Dow and Carbon-Based Monkey Breeding Guidelines

Chapter 867 Outside the Garden Wall

The flame hovers above the fallen reeds, and from a distance, it seems to be some kind of luminous colored yarn dancing on the quiet waves.In the shadow of the fire, the birds folded their wings and crouched, like a large looming bush of gorgeous flowers.They all clung to each other quietly, looking with beady eyes in the direction where the reeds had been pushed aside.In the middle of the flock of birds, Jing Huang stared blankly with her hair lowered, while Yareriga was teasing the trembling baby bird on her palm with crumbs of bread.

The swaying and twisting red halo made Luo Binhan, who was approaching gradually, feel that this scene was unreal, as if he was approaching a blue-red oil painting.The figures in the painting were all looking out of the frame through the grass, but they couldn't see him.No matter what he does outside the frame, the characters in the painting will continue to maintain their respective moods.

The black cat jumped off his shoulder and merged into the image of the shaking red light.It paced back and forth under the flying flames, its small body was almost completely covered by the grass, only its pitch-black tail stood tall, with the end bent half a circle to the left, wandering on the grass like a question mark made of shadows.

"You'd better not use this road," said the black cat, "and you don't have to ask him to come."

Jing Juan glanced at the tip of its floating tail.The dark eyes of the birds followed him on the tail.They looked so smart and calm on this night, and they didn't panic at the sight of their predators.It seemed that they were no longer the native species that Luo Binhan was familiar with, but had become older and mysterious creatures.They are indeed very ancient here, and these fliers who are suspected to be descendants of dinosaurs have all seen many secrets.

"Does he agree?" Jing Huang said.

For a while, Luo Binhan wondered if the "he" Jing Huang was talking about was himself.Of course, he had agreed to come and see him off, although he had no idea what he was going to see.But then he knew it had nothing to do with him, for the black cat replied in his usual dissatisfied tone, "You know he won't refuse to mention it—in view of your mother. I don't even have to ask for it." He gave a definite answer."

Jing Juan glanced at the cat's tail on the grass again.The atmosphere was not very friendly, so Luo Binhan thought that the two of them had to argue a little more.But Jing Huang didn't say anything, but turned to Luo Binhan.

"What are you looking at?" Luo Binhan said.

"...how is Zhou Yu recently?"

"I'm addicted to working overtime." Luo Binhan said.He began to wonder again whether the relationship between Zhou Yu and Jing Huang was good or not.

Jing Huang nodded, lacking interest in more specific details.Since they returned to Lihai City, he seemed more and more preoccupied.Luo Binhan wasn't sure if it was because he was worried about his missing sister, or for some other reason.This kind of reaction made Luo Binhan feel strangely uncomfortable, he somewhat hoped that the farewell would have a comforting atmosphere, but now he couldn't go over and make a move on Jing Huang.Too many birds are hidden in the grass.He had to trample on dozens of them at least to get Jing Huang's head hair.

He cleared his throat and said, "I just heard the cat say you're going to take a shortcut. Can you explain what that means?"

"Should you have walked by?"

"What did I walk by?"

"At the beginning, Assabam was able to lead you to the river channel of the High Spirit Belt. It should have gone through the moon realm used by the dwarf star guest. There are all the residual dreams of the dead, and it looks like it is made of shadows and gray fog. The wilderness... So you should have an impression, right? That thing is called a 'shortcut', because if used properly, it can easily cross the star plane—however, it is too dangerous for rational equipment. Unless there is a clear agreement, they would rather enter the wishing machine environment than enter a shortcut with unknown attribution."

"Oh." Luo Binhan said, and unconsciously wiped his trouser leg with his left hand, but the gap between his fingers was still wet and cold.He refrained himself from recalling the moment when he and Assabam walked the Shadow Path, and he prevented himself from asking another obvious question: Did Joan ever walk that Shadow Path with anyone?
"I thought only dwarfs could do that," he said. "I remember you used to do stuff like that, like turning lakes into holes or something. But it wasn't quite the same as Assabam... She seems to be able to enter that place anytime, anywhere, and stay there for as long as she wants. So, this time you want to go in too?"

"He can't," said the black cat in the grass, "and he's not going into Shadow's land. He'll be in big trouble there."

"That……"

"He's going to take a shortcut that belongs to Will." The black cat interrupted him a little rudely, "You'll understand later."

Its voice sounded in a bad mood, not suitable for joking at all, so Luo Binhan had to shut up and wait and see.His awareness of current affairs did not satisfy the black cat, and Luo Binhan could hear its claws tearing the grass leaves in the dark.The tail, which rose above the top of the grass, was also shaggy, proving its owner's sudden bad mood.

