They entered a house built underground.

The house is built very deep, with only the roof exposed above the ground. The special colored stones have an excellent heat insulation effect.

The ground was a scorching hell, but underground it actually felt a bit cool.

The underground house that Lin Yuan and his party entered was the one in the green ant's mouth where the family was preparing to hold a wedding.

The building is richly decorated, with long corridors and stairs leading down, thick carpets on the floor and portraits of successive mistresses of the family hanging on the walls.

The current wife of the head of the household looked through the clothes brought by Lin Yuan and his party, expressed her satisfaction, selected a lot of pieces, and exchanged them for a kind of energy stone unique to the local area.

She picked out a gorgeous dress encrusted with rubies and sapphires, claiming she could wear it to her wedding.

Although the servants who came and went all called it a happy event, a wedding.

But there was no joy on this lady's face.

There were many candles lit in the spacious room. The light shone on her elegant face, making her look pale and slightly sad.

"My child, Payne, is very interested in your human world. If possible, I hope you can stay for the wedding and talk to the child before the wedding reception."

She invited Lin Yuan and others to attend the wedding.

Lin Yuan agreed readily.

One of the purposes of their trip was to chat with local residents and obtain further information.

A servant carrying a candlestick led them to the room where the bridegroom sat - the living room of the youngest master in the house.

One of the protagonists of the wedding, the groom Payne, was standing in front of a row of heavy and antique sandalwood bookshelves, climbing the stairs attached to the bookshelves and reading a book.

Seeing the guest coming, he smiled happily, spread a pair of thin wings on his back, and flew down lightly from the stairs of the bookshelf.

Payne has short black curly hair, light green eyes like clear emeralds, a thin figure, and a somewhat feminine beauty.

He held a book in his hand and calmly invited everyone to take a seat. His manners were very elegant. He did not look like a monster from a polluted area, but rather like a prince in a fairy tale.

"I'm so happy that my mother actually invited humans for me."

The voice is also very pleasant, and like those emerald eyes, it reminds people of the gentle rippling water.

"I have always loved your human world, but unfortunately I have never had the chance to see it. It is really a happy thing to meet a few human friends before the wedding."

He put the heavy book in his hand on the table.

It was an ancient book left over from the old days, with a thick cover and ancient characters stamped in gold. It was a chronological history book about human history.

The book was curled up, with notes of various colors stuck between the pages.

No one in Lin Yuan's team, including nobles like Yun Luo and Nicole, had ever read this kind of book - the White Tower did not encourage people to read history, and there was not even a decent national library in the empire.

All the ancient books that the sentinels found in the contaminated areas were confiscated as prohibited items. Occasionally, some of them were kept secret by a few people and could only be quietly circulated on the black market.

As a human being, if you want to read a book about ancient history, you can only hide in a dark room, read by the light of an oil lamp, nervously, and always prick up your ears to listen to the noise outside the house, risking being thrown into jail.

You can't even put this thick history book on the table like this mutant does.

"You haven't read it?" Payne's green eyes revealed a look of disappointment. "I thought that in the world where humans are kept in captivity, I could see some of the things recorded in books more intuitively."

A world of captive humans?

Lin Yuan noticed this word.

Payne chatted with them about the history of mankind in ancient times.

Mentioned the brilliance and prosperity of human civilization in that era.

At that time, the human world covered almost the entire surface of the planet, with many ethnic groups, different cultures and beliefs, different styles of clothing and food.

He talked about these things like he knew them all by heart.

"I like reading books about human beings. I often imagine what that world is like. Unfortunately, although there are many things that can be imagined through words, there are also some things that are difficult to understand through words alone."

Payne stood up and enthusiastically led Lin Yuan and several others to see his collection.

In that row of glass cabinets, there are all kinds of musical instruments from different periods collected and displayed.

Payne opened the cabinet with anticipation in his eyes. "I've always wanted to hear what these instruments sound like. They are so charming. Is there anyone among you who can show them to me?"

"I will pay you. If there is anything you want or anything you want to know, you can ask me." He added.

Among the few people, Nicole hesitated for a moment, "I can play the violin a little. My family made me learn it when I was a child. But I haven't practiced for many years, so I'm afraid I can't play it well."

She picked out a violin from the cabinet. The wooden body of the violin looked very old.

Plucking the strings can actually produce moving sounds.

Nicole spent a long time tuning and rosining the violin. Payne was not impatient at all and sat aside to watch with great interest.

During this process, many servants came to him with wedding items, but he drove them away coldly.

The groom had his hair loose and wore simple clothes, and all he wanted to do was listen to the piano being played.

