Chapter Six, The Strange Old Man

When I got closer, I could see that the center of this cave was indeed a pool, and the glow was emitted from this pool, and I didn't know what the existence of the pool was, and it could shine spontaneously. I also saw that there was a small piece of land in the center of the pool, on which only two pillars were inserted, and on the pillars were two black and purple light chains tied to the left and right. Looking at the man again, he seemed to be a little older, dressed in a white robe, with a disheveled head, a rickety and very thin figure, kneeling on his knees, looking up at them and smiling.

Seeing that it was just an old man who was bound, and that there was no threat, everyone put down their weapons. They were very surprised to see people in a foreign land in space, and when they looked closely, they saw that there was no substantial difference between that person and themselves, with yellow skin, black eyes, and siblings, he was indeed an out-and-out human being. However, seeing that his face was old and thin, and he felt that a gust of wind could blow him down, everyone began to suspect that the loud voice just now was not made by this person, so they looked around for other traces.

"Don't look for it, I'm alone here, it's been twenty years! Ha ha...... It's nice to finally see people! That's nice! The old man, seeing that they were looking around, spoke, and laughed maniacally as if he had been given a treasure.

Listening to the voice is indeed from him, but listening to his words, could it be that the old man in front of him has been locked in such a place for twenty years!? Is this possible? This place doesn't look like someone can deliver food and water, not to mention, if you can't kneel for twenty years, your legs, feet and arms will have long been wasted, and everyone is puzzled.

"Come, come closer, let me see clearly, be careful not to fall into the water." The old man spoke again, his voice kind and magnetic, making people feel close.

Luo Yi saw that there was no threat when his hands were tied, and out of politeness, he jumped lightly and jumped over the waterhole at his feet to stand in front of the old man.

"Captain, be careful!"

Worried about Luo Yi's safety, his subordinates hurriedly jumped over with him, and protected him in the middle from left and right, and kept looking around.

I saw Luo Yi salute the old man and asked, "Hello old man, can you tell us what kind of place this is?" Is there an exit to get out of this cave? ”

"Nope!" The old man's answer was very simple.

Luo Yi frowned after hearing this, looked at Chen Xiaoyun, who was checking the scan results, and saw her shake her head.

The old man said, "Look at the way you are dressed, it is very peculiar, could it be that you are from the realm of Taiyin?" ”

"The realm of the Taiyin?" Luo Yi recounted it in his mouth, unheard of, "What kind of place is that?" I'm sorry sir, we are not locals, to be specific, we are from the universe, just because our starship fell into a void space, and then escaped through a light curtain, but because the spaceship lost power, it fell into this place by mistake. Luo Yi only felt very kind to the old man in front of him in his heart, so he told the origin of his group in detail.

The old man's face was full of strangeness: "Isn't it? Haven't heard of it? Void space? Is this weird? ”

"We're from the Milky Way's Helix Solar System, and we call our home planet Earth, but these are our own defining names, and you're unlikely to know them." Luo Yi saw that the old man was confused, and explained to him in detail that Chen Xiaoyun also showed the accurate position of the earth in the Milky Way through air holographic projection to the old man in front of him in a timely manner.

I saw that the old man's expression at this time was quite wonderful, and he said with an incredible face: "Earth? Never heard of ...... Could it be ......? After pondering for a while, he observed everyone back and forth for a while, and then continued to speak: "Everything has a spirit, I don't understand why you don't have the slightest fluctuation of spiritual power, but you can make so many means......"

"Spiritual power? What's that? "Everyone looked at each other, not knowing why.

The cultural differences made it extremely difficult for the two sides to communicate, but fortunately, in the patient communication with the old man, everyone learned that this world is called the Realm of the Sun, and there is a very large and vast continent, and some scattered overseas islands constitute the surface land, and the continent is wrapped in the Hopeless Sea; The hopeless sea is boundless, and legend has it that the end of the sea is the realm of Taiyin, but no one has ever been there, and no one has ever returned.

The "spiritual power" mentioned by the old people is not new in this world, all living things will be more or less different from birth, supporting the normal functioning of the body, it sounds like we take energy from food.

According to the old man, the giant insect monster they shot just now is called "Spirit Devouring Beast", which is very remarkable in this place, and all the creatures in the realm of the scorching sun will instantly be paralyzed by it absorbing spiritual power and leaving it at its mercy, which can be said to be an almost invincible existence in the local area. And Luo Yi and his entourage of humans from other regions did not rely on this material energy called "spiritual power" to support their actions, so they did not pose any threat to them, and the "Spirit Devouring Beast" was an extremely weak existence for them! There is a way that all things in the world are born and restrain each other, but I didn't expect this truth to be equally applicable to the outer lands.

