第13章

责任？什么责任？

我感到事情的发展远远超出了我的 initial expectation。我 came here for a holiday, for采风, and now I am somehow involved in the ancient belief and power of the forest, even being called a "Chosen one".

第二天早晨，雨过天晴，阳光透过雨林 Canopy 洒下，温暖而明亮。雨林里的空气异常清新，带着一种洗涤后的 purity。

村民们 preparing food and treating us well。 They no longer look at me with suspicion, but with a kind of respect和 curiosity。

The signal on the satellite phone was still bad, but the villagers said they would send someone to the nearest town for help as soon as possible.

I spent the day in the village, talking to the villagers through driver. They told me more about the forest and the林魈. They said that林魈 are creatures of darkness and chaos, born from the negative energy of the forest. They are usually quiet, but sometimes something will activate them, making them attack living beings.

And the wood雕 and stone sculpture are the spiritual embodiment of the林灵, the benevolent spirit of the forest, capable of warding off the Lin Xiao.

They said that in ancient times, the林靈 would choose a human as its representative, a guardian, to help maintain the balance of the forest. But for a long time, there hasn't been a chosen one.