There was no time to hesitate, Tenzin Kava and Old Dao shouted at the same time: "Run! ”

We all ran in the direction of the ancient city, and behind us, the passage had begun to crumble.

But when we got out of the way, I turned around and was even more shocked!

Because the speed at which the passage is cracking is accelerating, and it won't be long before it will outpace our escape, and we're only about a tenth of the way through it, and we're still far from the end of the tunnel, the mysterious ancient city!

"Help me!"

In a few breaths, the disintegrating passage was already close to Hyde's feet, and as soon as he let out a cry for help, his feet suddenly emptied, and the whole person fell down immediately!

The old knife's eyes were fast, and with a flying pounce, he grabbed Hyde's hand in the air, but the disintegrating passage extended to the old knife's chest in a blink of an eye, and he was empty, and he was immediately taken by Hyde and slid downward!

100,000 urgent, Shen Tangzhi and I grabbed one of the legs of the old knife without saying a word, and Tenzin Kawa and Poche also grabbed me and Shen Tangzhi, everyone worked together, and finally entered the old knife and Hydra to stop, but the passage under his feet continued to disintegrate!

"Pull back, retreat!"

I yelled and told everyone to pull back desperately, but our speed simply couldn't keep up with the speed of the tunnel disintegrating, and if we didn't let go, at most ten seconds, we would all fall from the sky!

Although I understand that we are now in an alien dimension, and if this alien space is closed, then we will not fall to our deaths even if we fall down the passage, but I dare not bet on this possibility - after all, the decision I make now will immediately affect the lives of six people.

"Yoshimitsu, what should I do?" Shen Tangzhi's tone was quite calm, but there was still a hint of strong self-calmness.

And Poche was on the verge of breaking down, shouting, "No, no! We can't save them! He let go of his hand at once and fled for his life.

Tenzin Kava hasn't let go yet, but I guess his patience isn't much higher than Poche's, and if I can't figure it out, maybe in a few seconds, he'll also give up on Poche.

"Aji, you guys go quickly! Leave Lao Tzu alone! The old knife also shouted at me to give up.

"Don't make a noise!" I yelled at the old knife to shut up, at this time my inner anxiety was no less than anyone else's, and my forehead was instantly covered with beads of sweat, but I had to calm down!

I have a lot of experience in the illusion world, and I also know how to deal with some emergencies, but it is also the first time for me to be in a different space!

Just when I was in a hurry, I inadvertently looked at my feet, but I was instantly stunned!

At this time, we were in the air at a height of hundreds of meters, and when we looked down, the Somol Babel Tower was like a giant pillar connecting heaven and earth, and the bottom tower body looked as thin as hair, and the volcanic lake below also revealed the whole picture, and there was a raised rock in the lake, which together formed a picture with the surface of the lake -

That's one with its eyes closed!

As soon as I saw this picture, I instantly thought of the murals that were revealed after the stone gate was mutated into a stone wall!

Those humanoids who worship the stars have less eyes on their faces, but the stars in the sky are in the shape of one eye!

In an instant, I understood the meaning of that mural!

I shouted hoarsely, "Close your eyes!" ”

As I spoke, I closed my eyes.

Before I could close my eyes, the passage had disintegrated to my feet, and my left foot was already in the air, but as I closed my eyes, my left foot stepped on the entity again!

"What?!" The old knife didn't hear clearly.

"Close your eyes! Close your eyes and imagine yourself still standing on top of the passage! I repeated out loud.

As soon as the words fell, my hands felt light, and the downward force of pulling down disappeared in an instant!

"Actually, unexpectedly...... Just close your eyes - bearded, how are you? "This is the voice of the old knife.

"No, it's okay." Hyde's voice was trembling, but it meant that he was out of danger too, "Thank you, thank you." He said.

Shen Tangzhi and Tenzin Kawa didn't speak, but I heard them breathing rapidly, and everyone was physically and mentally exhausted from the near-death just now.

No one spoke for a while, but a scream came from afar:

"No, don't! Help—"

It was Porche's scream, and the end of the scream was fast fading......

