185 · Entrance (Bottom)
Two more prisoners walked out, their dejected appearance was the same as any prisoner he had seen before, there was no luster in their eyes, only those who could not get out of the trough of life would show similar emotions, those four trembling legs were especially clear in Chen Jian's vision, and he could feel the panic that could not be described in words through the frequency of their trembling.
Suddenly, Chen Jian realized what was going on at the entrance to the Black Abyss.
He asked Bai Yao in a low voice: "You see the last thing you want to see? ”
Bai Yao was stunned for a long time, thoughtful: "Maybe, but once we come out, everyone can't tell what happened inside, and all we are left with is fear......"
Chen Jian nodded. He realized that this might be an opportunity for him to see what he feared and to further reminisce about the past—whether it was from the original owner or from his own past in the 21st century.
"I went in first. After he finished speaking, he jumped off Bai Yao's shoulder.
"Be careful...... Bai Yao hesitated for a long time and said, "If you don't come out, I'll go in with you." ”
"Good. ”
Because Chen Jian had become a meat puree, many people didn't even realize that there was such a thing here, and he rubbed the feet of others and crawled towards the black curtain. The moment he entered, he felt a chill coming from his legs, and immediately crawled up his whole body along his spine, like a bottom-up bath, and his whole body was extremely comfortable. It's hard to imagine that after such a harmonious and beautiful opening, there will be a frightening follow-up.
His gaze was suddenly immersed in darkness, and the blackness of the endless lake engulfed his whole body, and the cool feeling disappeared, leaving only an untouchable emptiness and melancholy.
"Hey. Anyone?"
Chen Jian was talking nonsense, thinking that this would reduce the uneasiness in his heart a little. But there was no response to his words, no echoes, no information about the space could be deduced from the sound, and he felt as if he was being locked in a sound-absorbing confinement cell, with the sound of dull breathing in his ears.
"It's all right," he continued, "and everything that happens next is an illusion, so take it." ”
As soon as he said this, he froze in place, and the fear that had already been gathering momentum erupted from every pore. He suddenly reacted, the hallucinations had begun, and he should have been able to keep going, but now he was trapped in a cramped room.
Is that what I'm afraid of?
Chen Jian shook his head, thinking that it was not terrifying at all, but the current situation of not being able to move forward and retreat did cause him great psychological pressure. He tried to keep moving forward, but the same touch was always coming from the soles of his feet, and every stone beneath him stood still, no matter which way he moved, he kept spinning in place.
"It's okay...... It's okay...... There's always a way. ”
He muttered to himself.
He admitted that he was indeed a little flustered now, but it was far from the extent that Bai Yao said that he wanted to escape as soon as he came in, he could still resist this strange illusion, besides, since he already knew that it was an illusion, what was there to fear?
He thought so and continued to walk.
It didn't take long for the sight to suddenly brighten, and the black tide around him had receded.
It came out so easily?
He wanted to laugh out loud, thinking that it was too cowardly for everyone else to give up, but before the excitement could appear, the sight in front of him poured cold water on him—he returned to the place he had just been, the entrance of the black abyss, and turned around, the black curtain still fluttering unhurriedly, as if to make a silent sarcasm at him.
He'd been walking in the depths since he entered the entrance...... Why did it come out?
"Rose, are you okay" Bai Yao kept staring at the entrance, and when he saw Chen Jian coming out, he immediately walked over.
Seeing that Chen Jian hadn't been able to stay at the entrance for long, her tone was a lot more relaxed.
"No......" Chen Jian didn't understand what was happening, he lost all the memories just now, "I didn't feel fear, but why? Why did I come out?"
"Aren't you afraid?" Bai Yao's eyes widened in surprise, "You're not lying, are you?"
Chen Jian shook his head seriously: "I was indeed a little uneasy when I first entered, but to this extent, it was not enough for me to stop, but my sense of direction seemed to have been deceived by the illusion, I was obviously walking forward, but I returned to the outside." ”
"If it's you...... Maybe you can break through the entrance. ”
Bai Yao and he didn't talk on the same channel at all, they each had their own considerations. Bai Yao knew that everyone present had fled the entrance because they were panicking, and Rose - if he had not been able to lie - was the first to be "tricked" into the entrance and exit involuntarily.
"Rose, listen to me," Bai Yao squatted down and led him to the corner, "Someone didn't want us to enter the black abyss, so they laid this black curtain and let us leave on our own initiative, but you are different, you have overcome the panic caused by the curtain, as long as you work hard, maybe you can get over." ”
Only then did Chen Jian realize that Bai Yao was talking to him. He nodded, his fighting spirit ignited by the cunning trap.
"Let's go in together and take care of each other, what do you think?"
"Is it useful...... Bai Yao shook his body in shock, "There were also people who traveled together before, but after entering, they all fell into a separate illusion." ”
"I'll figure it out, you're going to grab me with your hands. Chen Jian said, "Anyway, if it doesn't work once, try it again, and you can always succeed." He saw that Bai Yao's pupils were trembling, and remembered that if she entered the entrance, she would feel something that frightened her, so he said apologetically, "If you really don't want to enter, I will enter alone again." ”
“...... It's okay. Bai Yao stood up and held him in the palm of his hand with both hands, "Let's go in together, I also want to leave purgatory." ”
"Good. ”
Chen Jian nodded and admonished, "Be sure to hold on to me." ”
"Rest assured. ”
Bai Yao and Chen Jian walked through the ethereal curtain.
After a little distraction, the touch of Bai Yao's palm disappeared.
"Bai Yao, can you hear me?" Chen Jian called her name calmly, didn't make any moves, he would never be deceived by the entrance again, now Bai Yao is overcoming panic and constantly moving deeper, all he has to do is let Bai Yao know that he has always been by her side.
"Bai Yao, are you moving forward? Keep going, we're going out!"
He spoke words of encouragement as he wondered why he couldn't feel fear from the bottom of his heart.
He was in a narrow room, but to be honest, he was not afraid of the situation in front of him, but the hearts of the other prisoners were too weak? Chen Jian didn't think so.
There is only one way to explain the current situation - it is not something that I fear, but a weakness of the old one.
Everything makes sense.
This body belongs to Chen Jian in the past, so the structure of the brain is also similar to the past, and the memory input of modern Chen Jian cannot change the brain circuit of the past to a large extent, and the entrance of the black abyss must be through some method to see through the factors of physical fear, and then further impose fear on the entrant.
"Bai Yao, didn't you stop, did you? Keep going, I can feel that we are about to go out. Chen Jian kept talking into the empty room.
This time I spent much more time at the entrance than I had just now.
Suddenly, the sight lit up again.
Chen Jian immediately looked around.
Underneath him was Bai Yao's palm, and there was no one in front of him, a narrow road made of blue-black stone. There are no mountains around, there is only such a road, as if suspended in the darkness, looking down, there is no darkness to see.
"Coming out?" Bai Yao knelt on the ground, his pale cheeks as if they would shatter at any moment.