I heard it right, because anyone with a normal ear can hear where the sound is coming from.

In fact, there was only the empty passage behind me, and four gold-lacquered thin gold talismans with no end in sight. So, my position at the moment is under the Hongjialou Church, or the old school of Shandong University, and Tang Wan is in the mirror room, and the two places are at least three kilometers apart. Of course, this is only a straight line, and we are still separated by soil and buildings, so it is impossible to hear each other's voices.

"Tianshi, this world is far more complex than we imagined, our eyes can only see very few colors, very few social aspects, but the original face of the world is a thousand colors, a thousand faces, and it has been changing dynamically, even the world's first wise man, can not see its full picture. By the way, I want to tell you that I'm actually ready to die. In that case, we will never see each other again, and we will have to wait until the next reincarnation. In my opinion, there is nothing terrible about death, it is just a process of reinventing the furnace, those who die for themselves are ashamed, and those who die for light and justice are great. I want to be a little woman snuggled up to you, not separated, not traveling, just in the area of Qushuiting Street, Baihuazhou, Daming Lake, watching flowers and playing in the water, lingering in the grass, no worries, calmly forget worries. It would be a wonderful thing to have that kind of life. Ideals are always beautiful, but reality is like a hammer in the hands of giants, smashing down the so-called ideals to pieces. So, you're gone, I'm here......"

I didn't look back, and listened to Tang Wan quietly, for fear that as soon as I turned around, I would ruin this beautiful atmosphere and never hear her real voice again.

"Could she be there?" I put a question mark in my head.

"If she's there, it's proof that this underground passage leads all the way to the Mirror Room, connecting the two locations perfectly. In that case, the back door of the mirror room will be wide open and self-defeating. "I think.

Suddenly, the figure in front of him shook, and a large man broke in stride, standing among the bricks on the ground.

The man had a flashlight in his hand, and as soon as he entered the passage, he shone it at me.

I stayed in the dark for a long time, and at this moment I was exposed to a strong light, and immediately closed my eyes to avoid being blinded by the sudden bright light.

"Who's talking, who's who?" the man asked in a loud voice, but it was Bing'er's voice.

Tang Wan's voice was still ringing: "Tianshi, people are inherently dead, or lighter than a feather, or heavier than Mount Tai." You and I are still young, and we still have the opportunity to choose a satisfactory death, what a wonderful thing...... I am willing to die for the peace and happiness of all mankind, so that when a beautiful new world appears, someone may remember my name, or at least I have done my part to protect this world......"

"Who's talking? behind you...... No one, where did the sound come from?" Bing'er walked towards me, one flashlight shining on my face, the other shining behind me.

I looked down at the phone screen, it was indeed Tang Wan who called, and what I heard was indeed two voices, one in my hand and one behind me.

"Mr. Xia, are you okay? don't scare me, I'm very timid. Bing'er walked up to me and stared up at me.

Under the light, she was serious and beautiful, perfectly blending two completely disparate expressions on one face.

"I'm listening to Tang Wan. I replied.

"There's no one behind you, if you don't believe it, look back. Bing'er suggested.

I tightened my grip on the phone and slowly turned around, looking at the expected empty underpass. That's right, I know that Tang Wan won't appear, and even if her voice appears here, it may be the work of the transmission of speakers and wiring, rather than a living person standing behind me and speaking.

"No one. I smiled wryly, held up the phone, and showed it to Bing'er.

"Tang Wan, your friend's call?" asked Bing'er.

I nodded: "Yes, the phone number is my friend's, the voice is hers, she is 100% trapped in the mirror room at the moment and can't come." Even if she got here, she wouldn't put up such a big score, deliberately hiding and calling to tease me. So, we have to admit that there are some things here that are absolutely unusual. What do you say?"

"Hey—who's there? who's there?" cried Bing'er as she shook her flashlight deeper into the passage.

Naturally, this shout went unanswered, and I frowned and looked into the distance, watching the three flashlight pillars fly up and down, like laser swords in Star Wars.

"Tang Wan is in the mirror room—not only in the mirror room, but also encountering another predicament, it is impossible to rush here anyway, the only explanation is that ......" My gaze slowly fell on the talisman, "they must have played some role, maybe following them can find a more unexpected answer." ”

At this moment, I made a firm decision: "Go to the end of the talisman and see what the predecessors have left us." ”

"Bing'er, I'm going back again, do you want to come along?" I asked.

Bing'er didn't hesitate at all, and immediately nodded: "Of course I do." ”

After we got out, in order to save energy, we turned off the two flashlights, leaving only the one I used at the beginning.

"These talismans are very special, when I was abroad, I studied the wizarding texts of Nordic Iceland, and many witches there also used talismans to do good and bad things. Looking at these four talismans, I seem to have returned to the era of study. Bing'er said, "It's a pity that none of us are calligraphers, and if people who are obsessed with calligraphy can see this natural thin gold calligraphy, they will already be ecstatic." ”

Those thin gold characters are really good-looking, full of energy, and have a long charm, which is definitely better than many contemporary thin gold hard pen calligraphy masters.

