Chapter 106 Talking about Heroes
A few dozen miles from Beijing, there is a small town called Chuhe Town. There is a central street in the town called Hanjie, which runs from south to north through the town. There are many shops on both sides of the street, making it very lively.
This street called Hanjie also has a very powerful symbol.
That is the boundary between Chu and Han, a gentleman's agreement.
The town of Chuhe was located right between the Jinfengxiyu Tower and Liufenbantang. To prevent one party from fighting over another and causing the other to take advantage, the two sides signed a peace treaty, using Hanjie Street as the boundary, and each side operated their own business without interfering with the other.
Thanks to this gentlemanly agreement, Chuhe Town was able to enjoy peace and prosperity that was not typical of the capital city.
At noon that day, a group led by Di Feijing sneaked into the town in a low-profile manner without alerting anyone, including their own people from the Liufenbantang.
The boundaries of Chuhe Town are clearly defined. Now that he has returned to his own territory, Di Fei is still so cautious, which is really strange.
There is no other reason, the reason is extremely absurd.
——The coffin they escorted back was too weird.
A month ago, the head hall master received a secret order from Fu Zongshu, which was issued by Cai Jing, forcing the Liufenbantang to escort a treasure outside the Great Wall, and specifically asked Di Feijing to go.
Since it is a treasure, why does Cai Jing value it so much? Why doesn't he let his chief expert escort it? Why does he send Di Feijing alone?
Lei Suo also had doubts, so he took the secret order from Fu Zongshu on the surface, agreed repeatedly, and immediately arranged for people to go outside the pass to deliver the treasure to the prime minister. In fact, he secretly sent people out to investigate the secret.
Hard work pays off, the spy finally returned in a hurry the night before departure.
It would not be a big deal if he did not investigate. After knowing the reason, Lei Suo immediately wanted to throw away the secret order.
As expected, Liufenbantang and Di Feijing were not Cai Jing's first choices. Before them, the two disciples of Yuan Shisanxian were responsible for the first escort outside the Great Wall.
Liuhe Qinglong is the second, Zhao Hua is the fourth and Ye Qi is the fifth.
One is good at light Kung Fu and leg techniques, and the other is good at killing people with flying chess pieces without leaving any trace.
These two people, who could be called brilliant and talented, were normal when they left, but were half crazy when they came back. It took them several months to recover.
Only the two of them came back alive; dozens of others were buried under the yellow sand, and even their bodies could not be found.
No matter how Yuan Shisanxian and Cai Jing questioned them, they had no memory of what happened on the day of the accident. Or rather, they had completely lost all memory of entering that area and could not even explain how they came back.
Two of his disciples were almost killed, so Yuan Shisanxian naturally didn't want to let the remaining disciples take risks. Although he was a subordinate of Cai Jing, he was deeply trusted and respected by Cai Jing. Since he was so insistent, Cai Jing couldn't say anything else.
But he would never give up that treasure.
As for what was so special and important about the treasure, the spies tried their best but were unable to find out anything.
The reason why Cai Jing assigned this fatal job to Liufenbantang was because Fu Zongshu was bent on currying favor with him. He said all the good things and let Liufenbantang bear all the danger.
Since neither Zhao Huasi nor Ye Qiwu can go, then we will send the most powerful one from the Liufenbantang. As the chief hall master, Lei Shang cannot get into trouble easily, so this unlucky candidate will be a surprise to Di Fei!
To Cai Jing, whether it was Liufenbantang or Di Feijing, it was irrelevant. If one of them died, he would just replace him with another.
So the matter was settled.
Liufenbantang had to agree even if he disagreed, and Di Feijing had to go even if he didn't want to.
This is not a secret order at all, it's clearly a death warrant!
Lei Suo was filled with rage and threw the secret order written on gold and silk to the ground. He was about to rush to Fu Zongshu's house to fight him to the death.
Di Fei was so frightened that he grabbed the man and tried his best to persuade the angry chief hall master to calm down.
They had no right or qualification to refuse. Even though they knew that this trip would most likely result in death, they had to go. If they disobeyed Cai Jing's order, would so many people in the Six and a Half Hall be sent to hell together?
