With a sizzling sound, the awl penetrated the coffin, instantly piercing the coffin lid, revealing a hole as big as the tip of a chopstick. It seemed that the awl was as sharp as it looked. Zhang Ke seemed to be inspired, and he spoke again
The awl pokes in and makes a hole.
His idea is that since the coffin board has been nailed, it is impossible to forcefully open the coffin lid. Anyway, his purpose is just to search for the funerary objects in the coffin, so as long as the fragile part of the coffin board is
Prick a few more holes, and finally connect the holes to form a surface. Open part of the central coffin lid, and you can start searching.
So after stabbing many times in succession, Zhang Ke finally felt that it was almost done. The upper part of the coffin lid was already riddled with holes. He gently lifted it open with his hands. Except for the parts on the edges that were nailed by nails, they were all torn apart.
Was ripped off.
"I'm sorry, brother, I offended you today -" Zhang Ke said softly as he opened the coffin lid. However, after seeing clearly the pale face of the body below, Zhang Ke suddenly froze.
The awl in his hand fell to the ground, making a crisp collision sound.
And the expression on his face changed from shock to horror, and then to extreme absurdity and fear - because the corpse lying in the coffin actually had a face exactly like his own.
"This... this is impossible! This must be an illusion." Zhang Ke sat down on the ground in a daze, panting heavily, as if he had not recovered from the shock just now.
How could this happen? Why does the man in the coffin look exactly like him? Is it a coincidence? Is he his long-lost brother? Is he a clone? Or... is he actually himself?
Zhang Ke clung to the edge of the coffin, stood up with difficulty, and moved his head closer to the coffin. He carefully looked at the details of the other person's face and dress, and a deep sense of despair and absurdity came to his heart——
There was no mistake, that was indeed me. Even if the appearance was the same, it might be a coincidence, but wasn't the clothes the other person was wearing the same shirt that I changed into when I got up?
The corpse lying in the coffin was his own, and he had destroyed the coffin with his own hands. Seeing this horrifying scene - what a ridiculous and ironic thing, if it hadn't happened in front of his eyes, Zhang Ke would not have believed it anyway.
Wait a minute - if I am dead and lying in a coffin, then what is the "I" that is acting now?
Zhang Ke suddenly remembered the pool in the corner, so he stood up and walked to the side step by step while holding on to the wall. Although he subconsciously wanted to look back and see the result, his reason still forced him to glance at it from the corner of his eye.
lake surface.
There was only the outline of a black figure in the water, but there were no other specific details. The facial features and appearance, and the clothes he was wearing, all disappeared, replaced by a deep and dark blur of humanoid outlines.
So - I am no longer a human being at all?
Zhang Ke raised his hand and found that the black shadow in the pool also raised his hand, which meant that it was his reflection.
At this moment, even though he had always believed in science, he had to doubt that there really were ghosts and gods in this world, and he had become one of the supernatural beings, moving around the room with his soul out of his body.
.
Although he did not want to believe in the existence of this kind of supernatural power, let alone accept the fact that he was dead, the pale corpse was right in front of him, and his current pitch-black body was obviously beyond the reach of normal people.
With everything, Zhang Ke had to be forced into this cruel and absurd reality.
It was precisely because of this that he suddenly noticed the wheel-shaped magic circle that he had ignored just now. He suddenly thought that when he was in the circular corridor before, the six square stones emerging from the ground could also be connected to form a six-dimensional circle.
The spokes do not retreat from the treasure wheel, and the ever-bright lamp needs to be placed on it to open the closed stone door.
If you regard the square stone as the starting point of the six spokes, and you happen to have six ever-burning lamps in your hand now - does this imply that you should also place those lamps at the six vertices of this magic circle?
Although there were no clear prompts or requirements, once this idea came into his mind, Zhang Ke moved unconsciously and really placed the six lights one by one on the six spokes of the non-returning treasure wheel array.
At the moment when the last lamp returned to its position, six groups of faint blue flames, like will-o'-the-wisps, suddenly shot up from the wick. There was no wind but they were still swaying. There was an indescribable feeling of weirdness.
"The light is indeed on, but..." Zhang Ke looked at the empty center of the magic circle and felt an inexplicable emptiness in his heart. An indescribable instinctive impulse seemed to be forcing him to find a living creature quickly.
The sacrifices filled this empty magic circle.
Sacrifice... Where can I find a sacrifice? Zhang Ke glanced at the cat lying on the bookcase. It did look like a sacrificial offering, but it was too far away and too high. It might also run away, so it would not be easy to catch.
Then - a terrible thought suddenly appeared like a fire in Zhang Ke's heart, and then quickly spread like a fire.
What would happen if I offered my soul as a sacrifice... Zhang Ke heard that his whole body was dark by the pond, like a ghost, and his legs suddenly moved in some strange way. When he reacted again, he found that
He has slowly walked to the center of the magic circle, stepping on the word "sacrifice" that turned into blood red at some point.
The flames of the six ever-burning lamps suddenly shot up high at the same time, forming a blue flame barrier, completely covering Zhang Ke's body and engulfing it. However, he could not feel a trace of burning heat. Instead, he only felt a sense of relief that his soul was slowly rising and evaporating.
The color of the flame became darker and darker, blending with the blood-red color under his feet, and finally turned into thick purple smoke, completely covering Zhang Ke's eyes and plunging the world into chaos.
When the smoke dissipated, Zhang Ke found that the flames in front of him had disappeared, leaving only Ye Suling hanging high on the ceiling, with her feet facing him, looking shaky.
Um?
Zhang Ke suddenly realized that his perspective had changed inadvertently, from standing and observing to lying down on his back.
What followed was that he found that he seemed to be lying in a cramped place. As soon as his hands and feet were stretched out, they would touch the wall next to him. There was a big hole in front of him, so that he could see the outside scene.
Wait, is this place—
At this moment, he suddenly realized that he seemed to be lying in the coffin that he had smashed with his own hands. Different from the situation where he saw his body lying in the coffin just now, this time he actually saw it through his facial features and
Chapter completed!