Chapter 297: Deviation from the Origin
Many things in the dream realm cannot be understood with realistic thoughts, which means that anything can happen in this third-layer dream, and it is understandable that the well in this basin can lead to the crack, but there is no way to know why Zhang Renshan looked at San'er with a sad face, Zhang Renshan said: "Okay!" Don't think about it, let's do whatever we have to do, I guess we can't know everything about this place, after all, this is a dream, and there are some things that don't have any explanation at all. ”
San'er stood aside and listened to Zhang Renshan's words, tilted his head slightly, thought about it, and then said, "Maybe! But we have to be a little prepared after all, don't we? Otherwise, even if you can walk into the basin without knowing anything, you won't be able to understand everything around you. ”
"If you can't read it, you can't understand it! Do you still think you can really find a way out of here? The corners of Zhang Renshan's mouth smiled slightly, and then said to San'er.
"If you don't look for it, how do you know, I think there must be some secrets in this basin that we don't know for the time being" San'er's eyes were a little trance-like and looked at the surrounding buildings.
Zhang Renshan didn't want to listen to San'er's words, and after leaving from the well, he went directly to the outside of the courtyard, looked up and saw that the yellow sand was still flying in the air, and the wind was blowing, and Zhang Renshan turned his face and thought about telling San'er to go forward, don't worry about the well, but when Zhang Renshan turned around, he saw that San'er was burying his steps and was going to drill into the well, and then Zhang Renshan was frightened, rushed to San'er's side, grabbed one of his arms, and said, "San'er, what are you doing?" Why did you jump into the well. ”
"I didn't ...... You let go of your hand, I just want to go down and take a look" San'er twisted his body while breaking free of Zhang Renshan and pulling his hand.
But where is Zhang Renshan willing to ask San'er to do this, he quickly pulled him from the well to his side and said: "I think you are crazy, this well must be two or three people high, you are going to jump, if you don't die, you have to fall, I don't care if my body can recover by itself, can you be like me?" ”
"This ...... I can actually ...... too" San'er wanted to explain that he was actually similar to Zhang Renshan, but before he could say anything, Zhang Renshan interrupted: "What can you do!" Listen to me, let's go quickly, I think you will be completely stupid if you stay by this well. ”
"It's not...... Xian'er, you just let me in, there really is a way to let us out" San'er struggled to persuade Zhang Renshan to say a few words so that he could go down to the well.
But where was Zhang Renshan willing to listen to San'er's words, as soon as he turned around, he grabbed San'er firmly, and then dragged him to the outside of the courtyard.
Seeing that the well was already far away from him, San'er had no choice but to look at Zhang Renshan and said, "It's really okay to take you, okay!" Let's move on. ”
"That's right, it's okay what well you jumped! Is that really that good? Zhang Renshan did not forget to ridicule San'er, San'er also followed Zhang Renshan with a helpless face in the back, the two of them went all the way forward for a while, bypassing a few rooms and went to a lot of houses before, the two of them went to the tower in the center of the basin, San'er raised his eyes and looked up, the tower in the center of the basin was built very neatly, but the materials built were countless horizontal stones, compared with the surrounding sand buildings, this stone tower was very mismatched.
Zhang Renshan stretched out his hand and patted the big striped stone at the bottom of the tower, and then turned his head to San'er and said, "This thing is powerful enough, San'er, what kind of person can live in this tower?" ”
"I don't know, but what is this tower for? If you want to say that it is used to observe the situation of the surrounding basin, it doesn't look like it, Xian'er, let's find out where the way into it is! San'er looked at the towering tower in front of him, facing Zhang Renshan.
Zhang Renshan is actually a little impatient, after all, this tower is built in the center of the entire basin, if you look at the previous arrangement of houses in this basin, this tower is definitely the residence of the highest status in the ancient city of Huangsha, not much nonsense Zhang Renshan is with San'er around this tower and began to look for a way to enter the tower, but the two of them went around the circle and couldn't see where there was a place to enter, frowned slightly, San'er reached out and grabbed Zhang Renshan, who was still looking for the entrance of the tower, and said: "Stop first, I think this place is a little weird. ”
"What's wrong again?" Zhang Renshan was looking around, and when he heard San'er's words, he turned around and said.
"Xian'er, we've all gone around in circles, but the entrance to this tower still hasn't appeared, don't you think it's a little weird?" San'er stretched out his finger and pointed to the tower, and then said to Zhang Renshan.
"Yes! But maybe the entrance to this tower is not on the tower, but maybe it is on the ground! Zhang Renshan also felt something strange after going around this tower, but he didn't think as much as San'er thought, since there was no entrance to the tower, it was very likely that the way in was somewhere else.
San'er was also suddenly stunned when he heard Zhang Renshan's words, and then turned his mind and said, "It's the same...... However, the area around this tower is not small, and if we want to find the entrance, we don't know when we will turn it. ”
"What's this, look for it slowly! Anyway, we have time, since we can't go out, then let's take a leisurely stroll," Zhang Renshan looked at San'er, and the corner of his mouth was slightly raised, and then said.