I shook my head: "I can't save him, he's already falling." ”

"Ji, what the hell is going on?" Tenzin Kava finally couldn't help but take the lead in asking the question that everyone wanted to know.

After the death of the guards who followed Tenzin Kava, Tenzin Kava spoke very little along the way, and I understood that this was a subtle way, he felt that the balance of power between "us" and "them" had been reversed, that his own power was already at a disadvantage, and that in order to avoid conflict, he chose to remain silent—just as I had done in the first place.

What we all have in common is that we are both teleists.

As long as the goal can be achieved, some compromises can be made in the specific process, and at the same time, it has nothing to do with morality, because morality is too narrow - every choice has a moral and immoral side, and it is only a choice of interests.

But the essential difference between me and Tenzin Kava is the choice of the power to achieve the end.

I believe that everything can be turned into a help to achieve the goal, but I am not a complete Machiavellian, in order to achieve the end can do whatever it takes, in the pursuit of the result, if there is a need to sacrifice, I will try to find a balance, if the cost is too big to accept, I will not hesitate to choose to give up; But Tenzin Kawa is an extremely domineering person, and his personal experience has determined that people like this believe in force and have enough reverence for it.

That's why his attitude changed.

By this point, Tenzin Kava was already a de facto loner, and he had to lower his stature and try to fit in with our group of four.

Of course, I will not refuse his overtures. In fact, I had been planning for a long time to get out of the mountains, and we needed a Sherpa guide to guide us out of the mountains, and now that all options had been eliminated, only Tenzin Kawa was left.

"This different space can embody our thinking." I replied, "At the same time, it's a very peculiar way of materializing – through our eyes. ”

"I don't quite understand...... "Old Knife gasped.

"I ask you, when we were on the same floor where the mural was found, and you went up alone, did you want to find another room? You're a little tired of climbing the tower, and you wish that room had to be very different, preferably with a direct way to the top? ”

"I ...... Wait, I really thought that, but does this have anything to do with the collapse of this passage? ”

And so it was!

I took a deep breath and uttered my speculation word by word: "Old knife, the stone door we saw, and everything outside the stone gate...... Actually, it's all created by you. ”

"What?!"

Everyone was shocked, but after a brief moment of shock, everyone gradually realized how it worked.

The first to speak was Shen Tangzhi: "What you said actually has two meanings, first, it is the embodiment of thinking, and second, what you see is what you see, right?" ”

"That's right, that's how this alternate space works."

I emphasize that this incident is actually not an accident, in fact, if it is not for the old knife, it may also be any one of us, as long as we arrive at the ancient tower that belongs to the other dimension, there will inevitably be an extremely strange event.

Everything that exists in this alien space relies on the brains of the old knife, and each of us is confirming the reality of all this existence through our eyes, if we close our eyes, all changes in the alien space will stop instantly.

With this understood, some things are well explained.

For example, why do we encounter ghosts hitting the walls in the tower?

Because Lao Dao actually wants to go to that weird city.

Why does the stone gate disappear and the passage disintegrates when we walk out of the stone gate?

This is because of the fear in Lao Dao's heart, the more he worries about one thing, the more that thing will happen immediately.

Why does Poche still fall?

Because the principle of "what you see is what you are" applies to everyone separately, as long as Pope keeps his eyes open, then even if we hold him, his feet will still be empty, unless he also closes his eyes.

The question at hand is: how do we get out of here?

Without hesitation, I said, "Go ahead, go to the city that the old knife imagined." ”

The old knife said: "No, Aji, if I start thinking now, we are already at the top of the tower, wouldn't we be able to leave here immediately and reach the top of the tower?" ”

"It doesn't work. Because although this alien space is based on your imagination, from the moment we step out of that stone door, everything has been created, and it will no longer be disturbed by your thoughts. If we close our eyes now, we can only temporarily stop the world from continuing to change, but if we want to get out of here, we must find another way. "Shen Tang's way.

