Chapter 17~18 Butterfly

"Are you okay?" Lin Tianyao turned around and asked the two crying children with a light sword in his hand. As he was about to walk over, he felt a strange feeling that made him stop.

Yes, it was very unusual. From the beginning to now, these two children were just crying and not saying a word. This made Lin Tianyao wary. He quietly placed his sword in a position where he could attack at any time. He looked at the two children very alertly.

The two children were still bowing their heads and crying, their voices getting louder and shriller. Lin Tianyao took a step back. Behind him was the boundless darkness and fog outside the door. He didn't know what monsters and monsters were hidden behind.

Lin Tianyao didn't know whether to rush out or not, but Lin Tianyao didn't know what was in the fog, but these two children were anything but normal at this moment. Lin Tianyaoyun made the Yin Yang Fish rush straight out into the darkness!

When facing a desperate situation, the most unlikely place is the exit. Lin Tianyao opened the way with a shaking light. The long sword flashed with light. Even in the darkness where he couldn't see his fingers, it still glowed faintly. After entering the darkness, it didn't seem to be anything strange. It was a disgusting thing, but there was no feeling of obstruction. Instead, it was as smooth as entering water, just darkness and thick fog.

Lin Tianyao staggered and finally stood firm, but there was a green grassland and white clouds floating leisurely in the blue sky. There was no strong wind, no heavy rain, no darkness and mist, and no monsters or ghosts.

Where is this place?

Lin Tianyao thought in his heart that this must not be the real outside. Could it be that he had fallen into some kind of barrier.

He looked around carefully. The place where he appeared was a lakeside. There were no strange monsters or ghosts around, it was just a picturesque area. The lake was calm and waveless, reflecting the sky. White clouds were floating in the sky and the lake. An obviously very leisurely scene.

Lin Tianyao carefully explored and found nothing strange around him. Just when he didn't know where to start, a stone suddenly slipped under his feet and fell into the lake, and the lake instantly glowed with brilliance.

"who!"

Fluctlight unsheathed! The tip of the sword pointed straight at the lake, but there was no obvious thing like black air in the lake. It just gradually rippled. The ripples rippled more and more, and finally turned into a whirlpool, with a burst of golden light emerging from it. .

A woman gradually emerged from it. If he had to use anything to describe her appearance, Lin Tianyao remembered a poem: Looking at it from a distance, it is as bright as the sun rising as the morning glow; Lubo.

The woman opened her eyes, with water flowing in her bright eyes, and spoke to Lin Tianyao with an unearthly beauty and gentleness, "Did you drop this gold pebble, or this silver pebble?"

.........I went there, is this place still making fun of you? ? ? Lin Tianyao was simply powerless. There were so many places to complain about that he didn't even know where to start.

"None of them..." Of course Lin Tianyao knew the standard answer. Although he didn't want to pay attention to it at all, he still got it right.

The woman's brows were slightly frowned. When she heard Lin Tianyao's answer, she immediately relaxed and smiled softly. Lin Tianyao couldn't find any human words to describe her beauty. I don't know who this woman looks like when her facial features are separated. , but together they are very comfortable, and they look...a bit like a fairy?

"Thank you for your honesty, this is the reward you deserve." The woman opened her hands, and a glowing butterfly flew out of it, flapping its wings gently and delicately.

"This is……?"

Before Lin Tianyao's question was fully uttered, the woman's mirror image was shattered, and everything was like a broken mirror.

The blue sky, white clouds, the endless green grassland that evokes leisure and ennui, and the calm and clear lake that reflects the sky were all broken into pieces and fell to the ground piece by piece.

Lin Tianyao found that he was still in the darkness, and everything completely disappeared as if it had never appeared before. Only the glowing butterfly confirmed that he had been to that lake!

The butterfly did not wait for Lin Tianyao to think about what happened. It just flapped its wings. It seemed to be flying very slowly but actually very quickly in one direction. Lin Tianyao grabbed the weapon and followed directly!

It was just darkness at first, but gradually there were countless black shadows chasing behind him, and countless voices came out in his ears.

