Chapter Twenty-Three: Like a World Away
When people encounter the most terrible things, the scenes in the dream are fulfilled one by one in reality, as if they are in another world.
The people rested properly, took the rest of the food, and set out for the high mountain.
As they marched through the woods, they were attacked again by their fathers, presumably accidentally stepping into their territory. They had no intention of fighting, and fled under the attack of stones. It's just that the Pinpo Lan with the black ball is particularly eye-catching, and most of the fathers are chasing after it, are they interested in the black ball?
Ran all the way until he got out of his father's territory. Seeing that the mountain was close at hand, everyone rested before continuing forward.
It is also strange to say, there are dense forests all around, but there is not a single bare tree in the high mountains, and there are strange rocks and craggy as far as the eye can see, which is too conspicuous.
The mountain road is so rough that it is impossible to climb upwards. They circled the foot of the mountain for most of the time before they found the way up the mountain towards Luan Xiaoling. The only mountain road winds upwards and twists upwards, and although it is difficult to walk, it is much easier to walk than the original rocks. Looking at the road and the surrounding environment, it is clearly artificially excavated, why didn't you hear Chaoluan talk about it, so obviously you can't see it. This is by no means an uninhabited island, and Guanglong becomes more and more confused with every step he takes. If there is a mountain road, there will be human beings on the mountain.
Yi Pinlan also sensed the clues, walked slowly, looked around, and put her bow and arrow in her hand to deal with someone's sneak attack at any time. Guanglong was worried that someone would roll down a boulder from the mountain, and the mountain was full of rocks and there was no place to hide.
Xiaoling launched a sweetheart offensive again, and successfully lured Chaoluan, a silly boy, to let him carry it whenever he was tired of walking. Chaoluan is happy to do this, you are not angry.
Mr. and Mrs. Jin are old, and it is even more difficult to climb the mountain, but they insist on walking together because they are afraid of sympathy. They are not in a hurry, and they rest as they walk.
When they reached the halfway point of the mountain, the mountain road gradually slowed, and it was from here that they overlooked the whole island.
They looked far away and saw the entire island. It turned out that the uninhabited island was not large, just the bald mountains in the center, then the surrounding woods and sandy beaches, and the outer layer was the endless lifeless sea, and nothing else. It is disappointing that there are really no other islands in the vast sea. The uninhabited island is also too isolated from the world, and it will still be a problem to go to sea in the future. It will be an expedition through mountains and rivers.
Moving on, on a relatively open mountainside, they found a strange boulder on the mountain. The boulder was oval-shaped, tall for one person, and it looked so abrupt compared to the surroundings.
Chao Luan touched the boulder and muttered, "We didn't notice it just now, this is clearly a stone gate." ”
Shimen, that proves that there are people here who have survived. Is there anyone in there now? They all got nervous. Looking at the style of the stone gate, Guanglong has a sense of déjà vu.
Perhaps the stone gate is an important clue on the mountain, and everyone wants to push open the stone gate to find out. However, the boulder has the power of a thousand catties, and they push it together without moving. Guanglong knew this, so he groped around the door.
If he's not mistaken, there must be some sort of mechanism next to the door. After searching for a while, Guanglong found that there was a diamond-shaped stone that was extremely polished, which should be touched often. He carefully rotated the diamond-shaped stone, and sure enough, he heard the sound of creaking and sliding in the mountain.
The boulder is a thousand pounds, what is pulling it? Guanglong realized that something was wrong, and even beckoned to everyone: "Danger! Flash open the stone door. ”
It was too late, and as soon as they dodged, the boulder fell to the ground. Guanglong swallowed and foamed, and if he was one step too late, he would be crushed by the boulder. He thought that the top of the boulder must have been pulled by a high-strength structure similar to a steel strand, and that if the mechanism was opened and lost traction, the boulder would collapse outward. Maybe it's a defense mechanism set up by the people inside Bald Mountain, and Guanglong thinks that there will be a lot of mechanisms inside.
When the boulder fell, a deep, dark cave was revealed in the smoke, and I didn't know where it led.
Others were even more surprised. Yi Pinlan suddenly asked vigilantly, "How do you know the mechanism?" You've been here. ”
Guanglong didn't answer because he had a strong sense of foreboding.
Seeing that Guanglong didn't answer, Yi Pinlan was even more suspicious. When the turbidity in the cave dissipated, she dragged Guanglong and said, "You go first, don't play tricks." Her suspicions were not unreasonable, Guanglong was originally her enemy.
Guanglong rushed to the front in the lead. He secretly scolded in his heart: Okay, you are a pinlan, if you are afraid of death, you will ask Lao Tzu to do the test, if there is any danger, pull you to be the back first.
Luckily, there were no hidden arrows along the way. The long corridor grew higher and higher, and the empty space above seemed to have another mezzanine. What's even more mysterious is that they seem to walk in a straight line, but in fact there is an imperceptible arc. If Guanglong guessed correctly, Yongdao should be a slow spiral upward, and to such an extent, it is actually going around the mountain. What is empty in the middle of the mountain?
