Chapter 454 Traveler

Mixed with the low echo like the tide was the crackling sound of burning wood.

Huaishi woke up from a long nightmare, opened her eyes, and saw the edge of the cliff very close to her, as well as the turbid current rushing under the edge.

The rain has stopped, but the stars are not visible.

He lay on a rock protruding from the flood, with his saddlebags as his pillow, and a burning fire next to him.

I tried to move my hands and feet, but felt the pain all over my body, almost unable to move.

Hearing his moans, the thin figure in front of the fire with his back turned around, stretched out his hand, and took off the gas mask on his face, revealing a head full of mottled hair and an old and unfamiliar face. .

"Are you awake?"

He grinned with a weird and sinister smile, and happily lowered his head and patted the surgical box beside him: "The sex reassignment operation was successful, Ke Keke, you will be a beautiful girl from now on..."

Huai Shi couldn't help rolling her eyes and sighed softly: "Don't scare me, senior sister."

"Um?"

The hoarse and deep voice paused slightly, then subtly changed, becoming gentle and pleasant: "Did you guess it?"

As he spoke, the 'old man' raised his hand and peeled off another thin mask from his face, revealing a familiar face hidden underneath, with long hair falling down from his shoulders like water.

Luo Xian smiled happily and narrowed her eyes slightly, like a pair of crescent moons.

"How did you find out?"

"Didn't you say hello before?" Huai Shi struggled to prop up his body and shook his head: "I was still awake at that time."

"No wonder I slept so deeply and couldn't wake up no matter how hard I screamed."

Luo Xian raised her chin and looked at him with interest: "I've been waiting for so long, and I've been thinking... If he doesn't open his eyes, I might as well break his neck quietly. I've been hesitating for a long time."

"..."

Huai Shi smiled helplessly: "Then should I thank you for not killing me?"

"You're welcome." Luo Xian shook her head: "Because I couldn't help it, I'll crush all your toes."

Huai Shi was so frightened that she almost jumped up from the ground. Immediately, she saw Luo Xian's smile as if she had succeeded in her prank: "Are you kidding...am I some kind of scourge in your mind?"

"No...it's just..." Huai Shi thought for a long time and scratched his hair: "I just didn't expect to meet you so soon."

"This is what counts as an encounter, right?"

Luo Xian stretched out her hand, lifted Huai Shi up from the ground, propped her up, and then put a plastic bowl into his hand. The hot curry rice was exuding a charming aroma.

"Here, it's just ripe. Eat it."

"Thanks……"

Huai Shi subconsciously picked up the spoon and drank half of it. Suddenly she felt something was wrong. When she realized what she was doing, her face turned as green as curry when she looked at the curry in the bowl.

This rice smells really good, but if you eat it... will it kill you?

"..."

Luo Xian tilted her head and looked at him, took a spoon from his bowl and stuffed it directly into his mouth: "I'll heat up the quick-frozen food, so it won't hurt you, right?"

Huaishi chewed it and found that she was still alive and the taste was okay. She couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

But he didn't know why, but he always felt that something was wrong with the taste, especially as he chewed the curry, the curry in his mouth became more and more sour.

So sour!

Why is it so sour? !

His expression twitched.

"Ah, so sour!"

After Luo Xian took a bite, she finally came to her senses and shook her head regretfully: "Maybe it's expired?"

"……Well."

Huai Shi looked at the spoon in her hand, hesitating to speak but hesitating to speak - that spoon was the same one that he stuffed into his mouth just now.

Luo Xian looked over in confusion, "Aren't you used to eating?"

"No, no, I'm used to it!" Huai Shi shook his head like a rattle, lowered his head and took a big bite, frowning.

This time it was bitter.

It's so bitter, so bitter... It makes people feel sad and bitter after eating it.

But after taking two more bites, the bitter taste quickly dissipated, leaving only the taste of the curry itself, which was nothing special.

After eating, Luo Xian took out a pack of wet wipes from his pocket and came over to wipe the remaining soup from the corners of his mouth.

Slender, cold fingers pressed on his face, and he couldn't help blinking.

"Don't be embarrassed, you just have a severe muscle strain, just treat yourself as a patient." Luo Xian threw the wet wipes into the fire and said with a smile: "Have a good sleep, you will be fine tomorrow."

Huai Shi moved her fingers with difficulty and felt soreness.

