Chapter 17: Collapse
After experiencing all kinds of seemingly real and magical scenes, the old man completely saw through the illusory world that trapped him, and when Wangcai's roar came, he angrily shouted the illusory secret to Chaos. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Suddenly, this boundless and endless void world and chaos, as well as those clusters of light, were all flickering constantly, and the people in those clusters of light, including Shakya, suddenly opened their eyes, they glared at the old man in pain, holding their heads helplessly with their hands, as if they could not accept what was happening.
I saw that the worlds in the light clusters began to collapse, and the heart-rending howls of the creatures resounded throughout the void, and the masters of those worlds closed their eyes in a panic, hoping that they would fall asleep again, but they could only watch blankly as their worlds were scattered into points of light and returned to the void.
This is like a massacre, because a person's refusal and resistance have exposed the lies of this world, and he wants to wake up from the illusion, but this has made all people victims, and the worlds and creatures that originally existed have been destroyed from now on.
But the old man was completely unmoved by these miserable sights and painful voices, and he looked coldly at the panic in front of him, but a sneer rose at the corner of his mouth.
Suddenly, the light floating within the chaos vanished, as if preparing to make enough space, and the void and those clusters of light began to dissipate into specks of light, and finally began to converge and be sucked into the chaos.
Now, the void is gone, the light cluster is gone, the old man feels that he has entered a world layer after layer, the scene around it is exactly the same as the inside of the chaos, there is also light flowing in a twisted way, but he knows that all this is coming to an end, all the worlds built by the light are gone, and the world that builds everything itself is bound to collapse.
Sure enough, the most bizarre scene appeared, the void around him and the chaos in front of him, all began to distort, the void actually appeared one by one, and it was a deep depression, they rushed towards the interior of the chaos, and the edge of the chaos also began to distort, it was actually devouring itself.
The old man looked at the whole space in amazement, this was something he had never imagined, the void that seemed to have no up and down, left and right, could be curled like paper, no, it should be countless stacks of paper, the constant dents and protrusions made these papers separate, but this was only when he opened his eyes to observe, once he closed his eyes, all this seemed to be a whole.
He suddenly realized that he was completely like a bystander, although the twisted process was getting faster and faster, rushing from his side into the chaos at a rapid pace, but he didn't feel anything at all, not even the slightest pain, he knew that it was over.
Just when Chaos was about to devour itself into a point, the old man's eyes darkened, and a sense of falling came, and he opened his eyes again to find himself standing on a step.
It was also dark here, and he couldn't see his fingers, but the feeling of stepping on the steps was so real that he realized that he could already move, so he quickly crouched down and touched it with his hands. The steps are made of stone, the surface is rough and the shape is not regular, and then he slowly touched the edges of the stone steps with his hands, which were only more than two people wide, and what worried him the most was what kind of support this step was used for, if it was still an empty abyss, it could only mean that he was still trapped in the illusion.
Finally, he was relieved that there was solid ground beneath the steps.
Maybe the scene he had just experienced was too mysterious, and he didn't feel strange at all why he appeared on the steps, he just wanted to rest for a while, even if it was dark all around, so what, because this was the world!
However, in the darkness, the sound of breathing came from under the steps, and he suddenly became vigilant, and looked around cautiously, and could not see anything clearly, and did not know where the baggage he had brought in had gone, and there was a fire fold in it, and now as long as there was a little light, he could roughly know what kind of situation he was in.
At this moment, a fire suddenly lit up under the steps, which was like a life-saving straw in the dark, and he hurriedly looked towards the place where the fire was shining, and suddenly felt that the hairs on his whole body stood on end.
There was an abyss under the steps he was sitting on, and the fire seemed to be a torch burning, and there were four of them, around a square building, and there was the bottom of the abyss.
In the faint light, he could vaguely see that there were also stairs around the building, and he wondered, could he go all the way through the stairs he was on?
But this kind of light is a drop in the bucket after all, and in order to fully see the structure here, it is necessary to have a more powerful light source. At this time, listening to the breathing thing under the steps, the old man suddenly clenched his fists and looked, it turned out to be the brown-haired fox.
I saw its round eyes looking at the old man, there seemed to be a kind of surprise and a kind of disappointment in it, but the old man's intuition told him that this guy definitely had bad intentions, last time it was because it suddenly appeared that he was evil, and now he is quietly approaching like this, although the tail is hanging low, a friendly look, but the eyes seem to be unwilling.
The brown-haired fox gradually walked in, several laps smaller than the white fox emperor in his dream, but it was also a strong guy, and I saw that the corners of its mouth were slightly grinning, its head was downward, and its waist was bowed, and it seemed that it was planning to pounce again.
The old man suddenly remembered that he was on top of the abyss, and the space where he could play was too narrow, and he might fall off the cliff if he was not careful, this was really useless for heroes, but let this beast humiliate himself again and again, even if he was going to fall off the cliff and die today, he would have to grab its tail and bury it!
Just when the two sides were about to erupt, a bark came from the top of the old man's head, it was the voice of Wangcai, the brown-haired fox was obviously frightened by this bark, only to see it flurry for a moment, then the gums wrinkled, revealing fangs, and the fur all over the body stood up, but did not dare to go forward, so it was deadlocked.
