The shadow was so tall that we needed to look up to see it slowly emerge in mid-air, like a huge stone pillar......

But the atmosphere in front of the black shadow was distorted, as if there was an invisible wall of air between the black shadow and us, and the wall of air had protruded outward, as if it would be broken through in the next second.

The old knife raised his head and kept his mouth open: "That seems to be ...... That kind of big snake! ”

I suddenly found that the moment the old knife's words fell, the huge black shadow in mid-air seemed to have changed, and it really looked more and more like a giant black ruba snake!

"Old knife, don't think about it anymore, can you read the six-character mantra? Boom! I have been meditating in my heart, and I must keep it free of distractions. ”

As I spoke, I hurriedly dragged the old knife to the ancient city to hide.

The old knife looked at my pale face, and swallowed back any grievances when he reached his mouth, so he had to repeat the six-character mantra in his mouth.

After the gate of the ancient city was a street, and when I entered, I saw a huge stone cave in front of me, the scale of which is unparalleled in the city, and I made up my mind that I would not have to look for another way, and go straight ahead.

Strange to say, we walked for a while and then looked back, and the black shadow of the giant snake in the air had slowly dissipated and gradually turned back to transparent.

Only then did everyone understand what was going on, and Tenzin Kavachi said, "Yoshimitsu, didn't you say that everything in this alien space was created when we entered here?" How can his thinking still have an impact here? ”

I sighed, "Who knows what was going through his mind the moment he saw that stone gate!" ”

"I didn't—"

As soon as Lao Dao was about to speak, I immediately interrupted: "Don't stop, continue to recite your sutra - fortunately, the six-character mantra of this tantric sect is still wondering, otherwise if you continue to think nonsense, we will not be able to leave this ancient city." ”

Lao Dao had no choice but to continue to recite his six-character mantra with a bitter face.

I continued to explain: "This alien space has indeed been created a long time ago, but it is a bit like an RPG game, where there are monster refresh points, all have been set, but what is that monster, when the old knife saw the stone door for a moment, there was only a vague idea, and the subsequent embodiment still needs to rely on his head to continue to provide materials." ”

"Comrade Lao Dao......" I patted Lao Dao on the shoulder and said earnestly: "So, whether we can get out of here alive or not depends on you now,"

But as soon as I finished speaking, I heard Shen Tangzhi say in a deep voice: "No, there seems to be something going to appear in front of me-"

As soon as I looked, there were several hazy black shadows on the stone street, which was empty except for the five of us, and the black shadows gradually took on human form, but they did not touch the ground, just floating in the air, approaching us......

I asked Lao Dao, "What were you thinking just now?" ”

"I want to ...... We won't encounter any danger on the way to that palace-like grotto, right? The old knife cried and said: "I just thought about it a little, who knew that there would really be a monster......"

"Damn!" I couldn't help but let out a foul mouth, looked left and right, and pointed to a path on the side: "Go this way!" ”

A few of us immediately flashed into the alley, but after running forward for a while, we found that there was a turn in front of us, and it was actually a dead end!

And we walked all the way, only to see that the lights were on in those rooms in the ancient city, but the room was empty, as if those lights were lit out of thin air, and the lights and shadows flickered, which made it even more ghostly.

This ancient city is built on the mountain, and each layer is carved out of the stone wall of the mountain with caves of different sizes as houses, in fact, the entire mountain peak has been hollowed out, so the alley we entered, in fact, was sandwiched between the two rock walls, and the stone walls were all in front of the upper and lower sides, left and right, and the only way back was smooth.

"It's over, we're afraid we're going to have to explain it here." The old knife didn't care to read his six-character mantra anymore, although he was a little depressed when he spoke, but the movements in his hands did not stop at all.

I saw that the old knife immediately removed the M4 carbine from his shoulder and held it in his hand, pulled the bolt with a "click", and said hesitantly: "However, I have to ask the gun in my hand first if I agree." ”

Tenzin Kawa on one side also raised his gun and aimed it at the way we came.

But we waited with bated breath for a while, but we still didn't see the shadows chasing after us.

The old knife snorted: "Why don't those ghosts chase in, are we all dazzled?" ”

Shen Tangzhi shook his head and said, "There must be other reasons, maybe we stumbled into a special area by mistake." ”

As he spoke, Shen Tangzhi looked around, and I was afraid that something would happen to her, so I simply followed her to check out those hive-like cave rooms, leaving Hyde and Tenzin Kava to stand guard at the mouth of the alley.