They must go on this trip!
Di Fei was ready to die the moment he stepped out of the capital. When he followed the guide into the Gobi Desert covered with yellow sand, he turned around to look at his subordinates behind him, feeling very reluctant.
He thought that they would suffer countless casualties and might even be wiped out like the previous group of people who came here, but what happened next was far beyond his expectations.
The moment they stepped into the oasis that the guide had described as non-existent, Di Fei was surprised to hear a magnificent hymn. The singing was loud and ethereal, singing the miracles and grandeur of a distant era in a language he could not understand.
Suddenly, he saw a figure.
She is graceful and majestic. She can sway and spin freely under the sea of flowers and moonlight, and she can also single-handedly carry up a huge dynasty that is about to fall.
The flowers bloom for her, the moon shines for her, the clouds tell of her beauty, and the mountains and rivers echo her greatness.
——Be obsessed with her, she is the brightest pearl of this era!
——Crawl, her power and majesty make the sky and the sea tremble!
——Submit, there is no greater king in the world than her!
——Fear, she is the throne upon thrones!
The indistinguishable whispers in his ears became more and more numerous and louder. Di Fei was gasping for breath in shock, and cold sweat fell like a beaded curtain that had broken its string. His heart seemed to be tightly grasped in the palm of an invisible big hand, kneading and crushing it in every way. He almost couldn't breathe.
This is true for him, and even more so for the people behind him.
He was still able to stand, but the people behind him had already kneeled on the ground in agony, their faces and necks red, gasping for breath, their hands clasped in the wet soil with veins bulging, in unbearable pain.
Di Fei was shocked and regretted it.
Before entering the oasis, he still had a hopeful thought that with his wisdom, he might be able to lead his brothers out safely.
But he never imagined that what they were facing could not be treated with common sense!
Even if he has great planning ability, how can he resist this inhuman existence with human strength?
Just as he was beginning to feel hopeless, a powerful will came over him and unquestionably invaded his brain and the brains of the people behind him, strolling around like a stroll in one's own backyard, and instantly understood all their thoughts.
"ah!"
Di Fei was shocked and stopped his subconscious resistance, and he submissively let this will read through his mind.
He was right not to resist and to obey. This will only lingered in his mind for a few breaths before it withdrew.
He had just breathed a sigh of relief when he suddenly heard several screams from behind him. He turned around quickly and saw that the guide and several of his brothers were lying on the ground, holding their heads in agony and twitching. Blood was flowing from their mouths, noses, and ears. The screams that came out of their throats became weaker and weaker.
In just a few breaths, they were dead.
Di Fei was shocked.
For the first time, he, who had always been calm and composed, experienced fear and panic.
His mind was in a mess as to whether he should advance or retreat, and he was at a loss for a moment.
Fortunately, today was not the day they would die. After a while, the remaining people who had knelt on the ground stood up one after another. Except for their pale faces and bodies soaked with cold sweat, they had no other injuries.
After Di Fei checked everyone's conditions one by one, he looked thoughtfully at the few people who had died on the ground.
Why only these few people?
The last batch of people who entered here should have suffered the same fate as them. Could it be that...
Di Fei took a deep breath in shock, and in a hoarse voice asked everyone to pick up the tools that fell on the ground, and then - continued to go deeper.
After walking a dozen steps, the scene of the oasis and yellow sand in front of me suddenly changed. All I could see were black and white. The temperature all over my body also dropped suddenly as if it was scorching. The previous moment was the hottest summer, and now it was the coldest winter.
Everyone was completely unprepared, their teeth chattering from the cold, and they quickly hugged themselves, trying to absorb some warmth.
Di Feijing was in a better situation, as he had the strongest internal strength and could still withstand it.
Due to a severe injury to his neck, Di Fei was unable to raise his head and could only search for more information within his limited field of vision.
There were only black and white colors all around, but there were flowers, plants and trees everywhere, even more luxuriant than in an oasis. However, he didn't recognize any of these unusually beautiful flowers, plants and trees.
Are they still alive?
Apart from these people, the surroundings were extremely quiet, without any sound at all, as if... in this world, time had stopped.