They also felt that they were walking upward, and Chao Luan was surprised: "We are actually going up the mountain in the mountain, will we lead to the top of the mountain?" "yes, just to be easier to walk around than outside.
Guanglong has always been worried about whether the body of the old couple can continue to support, and the higher they go, the less oxygen they have. Apparently his worries were unfounded, and after a big corner, oil lamps began to light on both sides of the road, indicating that there was plenty of oxygen in the cave. It's just getting colder and colder, and it's two extremes in the cave than outside.
When Xiaoling complained that the road was far away, Guanglong went more and more smoothly. Many stone gates began to appear on both sides of the road, and the stone gates were all of the same size and style.
Without hesitation, Guanglong opened a stone door through the mechanism, and inside was the familiar stone table and stone bed. Everyone followed suit and opened other stone doors, all of which were arranged in the same way, and there was nothing new to speak of.
Xiao Ling looked bored, and pouted: "There are so many standard rooms, is it a hotel in the Stone Age?" ”
Yi Pinlan said noncommittally: "Will there be a hotel on an uninhabited island?" Was it once bustling. ”
None of them had an answer, and they didn't bother to open the stone gate again, so they walked forward without distractions. Until I came to a stone wall, like a shadow back to the wall, there was no road anymore.
Chao Luan knocked on the stone wall and said, "It's the stone gate again, let's look for the mechanism." "It's clearly a wall, where there is the shadow of a stone gate.
They groped for a long time, there was no trace of the mechanism, and they looked at Guanglong helplessly. The latter waved their hands helplessly, if it was really a big stone door that fell, they would not be able to hide.
Xiao Ling said discouragedly: "I'll just say it, it's really a hotel after a long time." "They didn't have an idea for a while.
Guanglong slowly approached the stone wall, once he traveled to the world of the dead through the mirror, and returned to the soul express according to Fei Nan. He touched the stone wall again, perceiving the sense of existence he had before, and the so-called new world here has returned.
He was stunned, the two seemed to be related. At the time of hitting the mirror, there was a mobile phone in his hand; The impact of the Soul Express relies on the black ball. Could it be that two media have the same material and achieve space-time transfer through the same principle?
Guanglong pondered the black ball in Yipinlan's arms, if it hit it once from here, would it be through it to return to reality. But the black ball is broken, and it may not be able to go back. He sighed.
Another problem is that the scene here is three-dimensional, which is one more dimension than the previous one. Could it really be that as Lao Wang said, their past experience gave them the inspiration to create? They were meant to come out of the work.
Seeing that Guanglong was silent, everyone stared at Yipinlan with ill intentions, and they were all vigilant. Yi Pinlan blushed and said, "What are you thinking?" Get us out of here, you've been here, haven't you? ”
Guanglong said angrily, come with me. Then he groped back according to the vague clues. The stone door near the stone wall has not been opened, in fact, it is different from the previous "standard room", and it is a unique cave.
When Guanglong opened the door that he had not seen for a long time, the familiar scene reappeared, as if he was in another world. He stood at the door stupidly, remembering all the old things, and couldn't bear to step in. They were also surprised to see that the hall was not small, but when they saw that Guanglong did not leave, they thought that there was a unique mechanism inside, and they also stood quietly.
Guanglong saw the stone table in the hall. Thinking about a few months ago, he sat and drank with Fei Nan, Meow Meow, and the sick man, and talked about life. Where are they now? Fei Nan is getting farther and farther away, will he think of those glorious years.
There is also a crystal coffin, in which lies Jia Simin and Qing Ze, their predecessors in the middle of the night. Guanglong was still bitter about Jassamine's "early death" earlier, and then hated the Party of Spades, until he learned about their hibernation technique. By the way, didn't Lao Wang ask himself to find Jia Simin?
Guanglong finally opened his legs and walked to the crystal coffin with a nervous mood. The coffin was also empty, without Jia Simin and Qing Ze.
Guanglong was relieved that they had really ended the hibernation experiment early. As long as she is found to fulfill Lao Wang's last wish, it will also be regarded as a merit.
Justina, wait, I'll go to you after I get rid of them. According to Guanglong's current understanding of this place, it was more than enough to get rid of them and escape on their own. But on an isolated island, surviving on your own is clearly self-defeating.
He calculated that it was unlikely that Jessamine would be on the island now, after all, it had been almost half a year, and he had to think about leaving the island. Therefore, he had to cooperate with Yi Pinlan and them to have any hope of meeting Min. There may be items to use in the stone chamber, as long as you stay away from the walking corpse insects, and there are sarcophagi everywhere, but there are terrifying zombies living inside.
Bless them from meeting the sick man and Meow Meow and other spades, but they can't bother everyone because of themselves.
Guanglong's thoughts were interrupted by Yi Pinlan, and she couldn't bear to say: "When are you going to pretend, let's move quickly, where is this?" ”
Of course, Guanglong knows that this is the prison of the Party of Spades. Therefore, it is more appropriate to rename the uninhabited island as Prison Island.