Chapter 420 Origin (Part )

Some memories that had never existed before but seemed to exist really popped into Bai Yanliang's mind the moment the name "Meng Zhen" appeared.

He had already accepted that he was an unknown ghost from the world of fog, but at this moment, this inexplicable memory completely shattered his mood.

----

In my memory, it was a child.

The child was very young and his father died before he had any memory of him.

Perhaps because both his father and mother were engaged in some strange research, when the child was very young, there were some rules in the family that seemed strange to outsiders.

For example, if you go out in the sun, you must bring an umbrella. Another example is that you cannot eat hot food. Even if the food is freshly cooked, you have to let it cool down before eating.

It does sound strange, but children who have been educated like this since childhood do not find it strange.

As for the child’s home, according to his mother, their family has lived under the ancient trees for generations and have never left the area covered by the ancient trees.

What surrounded his memories since childhood was the shady dome of leaves that blocked out the sun.

Therefore, even on sunny days, it is difficult for the child to get sun bask in the sun. He has to run very far to get out of the coverage of the ancient trees and appear in the sun.

He could only look on.

There seems to be an invisible force under the tree and outside the tree. It is difficult for children to know the world outside the shade of the tree, and it is also difficult for the world outside the shade of the tree to break into this place.

The trivial and strange rules have long been integrated into things that seem incredible to ordinary people, and the children have become accustomed to them.

There are some things that he still can't figure out, whether they really happened or were just an illusion...

He remembered that it was a hazy evening, and his mother was a little different from usual. She did not continue with her research, but stood under the thick trunk of the ancient tree, looking at him tenderly.

"Do you miss daddy?"

At dusk, everything becomes blurry.

The child looked towards the mother who made the sound, but found that the world was slightly distorted, as if the mother would disappear at any time.

dad?

He has never seen his father since he can remember. Why does his mother ask this?
But, facing his mother's gaze, he had to nod. In fact, he didn't miss his father whom he had never met, and no one had ever told him what kind of role his father played.

What's wrong with mom today?
"I want to..." he said insincerely.

The mother seemed happy. She slowly walked towards the child. Her white dress made her look particularly elegant and beautiful, like a faint flower swaying in the wind.

"Today, Mom will tell you a secret."

She came closer and touched the child's head.

"Actually, this is not our hometown, nor is it your father's hometown. We are all guests."

As she spoke, she raised her head slightly, looking at the world outside the tree canopy, and also cast a few glances towards the treetops.

guest?

But didn’t mother say at the beginning that we have lived under this big tree for generations?

The child was too young to understand what his mother said at first.

"Yes, we are guests. We are different from the people here."

The mother suddenly took the child's hand.

"Come on, mom will take you to see it."

It was dusk, and without knowing when it had become completely dark.

The mother took her child's hand and slowly walked out of the house.

This is the first time for the child to travel far away.

Usually he just looked up at the world in the distance.

But... the road is really hard to walk at night. The child was held by his mother, and he felt that his mother's hands were so cold today.

Besides, the world outside of home is really complicated.

Like a spider web, the mother pulled him, as if he was always going around in circles in the same place, but in fact, he was always moving away from home. As the child walked, he suddenly turned his head and saw that "home" seemed to have undergone some subtle changes, as if... it had become something extremely strange.

Fortunately, it was not too late, but there were only the child and the mother on the road. The moon that appeared out of nowhere looked furry and emitted a dim light.

The dark yellow light sprinkled on the earth, making everything look a little distorted.

Even the night sky seemed to be pulled by a giant hand on each side, extending into the endless darkness.

The child was led by his mother and walked forward until his feet began to feel numb. The child could not help but ask, "Mom, how long do we have to walk?"

The night sky and the dim earth began to distort, and the world seemed to have suddenly turned into a kaleidoscope being twisted by a child.

How long have you been walking?
The child tugged at his mother's sleeve. His mother looked down at him, just smiled and didn't answer.

"Mom said yes, she'd take you to meet the people of this world... you see."

The voice just fell.

The mother's white dress was like a swelling bubble, expanding outward from the sticky darkness. In the child's stunned gaze, the elegant woman turned into a gray, human-shaped alien with twisted limbs.

"Mother……"

The child was stunned.

He doesn't know fear; he doesn't understand fear.

Since he could remember, everything he knew was taught by his mother. His mother never told him what this form was, nor did she tell him why his mother became like this.

His immature brain was unable to support him in making any judgment. He could only stand there blankly, staring at the gray and white distorted human figure.

"Do you want to be like your mother?"

The gray-white figure suddenly spoke.

The child doesn't know what this sentence specifically means.

But just like what his mother had asked him before, asking him if he missed his father, although he didn't, he understood the hidden meaning of his mother's words.

"In no mood……"

He knew that this was the answer his mother wanted to hear.

"Yes...good boy, this is not how we should be."

"look……"

As she spoke, the mother, whose body had been completely twisted and unrecognizable as a human, suddenly stretched out a twisted arm and placed it on the child's shoulder.

At this moment, the child's eyes seemed suddenly to be wearing a pair of glasses that could see the world clearly.

he saw...

The tree where he grew up, the ancient tree that his mother called "Tongyou".

Crown, treetop, branches, trunk...

Everywhere was crawling with wriggling "people" that looked exactly like my mother at this moment.

There was darkness in their eye sockets and their limbs were twisted and slender. As if they sensed his gaze, they all stopped moving at once.

On the ancient tree, densely packed "people" looked at him!
"Don't become like this..."

Mother's hands left his shoulders, and in an instant, all the "people" disappeared again.

"Your father will find a way to pick you up."

His mother looked at him with pity.

"You shouldn't have been born in this world..."