When death came at the last second, Yu Sheng felt boundless, extremely heavy, and as solid as some kind of viscous liquid..."darkness".
He felt that his consciousness was dissipating rapidly. He knew that the body used to support this consciousness quickly lost its vitality due to the tragic injuries. As the physiological functions stopped, the thoughts carried by the body also sank and dissipated. This was natural.
reason.
However, at the edge of consciousness dissipating, a force, or a strong... "thought", a strange persistence, seemed to tightly bind Yu Sheng's mind. He vaguely thought of the bird that devoured his heart.
The frog remembered his last "resurrection".
What happened at that time? What happened to you? Why are you alive?
These questions turned into obsessions, making his consciousness cling to the edge of endless darkness. Even if it was teetering, it never completely sank. He really wanted to know... what happened, and what happened to him after his death.
"Come back"?
The darkness rolled over, and the sticky texture gradually became cold and rough. He felt as if he was being covered in a thick layer of soil, and his soul gradually became breathless under the weight... But suddenly
, this heavy pressure disappeared again.
In some moment of enlightenment, an idea suddenly appeared in his wavering consciousness——
In his death, death died before him.
Yu Sheng's death died, so the dead Yu Sheng once again returned from the boundless darkness towards the kingdom of the living - he felt that his "body" suddenly became lighter, and began to accelerate away from the endless darkness.
During this process, he vaguely saw that there seemed to be something on the dark surface, and he seemed to be passing quickly from a certain "surface", but he had no time to see the scene clearly, so he suddenly opened his eyes.
The cold night wind blew through the big hole in the wall. Outside the half-collapsed roof was a chaotic and dirty sky. Deep in the night, the hollow wind howled in the valley.
Yu Sheng sat in the corner of the dilapidated temple, feeling confused and confused. This feeling was very familiar to him - he had experienced it not long ago.
But this time, he recovered faster. In just a few breaths, he recalled everything, including the feeling of being buried in darkness.
After adjusting his breathing, Yu Sheng slowly stood up.
He felt that all the joints in his body were gradually waking up from stiffness, as if a newly born body was quickly learning how to "live". His physical strength was rapidly filling up, and his mind was gradually clearing up. Then he looked outside the ruined temple and saw
To the place where his blood was all over the floor.
There is nothing there now, and the giant beast seems to have left...or maybe it is just hiding, just like before.
After a moment of silence, Yu Sheng tentatively spoke in his mind: "...Irene."
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, Irene's whirring voice exploded in his heart: "Yu Sheng! I'll go, are you okay!?"
Then she began to ramble quickly: "You suddenly stopped responding just now. No matter how I called you, you didn't respond. I couldn't even feel where your consciousness was. I thought you were dead! You scared me to death. You
If you die, no one will come to fix the TV - are you really okay?"
The muscles on Yu Sheng's face twitched momentarily: "You are just worried that no one will go home to fix the TV, right?"
Eileen thought for a while: "...That's not the case. By the way, I'm afraid you'll really die..."
Yu Sheng: "..."
She actually hesitated for a moment!
After trying to calm down, Yu Sheng finally gritted his molars to make his voice sound calmer: "What if I told you that I really died just now?"
Eileen didn't believe it at all: "Don't make trouble, you sound like you're jumping around now..."
"...Yes, I was just kidding you." After listening to Irene's reaction, Yu Sheng quietly passed the topic. Then he was silent for a moment before speaking abruptly, "How long has it been?"
"Ah? How long has it been?"
"How long has it been since I told you that I was going to die?"
"Well... I can't see the clock in the living room from my position... I guess it's about half an hour, right? It's not necessarily accurate. I've been sealed in this painting for several years, and my perception of time is a bit slow.
But I see that the sky outside has not changed much, at least it hasn’t been a night and it’s still not bright yet..."
Yu Sheng: "...Are you a little too inaccurate? Do you know the difference between half an hour and one night?!"
Irene was silent for a while, but then there was a harsh and low laugh from her side.
Erin instantly explained: "It's not me! It's this bear!"
Yu Sheng waved his hands exhausted: "I know."
