Madmen don't keep diaries

Chapter 105 104 Breakthrough, Two Sides

In the pitch darkness, Feng Xiuhu stumbled and walked for who knows how long.

As he emerged from the crack of the last alley, his eyes suddenly opened up.

The sound of waves became the main melody in the silence, as if the sea was singing in a low voice.

The hazy moon hangs in the night sky like a frosted silver plate, and the fine light falls on the sea, and the waves rushing towards the mudflats are dyed with sparkling light.

Everything around was shrouded in a dim halo, lonely and deep.

The sea breeze blew, Feng Xiuhu wrapped his coat around him, lowered his head and continued walking forward.

He stepped into the mudflat, and the deeper he went, the deeper his legs sank.

The mud rolled into his trouser legs like slippery tentacles, and the bone-chilling cold made Feng Xiuhu shiver.

He waded forward a little further, and the sea water gradually reached Feng Xiuhu's waist.

In the moonlight, Feng Xiuhu looked around, looking for his target.

As he said before, it's not hard to find a place affected by the erosion rules.

Feng Xiuhu was found soon.

It was a reef protruding from the sea. It had been eroded by wind and water for countless years, and its surface was smooth yet also had sharp edges.

Feng Xiuhu swam across and climbed up the reef with great effort.

Following the method taught by Shi, Feng Xiuhu took out a cloth bag from his inner pocket and opened it. He placed the three items for communicating with the spiritual world in front of him in order, then sat cross-legged and practiced the exercises.

As the magic power flowed, Feng Xiuhu exhaled slowly, closed his eyes and concentrated. He began to silently comprehend in his heart and resonate with the rules.

Eclipse was still worried and reminded him in his mind, "Think about what I told you. Don't let your imagination run wild."

As the control over his mind was released, various mysterious symbols slowly appeared around Feng Xiuhu. They floated and fell, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

As time goes by, the symbols surge more and more frequently.

The rootless wood gradually decayed, the money used to press the coffin was covered with rust, and the wick of the guiding lamp turned yellow and black.

Feng Xiuhu did not move at all, and seemed to be one with the reef in the darkness.

Before I knew it, the sound of waves in my ears disappeared and everything returned to dead silence.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but in the endless darkness he seemed to "see" a lot of things.

Mountains, forests, snowfields, rivers, cities, villages, wild beasts, and people.

Whether tall or lush, whether vast or turbulent, whether prosperous or peaceful, whether primitive or civilized.

In the end everything returns to dust.

Extinction is the inevitable end of all things.

Erosion is an inevitable process in the world.

Feng Xiuhu didn't want to think about the meaning of it all. It was too far away from him, but subconsciously, he understood "erosion" as more than that.

Or it shouldn't be like this.

His thoughts began to wander and his mind became confused.

Everything has two sides.

Feng Xiuhu vaguely remembered a great man once saying, "There are good things in this world, and there are bad things. It has been like this since ancient times, and it will be like this ten thousand years from now."

He couldn't help thinking about it.

What is erosion?
What is erosion?

It starts with the insignificant me, to spread, to disseminate, to cover, to destroy, to set off a wave, to erode the world——

"Feng Xiuhu!"

"Feng Xiuhu——!"

"Roar--!!"

A deafening tiger roar exploded in his mind. Feng Xiuhu suddenly woke up and found himself sinking to the bottom of the sea.

Feng Xiuhu was caught off guard and swallowed a mouthful of sea water. He quickly held his breath and kicked his legs to float up.

wow-

He broke the surface of the water and took a deep breath of fresh air.

Turning around and looking around, is there any trace of the reef?

Shi kept cursing in his ear: "Madman! Madman! The rules are out of control again! Take control of your brain!" Feng Xiuhu treaded water and shouted: "Where is my reef? Where is my huge reef!"

"It has long been crushed to dust by the rules!"

Eclipse was also shouting, "Get out of here! The abnormal rhythm of the rules just now was too strong! It will attract them!"

Feng Xiuhu heard that something bad was going to happen, so he quickly swam back, not forgetting to chat with Eclipse: "Did I succeed in breaking through?"

Eclipse cursed: "I can't succeed again - why did I end up with a lunatic like you!"

After a lot of struggle, Feng Xiuhu, who was soaked all over, finally crawled back to the mudflat.

He didn't dare to stop, and continued walking forward, one step deep and one step shallow, until he reached the alley he had been in before, and then he sat down in the mud.

Through the gap between the sundries, Feng Xiuhu looked out at the distant sea and asked breathlessly, "Is there any movement?"

Eclipse felt it for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "No."

Feng Xiuhu couldn't help but curse, "Are you trying to scare me? You almost killed me with exhaustion."

Eclipse was still alert: "It's just luck, maybe the wind and rain are not here."

Feng Xiuhu said unhappily, "This is her hometown. Where else could she be if not here?"

Eclipse said angrily, "There are so many coastal cities, and it's not like Sails City is the only one that believes in her. How would I know when she's there and when she's not? Besides, the New Gods spend most of their time in the Spirit World, where their kingdom of God is. So strictly speaking, that's their home."

Feng Xiuhu's eyes rolled: "Then do you have a kingdom of God?"

Eclipse sneered: "Yes, do you dare to go? You might be caught by Xijun."

Feng Xiuhu muttered to himself, "If I were Xijun, I would burn you to death."

Shi was so angry that he gritted his teeth and said, "You're right, that's exactly what she did."

Feng Xiuhu shut up in disappointment. This was indeed a bit too much.

So he stopped talking about the issue, rested enough, patted his trouser legs, stood up and prepared to go back.

Just as Feng Xiuhu turned around, there was suddenly movement behind him.

He was already on guard, and when he heard the sound he immediately picked up the hatchet and stared at the entrance of the alley.

There were faint sounds of footsteps, and a short figure entered the alley.

"Pigtail?"

Feng Xiuhu was stunned.

Xiaobianzi didn't expect there was someone here and was startled.

She looked at Feng Xiuhu warily and subconsciously hid the things in her hand behind her back.

Feng Xiuhu asked her, "Why are you out here so late and not sleeping?"

The pigtailed girl wasn't afraid at all. She raised her neck and asked back, "I was just about to ask you, what are you doing here so late at night? Are you trying to steal something?"

Feng Xiuhu sneered, "I'm here just to catch you."

The pigtailed girl suddenly panicked: "When did you know?"

Feng Xiuhu grinned and laughed: "Ha! I didn't expect that your third brother would tell me the news!"

After saying that, he stepped forward to catch the man. Xiaobianzi turned around and tried to escape in panic, but Feng Xiuhu grabbed his arm.

"Bring it to you!"

Feng Xiuhu snatched the thing from Xiaobianzi's hand and took a look at it - it turned out to be a few pieces of meat with blood still hanging on them.

Unable to break free, Xiaobianzi punched and kicked Feng Xiuhu's knees with tears in her eyes.

Feng Xiuhu asked her, "Where did it come from?"

The pigtailed girl bared her teeth at him: "Give it back to me!"

Feng Xiuhu added, "Tell the truth and I'll give it back to you."

The pigtailed girl pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke in a tearful voice, "Mr. Gray gave it to me."

Feng Xiuhu suddenly realized that it was rat meat.

He didn't think much about it, he just felt that Xiaobianzi felt sorry for his family's hard work, so he came out to catch mice late at night.

After getting the answer, Feng Xiuhu kept his promise and threw the rat meat to Xiaobianzi: "Here, get out."

The girl with pigtails made a vicious face at him, turned around and trotted away.

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(End of this chapter)