My pupils contracted instantly, and I recognized those square boxes, immeasurable your uncle's, that... It looks like a coffin!

I couldn't believe my eyes, and I looked closely, and the dense square boxes were indeed coffins, but because there were so many of them, the proportions on the pages were so small that at first glance they looked a little like matchboxes.

The copper bell and the coffin array, these two are connected, and it immediately reminds me of a place: Tulou.

The tone of the whole picture is dark gray, as if to set off the oppressive and cold atmosphere, and the painter also specially painted the white paper with a pencil to light gray, and the more edged the place, the more gray it becomes, and it looks like something.

Combined with the scene I saw inside the tulou last night, I slowly overlapped the coffin array drawn on the white paper with the tulou situation I recalled in my mind. A creepy chill slowly rose from the bottom of my heart, and the situation of the tulou almost coincided with the drawings on the white paper, including the arrangement of the coffins, the proportions of the square, and the blurred four-story tulou around the square.

Seeing this, I was already sure that this painting was a tulou. Among the extremely strange and strange patterns of hell trees and earth towers, these two are the only ones I am familiar with, but the connection between these two pictures is so reverie. Uncle, it seems that what Uncle Chen said is indeed right, the ancient town is indeed a node forbidden place, otherwise Zhang Lingjin would not have painted the two in the same album.

Two places, two forbidden places, are depicted with the Hell Tree and the Coffin Array instead of the sinkhole and the earth tower. I've already broken through the sinkhole, and the final core abyss is in the core of the Hell Tree, that is to say, compared to the Tulou, this node of the ancient town is likely to be in the coffin array.

However, I have already seen the coffin array, and I did not see that terrible abyss at that time!

I can't understand it, but what is certain is that there is definitely something wrong with the tulou, there is no problem with the plan we have set, and the tulou is definitely worth exploring.

There are too many things involved in this album, and I have limited clues, so there is no point in continuing to read it, so I carefully put away the album. At this time, I was not in the mood to continue rummaging through my bag, so after packing up my things, I leaned back in my chair and waited for the dawn to come, and before I knew it, I fell asleep again.

It was finally dawn near four o'clock in the afternoon, and when the doctor woke me up, I realized that I had slept for so long.

I went to the window and looked outside, the group of corpses surrounding the inn had dispersed, the wide bluestone street was empty, and there was no sign of being surrounded by corpses just now, but I knew that all this was an illusion, the wooden buildings around the inn and the dark places where the light could not reach, at this time I don't know how many zombies were hiding inside, watching everything in the outside world.

When we were resting, Uncle Chen and the rest of the people in the inn were desperately trying to make talismans, I don't know what kind of talisman Chen Bo drawn, because I have never heard of a Taoist priest say it, but judging from the powerful effect of this talisman that can isolate the corpses, this talisman is definitely not simple.

In one night, Chen Bo had only drawn more than 20 talismans, and the rest still needed to be completed before dark. As soon as we walked downstairs with the prepared things, we saw that Chen Bozheng was concentrating on drawing lines on a piece of yellow paper with a small talisman pen, his hand holding the pen was very steady, but the speed of the pen movement was extremely difficult and slow, and beads of sweat dripping from its forehead from time to time, it was obvious that the work of making talismans was not as simple as it was on TV.

The doctor and I looked at the side, but in the end we didn't bother Uncle Chen, and walked out of the inn with light steps.

Outside the inn, the yellow talismans that the doctor posted last night had basically turned black and gray, and Wang Xi and Dong Qian were repasting the new talismans drawn by Uncle Chen. Seeing that the doctor and I were about to leave, Wang Xi suddenly stopped us.

"Reporter, wait a minute!"

