The Endless Journey
Mubeth Star Region, Luo Nan Planet.
Under the light, a pen landed on a piece of paper, writing down words from Earth. The room rustled, revealing a sense of tranquility. The light shone on the face of a young man. He had silver-grey hair and a handsome face. Under the illumination of the fire, his golden pupils seemed to glow, emitting a brilliant light. He was writing in his diary, and the diary wrote:
Twenty-three days after leaving Earth.
Today, I followed the clues to Luo Nan Planet. I'm sorry, father, I couldn't attend your wedding. But you were right, your journey has come to an end, and I should also begin my own journey.
It seemed a little off topic.
Luo Nan Planet. There were also humans living on this planet. Of course, there were still some differences from the humans on Earth. The civilization of this planet was still very backward. At this moment, I stopped in a city. There was a legend in this city. It was said that there was a giant snake sleeping in the depths of the city, and it was the guardian of the city. Once the city suffered a disaster, it would wake up from its slumber.
I've gathered a lot of information about this legend, and it seems a bit like my race. I decided to stay here for a while.
The universe is vast, and I believe that in some corner, my race is definitely still alive.
At this point, the young man stopped and closed the diary.
At this moment, footsteps could be heard outside, and the voices of people gradually became noisy. The young man hid the diary, walked out of the room, and came to the street outside. From afar, he could see the fire coming from the direction of the city square. He casually caught a passerby and asked, "What happened?"
"Something big happened." The middle-aged man said, "Someone entered the underground palace without the permission of the lord. The lord thinks that she angered the guardian and wants to burn her to death. What's more hateful is that this woman was full of nonsense. She said that there was no guardian in the underground palace, only demons and their guards. Now, the demon guards want to destroy this city. This is terrible, this kind of woman deserves to be burned to death! "
After saying that, he ran away.
The young man narrowed his eyes, "Demons? Guards? Interesting … "
He also rushed into the crowd.
The city square was brightly lit, and in the middle, there was a high platform. The high platform was made of wood, and it was already drenched with oil. A tightly bound woman was carried onto the platform by two strong men, who then tied her to a wooden pillar. It was a young woman. She clearly knew what fate awaited her next, but there was no trace of fear on her face. She shouted, "You must believe me. After burning me to death, please leave this city immediately. The demon guards were already on the move. They would come to the surface at any time, and when that happened, the city would be filled with rivers of blood. They would devour babies, and they would not let any human go. Please believe me! "
"Nonsense!" Sitting on a tall horse, the lord, who was dressed in luxurious clothes, said, "Burn this woman to death immediately!"
An archer lit an arrow and shot it at the pile of wood. The wooden platform immediately burst into flames. People shouted excitedly, "Burn her!" Listening to these voices, the woman had a sad expression on her face. Suddenly, the color of the flames changed from fire to blue. Then, the platform and the flames turned into frost. Such a phenomenon caused everyone to turn pale with fright. Someone shouted, "The devil is here," and the people around them scrambled to escape the square.
Even the lord left under the protection of the soldiers.
When the square was empty, someone walked onto the platform. It was the young man with silver hair. He reached out and pointed at the rope on the woman's body. The rope froze and then broke. The woman regained her freedom and looked at him with a stunned expression.
The young man smiled and said, "Follow me."
The two of them left the city and came to a small forest outside the city. The young man took off his cloak and spread it on the ground, saying, "You can sleep here."
"Who are you?" The woman asked, and then said, "My name is Roland."
"You can call me Bai." The young man smiled and said, "Miss Roland, have you really been to the underground palace?"
Roland sat on the cloak and nodded, saying, "Yes, I have been there. My family has detailed records of that underground palace. There is no guardian god in that underground palace, only a demon. My ancestors once fought against this demon and captured it. But we could not kill the demon, so my ancestors built the underground palace and sealed the demon deep underground forever. After that, our family took root in this land. At first, there was nothing here. Later, it became a village, then a small town, and after a few hundred years, the city we have today. "
"It seems that your family has withered."
"Yes, a few hundred years is enough for a flourishing family to die out. I am the last member. Recently, this city was threatened, and the lord comforted everyone with the legend of the underground palace's guardian, even offering sacrifices to the guardian. This was an extremely stupid thing. They sent food to the demon, and with food, the demon will become stronger again. I was worried that the underground palace could not seal the demon, so I went down to confirm. Sure enough, the demon's guardian has begun to awaken, and the people on the ground are completely unaware! "
Bai patted Roland's shoulder, "Rest for a while, then take me to see. If there really is a demon, I will help you get rid of it. "
"You?" Roland clearly did not believe him. She shook her head and said, "You can't do it, sir. You should leave this place quickly. "
"What about you?"
