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One after another, the smoke rings circled in a pattern in mid-air.

Mr. Bookworm was smoking a cigarette, stretching his body joint by joint, holding the ticket he got from Xiao Zai Zai in his small and many hands, studying it intently.

"The aura on it is indeed the clown's mask, but he is willing to give you such a thing, probably because he has confidence in you."

Mr. Bookworm pointed to Afanti the swashbuckling characters on the ticket, blew a smoke ring on it, and vaguely projected two small station models.

It's a pity that Avanti has never met the two of them, so he can only look at Mr. Bookworm with a blank face.

"Tsk tsk, don't you realize that it looks a lot like a power plant? You better change the angle, brat!"

Mr. Bookworm hates iron and steel. He poked his fluffy head with a cigarette pouch, and his smoky voice sounded hoarse and thick.

He obviously doesn't like to tell Avanti the answer directly, or he can't say it directly, so he can only rely on pointing out,

"Let me tell you this, the ticket is real, and your worries are real, but whether you can escape this catastrophe and how many people you can save depends on how you choose."

"As for other questions, we will hold a luminous dessert party in the forest tonight. If you have the ability to attend, you can get a satisfactory answer here... Get lost!"

After finishing speaking, a smoke ring as big as Afanti's head was placed on his head.

──In the next second, the voices of Aibo and Xixi rang in Avanti's ears, and the calling voices of Ms. Taylor and Mr. Appie also came from afar simultaneously.

Ah, it turned out that it was their turn to choose the egg tart.

"Hee hee, our little Avanti is so cute, although your mother said that you can only choose three, it doesn't matter, the one with more will be treated as a tasting for auntie!"

Auntie Bijia has a petite figure and flexible hands and feet. While wearing a mask, she filled the egg tarts for everyone, and at the same time rushed to put them in boxes before Ms. Taylor refused.

The air is filled with caramel, black tea, and the charming fragrance. The high heat and the joy of dessert always make the tiredness of the day recover quickly.

No matter how bad the mood is, there is good and eye-catching food in front of it, which can make people forget that unpleasantness quickly.

"That's really expensive."

While being proud of the charm of his own baby, Dr. Appie pulled his glasses chain and promised Aunt Bijia,

"When you come over next time, let's get a bottle of the amethyst version of that lubricating oil. I guarantee that you will be more flexible and smooth when picking fruit or making egg tarts in the future!"

Ms. Taylor also nodded solemnly beside her. The soft and long fur of the Maine Coon carried a very gentle breath under the refraction of the afterglow.

Especially the golden and blue eyes staring at him, which makes people feel the meaning of sincerity,

"That's right, whether it's deworming or a full set of care, let's quietly make a spa, and I will come in person."

The dinner at the Mushroom House is macaroni with tartar sauce. For the little ones, the taste is lighter black pepper. As for the two adults, they can also pour a little devil pepper, which brings fiery warmth on the cool autumn night.

The dessert egg tart is paired with Ms. Taylor's special hot fruit tea, which makes people's index fingers move. The family of three fluffy nest together, and can lick each other's fur, which is really warm and cozy.

"Good night, my little one." After family time was over, Dr. Appie and Ms. Taylor sent Avanti back to the room, and each placed a goodnight kiss on the baby's head.

Even though Avanti has an adult soul in his body, it is inevitable that his body is still quite young.

The whole day's running around alone was enough to make him feel tired, and he soon fell into a sound sleep under the comfort of his parents humming the good night song.

At the same time, the dessert town has reached the curfew time, and a dim red light flickers past somewhere no one knows, enclosing the town in a special barrier.

All the townspeople felt sleepy instantly, and if they didn't even have time to climb out of bed, they would almost fall asleep in place.

Except for a very small number of people who had expected this in advance, even the monitoring equipment in the clinic, or the equipment operated by other schools, etc., were also stagnant in midair and could not move.

The water splash of the fountain is frozen, and the small light bulbs of the shiny department store are also flickering halfway.

Several shadows with twisted limbs danced joyfully on the streets of dessert like dancing little people, prowling around, as if to see who was worthy of their next moment of dancing and celebrating.

[Dala da la beep ga bop! 】

[Little cubs are going home! 】

[God is the best! 】

【Sleep well with me! 】

The strange melody, accompanied by some fragmented power, fell mottled from each house, slowly blending into the shadows of these little people.

