Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Spiral of Contradictions (2)
"Wait a minute!"
The white bear seemed to realize something, tightened his eyebrows, and asked quickly, "There are ghosts in the place where you appeared before, where is it, can you take me to see it?"
"I can't do it. β
Evan shook his head and explained with a solemn expression:
"The place where I appeared before was an abandoned villa shrouded in darkness, and the road with the scenery repeating itself right out of the door. On that road, I was attacked by strange ghosts. After it learned its name from me, it gradually became another 'me' and could say what was in my heart. And I was frozen in place by that monster, and if it weren't for the MMA skills, I'm afraid it would have been completely replaced. β
Thinking of that monster, he couldn't help but be a little afraid, and paused for a moment before continuing:
"After that, I walked on the road for two hours without meeting anyone else, and I could feel myself spinning in circles. Later, the lighthouse in the distance flickered, distorting the original unchanging scenery, and it was only after passing through the vortex of light that I could appear here!"
"An abandoned villa shrouded in darkness? β
The white bear's brows furrowed even tighter, and he raised his hand and pointed to the TV screen on the tall building opposite, and the time in the upper left corner showed 2:15:
"Even if you walked on the road for two hours, then it should have been around noon, how could it be night? Could it be that the place where you appeared before was connected to some alien dimension here?"
"That's what I thought, too much, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to explain it. β
Evan touched his chin thoughtfully, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he slapped his palm vigorously: "The reason is probably that light! The spiral pillar of light emitted from the lighthouse may be a portal connecting the two spaces!"
As he spoke, he subconsciously stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction where the lighthouse was at that time, and his eyes moved and he was suddenly startled - in the same position of the city, there was also a lighthouse with the same shape and structure.
The same gray-white tower, also perched on the most conspicuous peak, is exactly the same except for the difference in the degree of newness and age, even the background behind the lighthouse is exactly the same.
β......β
This discovery made Evan freeze in place, staring at the lighthouse in a daze, and the countless fragments in his mind intersected like a whirlpool, and finally combined into a new idea.
Could it be that this city is the past of the ghost place before!?
Thinking of this, his mind suddenly cleared up, and then he looked at the mountains in the distanceβthe outlines of the surrounding mountains, the proportions of the sky and the mountains, and sure enough, they could just face the mountains shrouded in darkness.
Speaking of which, the villa where the family of three lives, it is no wonder that there is a sense of dΓ©jΓ vu.
The flower pond in the courtyard, the green trees next to the flower pond, the corridor in front of the villa, the spider silk wrapped around the stone pillars...... The two villas are from the layout to the size, to the direction and colors. In addition to not being able to get rid of the laws of metabolism, it is completely carved out of a mold.
In other words, that barren and populated ghost domain is the ominous future of this city!?
"Is that outrageous! Can the Apostles still cross the timeline!?" he couldn't help but say what was in his mind.
One by one, one by one
"What are you talking about?"
White Bear was confused, unable to understand what he was trying to convey in the context of the context.
"Look at that lighthouse. β
Ivan motioned for him to look at the white lighthouse in the distance, and said what he had just discovered:
"The lighthouse is exactly the same as the one I have come across! Not only that, but the peaks on which it stands, the surrounding mountains, and even the proportions of the mountains against the canopy are exactly the same! And the villa where I met you is also the same as the one before it in terms of layout and structure. β
"You mean you appeared in the future of a city two hours ago?" After Bai Xiong understood what he meant, his expression suddenly became very strange, and he began to shake his head in question:
"It's impossible, even the apostles don't have the ability to planeswalk. The area you're in at the beginning may just be another space that bears a strong resemblance to this one. As long as it is relatively old, it can make you feel that time and space have been reversed, and this change is still within the apostle's ability. β
"Makes sense......"
Evan lowered his head thoughtfully, and then raised it again sharply: "Your thoughts woke me up, but I don't think that ghost domain is just a relatively old copy. Because under certain characteristics, Hillock does have the ability to reverse time and space!"
"What do you mean?" the white bear was drawn to his words.
"Do you think we're entities now?"
Evan pointed to his current body, asked calmly, and then continued:
"According to our previous understanding, the reason why the qualified person appears in the invisible space is because he has been drained of consciousness by the imprint of Shylock, and has been given a new form here. But now I have a different idea, and that is that we have been stripped of consciousness, but not given a new form. β
"You mean...... Everything we are exposed to now is actually an immaterial world?" the white bear narrowed his eyes, and his face showed a hint of enlightenment.
"Maybe it was Shylock who brought us into her dreams, maybe it was some other virtual reality technology, but as long as it was in the case of consciousness, it was theoretically possible to travel through time and space. β
Evan patted his head lightly, pointed his finger at his temple, and said with a solemn expression:
"When people are dreaming, the speed of time is different. Sometimes your dreams only last for a short time, only to wake up and find that a long time has passed. Sometimes you sit in a long dream, or even go through a lifetime, and wake up to find that only one meal has passed.
And by controlling the flow rate of dreams, Shylock can create two time periods on the basis of the same virtual space - this is the meaning of the existence of those natives, based on their dreams, just accelerate the time flow of dreams to create the future!"
β......β
The white bear groaned for a while, and his gaze gradually sharpened:
"Your guess is very reasonable, it does explain what happened to you before, and the Apostle does have this ability! In fact, not only the natives here, but even our consciousness can create two timelines by speeding up and slowing down the flow of time, both present and future.
