Qianshu Hongde completely subverted Chen Tao's understanding of the world, and he began to doubt everything, even himself.
The person in front of him, no, he is not a human. The thing in front of him seems to have some memories and appearance of Qian Shu Hongde, but Chen Tao has absolutely no way to connect him with a person.
Thinking back on all the things I have experienced before, my grandfather who has been dead for many years, my parents who are obviously much younger...
Old Man Takji, Ye Rong, and Haozi who killed them all suddenly appeared here despite being dead in the ruins...
The bearded Oulenke suddenly appears and disappears...
And Qianshu Hongde, who doesn’t know whether he is a human or a ghost, is in front of him...
There is definitely something wrong with all of this!
Chen Tao tried hard to calm down. He couldn't tell whether what he was experiencing at this time was real or an illusion.
Qianshu Hongde in front of him was still looking at him without saying a word, as if trying to capture the information he wanted from him.
"So, are you spiritual now?" Chen Tao raised his head and asked Qian Shu Hongde.
"No..." Qianshu Hongde shook her head, "I am not a spirit, nor a real living person, nor a ghost."
"Then what are you?" Chen Tao didn't understand what Qian Shu Hongde meant.
Qianshu Hongde thought for a while, "In this current state, I can't explain my current existence to you, because I am indeed dead. Something in the forbidden ruins changed me, and now I am not the complete me, nor the real me. I actually no longer exist, but the power in the Forbidden Ruins has preserved part of my feelings and memories. For thousands of years, I have been in an extremely strange state. State, you can't imagine what happens after death, nor can you experience that feeling. Before meeting you, I was blank, but I was awakened by you. I don't know how to describe my current state, but What I can tell you is that I only exist in your spirit and I feel like I become a part of you.”
"Are you a part of me?" Chen Tao was confused and looked at himself with a confused expression.
"I can feel that I exist in your soul. Everything about me has become a part of you and is being peeled off and absorbed by you bit by bit." Qianshu Hongde frowned and seemed to be trying very hard to Chen Tao expressed his presence, but after talking for a long time, he didn't know what he said.
It took a lot of effort to barely understand what Qianshu Hongde said.
Chen Tao's understanding is that, first of all, the so-called soul does not exist. The real Qian Shu Hongde is dead. Both his body and his consciousness have disappeared forever with the end of life.
However, this Qian Shu Hongde didn't know what he had touched in the forbidden ruins, or as he said, some mysterious power recorded part of Qian Shu Hongde's emotions and memories like a disk.
In Qian Shu Hongde's opinion, Chen Tao, who has a somewhat special body, is like a computer, reading this special recorded information.
come out!
"Holy crap! Is this damn old man a USB flash drive on my body? Even the Women's Federation vs. Superman of the Universe wouldn't dare to film it like this..."
Chen Tao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He didn't know if what he was thinking was right, but these days, some strange memory fragments would suddenly appear in his mind. Although most of them appeared in dreams, These things made him feel as if he had experienced them himself, as weird as they were.
"I can feel that I am disappearing..." Qianshu Hongde suddenly turned around, "So, I want you to take me to a place to meet someone! As long as you let me meet If you find her, I can give you a great blessing!"
Chen Tao pondered for a moment, could the woman Qian Shu Hongde mentioned be that woman?
"Her name is Natisa, she is the saint of Tatunaan and the daughter of the king!" Qianshu Hongde looked a little lonely: "Back then, in order to find a way to deal with the cult, I heard that there was a mysterious one in the sand sea far away in the west. The country has a way to summon gods to help fight, so I traveled thousands of miles to the vast desert, but I almost died here, and was finally rescued by Natysha who was passing by."
"She is the most beautiful and noble woman in Tatunaan, but it's a pity..." Qianshu Hongde sighed heavily. "After I killed Hao Yu Gongshen and his monsters, I never came back. At that time, Tatunaan had completely disappeared. I could only die with what she gave me."
"You mean, this box?" Chen Tao took out the beast box.
"Yes... yes! That's it!" Qianshu Hongde's voice was choked with sobs. He took the beast box tremblingly, opened the lid, and gently picked up a bit of sand inside with his fingers.
"The Tatunaan people have a custom that the day a girl can walk, she will leave the first foot of sand she steps on. If she meets the person she wants to spend her life with in the future... ..." Qian Shu Hongde's voice was already trembling, and in the end she could no longer say it.
"Anyway, please take me to see her and fulfill my biggest wish in this life. I beg you!" Qianshu Hongde closed the lid and held the beast box tightly in her hands.
