Chapter 37: A Real Illusion

I caught a glimpse of his eyes all red, and I thought to myself, I don't usually watch this kind of love-hate plot in costume dramas, how can there be such an illusion? Wang Zhen squatted on the side and buried his head and sobbed in a low voice, since I knew him, I had never seen him cry, and today it was an eye-opener in the hallucination. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

I became more and more curious, sighed slightly, and pretended to be sad, "Let me tell you the truth, I lost my memory. I have no memory of what you said, and in my mind, I would never allow anyone to kill him. ā€

Wang Zhen stared at me motionless for a long time before he said sadly: "You who have lost your memory are more precious than usual. ā€

He wiped his snot and sighed, "Actually, in this matter, you can only be regarded as an accomplice at best. I'm angry at why you didn't tell me earlier when you found so many suspicious places about Wang Linshuo. Have you forgotten that there is a ghost code and that string of numbers in the water? ā€

My heart suddenly trembled, and I said in disbelief: "I don't remember, what kind of water is there a ghost?" ā€

Wang Zhen frowned, stared straight into my eyes and asked, "Do you really not know or are you pretending to be stupid?" ā€

I tried to put on a blank expression, but my heart was beating a drum. He stared straight at me, a little doubt in his eyes. As soon as I panicked, I blurted out a lie: "Aren't we in Baokang, Hubei now?" ā€

Wang Zhen's expression was a little fleetingly loose, but he was suspicious for a moment: "You tell me everything you know." ā€

At this moment, my heart was full of doubts, and I began to wonder if this was an illusion or not, and why it was so much overlapping with what happened in the real world. I looked at Wang Zhen, who was still suspicious of me, and said without thinking: "I remember that a few of us drove to Baokang, but we encountered a giant python while walking on a difficult mountain road. I couldn't escape its maw, it toyed with me in mid-air, and I was horrified to find that none of you who were supposed to save me knew where they had gone. A sharp pain came from my thigh, and my eyes went black, and I couldn't see anything. ā€

Wang Zhen's expression gradually changed from doubt to solemnity and then to sadness, he turned his back, and after dozens of seconds, wiped his eyes and turned around, and sighed: "You were really stimulated by that scene so deeply that you forgot the whole journey." ā€

He continued: "We are now in Yongsheng, Yunnan, and Baokang, Hubei is a thing of the past. We came here in search of a piece of jade. ā€

A questioning voice popped up in my heart, weren't we here to look for Li Xikan? The question was almost bursting out, but fortunately I stopped the car in time and said, "Have you found it now?" ā€

He paused, "No, that piece of jade...... Alas. It has nothing to do with what I'm trying to say, and I won't mention it again. On the way, we died nine times and suffered many difficulties, and Uncle Lu and the man in black were unfortunately imprisoned. We searched for clues about them, and eventually found out that they were found in an extremely dangerous forest called the Ghost Barrier Forest. ā€

When I heard this, my heart was lifted, and although I knew that it was not real, I was still very worried about me in the story. Wang Zhen looked at me deeply and continued: "In the Ghost Barrier Forest, we got lost, but fortunately we found Uncle Lu and the man in black. Just as we were about to leave here, I suddenly found that Wang Linshuo was gone.

Everyone became anxious and searched everywhere, but there was no trace. Zhang Siyuan suddenly found his coat scattered under a huge tree, he walked over, and when he picked up his coat, he was ...... by a poisoned arrow from the shadows."

He couldn't go on any longer. He lowered his head, his chest heaving violently, and he sobbed silently. I asked incredulously, "The poison arrow...... Was it released by Wang Linshuo? ā€

Wang Zhen shook his head, and it took a while for his emotions to calm down, and he said in a low voice: "Although he didn't put it, he is the one behind the scenes!" The poisoned arrow had a number written on it: 44400890. ā€

I was completely stunned when I heard this, and it took me a long time to come back to my senses and exclaim, "What is the connection between the ghosts in the water and this string of numbers?" ā€

Wang Zhen lamented: "This string of numbers is Wang Linshuo's code, and the ghost in the water is a joint code for them." ā€

I was dumbfounded, Wang Zhen took out something wrapped in leaves from his pocket and handed it to me. I opened it, and saw a bloodstained broken arrow lying quietly in my hand, with a string of numbers engraved on the arrow: 44400890.