The clang of swords clashing, the sound of bows and arrows piercing the air, and the sounds of countless attacks were chasing Lin Tianyao, but his footsteps did not waver at all!

"Uncle, uncle, come and save us! The old witch is here! Ah -" The screams stopped suddenly, but Lin Tianyao knew it was a trap and did not look behind him.

"Hehehehe, I'm hungry, I'm hungry, it's not enough, there's still one more to go." The voice of the old witch who was defeated by Lin Tianyao was so close to his ears, the sinister wind gusted as if some monster was really passing by, Lin Tianyao However, Tianyao only moved forward, holding Yaoguang tightly in his hands, without attacking behind, let alone even glancing behind him. Because at this time he remembered a Greek story. Legend has it that Orpheus went to the Queen of the Underworld to save his dead wife. The Queen of the Underworld was so moved by him that she asked him to lead his wife back to the world. Can't look back. For Lin Tianyao now, the front and back may be the dividing line between life and death.

Seeing that Lin Tianyao was unmoved, the voice behind him changed again.

"Tianyao." It was the voice of a former classmate.

"Tianyao." It was the voice of the former teacher.

"Tianyao." It was the voice of the people I met during the missions I had experienced.

Countless voices gathered together, tempting Lin Tianyao to stop and stop moving forward, but he did not pause at all, as if those people didn't care.

"System update completed."

"The mission system update is completed."

"Loading data successfully."

"Master, I'm back."

It was Xiaoxian's voice. Xiaoxian's voice sounded behind him. Lin Tianyao's footsteps suddenly staggered, but although he paused for a moment, he still chased towards the only light in front of him.

"What’s wrong with you?"

He grabbed straight for that light! The surrounding darkness suddenly dispersed, and he finally saw everything in front of him clearly, but in front of him was Yu Ji looking at him with a puzzled face.

"I was only away for a while, why did you fall asleep? Are you too tired during this period?"

Yu Ji asked with concern.

Lin Tianyao was shocked! Of course all this was not a dream. He opened his hand and there was a dead butterfly lying inside. ....

Chapter 18 Zhuang Zhou

"I just..." Lin Tianyao opened his mouth but didn't know how to say it. Could it be that he just found a forest cabin, met two naughty children, and saw a different world composed of a lot of fairy tales? ? Moreover, Yu Ji didn’t know whether she knew what Grimm’s Fairy Tales were, so she shouldn’t be able to provide any help.

Lin Tianyao looked at the butterfly in his hand and fell into deep thought. The butterfly was obviously no longer the same as before. He didn't know whether it was because Lin Tianyao held it like this or because it had completed its mission.

Yu Ji also looked at the butterfly in Lin Tianyao's hand, but was a little surprised for a moment.

"This butterfly... I seem to have seen it before."

"You know?!" Lin Tianyao was shocked and couldn't help but ask Yu Ji.

Yu Ji nodded cautiously, "I once saw this butterfly on my journey. At that time, I fell into a strange place. This butterfly led the way and took me out. But as soon as I left there, the butterfly died. "

This is exactly the same as what Lin Tianyao encountered just now. Lin Tianyao not only thought carefully about everything he just encountered.

It can be said that at the beginning, he and Yu Ji parted ways and walked to the forest alone. Nothing seemed to have happened at that time, and then he discovered the wooden house in the forest. There seemed to be nothing unusual about the wooden house when it appeared, but since entering the After the hut, the darkness and fog outside the door must be abnormal. If you think about it carefully, there is something wrong with those two children, and the most amazing thing is that the stories of ghosts and ghosts here seem to be stories from the outside world that only Lin Tianyao himself can know. Are there really people who can understand the stories from the outside world? Lin Tianyao had a headache.

At the same time, on the other side, some distance away from Lin Tianyao's place, in a valley with beautiful mountains and clear waters, there was a man half-lying lazily. The man had short blue-green hair and was half awake and half asleep. The broken hair looked a bit messy because he didn't take care of it very much.

