In the dense forest late at night, Michelle and Annie were still walking in tandem, leading Gu Bei forward.
In Gu Bei's mind, a mechanical sound kept ringing, repeating an obscure sentence back and forth.
It was the spell that Annie recited when she used magic.
"If you really want to learn magic, just ask these two for advice. What's the use of asking me to repeat it here." After repeating the spell countless times, even the system seemed to be overwhelmed, and complained to Gu Bei .
"Then the two of them must be willing to teach me instead of beating me until I lose too much blood."
Gu Bei hadn't figured it out yet, but he didn't give up:
"Don't stop, keep going."
After discovering the wonderful use of the system, he has been studying this spell for half an hour.
Michelle has been leading them forward for half an hour. According to her, the location of the treasure trove is already very close. After about another hour of walking, they would be able to arrive successfully.
Gu Bei was very happy, yes, he was really happy about this.
The journey from the basement to the location of the treasure house was like hell for him. Dragging his almost exhausted body, Anne was driving behind him, and he was whipped from time to time. If this road had been longer, he would probably have died on the road!
At the same time, he had to endure the pressure of death at all times, fearing that Michelle would find out something and kill himself.
Under double torture, he hoped to arrive soon.
"You see you are so weak now. You will definitely not be able to learn magic. Please spare my life!" After playing it hundreds of times, the system collapsed.
"No, I'll just listen to the song and sing it on a loop."
Gu Bei was not going to let it go.
Spam messages played so well before, how can I let them go now? This is called the cycle of cause and effect, retribution.
Regarding magic, he currently couldn't find any way to learn it. The only information he had was such a spell, which he certainly wouldn't despise. As the saying goes, if you read a book a hundred times, its meaning will become apparent, and mantras are probably no exception.
If you don’t feel anything after doing it twice, then do it a thousand or ten thousand times!
He knew that the stupidest solution was the most effective.
"To be honest, instead of obsessing about spells, it's better to think about how you can escape." The system began to persuade earnestly, "You can slowly learn magic in the future, but if you die, it will be useless even if you fully learn the spell now. .”
Gu Bei thought for a while and nodded:
"Well... you have a point."
Hearing this, the system felt like it was about to cry, and the mechanical sound magically brought on a tremor, as if a lost traveler in the desert suddenly found a source of water.
Finally I don’t have to repeat that mantra anymore!
Then, it heard Gu Bei say:
"In that case, have you thought of a way to escape?"
The system crashed again.
Gu Bei seemed to hear the sound of the circuit board breaking.
No matter how reluctant it was, the system started a single cycle of the spell.
Once, twice, three times... Gu Bei put aside the distracting thoughts in his heart and gradually concentrated on this. And in this process, things in the outside world begin to become blurred and distant. His whole world, everything, was just that mantra.
Mysterious, mysterious, magical... spells.
Slowly, he put away all his perceptions, as if his soul had left his body.
Entered a strange state.
The color of his pupils became lighter and no longer moved, like a blind man. His breathing and blood flow also quietly slowed down, and he felt nothing when sharp stones pierced the soles of his feet.
Anne didn't notice anything strange. In her opinion, Gu Bei's body was already weak, but now he was just weaker.
Gu Bei's body was still moving forward, but he was completely unconscious.
But within his consciousness.
Gu Bei suddenly woke up and found himself in a strange space.
"This is where?"
Endless darkness, absolute silence.
I can't see my fingers.
Everything here seemed to be solidified ice, freezing his soul and appearance, making even thinking a little difficult. He couldn't feel the fluctuations, he couldn't feel the temperature, he couldn't feel his heartbeat or blood flow...
He couldn't even feel the time.
A strong sense of crisis suddenly enveloped my heart. It was as if he had fallen into a rapidly sinking swamp, and something slimy and dark was slowly submerging him.
It's not good to go on like this.
He struggled immediately, but his body seemed to have unplugged the mouse from the interface, and there was no response no matter how much he moved. He tried calling the system, but there was no response either. Soon, along with the absolute coldness, even his brain gradually stopped running like a fan with the power cut off. Soon, dust accumulated and cobwebs became dense.
The swamp swallowed up the last bit of nailcap on his raised fingers.
His thinking stopped and he completely lost consciousness.
…
Maybe it took a long time, maybe it was just a moment.
It was as if the stream in early spring was thawing, and something quietly leaked into this space. Gu Bei gradually woke up.
