Chapter 591: Chaos
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Confusion.
It's utter chaos!
Panda and I clearly remember that we didn't feel any change in direction on the bridge, which means that we were both walking in the same direction the whole time. But now when we got to the middle of the bridge, I noticed that the ropes on our bodies had changed direction.
Is it the consciousness that deceives us, or is it the rope on our body that deceives us?
No one can be sure.
The panda whispered to me what to do, and the panda, who had always seemed calm, was now out of proportion. I frowned and thought for a moment, telling Panda that I still believed in objective facts more than my own subjective consciousness.
In other words, I think it's possible that we were deceived when we were on the bridge, maybe we reversed course at some point, but we didn't know it.
Panda didn't quite accept this statement, because he still firmly believed that neither he nor I had turned around, and he felt that the rope had deceived us.
However, it is too difficult to do hands and feet on a rope, but it is very simple to do hands and feet in people's subjective consciousness. The "ghosts" and "charms" we encountered before are completely fine.
Panda and I had a dispute over opinions, and among the three of them, the most decisive one was General Night.
After listening to me and Panda explain each other's opinions, General Night was silent for a moment, but decided to support me. General Night and I agree because during this time we have endured so much deception and demagogy that sometimes we can't even believe our eyes. Comparatively speaking, the credibility of objectively existing things is much higher.
In that case, then we are ready to turn around and walk backwards, that is to say, against the direction of the rope, which in our subjective consciousness is "going back the way we came". The decision was made by all of us, so no one objected.
The length of the rope was sufficient, so when we walked down the bridge, the rope had not yet reached its end.
But now that we've got off the bridge, the rope doesn't work for us.
I untied the rope from my back, put it down in place, and then strode forward with the pandas, continuing to search for the trace of the strange figure I had just had.
However, as soon as we took a few steps, we found a very terrifying thing: the scenery in front of us was exactly the same as the view before we got on the bridge, that is, the theoretical "opposite shore"!
We seem to have really returned to square one, and even next to the stone bridge, there is a tree similar to the one we used to tie the rope just now!
The panda muttered, "What's going on? Why do I look more and more like we've gone back the way we came? โ
General Night also nodded and said, "That's true, even if the mountains on both sides of the strait are completely similar, why is it that even this grass and tree are almost the same?" โ
I actually think it's strange, even if there are the same trees growing on the shore on both sides of the river, the trees are exactly the same height, age, and even shape, isn't it? Is this a replica? But if we are where we were before we got on the bridge, then why wasn't there a rope tied to the tree in front of us?
The more I thought about it, the more strange I felt, so I simply said: "That's it, anyway, this stone bridge is not too long, since we passed it once, it also means that this stone bridge is not dangerous, let's go back the same way and see if the road when we come can get it?" โ
General Night nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go back and have a look." โ
As we spoke, we turned around and prepared to cross the bridge, but at that moment, we all froze.
The stone bridge is gone, in the thick fog, there is nothing behind us but the cliffs, where is the stone bridge? There were no stone bridges at all, only dark spaces and thick fog...... Other than that, it's empty, there's nothing.
"It's over!" General Night couldn't help but say: "Now we are really cornered, the back roads are blocked, this stone bridge is not seen, it is simply the end!" โ
Panda and I don't know what to say, the two sides are separated by cliffs, and now there is no stone bridge, and it is a dream to go back.
The stone bridge may not be a trap for the ghost town of Xudu, but now, we are really caught in the trap.
"So what do we do now?" Panda asked in a low voice.
I smiled wryly: "What else can I do, I can only take one step at a time." โ
As I spoke, I continued to see what was on this side or what kind of scenery I could see.
As we walked along the upper road, the more we felt that something was wrong. Isn't the environment the same as when we came?
Isn't the big stone in front of you the same big stone when Auntie first saw "Charm"? Nearly a few hundred paces further on, shouldn't it be the camp with two zhang and six corpses?
Although we crossed the stone bridge, we did not reach the other side at all, and for some reason, we actually came back.
In desperation, we had no choice but to go back the way we came. It seems that this stone bridge is really impossible to cross without a certain chance and road.
After walking a few more steps, Erzhang's camp was already close in front of me, and I looked up at the bright moon hanging in the sky, and I always felt that something was wrong at night, but I couldn't say what was wrong.
Before we could reach the camp, suddenly a dazzling light came from not far away, and it looked as if a car was coming.
I was shocked in my heart, and I vaguely realized that something was wrong. Why did the car come in the middle of the night in this ravine? If they came because of the fire in the village before, then they came too late, right?
The Night General and the Panda were also vigilant, and hurriedly hid in the bushes next to me to avoid being seen by others first.
At this time, the car in the distance was getting closer, and at this time I noticed that this car looked very familiar, it seemed to be the car of the big shopkeeper and Zhuge Chenxi!
Only then did we let our guard down and hurriedly walked over to the headlights. But I always felt that the lights of this car looked a little dim, and it didn't seem to be the same as usual.
The car stopped, and it was the big shopkeeper and Zhuge Chenxi who came down, both of whom looked very tired, but after seeing us, their spirits improved a lot.
I asked the two of them, why did the third watch come to us in the middle of the night, what happened?
The big shopkeeper smiled lightly and said that it was nothing, but he was just concerned about the progress of the Shen family's treasure, so he came over to take a look. I've been to the village before, but I haven't found any trace of us. So I chased it here with Dawn.
Only then did I suddenly tell the big shopkeeper about the events of the past few days, and shared with them the tragic experience of our encounter with the two mountain spirits and wild monsters.
Zhuge Chenxi chuckled when he heard this, but he was a little different from usual, and he never spoke, while the big shopkeeper said that he could retreat under the bewitchment of "Charm", which shows that we are already very capable.
After a few more small talks, I suddenly thought about the stone bridge. I asked the shopkeeper, according to our previous efforts, we found an entrance similar to the "ghost town of Xudu", which was a stone bridge across the cliff, but the collapse was that the stone bridge could not be crossed, and after we walked halfway through, we seemed to have been deceived by the stone bridge and returned the same way, I don't know what the situation is.
After listening to our statement, the big shopkeeper's expression suddenly became solemn. He asked, didn't we find the legendary "Nai He Bridge"?
As soon as we heard the famous name of "Nai He Bridge", we immediately became nervous.
General Night asked, "This bridge is the ...... in the underworld?" โ
The big shopkeeper nodded and said yes, there is only one Nai He Bridge in the world. Speaking of this, he told us with a solemn expression that the reason why the Nai He Bridge is called Nai He Bridge is precisely because this bridge has a characteristic, which is only a ghost, but a living person. If it is a ghost, then you can easily walk over the bridge, but if it is a mortal and a living person, when you walk halfway to this bridge, you will be sent back by the original way of this bridge, and there is nothing to be done, so this bridge is called Nai He Bridge!
I was in a cold sweat when I heard it, so it seemed that we really met the Nai He Bridge. I hurriedly asked the big shopkeeper, is this Nai He Bridge the entrance to the ghost city of Xudu?
The big shopkeeper nodded lightly and said that this was the case.
Talking about this, the bridge has long since disappeared. We don't have a place to stay for the time being, so we just go to Erzhang's camp first, there are tents there, barely enough for us to rest and rest, I haven't seen each other for three days and two nights, I can't bear it.
ps: Today's Chapter 4 ~ Today is really busy, and the rest will be served tomorrow ~ Mo Mo Da ~