Chapter 60: The Cycle of Life and Death
Stern replied lightly, "We're going to take you out of Reincarnation City." β
"Hahaha....Leaving Reincarnation City? We have all entered the cycle of samsara, how can we leave? We'd have died here a long time ago haha......"
Anne listened to the professor's answer as if it was normal and a little abnormal, and she went on to ask him, "Professor, how did you know that Donnie would become the living dead?" Has he been infected by some kind of virus? Did you get infected because you were bitten by a dried corpse? Is he still saved......."
Anne asked him several questions in one go, all about Donnie, and she hoped to get answers from the professor. But then the professor went back to that crazy state, laughing maniacally from time to time, and ignored what she asked.
Until they walked back to the tall gatehouse, just in time to see that the typhoon stopped, there was silence all around, there were no insects and birds, looking down, just happened to meet a beautiful sunset, although there were still large remnants of clouds in the low sky, but still could not resist the sun that human beings rely on for life, since ancient times people have been worshiped as the sphere of the supreme god. A small part of the sunlight shines through the clouds on the huge water surface in front of the temple of reincarnation, and by the way, the forest in the distance is reflected on the water surface, which is extremely magnificent.
The four of them walked down the steep steps step by step, looking at these beautiful scenery from a distance, almost forgetting that they were in this strange and dangerous reincarnation city.
"This place is exactly the same as the one carved on the relief."
When the professor saw the scenery in front of him, he suddenly stopped laughing wildly, and turned to himself seriously: "The altar is high to the sky, the pagoda temple is majestic and gorgeous, and the carving art of the Angkor period has been preserved undiminished. β
Stern was about to interject and ask the professor, but Anne gave him a look and asked him to listen to the professor first, because she already felt that the professor had returned to his normal thinking, and everything he said was about the temple of reincarnation, and if it continued, they would definitely know a lot of useful things without asking.
"But this is a real place of reincarnation! There are evil spirits here! There is Naga! There are asuras! It's all real, but it's hard to explain! The reincarnation pursued by the emperor has all been realized here! What kind of power the hell! What kind of dark power do they have! It can turn this place into an eternal city! β
Anne and Stern looked at each other, and they could see that the other was also confused, and the more she listened to the words that came out of the professor's mouth, the more she listened, the more she didn't understand, and she couldn't even tell whether the professor was awake at this time.
So she asked, "Professor, why don't we understand what you're saying?" What do you find in the Temple of Samsara? Or what do you see? β
"It doesn't matter anymore! We have all entered the six realms of reincarnation! We're in the wrong place at the wrong time, we're all in the wrong tunnel of reincarnation, and we're about to be cursed by the gods soon! β
"What do you mean? What the hell are you talking about, Professor? β
"Mortals who step into the land of the gods will be cursed by Shiva, evil spirits will devour his flesh, Naga will suck his blood, Asura will cut off his head, and finally he will see the destruction of Brahma!"
Just as the professor was babbling for a while, they had just reached the square platform. The square platform is very flat, and when you look to the left and right, you can see the moat that closes from both sides of the temple slowly crashing against the embankment at the edge of the platform, and the six wooden boats that sway with the current. The wooden boat is more than 3 meters long and can only accommodate one person in width, and is made of a single piece of wood hollowed out. Pulled by a tight iron cable, on the other end of which were six stone statues of samurai, all with angry eyes, looking at the water with their backs to the temple of reincarnation.
At this time, when the golden wusi fell, a golden light leaked from the clouds and shone on the platform where everyone was standing, and Stern was very excited when he saw the wooden boat on the water, and immediately called Kansa to pull the boat together.
But when they walked in, they found that everything was far from as simple as they imagined!
Not to mention that the iron rope was caught on the body of the stone statue, and the hull of the ship, which was constantly being hit by the flowing water far away from the water, was enough for them to toss. Since the boat was parked at the confluence of the two moats, there were many whirlpools and undercurrents, so it was difficult for Stern to pull the boat to the shore, and they couldn't swim directly to shore because they would be swept away by the whirlpools and undercurrents if they weren't careful.