Nicole placed the violin on her shoulder with her left hand, raised the bow with her right hand, and smiled at everyone, "The song is called "Devil King"."

"Ah, is that the music that the ancient human musician named Schubert wrote?" Payne immediately responded. "Great, that's what I've always wanted to hear. None of us here know how to play such a complicated score."

The bow touched the strings.

A tight and varied melody flows from the bow and strings.

In the dark night of the storm, in the black forest, the devil is singing softly. The overtones are charming and the melody is full of changes.

Nicole has a non-mainstream afro and is usually cheerful and bold. Unexpectedly, the sound of the piano flowing from her hands is delicate and rich.

In this depressing world, the devil is whispering and the sound of horse hooves is like beating drums.

The dying boy uttered his last groan through the strings.

This is a fairy-tale song that tells the story of a dead boy and a devil who lures people into hell.

When the song ended, the whole place fell silent.

There was a gleam in Payne's green gem-like eyes.

After a long while, he slowly exhaled, "It's really touching. It turns out that the world described in the book is not a lie."

He thanked Nicole and asked her, "You play so well, why did you give up? I was very moved to hear you."

“When I was little, I really liked it,” Nicole said.

"But my father repeatedly told me that the only reason I was practicing the instrument was to please my future partner."

"He didn't allow me to perform freely. He didn't allow me to play for my friends, classmates, or even the servants at home."

"I won't learn if I get angry." She lowered her head and wiped the violin in her hands with a violin cloth, her fluffy hair trembling.

"My father beat me up for this and locked me up for three days without any food, but it didn't change my mind."

She packed up the piano, handed it back to Payne, and said with a smile,

"I heard that today is your wedding, so I made an exception and played a song that I am best at, which can be considered as a congratulatory gift."

Payne's light green wings stretched out from his back and fluttered behind him.

At this moment, the simple and pure music briefly connected two lives of different races that could not understand each other.

Let them experience the same sorrows, joys and heartbeats.

Human books have written that music can communicate with the soul, and it seems to be true, Payne thought.

His fingers stroked the pages of the book in his hands.

The green eyes were gentle but hinted at reluctance, the color was charming, like a secret lake with sadness hidden deep beneath the water.

"I have loved reading books about human beings since I was a child. It is a pity that I can no longer read them."

He said this in a calm voice with a hint of a smile on his face.

"Why? Why don't you read anymore?" Nicole read the change in his mood and asked, "This is the first time I've seen you like the distorted life of human beings so much."

Lin Yuan's tentacles suddenly came out and poked her lower back gently. Nicole's voice stopped abruptly.

She and Lin Yuan are very familiar with each other, and their spiritual consciousness exchange is very fast. They can convey each other's thoughts with just a slight touch.

There was no expression on Lin Yuan's face, but Nicole heard what Lin Yuan said.

About the bloody customs of this race.

Nicole's face turned pale instantly. She opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything.

"Anything else?" Payne looked very excited, clasping his hands together in front of his chest. "I really like it, and hope to hear as much as possible."

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.

Finally, perhaps because she couldn't bear to see the groom look disappointed, Ni Ji took out a small harmonica from her backpack.

The harmonica is only the size of a palm and looks very simple, with many scratches on the body of the instrument.

Nicole's "The Devil" is magnificent.

Ni Ji played a very soft song.

It was like being at the seaside with calm waves, or in a wilderness filled with ashes after a war.

There is a lonely warrior singing a love song from his heart to his lover far away.

The melody drifts away slowly, without any gorgeous showmanship, but with a kind of heat buried deep in the heart. The restrained undercurrent burns the soul and shakes the hearts of the listeners.

Rachel thought of the girls at the distant sentry post, who were passionate, had a clear distinction between love and hate, and ran to stuff love letters into the hands of their beloved sentinels.

Du Yuanyuan recalled a young sentry who had poured out his heart to her with a blushing face but soon died in the contaminated area.

Payne lowered his eyelashes, his eyes sparkling.

At that moment, Lin Yuan suddenly realized that he had freed himself from complete dependence on the tentacles.

For the first time, she discovered that she could hear emotions using her own body's ears.

The song was like the waves that were dyed red by the sunset, rising and falling, softly describing someone's thoughts.

It turns out that without relying on tentacles, using one's own eyes, ears, touch and smell, one can actually hear, see and feel many emotions.

Although it was not as convenient and clear as a tentacle, the feeling was very novel and made her very interested.

Grope slowly, listen bit by bit, clear away the fog in the hazy confusion, and get to know that person.

