Chapter 07
"You see, I'm not afraid!"
The little flower demon walked in front of Shi Changyuan and jumped twice, looking extremely proud, trying to attract all of Shi Changyuan's attention and gain some compliments.
Are you really not afraid? Shi Changyuan looked at the row of small white flowers on the ground, then looked at the little flower fairy in front of him whose eyelashes were trembling unconsciously and crazily, and suddenly stretched out his hand to cover the pair of sparkling eyes.
Those eyes were so bright in the gray end of the world, bright enough to attract the attention of everyone and every creature.
No one can walk alone in the darkness, and no one does not pursue the light, even if it is an abyss that swallows up the light.
"Why are you blocking my eyes?" Lin Ling asked in confusion.
He shook his head, trying to poke his eyes out from between Shi Changyuan's fingers, wanting to secretly peek at what was happening.
Oh, is it because he was so moved that he was secretly dropping his little pearls?
Thinking of this possibility, the little flower fairy stretched out her hand, trying to artificially open Shi Changyuan's fingers a little bit, and the word "curiosity" was revealed from head to toe.
But just as his fingertips touched Shi Changyuan's hand, for some unknown reason, the other party let go with his own strength.
After its blocked eyes regained sight, the little flower fairy immediately stared at Shi Changyuan's eyes, but unfortunately, he didn't seem to find any signs of his new friend dropping the little pearl.
A little flower with a bad heart.
Shi Changyuan saw the obvious disappointment in Lin Ling's eyes and was amused by this overly "open and aboveboard" behavior. He put down his hand, looked into Lin Ling's beautiful eyes and smiled softly, his voice a little hoarse.
"Just now..."
What were you thinking when you touched the legendary abyss that would devour your life force?
Shi Changyuan wanted to ask Lin Ling what he was thinking when he touched the abyss, but he didn't know what to ask, nor did he know what answer he wanted. In the end, he hesitated for a while and didn't ask anything.
"I know you won't hurt me." Lin Ling blinked, as if he suddenly realized something, and spoke.
The reason was simple, he and Shen Yuan were friends! Even though they had only been friends for a few days, if Shen Yuan wasn't just playing around with him, then Shen Yuan would definitely not hurt him!
The Abyss that wants to plant a seed, even if his ability is to devour, then he is definitely not a bad Abyss.
Shi Changyuan looked at the little flower fairy in front of him who was arguing confidently and felt helpless. He thought that Xiaohua was still too naive, but the feeling of being trusted was really wonderful.
He looked at the small white flower swaying in the wind in the soil of the black abyss, and his footsteps in the black abyss began to stir.
The dark area was like a shadow. It tentatively spread forward a little at first. When it saw that Lin Ling, who was standing on the big rock, had no reaction, it quickly made a circle, crookedly encircling all the small white flowers.
Just like a dragon encircles its treasure with its tail.
Those small flowers fell into the abyss, but they did not wither and die like the other flowers and plants before them because their vitality was devoured.
Lin Ling opened his eyes wide with curiosity and was about to ask Shi Changyuan what was going on when he saw Shi Changyuan already standing in the dark abyss and reaching out his hand to him.
"Come?"
The other person stood on the dark land, alone and looking a little lonely.
The little flower demon stood up, looked down at the man in front of him from a high place on a large rock, and immediately opened his arms and said to Shi Changyuan below, "Here I come, please catch me!"
After saying that, he jumped up and jumped directly onto Shi Changyuan.
Shi Changyuan caught his little flower fairy steadily.
“So exciting!”
Lin Ling recovered from the state of weightlessness and fell into Shi Changyuan's arms.
He stood inside the abyss and first curiously stepped on the dark land with his toes, but whether it was softness or hardness or anything else, it was no different from normal land.
"If this is your true form, then are we dancing on top of your head?" Lin Ling jumped up and down on the spot, suddenly having an idea.
But before the little flower demon could jump a few times, he felt his foot was hooked by something. He looked down and saw the dark shadow rising from the ground and climbing up his ankle.
A little itchy.
Lin Ling, who was wearing short overalls, squatted down to check and even reached out to touch it.
The part where the black shadow existed was flat and smooth, without any bumps or curves, but as it crawled over Lin Ling's skin, he could feel the cold and sticky touch coming from his skin.
"What is this for?"
Lin Ling watched as a black shadow entangled his calf, as if a birthmark had grown out of nowhere and was spreading upwards. He stretched out his hand to stop it, but the black shadow followed his fingers and climbed up his wrist.
