Black Mirror
It was a fairly well-preserved room, with only a few books and paintings missing from the looted places downstairs. The boxy desk had been pushed rudely to the side of the corner, and there were a few obvious footprints on it, apparently someone had used it as a footfoot. The overturned chair was resting to the left of the door, and some broken vase debris was piled up, and Yu Siqi noticed that the chair's legs seemed to be about to break.
"You guys are rude!" Fr. Ann reluctantly said, "The good house has made it this virtue for you to destroy. ”
"It has nothing to do with me, I didn't participate in this operation, and even if I did, I would definitely not do such a thing." Gong Chen flatly denied it.
"Alright, now there is no point in holding anyone responsible." Fr. Ann said, "Open the box. ”
According to the instructions, Gong Chen jumped and put the box flat on the ground, wiped the sweat from his palms and said, "I have long wanted to open it to see what is in here." ”
"You'll know," said Father Ann with a smile, "what else is there to rub into!" ”
To tell the truth, Yu Siqi himself was also extremely curious, because this thing was taken out by Father An and Ah Zhen from the back warehouse, and it was Ah Zhen's family heirloom, and even Ah Zhe didn't know what it was.
With the sound of the "click" lock being unfastened, the originally mysterious box was opened by Gong Chen. A white silk cloth appeared inside, and something seemed to be covered underneath. Gong Chen, who couldn't bear the interest, hurriedly lifted the piece of silk cloth embroidered with a small seal, and found that there was a polished black stone underneath, and threw the silk cloth back into the box with some loss, and let out a little sigh in his mouth.
"It turned out to be a broken stone, no wonder it was so heavy. You're here to fix me on purpose, I said it's been so long since that incident, is it necessary to hold such a grudge? And look at how much I've done to make it up to you, priest! ”
"I don't understand what you mean, this is no ordinary stone." Father An instructed Yu Siqi to take the handle and said, "Come, help me erect this stone, I remember that there is a base in the box, Gongchen, you can find it for us." ”
After fumbling in the box for a long time, Gong Chen finally took what looked like a base and said, "Is this a thing, just a stone, is it necessary to return the entire base?" Just put it on the ground. ”
"Ignorance is not wrong, but we should be humble when we are ignorant." Father Ann said sternly, holding the stone in his hand and inserting it into the base.
A rectangular stone slab like a stone tablet stood in the center of the room, Yu Siqi looked at the smooth cross-section, touched it with his hand, and felt that it was not like a stone, but like a natural mirror.
"Mirror stone is a very rare stone. This is a stone produced in the abyss, and we should not underestimate it, it can help us solve some truths that we cannot see. Fr. Ann nodded in satisfaction and said, "Now, we just need a little patience, and soon we will all experience the most frightening part of life." ”
"The most feared thing?" Gong Chen asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, I won't take your life." Father Ann comforted.
"Can I not be worried? If I knew this thing was something from the abyss, I wouldn't have walked such a long way. I'm still young, and I don't want to be part of the abyss yet. What's more, why should I experience the scariest part of life with you bad old man! Gong Chen said uneasily.
Just when Gong Chen was a little hysterical, the environment of the room changed. The black mirror image was surrounded by light coming from nowhere, and a burst of bright light prevented their eyes from opening. Father An's calm voice echoed in his ears: "It's just an illusion, just get through it." ”
"What should we do?" This was the last thing Yu Siqi heard, which contained Gong Chen's personal fear. Then he didn't know anything, and when the light was no longer so dazzling, Yu Siqi saw the place he didn't want to recall.
The black room with the circular dome was still so familiar with the surrounding things, the only difference was that there was a ring of fire on the ground before, but now there was nothing here. The ground was as smooth as the mirror I had just seen, like a pool of black water.
Soon, his body was like a mire, slowly drowning in the black water.
Remembering Father An's words, Yu Siqi didn't show much panic, after all, Yu Siqi's thick nerves were used to the strange things here for everything that had happened in this room. But under the black mud, there sat a man whose face could not be seen clearly.
He was looking at himself with bright eyes, a little puzzled, and a little surprised.
For this kind of situation that has never appeared, Yu Siqi is obviously not prepared accordingly. After all, there was no living thing here except for himself before.
Perhaps tired of the boring staring at each other, the man was the first to speak, "I didn't know of any guests visiting a place like this." ”
"Who are you?" Yu Siqi asked.
