Chapter 199
[I didn’t realize this before, but now that these four scenes are displayed side by side, I have a firm feeling that these four things will not appear only once…]
[The description of each lot seems a bit vague (honestly)]
[Tian Yan would not waste time and effort to create something unimportant, right? Just like the Kunwu Sword, it will definitely end up crying in the end, no matter what the way.]
The last four side-by-side pictures were in four different, thrilling tones. Yu Tu originally thought that Tian Yan would explain or hint at something further, but the comic only switched to a secluded wilderness in a blurry shot.
The first picture that appeared in the wilderness was covered with a language frame full of thorns.
"Wow! What is that!!!"
The shot turned to the person who was speaking. It was a Q version of Gu Hongying who was waving his hands wildly, almost to the point of leaving a shadow. Exaggerated tears were streaming down his eyes and his face had a miserable expression. After Gu Hongying's shadowless arm stopped, he was biting the little fox that had appeared at the auction house before on the tip of his thumb. Half of the little fox's body had taken shape, and the other half had merged with the red pattern on the mask in his right hand.
After blood beads appeared on Gu Hongying's thumb, the little fox turned his head and made a few "Puh, Puh, Puh" sounds, looking very disgusted. His raised face was full of disdain: "You bought me for 420,000, and you should be secretly happy. How dare you dislike me?"
"The mask is alive?" Gu Hongying had a huge "Shock" sign on his forehead. "Do I need to get a rabies vaccine if I get bitten?"
[The rabies vaccine is really enough! Oh, can you not be so weird in your thinking? Be careful that the little fox will get angry and beat you up! [Dog head.JPG]]
[In such an unscientific situation, we don’t need to talk about science, right? [Hesitant to speak.JPG]]
[Although I should have made a profit by buying the little fox for 420,000, but as a working man, I felt my breath stop when I heard the price. Usually, when I read comics, I don’t feel anything when I see millions, tens of millions, or hundreds of millions, but a few hundred thousand, which is not too big or too small, really makes me feel involved.
A comic reader's words came true. The little fox was confused at first about what "rabies vaccine" was. After Gu Hongying explained it seriously, the mini red fox rolled its eyes. Then it put its front paws on the back of Gu Hongying's hand, revealing its entire body. It then jumped onto Gu Hongying's head with its hind paws and unilaterally ruffled his hair into a mess.
[I'm not surprised at all when they start fighting...]
[TuTu and the others beside them seem to have no idea how to start the fight hahahaha————]
[At this time, we need someone who can calm the whole place down! Show up! My dear wife!]
The comic lived up to expectations. Someone intervened in the "battlefield", calmly restrained Gu Hongying with one hand, and grabbed the little fox by the back of the neck with the other hand: "Stop."
The camera zoomed out further, and Buyehou appeared among them with a look of helplessness on his face. His left hand was holding Gu Hongying's crossed arms, and in his right hand he was holding the little fox that was grabbed by the back of the neck and was still showing its fangs and claws.
[Wife: It’s really hard to take care of pups nowadays (subconsciously looking at Tutu), my pups are less of a worry.]
[Hahahahaha, are Yingying and the little fox three years old together? My wife has restrained the man and she still has to explain to both sides [pointing and gesturing.JPG]]
[Such a lively little fox is actually a bunch of memories?! The inner world is really magical!]
After this "farce", the cheerful and bright tone of the comics changed and gradually became darker. These pages of the comics no longer focused on Gu Hongying, but on Buyehou.
In the comic, Buyehou took off his monocle, revealing his entire face. Without the obstruction of the lenses, his beautifully shaped eyes seemed like a product of natural skill, sketched and painted with the utmost care, as if the spirit of mountains and rivers were all gathered in these eyes.
[Beauty! Face! Violence! Attack!
Ahhhhh, she is worthy of being my wife!!]
[Screenshot taken! This will be my phone wallpaper from today!]
[What the hell, will Tutu be this pretty when he grows up? Then won’t I be able to have twice as many wives in the future?! [Little Shark lost in thought.JPG]]
[I can’t imagine how sunny and cheerful I would be if such a day really came!]
[Thinking about it, I feel like the body spots I got at work have faded...]
Yu Tu: “……?”
He was also dazzled by the close-up of Buyehou, and he took a screenshot manually. The action of taking off the monocle was really handsome. He saved it and thought about it carefully, hoping to be more handsome next time (crossed out).
After the close-up, it was seen that Marquis Buye put on the mask with a white background and red patterns on his face. His previous elegance changed to a serious and gentle one with a hint of weirdness, which was another different style. Yu Tu had a deeper understanding of how big of a filter Tian Yan had cast on Marquis Buye.
