While Chen Lin was thinking about it, Fairy Baihua also flew to the node to check it out, and was equally surprised and confused.
"what to do?"
Fairy Baihua looked at Chen Lin with a questioning look in her eyes.
"There is no other way but to continue to verify."
Chen Lin hesitated for a moment and released the scholar. The opponent's weapon spirit was the remnant soul of the true spirit, which could resist the invasion of nightmare energy to a certain extent. If it were an ordinary puppet, without the protection of his innate power, it would be immediately destroyed.
Nightmare.
Give the scholar a boundary-breaking talisman, and then control it to fly to the location of the node.
The node was broken open normally, and the scholar's hand slowly moved forward, but as soon as it touched the ripple, he could no longer move forward.
With a thought in his mind, Chen Lin asked the scholar to send out a sword energy.
But just like before, the node still couldn't be shaken at all.
His face became very ugly.
You can break the node, but you can't get out. It's definitely restricted by the rules!
The short man also thought of this, and his face was no longer ugly, but ashen.
Chen Lin and others cannot leave. At best, they are trapped here. They can slowly find a solution, but he is about to be transformed into a nightmare. If he cannot leave within a quarter of an hour, he will only become a mindless person.
monster!
"Sir, help me!"
His expression changed for a while, and the short man knelt down on one knee.
It seems that this kind of prayer is too pale, so he opened his heart and said again: "As long as you help me, I am willing to accept you as my master and follow you to the death!"
He doesn't want to die, but he can't. If he dies, his tribe and family will all die at the hands of his enemies, so even if he gives up his dignity and freedom, he still has to live.
"good!"
Chen Lin agreed simply and neatly.
He still needs a subordinate who is at the level of a god.
He put the scholar away first, then took out a soul contract, put it in front of the other party, and said: "This is the soul contract. I will separate a strand of your soul and imprint it on it. I will protect you from being transformed into a nightmare!"
The short man didn't expect that Chen Lin would actually take out the soul contract, and he immediately hesitated.
But the words have been spoken, and there is no room for regret, so I can only bite the bullet and do it.
After the contract was completed, Chen Lin used his innate power to eliminate the opponent's near nightmare state. In this way, the opponent could rely on the function of the bone fragments to persist for a while.
Feeling his body recover, the short man breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you very much, Master, for your help. Gouyu Mountain will definitely repay the favor!"
He saluted Chen Lin and thanked him, but there was not much sincerity in his tone.
Chen Lin didn't care. Once the soul contract was formed, there was basically no possibility of undoing it. If the other party really had such a method, he wouldn't be in such a mess.
And he may not necessarily use the other party, he just does it casually to leave a way out for himself.
"It doesn't matter, but I can't stay in this state for long, so I'd better find a way to leave as soon as possible."
Chen Lin waved his hand calmly and asked the other party to get up.
The innate power of the Thunder God Sword is limited, and it recovers very slowly. If he uses it by himself, it can continue forever, but adding another person will not be enough, not to mention taking care of Baihua Fairy.
Fortunately, both of them have the means to resist the nightmare energy. Although they cannot be completely isolated, the erosion speed is very slow, and there is not much need for innate power.
When talking about the matter of nightmare transformation, Magatama Mountain and Baihua Fairy both became solemn.
Chen Lin himself is the same.
There has been no similar encounter before, and he has never asked the cat-headed monster whether the fourth-level guide can break through such rule restrictions. If not, if he can summon the opponent here, he will also trap the opponent here.
However, he felt that with the owl's understanding of the nightmare world, it should not leave such a big loophole.
Either it can break through, or the other party can sense the situation of the scene it wants to travel through and avoid being trapped.
Of course, it is also possible that the other party, like him, does not know that there will be restrictions on leaving when the real body enters the nightmare world, so this is not mentioned.
But no matter which way, he can't summon the other party rashly, unless he is really desperate.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, what are you going to do?"
Fairy Baihua placed her shadow next to Chen Lin, using Chen Lin's innate power to weaken the erosion of nightmare energy.
She was well aware that the rules of the nightmare world were weird. She was no longer as happy as before. If she couldn't get out, no matter how suitable the spirit and demon world was for survival and cultivation, it would be of no use.
“Let’s take a walk along the street first!”
Chen Lin didn't have any good ideas, he could only take one step at a time.
Then he reminded in a low voice: "Everyone is together, don't act randomly, don't touch anything at will, and don't talk loudly."
After finishing the instructions, he began to walk forward slowly.
While walking, continue to observe the surrounding environment.
At this time, Chen Lin discovered that although the statues on both sides of Qingshi Street were all uniform, they were still different.
