Chapter 30: The Endless Staircase

"You said it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info. Anything else, meaning ... Are there ghosts? The madman was so frightened that he couldn't speak properly, and he stumbled to say a complete sentence.

"The concept of ghosts in a narrow sense refers only to the soul of a person after death. It should be said that in this passage, or around us, there are certain beings that cannot be explained by science that interfere with our progress. Qing Xuanzi replied.

"Could it be that the waste in that room just now has started to disturb us again?" Feng Ping was a little puzzled: "But does it mean that that thing won't have any effect within 24 hours?" “

"I think what you need to be prepared for is that there's a 90% chance that the wasted one will follow us. But it's not that interferes with us. “

"What else is there besides waste? Oh my God, what the hell is this place, and how are there so many demons and monsters. The madman said with some collapse, and even had two hands around Feng Ping's arm, coupled with his thin body, it seemed a little birdy.

"Like I said, you don't need to worry about waste now, because it's not a threat. And what is preventing us from moving forward is all the more noteworthy now. “

"It's an invisible guy again, it's all such an invisible thing, you can't find it, how can you let us prevent it?"

"I don't know what it is, but since it's a monster that interferes with the senses, it doesn't get too far away from us. Something that can affect the three of us at the same time must be powerful enough, but no matter how powerful he is, it can only be within a radius of 5 meters. Combined with the width of the passage, I think it's three meters at most. “

When the madman listened to Qing Xuanzi's words, he was not comforted, but became even more nervous. A thing that doesn't know what it is, now within three meters of itself, can affect its senses and be unable to detect it yet. Maybe now it's curling its long tongue in its ears and snorting at itself, and it shuddeers just thinking about it.

Feng Ping was very calm, and he was a little surprised that he didn't have a trace of fear. But think about it, I've seen the dead buried in my house come back to life, do you still care about these mountain spirits and water monsters, cow ghosts, snake gods? The resurrected creature made his own bed, dressed himself in his own clothes, and even talked to himself, which was much more terrifying than this little demon that only affected the senses.

"So what should we do now, we can't just wait in this passage all the time." Although Feng Ping was not afraid, it was better to leave early.

"It's not difficult, it should only affect a range of 5 meters, so let's space, as before, every two people are separated by seven meters. In this way, it can't affect the three of us, and naturally we can go out. ”

"Do you want to separate? Can you change the way, I'll be with Feng Ping, and you will go alone. It's safer this way. The madman proposed, but it felt like he was too timid.

When Qing Xuanzi heard the madman's proposal, she almost choked to death on her saliva. It's rude for a big man to be so timid and disrespectful to his elders. As soon as he was about to speak, he heard Feng Ping say: "Okay, okay, don't be so unproductive." I'll walk in front alone, and you will follow the Taoist in the back. Just what if that thing confuses me? You can't just leave me alone when you two go out. “

"It's simple, isn't there a safety rope? These ghosts can only confuse the senses, and if you are deluded, we will find you through the safety rope and pull you out of this ghost place. "The madman, after learning that he can act with people, is obviously emboldened again.

"And what if it chooses to confuse you two? I won't be able to pull you two when the time comes. “

"Confusion usually happens without people knowing, and it's rare to be confused when we were clearly on guard and confused during our second operation, so I deduce that it's powerful. But even so, once we are strongly stimulated, we will still be awake, so we will all hold the cooling oil for a while, and when we see that the other person is confused, we can use the cooling oil to dot the other person's philtrumm or behind the ear. As he spoke, he saw Qing Xuanzi take out a few small bottles of cool oil from the small cloth bag he was carrying.

"Use this thing to deal with these demons and monsters? Cool oil? Are you sure you're not mistaken? The madman looked incredulous.

Feng Ping didn't have the strange thoughts of a madman, he was a little surprised that Qing Xuanzi would bring so much cool oil when he came out on an expedition, and the people gathered on this expedition were indeed some weird coffee.

