Because he was just testing it out, this result was already expected.
If the power that created the illusion could be absorbed directly, then the illusion would be too weak.
"It seems that I need to carefully search for the rules of the illusion..." Chen Hao thought to himself.
Creak, creak... Suddenly, the sound of footsteps on the snow came from behind.
Chen Hao turned around and saw three people walking out of the woods at some unknown time.
One is a boy of 17 or 18 years old, wearing a blue and white school uniform, who looks like a high school student.
The other is a polite young man in a suit and black-rimmed glasses. He seems to be an office worker.
The last one is a thirty-year-old woman wearing casual home clothes and short hair. She looks like a housewife.
The three of them walked side by side, putting their hands into their sleeves and folding them up. Their faces were red from the cold, and they shrank their bodies, hissing.
Seeing Chen Hao, the three of them stopped.
The young man greeted: "Hey, brother, have you forgotten who you are?
I have no memory of the past, and I don’t know how I ended up here?”
When Chen Hao heard this, his heart moved and he looked confused. He walked up to him and said, "Yeah, I don't remember anything. Do you know what's going on?"
The young man smiled bitterly and said, "We don't know either.
When I woke up, I found myself lying in the woods, and just like you, I didn't remember anything, not even knowing who I was."
The young woman stomped her feet back and forth and said, "Me too. Then when I was exploring the woods, I found the two of them, so we walked out together, and now I see you again."
The high school student looked down at his school uniform and said, "Looking at the clothes I'm wearing, I should be a student, but no matter how much I think about it, I can't recall any relevant memories."
Chen Hao said blankly: "Then what should we do?"
The young man stretched out his hand and pointed forward: "Isn't there a house there?
Let’s go in and get warm first, it’s too cold outside.”
The high school student crossed his arms and shivered: "I'm not even wearing a sweater."
The young woman complained: "Stop talking and leave quickly. I feel like I'm going to freeze into a popsicle."
Chen Hao also felt almost frozen, so he naturally had no objection: "Okay."
The four of them walked side by side towards the house.
Chen Hao was thinking as he walked.
"These three people can't be real people who were sucked in by the black beads. They must be derived from the illusion. I just don't know what effect they have."
"Judging from the progress of the illusion, it is obvious that he wants me to go to that house.
It seems the rules should be reflected in the house as well.”
"Fortunately, the illusion cannot seal my mental memory, so there are many loopholes to exploit..."...Soon, the four of them arrived in front of the house.
This is a simple rural bungalow with a masonry structure, no plaster on the exterior walls, gray tiles on the roof, no yard in front of the door, and no other facilities.
The windows were covered with a thick plastic sheet to prevent wind.
The plastic sheet was very dirty and it was difficult to see clearly what was going on inside the house.
But looking at the green smoke coming out of the chimney on the roof, there must be someone inside.
"I'll knock on the door."
The young man said, about to step forward.
Suddenly, there was a creak and the door opened from the inside.
A tower-like man appeared at the door.
Seeing this big man, young men, young women and high school students all looked frightened.
Chen Hao was also surprised.
This big man was too tall, at least two meters tall, and his body was very thick, like a giant.
It wouldn't matter if it was just that, but this big man's appearance was extremely hideous and ugly, and he didn't look like a good person, especially his pair of triangular eyes, which showed a fierce look, like a robber who kills people without blinking an eye.
The big man glanced at the four people without showing any surprise and said, "You want to keep warm? Come in."
He spoke with an expressionless face, and his voice was as rough and fierce as his appearance. Even his polite words gave people a sense of ill-intention.
The four of them looked at each other, and for a moment, no one moved.
In this remote and uninhabited land of ice and snow, they were naturally very fearful and wary when they encountered such a ferocious figure.
The big man seemed to know what they were thinking and said coldly: "If you don't come in, I will close the door."
With that said, he grabbed the door handle and was about to close the door.
The young man said quickly: "No, brother, let's go in. Thank you for the invitation."
Although this big man looked very vicious, they had no choice, because the environment outside was even worse, and they might freeze to death if they stayed any longer.
"Hehehehe..." The big man laughed ferociously, turned his body sideways, and made an invitation gesture: "Then please come in."
Listening to his laughter, the young man got goosebumps all over his body, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk into the house from the big man.
The young woman and the high school student quickly followed the young man in with their heads lowered, not even daring to look at the big man.
Chen Hao also pretended to be trembling and finally walked in.
The big man looked at him with squinted eyes, then suddenly stretched out his big hand like a leaf fan and patted him hard on the shoulder.
Chen Hao suddenly felt as if he had been hit by a bag of hundreds of kilograms of flour. He staggered and almost fell to the ground.
He stood firm and looked at the big man in horror: "Brother, what do you mean?"
The big man chuckled: "Don't get me wrong, I'm here to welcome friends."
"Thank you so much..." Chen Hao thought to himself, rubbing his painful shoulder, and walked into the house.
I saw an earthen stove made of bricks and stones in the middle of the house, against the wall.
There was firewood placed under the earthen stove, and the flames were burning brightly, filling the whole house with warmth.
To the left of the earthen stove is a greasy cabinet with paint that is almost peeling off. There are pots, pans and other items in it.
To the right of the earthen stove are several dirty wooden benches and a dark square table.
On the square table, there was a blood-stained and dead snowshoe rabbit.
On the wall opposite the earthen stove, there are many weapons such as knives, spears, guns, daggers, bows and arrows.
Apparently, this big man is a hunter.
After the young men, young women and high school students entered the house, they immediately pulled up their chairs and sat down around the stove, stretching out their hands to warm themselves against the fire and dispel the coldness on their bodies.
Chen Hao did not do the same as them, but walked back and forth in the room, seemingly curious but actually observing carefully.
The big man closed the door and said with a smile: "Sorry, everyone, the room is simple and there is nothing to entertain, please forgive me!"
"It doesn't matter, it's good enough if it can keep us warm."
"Thank you, brother!"
The four people said one after another.
"You're welcome."
The big man smiled again, pulled up a stool, moved the whetstone in the corner to the stool, then took a sharp and huge hatchet from the wall, spit on the blade, and sat on the stool.