"Before I begin," said the black cat, "it is a very ill-advised idea. Will's dream does not fit here at all."

"There's usually no one here."

"Hmm, no one. Not a living thing?"

"They can detect it by themselves." Jing Huang said.The fire light jumped up slightly, and all the birds turned to look at him.They all seemed to understand the situation better than Robin Han.

The black cat flicked the end of its tail straight. "You'll see," it said in a low, sort of grunt, "this place is going to get a bunch of thrill-seekers sooner or later. It always does."

"They can't tell the difference."

"Of course. They'll just think there was a massacre here, or ancient tombs, sacrificial pits... those ridiculous things. But they can still cause trouble. You think they don't know how to call, or even cause a little echo, But you can't imagine what these idiots can do when they're bored."

The black cat slapped away the grass in front of it, and several birds flew away from it and fell far to the other side of the fire.It repeated: "They'll make trouble. You'd better remember my words."

Luo Binhan felt that it was difficult for him not to listen to these few words.At the risk of being scratched by the cat, he interjected and asked, "What's the trouble? Who caused the trouble?"

"Those who are too curious." The black cat said coldly.

Luo Binhan was a little uncertain whether this was a threat to him, but he still had to defend the safety of his own homeland. "This is a nature reserve," he warned. "If you destroy the environment here, I will go to jail."

No one has expressed any apparent concern for his personal freedom.Luo Binhan frequently gave Yale Liga a look of asking for help, but the woman only cared about the fluff of the little sparrows on her palm, and didn't seem to care about the conversation between the black cat and Jing Juan at all.Momolo looked back and forth among his companions with an innocent and happy expression, and Luo Binhan suspected that he would also have this expression when he came to visit the prison in the future.No one can give him reasonable attention and feedback steadily. This is really a moment that reflects Zhou Yu's strategic value.He really regretted letting Zhou Yu go to work overtime.Just as he was considering whether to make a phone call with Zhou Yu, another savior came from the depths of the night.

"It's okay, Luo Binhan. There won't be any obvious changes in the environment here, and no one can connect all this with you."

The flames spread in the darkness.Luo Binhan saw half of Chen Wei's cheek emerging from the edge of the red light.She looked like she had just walked over from a distance, but Luo Binhan didn't notice it at all, as if she had been here from the very beginning.She stood still at the edge of the fire, and smiled at him: "Is Zhou Yu all right?"

"Working overtime." Luo Binhan said, "Are you here too?"

"Naturally. I also want to go together. And without me, this shortcut might not be so easy to use. You should be clear about this, Jing Juan?"

Jing Huang sullenly turned his head to the other side.All the birds followed his example and turned their heads, pretending to appreciate the scenery in the distance without Chen Wei.Luo Binhan quietly tiptoed a nearby wild goose, trying to force it to look at someone Jing Huang didn't want to face.What he got was a hard peck on the ankle.

"Oh!" Luo Binhan exclaimed.Chen Wei looked at him helplessly, as if to say something, and finally just shook her head.

"Don't pay attention to him," said the black cat.It jumped out of the grass vigorously, fell steadily into Chen Wei's open arms, and curled up into a high-arching sphere.Luo Binhan immediately forgot about his painful ankle, but stared dumbfounded at it flicking its tail in Chen Wei's arms, accepting the latter's gentle caress.He had never seen it so well behaved and friendly, almost like a real house cat.

"Don't put on that stupid look." The black cat said in Chen Wei's arms, "I watched her grow up. When Will was still busy killing a few old friends, I was the one rocking the cradle in the palace. I don't mean to complain, but Will doesn't deal with toddlers at all. He messed up with Alan Mings."

"Young master, you seem to have become lighter. You must have been working hard recently, right?"

Chen Wei lifted it up and shook it lightly twice.Robin Han could have sworn he heard a few soft, pleasant purring sounds.He couldn't help widening his eyes, trying to see the expression of the black cat from the mass of pitch-black fur, but a ball of grass suddenly hit him on the cheek.Instinctively, he grabbed it and fought back at the attacker.

"What are you doing?" he demanded.

"Don't stare." Jing Huang said coldly.

"What's wrong? There's still a fee to see cats here?"

"……time to go."

Jing Huang stood up from the grass.Almost at the same moment, the birds also fluttered their wings.They scatter in all directions as agreed upon in advance, creating a gust of wind that mixes broken feathers and grass and sawdust.

Luo Binhan stretched out his hand to cover his face, but did not close his eyes completely.Through his fingers, he found that Jing Huang was approaching him.He didn't know if it was because he squinted his eyes, Jing Huang looked hazy and unreal at this time, like a portrait that came to life, some kind of mirage mixed with cloud and mist.He found this scene so interesting that he almost lost his mind, until Jing Huang pulled out a straight and thick branch from behind with a blank expression.He immediately put down his hand and took a step back vigilantly: "What do you want?"