"That's it, let's hurry." Without hesitation, he took the cool oil, tied the rope and took the lead forward.

The three of them divided into two teams and moved forward at a distance of six or seven meters. It's still the same passage, it's still the familiar steps that they have walked through, although they are only six or seven meters apart, but because the passage is not wide and the spiral downward direction, they can't see each other's state, and they can only perceive it all through the safety rope.

Moving forward in a dull and boring way, Feng Ping felt that he would never want to go down the stairs again in his life. And when Feng Ping counted the 398 steps and then saw the mark he made, he understood that he was still disturbed, so now he can only wait here and hope that they can pull himself out of the illusion in the future.

But hope is always good, and it is quickly dashed. After a while, they saw Qing Xuanzi and Gouzi coming from behind, and the two of them were also surprised to see Feng Ping.

"It doesn't make sense, how can this thing affect so far?" Qing Xuanzi obviously couldn't accept this fact, and after speaking, he actually stood there and kept gesturing with his left hand, as if he was counting something.

The madman couldn't accept it, but his way was closer to that of a normal person, and he complained to Qing Xuanzi: "Old Taoist, you can't do it, if we don't go out like this, we will die of exhaustion in this passage first." “

"One more time, 15 meters apart, all three separated. I don't believe it won't work this time. Qing Xuanzi ended his calculations, said with some hatred, and said again before the madman could refute: "If you want to go out, do what I say, don't have so much to be afraid of, let you go in the middle." ”

Seeing that Lao Dao had some impatient words, the madman had no choice but to do so, while muttering in his mouth, "Just say it, why are you so fierce." While taking care of himself, he fastened the safety rope. Then the three of them scattered and lined up, gathered 15 meters in pairs, and began this repeated journey again.

Feng Ping was still at the forefront, looking intently at every mural on the wall. Although he still couldn't remember it vaguely, he could still remember those symbols that represented time, and these symbols that had appeared countless times made Feng Ping think a little confused: "Are you going to be trapped here all the time?" “

While thinking about it, I didn't even have the mind to count how many steps I had taken, except for looking intently at everything around me. But he didn't feel like he had taken a few steps, but he had walked out of the spiraling staircase and came to another flat passage.

The passage was about twice as wide as the road and was built in a very different style. There are no more those strange carvings on the walls, but each piece is flat and smooth. Torches were planted every few meters on either side of the two passages, and it didn't seem to have been around for long. In addition, there are two statues placed every 20 meters or so on both sides of the passage, some like people and some like beasts, standing opposite each other, but they are very different in shape. Feng Ping was about to get closer to check, but he felt that the safety rope on his body was already tight, so he had to wait in place.

Looking at the flat road full of torches and statues stretching in the distance, until it fell into the darkness that his flashlight could not illuminate, Feng Ping even felt that it seemed to have no end.

Looking back at the way he came, it was indeed a spiral staircase, but in addition to the passage he walked down, there was another upward passage on the side, and it seemed that the three of them should have been confused just now and kept walking down and walking up before they could not get out of here.

Feng Ping felt that it might be because he walked out of the place where he almost couldn't get out, so his mind was full of strange thoughts after relaxing, but he also understood that these would have to wait for the two people behind him to come out. Thinking that they might be still walking in the aisle because they were confused, Feng Ping hurriedly pulled up the rope, and with a hard hand, it was very heavy, it seemed that they were indeed still being disturbed. His legs rested on the stone pillar in the middle of the aisle, and he stepped down and began to pull hard.

"It seems that my strength is really not small, and both of them pulled me over." Feng Ping felt that the safety rope was slowly being pulled by himself, and thought with peace of mind. But suddenly, the resistance on the rope disappeared in an instant, and Feng Ping's full strength was not able to resist in an instant, causing him to sit on the ground with his butt.

Ignoring the pain in his buttocks, he hurriedly got up to check the safety rope. I saw that the finger-thick safety rope was intact, and the buckle on it was also unharmed, "Untied?" Feng Ping shouted in shock.