Lu Ning walked through a total of eighteen different rooms. Although the things encountered inside and the decoration styles and even shapes of the rooms were different, some common points could be found from the photos.
The movements of the praying figures in the prayer room at the beginning are very similar to the movements of a group of spectators watching a movie in the sixth room.
The weapons on the weapon rack in the second room also appear on the mural in the twelfth room.
The symbols on the kitchen utensils used by the demon chef were used as the blood-painted symbols on the altar in the back room.
There are many similar points, they are just additional decorative embellishments in the room, but the closer you look, the more connections you can find. Lu Ning quickly built a relationship network. This network included all the previous eighteen rooms, and could be connected to another room at most two rooms apart.
"Sure enough, this looks like..."
"Memory Web."
Another voice sounded in the room, and Lu Ning suddenly shuddered. She followed the direction of the voice and looked up. There were many painted stone carvings embedded on the ceiling, and the one who spoke just now was one of the faces.
"You -" Lu Ning frowned. This face was carved, but based on the appearance of the eyebrows, eyes, mouth and nose, she could tell that this was exactly what Tatyev, the inventor of the Memory Network, looked like.
"What you drew is the prototype of the memory network." Human Face continued, "I can see it. Of course, the real memory network is countless times more complicated than it, but the most basic principle is this."
"Are you Tatyev?" Lu Ning asked directly.
"Duanzuo 14023, I am not Tatyev, but a copy of memory."
"Whether you are or not, at least you can talk, right? What is going on here? Why is the deep palace prison like this?"
"Unfortunately, I can't answer." Human Face said, "I'm just backing up here and not communicating with the external network."
"That means there is an internal network?" Lu Ning immediately caught the meaning of this sentence, "Can you monitor the situation in the entire space?"
"No." Human Face continued to deny, "There are fatal threats in most areas here. Even the ends of the memory network cannot be maintained for a long time. The only place that can maintain its existence is the rest area."
It seems to refer to a place similar to here. Lu Ning thought for a while and asked again: "How far is the distance between the rest areas?"
"It's just related to memory." Human Face replied, "When you dig out more memories, you will be closer to the next rest. As you dig deeper, you will gain more control over this palace of memory. "
"Does that mean that as long as we keep moving forward, we can finally master this prison?"
"This is what is recorded in my memory."
Lu Ning thought for a moment: "Then how should I remove the condition on my body?"
"If anything happens to you, think about it carefully."
Saying it is the same as not saying it.
It seems that this tip can only give me so little information. If I want to unlock the mystery of the deep palace prison, I have to continue walking inside. Lu Ning felt that she was almost rested, so she walked towards one of the doors and continued her exploration.
This time she paid more attention to the details in each room, and the room she entered this time was a bakery. Two bakers in white clothes were working in front of the chopping board behind her back. Lu Ning said There was a little sound, and one of them turned his head.
It was really "twisted" too far, and the body was not moving, and the baker's head was actually a piece of dough, with two dried fruits embedded in the eyes, and the mouth seemed to be dry and cracked.
"Welcome~" the dough man made a dry voice, and kept moving his hands. After kneading one piece of dough, he took another piece of dough from his arm and started kneading again. Even though Lu Ning had seen countless bizarre things, she still felt a little confused at this time.
"White bread, brown bread, or fruit bread?" the baker asked.
"...Can I have a share?" Lu Ning looked at the small room and answered.
"One of each three kinds of bread!"
As the baker yelled, the one next to him who was still busy immediately stopped what he was doing, took off his chef's hat, picked up a cutting knife next to him, pointed it at his head and cut it, with the eyes. The piece fell directly, and red jam squeezed out of it. Then there was a second cut, severing from the elbow, and the dough-like hand fell on the table. Finally, the baker put his arm into the blazing oven next to him, and soon a burning smell came out. He pulled out the arm that had been burnt black and cut it off with a knife. The first baker neatly stacked the three parts on the baking tray and put them into the oven: "Please wait~"
The corner of Lu Ning's mouth twitched. She had found what she was looking for. The smoke stains on the bakery oven were the same as the children's graffiti she had seen before. However, this method of making bread was really unheard of. . The doughy man who had lost his arms and half his head just nodded to Lu Ning and walked towards the door on the inside of a sales counter. At the same time, another new doughy man walked out from the opposite door.
