The Midnight Owl

There is never daylight in Moonlight Forest.

Relying on the moonlight, dew, and breeze, the vegetation grows lush branches and broad leaves, embracing and sheltering each other, making this place deeper and quieter.

In the depths of the forest, there is a labyrinth of boulders.

In the maze of twists and turns, on a certain unremarkable straight maze road, a young man in yellow was skating back and forth on a skateboard.His speed is very fast, but the road is not long, so he always reaches the corner at the end before his speed soars, so he can only turn around after a volley, land lightly, and then slide back the same way.

Why do you have to stick to this road, turn a corner and keep going?

Such doubts never appeared in Xiao Huang's mind.

Tired from sliding, Xiao Huang, who was out of breath, leaned against the wall of the corner maze, sat down and rested.His chest heaved with the rapid breathing, but his heart was peaceful.

He could hear the dew and smell the grass, which made him very comfortable.

"Lost one, why haven't you appeared..." He looked at the moon and sighed faintly.If you have to give such a perfect time and pick flaws, this is it.

It is his task to test the lost.Those who pass the test, he will guide the way, and those who fail, he will send away.

It's his favorite thing to do, even more so than skateboarding.

But when will he meet the lost, he doesn't know.

All he knew was that they would come.

At this moment, it is 22:30 Beijing time, but Xiao Huang doesn't know it.

There is no time in the Moonlight Maze.

Inadvertently, he saw something on the ground in the distance.

Xiao Huang got up naturally, walked over and bent down to pick it up.

A small card with words densely packed on it.

Xiao Huang frowned, and murmured: "One, why are you here... two, is it your job... or your mission here? Three, have you ever thought about what the outside world is like... "

Xiao Huang didn't have any desire to explore these questions. On the contrary, he was more curious about where the cards came from.

There shouldn't be such a thing in the land he guards.

But in the end, he didn't think of a reason.

"What the hell." Xiao Huang quickly gave up and put the card into his pocket.

But in the next second, he was stunned. With his hand still in his pocket, he touched it twice again suddenly, and finally took out the card from his pocket.

two.

He actually had a card in his own pocket!

Xiao Huang held up the two small cards side by side, and under the moonlight, compared everything that could be compared on the front and back sides. After tossing for a while, he confirmed that they were exactly the same.

"Fuck, isn't it..."

Goosebumps all over his body, and many horror movie images flashed in his mind. He didn't remember where he watched it, but he knew one thing clearly, he was afraid of ghosts!

A card appeared out of thin air, and there happened to be one in my pocket, with strange questions printed on the cards. Isn't this the beginning of a horror movie!

Rustling.

Rustling.

There are strange noises in my ears, like insects are afraid, or...ghosts are floating.

Very good, and the sound effects are also on top.

Xiao Huang wanted to cry, exhausted all his courage, and finally turned his stiff neck slightly to the side.

A few thick vines were crawling along the walls of the maze.

They seem to have grown wildly from the corner, attacking all the way, and at this moment, they have arrived at him.

Xiao Huang has no fear of plants, even if they are monster-like plants, so he is not so afraid, but a little excited.

Cards, vines, are the lost people using stationery to explore the way for "pre-war exploration"?

Just as he was thinking, the vine plant seemed to sense something, the end of the vine that was originally attached to the maze wall was suddenly lifted, and fiercely attacked Xiao Huang!

Xiao Huang was startled and retreated instinctively!

The vine flew into the air, but didn't shrink back. Instead, it swayed left and right twice, as if looking for a way. The next moment, it locked onto Xiao Huang again, and came at top speed!

"You think I'm afraid of you!" Xiao Huang was annoyed, stuffed the card into his pocket, reached out and grabbed the vine, pulled it hard, and when the vine was tightly wrapped around his arm, he pulled it back!

If the end of the vine is rooted on the ground, he will uproot it. If there is a lost person at the end, he will pull him up to see it!

Thinking of this, he worked harder.

The vines did not show weakness, and used themselves to compete with him.

In his anxiety, he didn't notice that a vine was coming quietly along the bottom of the maze wall on the other side.

Until it reached the vine at his feet, it suddenly jumped up and tightly wrapped around his waist!

Xiao Huang only felt his body lighten, and his whole body was swept into the air by the vines!

In a whirl, the vines began to retract rapidly, like a rubber band stretched to the limit suddenly loosened its strength, engulfing Xiao Huang and passing the corner in an instant, reaching the next road, turning the corner again, and going down the next road!

"Let go—cough cough—I—" Xiao Huang yelled furiously, but the speed at which the vines retracted was as fast as lightning. When he opened his mouth, he was choked by the extremely fast airflow, and afterward, his throat was filled with wind. eye, no more sound.

But he can't get out of his own way! ! !

Everything happened too fast and too weird. Only then did he think of using stationery, but he had just selected the weapon that could make the wind into a blade. A solid one.

Between the seven meat and eight vegetables, I heard a lively and clear voice: "Why are you on my vine?"

Lively is lively, crisp is crisp, but full of disgust.

Xiao Huang Xunsheng raised his head, and saw a girl in a white princess dress sitting on the leaves of a tall plant, with a pink face, red lips and white teeth, especially a pair of big black eyes, bright and lively.

Xiao Huang's heart skipped a beat, and he forgot to get up, so he sat on the ground and asked in a daze, "Girl, what's your name?"

"I asked you first." The girl wrinkled her face dissatisfied.

"Xiao Huang." The young man sitting on the ground reported his name almost at the speed of light.

"Who wants to ask your name!" The girl was puzzled, "I'm asking why you are on my vine!"