My heart was as tormented and sad as if it had been fried, steamed, and roasted, my hands trembled slightly, and I looked at Wang Zhen in disbelief, but I smelled a strange fragrance before I opened my mouth. At first, the fragrance was faint, but then it became more and more intense, like the smell of tea and wood. I was a little familiar with this smell, but before I could think about it, I felt that my body was grabbed and pulled back desperately, and Wang Zhen's face was getting farther and farther away from me, more and more blurred. I screamed and struggled, but suddenly opened my eyes.

Uncle Lu was holding the piece of jade I was carrying with me on the tip of my nose, and a pair of eyes were looking at me worriedly. When he saw that I opened his eyes, his face suddenly relaxed, and he breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Finally, one of them has woken up." ā€

I struggled to sit up, feeling so sore that my face and neck were wet. I raised my hand to wipe it in confusion, Uncle Lu glanced at me and sighed: "I don't know what's going on, just now a few of you were talking, suddenly one after another unconscious, closed your eyes and began to talk nonsense." Xiao Xuan, what did you dream about, I've never seen you cry so sadly. ā€

I prevaricated and wiped away the tears from the corners of my eyes, but I was surprised to find that Wang Zhen was tied up with five flowers and lying stiffly beside me like a silkworm chrysalis. His face was covered with snot and tears, his body writhed and struggled, his brow furrowed, and he muttered words that I couldn't understand. When I saw Wang Zhen's face at this time, there was a trace of indescribable emotion in my heart. I sighed, turned around and asked Uncle Lu, who was trying to wake up Zhang Siyuan, "Why did you tie him up?" ā€

Uncle Lu replied absentmindedly: "He has too many small movements, his feet and hands are always kicking and kicking, and I have been hit by him several times." ā€

I glanced at Zhang Siyuan, who was curled up in a ball and sobbing in a low voice, silently prayed for him, and turned to look at Wang Linshuo, who was the quietest. His expression was a little weird compared to ours, and there was even a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. I patted him on the face and tried to wake him up, but he didn't move.

I stood up and asked Uncle Lu, "What happened to you?" ā€

He replied, "At that time...... Oh, remembered. You turn to look at the grass, but you're planted face down. Everyone hurriedly helped you up and tried to wake you up, but it was like a contagion, most of the people who touched you fell to the ground limply, and I was the only one who resisted the invasion of the virus. I'm at a loss, you guys are like dead pigs, and you can't open your eyes in any way. In desperation, I saw the wonderful-fragrant piece of jade you put on the tip of my nose, so I tried it randomly, and who knew that it really worked. ā€

I nodded contemplatively, but I heard Zhang Siyuan suddenly whisper. I hurriedly stood up, just in time to meet his slowly opening eyes. Uncle Lu got up and rubbed his hands and said, "I finally completed half of the task." ā€

Zhang Siyuan still maintained a curled posture, his eyes were hollow, and he looked at me blankly with tears on his face. I was uncomfortable with his gaze, and said with a dry smile: "Are you awake?" ā€

He muttered, "I have a poisoned arrow in my back, help me pull it out." ā€

I was shocked as if I had been struck by lightning, and it took me a long time before I said, "What did you say?" Oh, you're just dreaming, it's the real world. ā€

Zhang Siyuan struggled to sit up when he heard this, and sighed after seeing Wang Zhen and Wang Linshuo, who were tied up by five flowers, and quietly: "It turns out that Lao Wang didn't lose it, it's great." But who tied him up like this? ā€

I took the trouble to explain it to him, and it took me a while to pull him out of the illusion. Zhang Siyuan said with palpitations: "Could it be that this is the horror of the Ghost Barrier Forest?" In my illusion, I was looking for a piece of jade with you in the Ghost Barrier Forest, but I found that Lao Wang had somehow disappeared halfway. I searched around and eventually found his coat under a giant tree. When I ran over to get it, I felt a chill in my vest, and when I turned my head, I heard you rushing out calling my name. ā€

My heart was already as cold as well water in January, and the cold air was seeping out of my heart, but I still forced a smile and said, "This dream of yours is really vivid." ā€

Zhang Siyuan said: "Yes." I still feel a dull pain in the place where the arrow was hit, but luckily there was no wound when I reached out and touched it. By the way, what's the content of your nightmare? ā€

My heart began to beat uneasily, and in the face of Zhang Siyuan's curious gaze, my brain was running rapidly for a while before frowning: "Oh, I remembered." I dreamed that I was being chased by several monsters with hideous faces, and I was chased by someone with a knife, and the whole dream was full of popcorn horror movie scenes. ā€