After baking for about three minutes, the three pieces of bread were put into paper bags and handed to Lu Ning without asking for money. Lu Ning only received a thank you and walked into the next room with three paper bags.
This time it was a somewhat dark alley. Lu Ning saw that the exit was just across the alley, but there were three people pressing a young man against the wall and searching for his belongings, still cursing. Since the alley is inherently narrow, it is impossible to pass through such a blocked road.
At this moment, a flowerpot fell from above, knocking out a person who was searching for something on the spot. The other two were also startled, and let go of the boy and took out a folding knife from his pocket. Unexpectedly, the young man was also fierce. As soon as the pressure behind him was released, he immediately grabbed a person's wrist and gave him a strong bite. When the other person let go after feeling the pain, he grabbed the folding knife.
At the same time, another person jumped down from a high place, kicked the last person in the face, and kicked him to the other wall. Then he picked up the young man and rushed towards Lu Ning.
Lu Ning was stunned for a moment when she saw the appearance of the two people. The rescuer was a girl with a lively and naughty look on her face. When she saw Lu Ning, she just waved her hands vigorously: "Run! Don't get involved!"
"Let me put them down!" The boy tried to struggle, but it was not very hard for the girl to catch him.
"You are stupid, how could I let you become a murderer for these rubbish?"
The two of them ran past Lu Ning and disappeared behind her, while the robbers woke up their companions and then chased them this way.
"Hey! Did you see where those two brats went?"
The first person shouted immediately when he saw Lu Ning, but before he could say the second sentence, a gun was pointed at his head and he dared not speak out.
"Turn around, go back, and show me the way." Lu Ningyan ordered concisely.
The three people did not dare to disobey at all, and turned around politely to lead the way.
Lu Ning began to feel a little surprised. The appearance of the two young men and women she just saw was difficult to identify, but the young girl was basically Dorothy, just a little younger. She remembered that Dorothy said that she and Dansheng had encountered a large incident, and the relationship between the two was usually closer.
"Who were those two just now?" Lu Ning asked.
"They are all children from our neighborhood. Hehe, isn't it because they have gone to school, so they should have some money..." One person answered quickly.
"Do you know the name?"
"I know! That boy's name is Dan Sheng. He has a bad temper, but he is a tough guy. Look at my brother's hand being bitten... The girl is Dorothy, who is his neighbor and also likes to be naughty. I don't know. Whose daughter could grow up to be like this..."
"Stop talking so much nonsense." Lu Ning said coldly.
"Yes Yes……"
The alley was not very long. When she reached the end, Lu Ning stopped the three people and handed them the paper bags in her hands: "One for each person."
"How can you be so embarrassed? It's our honor to show you the way..." The man was still polite.
"Eat in front of me."
The three people immediately grimaced. This kind of dawdler also had some cleverness of his own. Why didn't he know that Lu Ning said something like this because there was something wrong with the things in the bag? But looking at the pistol, they really didn't dare to disobey, so they could only open the paper bag, take out the bread inside and start eating.
"Tell me, how does it feel?"
"Hey...hey?" The man who ate the fruit bread suddenly grinned a weird smile, then put his hands on his temples and began to babble like he was dreaming, without understanding what he was saying at all. The one who ate the black bread tore all of his upper body clothes into pieces and started scratching his body with blood marks. The last one eating white bread was quiet, but he kept taking out bread from the paper bag and stuffing it into his mouth, and his body was growing and getting fatter as if it were inflated.
"Three death options." Lu Ning muttered, bypassing the three people and walking into the alley's exit.
