Chapter 203: A Murderous Purgatory
Seeing that the scenery around us began to change, we were all a little overwhelmed, and there was no way, we began to move closer to my uncle.
"Let's get closer, I don't know what kind of monster will appear in a while, we can always take care of it together." My uncle held a charm in one hand and an iron rod in the other, ready to give a blow to something rushing at him.
The surrounding scenery gradually changed, and the cave was not as dark as before, but began to become like day. At this time, an unexpected situation occurred, and many houses gradually appeared around us, but the houses here are all ancient styles, but here you can only see houses, but you can see no human beings.
"What does Wei Ran mean by this, how did you arrange us here, I thought there would be some flood beasts." My uncle was puzzled by the changes around him, but he also put down the iron rod and relaxed.
"Uncle, what is this Seven Killing Array, I see that these houses around me can not only see, but also feel when touched." My uncle lit a cigarette and smoked it.
"It's the first time I've heard of this Seven Killing Array, but it seems that Wei Ran's meaning was specially created to clean up us. You see that he wasted so much power to trick us into this cave, it seems that this cave has been completely controlled by Wei Ran's formation, and it is basically impossible for us to find a hole to get out. ”
"You just said that this house is very real, because it's all real. What is going to happen here, and what is going to happen, everything is real. Do you remember what happened to us in Rashomon, the space we are in now is the space created by Wei Ran's characters, it seems that he really wants to torture us to death. ”
"Uncle, don't we really want to go out after these seven killings as Wei Ran said." My uncle nodded.
"If we want to go out now, we can only get out through these seven difficulties. And the bamboo slip he threw in just now should be real, and it is still in this cave. To put it simply, there are seven overlapping man-made spaces in this cave, and one of them disappears after each level. Only after all seven spaces have disappeared will the original space appear. "I see. It seems that if we can go out directly, we won't be able to get that bamboo slip without going through this Seven Killing Array. There's no way, now I'm going to rush up.
"Alright, let's go, there's no point in staying here." After my uncle finished smoking, he began to take us on our journey. My uncle rearranged the formation for us. He himself stood in front, and we split into two teams behind him, spreading out in a triangle. We can avoid a surprise attack and maximize our firepower.
We walked for a while, but we still didn't see any humans. The houses here are all in ancient style, but I can recognize the words on the plaque, it seems that it should be a house in the Ming and Qing dynasties. However, it is said that during the Qing Dynasty, China's population grew so much that there was no one at all.
"Uncle, do you say that this is the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, will you see people with braids?" My uncle shook his head and said he didn't know. We walked a few more steps and suddenly smelled a smell of blood coming out of front of us. We began to retreat towards the wall, surreptitiously observing the situation.
On the other side, there are no braids, and they all have long hair. It's just that some soldiers in armor are slaughtering some unarmed civilians. The soldiers carried a large banner with the word "Onishi" written on it. I learned this in history, Zhang Xianzhong, the king of Daxi in the late Ming Dynasty, had a murderous nature, and almost no living people were killed in Sichuan, but people don't know why Zhang Xianzhong wanted to kill people.
I had learned the word slaughter in books, but I had never thought it was so cruel. Hundreds of unarmed civilians were gathered in the open space of the square, tied with ropes, like a flock of lambs waiting to be slaughtered. And around them were more than a hundred heavily armed soldiers, watching their lambs.
"Uncle, this is not to kill all these people."
"What do you say, haven't you heard of Zhang Xianzhong's murderous addiction, look at what that is." I followed the direction of my uncle's finger, and sure enough, I saw a tragic scene, the corpses on one side of the square were piled up like a hill, and they were all cut off and revealed. Looks like the smell of blood we just smelled came from here.
"Uncle, what does Wei Ran mean by this, what does it mean to put us here, how can we get through this level."
"I don't know, I don't want to stay in this purgatory place on earth now."
The two of us are talking, and this time it's a bad thing. The two of us were caught talking.
"Somebody's there." A group of soldiers actually ran towards us. I was about to take out my short sword to resist, but my uncle stopped me.
"Look at the situation first, don't do it. If necessary, you wield the dagger to kill them in the lead. "When my uncle said this, none of us resisted. Dozens of soldiers surrounded us, seized our weapons, and wanted to bring us before their officials.
We were taken to a tent with a pot-bellied general. This person was holding a woman in one hand, and at first glance it was a folk girl from the village and town. The two women were teary-eyed, and reluctantly poured wine for the animal.
"General, we caught a few more, and it should be almost enough to sacrifice to the master at night." This little soldier actually said that he was going to sacrifice to some master, did they kill people just to sacrifice?
"Yo, these guys don't look like locals." At this time, the miscellaneous soldiers next to us handed our weapons and belongings to their general.
"General, you see, these people really don't look like locals, and even the weapons and items they carry are different from ours. What to do, do you kill them now, there is not enough human flesh prepared today. "The miscellaneous soldiers next to us took out their knives and were about to cut us. At this time, their general stretched out his hand and stopped the soldier.
"Wait a while, I see that these women in them are all good, but they are much better than these vulgar fans around us. Wait until Lao Tzu has had enough to eat and then kill them, and those men will be slaughtered first. "This big-bellied general has a lewd smile on his face, which is even more obscene than my uncle.
I think these miscellaneous soldiers really want to kill us, and they can't be spared anymore. I was about to do it, but my uncle reacted first.
"General, general, wait a minute, the little brother has a treasure to give to the general." At this time, my uncle ran over with a swish, took out something from his pocket and handed it to the big-bellied general.