With his deliberate adjustment, the ecological circle in his body changed again, and the strong mountain ghost stigmata spread rapidly throughout his body, and began to develop regeneratively with all his strength.

There were a few broken bones, slight rupture of internal organs, a concussion, and lightning burns...but they were not serious injuries. A little training would be enough, and it would not affect his condition.

But just drink more water.

Then, a huge water tank was placed in front of him.

"Please, Your Majesty the Judge." Luo Xian smiled, "This is specially prepared for you."

It was so well prepared.

"Uh...why are there so many?"

Huai Shi couldn't believe it. He could feel that there was no radiation in the water inside, and it was a pure natural source of clean water.

Luo Xian pointed to the shovel next to her backpack, "Just find the right place and dig down. The underground water veins here are quite rich. As long as you find the right place and punch down a few times, the water will Squirt out yourself.”

"..."

Huai Shi's expression twitched, and it was difficult to understand Luo Xian's method of finding water.

But recalling the scene of her wandering freely in the storm and torrent, it became even more incredible.

"how did you do it?"

"Um?"

Luo Xian was puzzled and tilted her head to look at him, "It's just a storm. Can you escape it while it's not paying attention?"

"I see, I understand."

Huai Shi suddenly realized: "So it turns out that the trick of walking on water is just taking advantage of the wind and not paying attention?"

"What nonsense are you talking about, Huai Shi." Luo Xian said seriously: "Wouldn't it fall if that happens? If there is no resistance, the fall will be very painful."

"..."

I don’t think the two of us were on the same channel from the beginning, sis.

Did we really come out of the same training class?

Why do you show off so much more than me?

"What's the reason?" Huai Shi's expression twitched: "Chakra?"

"Are you talking about Tianzhu's chakra method? Ah, if you put it that way, you can indeed do it with a little effort, but isn't it too laborious?"

Luo Xian shook his head: "Actually, it's just the application method of Yubu that I figured out myself. If you learn how to use the ground trap, you can master it easily. I'll teach you later."

"forget it."

Huai Shi couldn't help but cough, feeling the gap in talent.

Not to mention the fact that the ground was sinking, he was still stuck in Tianbeng's place, so he could only use it to make a cameo appearance with a low-grade mecha ancient weapon. If he were to practice it with his body, he would probably self-destruct on the spot.

It has been so long since I graduated from the Orchard Gym and I am still at the most basic stage of drumming. Even if I deliberately build up my chord skills, I can only guarantee the success rate of major triads.

He snickered when he could make good use of the 'Thunderbolt'.

How dare you aim so high?

He collapsed on the ground again, sucking from the water tank with an iron straw in his mouth. Suddenly he realized that he remembered what Luo Xian called him and felt something was wrong:

"Wait a minute...what happened to the judge?"

"Don't you know yet?"

Luo Xian looked at him blankly. Seeing Huai Shi's confused look, she couldn't help but shake her head and took out an unopened card from her wallet.

"You have a new card."

"What the hell?"

Huai Shi was dumbfounded, raised her neck and leaned closer, her expression suddenly twitching.

Is that a brand new Jack of All Trades card?

Memorabilia series ‘Struggle of the Stars’ limited edition card pack.

【Judge·Huaishi】

Among the sixteen character cards, the serial number is NO6.

The card has a bronze back and a silver frame that represents outstanding contributions. On the card is a figure captured from the Stellar surveillance video.

——The military attache of the Astronomical Society stood in front of the guillotine, his face shrouded in darkness that could not be illuminated by the fire, but his eyes seemed to be burning. He spread his arms and lowered his head to announce the arrival of judgment to one of the culprits of the incident.

Effect·Executioner: When this card appears, all cards with the "Black Letter" mark of the Astronomical Society will deduct one point of health and be given a temporary weak state with defense reduced by one.

Just at the bottom, there is a brief introduction written in bold.

[Judgment, your judgment has come, your judgment stands before you - now, your judge is watching you. 】

After reading Huai Shi, he was stunned for a long time.

incredible.

"Am I in the card pool again?"

"Yeah, because I'm not the protagonist, I released 4,000 copies, and they sold like crazy." Luo Xian stuffed the cards into her wallet, "I finally got this, how about it? You have a big sister who supports you so much." , are you touched?"

Huai Shi didn't know whether she was moved or not.

He only knew that he did not dare to move at all in front of Luo Xian, just like a silly roe deer being held back by a lion and tiger.

