12 And the stone path stretched

After the scream sounded, it was the Night Sparrow who arrived first, firstly by intuition, and secondly, she had more or less guessed why the cry was made. Sure enough, everyone finally arrived at the door of the room where the "weapon" was, and to their surprise, the room was brightly lit - not the fiery red of the torches, but the bright white of the daylight.

"What's going on?" Merlo and Erin also arrived, and they entered the room through the crowd, and saw two men in sailor costumes paralyzed in fright, and what surprised them even more was the wall of the room—the blue sky and the vast golden desert appeared on the wall in front of them, like a vivid portrait, if it were not for the limitation of the wall, which presented a flat rather than three-dimensional scene, and everyone would even think that this wall did not exist, but was an exit to the desert.

The two sailors were trembling in shock, apparently frightened by the image on the wall. "Looks like they moved the device, and then they had this thing." Nightfinch explained to everyone as she pulled the sailor up. Everyone quickly understood what was going on—although Klan had instructed the guards not to touch the device, the two sailors had just arrived the night before, and the guards who had brought dinner to Milo and the others had told them about it, apparently no one had reminded them not to touch the device.

The Captain of the Guard apologizes to Nightsparrow: "Sorry, I forgot to remind them not to ......"

"Don't care." Kelan's voice, she also arrived, walked quickly to the wall that showed the desert blue sky, and reached out to touch the wall—it was still a cold wall, and the scene of the desert and blue sky was stuck to the wall like a mural.

"This, this...... Is it a painting? Why does it shine? Erin stared at the wall and asked the question that everyone was suspicious of, even without the torches, the picture on the wall lit up the whole room, and even when the people just poured in, they had to block out the light with their hands.

"It's obviously not an ordinary painting," says Koran, "it's more like a reflection of the desert above on this wall in some way, so we can see the desert, the blue sky, and the light of the sun." ”

"Is this magic?" Nightfinch asked.

Kelan touched the wall again and replied, "Not really, there is no magic here." She turned her gaze to the two sailors, "Which lever did you touch?" The sailor had relented, pointed to an inclined lever on the device and said, "I'll pull it down, and the whole room will be lit up, it's scary!" ”

Kelan looked at the ancient text on the joystick: Vision. After a moment's thought, Kelan said, "If I'm not mistaken...... her hand reached out to another joystick, and this action really surprised everyone!

"Click-" The sound of the joystick pry sounded, and something even more surprising happened to everyone: the "painting" on the wall actually moved! To be precise, it was the desert that moved backwards for some distance, as if in the field of view of a man on the move.

"Moving, moving......" "God of all sources!" "Is this really a desert? Or ......" The onlookers couldn't help but exclaim.

Kelan was still calm, not surprised by this change, but as if he understood everything, he nodded and said, "Hey, that's really the case." She turned to the nervous crowd, "Friends, if I'm not mistaken, the 'painting' on this wall is Sha Ling's vision. ”

"What?" Almost all of them exclaimed at the same time, they couldn't believe that it was Sha Ling who had frightened them at this time.

"I can understand your surprise," Keran continued, trying to calm the panic, the nervousness, and answer the doubts, "but please go to the ground first, and as before, we try not to touch these dangerous things. Then she flicked another lever, and then the "paintings" on the walls were gone, the reflected sunlight was gone, and the room was plunged into darkness again, with only the light of a few torches remaining. The disappearance of the "painting" caused everyone to fall into a brief panic again, and under the leadership of Night Sparrow, everyone fled the room and ran to the ground full of light.

"I'm safe in a bright place, I'm safe in a bright place, I'm safe in a bright place......" The sailor constantly hypnotized himself with this phrase.

……

Inside the room, Klan, Milo, and Erin were in the dim light of the fire, leaving only the gaze of the gaze device and the sound of soothing breathing.

"Incredible, right?" It was Milo who broke the silence, "But I also understood one thing: Wind Chime mentioned that Lilith couldn't use 'weapons' during the day because she was afraid of light, which should be what she was referring to. ”

"At least you still have something you can understand, I'm really in a mess." Erin shook her head and continued, "It's really oppressive here, this building, this installation, these worrying murals, and the stone mound with unknown owner, and the unknown slogan carved on the wall...... O god of all sources, what has happened here? Erin said in great disappointment, looking anxious. Milo and Koran also looked at each other with regretful eyes, they knew that Erin had nothing to do with the "Curse of the Stars", but they had come into contact with such a terrible thing for no reason, and the two of them also blamed themselves in their hearts.

