Chapter 653: Phosphorus Plank Road
The stairs collapsed and the statue fell.
Everyone on the plank road was silent for a while.
The broken staircase meant that they had no way back and could only walk along this plank road until the end of time.
But once they entered the blessed land, there was no turning back.
Before setting off, they need to decide on an order.
Because the plank road was very narrow, it was very difficult to change the order in the middle of the road. Moreover, Liu Chen and Qu Ying had to be together, and Huang Yuanjiang also had to be together because he had to take care of Lan Xuan.
So they didn't draw lots, but instead discussed and decided the order in which to proceed.
Leading the way were two female family members, Han Yu and Fan Qingyue. They were more agile and could handle emergencies better in such a narrow environment.
After the two women is the rock climber Yuan Buyai, who is in the front position and can give everyone relatively professional action suggestions.
Next came Zhong Xiuwen, Wu Xian, Jiang Huaian, the quarreling couple Liu Chen and Qu Ying, Lan Xuan and Huang Yuanjiang, Fu Dahai, Guo Xiake, and finally Wang Jiudan.
After deciding the order, everyone started moving forward along the plank road.
This plank road is less than half a meter wide, wide enough for a person to stand with legs together. If you turn your head slightly, you can see the abyss below.
There are some regularly arranged hollows on the rock wall.
These holes are cylindrical, with a diameter of ten centimeters and a depth of about ten centimeters. Putting your hands on the holes is just enough to maintain balance.
Although it is not as safe as the rope I was wearing before, it is much better than walking up the stairs. In addition, there are occasionally ghost lights floating near the plank road to provide lighting.
If everyone had just entered the blessed land, even Wu Xian would feel weak in the knees when walking on this plank road, but now everyone is somewhat familiar with it.
In extreme conditions, everyone has overcome their fear of heights to some extent.
Therefore, the process of moving forward was very smooth, which was much easier than walking up the stairs. Wu Xian and Jiang Huaian discussed in a low voice on the way.
They both noticed the change in Wang Jiudan's temperament.
Before, Wang Jiudan posed no threat and they could treat him as a chess piece, but now Wang Jiudan is too dangerous, like a bomb.
Therefore, the two of them decided to throw the bomb as long as they had the chance. Although this was a pity, neither of them wanted to do the stupid thing of raising a tiger to cause trouble.
……
The figures of Wu Xian and others gradually disappeared on the plank road.
On the wooden platform, a figure wearing a cloak and holding a candle appeared at some point. He spoke in an old, hoarse voice:
“These people are different…”
"That strange power is somewhat similar to the group of people who appeared decades ago. These people may be able to help me..."
After saying a few words, the old figure disappeared again holding the candle. After he left, some people with numb expressions walked out of the crack cave, holding tools and wood, and began to try to repair this section of stairs.
The sound of wood and rock hitting each other echoed in the dark rift valley...
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Walking on the narrow plank road on the cliff without any protection sounds very dangerous, and it is not safe at all in reality, but this is the easiest part of the journey that everyone has ever walked.
Everyone was moving forward at a fairly fast pace, and soon they had been walking for more than half an hour without encountering any danger. The only dangerous moment was that one person stepped on the damaged part of the plank road four times in a row and almost fell from mid-air.
Yes, this man is Guo Xiake. Wu Xian even wanted him to go to the front so that he could help everyone eliminate some danger.
As the group went deeper and deeper, the hollows in the rock wall became deeper and deeper, making it easier to hold on to, and everyone's sense of security gradually increased.
Therefore, everyone finally had the energy to communicate.
The first things to be discussed were the monsters that everyone had encountered since entering the blessed land, the red-lantern-headed monsters, the cave-cracked ghosts, the mummy statues, and those people with numb expressions.
Eventually, everyone came to a conclusion: many things in this blessed land are inseparable from the word soul.
The ability of the red light head is to absorb people's souls.
Those people with numb expressions are just zombies whose souls have been sucked dry.
Fu Dahai's stupidity seemed as if part of his soul had been sucked away.
When Miao Ling suddenly attacked, the shadow of another person appeared on his face, and it seemed as if there was another person's soul in his body.
The mummy statue cannot use the blood of a numb person for sacrifice, which means that what the mummy statue needs is actually the souls of other people.
The above statement is not only everyone's guess, but also supported by information from the certificate of ordination. The family members have checked the wax obtained from the cave-crack ghost on the way.
Swallowing the Thief's Soul Wax: People have three souls and seven spirits, and the Swallowing Thief is one of the seven spirits. The Swallowing Thief's soul leaves the body and turns into a ghost. The remaining soul wax can be molded into the shape of a statue of a god by molding the fist-sized soul wax. It can be transformed into a statue of a god that is closest to a wax figure.
With Pola, you can perform additional worship next time you encounter a statue of a deity.
But the description of Po La made everyone confirm that many strange things encountered in this blessed land can be explained by the two words "soul and spirit".
After finishing the serious business, the topic of conversation became a little confusing.
As he was talking, General Huang Yuan started discussing the topic of will-o'-the-wisp:
"I have looked up information about will-o'-the-wisp in the real world. It says that after a person or animal dies, the body produces phosphine due to some chemical reaction. Phosphine is light and has a low ignition point, so it forms an erratic fireball..."
"This statement makes a lot of sense. It breaks the metaphysical filter of the will-o'-the-wisp and successfully scientificizes this phenomenon..."
"But there is one thing I don't understand. Since this is scientific, the appearance of will-o'-the-wisp should be very common, and there must be a lot of people who have photographed will-o'-the-wisp. But when I searched for will-o'-the-wisp, I could only see the figure of 'will-o'-the-wisp boy'..."
"Do you think some of the real information has been deliberately hidden?"
After hearing his words, Lan Xuan, who was supported by him, rolled her eyes.
"What do you think? You are a relative, can you find the relative's information on the Internet?"
"Also, is it possible that burials have become less popular in recent years, so the number of will-o'-the-wisp has decreased?"
General Huang Yuan was suddenly speechless and turned to look around.
"Hey, are there more will-o'-the-wisps?"
The number of will-o'-the-wisp fires around has more than doubled compared to the initial number, one cluster after another, in three colors: blue, green, and red, floating in the air.
Even if someone gets burned occasionally, it is only a slight burn and will not cause much harm.
The light from these ghostly fires of different colors illuminates the Valley of the Dead in a colorful way. Instead of being eerie, it has a somewhat dreamy quality.
Being able to encounter such a beautiful scenery in this blessed land brought some comfort to everyone's tired hearts, but slowly, everyone came back to their senses and remembered what General Huang Yuan had just said.
If it is true that there are more ghost fires where there are more corpses, then how many corpses are needed to form this large group of ghost fires?
(End of this chapter)
