Countless worlds were separated and eventually formed a special area.
The periphery of the well.
Jing Er prefers to call this place the Road to God.
With a face full of compassion, he looked at the world, the desert, the ocean, the glaciers, the cities, the forests, the hills. These different places were mixed together because of the distortion of various rules.
Jing Er knew that he would have to stay in this place for a long time.
Because I had to guard the well, and also because... I was seriously injured.
Jing Si's move forced Jing Er to only be able to transform with his mind, and as for his pure physical body, it would take a very long time to recover.
However, Jing Er still returned to the Road to God. After going out this time, he strengthened his belief that he would never leave the well again and just be a good well keeper.
Because the road to the gods is too twisted, not many creatures dare to approach it, even if the boundaries between areas disappear.
In front of Jing Er, there was only a white deer.
Jing Er is very dangerous, but at this moment, Jing Er is just a body of thought condensed by the Buddha's light.
The white deer lay on the ground, looking at Jing Er, without showing any fear.
Jing Er was thinking about the problem, and the man and the deer looked surprisingly harmonious.
Whether he is a hypocrite, a true Buddha, or both, is a difficult question to answer.
At least this white deer could not sense any evil aura from Jing Er.
Jing Er was thinking about the problem. After returning from Baichuan City, two major events happened.
Two major events, both related to wells.
Although he is the guardian of the well, Jing Er actually doesn't know where the well is.
Even though we are very close to the well, it is still difficult to find its location.
Jing Si had found it before, but if asked to find it again, Jing Er believed that Jing Si might not be able to do it again.
But this does not affect Jing Er's ability to open and close the well.
Wells have the ability to open naturally, and when they open naturally, they make the world "bigger."
To force it open, you need the fragment of Well 2 - Apocalypse.
As someone who has bound himself to the Well, the cost of using Apocalypse is enormous. Once possessed, one cannot leave a certain range of the Well while the Well is closed.
But there is a time when this bondage can be broken - using Revelation.
The six tic-tac-toe levels all hold fragments of powerful abilities.
Jing Si's fragment can resurrect someone in some form, but because he couldn't suppress his own madness... he gave the fragment to one of his own hearts.
The part that was separated from the body finally regained its sanity, and the fragment named Full Moon was obtained by Bai Wu.
The fragment Apocalypse of Well 2 can force the well to open for a period of time, or close the well in advance.
Opening or closing does not affect the distortion of this world. But once the well is opened, many rules in the distortion may change.
It is reflected in the regional rules and the distribution of regional evils. And when the well is open, the probability of finding the well will become greater.
Looking back now, Jing Er realized that he was frightened by his younger sister's prediction after all.
But does that prophecy really exist
Is Bai Wu really the one who destroyed the well
Or was Bai Wu really, as he said, a pawn used by his younger sister to deceive the other brothers? Was there no such prophecy at all, and the well would exist forever
Jing Er didn't know. He only knew that it was stupid to open the well rashly out of cowardice, and now two serious things had happened.
The first thing is that Jing Si left.
Jing Er kept looking at Jing Si. The starry sky slowly expanded and he felt fear, but Jing Si's madness would never end.
As long as the madness is not eliminated, Jing Si's biggest subconscious thought is to trap himself.
Jing Er originally thought that Jing Si was already a living dead, but he didn't expect that his younger sister had her eyes on Jing Si.
Jing Er now feels that Bai Wu is the one who destroyed Jing's prophecy, and Jing Liu has woven a lie with a huge agenda, and both of them may be true.
The second thing is that not long ago, when Jing Er tried to use the Apocalypse Fragment to close the well, he found out... the well could not be closed.
The Apocalypse Fragment can force the well open or close, but for some reason, the well cannot be closed.
This kind of thing can only happen when the well opens naturally.
The natural opening of the well means expansion.
At this moment, Jing Er, who tried to close the well again but failed, frowned.
"Could it be that... the well is expanding again?"
Bai Lu looked at Jing Er in confusion. This monk seemed compassionate one second, but seemed able to destroy everything the next.
It shivered and suddenly wanted to go play with the little girl it had seen not long ago.
But Jing Er touched the deer's antlers so gently that it didn't know whether to be happy or frightened for a moment.
"No... Even if the opening interval is getting shorter, it shouldn't be this short... There must be a problem with the border... Could the black fog have been broken by someone?"
"Wait... How can there be such a coincidence in the world? My real plan is to force expansion..."
Forced to expand, Jing Er looked at the constantly changing directions of the sky, earth, mountains and seas, with fear in his eyes, which made the white deer beside him also afraid.
What kind of thing could scare this monk
Jing Er slowly calmed down.
The tower has not appeared for a long time. It only appeared at the beginning of the apocalypse. At that time, the world had just begun to distort and was not as serious as it is now.
