Apocalyptic life from scratch

Chapter 694 A Visitor from the Temple

After his reminder, Xiaolei finally remembered that there seemed to be such an old man in the crowd that day, and he even spoke for her, but because there were too many people at that time, Xiaolei was a little face-blind.

The old man took a deep look at Xiaolei, suddenly heaved a long sigh, and smiled wryly: "I never expected, I really never expected that you would be able to join the Fox God Palace... If I had known that... Sigh..."

The significance of joining the Fox God Palace is not only that she has found a shelter in Loki, but also means that she has been approved by the Fox God.

To put it bluntly, her real status now is much higher than that of a village head like him.

"Ah? Grandpa, what are you talking about?"

The two women couldn't help but looked at each other, obviously confused by the old man's reaction.

"nothing……"

The old man shook his head, and suddenly looked at Xiaolei: "You...you must have come to find someone, right?"

"Ah... yes, yes!"

Xiaolei was stunned for a moment, then she came to her senses and nodded hurriedly.

She looked at the old man expectantly.Now that he asks that, doesn't that mean...

"Indeed, your companions are also looking for you... Unfortunately, they have already left in the morning."

The old man sighed.

"What? Leave, leave?"

Before Xiaolei's face turned happy, she suddenly became worried again.

Xiaozao also looked at the old man in surprise. She wasn't surprised by what the village chief said, but she thought she was just here to try her luck today, but she didn't expect that the person Xiaolei mentioned had actually been here.This situation can no longer be described as a coincidence, right?

"Yeah, leaving...not only leaving, but also had some conflicts with them."

The village chief sighed, turned his head to look at Xiaozao, and added: "In the end, even Ah Wu left with them."

"Awu?"

Xiaozao's eyes widened, feeling quite unbelievable.

With a timid character like Ah Wu, how dare he leave with outsiders?

"What exactly is going on?"

Xiaozao asked.On the side, Xiaolei also hastily pricked up her ears.

The village chief didn't hide anything, and quickly explained to the two what happened in the past two days.

"So that's how it is..."

After listening, Xiaozao couldn't help sighing.

It's a pity, if they knew this earlier, they should have come half a day earlier...

She glanced at Xiaolei at the side. At this moment, Xiaolei was lowering her head, looking at the ground in a daze, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Xiaozao thought she was sad about what she missed again, and patted her on the shoulder to comfort her.

"Don't worry, Xiaolei. At least now we know their whereabouts, so we just need to go find them. I'm familiar with every place in Loki, and I promise to find them for you!"

"Um……"

Xiaolei came back to her senses, nodded slightly, and didn't say much.

For some reason, although she still couldn't see Kong Zhe this time, she did hear the news that he was still safe, and Xiaolei felt that a big stone in her heart had finally fallen to the ground.

She suddenly glanced at her right hand, holding a square piece of jade in her hand, on which was engraved a fox woman holding a pair of mirrors, dancing in a gorgeous robe.The whole piece of jade is exquisite and translucent, reflecting crystal light in the sun.

This stone suddenly appeared on her body after the Fox God's sacrifice yesterday, representing her prayer to the Fox God.

That's right, Xiaolei was the one who was finally selected by the fox god yesterday.And the wish she made was for Kong Zhe to be safe.

So, did the prayer at that time play a role?
Xiaolei held the jade tightly, closed her eyes, and said something silently in her heart.

If this is the case, then please continue to protect him...

"what?"

Seeing Xiaolei praying, Xiaozuo just wanted to comfort her again when she suddenly felt something and looked up at the sky.

"Do you feel... a little cold?"

"cold?"

"Ah."

There seemed to be something fluttering down in the air, Xiaozao couldn't help but folded her arms, the sudden drop in temperature made her shiver unconsciously.

She stretched out her hand forward with some doubts, and there was a wet feeling in her hand.

Seeing the things in his hand, Xiaozao suddenly widened his eyes.

"This is... snow?"

If she read it correctly, what fell on her hands at this moment were just little snowflakes.

However, it is midsummer now, it is still at noon, and the sun is high, how can it snow?

Xiaozao thought that she had seen hallucinations, but she soon noticed that the two people beside her also shrank in unison.

"Indeed, well, it's cold..."

Xiaolei hastily tightened her collar, and looked up at the sky in a daze.

After looking at it, it was discovered that the originally clear dome had been covered by a round dark cloud at this moment. Outside the dark cloud, there was still a bright and clear sky, but inside the dark cloud, it had turned into a windy and snowy climate.

The snowflakes were still falling, and they were getting bigger and bigger. In less than a few minutes, the original small snowflakes had turned into heavy snowflakes.

In the air, the cold wind gradually began to blow, and the dead branches and leaves on the ground were scattered everywhere, and the already messy yard suddenly became more chaotic.

"what happened?"

