It was supposed to be a sunny day, but as soon as they entered the desolate valley, they saw that the ring-shaped sky formed by the huge mountains above their heads was filled with dark clouds. The dark clouds were thick and low, causing one's heart to feel oppressed.
Lu Chen's eyes swept across the gloomy and dark valley. Everywhere he looked, there was not even a blade of grass growing. It was either hard, towering cliffs or weathered, cracked earth. Gusts of cold wind blew from the depths of the valley, stirring up clouds of gray dust.
Further away, because the wind blew through the cracks in the weathered rocks, there was a constant shrill howl. It sounded like the souls of the dead who died here a long time ago were still howling with resentment.
The little Black Dog followed Lu Chen's footsteps into the desolate valley. Although as a monster, it instinctively disliked this lifeless place, its desire to be with Lu Chen suppressed this feeling. However, when it walked into the valley, especially after following Lu Chen for a distance of about ten feet, Atsu suddenly stopped.
It groaned in a low voice, and its face seemed to be in pain. Its whole body was trembling slightly, as if it was feeling very uncomfortable. However, after glancing at Lu Chen in front of it, Atsu hesitated for a moment, but it still insisted on walking forward.
But soon, something even worse happened. After only a few steps, Atsu's footing became unstable. Its body swayed, and after every two steps it took, it would lose its balance. Not long after, it fell to the ground with a thud, and all four of its legs began to twitch.
A shadow suddenly blocked its sight. Atsu groaned in a low voice and looked up, only to see that Lu Chen had returned to its side. After reaching out and gently touching Atsu's head, Lu Chen carried it and walked back to the entrance of the valley. Then, he put Atsu on the ground and said in a low voice, "Wait for me here."
Atsu panted for a while, and the abnormalities in his body gradually subsided. It stood up again, glanced at Lu Chen, and then stuck out its tongue to lick Lu Chen's palm.
Lu Chen smiled, then turned around and walked away, quickly disappearing into the depths of the gloomy valley. Only a gust of chilly wind swept past, sweeping up a cloud of dust and obscuring the world.
Atsu was the only dog left at the entrance of the valley.
It lay there for a while. Perhaps it was bored, or perhaps it felt that something was wrong. It stood up and looked around.
The surroundings were desolate, and there was no movement at all. Ah-Tu hesitated for a moment, then tried to take a step forward. But after a few steps, Ah-Tu immediately felt that strange feeling from before again, so he quickly retreated.
Then, it tried to walk a few steps along the edge of the valley, and soon discovered that this way of walking would not trigger the strange phenomenon.
Atsu shook its body, stretched, and waited in the same place for a long time. But for some reason, Lu Chen still did not come back. Atsu waited in boredom. After a while, it finally stood up and slowly walked along the stone wall of the valley.
The stone wall was hard and rough. It was unknown how many years it had been eroded by wind and rain here. It looked strange in shape, and many places were even as sharp as the edge of a knife. Atsu avoided those dangerous stones and slowly walked forward curiously.
As it walked, it just happened to detour around a thick stone ridge that was filled with cracks. Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew past. In an instant, all the cracks in the stone were filled with strong winds. Almost at the same time, a dozen incomparably shrill cries suddenly sounded behind Ah-Tu.
"Roar … Ah … Yi … Ji …"
At that moment, it was as if thousands of ghosts were howling, and the scene could be said to be extremely terrifying. Ah-Tu was shocked, and all the hair on his body instantly stood up. He let out a terrified howl, and almost subconsciously ran forward.
This was really a desperate run. Along the stone wall of the valley, Atsu did not know how far it ran until it could not hold its breath anymore. The terrifying screams behind it could no longer be heard. Only then did it stop, panting, and looked back with a frightened look.
It stood there for a moment, still panting, and looked very nervous. Its eyes kept looking in the direction of the strange screams, as if it was afraid that a terrible monster would suddenly jump out from the dark corner. At the same time, it subconsciously slowly retreated, feeling that the farther it was from that place, the better.
However, as he retreated, Ah-Tu suddenly felt his body jerk. It was as if his buttocks had bumped into an incomparably thick wall. It was startled for a moment, and turned its head to look.
At the same time, a faint and gloomy wind blew over again with a sky full of dust, covering the sky and the sun.
Behind the sandstorm, right in front of Ah-Tu, a figure the size of a small mountain suddenly appeared. Because of the dust, the appearance of this enormous creature could not be seen, but Ah-Tu's figure seemed especially small under the shadow of that black shadow.
Atsu's eyes widened, and it stared blankly at the huge figure. And in the sandstorm, the huge monster also seemed to feel something, and it slowly turned its head.
A black shadow covered the sky and covered the puppy in its shadow. A huge head descended from the sky. Before Ah-Tu could see it clearly, he first saw a pair of eyes that were as huge as copper bells. They seemed to flicker with a terrifying light and shadow. The eyes slowly descended from the sandstorm and stared at Ah-Tu.
Atsu let out a cry, and its limbs became weak. With a plop, it directly fell to the ground.
…
Lu Chen walked in the sandstorm, silently moving forward. The barren valley was filled with a strange and desolate atmosphere, as well as an invisible but abnormal feeling of chaos. But strangely, he seemed to be completely unaffected by it.
When he gradually reached the center of the desolate valley, the terrain of the valley became even more chaotic. There were large and small cracks everywhere on the ground, crisscrossing each other. It was a ghastly sight. It was as if a terrible natural disaster had happened here a long time ago, and a powerful force had wreaked havoc here, leaving this valley with eternal marks of pain.
And under his feet, the color of the ground gradually changed, from the lifeless lead gray color at the beginning, began to become scorched black and dark red marks, and the deeper he went into the valley, the darker the two colors became, giving a strange illusion. It was as if this barren valley was also alive, but at some time, it was stabbed by a knife, and endless blood flowed out. After the blood dried up, it became such an ugly and terrible appearance.
All these terrible "bloodstains" appeared to be radiating outwards, and the source of all this was the circular open space in the center of the valley.
Lu Chen slowly walked to this place.
The sandstorm blew past him, sweeping up the lapels of his clothes, causing them to float slightly.
In his line of sight, as the sandstorm slowly settled, a figure appeared in the ring.
That person was not standing, but sitting there, but even though he was just sitting, he looked as tall as an ordinary person standing.
He sat in the circular open space, which seemed to be the source of all pain, horror, and devastation, and also the source of all power, with his back facing Lu Chen, looking at this side of the world.
After a while, the sandstorm rose again, and his figure became a little blurred. In the wind, a voice came, gentle and calm, sounding very similar to Lu Chen's usual tone.
"You're here …"
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