The Riddler Get Out of Terra

Chapter 1: The Bizarre Adventure of an Unlucky Man ([-])

"What's wrong? Didn't you agree to go on an outing to collect information after a long time? Why do you guys stop where you are and hesitate to move forward?"

Li smiled and looked at Xi's motionless movements, and asked gently.

Li was obviously a child raised by Xi, but Li seemed like a mother at this moment. When Xiang Xi asked questions, his face was full of nostalgic joy.

Li likes this situation of things that are both new and old at the same time.

A long time ago, when the mobile city technology on Terra was not yet mature, Xi always took Li around the world like this. At that time, Li was still young and very afraid of strangers. Always turning his head to look down at Li who was hiding behind him, he slightly moved his sleeve that was caught by the little girl, asking her to go with him.

For Li, who was still a child, Xi's side meant safety. As long as she stayed by Qingdai Paoxiu's side, she would be happy and content.

Later, Li grew up, but Xi did not grow older. She still looked cold and seemed to have no interest in the living world. For her, withdrawing from the world was not a punishment, but a lifestyle she had already chosen.

The suffering of childhood forcibly shaped Li's character, and the days of wandering around the world with Xi, adding to the troubled young mind. She became smiling, elegant and gentle, but there was something hidden in her eyes. A well-concealed alienation, as if there was an impenetrable barrier between him and anyone in the world.

Only when facing Xi, would the warmth and ice melt away from Li's face, showing a gentle smile that was never seen in front of outsiders, lingering around Xi and everyone like a little girl who hadn't grown up yet.

Xi once asked Li what he wanted to do in the future. A painter who didn't care about the world showed a rare hesitation. She looked at the girl who gradually became more graceful as time went by, and saw that her young body was like a small tree with branches sprouting, growing little by little. , getting closer to old age and starting to become a mature woman.

The incarnation of Sui Xiang realized something. She accepted such a test and the changes brought about by time, so Xi hardened her heart and asked Li's opinion coldly - and decided to draw some pictures for her after they parted ways. What a farewell.

However, Li refused Xi's inquiry.

Maybe it's a morning when I can't get up, looking at Xi's beautiful face that has not changed as she grows up little by little, or maybe it's a rainy day when I can't see the sun, and seeing Xi still calmly sitting on the bench painting, time As if never lingering on her, Li has realized one thing, that is, Xi and she are different after all.

But Li Gan is so sweet.

When she was still a young girl, she avoided Xi's inquiries by talking about other things, and when she reached the peak of her female stage, and her budding and beautiful figure attracted the attention of countless young people, she lingered around Xi's side with a faint smile. In middle age, when his image began to approach those of dignified and beautiful ladies, Li no longer had the sentimentality of youth and jealousy of the immortals. He was still as unwilling to leave Xi's surroundings as when he was a little girl.

Later, as she gradually aged and approached death, she felt hesitant for a moment in her heart, longing for immortality and longing to live. But suddenly she thought about it, both immortality and living are actually wanting to be by Xi's side. If she loses her original intention because of this, what will happen? Not putting the cart before the horse?

So she stayed by Xi's side, quietly waiting for death.

Watching the aging of my dead friend gradually gnawing at the skin, draining the moisture from the once white and smooth delicate body, and withering sadly, watching myself gradually lose her beauty, entering old age, and no longer regaining her old days, but Xi is still painting, she is still Being by Xi's side is very good, and it is in line with the most determined wish when I was young.

So when he lost his life and was about to say goodbye to Xi, Li had already accepted in his heart that he could no longer be with Xi, and let go of all his reluctance and longing.

Then Xi took out the volume of "Poshan Town", her face was as cold as when she was young, as if she was not interested in anything in the world, but the words in her mouth were as gentle and calm as her soul hidden behind heavy curtains. :

"This is the inspiration I had when you and I met. It took you a lifetime to finally draw it on paper. Hey, Li, how about living in it?"

What else could Li say?She never refuses Xi's request, just like she did when she was a girl.