"Master here," the man sat with his chin in his right hand, and the black muddy water slowly flowed out of his body, as if all the black water around him was his handiwork.
"Where am I, the last time I was here, there was no floor below." Yu Siqi asked puzzled.
"Oh, have you ever been here?" The man held his forehead and said, "Then I may be asleep, your name is Yu Siqi, right, a good name." You can call me Yu. ”
"Feather?" Yu Siqi was a little strange, why this name was so familiar.
"It's rare that there are guests here today, so let me entertain you well." Yu stood up with difficulty and said, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to meet most of your requests with the way I look now, but I can still understand your desire to change the scene." ”
After that, the surrounding scene changed again, and Yu Siqi found himself standing in a playground full of laughter and excitement, with happy smiles on the faces of parents and children coming and going. But the guy who called himself Yu was still standing on the icy black water, watching it all with a blank face.
"Don't like it?" Yu tilted his head slightly and asked, "I thought you humans all like to be lively!" ”
"Can you see my thoughts?" Yu Siqi was surprised why his mind was all seen through by him.
"Most humans are not good at hiding themselves, and only a few humans know how to protect their fragile blank slate." Yu said lightly, his tone full of indifference.
"Who the hell are you?" Yu Siqi watched as the scenery of those amusement parks gradually disappeared from his sight, and the cold and gloomy dome appeared around him again.
"Didn't I say that? I'm the host here, and you're just a casual visitor. Yu said coldly: "Since you don't like it here, then go back, while you are not lost." ”
"Wait, why am I here?" The light from the round dome let Yu Siqi know that he was about to leave this place, so he stretched out his right hand to grab something.
"You'll have to ask yourself," Yu sat back in his chair, like a statue, motionless.
"I said, can you please stop holding my ears, I feel like my ears are about to be ripped off by you, buddy!" Gong Chen tried to break Yu Siqi's right hand, and the latter grabbed Gong Chen's left ear.
Yu Siqi, who came to his senses, realized his irrational behavior for the first time, and quickly retracted his arm. Gong Chen didn't say anything, just silently kneaded his reddened ears, and it seemed that there was still a trace of blood at the root of the ear.
"How do you feel, are you okay?" Father An leaned down and looked at Yu Siqi and asked with concern, "Is there any mental injury?" ”
"I feel like I'm hurt, Father." Gong Chen looked at the faint blood stains on his palm and said, "Your hand is really heavy." ”
"I'm sorry," Yu Siqi was still immersed in the incident just now, and did not slow down. Father An, who seemed to be a little worried, stretched out Yu Siqi's eyelids, took out a flashlight and shone it and said, "It's okay, the whites of my eyes are still there, I guess I'm a little frightened." ”
"By the way, Father... I was back in that room just now. Yu Siqi grabbed Father An's arm and said nervously, "And I also saw a man covered in black mud, and he said that his name was 'Yu'. ”
"You're saying you met the last emperor of Ramiciani?" Fr. Ann asked with great interest: "Is there anything to be gained?" ”
"What,Oh..."No wonder I always feel particularly impressed by this name.,Isn't the protagonist of the book I've been reading lately this feather.。 Yu Siqi thought angrily.
"And what about you, priest, what have you seen?" Gong Chen asked with interest: "I won't be able to eat pizza after I see me, Xiaofang smiled proudly on the side, but it made me angry." ”
"Me? All I saw was that I had left Sinsong and returned to my former church, and that was probably the last thing I wanted. Father An helped Yu Siqi to his feet and said, "It seems that this stone will allow us to see the last thing we want to face, but thanks to it, all the illusions in this room have now failed." ”
"How does this work?" Yu Siqi asked.
"Originally, the Mirror Stone was one of the essential materials needed for many illusions, and the black Mirror Stone was a permanent prop for high-level illusions. Presumably, what we all experienced just now was a very ingenious illusion set up by the owner of this house, and if it were triggered by one person, I think it would be forever wandering between illusion and reality. But thanks to the help of this stone, the three of us shared the effects of this illusion, and it seemed that things were exactly as I expected. Father An patted the stunned Gong Chen and said, "Do me a favor, take the stone back, it's time for us to move on to the next step." ”
"What's next?" There was a hint of worry hidden under Gong Chen's face that was always smiling.