Nether Sea

The cut in the middle of the rope was smooth, as if it had been cut by a sharp weapon, but we walked up and down the stairs several times, and we couldn't even see a shadow, much less a human. How did the rope break?

Had someone really cut the rope in the middle?

Or was it not a human at all, but a ghost?

But whether it was a person or a ghost, what was the purpose of cutting the rope? Why cut the rope? Isn't it too much to scare us?

We held the severed rope, and our faces were all very ugly. No one spoke, they were all very complicated, especially the monk, who said that he had never seen anyone in the process of running down, and did not know when the rope broke.

The sea goddess chattered on for a bit, saying that what we encounter is the Wall-Hitting Ghost. It's not a cycle at all, only the Wall-Hitting Ghost would intentionally cut the rope. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why the rope broke.

Zhu Yingqiong insisted on her words, believing that the entire flight of stone steps must have a cycle and that there must be a mechanism controlling it, so that's why we would come back no matter what we do. As long as we can find the mechanism, then we can leave this place that will forever be a cycle.

I sat on the stone steps, frowning, smoking one cigarette after another, my face clouded with gloom. The monk suggested that we keep running, that we find the way out.

To be honest, the four of us have seen great waves along the way, but we have never been as noisy as this time, and we have never been as terrified as this. Even when we were imprisoned in Fort House back then, we had not been afraid in the slightest.

But now it's different, we are trapped on the stone steps, because we have learned from the mistakes before, so there is a lot of food in the equipment, even if we are not afraid of death, we will still have to stay here for a long period of time, and that will be waiting with no way out. It will be even more torturous than staying in the Fort House, and we will be driven mad.

After an unknown period of time, everyone quieted down again. It was a kind of calmness that could hear the breathing of each other. Only the light of the flashlight flashed around us, giving us a sense of security.

I started to carefully recall the process of how the cycle went on after we entered. First, I passed by the stone room where Chen Jun lived in, and saw a lot of things about the five elements of Yin and Yang.

Now, they were basically sure that the entire flight of stone steps was related to Chen Jun, but why would Chen Jun build such a flight of stone steps?

Could it be that the purpose of the Anti-wall was to guard against something underground?

The people of Sakyamuni Army could draw a map, which showed that the Japanese had passed through as well.

Hai Yang started to take the food out from her backpack and put it into a simple incense case. Then she lit three cigarettes and stuck them on the stone steps. She said that since we were surrounded by ghosts, we had to give gifts and let them take our gifts before we would let them go.

Zhu Yingqiong, on the other hand, said that the ocean is a superstitious place, and the monk was happily watching the two bicker while wiping her gun. I flicked my cigarette butt, patted my butt and stood up: "Regardless of whether it's a ghost wall or a mechanism cycle, arguing about such things is meaningless, I think we still have to go there!"

"What?" You still want to go? Quick, drag it out! "

Hai Yang complained, "How many times have we walked? Which time wasn't it inexplicably coming back? Look at how smart the bald donkey is, he's almost gone crazy. Don't go, it's completely meaningless. "

The monk stomped his feet, "F * ck off, since when did it become your father's fault again?"

I took a deep breath and said: "It's not just going, this time let's find another way, the monk and Zhu Yingqiong are waiting at the same place, and the two of us will go together, but in the opposite direction, if you run from the bottom, you must run, I will walk slowly from the top, and if there really is a ghost wall, we will definitely meet at a certain point in the cycle, but if we don't meet each other, we will each go back to the current starting point, which means that the circular stone steps are controlled by a mechanism, and as long as we confirm one of them, we will find a way to solve the problem."

Hai Yang was dumbfounded. "I didn't understand a single word!"

Zhu Yingqiong nodded her head, "Chen San's method is reliable. The two of us start from the starting point and approach each other from the opposite direction.

I nodded to Hai Yang. "Just run. Don't stop midway!"

Hai Yang waved her hand. "Fine, I will just take it as exercise!"

After saying that, he threw the things in his hands onto the ground and ran down the stone stairs with a flashlight in hand. I instructed the monk a few more times before putting on the mine light and slowly walking in the opposite direction.

It would take about ten minutes or so to go back and forth between the stone steps, and this time the sea was speeding up, so I approached him, shortening the distance on both sides, and I figured I'd be able to meet him at some point on the stone steps in about five minutes.