It wasn't until early 2129 that the tower disappeared.
Jing Er remembered that his elder brother had said that the tower had a powerful blocking mechanism, and every time the well was opened, the world became more distorted. For the evil and all creatures created by distortion, the smaller the distortion, the weaker their vitality.
But the more the world is distorted... the less likely it is that the tower will be found.
It is their mission to find the tower and untie the great being, but it is also their mission to enhance the distortion.
Therefore, as the wells continue to open, the chances of allowing that supreme being to break out of the tower's confinement become increasingly slim.
This is a completely unsolvable situation, a seal that cannot be broken, so much so that even a few T-Tic-Tac-Toe-level monsters are more or less lying flat.
So for seven hundred years, the eldest brother has been taking care of the farm with peace of mind.
The third person on the flight also had no intention of waking up.
The fourth brother went crazy because he didn't want to remove the seal, but to kill the supreme being.
Lao Wu has been busy building his own power over the years.
As for the younger sister, no one knows what she is thinking. Although she is not the fighting type, in the eyes of the boss, she is an extremely dangerous and crazy woman.
Because in this woman's eyes, there is no opposition, no camp, all people and evil, all the opposition between good and evil, to her, are tools to achieve her goals.
But no one knows what her purpose is.
The tower cannot appear, the distortions will become more and more, and the supreme being that is closely related to the well will never be able to break free from the confinement of the tower.
But what if this world was forcibly expanded
"What if the strong concentration of distortion is diluted because the world is forcibly expanded?"
Jing Er's mumbling to himself was actually very close to the truth.
"At least for a short period of time, the distortion continues to spread, more and more new "white areas" are born, and the tower may appear again.
Until the wells are opened continuously, the distortion concentration in these areas will become higher again, and new blue, purple, and even red and black areas will gradually appear, and the tower will disappear again. "
"By then, it will be almost impossible to find the tower in a more twisted and vast world. But at least... the tower will appear for a while."
Jing Er looked at Bai Lu, as if he wanted Bai Lu to confirm his inference.
The white deer shook his head and thought to himself that it shouldn’t be like this, I’m just a little white deer.
Tianqi was unable to close the well, which made Jing Er suddenly realize one thing... Jing Liu was making a big gamble.
"Is this my sister's real purpose? She has been planning for so many years and found a way to make the fourth brother sober... or suppress his madness. At the same time, she also guided someone to find the edge of the world and created a chess piece like the white fog? Finally... forcibly expand this world? Let the tower come again?"
Bai Lu's face was rubbed a little by Jing Er, and Jing Er realized that he had used too much force. He put his hands together in front of Bai Lu and apologized sincerely.
But at this time, the deer antlers bloomed with fragrant flowers.
Once you smell the fragrance of these flowers, you will feel sleepy.
But the next second, Jing Er looked at Bai Lu, and the flowers withered immediately.
The white deer didn't dare to move and let Jing Er rub its face.
It is reasonable for others to pet cats while Jing Er pets the evil one.
He truly loves any cute creature, but this sincerity does not conflict with his status and pride as a superior.
"I really need to calm down and think. Thank you for accompanying me. During the journey of Baichuan, I realized one thing. Maybe I should re-understand human beings."
Bai Lu could understand, but didn't want to respond because she was feeling very comfortable being rubbed.
"But what is my little sister's purpose, is it to make the tower appear, or to make it disappear completely? Why did she take the fourth brother away?"
The monk didn't know, and the deer didn't know either.
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Outside the black fog, Shengxiang College on Orlo Island.
As a country very close to the Black Mist, Orlo Island accepted a large number of Sheng people seven hundred years ago out of humanitarianism.
There are special Shengguo community, Shengguo Academy, and Shengxiang College are the best among these institutions.
Nowadays, Shengxiang College on Orlo Island is holding a winter sports meeting these days.
Tang Jing was not interested in the Winter Games. What he cared about was how Lao Zhao was doing.
This local tycoon, who is as wealthy as a country, said that he wanted to support Yan Qi and go to the black fog to take a look. No one knows how this matter is going.
He was surfing the Internet, browsing many posts, including discussions on current situations such as "Why more and more young people today choose to lie down", as well as a lot of celebrity gossip, anime updates and the like.
Although this is very unlike Tang Jing, Tang Jing still tries his best to act like a young man.
Even if he doesn't like to read these things, he will still study them.
But soon, Tang Jing saw two pieces of news that interested him.
The Olympics came from Alrosa College, which was the least interesting to him.
"Breaking news, Li Jianan from the third class of the Software Engineering Department of Shengxiang College has broken the world record for the 3,000-meter race! The record of 7 minutes and 20 seconds has been raised to an incredible 5 minutes and 20 seconds!"
