Chapter 19: Strange Flat Fall

"Let's go." Xiao Xiao took the lead and left. He actually felt a little regretful in his heart. If he had brought the black notebook with him, he would have known what kind of monster this was.

Xiao Xiao looked back again. Among the beautiful crimson maple leaves, the monster had almost merged into the maple tree. Only its green beak revealed its location.

Oh, and there are those brightly colored tail feathers dangling from branch to branch.

The fine hairs sparkle and look extremely gorgeous in the morning sunlight.

Inadvertently, Xiao Xiao met the monster's eyes. There was a thin layer of crimson on the glass-like eyeballs. They were turning slightly, showing a strange stiffness.

Xiao Xiao didn't know why, but he slightly curled the corners of his mouth. Maybe he saw the shallow and misty curiosity in the monster's eyes.

Or maybe it was just because it was an interesting and surprising experience to encounter such a beautiful and strange monster in the early morning in Xiangshan Mountain and in the maple forest all over the mountain.

One can't help but feel a sense of time and space dislocation as if they were in a storybook.

……

Xiao Xiao and his friends spent a whole morning in Xiangshan.

When he went down the mountain, the strange and beautiful monster was no longer on the maple tree. Xiao Xiao looked around deliberately but found nothing.

It is inevitable to be a little disappointed.

However, when I thought about being able to summon this monster through the black notebook, that feeling of disappointment disappeared.

……

When they reached halfway up the mountain, Xiao Xiao looked into the distance. The sky was already bright, and every maple leaf seemed to be covered with a thin layer of oil, glossy and translucent, with a few lingering bright colors.

Faintly, there was a noise coming from the front.

After they took a few more steps forward and turned a corner, their view suddenly became clear and they saw a large group of people gathered in front of them, pointing and talking about something.

Gradually, some words came through.

"You deserve it. Who told you to..."

"…The mountain god appeared…"

“Is this true…this guy is going to be famous.”

……

Xiao Xiao and a few others moved forward, but due to the huge crowd of people in front of them, they couldn't see clearly what was happening inside.

The person next to Zhuge Yunpeng was a young man wearing black-framed glasses.

"Hey, brother, what happened? So many people gathered here."

Before the man with glasses could reply, a middle-aged man with a big belly in front of him who was standing on tiptoe to look inside turned around and started talking enthusiastically.

"Speaking of which, this matter is really a bit mysterious." The middle-aged man waved his hands vigorously, his tone revealing a bit of mystery and excitement that was about to overflow.

"That person inside is also very uncultured. How could he be willing to destroy such a beautiful Xiangshan Mountain and such beautiful maple trees?"

“Even if you are in a bad mood, you can’t take it out on the tree, don’t you agree?” The middle-aged man seemed to have finally found someone with whom he could “express his true feelings”. He spoke incessantly, with his tone full of ups and downs and emotions, just like a storyteller.

Zhuge Yun was so anxious after hearing this, "Can we be brief?"

The key point, the key point!
After talking for a long time, the listeners still didn't understand what happened inside. They only knew that someone must have destroyed the trees or something.

But if that were all, what would be so great to watch?
Are people nowadays so bored?
The man with glasses simply couldn't stand it anymore, so he took advantage of a pause in the middle-aged man's words and interrupted him quite naturally.

That matter-of-fact expression showed all innocence.

The man with glasses explained the incident briefly.

It turned out that a young man had a quarrel with his girlfriend and took his anger out on the maple tree in a very rude way. He not only kicked the maple tree several times, but also broke many branches and even tore off the bark.

Some people couldn't stand it and said a few words, but were directly retorted by the young man.

I almost got beaten.

So other tourists kept their distance from this madman.

However, something strange happened.

The young man was walking alone just fine, but he fell down for no apparent reason.

Falling once can be considered an accident, but falling all the time while walking is really a problem.

The young man was obviously furious, and was cursing loudly in the encirclement. His curses were as harsh as they could be.

"Why bother? I was the one who made the mistake in the first place. It's understandable that young people are hot-tempered and have bad tempers, but they can't be so unreasonable." The middle-aged man sighed.

"Look, now even God can't stand it."

"Really?" Zhuge Yun was stunned.

"Of course it's fake. With so many people watching, I really would fall if I took a step. It's almost impossible to move an inch."

"Oh my god!" Zhuge Yun couldn't help but swear.

Zhang Bo and Zhao Luzheng were also dumbfounded and speechless for a moment.

It’s really a vast world full of wonders.

They actually encountered such a magical thing.

That's a must see!
Zhang Bo rolled up his sleeves, took a deep breath, and resolutely squeezed into the crowd.

Zhuge Yun and Zhao Lu followed closely behind.

"Third brother, follow me." Zhao Luzheng did not forget to pull Xiao Xiao, who was in a daze again, with a look of worry on his face: Third brother is getting more and more dazed, what should I do?
Xiao Xiao naturally didn't know about Zhao Luzheng's "heartache", and he smelled the scent of the monster again.

He didn't know when he started to be able to distinguish the smell of monsters.

Is it because I have seen and heard so much?

Xiao Xiao was thinking absentmindedly, but his eyes were looking around as if he was looking for something seriously.

……

Zhang Bo lived up to everyone's expectations. He fought his way through a path and led his roommates to the front.

Inside was a young man who was a little older than them. He was wearing all branded clothes and it was obvious that he came from a well-off family.

But at this time he was in a very embarrassing situation.

He was covered in dust and even his face was covered with scars.

You can also faintly see a scratch on the palm of the young man's hand.

The young man frowned, with a look like a trapped beast, tense, anxious, resentful, and gloomy, while his dark eyes revealed a bit of unsuppressible panic and fear.

Born into a wealthy family, he had always had everything he wanted, which also made him selfish, domineering and willful.

He was originally going to see the red maple trees today with his new girlfriend.

He just didn't understand what was so beautiful about the trees on this mountain.

He didn't remember how he quarreled with his girlfriend, it was just some trivial matter.

The result was naturally that the two parted unhappily.

He was in a terrible mood. He was furious for getting up so early in the morning just to see such a broken tree. He had been holding it in before, but as soon as his girlfriend left, the anger in his heart was like fueled by gasoline, and he was out of control in an instant.

He had just vented his anger and felt a little better, but then he encountered such a bad thing.

The first time he fell, he was completely stunned.

You are not a child anymore and you don’t know how to walk.

Besides, the road under his feet was neither bumpy nor uneven, so how did he fall?

I originally thought it was just an accident, but who would have thought that he would fall with every step, and each time he fell on the ground.

His face turned red and he felt extremely embarrassed.

What a lousy Xiangshan, he really shouldn’t have come here!

But as people around him noticed his situation and whispers came over him, his face suddenly lost all color, and he looked so pale that he even looked a little pitiful.

What mountain god? What heavenly punishment?
What era is it now!

Besides, who are you kidding? He didn't do anything!
He cursed loudly, but did not suppress the fear in his heart.

Who is it? Who is harming him?

A hint of viciousness and violence flashed across the man's eyes.

(End of this chapter)