This was proposed by Kansa, who was familiar with the nature of the water, and he judged at a glance that the underwater situation here was complicated, and it was not advisable to swim over to get on the boat, so he could only pull the boat over. But before pulling the boat over, there is a problem that needs to be solved first, that is, to untie the chains after getting on the boat. But the chains were clasped in the stone statue's hands, and the chains were as if they were brand new, not rusty at all, and Stern could not break them with a few slashes with a dagger.
But just as Stern was concentrating on untying the chains, he was suddenly pulled to the ground by a strange force under his feet! He reacted very quickly and immediately tried to pull his leg away from the strange force with his hands, and then he turned to see a clump of wet hair in the dim light! His leg was grabbed by a withered hand sticking out of his hair, and Stern was startled by the sudden monster! Screaming and shaking the withered hand away, Kansa next to him heard his cry and immediately noticed the large clump of horrible hair on the shore, and the withered hand that was grasping Stern's calf. Without saying a word, he picked up the dagger in his hand and stabbed at the withered hand. Kansa then stabbed him several more times, forcing the hair to retreat back into the water and disappear.
Stern was terrified for a moment, and for some reason, the first clump of hair that flashed in his mind was hidden under the evil spirit mentioned in the curse.
"The devil is coming out!"
"What did you say, Professor?"
"We can't escape hahaha....as soon as it gets dark, the demons in the water will come out and devour you one by one... Hahaha..."
Stern seemed to hear what the professor was saying, and hurriedly asked Anne, "Anne, teach him... What did he say? β
"He seemed to be saying that demons would come out after dark or something... It seems to have something to do with that curse......"
As soon as Anne finished speaking, Stern noticed a few more long black hairs emerging from the edge of the platform, as if he was waiting for it to get dark and then crawling out of the water. It seems that what the professor said is not wrong at all, and the evil spirits in the water have begun to stir under the water. Seeing that the light in the sky in the distance is getting darker and darker, it is estimated that it will all be dark in less than half an hour, and before it can get on the boat, it will be surrounded and devoured by the evil spirits.
Anne saw Stern in a cold sweat and hurriedly asked him how he was doing.
"No, we can't open this chain! Dead on the stone statue. β
"You're looking for the wrong ship, there is a ship here that can leave, you should solve this one."
The professor said something suddenly, and then walked straight to another stone statue under the gaze of Anne and Stern, only to see that his hand was pressed somewhere, and the chains suddenly undone.
Then he dragged the boat to the shore, then circled the chains around the statue a few times, and said to Stern, "Hurry! If you really want to go, get on board now! β
Stern and Anne looked at him in amazement when they saw that the professor had suddenly changed again, and that he had suddenly set a ship in three or two clicks.
"Professor, you're not... Crazy... Crazy? β
"Don't talk nonsense, it's too late if you don't leave, the group of demons has already started to come ashore!"
Stern looked again, and sure enough, he saw that a large mass of black hair had gathered on the shore, and he was crawling up the shore with dry hands stretching out from under his hair, and the water was also full of clumps of hair, which was very terrifying. Kansa had been using the dagger in his hand to drive away the demons in the water that was close to him.
Stern was about to get on the boat, but when he saw the stone statue next to the professor, he suddenly thought of a question: "Then who will help us untie the chains?" β
"You guys go up first, don't worry, I have a way!"
The situation was so critical that Kansa couldn't resist it, and after Stern drove away a few evil spirits docked next to the boat, he let Kansa and Anne get on the wooden boat first. Stern was about to ask the professor what to do, but the professor suddenly took out something wrapped in an oilcloth and handed it to Stern and told him, "You take this document and go on the boat first!" Hurry up! β
"What about you?"
"Leave me alone! If you don't go up, it's too late! β
Stern quickly boarded the wooden boat with a puzzled expression, and the wooden boat suddenly sank.