What is... coming in
He began to think.
He instinctively wanted to know what was coming. However, he found that his five senses were deprived and he could not sense anything. He is like a tiny point on an infinite plane, unable to do anything.
But he did not give up, but struggled harder, fighting against all the rules that bound him.
He had a vague feeling that the thing flowing in was getting closer, even closer. And the harder he worked, the faster that thing became clear.
As it got closer, Gu Bei felt more and more familiar.
Its name was on his lips, its voice was in his ears... Gu Bei tried hard to recall, but it seemed that there was always a barrier between him and that thing, and he couldn't break through it no matter what.
What exactly is it…
He was like a spring being squeezed downwards by some external force. As time went on, that force grew larger and stronger.
It's about to break.
A strong death threat came to mind.
He was still thinking about the name of that thing. He had a feeling that as long as he spoke it out, all difficulties would be solved. Its name was like a mouthful of phlegm stuck in Gu Bei's throat. He opened his mouth wide and tried his best to spit it out.
The veins on his neck popped out and his skin turned red.
The invisible barrier was broken bit by bit.
He felt like he was getting closer to the answer and closer to death.
However, death seemed closer to him.
Suddenly, he felt like a hole was poked in a balloon, and his life began to drain away rapidly. A coldness gradually spread from the depths of his soul, gripping his heart and gradually freezing his will.
Are you going to die
But he was just a little bit away from the answer, just a little bit away...
He couldn't speak.
Not willing to give in.
It's like a rocket that has run out of fuel. It is almost able to break through the sky, but it can only fall back irreversibly under the influence of gravity.
How could you be willing to do so
He couldn't tell...
If you can’t say it, then don’t say it!
Gu Bei felt a ball of fire gathering in his throat. He was like a surging volcano, accumulating strength and calming down at that moment, and then erupting violently!
"I...fuck you!"
It is as if an infinite straight line extends from a particle.
A dazzling light suddenly appeared, splitting the entire dark world in half!
The pressure all over Gu Bei's body suddenly dissipated.
He felt like he could breathe. The silent heart began to beat, and the frozen blood flowed rapidly. It was as if infinite elements from heaven and earth were rushing toward him, filling his body, enriching his soul, and making him feel stronger than ever before!
"Hahahahaha!"
The whole space echoed Gu Bei's hearty laughter.
At this moment, he finally knew what that familiar thing that he couldn't remember was!
That's the mantra.
After he fell into the depths of the conscious world, the system kept repeating the mantra: once, twice... a hundred times, ten thousand times. From the time Annie recited that spell to now, more than half an hour has been folded together. The spells at each point in time are gathered together and suddenly become extremely powerful.
It was the spell that broke the darkness, leaked in, got close to him who was gradually lost, and finally woke him up.
Thinking of this, Gu Bei raised his head and faced the light.
He opened his mouth and recited the spell.
A sudden change occurred!
Like a pebble thrown into the calm water, the light fluctuated violently. Under Gu Bei's gaze, the light collapsed and condensed inward, becoming even more dazzling, and even condensed into some solid fluid!
With a bang, the light collapsed into a fist-sized light group.
Finally, the light group changed and solidified into a light blue triangular character. It looks a bit like a triangle, an equilateral triangle formed by tiny blue rays of light.
It was a very regular geometric figure, but there was a finger-width gap left at the last corner, leaving the entire figure unclosed.
The moment the triangle appeared, a ripple swept through the entire dead space and swept over Gu Bei, causing him to feel slightly shaken at that moment. Then, he felt a faint moist breath spread here.
He couldn't say why, but he knew that the entire space had become different.
Not only the entire space, Gu Bei could clearly feel that his whole person was completely new. It was as if the heavy shackles on his body were suddenly released, and he entered a new world. Every cell in his body was filled with a sense of relaxation and relief.
And all of this stems from the triangular character shining with light blue light in the pitch black.
"Incredible."
At this moment, a mechanical sound came out of nowhere.
Gu Bei was a little surprised: "So you are here?"
The system seems a little unhappy:
"Of course I am. How do you think you woke up? If I hadn't been playing the spell repeatedly for you, you would have been lost in your own consciousness and become a walking zombie."
Gu Bei suddenly realized: "That's it. Thank you very much."
He didn't care about the system's complaints, but returned his attention to the triangle characters.