So Li lived in "Poshan Town", watching the wonder of the sun and moon in the same sky, and watching the daily lives of the people in the painting. Only Mo Xiao was Xi's creation, and he could play like he was in "Poshan Town". "Town" writes a recurring drama track that accompanies Li for a long time.

But Li is not so happy about continuing to live.

Just as she mustered up the greatest courage in her life to face her own death, Li's true wish was to accompany Xi. The cycle in Poshan Town may turn into a hell sign full of nightmares for ordinary people, but for those who follow it, For Li Lai, who has witnessed too much in the past, is the world outside the painting a cycle that no one is aware of?

It's just that the cycle is too long. When the life of a generation ends, it may be just an insignificant rotation of the endless wheel.

She accepted Xi's gift and was willing to watch one mime after another with sound in "Poshan Town" forever.

But Li is not happy. Only when she sees the storyteller who is not like Xi in every aspect, but is similar to Xi in every way, comes to visit her, will Li take off her guard, just like when she was young, young, young, middle-aged. He said good morning, good afternoon and good night to her like he did when he was young, old and dying, with a smile that changed but remained the same.

There is nothing wrong with such a cycle, but only a small amount of time in the long years can make Li feel a little lonely. He wants to see the people who raised him again, Xi, to see if she is still so cold but warm. He looked like he was unwilling to communicate with the world and wandered alone in the studio.

They met again, Xi still looked the same, cold, but when he saw her, he unconsciously lowered his guard and his eyes became much gentler.

They walked on this familiar street again, just like when Li was still young.

Poshan Town has undergone countless changes. It is no longer the brick and tile that Li has touched inch by inch in the cycle. The people in the painting are no longer the people in the painting. They are no longer invisible in the ink. The soul of a villain instead derives joy, anger, sorrow and joy, hatching out noble and ugly human beings.

Changes here are as fast as the Yan Kingdom.

While Li was thinking this, he was secretly looking forward to Xi's arrival, waiting for the indigo-colored dragon's horns and dragon's tail to come to him coldly once again.

It was clear that he was likely to lose his life and could no longer survive in "Poshan Town". When Li watched Xi arrive, he felt no fear in his heart. Instead, he was optimistic and cheerful, just like he had once browsed the time with Xi.

I'm very happy, everyone, how about you?

Walking in the wide streets of Poshan Town with Xi who had finally restrained his depression, Li secretly glanced at Xi's still cold face and thought with a smile.

Chapter 191 The Bizarre Adventure of an Unlucky Man ([-])

"Good morning, Shopkeeper Li! Do you want to come and take a look at the new goods in the shop? Recently, for some reason, Orion suddenly discovered a path leading further from the mountain and caught a lot of good things. Shopkeeper Li, if you are interested , why don’t you come in and reward me?”

The chubby film boss had a simple and honest face and a warm smile, like an orange cat lying on the lawn basking in the sun at noon. When he saw Li Daixi passing by, he immediately greeted Li Daixi.

"Okay, it just so happens that Xi and everyone are here for the first time, so let her come and see what new things are there."

When Li heard the greeting from the film boss, even though she knew that "Poshan Town" was no longer under Xi's control, she couldn't help but be in a trance for a moment. Even after a long time, she would not forget the story of the first time she met the film boss. .

She was familiar with many of his past. From the time she met him to his death, Li went to his butcher shop many times in Poshan Town, a small town in Yanguo. Every time, the film boss would say hello with a smile and hand over some Small odds and ends for the skinny girl Li.

The film boss’ surname is Liu, and his name is very simple, Dazhu.

According to what Li told him later when he got acquainted with him and chatted, when his mother gave birth to him, the bamboo forest at home had a good harvest of bamboo shoots. The price of bamboo shoots increased, and his father took advantage of the opportunity to make a lot of money and buy enough for him and his mother. Supplements.

Along with swaddling clothes, children's clothes, bamboo cradle, wet nurse...these things that accompanied Liu Dazhu throughout his childhood and allowed him to thrive gradually came to visit him with the money his father earned. When he was six years old, he was not sure whether

Hui died in infancy, so his father named him Liu Dazhu.

