Chapter 215 Hallucination?
"Wall? Could it be the ghost tomb?" Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi immediately grabbed the fat man's shoulders and looked forward from the side.
With the help of the light from the flashlight in Wang Kaixuan's hand, he saw a rock wall not far ahead standing between the thieves' caves, blocking their way forward.
Wang Kaixuan also felt that this was a possibility and echoed: "It's really possible. Let me tell you, this stone wall didn't exist just now. In the blink of an eye, this thing suddenly appeared in front of me. . ”
It was for this reason that he was startled.
"This is really interesting." Hu Bayi looked at the stone wall not far away and said thoughtfully.
Then, he asked Chen Ziyan at the back of the team: "Master Chen, what should we do next?"
He had no experience in dealing with this kind of thing, so he might as well ask the team Experts here.
Just like Chen Ziyan deliberately gave Hu Bayi the label of 'Feng Shui', he also has his own label, which is the field of 'occultism'.
He positions himself in the team as someone who solves supernatural problems.
But he didn't know what to do now. After all, he was a little far away from the front of the team and couldn't even see what it was. In this case, he couldn't determine what it was.
If you want him to solve the problem, you have to let him go first.
“Wait a minute, I’ll be there right away.” So, Chen Ziyan replied.
While exchanging positions, Chen Ziyan murmured in his heart that there seemed to be something wrong with this development.
He remembered clearly that there were several holes in the original plot, so he shouldn't have missed it.
Upon hearing Chen Ziyan's response, the two women in front of him quickly leaned sideways on the cave wall to make way for Chen Ziyan to pass.
Fortunately, the hole dug by the thieves was wide enough, otherwise it would have been difficult for him to get to the front.
When Chen Ziyan came to the front of the team, the first thing he saw was Wang Kaixuan, who was still blocking most of the thieves' cave even if he turned sideways.
At this time, this guy was holding the black donkey's hoof in one hand and his broken knife in the other, looking warily at the rock wall in front of him.
Chen Ziyan's eyes passed over Wang Kaixuan and also focused on the culprit blocking the hole.
But after seeing this thing at close range, he said with some doubts: "This thing doesn't look like a wall, it looks more like a whole stone."
I saw the thief hole. The completely divided stone walls are seamless and smooth, with no gaps at all.
If it had to be a wall, it should be made of a whole piece of rock.
Hearing what Chen Ziyan said, Wang Kaixuan immediately said: "Mr. Chen, come closer and take a closer look. This thing looks like a wall. It's still the same kind of city wall as in the early days."
While he was talking, he deliberately held his stomach in check, wanting Chen Ziyan to go to the nearest place for observation.
However, Chen Ziyan did not respond to him, but looked ahead with a frown, because he found that just after Wang Kaixuan finished speaking, the stone wall he was looking at had changed.
The lower half is still the same as before, like a complete rock, but the lower half has strangely turned into a stone wall, which is exactly the kind of ancient city wall Wang Kaixuan mentioned.
This weird scene happened in front of Chen Ziyan.
Looking at the weird stone wall in front of the meeting with a frown, Chen Ziyan pulled out a short stick, leaned half of his body past Wang Kaixuan, and poked the weird stone wall with the short stick.
He has some guesses about this situation, but it needs to be verified before he can get an accurate answer.
I didn't feel any resistance. It was like there was nothing in front of the stick, and it just sank straight into the stone wall.
Wang Kaixuan was the closest, so he could see it most clearly. When he saw this, he quickly asked: "Master Chen, what is going on?"
Although he did not touch rashly, But I have been observing carefully, so I am very sure that the stone wall in front of me is not fake in any aspect.
But how could it be like this, being poked with a short stick?
Although the others did not speak, they were obviously waiting for Chen Ziyan's answer.
Chen Ziyan thought for a moment and said slowly: "Remember what I said, there is a ghost tomb underground."
The implication is very simple, this should be the ghost tomb in front of him, otherwise it wouldn't be so weird. changes.