Soon, Wangcai ran down from the steps above, still holding the old man's burden in his mouth, walked to him and put down the burden, completely in the posture of going to the battlefield, he didn't care about getting close to the old man, and ran straight to the brown-haired fox.
In this way, a dog and a fox confronted each other, although the fox did not dare to approach, but did not have the slightest intention of retreating, and Wangcai did not dare to rush up to fight first, but the old man felt that the fox seemed to be very unwilling to face such a situation, it seemed to be very hesitant, from time to time raised its head and roared, but the front paws were already deeply buckled in the stone.
And Wangcai is not concentrating on confronting the fox, always looking around. The old man hurriedly searched for the fire fold in the baggage, wanting to see what else existed here. I saw that he quickly pulled the bag into strips of cloth, then wrapped it around the shovel, and then took out the oil from the bag and poured it, and the fire folded a little, and suddenly a torch appeared in his hand, which made him see everything clearly.
It's a huge world of steps, all built on hill-like cliffs, and scattered here and there. From a distance, some of them have collapsed, but they still look like the Great Wall on the mountains, all of them are connected to each other, and then continue towards the abyss, and finally converge in four directions, connecting with the boxy building platform.
Looking up, it turned out that he had been walking on this step for a long time, and the seemingly small platform in the distance above should be the entrance to the dungeon.
It is conceivable that if this was the location of the great mine, these ancients would have dug the mountain from the entrance of the underground palace into a sieve, and the steps of each area converged into a small platform with huge stone pillars carved into a concave basin at the top, which should have been the place where the torches were placed.
And now, the surrounding steps are full of foxes, large and small looking over here, no wonder Wangcai keeps vigilant around, now this is falling into the fox's nest, no, it should be the world of foxes, if you are close to each other, you and Wangcai will have to fall into the abyss if you are not bitten to death.
The old man looked up at the steps up, the hero doesn't suffer the loss in front of him, since he already knows the structure here, just go out first and then make plans, don't rush to fold here. However, it's okay if you don't want to, those foxes seem to know their thoughts, and a group of them run down from the top of the dungeon, they must have come out of the hole in the corridor, and they will even outflank.
Soon, the fox above was slowly approaching, and the old man and Wangcai were completely surrounded one after the other. The brown fox, on the other hand, showed an increasingly hesitant expression, and it raised its head and howled a few times, sounding helpless.
The strange thing is that the brown fox suddenly changed its head and howled, erected its fangs and howled around, and those foxes suddenly made a riot, and some began to retreat, but there were a few bigger guys who roared viciously at the brown fox, and the brown fox's whole body began to tremble, and the voice became smaller and smaller.
After a while, the retreating foxes moved forward again, and the whole situation returned to the point where they were ready to attack just now, except for the brown fox who always maintained that hesitant feeling, and the foxes behind were already bowing and ready to pounce.
"Wangcai, it seems that our brothers have to fold here today, I'm sorry for you, I rolled you in, didn't I let you go? How did it come back again. Alas, your loyalty has hurt you, no matter what, no matter what, although there are many foxes here, but the steps are also narrow, no matter how flexible the foxes are, it is just as dangerous, and they are crowded here, and one behind the chaos will inevitably be impacted, you give me the back of the road, we will kill all the way up, if you get out alive, I will let you live a fairy-like life! ”
Without looking back, Wang Cai roared angrily in the direction of the brown fox, and the old man had already taken out his shovel and was ready to start fighting.
At this moment of tension, a roar came from under the abyss, and the roar resounded through the underground palace like earth-shattering thunder, and the old man heard it, and the owner of this voice was the Red Fox General.
Suddenly, all the foxes began to panic, and they quickly retreated, leaving only the brown-haired fox still there, only to see that it seemed to be relieved, and the erected fur also relaxed, and the old man breathed a long sigh of relief, but Wangcai's whole body began to tremble, as in the cave, clamping his tail, and making a snorting sound in his mouth.
The old man hurried over, held Wangcai in his arms, kept stroking, and then turned to the brown-haired fox and said.
"Since General Red Fox has appeared, why didn't you take me to see him?"
I saw that the brown-haired fox stretched out its front paws, its head bowed and prostrate on the ground, its eyes were no longer the kind of thief, this should be a gesture of submission, and then as soon as he turned his head, he walked down with the old man and Wangcai.
Gradually, Wangcai seemed to sense that the terrible force was not hostile, so he relaxed.
With the gradual downward movement, the old man really felt that this underground palace was definitely a miracle in the history of human architecture. If this is the place where the White Fox Emperor lives and ascends, then there is no doubt that Zhuan Xuan is also sleeping here, and the great mine of Xun Xuanqi must also be here. In this case, there is no doubt that this is a magnificent quarry.
Finally, after passing the last platform, I could already see the building under the steps, and when I looked up, I thought that I had really walked all the way on the cliff, and if it wasn't for the brown-haired fox leading the way, I might have really gotten lost on this staggered staircase.