Chapter 39: The Corners of the Mouth
Wei saw that the way to the entrance had been blocked, and when he looked behind the stone steps, he saw that the dark stone gate was particularly mysterious, and a faint fragrance emanated from it, and it became more and more intense.
"I had no choice but to go in." Wei Lai patted Huo Meng's shoulder and said helplessly.
Huo Meng nodded in frustration, not only frightened, but also worried about the next danger, the fear of the unknown is the most feared thing.
The two of them cautiously moved forward, the searchlight swept over, and the dark stone gate revealed its true face, which was made of blue-gray rock, and huge stones were lined up to form a magnificent stone gate, and through the stone gate, two pagodas of the same structure appeared, and the path behind them was blocked by the stone wall.
The pagoda has nine layers on all sides, the top arc shape, the eaves of the tower are not formally upturned, but peculiar downward curve, there is a portrait of a human face in the middle of the tower, and the eyes of the portrait are always staring at the stone steps, which is where Wei Lai and the two are standing now.
"This broken portrait, I look a little hairy." Huo Meng tried to avoid the gaze of the portrait's eyes, but when he walked to another place, he was surprised to find that the portrait's eyes were still looking at him.
Wei Lai also found the abnormality of the pagoda portrait, but he did not panic like Huo Meng, but hid behind the pagoda, trying to find the mechanism structure of the advance, there are only two pagodas in the entire area, and the rest is the stone wall blocking the way, Wei Lai can be sure that this mechanism must be at the pagoda.
"Huo Meng, hurry up and find the mechanism, this portrait is not a big deal." Wei Lai found that Liuli Pei did not react, indicating that this pagoda would not be in danger.
"Oh." Huo Meng met the portrait's gaze and joined the search for the mechanism, but when he reached out and touched the pagoda, his eyes swept to the portrait, only to find that the face portrait was distorted and changed, slowly changing.
Huo Meng was shocked, jumped to the side in a panic, pointed to the face portrait and roared loudly, Wei Lai was alarmed by Huo Meng's movements, came to the front of the pagoda, and looked in the direction indicated by Huo Meng, he couldn't help but brows, and his heart suddenly tightened.
At this time, the portrait of the face on the pagoda, under the slow distortion and change, has formed Huo Meng's appearance, and even his expression is vivid.
Wei Lai hurriedly turned around and looked at the other pagoda, Huo Meng's face still appeared on the other pagoda, as the face portrait was fixed, the eyes that were originally the same as Huo Meng's charm changed, turning into a hollow and white dead human shape, like the eyes of a dead fish, disgusting and frightened.
The sudden change made Huo Meng frightened, he stood in place and didn't know what to do, the strange scene made him think wildly, and he couldn't help but grab Wei Lai and said, "Wei Lai, this doesn't mean that I'm going to die." ”
Wei Lai thought the same thing in his heart, but he felt that his thoughts were ridiculous, when Huo Meng asked himself, Wei Lai shook his head with a wry smile, patted Huo Meng's shoulder, and said comfortingly: "You think too much, this is part of the organ, it's not a big deal." ”
After Wei finished speaking, he felt that he didn't even believe in this excuse, in order to prove his conjecture, Wei Lai pushed Huo Meng behind the pagoda, and stood in the line of sight of the face portrait, wanting to prove it to Huo Meng.
"You see, this face portrait will slowly change into my appearance after seeing me." Wei Lai had no bottom in his heart, but he could only try hard, otherwise he would not be able to dispel Huo Meng's suspicion and panic.
Wei Lai stood in the middle of the two pagodas, facing the line of sight of the face portrait, Wei Lai could clearly see the face portrait at the moment, although the portrait of Huo Meng on the pagoda was very similar, but Wei Lai found a different place, in addition to the empty eyes, the corner of the portrait's mouth, which seemed to be smiling, and looking at its mouth shape as if it was a woman's mouth, Wei Lai felt that this mouth shape was very familiar, and a figure suddenly jumped out of his mind, Wei Lai's eyes widened, and he shouted incredibly.