"Come on! I won't accompany you," San'er shook his head, he didn't want to hang around the tower with Zhang Renshan, Zhang Renshan saw that San'er didn't want to accompany him, so he was alone and began to look for a way to enter the tower on the ground around the tower.
One person meditates and one person moves, the two people are exactly one positive and one negative, San'er closed his eyes slightly and then thought carefully about everything that the two entered into this ancient city of yellow sand, the buildings in the basin are from good to bad from the outside and inside, almost neatly arranged in one breath, but only this tower is different from all the buildings, not only is it built from the whole block of horizontal stones, but also far away from the surrounding buildings, as if this place is deliberately isolated, After pondering for a while, San'er suddenly opened his eyes and said to Zhang Renshan, who had already walked far away in order to find the entrance: "Xian'er, I know what this tower does!" ”
"What?" Zhang Renshan couldn't hear what San'er was shouting because he was standing too far away, so he asked back at the top of his throat.
"I said I know what this tower does," San'er saw that Zhang Renshan didn't hear clearly, so he raised his voice and shouted again.
Zhang Renshan heard it completely this time, and hurriedly walked a few steps to San'er's side, and then said, "You know? Let's talk about it! ”
"Don't worry, you wait for me to confirm it first," San'er walked to the bottom of the tower while talking to Zhang Renshan, moving his body, San'er walked back and forth around the tower several times, Zhang Renshan was surrounded by San'er and was confused, and in the end, he really couldn't stand it, and said to San'er: "You stop for a while!" I'm about to be spit out by you, San'er, didn't you say that you already know what this tower is used for, you should hurry up! Don't go around in circles around there. ”
"You wait a little longer, I'll be fine right away," San'er listened to Zhang Renshan's words and spoke again to dissuade him.
Zhang Renshan was also out of line, just sat on the side and continued to watch San'er stupidly circle under the tower, and when Zhang Renshan was about to fall asleep in the end, San'er slowly stopped, and then walked to Zhang Renshan's side and said, "Okay, I have been able to roughly confirm it." ”
"You...... What have you confirmed? Zhang Renshan was confused in his mind, San'er's actions just now made him unable to analyze it, just circling around the tower to understand the mystery? Shaking his head, Zhang Renshan didn't believe it, and when he stood up, he said again: "San'er can know things by going around in circles, so I'll go around and see if you're okay?" ”
"What are you going around! I thought of it a little just now before I went to the bottom of the tower to take a look, if you go now, you will really go in circles in vain" San'er was already angry, looking at Zhang Renshan, he stretched out his hand and pulled him.
Zhang Renshan listened to San'er's words, then he knew that he was thinking too much, so he touched his head and smiled, and then said, "Okay! Hurry up! I've been waiting for this for a long time. ”
"Didn't you say 'time is right' before, why are you in such a hurry now?" San'er squinted at Zhang Renshan and originally wanted to tease him, but San'er still retracted it slightly.
Zhang Renshan stood aside and listened to San'er's words and said: "Just now, now is now, it's not right about things, it's not about people!" ”
"Good, good...... You can say whatever you like, I don't care about you, but I still have to tell you about this tower" San'er was told by Zhang Renshan's tricked words, so he could only temporarily retreat.
Zhang Renshan stood aside and waited for San'er to talk about the tower, and when he saw that he was going to talk about it, he quickly squatted back on the ground and came to San'er's side, San'er saw that Zhang Renshan was also quiet, so he stretched out his hand on the ground and used some sand to roughly draw the appearance of the basin, and then said to Zhang Renshan: "Xian'er, where should we be staying now?" ”
"You're not talking nonsense! Of course, it's the center of this basin," Zhang Renshan looked at San'er with strange eyes, and then said.
"Hmm...... You can say that, but let me ask you, how do you know that the place we are in now is the very center of this basin? San'er tilted his head and looked at Zhang Renshan and asked.
"This ...... Isn't it here? San'er, are you a little ......" Zhang Renshan didn't dare to say it in the second half of the sentence, he felt that San'er might have thought too many things and was a little stupid.
San'er looked at Zhang Renshan and said: "Since we entered the surrounding area of this basin, we have always believed that the location where the tower was built is the center of this basin, but Xian'er, don't forget that this place is an ancient city, if you want to calculate where the center of this place is, you must include this entire ancient city, I just sorted out the whole picture of the ancient city we saw in mid-air before, although this basin is not far from the center of this ancient city, but the tower is definitely not the center of this ancient city." ”
"So, isn't this tower used to house those dignitaries?" After listening to San'er's explanation, Zhang Renshan immediately understood, and when he looked at the tower, he blurted out.
