【Extra】In the catastrophe (7)
"Everything is not done by asking, but by thinking." The monk said arrogantly, "There are only so many characters who appear now, so there must be someone among them who knows the location of the Ancient Well of Bliss, but of course they can't be asked if they are dead or missing." At this point, there was an abrupt stop.
"Don't sell it, you don't say it." I made it look like I was going to hit him.
"You're not ordinary stupid, dead people can't ask, aren't there still living people?" The monk was unhurried, "Since someone knows, there is a great possibility that she will tell others, especially girls, with her mouth and a big horn." ”
Actually, these words make a lot of sense, but who is more likely to know? Whose people should you start with?
"Monk, you said Zhou Tinglan and Li Yuting, who might know?" I asked the monk's opinion.
He paused and thought for a moment, "I think it's possible for all three. ”
"Three people? Who else?! "I was surprised.
"Stupid! Have you forgotten Yue Xingshuang? She is also a key figure. ”
"Yue Xingshuang?!" I really forgot about her, "Didn't she kill herself in her dorm room?" ”
"Don't you think her suicide is very suspicious? Zhou Tinglan and Li Yuting are gone. What did she kill herself for? "In the monk's analysis, I vaguely understood why I felt strange when I heard about Yue Xingshuang's death.
Indeed, Yue Xingshuang is the one who has the least reason to commit suicide, unless, she killed Zhou Tinglan and Li Yuting, but in this way, he will not have to commit suicide, and no one will suspect her. So, what does her death really mean?
"Besides, the box you showed me was actually an evil thing, and I don't know the exact situation, but once I saw a similar container in a magazine, which said that this one was used to lock ghosts. Generally, a part of the deceased's body is placed in this box, and then hidden, because the pattern on the box has a strong anti-ghost effect, so that the deceased will not be able to find that part of his body, so it cannot be reborn. "The monk really knows a lot.
"Who would be so vicious?" I blurted out.
"This box contains a tongue, if there is no mistake, the ghost in the well should be the owner of the tongue, although the mana of this box has been weakened by years of soaking and grinding, but it can still deter the ghost, so she can't get it herself." The monk looked at me, "Then you say, whose tongue should this tongue be?" ”
Who should it be? Yue Xingshuang died in the dormitory, so her body must have undergone a detailed examination, but I didn't hear Wang Tang say that Yue Xingshuang was missing something, so there were only Zhou Tinglan and Li Yuting. That time, I invited Saucer Immortal, Jingjing's figure was above Alan again, so in this case, according to our ghost, it should be Li Yuting.
"Is it Li Yuting?" I knew I wasn't sure, I didn't know why, but I began to trust the man in front of me.
The monk smiled noncommittally, "This is something we want to investigate, and we will be busy tomorrow." ”
The truth has been peeled back layer by layer, but it is still an unsolvable mystery.
Back in the dormitory, we exchanged opinions with Shanshan and the others, and felt that since Master Zhe didn't know the place of bliss, we knew that we had to go in a roundabout way. Since the Great Bitter Female Ghost asked us to find the Ancient Well of Bliss, it means that among the three of them back then, at least someone should have known.
If one person knows, there will be a second!
Of course, the only person we know who had contact with Wang Tang back then, without further ado, we dialed Wang Tang's phone number in the evening.
"Hey." Wang Tang's voice was a little confused, after all, it was already half past eleven in the middle of the night, "Which one?" ”
"It's Director Wang, I'm Zhuang Shanshan, there is something wrong, I may have to trouble you." Shanshan's voice was sweet.
"Oh? Shanshan, what's the matter? Wang Tang seemed to sober up a little.
"That, it's still about Zhou Tinglan, I want to ask you, did Zhou Tinglan mention it, she knows about the Bliss Ancient Well on Fuhua Mountain, or something like that."
"The Ancient Well of Bliss?" Wang Tang over there stopped talking, as if he was pondering something, and after a while, he said, "I don't know if it's the Ancient Well of Bliss, but I heard Zhou Tinglan tell me once that they once found a very interesting place in Fuhua Mountain, which seems to be a well or a hole, so I don't know very well." …… Location? …… The location seems to be near Wanjing Garden. ”
"Then thank you Director Wang, I'm sorry to bother you so late, by the way, you just said them? Who is it? ”
"They? Oh, it's the 3 people in Zhou Tinglan's bedroom, Li Yuting and Yue Xingshuang. ”
Shanshan hung up the phone, "All three of them may know the location of the Ancient Well of Bliss." ”
"Forget it. Whatever it is, don't we know it now? Xiao Zhi has always been optimistic, "Let's go to Wan Jingyuan tomorrow to find it, end it early, and we will return to reality as soon as possible." ”
I nodded, "However, Wang Tang said too vaguely, Wan Jingyuan, it has been abandoned for a long time, it is so big, I'm afraid it is not easy to find." ”
"Tomorrow, we will search the entire Wanjing Garden in three ways, and we are not afraid that we will not find it!" Xiaoxue was ruthless.