There is only one road here, straight ahead under their feet.
It seems like a blatant trap.
Do you want to go?
They have no choice.
If they retreat they will die, but if they advance... they may not die.
There was one thing Di Fei was certain of, that the last group of people who came here must have done something offensive, which caused the powerful will to become enraged, and they suffered heavy casualties, with only two people escaping.
However, when he led everyone to the end of this road, the scene he saw made him doubt his judgment again.
It was a coffin.
The coffin was completely black, floating quietly in the still black water. Intricate and gorgeous patterns were carved on it, entwining and outlining an epic poem that no one knew about.
Di Fei was surprised to hear the grand hymn again, but this time, the vague, painful whispers no longer rang along with it. It seemed that in front of the coffin, all the noisy sounds were irrelevant and offensive noises.
—They should remain quiet.
Di Fei quickly grasped this inspiration and gestured to the people behind him: Be quiet, don't make any sound.
The people, who were already afraid of everything around them, became even more cautious now. They spent a lot of time considering the strength and position of their foot before taking each step. It took them more than a quarter of an hour to walk just a distance of ten steps.
蔡京要的寶物便是這具棺椁了。
這方天地裏也只有這具棺椁配得上寶物二字。
箭在弦上，狄飛驚卻有些不敢了。
他無法預料他們動了這具棺椁之後會發生什麽，可他又不得不動，整個六分半堂的性命都捏在蔡京手裏，他沒有十足的把握能騙過蔡京。
狄飛驚率先下水，刺骨的冰寒幾乎是順着他的經脈頃刻間蔓延出去的，他一身的渾厚內力在此刻徹底成了擺設。等到他終于走到棺椁面前，他的嘴唇已然變得青白，渾身的血液幾要凝固。
