Chapter 8 Ten Monuments
In the dream, Ji Ge returned to the drowning and lonely starry sky, drifting alone, I don't know how long, he found the portal.
This time, the difference was that the door had opened a crack, like the traces he had left last time. He peered through the cracks, the deepest and most secret place.
The black flames swirled slowly in a whirlpool, and the inconspicuous gabion floated in the center. The gabion is gray and not delicate, but rough like a chicken coop for raising chickens and geese in the backyard of an old farmer's house...... But it occupies everything in Ji Ge's eyes!
As if sensing his gaze, the gabion shook suddenly, and suddenly spun rapidly, and the surrounding flames, and even the dark space were dragged and twisted, to be sucked into the gabion. From a distance, the gabion resembles a newborn demon, greedily devouring everything it can absorb.
Ji Ge was originally a rootless duckweed wandering in this inexplicable void, and under the pull of this powerful suction, both body and mind were lost, as if the soul was about to be included in the whirlpool.
He clung to the rock-solid door, and it was as if a giant hand had grabbed his foot and pulled him down into hell. After a long time, the whirlpool gradually stopped.
Ji Ge's body loosened, and he felt that he had been stretched a little. Before he could recover his life, the gabion floated straight over with a brilliant golden brilliance, and his dull eyes widened, and the gabion burrowed into his chest.
The darkness was replaced by golden light, and Ji Ge woke up in horror.
In the narrow room, Ji Ge was oozing cold sweat on his forehead, he looked at everything around him, calmed his mood, and muttered: "It's just a dream, it's just a dream......"
Was it really a dream? He touched his chest, which was still hot, and his eyes were stunned.
There was a sudden knock at the door, it was the voice of an old man.
"Have you gotten up?" I have brought you clothes, and you can only wear them in the castle in the future, but I am afraid that you will not be able to wear your original clothes if you want to......" The old man walked in with a cane, put aside the clothes he was holding in his hand, and some food, and turned to leave, "I'll pick you up later." ”
Ji Ge shook his head, put on the clothes sent by the old man, and devoured the food. I opened the door to the hut and took a deep breath.
There was a layer of white mist like training on the cliff, it was still early in the morning, and many people had already gone out, and the black pressure was all teenagers and girls who were about the same age as Ji Ge and them. The teenagers were all dressed in the same black clothes as him, without the slightest fancy. Some of them glanced at Ji Ge coldly and turned their heads, while some closed their eyes and recuperated, not caring about the people or things around them at all.
Alec and the others saw Ji Ge and walked towards this side, and they naturally stood together. In this strange and cruel place, several teenagers who had the same experience subconsciously formed a small group.
Soon, the old man's rickety back appeared on the back cliff, and he raised his voice and shouted, "Everyone is here, let's go." ”
The teenagers followed the old man, and none of them dared to make a mistake, I am afraid that they had all seen the terrible things about the people here. A mighty crowd passed through several side halls to a main hall that was taller than all the palaces here.
The old man who led the way stepped forward and knocked on the door three times, and said respectfully: "My lord, everyone has brought it." ”
The door of the temple slammed open, revealing in the darkness the face of the young man they had seen yesterday.
"Go down. He spoke lightly, and the figure sank into the shadow again.
The old man waved his hand and motioned for the boys to enter, and left the hall quietly.
The boys walked in with trepidation, groping their way through the darkness. Suddenly, a terrible wolf howl of "whoosh" rang in their ears, echoing in this strange and gloomy hall, tantamount to a thunderclap.
"Don't make a fuss, Aladdin. ”
Out of that corner, a well-furred dog with smooth fur jumped out of that corner, and at this moment it was jumping on the spot excitedly, non-stop, stretching out its big tongue to lick the palm of the young man, and barking flatteringly.
There was a hint of warmth on the young man's cold dead face, and he patted the big dog's head and turned his head to look at the teenagers.
"Keep up!"
Led by the young man, Ji Ge and the others came to the deepest part of the dark hall, an empty hall. The hall was covered with a dark red blanket, and there were silver sculptures on both sides, one was a snake and the other was an eagle, carved vividly, and the hideous and sharp claws made the hall more oppressive.
Hundreds of young fish poured in, and the hall did not look crowded at all. The young man recited an obscure incantation to the darkness, and the candles hanging in the hall lit one by one, and the hall suddenly lit up.
"Now!"
His body rose into the air, and the muttering in his mouth grew louder and louder, and finally turned into a judgmental roar, and countless incantations turned into shapes in the air, staggering and colliding with brilliant light, and this life was extinguished. The whole palace trembled, the walls and dome seemed to crack, and an illusory luminescent film shattered with a thud.
The walls around the hall shook and sinted, and rubble fell, and more than ten metal monuments slowly emerged from them.
When the dark golden monument fully appeared, the young man's pale face was flushed with a sickly flush, and he shouted angrily at the wide-eyed teenagers: "One day! I will give you a day! Remember the pattern on even one of the ten tablets, this is your first step! The rules of the game, the eliminator, die!!"