This statement is actually a bit far-fetched, but it can be said to be true, so the question before a few people now becomes whether to try to pass through this weird-looking stone wall .
Hu Bayi glanced at the stone wall that had pulled out the short stick, and it was still intact as before, and said: "It seems that this stone wall... should be said to be a ghost tomb, something between illusion and reality. "Why don't we go back and find a living creature to explore the way?"
Because someone had already gone in and they were active underground these days, they didn't bring any living creature to test the air. .
But we haven't gone very far now, so it won't be much trouble to go back and find a chicken or duck.
Wang Kaixuan immediately agreed: "I think this is a good idea. I have quick legs and feet. I will go to the mountain to find a fellow villager to buy two live chickens. When I get there, I can bake them inside for a toothpaste."
The coveted tone makes people very suspicious of the fat man's purpose. Perhaps getting two chickens and ducks to sacrifice to the Five Internal Organs Temple is the real purpose of this guy.
But this is not a guess. They were on guard these days, so they ate all the fast food they had with them. Wang Kaixuan had long wanted to have some meat.
Now that there is an opportunity, it is natural to fight for it.
Anyway, the mission of these chickens and ducks is to explore the path, and after that, they are useless.
I have to say that this proposal is very tempting. You only need to wait for a short while to avoid risking yourself. There is no reason not to do it.
But this is only if they are indeed facing a ghost tomb.
Actually, what Chen Ziyan didn’t say was that he had another guess, but the test needed to be kept secret, so he didn’t say it.
Thinking of this, he pretended to be surprised and said: "Look, this stone wall seems to move with the line of sight?"
"What?" After hearing this guy, several other people quickly looked towards the stone wall.
Hu Bayi's movements were the fastest. He had already completed an attempt as soon as others looked over. It turned out that Chen Ziyan had said a lot, and the stone wall blocking the road in front of him would indeed move with his sight.
“Why do I feel like this thing is alive and is specifically here to block our way?” Wang Kaixuan quietly took a step back and put the broken knife in front of him. He said in a weird tone.
He just tried a few more times, but every time he looked where he looked, the stone wall would move slightly.
Shirley Yang turned her head and expressed her discovery: "If you turn your head, the stone wall will not change."
In short, when their eyes move, the stone wall looks like It will remain the same, but if the body moves, there will be no change.
It’s like being stationary and just changing your sight is the key to change.
After trying it for a while, everyone came to the conclusion that there was something really wrong with this stone wall.
Exceptionally strange!
"There are really many wonders in this world. I have heard of animals turning into spirits, but I didn't expect to see a wall turning into spirits today." Wang Kaixuan muttered.
"Logically speaking, it shouldn't be." Hu Bayi frowned tightly and said, "Although I don't know much about the Ghost Tomb, I have seen some in an article. It is said that this It is some kind of strange phenomenon that cannot be explained by science, rather than something like becoming a spirit."
"The ghost tomb cannot be a living thing. Is there such a possibility? This thing in front of us is not at all. It's not the Ghost Tomb!" Hu Bayi expressed his guess, and then looked at Chen Ziyan to see what he said.
Chen Ziyan did not rush to answer, but started to popularize science: "Whether it is a ghost tomb, or a similar ghost ship or ghost building, its essence is not something that actually exists in reality. It is more accurate. It is said that these things once existed, but when they appeared again, their substantial form had disappeared, so they were called ghosts."
"The seniors of Xiling once made something. An inference is that they are the so-called ghosts. Their properties are likely to be similar to treasures, and they are all products of heaven and earth.”
"Take treasures with more information as an example. The most basic thing that wants to become a treasure is 'spirit'. This so-called spirit is not intelligence but spirituality. It may come from the hard work of the craftsman who created it, or it may It comes from the companionship of a certain owner day and night. "
"An artifact with a 'spirit' will become a treasure after being nurtured in a certain geomantic treasure place by chance."< br>
“This is why most treasures come from ancient tombs. Firstly, objects used by ancient heroes are more likely to produce ‘spirits’. Secondly, only ancient tombs are more likely to meet the characteristics of Fengshui treasures.”< br>
“The same is true for things like ghost tombs, which mostly appear in some unique Feng Shui areas, so it can be regarded as an intangible treasure.”