When Li reached middle age, Xi was still in his prime and had the appearance of a girl, but Boss Liu had passed away. He was over 80 years old, and it was a time of mourning. In the Yan Kingdom at that time, it was not easy to live to the age of 80 and die. thing.

The old man was still fat before he died. His broad palms, calloused by years of labor, became stiff when he was in his 70s. From then on, Boss Liu started weaving bamboo baskets day by day. At the age of 86, bamboo baskets have filled the storage cabinets at home.

Before his deathbed, he patted the hand of his son, who was also chubby. The middle-aged Liu Yuzhu, who had played with Li when he was a child, understood what his father meant and went from house to house to deliver bamboo baskets that his father had made for more than ten years.

It is a very delicate creation, strong and durable. There are many carefully woven patterns on the walls of the basket. There are small hollows on the handle, which are thin bamboo silk. The method of weaving the bamboo silk to form the handle is something Liu Dazhu learned from his father. With the skills passed down from his hands, the bamboo baskets made by his father can always sell for [-] to [-]% more than similar products.

When Li received it, there was also a souvenir from the old man - it was also written early. People of Liu Dazhu's contemporaries were as close to death as the old man. They even joked with each other, competing to see who could survive to the end. When he was in his 70s, the old man felt that his end was approaching. He remembered Li, a child he had known very well since he was a child, and wrote a farewell letter. He then deleted, deleted, and revised it until he was so weak that he lay in bed and could no longer move. Waiting for the kids to come see him.

In the end, this letter, as funny and enthusiastic as ever, escaped from death and was delivered to the living. Just seeing the envelope, Li felt like something had hit him in his heart, and he felt a slight pain.

She clutched the bamboo basket and looked at the letter lying in the bamboo basket. She began to realize that death would eventually come and separate her and Xi.

This is the inevitable end. Birth, old age, illness and death are the long rivers that permanently separate the immortals from the short-lived ones. Even if the water is cut off with a knife, it is just an insignificant wave as the river flows eastward.

Liu Yuzhu was not aware of Li's sentimentality. He only thought that Li should like the bamboo baskets made by his father very much, so with a little pride in showing off to his childhood playmates, he told Li that this was a habit that his great-grandfather had made before his death. Send carefully woven bamboo baskets to old friends in the town as a final farewell in life.

"When I die, I might give you a bamboo basket again!"

The middle-aged man, who smiled like his father and was honest and honest, said this to Li calmly when he left.

Later, Li Ye, like Boss Liu Dazhu, gradually approached death, feeling that aging as death's close friend gradually drained away the few strength from the body, feeling that time passed through the body bit by bit, taking away the last heat, and watched The bamboo basket delivered to me two years ago made me feel mixed with all kinds of emotions and I didn't know how to feel sad.

Xi was deeply impressed by Liu Dazhu, because it was this film boss who saw that Li's face was pale and his body was very thin when he was a child. The best wet nurse and doctor were given to Xi, and she would occasionally share some meat for the "orphan and widowed mother".

So in the butcher shop of "Poshan Town", there is a rich little film man. Like other residents of Poshan Town, he lives in the painting and becomes the subject of the painting.

'Speaking of which, if Boss Liu hadn't thought I was too thin and said I was malnourished, Xi wouldn't have realized that I was different from her and needed to eat to survive. '

While chatting with Boss Liu, Li unconsciously thought of the embarrassing incident at that time, with a smile on his face.

"Everyone Xi? This is..."

Liu Dazhu looked at Xiang Xi. He was obviously facing his creator, but there was nothing strange about him. He didn't even look familiar. Instead, he looked like Li was inquiring about this familiar stranger in Poshan Town.

"Master Xi is a well-known painter outside. A painting can cost a fortune. I don't know how many people are willing to spend all their wealth to ask her to paint a painting for them. But recently, I have been so annoyed that people came out of the studio to see me."

Li looked at Boss Liu and heard him ask this again. It was like the first time she saw this wonderful combination of a young girl and a young girl when she was a child. There was enthusiasm in the distance, and her eyes were gentle for a moment.

When I came back, everything seemed to be back again. Boss Liu was still the same as before, and Xi was still the same as before, but she had grown up and even became Boss Liu's contemporaries.