"The old rules, I am on a team with Xiaoxue, Alan Xiaozhi is on a team, and Baby Monk is on a team." Shanshan began to deploy, but I have no objection, in fact, the monk is very good.
Everyone talked for a while before going to bed, and no one noticed that one of the biggest mistakes we had made, the things of these days had made the tired nerves have lost their effect, and while we were talking about it all in the dormitory, Jingjing was on the bed, with her back to us, smiling thoughtfully.
On the second day, everyone gathered in front of the open space in front of Wanjing Garden, and then scattered from the left, middle, and right roads to search. The monk and I were on the right.
It is said that Wanjingyuan was abandoned 10 years ago because of the poor geographical location at that time and the limited consumption power of the people at that time. In the past 10 years, no one has cared about it, so now it is such a desolate scene, the wild grass is overgrown, flooding the original road, and some sculptures on both sides are also dilapidated because of the wind and rain in the past 10 years, and I am walking in the wild grass with the monk.
"Are you really making this map?" I was skeptical of the map that the monk had improvised to find.
"Don't worry, this is what I called up in the computer, as soon as you called last night, I started to look on the Internet, and finally found the tour guide route of Wan Jingyuan back then." The monk said confidently.
"However, this map does not say that there is a well in Wanjing Garden, how to find it?" I opened my eyes wide to see, but I really didn't see the shadow of a well anywhere.
"I don't know, but Wan Jingyuan used to have a lot of water sources, so look for it, maybe you can find it, since Wang Tang also said that it is in Wan Jingyuan, then where Zhou Tinglan and the others can find it, we should also be able to find it." The monk spoke slowly.
"Oh, Wang Tang just said that he was vaguely in Wanjing Garden, he hadn't seen it and hadn't been here, so it's hard to say." I don't have any confidence in this search.
"Don't complain, get serious."
This road is really not easy to walk, waist-deep grass covered ground can't see what is stepping on at all, I secretly complained about why the government built this place but did not take care of the aftermath, suddenly, a trip under my feet, the person fell forward, the monk quickly grabbed my hand, "It's okay, can you be careful, every time it's so careless." The tone of reproach still couldn't hide the concern.
"Hey, thanks, I know." I'm embarrassed, especially when my hand is still in his hand.
Continuing to move forward, the monk kept holding my hand, and I was still immersed in an inexplicable feeling in my dizzy mind at this time, savoring the light touch of the fingers of the two people. There is no abnormality in the surrounding sensation at all.
"Baby," the monk paused.
"Huh? What's wrong. "I came back to my senses in a hurry in my own fantasies.
"It's foggy."
I looked around, really, just now it was a faint hazy, unnoticeable fog, now very thick wrapped us in it, the fog, like a box, closed our connection with the outside world.
I unconsciously strained the monk, "How can this be." "Although the climate in the mountains is very irregular, it is rare to see such a big fog from 10 o'clock in the morning, especially in each of our experiences, fog is often associated with danger.
The monk looked calm, "Don't be afraid, let's slowly grope our way forward, be careful, you walk behind me." ”
I nodded.
According to the map, we carefully navigate the vast fog, not knowing if the path is correct or not, relying entirely on our senses. I don't know how long I walked, but the monk suddenly changed direction and walked to the left, and I followed closely.
"Baby, be careful, there must be a problem."
"Huh?" I don't understand.
"Don't you notice? The road we are taking now has lightened a lot of fog. I thought it was strange just now, as if I had opened a door alone in a fog, and the fog on the left was obviously very thin, so I just came to take a look, and now I feel more and more strange, as if someone is guiding us. The monk said a lot in one breath, and his hand tightened.
After his reminder, I found that the road we are walking now is really strange, the fog that originally shrouded us has obviously lightened a lot, and the surrounding scenery can be seen clearly, but when I look back, I will find that not far away, it is still a vast expanse.
Only we are here, it is clear. It was as if someone had deliberately wiped the fog away.