"Huo Meng, come here, look at the mouth shape of this portrait." Wei Lai felt his heart beating, and he had completely lost his composure.
Huo Meng walked up to Wei Lai suspiciously, when he saw the mouth shape of his portrait, he felt very familiar at first, and when he remembered the person with this mouth shape, Huo Meng suddenly collapsed to the ground, pointed to the mouth shape of the face portrait and said:
Xu ...... Xu Jing. ”
Huo Meng's consciousness slowly emerged Xu Jing's figure, Xu Jing's mouth shape is very special, it is a cherry mouth, the corners of the mouth are slightly upturned, even when he is angry, it also gives people a feeling of smiling, Xu Jing's biggest impression on Huo Meng is this mouth shape, after the relationship between the two was confirmed, Huo Meng also made fun of his mouth shape.
Huo Meng lost the ability to think at this moment, his whole mind was blank, he twisted his body mechanically, and looked at Wei Lai numbly, wanting the latter to give him an answer, but Wei Lai's brows were tightly locked, although he was staring at the mouth shape of the face portrait, but he was also clueless in his heart, and the sudden changes were beyond Wei Lai's comprehension.
It is understandable that Huo Meng's face appears in the portrait on the pagoda, because Huo Meng is next to the pagoda, and the strangeness in the ancient tomb is predictable, Wei Lai already has such a mental preparation in his heart, after all, in the forbidden barren mountains of Cloud Village, there are constantly weirdness, and his face has also appeared on the walls of the stone cave.
However, what Wei Lai couldn't understand was that this was a group of tombs in Xinjiang, and it couldn't be compared with the place where Xu Jing was, and Xu Jing had never been here.
The strangest thing is what the sudden change of human face portends, Wei Lai will not believe that it is just a simple prank, there must be a mystery in it, whether it is a portrait of death, or something else.
Wei Lai wanted to comfort Huo Meng, but he didn't think of a good reason, even he himself was a little creepy, just imagine, walking in the gloomy ancient tomb, the original good portrait suddenly distorted and changed, and finally became his own appearance, no matter who he was, he would be nervous, constantly guessing the secret of the face portrait.
Just when Wei Lai Huo collapsed violently, Wei Lai stood in place and thought, the empty eyes of the face portrait attracted Wei Lai's sight, Wei Lai felt that he was being watched, his eyes and the face portrait looked at each other, and this feeling became stronger and stronger, as if holding a pyramid hanging in front of his forehead, with an inexplicable feeling of oppression and tension.
Wei Lai suddenly felt cold all over, the chill to the bones rose from the bottom of his heart, his soul fire was instantly suppressed, the flames were weak and weak, and the strength of his body was like a serious illness, extremely weak, as the coldness intensified, Wei Lai trembled, his body was completely out of control, and his consciousness became blurred.
Wei Lai felt that the surroundings were plunged into darkness, only his own vision could see the scene, the cold area was empty, and the boundless darkness attacked him, suppressing his soul fire and consciousness, while he seemed to be driven, constantly walking forward, with darkness behind him, darkness in front of him, and darkness all around.
Suddenly, the corners of the mouth turned up in the darkness, bright red lips suddenly appeared, and then the whole world distorted and collapsed, and the sky was filled with countless mouth shapes, all with smiles, at this time Wei Lai felt that the order that drove him forward was even stronger, and it was not something he could resist at all.
The lips of the whole world are bright red, the corners of the mouth are slightly upturned, with a poignant arc, it seems that the owner who owns this lip is very sad, Wei Lai's heart is filled with inexplicable sentimentality, just like the night after the first lovelorn, lonely and melancholy, and the feelings are even stronger than this.
Wei Lai kept moving forward, trying to see the owner of his lips clearly, but no matter how he couldn't break through the darkness, the whole world was still filled with countless bright red lips, slowly wrapped like an onion, layer by layer, dense.
Wei Lai was cold to the bone, feeling that he had lost consciousness, but he was still walking in the dark, his spirit and strength were weak and weak, and a light suddenly appeared in the dark, Wei Lai accelerated his pace, and finally reached the area of light, and at this moment, the lips around him disappeared, leaving only a figure in the light, the figure was leaning over the ground, and his head was constantly twisting and tearing.