Under the light of the crescent moon that is slowly turning red, if someone watches with their eyes open at this time, they will find that the shadow of the little man is gradually becoming more and more solid with the absorption of power.

This scene is weird, but no matter what, no one in the dessert town can detect it, let alone prevent this from happening.

But from another point of view, maybe because no one has any problems, so no one is suspicious of this, do you think there is something wrong?

"Woohoo... so dangerous."

At the edge of the forest, after the villain-like shadow left, the clown mask quietly poked out a corner from the middle of the canopy, and then sighed loudly:

"It's really difficult for me. I have to send a message to you, and I have to risk being beheaded to get in touch with the little cub who doubts me. It's really sad!"

Since the festival is coming, the forest is full of fine arrangements.

Numerous beautiful glazed lanterns and kaleidoscope lights are hung all over the treetops, bringing a never-ending star river to the forest at night.

Of course, the huge forest makes it inevitable for little people to miss some small corners when wandering around, and it also provides a secret meeting place for bookworms and others.

──They all knew that the dessert town at night was not safe, but because of this, the more dangerous places were the more neglected.

──The name of the Luminous Dessert Club comes from this, providing these people who live incognito in the dessert town with a little breathing room to exchange and discuss clues.

"Afanti, this little boy is very lucky. He got the ticket and book so quickly."

Mr. Bookworm was quite surprised by this development. With smoke rings in his mouth, and peas-like eyeballs in the middle of his slender eye sockets, he looked left and right at a red fox hiding in the dark, and a hanging southeast branch. clown mask.

"Of course, I didn't say it's bad. After all, those ugly things always like to mess around. It would be good if Xiao Zai Zai could make preparations in advance."

"That's not right, I even saved the escape route for him, hehe."

The clown mask made giggles from top to bottom, and the cloth crown on the head was decorated with small bells, which made a crisp and sweet sound.

"It's rare for a good seed to appear, and people can't help but want to help him...isn't it?"

"How can you be sure that this child is on our side?"

The soft and charming voice is smoky and full of bewitching power, as a touch of red tail flickers in the moonlight, it sounds faintly,

"Xiao Zai Zai has a big idea. I think that instead of asking him to help solve the problem, you should first talk about what you have found."

"That's not necessarily true. Didn't I get this very important book from Grandpa Ode?"

The crisp and lovely voice used a lively tone, and when everyone was about to enter the conversation and exchange, he abruptly intervened.

The fluffy, chubby body of the cub Xueling Rabbit with three-petal mouth suddenly appeared outside this small meeting, blinking its clear eyes, observing the people present at the meeting curiously.

"...Who told Xiao Zai Zai what happened here?"

The clown's mask turned pale with shock, as if he hadn't expected to encounter this situation at all, and he hung on the branch in a daze, even the crown drooped down.

"It definitely won't be me, after all, we only met in the evening."

Mr. Hanging Pipe Caterpillar also shook his head, the pipe in his hand was about to drop, how could it be that it was an early branch?

"But I have to say, I have been coveting this book for a long time, if you can lend me a read, I will be very happy!"

"...Unfortunately, it's not me either."

The red fox hiding in the shadows has always been reluctant to show up. It can be seen that she is very repulsed by everyone's face-to-face and loss of horses.

Of course, maybe it was because of some inconvenient considerations, so the red fox thought about it for a while, and decided to continue hiding.

──Even if Xiao Zai Zai and the other two actually know who they are.

"Of course it's because I guessed it."

Afanti smiled and carried her small backpack on her back, her two fluffy hind legs silently stepped on the dead leaves on the ground, her upper body leaned forward slightly.

He was still wearing the pajamas that Ms. Taylor sewed herself. In his pocket were three tickets that had been authenticated by Mr. Bookworm. Of course, in his bag was the book that could be bought with two coins.

"And aren't you all very curious about this book? So after thinking about it, I decided to bring it here and study it together."

More importantly, Avanti had a vague premonition that the gods should soon choose the person to take away next time.

The other three were still feeling uncomfortable.

After all, people in Dessert Town come and go, and even the three of them are not all book runners.

Birth and death, death and rebirth, as the days go by day by day, more and more people choose to follow suit, resigning themselves to their fate and taking root in this small town.

