The Lost People of Teyvat

Chapter 127 Living in a Dream
"of course can."

Chen Tianfeng nodded first. He looked at Wendy and forced a smile on his tired face: "As long as you are willing, you can join us. You have seen, Wendy, our world is about to be destroyed, so I will not refuse any living force to join us."

"Since the captain agrees, I have no objection. As long as you don't plan to attack us, I will watch you."

Yuhong shrugged, looked at Wendy's overly young face, paused, and said: "Also, the evil spirits in the temple don't care whether you are an outsider or not. As long as you step into the temple, it will attack you. So you'd better think carefully whether you want to go to the temple with us. It's too late to regret it now."

"Well, thank you."

Wendy smiled at Yuhong, then looked at Zhengman: "Hey, big guy, how about you?"

"I listen to the captain." Zheng Man smiled and said, "The captain needs you, so I welcome you to join."

Wendy turned his gaze, his gem-like eyes full of smiles. He looked at Chen Tianfeng, his lips curled up slightly: "Then, Captain, does our team have a name?"

"No, no need."

Chen Tianfeng shook his head, rubbed his hands on his body, and then reached out to Wendy: "Anyway, welcome to join us, Wendy."

"Thank you."

The two hands clasped together and then separated.

Wendy glanced at Chen Tianfeng's palm calmly. The little Tianfeng in the dream looked much more tired and haggard than in reality. There were some calluses on his palm due to sword practice, and it felt hard to the touch.

"Rest for a while, then we'll set off."

Chen Tianfeng sat by the campfire, his voice low, the orange-red flames flickering on his face: "The world doesn't have much time for us to rest."

About ten minutes later, the group of four set out again, trekking towards the setting sun in the distant mountains, trying to prevent the destruction of the world.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the shadow of the mountain in the distance gradually became clearer, and the vague shadow of the temple on the mountain could be seen. But even with the vague shadow, one could still feel the grandeur of the temple.

Wendy withdrew his gaze. The silence in the team made him feel a little uncomfortable. He wanted to try to liven up the atmosphere, such as taking out the harp to play a song, but he felt it was inappropriate.

The keynote of the dream is silence and depression. The world is about to be destroyed. They are warriors who declare war on the doomsday, and they are also poor people who are about to become homeless. They probably don't need a cheerful atmosphere.

Just as Wendy was daydreaming, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a white shadow approaching from the corner of her eye.

"careful!"

Zhengman roared and smashed down with the shield in his hand.

"boom!"

The white shadow hit the heavy shield, Zhengman's body trembled, his feet sank into the ground, plowing a half-meter long mark. He breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and smiled at the three people, saying in a silly voice: "I blocked it."

"boom!!!"

The white shadow came back and before anyone could react, it hit Zhengman hard on the back, sending him flying along with his shield, splashing up a large cloud of dust.

"Zhengman!"

Chen Tianfeng drew out his sword, and while being alert to the white shadows that might appear around him at any time, he rushed towards the place where Zheng Man fell.

Wendy and Yuhong followed closely behind.

When they arrived at Zheng Man's side, the tall and strong man was already dead, with blood oozing from his mouth, eyes and nose, his arms twisted abnormally, and even his chest was slightly bulging.

"It left."

Yuhong pursed her lips, looked at the sturdy man lying on the ground, and said softly: "He left after taking away another of our companions, just like the previous times."

"What it is?"

Wendy had a grim expression, because he was restricted by this dream and could only see that the white shadow was probably a scaly snake tail, but he had no power to stop it.

"It's an evil demon." Chen Tianfeng was silent for a moment, then said, "It's afraid and weak. Every step we take closer to the temple, the power it has usurped will decrease. In the last encounter, even in a head-on battle, Zhengman was unable to stop it - only by entering the temple will we have a chance to kill it."

"It's possible that the whole army was wiped out. After all, we don't know if what we found was intentionally discovered by the evil demon... It may not be weak at all."

Yuhong squatted down, raised her hand and stroked Zhengman's cheek, asking the sturdy man to close his eyes. Her tone was unusually gentle: "May death end your long dream and lead you back to the waking world."

Chen Tianfeng saw Wendy's confusion and began to explain, his voice full of fatigue: "When the sun was still setting normally, there was a saying in our world: our world is a dream of someone, and death will be our only way home. How about it, do you find it strange?"

“…It’s quite strange.”

Wendy nodded, feeling quite strange.

This world is indeed a dream of Xiao Tianfeng, but the people in the dream actually realized that they were living in a dream, which is... quite wonderful.

Yuhong stood up and asked, "Do you want to bury Zhengman?"

"No, our time..."

Chen Tianfeng shook his head first, then paused, remained silent for a few seconds, and sighed: "Bury him, this is the only thing we can do. As for time...it is not important."

"understood."

Yuhong nodded, first drew out the dagger, then thought about it, put the dagger back, picked up the heavy shield, and dug the hole in an extremely strenuous manner.

Chen Tianfeng dug silently with his sword.

"I'll help too."

Wendy stepped forward and used the heavy shield together with Yuhong.

The three of them buried Zhengman together, and then continued on their journey, trekking towards the temple and the evil demon.

As they approached the temple, the white shadow appeared again.

Just as Chen Tianfeng said, the white shadow or the evil demon was much weaker. This time, Wendy not only captured its position more clearly, but also helped him block it when it attacked Chen Tianfeng. Chen Tianfeng even cut its tail for the first time - when the white shadow attacked Yuhong.

Chen Tianfeng's eyes were red and he clenched his teeth. He tore the relatively clean clothes under the armor into strips and bandaged Yuhong.

"It's no use... I'm going to die..."

Yu Hong raised her hand with difficulty and grasped Chen Tianfeng's hand, her eyes gradually dimming: "Captain... are we really... living in a dream? Tell me... ahem, what does the waking world... look like..."

"..."

Chen Tianfeng didn't say anything, he just bandaged the wound silently and stubbornly.

"She's dead."

Wendy patted Chen Tianfeng's shoulder, gently touched Yuhong's eyes, and said softly: "May death end your long dream and lead you back to the waking world."

"I know, but it has to be bandaged. This is the only thing I can do."

Chen Tianfeng finished bandaging, stood up, pulled out the long sword stuck in the ground, turned his head and looked at Wendy: "Stop, Wendy. What happens next is not something that outsiders should be involved in. This world is going to end, you should leave as soon as possible."

"What are you talking about, Xiao Tianfeng, we are partners."

Wendy shook her head and pointed to the blue gem on her waist: "See this? It's the wind-attributed God's Eye. In my world, anyone who obtains the God's Eye has the ability to manipulate elements. So I'm very strong, don't worry."

"...I understand. Thank you."

Chen Tianfeng nodded, took a deep breath, gripped his sword tightly, and walked straight towards the temple.

(End of this chapter)