In the comic, the hand that Buye had clasped on the mask gently put down, and the other hand was raised. The [antique fragment] that the four king lanterns were fighting for turned into wisps of smoke in the air without warning. Red lines entangled with green smoke floated and tore a gap in front of the eyes. The gap seemed to be black, and there seemed to be flowing stars. This irregular gap finally formed a long and narrow crack like a door, like an eye standing on the ground.
A strange black and red aura flowed out from the "eyes", one stream flowing towards the masked Hou Buye, and the other stream flowing towards Gu Hongying next to Hou Buye. Hou Buye dispersed the strange aura with ease, but Gu Hongying was hit directly, and had nine extra furry tails and a black aura.
[Okay, okay, after the Shirosawa Experience Card, it’s the Nine-Tailed Fox Experience Card. Oh, these days are so colorful:)]
[How come you are the one who got caught again this time?! Although we all come from non-chief groups, you are the king among the non-chiefs?]
[I saw Yingying's ten-day experience record in Shirazawa before. Yingying used to step on her tail when she walked and pierce the door frame with her corners. Now she has learned to run through cracks with nine tails and run faster than anyone else... I actually feel a strange sense of relief?]
[Hahahahaha, you're used to such outrageous things, right?]
In the comic, Gu Hongying was the first to sneak into the rift, dragging his nine big furry tails. The others followed him into the rift, and in the end, only Buyehou and Yu Tu were left outside the rift.
[When my wife and son looked at each other, there was only one word in my mind—tacit understanding!]
[As expected of Tutu, who can say "I represent the owner" when his wife is out! Look at their tacit understanding!]
[When we were about to enter the void gate, my wife actually pulled the baby back and put me behind her. So cute!]
[Hahahahaha, how can I not spoil my own child! Don’t forget your wife’s true identity——]
When the vest and the original body embarked on the road in the void gate together, the comic readers became more active.
[I understand that you are worried about losing contact, but why do you have to walk a distance and touch the back of your hand? Just pull her! My wife is my child! Just pull her, what are you afraid of?]
[You can even let Tutumiao raise Xiaohui and open a teahouse for you when you go out. Now, can't you just pamper your child a little if he is afraid of the black? [I hate that iron cannot be made into steel.JPG]]
[Older people should learn how to express love. Look at how cautious our Dodder is! Honey, bring Dodder to me and I will teach you how to raise a healthy cub!]
[Hey, the guy in front, the abacus beads hit my face!]
The readers' activities continued until the end of the darkness behind the Void Gate, and then... they disappeared briefly.
What appears before your eyes is an extremely impactful picture. Even if it is just a work drawn by a brush, it still shocks you beyond words.
The blue-grey sky was without the sun or the moon, and the ground of the same colour was covered with black cracks. The rich life of the earth was drying up and dying, leaving only a gray scene.
In the center of the blue-gray world, there stands a tower that seems to be corroded, with a few green threads clinging to it. Next to the tower, a cartoon indicates its identity—[Town Tower].
Marquis Buye stood at the foot of the tower. The smoke that had come in with him drifted onto the red tower wall, making a sizzling sound like corrosion. Marquis Buye placed his hand on the corroded area, and a light blue light overflowed from his palm, speeding up the progress. In such a dangerous place, he seemed to be a little distracted, but the mask covered his face, so his expression could not be seen clearly.
[What is my wife thinking about?]
[I feel like my wife is a little unhappy now, even though she was very happy outside the Void Gate...]
[I have a bold idea. Could it be that my wife knows what is locked up in the tower?!]
[Hiss——Don’t rule out this possibility!]
The subsequent development of the comic seemed to verify the readers' vague guesses. When Gu Hongying shouted "Mom" and rushed over Buyehou, Buyehou grabbed his shoulder as if it was a conditioned reflex, and then... a drop of blood splashed into Gu Hongying's eyes, and the dark red in his eyes, which was almost black, quickly faded. A dazed look appeared on his face, and the camera of the comic pulled into his eyes, presenting a complete picture—
On the white mask with red patterns worn by Buyehou, the red patterns were raised high like sharp knives, cutting Buyehou's hand that was controlling it. Buyehou's palm was instantly covered in blood, and the bright red blood dripped onto the ground like beads, blooming into blood-red flowers.
[Ahhhh my wife is injured QAQ! How could my wife be injured by such a weird thing! ]
[Ooooooooooo, my hands are covered in blood, how painful it must be!]
[I felt like I was going insane. The first thing that came to my mind was, will my wife get hurt too?!]
[To be honest, I also...]
