DAY 57 Alternate road
So now, should I look for the entrance to the "other sky walkway"?
But not to mention how I was so lucky enough to find the entrance to the skywalk on this side, even if I go back now and sneak back to the room where I was pushed down through that pool, I can't go up from anywhere - Ono is not here, I can't fly, and I don't want to go back if I can, and I don't want to go back if I can.
Now there's only one last option left - and that's to go back to the stone platform and try your luck and see if you can find the entrance to the other half of the island by looking for the trap.
But now that I'm ready not to go back this way, I'd better go and get my backpack first, as it contains a lot of my necessities, and I can't leave them here.
Determined, I took a deep breath and stepped onto the skywalk in front of me againβI regretted why I didn't bring my backpack when I came over.
Step by step, I felt like my face was too white to step on those crunchy planks, and every second I felt like my life was being threatened.
Just as I finally reached the middle of the air walkway, I vaguely saw that there seemed to be someone on the other side.
Unfortunately, the distance is relatively far, and I have a slight myopia, so I can't see who it is. I had to pull out a hand in the air and gesture "don't come", and continue to walk forward cautiously.
β¦β¦ Huh, wait...... I frowned uneasily suddenly, and my steps became a little hesitant at the sudden thought.
Now it seems that someone is trying to take my life...... And it's not really who it is, what if it's the other side who doesn't die or not?! Isn't it equivalent to sending someone to kill and scrape me when I'm so stupid now?!
Suddenly the pace was even more hesitant, and for a moment I forgot that this walking prop has a very unique passage characteristic - once you stay on the same plank for a long time, there will be a terrifying "Kalakala" cracking sound under your feet, as if staying for a few more seconds will cause some kind of terrible accident.
Based on this, I had no choice but to approach the opposite side at the slowest speed while ensuring safety - with the conditions of this kind of walkway, it is a difficult technical task to turn back halfway, and it is basically impossible to complete this action safely alone without practice.
Gradually, I got closer to the shore, my scalp became more and more numb, and the outline of the person opposite became more and more clear. Finally, when I was only a third of the way away, I saw that the man standing across from me was my brother who had been mistaken in the secret passage.
To be honest, I was really relieved at that moment, and then I felt the cold sweat on my palms so slippery that I almost couldn't hold the handrails - only my family can be considered to be completely innocent of criminal suspicion of wanting to harm me.
At this time, my brother seemed to be gesturing at me. He first pointed to the island behind me, and then spread his hands at me, as if to ask, "What is that island for?" β
I shook my head, indicating I didn't know. He looked at it and nodded, and began to gesture again. He pointed first at the island, then at me, and spread his hands again, as if asking, "What are you doing on that island?" β
I'm full of black lines, how do I answer this question in this state? β¦β¦
I thought about it helplessly, and I could only answer him with my mouth: go, find, dad, dad, mom, mom!
He nodded, he really understood, and asked me with his mouth: Found, found, no?
I shook my head, and was about to tell him something with my mouth when I went over and talked, when he turned and left.
Ay?? Where to?? How do you say go? Don't you wait for me?! I'm a little anxious, it's not easy to see each other again, and I don't want to be separated from my family easily.
While calling to the other party softly, he continued to walk towards the other side - because he was in a hurry, his foot speed could not help but speed up a little, until he slipped a certain plank and almost fell, and then he reluctantly reduced his speed.
As if he hadn't heard, the younger brother soon disappeared. I sighed a little frustratedly, and couldn't help but complain in my heart - sixteen years of affection, in exchange for being abandoned in this situation, it is simply a white-eyed wolf, a white-eyed wolf!!
How did he find this place? β¦β¦ Could it be that he was also pushed down?! Who the hell am I?! Not only do you want to harm me, but you also want to harm my whole family?!
But...... He looks fine, he doesn't have any major wounds, he doesn't look like he has fallen from a height, right? I didn't have a problem walking when I left, so I guess I came by another way, right? After all, Ono is no longer there, and he alone will not be able to get down from such a high place safely.
But what is the method? β¦β¦ Hey? Wait, does that mean I can get out of here through his methods too?!
But...... How the hell did he get in? If it's through some kind of mechanism, is it possible that it's the same mechanism as when Ono was abducted? β¦β¦
But if he had come in through that kind of mechanism, he would have to go through the pool like I did to get here - because Ono and I couldn't find a mechanism that could be opened from inside the room, no matter how much we searched. But just now, I saw that not only his clothes were not wet, but even his hair was not wet, and he obviously did not have a dime of contact with the pool.
Yes! Is there anything else? And in this room on this side of the pool?! Oh yes...... It made sense: I had only searched the room that had been pushed down with Ono, and the room on the other side of the pool had never been carefully searched.
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was very likely, and the more irritable my heart became, and when I thought that my brother might have reopened the mechanism and left here at this moment, I wanted to leave this troublesome corridor immediately and reach the other side at the speed of light.
It's a pity that I don't have superpowers, so I can only continue to walk patiently and steadily to the other side step by step.
Finally reached the other side. As soon as I got off the hallway, I rushed out and grabbed my hidden backpack and ran anxiously into the tunnel, soon back to the room with the ladder.
With a glimmer of hope, I cautiously peered through the entrance of the room. I found out that my brother was indeed no longer here, and he had indeed left and was not waiting for me in this room. That glimmer of hope immediately turned into a sea of disappointment, and the mood was suddenly depressed.
But he still picked himself up, carefully followed the steep ladder into the room, and then carefully searched the room. Maybe if I find the hidden mechanism sooner, I still have a chance to catch up with my brother.
The room was almost perfectly symmetrical to the room on the other side of the pool, except for the sparse holes in the walls that let in light, and even the thatch in the corners was exactly the same as the dark green moss growing on the floor.
I searched for a long time, but I didn't find any clues related to the mechanism, and even the pile of thatch was turned upside down, but it still didn't help - so where did my brother come from? Could it be that the figure just now is just an illusion caused by my too much longing?
Just when I was almost discouraged and wondered if I was schizophrenic, a weak, familiar but hesitant voice came from the ladder: "Sister...... What are you doing here? β¦β¦ Uh, I just wanted to ask you, what kind of image are you? β
It was my brother, who was crouching at the entrance of the room and looking at me suspiciously.