I stopped, not knowing what was going on with Wang Xi, so I asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Wang Xi held the talisman drawn by Chen Bo in his hand, and came to us with Dong Qian, stared at me for a moment's hesitation, he suddenly took out a yellow talisman folded into a triangle from his breast pocket and handed it to me, saying: "You and the doctor don't know what danger you will encounter when you go here, you can bring this yellow talisman, I hope it can help you." ”

I was stunned and recognized the origin of the yellow talisman in his hand, which was given to them by the Taoist priest after telling their fortunes, saying that it could help them avoid disaster. Later, the Taoist priest told me the truth, the talisman he gave to Wang Xi Dong Qian was actually just an ordinary exorcism talisman, and the Taoist priest calculated that the two of them were going to face death, and there was no solution at all, and the reason why he sent the talisman was just to do it easily, just to make the two of them live more comfortably in the last period of time.

I know this, but Wang Xi and Dong Qian don't know, the two talismans given to them by the Taoist priest can be called treasures that can keep peace in their eyes, and in the current strange situation, this kind of thing that carries the hope of saving lives is even more precious than anything else. But now, they actually gave me such a precious thing, which ......

Looking at the talisman handed out by Wang Xi, I suddenly felt a strong sense of shame, sadness and resentment in my heart.

"This is something you have turned into a robbery, I can't ask for it, so you should keep it!" I endured the sadness in my heart and rejected the kindness of the two, but Wang Xi and Dong Qian disagreed, so I had to give me the talisman, helplessly, I had to excuse Uncle Chen had given us a more powerful life-saving thing, and it was a waste to bring this talisman, so the two of them gave up, but they still repeatedly told us to pay attention to safety.

I was ashamed in my heart, I didn't know what to say, I picked up the doctor and turned my head to leave, only a few steps out, and the strong uneasiness in my heart made me involuntarily turn around:

"Wang Xi ......"

"Ahh What's wrong? Hearing my scream, Wang Xi turned his head and looked at me in surprise, as if he couldn't understand why I had already left, why I turned around and called him.

Looking at the faces of the two of them, I hesitated for a few seconds, but I couldn't get those things out of my mouth.

"It's okay, you two... Take care! ”

After saying this, even I felt a little inexplicable, but I don't know why, I have a strong premonition in my heart that some words, if I miss them, may never be able to say them again.

Ignoring the two men who froze in place with puzzled faces, we turned around and set off again, and this time, we didn't look back.

After leaving the inn for a long time, the thoughtful doctor asked me curiously as he walked, "What happened to you just now?" ”

I was in a bad mood, and I was missing someone to talk to, so I told me all about it. After listening, the doctor was also silent for a while, and only after a long time did he say: "They are really good people!" ”

Perhaps disturbed by dull fatalism, both of us were also depressed and did not speak. The doctor was full of worries and walked straight away, and my heart was even more struggling, I really couldn't figure out, why did God arrange death for good people like Wang Xi and Dong Qian? I couldn't accept that I had to watch my friend die in front of me, and I couldn't do anything, and this feeling of powerlessness that I knew that a tragedy was going to happen in front of my eyes, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't prevent it from happening, can really torture people to death.

Before it happens, you will feel guilty, unwilling, and angry because you know the future but you can't change it, or even tell the truth to others, just like I am now. When it happens, you will feel sad and guilty because you see the tragedy happening in front of your eyes, this mental torture is the most painful, and now, this tragedy is about to happen in front of my eyes, I can't change it either, this is the so-called fate.

Now, I can only pray that the Taoist priest must have miscalculated at that time, in fact, Wang Xi Dong Qian did not die, and in the end we can all escape from the ancient town safely together, and we will become very good friends in the future, and the two of them will always live happily and peacefully. Although, this possibility is close to zero, although, I don't know if I will be able to leave the ancient town alive.

……

I just went to Tulou last night, and although the mirror ancient town has become a scorched earth ruin, the main road of the ancient town will not change. I followed my memory to find my way forward, and I was glad that there was no danger along the way, but the ancient town gave me a slightly different feeling.

Although the sky was bright, the weather was not good, there was no wind or rain, no sun, and no fog, and everything seemed to be soaked in a gloomy atmosphere, which was very depressing. The street was deserted, and as we passed the stall, the doctor and I stopped and looked at the stall.