[好奇怪啊，我之前追漫畫的時候從來不會覺得某一個角色永遠不會受傷……]
[可能是不夜侯一出場就很神秘強大，而且只要他在問題就能輕松解決，特別安心靠譜，所以———]
[他是人又不是神，怎麽可能不會受傷!心疼死我了
虞荼看着這些評論，忽然閉上了眼睛———他感覺到了能量，雖然不算特別純粹，但數量巨大，絲絲縷縷地彙入了軀殼中，後續似乎還有。
心疼、擔心、在乎……也是能量的一種嗎？
不夜侯會受傷，會流血，建立在他之前所表現的“無所不能”的基礎上，只會讓他的形象更加有血有肉？
虞荼突然悟了什麽。
他将漫畫迅速往後翻，果然，在鎮塔裏的那一場對峙後，他用能量封住了腐蝕出來的洞口，顧鴻影背着他的媽媽和本體他們一起往外沖後，漫畫竟然用了穿插的表達。
一組分鏡是顧鴻影他們在蔓延的黑色裂縫中艱難尋找着往外沖的路徑，另一組則是他和堕化九尾的對峙。
滾滾黑紅色氣息裏，巨大的狐貍俯下頭來，記憶團形成的小狐貍已經被它咬碎吞下，巨狐的鼻尖聳動，它的眼睛渾濁而腥紅：
“大茶樹，幾千年過去，你變弱了好多。”
[把前面的預言家給我拖出來刀了！老婆竟然真的認識這只大狐貍！]
[幾千年過去———我就說吧！老婆果然活了很久！！]
[如果老婆這個強度還是削弱版的，那全盛版的該有多強啊……不敢想象！]
[不是，喊我老婆大茶樹？禮貌嗎你？]
[我勸樓上的漫友最好自己删掉評論，我看後面回來現在哭的和狗一樣……]
虞荼從躺椅裏坐起來，他記得之前在似太山上接觸到與鳳凰有關的信息時，他本來以為漫畫會順勢畫出不夜侯的過去，結果沒有，天衍只是似是而非地用暗示來表明不夜侯與鳳凰關系匪淺，關于不夜侯的過去未曾有任何提及。
從那之後的更新裏，一旦涉及到不夜侯的過去，不是用似是而非的誘導，就是用其他情節巧妙避開，誰的過去在漫畫裏都沒有避諱，除了不夜侯。
虞荼有時甚至會懷疑，不夜侯到底是不是真實存在。如果存在，為什麽他沒有過去？如果不存在，為什麽又有許多人知曉他，認識他？
一切都充滿了詭異的矛盾。
堕化九尾明顯是認識不夜侯的，所以這一次的更新裏，會有曾經的過去嗎？
虞荼跳着翻了幾頁後心下一沉，漫畫裏讓讀者嗚嗚嗚的，并不是不夜侯和堕化九尾之間的回憶，而是又像之前一樣的，似是而非的誘導加其他情節的規避。
在不夜侯問九尾為什麽要叫他“大茶樹”時，九尾眯了眯眼睛，說：“你竟然真的什麽都不記得啊，嘉木英。”
虞荼記得九尾說這話的時候，形态猙獰而恐怖，詭獸特有的惡意撲面而來，但在漫畫裏，已經成為詭獸的九尾竟然在巧妙的處理下，有了些許如同“人”的神色。
[之前就感覺有些不對，所以我的老婆果然是實錘失憶了吧！]
[救命！不好的預感成真QAQ！我就說老婆活了這麽長時間肯定付出了不小的代價，那老婆還記得多少啊？之前、之前的藏生，老婆好像還有記憶的！]
[救……死去的記憶突然攻擊我！嗚嗚嗚別提藏生！]
漫畫在這時恰巧插入了一些回憶，不是九尾的，而是之前在拍賣會上不夜侯拎着小紅狐貍的畫面。
由記憶形成的小狐貍的反應，佐證了它确實認識不夜侯———另一個身份的不夜侯。
[嘉木英是老婆用過的其他身份嗎？]
[明明都是一團記憶，竟然還會吃醋，醋老婆有了新的幼崽……]
[看到注釋了沒有？堕化的詭獸是不會有人類的情感的，小狐貍明顯是被分出去細心保存的記憶……想想感覺好刀TAT]
[省省眼淚吧各位漫友，後面更刀，我哭的都要水漫金山了！]
漫畫裏，不夜侯并沒有和堕化後的九尾打起來，恐怖的詭獸凝視着不夜侯，說它在撒嬌。
然後，九尾身形變小，它開口邀請不夜侯跟着它，漫畫一轉壓抑的色調，整體變得像多年前的老照片，模糊而泛黃，還有些失真。