Looking at him, Chen Tao understood without thinking that the woman named Natysha must have an unusual relationship with Qian Shu Hongde.
"It's not that I won't help you, but you have to think clearly. It's been so many years. Your Natisha has died long ago, and you may not be able to find her wherever she is buried now."
"She is in Tatuna'an, in the Golden Palace under the Holy City..." Qianshu Hongde returned the box to Chen Tao, "Maybe you don't know how dangerous you are now. This place is very dangerous." It’s terrible, the Tatunaan people have imposed some kind of mysterious curse on this city of stone hills. Once people enter the city of Maca, they will fall into endless illusions until they die!”
"What?" Chen Tao was shocked.
It’s a fantasy again!
Everything he experienced just now was fake? "
Chen Tao took a deep breath, feeling in his heart
An indescribable feeling of relief. Although he couldn't figure out whether what he had experienced before was true or false, he really couldn't accept Haozi killing Ye Rong and himself killing Haozi.
Now when I heard what Qianshu Hongde said, a big stone finally fell from my heart.
"How do you know these are illusions?"
"I have been here before, and the reason why you can see me is because of these illusions, which allow me to appear in front of you briefly." Qian Shu Hongde said.
"Then how can I get out of here? Where have my friends gone?" Chen Tao asked
"Your body has been tampered with. If I guessed correctly, you should also have their abilities. This illusion cannot trap you. After you get out, wipe your blood on your friend's forehead. You can solve all this." Qian Shu Hongde said.
"But I have no idea what the abilities you are talking about are, and what's the difference in my blood?" Chen Tao became more and more confused as he listened.
"You don't know how precious your blood is. If they find out, they will find you at all costs!" Qian Shu Hongde said with a serious face, "Okay, I will leave the next thing to you. I will definitely Take me to see her!"
After saying that, Qian Shu Hongde in front of him became transparent, and Chen Tao hurriedly shouted at him: "You haven't told me how to get out yet!"
"You will know..." Qian Shu Hongde's voice became farther and farther away, and as his body gradually faded away, he finally disappeared completely.
There was still a vast sea of sand in front of him. Chen Tao looked at the same endless yellow sand, and a strange idea suddenly came to his mind. He tried to continue according to that idea, but his eyes began to feel strange itching.
He raised his hand and rubbed his eyes. When he opened them again, an incredible scene appeared.
Chen Tao's eyes turned blood-red like flames, and the desert in his eyes seemed to be suddenly shattered. Wherever he looked, everything disappeared and turned into scattered strands of different shapes. of strange stone pillars and stone mounds.
"this......."
Chen Tao was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time. When he looked down, he felt that his calves felt weak and he almost sat down on the ground.
At this time, he was standing on a stone mound several meters high, and his feet were already on the edge of the stone mound. If he moved even half a step forward, he would fall off the stone mound!
What's even more frightening is that under this stone hill, there are already several corpses lying strewn about.
Damn it, when did you climb to such a high place?
Chen Tao was startled and hurriedly took a few steps back. He looked around from a high place and saw a person walking under the stone pillar in front of him from a distance.
"Are they Haozi and the others?"
Chen Tao identified the person's position and climbed down from the stone hill.
He couldn't see clearly on the stone hill before, but when he got down to the sand, he realized that the corpse on the ground was far more terrifying than he imagined.
Under these towering stone hills and pillars, one after another
Nearly seven or eight mummies lay on the ground, and there were many human and animal skeletons scattered on the ground.
Could it be that these people were all trapped in an illusion and died here?
Looking at the body on the ground, I don’t know how long it has been dead. The skin and flesh all over the body have been dried to black. In some places, the skin and flesh have disappeared, revealing the bones that have been white for several years, and some parts have been buried by sand.
The clothes on the mummies are a bit weird. It seems that they are not from the same group of people. There are various styles and styles, and the ages and races are different. Those clothes were almost rotten due to the weather and sun, and only a few strips of cloth were left swaying in the wind on the sand.
Chen Tao was worried that the man would go far away and would not have time to take a closer look at the mummies on the ground. He just glanced at them and hurriedly ran in the direction he had noted before.
After walking around several stone pillars, Chen Tao finally saw the shaky figure. He was wearing a black robe. The hat on his head was gone. His hair was scattered around his head and face. At this time, his back was facing Chen Tao. He stumbled forward, making strange noises from his mouth.
Looking at the man's appearance and dress, Chen Tao couldn't help but be surprised.
Holy shit, this guy is actually a bearded guy!
(End of chapter)
