Free Wild 37

Yu An, like everyone else, stared blankly at the area covered by the golden barrier.

He didn't feel any pain when he was bounced back. It was a very gentle force.

"What is this..."

Fan Ze was filled with shock.

The chief wizard pushed through the crowd and stood in front.

After a long moment, he said solemnly, "We need to add another picture to the underground mural."

"What picture?"

Chief Wizard: "The name of the picture, the day of the advent of the gods."

-

The connection between the system and Ning Ren was completely and unilaterally severed.

It can see what Ning Ren is doing, and it can also see the live broadcast room, but Ning Ren cannot see it or hear it speak.

Ning Ren's body was still asleep, but his consciousness had come to an unfamiliar place.

It is the bank of the golden river.

A small courtyard appeared on the shore, exactly the same as the one he lived in before, even the position of the magnolia tree had not changed.

But the only difference is that everything here is illusory, nothing seems real. There is no sky, no ground, and except for the river in the vastness, there is no living thing.

Ning Ren's memory is completely blank.

He sat on the shore in a daze, as if the same unchanging scenery had been before his eyes since he became conscious.

He doesn't know loneliness or boredom.

He is very hungry.

But every golden stream flowing in the river made him less hungry.

As soon as he raised his finger, a random streak of light flew out and wrapped around his fingertips, transforming into a picture.

Just like now.

The picture shows a white-haired woman with a crying baby in her backpack. She is very skinny and the baby's cry is very shrill and thin.

The woman prayed and kowtowed to the sky.

"I'm willing to sacrifice all my blessings in exchange for my grandson's well-being. Please, heaven, please, God..."

Ning Ren then took away her remaining welfare according to her request.

He had no way to change the conditions for fulfilling his wish, he could only choose to take more or less. Energy is conserved, the less he took, the more energy he had to pay.

The old woman lived a lonely life and only accumulated some blessings by doing good deeds in the first half of her life.

After he took away her blessings, the old woman's fate also came to an end. She died in the wilderness, and her child was picked up by a passing couple.

The golden light disappeared and flew into his body, and his hunger eased a little. However, every time he fulfilled the wishes of these people, his strength would be consumed.

At the end of the day, I could only complete a dozen or so wishes at most, and could barely maintain a half-hungry state.

Ning Ren had no sense of good and evil at this moment. He could take away the welfare of an old woman without any hesitation, or show mercy to a tree or a flower.

There is little mercy.

Only happens when he's not too hungry.

The time here seemed to have no end. He stayed here for a very long time. The strength in his body was slowly increasing, and more and more wishes were fulfilled every day.

Now that he can eat his fill, the purpose of fulfilling his wish is no longer just to 'fill his stomach'.

Ning Ren began to observe.

The golden streams he selected were some thick and some thin. The thicker the ones, the more and purer the emotions hidden within them, and the more they were willing to give.

Happiness, longevity, health, power, wealth... these are all things that are deeply valued by the beings making wishes. Some pray for these, while others pray to use them to fulfill other desires.

He took the initiative to enter the scene where these creatures were making wishes, looked at their expressions and clothing, and then brought out the emotions contained in the golden light, tasting it curiously.

Some of them will make him happy after eating them, while others will make him cry.

The diamond-shaped divine power on Ning Ren's forehead became more and more obvious, spreading from the bottom upwards, and nearly half of it became clear.

The edges of the diamond-shaped divine power were pure gold, with a red line in the middle, which was only half clear at this moment.

The peaceful days slowly passed.

Until one day, this illusory space suddenly trembled, and a huge gap appeared, projecting a purgatory scene in the golden river.

The black air is raging.

Countless lives were devoured and polluted.

The tribal warriors who fought hard were covered in blood, stepping on the broken limbs of their companions and fighting with tears in their eyes.

A handsome mermaid with long blue hair was singing along the river, and her tail stirred up huge waves, which blocked the rapidly approaching polluting creatures.

Families were separated, children were crying, wheat fields were collapsed, and blood was flowing everywhere.

They knelt on the ground in despair, crying and shouting.

Ning Ren: "Many creatures have moved away, why don't they leave?"

