Night without Borders

Chapter 66 Parents’ Decision

On this cold winter night, even the traveling merchant Xu Sheng broke out in a cold sweat. He knew the desert very well, so he was naturally even more awed by it.

He realized that something big must have happened today!

Many people are panicking and full of fear of unknown things. If they understood, if they knew the truth, perhaps they would not be so scared.

The most important thing is that this dark environment will increase people's anxiety. Even if you put your hand under your eyelids, you can't see anything.

Nowadays, many people are blind. Life, death and future are not in their own control and they can only leave it to fate.

Qin Ming was in a better situation. He could vaguely see the scenery in front of him. He remained calm, holding the mutton-fat jade iron knife in his hand, ready to chop at any time!

Suddenly, a woman's whimpering was heard from behind, which made many people's hearts skip a beat.

"I'm sorry..." the woman said while crying.

"Then let me go. My neck is bleeding a lot and my head is about to fall off." The man said hoarsely and weakly.

……

Not far away from the team led by the traveling merchant, Cui Hong was sweating profusely. After leading the old elephant away, he quietly returned.

Because he had talked with Lao Xiang and was sure that Cui Chongyi's life would not be in danger, so he first chased Cui Chonghe who was nearby.

Cui Hong knew some of the conditions in the desert, but at his level, as long as he didn't do anything stupid, it would be no problem for him to pass through the edge of the area.

He walked forward along the mountain wall, but ended up going around in circles for several times. He quickly recited the Heart Cleansing Mantra and used a powerful secret technique, and finally he was able to move forward again.

But when Cui Hong turned around inadvertently, his scalp tightened, and he realized that something was following him from behind.

In the thick and boundless night fog behind, there was a pair of huge eyes, indifferent and ruthless, and the cold light penetrated the night fog.

Two eyeballs as big as houses are approaching!

The body outline of the unknown creature cannot be seen clearly, but it is expected that it must be very large.

Cui Hong was a little scared. As strong as he was, he would not have noticed it in advance if he had not turned around unexpectedly.

In front of the creature, there was a blood-red lantern. It was relatively small, about the same size as the ones hung in front of the doors of wealthy families, but it broke through the night fog, as if someone was holding it and guiding the huge creature.

Cui Hong did not dare to delay and sped up. He had never encountered such a situation before. If it was something that came out of the desert, he had no idea.

The night fog was getting thicker and thicker, and Cui Hong was almost deprived of his five senses. Even his keen spiritual perception was obscured, and he even accidentally fell from the rugged mountain road into the desert.

He felt something was wrong. His feet were wet and sticky. There were traces of water on the sand, which was still steaming, and he was stepping on it.

Cui Hong jumped up quickly and returned to the mountain road. His face looked very unhappy. He actually smelled a strong smell of urine coming from the soles of his feet. Who did this?

At this moment, the desert became even more abnormal. Thick fog was rising and falling like waves.

When Cui Hong looked back again, he found that the pair of huge eyes were very close to him!
Moreover, under the illumination of the blood lantern, he could vaguely see that it was a huge white-haired creature.

"It's much faster than me, it's extremely dangerous, and it can... catch up with me!" Cui Hong realized that something was wrong.

However, as strange signs appeared in the desert, the white-haired creature narrowed its eyes, then turned around and ran away. The blood-red lantern also went away and dimmed quickly.

……

"Oh no, the desert seems to be offended." Xu Sheng was shocked and confused. This situation was very rare. Who would dare to be so presumptuous in such a place?
In the boundless desert, thick fog surged, hitting the steep cliffs on one side like waves.

It was also because of this that Xu Sheng re-determined his position.

"what should we do?"

"Don't panic, this is none of our business!" Xu Sheng spoke to comfort everyone.

At this moment, even the woman's sobbing stopped, and the team holding torches in front also dimmed and was about to disappear.

Suddenly, someone trembled and said, "Brother Xu, something is touching my ankle. It is covered with hard hair and it has pierced my clothes."

Not only him, but several people also felt it.

Qin Ming vaguely saw a small creature and was about to swing the mutton-fat jade iron knife.