Kelan carried a wooden cane and went straight to the door to change his mind and said, "Two friends, let's leave early, it's time to go back to the ship." With that, he left. Milo gently put her arms around Erin to soothe her, but Erin quickly broke free of his arms and quickly left the room. Milo knew that Erin was not throwing a tantrum, that the overlap of depression, fear, and even despair had overwhelmed her breathlessly, and that this depression was as hard to dissipate as the winter mist, and would have fallen a frost on her soul. And what she can do at the moment, in addition to comforting, is to adjust the atmosphere around her and accelerate the melting of fog and ice.

Melo finally looked at the frozen wind chimes and Lilith's crystallization once more, bowed solemnly, and left quietly. He didn't want to look at the four frescoes anymore, so he went straight back to the ground, where everyone was ready to go again.

……

The team set out in the sun and silence, and even though not even half of the supplies were consumed, the morale of the people was like a burning flame. Everything here, including the desert itself, has left countless shadows and mysteries on the hearts of these explorers, but when they leave, they still do not get a reasonable answer, and perhaps the mysteries and shadows will fade over time, but the fear will remain in the bottom of their hearts forever, turning into a nightmare in the darkness and tormenting their sanity in their memories.

The journey back was no longer easy, and the lifeless team was more like a flight, fleeing from the enemy in the void, from the endless darkness, from the unsolved mysteries that were hidden under the sand...... Although they all knew that they were getting closer and closer to the sea, they were lost as if they could not see hope. Milo, Klan, Erin, the Guards and the Sailors, all of whom come here in search of answers or treasures, are disappointed and panicked.

The stone road stretches, knowing that there will be an end, but you can't see where the end is......

Kran also lost the joy of breaking through the mystery last night, and she felt guilty, especially for Erin, and of course her self-blame deepened when she found that the morale of the entire team was crumbling. Kelan's purpose here is as clear as Milo's, and the fact that her husband's relics are the keys to the doors to the four frescoed rooms is a mystery big enough in itself: what happened here? This was followed by four murals, strange memory contents, and eerie black architecture...... She constantly seeks historical sources to break through these puzzles, but most of the time in vain. However, thanks to the fact that her time is delayed by magic, she usually does not feel tired and thirsty, and more importantly, she has a strong will and faith—her husband's last wish. At this moment, although the morale of the team has suffered a heavy setback, she still firmly believes that she will continue to unravel the mystery of the "curse of the stars", even if the road forward is full of thorns, it will not stop her from moving forward.

The stone path stretches out, clearly leading to a known destination, but carrying lost people who have lost their way......

Milo regretted a little, he deeply realized what it means to "know some things, it is better to keep them in the dark", for the exploration and verification of his fate, he frantically collected clues about the "curse of the stars", even if he knew that all this was only "possible" to happen, but still insisted on pursuing. For the first time in his quest, he felt remorseful, and he felt sorry for Irene, sorry for his fellow travelers, sorry for Klan, and even—sorry for Heidi Trister, even though her death had nothing to do with it.

The stone road stretches, and the shadows of the people have changed direction, but the seaside and the ship are still nowhere to be seen......

Erin's pent-up emotions almost exploded, but she controlled them in time and didn't cause more damage to Milo and Kran. Erin knows: what does everything here have to do with her? Even if you see the deeds of the ancestor Alista, what is the significance? She didn't care about these things, she cared about Milo, she followed him, she accompanied him, she was afraid, worried that he would have an accident, and other than that, there was only the reward for the wind chimes. As for the "curse of the stars", the girl didn't think about it, but the moment she saw the mural, she was still frightened by this hideous and terrible picture - this is their future fate? She had nothing to worry about, but a shadow of fear was cast in her heart.

The stone path stretched, and the footsteps sounded messily, as in their hearts, in a mess......

As the sun sets, Nightfinch tries to boost morale by giving out three times as much dinner to the guards and sailors, which she understands will have little effect. Night Sparrow and her husband, Snow Inu, were both members of the Snow Mountain Gang, and they experienced the fear and despair of running away more than once, but even between life and death, they never gave up completely. But this time, the unprecedented sense of oppression brought about by the four murals made her unable to calm her heart for a long time, but she still tried her best to show her strong side, and used the opportunity to serve everyone to dilute the anxiety and anxiety in her heart.

The stone pavement stretches ......

It wasn't until the middle of the night that the group finally returned to the camp on the beach, where everyone except the sentry sailors, including Captain Allen, were sleeping. The sentry tried to wake everyone up, but was stopped by Kolan. The team dispersed into various makeshift tents, and most of them fell asleep without even dressing up......

Everything is quiet.