Shen Tangzhi had already explained most of the problems for me, and I added: "You don't have to worry too much, the stone doors and murals we saw before remind us how to avoid danger, I believe that this alien space is not a place of death, but some kind of defense and deletion mechanism of this ancient tower to prevent people who are not qualified to enter by mistake." Therefore, in that ancient city, we will definitely find clues to get out of this place. ”

I instructed everyone to take out the climbing ropes again, and tied the remaining five of us in a row, as usual, the old knife walked in the front, followed by Shen Tangzhi, me, Hyde, and finally Tenzin Kava.

This passage leading to the ancient city is only more than two meters wide, and as long as you don't fall into the air with one foot, you are not afraid of losing your way.

But as I walked along, I suddenly heard a small and sneaky sound, like the wind tearing through a pile of rubble, or like the "humming" of the whispers of the crowd, but the content of the words was always difficult to hear......

Just when I wondered if I was hallucinating, Shen Tangzhi's voice sounded in front of me: "I seem to have heard something, have you heard it?" ”

Old Knife and Hyde replied at the same time, "It's a strange sound......"

Tenzin Kawa, who was at the end of the team, also said: "There is indeed a voice. ”

I began to carefully distinguish the staccato and ever-changing noises.

At first, the sounds weren't clear and intelligible, but as I held my breath and began to listen, the sounds began to become faintly recognizable.

I could make out some strange and evil whispers, some strange screams, or "gurgling" like some kind of beast swallowing, and I couldn't imagine what it was coming from.

Immediately after, we heard very clear footsteps, from far and near, and soon approached us, and the footsteps were so loud that if it was an entity, it would have been very large.

The old knife who was walking in front shouted, "Aji, something seems to be catching up, or is it running towards us?" ”

Not only that, but in the interval of that footsteps, there were countless exclamations and screams, as if there were countless unjust souls circling around us!

The old knife was almost unbearable in front: "Aji, why don't we start running?" The sound was so terrible that it made people's hearts furious. ”

Even I am furious at the moment, because we can't see our surroundings with our eyes closed, as if we are in darkness.

After a normal person suddenly loses his vision, he will inevitably fall into a terrifying situation, which will amplify the fear, causing the source of these strange sounds to turn into various terrifying images in our minds......

I know that if we don't do anything, our brains will be occupied by our own imaginary fears, and we will eventually lose our minds and can't help but open our eyes!

And as soon as we open our eyes, maybe we will immediately fall from a height of hundreds of meters like Porche.

I shouted, "Hold your ear and try it!" Don't open your eyes! ”

After a while, Shen Tang said: "No, these sounds are not transmitted through the air, but like ...... that sound directly in our brains."

On the contrary, this reassured me: "This is a trick to lure us to open our eyes, just remember one thing, don't open your eyes, we won't be in any danger - old knife, don't stand, keep going, be careful not to go to the edge of the path." ”

Everyone held back the fear in their hearts and walked forward with trepidation.

Strange to say, the footsteps seemed to follow us, and as soon as we stopped, the footsteps stopped, and as we continued on, the footsteps began to sound behind us.

After walking for more than 20 minutes, the old knife cheered: "I've come to the end of the path!" I've touched the stone walls, and we should arrive at the ancient city! ”

I shouted, "Don't be in a hurry to open your eyes!" I've survived all the way, don't rush at this moment, let me touch the stone wall......"

I untied the rope and approached with my eyes closed, and sure enough, I found a stone wall in front of me, and in the stone wall, there was a huge hollow, which should be the gate of the ancient city.

After checking again, I opened everyone's eyes.

We found that in front of us was a stone wall, and beyond the brace field, we could see a magnificent ancient city.

The ancient city is built on a stone peak, because it is three-dimensional, there are five floors up and down, and the houses in the city are actually caves carved on the stone peak, which looks like a beehive.

The lowest floor is parallel to the city wall, and the highest floor is thirty or forty meters high from us.

It is a stone city worthy of its name, and the lights are lit up in the city, but the city is completely unpopulated and lifeless.

"Yoshimitsu, look behind you! Something really follows us! ”

Just when I was shocked by Shicheng, Shen Tangzhi suddenly pulled my sleeve, and when I looked back, I was also shocked!

I saw that in the void not far behind us, there was a huge black shadow standing faintly!