Handbook of Survival in the World of Cultivating Immortals

Chapter 97 04: It's not because I can't think of the chapter name Humph!
Tang Nineteen stopped in front of the opened door.

She raised her hand, holding the middle of the lifting pole, and brought the lantern at one end of the lifting pole closer to her.

This is a very small lantern, unpretentious, boxy, without too much decoration, except for the simple and unpatterned frame on the edge that clamps the glass-like translucent lampshade, and only hangs at the lower end of the square. Wearing a slightly mutilated red tassel.

There is no more time to dawdle, and the opening time of this stone door is also limited, so Tang Nineteen did not hesitate any longer, took a deep breath, and with his free other hand, triggered those invisible but still existing scattered "flowing fires" in the air Residual energy resonates.

Tang Nineteen had already practiced and practiced this matter many times, so this time he also successfully summoned the residual energy of "Liuhuo" to gather.

After waiting for two or three seconds, the energy was almost gathered. Tang Nineteen touched the empty lantern inside with his hand, and poured the energy gathered in his palm into it. The lantern looked like an ordinary lantern, but in fact it was set There are very ingenious spells, as long as they can be ignited with a very small amount of "flowing fire", they can maintain lighting for a long time.

——The residual energy of the "flowing fire" that remains in the air and exists in almost every corner will no longer become a "flowing fire" that can be absorbed by people and prolong life, so it can be said that it is very convenient to use waste as lighting As for saving the "flowing fire", as long as you can control the "flowing fire" in your body, basically there is no big problem with the use of these residual energies.

But controlling the "running fire" is not something that can be done simply by talking about it.

There are many things in the world like this, which seem to be very simple, but actually feel difficult to do.

Tang Nineteen recalled for a moment that he had tried to control the "Liuhuo" countless times, and thought that those days were really boring and uninteresting.

Fortunately, the hard work paid off, and now Tang Nineteen was able to control "Liuhuo" more proficiently - even though resonating with the residual energy of "Liuhuo" was only the most basic thing.Thinking that there were more people who couldn't even do this, Tang Shijiu felt a little flattered.

Lanterns are lit and warm light illuminates the surroundings.

The light illuminates the inside of the door, and you can see the neatly arranged and regular stairs extending downwards. More steps are submerged in the darkness that the light cannot illuminate, and like the towering walls, you can't see the end of it.

This path leads to a very important room in the maze, but this path is not the only one, nor is this kind of room the only one.

This room is called the "bedroom," and yes, it's a place to sleep, as you might think.But of course not as comfortable as a real bedroom.

When outsiders enter the maze, they will be thrown into the "bedroom" at random, and they will not be truly eligible to enter the maze until they can wake up from their dreams.

In other words, this is a round of selection.

Most people who can wake up from their dreams can start to wander in the maze. Whether they choose to go alone, form a team, or settle down, it is equivalent to starting a new life in another world. .

As for those who indulged in the dream and never woke up again, they will never wake up again.

Of course, there may be a third situation, after passing through the temptation of beautiful dreams, and then seeing the more pure and cruel laws, unwilling to face it, and immersing in the fantasies fabricated by oneself - this kind of person is often the most pathetic of.

Tang Nineteen looked at the place illuminated by the light, hesitating in the darkness where the light couldn't reach, then tilted his head to look at the little squirrel Songzi who was still sleeping soundly on his shoulder, and swallowed nervously.

Although she really didn't want to admit it, she was still afraid of the dark, a fact she couldn't overcome no matter what.As long as she thought that there was another task for this inspection, and her own little selfishness, she had no choice but to go on.

Yesterday's inspection was not done by her, but by someone else.

After the inspector came back yesterday, he said that there was something new in the "bedroom". A new outsider entered, but he was still asleep, and he didn't know when he would wake up; another thing was, Several people who have been sleeping for a long time are about to die, and their bodies are about to collapse and turn into "flowing fire".

If they are not absorbed by people in time or stored in some container specially used to store "flowing fire", they will be used to light lamps just like the residual energy of "flowing fire" that cannot be absorbed and prolongs life.

The people in their settlement depend on this "bedroom" to survive.

They don't need to hide in the dark to hunt other people's "running fire" like those cruel people. They only need to visit the "bedroom" regularly, and collect their "running fire" when someone who is asleep and dies, and place them In the special container prepared for this purpose, it would be fine to distribute it to everyone as needed after returning to the settlement.

In this way, there is no need to kill or rob, and they can survive well.

In this small settlement that is relatively remote and not as dangerous as other places.

——This is their paradise.

The stone gate had already begun to move, Tang Nineteen did not dare to delay any longer, and stepped on the stairs in a few steps.

The stone door behind him closed slowly without leaving a trace, as if such a road did not exist here.

The back road is also closed, and now the only option is forward.

Tang Nineteen was groping for the wall with his left hand, his fingers slid across the deep and shallow patterns carved on the wall, and his other hand tightly clenched the pole of the lantern.

The lantern hanging from one end of the lifting pole kept shaking as Tang Nineteen walked, and the light that fell naturally also kept shaking.

Tang Nineteen watched nervously as the light illuminated the way ahead, then the light moved, and darkness engulfed the place just illuminated by the light—the known was engulfed by the unknown, and exploration seemed useless.

It's a bad feeling.Tang Nineteen didn't like this feeling very much, but she had already walked on this road, and she had no choice.

The little squirrel and pine nut on the shoulder still didn't move, and even turned over drastically, almost falling off Tang Nineteen's shoulders. This made Tang Nineteen feel very helpless, so he had no choice but to move the hand that had never left the wall. Lift it up, and stabilize the little guy on your shoulders so it doesn't fall.

The ladder seems to have no end, but it only seems to be.

Not long after walking, only the footsteps of Tang Shijiu and himself echoed in the passage, and a faint snoring could already be heard. Tang Shijiu did not relax but became more cautious.

(End of this chapter)