"Don't move!" Xu Sheng opened his mouth, and then he stopped talking, because it was his turn this time, and he was rubbed a few times by a creature like a tree stump.

"Let's go up the mountain!" He knew that they would not be able to get out of the edge of the desert before the end of the early night.

The group climbed quickly along the gently sloping area and came to the shortest cliff nearby, which was still nearly a thousand meters high.

Xu Sheng said: "We will rest here today and set off again after the fog clears tomorrow."

"Let's go through the mountains," someone suggested, who was really scared by the desert.

Xu Sheng shook his head and said, "The mountains ahead are thousands of meters high. There are dangerous monsters in every area. We merchants never try to cross this mountain range."

Contrary to everyone's expectations, the man who had weakly shouted that his neck was about to break did not die, but just lost a lot of blood.

After climbing up the cliff, he avoided the woman shrouded in gray robe as if he had seen a ghost.

"I'm sorry, it was my first time traveling far away, and I was too nervous and accidentally scratched you."

"It...doesn't matter!" The man dodged backwards.

The young man's face turned pale, and he quietly lowered his head to look at the few long black hairs in his hand. When the cold wind was howling, he could even see the fur under the woman's gray robe.

The night was not so dark here. The boy was not sure if he had seen it wrong, but he did not dare to observe it any further.

"I'm glad everyone is okay." Xu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief. As a traveling merchant, he often led teams on long journeys, so it was normal for some weirdos to appear in the team occasionally.

Earlier, when they were resupplying in that small town, Xu Sheng had told them that they might have to sleep outdoors for two or three days.

Although everyone thought that this traveling merchant was intentionally "generating income", he still had to buy a tent at a high price in that small town.

Late at night, Qin Ming was awakened by snoring. He quickly pulled out his mutton-fat jade iron knife, as if facing a powerful enemy.

This was too outrageous. How could there be another person in his tent? He could even hear someone else snoring!

In an instant, Qin Ming followed the source of the sound and found out who it was.

It turned out to be a pig! Qin Ming had already lit a tinderbox and saw it clearly. It was a very small pig, only slightly longer than the palm of his hand.

At this moment, the pig was also awakened, and it and Qin Ming stared at each other.

Although this wild boar is very small, it is very abnormal. Its pair of snow-white fangs have already grown outside its mouth, which is not the state a piglet should have.

The little wild boar, which was slightly bigger than a palm, actually grinned, shocking Qin Ming so much that he almost chopped it with a knife, but he held back because this was too abnormal.

In fact, he felt that nothing about his experience today near the desert was normal.

He looked closely and found some black scales on the pig's face, which surprisingly looked familiar.

Then, he thought of the time when he had just recovered from a serious illness and hunted saber-horned deer and donkey-headed wolves in the mountains. He also found a wild boar that was much larger than its kind, weighing about 1,500 to 1,600 kilograms. It was running around like a madman and had chased him for some distance.

That day, when the moonworm appeared, the giant wild boar trembled, retreated quietly, and buried itself in the snow.

The giant pig also had black scales on its face, very similar to the one in front of him.

However, although the giant wild boar was a mutant creature, it was extremely beastly and seemed far from being "civilized" and had no spirituality.

Although the little pig in front of me looks very similar to the big pig, its eyes are not crazy or animalistic, but rather deep.

It obviously looked very small, but Qin Ming always felt that it looked more like an old wild boar.

Qin Ming did not act rashly. He stared at the piglet for a moment, then put away the jade-like iron knife and retreated to the edge of the tent.

Soon, a deafening snoring sound was heard in the tent.

The next day, the fog was not as thick as expected. Xu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief when he counted the number of people, because there had been no casualties so far, and all of them, whether human or alien, were alive.

Qin Ming noticed that some people looked at him with resentment and even anger.

A middle-aged man looked at him and said, "Young man, you look handsome, but why do you make so much noise when you sleep? In the middle of the night, I thought it was thunder, so I came out to check, and found that it was you snoring in the tent!"

