"You search for the unknown and get answers countless times. When you find the answer that is closest to the truth, that is when I am happiest. But I am still afraid. If one day you don't come back...what if you die?

manage."

"I don't ask you to give up the search, but I really don't want another beast to be alone in the silence and darkness. Even if it means dying, I want to be with you, mother, don't abandon me again."

By the time I finished speaking, my tears had already fallen down and wet the ground. I kept sobbing and choking, but my eyes never left my mother.

I've wanted to tell her this for a long time, but I haven't been able to say it out loud. I don't know what happened in this dazed night, but I actually said it like this, but it's okay.

I wiped away my tears and stared at my mother intently, determined to get an answer before I would give in.

My mother sighed at first, then smiled, hugged me into her arms, and said: "There is nothing wrong with being with me. I promised you when we were outside the ancient city, and many things will naturally happen to you. But remember,

The importance of words, the importance of matters, life and death can be avoided, stop doing useless work, encounters in the mountains and seas, just like the stubborn stone outside the city, it is deeply rooted and has not been shaken for thousands of years. This matter can be within your ability.

Inside?"

I shook my head silently and didn't speak.

What my mother said was completely beyond my scope, and I need to think deeply about everything. I have forgotten what happened outside the ancient city. Did I say the same thing to my mother at that time? And she also agreed, but I didn’t know anything about such an important matter.

If there is no memory, then how long can what happened now exist in the memory? Will it happen again after it is forgotten?

There are two big rocks outside Shanhai City. I don’t know which one she is talking about. Could it be that they are both? Time is just a word, and it is empty talk for thousands of years. Who has the courage to go through such a thing?

Time is impossible.

After another period of deep thought, I asked in a low voice: "Does what you just said mean you promised me?"

"Yeah," this time it was her turn to nod.

If I could turn back the time a few days, I would definitely be very happy, but now there is not even the most basic change in my heart. "When will I forget what you said tonight? I'm afraid this kind of thing will happen again. You are good at lying anyway."

.”

Lying in her arms, I couldn't see anything clearly with the weak firelight. The fire was about to go out. I turned over a few times and prepared to get up to add some firewood, but I was locked tightly by her hand.

"Shuangxuan, it is not easy to move forward in human territory. Many times what I say is forced, it is wrong, and it has to be done. If one day, you grow to a point, everything that troubles you will be solved."

My mother's voice was very low. In order to hear what she said clearly, I concentrated all my attention, held my breath, and pricked my ears. The fire beside me also flashed twice as the occasion required, and then extinguished, leaving only dark red sparks.

"I just want to remember more things." I said in the same low voice. This damn memory brought too much trouble.

Before I finished speaking, my mother suddenly let go of me, got up and walked to the pile of firewood where I was sleeping, grabbed a large handful and threw it on the extinguishing sparks. I looked confused and was about to get angry. Not far away,

There was the sound of something approaching quickly, and then the human ran out of the darkness, dragging a bunch of things behind him and tied them together with a long rope.

At this time, my mother sat next to me again, looked at the slowly burning fire, and said in a normal voice: "I don't want to forget, just think about it more when you have nothing to do. It will definitely be okay."

"Can…!"

I spoke loudly. I wanted to say so many things. Who can remember them? But after thinking about it, I decided to forget it. I might not know what my mother would say, and I couldn’t explain it to her. Of course, I didn’t know what was behind the human being.

There is also some interest.

"What are these?"

The human came over and put the thing he was dragging next to me. I couldn't understand it at all.

He took a few breaths, then strode to the corner and took out a handful of things from a big cloth bag. I still remember those things were called corns.

After taking a handful of corns and turning back, he walked up to me and said urgently: "Take off the one tied at the end of the rope and put it in it. I can't let it go."

I was busy for a while, but ended up doing nothing. The long rope had two ends, who knew which end he was talking about?

"Oh, why are you so stupid!"

In the end, he actually blamed me. No matter how he said it, it was not my fault. I didn’t know what he was talking about. If I didn’t explain it clearly, who could I blame?

Thinking of this, I suddenly became angry and kicked the pile of things with almost all my strength. However, in my rage, the kick was too wrong and only touched a corner of the long rope. The atmosphere was really weird.

"What?" He looked at me with a strange look. This time I became even more angry and wanted to get up to discuss the matter with him.

"Double Mystery."

My mother grabbed me, changed positions with me, and then took off an unknown object from the back end of the rope.

It's like cutting a circle in half and hollowing out the inside, shaped like a groove, surrounding the ears, but there is a big hole at the top.

After taking it off and putting it on the ground, the human hurriedly put the corn in his hand. I didn't even want to look at him and turned my back on it.

There were a few slight noises from behind, and then he was heard saying: "I'm sorry, I forgot that you probably don't know this. The dish I asked you to take is called a cooking pot. And there's more, I usually

I collected some shoes, the shoes are the ones worn on the feet. I saw that you were barefoot all the time, so I found two similar ones. If you don't mind, you can put them on, it will make walking much easier."