Luo Yi's subordinates surrounded the old man, and the more he listened, the more amazing he became, thinking that this old man was crazy, right? Filming fantasy films? But one thing is for sure, they have indeed arrived in a new world. As for where the Realm of the Sun is located in the universe, it needs to be studied carefully, but it is impossible for the team to have the time and energy at present, so naturally there is no way to know.

At this time, Luo Yi opened his mouth and asked, "What is the old gentleman's name, and why is he locked in this place?" ”

The old man sighed and said: "Alas, the skills are not as good as people, don't mention it, those who wait for death, no matter how difficult it is to make a difference, it doesn't matter if you are called." After the old man finished speaking, he bowed his head gloomily and said no more.

When the people saw that the old man bowed his head and said no more, they seemed to be sad in their hearts, and they did not know what to say to comfort him. simply walked away for the time being, sat around the waterhole 6 or 7 meters away and rested on the spot, at this time Liu Ruonan took out a lot of battlefield rations from the supply bag and distributed them to everyone. Luo Yi took the rations, glanced at the old man who was alone and gloomy, and couldn't bear it, so he got up and walked in front of his eyes, reached out to the old man's mouth and motioned for him to eat something; The old man shook his head at first, but seeing that Luo Yi insisted, he opened his mouth to take the rations from Luo Yi's hand, Luo Yi was afraid that the old man would choke, after all, the battlefield rations were all compressed food, which was very easy to swell, so he took a kettle from his waist and took care of him carefully. Seeing that the old man finished eating, he smiled at him again and nodded, then turned back to the crowd and sat down, and Liu Ruonan quickly handed over another one.

At this time, Luo Yi heard that they seemed to be discussing something softly, so he asked out loud: "What are you muttering?" After saying that, he stuffed the ration into his mouth, and after this long time, and after this battle, he was already hungry in his stomach.

"Why don't we open the chains that lock the old man and let him out? How pitiful is it to hang like this? Liu Ruonan looked at the old man and said very unbearably in his heart. Lin Shuqin nodded in agreement; Women will always be more compassionate.

"Now the situation is unknown, I don't know what trouble will happen to him if he is released at will, after all, how can a good person be locked up? And put such a terrifying monster in custody. Wang Hai exaggeratedly described it and said he didn't agree. Others agreed with what he said.

At this time, after Luo Yi listened, he was about to speak, only to hear the old man suddenly speak: "Don't worry about it, this black and purple ghost light chain is extremely strong, as far as I know, nothing can break it, even if it can really be broken, I can't get out of this cave cage, why waste my strength?" ”

"Can you hear us talking?" Everyone expressed surprise and talked about it.

"This old man's ears are too good, aren't they?"

is so far away, everyone is almost whispering, with an old man who seems to be a sixtieth birthday, can he hear it clearly? Everyone was amazed at the old man's amazing ear power.

But the exploration of science has aroused everyone's interest again. Take the beam cutting dagger on their waists, even the diamond with the highest strength on the earth is as convenient as cutting tofu, and everyone doesn't believe how hard this inconspicuous iron chain in front of them can be.

So everyone gathered around the old man to study the material structure of the iron chain, the iron chain itself has a faint black and purple light, which first attracted the attention of most people, Chen Xiaoyun began to do a subtle study of the molecular structure of the iron chain, first determine its molecular density, and naturally know its structural strength.

And Zhang Haotian, who was born simple and reckless, saw that when he talked to the old man, his words revealed kindness and sincerity, he should not look like a bad person, and he was a thin old man, what threat could he have? Bento first took out the beam cutting dagger and slashed at the black-purple ghostly light chain.

"Mouse!?" Everyone was taken aback by his sudden move.

Before everyone's words fell, they saw the beam cutting dagger collide with the black and purple ghost light chain, and the sparks burst out in all directions, and then look at the ghostly light emitted by the chain flickering and dimming, and there was no damage, not even a trace was left!

"It's so hard!?" Everyone was shocked.

Zhang Haotian didn't believe in this evil, tried a few more times, and used the dagger in his hand to cut and grind, but he couldn't hurt a bit, so he shook his head to the old man to apologize, hung the dagger back on his waist, shrugged his shoulders at the others, and said that it was no fun, and the others expressed helplessness about his rash move.