Similar people, similar first encounters, and even the people accompanying him were exactly the same. Li was a little overwhelmed for a moment. Time seemed to be running out of order in Poshan Town in front of him, with the smell of dust, which made Li couldn't help but think about it all the time. Trance, no matter day or night.

Chapter 192 The Bizarre Adventure of an Unlucky Man ([-])

"Oh...oh...there are such twists and turns! It's a pity. Xi, everyone came to Poshan Town to visit the mountains and rivers and see if there is anything new to relax. In Poshan Town, the sun and the moon are actually in the same sky. The wonderful scenery of day and night is divided into two places, but we can’t see it now, otherwise it will definitely make everyone interested in painting in Poshan Town!”

Old Liu joked happily with Li, unaware of his panic half a month ago when he saw the sun and moon in the same sky turning into sunrise and moonset.

The people in the painting are familiar with the world in the painting. During their one-day life, they can only see everything in the painting. After one day, the world resets and they return to their original appearance, unable to remember what happened throughout the day. What.

So when everything started to change and stopped going back and forth, people were frightened to see the sun rising and the moon setting in the painting, and Boss Liu came here sweating.

Find Li, the only antique owner in the town, and ask this shopkeeper, who is naturally virtuous and respectable in the painting, whether the rising sun and the setting moon mean some kind of huge disaster is about to happen.

Li Yi didn't know how to explain it. She was already familiar with the wonder of the sun and moon in the same sky. She also understood the strangeness and fear of the people in the painting when the sun rose and the moon set. How should she explain it to the people in the painting in Poshan Town? The sun rises and the moon sets. Is it normal for the moon to rise and the sun to set?

She didn't know, so she could only comfort other people in Poshan Town. Although the sunrise and moonset were abnormal, they would never cause disaster. Such words of certainty should have aroused a lot of suspicion, but now people are panicked, and Li's comfort was The reassurance pill is regarded as the golden rule by the people of Poshan Town.

As for the arrival of an outsider a week ago, he told the town that the sun rising and the moon setting outside Poshan Town is the most normal scenery. The sun and moon are in the same sky, which is a rare sight for ordinary people. They also showed many photos as proof. The people of Poshan Town were embarrassed when they realized how rare the scenery they saw every day and couldn't help but beat their chests. That's another story.

"This is indeed a wonderful sight of the sun and the moon in the sky... It is indeed invisible to the outside world. Oh! Look at me, I am only chatting happily with you, and I have actually forgotten everyone Xi. Everyone Xi is also introverted and not willing to talk. Otherwise, I would have been asked to introduce you long ago!"

Li habitually started chatting with Liu Dazhu. While talking, he walked into the butcher's shop. From the change of the sun and the moon to the Zhang family's wife's pregnancy, Lao Zhang hugged the big fat boy and wanted to treat everyone in Poshan Town to some plain noodles. The topic changed quite quickly. Halfway through the conversation, Li realized that the silent Xi was following him. He patted his head, put his arm around Xi's arm and spoke to Boss Liu affectionately.

"Oh! I'm really sorry. I was so happy chatting with Shopkeeper Li that I forgot about Xi and everyone. In this way, I will be the host. If you are interested in the prey in the store, I will give you one!"

Boss Liu, who was getting fat, kept snubbing him. He led Li and Xi into the butcher shop where the parts of the prey were neatly displayed on the counter. He pointed at the shiny pieces of meat under the light and warmly invited Li to choose the parts he liked.

"This is so unusual. How about this? I'll pick some game meat and cook it over a high fire to entertain everyone in the evening. Shopkeeper Liu will also come to try my craftsmanship then?"

Li picked at the counter, skillfully as if he had repeated it a thousand times, no, it should be said that it was the familiarity brought by repeating it a thousand times, even though most of the time he didn't like to walk out of the antique shop and get involved in this. The goings-on and off, and the occasional outings also made Li familiar with the layout of the butcher shop.

"Oh, what a pity, what a pity! If Brother Hao Zhao hadn't come here, I would have really wanted to try Shopkeeper Li's craftsmanship, but now Brother Hao leads Miss Jie to live alone. I have cooperated with him on so many businesses, so I have to go Take care of his restaurant."