Therefore, this kind of gathering is more like a moment of suffocating life for the three of them, and now the rules are suddenly broken, which is tantamount to a very challenging thing in the eyes of Lilith and the others.

"You really shouldn't be out tonight."

Since there is not much free time, after everyone looked at me and I looked at you for a while, it was finally decided that Teacher Lilith, who is most familiar with everyone, would speak.

"The ceremony is just around the corner, and the gods are bound to perform miracles, so I've been looking for people with strong inspiration recently."

Originally, Dr. Appie and Ms. Taylor were unique and irreplaceable important figures in the dessert town.

In the past, their family was also chosen by the gods. Not long after they came back, Avanti was born. Until now, they have grown up and made people travel here.

However, this is the case for a family of three in Mushroom House, which does not mean that other families have the same operation process.

From tonight's stricter curfew measures, we can get a glimpse of it. I am afraid that the "guest" of the Luhuaji family last time did not satisfy the gods so much.

"In other words, you are likely to be targeted by the gods."

The bookworm coiled its body into an ice cream shape on the treetop, and looked at the little bunny with interest, but unexpectedly did not see the slightest panic and fear from it.

Even, Avanti's expression has a sharpness that does not belong to that young face, and a calmness that makes people hold their breath, as if they know everything well.

"It's not impossible if you want to avoid the gods."

Just when there was a momentary stalemate in the atmosphere, Teacher Lilith's voice suddenly came lightly, with a hazy tone like mist...

Ethereal, distant, and perhaps confusing regret and pain, it is particularly impressive.

"Although the dessert town is under control, there are some places that the gods know but will never set foot in."

"What I told you in the river valley before is valid for a long time, and you don't have to use the succubus ticket to try to get out of the dessert town."

Teacher Lilith walked out of the shadows quietly, her gorgeous and shiny fur shone in the moonlight, and the fox eyes blinked with long and fan-like eyelashes, looking down at the cub Xueling Rabbit.

"But you also need to know that whether you go or stay, there are risks. Even if the gods are helpless against those places, they are not really helpless."

Why does the dessert town sacrifice so many people at every turn?Because even if you know the solution and the answer, it is very likely that you will be caught by the gods at the last moment, and you will be dismantled abruptly and swallowed into blood mist.

However, it's not like no one followed suit. Knowing that they would be taken away by the gods, they were quietly taken away obediently, and they were still a good man when they came back.

──Well, it means that people's memories will be erased with one click, and the people they love the most will be forgotten, and it will become a kind of pain that should never be mentioned.

"Let's take a look at your book first. As for whether to avoid the gods or not, the decision is still up to you."

The bookworm is an outsider, free from the enchantment node of the dessert town, and is not within the scope of the gods' choice.

He claims to have lived in the dessert town for a very, very long time, especially likes to read, and is eager to obtain more knowledge through the mouths of travelers and tourists.

Perhaps, this is the reason why Mr. Bookworm decided to help the book-travelers. After all, from a modern point of view, everyone is a person who is "learned and rich".

"And don't be in a hurry. Mr. Ode has always cherished and protected this book. Now that Baby Avanti gets it accidentally, there may be some way to get everyone out of trouble!"

The Clown Mask doesn't hold out hope for that.

Besides, old Ode really cared about this book, but in the end he let Avanti get it easily under his nose?

──It’s not certain, people never thought of hiding this book under their armpits in the past, it’s just that the people who bought or traded this book in the past didn’t come up with a price that made old Oud’s heart flutter.

Lilith has nothing to do, she just urges everyone to pay attention to the time.

There is a fixed time for the gods to wander, and the town will return to normal after they leave, so a small number of townspeople who work at night will also come out for activities.

These are the absolute minions of the gods. If they find out, no one present will be spared, and they will most likely be sent to the mayor in one go.

"Huh, look at them all."

While struggling to take out the thick book, Afanti listened to the three people exchanging their latest progress, and compared the progress of the children's book in his mind.

The third volume says whether it is long or short, but in addition to telling children to be punctual and how to read time, it also talks about life and death.

"By the way, have you checked your own body?"

Although Teacher Lilith knew that Avanti would not speak casually, the words were still slightly offensive, so she immediately frowned,

"Why did you suddenly ask such a question? Or did you find anything over there?"

"So none of you have studied your own bodies, have you? Or is there no way to study, or check each other?"

