New Journeys to the West
St . Paul ' s Co-educational College , Lee , Pui Man - 16
Oh no . No . NOOOOOOOO- ”
X uanzang was in the middle of a chant when the scream pierced through his ears . He was startled . The next moment he found himself flat on his stomach , as , in his frenzy to search for the source of the screech , he knocked over , a camera stool .
“ SUN WUKONG !” Xuanzang ’ s furious voice now joined the newly restarted moans . Yet he did not let his anger override his compassion . Someone out there needed help . He had to go . The moans rose to a crescendo . He quickened his pace .
“ Wukong --” Xuanzang called out again , this time in anxiety . And he received no response , again . Usually Wukong would appear the moment he called for help . But no this time . Maybe Wukong was hurt too . The fear churning in Xuanzang ’ s chest reached a peak . And as he rushed over to the rolling figure on the ground , he felt like the worst of his dreams had come true . Wukong was hurt .
“ Wukong , are you okay ? Are you okay ? Talk to me . Talk to me . Please . Are you okay ?”
“ No , I ’ m not .”
“ What happened ? Are you hurt ? Come on . Let ’ s get you to a shady place first .”
“ No , it ’ s not that . See ? See this thing ?” He held up his phone and his shaking finger moved towards a small icon at the corner of his phone .
“ Yeah . But tell me what happened first .”
“ Don ’ t you get it ? There ’ s no more mobile data connection . We are literally in the middle of nowhere . Are you telling me I have to live without WIFI for the rest of the journey ? How am I gonna keep that many followers on Instagram … hmm ?”
With a final syllable , Wukong fainted . Xuanzang had collapsed on his sprained ankle , and , rather unintentionally , dropped Wukong ’ s head from his lap onto the rocks .
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Two weeks ago , Xuanzang set out on this journey to the West to retrieve the Buddhist ’ s Bible . He very much wanted to believe in his own hypothesis : the Buddha had sent Wukong to aid his journey . But he was soon forced to face reality . Maybe the Buddha wasn ’ t planning to make things easy for him . Bringing his new disciple along was a complete disaster . He had experienced loads of hardship since he set off . Monsters constantly craved for his meat , which would give them immortality . The scorching sun in the West wasn ’ t