Erin sounded very happy: "Ah, you are finally willing to believe me..."
Yu Sheng was too lazy to pay attention to this sealed doll. He was too embarrassed to tell her that he didn't believe what she said, but he felt that if she really wanted to be beaten, she didn't have to take pleasure in it. She already deserved a beating for her words.
.
Facts have proved that in front of Irene's mouth, the bear's mean smile can only add fuel to the fire...
With some useless thoughts running through his mind, Yu Sheng walked out of the ruined temple again.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that his physical strength was even better than before he died just now. His steps were light and his movements were strong. Even his eyes... seemed to be getting better.
He seemed to be adapting to this place, to its darkness, its rugged ruins, and its omnipresent malicious and hungry sights.
He walked towards the open space in front of the ruined temple, towards the woods opposite the open space, and towards the deeper parts of this "foreign land".
He knew that he might die again, or even the next step, the next second.
"Yu Sheng," Irene's voice rang in her mind again, "Were you really okay just now?"
"It's okay, I just suffered a little injury. It's all healed now."
"Well, why don't you just stay where you are, or find a safe place to hide. I'll try to recall my memories. Maybe I've encountered that 'valley' you mentioned before..."
"Then just remember it first while I continue to wander around here." Yu Sheng said casually.
"Ah? That might be a bit dangerous..."
"Irene," Yu Sheng interrupted the other party directly. He had already arrived at the clearing. At this time, he took a deep breath of the cold and strangely smelly air in the valley. Looking at the shadowy and gloomy forest in the distance, he suddenly
He smiled and said, "You know, I've been living in a daze these days."
Eileen obviously couldn't keep up with Yu Sheng's thinking: "Um...ah, should I know..."
Yu Sheng didn't care about Irene's reaction. He just said to himself: "...I just heard you mention the 'foreign land' and some incidents of straying into foreign lands. Do you know what my reaction was?"
"What's the reaction?"
"Happy."
"ah?"
"Happy, I'm very happy," Yu Sheng stood in the night, smiling uncontrollably, "You said that some people accidentally opened the wrong door, or just in a very low probability situation,
At some point, you stepped on the wrong floor and fell into a ghost place called a foreign land, right? And you also said that people who fall into a foreign land, if they are lucky enough and find the laws of the foreign land,
In fact, there is still a chance to go back..."
"That's what I said..." Eileen said hesitantly, "But it really depends on luck. Professional investigators are fine. Ordinary people without training will basically fall into a foreign land and wait for death...
"
Yu Sheng muttered softly: "It's okay, I just tried it and figured it out..."
Erin: "...what?"
"It's nothing, I just suddenly found something to do." Yu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, as if he wanted to spit out all the turbid air that he had been holding back in this world for the past two months, "Let's start from here.
, it may take a little more time, but I can definitely get out of this place."
"Although I don't know what's going on over there, I feel like you've... cheered up?" Irene said hesitantly, "That's what, at least it's a good thing, right? Come on, try not to die... still
Waiting for you to come back to fix the TV... and find me a body or something..."
"Okay, I'll try to find a way to solve your physical problem when you get back," Yu Sheng said casually, "I've been exposed to some sculptures and models before, so I think I can give it a try."
This time Irene was really surprised: "Ah? Do you have experience as a puppet master?! You didn't tell me earlier! How are your skills? What level of puppets or models can you make?"
Yu Sheng hesitated for a moment and then confessed frankly: "It's almost like following a video on the Internet to watch a big guy knead dirt. After watching it, my brain told my hand that I knew it, but my hand didn't believe it."
Two seconds later, Eileen's scolding was unpleasant.
But Yu Sheng felt completely relaxed. A certain kind of relaxed mentality that he didn't know was wrong encouraged his confidence. He walked forward and raised his head in the night, trying to look at the mountains on one side.
A giant flesh-and-blood beast that was several meters tall and seemed to be born from the fusion of countless twisted beasts' limbs was staring at him from the roadside.
Yu Sheng stopped, thought for a moment, and mentally greeted the doll in the painting who was cursing: "Irene."
"What's the matter?"
"...If there's nothing else, I'll hang up first."
Chapter completed!