Xie Chen quickly rubbed his eyes twice more to confirm whether the moon, which was tending to fall, had really turned red.
Fortunately, after rubbing my eyes and looking again, I could clearly see the full moon hanging in the sky for the second time. There was not much change at this time.
The slightly red color I saw before seemed to be just my imagination.
"Is that really true?"
Xie Chen's hands were naturally hanging down. His long-sleeved green clothes had completely covered his hands, and even his fingers could not be seen clearly.
The cuffs of Tsing Yi are almost dragging on the loess road. Compared with ordinary Hanfu, the cuffs are longer.
Xie Chen did not dare to relax at all and continued walking forward.
Just after taking two steps, his brain suddenly felt a stinging pain. He originally thought he was hallucinating.
But what followed was a tingling sensation in the fingers and toes, and even the half-raised foot failed to land.
Xie Chen leaned against the wall next to her with trembling legs, fearing that her legs would become weak and fall to the ground in the next second.
When this strange condition occurred to his body, the first thing he thought of was to quickly raise his head to see if the moon in the sky had changed.
When he raised his head with difficulty, the original bright moon became a little flat, and he couldn't even tell whether it was bright or dark?
Xie Chen took a strong breath.
Both eyes were almost narrowed, but at this time, the moon in the sky was like a mirror, and he actually saw a human face in it.
The outline of this face is very blurry, but you can still tell that it is smiling at you.
Xie Chen rubbed his eyes in disbelief, but found that his eyes hurt with his hands, so he could only end the action quickly.
Looking at the sky again, the outline that was not very clear at first has become very clear, and the sound of gongs and drums is floating around.
At first glance, you can tell that these gongs and drums are very far away from you, and there is no way to identify the specific location.
My head felt a little swollen, and even my conscious judgment of my surroundings began to become blurry.
Xiechen quickly lowered his head, closed his eyes and thought carefully about the original appearance of the moon.
That round and bright appearance was very vague in my mind, and I couldn't even recall it.
I finally had a rough idea of it in my mind, but I couldn't hold on to it for too long. After a while, the concept of the moon disappeared from my mind.
This is a particularly painful thing for me.
The rules say that you have to keep thinking about the original appearance of the moon in your mind for ten seconds, but every seven or eight seconds, the outlines of eyes and mouth begin to appear in the picture in your mind.
Xie Chen quickly shook his head and gently knocked his forehead against the wall next to him, relying on the pain from his head to clear his hazy consciousness.
And this method obviously works very well.
After just two knocks, my brain regained consciousness and quickly maintained the image of the moon in my mind.
Xie Chen quickly opened his eyes and looked up.
The outline of the moon's face, which had become increasingly clear, began to become blurry again.
Seeing that this was indeed effective, he quickly closed his eyes again and relied on the pain of hitting the wall to re-imagine in his mind what the moon should have looked like.
Since it took effect, the moon in my mind no longer has facial features, and even the moon in the sky has slowly begun to recover.
Xie Chen was covered in sweat and struggled to stand up with one hand on the wall.
Ever since the clothes on his body changed into this Tsing Yi, the first vision mentioned in the rules of Loess Alley appeared.
Could it be that I have violated the rules?
Just now, due to physical discomfort, my whole body was covered with fine sweat, but as soon as I thought about this, the sweat on my body dried up unconsciously.
Xie Chen was startled. She seemed to have felt a chill just now. Could it be that the cold wind started blowing again without her realizing it?
My perception of my surroundings has become blurry, and I can't even tell whether the wind has blown or not...
Xie Chen covered his head and looked at the moon in the sky that had completely returned to its original state, then he walked forward with difficulty.
After passing a door, I saw that the rice in front of me was no longer filled with incense. Instead, there was a red egg placed next to the bowl.
Although on the usual offering table, this kind of tribute is for good luck, but now it doesn't look like good luck to me.
As I walked forward, the rice bowls and eggs placed in front of the door seemed to come and go.
There were not even eggs or bowls in front of some houses, just three sticks of incense stuck on the hard loess ground. I was very curious about how these three sticks of incense could remain standing.
As he walked forward, a large pool of black water blocked his way. Unless he waded through it with his feet, there would be no way forward.
After Xie Chen saw the black pool of water, he quickly looked up into the air.
It was said in the rules that you must not lower your head to look at the black water on the ground. It was said that it would not reflect anything, but the glimpse I just had, I could still see the faint moonlight shining down from the sky, which was reflected by the black water. opened.
