The world in front of them has completely changed, beyond ordinary people's cognition, and that also means that they have jumped from the safe world of common sense into a fog called the unknown. Fear will make you hold back, and holding back will lead to more fear. Apart from finding out the truth, they have no other way out. Such thoughts had actually been brewing in Jiang Cheng's heart for a long time, but at that moment he finally said those words.
Li Feng clenched his fists unconsciously and said slowly: "Then, let's continue."
The three of them looked up in unison. The attic was right in front, quietly waiting for their arrival.
There was a faint tremor on the ground again, and Jiang Cheng suddenly felt a chill on his back and numbness on his scalp. The familiar feeling of fear, but that time Jiang Cheng was able to clearly identify whether the source of that feeling of fear was behind him.
"Quickly leave! That monster is about to appear!" Jiang Cheng warned everyone in a low voice.
Without the slightest doubt, Xu Dingjia ran decisively towards the teaching building, leading the two people behind him to run together.
Sure enough, just before the three of them entered the teaching building, there was a loud noise behind them, which sounded like some kind of sharp roar. Jiang Chengdong turned his head consciously and saw that the world outside the door gradually blurred, and a twisted and rolling black shadow appeared where they originally stood.
Then, Jiang Cheng felt like he was in a daze, and the scenery outside the door changed. A sharp roar came from another direction, and the sound was full of anger, which also made Jiang Cheng realize that they had appeared in another place. Xu Dingjia said beside him at this time: "Yes, they finally reached the attic that time."
Jiang Cheng looked at everything around him. The outdoor space was not large, and the ceiling was so low that he could almost reach it with his legs. There were many wooden boxes, tables and chairs piled around, making the originally small space even more crowded. There are many old oil paintings hanging on the wall. The appearance of them cannot be seen clearly in the dim light, but the tone is consistent with the depression and gloominess. Just standing there, Jiang Cheng felt a very depressing feeling, and even his breathing became heavy and slow, giving people the illusion of slowly suffocating.
"Come here quickly, we should reach the place indicated in the painting after we meet Donglai." Xu Dingjia's voice suddenly came from Zaifang again.
Jiang Cheng turned around and saw Xu Dingjia standing on the long, narrow ladder in the attic. As he climbed forward, he greeted Jiang Cheng, but his voice felt increasingly distant.
"Could it be that there is a twisted space in that building?" Jiang Cheng didn't dare to get separated from the others now, so he followed them.
The second floor of the attic is completely different from the east floor. The outdoor space is very spacious, the ceiling is very high, and there are windows all around, making it very bright even if there is no sunlight. Except for the long and narrow wooden stairs that lead to the lower floors, there are no furnishings there. The originally clean and bright environment makes people feel empty and panicked.
"Have I noticed?" Li Feng also arrived at that floor and said solemnly: "The space there is much larger than the one on the east floor. Just like..."
"Isn't it like there is no attic at all?" Xu Dingjia said, with an expression on his face that said that was indeed the case.
"Did they go to other places again?" Jiang Cheng just said the question, but then denied it: "Not bad!"
"Isn't it true?" Li Feng asked.
Jiang Cheng looked at the scenery outside the window, and initially focused on the teaching building not far away, and said: "Based on their experience of going back and forth many times, they can almost determine the location of the teaching building and the attic. Now he can easily Finding the location of the teaching building shows that their position relative to the teaching building has not changed. This means that they have not gone to other places."
"Can..." Li Feng said in a deep voice, "According to their visual inspection outside, the attic does not occupy such a large area at all, and they did not see a floor with no windows in the attic. So what? What's going on?"
Xu Dingjia looked around and then explained: "That place, if I guessed correctly, is not as simple as a twisted space. In other words, it is not as simple as the twisted space they experienced before, it is more like a subspace. existence. The entire attic is self-contained, as if it is independent of another space in the orphanage. No, the space is twisted and folded, and Zhang Yi's existence represents that the timeline has also fallen into chaos, which also shows... Sure enough, no, that The thing is also in that attic! Moreover, it is very likely that at the end of their journey, they may really want to encounter that thing!"
"That thing?" Li Feng asked, "I have said those vague words several times. Have you already made some guesses?"
Xu Dingjia looked very confused and said as if talking to himself: "It's impossible! How could it be so unlucky that it happened just like that? Could it be that... everything was determined long ago?"
"What is that thing?" Jiang Cheng finally couldn't help but ask, "Since they can't avoid it, they should be more prepared for that thing!"
Facing the inquiries of Li Feng and Jiang Cheng, Xu Dingjia was silent for a moment, took a long breath, and finally summoned the courage to say: "That thing... is the source of all distorted spaces, the intersection of higher dimensional worlds and that world, and all impossible phenomena. They all come from this. At the same time, it is also the birthplace of void monsters! It is called - Abyss Crack!"
"The gap in the abyss?" Jiang Cheng frowned and repeated the name in a low voice. Just listening to the explanation, he couldn't understand Xu Dingjia's fear, but more of a feeling of confusion and curiosity.
Li Feng was very puzzled at this time and asked: "Why does that abyss rift make me so scared? Could it be that that place is the lair of the void monster? If they continue to go east, they will encounter more of that terrifying existence. ?”
"The void monster is just a living thing. If he is adequately prepared, he may not be afraid of it! But the gap in the abyss means much more than that. There are existences hidden there that are beyond their mortal understanding!" Xu Dingjia gritted his teeth and said, "I remember it very well. The "Secrets in Ancient Times" he mentioned to us before?"
"That book that records the legends of outsiders?" Jiang Cheng asked tentatively: "Ancient God? Does it really exist?"
"The rift in the abyss is the passage through which the ancient gods descended into that world!" Xu Dingjia's voice was trembling, "We simply cannot understand the horror of that existence. Even if the consciousness of the God Ba Pyrene is exposed, mortals will fall into madness and die. ! There is a real person who can survive, but his descendant may not be able to leave alive!"
"What does it mean to be a descendant of the real person?" Jiang Cheng was surprised and asked, "Didn't I say that I am a descendant of the real person?"
"He... lied to me." Xu Dingjia looked a little embarrassed, but he told the truth, "The perfect person is pure and virtuous, harmonious with yin and yang, in tune with the four seasons, separated from the secular world, and accumulated all his energy and spirit. Parade between heaven and earth, beyond sight and sound..."
Xu Dingjia explained: "The Supreme Being actually belongs to the category of real people, but it does not mean that he is a real person in the strict sense. He only has some talents that surpass ordinary people. He is also called an innate person. And that kind of talent must be ours They understand it somewhat. The so-called "beyond the scope of sight and hearing" means that they can see some things that are higher than the three-dimensional level, but if they cannot use common sense vocabulary to describe it, they can just call it Qi. .”
"That's why he could tell from the very beginning that Zhang Yi was not an ordinary person. And because he was not an ordinary person, the measuring ruler could not fully play a role in his legs. As for facing the ancient god Will, that is simply not something that a human being can do.”