There is an old man in the dungeon

Who is the faceless man?

I don't know how long it took for me to become conscious.

I slowly opened my eyes, and found myself lying in a sheltered cave, the cave was very dark, there was not a trace of light, there was not a trace of sound, and there was no one around me.

"Where is this?" I asked tentatively.

"Don't you have any impression of where this is?" As soon as I finished speaking, a high-pitched, thin voice spoke.

"Who are you?" I said I wanted to sit up, but then I realized that I couldn't even move a finger.

"What did you do to me?" I asked, surprised.

"What did I do to you?" The voice grinned, and this person's voice had an indescribable weirdness and cunning, making it sound like the most cunning fox talking to you again. "I'm just letting you lie here."

"Why did you bring me here?" I was amazed and asked, "Where are my friends?" ”

"I brought you here?" The voice whispered a little closer to me.

The man seemed to be bound by heavy chains, and with every step he took came the sound of chains rubbing against the ground, a sound that sounded heavy and terrifying.

However, he was still laughing, and the laughter was even more chilling than the heavy friction sound.

"Giggles! Do you really have no impression of this place at all? The man chuckled.

"Where the hell is this?" I was surprised and asked, "Should I know?" ”

"Of course you should know, because ......," the man said, pausing, and then he lit the candle in the cave, and then I realized that this was not a cave, but a dungeon.

The man had his back to me, wearing a shabby, dirty linen robe, his hands and feet were firmly chained with black chains, and he was thin and withered, looking like a dried corpse, wrapped in the robe.

Listening, the man continued leisurely: "Because, you were the one who locked me up here with your own hands. How? Have you forgotten? ”

"What? I locked you up here with my own hands? I looked at the man in amazement.

The man turned slowly, his hair hanging long in front of his face, and I couldn't see his appearance clearly, but I could only see his snake-like eyes through his hair.

I only heard him grin: "Giggles! When did your memory become so bad? Do you need me to help you get some memories back? ”

As he spoke, he slowly lifted the long messy hair in front of him.

And I saw clearly at this time that this person actually had no face, only to see that his eyes, ears, mouth and nose were all cut off, and that terrifying and weird face only had disgusting scars.

"What do you want to do?" When I saw this face, my stomach couldn't help but contract, and I tried to hold back the intense vomiting, gritted my teeth and said.

"Giggles! What do I want to do? The man chuckled.

And it's good that this guy doesn't laugh, when he laughs, the weird scar on his face will keep shaking, and people can't help but stand on end.

"I don't want to do anything! I just want to ......" the man dragged the heavy chain and reluctantly came up to me, giggling, "I want you to experience my pain!" Feel all my pain in the past 20 years! ”

The man said that he had suddenly removed the chains from his hands and feet, and then, with a smile, he had tied them to me.

"You...... What are you doing here? I screamed in surprise.

However, although I was so anxious that I could not move, I could only watch as he fastened the heavy iron locks to my wrists and ankles.

"You can take a good look at my pain for more than 20 years here!" The man laughed. "I'm going to give you all the pain you've given me!"

"Hey! Did you recognize the wrong person? I've never seen you at all! I don't even know who you are? Why do you want me here? I cried out in a heart-rending voice.

However, the fellow didn't seem to hear it at all, and he just said to himself, "I'm going to pay you everything you owe me!" I'm going to give it back to you even harder! ”

As he spoke, he slowly walked to the candle flame like a bean and gently blew out the candle flame that was as light as a soybean.

Darkness engulfs the eerie dungeon in an instant.

The wind, blowing in from between the iron bars of the dungeon, carries with it the smell of rotten rust, disgusting and despairing.

I slowly closed my eyes, and an indescribable chill spread through my whole body in an instant.

Desperation, like a virus, spreads through every cell in my body.

The biting chill on the iron lock was like an invitation from hell, dragging my whole being into the endless abyss.

Who is this guy?

Who does he think of me?

What kind of place is this?

Why am I suddenly here?

What's going on with all of this?

There is no answer, and there is no answer.

The only thing left was the endless darkness and the disgusting smell of rust.

The wind is still blowing.

It seemed to be the only thing in the world that could be moved, but slowly I felt that the smell of decay was disappearing little by little, replaced by a pleasant aroma.

This fragrance is like an orchid or a daisy, very elegant and comfortable.

