Chapter 7 An Explanation
It doesn't feel good to fall into the abyss.
Especially when it was invisible, the previous illusion continued to confuse Joey, causing her to lose her perception of the world.
It was not until he fell to the ground that Joey realized that he had just walked away on the verge of life and death.
Thanks to the effect of the feather fall technique, she was able to land smoothly. In front of her was a vast forest, with high tree canopy covering a thick shadow, and the faint light of the moon allowed her to clearly identify the muddy land under her feet.
Elos was right beside her. The man clenched his fists smugly and waved his elbow down hard, "My judgment is correct. I'm going to start my performance next. Do you want to listen?"
Elos turned around and looked at Joey seriously. His figure was hidden in the dark night, looking a little dark, but even through such a dim light, Joey could clearly see his proud face.
It's like a Morse otter who just got food (an animal that gets excited after eating food).
But listen...he's really right this time.
...
The two of them raised the fire, and in the forest, Airos's small ability to make fire was particularly practical anywhere.
The fire of fire crackled, and Elos took out a small pot and a small bottle of water from his backpack, and cooked all the wild vegetables he found when he started picking up the firewood.
Joey sat aside, his legs bent, his palms approaching the fire, and was roasting the fire to absorb warmth and light.
Setting the pot, Ailos took out some small sauce bags like magic, and preached while putting seasonings, "Can I borrow your monocular?"
"Yes." Joey handed over generously.
After taking the telescope, Ailos put the seasoning bag almost as well. He found a tall tree. His stable trunk and dense branches looked very solid. Ailos climbed up to the top of the tree in just a few seconds, adjusted the magnification of the telescope, and looked back at their fall from the cliff.
Even under such a dark sky, the place still shines, shining on the distant sky and the forest below. Airos looked carefully for a while before he saw clearly that the light that Joey had seen before was not converging everywhere in the sky, but that after the light was processed here, a certain diffusion phenomenon was formed.
In other words, the mountain wall here is the source of light, and perhaps the cave they both walked through before.
The mountain walls here are covered with dense holes, like honeycombs. These holes are arranged regularly, and at the key nodes of the holes, a crystal crystal is inlaid with a crystal stone. These crystals are located at the best lighting points and can gather scattered light from the sky, the earth, the snow surface and other locations to the greatest extent.
Moonlight forms an internal structure in which beams and light fills the holes through crystals. Some small grids that have been deliberately carved can only be seen from a distance. These small grids appear in various pictures after being illuminated, displaying them in caves, cliffs, and even spreading into the air.
Large floating shadows were clearly visible on the back of the snow-capped mountains at that night. Some of these floating shadows, Airos, could be judged that they were seen before, while the larger one was messy and completely illogical colorful floating shadows.
All this Alos saw was the cause of the illusion in the cave. The mountain structures of light that were carefully designed gathered together to form the illusion.
But has such a structure really run for ten thousand years?
Elos still couldn't believe such a conclusion, so he continued to observe.
Soon, he made new discoveries.
The crystals inlaid on the mountain walls are different. The old crystals have more obvious trauma, scratches, and decay marks, while the new crystals appear crystal clear, with light flowing on them, showing a round texture.
Has anyone come to repair the mountain structure here?
Elos raised a question. It was obvious that the new crystal was added by others many years later, otherwise there would be such a big difference from the old crystal.
The most direct evidence is the large crystal embedded directly above the cave. Airos estimated that the crystal was the galaxy crystal hanging in the air that they saw before. The large crystal had undergone special treatment and placed in the most clever position, forming a simple and effective trap.
"Come up and take a look, too." Elos waved to Joey under the tree.
"good."
Joey is also quite agile. Although his profession is a spell casting profession, he has still undergone some physical training, so it is still okay to climb a tree.
Joey sat next to Elos, who handed her the monocular, "Look at that."
The direction Ellos pointed to Joey was naturally the direction of the cliff. He wanted Joey to carefully see the overall structure.
"This mountain wall should have been built and formed very early. The overall construction idea was carried out to ensure long-term operation as much as possible. However, someone later repaired these mountain walls and added a trap on it." Ailos preached.
"You mean someone is deliberately guiding us toward this cliff?"
Joey quickly understood the meaning of Elos. The so-called trap was naturally the galaxy crystal that attracted attention.
Once they can't suppress their curiosity, even if they only take one more step towards the crystal, they will unknowingly fall into the cliff abyss hundreds of meters high and fall to death.
Under the Galaxy crystal, the new crystals extending down along the edge of the cave prove this. The reason why the two of them were clearly descent rapidly, but they saw themselves flying towards the Galaxy crystal in front of them was because of these deliberately designed crystal structures.
This visual error is to prevent them from reacting as soon as possible even if they are already falling into the abyss.
"Yes, this later repairman, who misled us to this abyss from the beginning. Do you remember that I asked you on the way, about the Snow Dust Beast?"
"Remember, but the relationship between the two is..." Joey put down his monocular and became serious.
"I have always been wondering why the Snow Chen Beast fought with us forever and refused to retreat at all. No mental control, genetic inheritance, and belief in morality can make them still have such a firm will to protect themselves after so many years, unless..."