就在他于棺椁前站定的剎那，棺身密布的繁複花紋宛如蛇一樣游走起來，他聽到了金屬碰撞、相互碾壓的聲音，通體漆黑的棺椁漸漸變了一個模樣。
不知從哪裏漫開的猩紅以肉眼可見的速度吞噬着花紋內圈的玄色，這猩紅無比鮮活，他幾乎能嗅到裏頭裹挾的濃烈的血腥氣。
狄飛驚蒼白的臉色頓時又難看了三分。
這究竟是什麽？
這具棺椁裏……
如果說适才他還想着無論如何也要将這具棺椁帶回去，從蔡京手中換下整個六分半堂，那麽此刻，他動搖了。
方才的所見、所聽、所經歷，足以證明這具棺椁有大問題，倘若裏面裝着個……他若真的将這具棺椁運回了汴京……
狄飛驚死死咬住忍不住顫抖起來的嘴唇，在棺椁前陷入了天人交戰之中。
良久，他舉起左臂，向身後衆人示意。
十幾個扛着工具的人顫抖着，學着大堂主先前的樣子慢慢淌進黑水裏，刺骨的冰寒險些叫他們寸步難行。
其實，在看到這些工具的那一刻，狄飛驚就知道了蔡京要他們來護送的東西是什麽了。
只是他還是猜錯了。
蔡京要掘的墳不是人的。
十幾個人終于來到狄飛驚左右，狄飛驚沒有立刻下達第二條指令，而是示意衆人随他一起，鄭重地向面前這具棺椁拜了三拜。
無論這裏面裝的是什麽，請原諒他們的冒犯。
身不由己，此番……實屬不得已。
也不知道是不是這三拜誠心誠意的作用，從他們用工具小心翼翼地将棺椁固定好，到他們提着心緩慢非常地将棺椁從黑水裏擡出來，整個過程十分順利，衆人心中所設想的各種恐怖意外均沒有發生。
但他們還不敢松開心口提着的那口氣，他們還要尋找離開這方天地的道路。
打頭的仍然是狄飛驚，他謹慎地領着身後衆人走在這條唯一的道路上，兩側的花草樹木靜止不動，連風聲也無。
他的謹慎是用尺子來衡量的，跨出的每一步都和來時一模一樣，分毫不差。
就在他重新踏上自己才進入這方天地時所跨出的第一步，熟悉的眩暈出現在大腦中，眼前的黑白靜色猛的轉換回了綠意與炙熱交織的沙漠。
他們回到了這片本不存在的綠洲。
不遠處傳來駱駝的叫聲，還有留守在綠洲外的弟兄們的呼聲，他們真的回來了。
狄飛驚哽在喉嚨裏的那口氣終于長長地舒了出來，他已經很久沒有像今日這般提心吊膽，唯恐差錯分毫，就害得跟随自己的人喪命于此了。
頭頂的烈日炎炎似火燒，很快就将這群不啻于從死亡中走了一圈的人曬得像一塊風幹的鹹魚，浸濕衣裳的汗水已在高溫中蒸發殆盡。
身體是熱的，心卻還是冷的。
他們将那具棺椁帶了回來，接下來，他們要護送着它回到汴京。
回京之路迢迢，他們誰也不能預料路上會發生什麽，狄飛驚也不能。
若是人，他還能計算出幾分可能來。
可那棺椁裏的……他還沒有那樣大的本事。
真的要将它帶回汴京嗎？
狄飛驚不知多少次回身去看那具穩穩拖在寬大馬車上的棺椁。
尚在那方黑白天地中時，擡棺的人因為心中極度恐懼着，滿腦子想的都是遵循大堂主的命令才有可能活命，故而沒有第一時間發現自己擡着的棺椁重量非常。
等他們死裏逃生，重新沐浴在火辣的陽光之下了，他們才驟然發覺自己渾身的力氣都好似被抽幹一樣，四肢抖得不成樣子，連呼吸都十分費力。
光是運送這具棺椁，就拆了三輛馬車合作一輛，還需要十匹馬才能拉動。而每每啓動之時，随行五十多人，至少要去一半人方能将這輛馬車從凹陷下去一指深的原地推出來。
這還只是停留了僅僅一夜的時間，可見這具棺椁有多重。
隊伍裏的人看那十幾個擡棺者的眼神中無不帶着敬佩。
所以說啊，人的潛力是無窮的，逼急了不可能的事也能變成可能。
狄飛驚不敢在路上多做停留，往往只是歇了半夜的時間，就催促着隊伍前進。
無人對此呻☆吟抱怨，他們都明白，大堂主這是為了他們的性命着想。
可才這樣前進了沒幾天，壞事又來了。
只要一入夜，那具漆黑的棺椁就會變幻起來，時而黑重如夜幕，時而又如同雷火焚燒黑暗。
