Shape of the Wind – Volume Meteorite Chapter 2: Near hometown cowardice

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Wandering to Wu Lian, it is hard for Nier to imagine that her hostile escape journey has turned into an adventure.

The white-robed woman Yan Ning that happened on the road was actually Tao Qian, the former head of Bailu Cave. This is ridiculous and funny, because in Nier’s memory, all the records about Tao Qian except for instructions Besides being a man, Tao Qian also said that he was very pedantic and insulting. He taught people all day in Bailu Cave, chanting dogma like an old man, making everyone avoid him.

But, at this moment, sitting in front of my eyes, holding a half-empty wine jug in one hand, smoking a thick smoke in the other, a woman with a trance in her eyes, she is almost a thousand miles away from the legend, Ni I can't imagine how there is such a big gap.

"...After the coalition was disbanded, I was unemployed. The guy Gong Jin wanted me to go back to work, or he would find a pit to bury myself, so I went back. Later they thought I was too notorious before and they wanted I pretend to be a man with a sticky beard, and appear in the image of a man. After a long time, I am confused as the head of the house. I have a little more salary. I can buy good wine and cigarettes. I can live a good life. In short, it is the life of an office worker."

"I know, don't keep spraying cigarettes at me, my head is so dizzy...but, you are not at all insulting, why do you say that you are old-fashioned and old-fashioned?"

"It’s because I hate screaming. I work there all day and I’m so annoyed. I asked my brother Wuji to help me build a dummy of Taigu Modao. The appearance is the same as my men’s dress. The one that can walk, move and talk, put it on the corridor of the academy, so that everyone can see my stand-in, and I can skip work reasonably, but the dummy has some flaws, it seems that something is not very good. ..."

Yan Ning frowned, scratched her hair, and finally clapped her hands: "I remember, it is AI. I don't know what that means. It seems to be artificial intelligence. In short, the AI ​​of the mechanical dummy It's bad enough. No matter who you see, you will only recite the 36th Precepts and the Seventy-two Rules of Bailudong. If the machine crashes for a long time, the hair will still smoke and catch fire. In the end, everyone in the academy will see It will run away."

Ni'er laughed. It is vaguely imaginable how the Baizi family’s mechanical dummy, full of rules, dogma and smoking hair, was rampant in Bailu Cave, causing various scholars and scholars to fight for avoidance. situation.

However, the story that Yan Ning said, including how she met with the iron-faced monster, how to participate in the rebels, and how to return to Bailu Cave, these are completely past stories, which made Nier feel very confused. It turned out that there is such a complicated relationship between this woman and Bailudong.

So, what is the mood and thought of Yan Ning today?

The affection for Yan Ning made Nier unwilling to become enemies with her, so she asked the old orcs privately. This is not easy work, because every time I get caught in the long tongue of the old people, Ni'er, who is mentally bombarded, often feels that she is better than life. Like this time she opened her mouth without asking a few words. Old people dominate the topic.

"Girl, what are you going to do in Wulian Autonomous Region?"

"I...I'm going to visit relatives, by the way...Travel!"

"Visiting relatives? Girl, are you a martial artist? You can't tell."

"Hey! It's too rude to say that. I was born and raised in Wulian. Although I went out after I was a teenager, I lived under the Huaguo Mountain before I was a teenager. I remember everything very clearly, don’t think of me as a stranger."

Nier said triumphantly, feeling a little bit when she returned to her hometown for the first time. She felt that human beings were cunning and treacherous, and were far less affectionate and righteous than martial neighbors. Now she can return to martial arts and see the long-lost innocence. , The feeling is really great.

But the old orcs around don’t seem to think so...

"It’s not like it or not, even if you leave for a long time, but you don’t look like a martial artist at all, you can’t answer anything if you ask you, you don’t even know what Huaguoshan specialties are. Like a martial artist?"

"I...I just forgot...I think about it for a while, and I can remember it immediately, then you will know that I didn't lie..."

The doubts of the old orcs accidentally hit a psychological blind spot that Nier had never thought about. She has never thought about these problems since she wandered into the outside world, or perhaps she avoided it subconsciously. Seeing that the Huaguo Mountain area was right in front of her eyes and could be there today, Ni'er felt a sense of closeness to hometown in her heart, and it could even be said to be...fear.