Everything in it is called a dish, and everything under your feet is called a shoe.

"I also brought two for your mother. They are quite good. I didn't think too much when I picked them up. I didn't expect that I would actually use them. I originally wanted to bring two pieces of clothing, but the ones you wear are the same as mine.

It's much better than before, so I didn't take it. If you want it, I'll get it now."

Of course I heard these words. Just when he was about to get up and run away again, I said loudly: "No, bring the shoes over and let me try."

After putting it on with a lot of effort.

"How about it?"

"I can't describe the feeling, and I haven't worn it either." At this point, I turned to look at my mother and asked, "How do you feel wearing it?"

My mother had shoes, and she also had human clothes. When did she change into animal skins, alas...

"It's more comfortable than bare feet anyway, maybe a little lighter? I've been wearing them for too long and I can't tell the difference. By the way, throw my pair of shoes over here."

She was not polite at all.

Shoes are no more rare to me than a meal of meat. I feel really happy after stepping on them. I walk back and forth in the darkness without feeling tired for half an hour. All the things that happened before have been forgotten thousands of miles away.

For half an hour, the human beings were busy "cooking" inside and outside, back and forth, almost without a moment's rest, and I wasn't interested anyway.

After walking for a while, my energy was almost exhausted, so I walked to my mother's side, leaned on her legs and fell asleep quickly.

…

It didn't seem that long after I fell asleep, my mother's voice woke me up from my sleep. The sky was still dark, the full moon hung high, and even the ashes of the burned firewood were still warm. I frowned and lay down.

I was about to sleep again when I heard my mother say, "Didn't you tell me not to leave you? Get up."

After hearing this, I immediately turned over and felt no sleepiness at all.

After waking me up, she started pushing the human again, pushing and shouting, and it took a lot of effort for him to sit up in a daze.

"what…"

"Maybe you have to lead the way, so don't sleep."

"It's still so early, I'll sleep a little longer..."

"Huh" the mother sighed helplessly.

"Get up quickly!" I immediately walked over, grabbed his hand and dragged him forward until he was a few meters away, and he woke up.

"Let's go." Seeing that we were all awake, my mother said and walked away.

Now I was a little confused, "Where are we going?"

"I just heard a lot of noises from the city gate. Maybe that person is back. Go find him early to avoid getting into trouble again."

"Oh." I nodded, and then strode up to follow him. The human also ran all the way to follow.

The city gate is only a few steps away from here, and I arrived there in a short time. My heart was beating very fast. When I first approached here, I couldn't help but think of what happened when I first entered the ancient city. It was really difficult to calm down.

"What do you guys do?"

Before we reached the foot of the city gate, several guards strode over and surrounded us.

Then several more people came from behind, and one of the guards stood up and said, "It's okay. These are ordinary people, or scavengers. I just looked for them two days ago."

As he spoke, he pointed in the direction we came from and continued: "That's the location, not more than a few hundred meters away."

After saying this, a few people left intermittently and opened their distance a little. The man who had just spoken walked up to his mother and said, "What are you doing here without sleeping at this hour? Where is the identity card? Have you got it?"

Mother shook her head, "It's about the ID badge. We went there early yesterday morning and walked for five or six hours. The people there were reluctant at first, but finally paid attention to it, and then asked for some proof."

After listening to his mother's words, he hesitated for a while and said: "There is indeed such a rule. You should feel more at ease when there is a guarantee. You..."

He didn't even need to finish his words. The mother let out a long sigh and said, "I am just picking up things. I really don't know where to find them."

"Here... just wait here. I don't know much about the process over there. I'll find someone to ask about the specific situation."

The man trotted away, and many of the guards left behind left. Only three or two were left, talking to each other. One of them asked his mother first.

"Which street did you go to?"

Mother quickly responded, "Tiangong Street."

These people immediately started talking.

"The incident that happened the night before yesterday seems to be around there."

"Oh, no wonder, that wind is quite evil. The Yao family is so close, so it should be busy for a while."

"Are they busy? They're just busy watching the excitement. I say, if you really want to get an identity card, go to the Yao family in Beicheng. There are people in charge there. No matter how many times you go to other places, it's useless."

"Ah?" After hearing these words, the human next to me shouted directly, then took a few steps to my mother's side and whispered: "The North City is super far away. I have heard people say that the North and South are farther than the East and West cities.

Several times, it would take a month or two to walk from the East City to the West City, and it would take even a year to go to the North City."

These words were also heard by the guards. They did not shy away and said: "How big is the territory of Shanhai City? You mortals can't say that one year, plus one and a half years is not enough."

I don’t feel comfortable staying here for one more day. How many years do you want me to stay? Absolutely impossible!

I looked up at my mother and found that she was staring at me. Did she really have that plan? I didn't want to do it. I puffed up my cheeks and turned my head to the side, ignoring no matter how hard she pulled me.

After pulling me for more than a dozen times without getting a response, she finally gave up and said to the guards: "Then I'll wait and see what that person said."
Chapter completed!