"That's right!" San'er affirmed for a moment and then continued: "When I figured this out, I began to think about why this tower was built in the middle of this basin, and it was built with many horizontal stones, at first I didn't figure it out, but then I suddenly noticed the barren ground around this tower and the houses on both sides, and I figured it all out." ”
"What do you mean? What is San'er's tower used for? Zhang Renshan looked at San'er and hurriedly asked.
"Xian'er, what do you think this place was before, Huangsha Ancient City! Although a town is in a dream, it also needs to have a place to deal with some sinful people, right? I had been walking around the tower to make sure there were any chains or clips on the tower's horizontal stone, and it turned out to be ...... The hard work pays off, Xian'er, I really found some surviving padlock hidden buckles on the horizontal stone at the bottom of the tower just now," San'er was a little proud, and looked at Zhang Renshan and explained.
"I said why did you walk for so long, it turned out that it was for this matter, then San'er, according to what you said, this tower is not a building at all, but a place to punish those sinners, right?" Zhang Renshan looked at the towering stone tower in front of him and said to San'er.
"That's right...... This place is a place used to punish or execute some sinners, in fact, we should have been able to imagine a long time ago, this place is empty all around, and it is in the deepest part of the entire basin, if there is really anyone living here, in case the wind and sand pour into this basin one day, the people in this tower have nowhere to run if they want to, after all, it is too far away from the periphery, and even if there is no wind and sand, I think those in power will not choose to live in this tower" San'er stood on Zhang Renshan's side and followed him to look at the tower.
"Why?" Zhang Renshan asked curiously when he listened to San'er's words.
"Xian'er, why haven't you figured it out yet! This tower is in the innermost, in case of a riot one day, this tower is no different from a prison, the people below do not need to go forward to attack the tower, just a little sleepy can wait for a good opportunity, after a long time, the people in this tower will be completely cut off from food, and those who should starve to death will have to starve to death, and those who should surrender will surrender" San'er tilted his head and looked at Zhang Renshan and explained.
"But too...... But was San'er's tower built to deal with those criminals? Zhang Renshan still didn't believe it, but San'er felt that there was nothing to say about it, so he turned his head to Zhang Renshan and said, "What do you say!" I'm just guessing randomly, if you don't believe it, you can try it yourself. ”
"Farewell...... I don't want my head to hurt, I think we're going to have to go back! Since this is not a noble place, then let's not keep it" Zhang Renshan turned around and was about to leave the range of this tower with San'er, when he heard a sudden thunderclap in the air, and then a thunderbolt descended, directly hitting the two of them, Zhang Renshan and San'er glanced at each other, and their hearts were chuckled.
After the electric light, a huge figure appeared not far in front of the two, San'er opened a little sideways, raised his head and looked at the huge figure, he was really helpless, he said to Zhang Renshan: "Our old friend seems to be back again." ”
"Hmph...... Come back, come back! We can't stop people again," Zhang Renshan's face was a wry smile, and then he looked at the figure in the smoke and dust, his eyes were already full of murderous intent.
San'er stood on the side, and his hands had already reconjured the two broadswords, ready to follow Zhang Renshan to rush to the earth dragon that came back again, Zhang Renshan's head because of the awl given to him by the fake Xiaoyue, he was also able to no longer step forward empty-handed, the two shook left and right, although Zhang Renshan wanted to strike first, but the dust splashed after the dragon fell was like a mist, if he ventured into it, Zhang Renshan was also afraid of what tricks he would get, the two glanced at each other, San'er whispered to Zhang Renshan: "Do you want to rush over?" ”
Zhang Renshan quickly shook his head when he heard the words, and then replied in a low voice: "No, let's wait and see what happens." ”
San'er heard Zhang Renshan's arrangement and stayed in place.
After a short time, the earth dragon was gradually revealed from the smoke and dust, San'er and Zhang Renshan looked up and saw that they were so frightened that they took half a step back, only to see that the head of the earth dragon had been corroded by the green smoke before, and the flesh and blood inside had almost become a black and brown, although it was not bleeding, but the earth dragon itself was very cautious, and now that the face was destroyed, this earth dragon was even more terrifying.
Zhang Renshan and San'er looked at the earth dragon and didn't know what to do, and when they were about to reflexively retreat a little back, the earth dragon shook its half-left head and roared at the two of them: "You two go to die!" ”
When the sparks splashed, the downpour fell directly from the sky, pouring on the two of them, pouring on the two of them, pouring on the two and the dragon of the earth, making a crackling sound, as the rain in the sky became heavier and heavier, the dragon was also angry to the first time, and the snake letter was rushing towards the two of them, although Zhang Renshan was so watered by the heavy rain that he couldn't open his eyes, he still saw clearly that the dragon was running towards the two of them, and turned around, Zhang Renshan shouted at San'er: "Hurry up and flash!" The dragon is coming! ”
When San'er heard this, he shrank and rolled directly into the distance, while Zhang Renshan stared at the direction of the dragon attacking, holding the huge awl that Fake Xiaoyue handed over to the two of them with both hands......