Chapter 67: Into the Cave
"My grandfather?" Chen Meiyu was very surprised, "What's the matter with my grandfather here?" ”
I didn't hide it from her, and told her what I saw and heard in the bardo realm. Chen Meiyu was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth, she didn't expect such a thing at all.
"So, the real trouble hasn't started yet?" She asked.
"I reckon that tomorrow when we enter the cave, the test will begin." I said, "So I have to go back quickly, and I will go back again after this trip, for fear that something unexpected will happen." ”
"Okay," Chen Meiyu said, "I'll tell you everything I know, and you can make a reference." She thought for a while and said, "My grandfather is indeed an intellectual, an elite of that era, and as for whether he is a professor or not, to be honest, I don't know." Because," she paused, "I've never seen grandpa and grandma. ”
"Haven't you seen it?" I was a little surprised.
"I've only seen pictures of my grandfather," she said, "when he was young, at the Beijing train station, in his early twenties, wearing a white shirt and being very energetic." I haven't seen it in real people. ”
"Why?" I asked, "Grandparents died young?" ”
Chen Meiyu shook her head: "I don't know the specific situation. After I became sensible, I didn't see my grandfather and grandmother, and I heard my father say that my grandmother was sick and left, and he didn't talk much about what happened. And my grandfather went abroad after my dad went to college, and there was no news when he left, and I heard that he went to Austria, which is not a big country anyway. However, he sometimes sends postcards back home. When it was sent, my father burned it without even looking at it, and he said that it was better for the father who abandoned his wife and children like this, and it was better to cut off the relationship. Later there were fewer postcards from my grandfather. Whenever I talked about it, my father said that it was better for that person to die in a foreign country and never come back. ”
I felt uncomfortable listening to it: "Meiyu, don't you don't like to listen to what I say, these two don't seem to deal with each other, as if they have a grudge." ”
Chen Meiyu bit her lower lip: "Actually, I can understand my father, when he was growing up, he needed his father's care and guidance the most, but this father betrayed the family, and even left the motherland, and disappeared without a trace, ruthless and unjust, such a relationship between people will be broken off." ”
Chen Meiyu didn't hear much useful information about her grandfather, and what she said was the same as if she didn't say it, but one thing is for sure, Chen Jian had a very poor relationship with his father. But in the realm of bardo, it is the opposite, where Chen Jian admires his father Professor Chen so much, and his little eyes exude a warm light, similar to looking at an idol.
This huge contradiction is so strange that I can't figure out why for a while.
Chen Meiyu said some fragmentary impressions again, there is nothing valuable, I am inconvenient to stay any longer, I said to her, quickly visualize the psychic bracelet, and I once again entered Chen Jian's bardo realm.
After coming in, he found that the sky was bright, and the ten people in front of the tent had gathered, Li Damin stood at the end of the line, his eyes drifting, looking left and right, and muttering incessantly.
Professor Chen in front shouted: "The comrade in the back is a little more energetic!" ”
Li Damin was looking for me, and when he saw that I was not there, he was a little overwhelmed. was named by the leader, and he only reluctantly responded: "Yes!" ”
Professor Chen and the bespectacled leader walked to the front with their equipment, each of the ten people carrying a considerable load, and the team began to set off, walking towards the deepest part of the valley.
I hurriedly came to Li Damin's side and whispered, Damin.
Li Damin's spirit was shocked, and then he was furious, and he couldn't get angry, so he lowered his voice: "Where did you run away?" ”
"I went out," I said, "I'm looking for Chen Meiyu." ”
"Are you going to ask about Chen Jian's relationship with his father?" Li Damin asked.
I gasped, "You're smart, kid. ”
"Is this an unclear matter, if it were me, I would have had such an opportunity to go out and ask, and I would definitely ask about this." Li Damin said: "Do you doubt that the test of the last level has something to do with the father and son?" ”
"That's what it means." I said, "But there are a lot of things I haven't learned yet, why is the background of the last level looking for a dragon?" It's definitely not possible in reality, and I can't figure out what deep mapping meaning there is. ”
"Don't talk about this yet, what's going on with Chen Jian and his father?" Li Damin asked.
I told Chen Meiyu what he knew, and Li Damin was thoughtful, and I asked him if he had any ideas?
