Chapter 39: The Secret Path
"Uncle Xia, with all due respect, if you always run away from questions, then Lingxin will never forgive you.
"Maybe for me as an outsider, I don't know much about the situation of your father and daughter; But I think you still care about each other, and some love is just stranger to time barriers.
"Just imagine, at a certain moment when you go to chase Ling Xin who slammed the door, will you think of her at a certain angle, silently watching you cry.
"Don't be knocked down by your own timidity, escapism will never solve the problem.
"Alright! That's all I have to say. You think about it. ”
Professor Xia listened carefully to my words, perhaps he had recognized the problem, he looked at me and nodded silently.
"Sen, let's go, I've been running away for so many years, I've had enough, whether Lingxin will forgive me or not, let's find her first." Professor Xia stood up and said to me.
"Hmm." I smiled.
In my opinion, Professor Xia cares a lot about listening to the heart, he is just hard-mouthed.
"Uncle Xia, this way!" The professor hadn't completely relieved his grief, so he got up and walked in the wrong direction in a trance, "The heart is over there." ”
"Well," Professor Xia said, looking around, "Then let's hurry up." ”
He walked forward quickly, and after taking a few steps, he leaned sideways and gestured to me, saying, "Sen, hurry." ”
Seeing him in such a hurry, I think he listened to me.
"Coming," I replied.
At this point, I turned around again and looked around at the laborers, who were still busy, but the picture didn't feel very real
- They are like the characters in the "Qingming Mountains and Rivers" restored with 3D technology, and their behavior and movements appear to be very mechanical.
I peeked behind me, and when I turned around, Professor Xia was gone. Seeing this, I think Professor Xia was so stubborn just now, but in fact, he cares so much in his heart.
I hurried over to the passage where the strange worm was pouring out. "Uncle Xia, where are you?" I shouted inside.
The straight passage was not far from the wall, and it was a dead end.
"I'm here, Sen." Professor Xia's voice rang out from the wall on the right.
Did he run into the wall?
I ran to where his voice came from, and when I got there, I understood everything.
This is a branch road derived from the wall, because the walkway is straight and the wall is neat, so it is really difficult to find it if you don't pay attention.
There was no light in the side road, and a stone staircase continued downward.
"Uncle Xia, it turns out that you are here." Seeing him staring blankly inside, I said to him.
"Sen, let's go back and get the torches first, I suspect Ling Xin has fallen inside." Professor Xia wanted to turn around, looking very anxious.
"Wait, Uncle Xia, don't you think it's strange?" He looked at me quizzically, "There was a light in here. ”
"The lights were on in there just now?" Professor Xia was puzzled.
"Yes, I guess the lights went out when I listened to the heart—there might be a hidden mechanism inside." I explained.
"Sen, are you sure?" Professor Xia half-turned around and asked. Apparently he was still worried about Lingxin's safety, and he didn't want to think about what was going on inside, he just wanted to get the torch.
"Yes, Uncle Xia. In this, the light is safe, and the darkness is dangerous. "I spoke to him about my opinion.
"You mean we can't enter with an open flame and go in in the dark?" Professor Xia seemed to feel that this was a bit outrageous and unrealistic, so he turned around and went back to get the torch.
"I can see inside!" I shouted at him.
He froze suddenly, then slowly turned around, looked at me in amazement, and wondered, "Sen, what did you say?" ”
"I can see inside," I said, "but I have night vision, and I have it since I came out of my mother's womb." ”
"Night vision?" As he spoke, he walked over to me.
He looked at me curiously, perhaps admiring my dark eyes—he probably thought it was a bit of a fantasy.
"Uncle Xia, don't look at it. I can really see what is going on inside, but this ability is intermittent, and maybe it will disappear after a delay. I turned my gaze to the corner and spoke to him. I don't really like people looking at me for more than a few seconds.
"Cheng, then you lead the way, and I will follow you." Professor Xia put away his worries and explained to me.
From my determined eyes, I think he read that I wasn't panicking, and maybe night vision wasn't confirmed by science at all, but he chose to believe me.
"Watch out for the steps." I led him into the darkness.
For him, I think he must have been particularly frightened, and he couldn't judge everything at all in the dark.
I felt a tremor as I held his hand, and he looked around from time to time.
I can empathize with the latent psychological pressure in his heart in the face of darkness.
Although my night vision is innate, it sometimes disappears inexplicably. So, I have memories of the fear of facing the darkness.
"Sen, what's going on?" Professor Xia paused and asked me.
"Uncle Xia, there are still a few stone steps ahead, and you can go down to the flat ground." Looking at his tense face, I cut the data in half.
The person in the dark, the sense of the picture is completely imprisoned, and because of the psychology of fear, I don't think he will count whether there are still a few stone steps.
"Have you seen the heart?" Professor Xia continued to ask, "She just ran here, and there is only this way, I'm really afraid of her ......."
"No, I think she's gone," I comforted, "yes, Uncle Xia, the lights on this wall are still smoking, and I think they've only been extinguished for a short time." ”
"You mean, when Lingxin came in, there was a light on here?" Professor Xia speculated.
At this time, I took him, and he was quite able to touch the dark, and every time he fell down a staircase, he would make a stroke with his foot in advance to avoid stepping on the air.
"Probably yes." Seeing that he was struggling to grope around, I took the opportunity to carry him.
"Sen ......," Professor Xia wanted to say but stopped.
"Uncle Xia, I'll carry you down, let's go like this, I don't know how long we have to walk." I looked ahead and said.
"Okay, that's for you." Professor Xia said politely.
……
"Uncle Xia, there is no road ahead, now I will let you down." I prompted him.
"No way? What about listening to the heart? In the darkness, his worries far outweighed his fears, and he still seemed concerned.
"Listen to me," I put my hand on his shoulder, signaling him where I was and not looking around, "we have a door ahead of us, and I want to go inside." ”
"Oh, that's better." Professor Xia took a deep breath.
"It's just ......," I hesitated.
"Just what?" His emotions were stirred up by me again, and he seemed very excited.
"It's just that it's so normal here. I can't guarantee what's behind the door. I looked at the stone door again, looking for some clues.
"Sen, now I can't see anything, tell me what you see, and we'll figure it out together." Professor Xia handed over the idea.
"Well, okay, Uncle Xia." I agree.
Here, everything I see is only slightly clearer than the infrared sensing picture, and night vision still has blind spots, and it is impossible to think that it is like daytime - and everything I see, the picture is black and white.