In order to dispel this feeling, Nier walked around. Her injuries have been more than half of her injuries these days. At present, in the remote wilderness, there is no need to worry about the enemy coming to attack. She is naturally quite relaxed. But when she approached Yan Ning's camp unconsciously, she heard the commotion there, and the violent voice couldn't help being heard.

(Someone is doing it? Who is it? Did Shi Chong and the others sneak attack?)

Nier had this conjecture, but when she broke into the woods without hesitation and saw the scene inside, she was so surprised that she couldn't speak.

There were indeed people fighting in the woods. Although it was fierce, it was a very low-level battle. Nier, who regretted why she broke in, even wanted to turn around and leave immediately.

I was alone, surrounded by strong winds; the black shadow that caused those strong winds with high-speed posture was Kiris. To put it more correctly, it was because he was seriously injured and his appearance degenerated into a bat. Kiris looks like a black cat.

Degenerate into a cat shape, Qi Leisi's lethality is greatly reduced, but even so, he is still the most dangerous cat in the world, moving at high speed and turning into a black wind, swirling around Yan Ning, Waiting for an opportunity to attack.

With a white robe fluttering in the strong wind, Yan Ning smiled and stood in the center of the encirclement circle, seeming to ignore the predicament of killing intent in front of her. Nier didn't know that she was really capable, and her brain was numb and she didn't feel it.

(By the way, she said that she used to be a demon hunter in Bailudong, specializing in hunting the demons who came to the world, and fought with Qi Leis at the time... Well, these two people should not be released Together.)

Yin Ning does not seem to be a generous and generous woman. Qi Leis is even more vengeful. Putting these two dangerous people together, new hatred and old hatred, how can there be no reason? It was too late when Ni'er regretted, and when she was about to speak out to discourage her, the situation outside had changed.

Chiles finally launched an offensive, but his actions were extremely fast, advancing and retreating like wind, every time he approached Yan Ning’s body, he seemed to hit a copper wall and iron wall, no matter how he fought, he couldn’t break through that. Layer invisible gas wall.

Yan Ning did not move, and there was no sign of her concentrating luck. Nier looked intently, and finally found five colored spars of different colors and the size of a thumb at her feet. Judging from the decoration, It seems to be some kind of enchantment formation, it is no wonder that Yan Ning can be so confident, and it turns out that it has been arranged long ago.

(I forgot, she told me that she is a fairy from Bailudong, and she knows oriental magic like the iron-faced ladyboy...)

Nier remembered this, and her gaze also woke Kiris, noticed the five spars below, roared, and immediately leaped towards Yan Ning's feet.

"Ha, old friend, I only noticed so late, so I can't say that I won't give you a chance."

In the coquettish long laughter, Yan Ning shot her hands like electricity, and the grasping technique was even more mysterious. It seemed that she was about to grab Qi Leisi's neck, but Qi Leisi avoided slightly, her technique changed quickly, and she grabbed it lightly. , Had already grabbed Kiris' tail, followed by the cat's tail, and slammed it against a large rock next to him mercilessly.

"Asshole Demon, I told you to go back to the Demon Realm more than a hundred years ago and don’t come again. Why are you still here? If you have something to say, do you think you are guilty? Do you deserve to be here by me? Pain?"

Yan Ning yelled, but she didn’t show any mercy in her hand. She grabbed the cat’s tail and smashed it frequently against the rock. Although the rock was hard in texture, it didn’t take long for it to be smashed into flying debris, like It is the same as being chopped down by a big sword and a great axe. Qi Leis was the first to bear the brunt. After his injury in Shangri-La was not healed and turned into a cat shape, his strength was greatly affected. It didn't take long for a little bit of blood to spill out, leaving shocking blood stains on the gravel. What a shock and abuse like this

Nier had been watching from the side, but when the blood sprayed on her cheeks, she suddenly woke up. She dashed forward and grabbed her hands to stop Yan Ning's percussion.

"Stop it, don't fight anymore, you will really die if you continue to fight."

Nier doesn’t have any good feelings for Kiris. It’s just that everyone was in the same adversity, living and dying together. At last, it was a little bit affectionate. Now it’s not good to just look at him as being abused, so he grabbed Kiris. , Guarding the scarred black cat on his chest, followed by a few steps back to prevent Yan Ning from chasing.

"Didn’t the saints of Bailudong say that you want to repay your grievances with virtue? You are so vicious, how do you look like a person from Bailudong!"