"Oh," Xiao Huang finally came back to his senses, and said, "It brought me here."

The anger that was brewing along the way has long since disappeared. Now Xiao Huang has zero fighting power, and his heart is full of love and peace.

"How is it possible!" the girl directly denied, "I let the vines chase after the thing that was blown away by the wind, how could it catch you?"

Xiao Huang was taken aback, and after a while, he took out two cards from his pocket: "This is what you want to chase?"

The leaf supporting the girl suddenly drooped down, the girl slid lightly, and landed in front of Xiao Huang, took two cards in one hand, looked left and right, and asked in a daze, "Why are there two cards?"

"One is mine." Xiao Huang explained.

The girl looked at him suspiciously: "Why do you have it?"

Xiao Huang sighed: "I want to know too."

The girl was surprised: "You don't know?"

"..." Xiao Huang always felt that the conversation between him and the other party was weird.Who knows?Who doesn't know?Or does no one know?Why is it so messy...

"Forget it, let's leave this alone." The girl left one for herself, and returned the other to Xiao Huang, jumped back, sat on the blade again, and rose into the air, "Let's start."

Xiao Huang hesitated and did not move. For the first time, he had the idea of ​​not wanting to fight the lost.

He hasn't asked his name yet!

After a thousand turns, he looked around subconsciously, and suddenly realized that this is not the place he should guard!

Finally, there was a legitimate reason not to fight, which made Xiao Huang overjoyed. He immediately raised his head, wanting to make peace with the other party, and suddenly found that the girl had an extra umbrella in her hand.

The parasol is cute and retro, making the girl look more like a doll.

Xiao Huang couldn't help saying: "You are so cute."

The girl blinked her eyes in a daze, her face became even more puffy, she didn't show shyness, but looked at him openly and asked, "Really?"

Xiao Huang nodded vigorously, very sincerely: "Really."

The girl smiled happily, her eyebrows curved like crescent moons: "My name is Xiaobai."

Xiao Huang lost his mind in this smile: "Well, actually, I have a skateboard," he organized his words a little awkwardly, "It's just in my way, it's very interesting to skate on, you, you can use vines to push me Send it back, I will take it and teach you..."

"Stop playing," the girl on the leaf obviously didn't listen to him at all, and when she was happy, she sent out an invitation, "Xiaobai is in a good mood, let's play a game!"

Xiao Huang was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"

As soon as there was a questioning sound, a strong light flashed in the field of vision.Xiao Huang subconsciously closed her eyes, then opened them again, and came to a strange bedroom full of dolls.

A doll, like Xiaobai, is pleasing to the eye.

With dolls overwhelming, Xiao Huang felt like he was about to suffocate.

No, no, Xiao Huang touched his throat, feeling that it was getting tighter and tighter...he was really suffocating!

His vision gradually blurred, Xiao Huang squatted down in pain, his head began to have a nervous pain, and large beads of sweat came out.

He has a strong feeling that this is not the place for him!Just like a fish cannot go ashore, a bird cannot sink into the water!

"Welcome...to...Xiaobai's...room..."

Faintly, I heard Xiaobai's voice, but it was far away and vague, and it was almost broken in my ears.

Xiao Huang took a deep breath, but his chest was getting tighter and tighter...

"Little... Huang...?"

Xiaobai seemed to have noticed something strange, and the distant voice became confused.

"Let me... go out..." Xiao Huang squeezed out these words with all his strength, but his voice was pitifully weak.

His chest felt as if it was going to explode, and his head hurt like hell. Xiao Huang hugged his head and roared, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh——"

The dollhouse vibrated suddenly, and the dolls fell down!

Xiao Bai was startled, not only did she see Xiao Huang's abnormality and the vibration of the doll's house, she also felt a violent, never-before-seen force impacting her whole body, her heart, and her brain !

When she communicated with her own plants, she also experienced similar vibrations.

But those were very faint, as if two people were talking below, but now, she clearly felt Xiao Huang's confusion and pain.She even heard the other person yelling in her mind - let me out!

Xiaobai closed his eyes slightly, and the dollhouse disappeared in an instant!

Xiao Huang squatted on the ground, panting hard.The pain is gone, but the damage caused will take time to heal.

Xiaobai felt a little sorry, she chose to play games with him, she just didn't want to hurt him, but how could this happen?

"You're so strange," Xiaobai felt a little sorry and puzzled, she slid down the green leaves, came to him silently, squatted down with him, and muttered softly, "Everyone else is fine."

Xiao Huang turned to look at her with some difficulty, and said aggrievedly: "You are so strange, other lost people use stationery, what kind of doll do you use..."

Xiaobai tilted his head in confusion, and corrected: "I'm not a lost person."

Xiao Huang was caught off guard and was dumbfounded: "Huh?"

Xiaobai pouted unhappily, the game was not completed, and the dollhouse was still rejected by others, what a bad day.

She stood up, took two steps back angrily, stopped the blade, and declared war on Xiao Huang face to face: "You have lost the qualification to play games, if you want me to show you the way, just let the horse come here!"

Xiao Huang was at a loss: "Why should I ask you to show me the way?"

Xiaobai glared at him, it was the first time he saw someone struggling to speak: "You are lost, don't you want to find your way?"

Xiao Huang shook his head: "I'm not a lost person either."

Xiaobai's mind went completely blank, and after a long time of blankness, he asked, "Then who are you?"

Xiao Huang stood up: "Pathkeeper."

Xiaobai said in a daze, "Me too."

Looking at each other silently, there are surprises, shocks, and a little bit of happiness.

They always thought that they were the only passers-by here, and they never knew that there were companions.