It is in such an environment that we are stubborn about the unknown process.
"Baby, I think, we've found it." The monk's words shocked me.
Look closely, 5 meters away from us, in the gap between the weeds, there is a faint trace, it is a well, it is the edge of the ancient well! It looks similar to the Great Bitter Ancient Well, the low well platform, the mottled tempered by the years, and there are four big characters on it: Bliss Ancient Well! Although he has long been blurred, he can still see the original form.
Did you find it? Is this it? So smooth.
"Monk, is it really here?" I couldn't believe I was so lucky.
"If that's right, it should be." The monk said, "However, I always feel ...... Forget it, let's take a look. The monk wanted to speak and stopped, but it didn't attract my greater attention, because at this time the phone suddenly rang.
"Hey, Shanshan?" I looked at the monk and suggested that he was Shanshan's call, but gradually, my expression became more and more serious.
"Shanshan, can you hear me? Hey, Shanshan! You speak," I shouted into my phone in vain, and the voice was unusually loud in this open space.
"Shanshan, you speak, hurry up!" There was already a busy sound over there, and I stood dumbfounded, holding the phone.
Like crazy, I hurriedly called Alain, and when it worked, Alain's voice came out, "Baby?" Baby talking. Xiao Zhi and I have found the Ancient Well of Bliss, come quickly. Baby, baby, are you listening? We've found the ancient well, and you've come to us....... "I shouted as hard as I could, but Alain couldn't hear a word, and then there was a fragmentation of the signal, and a series of busy tones.
I was completely stupid, helpless, my eyes were full of panic and panic, and the monk hugged my shoulder, "What's wrong, baby, what's going on?" ”
Through the monk's broad shoulders, I saw the ancient well of bliss behind him, abruptly in the mist.
"Monks, Shanshan and Alan have also found the Ancient Well of Bliss."
kept calling Shanshan and Alain, but to no avail, the network was still unavailable.
"Let's go find them, monk, let's go find them, there must be danger, you know no, there must be danger." I took the monk by the arm and begged him.
"Baby, you calm down, things may not be as bad as you think. There is only one Ancient Well of Bliss, and that must be among the three of us who have found it, and we have no way to go back to them now, we can only explore the secret of this Ancient Well of Bliss in front of us. "The monk is very calm, but I know that he is also flustered in his heart.
"However, there must be two fakes, then, the fake and the true, both are dangerous, aren't they?" I don't know why we came to die, why we came separately to die.
The monk took my hand, "Don't worry, we'll be fine, and neither will they." The monk comforted me, "Baby, we will be fine, believe me." ”
The mouth of the black hole is already close at hand, if it is like an abyss when you see the Great Bitter Ancient Well, then this is a nightmare. Revealing unreal confusion and danger, the monk stepped forward and looked, "Baby, you are waiting for me up there, I'll go down and take a look." ”
"No, I'm going down too." I'm really scared, in case, if the monk has another one, I really don't know how to get out of this maze.
"Silly girl, how can such a narrow wellhead accommodate two people, you look at the rope from above, wait for me, I'll come up soon, okay." The monk pretended to be relaxed and said that he knew better than anyone else that stepping into it was the beginning of a dangerous period.
I looked at him, "You have to make sure to come up well." ”
"Silly baby, what do you think, it's like parting with life and death. You wait for me, I'll be up in 10 minutes at most. ”
Watching him prepare things, I began to worry about them again, are they also preparing to go down the well like this? Which is true and which is false, they must have thought that everything was going well, but they did not know that danger was close at hand.
The monk put on the oxygen, tied the rope, and made a triumphant gesture, I made three laps of the rope on the well platform, and then tied it tightly to myself, because there were no trees around to support it, so I had to do this.
When the monk went down, he pulled off his mask and said with a smile, "Don't think I'm heavy." I nodded.
It was indeed very heavy, pulling the rope hard, turning the body little by little, letting the rope slowly extend, gritting his teeth, and soon, there was a faint sound. "Baby, it's okay." I breathed a sigh of relief and looked down to see that my body had been deeply strangled by the ropes, and my clothes were a little torn.
I lay on the platform and asked loudly, "Monk, are you okay?" ”
The rope moved 3 times, and it seems that he is fine, and he should be looking for it.
I sat quietly by the well and waited, there was a dead silence all around, no sound of birds, no sound of insects, no wind, no grass still.
After about 10 minutes, the monk still didn't move, I was a little anxious, and shouted loudly, but there was still no response, the monk said, he only stayed for 10 minutes and would come up, is it......
