Irene felt that it was outrageous that Yu Sheng could live in a "foreign land" for a long time without knowing it - but Yu Sheng felt that this world was all outrageous.
"According to what you said, this world is full of 'foreign lands', right?" Hiding in the corner of the ruined temple, Yu Sheng chatted with Irene in his mind, "It's just that most people can't touch it.
See them? Because they can’t be observed?”
"That's almost the case, but whether the whole 'world' is like this... I'm actually not sure," Eileen said. "After all, the world is so big, right, but at least it's within the confines of the 'Boundary City'...
The probability of foreign lands appearing is very high, so this place seems to be called the 'junction' or something... I don't know the details. I have been in the painting for too long, and my mind is a little confused."
"The junction?" Yu Sheng raised his eyebrows, always feeling that this title seemed a bit familiar, but then he noticed another piece of information revealed in Irene's words just now -
She specifically emphasized "within the bounds of the city" - so this city, which is so huge that it seems to have no boundaries, actually has an "outside"!
He hesitated for two or three seconds, but still couldn't hold back and said: "What's 'outside' the Boundary City...?"
"Outside the boundary city? Maybe there are more cities? Maybe... it's the sea or something?" Eileen's answer seemed vague, "I don't remember either. I really stayed too much in this painting.
After a long time, I only remember a few things in this city..."
Speaking of this, she suddenly stopped and asked with some confusion: "Don't you know? You haven't left Boundary City either?"
The corner of Yu Sheng's mouth trembled and he fell silent immediately.
How could he know! He has only been here for two months - let alone outside the border city, he hasn't even figured out the bus routes four blocks away from his home!
But he was silent for a long time and decided not to mention this matter - he didn't want a "cursed portrait" he had just met to know about this little secret about himself yet.
"I've never been out, I'm quite a homebody... Forget it, let's not talk about this for now," he said casually, then moved the topic aside, "Let's find a way to solve my troubles here first.
How can we get out of this so-called 'foreign land'? By the way...you can get out of this foreign land, right?"
Aileen across from me thought for a while, seeming to be sorting out her messy and fuzzy memories that had been sealed for a long time. It took a long time before she came back with a response: "Foreign lands... there are many kinds, and sometimes it may just be a place that doesn't exist on the map.
houses, sometimes there may be extra ones on bus lines
A platform, sometimes it may even be a forest, a country that you can walk into by opening the closet door - basically, smaller foreign lands have relatively fixed and obvious exits, or you can return to reality by following specific rules.
But the larger the scale, the more complicated the situation becomes."
She paused for a moment before continuing: "It's so specific that I can't remember it clearly. There should be a complete classification method for foreign lands, and there is also a 'depth' classification and a 'danger' classification.
Standard, but I really... stayed in this painting for too long..."
Her voice gradually became lower and she sounded a little disappointed.
Yu Sheng originally wanted to complain a few words, saying in his heart that this puppet was talking a lot but did not remember any useful information, but after hearing the other party's last whisper, he still closed his mouth and did not talk to Ai like before.
Lin bickered.
She's trying so hard to help - she's just been sealed away for too long.
"Look for it, you can always find the exit." Yu Sheng shook his head and looked up at the valley outside the ruined temple, "I think the size of this place is not small, at least there are two sides as far as you can see.
According to you, leaving the mountains and the woods in the distance...may not be that easy."
"Well," Irene hummed, "you can first walk around the 'original landing point' after entering the foreign land and see if there is anything that is incompatible with the surrounding environment. It means that you feel at a glance that it shouldn't be there.
Things, generally the exits of foreign lands will be nearby. If there is none nearby, find a higher place and see if you can see reflections like mirrors or hear the continuous sound of wind...
"But even if you find something similar, don't rush to contact it. It may be a trap leading to a 'deeper level'. I can't tell you the specifics. You have to rely on your feelings."
"Feeling?" Yu Sheng couldn't help but ask.
"...Yes, strictly speaking, what it requires is actually 'inspiration', which is a kind of spiritual intuition. Trained investigators will master this perception method - I know you have not trained this, but now
I have no choice but to bite the bullet.
"But don't worry too much. Spirituality exists in all intelligent beings. It also exists in untrained ordinary people, but it has not been stimulated. If you are more careful, you will feel the warnings and omens originating from your own nature.
——If you really encounter something that you can't judge, just tell me and I... will try to help."
Yu Sheng agreed, slowly walked out of the corner where he was hiding, and cautiously walked towards the door of the ruined temple - that disturbing "sense of peeping" and "sense of hunger" still surrounded him, even as if
It had infiltrated the surrounding air and became part of the entire valley, but he still braved the bullet and walked out.
Because judging from the information provided by Eileen, he must find an "exit" as soon as possible to leave this place - waiting in the corner will not open a door automatically in front of him.
