The shadow of the tree grows in the sea.
The outline of branches growing from the star tide begins with one, then becomes hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands. The sea was filled with visions of shadow forests, like thick clumps of black algae growing out of star blood. When the current flows through it, the forest becomes chaotic and filled with thousands of wishes. None of those sounds were the same, and they echoed loudly in the ocean tide.
Grab, grab, grab. Don't want to leave. The torrent sings in the forest.
The singing made the living star feel itchy. The waves squeezed its body, and moss and snowflakes sprouted from its slippery hands and feet. It screams and plucks the itchy limbs from its body.
"Hey, what do you want!" it yelled, "You're too noisy!"
The forest of shadows swayed. On it stood a silver-black giant. The giant closed his eyes tightly and opened his hands toward the void, as if he wanted to embrace the entire sea of burning stars. Its head is surrounded by sharp horns, shaped like a silver crown of thorns, its arms and legs are surrounded by dark tree patterns, and its back has thin and hanging wings like a gauze canopy. A golden willow ring surrounds the chest of this strange giant, and the shield-shaped crystal inlaid on the body emits a bright white light.
The light spreads outward, clearing the light wherever it goes, revealing shadows, and dark trees rise from the sea. The brighter the shield-shaped moon is, the broader the forest fields it illuminates are. They spread over the densely woven fire and snow, growing towards the deep sun.
The giant in the forest of shadows opened its eyes, and its curved stone cheeks glowed with brilliant and peaceful light. Under that light, Living Star saw that the giant's eyes were like two swirling clouds of rainbow color. Although it is not as huge as a star, it cannot ignore the past. It was not any creature the Living Star had ever seen before. When the swirling cloud-like eyes looked at the shadow forest, some kind of budding desire grew in the heart of the living star.
It was instantly irritated by this feeling.
"Who are you?" it shouted restlessly, "Who is who, who is who -"
Its voice echoed in the forest of shadows. The giant's head bowed as a result. Its stone-carved face moved in the light, revealing a peaceful smile.
"I am--"
It answered thus, but the sound did not come from its mouth. The voices in the forest merged into one, echoing into its words. Then the giant opened his hands and stared at the palms wrapped with golden willow rings, thinking on his face.
"my name is……"
The trees in the forest were rustling, and all the names did not want to be forgotten. However, the more people respond, the closer the answer is to none. The giant's voice disappeared as a result, returning to the chaotic wind roar of the shadow forest. Thousands of names appeared in the tide, and then disappeared without a trace.
The flesh and blood star spins.
"Okay!" it said, "You are fake, aren't you? You are made up of these noisy little things. You pretend to be one, but you are actually a group! I have seen through you! You weird thing!" "
The giant's swirling cloud-like eyes twinkled softly. Its radiant face is full of solemnity and kindness, and it looks at everything including the living stars as if it were a child. It seemed to be doing nothing, but the living stars were shining down on it, making it uncomfortable. It felt like hard stone had formed inside its body, and furry grass blades had grown out of its body. How dare this weird thing be called hairy! It's not that it must not grow hair, but others call it hairy! A thing that doesn’t even have a name!
It got so angry that it started rolling in the waves. It has existed in this sea for a long time, and it can easily expand itself. This strange thing is much bigger than the stone men it has seen before, but it can still deal with it. It just hates the other person's weird eyes that call it Shaggy.
"No. I do exist here." The giant replied calmly. The voices of Shadow Forest were united once again.
It folded its hands and placed them on the shield-like crystal on its chest, and said like a hymn: "I remember my former name, and I also know the name of every shadow. In addition to all the names of pursuing life, I also know the name of every shadow. Heard the name of the end. I had all their hearts, but not any of them anymore. My name is—"
Shadow Forest was silent for a moment. The giant thought, then opened his hands to the void with joy. Once again the torrent of shadows sang together, speaking instead of the one with the crown of thorns.
"Sen Luo."
The shadows repeated at the same time.
"My name is Sen Luo."
The giant's brilliance shines into the sea and paints the sun. The shadow forest also spreads away. The two iridescent star clusters on its face swirled like a whirlpool. The moment he heard his name and looked at his appearance, Living Star felt a cold fire burning within his body. But that power is not something that destroys, but grows and sprouts violently, pushing it to expand outwards.
"Wait! Wait!" it screamed due to its strong desire to grow. "Put out your light!"
The crowned giant watched its transformation. There was neither pride nor compassion in that face, but pure serenity shone on it.
"There is no need to be afraid." It said, "The heart I have is the desire to continue to live and the desire to transcend death. My light exists for this desire, so it must not be able to take away any life. . But, you are a threat to other people’s lives, so you cannot stay here.”
It stared at the flesh and blood star block, and after a brief consideration, showed an emotionless smile.
"Then go to the place that suits you."
Said the wind in the shadow forest.
"Stars soaked in death, please go to the dream city ruled by death. In the long dream where the end sleeps, you can play freely. No life will be harmed by you, And the king who loves death, I think he will never harm you. Please realize, this is my verdict for you."
The giant raised its right arm, and light gathered in its empty hand. Passionate singing sounded in the shadow forest.
"Asa! Asa!
Faster than the tip of a spear,
Far beyond the journey of the soul.
It is the moon in the forest,
Shining light all over the world.
The bright silver light continued to extend in the giant's hand, like a spear made of thunder. Then he placed his left hand in front of the crystal on his chest, drawing out a stream of light as clear as spring water, which merged into the top of the ray that was enough to pierce the sky.
The living star began to twist, trying to move in the direction of the sun.
"No, no, no, no, no, no," it screamed, "I'm not going! I'm not going anywhere! You weird thing! You can't possibly move me!"
The giant released his hand holding the spear of light, and thunder spurted out from his palm, breaking through the waves of melted stars and reaching the belly of the living star. It swelled up like an inflated rubber ball and began to tear from the space between the hands and feet. The flesh and blood hands and feet given by the waves fell off one after another and fell into the depths of the shadow forest with lush tree canopy. Its belly, once packed with dense flesh and bone, exploded, spewing out more white pearls than a planetary ocean, also flowing into the dark waves of the trees.
The living star began to fall, like the long death sinking of a whale. In the process, it still screamed wildly, setting off waves in the sea of stars.
"I can definitely get it back!" it screamed at the giant, "You can't lock me down! You're just a pile of rotten rocks! Sooner or later I'm going to crush you!"
"No."
Ying Lin Tianran responded.
"I am a person who energizes the light of life, chases the shadow of the sun, and stares into the abyss. A foreign body as ignorant and purely murderous as you will be defeated by me no matter how many times - please disappear forever, this The world doesn’t need a phantom like you.”
Baolais&#戅. The living star was trapped in the black shadow of the trees. All the wild currents ceased. The giant stood tall in the forest, gazing deeper into the sun. It flew along the long road paved by the shadow forest towards the glorious place.