Especially when the firelight illuminated her moist lips, it always made people feel... as if she wasn't full yet and was hungry.

The premonition of death vaguely rose and then quickly dissipated, repeating itself like this, making the back of his head feel cold.

Huai Shi subconsciously glanced at the saddle bag behind her.

The sword of virtue is still inside.

Do you want to give her another injection to cure the effect?

As if she knew what Huai Shi was thinking, Luo Xian laughed softly: "The same tricks are useless in front of me."

Where did you come from as a Saint?

Anyway, he couldn't fight, and he couldn't escape, not to mention that Luo Xian saved herself.

She wanted to kill herself, but she was already cold.

Huai Shi just doesn't know what kind of state Luo Xian is now, whether she is calmer as Mr. Luo said, or whether she is still entangled and troubled by the love of the abyss and unable to live a normal life.

Luo Xian seemed to have nothing unusual.

Act as normal.

Maybe, he just has something wrong in his mind.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, wondering if he had a villain's heart that crossed his senior sister's belly.

Luo Xian, on the other hand, put away the tableware skillfully, washing it with clean water and putting it away in an almost luxurious way. Huaishi could see that she seemed to only carry these things in her backpack.

Other than that, I really didn’t bring anything.

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Feeling the familiar frustration again, Huai Shi couldn't help but feel more helpless.

Comparing people with others will lead to death, and comparing goods with goods will lead to throwing away.

Why do you think so hard and compare your abilities with real geniuses when you have nothing to do?

During the long night, the two communicated with each other about their lives these days, and Huai Shi also selectively recounted his deeds of seeking death along the way.

"King of heretics?"

When Luo Xian heard about the war on the Stars, she showed a look of surprise: "No wonder I saw him in Southeast Asia a few days ago. Is this the case?"

"Um?!"

Huai Shi's eyes widened: "Have you seen him?"

"Yes." Luo Xian nodded and said with emotion: "He is a very kind old man. He is completely different from what his father said. He also lent me a lot of money."

"..."

Huai Shi couldn't hold himself any longer.

Why are there so many differences between people?

When you meet yourself, you punch hard, but when you meet a beautiful girl, you borrow money?

Isn't this differential treatment a bit too much?

"But... he seems to be using a drummer too?" Huai Shi asked, "Does it have anything to do with Teacher Luo?"

"If you want to say it, it's almost like the ancestor, right?"

Luo Xian thought for a moment, nodded and said, "But fourteen years ago, he was punched into the abyss by his father - if it weren't for this, his father would have been at level five by now, right?

"..."

Absolutely awesome, my god damn ancestor.

Unexpectedly, Teacher Luo was also a filial son, so he beat his own teacher to death!

"Anyway, if you encounter someone in the future, run far away."

Luo Xian reminded: "Although the heretic king is not willing to vent his anger on children, the family style is very strict. If you fail to meet his requirements, he may clean up the family."

When she said this, she lowered her head and looked at the faint scar on the back of her hand, recalling the hearty fight a few days ago, and her expression became happy.

Fine……

Your grandfather and grandson seem to get along quite well.

The corners of Huai Shi's eyes twitched and she decided not to get involved in this mess.

Anyway, it was Osiris who fought against the Heretic King at the beginning. What does it have to do with him, Little Page of Huaihai Road?

After Huai Shi finished talking about his journey of seeking death, the conversation between the two fell into silence.

In the silence, Huai Shi lay on the ground and turned over.

In the end, I couldn't help but look back at Luo Xian, who was laying down a sleeping bag next to the fire.

"These days..."

He hesitated for a moment, and finally asked: "Have you been traveling these days?"

"That's right." Luo Xian reached out, picked up her backpack, and showed him the strange souvenir pendants on it: "Look, there are Eastern Xia, Russia, and Southeast Asia, and then transfer from here to America. America After shopping, we will go to Rome, and finally to Egypt..."

Like a child showing off her treasure, she smiled proudly: "Isn't it amazing?"

Huai Shi was silent for a moment and asked softly: "Have you always...been alone?"

"yes."

Luo Xian nodded calmly: "Isn't this what travel is all about? When you go on the road alone, you can leave when you want, stay when you want, and go wherever you want. This is the first time I'm so far away from home. I always feel like I can't see everything. It’s fresh. But I always feel like a country bumpkin... You’re not going to laugh at me, are you?”

