Chapter 232
"Where is Anker? Where did he go?"
Hoffa heard someone asking himself, he stopped meditating, it turned out that Aldo woke up , At the moment, he is lying on the side of the fire and looking around.
"Look for him as soon as you wake up." Hoffa sneered, "Is it more secure to be by his side than by us?"
Aldo: "He is There's no way for such a person."
"You sound like a wife who has been abused by your husband and will protect him afterwards." Hoffa sneered even more. He glanced at Chloe, thinking she was Will laugh. But she didn't. She just looked at the two of them coldly, pointing to the extra cave on the ground, "No, your friend has gone in. If you want to find him, please feel free."
Aldo Lie on the entrance of the cave and looked inside for a long time. "Is this also what I imagined? Why don't I remember seeing this thing..."
Staring at the tunnel of the black hole for a long time, Aldo did not intend to go in. He straightened up, took out some beans from his arms and roasted them. The food was made without knowing where he came from. It might be army food, or it might have been made out of thin air.
Hoffa then remembered that she hadn't eaten or drank water for several days. But the strange thing is that he didn't feel hungry at all, nor did he feel thirsty.
After roasting the beans, the air is filled with a faint fragrance. Aldor turned around holding the beans and came to Chloe's side.
Seeing him coming, Chloe hugged his knees.
Aldo did not do anything, but bowed his head in front of her: "In that room, really didn't expect you to help me."
His tone was sincere and apologetic.
Chloe shook his head, not talking or looking at him.
Aldo sighed, actually one-knee kneels down, and offered the beans in his hand, "I'm sorry for the previous thing, Miss Flamel."
This guy Did your conscience discover it? ? Hoffa was surprised secretly, no matter how he looked at Aldo, it didn't look like he was lying.
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The roasted beans were suddenly scattered by Chloe, some of them rolled to Hoffa's feet, and he secretly picked up one and threw it into his mouth. There is no smell at all, as if losing the sense of taste.
"Helping you is only what Spiritual God requires of my life." Chloe said disgustedly, "But from a personal point of view, I will never forgive you for your deeds and your treatment of Tyra's monastery. The evil committed."
Her voice was biting like a cold wind, and Aldo touched her nose and sat back to the fire in a dingy manner.
Hoffa eyebrow raised for chewing beans, even when Chloe was most angry, he never used this kind of disgusting cold tone. This made him curious. Before the nun knew him, there seemed to be something unbearable in the past.
The cave quaked slightly.
He thought it was Aldo who woke up, the previous monster came back, and quickly put his ear to the rock wall behind him. The fact is not the case. The vibration is small and almost undetectable. It is completely different from the previous monster onslaught.
"Do you think the hole seems a little smaller," Chloe said suddenly.
After being reminded by the nun, Hoffa realized the problem. The area of the cave where I hide is unconsciously reduced by one of 5 points, and I can’t see it unless I look closely.
"It's really getting smaller." Aldo also said.
The ground shook unchecked again.
Hoffa carefully looked at the ground pattern illuminated by the firelight. The pattern was shrinking and wriggling under a certain force. The hole is getting smaller, it is like the stomach wall of a certain creature, squeezing towards the middle a little bit.
At first, the signs were still very weak, but after a while, the changes became more and more intense. The rotten and old train car in the middle of the cave made a toothy creak creak sound. It It was squeezed crazily because of the shrinkage of the cave, like a helpless tin can.
The three people in the cave are even more unbearable.
Aldo said in a panic: "This is not what I imagined, I swear, I have never seen such a thing in my life!"
"Don't make a noise!"
Hoffa stopped him.
His heart beats violently, and his eyes are firmly locked on the dark hole in the ground.
The opening of the hole did not shrink.
Sure enough, he thought bitterly, if something is controlling this nightmare, then it must want to enter this narrow tunnel leading to the unknown.
Only one third of normal size was squeezed in the locomotive. The situation did not allow the three of them to hesitate too much. They packed out a few torches in a hurry and got into the tunnel.
As soon as I entered, there was a loud squeeze outside, and countless rusty screws and parts were scattered all around.
It is conceivable that if they come in a little later, they will be squeezed into meat sauce at this moment.
"Please stop imagining, do you think our situation is not bad enough?" The nun sternly blamed Aldo.
Aldo quickly apologized, "Sorry, Miss Flamel, I tried not to think about it."
"Wait, are you afraid of the dark?" Hoffa asked.
"What?"
"I ask you if you are afraid of the dark?"
"Not afraid," Aldo thought about it carefully, "I'm not afraid. I think dark and small places can give me a sense of security."
"It's not his nightmare." Hoffa said to Chloe: "You blame him for uselessness, the owner of the nightmare Now."
"Replaced?"
"Yes, the content has completely changed. From terrifying insect to pure darkness, I think, among the four of us , There must be someone who is claustrophobic or born afraid of the dark."
Chloe: "..."
"Anker." Aldo muttered: "This is Anker's nightmare, no wonder he became weird after entering the cave."
"Do you know him well?" Hoffa asked Aldo.
"I would rather not understand at all." Aldo smiled bitterly, "He is used to calling people, he looks like invincible in the whole world all day long, but he is indeed better than me when he has magic. , Who knew he would be afraid of the dark."
After experiencing a crushing nightmare, Aldo’s attitude towards him has changed. Although he is not as respectful to Chloe, he can already I'm talking about it.
Hoffa: "Then do you know the monsters that may appear in this dark?"
Aldo: "I don't think there will be monsters, Anker never looks Story."
Hoffa: "..."
While speaking, the space at the top has been completely sealed. Apart from going down, they have no second choice.