"What's the name of this song?"

After Ni Ji finished playing, Lin Yuan hummed a tune and asked him the name of the song.

"You probably haven't heard of this very old tune, 'Tamsui Beach.'" Ni Ji said concisely, and didn't even look at Lin Yuan when he put away his harmonica.

Lin Yuan found that his earlobes had turned slightly red.

Lin Yuan repeated the title of the song in his mind. He had indeed never heard of it before. It must be a very old song. Could there be some unspeakable secret in it?

Payne's wedding was a grand occasion.

There were many guests coming to congratulate, all of them were wearing gorgeous dresses and had big smiles on their faces.

The bride was dressed in a gorgeous dress, with a beautiful face and a strong body. She held Payne's hand with a loving look on her face.

Payne showed a gentle smile, wearing a pure white dress, and stood side by side with the prostitute.

Almost everyone at the banquet was in high spirits and expressing congratulations.

"They are a perfect match."

"It will definitely produce the best offspring."

"The family is getting more prosperous. That's a good thing."

"Yes, it's exciting."

The wedding lasted for a long time. After receiving blessings, the newlyweds were sent to the wedding room decorated with flowers and silks.

Not long after, singing could be heard faintly from the house.

It was Payne who was singing, singing the two pieces he had just heard for the first time today.

First came the tragic "The Devil", and then the love song-like "Tamsui Beach".

The gentle singing voice came through the stained glass window.

The atmosphere at the banquet became more and more lively, and everyone was in high spirits.

Until Payne's mother, the lady who first received Lin Yuan and others, couldn't help crying.

Someone immediately stroked her bent back to comfort her.

"Reproduction is the greatest joy, you can't cry."

"Don't be sad, it's a happy thing. There will be more children in the family."

Nicole, who was sitting among the guests, turned pale. Thinking of Lin Yuan telling her about the customs of this race, she felt so sad that she wanted to cry. She tightly grasped Lin Yuan's hand.

"Is that really the case?"

Lin Yuan was just sitting beside her, his little face seemed to be covered with a layer of glaze and expressionless, as if he was wearing a mask.

The sentries at the same table couldn't bear it and turned their heads away.

The singing continued, but they could already smell a cruel smell of blood in the air.

The blood of the groom Penn.

"Are you doing this voluntarily?"

Lin Yuan clearly remembered that earlier, he had pulled Payne aside and asked him this question.

If he doesn't want to, if he wants to live, they are willing to find a way to take him away from here.

But Payne nodded, his gentle eyes revealing a kind of persistence.

"Yes, I am in love with her. Of my own accord."

The voice is very light, carrying the young yet heavy life.

Lin Yuan couldn't understand, just like she didn't understand why the little mutant in the Pupilless Land devoured its own mother to sustain its power.

She sat in her seat, her eyelashes slightly lowered, and the tentacles detected an emotion filled with extreme pleasure and extreme pain.

The two contradictory emotions are intertwined, inseparable and difficult to separate.

Strong emotions washed over Lin Yuan's mind.

The most cruel and bloody thing happened at the most beautiful and lively wedding.

Nicole couldn't help herself and stood up. "I can't stand this. I can't accept this."

"It's too late." Someone beside me said softly, "He's gone."

The smell of blood in the air became thicker, so thick that it was suffocating.

Payne's voice was still singing softly, very weak, almost inaudible.

With the last bit of strength in his life, he sang the song to his friend who had just played it for him, and to himself.

The singing gradually faded away until it could no longer be heard.

The bloody wedding of this race ended in joy.

The creature with gem-like green eyes, who smiled and said he loved reading and music, died at his own wedding.

The day and night passed by unnoticed.

The last rays of sunlight disappeared from the horizon.

The earth became cooler.

The vibrant grass poked its head out of the soil, tested the temperature, and then began to grow desperately, seizing the time.

In the blink of an eye, lush green grass covered the ground, gorgeous flowers blossomed on the branches, the colorful lights in the playground came on again, and huge sculptures of cartoon characters stood smiling in the sea of ​​flowers.

Someone is proposing to his sweetheart in the square again.

Lin Yuan and his group came out of the underground house while the ground was still warm, and ran forward at the fastest speed.

They had to get somewhere before the sun rose.

The location of the pillars of the Tiger-Eating City.

"The location of the pillar is very far away. I can give you a map, but you must hurry. If you arrive at dawn and are overtaken by the sun, no one can save you."

Payne told them yesterday.

Payne, whom he just met, has died at his wedding. And Lin Yuan and his party are rushing towards their own death.