I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 505 Beyond the Hole
Zhou Chao was still wondering where Li Luo had gone when he suddenly heard the voice say to him, "It's our turn."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Before he could even ask a question, he was swept down into the depths of the sea of ​​consciousness.

He felt like he was thrown into a washing machine, tossing and turning, spots of light swaying around him, and the interweaving blue and red light made his consciousness fall into a coma again.

When Zhou Chao woke up again, he had been sent to the edge of the sea of ​​consciousness, where he could clearly see the transparent glass sphere. He was only one step away from the edge of the glass.

"When you wake up, look outside. That's the void of consciousness," the familiar voice warned.

Zhou Chao looked immediately and found that there was a huge cube standing in the sky outside the glass ball. The cube was even larger than his sea of ​​consciousness, like a black hole, swallowing up all the light.

A dazzling galaxy extended from the edge of the glass ball to the huge block, but as soon as the galaxy touched the edge of the block, it was completely sucked into it and disappeared without a trace.

"What it is?"

Zhou Chao looked carefully at the galaxy and discovered that it was made up of countless flowing spots of light. They rushed towards the square black hole one after another, trying to fill the gap in consciousness.

After seeing all this clearly, Zhou Chao's consciousness spot burst out with a violent red light.

"You are courting death!"

An irrepressible fear emerged in his consciousness, and the red light spread along the surrounding light spots.

However, this time, there seemed to be no other light spots to share his fear. The reverberating red light could not subside for a long time, but became more and more intense.

"Oh~" A helpless sigh was heard, full of disappointment and loneliness.

"You see, we still can't unite together. Selfishness will lead to the destruction of all consciousness..."

"What does this have to do with selfishness?" Zhou Chao asked anxiously.

“The emptiness of consciousness is like an abyss. Every consciousness that enters it is like an explorer entering the abyss. There is only endless darkness and silence around them, and the connection of consciousness is their only connection. Only by holding hands can the entire abyss be filled.”

“If you are unwilling to connect with other consciousnesses, you will only be lost in the abyss and perish in the endless darkness and silence.”

That voice still speaks of the importance of interconnection.

However, at this moment it was already extremely lonely. Looking at the galaxy pouring into the black hole of the cube, it had already lost hope.

"Why do we have to fill that gap?" Zhou Chao asked in confusion.

"It's not that we want to fill the void, but that the void wants to swallow us. We who cannot empathize will only be destroyed one by one. The void of consciousness is an absolute low-pressure area. The sea of ​​consciousness will inevitably flow to the lower places. It is inevitable."

As the voice spoke, a wave suddenly surged up in the sea of ​​consciousness, sweeping Zhou Chao towards the direction of the galaxy.

He had nowhere to escape and was drawn into the galaxy that led straight to the void, following countless points of light towards the pitch-black cube-shaped black hole.

Behind him was the dazzling starry sea of ​​consciousness, and in front of him was the abyss of consciousness filled with darkness and silence. Zhou Chao immediately wanted to escape, but how could he swim upstream when he was in the river?
The surrounding light spots also flashed a dazzling red light.

This time, the fear could not be shared, but instead resonated throughout the galaxy.

Ripples of fear continued to echo in the torrent of consciousness, and Zhou Chao also heard those desperate voices.

“It’s over…it’s over…”

"I haven't tried other bodies yet, that's all."

"Goodbye, stars."

"Why can't you empathize with me? I wish you could die in my place. I'm so scared..."

These consciousnesses made noisy sounds, and Zhou Chao was also infected by the fear in them, and became more and more panicked.

However, he still chose not to let down his guard.

Looking at the cube-shaped black hole getting closer and closer, Zhou Chao recalled an incident in the past.

That was when he had just obtained the Holy Sword...

……

Zhou Chao was not the owner of the holy sword at first. Although he knew that it was a relic, he could not use it.

The holy sword at that time was just an ordinary stone sword. Apart from being a little harder, it had no other function.

After obtaining this relic in the first layer of the abyss, Zhou Chao has been studying its usage, but he still has no clue. Zhou Chao is unwilling to give up this hard-earned relic, so he can only carry it with him.