Hundreds of teenagers were overwhelmed by the terrifying momentum of the young man, and they looked at each other in fear. A few who reacted quickly immediately walked to the monument, opened their eyes wide and wanted to imprint the pattern on it in their minds, and the others saw it and hurriedly learned to rush up.
Ji Ge noticed that the young man's figure had disappeared at some point, and there was a loud sound in his ears that the door of the temple was slammed shut. Alec and the others pulled the corner of Ji Ge's clothes and joined the crowd to grab a good position.
The dark golden metal monument shimmered with the cold light that had precipitated the ancient years, and there were ten of them, and there were many people in front of each one. Ji Ge chose a piece nearby, and his eyes were fixed on the stele.
The stele is engraved with a star chart that symbolizes fate, and there is a small figure in the starry sky making strange poses. Falling into his eyes, an extremely uncomfortable distortion sensation rushed into Ji Ge's mind, making him feel a sharp pain like being stabbed by an awl, and his body was about to fall backwards as soon as his steps were light. The surrounding boys and girls screamed and screamed, and the hall looked like a slaughterhouse.
Ji Ge's face turned pale, he forcibly held back the discomfort in his mind, stared at the giant monument in front of him with wide eyes, he screamed in pain, and fell to the ground with his head up. The awl seemed to have been replaced by a sledgehammer, slamming into his skull, and severe pain, dizziness, nausea, and all kinds of negative feelings welled up in his heart.
Ji Ge fell to the ground with his eyes closed, his eyes seemed to be burned by a strong light, and he was temporarily blind. He kept thinking in his heart, and he had memorized the pattern at that glance. He sat up cross-legged suddenly, his body twisted extremely, and made a strange movement. If you pay attention, the action is almost the same as that engraved on the stele.
The body is the fastest way to memorize!
But Ji Ge only lasted less than a second, and then collapsed on the ground, his body numb. This pose twists the body to incredible angles, beyond the limits of the human body, and looks like some kind of weird dance.
After a long time, Ji Ge gradually regained a little consciousness, constantly confirming the movements on the pattern and the movements he had just imitated, finding even the slightest difference.
He sat up again, made that gesture again, and in a moment fell down again. He did not give up, as soon as his body regained control, he did not miss a little time to correct his mistakes and strive for perfection.
Boom......
Ji Ge fell to the ground again, and now he didn't get up for a long time. For the last time, his pose was almost exactly the same as the one engraved on the pattern.
Ji Ge's eyes fell on another golden tablet, and he was not satisfied with only remembering one tablet!
Under the gaze of all the teenagers, Ji Ge struggled to stand up and walked to another stele, enduring the discomfort of not wanting to live, staring at the stele with bloodshot eyes.
The pattern engraved on this tablet is no different from that one, the only difference is that the pose of the villain under the starry sky is different!
Ji Ge closed his eyes, sat down, and made movements.
Fainted, sat up again, fainted again.
Get up and keep going!
......
He didn't know how many times he had fallen down, how many times he had gotten up, his clothes wet with sweat, and the carpet was wet.
The sound of knocking was particularly harsh in the quiet hall, and everyone looked at Ji Ge in awe, and secretly defined him in their hearts, ruthless!
Falling down and getting up hundreds of times, Ji Ge's muscles were twitching all over his body, and this time his body didn't obey the call at all.
Lying on the ground, staring at the dome with bloodshot eyes, he screamed wildly in his heart.
I'm not reconciled!
If he can't even endure this pain, then what else can he take revenge?!
His clenched hands were so hard that his nails were digging into his palms, and blood slowly seeped out.
Suddenly, his chest was hot, and a force surged out of it, and a little gold dust lit up on his chest hidden under his clothes, and it burrowed into his limbs like an earthworm.
Under the dull gaze of hundreds of teenagers, Ji Ge got up again!
He walked to the next monument and sat down, and everyone on the side subconsciously moved out of the way.
Like an endless cycle of reincarnation, he rises and falls, falls and rises......
Above the hall, unbeknownst to the boys, several big figures in the attic were watching them and talking.
"The human figure of the Gukarl people is really mysterious, and this group of hairy and blood-drinking people have gone a long way on the road of strength!" a middle-aged man who looked very kind said lightly and lifted the lens on the bridge of his nose, "But this little guy is really desperate, and he is a good seed." ”
"Young Ambition, hehe, this kid is in line with my temper, greedy enough!!"
A short old man with messy hair grabbed the supple fur of the shaggy dog, sneezed fiercely, and pulled the dog's tail and yelled, despite the resistance of the big dog.
"Hey, hey, haha, this baby was brought back by the old woman. The old woman teased a few red little snakes, pursed her toothless mouth, and smiled on the side.
"When the ten batches of seeds arrive, we will screen them for clean and useful use. The middle-aged man looked down at the young man below, and a trace of violence flashed on his kind face, "Waste, I feel upset when I look at it!"
"It's not a pigsty!"