Jing Juan tapped the end of the branch on the ground and drew a circle around him.Luo Binhan's head followed the branches, and when the circle on the ground closed, he looked down at himself inside the circle, and then at the thorns outside the circle.

"Stay in this circle and don't move around." Jing Huang said.

Luo Binhan said emotionally, "Disciple, go and come back quickly."

He was ready to dodge a flying branch, but Jing Juan just glanced at him indifferently, and threw the branch into the grass.His eyes were not vicious, but Luo Binhan had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

"This circle is considered a safe zone. After the shortcut is opened, you will not be able to step out of here, whether you want to or not."

"Why do I want to step out of here?" Luo Binhan said, "Can I still go with you?"

"Do you really want to leave? You were the one who clamored to come back before?"

Robin Han shrugged.He originally wanted to say that there were some very complicated truths in it, so complicated that Jing Huang would never be able to understand, but the expression Jing Huang stared at him made him a little afraid to say this.He has always believed that Jing Huang has no ability to read minds, but at this moment the latter seems to be able to see through what he is thinking.

"I can't go tonight anyway, can I?" he said. "I'll just stand in this circle and see you off. No problem. I won't move a step until you're gone."

"I didn't ask you to come to see me off, but to let you see the answer with your own eyes."

"What?"

"Let you see what the way out you always thought was. In this way, you should be able to give up, right?"

This sentence didn't make any sense to Luo Binhan, so he could only wait there in a daze, to see if Jing Juan could give him a reasonable explanation.He doesn't know what he should give up on, unless it's the troublesome little gossip that Zhou Yu and Chen Wei concealed together - he hasn't pried it out of Zhou Yu's mouth so far, but he will never give up on it .What Jing Huang said didn't work.

"What?" he said with a smile, "Let me see it?"

He thought he had dealt with it quite decently, but for some reason, Jing Juan looked very unhappy.The people outside the circle glanced at him for the last time, and then walked away without looking back.Luo Binhan originally thought that they would say a few more polite words of farewell, or they would have to recite a few spells, dance to the gods, etc., but found that Jing Huang went further and further away.Both Yale Liga and Chen Wei followed him, walking through the swaying grass and walking towards the depths of the endless night.

"What are you doing?" Robin Han said.He was so overwhelmed by such sudden action that he almost ran after him.Immediately afterwards, he thought of Jing Huang's request to him, so he had no choice but to stand still and shout loudly.He called Jing Huang, Yale Lijia and Chen Wei, but no one paid any attention to him.They seemed to be deaf at all.

thorns.Yalai.Chen Wei.thorns.Yalai.Chen Wei.His lingering voice echoed in the night, as if someone was imitating his speech.The reverberation grew longer and longer, and gradually lost its own timbre.Thorpe.Yalai.Chen Wei.The lingering sound of shouting brought a rhythm like singing.This is no longer his voice, this is no longer a cry to those who are gone.When the wind stirred the ears of grass, what he heard was Lingling's beautiful melody.But that is not the song of rustling fiber, but the vibration of jade and drift ice.

Night air rises from the ground.The smell of freshness and corruption has become warm and sweet, like fermented wine.Luo Binhan felt dizzy from the most intoxicating air.He tried his best to stand still so that he could use his sight to find the three people in the distance.He thought he saw them very far away, walking towards a rising full moon with a bluish halo.He saw the black cat leading the way, its pupils twinkling like pearls reflecting the moon; he saw Yale Liga once showing confusion, with her arms open as if she was about to dance, but she became calm and composed again under Chen Wei's gaze; The most conspicuous thing is still the thorns, where the fiery phantom passes by, the vegetation turns brilliant red, and immediately turns black after being completely burned.What he left behind in this beautiful garden is a winding and deep road of ashes.Luo Binhan could see all these scenes clearly.

But he couldn't really see.It was still so dark, and the grass was as thick as waves.The wind sings, and they dance gracefully in harmony.From the end of a reed's leaf grow ten spikes, and out of the ten spikes grow a hundred kinds of fruit trees.The fruit tree is ripe when it emerges, and its fruit falls to the ground.Sweet springs and clear streams flow out of the cracked fragrant fruit, while the intact ones turn into colorful and clear jade.Zhuqiao crosses and leads to Fengting deep in Hualin and Shishan.