Above the arms of all the statues, there is a circle of eye-catching protrusions engraved on them, like a ring on top, but one side is black and the other side is white.
On the surface, there should be two camps.
These statues are still holding weapons, and it really feels like two armies are at war.
Several people used their eyesight to carefully explore all the visible objects around them, looking for possible rules.
However, after walking not too far, Magatamayama, who was in charge of exploring the path in front, stopped as if he had hit something.
"What, have you reached the border of Luyin?"
Chen Lin immediately walked up and asked while reaching out to test.
Then he was stunned.
His hand was actually blocked too!
At this time, Gouyushan said in confusion: "Master, we probably didn't pass the barrier just now. Why were we blocked?"
As he said that, he took out his own road guide and tried it again, but still couldn't get through the barrier.
Chen Lin looked at the other party's actions and had a bad feeling in his heart.
The road guide that the other party took out was first-level, and his road guide was second-level, but neither of them could pass through the barrier in front of them.
There are only two possibilities.
One is that the invisible barrier is not the boundary of the road, but other restrictions within the scene.
Another possibility is that the road guide has failed!
Neither outcome is good.
Baihua Fairy and Xiaocao also stepped forward and tried, but the results were the same, they could not pass through.
"Let's go back to the other side and have a look!"
Chen Lin tried changing positions several times without success, so he led the three of them back to the other side of the street.
The walk took a bit long this time. After passing the node they entered, they walked another two miles and encountered a barrier again.
I followed the barrier to explore the two areas, extending into the tree ground and entering the statue area.
Chen Lin did not continue walking further, unfolded his soul wings, and explored upward along the barrier, and then found that there was also a height limit. After he exceeded the top of the tree for a few feet, he encountered another barrier.
After falling, his face was ashen.
He was very familiar with this situation, where there was no doubt that the road led to the boundary.
Moreover, Baihua Fairy can always follow them without any guide, which shows that this area is the scope of action without any guide.
In other words, their road guides have failed!
"I can't use the road guide in this place. What should I do?"
Magatama also had a certain understanding of the nightmare world, and he also discovered the problem, and his expression was ugly.
Fairy Baihua also had a worried look on her face and said: "Fellow Daoist Chen, it seems that the rules are on the statues on both sides. What should I do? Do you want to check it out?"
Chen Lin hesitated for a moment and shook his head.
"Let's take another look. This scene is unusual. If you touch the statue rashly, you don't know what will happen."
Fairy Baihua said no more.
She also knows that the rules of the nightmare world are terrifying and unorganized.
Next, several people carefully inspected the bluestone street bit by bit, even comparing the patterns on each piece of bluestone, and then looked at the trees on both sides.
It was finally determined that there was nothing unusual.
"what to do?"
Baihua Fairy leaned beside Chen Lin and spoke in a deep voice.
Chen Lin sighed.
"There is no other way but to try touching the statue."
After speaking, he glanced at Magatama Mountain.
Magatama's face turned pale, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "Then let me stand in front!"
He is very self-aware. Even if he is not bound by a soul contract, this task will still fall on him, not to mention that he still needs to rely on Chen Lin's help to avoid being transformed into a nightmare. If Chen Lin dies, he will
It's the same thing.
"No need."
Chen Lin waved his hand, and then took out a crow puppet.
At this time, we don’t care whether the puppet will be transformed into a nightmare, and even if a crow puppet is transformed into a nightmare, it will not mutate much. Most creatures are just ordinary monsters after being completely transformed into a nightmare, and not everyone will become a fat tiger.
of.
He gave the crow puppet a command and the puppet flew out.
Soon, the crow puppet flew above the statues.
But the statue didn't respond.
Chen Lin frowned, something unexpected happened.
However, the rich nightmare energy suppressed the power of the soul so much that he could not control the puppet to make detailed observations, nor could he use the shadow beads. He could only watch the puppet fly around in a circle and then return automatically.
He observed it and found that although the crow puppet had been transformed into a nightmare, it had not completely turned into a nightmare creature. It seemed that the rule that non-living items were slow to transform into nightmares had not changed.
Even so, he did not waste his innate strength to restore the puppet, he directly crushed it into pieces and put it into his storage bag.
Then he took out a new puppet.
Follow the same pattern and order it to fly to the top of the statue again, but this time it does not return halfway, but keeps moving forward.
After flying for about a mile, the puppet flew back as if it hit something.
Throughout the entire process, none of the statues moved.
Chen Lin's face was gloomy, and he changed his position and continued. After exploring this side, he then explored the other side.
But it took more than ten crow puppets, and twice the crow puppet even landed on the statue, but the statue did not react at all.
Apart from testing out the boundary range, no useful information was obtained!