As soon as the professor saw Stern on the boat, he began to unlock the chain, and the wooden boat slowly drifted out with the sound of stabbing and clattering.
"Professor, what do you want to do? Why don't you come up? Anne reacted when she saw the professor unlock the chain.
"Leave me alone...haha...I'm already reincarnated... I'm going to stay in this place all the time waiting for God to come... Hahaha..."
Hearing the professor say this, Anne realized, and before the ship could leave the shore, she suddenly walked closer to the side of the wooden boat, and saw her leap and jump off the wooden boat. As soon as Stern got on the boat, he was haunted by a demon in the water and had no time to take care of anything else, and when he asked for the control of the evil ghost, he was in a panic, and was thinking about using the pulp to control the ship from going offshore, but suddenly felt the hull of the ship vibrate. He saw that Anne had jumped out of the boat and walked to the shore to help the professor deal with the group of demons that kept pulling him. It dawned on him that the professor was going to sacrifice himself to let them go, but Anne suddenly jumped off the boat.
"Annie, bring the wooden boat back! What do you want? Get on board! β
"No! If the professor doesn't go, I won't leave! You hold on first! I'll be right away! β
In this way, Anne had just helped the professor who had returned to his delirious state to repel several evil spirits, and the professor, who had escaped from the entanglement of evil spirits, suddenly rushed back to the stone steps, and Anne reacted a step slower than holding him.
Now there were only two options left in front of her, either stop caring about the professor and pull back the chains to get back on the boat and escape, or let go of the chains and chase the professor. But if you go after the professor here, then you may not be able to get on the boat again if you come back, because the demons will definitely take over this place, and then you will not be able to leave anyway.
Faced with the sound of Stern's hoarse shouting for her to pull the boat back to shore, she made a resolute decision, let go of the chains in her hand, turned around and ran towards the stone steps,
"Annieβyou don't want thatβAnnie!"
In Stern's hoarse roar, the two of them disappeared into a large pile of demons that had already landed, and the boat began to be pushed farther and farther away by the current. It was completely dark, and Stern knew that everything was a foregone conclusion, and understood Anne's decision, so he sat back in the boat weakly, unable to say a word, and could only silently pray in his heart that Anne and the professor would not be caught by the evil spirit.
Kansa didn't know what to say to him, so he silently took the wood pulp and controlled the direction of the ship.
I don't know how long it took to float, but Stern sat in the boat and suddenly felt a tingling sensation all over his body, which made him uncomfortable, because the boat was constantly turning by the whirlpool, which made him dizzy and vomited, and finally he couldn't support it and passed out.
After some time, Stern was suddenly awakened by a jolt on the ship, and in a daze, he realized that Kansa was no longer on the ship! Then a splash sounded outside the boat, and he reluctantly looked out of the boat with his hands supporting his body, only to see dozens of pairs of green eyes staring at him all around!
When I looked closely, it turned out to be dozens of crocodiles staring from outside the boat, and their boat had unexpectedly run aground on the shore of a swamp. He saw that Kansa was not seen on the boat, and hurriedly shouted Kansa's name, and at this moment Kansa's head suddenly appeared in the water of the wooden boat, and saw that he kept kicking the water to try to drive away the crocodile, and told Stern that their boat had been pushed to shore by the crocodile in the water, and he was now driving the crocodile and pulling the boat out.
Stern wondered how Kansa could deal with a group of crocodiles by himself, and immediately reached out to catch him, but Kansa looked at him calmly, said a Khmer dialect he didn't understand, and suddenly used all his strength to push Stern's boat away from the swamp......
"No ......."
Three days later, a villager found an unconscious white man curled up in an ancient wooden boat by a river in northern Cambodia, and he was taken to a local hospital......
After he was transferred to Phnom Penh and woke up, he left Phnom Penh, and it was at this time that he was examined and something unknown had grown in his body......