But to be honest, I really didn't want to get into contact with him, because if we did, it would prove to be a ghost attack. We were dealing with ghosts, and that was unacceptable to me, but if we didn't, there must be a mechanism controlling it.

I walked very slowly. Because I always believed that it was a trap, I would carefully observe every step of the stairs, and then slowly walk up to the first floor. After walking for almost five minutes, I heard rapid footsteps ahead of me, and I thought to myself, "Could it be that the sea has come back?"

If he really did run back, then it would be the Wall-Hitting Ghost. I might as well not go and sit on the stone steps to wait for him.

I sat down and waited for at least two or three minutes for the figure to come out of the sea. At first, the footsteps were small, as if coming from a distance, but after a while they became very loud, as if coming from beside me.

This kind of feeling was as though an invisible person ran past me. When I heard the voice but was unable to see anything, my face instantly turned ashen.

I bravely waited for another ten minutes or so, then followed the speed of the sea back and forth without any problem. However, I still couldn't see his figure, nor did I even hear his footsteps.

I wiped off the cold sweat on my face. With a livid expression, I stood up and set off once again. This time, I went back to the stone staircase where I came from.

Zhu Yingqiong looked down, Hai Yang and the monk were arguing about something, I shouted at them, then walked over, Zhu Yingqiong looked at me and asked: "Why did you come back from above?"

I shook my head. "I returned by myself."

Only then did Hai Yang glare at the monk and said: "I already said I didn't lose your Crown Prince. You f * cker, you insist on causing trouble for me …" Then he looked at me and asked, "Where did you go?"

I didn't answer him. Instead, I asked him very seriously, "Hai Yang, did you run back from above?"

Hai Yang nodded. I then asked, "Did you see me just now?"

Hai Yang shook her head and said, "I was wondering why I didn't see you on the way back. That damn bald donkey almost fell out with me. What is going on? Where were you hiding? "

My face paled and I hastily told them what happened. Everyone's face turned green when they heard it. Hai Yang said with a trembling voice, "Did you really not see me when I ran past you?"

I exhaled deeply. "I only heard the footsteps and didn't see you. Now, I can confirm that these stone steps aren't the Wall-Hitting Ghost Wall. The reason why we were able to return to the starting point but couldn't reach it on the way back. What does this mean?" It means that besides this stone step, there is at least another fork in the road, and there are even more. No matter how we walk, we will never meet each other in the middle of the road, and we will only meet back at our original location. "

Zhu Yingqiong shrugged, "Even if there are many paths, how can we find them? We didn't even see it when we went back. "

The monk frowned for a long time before suddenly speaking: "Crown Prince, have you ever thought about it, this place was built by the People of White Kingdom, the previous owner of the People of White Kingdom was a person from Nanzhao, and the Ancient Country of Nanzhao is a part of the Southern Wilderness? Since ancient times, people from the Southern Wilderness are all called barbarians, because some of them are wizards who know a lot of magic.

I say, this is even more bullshit, even more unreliable than the Wall-Hitting Ghost. Even if there really is a spell, how could we fall for it after thousands of years?

Hai Yang suddenly asked, "Then, is it possible that they were moved?"

"Moving?"

I frowned once again: "The ground is connected to Wild Mountain, could it be that the entire Wild Mountain is moved? "Impossible!"

If only the stone steps were moving, like the elevator, he would block the other paths while he was moving, and even if we were to enter the fork in the road, we wouldn't know for sure. When the stone steps moved again, we would walk out of the fork and back onto the right path, just like when you heard me running, you wouldn't be able to see me, I was probably in the middle of the fork at the time.

Zhu Yingqiong said: "Even if what you said is true, and the stone steps will move, then the question is, where is the fork in the road? How do we know how long the stone steps will move for, even if it's just right that we are not at the exit, we will not be able to see it."

Hai Yang cursed, "Fuck, I'm so f * cking troubled."

This problem is too unsolvable, I truly do not believe that these circular stone steps are actually constructed by ancient people. Even modern people might not be able to create one, Chen Jun is truly worthy of being able to live for over 500 years.

After about half an hour of silence, an idea suddenly flashed through my mind as I was smoking. I jumped up and down excitedly and said, "There is. Maybe there is a way for us to find the fork in the road!"