The post was titled "I've become stronger, but also uglier."
Tang Jing found it very fresh. It was impossible to raise the score so much at once by breaking the world record. And it shouldn't be the software engineering department, which has always been weak in sports.
Tang Jing originally thought it was a rumor, but after clicking on it, he found out... it was actually true.
He copied a few words of the 3,000-meter record, tried it on the search engine, and was shocked.
"The men's world record was broken by the Orlos! The yellow race, who had not achieved any success in track and field events for a long time, shocked the sports world in one fell swoop."
Tang Jing thought it was impossible. Did he mutate? How could he improve the record so much
The incident was indeed true, but he soon discovered that there was no such incident on Weibo’s hot searches…
It was ranked 19th, which was considered popular, but he couldn't imagine that the first 18 were a bunch of young handsome guys who fell into the ditch in a line? Otherwise, how could a traffic star get such explosive news
But when Tang Jing saw the ranking at the top, he was dumbfounded.
"Is this the Weibo post I'm looking at that's full of people quarreling with each other every day..."
Tang Jing couldn't believe that the topic ranked in the top 18 was actually of the same nature as the topic of Li Jianan breaking the world record who was ranked 19th.
To sum up, it all has to do with two words - variation.
Incredible things happened in many places, including Orlo Island and Menan.
A giant cat appeared in the province of Orlo Island.
The cat had been neutered, and no matter how you looked at it, it looked like a normal cat, so people had to wonder... whether this cat came from a secret laboratory.
Because this cat is really too big.
Tang Jing had a bad feeling in his heart and clicked on the next hot search.
He saw a report from a local resident:
"Doyle Street is really a living hell right now. It's almost winter, but the temperature here has reached an astonishing 51 degrees! I'm not exaggerating. I turned off the air conditioner and strolled on the street for a few minutes, and when I came back, my food was medium-rare! Please don't let the power go out!"
The third piece of news is that there is a power outage on Doyle Street.
The fourth piece of news was finally about a top-tier celebrity. It seemed that only trivial matters between celebrities could fit the atmosphere of Weibo.
However, Tang Jing obviously underestimated the seriousness of the situation. After he finished reading it, he suddenly felt a chill on his spine.
This is not some gossip or scandal about a handsome young man, but this handsome young man... has mechanical metal lines growing on his face.
Disfigured.
This time, Tang Jing really realized that something was wrong. Compared with these weird things, the world record was really nothing competitive.
Have you all seen the news? I'm going to tell you something big, so you'd better be prepared.
When Tang Jing was feeling surprised and frightened, Lao Zhao sent a message in that strange communication group.
I saw it. What's going on? Today is not April Fools' Day.
Don't say anything, just listen to me, Yan Qi has entered the black fog, but as always, I can't get in touch with him.
Everything we see now can be explained by mutation. The world is changing, humans are changing, and organisms are also changing. Not long ago, the troops of various countries covered up an incident.
What's the matter? Tang Jing couldn't help asking.
A huge ship as big as half a city emerged from the black fog and was heading towards Orlo Island.
This may be to avoid panic, but how did you know, Lao Zhao
I bought eleven satellites.
Tang Jing stopped talking. He was suddenly shocked by this simple answer, and his degree of shock was no different from today's news.
Does this mean... the black fog is starting to spread
It's different from the spread we felt before, and it's hard to tell right now, but everyone, we have to be prepared. If there's an enemy on the other side of the fog...
Tang Jing was also thinking about this problem.
If there is an enemy on the other side of the fog, what kind of enemy will it be? What role can we, who can remember the black fog and realize its spread, play
We currently know nothing about that ship. Various countries are trying to intercept it, but in the huge thick fog, no one knows what is happening. There are some places that I cannot monitor either. I estimate that it is only a matter of time before that ship lands on Orlo Island.
We can only pray that the ship contains... people who escaped from the black fog, and not... monsters that destroy the world.
Tang Jing always felt that what Lao Zhao said would come true.
But it’s also strange to say, they all felt that the black fog was expanding, and there were a large number of monsters in the black fog that threatened the world.
Perhaps some of the mutation phenomena in various places are related to the black fog.
Tang Jing has always been afraid of the black fog, but he always has some kind of "prophet" intuition.
Mutations are coming, and the huge ship finally breaks through the black fog, and enemies appear on the other side of the fog... Perhaps the world will soon become distorted and absurd, and people will live in fear.
At a certain moment, Tang Jing's intuition changed.
Perhaps this was never the beginning of a disaster, perhaps this war lasted for a long, long time.
On the other side of the fog, there may not only be enemies, but also a hero who can end everything!
(I originally planned to finish it in the evening, but I was stood up by the dinner party, so I came back to write.)