4. I was trapped in a desperate situation. I didn't feel any resistance from the water. I rolled three times on the ground and only felt the hard ground. During the rapid rotation, all I saw in my eyes was a series of dark rock walls.
"Ah - ouch..." Guan Baoling screamed in pain, holding her knees with both hands, her voice was extremely miserable.
I sat up and looked at her wound first. A piece of skin had been knocked off her left knee, and there were two white gashes. Bright red blood was slowly seeping out.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry -" I couldn't find anything to wipe the wound in my hurry, so I had to lean down and suck the wound. In this predicament, once someone's wound becomes suppurative and inflamed, it may be life-threatening. Her blood
It was very salty, but also had a faint rose fragrance, which made me completely forget about the fishy smell in the blood.
"Feng, where's the water? Why is all the water here gone?" Guan Baoling breathed freely, and her arms kept flying in the air.
"What?" My thoughts were only focused on her wounds.
"Water! The water is gone, you haven't felt it yet?" she shouted again.
I quickly let go of her knee. Really, there was no longer a drop of water in the glass box. We were in completely free air - "Ah..." I jumped up and raised my arms and shouted, my excitement was indescribable.
.I originally thought that I would be stuck at the bottom of the sea forever, unable to get rid of the salty water, and even be trapped in the tower forever. Now, it’s okay. This glass box is in the air, but it is not on land, but slowly rising in mid-air.
When I jumped up, I hurt Guan Baoling's wound, which made her say "ouch" again, but she already stood up on tiptoes excitedly, holding the hem of her skirt and quickly doing four or five spinning movements.
It was very dry under my feet. I couldn't suppress my excitement and ran around the bottom of the tower twice, letting out the depression in my heart. The distance from the tower to the edge of the box was like a balcony on a high-rise residential building, and the box
Outside, there are all dark rock walls, extending upwards.
When she returned to Guan Baoling again, she pointed to the empty sunken stone wall above the tower door: "Is that the place where Ruishika found the 'Poseidon Nameplate'?"
At this time we can clearly see the seven-story pagoda body. The masonry material used is the same white stone as the "Tower of the Dead", and the structural shape is exactly the same as the pagoda of Fenggeji Temple.
Looking up, there seems to be a narrow white spot at an extremely distant height, blurry, and I don't know how far away it is.
Guan Baoling suddenly took a breath of cold air: "Wind, wind - wind..." She almost jumped to my side, grabbing my arms with both hands at the same time, her body shaking like a dead leaf in the north wind.
"Wind, wind...I'm so scared, hold me tight...hold me tight..." Her body pressed against mine, and her voice trembled high and low due to the extreme terror.
I hugged her and felt her heartbeat suddenly increase, and the temperature on her cheeks also increased rapidly.
The surface of the rock wall in front of me is very smooth and has a smooth arc shape, as if it was deliberately carved out for this cylindrical glass box. I saw that in a certain part I just passed, the dark rock formations were actually mixed with some...
The dry white tree trunks are each more than two meters in diameter.
The growth rings of trees can explain everything. I roughly counted one of them, and it turned out that the number of growth rings was far more than a hundred. What can this mean?
Assuming that the annual rings above are 200 times, then the survival time of the trees is 200 years. So what kind of force forces these trees to be buried deep in the rock interlayer horizontally? The trees all grow vertically, pointing to the sky.
, unless there is some severe earthquake or flash flood, they will fall sideways. Could it be that this strange tunnel we passed through was dug into a mountain where strong earthquakes occur frequently?
There are more and more trees mixed in between the rock layers, and there are more than a dozen thick tree roots in my sight, with a diameter of more than fifty centimeters. The tree roots have naturally withered, but I know that the roots buried deep in the rock wall
Tree roots can often survive for decades or even hundreds of years.
As the saying goes, "a hundred-footed insect is dead but not stiff." The same is true for trees. There are countless cases where a century-old tree sprouts new branches. In other words, after the trunk, branches and leaves on the ground are completely dead, the roots of the tree can often survive.
It takes a long time, and when there is a suitable opportunity, it can sprout and grow again. Unless it is closed for too long, the tree roots will die automatically.
Going up further, there are neatly cut sections of pebbles in the rock formations. They are all different sizes and shapes, but they are definitely pebbles formed by the impact of sea water and river water. No matter the color or texture, they are the same as what we have seen.
The pebbles are exactly the same, but they are all cut by some kind of sharp circular blade.
"What kind of power can have such huge energy to carve such a straight channel out of the rock? At the very least, the ability of people on earth cannot reach this level. Even if it is to transport away the waste after cutting,
, I’m afraid they are all super projects that involve a lot of effort and waste money and people..."