A voice answered: "Because this is their home."

Ning Ren had seen a lot of golden lights and was knowledgeable. This did not faze him. He said, "Home is where my family is."

The voice said, "Also, there are people here that they must protect."

The purgatory-like scene suddenly changed.

In a small courtyard covered by a golden protective shield, a young man was sleeping peacefully on a quietly blooming magnolia tree.

It's his face.

Ning Ren's eyes were confused for a moment.

"Is this my home?"

The voice said, "No. Do you want to go home? Your godhead has only grown to less than half its size."

The newborn, confused demigod covered his stomach.

"But I'm so hungry."

The voice was still gentle: "Then continue to stay."

"Um."

The projected image was still cruel and bloody. Ning Ren watched quietly, raised his hand and picked up another ray of golden light.

-

Along the river bank.

Half a year has passed since the day Ning Ren fell asleep.

Tianfeng's body broke free halfway, and it began to invade and pollute the continent without hesitation, enslaving and polluting the creatures on the continent.

Its attacks are highly targeted.

They were coming for Ning Ren who was sleeping in the center of the tribe.

The river banks suffered a huge blow, and the tribal leaders were forced to evacuate with their young tribesmen and quickly build a refuge far away from the river banks.

But many people still stayed.

The elders, some of the chiefs, the chief of the muskbird tribe, Xiaohong's child Wu Ming, 90% of the wizards, all the students taught by Mr. Ning, and the warriors who had indirectly received his kindness...

They held their ground along the riverbank.

The ethereal chanting of the mermaid sounded again, and the atmosphere along the river bank became more gloomy. There were fine raindrops floating in the sky, and these raindrops seemed to be dyed red by blood, and were soaked with a lingering smell of blood.

Yu An has undergone tremendous changes in the past six months.

The second evolution was a complete success.

His stature grew greatly in a short period of time.

The original clownfish turned into a handsome teenager with long blue curly hair falling to his waist, and fine and dense blue scales turning into a beautiful fish tail from the waist down.

He already had enough strength to go find the sea alone, but he firmly chose to stay.

His chanting can disturb the polluted monsters, and his fish tail can create huge waves, pushing away the monsters that are about to approach the shore, buying them some breathing time.

"Yuan, be careful!"

A cold and hard tail wrapped around Yu An's wrist and threw him away. Fan Ze used the force to move forward and chopped through the bird that was attacking from the sky!

Yu An completely submerged himself in the water. When he jumped up again, sword-like water thorns appeared all over his body, attacking the sky frantically.

“Good job!”

Figures rushed out one after another behind him, and people from all tribes rushed forward with the most ferocious attitude. Wen Guang turned around and gave Yu An a thumbs up.

Then I glanced from afar in the direction of the teacher.

Boom——

Countless purple vines rose from the ground in the distance, completely covering the golden protective shield with a radius of 100 meters.

Zi Teng's voice rang out in Wen Guang's heart: "Don't worry, I am the teacher's gatekeeper vine. I will not let any bad things attack the teacher."

"I won't let any monster get close to where the teacher is sleeping."

There were many more bodies of soldiers killed in battle along the river bank.

Even death.

Even on the rotten bones, a flower called protection was carved out by blood.

…

Yu An was exhausted and was replaced to rest temporarily.

He transformed his fish tail into legs, walked to a clean water source, and quickly wiped his face.

That strange voice sounded in his heart again.

"I won't hurt you. You and I are one."

"When I devour this world, I will share its creatures with you."

'As long as you get close to that place, as long as you get close to that place...'

Yu An: "Shut up."

Tian Feng said: "Some time ago, your benefactor sealed me in the sky. How do you think I broke the seal? It was your blood. Why did your benefactor plant the seal in your body later? He must have suspected you."

When he wakes up, the first person he will kill is you.

Now, only I can save you.'

Yu An clenched his fists, closed his beautiful blue eyes, and slammed the water down, his voice regretful: "I told you to stop talking!"

"You've been infected by my black energy. Don't you think your benefactor is very fragrant? Where does this surge of power come from? Aren't you tempted? Take me there and devour him..."