It's not that I'm thinking nonsense, it's just that everything is fraught with danger.
Lying at the mouth of the well, the probe went in, and there was no light with a flashlight, but a very thick white gas rose from the bottom of the well, as if I met it in the Great Bitter Ancient Well that time, "Monk, monk, are you there?" Answer me monk! "My voice echoed through the empty wasteland, but again and again it did not answer.
I desperately pulled the rope up, but I was unmoved as if I was a burden, tears flowed unconsciously, I grabbed the rope with both hands, and with all my strength, I wanted to pull him up, I must pull him up.
White gas wafted out of the wellhead, blending with the surrounding fog. My hands were worn out, but the rope was still strong and unmoving.
What to do, I have never been in a panic and fear surrounded me, in a panic, I remembered the jade Buddha given by Master Zhe hanging around my neck, since the jade Buddha of the Great Mercy and Grace Temple can save me again and again, then this time let the Bodhisattva of the Fuhua Temple bless the monk.
Tear off the jade Buddha with all your might, run to the well, and throw it inside. The small emerald green Buddha statue was immediately engulfed in a white demonic mist.
"Isn't it useful?" Seeing that nothing had changed, I was even more anxious, "Isn't it useful?" I anxiously poked my head into the mouth of the well and looked at the darkness hidden by the unfathomable white.
Suddenly, a force came from behind, and I fell into the well. turned around in a hurry, and it was her who fell into her eyes!
Falling down from the well platform like this, with the whirring wind in my ears, I thought, I am really dead this time, although I am unwilling, but there is no way to escape the arrangement of fate.
However, it seems that God still wants to tease me again, and the rope around my waist is fixed in mid-air at the critical moment. It may have been the role of the rope that was originally wrapped around the wall of the well. So, I swayed in mid-air, glad I had picked up half a life.
It's hanging like this, and I don't know when the rope above my head will suddenly break, maybe she'll find out right away, maybe... I didn't dare to make a sound, and I didn't know how deep it was underneath.
After a few minutes like this, everything was calm, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly, the rope hanging below began to pull violently, God, it was a monk, but how could he be at this time...... I didn't care so much, so I shouted at the top of my voice, "Monk, don't pull, don't pull." ”
"What's wrong, baby?" The monk's voice came from below, very close. That means I'm almost at the bottom of the well.
"Monk, I fell and got tripped by the rope, now I have to find a way to go up, you don't pull the rope." I'll make a long story short, because every time I say a word, my body has to tremble, and I'm afraid the rope and the load can't be loaded.
The monk was still shouting at me below, and I knew he was worried, but there was nothing I could do about it now. "Monk, wait for me for 10 minutes, I'm going up, otherwise we're both going to die here." Yes, if I don't go up, I'm afraid this time it's really bad luck.
I tried to prop my legs against the wall of the well, but my legs were too short. So I had to work hard to hold on to the rope and climb up. At that time, I just wrapped the rope around the well platform three times, and now it is so strong, but now it is very strong, but it is not reliable, and with my weight, I don't know how long it can last. I took a deep breath, held my breath, and climbed one by one.
This time is much more difficult than in the Great Bitter Ancient Well, but, fortunately, with a small experience last time, I have accumulated a little experience, leaning on the side of the well wall, leaning, the roughness of the years, actually gave me enough to save the friction now, kick hard, with the help of external force, support the opposite side of the well wall, seize the opportunity, step on the J well wall to borrow strength to the arm, climb up a few times, and so on.
Finally, the feet can support the well walls on both sides, very good, the wellhead visible from the head is getting closer and closer, the skin of the hands has long been worn out, sweat and blood seep into the rope, the waist seems to be about to break, and the head is groggy. However, I don't even have a choice, this is not only my life, but also the monk in the well, I can't let him die here.
Thinking and crawling, as my hands lay on the edge of the well, I felt as if I was reborn. Carefully look outside, there is no shadow of anyone anymore, jumping out of this nightmarish ancient well, I can't take a breath, busy shouting to the monk in the well, fortunately, he is fine.
Finally, I used up the last strength of my body to pull the monk up, and I collapsed on the ground, not even having the strength to sit up, my hands, knees, and arms, there were scratches everywhere, and blood flowed down my body, fell into the dirt, and disappeared.
Lying on the ground, letting the monk hold me, he kept asking, what happened, why did I fall, why... But I didn't bother to answer.