"Oh, little girl, it's interesting to talk. Which classics have you read in Bailudong? Confucianism? Taoism? Mo? Fa? Which scripture says to repay grievances with virtue?"

Amidst Yan Ning’s chuckle, Ni’er flushed. She is usually impatient and doesn’t like reading. These words have only been mentioned by others, but only by asking where they came from will the ghost know where it came from. of!

"And you are completely mistaken. The saint who said this has never agreed to repay grievances with virtue. Instead, he advocates the use of chairs for grievances. I can’t find a chair or stool here. I’m looking for a big stone. It conforms to the teachings of the saints!"

Looking at Yan Ning's seriousness, Nier felt confused. Although she didn't read much, she had never heard of the absurd thing about using a chair to complain. Is this woman deliberately playing with herself? ?

"Nonsense, I've never heard of such a thing. Don't think you can just read two more books and you can just talk nonsense. How can a saint say such things?"

"Well, no knowledge means no knowledge. It is useless even if others tell you. Take it for yourself!"

Yin Ning smiled freely, raised her hand and threw something out, Nier reached out and took it, and her right arm loosened. Qiles, who was unwilling to be sheltered, took the opportunity to escape, and Nier had no time to manage, just looking What Xiang was holding, found that it was a book, and it happened to have turned out a page.

"This is..."

Nier looked at the four characters "The Analects of Confucius? Xianwen" in the first line, and the next two lines recorded a dialogue.

How about repaying grievances with virtue?

The son said: "How to repay virtue? Chairs repay grievances, and repay virtue by virtue."

After these two dialogues, there is a vernacular commentary explaining the principle of "repaying virtue by virtue, and eye for eye", and the most readily available objects in the world are folding stools and chairs, regardless of the tea shop and wine shop. , Or the courtyard at home, are all readily available, so if you meet on a narrow road and encounter an enemy, you don’t need to think about it. Pick up the chair you are riding in and knock down hard---the chair complains.

"Why, how can there be such a reason...Is this book published by Bailudong?"

Unable to believe what she saw, Nier turned the book over. First she saw the line "Tao Yanning compiled? Published by Minming Study", then she turned to the cover and saw the words above, she was shocked. Then he cried out in astonishment.

"Wh, what? "Portrait of Spring and Autumn Warriors? Kong Zhongni You Don't Know"?!"

The cry was funny and full of anger. The girl's roar hovered in the deep mountains and forests, shocking the flock of birds to flee, and the beasts rushing for a long time.

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As Yan Ning had previously announced, this trip was nearing the end, whether Nier wanted it or not, they were only one day away from the Huaguo Mountain domain. Early the next morning, everyone continued to set off on their way until evening. At the end of the day, he finally reached the ridge.

According to Yan Ning’s previous statement, as long as you walk in this direction and cross the past, you can reach Shuilian Town. However, Nier’s timid mood of being close to the hometown did not get any better. On the contrary, the closer she gets, the more her heart beats. A little bit faster, the whole climbing process seemed to her to be a fierce war of resistance, the heart beating faster and faster, and even the sweat kept streaming down her forehead.

There is nothing wrong with my memory. The appearance of my hometown, the aromatic smell of citronella chicken sold in the alleys of the former residence, the noise of the neighbors yelling at night, the noise that contains both orc language and human language, I remember all of them deeply in my mind, even On the way out of Shuilian Town, the image of the pink wildflowers swaying on the small road to the left of the village entrance is so clear, as if yesterday.

This is where I grew up, and because of this, I can refute Kiris’ lies with peace of mind, and at the same time continue to tell myself that I don’t have to worry about the so-called birth problem. I am the only sister of my elder brother, who belongs to Reins. Princess Huguo, everything is that simple.

"It's really ugly, little girl, are you sweating? Does climbing a mountain make you so tired? It seems that your celestial power is not very good!"

"Little, little insult, I just haven't healed from my injury. If my injury is healed, I won't put this small mountain..."

"Why explain so much? Take a step forward bravely and confirm with your own eyes what you want to see! From here, you can directly overlook Shuilian Town."

With the crimson sunset on her back, Yan Ning stretched out her hand generously. Her white palms were soft and delicate like white jade, as if they were inviting, and as if they were provoking Nier.

"What's so great, is this lady afraid of you?"

Nier pursed her lips lightly, resolutely stretched out her hand, and took hold of Yan Ning's palm. With the help of her strength, she stepped onto the top of the high mountain. The scene on the other side of Huaguo Mountain was immediately greeted.

