Chapter 12: The Window to the Otherworld

Dark rooms, locked curtains, dusty wooden beds, rotten bedding. This one is exactly the same as the previous five rooms. Xiao Chen felt that those winding and endless tunnels were much stronger than this damn house, at least there were gentle and shiny runes and fresh wind blowing from nowhere. It's not like it's like a cage here, it's suffocating. When he returned home, he had to remove all the curtains and burn them, Xiao Chen thought angrily, this kind of thing would give him nightmares in the future!!

There is such darkness in my memory, when was the last time? kindergarten or nursery, locked in a closed food store or a commissary? The memories of the past are a little blurry, the only clear thing is the pain of claustrophobia, the torture of darkness, and the smiling face of my mother with tears.

Will I ever see my mother again?

For some reason, Xiao Chen involuntarily looked back at Luo Ling.

Luo Ling smiled at him, but there was a lot of tiredness in the smile. Xiao Chen saw that the blood on the bandage on her forehead had already dyed half of the towel red. The original white shirt has also become similar to a rag in the previous crawling. However, her eyes were still bright, just like when Xiao Chen found her underground.

"I'm fine. Find your way first. Luo Ling replied calmly.

"You...... Very strong. ”

"Don't praise me, I'm so proud. Luo Ling raised her chin slightly.

"Shouldn't pride be an attribute of pride like you? You see, you don't necessarily have the age of me, you are already a university teacher. ”

Luo Ling blinked, "Women are proud, but they are men." ”

"Won't it?"

"Yes, that's a woman. ”

Xiao Chen smiled, gave up arguing, lowered his voice and said, "Do you think that Liu Yisheng is very strange?"

"You don't like him?" Luo Ling asked rhetorically.

"It has nothing to do with liking it or not, first of all, the timing of his appearance is very strange, and secondly, his behavior here is also very strange, such as remembering such complicated roads, never taking detours, such as not knowing gold, but wielding the axe very skillfully, such as the surrounding environment is so weird, but he doesn't know how to worry and be afraid...... , and he could also feel which chest the best treasure was. ”

"Don't you think it's time to be in the same boat rather than get to the bottom of it?"

Xiao Chen was silent.

"You still don't like him, just because he's stronger than you, more powerful than you. Luo Ling chuckled, "No need to argue, I understand, this is a man." ”

Xiao Chen suddenly felt a little dizzy, maybe it was because he had been concentrating on igniting the fire sword for too long.

At this time, Liu Yisheng's rough voice came from the front.

"Wow! There's a big table in this room!"

It seems that it is indeed a good idea to let him take the lead.

It was a room like no other, a bit like a studio, a bit like a study, with shelves almost all the other walls occupied except for the curtained windows and the door to enter. There are not only books on the shelves, but also bottles and cans, probably because of age, many of the liquid in the bottles have volatilized, and the contents of other bottles have become unrecognizable dust. There was a large table and a chair in the middle of the room. The table was covered with paper, and there was a bottle of dried ink, and the owner seemed to be in a hurry to leave, and on the paper directly in front of the seat was a half-written letter.

"Sure enough, that kind of variant Spanish. Xiao Chen and Luo Ling hurriedly ran forward and tried to read the letter. However, due to the relationship of time, some of the handwriting on this piece of paper has been blurred, and Luo Ling can only vaguely read part of the content.

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"Dear Alan,

My spiritual mentor, my most trusted friend and my most loyal comrade-in-arms. I am writing this letter to tell you that I have decided to go through the furious sea...... to help Mellot find .......

As an entry ...... , this is a goal that he can't give up, and the ultimate martial arts he pursues can only be found there. Since he went...... Start looking for ...... It's been half a year, but we haven't heard from him. I think he needs ...... (large swaths of blurred handwriting)

You know that,...... Secrets are about the nature of the world. If we can come back alive, the real secrets of this world that have been bothering the three of us can also be solved. I believe there is truth to the legend. So even if it's full of danger, it's worth it.

At the beginning, I promised to help you stabilize the situation in the country, but now through our efforts, the opposition has disappeared, and I believe that with your talents, you will be able to ...... So now it's time for me to go.

In order to protect Merlot's family and his legacy, I built this house. Now that I'm gone, I'm going to seal the house. If anything...... You can use the ...... attached to the letter Open the seal and tell ......"

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This concludes the letter. Luo Ling read out all the words and sentences that could be distinguished.

"Three people appeared in this letter, Merlot, Allen, and the person who wrote the letter, and the three of them were supposed to be very close friends and comrades-in-arms. Alan is a man of great status. Merlot is a very strong master. The person who wrote the letter was probably a powerful magician. Xiao Chen tapped his fingers lightly on the tabletop, "Merlot seems to be looking for something, this thing is related to the nature of the world? And entrust the house and the land of inheritance to this Ellen. ”

"The place of inheritance is obviously the place where the statue is located. In other words, Zhou He inherited the power of Merlot?" Luo Ling guessed.