In this moonlit Liyuan, he could no longer see the road of ashes.He no longer remembers the road of ashes, and he has never seen the pedestrians in the distance.He saw only this nameless garden, which seemed to contain everything, nothing alike, and nothing not beautiful.A leaf left at his feet is already colorful, depicting the delicate colors of all the flowers in the world; the clusters of stream stones are more exquisite and bright than all the coral pearls in the sea.Blue clouds and mist escaped from the bamboo branches, surrounding him like this garden.

He was indeed surrounded by this garden.Everything around him has become one with it, has become the landscape and cornerstone of the garden.But he himself did not.He is still outside the garden, just watching the scenery in the garden from a distance and greedily through the wall.He wanted to see all this beauty clearly, to enter into this pure and flawless yet extremely rich world, to know what else was in the deepest part of the garden.There was nothing else to worry about.If he walks into it, he will never have the thought of leaving again.This beautiful garden was everything, and he just wanted to be in it, without taking the fruit from any of the trees.Never have to take anything away again.The answer is in it.The way out is here.

But he could not go there, because a wall surrounded him.The wall exuded the heat and light of the fire, so that he couldn't even take a step, he could only watch and yearn in place.There is no one else in the garden, as long as he crosses the wall, he can stay in it forever.All this belonged to him, just as the shadow belonged to Assabam.No one can find him again, no one bothers him again.As long as he crosses this wall.

He was already eager to try, but some apprehension kept him from going forward.No, he wasn't afraid of the wall, because that terrible wall of fire couldn't really hurt him.If he really wanted to go into the garden, nothing could hurt him anymore.He just felt a little strange, because there was no visitor in the garden.No fish, birds, people, or even insects.Who built this place?Who is it made for?Gradually, he began to feel lost in longing, then fear.

The blue mist became thicker, covering everything he had seen, only the hazy shadows of flowers still swaying behind the mist.come on.The wind whispered to him.Come to this dream town of Wangyou, this never-ending blooming season.This carnival of no return.As long as you cross this frightening high wall, you can untie the veil of green mist and become the master of the garden.He heard all the promises, but felt more and more apprehensive in his heart.Suddenly he realized that this was not an empty garden without an owner.never was.The owner of the garden has always been there, just after the blue mist.

He began to shake.The moment he realized this, unprecedented terror engulfed him.In the most beautiful and moving garden in the world, in this secluded, elegant and infinitely gorgeous peach garden, there are the dirtiest and ugliest things in the world.He has not really seen the whole picture of that thing, but he already knows that it is in that garden, behind the fragrant and moist green mist, its poisonous breath, which is more terrible than the plague, is covered by the song of grass and trees.That horrible, dirty, sick and naked thing, that image that can only be touched in the deepest nightmare, is a monster piled up with corrupted flesh and filthy soul.It lurks in the garden outside the wall, quietly waiting for someone to come.

He can't go in, as long as the thing is still in the garden, he will never be able to spy on the scenery behind the green mist.Just thinking about that thing was driving him crazy.The ghost in Nali Garden.The ghost in Nali Garden.He tried not to think about it, but his body was festering, a nest of putrid fetids, or hunks of flesh slowly dissolving in the maw of a beast.He was reduced from life to organization, and then to a complete foreign body.The body of the ego is a terrifying monster.From birth he was locked to a monster doomed to corruption.He couldn't think about it any more.He must escape from here.

Robin Han screamed.He screamed silently and endlessly, amidst the ice song of jade and ice echoing in the garden, until the burning walls lit up the entire sky.He opened his eyes exhausted and saw that he was already lying in the grass.Momolo held his hand, and a warm glow covered his body.

"Mr. Luo! Are you okay? Do you feel uncomfortable?"

Robin looked at him blankly.Momolo did not go with Jing Juan.This was not what he expected, and no one told him about this arrangement.But he didn't ask why.At this moment he felt very tired.

"Did you see it?" he asked hoarsely.

"Mr. Luo, did you mean a shortcut? Mr. Xuanhong told me not to look at it, so I left temporarily when the shortcut opened. Mr. Luo, your complexion is so bad, did you see something in the shortcut?"

Luo Binhan shook his head vigorously.No one told him what to do, but he seemed to understand why Jinghuang kept Momoloh from knowing about the garden of the nightmare.

"I didn't see anything," he said exhaustedly.

He closed his eyes and lay there, recalling the dream in a trance.The surrounding reeds overlooked him, bright green in the morning sun.His nostrils were filled with the smell of mud, and he could hear the grass rustling in his ears.The nightmare of Liyuan and the circle drawn by Jing Juan have all evaporated in the fading dawn, and there is no trace of it anymore.Another sunny day in the world.

　It's cloudy, please rest assured.Still, it feels like I'm still in the long covid period.Omicron seems to be quite powerful.I don't know how long these symptoms will last.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)