Chapter 35: The Dead
If the old man had told me such a thing before that, I would not have doubted his motives. After all, he obeyed Xiao Yuze's orders, and I still trusted Xiao Yuze before.
But now, knowing that Xiao Yuze and Jiang Ling have a close relationship, how can I convince myself to believe him?
I chuckled, pointed to the closed window, and said, "Why don't you tell me first, what's going on with that head in the pot?" ”
The old man's face changed slightly, and he snorted coldly and said, "It seems that you still found out." But don't blame me for not reminding you, it doesn't do you any good to know too much. I've already given Zhou Lang enough face to let you live here, and as for those things that shouldn't be taken care of, you'd better not ask. ”
I know that the old man is right, and he is often acting on TV, and many people just like to get to the bottom of it, so they lost their lives. The more you know, the more dangerous it is.
But knowing that this pot of flowers might have something to do with me, I had no way to ignore it. After all, as soon as this pot shattered last time, I almost died.
"This is a human head, if you don't say it, then I'll call the police." I said coldly.
"Whatever you want, I don't care." The old man said disapprenorovingly, looked at me and continued: "I'll ask you again one last time, do you want to go to the City of Illusion, do you want to save Zhou Lang?" ”
Save him? What the old man meant, is Zhou Lang in danger now?
"Is he in danger now?" I snapped up.
"There is danger, but there is danger that he can't handle, do you think you have a way to deal with it?"
The old man's words left me speechless.
I'm really too small, this ability is really small, and I can directly ignore it. A person who can't protect himself, how can he save Zhou Lang.
And this old man usually ignores me, but now he suddenly gives me an idea, who knows what kind of heart he has?
I looked at the old man defensively and said in a cold voice.
"Even if Zhou Lang is in danger, I can't help him, what's the point of you telling me this?"
"If you are only in your own ability, you really can't help him. But I have a way to let you enter the city of delusion and rescue Zhou Lang smoothly. The old man looked at me and said in a firm tone.
The more he said that, the more doubts in my heart became.
"Why do you want to help me save Zhou Lang, what do you have to do with him? Besides, if you have a way, why don't you go yourself, if you have to call me in, you probably want to trick me into going in and want to kill me! ”
"Counting up, Zhou Lang should be my nephew, of course I won't ignore him. As for why I did not go in, for the city of vanity must be the living. ”
Live...... Living?
The old man's words stunned me.
I turned my head to look at him, only to find that he had taken off his sunglasses, and his red eyes were exposed to my eyes.
He smiled bitterly and muttered, "Actually, I'm already dead." ”
As he spoke, he lifted up his sleeves, revealing white bones in front of me. A living person would definitely not do this, but although his hands were thin and shriveled, they were also wrapped in a layer of skin, how could there be skull bones above the wrist?
It's just weird.
"I was not spared from the accident back then, in order to let this place continue to be guarded, my lord took the eyes of the divine beast Gao Li and gave it to me, so that even if my body is corrupted, my soul can not be destroyed. But a skeleton is scary after all, so the faces and hands, which need to be exposed, have always been blessed by adults with mana, barely stabilizing their original shape. ”
Now I finally know that the smell of corpses I smelled from the old man was really not an illusion!
And the adult in his mouth should be Xiao Yuze. After all, he has always been obedient to Xiao Yuze.
"Who is Xiao Yuze, and what is the relationship between him and Jiang Ling? If I don't know the answer, how can I believe you rashly and go to such a dangerous place?"
"There are some things that you don't know right now. You can choose not to believe me, but what I'm going to tell you is that one day on earth, the city of vanity is a month. Zhou Lang has been gone for five days, that is to say, he has been in the City of Illusion for five months. For such a long time, he didn't know if he was dead or alive in it. The most important thing is that the city of illusion has an exclusion mechanism, and no foreign creature can stay in it for more than half a year, that is, ...... Six days. ”
Six days? That is, there is only one day left?
"What happens if it goes over?" I asked nervously.
"Gone in smoke."
These four words hit me hard.
It means that if Zhou Lang can't come out tomorrow, he will never be able to come out? He was looking for a way to deal with the thousand-year-old evil qi in my body, so he entered such a dangerous place. Now that I know he's in trouble, I really can't ignore it.
It's just that my intuition tells me that the old man is coming to me now, and it is definitely not as simple as wanting me to save Zhou Lang.