"I plan to go back and take a look. If there is really no other way, I will blow up the underground palace. Fortunately, our ancestors foresaw such a day, so they prepared some necessary traps in the underground palace."
Bai said indifferently, "Maybe you don't have to do that. Anyway, you should sleep for a while. I will go get some things, and when I come back, we will go to the underground palace together. "
He went back to the city to get his luggage, and when he came back, the woman was already gone. Bai shook his head, smiled, and his eyes lit up. After a while, he found the woman's footprints, and he followed her to the foot of a mountain outside the city. There was a cave at the foot of the mountain, and Bai walked in and went deep inside.
He came to an underground palace, and at the entrance of the palace were two sculptures of monsters. The bodies of a human and the heads of a snake. Bai was stunned, and this was a little out of his expectations. He went deep inside, and not long after, he saw a hall. A woman's scream rang out in the hall. Bai rushed forward, and in the blink of an eye, he saw a monster attacking the woman. It was a giant monster, a few meters tall, with three snake heads. It held a battle axe and a giant sword in its hands, and it was chasing Roland.
Seeing that Roland was about to be cut by the giant sword, Bai flashed in front of her, and reached out to stop the blade. Then, from the point where the two collided, the giant sword quickly spread out a layer of frost, and finally, the giant monster was frozen into an ice sculpture.
Roland looked at Bai in shock, and said, "Why haven't you left yet?"
"If I leave, you will die." Bai stretched out his hand and pulled her up, "Let's go, let's go see the devil you mentioned."
They went deep into the underground palace, passing through many traps, and encountered all kinds of monsters along the way. Finally, they came to the depths of the palace. This was a hall, and in the middle of the hall, there was a giant skeleton. From the shape of the skeleton, it was exactly the same as the sculpture outside the palace. It had a human-like body, but the skull was obviously in the shape of a snake.
The skeleton was still chained with thick iron chains, which were tied around the hall. After a long period of time, the iron chains had rusted.
Bai said, "It seems like no matter how strong the devil is, it can't resist the erosion of time. It's already dead. As for those guards, they might be the mutated descendants of its union with the underground creatures. "
"Dead …" Roland was a little lost, and then she laughed, "The devil is actually dead. Is the thing that we want to protect for generations just a skeleton?"
Bai patted her shoulder and said, "Don't be sad, it might not be a bad thing to know the answer now. Look, at least you don't have to stay here anymore, you can go around. "
"But I don't know where to go."
"How about this, I'll travel around, and if you want, we can be companions."
"Can we? If that's the case, that's great. "
When they walked out of the underground palace, it was already morning. Explosions and flames came from the direction of the city. Roland said, "They're here, it's the army of the Masians, they've finally attacked this city."
Roland looked at the cave at the foot of the mountain, "Unfortunately, their guardian did not appear in the end."
"Let's go, this has nothing to do with us anymore."
The two of them left, facing the rising sun.
One night, Bai took out a diary. Roland was cooking meat soup, and she asked curiously, "You even know how to take notes?"
"Yes, my father said that I'll record everything along the way. When I no longer travel in the future, I'll be able to collect incomparably precious memories, "Bai said with a smile, flipping open the diary, and began to record.
It was the third week since they arrived at Luo Nanxing.
Previously, I was searching for the legend of the guardian in a city. I thought that it might be related to my race, but unfortunately, even if it was really the king snake race, it had already become a skeleton. Yes, it had died, it had died under the murder of time. I looked at the skeleton and wondered if my race had also become like this. Could it be that I was the last member of the king snake race?
This was a question without an answer. Unless I traveled to every corner of the universe and confirmed that there were no other king snakes alive, then I would be able to come to this conclusion.
However, it wasn't as if I didn't gain anything. At least, I got to know Roland, a rather decent woman. I'll travel with her on Luo Nan Star for a period of time. Now that I've heard that there's a country in the depths of the desert that worships the giant snake, I want to go there to take a look.
Father, maybe Lei An will have grown up by the time I return. However, just like what you said, this universe is so vast, there's another universe beyond this one. It looks like I'll be traveling for quite a long time.
"The soup is ready, come and drink it."
I heard Roland call out to me as I closed the diary. Bai smiled and stood up, saying, "Hurry up and sleep after you finish drinking. We're going to the desert tomorrow."
"What exactly are you looking for?"
"I don't know, but I'll find out one day. However, before that, there are still countless adventures waiting for me. "
"You really like to explore."
"This is what's so fascinating about life, isn't it?"
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