Chapter 13: The Parrot Turnstile

Xiao Rong shook his head, also confused. I know that he has good eyesight, and I have seen it in the cave of the ancient city of Xuanyuan, so he said that it was a bell, and he would definitely not be wrong.

I thought to myself, this is amazing! Even if it's a mole man with one or three heads, I can accept it, "bell", what the hell?

"It's okay, let's go!"

Dadong waved his hand, and the group quickly ran towards the opposite side of the clearing, I don't know if it was a psychological suggestion, at this moment I always felt that my left side was gloomy, as if there was a murderous aura coming from there. But when I looked at it, there was only endless black.

That kind of blackness will make people tremble all over the body, like a black spiral, which will suck all the consciousness of the person into it, and all that is left is fear and despair.

I forced myself not to look any more, so I lowered my head and ran all the way, and in a few moments, I ran to the end of the clearing.

I was hunched and panting like an ox. Xiao Rong handed me water. After taking two sips, I don't know if it's an illusion, why it seems that even the water has a stench. Although the taste is not good, the cool feeling makes me feel much more comfortable.

The group didn't care about resting, and leaned against the wall and began to look around.

I didn't know what we were going to find, so I could only blindly use a flashlight to find clues inch by inch on the wall. It didn't take long for him to suddenly hear something from the Xuanyuan people not far away, and Dadong ran over in response. After a while, two people were waving at me.

I saw Dadong pointing to the wall in front of him and let me see.

I thought I would see the marks left by those 16 people again this time, but unexpectedly, when I looked up, something appeared in my sight that amazed me - a huge mural!

I stood far away and shone in the light to see the mural completely. The mural is about two meters tall and is beautifully painted. Although I don't know much about carving, I can guess that the painter first used a carving knife to carve outlines and figures on the stone wall, and then applied different colors, which should be a kind of Yin carving method.

The entire mural depicts a parrot that lands on an almond blossom and looks back.

When I looked at it, the shape of the parrot was very special. I saw it leaning sideways, its two paws clinging to the apricot branches, its whole body covered with turquoise fluff, and its eyes sparkling. If you look closely, it is a huge ruby, and the hooked beak is as vermilion as if it was stained with blood......

I just looked at it, and all of a sudden, my head was cloudedβ€”

Not again!

Looking at the scene in front of me, I didn't know what was going on, and I suddenly had a familiar feeling. This is the first time since I entered this millet garden?

I stared at the mural intently, as if a memory was wandering in my mind. I tried to grasp it, but the memory faded quickly, and after a long time, I finally understood everything as if I had woken up from a big dream.

Why do I feel familiar with the scene in front of me from time to time?

I finally learned that this was not a "sense of dΓ©jΓ  vu".

Everything turned out to be justified......

I remember the first time I felt this way was in the study room where I was called. Thinking about it now, the reason why I felt familiar at that time was not because of the study itself, but because the layout and furnishings in the study room were exactly the same as the layout of my grandfather's shop.

Since the disappearance of those 16 people, the next year, the store was out, although the memory is a little blurry, but I used to play in the shop when I was a child, and the general impression is still not wrong.

The second time I had that sense of familiarity was when I crossed the arch bridge of the "Leaky Pavilion". At that time, the stone railings on both sides of the arch bridge made me very concerned.

I propped my head on my hand and searched my memory carefully, and I only vaguely felt that the carved pattern on the stone railing seemed to be very similar to a part of one of my buildings, but I couldn't think of it for a while...... Forget it, although I can't find an exact answer, this feeling is certainly not bad.

Thinking back to this moment, the mural of "Parrot Looking Back" in front of me, I suddenly felt that I couldn't be clearer!

In the early years, my old man was obsessed with Danqing, and he painted landscapes, flowers and birds when he had nothing to do, and I once saw an identical painting on his bookshelf, which was the old man's graffiti.

Not to mention the composition and charm between the two, just the color and shape of the parrot, as well as the style of the apricot blossoms, are all exactly the same! How is it possible that the similarity is so high? It's so weird!

Suppose that this Jinglianhong's "Mizi Garden" is a mysterious and weird virgin land, and no one has ever entered except those 16 people. So, why does my home have so many similarities with here?

Could it be that the old man has something else to hide from me?

Or am I thinking too complicated and it's all just a coincidence?

…… My head started hurting again.

Every time, every time...... When I finally find the truth of a problem, more questions will pile up in front of me. The doubts and speculations in my mind snowballed and grew.

Sometimes, I feel like a fool, tormented by these questions, by the people who are hiding something.

Every time I tried to get out, I found that I was completely trapped and could no longer break free.

Am I going to lose myself like that? Can I still be the Jing Baiyang who only knows how to play games, eat and wait for death before?

Or is it that the previous one was just a virtual shell, and the current me is the real me?

