The storm stopped and the flood subsided.
Wei Zi slowly woke up from his sleep. The first thing he saw was a man's face. It was both unfamiliar and familiar.
"Who is this person?"
Surviving a calamity felt like a lifetime ago. Wei Zi blinked and frowned, trying hard to search in the depths of his memory.
The man smiled at him and said,"
"You don't remember? It's no wonder. We've only met once. But you shouldn't have forgotten the first day you entered the Kun Pavilion, right?”
Wei Zi was enlightened. He remembered that the man in front of him was the cream man.
It was this cream man who stood at the Kun Pavilion and announced to the mudmen present that he was appointed as the supervisor of the Kun Pavilion. It was also this man who handed him a piece of paper.
However, he was now fatter and taller than before, like an iron tower. He stood in front of Master Wei with a tanned face, but there were a few deep wrinkles on his forehead, making him look much older.
"Thank you for saving me!"
"No, you saved yourself! It was you who persevered through the flood, it was you who cleverly held a stack of thin wooden manuals in your arms, that this disaster did not swallow you, did not tear you to pieces, and did not throw you into the culverts under the bridge!”
"Oh no! Those manuals-all washed away by the flood! At that time, he wanted to survive and climb up the bridge!”
Wei Zi suddenly remembered the large stack of registration manuals and looked regretfully at the cream man, like a child who had done something wrong, full of guilt and self-blame.
"It doesn't matter. They have already completed their mission!”
Not only did the man not blame Wei Zi, he even comforted him. Wei Zi asked in confusion,"
"I don't understand. What is their mission?”
"I sent you here! You have one hundred and sixty-five manuals in your hands. These manuals are made of thin wooden planks. You just need to bundle all the manuals together and put them together. You will make a good raft that can float to the Bifr?st with the flood. Unfortunately, you were only carrying these manuals and were almost washed into the tunnel under the bridge by the flood!”
"What? I... I was just trying to protect these manuals as much as possible. They were the hope of the Mudmen!”
Wei Zi recalled the terrifying scene of struggling in the flood and still had lingering fear.
As he rejoiced that he was still alive, he thought about the other mud people, especially Huizi. Did she float onto the rainbow bridge? He looked around.
"Where are they? Where were they? I have a manual as a raft, but the other Mudmen don't have a manual…"
"They have boxes! The box in their hands was the best life-saving balloon. In the storm and flood, as long as one held the box tightly, most of them could drift with the flood and successfully float to the rainbow bridge.”
It seemed that what that woman said was right-the box containing Miaozhu was indeed a lifeboat.
"So, I'm alive, and they're all alive, and they've all arrived here?”
"Yes, they are right in front of us! Because your injuries were more serious, you were left behind!”
"How many of them are there?"
"There are eighty people!"
"Only eighty people? What about the others?" Wei Zi was a little surprised.
"Logically speaking, there should be more people who can reach the Dry Pavilion. It's only because some people gave up hope and effort at the last moment. Sometimes, life and death were just a matter of a thought. Only those who did not give up, those who had a strong desire to live, those who held on to the box until the last moment could float to the rainbow bridge!”
Sometimes, life and death were just a matter of a thought!
These words shook his heart. He repeated it over and over again, thinking that those who had lost their lives had placed their fate and all their hopes on the pearls in their hands. Those who had survived, because of their firm beliefs, tried their best to protect the box and finally saved their lives.
It can really be said that when the book is used, it is a pity that it is too little, and things do not know how difficult it is until they are done. After experiencing the calamity of the Kun Pavilion, Master Wei understood that hope, faith, and perseverance were the most reliable " passes ".
He lowered his head and found that all the wounds on his body had healed. Moreover, his hands and feet were much thicker than before. He had also grown taller and his body was stronger and stronger.
Looking at his surprised face, the fat man said,
"Water is the enemy of the Mudmen, but it is also their friend! Those who survived the flood and endured the test and tempering of the flood would be stronger and sturdier than before!”
Wei Zi got up excitedly and patted his firm chest. As he moved his limbs, he looked around.
He found himself in an unfamiliar environment. The scenery here was completely different from the Kun Pavilion, and his field of vision was wider. As far as the eye could see, the continuous mountain range could be seen.
"Where am I now?" he asked.
"At the Qian Pavilion!"
"Qian Ting? What's going on?"
Once, Master Wei received a piece of paper. The paper clearly stated that the Moon Pavilion was above the Kun Pavilion, and the Qian Pavilion should be above the Moon Pavilion.
"That's it-above the Kun Pavilion is the Qian Pavilion, and above the Qian Pavilion is the Moon Pavilion. The highest level of the Chrysalis Tower is the Sun Pavilion!”
" In that case, what was written on the note wasn't right…" Wei Zi felt as if he had fallen into a fog.
As soon as he mentioned the note, the man's face immediately revealed a guilty expression and he repeatedly blamed himself.
"It's my fault! It's all my fault! It's my dereliction of duty!"