At that time, Zhou Chao was still on the first floor, collecting points with other teams. Although he had obtained the relic, he still had a long way to go in terms of points. Most of the team members were like this, so they chose more difficult tasks.

However, if you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet. On one occasion, the team accidentally fell into the "death swamp".

It is a very terrible curse. Once you fall into it, you will be attacked by all kinds of spirits. You can only escape from the Death Swamp when you die.

The cursed person will feel that his body is sinking into the mud and see evil spirits that others cannot see. Zhou Chao's team did not know how to trigger the curse, and when they found out, the whole team was already trapped in the deadly swamp.

Except Zhou Chao...he escaped because he was packing his luggage in the back.

When I caught up with the team, my teammates were already covered in black mud and were fighting against invisible enemies.

"Zhou Chao, knock us out and send us back to the monitoring station!" his teammates shouted to him.

This is one way to deal with the dead swamp.

As long as you faint, you won't be able to see the evil spirits that are everywhere, nor will you be attacked by them.

If the monitoring station happens to have some kind of relic that can make a person "fake their death", it can allow the person to escape from the dead swamp and lift the curse.

After hearing what his teammates said, Zhou Chao was about to step forward, but he stopped when he was about to get close to his teammates.

"I can't get close to you. The curse will spread."

"It's okay! The source of the curse has left!" his teammates shouted to him.

However, Zhou Chao did not believe what his teammates said. These makeshift teams often made up lies in order to survive.

It is very likely that these teammates told Zhou Chao that the source of the curse had left in order to get him to rescue them.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chao immediately asked what the source of the curse was, but his teammates were already engaged in a fierce battle with the spirits and no one responded to him.

Zhou Chao was in an inner struggle. He felt that he should not abandon his teammates, but he was also worried that his teammates were lying and would put him in danger.

Just like that, he stood there blankly, struggling internally.

Finally, he threw the holy sword to his teammates and ran desperately to a nearby monitoring station for help.

This was the best solution he could think of. It would not put himself in danger and would also increase the chances of his teammates surviving.

However, when he returned to the battlefield with reinforcements from the monitoring station, all his teammates had fallen unconscious on the ground, with mud constantly flowing out of their nostrils and mouths.

The team members were quickly sent back to the medical area of ​​the monitoring station.

After rescue efforts by the monitoring station, most of the teammates survived, but a few never woke up.

Zhou Chao stood outside the medical area of ​​the monitoring station, panting, and he seemed to hear cries for help from his teammates all around him.

"Where is the source of the curse?" He stopped the researcher at the monitoring station and asked.

The researcher shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

Zhou Chao did not hear the answer he wanted.

Whether the teammates lied also became a mystery.

Zhou Chao was in a daze until he returned to the monitoring station.

A family member of a dead team member pulled his collar and yelled:
"Why didn't you save them! If you had knocked them out in time, they wouldn't have died! If you were cursed, would you want your teammates to flee? Wouldn't you feel the same way?"

The angry family member was quickly pulled away by the guards at the monitoring station.

"Excuse me……"

"Did I do something wrong?" Zhou Chao asked the guard in confusion.

"Of course not. The family members are too excited. Please understand."

The guard turned around and went to comfort the family member.

Zhou Chao looked at the angry eyes of the family member and felt a severe tinnitus in his ears.

The guard seemed to be saying something like "I can empathize with you" and "Put yourself in your shoes" in an attempt to make the family member understand Zhou Chao's approach.

However, Zhou Chao could no longer hear clearly.

The buzzing in his ears made him lose all ability to think.

The holy sword in his hand was shining, but Zhou Chao did not feel any joy.

People were coming and going in the monitoring station. Some people passed by in a hurry, busy with their own things, some looked over here curiously, and some angrily shouted "What a crap" and then turned and left.

Things like this happen frequently in the abyss. It's just that a few people died. What's so strange about it?

People are like distant stars, always indifferent to distant things.

(End of this chapter)