Hoffa held the torch and walked in the forefront. The fire can't dispel the darkness, but can only illuminate the small area under her feet. He could hear some kind of secret breathing, but he was sure that the breathing was not his own, nor was it Aldo and Chloe, but from the wall, like a living thing.
Aldor is very close to Chloe in the dark, seeming to want to protect her. But Chloe didn't appreciate it, and when Aldo walked by her side holding torch, she didn't look good at all.
She quickened her pace and walked to Hoffa's side, only to feel a little sense of security, but the corridor was only one and a half people wide.
Hoffa: "Don't squeeze me."
Chloe slowed down unhappily.
After 30 minutes of walking, there is no sign of the tunnel to the end, and the dark environment has not changed at all, as if they have been stepping on the spot.
Hoffa, who was at the forefront, stopped.
"Are any of you scared?" he asked.
"Who, I'm not afraid." Chloe said immediately.
"What about you?" he asked Aldo.
Aldo scratched his head, "I think it’s okay."
"That doesn’t make sense, this is not a real physical tunnel, everything we experience is illusory Yes, so it is impossible to have a bottomless pit."
"But we have been walking obviously."
Chloe said.
"It just feels like I'm walking all the time, Hoffa said: "In fact, we haven't made any progress. Something blinds our senses and uses emotions. In the last dream, the more intense Aldo's mood, the more terrifying the dream. Just like the creatures like Boggart, they will look for our weaknesses and constantly change their appearance. If the mind is calm and static, the environment here will definitely change. Therefore, some of us must be afraid. "
The two stopped talking, Hoffa turned around.
He held the torch and looked at their faces closely. Aldo looked at him a little bit blankly. His broad face is full of awkwardness.
He raised torch in front of Chloe again and stared at her face.
This time I watched more than Aldo’s.
For a long time, at first, Chloe bravely raised her head and looked into his eyes, but when she looked at it, her face turned red and her back was slowly bowed down, like a discouraged ball.
"You are afraid. "
He said confidently.
"How do you just ask others, why don't you say that you are afraid." "Chloe yelled unwillingly.
"Because I know there is nothing to be afraid of in the unknown, it's all my own imagination. "
"It sounds good, do you know what's ahead?" Chloe became excited, "If we go on, we will get farther and farther from the ground, in case we can't go back forever." In case there is such a big centipede before..."
Hoffa: "Humans need emotional tension and catharsis to confirm their own sense of existence, and among them the oldest and strongest emotions Undoubted fear, fear of fear, but also deeply attracted by it.
It is undeniable that when you fear this darkness, you are also full of expectations in your heart that something that will startle you will appear in front of you. If not, you will even faintly feel lost and disappointed... .."
Chloe covered his ears: "Stop, stop, stop! "
Hoffa: "So, the way to stop fear is to stop expecting. Don't expect this world to give you more surprises, accept the boring setting of this world, and you won't feel fear. "
Chloe couldn't stand it anymore, she slammed Hoffa against the wall: "Don't be arrogant, Hoffa. Bach, is it okay!" ? "
She tone barely fell, and the walls of the tunnel began to shrink. The stone walls on both sides quickly squeezed towards the middle.
Chloe held Hoffa's collar and faced it. He roared: "Look! Your words have worked, it's not as good as before! It was just black just now, but now it's dying! "
Hoffa's face is ugly. He didn't expect the change to come so quickly. If he really died in a nightmare, would he wake up or really die?
He doesn't know, let alone dare to gamble.
Aldo pulled Chloe off Hoffa and said, "Stop arguing, Miss Flamel, it's important to find an outlet. "
Chloe shook off Aldo and ran forward desperately. Hoffa chased after them. The passage became narrower and narrower, from two people wide to one person wide, from one person. The width became half-person width.
The three of them were originally facing forward, but they could only walk sideways. Soon, they were squeezed tightly against the inner wall of the passage, making it difficult to move. The cold inner wall is constantly squirming, giving people an extremely depressing and terrifying sense of suffocation.
Hoffa is squeezed on the wall like a meatloaf, his consciousness is blurred, and he is confused. Suddenly thought, if magic is still there, maybe he can become an insect, but it’s a pity...
Just when the channel narrowed to the limit, it suddenly opened again and changed again. Back to the way it was. The three people who were almost suffocated all lay on the ground, gasping and coughing.
Fate should not be broken, Hoffa thought, he stumbled forward. A bright light appeared in front of him. The bright light constantly changed its appearance, sometimes large and small, sometimes closed, and sometimes appeared.
When he reached the position of the bright light, he looked up.
As a result, he saw a row of squares. -shaped teeth, each of the teeth is the size of its own head, and when I look down, I see a squirming red carpet under my feet.
Teeth!
Tongue!
Mouth!?
He was stunned.
Is he actually in the belly of some creature!?
Too late to think, Seeing that their mouths were about to be closed again, the three of them rushed out, squeezed through the teeth of the creature, and fell to the ground.
There are burning braziers on the countless huge stone pillars. , The entire world was dazzling and dazzling. Finally standing on the solid ground, before the three of them were a little bit emotional, they were stunned by the scene in front of them.
To Heavenly Fire light Under the shining.
There is a giant one hundred meters high in front of him. He is bloodstained and has a broken arm. There are broken wounds all over his body. But some of the original appearance can be vaguely seen.
It’s Anker.
The ratio between them has been surprisingly reversed, and they have also emerged from Anker’s mouth. It turns out that the shrinking and creeping ground just now It was his intestines and throat.
At this moment, Anker was holding a severed arm without a hand, and gnawing at it. He saw the three ants on the ground, and he threw it away. Arm, bend down, look at them with interest.