"In fact, in terms of the strength of light, this chain is unremarkable, although the elemental composition is not iron, but the density structure is almost the same, the key is that this light is more like an energy shield, as for the source of energy, it seems to come from the old man's body!?" Chen Xiaoyun raised her head and shared the analysis report with everyone.

The old man knew in his heart what the chain that locked him was, so he nodded to Chen Xiaoyun in affirmation of her analysis results: "Unless I die, this chain will never break." ”

What a domineering and scoundrel setting is this? Seeing that it was impossible to release the old man, they did not discuss the issue too much, although they could not bear to let the old man be locked up, but they were helpless.

Then they began to discuss how to get out of here.

"Captain, I just probed and analyzed it again. There really wasn't any exit here, and the giant hole that the giant worm had made only led to another cavern, probably its lair, but the waterhole next to us was very mysterious, glowing with a ghostly glow of unknown liquid, and it could block the detection signal, so I couldn't be sure where the waterhole could lead. Chen Xiaoyun said as she bent over and took some samples from the waterhole and began to analyze and study.

After listening to Chen Xiaoyun's analysis report, Luo Yi nodded at her, and then began to ponder in his heart: "Just now, the old gentleman asked us to be careful not to fall into the pool, which means that this pool seems to be in a certain danger, it is better to go to the end of the passage that the "Spirit Devouring Beast" just made to visit a circle, maybe there is something else." Luo Yi thought about it in his heart, but he didn't have any bottom, after all, they were all people who believed in science.

However, Luo Yi still got up and prepared to jump over the waterhole to check the hole drilled by the "Spirit Devouring Beast".

At this time, I saw the old man looking up at Luo Yi's back, as if he saw something, suddenly his breathing became extremely rapid, his facial expression became distorted, and he muttered in his mouth: "Is this ......?" Could it be their ......? ”

Luo Yi saw the old man's mouth chattering, and he couldn't really hear what he was saying, so he turned to look at the old man, and was about to ask, but was interrupted by his anxious voice: "Quick, pull out the sword behind your back and show me?" ”

"Want to see the sword?" Luo Yi felt strange in his heart, but he still pulled out the "Moyun Sword" on his back, walked towards the old man, and handed the sword to him.

"Where did you get this sword?" The old man's eyes widened, staring at the "Moyun Sword" up and down, without raising his head, and asked hurriedly.

Seeing him ask about the origin of the "Moyun Sword", Luo Yi felt more and more strange in his heart, but he still replied truthfully: "This sword is called Moyun, and I bought it from an antique shop on Earth. ”

After hearing this, the old man suddenly raised his head and stared at Luo Yi, and said incredulously, "What's your surname?" ”

"My name is Luo Yi." Luo Yi began to feel a little inexplicable in his heart.

"Hurry up and use this sword to slash at this chain of black and purple glow?"

"Huh?"

"Try it, don't be stupid!"

"Oh."

Luo Yi had doubts in his heart, but he still raised his sword and slashed at the black and purple ghost light chain, only to see a cold light burst out of the "Moyun Sword", and the chain that had nothing to break was silently broken.

"How is this possible?" Luo Yi looked at the Moyun Sword in his hand and said incredulously. At this time, everyone gathered around, and when they saw that this sword could actually cut through the chain of black and purple light that even the beam cutting dagger could not shake in the slightest, their mouths were amazed.

"Quick! There's another side, try again! The old man looked at the black and purple chain on the other side and urged anxiously.

Luo Yi motioned to everyone to be careful and give up some positions. Then he walked over to another black and purple chain and slashed it down again. Not surprisingly, the black and purple chain was silently disconnected again!

At this time, I saw that the old man who came out of trouble was covered with a dazzling white light, and snatched the "Moyun Sword" from Luo Yi's hand.

"...... you!?"

The old man didn't answer, and whistling past everyone with an ink cloud in his hand, heading straight for the wreckage of the "Spirit Devouring Beast". It's so fast, it's appalling. Everyone only felt a gust of wind passing by, and then saw that the old man had come to the side of the corpse of the giant worm. I saw that he waved the long sword in his hand and easily broke through the abdomen of the "Spirit Devouring Beast", reaching out and taking out an object from it, before everyone could see what he had taken, the man had already returned to Luo Yi, looking at his means of walking like the wind, where he looked like an old man who was about to die.

"What are you going to do?" Luo Yi looked at him and said nervously.

The old man still didn't answer, and at this time, the "Moyun Sword" lit up with white light, flew out of his hand on its own, and floated behind the old man. In the next second, he suddenly raised his free right hand and clasped Luo Yi's cheeks, Luo Yi's face was painful, and he couldn't help but open his mouth wide. When the old man saw Luo Yi open his mouth, he immediately stuffed the thing taken out of the "Spirit Devouring Beast" into his mouth. Before Luo Yi could struggle, the thing had already slipped into his stomach.