只看一眼，便會叫人頭暈目眩，胃裏痙攣不休。
且只要離它五丈以內，無論是誰，都會痛苦倒地抽搐不已。
馬也一樣。
這樣一來，他們根本無法在夜間前進，只能被迫停留。
狄飛驚只覺得自己的頭越來越疼，這棺椁十足詭異，他自己是定然不同意将它運回汴京的。
誰知道裏頭裝的是什麽？若是蔡京要拿它禍害天下，他們又有誰能跑得掉？
可他身在六分半堂，如何能去阻止？
若是……若是他的話，興許能想出一個兩全的法子來。
像是覺察到了他的左右搖擺，那具棺椁竟然在夜間散發出了刺骨寒氣，相隔十丈之遠也能将人凍得直抖。
狄飛驚無法，只能升起篝火，在棺椁周圍擺出一個大圈來，再讓弟兄們圍着這個圈休息。
如此，也只能是勉強。
許是日有所念，必有所應吧，在入關後的第六天，狄飛驚察覺到了暗處的目光。
他放縱了這目光兩日，從其探查的手段中覺察到了這些人的身份。
——他們來自金風細雨樓。
狄飛驚心下一喜，假裝自己沒有發現，任由他們将僅有的情報傳遞回去。
他相信，蘇夢枕一定會來。
果然，蘇夢枕親自來了。
楚河鎮外的五裏亭，一身紅衣紅裘的蘇夢枕手握紅袖刀，靜坐于亭中，身邊只有一個人。
他的軍師，楊無邪。
狄飛驚側耳去聽，周圍也僅有一人。
不愧是蘇夢枕啊，好膽量。
蘇夢枕掃視狄飛驚身後衆人一眼，率先開口:“狄堂主。”
狄飛驚坐在馬上，沖蘇夢枕遙遙一拱手:“蘇樓主。”
蘇夢枕忽的笑了，他聲音不高也不低，恰好是狄飛驚能夠聽到的音調:“狄堂主，我們明人不說暗話，我今日來，只想知道你送的是什麽。”
他的探子露出了幾處致命的破綻，可他們偏偏都帶着情報回來了，這只能說明是狄飛驚高擡貴手放了他們一馬，那些情報也是狄飛驚有意讓他知道的。
這是為何？
在知曉那具棺椁十分詭異的前提下，原因并不難猜。
——狄飛驚不願意将那具棺椁運回來。
這又是為何？
只能是他護送的東西十分要命，無論如何都不能被蔡京掌握在手中。
任何人都不應該将這東西掌握在手中。
既然是狄飛驚都認為十分要命的東西，便是麾下有元十三限坐鎮的蔡京也極有可能把握不住，屆時一旦失控，只會殃及池魚，累及無辜百姓。
所以，他要他知道，要他來。
狄飛驚嘴角含笑，這笑容是他近日來最放松的。
他催馬向前一段，同樣壓低了聲音，道:“可惜，我也不知道。”
僅是棺椁都如此可怕，那裏面裝的東西豈不是要比外頭的棺椁可怕數倍？
饒是他，也不敢将那棺椁撬開。
蘇夢枕微微皺起眉，他已明了狄飛驚這句話裏的意思，那具棺椁竟比他想象的還要可怕。
他握住放在腿上的紅袖刀，在楊無邪擔憂的眼神中慢騰騰地站了起來，另一只手攏了攏身上的紅裘:“再過一兩個時辰，天就要黑了，狄堂主可趕得上舊曹門街的好酒？”
舊曹門街是六分半堂的産業，金風細雨樓不得入內，不過裏頭有一家酒樓，賣着全京城獨一無二的好酒，名字就叫好酒。
酒樓的掌櫃是個性情中人，每日只賣十壇，只要一入夜，哪怕沒賣完也不賣了。
蘇夢枕有病在身，酒這種東西不能多飲，但這不妨礙他品鑒美酒。可惜舊曹門街他們進不得，買壇酒都要迂回好幾番，有時候還買不着。
狄飛驚眼中笑意更濃:“蘇樓主不提，在下都要忘了，這些時日風餐露宿，別說好酒，日日都是啃的幹糧，實在沒甚滋味。今日是趕不上了，等回了京城，我定買上幾壇，好好地喝上一次。”
那具棺椁的重量非常，且每日都在變重，如今十匹馬拉着走都很是費勁，因此一日能前進的路程有限，只這數十裏，就要走上兩日。
在進入楚河鎮時，狄飛驚便傳了信回去，明面上是說寶物已經帶回來了，請總堂主派人來接應，實際上是在用只有他和雷損兩人能看懂的密號向六分半堂示警。
——有異，勿來！
狄飛驚很肯定，他傳回去的密信會被蔡京得知。
果不其然，他在楚河鎮歇了一夜，一個人都沒有等到，只等來一封總堂主親筆，卻傳達着他人命令的回信。
