it was a child from some family who got lost in the forest. When he walked over, he found that there were no children in the forest. Man-eating monster!"

"Then how do you know?" Jiang Li asked.

"Because the monsters are only active in the dark night, someone had the misfortune to meet them, but was very lucky to live until the dawn. As long as the sun shines on the earth again, the night monsters will immediately run away and return to the depths of the forest go."

"Why did the son of the river appear?" Jiang Li asked bluntly.

"No one can tell how this monster came from," Old George finally calmed down, and he began to tell slowly, "The earliest son of the river appeared in the days before you were born, which is what I said When there is a famine in the Poratello area."

"At that time, there was no food growing in the land, and after all the food in the town was eaten up, people began to eat wild vegetables and wild fruits in the forest, but then all the plants in the forest withered slowly, Borat Almost all of the area around Los Angeles was hit pretty hard at that time."

"In the end, only the sick, the elderly, women, and newborn children were left in our town. Those who had the strength to run almost all ran away..."

Jiang Lai suddenly thought of what Old George had said to him before: "So, you are the only one who ran to my sister's house?"

Old George nodded in pain, tears streaming down his face at this time, "Joanna was about to give birth at the time, and her body was very weak, and the food at home was getting less and less, so I had to go to the home of my sister who was married to another state to borrow food... ..."

"However, when I borrowed food and came back, it was too late..."

At that time, there were no developed means of transportation such as cars and trains. Jiang Lu guessed that by the time Old George borrowed food and returned from his sister's house, the bodies of his wife and children should have been completely cold.

"Then why are there no young people in the town?" Jiang Lai brought the topic back to the original point.

"Because this is a sin made by human beings!" Old George's face turned red suddenly, his eyes were blurred, and he shouted viciously at Jiang Lai, "This is God's punishment for us!"

Then, Old George began to repeat those few words over and over again in a nervous manner. No matter how Jiang Xun asked afterward, Old George refused to say anything more.

However, after listening to what old George said just now, Jiang Xun roughly sorted out some thoughts about this mission.

The Son of the River appeared during the famine in the Polatello area, and Old George always said it was God's punishment. It seems that its appearance should be related to the local residents.

As for the specific relationship between the two, since old George refused to tell him easily, he must go out to explore the dark forest at night tonight.

The special mission lasted for three days, counting today, a day and a half had passed.

Jiang Xun has a big head, he is really not suitable to participate in this kind of game that requires reasoning and solving puzzles alone, if the system has not restricted his power, he should have killed the son of the river last night, and now he is also I have already gone back to that strange hotel.

When sending Old George upstairs to sleep, Old George was still holding on to Jiang Xun's hand, and he muttered mysteriously: "The purpose of uncle calling you here is to repay my sister's kindness back then... The mistakes we made should be borne by ourselves..."

The preface didn't match the afterword, and Jiang Xun couldn't figure out a clue, so he could only muddle through the matter casually.

When it was just past midnight, old George had already fallen asleep.Jiang Lai set an alarm clock for himself, and he woke up around two o'clock in the morning.

After discovering that Old George was still sleeping soundly in the room, Jiang Lai came to the first floor. He found a handy fruit knife from the kitchen. Taking advantage of the dense night, his figure briskly moved towards the forest not far away.

He was going to meet the son of the river he met last night.

In Jiang Xun's perception, all schemes are meaningless in the face of absolute power.Therefore, he still intends to kill the Son of the River directly to complete the task!

In the forest at night, everything was quiet, and Jiang Lai also restrained the sound of his walking.After advancing for about half an hour, he finally arrived at the depths of this forest, and the surrounding bushes began to grow dense and prosperous.

Jiang Xun estimated the time in his mind. If he still couldn't meet the Son of the River in the next hour, he probably wouldn't meet him today, because the Son of the River would hide after the dawn of the sky. Jiang Xun tried to find it during the day. But not found.

After walking forward for more than 100 meters, Jiang Li deliberately exposed the sound of his footsteps, trying to attract the attention of the son of the river.

"Pa-ta, pa-ta..." The sound of footsteps stepping on the fallen leaves was very clear, and the echoes produced continued to spread inward in the dense forest.

After a while, Jiang Lai heard the sound of children playing and playing.

"Hahahaha……"

The children's innocent laughter sounded a little creepy for no reason in this silent night.

"Hahahaha……"

But a big stone fell in Jiang Xun's heart, and he finally made him wait until the son of the river appeared.

He walked in the direction where the sound came from. Not far away, with his super-clear eyesight, Jiang Lai saw the son of the river who was hiding under a big tree with only a teenager's head exposed.

It was the one he met last night.The bloodstains on the son of the river that he drew with cardboard are still there. Its eyes are glistening and its mouth is unnaturally opened to the maximum, revealing the white teeth inside. It seems that it has begun to salivate for the delicious food that is about to arrive in its mouth.

Jiang Lai clenched the fruit knife in his hand, aimed his eyes again to confirm the location of the son of the river, and then he rushed towards the son of the river at an inhuman speed like an arrow leaving the string.

He hoped that this preemptive strike would allow him to win quickly!

This short distance of less than 50 meters, Jiang Lu only took a few seconds. He saw clearly the right eye of the weird young man and the marks he left last night, so he raised his sharp knife and pointed at the son of the river. Stab that fragile right eye!

If this hit, the fruit knife should be able to be inserted straight into its brain, and Jiang Shou should be able to complete the special task immediately.

But this son of the river is not an idle monster. Although it is not powerful, its speed is really fast.Seeing the attracted food not only didn't fear it, but even drew a knife and rushed towards it, the son of the river quickly followed that person to react.

Relying on its short height advantage, it suddenly dodged to the front left. Although its eyes avoided the blade that was attacking by the man, but the man's speed was extremely fast, its entire right ear was cut off.It took a closer look, and it turned out to be the person who hurt it last night!

I didn't expect this person to come here on his own initiative tonight!

Then the Son of the River roared angrily, and his voice almost filled the whole forest.

Jiang Lai didn't give it any chance to react. Seeing that he missed the blow just now, his subordinates' moves became more and more fierce, almost fatal!

In just a few seconds, the son of the river could hardly withstand Jiang Lai's faster and faster attack. Blood had already started to be seen on its body, but there was a weird smile on the corner of its mouth.

When Jiang Lai entered the state of concentrated attack, he would never be distracted by the surrounding environment, but the keen intuition for life and death cultivated all year round suddenly made him lower his head, just enough to avoid the sneak attack from above.

There is actually another son of the river!

I saw the two sons of the river gathered together, and they all smiled strangely at Jiang Lai.

Jiang Xun's ears sensitively caught the rustling sound behind him, and when he looked back, he found an amazing scene.

At this time, countless sons of the river with green eyes were already standing behind him!