Chapter 232 Two hundred years in the blink of an eye
"The City of Wishes?" The uncle who sold watermelons was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said, "Oh, that's the old yellow calendar." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info I think about it, the temple was burned to ruins by a fire two hundred years ago, and since then it has been abandoned for more than a hundred years before the city of oases has been rebuilt. ā
After speaking, the watermelon seller scratched his head, pointed to the hole that Cheng Ziming had just drilled, and said with a smile: "Oh, I understand, a few of you are going to explore the ruins of the temple to explore treasures, no wonder it came out of the ground." This gold can't have been picked up in the ruins of the temple. Oh, didn't you say that the temple had been ransacked several times? I'll have to try my luck in the ruins. ā
Wen Coral frowned: "Ruins?"
Wen Pearl was shocked: "The fire of two hundred years ago?"
Cheng Ziming and Qi Feiyun looked at each other, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes.
Shi Dada, Bao Changsheng and Merry Zi looked at each other. Only Qian Shoucai looked like he hadn't heard anything, and he was munching on the watermelon.
An hour later, Cheng Ziming and a few people sat around the watermelon stall, staring at the cut watermelon in a daze.
The truth was so unbelievable and so sudden that everyone was shocked and lost their appetite.
According to Uncle Watermelon, the temple of the God of Wishes was destroyed by a fire two hundred years ago. After the destruction of the temple, the City of Wishes was abandoned by the world and became a barren place in the desert. It wasn't until more than 100 years ago that camel caravans slowly settled here to rest. Later, the population migrated, and the Oasis City was built on the site of the Wishing City. However, the remnants of the wishing god are still there, and the world is afraid that the ruins of the temple will be retaliated against by the gods, so the ruins of the temple have been preserved to this day, becoming the most mysterious place in the city center.
And the market where Uncle Watermelon is located is the largest market next to the ruins of the temple. He had occasionally encountered young people who ganged up into the ruins to explore treasures, but it was the first time he had seen Cheng Ziming suddenly come out of the ground.
It is rumored that the temple was once subjected to a great robbery before the fire. Most of the treasures in the temple were lost during the robbery. After the fire, the ruins of the temple were looted several times, and the little valuable things were all cleaned. Therefore, those who go into the ruins to search for treasure are often disappointed. And like Cheng Ziming, a treasure hunter who can sell watermelons with gold after drilling out of the ruins, Uncle Watermelon is the first time he has encountered it. In fact, how did he know that Cheng Ziming's gold was obtained before the temple was destroyed.
However, this is too bizarre. After the temple caught fire, everyone quickly hid in the secret room. The temple then collapsed, and the chamber fell from the second floor of the temple into the underground palace. Then Cheng Ziming and the others escaped from the secret room, found the exit without too long of delay in the dark underground palace, and then got out of the underground near the watermelon stall. It's only been a little more than an hour, how did it get to Uncle Watermelon's mouth, it's been two hundred years?
In order to confirm Uncle Watermelon's statement, Qi Feiyun deliberately flew up to the room to investigate. It was found that the original glorious temple was indeed in ruins. And the buildings around the temple are much more depressed than the former Wishing City. What is certain is that the bustling capital city that was previously built under the guidance of the wishing deity has disappeared, and only the oasis city that Uncle Watermelon said he had built again by mortals was left here.
In this way, Cheng Ziming and the others had to believe that in the short moment when the secret room fell from the second floor into the underground palace, the time in the outside world had passed rapidly, and a full two hundred years had passed.
Even cities have experienced decline and revival. The previous stories about the City of Wishes have become a legend of history.
"How can this be?" Wen Pearl was silent for a long time, took Wen Sango's arm, and buried her head in her shoulder.
Wen Coral sighed and said, "Could it be that there is a hidden formation in the secret room of the Wishing Temple? The fire stimulated the formation, so we came directly to today, two hundred years later?"
Wen Pearl rubbed her head on Wen Sango's shoulder and said, "Sister, you are in a hurry. How can there be such a formation in this world that can change time. ā
Wen Coral was stunned for a moment, then nodded silently. The two sisters let out a long sigh together.
Qi Feiyun's face sank like water, and said, "I heard that in the small realm of the temple, there is also a kind of illusion realm. Everything in the illusory world is illusory, and all people and things are illusory. If we are in the realm of illusions, it is not difficult to explain why two hundred years have passed outside in the short time of breath in the secret room. ā
Bao Changsheng suddenly raised his head and said: "We are in an illusion realm? In this way, everything we have experienced before is fake? If it is an illusion, if we stay in the illusion all the time, can we live forever and never die?"
Qi Feiyun's face sank like water, and he shook his head slowly: "I heard that if you die in the illusion, your body in reality will also die. Moreover, even if you can never escape the illusion, there is no way to live forever. Everything we eat, drink, and experience in the illusion is an illusion. In reality, the body will always be hungry and thirsty. If you are thirsty and hungry and can't get food and water, how can you last too long? Therefore, if we are really trapped in the illusion, then we must find a way to escape from the illusion as soon as possible. ā
Merry Man suddenly raised his head and said, "Everything I have experienced before is fake? How is this possible? Endless yellow sand, is such a big desert fake? The city of wishes, such a big city is also fake? What about the people? The city of wishes was full of people, kings, soldiers, monks, and residents of the city, and there were hundreds of thousands of people who had a population of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, but all of them were fake? So what about now? The street we are in, these people who sell things, buy things, and those who just cut watermelons for us, these people are all fake? ā
Then Merry shook his head in disbelief and said, "No, I can't." ā
Qi Feiyun's face sank like water, and he muttered: "I have never been to the illusion world, and I don't know if the illusion in the small world can be so real. As for how to distinguish between reality and illusion, alas, it is indeed difficult. ā
Shi Da raised his head slowly but firmly and said, "What's so difficult about this! The people on this street, just pick a few and kill them." See if the corpse will slowly decompose. Whether this world is real or false, whether it is a fantasy or a reality, is it clear. ā
Cheng Ziming nodded again and again: "That's right, Shi Daoyou, go quickly." Killing people will definitely attract the guards of the city. When the guards wanted to arrest Shi Daoyou, they also asked Daoyou to resist desperately, and we helped to watch from the side. If the guards succeed in killing the Daoist, it means that the world we live in is real. If the guards would rather be killed than kill their fellow Daoists, maybe we are really in an illusory state. ā
"Sarcastic me?" Shi Dada's face turned red all of a sudden, and he raised his hand to slap the table. As soon as his wrist was raised, he felt Qi Feiyun's fierce gaze sweep over. Shi Keda's face turned even redder, and he gently lowered his raised wrist.
Cheng Ziming was amused in his heart, he recalled that when he was in the dormitory of the God of Wishes, he pretended to be the God of Wishes, and Qi Feiyun was regarded as the guardian of the gods. Now it seems that having such a "guard" with high skills and a frosty face is really a worry-free and effort-saving thing.
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