"The one thing these two have in common is that they both exert their abilities according to certain laws. In short, they are inanimate objects, not the monsters that become spirits in the strange novels."
In fact, Chen Ziyan had long had the idea of letting Hu Bayi and the others come into contact with the concept of treasures, but there had never been a suitable opportunity. When he encountered this incident, he just happened to speak out.
Hu Bayi knew only a little about what Chen Ziyan said. He had vaguely heard some of them, but they all regarded them as stories.
Wang Kaixuan and Shirley Yang just don’t understand it at all. They have never heard of similar concepts and have no idea that there are such magical things in this world.
Ding Sitian acted very calmly, but considering the department she was in and the Eyeless Dragon Talisman on her body, this was a common reaction.
After all, one cannot let a person who knows this act surprised.
Hu Bayi did not hesitate on this question, and quickly clarified his thoughts and asked: "So what Mr. Chen is saying is that this stone wall is indeed not a ghost tomb?" He nodded lightly: "Yes, this is not the Ghost Tomb."
In fact, he had two guesses in his mind at the beginning, and the attempt just now also verified his idea.
If it were a ghost tomb, there shouldn't be that weird change.
As he just said, the Ghost Tomb is still essentially a tomb, it may be a part or the entire tomb, but its manifestation form will not change, it will just change from illusion to substance. That’s all.
Before Hu Bayi and the others could continue asking questions, Chen Ziyan took the initiative to ask a question: "Don't you think we forgot something?"
"Forgot something?"
Hu Bayi He counted the number of people consciously, then looked at everyone's backpacks, and said with some confusion: "It must be useless, right?"
There were many people there, and everyone was carrying things on their backs. , what else can be forgotten.
Chen Ziyan casually took out a pack of masks from his backpack and said, "We forgot to wear masks!"
Because of his foresight, he himself ignored this matter, otherwise he would not have fallen into the trap so easily.
Wang Kaixuan didn't understand what this meant, and asked suspiciously: "Is it possible that the mask has any special function?"
While speaking, he tightened the mask in his hand. Black donkey hooves and broken knife, he was more willing to trust his two old friends than masks.
"Masks have no special effect, but they can prevent us from some dirty tricks, and at worst they can block one or two." Chen Ziyan slowly said the answer.
Hu Ba immediately reacted: "Did we fall into someone else's trick?"
Chen Ziyan nodded: "Yes, if I guessed correctly, we should have been hit by some kind of illusion."
This is why he regretted forgetting the mask. Illusion is indeed very powerful, but it is not inevitable. .
There are only a few illegal entities in the world such as Baoxianghua and Corpse Fragrance Konjac. They are usually implemented through light or secret medicine as a medium.
The cave was dark inside, and there was no other light source except their flashlights, so he guessed that the illusion here was probably performed with the help of some kind of secret medicine.
If they had worn masks before, even if they could not completely isolate them, they would have reduced the amount of inhalation.
But Chen Ziyan subconsciously ignored one thing, that is, he now has ancient bloodline, but he can resist even corpse-scented konjac. There is no reason why he can't stop the hallucinogenic secret medicine here.
But he didn't think about it now, and he didn't have time to think about it, because all of Chen Ziyan's attention at this time was attracted by what Ding Sitian took out.
After they said they were in an illusion, Ding Sitian took out a small, exquisitely shaped porcelain bottle from her pocket.
After the porcelain bottle was opened, a wisp of light cyan smoke slowly floated out from inside and spread to cover all of them.
When being enveloped by this light cyan smoke, everyone felt their minds refreshed, as if the long-accumulated dust had been swept away.
At the same time as they felt refreshed, they saw the stone wall in front of them slowly breaking apart, revealing the dark cave behind.
(End of this chapter)