Yu An could indeed smell the irresistible and fatal temptation coming from the center of the tribe. He slowly exhaled and ignored Tian Feng.

He is deaf in one ear.

He was deafened by himself.

When he first realized that there was a monster consciousness in his body, he wanted to commit suicide, but he failed. The monster consciousness in his heart kept tempting him and encouraging him. He thought he couldn't hear because he was deaf, but after poking one of his ears, he found that he could still hear.

Yu An quickly calmed down.

'How can there be someone like you!'

Tianxiao truly hated the situation. He had been forced to let the Black Origin Qi bind this stubborn, stubborn person. To extract the Black Origin Qi, he had to wait until it was completely unsealed.

Not now, and besides, it would be useful to keep this stinky fish now.

The black energy of origin swirled in his body, "If you don't obey, he will kill you when he wakes up."

"Or when I finally break the seal and come out, the first people I'll kill will be you—and that bird!"

The loud chirping sound diverted Yu An's attention.

A sky full of red-gold flames ignited along the river bank, and the Guhuo Bird stretched the battle line by hundreds of meters alone!

Yu An felt a little relieved and raised the corners of his mouth.

Ever since Aunt Lu woke up the night before half a month ago, the pressure along the riverbank has eased a lot, and he no longer needs to rush to the front relying on the fact that Chixing will not kill him.

When he finished his rest and walked along the river bank, he saw Fan Ze coming down, covering his injured abdomen.

Wen Guang's wings were broken and he was fighting on the ground.

Yu An quickly went up to help.

The power of living beings is so insignificant when faced with disasters from outside the domain.

The riverbank fell at a slow but noticeable pace.

-

Ning Ren stayed in this virtual space for several more days.

The previous conversation with that voice came to my mind again. From the conversation, I could tell that he had a home.

What is home?

He had no impression.

"Where is my home?"

After a long while, Tiandao's voice finally rang out: "The original home?"

Ning Ren was puzzled.

"At the beginning?"

"Well, that's where the bond begins."

"Where is it then?"

Tiandao didn't say anything. A stream of light floated in the golden river and slowly fell into Ning Ren's palm.

The newly born god lowered his eyes and watched the stream of light. He saw this scene:

It was a northern region with cold snowflakes floating in the air.

It is a devastated city like a silent giant, with fireworks set off in the city at night for the Lantern Festival.

A young chief holding a child stopped in front of the altar, and behind them followed silently many tribesmen. The child was wrapped in a red cloak and was dying.

Ning Ren heard their conversation.

The child said, "Aren't you going anymore? Where are you going?"

The young leader said, "You've seen it before. Last Yuan Festival, there were many tribesmen surrounding the altar."

Child: "Why stop here? Dad doesn't believe it."

Young leader: "But now I have a problem that I can't solve."

Child: "Did Dad make a wish to God?"

The young leader said: "How could that be? Such an illusory thing."

Child: "Ah, Dad is the best..."

The snowflakes fell on the young father but did not disturb the child at all.

Ning Ren saw the father's hand resting on the wooden pillar of the altar. His soft and pious voice could be heard in the golden light, "...if, there really are gods."

"I wish my soul to be left alone after death. I wish to live forever without peace in life and death without tranquility. I am willing to give up all my lifespan, body, and strength in exchange for the eternal health of my cub..."

"If possible, please let my child remember to come home."

He didn't beg to let the cub stay.

It seems that as long as the cub is healthy, it doesn't matter even if he doesn't recognize him or is not by his side.

Ning Ren blinked.

A stone was thrown into his heart, and ripples spread out layer by layer.

After hesitating for a moment, he extracted a few years from the young leader's life, only to put him into a deep sleep. If he had strong willpower, he could wake up for a while.

As of the time his cubs first appeared in his world.

This wish was not fully realized.

Ning Ren cannot fulfill all wishes, he just gives this wish a hope of realization.

"Am I related to this place?"

"Your connection to this world originates from here."

Ning Ren thought for a moment and said, "I want to find this place."

"You have more than just this family."

"I want to look for them all."

Tiandao still didn't stop him, "Okay."

The newborn god's divinity was only half formed before he left the place where he could grow and stepped into the complicated mortal world.

