What happened to the two of us in Ruyi City reminded me of a novel I once read, in which the protagonist strayed into a strange space and fell into an infinite loop.

The difference is that the protagonist can die an infinite number of trial and error in the cycle he is trapped into, and then he will recycle his life.

I remember that this novel was a well-known novel abroad, and it was a single book after translation.

"Third master, could it be that something we saw on the road made us fall into an illusion, and the sound of beating the drum was actually used to confuse us, deliberately making us think that the illusion was caused by the sound of the drum?"

After a long silence, Dawu spoke.

I nodded, then added, "I've thought about this too, but the current situation is that we'll go out two more times at most, and if this guess is wrong, we'll waste another chance." ”

"Are we just going to die here?"

"No, I'm not saying to die here. At the moment, the sound of the drum is not the key, but we can't ignore the fact that we have to meet both the fact that we can't hear the drum and we can't see something, and that's a new assumption. So if we don't want to waste the opportunity, we have to make all the guesses that may lead us to enter the illusion, and then do the wrong measures, and when everything is perfected and we are sure that there will be no other opportunities to enter the illusion, we can rest assured that we can get out of this place, otherwise we will use up the two chances, and after we fall into the illusion, we will never know if we are in the illusion. ”

Dawu was silent again, he took out a cigarette from his backpack, took a puff and said: "Actually, I thought about it carefully just now, and after we fall into the illusion, there may not be no way to confirm whether we are in the illusion or not, no one told us that there are only two chances left." ”

"Can you tell me how you woke up from your last vision?"

Dawu was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said: "The first two times, you woke me up from the illusion, and I never realized that it was an illusion. When it came to the third time, I was extra vigilant, and soon found that something was wrong with you in the illusion, and I immediately slashed you with a dagger, and the illusion was shattered. ”

I snapped my fingers at Dawu, then shrugged my shoulders and spread my hands: "Isn't this the end?" ”

Dawu didn't react, he spared his head, and asked me a little confused what I meant.

"After falling into the illusion, we must kill the false companion in the illusion to break the illusion, because the scene and reality in the illusion are exactly the same, and only the companions around us are fake, so as long as we kill the companion, we can determine whether we are in the illusion or not...... If we really get out of Ruyi City, but at the same time wonder if we are in the illusion, do we have to take out a knife and kill each other? At that time, in case we really come out, whether I kill you or you kill me, can we accept this result? ”

As soon as my words came out, Dawu fell into pain all of a sudden, and he slammed his fist against the wall.

"Anyway, there are still two complete chances, as long as we assume all the possibilities of entering the illusion node and take protective measures, it is still possible to escape from here."

After saying this, I was suddenly stunned, remembering what I had just said to Dawu, and suddenly froze in place, I realized that we would never be able to get out of Ruyi City.

I was unloaded, lying on the ground like a pool of stagnant water, and I had no desire to survive. At this moment, I only felt physically and mentally exhausted, and I had never felt so anxious to die immediately.

Seeing the sudden change in my mood, Dawu was a little puzzled, and he said, "Third Master Qiu, what's wrong with you?" ”

I smiled wryly, and didn't even bother to speak, because no matter how we assume now, it's useless, even if we find the hallucinogenic node? As long as we have doubts in our hearts, we will never be able to break the paradox.

Seeing that I didn't speak, Dawu was a little scared, he quickly shook my body, and said, "Third Master Qiu, don't scare me, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Dawu, don't bother, lie down, I just thought of a particularly terrifying thing, we will never be able to get out of here, never!"

"What does this mean? Didn't you just say that we should make all the assumptions and then take precautions? There is still a chance to go out, how can it become impossible to go out again in the blink of an eye? ”

I swallowed and said, "Remember what I told you?" As long as we suspect that we are still in the illusion, we must kill the companion, because in the illusion the companion is false, but if it is reality, if we stab the companion with a knife, the companion will die. ”

"That's right, but as long as we find the hallucinogenic node, we don't need to confirm whether we are in the illusion or not!"

I understood that Dawu hadn't reacted yet, so I took a deep breath and asked very calmly, "How can you be sure that the hallucinogenic node we found must be a hallucinogenic node?" ”

After hearing this, Dawu was still a little dazed, but this time it was obvious that he had caught something, and he kept repeating this sentence in his mouth.

I didn't bother him, because only he could understand where the horror was if he grasped it himself, and it was a very strange paradox.

Maybe it has a vulnerability, but at least now I can't think of where it is.

Soon, Dawu's expression was stunned, as if I had just figured it out, his originally ruddy face instantly turned pale, and he sat on the ground.

"Grass, I see...... Third Master, you mean to say that even if we find the hallucinogenic node and leave Ruyi City, there is still no way to confirm whether we are in the illusion of the surrounding environment. If you want to confirm it, you have to let one person die between the two of us before you can prove it...... Because we can never be 100% sure that the hallucinogenic node we find is real, because no one can tell us the correct answer to the hallucinogenic node. ”

"That's right, exactly...... With the existence of this paradox, we can't escape any way, unless one of us is willing to sacrifice, and after agreeing to take out Ruyi City, he will stab each other with a knife. In the illusion, everything can change more realistically, but the companion will never change, and the companion in the illusion can only be fake. ”

After saying that, I smiled and teased, "What, if you have the spirit of sacrificing yourself, maybe I can escape." ”

"I have! My life was saved by the second master, anyway, if I can't get out, I will die in vain here, you are the second master's own brother, and it will be the same for you to return it to the third master..... If I have to let Zhang Wu die here to save you, I admit it! ”

I looked at Dawu and was a little stunned.....