That man was none other than Zhuang Zhou. He was sitting on the Kun, half sinking and half floating. One hand was holding his chin, and the other hand was extending a finger to support him. Occasionally, there were butterflies with different lights resting for a moment and then flapping their wings. leave. Every time a butterfly passes by, the man sighs slightly, but if you look carefully, he seems to have made no sound.

When the butterfly flew towards him, he still had the same expression, with his eyes slightly closed. He didn't know what year it was, or what was happening outside. But after the butterfly stayed briefly on his fingertips, the man finally smiled slightly. opened his eyes.

"What is a fairy tale..."

The question came out softly in a sigh, but then, the man yawned again, as if everything was just a foolish talk while half asleep.

Lin Tianyao was puzzled and had to put the butterfly away. Maybe it could be used someday. He and Yu Ji walked slowly and leisurely in the forest. This place was already some distance away from Gaixia. After walking such a long way, they did not see any trace of any living person. Lin Tianyao's heart sank, and he was quite cautious. After all, Yu Ji was willing to go with him in order to find traces of her senior brother Zhang Liang, but there was no news at this time, even after walking for so long. There are no signs of human activity.

However, Yu Ji seemed to know nothing and continued to hunt, eat and drink every day, looking heartless, as if she had never been so fragile that day.

Lin Tianyao thought for a while, and finally decided to tell Yu Ji about the wooden house, but kept the fairy tale hidden. As expected, Yu Ji was very curious. She tried to recall what happened in her memory, "I once asked my senior brother, and he told me that it might all be just a dream. People who are lost in dreams will be led out of their dreams by butterflies."

Lin Tianyao recalled everything, and it was indeed the case.

All the old witches, the wooden house in the forest, and the bunch of strange but traceable fairy tales, and even the last voice behind him, are all things I have heard of before, and I am the only one in this world who can do it. Such a dream.

So, what is the origin of that butterfly?

Lin Tianyao suddenly thought of something, grabbed Yu Ji's hand and asked her eagerly, "Is this place very close to Jixia?"

Yu Ji was obviously shocked by this sudden move, her cheeks were slightly red, "Yes, just climb over this mountain."

"Then there is a man named Zhuang Zhou nearby."

"There should be."

Sure enough, manipulating dreams is related to butterflies. There must be only one person, but Lin Tianyao doesn't know what he means. Why did he choose to appear in the form of a dream? Was it Zhuang Zhou who caused his dream, or is it someone else? When he fell into a nightmare, Zhuang Zhou pulled him out.

"I want to see Zhuang Zhou." Lin Tianyao put the butterfly in his palm with great happiness and said to it sincerely. There was no reaction when I said it the first time, but when I said it the second time, the butterfly that was supposed to be dead started to move unsteadily, slowly spreading its wings as if breaking out of its cocoon for the first time, and swaying Fly away leisurely.

Lin Tianyao guessed that the butterfly might be Zhuang Zhou's token or some other way, and it was indeed the case. In history, Zhuang Zhou has always said that he dreams of butterflies. In the game, he often said lines such as "The butterfly is me, I am the butterfly". Although Lin Tianya did not remember Zhuang Zhou's settings, he did not forget about the butterfly. of.

The butterfly swayed, but did not fly very fast. It stopped after flying for a while. Lin Tianyao and Yu Ji looked at each other and followed. Sure enough, when they took action, the butterfly continued to move. This butterfly was guiding the two of them.

In fact, Lin Tianyao was a little uneasy when he went to find Zhuang Zhou. He didn't know what Zhuang Zhou meant now and whether he was an enemy or a friend. However, it was obviously not a wise thing to continue searching in the forest without knowing the depth. , since Zhuang Zhou let the butterfly appear in front of him, this is an opportunity!

Lin Tianyao thought about this idea over and over again, and held the fluctuating light with one hand. If anything was wrong, he would immediately withdraw, but he didn't know that Yu Jiming didn't understand what he meant.

"We should go find Zhuang Zhou now."

The leaves rustled under his feet, and he suddenly said this to Yu Ji without thinking. Yu Ji turned her head to listen to Lin Tianyao.

"Promise me that if there is any danger, you will not care about anything and retreat immediately. …