Chapter 165: 4th row, 27th column
Chapter 165: 4th row, 27th column
Although it cannot be seen, it can be imagined.
This is one of the most powerful abilities of human beings.
Civilization and brilliant technology all originate from imagination, and the bigger the imagination, the more exaggerated the things one thinks of.
Another point is that most of human fears come from their imagination.
So if a normal person finds himself in a completely dark place and you think a beautiful woman is pulling you for a walk, but you discover that the person pulling you is not a beautiful woman, but an arm of unknown length that appeared from nowhere, what would be your reaction?
A normal person might faint from fright, or scream hysterically because he has already imagined the scene at the end of this terrifyingly long arm, which must be the thing he fears the most.
Or just turn on the light and see what it is.
But what’s interesting is that there is a possibility here that all of the above options are actually dangerous.
A smart person must distinguish between fear and danger.
Dangerous things may not necessarily bring fear to people, and things that bring fear to people may not necessarily be dangerous.
Turning on the light or shouting could bring danger, so it was better to maintain the status quo, because at this stage, the unknown arm was just grabbing Luo Xi and did not make any other moves.
The main thing is that Luo Xi couldn't break free at all.
"Okay, you tell me where to go and I'll go." Luo Xi muttered.
No more pulling or tugging.
Luo Xi needs time to think of countermeasures.
First of all, a head-on confrontation is undoubtedly the last resort. He still has some cards in his hand, but they may not be able to cope with the current situation.
fight?
I'm not his opponent, but if it really comes to that, I have no choice but to give it a try.
However, when that time really comes, it is estimated that there is a high probability that this cycle will end early.
In addition, Luo Xi didn't know whether Lin Qiqi had encountered the same situation as himself. If Lin Qiqi was also pulled away by a hand, the situation would become very bad.
The strange arm strength seemed to sense that Luo Xi was no longer resisting, so it stabilized again.
Luo Xi walked and groped along the way. He touched the wall, the door panel, and some strange things.
This strange thing looks like a bell.
When touched, a sound was made.
In an instant, the strange hand that was holding Luo Xi loosened its grip immediately as if it were pricked by needles and burned by fire, and it was unknown where it shrank to.
Luo Xi's heart moved, and he immediately squatted down and touched the bell.
It should be a stone platform.
It is more than half a person's height, and the texture of the stone is very rough, with small potholes that seem to have been formed after years of erosion by wind and rain.
On this stone platform, I touched the bell.
After getting the bell, Luo Xi seemed to see a vague text.
"Soul-catching bell!"
[Soul-Catching Bell] is a magic card item. There is a six-word mantra engraved inside the Soul-Catching Bell. When it is shaken, demons and evil spirits will retreat wherever the bell rings. It is a high-level magic weapon, rare and uncommon. However, it seems to be infected by some unknown evil spirit. The holder will be cursed. Every time it is used, the curse increases. So, do you still dare to ring it?
It turned out to be a card prop with a line of small words written below: The more you can bear, the more it can give you!
"Good stuff!" Luo Xi touched the bell in the dark and could feel the coldness, metallic texture, and complex patterns on it.
Although this [Soul-Catching Bell] is a double-edged sword and will bring a curse when used, Luo Xi still thinks it is a really good thing, especially in this place.
Weird things are everywhere and cannot be seen. Even if you have a knife or sword that can break evil, you cannot attack in advance because you cannot see the enemy, and the counterattack after being attacked may not be accurate.
But it would be much easier if you had the [Soul-Catching Bell].
Because this thing is a sonic attack, with a 360-degree coverage.
"Putting this kind of prop here is obviously going to be used, and it may even be a key prop in this scene." Luo Xi's thinking is still very simple.
From the perspective of scene design, when you place a monster that no one else can defeat in the scene, in order to be fair, you must implant a prop that can restrain this monster.
As I said, the day of confinement is fake, and so is the scene. As long as it is a man-made scene, it must follow certain rules.
When Luo Xi touched this [Soul-Catching Bell], he was 100% sure of the existence of the lightless land.
The place where he is now is definitely not the same as a normal Buddhist temple underground.
If that were the case, card items like the [Soul-Catching Bell] would not have survived until now, and would have been taken away immediately.
But it was also a bit of coincidence. If it weren't for that unknown hand holding him and walking all the way here, in such absolute darkness, Luo Xi's chance of touching the [Soul-Catching Bell] would definitely be no different from finding a needle in a haystack.
As for what curse was brought about by shaking the [Soul-Catching Bell], Luo Xi didn't know yet.
Just now he accidentally touched the bell and it did ring. Does this count as ringing the bell?
Is there a curse?