The furnishings of these caves are quite simple, there is no living facility to be found, many of them are completely empty, except for a carved stone pillar in the middle of the room, the top of which is hewn out in the shape of a bowl, which contains fuel made from the fat of unknown beasts mixed with plant fibers.

I pointed to the empty room and said, "Old knife, this is your scarce imagination. ”

The old knife "cut": "It's empty?" That's okay, do you want Lao Tzu to make a wonderful paragraph for you on the spot? ”

"Don't!" I hurriedly surrendered, "I was joking with you just now, don't take it to heart." You still concentrate on reciting your six-character mantra, it's all at this juncture, but don't give me any brains! ”

As we spoke, we turned and walked out of the cave, but as soon as we got to the entrance of the cave, we were all frozen!

At the entrance of the alley more than ten meters away from us, there were five people standing!

In addition to the bearded Hyde and the gun-wielding Tenzin Kawa, there are three other people we are so familiar with!

Because those three people are Lao Dao, Shen Tangzhi and me!

Not only were the three of us stunned, but the five people standing at the entrance of the alley also had ghostly expressions on their faces.

"You-" The first to speak was Tenzin Kava, he immediately subconsciously took two steps back, and pointed the M4 carbine in his hand at another group of "I, Shen Tangzhi and Lao Dao", but after a moment of hesitation, he turned the muzzle of the gun and aimed it at us, and after going back and forth a few times, he estimated that he was also confused, and shouted: "Who of you is real?!" ”

The old knife also aimed his gun at Tenzin Kava and shouted, "Shut up!" Bearded, you say, what's going on? ”

Hyde's face was shocked, and he hesitated, "Haven't you already come out?" Why are there three identical people coming out now? ”

The "old knife" over there interrupted Hyde's speech: "What else do you need to distinguish between truth and falsehood?" Even if it is true or false Sun Wukong, it is not clear who is real and who is fake and whose heart is not clear? Of course we're real, they're three imposters! ”

At this time, my mind was racing: the three guys at the entrance of the alley who were exactly like us must be fakes, but the key is which side Hyde and Tenzin Kava will believe?

At the same time, my eyes were still fixed on the three impostors opposite, hoping to see something, and I found that the "me" and "Shen Tangzhi" on the other side were not as impulsive as the two old knives, and the other me was also looking directly at me, and the other Shen Tangzhi was also frowning and contemplating.

At this time, the old knife beside me couldn't bear it anymore, and he yelled: "Bearded, and Tenzin Kava, you two dodge, I'll shoot these three impostors now!" ”

The "old knife" at the entrance of the alley is also-for-tat, not false at all: "Come on, come on!" There is a kind of everyone standing still, whoever moves is the grandson! I see what kind of bird you can shoot out of this imposter M4! ”

As he spoke, the two old knives raised their guns and were about to shoot at each other—

This is a different space, as long as it is something that has been created, it has become a real existence, so I have no doubt that the M4 in the hand of the "old knife" on the other side can shoot bullets!

Wait a minute!

I suddenly remembered the two principles of this different space that we had summarized at the beginning: first, everything here is the embodiment of Lao Dao's thinking; Second, what we see is real!

Thinking of this, I suddenly understood, and stopped the old knife in shock: "Don't rob it!" ”

And almost at the same moment, the "me" on the other side also pushed the muzzle of another "old knife" away, and said the same lines as me: "You can't rob it!" ”

Then, in the amazed eyes of everyone, both "I" shouted in unison: "If you kill them, we will die too!" Because we're all real! ”

"What?!" The two old knives were a little confused about what we were talking about, and they were stunned for a moment.

And the two "Shen Tangzhi" showed a rejuvenated expression at the same time, and there was a kind of relief that they had escaped death.

And Hyde and Tenzin Kawa were completely blindfolded, standing in place, the two looked at each other, the degree of surprise on their faces was incomparable, it was as if they had seen the most incredible thing in the world!

I raised my hand and said to the other "me", "Otherwise, you can do it." ”

The "I" on the other side nodded, and said in a deep voice: "First of all, what I am going to say next, if you don't understand it after listening to it, don't care, you just need to know, as long as you do what we say, you should be able to leave here safely!" ”

"We are all real beings, although there are two mes, two old knives, and two Shen Tangzhi now, but in fact, we are all real people - as for why we are divided into two......

