Chapter 21: The Confusion Array
At the beginning of the second round of assessment, Chen Nuo and more than 200 students entered the large Confusion Illusion Array, and everyone found a place to sit and wait for the Confusion Illusion Array to begin.
After everyone was in place, Ji Bu activated the Confusion Illusion Array, and the assessment officially began.
Chen Nuo sat in the puzzled illusion array, he felt dizzy, and then Chen Nuo found that all the scenery around him had changed, he was in a desert with no end in sight, he was the only one around, although Chen Nuo knew that he was in the illusion array, but he was still a little desperate, alone in the desert with no water, no food and no food, in the face of this desert that could not be seen, Chen Nuo was helpless, he stood up and chose a direction to go.
At this time, what he saw outside the phantom array was completely different from what Chen Nuo saw, and the people outside only saw these people who participated in the second level assessment sitting cross-legged in place and not moving, but it could be seen from their faces that this second level was not as simple as it seemed.
"You say which of them will return first. The surrounding onlookers were talking.
"I think it's Yan Luoyu, after all, he was the first person to reach the top in the first level," someone said.
"That's not necessarily, the second level is a test of the heart, it's not about strength, it's hard to say who comes out first. Someone retorted.
The people outside were talking about it for a while, and Chen Nuo walked in the illusion for most of the day, of course, Chen Nuo didn't know about it.
Chen Nuo walked for most of the day, he didn't see anyone or creature, he felt his mouth was dry, but there was no water, Chen Nuo was about to despair, he didn't know what would happen to him in reality if he died in the illusion, but he knew that he had to persevere. After another half a day, Chen Nuo was exhausted, staggering forward, and suddenly Chen Nuo became energetic, he saw a person in front of him, and he ran over like a flashback.
Chen Nuo didn't feel right when he ran, because he couldn't get close to that person, he understood, it was a mirage, "I'll go, this is going to kill the master." Then Chen Nuo wilted and continued to walk forward, believing that as long as he was in one direction, he would be right.
After another two days, Chen Nuo could only barely stand up and walk, during which there were a lot of hallucinations, there were parents, there were friends, he could only look at them, but he couldn't get close, they were telling Chen Nuo to tell him to give up, stop, but Chen Nuo was unmoved and still walked forward firmly, and in an instant he suddenly realized that this level was a test of the tenacity of the students, and what a monk was most afraid of was not the enemy, but that he did not have a firm belief, he suddenly realized.
Then the surrounding scene changed again, Chen Nuo appeared in a room, no hunger and thirst, Chen Nuo looked around, the surrounding picture almost didn't make his nose bleed, surrounded by all kinds of beauties, each of them was a national color and fragrance, among which there were even Meng Yao and Ning Qingxue, seeing the two Chen Nuo knew that this was still in the illusion.
The beauties around him were playing around Chen Nuo, occasionally touching Chen Nuo's cheeks, and hooking Chen Nuo's chin with his fingers, Chen Nuo was really a little uncontrollable, although he was not happy with men and women, it didn't mean that he didn't know, not to mention that he was strong, just when Chen Nuo was about to hold on, he remembered that he was still in the assessment, remembered why he was cultivating, and remembered his family and parents, the originally hot eyes in Chen Nuo's eyes instantly calmed down.
He sat down, no matter how the beauties around him frolicked around him, how they teased him, he was unmoved, as if an old monk was in a meditation and was not affected by external objects.
The surrounding scene changed again, he turned into a soldier fighting on the battlefield, the blood of millions of people and horses around him was flowing, human heads were rolling to the ground, there were stumps and broken arms everywhere, Chen Nuo was also picking up the long knife in his hand and slashing at the enemies around him who were dancing with teeth and claws.
Chen Nuo's hand is up and down, I don't know how long I have been fighting, I don't know how many people have been killed, in his eyes is a blood-red world, everyone is like a killing machine endlessly harvesting the lives of the enemy, he feels that he has turned into a demon, he has his own and enemies all over his body, Chen Nuo doesn't want to kill, but the enemies around him raised their weapons against him, and if he wants to kill quickly, he has to pick up the long knife in his hand to resist.
He was numb, he had forgotten that this was an illusion, he had forgotten that he was still in the assessment, he was lost in this mountain of corpses and blood rain, and now he picked up the weapon in his hand, regardless of whether he was or against me, as long as there were people around, Chen Nuo would swing his knife and slash them one by one.
Chen Nuo killed the enemies around him, until that moment, he stopped, and the dead enemies around him became his relatives and parents, as well as all the friends he knew, including Uncle Zhao, Ning Zhen's three sisters and brothers, Meng Yao, etc., Chen Nuo was stunned, they were lying on the ground, it was the person Chen Nuo killed just now, and now they have become his parents and friends.
"No, why is that?" Chen Nuo yelled at the void, yes, what did he do, why did the enemies around him become his parents, relatives and friends, and why did he swing a knife, Chen Nuo sat on the ground with his eyes blank, crying and laughing, and gradually lost consciousness, so that the enemies around him didn't know when they killed in front of him.
Just when the enemy's butcher's knife was about to slash at Chen Nuo, the yin and yang fish in Chen Nuo's body emitted a dazzling light that wrapped Chen Nuo's whole body, and Chen Nuo's body was used as a medium to spread around, and the enemy turned into nothingness wherever the light went, and in a moment the whole world was only Chen Nuo, the environment slowly changed, and Chen Nuo's consciousness was also awakened by the light emitted by the yin and yang fish, and he witnessed everything around him, and the parents and friends who were killed by him unintentionally on the ground before had disappeared, and the whole world was slowly shattered.
