After doing it many times, the moon in the sky gradually returned to its normal appearance.
I even forgot how much time it took.
Even when looking at the moon that had returned to its original appearance, it looked a bit overlapping with the blood-red face from before.
Although the face was very clear, this face felt very strange to me, and it did not correspond to my own face.
That leaves only one possibility.
This face is someone who has not appeared in the storyline of the entire dungeon.
Xie Chen sighed and walked forward with some anguish. Before a crossroads appeared, he turned to look at the fork on the left.
After holding his breath, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At the door of the first house at the fork, there was a bowl full of rice, with a half-burned incense stick stuck on top of the rice.
All the doors of these houses were closed and no lights were on.
This loess alley seems to have been covered in dust for a long time, with traces of time everywhere everywhere.
This half-burned incense stick has always maintained this progress.
Xie Chen was not too anxious to turn into the fork on the left. After looking at it for more than ten seconds, he confirmed that the incense would only stay in this state, and then turned in.
Then he quickly grabbed some rice from the bowl and put it in his hand.
Even if he encounters an empty bowl next time, he won't be helpless.
However, in every alley that turns right or left, or even the alley that goes straight, all the bowls and incense placed there are in different or the same state.
I just feel that there is definitely some meaning here.
If you can figure out the rules here, you should be able to avoid those empty bowls, even black water, or sudden changes in the moon in the sky.
It can also be avoided.
But where to start?
I also have no clue.
Anyway, I can't think of a pattern. Now I have turned twice. According to the original rules, I only need to turn nine times at most to reach the house where the rules are set.
This may also contain another layer of meaning.
That means that he can only encounter danger nine more times at most.
If this number is exceeded, the moon appearing around you will no longer be a simple change.
Xie Chen looked at the incense burning next to him and started to move forward again.
Sure enough, all the incense that appeared next were the same as the incense stick at the entrance of the alley, with no difference.
The only difference is that the rice in the bowls that appear is uneven.
After walking through almost seven houses, I still couldn't figure out the pattern of rice in these bowls.
Some are high, some are low.
Some only put a little at the bottom of the bowl, and some rice is even very "thin".
Until he reached the ninth house, he came to the intersection of Huangtu Lane again, but this time there was a white flag at the door of the house.
There is a small word "Dian" written in the middle of the flag.
The tail of the flag is even stained with a little bright red, and you can smell it from the faint smell of blood. This is actually blood.
Xiechen took a deep breath and went over to see what the flag was, but before he could even explore it, the flag clattered to the ground.
Xie Chen was stunned for a moment and didn't even know whether to bend down to pick it up.
When I first had this idea, the white flag in front of me had disappeared, leaving only a little blood stain on the loess alley.
There was really no other way, so he could only step forward and squat down, stroke his cuffs, move the sleeves of his green clothes up his arms, and then use his fingers to dip a little on the scarlet.
From the touch point of view, it is much thicker than ordinary blood, and it even feels a bit "slurry".
Xie Chen slowly came closer to his nose and inhaled gently. The smell of blood that rushed directly to Tianling Gai occupied his nostrils.
He had no choice but to quickly wipe his fingers on the loess on the ground.
The white flag did not appear again, but the intersection in front of me was unexpectedly spacious.
But it is also darker than what is seen in ordinary scenes.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Xie Chen couldn't help but be shocked.
What appeared in front of him was an unexpected well built for unknown reasons. Beside the well was an old notice nailed with a knife.
[First: Sit in the well barrel and sink. 】
[Second: Close your eyes and don’t open them until the feeling stops slipping. 】
[Third: Get the talisman. The talisman is in the hands of Qing Yi who reacts to your actions. If you stare at the talisman, you can go back. 】
[Fourth: White skin, red flowers, and blue bones. Only by wearing a cloak that collects these can you see the exit. 】
[Fifth: The moon is smiling at you like a god. 】
Under this shaky old notice, on the muddy loess on the ground beside the well, there are the following words carved crookedly on branches.
Don't give in! Don't give in! ! Don't give in! ! !
Perhaps because of the age, it is difficult to distinguish here.
There is even a lot of content behind it, which is impossible to see clearly.
Xie Chen swallowed and murmured to himself.
"Don't give in?"
"Give in to whom?"
When he looked at the well at this time, his eyes were already in a daze unconsciously.
It even seemed like someone would crawl out of this dark well at the next moment.
"Looking back..."
"Amulet?"
Xie Chen's eyes were a little dazed, seeing that these familiar words were actually related to the ability of his pocket watch.
But what exactly is Qing Yi saying on the notice?
Recently, I was wearing a green shirt, but I didn't have any talismans on me.
White skin, red flowers, blue bones...
After these three things, there's the cloak and the exit.
After the collection is completed, you can see the exit, but where do you need to collect it?
The notice floating in front of him seemed to be attractive and kept attracting his attention.
Xie Chen could feel all the attention being drawn away from his eyes.
As he walked, he became dazed.
Before he knew it, he had arrived at this unexpected well.
The smell of soil mixed with grass that hit the paper was not particularly pleasant, and of course it had nothing to do with the stench.
The stone bricks of this well are all covered with moist moss.
But all the moss is still alive.
If you look closer, you can still see the green seedlings on top.
The two ends of the well were stabilized with wooden stakes as thick as thighs, and there was a beam in the middle as thick as two arms.
The rope is also a thick eight-strand rope. It can be seen that this well has gone through a long time, but these equipments still maintain a round and sturdy degree.
It has not lost its durability due to the ravages of time.
Xie Chen looked at the wooden barrel that fell on the well. It was so huge that it could easily contain his entire body.
