Embers Ad Infinitum

Rodon ultimately did not make it to "131."

He is not a three-year-old child. If someone says that there is the "Home of the Awakened Ones in Sumo City," he will believe it.

Based on his experience, the probability of this being a trap is higher.

After leaving the "soul corridor", he opened his eyes, looked at the pale ceiling and the chandelier shaped like letters, and fell into deep thought.

He remembered that the owner of room "131" should have a serious mental illness, most likely a split personality.

It is perfectly normal for such people to post a white paper outside their spiritual room and write "Home of the Awakened in Sumo City". Others do not need to understand and cannot understand.

Roton is concerned about two other points:

First, he could put paper on the outside of the spiritual room and write words. This was something he had never imagined.

The second is that the owner of room "131" actually knows about Suisue City, and no matter what attitude he holds or what thoughts he has, it clearly shows that he is very interested in Suisue City.

Regarding the first point, Roden's experience and intuition told him that it was absolutely impossible under normal circumstances.

It's not like Sumo City doesn't have people who are mentally disturbed at the "spiritual corridor" level. They have made many attempts, including graffiti on the outside of the door, but have failed.

Roden suspected that the reason why the owner of room "131" was able to post blank paper and write words was because he had been in contact with certain officials and received certain favors.

This is mutually confirmed by the fact that executives can change the order of the rooms in the "Soul Corridor".

In this matter, Roden didn't have much doubts. He just confirmed again that "Room 131" was really dangerous.

The fact that the owner of room "131" was interested in Sumo City made him feel like a cat scratching his heart, itching and unable to calm down.

If the other party wants something, there is room for negotiation!

Luoden thought about it and thought that he could try to contact the owner of room "131".

If the other party doesn't want much, and it doesn't involve the safety and survival of the city at the end of the year, then he can completely cooperate to a certain extent in exchange for the other party to converge his memory and control the shadow, so that he can quickly clear the level and find the door to the "new world".

Of course, this is definitely an extremely dangerous thing.

If the other party has great malice towards Sui Sui City, then Luo Dun entering the "131" room will be like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth and can only be slaughtered. After all, that person has something to do with the Zhi Sui people, and the spiritual world is weird. A little more tricks can make his life worse than death.

Twenty years ago, ten years ago, or even five years ago, Roden would not have taken this risk, but now, he hesitated.

This is because his illness is getting worse and worse, his stomach is getting worse and worse, and it seems that he will not be able to survive for two or three years.

Before that, he would enter the "new world", get rid of the shackles of the body, and gain eternal life.

After thinking for a long time, Luoton made up his mind:

Give it a try!

However, attempts are completely different concepts from blind attempts and reckless attempts. As soon as Rodon made up his mind, he had a corresponding plan in his mind.

He was going to find another elder and borrow a prop from him.

…………

In the afternoon of the next day, Luoden, who was well prepared, entered the "Corridor of the Soul" again.

After arriving outside room "131", he took out a green leaf that was made into a specimen.

This is formed by the transfer of the breath of that prop.

The next second, the leaves lit up with a misty green light.

In the blue light, the body formed by Luoden's consciousness twisted and stretched in all directions.

Soon, it split in two and became two Rotons.

"Magic Mirror"!

The ability of this prop that Roden borrowed is the "miracle power" in the field of "Bodhi".

It can divide Roton's consciousness and turn it into many.

Luoden's plan is very simple, that is, to leave himself alone.

In this way, even if the person who goes in suffers serious injuries, gets trapped inside, or dies directly, it will only bring long-term mental trauma and a certain degree of negative impact to his body, and he will not become a person on the spot. Vegetative state.

This is a result that has serious sequelae but still retains hope. Luoden feels that he can bear it.

After all, time waits for him!

One of the splintered agents, Luoden, grasped the door handle of room "131", took a deep look at the name "Home of the Awakened at the End of the Year", then gently twisted it and pushed open the door.

As the vermilion door opened, Roden walked in.

What caught his eye was a corridor, but not the corridor he remembered as belonging to a hospital.

"Look at it this way, I have overcome my first psychological shadow?" Roden looked around and whispered to himself.

Although he underwent "surgery" that time and suffered mental abnormalities, which took a long time to recover, it was a good thing as long as he could overcome the psychological shadow.