"This...is Shuilian Town."

Condescendingly, the scenes of Shuilian Town are visible one by one. In the sunken mountain, Nier’s most feared scene did not appear. Although it was shrouded in a thick white mist, it was still visible. , There is a house there, nestled in a dense mist shrouded in an orderly manner.

The most worrying sight did not appear. What I saw in front of her was not an empty wasteland. Nier's whole heart was immediately occupied by the joy of returning to her hometown. No matter how many people around her watched, she cheered. With a sound, he ran down the mountain quickly, toward the town under the mountain.

The downhill mountain road is quite steep and it’s not easy to walk, but with Nier’s martial arts, she naturally didn’t care. She kicked on the steep mountain wall, and her whole body flew out and jumped to another protruding rock. Ups and downs, easily came to the foot of the mountain, rushed into the dense fog of five miles.

As we ran, the scene of the town became clearer, and the noisy voices in the village came with the wind. The familiar feeling was just like in the past. Even the flowers beside the entrance road swayed and swayed as if they were leaving, seemingly welcome The long-lost deceased returns.

"Everyone, there are guests here, and I'm back."

Nier screamed and rushed into the village. She was too ecstatic to make her run to her former residence as soon as she entered the village, but she ignored a strange fact.

The noisy people heard outside the village, the moment she stepped into the village, all disappeared without a trace, the whole village became silent, there was no human voice, and she was walking towards her former residence. Along the way, I didn't meet half of the villagers, and the village shrouded in thick fog was like a dead city without a trace.

Niel, who was immersed in joy, didn't realize these phenomena, and ran to the seventh house on the west side of the village. It was a small thatched house. Although simple, it was neat and exuding thatched grass covered by the sun. The light and light scent after drying is the deepest scent in Nier’s memory, and the broken wooden door that is not very reliable, every time it rains, another big stone must be picked to resist it so that it will not be shaken by the wind. .

"Hey!"

According to her most familiar habit, kicking the door open, Nier entered this thatched house that had not been inhabited for several years. She had been worried about whether the house would be in disrepair due to lack of care and disrepair. It was dirty with cobwebs, even run-down and collapsed, but when the door was opened, the whole thatched hut was clean and there was no trace of mess. The simple tables and chairs were placed neatly, as if its owner had just pushed the door away. Go, the time of a few years does not exist.

(Why, why is it so clean? Logically...at least the spider web...)

Nier quickly thought of the answer. It must be a kind neighbor who helped take care of it, so the house was so spotless.

Nier, who wanted to thank her neighbor, dashed out the door, but was shocked to find that the thick fog around her was gradually dissipating. There were no human signs on the empty streets, no men, women, young or old, and no living things. The yelling and noisy that I heard before entering the village was so quiet that no sound was heard at this moment, as if all the human voices never existed.

"Why is it like this? Where did everyone go?"

Nier wandered around, trying to find something, but even if she didn’t need to see with her eyes or listen with her ears, her Tianxin consciousness told her the same fact. Within a hundred feet, there was no sign of life, a little bit. nothing.

Even a dull person, she will find something wrong at this moment, and Nier walked blankly on the street, looking at every house one by one. It was indeed the appearance of the house in her memory, all plants and trees, with no change at all, even the position of the half-open window was indistinguishable from the memory.

Why are they so consistent? Why hasn't the time been changed in a few years? Why are the people in the village gone?

Countless doubts appeared in her mind. Nier felt panic at first and wanted to scream, but as the facts gradually became clear, the pressure turned hope into despair. She only felt that she was standing in a bottomless The deep hole sank quickly, and no trace of light was seen anymore.

Wandering like a wandering soul for a long time, Ni'er, who finally found that she had nowhere to go, returned to her former residence, sat at the small table, and poured herself a glass of water.

There was a soft footstep outside the door. Someone opened the door and came in. Nier didn't look back. She knew that the person was Yan Ning just by feeling.

"Sit down, welcome to my house, would you like to pour you a glass of water?"

Without waiting for an answer, Nier took a cup by herself and poured water slowly. The expression on her face was neither joy nor sorrow, just a bitter smile after giving up hope, and her eyes looked very sad and lonely, reflecting the shaking water in the cup.

"It's strange, I have been away from home for a few years, no one helps me clean, the house is still so clean, even the tea is so fresh..."