According to the principle of reflection, if you walk to this pool of water now.
With such a large area of stagnant water.
I should be able to use the principle of reflection and rely on the accumulated water to see clearly whether there is anyone following me.
It's a pity that after encountering black water, not only can't you try to lower your head to see the black water, but you also have to turn right at the next intersection.
Xie Chen didn't have any ink marks, and didn't even take any chances, so he quickly turned to the right.
At the same time as this action, he also looked up at the moon hanging in the sky.
Because of the turn, the reference object and the angle from which things are viewed also change.
Somehow I seemed to feel that the moon had shifted downwards, but I was not sure whether it was caused by different reference objects.
Xie Chen took a deep breath.
There is no human face on the moon, and it still maintains a round shape. Although the intensity of the light seems to have weakened, other than these, fortunately, there is no other abnormality.
Xie Chen stared at it while slowly walking forward.
But after taking a few steps, he quickly stopped.
The cuffs were already dragging on the ground, but he didn't care at all.
Compared to the scene before me, clothes seemed like a trivial matter.
After turning right, what appeared in front of him was the doorway of two houses.
Only this time, three sticks of incense were stuck on the crack of the door. All the incense had been burned, leaving only the incense handle stuck on the crack of the door.
Other than that, there are empty bowls placed in front of the door.
There are three in total, placed in front of the three houses in front of them. The only difference between the bottom house and the two houses in front is that there are no burned incense handles stuck in the door cracks.
Xie Chen's feet were already a little weak. He didn't expect that an empty bowl would suddenly appear after turning the corner, and he couldn't go back.
Now even if I want to squeeze some rice out of those rice bowls, I have no chance.
Xie Chen swallowed a mouthful of saliva and racked his brains to think of a solution.
But there is no way to match it.
With no other choice, Xie Chen had no choice but to reach into his pocket, take out his pocket watch, and press the retrace button with all hope.
It's a pity that the effect that should have appeared did not appear.
I have already backtracked before, so I naturally know what changes will happen to the surroundings after pressing the backtrack button.
But the silence now seemed to express to myself that it was too late.
Xie Chen couldn't accept this result, but he still had to put the pocket watch back.
Xie Chen gritted his teeth and began to gamble in his mind. Maybe the rule of putting rice in the bowl was wrong.
Maybe he really saved his life.
The footsteps followed and left the door of the first house, followed by the second house and the third house.
When he arrived at the door of the third house, the darkness in front of him was illuminated by the light around him.
To put it bluntly, I still blame myself.
When I first encountered a corner alley on the left, the visual distance inside was indeed much shorter than the straight avenue.
And just like in this alley now, there are empty bowls at the door of every house, and there is no rice in the bowls.
After I saw the black water, I was so obsessed with the shape of the moon in the sky that I forgot that there was also a huge danger around the corner.
But it's too late to say anything now.
After seeing the empty bowls placed at the door of the fourth and fifth houses, Xie Chen felt an ominous premonition all over his body.
But the green clothes on his body did not change color, and his body did not feel any strange.
There was no familiar cold wind blowing around, and there were no footsteps following behind.
Xie Chen stood staggeringly, but felt that his body could not exert any strength.
After moving his hands vigorously, he found that it was just wishful thinking, and there was no limit to the speed of his hands.
Xie Chen breathed a sigh of relief, but when he was about to move forward, the moon in the sky slowly turned red, and even the faint light shining on the ground turned red.
Xie Chen immediately noticed something was wrong and quickly looked towards the sky.
But where is the moon in the sky at this time?
What was hung was clearly a bloody and red human face, but in contrast to the creepy smile before, this time it did not show any expression.
Xie Chen stared with bated breath as the human face also dropped from the sky to mid-air.
It gives people the feeling that they may fall to the ground at any time.
Xie Chen's feet were trembling a little.
After all, he had no chance of saving his life. Seeing this kind of thing undoubtedly proved that he had violated the rules.
In other words, the rule of adding rice to an empty bowl is correct in itself.
Xie Chen didn't dare to waste any more time, so he quickly closed his eyes and carefully recalled in his mind what the moon should look like.
But this time it went surprisingly smoothly.
There is nothing strange that blocks the moon in my mind.
But every time after ten seconds, when I look at the moon in the sky, the change is minimal.
