The Tao is far away

Embark on a journey and pursue the unreachable distance.

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"Fuck!" Wang Chi started talking about the quintessence of Chinese culture.

Wang Chi gently massaged his head, feeling his whole body wet and a chill seeping into his bones.

He opened his eyes with great effort, and the first thing that caught his eye was a sea of ​​emerald green.

Looking down, he was surprised to find that he was half-sitting in the center of a clear stream.

The coolness of the stream penetrated his skin, gradually restoring his consciousness.

Looking around, he noticed a group of people in burlap staring at him from under a large tree on the shore.

Wang Chi was equally shocked! Was he dreaming again?

As his mind gradually cleared, he twisted his thigh hard, and the pain told him that this was not a dream.

The pain in his legs and everything in front of him were so real that Wang Chi found it hard to believe that this was just a dream.

But if it wasn't a dream, where on earth was he?

Memories came flooding back like a tide. Wang Chi recalled that he and his friends encountered strange weather changes when they were visiting Mount Tai. Tourists fled one after another, and he was unfortunately pushed off the cliff by a huge man.

After escaping by chance, he experienced an incredible and mysterious event, which completely overturned his understanding of the world.

Wang Chi decided not to dwell on whether he was in a dream, but to explore the reality of what he saw.

Wang Chi stood up slowly and was surprised to find that his body was intact, but his clothes were in tatters.

He clearly remembered that he was seriously injured when he fell off the cliff, but what was going on now?

Wang Chi looked at the people on the shore. There were six of them, four of whom were middle-aged men who looked to be around 40 years old, and two children.

Wang Chi walked towards the people on the shore, wanting to ask them where this place was.

When those people saw Wang Chi coming over, they shouted loudly and held the machetes in their hands tightly.

Listening to their strange and harsh scolding, Wang Chi was filled with confusion. Where did this strange dialect come from?

Seeing that the other party was holding a sharp blade, Wang Chi could only smile bitterly and take a few steps back.

"How did this happen?" he muttered to himself.

The stream in front of him was not wide and the water flow was not fast, so he decided to turn back and look for another place to go ashore.

After walking a few steps, Wang Chi found some familiar objects on the shore.

A large black backpack came into view - it was undoubtedly his hiking bag.

Scattered nearby were a few mud-stained camouflage uniforms and suits, as well as two or three objects of unidentifiable material.

"Could these be those people's things? Why are they here?" Wang Chi was full of doubts.

Despite this, he still checked his backpack. Fortunately, it was waterproof and the items inside were not damp.

Just as he was flipping through the pages, his eyes were suddenly attracted by a handle-like object.

"Could this be..." He carefully lifted the covering clothing.

Sure enough, the object in his hand was a pistol!

Wang Chi held the pistol, feeling a heavy feeling in his hand: "This is actually true. I actually took a photo with those people at that time."

Wang Chi recalled the chance encounter in Taishan, where two blond and blue-eyed foreigners were wearing camouflage uniforms. He mistakenly thought that they were just role-playing enthusiasts and happily took photos with them. Unexpectedly...

"There should be a few other guns."

The horrifying moment when the gun was pointed at him and the strange red fog flashed through his mind, and Wang Chi felt a chill down his spine.

Although he didn't want to recall those thrilling moments, Wang Chi couldn't help but feel his legs trembling slightly.

Putting aside all distractions, he first had to figure out where he was.

Wang Chi took out a spare cell phone from his backpack, then took out the deformed SIM card from his wet trouser pocket and put it into the spare phone.

"Strange, there is no signal." Wang Chi tried many times but still couldn't connect.

When I opened the positioning software, I saw the pointer jumping around.

He tried to dial the emergency number again, vaguely remembering that he could dial even without a signal.

As the phone beeped, Wang Chi's mood fluctuated: "Hurry up and answer it!"

However, fate always seems to like playing jokes, and several consecutive attempts ended with "Sorry, you are out of the service area."

This made Wang Chi's heart sink to the bottom.

A high school graduate who had just graduated had no choice but to sit and wait for death in this vast forest.

Wang Chi didn't think he could survive just by watching a few episodes of wilderness survival shows.

In desperation, Wang Chi once again placed his hope on the group of people on the shore.

Wang Chi shouted loudly: "Excuse me, where is this place?"

The other people looked at each other, obviously not understanding what he said.

An adult who seemed to be the leader said something, and that person nodded and gestured to another child.

The child looked embarrassed and seemed unwilling, but under the gaze of the adults, he could only force a smile and walked towards Wang Chi.

Wang Chi saw a child approaching him and couldn't help but feel happy.

At this moment, the sky suddenly changed, a deafening thunder exploded, and a purple spherical lightning streaked across the sky and rushed down.

Wang Chi secretly thought it was not good: "No way, again?"

Just as he was about to run, he heard a child's terrified scream behind him.

Feeling compassion, Wang Chi ran back to the child at an extremely fast speed. Before he got close, the purple lightning exploded before his eyes.

"Kid, I didn't expect that I would drag you down before I die..."

Then, Wang Chi felt a sense of being out of body. The world in front of him became mottled and colorful lights surrounded him. He seemed to be in the vast universe.

"Am I dead? It's quite spectacular."

Wang Chi looked down and found that his body was almost transparent, with only the outline of his body visible.

Like a seagull, he freely shuttled between heaven and earth, enjoying the unprecedented freedom, and roamed in the endless void.

During the flight, two white light balls appeared in front of us, emitting a gentle glow.

A strong desire surged in Wang Chi's heart, wanting to merge with the ball of light.

He hesitated for a long time in front of the two light balls, and finally made up his mind and chose the light ball on the right - it gave him a stronger feeling.

Slowly approach, and finally merge into the ball of light.

After entering, you will see bright stars all around, as if you are in a sea of ​​stars.

Wang Chi was attracted to touch those stars. They seemed to respond to his feelings as if they had life and gradually gathered together.

As the stars surrounded him, Wang Chi felt like he was being gently shaken by someone. Along with shouts, reality and illusion kept alternating. Sometimes the sea of ​​stars was endless, and sometimes a rough face approached his eyes, his lips moved, and a voice came.

My eyelids kept twitching and my vision flickered.

Finally, Wang Chi opened his eyes and faced the person who was still yelling at him.

Although I couldn't understand what the other person was saying, it gradually became clear.

"xxxccx"

"?炂熝"

"Ergou, wake up!"

Slowly, the once unfamiliar noises became understandable.

Strange, why does he call me Ergou?

He was helped to stand up by the person in front of him, but found that the scene around him seemed to have changed.

When I looked down, I found that my palm had become smaller.

Looking more closely, he saw that he was wearing rough linen clothes.

"How is this going?"

He hurried back to the shore and knelt by the water. The unfamiliar face reflected in the water made Wang Chi look frightened.

He is no longer the same person!