I always feel that there is a conspiracy, but I have no evidence, so what's the use of having an intuition?
Seeing that I did not speak, the old man's eyes sank, and he took something out of his bosom and put it on the small table in front of me.
When I saw it, it was a boxy black thing, about the size of a dice, but purple throughout, exuding a faint sense of mystery.
"This is the Celestial Box, and after seven taps, it can take you to the City of Void. As long as you carry this thing with you, after entering the City of Void, no creature will be aware of your existence, and you can go to Zhou Lang without distraction. After successfully finding him, you can tap this box seven more times to bring him out. If you don't find him, you can come back by looking at the situation yourself. But what I'm going to tell you is that the Celestial Box can only be used once in seven days. In other words, you only have one chance to rescue Zhou Lang. ”
After the old man finished speaking, he went straight out of the room, leaving the Tianfang Box here, and leaving the opportunity to choose to me.
To be honest, I was really struggling and didn't know what to do.
I've never been to the City of Illusion, and I don't know what's going on inside. Even if the old man lied to me, I didn't know at all. If you rush in, let alone save Zhou Lang, you are likely to put yourself in.
If what the old man said is true, then Zhou Lang's situation is really dangerous. If I don't save him, he will die in it, and then I will have a troubled conscience for the rest of my life.
Of course, without Zhou Lang, with the Soul Devouring Gu on my body, as well as the corpse qi that I don't know what effect I drank it, the thousand-year-old evil qi, and Jiang Ling's time bomb, I don't think I would be able to last long. So in fact, Zhou Lang and I are grasshoppers on a rope, if he dies, I can't live!
After thinking it through, I resolutely reached out to the Celestial Box.
Even if it's a small chance, I'm going to give it a try!
But I don't know what the situation is inside, so after I thought about it, I ordered a takeout first. Eat and drink enough to have the strength to deal with what may happen next.
After eating the takeout, I took a deep breath and tapped seven times unhurriedly on the Tianfang box.
A purple light shone out from within, enveloping my whole being.
Then, a strange attraction came from within, and I was sucked in.
Before entering the door, I inadvertently glanced towards the door, and the corners of the old man's mouth were slightly raised.
This smile!
My heart thumped, and the next second, my feet were on a strangely tactile land.
The ground is a pale pink, as if it is made of jelly, QQ bullets, as if stepping on the world of fairy tale kingdoms. In stark contrast, there were strange creatures scurrying around in front of me.
There are semicircular creatures as thin as paper, but with hundreds of pairs of eyes. When I landed, it just used its completely black eyes to dismantle a strange shape dozens of meters long.
There are also black clumps of mist-like creatures, and everywhere they go, not a single grass grows. There are also snow-white monsters covered in fluff, which can extend indefinitely, envelop anything, and then devour it in an instant.
Is this the city of vanity?
As soon as I arrived here, I saw such a terrible scene, and I was nervous and didn't know what to do, so I could only drag the Tianfang box in my hand.
But what scared me even more was the smile of the old man I saw before I came in.
As he said, I did enter this city of vanity, and these creatures did not see me, or they would have attacked me a long time ago.
So what he said is probably true, but I don't know the hidden purpose behind it.
I actually want to escape from here, but the old man said that there is only one chance, and if I leave, Zhou Lang will have to die!
In the end, I gritted my teeth and decided to stay and find Zhou Lang.
The City of Illusion was much bigger than I had imagined, and it was like a dark world that would never end. The phone didn't respond at all in it, I don't know how long time has passed, so I can only keep going forward and keep looking for Zhou Lang.
I don't know how long I walked, and I don't know how many strange things I saw along the way, but in the distance, I saw a familiar figure lying on the ground.
It's Zhou Lang! It's just that now he's motionless, and I don't even know if he's dead or alive, which really worries me.
For fear of alarming the monsters here, I didn't dare to make a sound, and strode towards Zhou Lang.
But the strange thing is that I can't run for a long time after running for a long time, and it feels like I've been spinning in circles!
I was in a hurry, but I couldn't find a way out. At this moment, I saw a monster with yellow skin and huge eyes, rushing towards Zhou Lang!
"Zhou Lang!"
I exclaimed, and my heart rose to my throat.
But soon, everything around me made me even more nervous.
The moment I spoke, all the monsters focused their attention on me!