“人多不便，緩行，兩日後，卯時一刻自北門進。”
一看便知是誰的命令。
他們果然是讓六分半堂去送死的，只是沒有想到，狄飛驚竟然活着回來了，還帶着寶物一起回來了。
那便是還有時間。
蘇夢枕暗暗松了一口氣，他此番只是來确認一遍，在得知那具棺椁比他想象中更加詭異可怕後，他适才想到的幾個法子就都不能用了。
既然還有時間，那就去問問這方面的行家，說不定能有更好的法子。
兩人聊家常似的幾句話，便定下了一次合作。
不是為了六分半堂，也不是為了金風細雨樓，而是為了京城百姓。
無論六分半堂，還是金風細雨樓，沒有人想做那個禍國殃民的千古罪人。
這具棺椁絕不能落在蔡京手裏！
就在二人眼神分開，将要于這五裏亭分道揚镳的那一剎那，砰的一聲悶響如同驚雷一般轟然炸開！
原本安靜的馬匹紛紛驚恐掙紮着亂動起來，馬背上的人一時沒有防備，紛紛被掀翻在地。
狄飛驚座下的馬亦然，他控了兩次發現無用之後，當機立斷飛身下馬，任由馬匹胡亂逃竄。
拉着馬車的十匹馬沒有跟着一起掙紮，它們承受着比其他同類更加深重的恐懼，已然沒有膽子逃竄，只能顫抖着蜷縮起四條腿，像死了一樣趴在地上。
——馬車上的棺椁在變幻，那猩紅與玄色幾乎在奔湧，越發繁複華麗的花紋看得人眼暈耳鳴，幾欲嘔吐。
護送了一路的衆人已經有了經驗，不需要大堂主下令，他們飛速退後，不過十數息，棺椁周圍就呈現出了無人的真空地帶。
砰！
又是一聲雷鳴般的悶響。
這一次，所有人都看見了那響聲的源頭。
是那具棺椁，它在動！
好似、好似……
裏頭的存在蘇醒過來了！
……
塔羅納說不準自己是睡醒了，還是被吵醒的。
這個* 世界的世界意識是清醒的，祂說自己睡醒了，起來看看，結果就看到了一個有毒物體掉進了自己的世界，然後咻的一下就不見了。
世界意識:？？？
在确定不是自己眼花了之後，祂立刻就向時空平衡局發起了委托。
一聽到世界意識是睡醒的，大魔女頓時露出了羨慕的眼神。
睡那麽久，還是自然醒，一定很爽吧。
什麽時候她的小金庫堆滿了，她也要睡這樣一個長久且安靜的覺。
世界意識說祂不着急，那有毒的玩意兒才掉進來沒多久，想來還來不及對世界造成損傷，祂很相信時空平衡局幹員的職業素養和執行質量。
既然才掉進來沒多久，那就是時間充裕的意思了。
塔羅納表示收到。
在世界意識離開後，她火速放出馬甲卡的狩獵空間，就地準備入睡。
這一次，她融合的馬甲卡是SSR【薔薇女大公】。
種族血族，擁有着死了一樣的睡眠質量，非常适合準備來一場深度睡眠平靜意識海的大魔女。
況且天公作二美。
一美，是任務不急時間充裕。
二美，是她降落的地方正好是毫無人煙的沙漠深處，不用擔心有人會來打擾她的安睡。
在狩獵空間之上，塔羅納還套了一層空間魔法，并将這層空間設置成了綠洲。
作為遮蓋的門，它已經足夠顯眼，人們在沙漠中看見這樣一片綠洲，眼中便只會有綠洲，門後面的真實永遠不會被探知到。
除非，來者一開始就是為了這片綠洲之外的真實而來的。
那怎麽可能呢？
忒休斯靜靜地圍觀他的搭檔立flag。
衆所周知，插旗必倒是真理。
果不其然，就在塔羅納沉睡的第十二天，一個渾身是血的男人跌跌撞撞地闖入了這片生機盎然的綠洲，他的懷裏還抱着一個不足歲的嬰兒，氣息比他還要微弱，眼看着就要斷氣了。
他的眼睛裏只有悲恸和絕望，哪怕在這象征着死亡的沙漠深處看見了一片綠洲，也激不起他心中半點動容。
他此刻最大的願望，就是讓他可憐的孩兒活下去。
空間在這一刻發生了扭曲，男人抱着他氣息微弱的孩子落入了寂靜無聲的黑白獵場。
他摘下了一枚伸手就能夠到的果子。
這果子形同水滴，白得像冬日裏的第一片雪花。
聞着果子散發出的馥郁香氣，男人吞了吞口水，他以為自己來到了陰曹地府，既然已經死了，那不妨讓他和孩子做一個飽死鬼。
他和懷裏的孩子分食了這枚果子。
