Chapter 69: The Dilemma That Can't Be Attempted
This extreme dilemma is just a random space preset between the first and third underground floors, and there is no forced entry mechanism, if it weren't for Bai Ning to better experience the various illusion environments and find a way to crack the illusion maze, he would not have entered.
Based on the basic state of mind of the previous explorers, their intended purpose would be to anchor the third underground floor under Gogol's guidance, and it seemed that they would not be interested in the space of the second underground floor at all.
Such a cumbersome fantasy space seems to be meaningless except for being able to completely trap random entrants.
Bai Ning had previously reasoned that the Illusion Core had certain interactive characteristics, and if the Illusion Core could really achieve this level of absolute obliteration, the Soviets would not leave this kind of big killer here.
It can be seen that this seemingly endless void space is actually still a narrow and repetitive space, but due to the relationship between human vision, it will be mistakenly thought that this area is endless.
In this level of illusionary space, is visual error really still valid?
Based on this inspiration, Bai Ning once again recalled his previous suspicions about the bright flashlight.
If Bai Ning's consciousness and the five senses of the body are synchronized, then this means that the space Bai Ning is currently in is the real space that the body can reach.
But the previous experience told Bai Ning that the second and third floors of the underground in this elevator shaft are all fantasy spaces.
This can also prove that the irradiation range of the strong flashlight at this time is actually just an ideology in the illusion.
The so-called seeing and not seeing is just a kind of manipulation of Bai Ning's consciousness by the core of the illusion.
In this illusion labyrinth, everything can be seen, everything is also invisible, and the irradiation range of the strong flashlight is the radiation range of Bai Ning's thoughts.
This reasoning seems to mean that as long as Bai Ning wants to see the whole picture of the entire void space, then the illusion core will envelop this place in the light of heaven.
Just like the free transformation of the illusionary background before, the so-called darkness and light are actually just some kind of self-suggestion in Bai Ning's heart.
With this in mind, Bai Ning began to actively try to interact with the core of the environment, hoping that this place could be within the range of light.
As such thoughts arose, Bai Ning's brain also swelled with a deep feeling of fatigue, this feeling was fleeting, and the boundless darkness in front of him really disappeared, replaced by a state as bright as day.
The basic reaction mechanism of the dazzling light is very sound, Bai Ning put his hand on his forehead, squinted his eyes and looked around, everything turned pure white, and there was still no end in sight.
Isn't there a cloister structure in the dark?
Nothingness is nothingness, emptiness is emptiness, openness and swinging, and this is the basic characteristic of space here.
After looking around, he suddenly found a small black dot in the distance, and Bai Ning's first reaction was the elevator door hole before.
A short distance before, an adventure that didn't feel too deep, actually let yourself go so far away from the elevator doorway?
Could it be that the core of the illusion is just paralyzing the concepts of distance and time in the dark environment, so that the trapped people lose their basic measurement standards, so that they are trapped alive in this vast void space?
As previously reasoned, it is always themselves who drive people crazy in the labyrinth of illusions, and too much concern for external feedback will only lead to their eventual collapse in a distorted cognition.
The mind moved again, and as the fatigue hit again, the black dot in the distance also moved to Bai Ning's face in an instant.
The expected elevator door opening did not appear, but the back of a strange man appeared.
The man seemed to be meditating cross-legged in place, but his head was lowered, and he couldn't tell whether he was dead or alive.
Another explorer's soul trapped in a labyrinth of illusions?
When you come to the front of the meditator, you will be greeted by an extremely old face, with a sparse white beard that hangs down from the chest in an eclectic manner, and its messy hair obscures most of the face, and it is impossible to tell who this emaciated and inverted cheek belongs to.
Just as Bai Ning wanted to take a closer look to see if he could find some clues on the old man's clothes, this thin old man who seemed to have been dead for a long time suddenly opened his eyes.
The eyes without any traces of turbidity, the sharp gaze seems to be able to pierce people's hearts, no matter how strong Bai Ning's concentration is, it seems to be a little fluctuating under this sudden gaze.
"I'm Gogol, who are you?"
It was an inexplicable transmission of consciousness again, and the withered and thin fruit stared at Bai Ning expressionlessly, as if he wanted to dissect the young man in front of him.
Another fragment of Gogol's soul?
But looking at his appearance, his beard is gray, his body is thin, as if he has been trapped here all his life, can the speed of time in the labyrinth of illusions really become faster?