From the cobblestone layer upwards, the rock walls all turn cyan, similar to the building stones widely mined on Earth.
"Feng, do you still remember...that hallucinatory adventure I mentioned? The palace under the sea - remember?" Guan Baoling moaned feebly, her nails almost digging into my flesh.
I could feel her extreme nervousness, so I had to pat her back and comfort her silently.
After Guan Baoling disappeared and reappeared in the bathroom of Xunfu Garden, she once described her "hallucination". She entered a palace as if the air was full of sea lang, and she felt like "sitting in a well and looking at the sky" all the time. I subconsciously asked
Looking overhead, the narrow spot of light seemed to be enlarged a bit.
If that place was an exit, wouldn't we be "sitting in a well and watching the sky" now?
"Wind, this place feels exactly like the hallucination I had at that time. Could it be that we... also magically disappeared in the real world for so long?"
I forced a smile: "Maybe! But the earth will continue to rotate without anyone, even if it leaves the President of the United States, let alone us? When we return to the real world, everything will be fine."
Although we don’t know where the end of the light spot is, no matter where we go, it’s better than being imprisoned in the deep sea, right? It’s just that we are suspended in the air, and we don’t know what kind of support or pull it comes from. Once that happens
If this power disappears, won't we fall down indefinitely like an elevator that has lost control?
Until now, I can only try to think on the bright side, hoping that the light spot the size of a one-yuan coin will bring us new hope.
Guan Baoling groaned again: "I just feel like the nightmare has just begun. Do you want to hear what I saw in that palace?"
I couldn't help but said "oh" in surprise, and then I understood and felt relieved.
When Guan Baoling reappeared mysteriously, we were all just strangers who had just met a few times. Of course she was unwilling to tell everything and would definitely have reservations. I ignored this issue at the time and thought her hallucinations were not important.
, as long as nothing happens to the person and Xunfuyuan is not implicated, everything will be fine.
"What did you find?" I began to feel uneasy. Although Guan Baoling is not a member of the world, she is definitely not a country girl who has never seen the market. She has made more than a dozen types of movies, and has collaborated with the world's top directors,
She has worked with screenwriters and movie stars, so she should be considered well-informed. Therefore, what she sees and hears that scares her must be extremely extraordinary.
Guan Baoling bit her chapped lips and stared into my eyes: "Do you really want to hear it?"
Her big eyes were still as clear as water. I couldn't help but feel excited and wanted to die drunk in those two clear and clear lakes.
I nodded affirmatively: "Yes, I really want to hear it. If it is helpful to our current predicament, no matter how horrific it is, I want to hear it." At the same time, I kept smiling bitterly in my heart, and the situation was already so bad that it couldn't get any worse.
At this point, is there anything more terrifying than this experience?
When you return to the air again, you will feel with great fear how terrifying and unsettling the deep seabed is.
The huge underwater building, the ubiquitous red mist, the endless rolling sea sand, all are weird shots that can only be compiled in horror movies, but we have all experienced them one by one, and we are still there.
In a glass box that is suspended in the air and has no power.
Compared with this, the experience in the deep and dark Pyramid of Earth-Cracked Khan seemed like a small Boy Scout camping trip, thrilling but without the panic of annihilation.
If I could return to the surface, I would tell Su Lun this experience and let her analyze what this huge underwater building is.
"Alas, only Su Lun is my most caring work partner. Once I leave her, the simple things at hand will become complicated. Is there something wrong with my way of doing things? Or is there too many weird changes in Hokkaido that make me
Caught off guard?"
"Feng, you're distracted again, aren't you?" Guan Baoling tightened her arms around my waist.
I didn't know if I was in a dilemma, but my heart began to hold both Su Lun and Guan Baoling at the same time. Especially when I was about to get out of trouble, I suddenly found that I missed Su Lun deeply.
"I didn't, I was listening to you -" I kept looking up. The light spot was getting bigger and bigger. If we were in an extremely deep dry well at this time, the light spot must be the wellhead, which is us.
Returning to the exit of the ground, I regained hope in my heart.
"Actually, before entering the palace and the corridor, there was a high wall on my side. The white wall was covered with pictures painted with colored pens. There were countless pictures extending forward. The contents of those pictures were very terrifying.
, a bit like the tragic scenes in the legendary eighteenth level of hell. Some people were cut in half, some were strangled, some had their limbs cut off, and some were thrown into the oil pan. It was a very scary painting. I was wondering why I could
Read on with a calm mind."
Guan Baoling's voice was very calm. Perhaps she was too tired to get excited, so she could only speak in a straightforward tone.
