Chapter Eighty-Five: The Shadow Ghost
The bone phosphorus powder burned the green venomous mucus, but the corridor ahead was unusually dark, and it was too dark to be abnormal.
The tiger's eye stone tied around his waist emitted a dark red halo, proving that there was something abnormal in this unusually dark and treacherous corridor, and the teammates who had never been seen were likely to have encountered something here. So I calmed down and began to think about it.
First of all, the missing teammates are most likely related to this dark corridor where you can't see your fingers, so are they trapped somewhere here, or are they actually forking in the road around this dark corridor, because it is too dark and I don't notice, they have gone to a different place from me.
A fork in the road is unlikely, after all, it is a straight line, and teammates should not change direction suddenly. However, there is one thing that worries me very much, that is, the ghost guidance carried out by the Tianyu figure I encountered before, and the red-skinned ghost lantern that can bewitch people's hearts have not been completely solved, and if the teammates really disappear, there will be too many situations encountered, not necessarily related to this treacherous dark corridor alone.
My brain was a mess, because there were too many treacherous and dangerous things in this small stone room underground, and people who were not familiar with this place could easily lose their lives anytime and anywhere.
After thinking about it, I felt that there were too many situations where my teammates might disappear, so it was better to solve the problem of excessive darkness around me first, and then the surroundings would be brighter, and it would be better to use them for other searches.
With my priorities set, I began to wonder what was the cause of the excessive darkness around me.
First of all, it must not have been smeared with absorbent paint, because I had such suspicions before, so I fumbled carefully with a flashlight in front of the stone wall. I also observed the stone wall for a long time, and the stone wall was not coated with dye. Up close, you can clearly see the grayish color of the slate, and there is a clear stone texture on it.
Not smeared dyes. The surrounding slates are not of special material, just like those in other places, so what's the problem?
I reluctantly began to think in the direction of the fat man's favorite theory, could it be that there are troublemakers hiding around?
This situation that makes the surroundings extremely dark is not the ability of the ghost to guide the way, nor the ability of the red-skinned ghost lantern, so it is here that the ghost thing appears that I don't know yet.
The underground buildings of the Immortal Cave Mansion are far more than dozens or even hundreds of times larger than those on the ground. The underground stone chamber is dim and damp, and there is no light of day all year round. The yin qi is deep, and it is easy to accumulate and produce some strange things, such as the green yin poisonous slime encountered before, it is because the yin qi here is too strong, causing the yin qi to condense into tangible and physical mucus.
After thinking about it, there was no other way, so I lifted my clothes again, reached out and pulled the tiger's eye stone from my waist and put it in front of my eyes. Look around.
This sight immediately surprised me, and I found that under the light of the flashlight, the surrounding stone walls were on top of them. Dozens of eerie black shadows flickered. He can be one foot tall, and his whole body is black and smoky, and he looks exactly like people's shadows. Paper-light and paper-thin. Tightly attached to the cold stone wall, not looking closely. I thought it was an abstract mural. But the murals don't move, and these are like elongated figures. But he kept walking slowly on the stone wall, looking at it made the scalp feel numb.
It turns out that the abnormality of darkness in this neighborhood is due to these strange black shadows playing tricks. Hanging the tiger's eye stone around my neck, I wondered what the hell were these black shadows that could create darkness?
I suddenly remembered that when I was a child, the old people in the village had told stories about this kind of black ghost, and it seemed that this black shadow was called a shadow ghost, which is commonly known as a "shadow ghost".
Usually people walk on a remote forest path surrounded by tall trees, and sometimes when they suddenly turn their heads to look at the ground, they will be shocked to find that the shadow behind them has become very strange, and it does not seem to be their own shadow. The old people said that it was a ghost superimposed on the shadow of a person. Generally, shadow ghosts will appear at dusk close to sunset, at this time the yang energy between heaven and earth is relatively weak, especially in the forest where the sun is not visible, if people walk in the forest at this time, it is most likely to provoke shadow ghosts.
The shadow ghost is not a fierce god, not as ruthless as the hanged ghost, and does not have much ability, but anyone who provokes the shadow ghost will have bad luck, and the bad luck will not stop until the shadow ghost leaves.
The shadow ghost is not a fierce ghost, and the way to drive it away is also very simple, I remember that the old people have said that if they find a shadow ghost, they will take off their shoes and throw them into the air, the man will be left and the woman will be right, and the bottom of the shoe will be up, and then he will jump on the ground with the other foot wearing the shoe, as if he is jumping seven seven or forty-nine times, and the other foot cannot touch the ground. It's easy to say, but it should be very easy to do, and who knows if the shadow ghost will take advantage of the fact that someone is on one foot and will cause trouble. But after he had successfully jumped forty-nine times on one foot, he could shout "go" to the strange shadow on the ground, and when he saw that the shadow had recovered as before, he immediately put on his shoes and ran home quickly. At this time, it is best not to look back, and do not look around, and when you get home, it is best not to go out again that night, because the yang fire on your body is extinguished, and it is easy to provoke other vicious ghosts.
I'm not sure if the strange tall black shadows on the surrounding stone walls are shadow ghosts, because they just stay on the walls and don't attach themselves to my shadows. However, I have heard that when a shadow ghost attaches itself to a person's shadow, the shadow beneath his feet becomes extremely dark, and the shadow seems to become a humanoid pit that absorbs the darkness around it. And the tall ghosts attached to the stone walls around them can also absorb light very strangely, making the surroundings extremely dark, which is the same as the shadow ghosts.
The method of expelling the shadow ghosts is not suitable for dealing with the black shadows on the stone wall, because they are not attached to my shadows, and I think that I can get rid of these strange black shadows by leaving here, but when I think of leaving, my heart becomes very uneasy, and I always feel that the disappearance of my companions has something to do with these black shadows. Usually my sixth sense is very effective, so I can only choose to completely eliminate the black shadow on the stone wall. Then, even if I didn't find my teammates, I was able to continue to move forward with peace of mind, or I felt like I was pressed against a big rock, and I couldn't feel at ease. (To be continued......)