Luo Xi was thinking about it, when suddenly he heard a strange sound, as if someone was whispering in his head in a very low voice.
Almost at the same time, Luo Xi reached out and grabbed it.
Got it!
After a brief silence, the strange sound came again, and this time, it was like a thorn suddenly piercing the ear hole.
Buzz.
Luo Xi froze for a moment.
"Psychic attack?"
Obviously, this was the negative curse brought about by accidentally touching the Soul-Catching Bell. In the following time, that kind of low and strange whisper would sound from time to time, and every time, the head would buzz like a needle, bringing strong discomfort.
But to be honest, this discomfort is incomparable to the headache caused by the previous bowl of noodle soup.
One is beginner level and one is advanced level.
I can endure even the highest level of pain, let alone this kind of elementary pain.
In the darkness, Luo Xi smiled.
"This kind of curse is not a big problem. It's okay even if there are more."
Continuing to explore, Luo Xi had already memorized the route and direction he had just taken, but because he couldn't see or have any reference points, this route was almost useless.
If you walk a few steps in one place, you will lose your sense of direction in the darkness.
"It's so quiet!"
Apart from the occasional whispers, there was almost no sound around. Occasionally, there would be a strange rustling sound, as if a big insect was crawling from one side to the other.
"There are only three possibilities for Lin Qiqi not making any sound. One is that she is dead. One is that she turned on the light and escaped from the dark place. The last one is that she sensed some kind of danger and might die if she screamed."
No matter which one it is, Luo Xi should remain quiet.
It is never wise to be the first to break the silence.
Luo Xi associated the strange rustling noises in the darkness with the giant centipede with a Buddha's head.
If it was the Insect Buddha, the danger would increase, but this possibility should not be great, because the Insect Buddha is a statue, and like other Buddha statues, it will only "come alive" when the bell rings.
Slowly grope forward.
This kind of exploration is full of unknowns. No one knows whether there will be sharp spikes ahead, and no one knows whether the next step will miss the target and fall into the abyss.
The pressure you have to endure here is absolutely unimaginable to others.
Especially when you grope around in the dark and hear some strange things or unknown noises, you will naturally imagine the most frightening things in your mind.
However, Luo Xi is immune to this kind of pressure and fear.
He was simply groping.
"It should be a wooden beam with mortise and tenon joints and railings. It might be a corridor. No...it's actually a pavilion. Building a pavilion in this place, is there something wrong with your brain?" Relying on the touch from his fingers, Luo Xi can judge the surrounding environment.
He continued to grope.
Then he touched the body.
Hanging corpse.
"Dead as hell, there's more than one body, most of them are stiff and flat, they must have been dead for a long time. Hey, there's a softer one here, with some meat on it, could it be that it just died?"
Touching the body upwards, I found that it was strangled by some strange thread.
The threads were so thin that Luo Xi accidentally cut her finger.
"It's a bit like a steel wire rope, but thinner. What exactly is it?" Luo Xi did not change direction, but continued to move forward. The corpses in front of him were like door curtains hanging down, blocking the steps of anyone passing by.
a lot of.
One can imagine the scene of numerous corpses hanging and crowded in a corridor.
So, Luo Xi bent down and lowered his head.
He is bold, but that doesn't mean he is reckless.
He is very careful, and if there is any danger, he will shake the [Soul-Catching Bell] without hesitation.
After passing through the hanging area where there were countless corpses, Luo Xi touched a wall.
There are grids on the wall, and the grids are neatly arranged, as if they are arranged on the wall. It feels like a small locker, or the kind of grid wall used to store urns in a cemetery.
Luo Xi spent a lot of time figuring out the size of the wall and how many grids there were.
Although it cannot be seen, at this moment, a wall with 5 rows, 30 columns and 150 grids has been constructed in Luo Xi's mind.
It can be said that the scene is vivid in Luo Xi's mind.
“So, this is what 4 and 27 mean.”
The password hidden in the Buddhist verse on the merit box corresponds to a new address "427, the place without light".
Now, Luo Xi has found the lightless place, and 4 and 27 are most likely the 'coordinates' on this strange lattice wall.
"Row 4, column 27." Luo Xi has found the corresponding position.
Each grid has a small wooden door with a metal ring embedded in it, which can be opened with a pull.
"What's hidden inside?"
"You took so much effort and time to lead me to this place, what on earth could you leave in there?"
Luo Xi tried to pull it.
He thought it would not be so easy to open. After all, although the lightless land was difficult to enter, it was impossible to say that no one had entered here after such a long time and so many cycles.
But he pulled it open easily.
Luo Xi went in behind and felt around, and then he felt a human face.
(End of this chapter)