"Ahh What is it!? Luo Yi only felt that the thing smelled fishy in his mouth, nauseous, and he was about to bend over and vomit.

At this time, the light at the center of the old man's eyebrows rose again, and a complex mark appeared, raising his hand and stretching out two fingers to Luo Yi's eyebrows, Luo Yi only felt that his body was light, and he actually floated!

"What are you doing? Let him go, or we'll shoot!" Seeing that the situation was not right, the crowd raised their guns and shouted at the old man.

The old man didn't pay attention to them, closing his eyes and transmitting something from his fingertips to Luo Yi.

"Again, let him go!" Everyone shouted anxiously.

However, Chen Xiaoyun was always scanning the changes in the old man's body with a computer, and it could be seen from the heat reaction that an extremely strong heat flow was flowing desperately from the old man's body to the blood vessels of Luo Yi's body.

Seeing that the old man was still indifferent, everyone looked at each other, gritted their teeth and pulled the trigger, and began to shoot at the old man. The pulsed laser burst out of the barrel of the gun, and if it hit at such a close distance, I am afraid that the old man will be left with no bones.

"How is this possible!?" Everyone couldn't believe what was happening in front of them.

I saw that after all the laser beams touched the white light on the old man's body, they were like mud cows entering the sea, and they were instantly turned into invisible. At this time, the old man suddenly opened his eyes, his whole body vibrated with white light, and he waved his hand at everyone. Just looking at a burst of light, everyone flew out upside down and fell to the ground, and the mecha on his body seemed to be blocked by the current and suddenly lost his ability to move.

"Don't move!" The old man finally spoke to the crowd.

Everyone smiled bitterly in their hearts, and now they can't move even if they want to, so they can only watch Luo Yi being controlled by the old man.

I saw the two fingers of the old man's hand slash from Luo Yi's eyebrows to his chest and abdomen, instantly slashing Luo Yi's interstellar combat mecha, and then slapped it casually, and the mecha fell off scattered. Then it slapped him on the abdomen, and a blinding light lit up in his hand, which quickly overwhelmed the two of them.

"What to do? Think of a way? Everyone was worried about Luo Yi's safety, and they were anxious at this time. And because his body couldn't move, he was so anxious that beads of sweat appeared on his face.

Luo Yi only felt that his whole body was hot and dry at this time, and every inch of skin seemed to be burning, and he opened his mouth and screamed in pain: "Ah!!! Later, his voice became hoarse.

Time is passing little by little, and I don't know how long it has been.

Suddenly, the old man slapped Luo Yi with a heavy palm, only to see Luo Yi catapult out like a broken kite, and finally fell to the ground, his eyes were black, and he passed out.

At this time, the old man's whole body light dissipated, he wailed, fell to the ground and coughed violently, and after a little breathing, the old man meditated on the spot, turned his heart to the sky, and began to close his eyes and breathe.

Time kept flowing, hours later. Luo Yi woke up slowly, opened his eyes and saw his subordinates surrounding him, with a worried face, Liu Ruonan was doing a comprehensive examination of his body.

"Captain, how are you feeling? You okay? Seeing him open his eyes, the crowd asked eagerly.

"From a medical point of view, something's wrong! There's an extra thing under the belly of the captain's body, and your metabolism is slowing down! Liu Ruonan said, looking at the old man sadly.

Luo Yi closed his eyes and felt himself for a while, there didn't seem to be any special change, but he felt quite comfortable, so he said: "I feel good, don't worry, come, big man, help me up." ”

After Luo Yi got up, he raised his eyes to look for the old man, and saw him sitting cross-legged not far away. Everyone looked at the old man with his gaze, their eyes full of fear.

"Don't be afraid, if he wants to kill us, it's easy, we are still alive, so it can be seen that he is not an enemy." Luo Yi saw that everyone was afraid, and spoke.

After speaking, Luo Yi pushed everyone away and walked towards the old man. I wondered what he had done to him.

"Why did the old gentleman attack us, what did you give me? And what did it do to me? Luo Yi walked up to the old man and asked.

The old man opened his eyes when he heard this, smiled but did not answer, and the "Moyun Sword" beside him floated out of thin air, and then hung quietly in front of Luo Yi.

"How do you feel? Are there any uncomfortable reactions? The old man didn't answer the rhetorical question.

