Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Fish Viewing Platform
I looked in the direction of Li Qiang's finger, and on the hillside not far from us, there was a naturally formed boulder.
Although the boulder, which was close to a square, could not be said to be as smooth as a knife cut, it gave people a sharp sense of vision in the night.
However, there is no trace of water on the slopes around the boulder, and there is not even a ditch left by the water when the mountain water washes down.
"This is a place where you can watch fish?" Monk Shi couldn't help but say, "If you want to watch fish, even if you are not by the river, you must have a water blister, right?" In this place, can a toad jump up and say in two sentences, you tell me how to look at the fish? ”
Li Qiang's face was slightly red and said: "The old generation said that this is the fish viewing platform, and I can't figure out how to watch the fish." Why don't you go up and have a look? ”
After I walked around the fish viewing platform twice, I became more and more sure that this could not be a royal "fish viewing platform". Because, there was no trace of a staircase near that stone. No matter how much the black concubine is not taken seriously, the emperor will not let her climb up to the fish viewing platform, right?
I looked up at the top of the fish viewing platform: "Monk, I'll go up and have a look, you watch below." ”
"Okay! Be careful yourself! If you meet ......" Monk Shi didn't finish speaking, the soul suppression bell that he was hanging on the head of the stick suddenly made a piercing sound, and the bell rope more than a foot long suddenly pointed into the air, spinning back and forth in all directions.
"Be careful!" I took advantage of the situation and pulled out the Rakshasa sword from my back, "All together, muzzles outward, don't panic no matter what happens!" ”
Before the two platoons of armed police could assemble, the sound of rushing water suddenly sounded on the top of the mountain. When I turned my head to look, the waves on the hillside were already a few feet high, and the turbulent mountain water instantly divided into more than a dozen white angry currents, rushing down the mountain.
"Stand still and don't move!"
Before we came, there had been no rain in Sanxi City for more than ten days, and there could be no reservoir on the mountain, so how could a torrent grow out of thin air on the mountain? Unless it's a vision made up by goblins.
As soon as I finished speaking, the mountains and rivers circled around us, and the mountains that had been trying to rush to our feet suddenly turned and flowed down the edge of our shoes when they approached our toes.
I was just breathing a sigh of relief, but suddenly I felt a chill under my feet, and the soles of my feet on the dirt sank into the ground. When I looked down, one of my feet had already stepped into the mud that was soft with water.
I only subconsciously moved my steps, and the mud that had been sticking to my shoes was washed away by the running water next to me.
"Is the water real?" No sooner had I exclaimed than there was a loud roar of thunder from the top of the mountain, and only a few seconds later, the entire hillside trembled with the deafening roar of thunder.
The crowd didn't know who shouted: "Mudslide!" That's the sound of a mudslide, the mudslide is coming, run! ”
When I looked up at the top of the mountain, the sky above me was completely obscured by the sudden dark clouds, and soon after, the rocks were smashed down to the bottom of the mountain by the current of water.
The first few people to bear the brunt of the stone saw the stone flying, instinctively lowered their heads, and the stone thrown from the mountain instantly flew over their heads and smashed into an armed police officer located below. The latter was knocked into the air with a scream, and rolled down the hill with a stone and disappeared without a trace.
Before the exclamations of several people landed, the waves several meters high stood upright on the top of the mountain. The black wave that rose into the sky stood for only a second or two before collapsing, swooping down the mountain with a loud sound like ten thousand horses galloping.
"Run!" I don't know who shouted in the crowd, the crowd suddenly lost control, and many people began to run along the slope into the distance.
Monk Shi and I jumped at the same time, grabbed the edge of the fish viewing platform, and climbed the boulder. As soon as the two of us turned around and pulled Lao Du and the platoon leader onto the fish viewing platform, the mudslide that swooped down hit the edge of the fish viewing platform.
The mud and gravel burst up on the rocks and then slapped mercilessly on several of us, and I was not only drenched in water, but also bruised on my arms.
Before I could look at the wounds on my body, I heard Lao Du shouting, "Water...... The water is back? ”
When I looked down the mountain in the direction of Lao Du's finger, I couldn't help but gasp.
The mudslide, which was supposed to rush to the foot of the mountain, was blocked by some invisible force after crossing the fish viewing platform a few meters later.
I saw that the sand and gravel that had been swept away by the water had been silted up on the mountainside, and it had become a barrier across the mountain, blocking the pouring flood. However, the unruly water began to spread to the top of the mountain, and in a short time, the muddy water that had accumulated on the hillside had spread to the edge of the fish viewing platform.