當男人吞下口中果肉，他身上足以致命的傷頃刻間就好了，懷裏氣若游絲的孩子哭聲猶如洪鐘，再無半分将死之像。
男人頓時呆住了。
他眼前忽然一晃，黑白的天地重新被綠意盎然的綠洲取代，如果不是他口中還殘留着那枚果子的清甜，他和孩子也從鬼門關重活了一回，他幾乎要以為自己是在做夢了。
男人在綠洲裏磕了幾十個響頭，千恩萬謝地狂喜而去。
塔羅納沉睡的第二十七天，一個大着肚子的女人赤足來到了這片綠洲，她來這裏為她未出世的孩子求救命的仙藥。
她中了毒，自己已經藥石無醫，她腹中的孩子也受到了她的牽連，僅有一月就要生産，動靜卻越來越小，眼看着就要胎死腹中了。
她只求能讓她的孩子活下來。
女人得到了回應，她來到了那個男人所說的黑白仙境。
和那個男人一樣，他們都是沙民，是在沙漠裏茍延殘喘的流浪者，彼此能夠在這偌大的沙漠裏碰到都是幸運的。
她曾經對那個男人施以援手，救過他一命，如今，她得到了善報。
但女人沒有找到男人所說的雪果，她的手邊只有一朵花，一朵足足有六十四瓣花瓣的白花。
她摘下了它，然後将花吃掉了，并在綠洲裏生下了她的孩子。
孩子很健康，她也沒有死，她被斷定無藥可救的毒解了。
這裏真的有慈悲的神！
那個男人沒有說謊！
女人比男人更加虔誠，她抱着孩子在綠洲跪了一天，直到第二天天明才步履蹒跚，但滿懷欣喜地離開了。
塔羅納沉睡的第三十九天，一個滿頭白發的老人來到了這片綠洲。
她衣衫褴褛，雙腳已經磨出鮮血，但她的神情是安詳的。
她別無所求，只想求得一處永眠之地。
這一生的颠沛流離，她已然吃盡了人世間的苦楚，臨了臨了，她唯一的願望便是不必曝屍荒野，做個孤魂野鬼。
在沙民中流傳的黑白仙境滿足了她的願望。
老人早已老眼昏花，能夠來到這裏已經是上蒼垂憐了，而在閉眼之前，她聞到了馥郁的花香，如母親一般的溫暖環繞着她，叫她不再饑餓幹渴，叫她不再害怕。
老人笑着離開了人世，她的屍身被葬在了黃沙百丈之下，她不必害怕自己會曝屍荒野了，她将以另一種方式與這個世界同在。
塔羅納沉睡的第六十八天，一群不速之客闖入了綠洲。
引路的人是第一個進入黑白獵場的男人。
他比第一次進入這片綠洲時還要狼狽，還要痛苦。
這些人劫持了他的孩子，逼迫他帶路，他仍然不肯，他們便威脅他要殺光所有可憐的沙民。
男人不得不屈服。
他很痛苦，他認為自己背叛了這位慈悲的神。
但是他再度活了下來，而那些說着要将神明的寶物獻給什麽相爺的惡徒全都死了，只有其中最厲害的兩個人連滾帶爬地逃出了生天。
男人淌着熱淚在綠洲長跪不起，他決定帶着為數不多的沙民們遷徙，去往沙漠的最深處。
他們或許會活不下去，但沒有關系，只要這位慈悲的神明不再受到惡徒打擾就好。
如果沒有這位慈悲的神明，無光的絕望早已将他們吞噬殆盡，只要心中還存在希望，他們就有力氣活下來。
塔羅納沉睡的第六十九天，沙漠深處下了一場百年罕見的大雨，它為即将遷徙的沙民們提供了足夠的水，沿途長出了豐茂的仙人掌，皮下的綠肉成了沙民們遷徙途中最主要的食物來源。
塔羅納沉睡的第一百九十二天，以狄飛驚為首的六分半堂敢死小分隊來到了這片綠洲。
狄飛驚想要一件能夠保住六分半堂所有人性命的寶物，那麽——
還有什麽寶物能比這個獵場的主人更加珍貴嗎？
Then, they saw the pitch-black coffin floating on the black pool, in which was sleeping the most powerful Grand Duchess in the history of the vampires.
She sighed in her dream, and asked in the misty emptiness: Is it time for me to wake up?