Old Liu couldn't help but slap his head, his face full of regret. This was not a courtesy, but a common understanding shared by everyone in Poshan Town. Poshan Town was circulating, but Li was still himself, even if he didn't allocate much energy. , after many years of contact, every dish she makes has a wonderful taste.

It may not be in line with the tastes of the descendants of the Yan Kingdom who have evolved over thousands of years, but for the people in the paintings of the same period as Li, Li's craftsmanship is a classic in Poshan Town.

But he did have more important things and had to refuse Li's invitation.

Hao Zhao, courtesy name Wenyuan, this tall and heroic man is the out-of-town traveler who came to visit a week ago. With the demented Miss Jie by his side, he walked into Poshan Town to seek a living.

That was a very handsome Feilin. On the first day he arrived in Poshan Town, he attracted the attention of countless girls in the streets and alleys. He walked through the alleys of Poshan Town to find the mayor, but the town was deserted - almost everyone Everyone had heard that a very handsome and handsome man came to the town. He was also a foreigner. The people of Poshan Town, who were living a monotonous life, were naturally attracted by Hao Zhao. They took a look at Hao Zhao with their family and friends on the roadside. he.

Seeing the profile of the face carved with a knife and axe, countless men and women took a breath of air and said that he was the most handsome man they had ever seen in their lives - even if they lived in Poshan Town all day long, they had seen nothing but handsome men. A familiar person from Poshan Town.

The mayor's mailbox was filled with invitations to communicate with Hao Zhao early in the morning. Even though this heroic man was accompanied by a woman of similar age to him, with scary scars on his cheeks, many were frightened by the interaction with the man. The little girl who was fascinated by Hong was willing to chat with Hao Zhao, and was even willing to take care of the silly Miss Jie with him.

Even the rich family in Poshan Town and the eldest daughter of the Li family fell in love with Hao Zhao and wanted to chat with him about the local customs and customs in other places under the flowers and moonlight, and introduce him to the wonders of Poshan Town where the sun and the moon were once in the same sky. .

But Hao Zhao was as upright as his face. The young man did not choose to take a bite of the Li family's soft rice. Instead, he straightened his arms and took Ajie to the mountains. When he came back, a giant tiger bear was beaten to death. Placed at the door of the mayor's house, Hao Zhao's naked upper body with swollen muscles, his bulging muscles shining coquettishly in the sun, begged the mayor to find a job for him and live in Poshan Town.

The mayor was a sensible person. He looked at Hao Zhao's arms, which were thicker than his thighs, and looked at the tiger and bear who were instantly killed by his punch in the head, and then considered that he was old and wan and no longer at his peak. state……

Ahem, he is already an old man, how can he think about competitive things anymore?

So under Hao Zhao's strong chest muscles... ahem, bright eyes, the mayor accepted Tiger Xiong Zan, bought him a restaurant, and let the man take him with him

Ajie settled in Poshan Town.

Boss Liu happened to be from a butcher's shop. Unlike other people who were afraid of Hao Zhao's bravery, he was the first to talk and get acquainted with Hao Zhao because of his muscular identity, and carefully arranged for him before the restaurant opened. Develop a relationship with Hao Zhao.

Back and forth.Liu Dazhu and Hao Wenyuan became acquainted, so Boss Liu paid Hao Zhao to hunt good game for him in his spare time, so that the people of Poshan Town who came to the butcher shop to buy meat could have a taste.

Today is the first day that Hao's Restaurant opened. As Hao Zhao's first acquaintance in Poshan Town, how could Liu Dazhu not pay a visit?

He could only refuse Shopkeeper Li's kindness.

Chapter 193 The Bizarre Adventure of an Unlucky Man ([-])

"Brother Hao... he is indeed a poor man. He takes Miss Jie around alone. He has seen so many storms. I wanted to go to take care of the restaurant business like you tonight, but Xi and everyone suddenly came to visit. I want to accompany you." Look at her, like this, Shopkeeper Liu, how about you take my gift money and give it to him and ask him to send some dishes to my house later?"