Strange, why did it have to do with him? Wei Zi was even more confused. He blinked and asked,
"What did you do wrong? Why should I blame you?"
Wei Zi had a series of doubts that had been buried in his heart for a long time, and he had always wanted to find the cream man to dispel his doubts. Now, the fat man was standing in front of him. It was the best opportunity to find out the truth.
"Do you still have the note I gave you?”The man asked him for the note.
"Yes! I've been keeping it carefully!"
"Can you show it to me?"
"Sure!" Wei Zi reached into the pocket of his underwear and took out the cloth bag.
He opened his cloth bag and took out three folded pieces of paper. Fortunately, it was all hemp paper, so it was not easy to rot after being soaked in water. In addition, he hid it in his personal pocket, so it was baked by his body temperature, so it was wet and dry. He picked out a piece of paper and handed it to the cream man.
The cream man took the note and opened it. He carefully read the few lines on it and couldn't help but laugh.
Master Wei looked at him in bewilderment and asked,"
"What's so funny about that?"
The man didn't answer, but asked him instead,"
"I really want to know how you managed your days in the Kun Pavilion according to the words on this note.”
" At that time, after reading the note, I pondered over it for a long time, but I still did not understand its meaning. I did not know what my responsibilities were, nor did I know the management rules and precautions. In the end, I could only feel my way across the river. Fortunately, a mysterious woman called Lazi came and told us a lot of things!”
"Her? Yes! Only she can return to Kun Pavilion!" The man was surprised.
"Why?"
"Because she has enough Lei Pearls! Generally speaking, there were only two paths for those who entered the Chrysalis Tower!”
"Which two paths?"
"One path is to climb all the way up to the highest point. The other way is to return to the starting point."
"Return to square one? How?"
"On the journey up, if you can't pass or meet with any mishaps, you'll turn into dust and fall back into the valley of the Dust Realm outside the tower! On every floor of the pupa tower, there was a secret passage that led back to the valley of the Dust Realm. The secret passage of the Kun Pavilion was the Rotten Valley Path. To put it bluntly, the Rotten Valley was the graveyard of all souls!”
"Rotten Valley Path? I've heard of it, but I don't know where it is! So it was a secret passage that led to the valley outside the tower!”
Wei Zi remembered that when he had just entered the Kun Pavilion, he had accidentally entered a dark place at the bottom of the tower. Could that place be the Valley of Decay? No wonder there was so much mud rolling down from above. Presumably, the dust was formed by the corpses of unlucky people? Now that he thought about it, it really made him shudder. He just wanted to continue climbing.
"Are you saying that our only choice is to continue moving upwards?”
"Yes! Almost no one was willing to go back, except for a few capable people who would return for a special purpose!”
"No wonder, other than us newbies, there are almost no veterans in Kun Pavilion!”
"I don't know why Lazi returned to the Kun Pavilion, nor do I know why she helped you. However, it's all thanks to her guidance that you were able to reach here! Otherwise, I won't be able to live a peaceful life!”
"What do you mean?"
"I'll tell you the truth! Back then, the note I gave you was wrong! Not this one! I'm really sorry!" The man waved the note in his hand and confessed apologetically.
"Ah?" Wei Zi looked at him blankly, unable to speak for a moment.
"It wasn't until the day of the deadline that I found the note that was supposed to be for you when I was cleaning up my things. I really don't know what happened back then. I gave you the wrong note…Sigh! Because of my negligence, I almost ruined your future…Fortunately…you can finally reach here!”
Caw! So that was what happened! Wei Zi had mixed feelings. No wonder he could not understand the meaning of this note.
"Now, can you give me the correct note? Although everything has changed…"
"Sure! This note should have been given to you!”The cream man said as he took out a piece of paper and handed it to Wei Zi.
Wei Zi opened the note and clearly listed the supervisor's management responsibilities, management rules, and precautions.
Sigh! If he could have seen this note back then, he would not have had to go through so much trouble, nor would he have had so much trouble and pain. At least, he could do better!
Among the notes, there were a few points that made him sigh.
For example, the paper mentioned that the Rotten Valley Road was a dangerous place and that one should not enter it easily. There were also two remote controls on the box. Another example was to remind them that there would be a tower quake on the day of the deadline and how to guard against it. More importantly, it mentioned how they should use the box and the manual as a life-saver and how to escape if there was a flood in Kun Pavilion.
Everything that Lazi had said was mentioned on the paper. To be exact, if he had gotten this piece of paper back then, he could have done even better.
Unfortunately, it was too late for him to see the note. Even if he blamed this man, it would not help.
"Can you tell me who gave you this note?”This was what Wei Zi wanted to know the most.
"Old Walnut gave it to me!"
"Old Walnut? Does he have a pair of golden eyes?"
"No, I can't! He doesn't have a pair of golden eyes!"
"What? Who is that old walnut?"
This was really beyond Wei Zi's expectations. He had always thought that the golden-eyed man was helping him in secret. But now, it seemed that it was not the golden-eyed man, but someone else.
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