THE JOY OF FATE

As night falls, the street lamps in the city illuminate the dark streets, exposing the dark corners to all kinds of pedestrians in a hurry. In an area where countless lights gather, trading activities are in full swing.

Different from ordinary trade fairs, if you ignore the smell of meat and blood coming from the pavement, there will be all kinds of voices that make you tremble and leave this place in minutes. The sound of the knife colliding with the chopping board, the peeling sound of the meat from the bone, and the swallowing sound. Going further ,when you accidentally walk into an unknown alley, you will be "lucky" to meet the addicts who are digging out the discarded bones from the garbage bin and sucking the bone marrow, and hear the screams coming from somewhere. Of course, if you are a tall and strong carnivore, or a predator who has come here to enjoy a feast, the above instructions can be ignored. Because here is black market, in this world where meat is forbidden in public, it is the only place where raw meat is legally bought and sold, and meat eaters can enjoy a rare feast here to abreact their desire for meat in daily life.

In the bustling crowd, a tall and well-built Bengal tiger is walking towards the depths of the black market against the crowd. The lights from the stalls along the street fell on him, leaving a long and narrow back. The desire for meat shared by large carnivores is no exception for him as a student, so it has become an essential part of his daily life to come to the black market to enjoy meat regularly. Not only in order to get along better with herbivorous classmates in campus life, but also in order to adapt to the adult society in advance, at least in following the rules of society, he thinks so himself. In fact, he has been getting along very well with his classmates around him. Although he usually doesn’t stick to small details, when he meets important things, his performance is more reliable than that of a mountain. Because of this, most people are willing to trust him.

As usual, Bill skillfully selects the goods that suit his taste in the black market. Cherryton Academy is currently on vacation. After completing the semester tasks, students have the right to decide for themselves whether to stay at school or not. The opportunity to go out during the holidays is really rare for schools that are fully closed on weekdays. Most students will never give up this opportunity easily. Taking advantage of the holiday, he traveled to a city different from his school to vent the accumulated pressure. "It's rare to get away from busy studies, and it's time to relax," Bill thought, swallowing a steaming piece of meat. Then he looked around, eager to find something different from the old black market from this new black market. Not surprisingly, reality has disappointed him. "It's really boring," he casually took out a tissue towel from his pocket, wiped his mouth, crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the trash can. The tissue ball crossed a perfect arc in the air and fell into it. "I heard that the city was originally famous for its ancient sacrificial culture and magic. History books also mentioned that in an ancient battle, when the defenders centered on the city were about to be defeated, a man who claimed to be a wandering pharmacist found the garrison commander and said that he had a way to save the war, provided that someone was willing and dare to drink it, otherwise the whole city would be buried under the enemy's offensive, and everyone, including himself, would be buried here. At first, the commander didn't believe , and even wanted to put this charlatan, who seemed to him to be irresponsible, to be executed in public to stabilize the army. But the deputy commander stopped him, saying that he was willing to bear all the consequences for the soldiers in the face of imminent disadvantages. After that, nobody know what happened. Anyway, the original aggressive enemy troops were never seen alive again, and the city was buried under the yellow sand in this battle. It was not until it was excavated by pioneers a hundred years ago that clues were found in ancient characters and calligraphy and painting in the ruins. Since I came to this city, I have never seen anything related to this except the ancient battlefield and ruins. Now it seems that this history is just a gimmick to attract others to travel. " With this in mind, he shrugged helplessly, put on his backpack and prepared to take a shortcut back through the alley.

The light of the market barely reaches half of the alley, and it belongs to the illegal zone. Except for the stinking garbage and the worms crawling all over the ground, there are only some addicts who are addicted to drugs and crazy about pursuing all the food that can be eaten, and some criminals who are doing illegal activities. But he doesn't care about that. As a tiger, he has a body shape and strength superior to other carnivores. It's good not to kill those creatures who try to have improper ideas about him, and there will be people who don't know what's good or bad to provoke him? This is also the capital that he is proud to stand beside his herbivorous classmates to protect their safety. With this mind, he raised his head and strode into the alley.

After a while, there was no light projection on the wall. At this time, the extremely unsafe environment for animals without night vision was like day in Bill's eyes. It's just that the stench on both sides made him frown, and he walked briskly with one hand covering his nose, without even noticing a ghostly shadow on the branch next to the alley.

He didn't react until he felt his cloth being pulled. When he looked down, he saw a man standing in front of him who barely reached his chest. He was thin and covered in a dark robe, and the dark environment itself was accompanied by this outfit, which made it impossible for two people who were almost face to face to see each other's faces clearly. Bill got a fright, shook off the hand that the man was pulling his clothes, and put his back against the wall, posing as a guard. "hey!" He shouted, "Listen, I don't know you, and I have nothing to do with you. I just want to go back to my apartment as soon as possible and have a good sleep. I don't want to have a conflict with anyone." Bill felt all the hair on his back stand on end, and the blue veins on his face and his mouth with fangs turned him into a ferocious beast. "But, if you want to do something else you shouldn't do to me, I'll beat you on the ground rudely, and I won't carry you out until people passing by here find you the next day." Despite such deterrence, the uninvited guests in front of me are not afraid at all, and Bill can even feel a smile on the face hidden under the hood.

