Chapter 8 Punishment of the Heart

According to the old man's instructions, Slag turned off his flashlight, waiting for the next test, but as soon as the light was turned off, he suddenly couldn't see his five fingers, and instantly the touch of the limbs became extremely acute, and every body part told the brain that it was particularly narrow here, and every time it was feedback, the nerves became more and more tense, making people feel that they had to deal with something at any time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Slag remembered the feeling of being locked in the cellar by his friends before, although he knew that in addition to some vegetables, there were some spiders and other insects, but once the cover plate above was buckled, the whole cellar was suddenly pitch black, and the sense of fear was immediately expanded several times, and the original boundary consciousness disappeared, and the sound of some insects crawling was also infinitely amplified, once a bug crawled on his hand, it felt like there would be a swarm of insects crawling over, people were really helpless and desperate in the dark!

Now, the two of them are moving forward in the dark, and the slag feels that the fear of being a child is getting stronger and stronger, even if he frequently admonishes himself not to be afraid, but this emotion is not controlled by the brain at all.

Crawling and crawling, the right elbow of the slag suddenly touched a bulge, and he instinctively dodged to the left, but the old man asked him to touch it boldly, and it turned out to be several skulls, inlaid from the right side to the top of the head, about half the size of the arc.

After he told the old man about his discovery, he was ready to continue to crawl forward, but before he could climb out of an arm, suddenly, there was a downward curve, the curve was very steep, and he obviously felt that his brain was congested as soon as he went down, and he wanted to turn back and warn the old man, but it was really hard to twist his neck, so he had to shout loudly.

He asked the old man to hold his feet, and his hands supported the ground hard, eating the old man's downward force, and then he climbed down little by little. After going down, I found that there was no change in front of a flat river, and there was no change, and it came to the end after a while, the old man asked the slag to turn on the flashlight, only to see that there was a small iron door here, and a lock was hung on it, and the flashlight was shining inside, it was a very large space, built like a big cave, and there were some things reflective, this should be the place where it was hidden, right?

"Grandpa, it's over, there's an iron door and a lock."

Opened the door, the inside of the black rumbling, the two of them finally stood up, each other could hear the joints on their bodies ringing, slag hurriedly helped the old man to walk a few steps slowly, and when he felt that the joints on his body were gone, he sat down to fill his stomach, this way to crawl over, young people can't stand it, let alone an eighty-year-old man.

When the old man was resting, Slag turned on his flashlight to find those reflective things, is that a priceless treasure? However, he squatted down and looked at it, and suddenly felt that he had been deceived, where is this valuable treasure of the underworld, it is simply a pile of broken copper and iron, although there are utensils and statues and the like, but it is definitely not worth a few dollars.

Is this the retention of the home? This is the treasure that he found at the risk of his life? Oh my God, why did Grandpa lie to me like this? Just to take me through a trap tunnel, or do you want to test my courage and guts?

He walked to the old man depressedly and sat down, handed over a broken jar, the old man smiled and pointed to the side, the slag shone with a flashlight, and a thing was exposed on the soil wall, he ran over to pick up the soil on the surface, it turned out to be a thick stone slab embedded in the soil wall.

This aroused his curiosity and hope again, and he raised his arm and prepared to open it.

"Don't bother, you can't use it anyway, behind the slate is the secret passage that leads to the pond halfway up, and the rags placed here are just to anger those thieves, just like you, hoping to find something behind the slate, but, climb all the way from the dark passage behind the slate, and then push away a slate and go out, hahahahahaha."

Yes? It's just a place to get angry? In fact, but it is the last exit? That's right, just like my own feelings now, if I hadn't arrived safely under the protection of the old man, if it was a thief, I had passed through the life and death mechanism that was either dead or injured all the way, coupled with the fear and fright in the confined space, I finally thought I had come to the treasure place, but there was only a pile of rags inside, and after seeing the stone slab, I thought I had caught the last hope, and then, and then I went out through the secret passage behind the stone slab.

The joy that followed this fear collapsed in an instant, and finally turned into a disgrace, a great disgrace that had been thoroughly calculated by the designer! It's not just about taking people's lives and destroying people's hearts, but also about destroying human dignity at the last moment!

But what about the place where it is hidden? Did you miss it halfway? It's impossible, start by yourself along the way, be careful, obviously don't ignore any forks in the road!

Could it really be that he thinks about it, and the old man is just testing himself?

Alas, a deeper sense of depression came over me, and Slag sat on the ground decadently, feeling so tired and instantly deflated.

At this moment, a slap was slapped on his head.

"Isn't it disappointing? Just now I praised you for not being chaotic and courageous, but this character is much worse, how can you succeed in robbing tombs and exploring treasures, often ten rooms and nine empty, but, back to nine deaths and life, is it possible to lose confidence after experiencing life and death and finding that it is empty? Don't forget, what comes in doesn't necessarily go out! This breath is vented, it may be when Lord Yama comes to collect people! ”

"Listen, now we're going to turn around and go back, you go behind me and get to the bend to lift me up, but with every step you climb, keep your arm or shoulder next to the dirt wall on the left, you know?"

Slag nodded suspiciously, and was about to turn on the flashlight, but the old man took the flashlight away, and it seemed that he was still groping in the dark.

Slowly, the two of them returned to the steep curve, and the slag held the old man's feet, pushed him upwards with force, and finally sent him up.

Now the slag climbed up, and according to the old man's instructions, he was always next to the dirt wall on the left, and after going up the curve, he continued to move forward, and then he felt the skulls from before.