It's even possible that our time has been sped up, but our memories have been erased, and at the end of that timeline is the desolate ghost realm you have come into contact with. According to the analysis of this situation, everything we are doing now is just repeating what we have done before. β
"According to your logic, what we are doing now, and everything that will happen in the future, can be called fate. But the fate of the ending seems to be to destroy with this world......"
As Evan spoke, he raised his head and looked at the white lighthouse standing on the mountain peak:
"Shylock, through his control of the stream of consciousness, forms a contradictory spiral between the present and the future, and only by breaking this spiral can we pass this trial. β
"Then this apostle is really a bad taste, do you want to see how our group of people can reverse the future...... What's the point of doing that to her?" White Bear couldn't help but grumble.
"Who knows?"
Ivan pressed his shoulders and said whimsically:
Perhaps she was also exposed to a future that was predetermined to happen, and was extremely resistant to her own ending. Now we want to use these guinea pigs of ours to find a way to change the future. β
"That's. β
"yes, yes, I think I'm, too. β
One by one, one by one
Regardless of whether the town is an indigenous dream or virtual reality, it can be said that it is quite prosperous as a town that also uses cars as a means of transportation. The city is full of tall buildings and intricate roads, even if the streets are wide and bustling, and the dense population injects life into the city.
In a quiet area on the eastern outskirts of the city, there is a large manor house, the outermost layer of which is a towering black iron fence, and inside you can see a large number of people dressed and out of place with the town.
The central building is particularly tall, with a minimalist industrial style, with smooth lines and a pyramidal roof that reaches into the sky. It was bought out by the qualified by improper means and used as a base for them to communicate with each other.
At this time, Evan and White Bear are staying in the room on the third floor together, being treated by seals.
"It's really indestructible! I can't imagine how a normal person can shake his lungs like this......" After the seal gave Ivan a laparoscopy, he shook his head and kept complaining in amazement.
"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and cure me, otherwise no one will protect you if something happens!" Seeing that he was still in the mood to laugh, Evan made a threatening statement with a straight face.
"Don't worry, I'm the attending doctor here, and all the drug resources have to be deployed by my hands. But any medicine that can cure lung damage, I will use it for you in a limited way. β
The seal bared his teeth and smiled, and at the same time sighed with some regret: "It's a pity that all my abilities have been erased, if the healing ray can still be used, it will cure you in half a day." β
"Iron Hand's mixed martial arts skills are still there, and although my special senses have been weakened, they haven't completely disappeared......"
Bai Xiong sat beside them and said thoughtfully, "In other words, the skill of controlling strength such as mixed martial arts, as well as the special induction that I have pondered from life and death, do not belong to the scope of extraordinary abilities. β
"If you don't have a special sense of foreseeing danger, Iron Hand doesn't have mixed martial arts, and I don't know how to heal, then can the three of us live on the third floor?"
The seal stood up and took out a few bottles of medicine from the medical kit next to him, handed them to Evan, walked to the window, pointed to the dense tent downstairs, and said, "It's been as tragic as this group of incompetent people for a long time." β
"That's where we come in. β
Ivan opened the bottle, glanced at the dosage on it, poured it into his mouth, and mixed it with boiling water.
After taking the medicine, perhaps because of the psychological effect, he felt a lot more comfortable all of a sudden, looked at the two teammates around him and asked, "Why didn't you see the Knight Eye Demon and Erica, where did they go?"
"Didn't find it. β
"Didn't find it. β
The seal and the white bear replied in unison in a worried tone.
"Didn't find it?"
Evan immediately got up from his seat and walked to the door without hesitation: "Let's go out and look for it again, I hope they were just delayed by the natives and not trapped in the ghost domain." β
One by one, one by one
Under the dark and deep night sky, the rain was pouring outside the window. The shadows of the bare autumn branches reflected through the windows, like the claws of the devil, danced wildly there.
"Why are we in this place, it's too dangerous. β
"There are no people here, and we can't reach them anytime soon, so we have to find food and water to hold on longer. β
Erica and the Eye Demon snuggled up to each other in an abandoned villa, each clutching a metal table leg and carefully groping their way into the depths of space.
More like a naturally formed cave than a house for human habitation, countless vines of unknown plants crawl all over the floor, and at first glance, it looks like a poisonous snake entrenched, ready to choose someone to devour. Because of the lack of sunlight for many years, it is particularly cold and damp, and being in it makes people feel like stepping on people and hell, and their hearts are hairy.
Walking out of the stairwell, the corridor was still hazy pitch black, and a group of bats flapped their wings and flew away from time to time, looking creepy.
Although they have not encountered any danger since they entered the invisible space, this is the strangest place.
The second girl clutched a handful of sweat and walked all the way down the corridor, and from time to time there were some strange whining sounds in the darkness, like the wailing of some small animal. They subconsciously shuddered, and could only speed up their pace.
The two of them held their breath and walked to the front of the storage room, leaning sideways against the wall, pried open the door with the table leg in their hands, and then looked in through the flickering lightning. The storage room is dark and swarthy, as if it is bottomless, but faintly, there seem to be traces of material storage.
β......β
The two women looked at each other and nodded at the same time.
They first threw a stone inside, and after making sure there was no response, they crept into the house.
In the darkness, the flickering electric light outside the window reflected on the wall, giving people an even more eerie feeling.
Erica swallowed hard, clenched the hand that the Eye Demon had outstretched, and slowly leaned in along the wall, and after a few walks, a cold feeling suddenly hit her heart. She looked at it suddenly, and suddenly saw that the ground was densely distributed with countless eyes, as if they had come out of the dirt.
As soon as the wind turned, these eyes, large and small, blinked at the same time.