"The guidance of the gods is indeed correct." After mysterious man talking to himself, he stepped forward and stretched out his gaunt arm from the robe, trying to shake hands with the young Bengal tiger in front of him to show that he meant no harm, but when he saw that the other side was extremely alert and even had a fierce look on his face, he had to withdraw his hand back under the robe, so he said slowly, "Let me introduce myself. I come from an ancient medicine refining family. Our family has been interested in studying medicines that can bring various effects since ancient times. Some of them can save the seriously ill from the sickle of death, and some can make ordinary people have super explosive power. Perhaps you have learned some clues about our family from some books, and you also think that our family is just a legend invented by a bard. But what I want to say is that what you see me is one of the countless descendants of this family, and there is no falsification. " In order to prove his statement, he took out a bottle filled with unknown liquid from the hidden compartment under the cloth. Against the background of night, the night body in the bottle shone like jade. "This is one of the few masterpieces in my life. My talent is far less than that of members of our family at the same time, and the finished product produced is far less effective than theirs. But there are also several proud works, except this time, I have never felt such a strong element energy surging in it. This is my attempt to break through the knowledge I have learned in the past and try to make improvements on the original basis in my own way. " Speaking of this, he paused, and the old voice showed sad feelings. "I wanted to personally test its effect, but my life is coming to an end, and these drugs have extremely high requirements for the physical quality of users. If I take it, the magic of this bottle of medicine will be wasted and even backfire my body. Therefore, I hope to find a vibrant body to apply this extraordinary power, so that I can find a trust before I die and fulfill my long-cherished wish. "

Bill quickly remembered the story he had read in the book. Out of caution, he chose to ask the unexpected guest in front of him: "I believe your identity for the time being, sir. But you can show up in this dirty and chaotic place, which shows that you know enough about it. I believe you also know that there is a drug called Bloodbone Drug popular here. How can I be sure whether the ingredients of your medicine are the same as those that poison people? " The mysterious man snorted and expressed his disdain. Then he replied in a contemptuous tone: "Don't compare that kind of lowly thing with the crystallization of my wisdom. Although the medicine of our family has never been circulated in the market, it will appear at the right time every time. From satisfying a trivial wish to saving others from fire and water, we will appear as long as we feel the call of fate. Besides ..." Speaking of this, the mistery man put his head closer. "I know the purpose of your coming here. You are trying to explore the ancient culture that was once associated with this city, but the lrony of fate has made you a lost boat. Now, I will be a lighthouse to guide you to the ideal road. " With the incantation sound, the bottle in the mysterious man's hand is more and more bright. The Bengal tiger in front of him slowly reached out to the bottle. After he came to his senses, the surrounding environment returned to the dirty and chaotic alley. At this moment, a small glass bottle was lying quietly in the palm of his hand. In addition, the former mysterious man disappeared without a trace along with the strange landscape. He seems to have had a dream, but the glass bottle in his hand reminds him that this is a real thing. Seeing this, Bill dared not delay any longer. He held the glass bottle firmly in his hand and walked quickly in the direction of his residence.

The next morning, Bill sat in his hotel room and studied the bottle of magical liquid on his hand. What happened in the black market last night was vivid. If the glass bottle in front of him didn't really appear in front of him, he would never believe that the legendary story he ridiculed as a marketing strategy would be caught by him. "What a wonderful encounter," he said to himself. "I never thought I could see the mysterious pharmacist related to the legend with my own eyes, and I didn't expect that the legendary potion was now in my hand. But even if what he said is true, what do I want to use this for? It's really strange. " At this time, his mind recalled the words of the mysterious pharmacist: "Our medicine will only appear at the right time, from realizing insignificant wishes to saving lives. As long as we feel the call of fate, we will appear." "Just, originally this trip is nothing, just want to find something new to try. Even drugs like Bloodbone, if something really happens to me, I will solve it in my own way, and ... "He didn't go on, but he knew best that what he wanted to pursue and explore was something deep in his heart. So he pulled out the stopper of the bottle and drank the liquid.

As the liquid slowly flowed down his throat, he felt that the liquid didn't spread out like ordinary drinks, but gradually condensed into a piece, forming a seed shape and slipping into his stomach. Although it was small, it constantly distributed the opportunity to provide his body with infinite strength. This magical feeling made him closed his eyes and enjoyed this wonderful process.

In the dark sight, he saw the seed break out of the hard rock, grow from a fragile sapling to a towering tree, and his body gradually merged with the tree. His head became a canopy, looking down at all creatures under him; His arm became a thriving branch of a big tree, blocking the sunshine of the whole sky; His trunk turned into a hard rock, making it impossible for all external interference to shake him easily; And his legs became roots, deeply plunged into the soil under his feet, and greedily absorbed the nutrition of the earth, making him taller and stronger. Don't once know how long it took for this feeling. When he opened his eyes, the layout of the hotel room had disappeared before, and it was replaced by endless wilderness and distant mountains.