Along the corridor, which was lit with street lights, he came to the end and saw a door.

The door was silver-white in color and was not closed too tightly, leaving some gaps exposed.

Thinking of the terrifying gaze he received after opening the door last time, Roden couldn't help but shudder.

He was afraid of something similar happening again.

He didn't want to experience that unspeakable fear again.

After a while of mental construction, Roden finally plucked up the courage and reached out to push the silver-white door.

Behind the door is a deep darkness, very similar to the scene in Roden's nightmare.

Fortunately, there was no looming female figure, nor was there any gaze from the other party.

Roden calmed down and walked into the darkness.

He could no longer see anything in front of his eyes, nor could he hear any sound in his ears, as if he had been abandoned by the world.

This brought about a certain sense of fear and maddening suffocation, and Roton gradually had the urge to shout and sing loudly.

He wanted to break the dead darkness.

As a last resort, he forced himself to be distracted and think about other things:

“How should I contact the room owner next?

"Under normal circumstances, after I explore the depths of his spiritual world, he will have frequent nightmares and feel uneasy. Then he will know that someone is approaching his 'Sea of ​​Origin', so he will lock me and give me a warning until the war begins. …

"The question is, if I can break through two more psychological shadows and explore the depths of the room, why should I contact him? At that time, I had already found the door to the 'new world'.

"Well, the deeper I go, the more certain I am that the door to my 'new world' is in this room...

"The problem now is how to make the owner of the room aware in advance that I am exploring his psychological shadow and take the initiative to contact me..."

As Luoden's thoughts flashed, he saw a group of light in the distance.

This light did not dispel the surrounding darkness and had to be seen very closely.

It came from an object similar to a tablet computer, which was placed directly above a silver-white pillar, at the same level as Roden's shoulders.

Roden calmed down his thoughts, moved closer, and saw the screen of the object emitting a soft light, with two lines of text appearing on it.

Those two lines of text, one line in Gray Language and one line in Honghe Language, express exactly the same meaning.

They are asking:

"Where are you from?"

Below the question is a long, blank box where you can enter your answer.

Roden spent nearly a minute digesting what he saw, then thoughtfully extended his right palm and selected handwriting input.

Immediately afterwards, he solemnly filled in the answer:

"Sumo City."

Finally, he hit submit.

…………

Shang Jianyao, who was checking the supplies in the Jeep's trunk, suddenly paused.

He turned around suddenly and said to Jiang Baimian and others:

"The fish is hooked!"

Without waiting for a response from his companion, he climbed into the car, leaned against the back of the seat, raised his hands and pinched his temples.

…………

Roden waited for a while and finally saw the text on the screen change.

Bang bang bang, colorful fireworks bloomed on the screen, and the sound was obviously festive.

Among the fireworks, a string of gray text stood out:

"Welcome to the Home of the Awakened at the end of the year. Is there anything I can do to help?"

Because the "Sumo City" submitted by Roton was written in gray vernacular, there is no Honghe dialect this time.

Luoden exhaled slowly and said with high vigilance:

"What do you want to gain?"

The string of text changed again:

"The specific location of Sumo City."

"What do you want to do in Suimo City? Maybe I can meet your needs without arriving there." Roden said after considering, "Besides, even if I give you a fake coordinate, you can't confirm it now."

Anyone who sees the "Home of the Awakened Ones in Sumo City" coming in will most likely fill in "Sumo City" when answering the question just now, but he may not be from Sumo City.

Two hands appeared on the screen, one of them clenched into a fist and hit the palm of the other.

"Yes, how do you prove that what you said is true?" The owner of the room expressed his doubts in text.

Luo Dun already had a draft:

"I hope to explore your room to a certain extent and see if the door to the 'new world' is here.

“This is what I want to achieve, and it will take a long time to complete. During this time, you can verify whether what I say is true or false.

"If I lie, I won't be able to escape your punishment."

"Yes, then tell me the specific location of Suimo City." The text on the screen changed again.

Luoden felt that the problem was coming back again.

He took a breath and said:

"Maybe you could ask another question instead."

In a situation where it is difficult to distinguish between friend and foe, he does not want to betray Suimo City, where his descendants all live.