Monument of Life and Death

  ***

  Xiaolan is looking for it.

  The disappearance of the bridge interrupted Xiaolan's original train of thought. Xiaolan stood there recalling for a long time before remembering her original goal.

   Find the boundary markers.

   It should be at the foot of the mountain, the place that I used to be very close to.

  Xiao Lan sighed, without much hesitation, and set off towards the mountain.

  As she walked, disappointment slowly crept into her heart.

  Here, it's not the same.

  Although it looked exactly like the hillsides she had seen before, Xiaolan knew clearly that there was no answer she wanted most when she breathed the air here.

   Not yet.

  I somehow feel this way.

   But no matter what, Xiaolan was still running.

  In any case, I am approaching.

  Xiaolan quickly ran to the foot of the hillside, panting and looking at the scene ahead, she narrowed her eyes.

   There is no stele.

  In the place where the boundary marker stands in memory, there seems to be a person standing.

  A man with his back turned to himself.

  Xiaolan approached hesitantly, her eyes sizing up the back.

   A little familiar.

  It seems that I have only seen it not long ago, this is...

  Xiaolan raised her hand and scratched her head.

   "You..." Xiaolan said, "Is it Yi Yao? Or..."

  The tall and straight figure turned around with a mysterious smile on his face.

   "You recognized me."

  Xiao Lan pursed her lips and suddenly realized.

   She got it.

   This is a thought.

   Yi Nian once entered his own dream, but this time, it was Yi Nian's second attempt.

   "You made me fall asleep at this time." Xiao Lan felt a little dissatisfied.

   "You fell asleep on your own initiative," Yi Nian shook his head while speaking, "Because I'm waiting for you here, and you want to come and meet me."

"I know, I woke up before you finished your words last time," Xiaolan's mood was very complicated, and she didn't even know how to react, so she could only look numb, "In this case, let's continue .”

   Yi Nian looked into Xiao Lan's eyes appreciatively, and said slowly, "To be exact, I intend to ask you three questions."

   "Question?" This is different from what I said last time, "What's the problem?"

   "If you're ready to answer the question, I'm going to start asking," Yi Nian crossed his arms, with an expression like he was watching a play, "Are you ready?"

  Xiao Lan blinked her eyes.

  After being messed up by him like this, Xiaolan really began to doubt.

   After more than ten seconds, Xiao Lan nodded hesitantly, "Ready."

   "Okay, let's start with the first question," Yi Nian raised his index finger and raised his chin slightly, "Where are you now?"

   "Ah...ah?" Xiaolan looked around subconsciously, "This... I'm in a dream?"

   "Is this your answer?" Yi Nian said with a businesslike attitude.

   "Is this the second question?" Xiaolan said with a sneaky attitude.

   "No," Yi Nian seemed to want to roll his eyes, but held back, "This is just a supplement to the first question."

   "Oh," the routine failed, Xiao Lan curled her lips, "Yes, this is my answer."

   "Very well, then I will start the second question." Yi Nian's eyes seemed to darken, "For you, what is the difference between dream and reality?"

  Xiaolan opened her mouth and her brain began to spin.

  This question cannot be answered casually.

  Dream, and reality.

  For the first time, Xiaolan seriously thought about this question.

  ***

  The burning talisman wiped Luo Jiutian's cheek, and stabbed towards a living corpse beside him.

  The spell was like a flaming arrowhead, directly piercing through the body of the living corpse. The living corpse was knocked down by the huge impact, squirmed a few times on the ground, and stood up tremblingly again.

  Luo Jiutian had already flashed to Daoist Priest's side. The two of them were back to back, frowning deeply, and looked at the living corpse. There are also countless living corpses around.

   These living corpses cannot be killed.

   "But the good news is that there doesn't seem to be any more," Dao Chang said, "it should be that much."

   "That's all?" Luo Jiutian looked at the densely packed living corpses surrounding them, and said with a sullen face, "Master Dao, don't you think this is too little?"

   "Oh, that's not what the Taoist priest meant!" Qin Yin shouted loudly, "Didn't the number of living corpses increase just now! Now there are no more, this is a good sign!"

  Luo Jiutian actually understood the meaning of Taoist Priest, he just wanted to talk nonsense, and talking nonsense was a good way for him to reduce stress.

Xia Hua's giant python swiped past the two of them, knocking into the air several living corpses that were approaching them. Luo Jiutian looked at the giant python, thought for a while, flipped his right hand, and the pointer of the Panlong Pond in his hand spun rapidly up.

   "Teacher Qian Yuan, show up!"

  There was water all around, so Qianyuanlong appeared soon. Luo Jiutian looked at his Qianyuanlong, and suddenly thought that Xiaolan's life worm might also be Qianyuanlong, and his heart suddenly became unbalanced.

   Is this a bug? They actually call this thing a bug? What are you kidding?

  Qianyuan's pupils began to turn red, and it circled its pitch-black body, circled over the battlefield, and its deep dragon chant wafted in the air.

   "No evil—"

  Luo Jiutian was about to spit out curse words, but swallowed them back.

   "How is it possible?!" Luo Jiutian acted like a spoiled child, "Teacher Qian Yuan, they are bullying me! How can it be innocent?!"

   "Because these people no longer have spiritual power," the Taoist priest explained while throwing a spell, "They are not living people, let alone dead people, they are just corpses."

   "Then what shall we do?" Luo Jiutian withdrew Qian Yuanlong helplessly, "If this continues, we will be overwhelmed sooner or later, we will not be able to escape, we are exhausted to death!"

   "I know a way!" Xia Hua jumped off the top of the giant python, her footsteps weakened, and she almost fell, "I can repel them."

  Luo Jiutian's eyes lit up all of a sudden, but then they were covered with a layer of gloom.

   "Sister Xia Hua, you are referring to your life worm!" Luo Jiutian said in a serious voice, "No, absolutely not!"

"Patriarch Xia Hua, your life insect has already cried twice, and now there is only one chance left, so don't cry again!" Yi Yao shouted loudly, "There is still room for maneuver, you must not be reckless! "

  Xia Hua didn't speak, but turned around and threw herself into the next attack.

   Not long ago, my life bug had already cried for the third time, but in fact, I had no chance.

   But she didn't talk about it.

  Everyone started a new round of counterattacks, as if the conversation just now had never happened.

  While the battle was in full swing, suddenly, an orange-red light spot appeared on the pitch-black sky above everyone's heads.

  Qin Yin was the first to notice it, and then everyone found the light spot.

   It's falling, it's getting bigger.

   gradually becomes dazzling.

  In an instant, the light spot turned into a fireball and landed on the water.

   But the flames did not go out.

  Red flames were suspended under the blue-black water. After a while, the flames turned into an orange-red fountain, gushing out of the water and sweeping over the bodies of the living corpses.

  The living corpses immediately burned.

   Everyone's eyes widened.

  In the flame fountain, a golden figure appeared.

  She ran to them.

  At that moment, everyone couldn't even tell whether this was reality or a dream.

   That's Molly.

  Jasmine came to them with flames.