At the same time, probably to relieve the tension in his heart, he was still chatting with Irene.
"You said that the place I have been living in is a 'foreign land'. How did you judge it? I don't think there is anything wrong with my home..."
"I can feel it," Eileen replied, "It's the kind of 'inspiration' I said. I can clearly feel that there is something wrong with this building - of course, it does look normal on the surface... This
I don’t know what’s going on.”
"Is it another feeling..." Yu Sheng shook his head, "Then according to what you said, when I go home every day, I walk into a foreign land, and when I open the door and go out, I leave a foreign land? Then my family is really a place where people and animals can come and go freely.
Harmless 'so exotic'."
After two or three seconds, Irene said quietly: "...You may not get where you want to go if you open the door, right?"
Yu Sheng's expression froze for a moment as he recalled why he was unlucky enough to be trapped in this place.
He seemed to know what was wrong with his "home".
Thinking about it this way, it is a miracle that he actually stayed in that big house safely for two months!
As he spoke, he had returned to the open space in front of the ruined temple, which was the "place" where he first entered this "foreign land".
"Nothing was found here," Yu Sheng carefully checked around the open space and confirmed that he did not find the "violating key items" described by Eileen. "It seems that it is not that easy."
"Yeah, it's to be expected," Erin sighed, "Then try walking outside first, but remember, don't touch anything that shines or suddenly moves in front of you.
, In addition, unless you have no choice, do not eat or drink anything from a foreign land..."
"I know... Wouldn't it be better to wait until daytime to search?" Yu Sheng said, looking up at the sky above that seemed to be always covered with a turbid curtain, "Activities in the wild at night always feel eerie.
.”
"Foreign lands are often counter-intuitive. They may not be safer during the day, or even... there may not even be daytime," Eileen said immediately, "I still suggest you find the exit as soon as possible. If you delay for a long time, maybe you will
What else will change?”
Yu Sheng curled his lips and could only walk farther away helplessly.
And the moment he just stepped out of the ruined temple, a voice... came to his ears.
At first, it seemed to be just a faint, vague sound of breathing.
Yu Sheng subconsciously looked towards the direction where the sound came from, and saw a white mist slowly dispersing in the air, as if some invisible giant beast had just exhaled a breath of filthy breath.
He heard the sound, and the breath of the giant beast was generated.
He saw the white mist, and the existence of the giant beast began to be confirmed.
A black shadow appeared in the air, a shadow that was almost three times the size of Yu Sheng, slowly taking shape in front of him, accompanied by the sound of heavy breathing.
Now, he saw the outline of the beast—the beast existed.
Yu Sheng's heart suddenly tightened, and a huge sense of crisis came over him, which was heavier than the oppression brought by that frog in the rain!
And just when he felt his heart tightening, the black shadow solidified.
It was something I had never seen before - a bear? A lion? An eagle? Or a tiger and a snake? Countless ferocious, weird and specious limbs were piled on the huge and ugly meat ball, as if many beasts were melted in one mouthful
In the cauldron
, then mingled into a ball and ran out from inside. This disgusting and terrifying thing used its swollen limbs of different sizes and shapes to support its huge body and looked down at Yu Sheng, and in its randomly layered eyes...
Full of hunger.
Yu Sheng slowly raised his head and met the eyes of the giant beast.
The giant beast pounced down without any hesitation - at the critical moment, Yu Sheng suddenly lowered his body and dodged dangerously from one of the giant beast's bloody mouths.
Then it fell into its other huge mouth.
The sharp teeth closed fiercely, and half of Yu Sheng's body was torn to pieces in an instant. However, at this moment, the severe pain seemed to have turned into a distant numb hallucination. He felt that everything in front of him had slowed down. He saw the giant beast behind him.
Another snake-like limb stretched out, and a huge mouth bit him, tearing apart the remaining parts below his chest - he saw his heart again.
The heart beat slowly and then disappeared deep into the Shekou.
"X your uncle!"
Yu Sheng squeezed out a final curse from his throat. He knew that he seemed to be dying again, but he felt that he could not just let it go.
When the last muscle in his body could still contract, he tried his best to turn his head and bite it next to him - he didn't know which part of the giant beast it was, and he didn't know what the bite was for.
Knowing that he has bitten the other person.
Before dying, at least tear off a piece of flesh.
All Yu Sheng's strength was exhausted at this moment. He violently bit the giant beast, and the giant beast also bit him, blood and flesh, claws and teeth, food and diners...
Before his mind completely fell into darkness, Yu Sheng squeezed out one last thought from his mind - he spoke softly to Irene who was far away and unknown where he was: "Irene..."
"ah?"
"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up first."
Eileen was stunned for a moment and didn't react for a moment.
Chapter completed!