Qin Ming opened his mouth but said nothing. He felt it was too unfair. Should he tell them that it was a wild boar snoring?
"Yes, young man, you are really amazing. I also thought it was a thunder explosion in the middle of the night!" said an old man.

Wu Zheng had dark circles under his eyes and looked depressed. He originally wanted to stay close to someone he knew so that he could have some care, but who knew that Brother Qin's "aura" was so strong when he was sleeping!

"Don't waste time, boil some hot water, eat some dry food, and let's get on the road immediately." Xu Sheng urged.

Just one hour after setting out again, the group's expressions changed because they saw a figure approaching them rapidly in the night fog.

"It's okay, it's a human being." Wu Zheng said in a low voice.

Everyone else remained silent. Meeting a human outside was like meeting a monster. There were even some aliens in their team.

Soon, Xu Sheng's expression changed. He recognized this man. It was the master who fought with Lao Xiang yesterday. He had arms that were longer than his knees, sharp features, and eyes like lightning.

Qin Ming knew that the long-armed man must have come for him, so he took the initiative to walk out.

"You guys go." Cui Hong waved to the caravan.

Xu Sheng hesitated a little, but finally sighed. No matter whether the other party had malicious intentions or not, he couldn't do anything about it. The gap in strength between them was quite large, and he had to be responsible for more people.

"Young man, take care of yourself!" Xu Sheng led the team away.

Wu Zheng also looked again and again, and finally turned around and followed the team.

"Young Master!" Cui Hong greeted him.

Qin Ming dodged and said, "I can't afford such a gift. It was you who saved me two years ago, so I should be the one to pay my respects to you."

"That's what I should do." Cui Hong said.

The desert was dark and the place was silent.

Qin Ming's emotions were in turmoil and he had many questions, but when he caught the complex expression on this person's face yesterday, he realized that this reunion might be completely different from his earlier guess.

"Young master, have you been reborn?" Cui Hong asked, his eyes very sharp at this moment.

Qin Ming said, "Just call me by my name. I'm not used to the word 'Young Master'."

"Well... okay, Chong and you are a new student?"

Qin Ming really wanted to correct this name, but after thinking about it, since everyone he knew called him Cui Chonghe, he might as well accept his identity first.

"Yes!" Qin Ming felt that no matter what he said, the other party would be able to tell whether it was true or false. Since someone from the Cui family had come, they would definitely investigate thoroughly in Yinteng Town and Shuangshu Village.

"Oh!" Cui Hong sighed when he heard his affirmative answer. He felt a little conflicted, a little embarrassed, and a little reluctant. His expression became very complicated again.

"Is there anything wrong?" Qin Ming became alert.

"Sir, um, Chonghe, you want to leave this remote place and go to a distant city, right?" Cui Hong asked.

Qin Ming remained silent. They were already on the way, so was there any need for an answer?

"Chonghe, I'm sorry. It's difficult for me to disobey the order. You can't leave this area. You need to be an ordinary person, rich and safe. Someone will arrange everything for you." Cui Hong said apologetically.

"What do you mean, do you want to destroy me?" Qin Ming stepped back into the desert. Sure enough, some of his bad premonitions came true. The appearance of the long-armed man did not bring the joy of reunion, but came with a storm, crashing into his broken memories.

Qin Ming staggered and felt a severe headache.

He asked loudly: "Who told you to do this?!"

Cui Hong hesitated for a while, but finally told her, "Your father."

"Where is my mother?!" Qin Ming asked and stepped back.

"Your mother also instructed us to do so before coming here," Cui Hong said.

Qin Ming felt like his head was about to explode, and his body was shaking violently in the desert. No wonder he felt that life was pieced together and somewhat false. Some of the beliefs in his heart had collapsed.

How can parents be like this?

He was once in rags, covered in blood and frostbite, trying to survive in the ice and snow. After being taken to Shuangshu Village, he saw with his own eyes that Lu Ze and his wife would rather freeze and starve themselves than let their two children suffer for Wenrui and Wenhui. He believed that all parents should do the same, because with his own personality, he would do the same.

"Why?!" Qin Ming endured the severe pain in his head and tried hard to recall, hoping to remember what had happened.

(End of this chapter)