And this smell, I seem to have smelled it somewhere, but I can't remember it for a while.

The aroma is getting stronger and stronger, as if it is around me.

Then a woman's voice suddenly rang in my ears, and her voice was so concerned that it seemed to be very worried about me.

I only heard her concerned soft call: "Tianyi, wake up!" Tianyi, how are you? ”

The voice was familiar, I seemed to have heard it somewhere, but for a moment I couldn't remember who she was.

"Tianyi, wake up!" It was a man's voice, and his voice was equally familiar.

I tried to make myself sober and moved.

I don't know how long it took, but I suddenly felt numb all over my body, and then my hands and feet, which were originally like wood, were miraculously able to move.

I slowly opened my eyes, and I saw a beam of light, and two people.

The light, coming from the gas lamp on the top of the tent, was very bright, and the intensity of the light made my eyes open and close with only one line.

"You're awake! You're finally awake! The woman asked with concern.

"You...... Who are you? I asked as I raised my hand to cover the gas lamp on the roof of the tent.

"You're not stupid, are you? Can't we hear our voices? The man spoke.

"Your voices?" I said, turning my gaze to the man's side.

My eyes slowly adjusted to the light emitted by the gas lamp, and under the illumination of the gas lamp, I saw clearly that the man who spoke was Zhang Chengyong, and the woman squatting next to him was actually ICE.

"Is that you?" I asked, surprised.

"It's fine! I know both of us, and I don't seem to be stupid! Zhang Chengyong smiled and patted his shoulder. Now that I'm awake, I'm relieved, and the rest of you two can talk! I'm out! ”

After saying that, Zhang Chengyong turned around and walked out of the tent, leaving only me and ICE.

"What's going on?" I looked at ICE and asked, "Why are you all here out of the blue?" Where is this place? ”

"This is Lake Daba, a mountain spring lake on the edge of the Misty Forest!" Ice said and handed me a kettle and whispered, "Drink your saliva!" ”

"Why are we here? Shouldn't we be in the middle of the Misty Forest? How did you get here? I said as I took the jug from ICE's hand and took a sip of water.

"Hey!" Ice sighed and sat down next to me, whispering, "It's good that I installed a tracker in that phone for you, otherwise I really wouldn't have found you." ”

"You have a tracker in there?" I pulled out the phone that Ice had given me and looked at it.

"Yes! At first, I was afraid that you would interfere with my actions, but I didn't expect this thing to let me save your life! Ice smiled wryly and sighed, "You know what? You've been deceived! ”

"Tricked? Tricked by whom? I looked at Ice in amazement.

"By that old man surnamed Wu!" Ice said hatefully.

"What? You mean Old Man Wu? I asked, even more surprised. You're saying he lied to us? ”

"That's right! That's the old man! Ice said.

"But, why did he lie to us, he clearly ......" I said mid-sentence when Ice suddenly interrupted me.

"What is he? He told you everything, didn't he? He's told you everything about the City of Gold, hasn't he? But have you ever wondered why he didn't go in with you at the last minute? Ice said.

"Why?" I looked at her and asked.

"Because he knows that whoever walks into that forest will have only one result, and that is death!" Ice looked at me and said, word by word, "Because that misty forest is the forest of death." Where the mist can give people the illusion of infinity, as long as you inhale enough amount, it is enough to kill yourself. I guess I don't need to explain anything more about that, do I? Have you already experienced it yourself? ”

"I ......" I opened my mouth, but the rest of the words were still unspoken.

Seeing that I wasn't saying anything, Ice continued: "More than twenty years ago, there was a team that approached the Golden City infinitely, and they found almost all the clues, but they made a fatal mistake, that is, they found this old man as a guide, and as a result, at the last moment, almost all the people in the team died near the Golden City, and only one person barely walked out. ”

"But, why did this old man Wu do this?" I asked, looking at ICE. "And how do you know all this?"

"He knows all this because I told her! And I ......," and suddenly a high-pitched, thin voice came from outside the tent, and it sounded like a rat barking, which sounded very uncomfortable, "and I was the only one who survived." ”

The man limped in from outside the tent as he spoke, and saw that this man was as skinny as wood, and his body was small, and he was wearing a white tunic that was as white as snow, without a single wrinkle, not even a speck of dust. However, this man had no face, and his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose were forcibly cut off at some point.