In the past, I always complained that my days were dull and I could see old at a glance, but is the current situation what I want? I'm getting more and more lost.

Thinking back and forth about these messy strange things, at this time, listening to Dadong's voice instantly pulled me back to reality-

"The wall is hollow!" Dadong said, knocking with his hand, his face suddenly changed, "It's a revolving door!" ”

I slowly came back to my senses, and I heard Dadong shouting, and several Xuanyuan people around me immediately surrounded me.

Five or six strong men put their hands on the wall, counted three, and then worked together. At this moment, the whole wall began to rotate with its center as its axis.

With the sound of stone slabs rubbing against each other, at this time, a black corridor slowly appeared in front of him. The revolving door was only halfway pushed open, and Dadong and Xuanyuan stopped their hands, walked cautiously, and looked into the door.

As soon as the light shone on, we were all stunned......

I saw that the corridor was deep and dark, and the four walls were covered with dense silk threads, criss-crossed, intertwined, and hooked together, which was even more exaggerated than countless spider webs.

Each thread is as thick as a human hair, and when the light shines, it will emit a transparent reflection. What's even more exaggerated is that on each silk thread, there are countless golden bells tied to it.

The bell was the size of a broad bean, and the shape was that of a skull, although it was golden, it made people feel uncomfortable.

This scene makes my scalp tingle, and I would like to warn you who suffer from dense phobia not to imagine it.

"How?" I turned around and asked Dadong.

"Can't get in." Dadong shook his head, "This is the mechanism, and none of the bells on it can be ringed, otherwise it will ......" Dadong said, and looked into the darkness on the left.

I knew what he wanted to say, and my heart said it was just right, and I didn't want to go in.

"What about those people?" I asked, "They shouldn't be able to get into this kind of net, right?" ”

Dadong propped his chin and thought about it, and shook his head, "That's not necessarily. Do you know the person 'Guo Jinshan'? ”

Guo Jinshan? I was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "I seem to know, you're talking about my little uncle, right?" ”

"Guo Jinshan is a person who can have a rare ability in the world, and he can shrink his bones into a drawer." Dadong said, "The muscles and bones of his whole body are as soft as cotton, and he can swim in the gaps like a snake, and he can get out of the cage the size of a palm......"

Dadong described my little uncle as amazing, but when I heard it, I shook my head and said, "Even if Guo Jinshan can shrink his bones, look at this formation!" I pointed to Yong, "unless he can shrink himself into a fly and fly through this gap...... No, no, flies don't necessarily fly! ”

"Maybe he's not on that path." Grand Host.

"What do you mean?"

"Maybe he got in through this crack." As he spoke, Dadong tapped the ground with his toes. This gap is attached to the four walls, and after squeezing in, you can dig in and advance, and maybe you don't have to go through this corridor to get in. ”

When I heard this, I looked up and saw that there were many slender gaps in the wall. I've seen this crack a lot before, and although the crack is deep, the entrance is narrow. Not to mention people, it's just a fish, and it's very difficult to swim in.

I said it couldn't be, I don't know what to do in these crevices, and the rocks on both sides are extremely hard, how can they dig them? What's more, even if my little uncle goes in, what about the others? It's not like everyone will shrink into a drawer, right?

Before Dadong could answer, at this time, I heard the half-open revolving stone door, and suddenly made a "whoosh" sound, I hurriedly looked up, only to see the stone slab rotate again, and it closed automatically?

I was stunned for a moment, and I thought that I had touched some mechanism again, and after a long time, I was relieved to see that nothing strange had happened.

Now that those 16 people have come down, they will definitely not disappear so inexplicably, and there must be clues that we don't have at the moment and have discovered.

I feel uncomfortable, I don't like the feeling of being mysterious, and often the more I get agitated when the answer is about to come out.

I tried to restrain myself and imagined what I would do if I were one of those 16 people who came to this empty underground.

But when I think about it, I can't get any answers.

If you don't get an answer, it's often an answer. Because when you don't know "why", in fact, the reason is very simple - you don't understand! That is, they must know something that you don't know, so you can't keep up with them.

What I don't know...... That's probably too much! Sitting here and counting three days and three nights may not be enough. But there must be a reason for everything, even if there is a little clue for me to think about.

What the hell could it be? I was so anxious that I cut straight to the scalp.

The girl and those Xuanyuan people seemed to have given up on the revolving door and were about to look elsewhere, and I raised my feet and planned to follow......

"It's changed!"

At this moment, I heard Xiao Rong suddenly roar.

I was taken aback and looked at him, "What...... What has changed? ”

Xiao Rong raised his hand and pointed to the revolving stone door in a daze, and only said after a moment, "The pattern on that door is different." ”

His face was solemn, and as he spoke, there was some hesitation in his eyes.

Following the direction of his finger, I turned back, and when the light shone on, I saw that the head of the parrot in the mural had turned in the direction......