Li Damin shook his head: "There are ideas, but most of them are not very reliable, as you said, the last level is full of unspeakable metaphors, and this world is a test for Chen Jian." This involves his original family, and he can't guess what is going on. ”
He looked at others and didn't pay attention, and said softly: "Lao Lin, entering the cave is likely to open the test of the last level, don't wander around, let's go over together." ”
"Yes." I said, "I'm not one of those people who don't weigh on or down. ”
We stopped talking, Li Damin was thinking as he walked, and I was trying to connect the current clues, but they were all a mess and I couldn't figure out the direction.
I thought that the cave would not be too far from the tent camp, but I wanted to go from early morning to afternoon, and it was close to dusk. These people are trained professionals, and Rao is also tired and out of breath. This road is extremely difficult to walk, and the primeval forest, full of fallen leaves, tree branches, and rarely traveled paths, needs to be reopened.
When they arrived at the place, the ten team members were shocked, and in front of them was a huge vertical hole, how to describe it, like a huge black eye on the mountain rock, like the mountain god cracking his eyelids. We stood at the mouth of the cave, as small as ants, and our hearts were extremely shocked.
It doesn't look like a giant hole, but it's too dark inside, like an abyss coming from it, and it makes people feel like they want to bow down inexplicably.
The glasses leader told everyone that they would camp on the spot, and there would be no activity tonight for the time being, so everyone would have a good rest and enter the cave early tomorrow morning. He will agree on a specific action plan with Professor Chen.
At night, we stayed here to rest, Li Damin and Chen built a tent, and I didn't dare to leave without permission.
Chen Jian, the kid, didn't know anything, he was very excited, he couldn't sleep over and over, and he was looking for Li Damin to chat. Li Damin looked tired and ignored him, and after talking for a while, both of them fell asleep.
I didn't feel sleepy, I meditated in the tent, my eyes closed.
With his eyes closed, it suddenly occurred to me that I could visualize the psychic bracelet. I entered the bardo realm through it, and I have never tried to continue meditating here, so I don't know what it will be like.
I gathered all my attention and thoughts, focused on the bracelet, and it didn't take long to feel it. My body was hot, and there was some touch on my skin, and I opened my eyes suddenly, looked down, and was taken aback.
There were some subtle outlines of my body, though not quite real. I know what's going on, if you visualize the Psychic Bracelet a second time in the bardo realm, you can materialize your consciousness.
Is that so? Could it be that now it's not my consciousness, but the soul that has come in?
With a thought, I came out of the bardo realm and sat back in the living room. Chen Meiyu didn't know that I was coming back, so I quietly squinted my eyes to see that she was sitting on a chair not far away, her chin on her chin thoughtfully.
I didn't alarm her, and visualized the bracelet returning to the bardo realm again, still sitting in the tent.
I adjusted my physical state and discovered the magic of the psychic bracelet, and I can now control the form of consciousness, so that the invisible is invisible, and the appearance is visible.
Here, I'm not in the same state as everyone else.
Chen Jian and Li Damin came out of the soul, and the others were born in the bardo realm in response to Chen Jian's test, similar to the non-player characters in the game. My state is even more peculiar, I am conscious, formless and incorporeal, and everything here has no effect on me.
After the appearance, my skin will feel some touch and feel the temperature. It's not sure if there is an impact on the interaction with other things, so be cautious about this, try slowly, and don't rush.
The bracelet is the best to use, and it is also the most magical, that is, I can freely travel to and from the bardo realm, come in if I want to, and leave when I want to go, this is the coolest, and it is just a thought.
When I figured it out, it was bright outside. I suppressed my excitement, breathed a long sigh of relief, and made myself invisible.
Li Damin and Chen Jian packed up their things, and Li Damin instructed him not to walk with others after entering the cave for a while, and to stay by his side.
Chen Jian said: "Brother Damin, I know, the two of us take care of each other. ”
I greeted Li Damin, Li Damin was relieved, and we went out of the tent together.
This morning, the temperature dropped again, everyone's little faces were red from the cold, everyone lined up neatly, the wind passed through the mountains and forests, and the surrounding sounds were extremely solemn. The sky was not very beautiful, the clouds were thick, and a huge darkness shrouded the top of the mountain, which weighed down everyone's heart.
"Ladies and gentlemen," said the glasses leader, "in order to ensure the smooth progress of this mission, I discussed with Professor Chen and decided to enter the cave in groups, and the ten of us were divided into three groups. Di Wang, Changjiang Li, Jianguo Zhang, and Professor Chen are in the first group. The second group is ......"
In the end, Li Damin, Chen Jian and a person named Wang Yuantong formed a team, and we were the last group to enter the hole.