The air suddenly became hotter, even hotter than in the bakery just now. This is a burning building, with flames constantly falling from the sky, and the burning beams also look precarious. In the midst of such a raging fire, there is a person standing and a person kneeling.
The man standing was an old man with one arm, holding a halberd in his hand. Flames parted behind him, leaving a door ajar. The person who was half-kneeling was a man in armor. The cloak behind his back was already covered in burnt burnt by sparks. He was holding a silver gun in one hand and facing the old man.
"Father, you can go first, and Rong will be cut off from behind. The rebellious ministers and traitorous sons will eventually be killed!"
The old man just sighed.
"Dazhi is dying, the king has ambition but no talent, the ministers want to rectify the situation but indulge in power, the internal worries are unresolved, the external troubles are difficult to eliminate, the world is in chaos, starting from the disaster, why are there no precursors? The use of bravery can only solve a temporary problem. At this moment, the monarch and his ministers have left the capital, and the rebel army has entered the capital. If we refuse to retreat, we will lose our lives."
"However, if we don't search for someone and cut off the rear, the rebel army will find no trace of him and they will definitely be looking for him in a hurry. The king's horse and horse are not as fast as the army in haste, and it is difficult to cover up the traces. If I lead an army to search, I will surely catch him in less than half a day."
"That's the ability of my Yan family child, which is extraordinary." The old man said this and smiled.
"Therefore, it must be gained..."
"However, once the monarch, king, general and prime minister retreated without leaving any room, why should I, the Yan clan's fierce sun, sacrifice the lives of my family to feed the rebel wolves? The sun is about to rise, how can it be obscured by a few clouds and mist? Go to the glory?" The old man's expression turned to anger in an instant, "Loyalty to the emperor is the foundation of a minister, and protecting the family is the responsibility of the head of the family!"
"Father……"
"You are retreating first with your family members. As a father, you are here to practice loyalty to the emperor. However, remember that by leaving without saying goodbye this time, we have fulfilled our duties as kings and ministers. From now on, the rise and fall of the Sheng family dynasty will have nothing to do with my Yan family!"
After the old man finished speaking, he slashed with his halberd, extinguishing the flames behind him. At the same time, a rain of fire fell from above Lu Ning's head. The flames engulfed her vision, but the burning sensation was decreasing.
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"How cunning."
After the golden flame shook once, some fragmented sparks fell on Yan Rong's palm. She looked at the man in front of her who was chained on the dark throne with a smile, holding a crystal box in his arms.
"Is this what you need? To squeeze all the memories out of people's minds like juice, and then turn them into part of this endless memory prison?" Yan Rong casually held his hand, and those golden flames reappeared. Melted into her body, "Can I sue you for copyright infringement?"
"The deep palace prison... is a place like this." The man on the throne chuckled softly, "What do you think I can do? I am just an unlucky person who is bound here and I don't know when I will see the light of day. It’s just a ghost. The deeper people go in their memories, the more they open their hearts to the memories. Their behaviors, the way they speak, and the skills they master, all come from the experiences in the memories. This is based on this. Of course the place will plunder without restraint..."
"I'm afraid those prisoners back then have already been treated like this, right?"
"Humph... No one here except me can stay sane in the end. Of course, some lucky people will find a way out, but who knows if these people are deliberately released by the prison to lure new people in? You are There are only a few people who can see me. Unfortunately, seeing me can only be regarded as discovering a hidden incident here. I can't help you at all, and I can't show you the exit."
"Mr. Witness, I don't need your advice." Yan Rong shook his head.
The man on the throne finally raised his head.
"It looks like you've met someone else."
"It seems that you do know more than the other witness." Yan Rong smiled, "Would you like to exchange information? I don't want to try to convince you. People say that my speaking skills are poor."
"Hahaha... maybe the opportunity has indeed come." The man chuckled, "The name I was given is the witness of the crowning ceremony. Where are you from, rising sun?"
"My name is Yan Rong, why don't we talk about why you have the concept of stars rising?" Yan Rong immediately asked.