The voice of speaking became lower and lower, and finally there was a soft "tick", crystal tears dripped from the cheeks, and the clear water in the cup made small ripples.

"Tell me what I should tell me!"

Still holding the cup, Nier turned her head to face Yan Ning, her expression has returned to calm and steady, as if adding a solid armor to her own defense, but even so, Yan Ning can still see. After that layer of seemingly a strong line of intellectual defense, the girl's heart was still hesitant and helpless, roaring wildly at the edge of the collapsed cliff.

"So sure I will have something to tell you?"

"How could there be such a coincidence in the world? The former head of Bailu Cave went to the Wulian Mountains to lead a tour group. He happened to save my life and escorted me to this poor country. My brother said However, it is a coincidence to die one dad a day, and it is not a coincidence to die 18 dad a day..."

Speaking playful words, but in the girl's tired voice, she couldn't hear any smile, instead she showed a strong request. Yan Ning knew she should respond.

"Well, now that you are fully prepared, then..."

Yan Ning walked out of the house, Nier followed without thinking, only to see a group of elderly orcs standing outside the house, surrounded by a semicircle, looking at her as if worried; Chi Lei turned into a cat shape Si disappeared, but he has no time to bother at the moment.

"A hundred years ago, when Xiao Qiao and Gong Jin raised their troops, they once came here to cultivate and form a settlement. Until they left, some people chose to stay, including later leaving the rebels and returning The people living here turned it into Shuilian Town with a short history. However, after a plague 80 years ago, there were no residents here, and everyone died of illness or left to avoid disaster. , The history of Shuilian Town has come to an end."

Yin Ning looked around the houses and streets around him, and said lightly: "And what you see now is the memory of this town."

"The memory of the town?"

Nier was a little confused, but she quickly understood everything. Yan Ning waved her hand, and the scene in front of her quickly changed. The originally neat and clean thatched cottages were gradually distorted and deformed, and then they returned to their true colors. The ruins of houses were either dilapidated or collapsed. The empty street scene has also changed into a desolate scene of trees and weeds growing, fallen leaves accumulating, and decay into mud. Anyone who sees this scene will confirm at a glance that this village has been uninhabited for a long time.

"As for what you see now, it is the true face of this small town in the world."

Like a nightmare that is difficult to wake up, Nier's reason wants to wake up, but she can only look at the teacup in her hand, which quickly twists and decays, and finally turns into a puddle of rotten mud.

I should be very shocked, but the feeling in my heart is very calm. Calm with a little sadness, maybe the most shocking time has passed, or maybe... I had already anticipated this situation in my heart.

"Pretty chick, don't be sad!"

"The things like hometown belong to the past. Your eyes should look forward. Don't miss the past."

"Wake up from a dream, it will be uncomfortable for a while, but the value of people is not in dreams, but in what they do after they are sober."

Considering Nier's loss, the old orcs gathered around, patted Nier's shoulder, or sighed, or caringly cheered her up, encouraging her like walking along the way.

This kind of concern did not make Ni'er much better, but she was really grateful to these old people for their kindness, but when she wanted to say thank you, she saw that these old people's figure was gradually diminishing, more and more The more blurred, the face with a kindly smile became transparent, and the slowly waving hand disappeared into the air, until there was no trace.

"This...they..."

In response to Nier's exclaim, it was Yan Ning's plain words.

"They are the aboriginal people of Shuilian Town, and they are the last residents to survive here. Most of them participated in the ghost barbarian rebels. They died 80 years ago. I summoned them from the underworld. , The intention is to give you a journey of peace of mind and to bear witness to the end of the journey... From the results, it is very successful. You should thank them and let them sleep peacefully."

Listening to Yan Ning's words, Nier felt that everything seemed so unreal. The hometown she lived in was a ruin that had long since been destroyed; her companions who had traveled all the way turned out to be undead who had been dead for a long time.

The past is gone, but my past is completely illusory. When I look back, the individual standing here has no trace of the past to follow.

"The town’s memories and the undead...Shuilian town was destroyed 80 years ago, so am I dead too? Am I standing here also an undead?"

"No, the town of Shuilian in your memory is just a memory of the town's past, and it was just after the Ghost Barbarian Rebellion, but you don't belong to this memory. In reality, you have never been here. "

Yin Ning smiled faintly, and said softly: "The truth is already before your eyes, just to see if you are ready to open it."