A sharp whistling sound surrounded the wooden house.
The wind squeezed into the wooden house through the broken window, causing the fire to sway slightly.
The wooden house was trembling under the violent hurricane, and it seemed that it might be swept up into the sky at any time.
Naturally, she would not bring any books with her on this trip to the swamp, so Anna immediately became idle. Occasionally adding a piece of firewood to the fire, and then holding her chin to observe Lu Li was her only pleasure at the moment.
After returning to the wooden house, Lu Li behaved completely different from his usual calm and indifferent... liveliness.
He was still sitting in front of the fire, but his face was looking around, as if he was observing something or following some movement. It was clear that there was nothing there, just an ordinary wall or table.
Gradually, those dark eyes stared at Anna. Anna was slightly startled. She subconsciously lowered her arms and sat up straighter, looking at Lu Li with questioning eyes.
"...?"
The black eyes moved slightly, focusing on Anna.
"phantom."
Lu Li gave a brief explanation and watched the butterfly's shadow float from Anna's body, fluttering its wings and flying outside the house, getting out of the wooden house.
He retracted his gaze and added: "Long-term exposure to the psychic gun has reduced my sanity to a dangerous level. Now I occasionally observe some existences in the other world."
"Is it serious?"
"It's not a big problem."
Lu Li had just entered this stage, and the illusions he produced were extremely slight. Although the endless illusions may cause Lu Li to misjudge, it is not without its benefits. At least Lu Li can have a deeper understanding of the illusions projected by these other worlds.
This is what Lu Li has always wanted to know.
"It's a pity I can't see it."
Anna was a little lucky and a little regretful. She felt that she might have missed something very interesting.
Although for most people these visions are enough to drive people crazy.
The other world is not just one layer, and all the weirdness exists in it - it is more like multiple spaces that are parasitic on the main world.
Anna is in the inner world, but she cannot observe the butterfly shadow. The butterfly shadow is also in the inner world, and it cannot observe Anna either.
There will be no intersection between them.
Only in the main world can the existence of all other worlds be observed at the same time, and the sanity value must drop to a certain level.
The period of ignorance, the period of illusion, the period of reality.
These are the three stages of sanity that Lu Li knows about. Maybe there are other stages after the real stage. Night watchman Joel didn't say it, so that's not within the scope of consideration.
The ignorance period is a normal state, like a shallow water area, very calm and safe. Most ordinary people in this world are in this state. Unless there is a large-scale weirdness like a night disaster, they will basically have no idea about the deeper areas.
As far as I know, the beings living in this world will not find them.
The hallucination stage is a problem state, like a deep water area, not very safe, but not too bad. Lu Li is in the position of just entering this stage. He will randomly observe some projections of existence in the other world, just like a radio station. Lu Li’s radio
They will randomly jump to various frequencies and receive messages from the frequencies. This reception is one-way, Lu Li can listen to them, but they cannot listen to Lu Li.
The real stage is a distorted state, like an abyss. It is very bad, very troublesome, and the name alone makes people shudder. The observation at this stage is no longer one-way, and the radio metaphor cannot be applied to it - because when
A person whose sanity is in a distorted state sees a certain projection, and that projection also sees that person.
Observation is mutual. When you look at the abyss, the abyss is also looking at you.
This is the origin of the saying "The more you know, the sooner you die."
But this sentence is now about to be twisted by some anti-industry idiots into its superficial meaning: you will die if you know too much.
The only good news is that the projection can see you, but cannot touch you until... the next stage.
Lu Li speculated that there was still a final stage of sanity. If the person in the twisted state had not gone crazy yet and the sanity continued to decline, he would reach this stage——
They hear you, they see you. Now, they can touch you.
Lu Li's divergent thinking also reminded him of the bloody tentacles and doors. What kind of weirdness do they count? Can they be classified under the sanity value?
It's time to test your sanity after going back.
The roar of the hurricane continued outside the house, and some water got under the door, and Anna threw the sheets to block it.
Lu Li needed to know the exact time to ensure that it was still dark when they evacuated. Anna relied on the lack of entities to get out of the wall from time to time to observe the outside weather. Unfortunately, there were dark clouds outside and the dark sky seemed to be late at night, making it impossible to tell the time at this time.
Unable to determine the time, Lu Li simply decided to try to leave the swamp as soon as the hurricane outside weakened.
While waiting anxiously, time passed by minute by minute. The hurricane outside was still violent and showed no sign of weakening.
One hour.
Two hours.
three hours.
After the third hour passed, Lu Li began to put on his boots and tightened the laces to prevent rainwater from getting into the shoes.
Can't wait any longer.
They arrived at the cabin around 9 a.m., and it took about 4 to 5 hours for a family of three to sleep and rest, plus the three hours of waiting now...
Perhaps the time now is very close to the evening when night comes, six o'clock in the afternoon.
But at this moment, there was a rapid knock on the door of the wooden house.
Anna suddenly raised her head and looked up. Before she could say anything, a shout that quickly dissipated in the wind came faintly into the room.
"Open the door quickly!"
It's human.
Lu Li walked to the door, moved the dining table and opened the door. A strong force suddenly came from behind the door, followed by a figure with a bird's beak mask staggering into the wooden house.
She was carrying someone on her back.
The strong wind howled, and the strong fire was almost extinguished. In the darkness, Lu Li pushed the door hard, blocking out the wind and rain from the outside world.
The cabin became bright again.
"I guessed it was you."
The seeker panted heavily and lay down behind the figure in the beak mask.
Lu Li noticed that the seeker's right calf had a bite wound, and the suitcase was also missing.
The beak masked figure placed the seeker beside the fire and turned to face Lu Li.
Lu Li didn't ask why the invitation and the seeker were here, because it was useless to ask. He had something he wanted to know more: "What time is it now."
When the figure in the bird's beak mask put down the seeker, his wound was involved. His right leg was hanging in the air, his mouth was grinning, and he didn't look at anything, but he accurately stated the time: "5:40, what's wrong?"
Lu Li said nothing and looked at the figure with the beak mask.
"That's right."
The husky female voice was as brief as ever.
Lu Li nodded, picked up his backpack and oil lamp, and turned his head to look at Anna.