"Unless anything."
"Unless this cave is their home, we have already entered the interior of the cave after crossing the mountain path guarded by the Snow Dust Beast."
"This is again..." Joey seemed even more confused.
She didn't quite understand why the Snow Dust Beast regarded such an illusion world as their home.
"Because they cannot see, they perceive the world entirely by heat, so this illusion world is not different from the outside world,
Moreover, this cave also provides them with a special protection. Monsters like Snow Dust Beast can distinguish everything in the world by relying on their thermal energy and tentacles. In winter, they can also find food with clear heat comparison.
Once in summer, as long as the sun is still hanging in the sky, they are equivalent to highly myopic patients. Therefore, in summer, they also need to find a comfortable territory so that they can eat food or perform dormant activities that preserve their life activities.
And this place is a perfect area, a maze where only they can pass. Other animals that rely on visual observation of the world will be lost or directly trapped after entering here.
In this way, this magical cave has safe protection and food falling from the sky, which is simply a perfect nest.
That is why they are so hysterical after we cross that mountain road. They are the home they rely on for survival, their homes to live comfortably. They will not let us enter, and they will not give in even if they fight to the death."
"But all this comes from your reasoning. Perhaps these snow dust beasts were just the repairer who later tamed them here? We cannot understand the time when this repairer came here."
"This involves the second issue. In the design of this entire guidance link, the Snow Dust Beast is actually the destroyer of the entire chain, and will destroy the entire "layout".
Because the Snow Dust Beast can successfully determine the distance, as long as we understand its habits, we will definitely be able to judge that the entrance of the cave is at that intersection.
The wrong judgment of distance is the key to the entire guidance plan. We walked for two to three hours, and most of the time we thought we were walking in the range of the snow-capped mountains.
After the stronger illusion appeared, we thought we had arrived near the cave, but in fact we had already reached the end of the cave, near the end,
On the last part of the road, we experienced all kinds of pictures that were barely repaired by this repairer, some broken and illogical pictures,
Although these pictures show some super ancient civilizations with scales and claws, these are not the purpose. Its purpose is only one, which makes us strong curiosity, desire to spy on, and occupy our hearts.
This curiosity does not require much desire to snoop. We only need to face the galaxy crystal and take two more steps. The wrong judgment of distance will make us think that it will take a long time to walk the cave. In this way, in ignorance, we can just step on the wrong path, fall into this cliff hundreds of meters high, and be directly killed."
"What you are talking about is the premise that we will find the right path and reach the end of the road. What if we didn't do that?"
"That's even simpler. There are only two options left. Either you return the same way or run around, unable to find your way back, and trapped in the cave. No matter which choice you choose, you can't take away the secret of this cave."
After listening to Elos's entire story, Joey couldn't help but feel a little cold all over his body.
The repairman behind this scene even calculated every possibility, and all he needed to do was to make some small... fine-tune on the original hallucination facility.
Misleading distance and inspiring curiosity, he only used these two small traps to make his prey go to the abyss ignorantly.
Those who come here with purpose and those who find the right path will die from their curiosity and fall into a cliff. These people can discover the mystery of the gathering of light and will never be scared away by some red dragon illusions and super ancient images.
Those who mistakenly enter will die from this too real illusion, and they will be lost here forever.
An ignorant and somewhat intelligent person will return the same way after discovering the changes in the snow, otherwise he will be lost forever.
And the most rare thing is that all this is done through the structure of the mountain and the solid crystals. It can last for a long time and consumes energy only light.
Although simple, it has to be admitted that this is a "trap" with exquisite design.
But how did he see this man, a man who doesn’t seem to care about anything?
"When did you start to notice it?" Joey asked.
"Didn't I ask you why there are so many winds in the cave? You couldn't give me the answer at that time, and I had doubts about the structure of the entire cave.
But at that time I didn't know that these winds came from the ubiquitous voids in the mountains. I just began to look at everything that happened around me.
Gradually I discovered that the design of this entire illusion was not chaotic, with clear layers. From the beginning of the normal snow to the later changes in the snow, the red dragon appeared behind, showing various super ancient scenes.
At the end, an attractive galaxy crystal appeared. The entire structure was very similar to what I would do when hunting. It sets up small traps and finally induces the prey to the final trap.
Finally, I also verified my thoughts about the sound of the wind. Before you walked towards the crystal of the galaxy, I snapped my fingers and the strong wind came, which made me realize that not far ahead was another exit of the cave.
As long as we walk over without knowing anything, we may fall directly from the cliff, so I remind you to hang a feather drop technique for both of us.”
Joey nodded secretly. This man named Elos has a beastly intuition and a clear mind. What's even more rare is that he can expand to the overall situation after grasping a doubt. It really makes people feel a sense of admiration.
But this admiration obviously cannot last long.
After the man said so much mechanism and plotted with satisfaction, a strong feeling suddenly rose on his calm face. He shouted, "Oh, it's time to cook."
After shouting, he turned over and quickly climbed down from the Arbor Day.
Chapter completed!