"No no no."

Huai Shi shook her head quickly and looked at her happily holding up the map and route. After hesitating for a moment, she asked in a low voice: "Sister Xian, aren't you lonely?"

Traveling is a lonely thing.

Even with the company of Crow and Beelzebub, Huaishi still feels lonely from time to time these days.

When you raise your head, you will see the eternal starry sky, the infinite vastness of the desolate land in front of you, the long journey with no end in sight, and the world so silent that you can only hear your own breathing.

It's like he has been abandoned by the whole world.

Moving forward alone.

But it had only been a few days, and Luo Xian had already walked so far and for so long, walking alone on the road.

Will she feel pain and sadness?

Huaishi doesn’t know.

Luo Xian seemed to be confused as well.

Putting down the map, he turned around and looked at Huai Shi in confusion.

After a long time, she suddenly laughed.

"Of course, Huai Shi."

She said, "Of course I feel lonely, but isn't everyone in this world lonely? Even now - when we are so close, do you know what I am thinking in my heart?"

Huai Shi was stunned.

Luo Xian lowered her head and looked at the young man's face, her pupils were like mirrors, reflecting his face: "So, are you afraid, Huai Shi?"

"I……"

Huai Shi subconsciously avoided her sight, but then she heard a faint sound.

That was her moving her knees forward.

Then he reached out, pulled him up from the ground, held his face, and forced him to look at himself and his eyes until he couldn't escape.

Then he showed an almost doting smile.

Just as he once hugged himself, he hugged him.

"Don't be afraid, Huaishi."

She whispered, "Don't be afraid."

"This is the only thing I can tell for sure - you are definitely not alone."

Luo Xian whispered softly: "I believe that no matter where you go, the hopes placed on you will be with you, and they will definitely include mine."

Huaishi froze on the spot.

I could only feel the warmth and her breathing close at hand.

Until she let go of her arms, she still didn't react.

Looking at her blankly.

Can't help but blush a little.

"Well, ahem." He couldn't help but look away, "It sounds like a confession."

"Huh?" Luo Xian tilted her head and looked at him, her smile still the same: "What you said also sounds like a polite refusal."

"Uh..." Huai Shi's mind was empty and she didn't even know how to answer.

"It doesn't matter."

Luo Xian gently ruffled his hair and told him: "Just like you didn't give up on me before... I will never give up on you."

She told the young man in front of her seriously, "If I really have something that can be called love, then I will definitely keep it by your side."

Huai Shi froze on the spot.

But she smiled, pinched his face gently one last time, turned around, and went back to her sleeping bag.

"Have a good rest, Huai Shi."

She closed her eyes: "Tomorrow you will travel again. I believe that even if you are alone, you will never travel alone."

"Um."

Huai Shi lay on the blanket that Luo Xian had laid out for him, but he didn't feel sleepy at all. After a long time, he carefully raised his eyes and looked up to his side.

Luo Xian closed her eyes and lay quietly in the sleeping bag, breathing evenly, as if she was sleeping.

"Well, Sister Xian..."

"Um?"

"……Thank you."

"You're welcome." She turned sideways, opened one eye and looked at him: "Isn't this what a big sister should do? Go to sleep, good night."

"OK, good night."

Huai Shi closed her eyes.

This time, he fell into a deep sleep.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already dusk the next day.

The pyre had been extinguished, and Luo Xian had disappeared as if in a dream. Only the blanket underneath her body seemed to still retain the residual warmth of the dream.

Huai Shi stood up slowly and looked around blankly, seeing the black clouds gradually dissipating under the setting sun and the empty starry sky that was revealed again.

The rolling turbid currents have disappeared without a trace, replaced by the still dry yellow sand and endless desert.

His journey is not over yet.

There is still a long period of penance ahead for him.

But this time, unexpectedly, his heart did not waver, but became full and peaceful.

He rolled up the blanket and put it away. He picked up the saddle bag again, but a small pendant fell out of the blanket.

It was a souvenir that seemed to come from somewhere. The back of a traveler holding a trekking pole was outlined with an iron piece, as if he was ready to set off at any time.

Huaishi looked at the pendant in his hand, couldn't help but smile, and hung it on the saddle bag.

"Then let's go."

He softly said goodbye to his departing companions, turned around, and walked forward.

After thinking about it for a while, I decided not to divide it into chapters, and just merged the two into one.