Lao Du hurriedly said, "Xiao Wu, what should we do now?" ”
Before I could speak, a sneer came from under the stone wall of the fish viewing platform, and the person who spoke was clearly Li Qiang: "What else can you do besides waiting for death?" ”
When I looked in the direction where the voice came from, I only saw a series of blisters: "Who saw Li Qiang just now?" ”
Lao Du said in a trembling voice: "I ...... just now Just now I seemed to see him swept away by the water. ”
Li Qiang's voice came from under the stone again at this time: "On the fish viewing platform, what you see is not a fish, but a dead person." Let's see if there's any ybody in the water! ”
I knew that Li Qiang had become a ghost, but I couldn't help but look into the water. The moment my eyes fell on the surface of the water, the surface of the water, which had been churning constantly, suddenly seemed to be boiled by some force, and layers of blisters were turned up from far and near.
In the blink of an eye, a corpse covered in mud rose from the bottom of the water, floating back and forth around the fish viewing platform like driftwood falling into the water.
Li Qiang smiled: "You take a closer look at the dead people in the water, do they look a little like you?" Sometimes, when a person dies, he doesn't know it, and he only knows that he is dead when he sees the corpse. ”
"There are four people standing on the fish viewing platform, don't you guess who is dead and who is alive?"
As soon as Li Qiang's words fell, Monk Shi's soul bell suddenly pointed in my direction, and between the entire string of copper bells vibrating wildly, I heard the platoon commander say quietly: "Look, does that person in the water look like me?" ”
"Don't move!" Lao Du's first reaction was to raise his gun against the platoon commander's head. The other party sneered: "Is it useful for you to hold a gun against me?" My people are all floating down there, and you're still afraid of that gun in your hand? ”
When I looked sideways at the water, I saw a corpse covered in mud, and the man's facial features were exactly the same as the person in front of me.
The platoon commander rolled his eyes and looked at Lao Du: "Don't worry, when the water doesn't pass the stones, you should also come down to accompany me." It's not a pleasant feeling to be drowned, but if you hold on for a while, everything will be gone, right? ”
"I didn't say so!" I sneered, blood burst out in my eyes, "Ghost Eye Barrier, open for me-"
Since I opened the ghost eyes, not only has the scene changed in front of me, but even Lao Du and the others have also sobered up.
Although the scenery around us was still the same as when we first went up the mountain, the armed policemen who had been swallowed up by the water just now fell to the ground and struggled, looking like people who were drowning desperately trying to break free from the water.
I don't know when Xie Wanhua appeared, standing not far from the crowd, applauded softly and said, "It's very good, you can easily break through the phantom array, and you have already met my requirements." ”
I have to say that Xie Wanhua's phantom array has reached the level of a master of the magic path, and the phantom she created not only has a visual impact on us, but also the auditory and tactile senses have been affected by the illusion, almost making me feel that I have truly experienced a mudslide.
Xie Wanhua looked at me with a smile and said, "How can you see the flaws in the illusion?" ”
I said in a deep voice, "Hurry up what you want to say?" ”
Xie Wanhua paused for a few seconds before smiling: "Talking to smart people is simple. Since you've been able to get here, you probably know my purpose, right? I want to open the tomb of the black concubine, but I am not sure enough. I need your help. As for the chips, they are the people who are not dead in front of them. ”
Xie Wanhua pointed to the armed police soldiers who were struggling desperately on the ground: "Wu Zhao, you should know that the phantom array can kill people like that." These people are affected by the illusion and feel that they have fallen into the water, and if no one cracks the illusion in time, they will have the psychological hint that they have fallen into the water, and soon, they will be drowned alive on the ground without a drop of water. Whether you want to save them or not is up to you. ”
Xie Wanhua was right. According to modern psychological theories, strong psychological suggestion can make the human body react accordingly, which is also the principle of phantom array killing.
I looked at Xie Wanhua and said, "Do you think I might cooperate with you?" ”
"Even if you could watch them die, my brother-in-law wouldn't agree. Am I right, brother-in-law? Xie Wanhua glanced at Lao Du, whose face was pale, before he smiled, "Besides, I just asked you to help me open the tomb of the black concubine." As for whether there is peace or war after opening the tomb, listen to it. I guess that's not a harsh condition, right? ”
Xie Wanhua's conditions are indeed not harsh, and even a little too simple.
But the simpler the conditions, the more I didn't dare to agree easily. God knows what her idea was.
Just as I hesitated, a scream suddenly came from the ground. When I turned my head to look, an armed police soldier was lying on the ground with his limbs stretched out as if he had drowned.
Xie Wanhua smiled: "Don't look any further, he's already dead, drowned." His death is just the beginning, and you have plenty of time to consider whether or not to cooperate with me before these people die. ”