Chapter 77 The Mystery of the Sphinx
The night is as dark as ink, and a bright moon hangs high in the sky, shining silver moonlight on the earth, but there is no starlight around. The real stars retreat and the bright moon shines in the sky. It looks quite strange, because there has never been a celestial phenomenon where the sky is clear but only the moon and no stars can be seen.
Under the moonlight, there is a long path with no beginning or end. On one side is a forest surrounded by rusty barbed wire fences, and on the other side is a 'residential building' surrounded by mottled brick walls. In the middle stood Chiba Makoto, who had been trapped here for who knows how long.
He tried many methods, but failed to get out of this road. Could it be that he had to climb over the wall and enter a dark seven-story building or an equally dark forest.
Chiba Cheng considered using the divine light stick more than once and turning into Tiga to see if he could forcefully rush out, but in the end he gave up.
First of all, this must be a different-dimensional space, and Diga does not have the ability to travel through different-dimensional spaces. If he fails to rush out within three minutes, he will have lost his last and strongest trump card. If he runs out of ability and When he turned back into a human, the witch appeared, but it was so bad that he really had no ability to resist at all.
So after thinking about it again and again, Chiba Cheng decided to give up the transformation for the time being and think of other ways first. If it didn't work, he would transform into Tiga at the last moment and try to rush out.
After walking back and forth many times, Chiba Cheng discovered that he could only walk forward for three minutes on this road, and could not go back. It was exactly the same as when he became Tiga, with no way out. , we can only move forward bravely.
Go forward with courage? !
Chiba Makoto seemed to realize something. He suddenly raised his head and looked at the rusty barbed wire in front of him and the forest that was so dark that no light could be seen. Then he turned around and looked at the street lights on the left and right. It lights up the long path, making it natural for people to turn left or right at the intersection, because there are lights but this is the only way.
"There is no retreat, no choice left or right, only forward, and only forward." Forehead murmured in a low voice, opened his legs that had not moved for a long time, and strode forward without any hesitation. , directly 'hit' the rusty barbed wire fence.
Take one step, but it feels like you have stepped into another world. The surrounding environment has changed drastically. Familiar scenery such as barbed wire fences, asphalt paths, street lamps, white walls, etc. all disappeared in an instant, and were replaced by what seemed like endless darkness. forest.
Obviously he has solved the riddle of the Sphinx and left the endless loop. Yes, Chiba Cheng thinks that the road just now is exactly the same as the riddle of the Sphinx: four legs in the morning, The animal that walks on two legs at noon and three legs at night, and is the most incompetent when it has the most legs, has the answer to the puzzle.
The riddle of the Sphinx can never be solved if you only focus on the riddle. Only by ‘knowing yourself’ can you suddenly realize it.
Just like just now, Chiba Cheng suddenly discovered that the path under his feet was actually the path he took after becoming Tiga. In three minutes, he had no choice but to stride forward without hesitation. Only by winning the final victory can we break this cycle.
Standing in the forest, and looking back, the high walls and barbed wire fences were gone. It was extremely quiet, and no sound could be heard. Looking up, the big trees only had branches, no leaves, but the branches were bent into It's at a very weird angle, and the end is open like a palm. At a glance, it looks like people showing their teeth and claws, which is completely different from the trees we usually see.
Standing among these very weird-shaped trees, coupled with the terrifying silence around them, it makes people’s hair stand on end and gives them goosebumps unconsciously.
"Where is this place?" Chiba Cheng felt that his legs were shaking a little from walking for too long. He had just solved the mystery of the Sphinx and walked on the circular path. After coming out, it seems that he did not return to the real world, but entered a deeper different-dimensional space.
So is this where Jilanbo lives? Looking up at the sky, it was still dark, with no stars, and only a moon like a pumpkin head hung. Now it was almost certain that I had solved the 'puzzle' and had indeed entered Jilanbo's territory.
Chiba Cheng took a deep breath, carefully avoiding the scattered branches, and walked towards a large shadow that looked like a hill. He climbed the mountain and looked far away, maybe he would find something. Anyway, it was better than staying in this very weird forest.
He was not far from the edge of the forest. He quickly walked out and came to the foot of the mountain. The hill was not very high or steep, so it was easy to climb up.
Along the way, there was no vegetation in sight, and there were some small and exquisite stone statues lying on the ground. Some were completely exposed, and some were half buried in the soil. It can be seen that these stone statues are not from the same period. Discarded.
I became suspicious, so I simply stopped, walked over, took out the flashlight from my backpack, turned it on and shined it at the stone statue. I saw that it was a child stone carving of about ten years old, with very superb skills. Even every hair and eyelash is clearly carved, like a child turned into a statue.
Just one glance, the horrified expression on the stone sculpture's face scared Chiba Cheng so much that he almost threw away the flashlight, and stepped back again and again. He accidentally tripped over something and almost fell to the ground. When she looked back, she saw a stone statue half buried in the soil, with long braids, like a drowning person stretching out her hands upwards, and it was her right arm that she tripped over.
"I'm going!" Qianye Cheng turned pale and jumped to the side, away from these stone statues, his heart going 'bang! Bang! ’ was dancing non-stop.
In the extremely silent darkness, there are so many lifelike stone statues around, and their faces are distorted, and their movements are painful and struggling. It is more terrifying than staying in the cemetery.
Especially Chiba Cheng thought that Jilanbo used wave candy to 'kidnap' many children around the world every year, so could these stone sculptures be the ones that disappeared
Thinking about this, Chiba Cheng He felt even more terrifying. He always felt that there were countless pairs of eyes staring at him in the darkness around him.
"Don't be afraid, there's nothing to be afraid of. I'm Ultraman, there's nothing to be afraid of." Chiba Makoto kept encouraging himself, without thinking about saving power, he used a flashlight to illuminate the road ahead. Perhaps because of the cold night, my body was shivering, and the flashlight beam was also swaying.
The flashlight shining everywhere would occasionally shine on the surrounding stone statues with different expressions and movements, which made Chiba Cheng feel even worse.
At this moment, I couldn’t control my peripheral vision and caught a black shadow moving on the left.
Move?
Chiba Makoto immediately turned the flashlight over and said loudly and kindly: "Who? Come out!"
The voice was louder than ever before. If it didn't tremble, it would be even more intimidating. .
(End of this chapter)