The owner of the noodle stall is gone, but the stove, soup pots, tables, chairs, benches and other things have not changed at all, and they are still there, as if the owner of the noodle stall has just gone to the toilet temporarily.

I looked at the doctor and pouted at the soup pot, meaning should I go up and have a look? As soon as the doctor saw the soup pot, his face turned green, obviously recalling some bad experience, in fact, I didn't want to go any closer to the soup pot, let alone see what was inside, I'm sure that if I saw the corpses still boiling in the pot, I would definitely vomit.

With the same opinion, we dismissed the idea of going over to see it and continued to rush in the direction of the tulou. About half an hour later, we were already far away from the street and came to the outskirts of the town, where we saw a large earthen building standing at the end of the sparsely populated suburban horizon.

Due to the limited time, we did not stop, but accelerated our speed, and soon arrived at the periphery of the tulou. Because of last night's experience, I was still quite worried about this place, but now that the doctor was by his side, and it was daytime, I was much more courageous, and the two of them didn't stay long, and walked straight into the door.

I thought that the first thing I saw after entering the tulou would be the coffins full of squares, but what I didn't expect was that when we walked into the tulou, what appeared in front of us was a very empty square, and there was nothing on the square, except for the neat bluestone floor tiles, nothing else could be seen.

"Damn, hell, where's the coffin, where is the coffin?" Seeing that there was a square with nothing in front of me, I couldn't accept it for a while, and subconsciously shouted.

The doctor had heard about my experience last night, but there was really nothing in the square in front of him, and he was surprised, but he still comforted me: "You also said, it may be a mirror world, but here is reality, and it is normal to have discrepancies, besides, the ancient town you saw over there has been burned to ruins, but the ancient town here is intact, and the difference between the ancient towns is so big, not to mention that the tulou is only a part of the ancient town." ”

I nodded, the doctor's words are not unreasonable, maybe in this world, the ancient town has not experienced fire, and the earthen buildings have not been burned, so there are no coffins for burial.

There is such a big difference between the mirror tulou and the tulou in front of me, which makes me feel bad, to know that the tulou depicted in Zhang Lingjin's album is closer to the tulou in the mirror world, what does this mean, I dare not think about it, so I have to continue to check, trying to find some clues.

At this time, I remembered the experience of the tour group members in Tulou, and my heart moved, according to Wang Xi's description, this bluestone square has a mysterious power that can make people fall into an illusion. In the illusion, people who are lost often get what they look forward to the most, but they may also face the things they are most afraid of, and it is very easy to get lost.

If the most likely problem is the tulou, then the most problematic place in the tulou should be this bluestone square.

Thinking about it, I decided to go in and give it a try, let the doctor watch outside, and wake me up as soon as he noticed that something was wrong. But the doctor disagreed, saying that he had undergone inhuman training since he was a child, and his willpower was stronger than mine, and if he wanted to find clues, he was the most suitable to go in.

I couldn't argue with him, so I had to agree, so the doctor walked into the square first.

My eyes widened as I watched the doctor slowly walk into the square, I was very nervous, but I waited for a long time, until the doctor stopped more than twenty meters away from me, I still didn't see anything unusual about him, his eyes were still clear, there was no change at all, slowly, his face also showed doubts.

This situation is something I didn't expect, Wang Xi can't lie to me, could it be that the mysterious power of this square has disappeared?

I waited patiently for a while, but there was no change at all, and the doctor shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands helplessly at me, and I was depressed, so I also walked in.

As soon as I stepped into the bluestone floor of the square, a strange feeling suddenly came to me, but I couldn't say that there was anything wrong, so I couldn't help but stop, looked around, and found nothing.

Is it a delusion?

I was a little suspicious, and I looked at the doctor, but he still didn't change, and I was relieved and wanted to go to him, but the further I went, the stranger feeling became stronger, and then the feeling immediately became a very familiar vertigo. The feeling of heaven and earth surging up, I only felt a flower in front of me, and the picture in front of me turned into countless fragments like a mirror shattered, and dissipated.