"It should be. But it is clear that this master had an accident while writing this, left the house, and never returned, and neither the letter nor the thing that opened the seal was given to the man named Alan. Therefore, the land of inheritance did not fall into the hands of Merlot's descendants. And the house has always been in such a state. ”

"That is, the thing that opened the seal was either in this room or on him at that time. Luo Ling put the scroll down and looked at every place in the room, trying to see some clues.

Xiao Chen shook his head, "I haven't even finished the letter, which means that the matter was very sudden, and there is no trace of a fight here, I guess he should have been alarmed by something around the house, and he encountered a problem not far from the house." I don't think he'll bring anything unsealed. For example, if you suddenly hear someone knocking on the door, will you put the jade bracelet you are playing with in your pocket or put it in the drawer of your dresser?"

"Then let's look for it. It's a pity that the place where the letter is written is not clear. ”

"Since it's a magical thing like a seal, I guess there will be runes on it too. Let's search the room for anything similar. ”

"What is this? Can you eat it?" At this moment, Liu Yisheng picked up a swarthy badge from there. There are runes that emit blue light on it.

Xiao Chen was afraid that Liu Yisheng would use that sharp tooth again, so he hurriedly snatched the badge. This coat of arms has a crescent moon with five stars in the concave arc of the crescent. The badge was not big, and it had runes, and he thought that this was the case nine times out of ten. He held the badge in his hand and focused on it. A strange feeling rushed into his mind, and he felt as if his soul was about to be sucked into the badge. Then, the badge emitted a soft ripple that slowly flowed through the room.

When ripples sweep over something, the vivid colors replace the old stale atmosphere. Old tables and chairs have been given a new look, decayed bookshelves have become neat, and faded carpets have turned bright red, as if they had just been bought. All the dust was gone, as if it had just been cleaned. Then the curtains opened automatically, and a beam of sunlight shone into the room. Shining on the vase on the desk, the vase was filled with water, and a green bud climbed up from the mouth of the bottle unhurriedly, forming a bud, and finally unfolding a lazy lily. Lowered slightly, as if greeting Luo Ling in front of him.

Luo Ling blocked the dazzling sunlight with her hand, and then released her fingers again, letting the sunlight gently shine through her fingers. Although she was trapped underground for only half a day, the sunshine gave her the joy of reunion after a long absence. She bent down slightly, leaned in front of the lily and sniffed it, the fragrance smelled like a school morning, she took a deep breath slowly and greedily, and then sat quietly in her master's chair. The previous thrilling experience seemed to drain her strength at this moment, making her unable to get up from her chair and see what was out the window.

"This ...... This is magic?" Xiao Chen walked back and forth in the room, stroking and patting every place with his hands, the table, the back of the chair, the bookshelves, all of them were sturdy oak, as if they had been carefully maintained. He picked up the curtain again and looked closely, it was fine velvet, and there was nothing strange about it. No matter how much he pulled, there was no response. He had the illusion that it was an ordinary morning, and everything around him seemed to laugh at him for having just had a nightmare, and he still refused to believe that he had woken up.

Only Liu Yisheng looked around inexplicably, and then grinned, "Now I don't hate this place so much." He strode to the window, pushed it open, and stuck his head out to look. Then he waved out the window and shouted, "Hey!

Xiao Chen and Luo Ling both ran to the window and saw a small garden outside the window, surrounded by a fountain, the small garden was neatly cared for, and all kinds of flowers were blooming. But what Liu Yisheng greeted was a bird parked on the garden wall. The birds were chirping.

However, at this time, they were not in the mood to laugh at Liu Yisheng, who was talking to birds. Because they saw the roofs stacked beyond the walls, they were in the middle of a small town, and the little exotic houses filled the view. The movement on this side of the house obviously alarmed the residents of the town as well, and Xiao Chen saw that two or three residents in exotic costumes had gathered at the iron gate of the garden. They're looking inside.

Xiao Chen's heart felt like it had been hit hard by a heavy hammer, and we ...... Really abandoned by the original world.

Conjecture and confirmation are so different that water and wine are so far away. Speculation does not pave the way for a tragic fact. Xiao Chen felt like a hangover drunkard, in the dark, with a splitting headache. His eyes suddenly went dark, and he felt that the entire spiritual world had been emptied.

He staggered backwards, but was held up by a pair of small hands. Luo Ling patted him on the back and whispered, "Welcome to the new world alive." ”