Seeing Lin Ling who was a little at a loss, Shi Changyuan walked over, reached out his hand, and pulled all the black shadows crawling on the little flower demon's legs down at once.
"Nothing." Shi Changyuan remained calm and changed the subject directly.
Although this abyss is his true body, it is too big and it is difficult for him to control every corner. These shadows will act according to his subconscious, just like humans cannot control every part of their body.
Shi Changyuan also wanted to get close to his seed, but his reason told him not to scare the other party.
"What about here?"
The fooled little flower demon quickly shifted her attention and put her hand in front of Shi Changyuan.
"Won't this little dark figure catch it?"
The black shadow on Lin Ling's wrist climbed up from the base of Lin Ling's thumb, slanted across the entire back of his hand, and finally rotated twice on his wrist before stopping.
"No."
Shi Changyuan lowered his eyes and looked at the black shadow. He just stretched out his hand and tapped it lightly, then looked at Lin Ling with a serious expression.
“It can protect Lingling.”
The little flower demon with the aura of the abyss can make almost all the deformed creatures retreat. The abyss can swallow everything, nothing can hurt the abyss, and naturally nothing can hurt Lin Ling.
Most importantly, once marked, his seeds could never be lost again.
Shi Changyuan had already thought about how to convince Lin Ling if he refused, but Lin Ling didn't seem to care about that at all.
“Is this a gift for me?”
Lin Ling smiled so hard that her eyes curved. She raised her wrist and shook it in front of Shi Changyuan, happily saying loudly, "I like it so much!"
No matter what the matter is, once you take the first step, the second and third steps will be much easier. Yesterday when Lin Ling came to visit his new neighbor, he stood furtively behind a big rock and didn't dare to move forward.
And today, when Lin Ling came to find Shi Changyuan, he even dared to sit on the edge of the huge abyss, with his legs hanging down to sway in the wind, and then leaned down to try to peek at the internal structure of the abyss, or shouted at the bottom of the abyss to see if there would be any echo.
This can no longer be described as bold, it is simply outrageous.
"There will be no echo." Shi Changyuan was a little helpless. The abyss can even swallow light, let alone sound?
Lin Ling felt a little disappointed after hearing this explanation. "Is it really soundproof? If I call you from the cave entrance, won't you be unable to hear me?"
"Or, if I whisper something into the big hole, you can't hear it?"
Shi Changyuan was stunned for a moment, patted Lin Ling's head, and said with a smile, "Lingling, you called me, I will not fail to hear you."
The attitude of the Abyss itself was too laissez-faire, which made Lin Ling bolder and bolder day by day. He even felt annoyed that the Abyss was completely pitch black, too monotonous, not lively enough, and not vibrant enough. He wanted to plant a field of colorful flowers at the entrance of the cave.
But the Abyss did not agree to this request.
What does a majestic abyss, such a huge one, with a colorful head on top, look like?
…
The surveillance station's alarm stopped abruptly after the man outside the city wall disappeared, which made humans more certain of their guess.
Upon hearing the news, the Sixth Base immediately split into two factions.
One group believes that the Abyss's human body may be its weakness, and that the Abyss is no longer indestructible; while the other group believes that since the Abyss has a human form, it is very likely that it can communicate, and as long as their interests are aligned, they can coexist peacefully.
But the two groups hold different opinions, and both believe that the other's point of view will cause a devastating blow to mankind.
"Stop arguing."
A researcher in a white coat stopped the debate between the two sides. "Based on the intercepted data, I am inclined to the second option, because there are other organisms that can coexist in the abyss."
The researcher put the fluctuation data in front of everyone. "But this creature's fluctuation is very small, and it has always been beside the Abyss. Even when the Abyss came to the gate of the Sixth Base, it was with it."
The researcher pushed his glasses and slowed down his tone. "Unfortunately, the previous drone was only equipped with instruments to monitor biological fluctuations, but no camera. We have no idea what kind of creature it is for now."
Finally, the humans discussed and came to a conclusion. They decided to follow the researchers' advice and send a vanguard team back to the Seventh Base to observe and monitor the abyss at close range before formulating a corresponding plan.
When they returned to the Seventh Base after traveling day and night and stood on the monitoring tower looking toward the abyss, they suddenly discovered that the huge black abyss pit that represented death was suddenly covered with a layer of white.
It was a sea of white flowers with white petals and golden stamens, rooted in the land that was said to take away the vitality of all living things, and flourishing.
The image transmitted back to the Sixth Base stunned the researcher for a moment. She enlarged the picture to the maximum and compared it for a long time but she still dared not confirm it.
"Is that... Xiaohua?"