"That's true." Xu Dingjia nodded and said: "Just like human consciousness, the city's consciousness is also divided into conscious and subconscious consciousness. This conscious consciousness is the representational world, which is orderly and rational, or... is consistent with It’s common sense. Just like the iceberg theory, the conscious mind is only a very small part of the iceberg of consciousness that is exposed on the water. The conscious mind, that is, the scope of the apparent world, is approximately the surface world during the day.”
Jiang Cheng listened to Xu Dingjia's story and asked: "Do you mean that the world beyond the surface is the city's subconscious? Could it be that there is some terrifying existence similar to the nightmare fog in this cave?"
"It's very possible." Xu Dingjia said: "Compared with the conscious mind, the subconscious mind is more emotional, disordered, and more inconsistent with common sense. If an ordinary human being enters the world beyond the surface without authorization, he will soon be lost in it. In the subconscious of the city. And compared to the nightmare fog, the underground world is more terrifying. Because the depth of the underground represents the depth of the subconscious. I don’t know how to describe it to you. Let’s put it this way, dreams are only subconscious. At a glance, the nightmare fog is just a projection similar to the underground world."
Jiang Cheng gasped when he heard this. Coupled with last night's midnight hunt, this was the second time he had come into close contact with the nightmare fog. Although he was not directly harmed by the nightmare mist twice, he was already deeply aware of the horror involved. According to Xu Dingjia, the underground world is far more terrifying than the fog of nightmares, so how could the three of them enter it safely.
"Then what should we do now?" Jiang Cheng suddenly said, "By the way! Cui Benshan must have known what he was going to face back then, but he still entered it. Does this mean that there is any way to avoid the underground world? The impact?”
Xu Dingjia shook his head and said: "At least, I don't know any way to avoid the influence of the underground world. However, I now think of two possibilities."
"What two possibilities?" Jiang Cheng asked quickly.
Xu Dingjia replied: "The first possibility is that this is a foreigner's ruins. Maybe the ancient strangers have noticed this, and there may be some kind of device inside that can isolate the influence of the underground world on the ruins."
Jiang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This guess is very reasonable. But you said there are two possibilities, what is the other one."
Xu Dingjia's face became a little ugly and he said: "Since there has been no news from my senior brother since he entered the ruins, I guess he probably knew what was inside, but in order to prevent the return messenger's plan, he still entered it. In the end, he..."
Xu Dingjia did not continue, but others already understood what he meant.
Jiang Cheng felt relieved again.
Chu Xueying noticed Jiang Cheng's expression and said disdainfully, "What? Are you scared?"
Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, I am afraid."
Chu Xueying was a little surprised that Jiang Cheng didn't make excuses this time and just admitted it directly.
Jiang Cheng added: "I'm afraid you will encounter danger in it."
Chu Xueying sneered, "I thought you were going to say something. Isn't this an excuse for you to escape from the battlefield?"
"No." Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "I know now that because of Cui Benshan, you all have reasons for entering the ruins. Therefore, I have decided that no matter how dangerous the front is, I will go down with you. "
Chu Xueying looked at Jiang Cheng's sincere expression, but her heart was extremely complicated. In her impression, the other party has always been a wretched villain, so since her awakening, Chu Xueying's attitude towards Jiang Cheng has been very unfriendly. However, after experiencing so many things together, she began to realize that the man in front of her was completely different from the one in her memory.
How is this going
Why did this person undergo such a big change in such a short period of time
Did I remember it wrong
impossible! My memory is unmistakable! I am the master personality, no one can tamper with my memory!
Or is he acting
Chu Xueying stared at the other party seriously, trying to find out the other party's flaws, but after looking for a long time, she found nothing.
Jiang Cheng was so frightened by the other party's sight that he couldn't help but ask, "Is there something on my face?"
Chu Xueying turned her head away, her face uncertain.
Forget it, no matter what, you can never relax your vigilance against this person!
Chu Xueying thought so.
Here, Xu Dingjia suddenly said: "We have said before that you saw other information in the stone tablet from a real person's perspective. What is that? It is likely to be the key to our understanding of the interior of the ruins."
Jiang Cheng expressed doubts about Xu Dingjia's words, but he still told the truth about the information he had detected in the stone tablet. The signal information is not abstract, on the contrary, it is very specific. It is not as laborious for Jiang Cheng to tell these contents as it is for Xu Dingjia.
"What the hell is this!" Xu Dingjia couldn't help shouting after listening to Jiang Cheng's story, "This is completely different from what I imagined! How could you see these things!"
Chu Xueying also asked in confusion: "Didn't you say that the information perceived by the real person is very abstract? How could it be these contents? Although... this information is also very inexplicable, but it does not meet the meaning of the word abstract. .”
Xu Dingjia thought about it seriously and said: "No matter what you think of this piece of information, it has nothing to do with the ruins. Moreover, what kind of people can go to space? However, I am very concerned about the terrible shadow you mentioned. According to you The description, could it be..."
"What is it?" Chu Xueying asked quickly.
Xu Dingjia looked solemn and said: "I guess that may be a stranger's prediction of the future..."
"Why do you have such a guess?" Jiang Cheng asked.
"Because the picture you described is too science fiction." Xu Dingjia said: "Outer space? Points of light flying out from the earth? Solar explosions? Isn't that something only in science fiction movies! And, very importantly, That huge object you haven't been able to explain clearly! That thing..."
Xu Dingjia's voice couldn't help but tremble, "That thing... is probably an ancient god! The ancient strangers are warning us that at some point in the future, the ancient gods will eventually come to the earth! Humanity has no ability to resist! Everything will be destroyed !”
The three of them said nothing, and an inexplicable pessimistic atmosphere enveloped them. The sky was as gloomy as ever, and the clouds seemed darker than before, slowly gathering. Invisibly, everyone felt tightness in their chests and difficulty breathing. A sudden wind blew up in the valley, causing the grass and trees to sway, and the sound of sobbing reached my ears from far and near.