"Strange, I don't remember having been to this place. Was it the effect of that bottle of medicine that sent me to another place?" He was puzzled and moved his steps. He felt that he had trampled something. Looking down, his paw are landing on a small building complex, and besides buildings, there are some streets, cars, green plants and even some micro-things that can't be avoided under his pressure, people around him are running away from the place he just stepped , other places that have not been stepped on are also affected and collapsed due to vibration. At this time, he didn't notice that he had not leave the original place, just because his height was not enough to make him pay attention to the scene under him. The place where he stood was the hotel that he live, now it has turned into the ruins in two huge footprints.

"So that's it, this is the magical power brought by the medicine, and it's also the realization of my deep desire. In this case ..." The tiger's mouth rose, revealing an evil smile, and stepped on the other place with greater strength than the first time, which made it swing back and forth and crushed more buildings. "Then why don't I take the opportunity to have fun so that the rest of the world can see my strength?" Say, he took his legs, not care about trampling on one building after another, towards the direction of another city.

In the city at this time, panicked people have already made a mess. The initial vibration made them think it was an earthquake, and many people ran out of the building and moved to the empty place as much as possible. Only then did they discover the source of the vibration---a moving mountain was pressing towards them. No, it's not a mountain, is a trousers share the same color as the mountain, and its owner, a huge tiger, steps on those scattered micro bodies wantonly, as seems to destroy them all. With the collapse of more buildings, cries and screams were heard, and all this ended with the fall of the huge Tiger paws.

Mega tiger looked down at his masterpiece, smiled with satisfaction, raised his feet, left the original wreckage and walked to the plain not far away. There is still a distance between the two cities, including this huge plain. If go by means of transportation according to the size of micro, it will take at least ten hours. But in his present size, walking there is as easy as walking from one end of the street to the other.

There are scattered villages on the plain. When people feel the vibration, they run out of the house for the first time. Before they knew what had happened, they only felt that the sky was shrouded by a black curtain, and then a violent shock wave lifted everyone present and hit the rocks on the side. When they regained consciousness, they found that the whole village had been razed to the ground and replaced by a huge pothole.

"Ha, ha, ha, I'm sorry I didn't notice you. With my body shape, I don't always pay attention to my sole. I hope none of you are injured!" Mega tiger laughed and walked on to his next destination. After don't know how many forests, low hills, rivers and villages have been crushed on the plain, he can already vaguely see the outline of another city.

Because it’s a vacation, the expressway on the outer ring of the city is full of vehicles entering the city. When the vehicles on the expressway feel the ground vibration, they subconsciously look around and try to find the source of the vibration. Naturally, when people in the car saw a mega tiger walking towards them outside the window, everyone began to panic. In order to avoid the fate of debris, small vehicles keep honking their horns, praying that the front car can start to make way as soon as possible; Large vehicles try to push away smaller vehicles to clear the way for their escape routes. Even so, in the face of the approaching body of the giant tiger, the moving distance of the vehicle is still very limited, and people in panic have to abandon the car and flee. Almost at the same time, the giant tiger's paw with a part of rock debris hit the concrete pavement and the people who fled around, and then they saw a paw covered with mud and building debris coming with a fishy wind. After a brief and violent impact, everything that Tiger paw step provided some new color for his monotonous black sole.

Bill stood on the edge of the city and looked thoughtfully at the city that looked like a children's building block in front of him. Thanks to the live broadcast of the survivors on the highway to the Internet, the city knew his existence in advance. It's no different from other people's reaction when they saw him before. Without exception, these micro-people scurried around aimlessly like ants in an ant nest, which began to make him feel bored. This time, he is going to play some new tricks.

He hung his paws high above the city and said to the micro people below with a loud voice: "You know that your size is not enough to withstand my trampling. As long as I want, none of you can escape from me. But now, I'll give you a chance. In the next few steps, I'll count down for ten seconds and give your time to escape. When the time comes, you know the consequences. Now, run! 10 .... 9 ...... ” They did not dare to neglect, and used their innate strength to escape from their position before the next impact. “……3……2……1!” With the end of the last countdown, Bill shattered the building under his feet. After the dust all over the sky, only a footprint pit was left in the same place. "To my surprise, your speed is faster than I expected. So ... "A bad smile flashed across the corners of the mouth of the giant tiger," I decided to add some challenges to you. Now, you only have five seconds to escape, 5 ... 4 ... "He hovered his right foot in another part of the city in the same way, and he didn't care at all even if the citizens scolded him for his evil. He knows that this is the only thing that these micro people can do to confront him. Five seconds later, the original intact area ended up with the same ending as the previous area. "Well, the game is over. I won't give you any more time to run. I will go somewhere else. You'd better pray that it won't be on my way." Say that finish, he took a new step, through the second half of the city, regardless of how many buildings and streets he crushed, or how many other micro, towards the next place that might bring him fun.

In what way will people meet him at the next new place?