"What do you mean to know the Tao when you die?" I struggled to get up from the beach.

Li Yang ignored me, turned around, and walked along the beach into the distance, leaving a trail of footprints on the ground.

I hurried to chase after them, but these two legs couldn't move away, as if they were filled with lead. Seeing Li Yang walking farther and farther, his figure became smaller and smaller. The lead-gray sky and the sea merge into one, and between the vast heaven and earth, only the lonely figure is moving forward.

I yelled, "Where the hell are you going?" ”

Li Yang didn't turn around, his voice fluttered in the wind, and he came slowly: "Lao Liu, go back quickly." As long as you live, you will never find me, and what you see now is only my shadow. ”

I walked further, and suddenly there was a hole under my feet, as if a big hole had suddenly appeared in the ground, and I fell down with a whoosh. I don't know how long it took, I felt chaos around me, and the voice of the copper lock sounded in my ears: "You wake up, you wake up." ”

My stomach churned, and I opened my eyes to find myself still sitting in my hotel room. My throat tightened, my stomach turned upside down, and I opened my mouth and sighed at the copper lock. The copper lock was so smoked that he almost didn't get out of breath, and sat on the ground with his nose covered: "Damn, Lao Liu, you ate shit this morning, why is it so stinky." ”

I couldn't hold on any longer, so I quickly ran to the bathroom and threw up, and I really threw up all the overnight food. I sat on the floor, holding on to the toilet, and I felt a kind of happy collapse. After a pause, he reluctantly stood up to wash his face and brush his teeth, and stumbled out.

The brass lock opened the windows and was smelling there. Qin Dan, on the other hand, sat cross-legged on the bed, meditating. The girl's face was very pale, and the sweat soaked from her forehead stuck to her bangs, and it seemed that she had paid a very big price.

The copper lock came over with his nose covered, and said in a loud voice: "After Qin Dan asked you to wake up, let's take a look at the painting I drew first." Wait until she finishes meditating. ”

Then I remembered that when I started to track, the boy would not be able to control himself from drawing with a pencil. The brass lock handed me the paintings, and I was startled. That time, Li Yangqi chased Liu Yan, and he only drew five or six pictures, but I actually painted more than 100 pictures this time! A thick and thick pile.

I flipped through the paintings, and there were all sorts of things on them. Women on the bus, old men spitting, bad boys stealing wallets...... There are all kinds of things, and the light is bizarre, like a picture of all beings.

looked at it, and when he came to the back ones, the copper lock pointed to a person and said, "Isn't this Li Yang, you really saw him." ”

The background of the painting is a sea, and Li Yang is standing on the beach, because of the light behind him, his whole face is very gloomy.

At this time, Qin Dan breathed a long sigh of relief, slowly opened his eyes, and said complainingly: "Liu Yang, Liu Yang, do you know what that red spike is?" ”

I was a little weak-hearted, pretending to be ignorant, and asked what it was.

Qin Dan said: "It is the decoration of the mirror platform of the underworld. Just now, he led you into the underworld. Do you know how dangerous this is?! You'll never come back. ”

I pretended to be shocked: "This thing is from the underworld, so Li Yang ...... him"

Qin Dan nodded: "He is likely to be in the underworld." Then he added, "Probably dead." ”

"You mean, he's a ghost?" Copper Lock asked.

Qin Dan was confused: "What else can it be in the underworld?" I can't define his existence. Because I don't know much about Hades, we are alive after all. The people of the Yang world are unable to deeply understand the things of that world. ”

I slapped my thigh: "I remembered, I met Li Yang just now, and he seemed to have said two very strange words to me." ”

I briefly talked about the experience of walking to the evil mirror platform just now. The whole process was like a dream, many details were missing, and I was trying to say as much as I remembered. Looking at these paintings, both Copper Lock and Qin Dan were stunned. I could see that they had a lot of doubts, but they didn't ask any questions, and they just held back and waited for me to finish.

Later, when I talked about Li Yang, I said: "Li Yang said two sentences at that time, and I remember them the most. The first sentence is that in order to truly understand Hades, one must die. Of course, I don't know what the original sentence is, so I'll tell you the general meaning. The second sentence is, what you see now is only my shadow. ”

Qin Dan thought thoughtfully: "He seems to be sending us some information." ”

Copper Lock said: "I can't figure it out. Why do you want to understand Hades, you must do so after you die? Now there are many gods and gods, all of whom have this kind of magical power, which can take people out of the underworld, and they don't need to die when they see what is happening in the underworld. ”

I remembered that a long time ago, I had a discussion and speculation with Li Damin about the underworld. My view is that it is impossible to confirm that the scene of the underworld seen by those who go to the underworld is the same as that of the truly dead. There's a dead knot here that can't be untied at all. That is, the real underworld can only be understood by the real dead, but after this person dies, he cannot communicate with the people of the yang world at all. Even if there are occasional souls returning to the sun, the world of death described is still a fragmented blind man touching an elephant, so that the living cannot get a glimpse of the true situation in the underworld.