The three of them were a little puzzled, why did the weather suddenly become like this when it was fine just now?

"Village, village chief..."

At this time, there was a sudden noise from outside the shrine, and the three of them turned their heads subconsciously. From the gate of the courtyard, a figure hurried in.

"Village chief, it's not good, people from the Sun Temple are here!"

The person who came was a young man from the fox clan, and he said hurriedly as soon as he came in.In the middle of the conversation, he noticed the two girls in red clothes beside him, and was taken aback.

This kind of clothing is naturally recognized by everyone in Loki, and it is the symbol of the Fox God Envoy.He didn't know why the Fox God Envoy came suddenly, but he didn't have time to ask more questions at this time.

"Village Chief, go and have a look! There are a lot of people here!"

"Where are they?"

The old man frowned and asked.

He wasn't surprised that the temple would send someone, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.It's only been less than half a day since Kong Zhe and the others left, and it's more than half a day's journey from Evernight City to Fox Village, right?
It seems that the temple attaches much more importance to this matter than he thought...

"Sun Temple? Why are they here?"

Xiaozao frowned when he heard the name.

As a member of the Fox God Palace, she has an instinctive aversion to this foreign organization.

"Oh? Is it for..."

In the middle of speaking, Xiaozao suddenly looked at Xiaolei.

In fact, the matter is already very clear, just as Xiaolei's companion left, the people from the temple came right after them, and they probably came for them.

Xiaolei also clenched her hands subconsciously.

The name Sun Temple is also quite familiar to her.After all, there have been many conflicts with them before.

Although Xiaolei did not directly participate in it several times.But at the beginning, she saw what the temple did to Tuantuan, so Xiaolei didn't have any good feelings for this organization.

"You two, stay here, and remember, no matter what happens outside later, don't go out!"

The village head exhorted the two solemnly.

As a member of Rocky's older generation, he is very clear about Rocky's situation.

The Fox God Palace and the Sun God Palace, the two great powers, have been competing openly and secretly since the day the temple entered Loki.

The Temple of the Sun may be more powerful in force, and it has various high-tech equipment from the human world to help. However, the Fox God Palace is a local force after all. As the saying goes, a strong dragon does not overwhelm a snake. After all, the Fox God Palace has guarded Loki for thousands of years. its way of life.The most important thing is that the location of the Fox God Palace is vague and invisible, even if you want to find the temple, you can't find it at all.

So after hundreds of years of fighting, neither of the two parties can do anything to the other.In the end, they could only take a step back. The Fox God Palace no longer interfered with the treaties made by the Sun God Palace to the various villages, but at the same time it also restrained the temple so that they did not dare to do too much.

In this way, the apparent peace was maintained.

However, behind the peace, there is a bigger undercurrent hidden.

The actual relationship between the two parties has long been in dire straits, and I am afraid that they are thinking about annexing each other all the time, just because they can't do it for a while, they can only calm down.

However, since ten years ago, this generation of Fox God has succeeded. This new Fox God has radical thinking and decisive actions. Her existence makes this balance faintly tend to be broken.

Especially a few months ago, the human world outside seemed to have undergone drastic changes, and the atmosphere of Loki had become more and more subtle. Perhaps there was only one spark away from the real conflict between the two sides.

Now it’s okay if there is only Xiaozao, the key is that there is still a human girl here.Once the temple finds out that there are humans joining the Fox God Palace, I don't know what their attitude will be.I'm afraid that in such a high-pressure environment, once there is a little friction between the two sides, it may continue to escalate in the future, and then evolve into a major situation that can affect the entire Rocky.

So no matter why the people from the temple came today, they must not be allowed to discover the existence of the two of them.

After letting the two of them hide, the village head left the shrine and hurried to the entrance of the village with the fox youth.

There were still snowflakes floating in the sky, and as the old man moved towards the entrance of the village, the snowflakes seemed to be getting bigger and bigger.

When he finally approached the entrance of the village, the emerald green that belonged to summer was no longer visible in front of his eyes, and it turned into a vast expanse of white.

Several centimeters of snow had accumulated on the entire ground, and it was soft and soft to step on, making it difficult to walk.

The cold wind howled in the air, even though the foxes had natural fur to keep out the cold, they couldn't help but shivering from the cold.

It was obvious that there was no time to change clothes at such a time. When the two endured the cold and rushed to the entrance of the village, they found that a group of black heads had gathered here.

With the gate of Fox Village as the junction, the people standing inside the gate are all the villagers of Fox Village. There are hundreds of people in the dark, and probably all the young and strong in the village are here.On the other side of the gate, there is a neat row of people from the Sun Temple.

The number of them was much smaller, less than 30 people. All of them wore uniform winter clothes and thick cloaks behind them to wrap themselves tightly. Obviously, they had expected such cold weather for a long time. The thinly dressed villagers formed a stark contrast.

(End of this chapter)