Wei Lai wanted to see the appearance of the figure clearly, but found that the other party had his head down, and his back was to him, Wei Lai cautiously walked to the back of the figure, but the other party seemed to be aware that what Wei Lai saw was still behind the figure, and the other party's shoulders were shrugged, holding something in both hands, as if he was eating something.
Wei Lai unwillingly continued to go around the back of the figure, still seeing the back, Wei Lai felt very strange, this is the consciousness that drove himself forward resurfaced, Wei Lai's body did not obey the call to move forward on its own.
Wei Lai's gaze was always locked on the figure, when Wei Lai was about to leave, the figure slowly turned around, when he saw the face and expression of the figure, Wei Lai felt that his nerves collapsed instantly, and the consciousness that drove him forward disappeared.
Wei Lai saw that the figure who raised his head was actually Huo Meng, Huo Meng's face was pale and bloodless at this time, his empty eyes were like dead fish, his eyeballs were turned up and his pupils were narrowed, but Huo Meng's mouth shape was not himself, but a bright red mouth with an upturned small mouth, at this time with a poignant smile, bright blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, and it seemed that there was still minced meat that had not been eaten.
Wei Lai looked down and saw clearly what this figure was doing just now, it was a corpse, its appearance and dress were very familiar, this figure was actually gnawing on the corpse just now, Wei Lai's eyes fell on the face of the corpse, the face of the corpse was also white, Wei Lai trembled all over, and suddenly found that the corpse was none other than himself.
The whole world fell into darkness again, Wei Lai's spirit was completely crazy, just after he saw his corpse, he instantly felt that he could control his body, and suddenly opened his eyes, and what greeted him was still a dark world, only the light of the searchlight pierced the entire area.
"Hallucinations?" Wei Lai found that he was still staring at the portrait of the pagoda, and the human face on it had turned into his own appearance, just like the corpse he had just seen.
Wei Lai was shocked, and vaguely felt that after he looked at the face portrait, his consciousness began to blur, as if he was constantly driving himself forward, and he woke up when he saw that he was being eaten by Huo Meng.
But he fell into a hallucination, even if the time was not very long, Huo Meng saw that his weirdness should be called his own, Wei Lai thought of Huo Meng at this time, but found that there was no trace of anyone else in the entire area except himself.
Huo Meng, he's gone.
"Huo Meng." Wei Lai swayed his body, and the searchlight on his head kept shining around, but he still didn't find Huo Meng's figure.
Wei Lai stood in place in a panic, feeling in boundless fear, he never thought that Huo Meng would disappear, it stands to reason that the timid Huo Meng would never leave him, but he disappeared strangely in the closed space, Wei Lai's heart appeared hesitant and uneasy.
"Huo Meng." Wei Lai shouted again, but still did not answer.
In his hallucination, Huo Meng was paralyzed on the ground, Wei Lai walked to the area where Huo Meng was standing just now, except for some sticky water stains, he didn't find any abnormal phenomenon, not even the footprints of leaving.
"Huh?"
Wei Lai swept not far away and found that Huo Meng's ancient sword was lying there quietly, and the bare ancient sword lost its sword holster, indicating that something had happened just now, otherwise Huo Meng would not have pulled out the ancient sword.
Wei Lai picked up the ancient sword and found that there was a viscous liquid remaining on the handle, which was the same as the liquid in the place where Huo Meng was just staying, Wei Lai looked at the water stains on the ground suspiciously, and found that it was similar to the mercury in the corridor, and couldn't help but dispel the suspicion.
The most important thing now is to find Huo Meng, if Huo Meng has an accident, Wei Lai can't imagine how he will face it, Huo Meng's family and Xu Jing don't say, as his best brother, Wei Lai is constantly struggling and tangled in his heart, praying that Huo Meng will be safe.
Wei Lai doubted that he was in a hallucination, and Huo Meng would also fall into a hallucination, and involuntarily walked towards the cemetery, or that there was a sudden emergency, and Huo Meng couldn't take care of himself and acted alone?