Or, the current manifestation of Gorry is an outward manifestation of his frail mental state, as if Bai Ning was able to brighten up the environment.
"How many years have you been trapped here?"
Bai Ning's question made the sharpness in Skingori's eyes completely dissipate, and the confusion that couldn't be concealed overflowed, as if Skinny Gori had entered another illusion labyrinth again.
"Who knows.
Maybe a year or two, maybe ten years, maybe fifty years.
In extreme environments, people's physical appearance will never match their actual age, and trying to estimate time by the aging characteristics of the body is nothing more than a dream.
Did you come alone, or did someone lead you in? ”
After a brief period of confusion, Gori responded paradoxically, like a kind of self-reflection on Bai Ning's question.
The last sentence was as if he had never known that the real Gogol would constantly bring people to explore the outpost research base.
Is this state of self-isolation due to the fact that no one has ever been to this second basement floor?
But why did Gogol run to the second basement floor?
Could it be that at this time, this withered gogol can't really distinguish the difference between reality and illusion at all, and for Bai Ning in front of him, he is only regarded as a kind of torture in the maze of illusions, and he is fighting back indiscriminately?
Or, the previous dark space that seemed to be eternal made the Withanigo Gogol completely trapped in a state of self-enclosure, and opening and closing his eyes did not mean anything at all to the Gogol at this time.
"You let me in."
Bai Ning's response, in the eyes of Withered Gogol, seemed like an earth-shattering remark, and then he fell into an almost crazy laugh.
"Me?
Is it because you've been trapped so long that you're starting to wonder if a savior can come here?
If the extension of nothingness is still nothingness, then behind salvation is nothing but eternal cowardice!
You disappear.
I don't want to say anything more with you. ”
Withered Gogor roared almost with tears in his eyes, like a hysterical vent, an extreme disgust at his own incompetence.
After venting, there was a little more serene tranquility on Gogol's face, and when he closed his eyes again, he seemed to have instantly settled down and immersed himself in his own quiet world.
"Gogol, it doesn't really matter if I'm fake or not.
I just want to ask you, do you want to know how many years it is?
Since you've been trapped here, do you want to know what the outside world has become?
Do you want to know if the impact of the Illusion Core on you will make you gain spiritual immortality by mistake? ”
didn't pay any attention to the madness of the Skinny Gogol, Bai Ning played another set of combination punches, trying to make the desperate Skinny Gogol regain hope of survival through the correction of the concept of time.
However, as if the withered gogol had really resettled, the slightest external reaction did not manifest itself.
"Don't pretend, your heart is already messed up.
You long for the truest world, and you hate this endless captivity.
If you want to get out of here again, then you have to show the backbone you deserve, instead of being like a clown, hiding in your own world and licking your wounds alone. ”
According to such a rhythm of attacking the heart, Bai Ning continued to attack for an unknown amount of time, and Gogol, who was sitting still, suddenly opened his eyes, and the red in his eyes represented his madness at this time.
That state as if he was about to choose someone to devour, made Bai Ning instantly confirm Gogol's crazy state of mind that wanted to kill him.
However, at this time, Gogol still sat motionless on the ground, as if his feet were completely crippled.
In the illusion space, how can there be such a concept as crippled legs, the only possibility is that Gogol in front of him has wanted to kill the inner demon countless times, but he will never be able to meet this expectation.
Anger and madness are his attitudes at this time, and his reluctance to give due feedback is also his attitude.
A very strange in-between, and it's hard to imagine how desperate Gorri is right now.
What is despair, despair is not asking for nothing, despair is that you don't even have the courage to try.
Obviously, at this time, the withered Gogol was already in deep despair, and he may have imagined death, but in this illusory space, there may not be death at all.
Or, perhaps, there was no such death as Gogory had envisioned.
"You want to go out, and going out is your greatest desire in this life.
There is only endless pain to stay here, but because of your cowardice and incompetence, you can only stay here forever.
You're meditating here because you want to get some kind of sublimation, it's just because meditation makes you forget the passage of time.
Your essence is fear and cowardice, no matter how sharp your eyes are, no matter how fierce you are, you can't hide your timid nature.
This space is infinitely large, but the place that belongs to you is infinitely small, perhaps your existence itself is the foundation of making this space infinite. ”
In the midst of Bai Ning's continuous blows, the gray hair on Acheli Gogo's head gradually turned snow-white, and the wrinkles on his face were even more horizontal, as if he had reached the end of his life in just a few minutes.