"That's because what we're seeing isn't actually our own doppelganger, we're not here at all! Our Visual ...... You can understand it as a special hallucination. ”

Except for the two Shen Tangzhi, everyone else looked uncertain, not only that, but I even felt that after "I" said those words, they obviously did not have the slightest feeling of "puzzle", but were even more confused.

"I" continues: "Think about the principle of existence of this alien space: first, the embodiment of thought, and second, what you see is what you are. Do you understand? Ask yourself – did we really walk through that stone door? ”

"I" didn't have an expression on his face that he hoped someone would answer, but he stopped talking and turned his gaze to me.

I understood and took over the conversation: "Since I walked into this ancient city, I have been thinking about a question - what is the meaning of the existence of this different space? Why did the builders of the Tower of Babel in Somol set such a trap in the tower? ”

"It wasn't until that moment that I understood the builder's intentions. They set up a mechanism on a certain level of this tower, a psychological mechanism, and after saying that, the principle is actually very simple, that is-hypnosis! ”

"This alien space is actually directly related to those murals, and those murals are actually the necessary props for performing hypnotism - the first seven murals are deep hints implanted in our brains, and when we finish looking at the last painting and step on a layer of ancient towers, those hints implanted in the heart will be triggered, just like a snap of the fingers of a modern hypnotist, or a swinging pendant, all of which are the same truth."

"So, everything we see now is a projection of our minds, no matter how many mes or old knives appear, it is not surprising, because our physical body is actually still in that ancient tower."

The moment I finished speaking, everyone gasped.

Who would have thought that the truth of everything would be so simple after being revealed, but at the same time so strange - how appalling it is that with only eight murals, an intruder can be introduced into a terrible hypnosis that will never recover!

This Tower of Babel is not only an architectural marvel, but this group of hypnotic murals in the tower may cause a terrible chain reaction if it is transported to the civilized world!

At least, in modern society, powerful hypnotists do exist, but I have never heard of any hypnotist who can successfully perform deep hypnosis without contact with the hypnotist at all (mainly communication, including dialogue, etc., in the form of face-to-face or video, telephone recording, etc.).

After a while, the old knife beside me asked as if he didn't understand: "I have only one question - what is the matter with Poche?" Or rather, what will happen to him? ”

I sighed, "His signs of life may still be there, but it's possible that he will never wake up...... Because his consciousness has come to think that he is dead, or has fallen into the bottomless abyss, completely imprisoned by this alien dimension. ”

It's a pity that we didn't understand the mystery of the eight murals at first, but instead fell straight to the trick.

"However, fortunately, this alien space was created by the thinking of the old knife, if it were someone else, we might be like Poche, and we would never be able to leave here, which can be regarded as a blessing in our misfortune......"

Because those murals are an important prop of hypnosis, the more deeply you study the murals, the more meticulous, terrifying, and difficult it will be to escape the different spaces created by hypnosis!

And the old knife only glanced at those murals, and then hurriedly went up, so he said that the strange space created was actually quite dangerous, and our several times in distress, there were relatively easy ways to crack it.

So, if you ignore the murals at all, won't you fall for it?

The answer is yes.

But this is actually a psychological game, and those who can break into this Babel Tower must covet the secrets of the land of heaven and sea, how can they turn a blind eye to the murals?

And after we entered the stone gate, we saw that the stone gate had also become a stone wall and a mural, on which some humanoid creatures without eyes were depicted, in fact, the method of evasion had already been explained: that is, to climb the tower with eyes closed!

And they say that the star of worship is in the shape of an eye, which may imply that the eye will not belong to itself again until it reaches the top of the tower—that is, it can only be opened when it arrives.

Shen Tang's eyes flickered, and the dazed look on her face was relieved, and she seemed to have completely figured everything out, and then she asked me, "So, what exactly should we do to get out of here?" ”

"Find a way to fall asleep." I replied.

"It's that simple?" Shen Tangzhi couldn't believe it.

"Do you think it's easy?" I shook my head, "If I'm right, whenever we try to fall asleep, there must be all sorts of horrible abnormalities that disturb us...... Falling asleep without these distractions is not a simple task. ”

Lao Dao's eyes suddenly lit up: "We can recite the six-character mantra together!" I've been talking about it just now, and to be honest, it's quite effective! ”

I looked around at everyone and nodded, "You can give it a try." ”