Chen Nuo understood that he was participating in the assessment of Dongzhou Academy, everything just now was fake, and it was the softest thing he feared the most in his heart, and he had to say that this bewildering illusion array was terrifying.
"It turns out that everything is fake, everything just now is so real, if it weren't for the yin and yang fish, I would almost be lost. Chen Nuo muttered to himself.
Suddenly, the scene around him changed, his spirit returned to his physical body, and he opened his eyes to see the preparatory students around him who were taking the test with him.
At the moment when Chen Nuo opened his eyes, the people around him who visited the assessment found out, "Oh my God, it was actually that shameless Chen Nuo who was the first to wake up, how could this be possible, this is only half a pillar of incense." "The people around me felt incredible.
"He broke the record, the previous record was two sticks of incense to wake up, and he actually increased the time four times, which is incredible. Someone spoke.
Chen Nuo heard the discussion around him and knew that he only used half a pillar of incense from the beginning of the second level assessment to the return of his mind to the body, in fact, Chen Nuo knew in his heart that if it weren't for the Yin Yang Fish, he would have failed the second level.
His illusion is too uncomfortable, even if he experiences the illusion just now, he will sink in the illusion, that is the softest part of his heart, and at the same time he is glad that it is an illusion, if it is true, he has not dared to imagine the consequences, maybe he will go crazy, or maybe he will go with his parents and friends.
Chen Nuo stood up and looked around, he saw that the faces of the other preparatory students were frightened, confused, and lewd, and he wondered if his face had changed like this just now.
"Elder Ji, can I leave, Illusion Area," Chen Nuo shouted at Ji Bu.
"Yes, you are very good, your performance in the second level is amazing, I am very optimistic about you, keep up the good work. ”
"Yes, Elder Ji, I will work hard. This time, Chen Nuo did not have the frivolity of the past, but said very seriously.
Chen Nuo is still afraid of everything in the illusion, he urgently needs strength now, he wants to go home, he misses his parents.
Chen Nuo didn't know when he would be strong enough to cross the starry sky, his mood was very heavy, and he didn't have the ease he used to have.
Chen Nuo came to rest to sit cross-legged and stabilize his mind, he knew that he had to maintain a normal heart in order to cultivate with peace of mind and improve his strength faster.
When Chen Nuo sat down to stabilize his mind, the three assessment elders were not calm.
"This Chen Nuo's heart seems to be very good, he came out of the illusion so quickly, and even if he has such a bad qualification, his future achievements are limitless. Elder He Yue spoke, and the other two audit elders said.
Wang Xin also said, "Indeed, this heart can be regarded as a rare encounter in a thousand years. ”
"Mental nature is only one of them, his talent is also very strong, I think his bone age should be only seventeen years old, and it is already the early stage of the prefecture level. Elder Gucci exclaimed.
"With such a heart and such a talent, you should be able to compete with the young monks of the upper realm. Elder Wang Xin also exclaimed.
Two sticks of incense passed, Yan Luoyu also returned to his mind from the illusion, he looked around and found that there was a seat empty, he was surprised that he didn't know who it was, but he knew it immediately, because there were still people talking about Chen Nuo around, Yan Luoyu felt very uncomfortable It was Chen Nuo who came out in front of him, because he looked down on Chen Nuo's shamelessness, even if Nangong Wan and Hao Lei came out before him, he could accept it, because he felt that only these two people could compete with him in this assessment, and the others were just green leaves that set off them.
Another pillar of incense passed, Nangong Wan and Hao Lei returned to their minds from the illusion one after another, Nangong Wan didn't look around, she felt that she was definitely one of the first three people who returned to her mind, and she didn't care about other people at all, his thoughts were the same as Yan Luoyu, they all thought that other people were green leaves just to set off them, I have to say that this Yan Luoyu and Nangong Wan were very proud and confident.
Hao Lei woke up and looked around, he was very surprised, because he had paid attention to Chen Nuo earlier, and he also knew where he was sitting in the illusion world, he didn't see Chen Nuo as soon as he woke up, he felt that Chen Nuo was not simple enough to compete with him, Nangong Wan, Yan Luoyu, I have to say that this Hao Lei is very careful and good at observing people and things around him.
Soon Hao Lei and Nangong Wan came to the rest area before and after, both of them saw Chen Nuo sitting there and cultivating, but Nangong Wan was very surprised, she didn't expect someone to come out before the three of them, on the other hand, Hao Lei was calmer, because as soon as he woke up, he knew that Chen Nuo had completed the second level, but he didn't know who would come out first, he or Yan Luoyu.
Soon two hours passed, and there were still seventy or eighty people still in the illusion, and they didn't come out, they must have sunk in the illusion, Ji Bu forcibly woke up the people who didn't wake up from the illusion, and moved them to the outside of the field with a teleportation array.
"Well, the second level has ended, I hope that those who have not completed the assessment will not be discouraged, and if they are under the age of twenty, they can still come to participate in the enrollment ceremony of our school next year. Ji Bu said to those who did not pass the assessment.
Then he turned his head to look at Chen Nuo and the others who had passed the assessment, "You guys come with me to participate in the third level of assessment." ”