"Just...what was that?" February asked Maple Sugar hesitantly.
"Maybe you awakened the power," Maple Sugar said, "or maybe..."
"What is it?" February and March looked at Maple Sugar eagerly.
Maple Sugar thought for a moment and swallowed the remaining half of the sentence.
"It's nothing. It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. Let's enter the tower quickly."
Saying that, Maple Sugar turned around and stepped into the long, dim steps ahead.
The slope of the staircase is very gentle and is pressed tightly by the low roof. Beyond this staircase, you can reach the real bottom of the tower.
The stairs are very long, and you can't see the end at a glance. You can only see a dim light flickering at the far end of your sight.
The walls of the stairs and passages were as dark and cold as the masonry of the black tower, as if something was being imprisoned.
The further you go inside, the dimmer the light becomes.
Not far ahead, a faint yellow light point appeared.
The three of them approached.
It's a wall lamp.
The wall lamp is embedded in the wall, and the branch-shaped lamp holder is spread out with a coppery luster. If you look closely, it looks like a human withered hand stretching out from the wall.
In his hand is a tearful white candle.
For some reason, the three of them couldn't help but get goosebumps when they saw this wall lamp. Looking back, they realized they had walked so far.
The entrance is no longer visible.
The exit is also vague.
"Why is it so long here?" February asked with a frown as he looked back and forth.
Maple Sugar stared in the direction of the entrance, "How long have we been in?"
March looked at her watch, "It was four-fifteen when we came out of the woods, and now it's...four-twenty? How is that possible?"
February's expression changed instantly.
"We...we have been walking for at least half an hour. It's 4:22, which is almost the time we step up the stairs."
time.
stopped.
"Maple Sugar...this...have you seen it?..." San March looked at Maple Sugar and her brother in panic.
Maple Sugar is still staring at the dim yellow at the entrance.
"What did you find?" February followed Maple Sugar's eyes.
"Although the slope here is very gentle, if you look towards the exit, you can at least see the light coming from uphill. Thinking about it this way, the light at the entrance should come from below," Maple Sugar said, pointing in the direction of the entrance, "
Now look, where we came from, is the light shining above or below?"
***
The woods outside Tower Square.
This time there is a large group of people hiding here.
"Why is there no one?" Xiaoyin grabbed the telescope and looked around.
"It's impossible that there's no one," Jasmine said seriously, "Give it to me... or you can give me a look."
Xiaoyin handed over the telescope, and Jasmine stretched her neck to look hard, but she couldn't see anything.
"How is this possible? Even if the body is hiding, the spiritual tide cannot hide."
"Could it be an empty city plan?" the fool said smartly.
"No," Xiaolan took over the telescope at some point and said while looking at it, "Look, there are things on the ground in the square."
"thing?"
Only then did a few careless guys see the slender feather arrows scattered everywhere in the huge square.
"Is this... an arrow?"
"There must be someone hiding in the dark," Luo Jiutian also became serious. "Even if they use some methods to hide psychic energy, it will be difficult to avoid being exposed at all."
Xiaolan looked at Luo Jiutian.
"you mean……"
"They may be able to hide perfectly now, but once they start attacking, psychic energy will definitely appear."
"Well, that makes sense..." Xiaolan nodded thoughtfully, "So we need a bait."
Everyone looked at Xiaolan in unison.
"Watch what I do?"
"I think what you said makes sense," the fool nodded sincerely, "I didn't even expect this, but Xiaolan is the smartest child in our team..."
"Well, I was not convinced before, but now I am convinced," Jasmine also said.
"I have told you a long time ago how outstanding Xiaolan is, but you don't believe it." Xiaoyin shook her head pretending to be disappointed.
This group of people.
"Xiaolan," the Taoist priest said with a smile, "I have always trusted you."
On the matter of choosing who should die, several people's opinions reached a high degree of unity.
Of course, except for the parties themselves.
Xiaolan tightened her coat and belt and looked back. Several people stood neatly in a row, and the atmosphere became solemn for a moment.
"I have no problem with me being used as bait, but can you please not make the atmosphere look like a farewell to a corpse?"
Xiaoyin hugged the pink rabbit, walked over and patted Xiaolan on the shoulder, "Don't worry, I will take good care of the rabbit."
Did you see it wrong? Why did the rabbit seem to be nodding along?
There was movement in the pocket. Xiaolan looked down and saw that Heipi was quietly crawling out. When Xiaolan saw it, he quickly stopped and pretended to be dead.
"Don't even think about it."
Xiaolan grabbed Heipi and stuffed it heavily back into his pocket.
Taking a deep breath, Xiaolan walked towards the empty square with heavy steps as if rushing to the execution ground.
Memories of Bell Tower Square came to mind.
Meng Fuling.
I'm here to find you, Meng Fuling.
I'm here to kill you, Meng Fuling.
"Xiaolan," when Xiaolan was about to walk out of the forest, the Taoist Master called her, "Don't worry."
The square was in the shape of a ring. There were no extra things on the square. It only spread around the central tower. There were no traces of living things around. Xiaolan seemed to have stepped into an unknown territory.
Look far, walk farther.
Xiaolan deliberately walked slowly.
The enemy couldn't hold it any longer, and finally, from behind, a flying arrow struck through the wind.
When Xiaolan turned around to avoid the arrow, she saw a golden light flash in mid-air and something fell to the ground.
Run over in a hurry.
It's the Taoist priest's talisman.
The golden light has not dissipated yet, the edge of the talisman paper is flickering slightly, and something seems to be covered underneath.
Xiaolan gently twisted a corner of the talisman paper.
"Um?"
A puppet.
This puppet was very crudely made, its limbs were even asymmetrical, and only two black dots were carved on its small head as eyes.
The only thing worth noting is the black rope tied around the puppet's neck.
Xiaolan reached out and tried to touch the black rope, but the second before it touched her, the black rope seemed to merge with the puppet and strangled it into its neck.
Just an ordinary puppet.
The black rope turned into a faint black mark floating on the surface of the puppet's neck.
Is this the puppet that attacks me?
Another cold wave came behind me.
Xiaolan rolled away on the spot, and the sharp arrow hit her just where she was.
A blue light flashed.
The blue light exploded in mid-air, and the fragments fell with crackling sounds.
Puppet fragments.
When Xiaolan looked at it, the broken puppet had been fried to a crisp.
There were more flying arrows.
Golden light and blue light appeared alternately, and from time to time, a blade-like light struck the air, directly splitting the puppet in half.
All you need to do is avoid it seriously.
The secret of the puppets, the secret of everything.