For some reason, I could feel my breathing becoming heavier than usual.
Especially when looking at the dark bottom of the well, the wooden barrel in front of him made his eyes even hotter.
Xie Chen gently put his feet in, and then used a stone to jam the wooden crank handle next to it.
It is a bit difficult to maintain the balance of the body when holding the eight-strand rope with both hands, but as long as you get used to it, it is not difficult to step yourself into the bucket.
In less than a moment, he had already entered the barrel.
Xie Chen pushed the stone away with his hand, and held on to the crank handle with his other hand. After stabilizing his body, he quickly released it, and then retracted his hand.
After the crank handle was no longer blocked by anything, it began to rotate rapidly, but the barrel did not fall very fast.
At this moment, he discovered that there was a rope next to him, tied to the same beam as the rope of his barrel.
Xie Chen's pupils narrowed.
According to this, it should be another wooden barrel.
But the barrel sank at the bottom of the well. After moving his barrel, he did not hear any sound of water coming from the bottom of the well.
In other words, there is no water at all in this old well.
Xie Chen swallowed and sweatdropped all over his body.
My brain had sobered up a lot at this time. After seeing the contents of the notice, I even forgot for a while the rules written on the walls of the house after entering this loess alley.
Especially the last one.
[The well does not exist. If you see it, please step back and stay away until the well disappears. 】
But not only did he not stay away, his judgment was even affected by this well.
Now that it was slowly starting to sink, Xie Chen quickly grabbed another rope in front of him with both hands and pulled the eight-strand rope down hard.
Relying on the beam hanging above, you can at least pull up the barrel containing yourself.
However, this eight-strand rope was very rough, and the barrel was very huge, and he weighed a lot. After a while, his hands were rubbed red.
Xie Chen pulled with all his strength.
In my heart, I even want to complain.
Was the dungeon reward I received a joke?
Every time you need to fight or use your strength, there is no such thing as a proven success.
At this time, I can't even lift myself up, and the dungeon reward is like a fucking joke.
Even though I was pulling hard, my whole body was still falling slowly.
As he sinks deeper and deeper, his consciousness gradually fades away.
As the picture in front of him became increasingly blurry, a strange sound seemed to come from the bottom of the well, even reaching his own ears.
Even if he tried his best to resist, it was of no use.
"When you sit on a well bucket, there will be a moment when it will be parallel to another bucket that has been pulled down."
"To touch the thing inside, become it, to guide, to end this nightmare, to end... birth, you are lost, but don't despair, even if it is broken and turned into clay, go to help, and believe in hope."
Xie Chen's eyes became blurred, even his eyes began to wander, and his hands that could still use his strength soon loosened.
The whole person stood and fell down at an extremely fast speed.
The two barrels reached equilibrium instantly.
One corner of the barrel that was originally at the bottom of the well was even broken.
Xie Chen looked at the blue color sitting in the bucket in confusion, and couldn't help but slowly raise his hand.
Sitting in the barrel opposite was a paper man with a rotten face, and the white paper on his face had even become blurry.
The legs cut out of bamboo below have been broken, and even the bamboo shavings can be clearly seen.
Xie Chen moved his shoulders in confusion, and the green bamboo strip paper man in front of him also imitated his movements and moved a little.
At this time, Xie Chen had lost consciousness, and his eyes had no energy at all, but it seemed that because the green bamboo paper man had moved, he actually raised his hand.
After raising his hand, the green bamboo paper man completed this action almost at the same time.
The scene in front of me made people feel very confused. I didn't know whether it was Xie Chen who was controlling the paper man, or whether the blue bamboo strip paper man was controlling the unconscious Xie Chen.
But the next moment, Xie Chen, who was unconscious, suddenly roared and rushed towards the paper man as if he was angry.
This time, the green bamboo paper man did not make the same move and was thrown directly into the well by Xie Chen.
The wooden barrel lost its balance and fell rapidly, and soon fell to the bottom of the well.
There was the sound of something being picked up from the bottom, and the furious roar did not stop, as if the green bamboo paper man was being skinned alive.
As time went by, the sound became smaller and smaller, until there was no more movement.
……………………
"Where is this?"
Xie Chen covered his head and got up from the ground. He only felt that his brain was a little swollen and painful.
I don't know why, but the green clothes on my body have disappeared, replaced by a white Hanfu.
"When did it become white?"
Xie Chen couldn't remember what happened just now. He only knew that after seeing the well, he lost consciousness.
The surrounding environment has changed, and I have left the Loess Alley.
And right in front is the "house" mentioned in the rules
Xie Chen stared blankly.
There is a plaque on the gate of the house. The plaque has long faded and looks very old, but you can vaguely make out the words "Enter the Painting Boat" written in gilt.
The ground in the corner of the house was covered with the remains of paper figures tied with bamboo strips, and bamboo strips and scrolls were scattered everywhere.
The screen in the center of the mansion is painted with an abstract landscape and bridge, with words embroidered on the back. Behind the screen is a rectangular pool. You can only read the words carefully through the pool.
[1: Don’t look back, use the pool in front of you to wet yourself, they can only see the person looking at them. 】
[Two: They cannot touch the water, they cannot go ashore after touching the water, and their knees cannot bend. 】
[Three: The moon is what the eyes have to wait for. When there is no moonlight, go to the front of the screen. 】
[Four: Stare at the screen for a minute and don’t think about anything. 】
Looking at this messy "Enter the Painting Boat", it's really hard to imagine what happened here before.
The paper figures scattered here only have bamboo scraps and paper scraps left, and they cannot be put together at all to resemble their original appearance.
Xie Chen only felt that his head was a little dizzy again, but he recovered after a while.