Crawling and crawling, suddenly, he obviously felt that his left hand touched a flute, and then it was empty, as if he had touched a door frame, he stopped and used his hand to test it left and right inside, it was indeed a large space, just like the feeling of entering through the iron door just now, and the sound of the old man standing up with his feet on the ground came from his ears.

It's strange, I obviously crawled along the skull before, and there was no secret room space at all, but now there is such a place to climb back. According to logical reasoning, I should have passed here first, and then met the skull, this is by no means a problem to miss or ignore, such a huge contrast between the two spaces is in the order of the front and back, it is obviously a first-come, first-served problem!

No, climb in and see what the hell is going on?!

But it was certain that the space inside had grown abruptly, and just as Slag's feet had come out of the narrow cavern, he was finally able to stand up, and he slowly straightened up, and at this time, his eyes lit up, and in front of him was a rectangular chamber.

Slag felt that his head was completely confused, everything in front of him had an illusion, as if he suddenly appeared in another time and space, he recalled carefully, yes, the road was extremely narrow, unless he lost his memory, he definitely did not pass through such a secret room, he dared to guarantee that the skull did not change its position, but he was now standing in this secret room, just in front of meeting the skull.

He looked stupidly at this not very large secret room, only about two people wide, about four or five meters long, at the end of which was a locked double-open wooden door, all around it was flat and neat, and there were four oil lamps embedded on the left and right sides of the wall.

The old man sat on the ground panting, and the slag hurriedly passed the water and stretched out his hand to give the old man a breath.

"I'm old, I'm really old, I can't do it all at once, it's really a long life to toss so continuously. This is actually a secret passage, and the secret room is still behind that door, why, can't figure it out? ”

So, the old man drew with his fingers on the ground and explained the structure of the whole cave to the slag.

As mentioned earlier, the setting of the entire cave is to play with people's hearts, in fact, the cave is not long, the shoulders are wide to facilitate digging, and the height restricts the movement up and down.

Once the thief sees the danger, the instinct is to stand up, but being trapped in the whole extremely oppressive height immediately increases the sense of helplessness several times.

And this design is the most important thing to force the thief to make a choice from the beginning, whether to bring a light source or not. Everyone knows that you must not give up any light easily, only light can detect danger, and only light can help you choose. However, in such a narrow cavern, the fireworks of the torches will only torment people, so they will either forcibly enter with the torches, or advance in the dark, and those who have the means will carry glowing gems such as fluorite. And whether there is light or no light, the dead face props can deal with it, causing them to have a huge shock or even sudden death, or simply choose to give up.

The bend makes the thief lose the sense of distance and direction in the confined space, after a few bends, it will feel like it has been climbing for a long time, and the choice of bend is also strange, all the skull area before is climbing up, which makes people form inertia in the confined space, and when the last bend appears, the brain consciousness will immediately change the shackles of the past, and then choose to quickly climb down to find the body's sense of balance.

And the mechanism is here, in fact, the skulls that are clearly protruding on the side are to increase the fear and illusion of the thief in the dark, so that they unconsciously want to stay away, and at this time the cave wall under the body has also changed, artificially changed the angle when digging, so that it began to gradually tilt to the left, so that the thief began to gradually crawl to the left, ignoring the situation on the right, but then the downward sharp bend made people rush down.

Just where the thieves climbed to the iron gate, they would think that they had found a treasure place, but after opening the lock and entering, it turned out to be some worthless broken copper and iron, at this time, the heart was even more hit, and they would pay more attention to the slate, and finally, when they climbed out of the passage behind the slate, I don't know what it felt like in their hearts, nine deaths in exchange for an escape game?

However, the real entrance to the chamber was hidden in the area of the skulls, and a hidden tunnel was dug diagonally and backwards on the right side before going down the curve. But the confined space, the protruding skull, the artificially created angle of inclination, and the sudden downward bend all combine to accurately guide the human sense of touch into the designer's intent, and the whole process is done in one go.

In order to be more safe and foolproof, and also taking into account the fact that the thief has a light source, the skull is also arranged in front of the entrance to the cave leading to the secret room, because in this width, the person's head can only be turned to the shoulder position, and it is impossible to completely fit the back into the field of vision, and the steep curve down restricts the visual angle, even if there is a light source, the afterglow can only vaguely see the skeleton at the entrance of the secret room, so that the thief will not notice the abnormality.

Therefore, the design of the entire dark passage is interlocking and considers various possibilities. Thieves are already weak in their hearts, and they will be soldiers even if they are bold and bold, and the more cautious they are, the more they increase the load on their hearts and brains. Once a continuous stimulus appears, the person will seek to retreat quickly, but the retreat is limited by space.

It is conceivable that this is actually not a long space, and the study of the thief's body and mind has been taken to the extreme, and those props such as wormholes and fake dead faces encountered on the road are like the virtual and real in the art of war, true and false, aside from the direct effect of scaring people to death in an instant, even if they are all recognized, it will also increase the thief's fear of getting lost ahead, because people are often not afraid of the real danger, but they are afraid of this feeling of being ridiculed, especially the sudden appearance of a warning, is there anything ahead, Is it true? Even if it's all fake, how many people's hearts can withstand this killing again and again?

Slag thinks, don't look at the whole dark passage, there is no grandeur of the tombs told by the old man, but the whole arrangement really achieves the most vicious purpose, that is, to punish the heart!