It's as if I've been caught on an alien planet. The aliens asked me to describe what the world of Earth is like. First, I don't understand the language of the aliens, even if I barely translate, because of the shackles of the language itself, the message will be missing and distorted; Second, my personal knowledge is limited, let alone let me describe the earth, even if I am asked to describe Chunshui County, I can't understand it; Thirdly, the aliens and I belong to two different groups and civilizations, and there are barriers to communication in themselves. It is very likely that when I say machine gun leaders, they will think of it as a city gate building, if they understand it.

So, there is only one way for aliens to truly understand Earth.

Let him become an earthling, live on the earth, and he can slowly understand. To fully understand Hades, I am afraid that you will have to die once. When you really get there, you will know.

I said what I thought. The copper lock asked rhetorically: "Then you just walked to the evil mirror platform, isn't that the real underworld?" ”

I was speechless for a moment. After a while, he smiled bitterly: "I can't answer this question." I don't know what kind of space I'm going to. ”

Qin Dan, who had been silent, asked me to hand over the red spike to her, saying that this thing was ominous, and she would bring it back to Xie Ling.

This time the uprising is not without gains, at least we can barely guess Li Yang's current situation.

Qin Dan and Tongsuo played in our county for a few days, and I led them around some scenic spots. After that, we went to Lingzi Mountain again, which was completely blocked.

Director Ma's family, his wife died, and he and his son disappeared. This became a local breaking news. The police investigated for a long time, but there were no definite clues, and it was slowly closed. However, there are many rumors of haunting in that place. The county decided to cordon off all the hills, put up barbed wire, set up guard towers, and had special personnel on duty every day.

We just took a look outside and came back.

A few days later, both Copper Lock and Qin Dan went back. I also calmed down, abandoned distracting thoughts, and continued to write the third part of "Hades".

I am reminded of what the Great Lama Boren Tseyang once said that true immortality is the inheritance of thought. I am writing about the underworld now so that Li Yang can continue to live in another form.

Time flies, and for more than half a month, I wrote almost every day. The foot injury is almost as good as the one, and now I can run around the playground. On this day, while I was writing, I received a phone call from Poplar.

If he hadn't called, I would have almost forgotten about the Silver Bridge Group.

Yang Shu was on the phone, and his voice was a little low: "Liu Yang, can you come to the villa as soon as possible?" ”

I asked what was wrong.

Yang Shu hesitated for a long time before saying, "Wang Xiaoyu may have had an accident." ”

My brain buzzed, I stood up, and shouted what was going on?

Poplar coughed and muttered, "You'll know the way when you come." ”

I couldn't sit still anymore and hurried to book a plane ticket online. His hands were trembling all the time, and when he thought of Wang Xiaoyu, his heart was like a pinprick. At this time, I realized how much I missed her.

The next day I arrived in Jilin, and Liu Xi drove to pick me up. I asked in the car what was going on. Liu Xi saw my anxiety and said very apologetically, she didn't know the specifics.

When I arrived at the villa, I was introduced to the small courtyard villa where Yang Muyun cultivated his self-cultivation and went directly to the second floor. As soon as the door was pushed, the three fathers and sons were all sitting in the room, and when they saw me coming, Yang Shu Yang Lin hurriedly greeted me, his face was a little unsightly, and he smiled reluctantly: "Liu Yang, you are here." ”

I couldn't help but say a few words of greeting and asked Yang Muyun: "Uncle Yang, what happened to Xiaoyu?" What's going on? ”

Yang Muyun said: "You sit first, I'll tell you slowly, don't worry." ”

I sat on the sofa and Yang Lin handed me a cup of hot tea.

"I once told you that I would organize a team to explore the truth at the possible engineering site of the Kwantung Army." Yang Muyun said.

I had a vague feeling of uneasiness in my heart.

"Xiaoyu, joined this team." Yang Muyun said: "Ten days ago, the team assembled in Changchun, unified the allocation of vehicles, and drove to Xing'anling with equipment. I keep an eye on them, and they report to me every day. Just the day before yesterday, there was an accident in the team, and as far as I know, two have died, and one has gone crazy. ”

My heart is going to jump out.

"The two who died were professional explorers I hired. The crazy one," he paused, "It's my assistant He Ping." ”

I had in my mind the young man with a sincere and sunny smile, I really didn't expect that such a thing would happen after not seeing him for a few days.

I muttered, "Where's Xiaoyu?" ”

"Xiaoyu was still there, I was on the phone with her, and she was in a bad mood. Because I can't see her in person, I can't know exactly what happened to them now. Yang Muyun said.

"You mean, you want me to go too?" Instead, I calmed down and said lightly.

Yang Muyun was a little surprised by the change in my mood, and when he said this, he nodded: "Yes." Liu Yang, if I go again this time, I won't stop until I find out. In order to express my heart and avoid fluctuations in the morale of the army, I decided to let my son Yang Lin go with you. When the time comes, don't treat him as my son, let him go if there is danger. ”

Yang Lin came over and shook hands with me: "Liu Yang, let's cooperate well." ”

I looked at him, then at Yang Muyun, and there was something I couldn't hold back, so I said: "Uncle Yang, you arranged for Wang Xiaoyu to go to Xing'anling, right?" ”