Triangle is the most basic figure in geometry. This character is not much more complicated. The only special thing is that one corner is not closed. But it was such a simple shape, but Gu Bei felt that it contained an incredible power.
If he guessed correctly, this character was derived from Annie's spell. That magic can summon water balls, so this character must be related to water.
water…
Gu Bei was a little confused. Although he had such a wonderful experience just now and had such a luminous triangular character, he still didn't know what the situation was now.
Where is this place? How did you get here? What is the use of this character? Questions were lingering in his mind and he needed answers.
"Where is this?"
He asked the question first.
"This is the inner space of your consciousness." The system seemed to understand what Gu Bei was thinking, and explained, "The consciousness space of ordinary people is completely closed, and they cannot detect themselves. Once they fall in accidentally, they may never be able to get out. Come."
Gu Bei couldn't help but feel a little scared when he thought about what he had just experienced.
I was almost trapped here and could never get out again.
"However, it should be the effect of that spell. You are no longer an ordinary person." The system continued, "Through the experience just now, you have liberated your consciousness space and have more possibilities. In other words, you You should have entered the threshold of being a mage now.”
I see.
There was no excitement or excitement as expected, Gu Bei only felt that his mood was calm and joyful. Becoming a mage in a daze made him more than surprised, but also a little more curious.
Is this a mage
To a certain extent, he is self-taught. No one told him what a mage was, and he didn't know what it meant to liberate the space of consciousness. He was full of curiosity and expectation: Where had he reached? What kind of power does it possess
And what does that triangular character mean
Questions popped up one after another, and he desperately wanted to know the answers.
He knew too little about mages.
"Don't be too happy too soon." The system poured cold water on you at the right time. "Becoming a mage cannot change your situation. You are still a hostage whose life hangs by a thread."
Hearing this, Gu Bei was startled.
When he recovered from his joy, he immediately thought of Michelle and Anne, and of the threats of kidnapping and death. He also wanted to continue to explore the mysteries of the consciousness space and the triangular characters, but at this moment, he needed to understand what was happening in reality.
He has stayed here for so long, what about outside
He had to put magic aside for now.
Along with his thoughts, the world in front of him suddenly changed, and Gu Bei returned to reality.
In the dark night, in the deep woods, small pains came from all parts of the body. Michelle was in front of him and Anne was behind him. It was as if nothing had changed.
Gu Bei was a little surprised.
He felt that a long time had passed in his conscious space, but in reality, time had not passed at all.
Incredible.
"There is still change. When you free up the space of consciousness, something happens."
The system suddenly reminded him.
"What's wrong?"
Gu Bei looked around and found that the three people had stopped. Michelle and Anne were facing each other now, the atmosphere was serious, and they seemed to be discussing something.
"No, he's slowing us down too much. We have to give up."
Anne was a little anxious.
"I can't give up. There is something very important in the treasure. I must get it."
Michelle was unmoved.
"But we don't have enough time..."
The argument continued, and Gu Bei was a little confused because he didn't know what happened. So, he had no choice but to ask the system in his mind:
"What happened?"
The system replied: "Obviously, the pursuers are approaching. Your presence has greatly slowed down their speed. They cannot get rid of the pursuers, so they are discussing whether to give up."
Hearing this, Gu Bei was a little nervous.
Are the Reese family's pursuers finally coming
This is the most critical moment.
Whether he lives or dies depends on these few minutes.
"Seize it carefully. In fact, this is your opportunity." The system said eloquently, "The pursuers are approaching, and they will definitely have no time to take care of them. Now they are arguing again, and they are not paying attention. The possibility of your escape is very high."
Indeed.
Gu Bei nodded and asked the system: "Then have you come up with any good ideas?"
With his previous experience, he just asked casually without any hope.
However, the system is unusual:
"please wait."
The sound of the computer's rapid operation came from Gu Bei's mind, and it seemed to have the sound effect of an exhaust fan, and a series of pleasant mechanical sounds sounded. It was as if the system was loading some kind of huge program, and every part was running violently.
Any drama
Gu Bei couldn't help but look forward to it.
Could it be that... the system really came up with something
At this moment, a huge interface suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. The blue border, white panel, and the entire translucent interface are suspended in the air. It looks very high-end and gives Gu Bei a subtle sense of science fiction.
On the panel, three numbers are clearly visible:
404.