"Do you understand the meaning?" I asked.

Whether the font is good or not is secondary, and now the most important thing for us is to understand the symbols to know why they are here.

Bing'er shook her head: "The talismans between different schools are very different, even if they are masters of the same era, they can't fully appreciate the mysteries of thaumaturgy in other sects, let alone a great layman of witchcraft like me." ”

I always held the phone, waiting for Tang Wan to call again.

When we got to the place where the talisman began to change direction, Bing'er stopped in shock.

"What's wrong? I urged softly.

"Mr. Xia, do you know that there is an international magazine called "Flying Saucer Exploration"? About five years ago, there was an issue of the magazine that published a lot of special photos taken by UFO observers, and almost every flying saucer would cause the flowers and plants on the nearby ground to fall in one direction. In my opinion, this kind of spiral has the meaning of paying homage to the alien flying saucer...... "Bing'er has sold another pass."

Whether it's an alien flying saucer or a Xuanmen talisman, it doesn't matter. The most important thing now is to keep moving forward, to the end of the talisman.

"Let's go?" I asked.

Bing'er stopped and shook her head slightly: "The front must be very dangerous, we had better plan it." You know what? I remember a couple of people who were skinned. Now that the secret room is destroyed, the power may retreat, it may hide, but it will definitely not disappear for no reason. Therefore, every step we take forward, we may face a catastrophe. ”

I understood her concerns, if it weren't for Tang Wan's strange voice, I wouldn't have turned back.

"You stay here and be my backup. I said.

"There's another way, I asked Elder Wen to reorganize the people and turn on the lighting and electricity. That way, we wouldn't have to face such a terrible fear of darkness. Bing'er said.

In the long run, that's a good idea, but I have to figure out where Tang Wan's voice came from now.

I have a hunch that there must be some connection between this road and the mirror room, if not physically, there must be a metaphysical interconnection.

So, I have to move forward.

"You...... Mr. Xia, emotional impulsiveness is one thing, and rational problem solving is another. Your IQ is higher than mine, and you should be able to control yourself and make the most rational and sensible choices at this time. Bing'er shook her head, "Let's go back, there's no need to take unnecessary risks." ”

I understand what she said, but if it doesn't matter to me, it's just that, and if I don't care about myself, it's messy.

"Okay, don't argue, you stay here, and if I don't come back in an hour, how about you withdraw?" I asked.

After the meeting, I didn't ask her about the results of "dripping blood to recognize relatives", nor did I ask about the whereabouts of the red sleeves, which was based on the principle that everyone kept their own **.

"Dripping blood to recognize relatives" is her business, reaching the end of the spiral is my business, everyone has their own goals, if they can agree, they will be together, and if they are not, they will be divided.

Bing'er thought for a few seconds and took out her phone.

"First, I took pictures of these talismans and took them out as evidence of the investigation; second, we left each other's numbers and kept in touch at any time; third, my thaumaturgical teacher once told me a famous saying in the thaumaturgical world - at all times, being alive is the foundation of thaumaturgical practitioners. I give you this sentence, everyone practices thaumaturgy for the sake of immortality, not for desperate adventures. She said.

I smiled wryly and gave her my phone number.

Everyone understands the truth, but sometimes they have no choice but to take risks.

We parted at the point where the rune changed line, and I went all the way south without hesitation.

During the journey, I dialed Tang Wan's number every minute, but I couldn't get through.

After about three hundred and twenty paces, the shape of the passage in front of it suddenly changed to a circle, and the diameter was still about three meters, but the walls on both sides narrowed in, forming an approximate circular passage.

The trend of the gold lacquer talisman remains unchanged, and it is still a four-line spiral in the same direction.

I didn't hesitate and continued to move forward, and soon the diameter of the passage slowly decreased, soon reaching two and a half meters, and then continued to taper, until it reached two meters below, and the top wall was almost touching the top of my head.

"In the end, the diameter of the pipe will only get thinner and thinner, and it will shrink to the point where a normal person can't pass through?" I was a little worried and quickened my pace.

As I expected, after another sixty steps, the diameter of the pipe was reduced to one and a half meters, and I could only bow my head and bend forward.

In this case, my body has inevitably rubbed against the talisman.

I realized that the talisman was wrapping around me like four ropes. And I took the initiative to drill into this trap, like a moth to a fire.

"Go on until you can't walk anymore—" I cheered myself up, leaving all the dangers behind.

Love has a madly burning magic, it can summon the ultimate potential in a man's heart, almost reborn. At this time, I was almost crazy, and the only thought in my mind was to "reach the end".

Eventually, the top wall rubbed against my back, and I couldn't even move forward on my cat's waist, so I had to crawl down and crawl forward with the strength of my elbows.

Less than a minute forward, my shoulder got stuck in the pipe and couldn't move forward.

I held up my flashlight and stretched out my arm to shine it.

Five meters away, the point of the pipeline, the four gold-lacquered talismans were finally entwined and twisted into one.

(Tianjin)