It's not that Avanti didn't want to tell everyone the answer directly, but because he was bound by the laws of the world...or the notebook wizard Fangfang after he opened his mouth.

Therefore, even if he wanted to say it, he could only use a more roundabout way, and he couldn't directly tell them his guess.

"It's really not, and I never thought about it."

The three looked at me and I looked at you, all frowning cautiously, and for the first time found that they had never thought about it.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen in a while. My book was hot in the forest with the ticket earlier. Mr. Bookworm, please help me read it."

Avanti speculates that maybe the three of them are already official residents of the dessert town. From the point of view of law or memory, they have been regarded as integrated, so they will subconsciously ignore and forget.

If this is the case, to put it bluntly, it is not so easy for them to leave the dessert town even if they want to. It is estimated that they can only break free after the rules of the town are broken.

"Okay, I'd like to see what is being recorded in such a precious book as Old Oud's!"

Mr. Bookworm smiled heartily, he didn't even smoke the pipe, and immediately turned to the book with great enthusiasm and can't wait to bury his hairy head in it.

Afanti can't really understand the content of this book, but through the arrangement and combination of some words, it can be preliminarily inferred that this is a record about the gods' relatives and taking people to their homes.

Dessert Town is a well-known fantasy town. All the residents are above the standard, straightforward and generous, and can often come up with various rich and generous new inventions.

In addition, this is a place where the rainbow hides, and the permanent population is not allowed to change. There are many people who live a long life in the town. In addition, the security is good and the living environment is excellent, so many tourists from other places want to naturalize here.

[As long as you can gain the favor of the gods during the festival, you will have the opportunity to become a townsman! 】

This is what the people in the dessert town say to everyone.

However, Avanti remembered that when he was writing children's books, he had recorded about Granny Smith's death.

──At the beginning, this matter appeared in a tone of chatting with everyone as the background, and everyone should cherish the foreshadowing of the time, so Avanti originally thought that there would be no splash.

"Hmm... This is indeed describing what measures you can take if you don't want to be taken away by the gods. Put some specific things on your body, so that the gods will subconsciously forget you."

"However, this method has certain risks. If you are the only one left in a small town, you may lose your household registration, or you may be regarded as an ominous person."

"The department store, the town power plant, and the school are the core areas of the dessert town."

"The gods go around the town and hold festivals and celebrations with the townspeople, but they must not touch these buildings lightly, at most they can only infiltrate."

"As far as the author guesses, if you want to contact the outside world, the most likely place to succeed is the power plant."

"...Department stores and schools have other meanings. At present, it seems that they may be the core of the law, but the meaning is unclear. The author did not have time to complete the research when he wrote the article."

But then again, if the things recorded in this book are true, then all the previous efforts of Lilith and others may have gone in the wrong direction.

"I have sneaked in once to the power plant. Except for many pipes whose origins are not clear and whose end cannot be found, it has nothing to do with the word 'power generation' at all."

The smile on Teacher Lilith's face was a bit far-fetched, one could imagine how disappointed she was when she heard Mr. Bookworm say this.

"Besides, I have also gone to the school and Shining Liang Department Store. There is no mezzanine or untouchable secret room. Even the principal and Grandpa Ode seem to know nothing about these things and rumors."

Avanti listened to it for a long time, and suddenly thought that whether it was Grandpa Ode or the principal of the school, they were about the same age as Grandma Smith.

When he was in the clinic earlier, Avanti accidentally irritated Ms. Taylor because he asked a question that perhaps no one in the dessert town had ever thought about or had contact with.

Even when writing in the book, perhaps, it may not necessarily be regarded as a breakthrough──

"Well, have you ever thought about, or seen, what it would look like after the people in the dessert town 'death'? Does anyone know where the cemetery in the town is?"

The three of Lilith were discussing fiercely what other public buildings in the town might be missing, but they suddenly heard the Xueling Rabbit cub raise such a soul-striking question.

Especially Hanging Pipe Bookworm and Clown Mask, two townspeople who claim to be far older than Teacher Lilith, were all failed in the exam.

"Good question, that's a really good question."

"Obviously I have read the whole book and know many laws of the world, but why do I feel that I am thinking about this question for the first time?"

"Obviously life and death, in my opinion, is such an ordinary thing!"