九尾在這失真的色調裏，目光掠過狼藉一片的一層，它在樓梯上走着，變小後那種猙獰感也随之消失，二層的最右邊，落地窗前有木頭圓桌，右側有躺椅，左側有搖椅，正對着落地窗的，還有個簡陋的圓凳———這是整個二層被保存的最好的角落。
九尾輕言細語地介紹着這裏，只是在跳上堆着玩具的搖椅時，一切都化作了齑粉，回憶就像這些朽爛的木頭，脆弱得不堪一擊。
它渾濁猩紅的眼睛盯着那些飄散的粉末，漫畫的失真感越發嚴重了，九尾的嘆息倒是清晰：“你看，時間裏……一切都成灰。”
“大茶樹，你可忘的真徹底。”九尾的尾巴沒有活力地垂在地上，沾滿了灰塵，它的眼睛裏好像有水光，又好像只是錯覺，“我之前這樣喊你的時候，你早把我抱起來梳毛了。”
[嗚嗚嗚嗚幹嘛呀！這是幹嘛呀！我越看越難過———]
[啊啊啊嗚嗚嗚它都這麽說了，明示的不能再明示了！老婆你倒是把小狐貍抱起來梳毛啊！]
[滄海桑田時光變換，什麽都留不下來，只有回憶還存在……是要刀死我嗎朋友！]
[嗚嗚嗚嗚這是什麽？是刀子！是刀子啊！！(尖叫)(被長刀貫穿)(走到盡頭)(還是刀子)(陰暗發瘋)(拉着所有人同歸于盡)]
九尾慢慢地起身，随着它體型變大的同時，那種失真的色調也在一格格的分鏡裏消失，回憶脆弱不堪，最終要重回現實。
九尾張開獠牙，咬向他面前的人，它從過去的回憶裏走出來了，但它面前的人沒有，于是獠牙咬穿了不夜侯的胳膊，帶出淋漓的鮮血。
不夜侯終于有所動作，他們打鬥的餘波将精心呵護的角落化作齑粉，什麽也沒有留存。
[老婆你不要消極抵抗，它已經不是過去的小狐貍了！你反擊！你快反擊！]
[不要沉溺在過去了，它是詭獸不是九尾！老婆你清醒一點！]
[它沒有留手，再不反抗你會死的！動手啊！對它動手啊！]
讀者們的焦急無法傳遞到漫畫裏，他們只能看着不夜侯身上的傷口越來越多，最後一擊，不夜侯從落地窗的位置跌落出去，誰都以為九尾會追出去，可它沒有，漫畫裏，隔着二層巨大的破洞，九尾和不夜侯對上了視線，九尾的眼睛渾濁而猩紅，牙齒和爪子上都沾着血跡，不夜侯的眼圈卻有些微紅。
[老婆……是不是想起什麽了？]
銀白色陣法從鏽蝕的塔底像藤蔓一樣沿着暗紅的牆壁攀爬，在銀白光芒要覆蓋那個巨大的破洞時，二層的九尾耳朵動了動，它最後向外看了一眼，轉身走回了塔中。
之前他們打鬥時，斑駁的白底面具掉在了二層的角落，九尾将面具從廢墟中翻出來，叼起來走到窗邊，窗邊全是銀白，什麽也看不見。
九尾盯着看了一會兒後，将面具扔到了銀白色的光芒中，陣法将斑駁的面具絞得粉碎，變成一股紅色的煙霧。
它在地上趴下來，不再動彈，而同一時刻，即将離開虛空之門的不夜侯驟然回首，他眼裏空蕩蕩的，什麽也沒有。
銀色光芒愈發盛大，鎮塔變做了反向的囚籠，虛空從一層開始湮滅，一直到二層的角落，黑色的虛無爬上九尾了的尾巴，将它永遠留在了這片黑暗裏。
離開虛空之門的不夜侯渾身上下都是傷口，血往外湧着，仿佛要流盡，有爪痕從右肩劃到心口，血肉模糊。
漫畫将畫面挪到不夜侯的手上，他的手緊緊地抓着虞荼的胳膊，仿佛一松手，人就會從眼前消失。
天衍再一次刻畫了不夜侯的雙眸，這一次不再像之前一樣，似乎山川河流的靈秀都聚集在眼中。
這一次的眼睛，黯淡、渙散、茫然。
不夜侯緊緊地抓着旁邊的虞荼，目光裏倒映出他的模樣，好像這是他最後的錨點，牽系着他留在這人世間。
[最後一頁簡直給我看傻了！天衍老賊出來受死！為什麽要捅我刀子！你說啊為什麽要捅我刀子！！]
[難怪前面着重刻畫我老婆的眼睛呢，就是為了最後給我一下？？？]
[我好像一個插滿了刀的刀架……]
[天衍你是準備把我老婆的故人一個個都殺光？讓他一遍又一遍地難過是嗎？！【徹底癫狂.JPG】]
[天衍你這麽折磨我老婆你的良心呢！喂小灰了？！]
[天衍你睡了嗎？我睡不着(微笑)]