Li thought about it in his mind, and soon he thought of the calm and steady man and Jie, who was silly and silly like a little girl beside him. When Hao Zhao first arrived, Li actually went to see him and was shocked that Hao Zhao was not inferior. Xi's figure and temperament, but what impressed her even more was the story of adults visiting with children, which was very similar to the painter who brought his young daughter to Poshan Town that year.

At this time, when she heard that the other party was opening up the situation in Poshan Town, Li Ye was happy to do the favor. Xi also came to her side, knowing nothing about what happened in the world of the painting, and invited Hao Zhao to come over, which happened to bring the outside world and Poshan Town together. Talk to Xi about everything.

"Okay, okay! If Brother Hao knew that Shopkeeper Li was like this, he would definitely cook you those delicious dishes he said. On the contrary, I would envy Shopkeeper Li for his good taste."

Boss Liu skillfully cut the required parts of the meat, and the shiny bone cutter made numerous cuts on the chopping board. He had been doing this for who knows how many years, and he had already reached the stage where he was like a cook cutting cattle. Xi looked at the bone cutter. The familiar light flashed under the light, and I unconsciously recalled the help provided by Liu Dazhu when he was busy leading Li Luojiao to Poshan Town that year.

Her eyes flickered for a moment, and her lips wriggled to say something, but when the air coming out of her throat came to her mouth, Sui Xiangjia realized in confusion that she had nothing left to draw - the Liu Dazhu in the painting was just the person in the painting after all. It's the ink paintings she drew one stroke at a time. The real Liu Dazhu has died long ago. What does she have to say?

"That's true. I heard that the mayor tasted his Yanguo secret recipe when he went to Brother Hao's restaurant to support him. He was so shocked that he praised it at home after returning home, which attracted countless people to covet him. Today, Brother Hao is in Poshan It’s opened in town, and I don’t know how many people are willing to come and support it.”

Li guided the conversation without leaving a trace, trying to downplay Xi's existence. When she was alone, memories were a good comfort. She did not know how many times she had repeated the trip with Xi. Now Li was not sure whether Lian Xi wanted to speak or not. Every inch of it was captured.

Xi's lips were slightly open at this moment, but no words came out of her mouth. Li knew that she was just like herself in the early days of Poshan Town's change. The resemblance between the people in the painting and her old friends brought back memories, and nostalgia once overshadowed the encounters. The surprise brought about by the big change is like traveling through time and returning to a relatively good past.

But even though they are so similar, the people in the painting are still not the people in the impression that they have come to life again. After getting along with them for a long time, a completely different sense of strangeness arises spontaneously, leaving those who are addicted to the past speechless.

Li caught Xi's confusion, so he naturally took over the conversation and covered it up for the great painter.

"Haha, easy to say, easy to say. When the time comes, I will bring another two kilograms of meat to Brother Hao and ask him to add it to the recipe and make a good meal for Shopkeeper Li and Xi!"

Boss Liu smiled and handed the meat wrapped in oil paper to Li. When Xi painted "Poshan Town", the Yan Kingdom was still ancient, and many modern Originium industrial products had not yet come out. The large-scale promotion of plastic bags is incompatible with the industry. Convenient things that are closely related to level are actually rare things in this quaint town.

Li took the rope tied with oil paper and said goodbye to Boss Liu for the last time with a faint smile. Then Shi Shiran took Xi away and walked with her through the familiar yet unfamiliar lanes of Poshan Town again.

When Xi fell into the center of the painting, it was the best day in the morning. After the sun rose and the moon appeared in Poshan Town, Li always took advantage of the time to go out for a walk and see everything that suddenly came alive. Unexpectedly, he happened to be in the middle of the painting. Meeting the person you want to see most at the best time is a bit like a dream in the Yanguo story.

Talking to the lazy Boss Liu about family issues made Riguang come to the center. The hot temperature made the people of Poshan Town who had come out for an outing to hide back home. The remaining people in the four fields were all the owners of Zuo Jin's shop. Seeing Li When she came into Poshan Town with people she didn't know, they all said hello to her in the shadow of the shop.