The young man sleeping in the small courtyard gently opened his eyes.

He was silent for a long time, then slowly raised his hand and picked a fragrant and elegant magnolia flower. Holding the flower, he disappeared into the small courtyard.

The golden barrier remained as if nothing had happened inside.

-

So confusing.

Bloody and dirty were Ning Ren’s first impression of this place.

The giant eyes in the sky were about to struggle out, but Ning Ren's heart was calm for a while. The creatures that died in front of him, the fish that were stepped on, and the flowers and plants that were stepped on were no different.

He transformed into a ethereal figure and left the scene of the fight until he landed on a relatively clean patch of grass.

Ning Ren restrained his breath and looked a little confused.

He didn't know where to go.

He stood there for a long time.

A gentle and clear voice asked, "Why are you standing here?"

Ning Ren turned around.

A young woman stood five meters behind him and asked again: "What are you doing standing here?"

Ning Ren: "I can't find the way."

The young woman said, "What road?"

Ning Ren said calmly: "I don't know how to get home."

The young woman was stunned for a moment, then smiled for a moment and held out her hand to him: "I'll take you home."

Ning Ren was silent for a second, but the woman had already taken his hand and pulled him forward.

This is a very clean path, paved with bluestone slabs and some cute little stones.

"It's different here than over there. This road is very clean."

The woman said, "There's a war going on over there. This is my home. I built the road. My cub likes small stones, so I laid them on the ground to prevent him from getting lost."

Ning Ren lowered his head and observed for a moment, and found that these little stones were indeed very cute.

We walked all the way to an ancient tree.

Ning Ren sat beside the stone table under the ancient tree, quietly watching the woman who brought him here busy herself.

Soon, the table was filled with food.

"Try it."

Ning Ren took a few bites.

The woman took out a few sets of clothes, compared them on Ning Ren, and said to herself, "It's grown a little bigger, it needs some repairs." After that, she found the needle and thread, sat next to Ning Ren and started to make the alterations.

Ning Ren: "Where's your cub?"

"Him."

The hand holding the needle paused, "He's just like you, he forgot the way home, but it doesn't matter, I will take him home."

"He was a naughty boy. He loved to be sick when he was little, and when he grew up he started to trick me. Did he think he could fool me with a little puppet? I recognized him the first time we met.

Later, when he went to live in the mountains, I would secretly give him his favorite snacks every time. He was very smart and never realized that it was me who gave him snacks and clothes.

Ning Ren listened quietly.

"Actually, he didn't need to lie to me. There's only one bird in the Guhuo Bird Tribe. His sudden appearance that night caused a strange phenomenon, but I didn't take it seriously. Later, thinking back, I felt that he might not have come into this world simply to be my child..."

After much chattering, the clothes were finally altered.

She draped the altered clothes over Ning Ren's shoulders and said, "The weather is getting colder, let's add this."

Ning Ren actually didn't need these, but he still put them on obediently. He felt a very warm power from this person.

The woman glanced at the horizon, put away all the snacks, took out a purple dumpling puppet from the ancient tree, and stuffed it into Ning Ren's arms.

She pointed in the direction away from the battlefield and said, "Go straight from here, don't look back, and you will be home."

Ning Ren: "These?"

"It's a gift."

"I like it very much. Thank you."

He stood up and was about to leave when the woman called him.

Ye Lu smiled, tears flashing in her eyes: "My child hasn't been home for a long time. If you want to thank me, can you call me mom for him?"

Ning Ren smiled like her.

"Mother."

Ning Ren gave an unnecessary reminder: "This place seems to be destroyed, you should leave quickly." His tone was calm, as if the destruction of the entire world had nothing to do with him.

Night Heron shook his head.

Ning Ren said no more, holding the gift given by Ye Lu, and disappeared under the ancient tree.

Ye Lu leaned her hands on the stone table, and the tears she had been holding back fell silently. After a few breaths, she wiped away her tears and stared at the place where Ning Ren disappeared.

Then he turned and looked at the sky, and the tenderness in his eyes turned into protective spikes.

If this damn thing doesn't kill her outright.

Then every time she is reborn, she will fight to protect her children.