Chapter 12 of the Chinese New Year's Short Story: The Cage

The perfect combination of the dark black key and the dark black lock is integrated, as if it has been carefully polished into a set of locks, which is exquisite. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

I grabbed the lock with one hand and turned the key with the other, even though the sweat on my forehead poured down like a spring, and the green tendons on the back of my hand were so obvious that I looked a little frightened, but the key in my hand was still immovable, unable to turn a bit.

it! It can't be opened! How can it be? I gritted my teeth and twisted the key desperately, until I felt the strength in my hand collapse, and then I sat down on the stairs weakly, and had to accept the fact in front of me.

How so...... I thought that all these nightmares would be completely ended with the opening of the lock, but the facts escaped from my imagination once again, and I fell into the abyss of chaos......

I stared blankly at the dark black lock and key inserted together, I really couldn't understand why this was the result, and the experience was constantly replaying in front of me like a movie, impacting my mind and stimulating my soul.

Wait a minute! The figure of the axe corpse resurfaced in his mind again, shouldn't this key be in the hands of the axe corpse who suddenly disappeared into this tomb? I looked at the white-haired corpse with a silver arrow stuck in its back, lying aside. And how did this guy who had just entered the tomb get the key?

No way!? It dawned on me that I might have overlooked a very important detail, and that the dark key might not be, but only one......

I've always believed that the key is the core of the whole illusion, and I'm still sure of that, and it's because of this that the key is the target of all the white-haired corpses.

But the question is, is this one I have snatched now the one that was snatched in the first place? Assuming that some white-haired corpse would appear with the same dark black key to confuse the public, it would be a lot more complicated than I had originally thought. Because among them, there may only be a key that can really open the lock in front of you and enter the silver gate. And this real key should naturally be the one I carried with me in the first place......

So where is the key now? There is no doubt about it, the axe corpse! That's why I've seen them fight for not just a dark key, but the real one!

it! It's too complicated! I rubbed my forehead and pieced together a mess of ideas, finally giving a more reliable overview of the current situation.

Instead, I looked at the key in the dark black lock, which, if I had guessed, was nothing more than a fake key to confuse me. If it's a fake key, why would this white-haired corpse lying at his feet try to open the lock? If you continue to think about it according to the logic of more than one key, it only shows that these guys can't seem to judge the authenticity from the surface of the key alone.

I touched my chin and kept confirming my guesses, the unknown confusion often loses the momentum to move forward, if you can't even be sure what you should do next, then you are undoubtedly in a desperate situation. What I need is only an explanation that can convince me, that I can no longer fall into confusion and move on.

Where did the axe corpse go? I looked up, and there ...... It's a place I've never touched on...... Three-tiered cage ...... If the Axe Zombie did enter this burial chamber, then it would have to go there.

I got up, pulled out the key, and put it in my arms, God knows if it was really just a fish and no other use. In the midst of this strange nightmare, the ideas, speculations, and goals that I thought were correct were refuted, abandoned, and destroyed again and again. In the depths of my heart, I no longer trusted my own judgment so confidently, and this illusion was worn away not only by my courage, but also by my faith and perseverance......

I stepped on the corpse of the white-haired corpse, and pulled the silver arrow out of it, and the arrow glowed with a fierce cold light, let alone blood, not even a trace of wetness. It was as if what it had just inserted was not a corpse, but only a scarecrow, a scarecrow with terrifying white hair, a shriveled body, a charred face, and eyes that would emit an eerie green light......

Dude, you're a little ugly as a scarecrow! I took a sip and kicked the white-haired corpse, the odd thoughts that sometimes did distract me and reduce some of my anxiety and fear. Grabbing a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other, I ignored the corpse and walked down the stairs back to the first floor of the tomb, towards the other staircase that led to the third floor on the other side. At the end of the staircase is a mystery that I must explore......

The bow and arrow in my hand still gave me some sense of security, even if there was some strange creature trapped at the end of the stairs, before it was stimulated and broke through the cage, I believed that my own blow could make it suffer a heavy blow.

Walking slowly along the silver staircase, hovering all the way, the closer I got to the end, the more my heart beat harder, and the harder my hands holding the bow and arrows became. When I was about to reach the end, I was already on guard with my bow and arrows, and I walked up to the end of the third floor with almost moving steps......

Slowly, a silver-colored prison pillar appeared in front of him, as if separating the inside and the outside like life and death, it was indeed a cage, and it was a cage with a prison door, and above the prison door, hung a huge dark black lock!

I gasped,! How come there is a lock here!? I didn't have to think about it, so I looked into the prison curiously, at that moment! I saw the figure that had scared me so many times......

Inside the pillar, there is a small silver space, and it is obvious that there is a cell in front of it, but inside this cell is a white-haired corpse......

it! Without the slightest hesitation, I added strength to my hand, and I pulled the bowstring and tried to shoot it to death, but at the last moment of the arrow, I lost the strength in my hand and dispelled this thought.

Because I saw the white-haired corpse, motionless, just sitting quietly in the cage, like a statue, except for the strange eyes that were still looking at me with a cold green light, there was no other superfluous movement.

Alas? Dead? Dementia? Vegetable? No, plant corpses should be said. I frowned, curiously looking at this white-haired dry corpse sitting in the middle of the cage, motionless, it was really difficult to judge its life and death from its eyes, after all, even if this guy died, he still looked so weird.

The white-haired corpse just looked at me quietly, but it still didn't make the slightest movement, in fact, I don't know if he was looking at me or not, anyway, its face was facing me.

I hesitated for a moment, but I still gave up the idea of shooting it with an arrow, first, since the white-haired dried corpse will be resurrected, then I will kill such a white-haired dried corpse locked in a cage, if it comes back to life in other places, it will simply add trouble to myself.

The second is, I only have one arrow in my hand, if I shoot it now, through the silver prison pillar, how can I recover this arrow? I'm not sure if the key in my hand can't open the lock on the second floor, so if I can definitely open the lock on the third floor. Even if it can be opened, I don't plan to try it, open the cage and release the corpse? It sounds a little scary. Therefore, it is undoubtedly the wisest decision to maintain the status quo and let this white-haired dry corpse continue to be locked in this cage like this.

Having made up my mind, I did not need to linger any longer, and turned back to the burial chamber on the first floor, where the white-haired corpse in the cage sat there like a statue without saying a word......

I took my bow and arrows back into the strange rune tunnel once more, the axe corpse must be somewhere in this illusion, all I have to do is find it and retrieve the real key!

With a bow and arrow in hand, at least I should be safe within this straight passage, even if I do encounter other white-haired corpses again, as long as I shoot them and recover the arrows, I can rest easy. As for whether or not two white-haired corpses will attack me at the same time, judging from the previous infighting between them, I don't think it's likely.

Be careful and vigilant, but you will be safe, and in a few moments, you will be approaching the White Jade Gate, and at this moment! I heard the strange sound of "da-da-da" in my ears......