"What's that? In many tourist attractions there are buildings like the 'Mythical Palace', which vividly depict the facial features of the King of Hell, the judge, the imp, etc., and then make all kinds of things according to the plots in the wild stories.
Disgusting model - you're just seeing a flat picture, of course you can't feel it, right?"
I think about it day by day and dream about it at night. In the quiet and desolate wilderness of Muwanzhoushan, it is not surprising that fear plays a role and such fantasy scenes appear.
Guan Baoling argued: "You haven't finished listening yet. Let's sit down and I'll tell you slowly!"
We sat on the ground with our backs leaning against the tower. This was also a way to maintain our strength. I had already begun to figure out the plan after exiting the cave. This kind of strange cave must have appeared in a sparsely populated place. Both of our bodies were exhausted.
He is already extremely weak. It is best to find some fresh water first. While replenishing water, try to get closer to a populated place, and then call Xiao Kereng...
I am very glad that Guan Baoling has been able to maintain good health. She does not know martial arts and is a delicate and fragile girl. Once she falls ill, she may not be able to walk out of this mysterious space alive.
"There's nothing much to say about the tortured people. They're just a little more realistic than the vulgar paintings in places like the 'Mythical Palace'. What I'm talking about is the people who are executing the punishment - I'm not sure whether they are human beings, although they are all
They are human figures walking upright, but there are four arms-like things on their backs that stretch out abruptly. Their clothes are all of the same style and color, just like the orange vests often worn by paparazzi.
There are many large and small pockets. If we force ourselves to say that they are human beings, we can only say that they are six-armed monsters..."
She reached out and rubbed her cheek, erasing the white stains condensed by the sea water, with a look of 120,000 confusion in her eyes.
I didn't express any opinions and let her continue thinking - "In all the pictures, this kind of weirdo is controlling everything. Human beings are just experimental subjects in its hands. They can be chopped, pulled, and fried at will.
Decomposition... It has a human face, but the facial features are arranged very awkwardly, as if they were just randomly assembled on a mechanized assembly line. The position is correct, but the curvature of the eyes, the direction of the eyebrows, the thickness of the lips, etc.
Nothing is harmonious—"
"Ah? I remembered! Stop, stop, stop, I remembered -" I yelled loudly, raised my hand and held Guan Baoling's palm, shaking it hard.
I remembered the picture on the electronic notepad that Tengjia once showed me. There was a strange giant with six arms. She called it the "phantom demon", which was always ready to kill the great god Tu Rihan and destroy the earth.
"Illusion Demon". In the secret chamber of Lord Tuluhan, what you see is just the image of a scalpel seduced and occupied by the shadow of the Phantom Demon. It can be said that all the legends about the Phantom Demon are just legends and cannot be ignored.
If it is true, it cannot be trusted.
Guan Baoling looked at me with great confusion: "What did you think of? Are those six-armed weirdos aliens? Or are they demons and monsters causing harm to the world?"
What I feel is strange is how could the phantom demon be related to Guan Baoling's fantasy? If her hallucination was caused by suddenly entering another mysterious space, would that space really exist? Just like where we are now.
This vertical tunnel of infinite length?
In an instant, I thought of a lot, but I couldn't express it coherently and smoothly, so I urged Guan Baoling to continue talking.
"The wall stretched very long. From where I was standing, I looked to both sides and couldn't see the end, so I walked forward aimlessly and browsed about forty or fifty pictures. If you count them all,
At least there were hundreds of them, which made me feel sick all the time, because the happy expression on the weird man's face matched with the crazy killing under his hands, as if killing was a happy thing that made his blood boil. In the end, I really couldn't bear it.
I feel like vomiting——"
She covered her mouth. This was indeed an unflattering memory, and it was normal not to reveal it to outsiders.
"If my feeling is correct, everything we have experienced will be related to the last hallucination. This is why I feel scared. Fortunately, we did not encounter that kind of monster..."
Looking down or up from the glass box, there was nothing, and there was no sign of the six-armed monster, but Guan Baoling was always looking around uneasily, as if those monsters would appear at any time.
The rising speed of the box seemed to be slowing down. The long waiting time made Guan Baoling gradually sleepy. She turned around and lay on my knees, whispering in a thick nasal voice: "I'm tired, let me sleep for a while... Feng
, I have been in the entertainment industry for so many years, and I have met so many people, but it seems that I can only feel relaxed when I am by your side. I like the feeling of being next to you, like lying in my mother's arms when I was a child..."
I know that when people are extremely hungry and tired, it is easier to open their hearts to accept others, but I don’t know why she