"I don't seem to have any special feelings, what did the old gentleman do to me?"

"It's good if there is no discomfort, and you will know it later." After a pause, the old man continued, "Do you want to get out of here? ”

"Naturally, I want to, but didn't Mr. say that there is no way out here?" Luo Yi saw that the old man had no intention of answering his question, and he felt that his whole body was quite comfortable, so he didn't stop asking questions in his heart. Listening to the old man mention the way out, he faintly felt that there was a turning point in his heart.

"I do know the exit, this pool of water behind you, it can go straight to the outside world, you can dive through." The old man pointed to the glowing pool of water and said.

"Didn't Mr. Fang just tell us to be careful not to touch this pool of water?"

This pool of water is called "Spiritual Pool", and when a person with spiritual power enters the water, the spiritual power of the whole body will evaporate like boiling water, and the spiritual power will be miserable, and finally the spiritual power will be exhausted and die. You don't have the slightest spiritual power in you, so it's naturally fine. The old man explained.

After everyone listened, they suddenly realized, at this time, Chen Xiaoyun looked at the water quality report and said: "This pool of water is indeed water in terms of composition, it is water, non-toxic and harmless, as for why it glows?" Nature is always so wonderful. After speaking, he spread his hands.

At this time, Luo Yi glanced at the "Moyun Sword" hanging in front of him, reached out and took the sword, and held it horizontally in front of him.

"I didn't expect the Moyun Sword to be able to break through the chain of black and purple ghostly light, could it be a divine weapon?"

When the old man saw Luo Yi looking at Mo Yun, he opened his mouth and said, "I haven't thanked you for borrowing the sword, thank you!" ”

"I can help Mr. get out of trouble, Mr. doesn't have to be polite." After speaking, Luo Yi removed the scabbard from the mecha parts scattered on the ground, returned the "Moyun Sword" to the scabbard, and hung the matching gun on his body, and continued: "I just listened to Mr.'s tone, and it seems that he recognizes this sword? ”

The old man smiled and did not answer.

Luo Yi saw that the old man was mysterious, although he was strange in his heart, seeing that the old man refused to say, even if he wanted to break his head, he couldn't figure out the connection, so he simply stopped dwelling on this issue.

So he beckoned his subordinates to come to the waterhole, stretched out his hand to touch the pool, the pool water felt warm and cool to the touch, and it was indeed no different from ordinary water, and it should be fine.

"Then how did the gentleman get out?" Luo Yi suddenly thought and asked.

"I can't get out, you guys can go, don't worry about me." After the old man finished speaking, he flipped it casually, and there was an extra thing in his hand out of thin air, and threw it at Luo Yi. After Luo Yi stretched out his hand to catch it, he raised his hand and saw that it was a jade pendant.

"What is this? What do you mean, sir? Luo Yi didn't know why.

"After I go out, go to Qingyuan Mountain for me, see my old man, and return my favor, the old man thanked me first, this is a thank you gift, you are good to take it." The old man said earnestly.

Luo Yi saw that the old gentleman's words were full of sadness, and he couldn't bear it, but he was helpless. So he promised: "I have written it down, and I will definitely complete the entrustment of my husband!" Just this thing? I can't take it. ”

"It's not in the way, it's useless for me to keep it, you take it and leave quickly, you don't need to say much."

"Then thank you, sir, for the gift."

After speaking, Luo Yi looked at the interstellar combat mecha parts scattered on the ground, and thought: "I can't use it anymore, I don't know how deep this pool is, so I can only dive with my head open." ”

After Luo Yi carried the "Moyun Sword" behind his back, he beckoned everyone to salute and say goodbye to the old man, and then commanded everyone to jump into the waterhole first; Just as Luo Yi was about to jump into the water.

"Luo Yi, can I make another request?"

"Sir, please."

"Will you allow me to bow down and bow?"

Luo Yi listened to the old gentleman's request very strangely, how could he, a junior back then, be able to afford an old man to bow down, not to mention that he didn't have any kindness to him, how could he be courteous for no reason, and hurriedly waved his hand and couldn't even shout.

But the old man didn't wait for Luo Yi to agree, he had already landed on his knees and slowly bowed down to him. How could he afford this birthday gift, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help the old gentleman up

"Okay, take care! Also, watch out! After the old man finished speaking, he didn't give Luo Yi a chance to react, and waved his hand at Luo Yi.

When Luo Yi heard the old gentleman say this name, he immediately felt panicked and stunned, and just wanted to ask the old gentleman where he heard this name, but he was pushed into the water by an invisible force......