Chapter 21: Illusion
The memory ended here, and Zhou Qi's consciousness completely returned, and he looked at the skull that had quickly decayed and only white bones were left with a complicated expression.
That man seems to have lost his mind? Zhou Qi thought in his heart, the memory fragments that appeared inexplicably twice revealed something somewhat, and those shadows seemed to be part of the memories of these long-dead corpses and... Affection?
Whether it is Wang Hongwen or the devout believers, they seem to have lost their minds and emotions before they die, they regard the wrong as the right, the killing as salvation, and the blood as flowers.
Zhou Qi shook his head, discarding these strange thoughts in his heart, he gently calmed his breathing, and turned his head to look, just as he thought, the dilapidated cart turned into withered white bones in his left eye.
Cautiously stepping forward again, Zhou Qi looked at the neighbor's house he had walked in before, the concrete walls were bare with steel bars, and the scattered stones and debris that still remained were the food and furniture he had seen before.
Zhou Qi picked up a piece of bread, or a rock, soft, light, and even revealed a hint of aroma, Zhou Qi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, if it wasn't for the vision of his left eye that showed it as it was, Zhou Qi suspected that he would eat it without hesitation.
In the dim corridor, the broken lights flickered, barely illuminating the direction ahead, Zhou Qi looked around, while pushing forward, the dilapidated second underground floor was silent, the familiar street in his right eye and the blood-colored ruins in his left eye tore Zhou Qi's spirit, the sensory impact of the real and the illusory intertwined made him dizzy, and the still hungry stomach was depriving him of his remaining physical strength.
Relying on a strong mind, he came to the center of the second underground floor, as he expected, the overall structure of the first basement floor is almost the same as the second floor, the hub is pitch black, Zhou Qi took out a flashlight, and looked carefully through the pillar of light, the sense of disobedience here is the most serious, and in the field of vision of the right eye, this is the cathedral of Yiqing City.
Zhou Qi pushed open the door that was only visible in the field of vision of his right eye, he had already tried it just now, almost everything in the ruins was replaced with something else in the field of vision of the right eye, and those objects such as the gates that existed in the field of vision of the right eye and did not exist in the ruins, he could touch and interact, if he ignored these things, he would really be bumped into.
In the center of the beautiful church, where the statue of the head of the Tensho Sect had originally stood, a delicate box carved with an unknown meaning was quietly placed there, and a small gap was opened at the top of the box.
Zhou Qi's body trembled involuntarily, and the moment he saw the box, the inexplicable hunger was even more obvious, but this time he did not lose his limbs or lose consciousness, but there was a strong force that filled his body.
Zhou Qi carefully felt the condition of his body, his strength was greatly enhanced, and his speed felt comparable to the previous period when he used the ability of the lightning leopard, and his senses were several times sharper. He walked to the center of the church and slammed the lid back on the box.
The vision in his right eye quickly rotated and changed, and the feeling of peeling made him have a splitting headache, and the next moment, Zhou Qi's eyes were only left with ruins made of steel.
Restraining the constant hunger, Zhou Qi carefully looked at the metal box, and the cross in the cave, the emerald seemed to come from the same source. But soon Zhou Qi threw the box out again, although the idea was strange, he always wanted to eat the box, out of the protection of his teeth integrity and gastrointestinal health, he really didn't want to touch this thing again.
Gently calmed his breathing, Zhou Qi got up, and saw the three big lumps lying on the side from afar, but the situation was not clear, and he didn't go over as soon as possible. Zhou Qi scratched his head and cautiously probed the snorts of the captain, White, and Qiu Xiang.
Well, all alive. Zhou Qi let out a sigh, it seems that the previous corpse was also an illusion, but I don't know if the monster is real.
The heavy fist came with the sound of the wind, Zhou Qi subconsciously raised his hand to block, like the pain of an iron block, Zhou Qi stepped back, and the captain stood there, his eyes flashed, as if he was thinking about something.
"Brother Zhou, who was in front of you and Qiu Xiang when you went down to the second floor?" Hua Ye remained vigilant and asked such a clueless question.
Zhou Qi frowned, as if he understood something, "I'll go before her and after her." ”
Hearing Zhou Qi's answer, Hua Ye relaxed and handed over a cigarette apologetically:
"I'm sorry, I don't know if you're real or not, so I can only confirm it first."
Zhou Qi waved his hand to signal that he was not smoking, and asked out loud:
"The people in the illusion don't know what you don't know?"
"Yes, they'll just collapse or turn into deformed flesh monsters and attack." Hua Ye lit a cigarette and continued to add: "The monsters in the illusion are not strong, but they will attack anytime and anywhere, by the way, how did you get out, I can find the center point of the illusion, but I can't find the key to break the illusion." ”
Zhou Qi pointed to the metal box not far away and explained to Hua Ye:
"It's that thing that opened a mouth, and I don't know what ancient technology it is, I'll just close it."
Hua Ye patted White's face, frowned when he saw that he hadn't woken up yet, turned his head and thanked Zhou Qi:
"I see, I thank Brother Zhou for saving me, you can come to me if you need it in the future, and I will definitely try my best to help."
"I'm super, captain, alive?" White jumped up and hugged Hua Ye at the moment when he didn't react, wiping a handful of snot and tears on Hua Ye's body.
"Captain, I want to kill you, I told you I thought you were really dead, but as soon as I thought about my food like this, even I couldn't beat it, you must be fine standing still, I knew that it must be fake, but I still feel sorry for you when I see the fake you die, I tell you."
Hua Ye threw White to the ground, and the punching bag fist almost hit him in the face, but he still withdrew his hand under White's tearful accusation, sparing White's bruised face.
Zhou Qi looked at the two of them who were "fighting", even if they had seen it many times, it was still a little uncomfortable to see such a wild mode again, he turned his head to look at Qiu Xiang, who had just woken up, and asked uncertainly:
"Is it really okay to fight like this?"
Qiu Xiang combed his messy clothes and hair, and replied indifferently:
"It's okay, don't look at the captain's murder, in fact, they all have their strength, and they can't be killed."
Zhou Qi nodded, after all, it was not easy to meddle in other people's family affairs, and instead explained to Qiu Xiang the illusion switch he had just discovered.