Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

The people of the Huanren Army rushed into the three gate towers with the last bit of strength.

And at the same time as passing through the three gate towers, the dense swarm of insects behind him disappeared in an instant.

The night is still dark, only the Suihou bead in Bai Jingjing's hand is still emitting a quiet light. With the light of the Suihou bead, everyone in the Huan army only sees the three solitary gatehouses, and everything else is like It was reset in an instant.

"Huchi-huchi-"

The heavy panting echoed among the people in the Huan army, and everyone had reached their limit.

But everyone's face was full of surprise.

The disappearance of the person who threatened their lives, does it mean that they have successfully walked out of the secret realm, and then they can go home safe and sound?

"Did you escape?"

"Did you save your life?"

"Shouldn't this be a hallucination?"

"..."

At this moment, there are still people who don’t believe this is true, and unconsciously raised their hands to pinch themselves, and the pain that followed immediately made them overjoyed: "It hurts! This is not an illusion, we escaped! We escaped!"

"Huh—it's not easy!"

More people felt a burst of detachment at this time, and collapsed to the ground limply as if they had lost their bones, tears of excitement rolled uncontrollably in their eye sockets.

Desperate!

That secret place is a real hopeless place!

Even Wu Liang has never experienced a desperate situation!

It is unimaginable that they can survive from desperation at this moment. Thinking about the desperate encounters in the secret realm these days is enough to make everyone cry.

"But did you really escape from the secret realm? It's that simple?"

If the people in the Huanren Army hadn't completely lost their strength, they would have cheered and jumped for joy at this moment, but Wu Liang still had many doubts and worries in his heart.

They seem to have done a lot to get out of the mystery.

But when you think about it, you actually didn't do anything.

The three gates were restored automatically without their knowledge, and the teleportation function that had disappeared before was restored, and all they did was pass through the three gates.

At present, he still hasn't figured out anything about the secret realm.

For example, the four images on the stele that seem to be comic strips; for example, the inexplicably disappeared Locking Dragon Pillar; for example, the inexplicably grown community tree and the inexplicably restored stone sculpture of strange insects; for example, the huge strange insect that suddenly drilled out of the copper tree; And Dian Wei's encounter with those floating corpses...

Apparently there is still a powerful unknown force in the secret realm.

That power is far higher than the remaining essence of Yinglong's skeleton, and even Yinglong's skeleton has been under the control of that power for thousands of years without knowing it.

So, they escaped so easily?

"Young Master, I always feel that things are not so simple, so don't be careless..."

Yu Ji obviously had the same worries and doubts, but he didn't raise any doubts, but quietly came to Wu Liang and whispered.

"Yes, talented brother."

Zhuge Liang also frowned and said, "To prove whether we have really escaped from the secret realm, the most direct evidence is the supplies and horses we left on the other side of the river before entering the secret realm. Believe we've escaped."  …

"Well, first teach everyone to rest for a while, let's go check together."

Wu Liang nodded slightly.

He naturally hoped that they had walked out of the secret realm now, so that they would no longer have to worry about their lives. Compared with their lives, those unexplained secrets in the secret realm became less important. Even if he was curious, Wu Liang would never venture into it again. However, he didn't think he had a long life, and he didn't want to lead the Huan army to die.

……

After a while, the paralyzed people were finally able to move.

Only then did Wu Liang express his thoughts, and immediately led everyone to the other side of the river to check the supplies left behind...

As for the horses, he had lost all hope.

More than three months had passed since crossing the river. If the horses hadn't broken free from the ropes, they would have starved to death long ago. All they could find were rotting corpses.

If he had known earlier, he should have left those horses in the fishing village where the big dog was, so at least the fishermen could help take care of them. It is only his fault that he underestimated the risk of this trip. He did not expect that they would be trapped on this island in the middle of the river. , not to mention that they would be trapped in this secret realm for so long.

As a result, they didn't go far, and everyone discovered a new problem.

"My lord, the big crack that divided the holy mountain in two seems to have disappeared... Is it because the changes in that small world did not affect the outside world?"

"And the big pile of soil we dug out when we excavated the river bed, and the red mud path we stepped on are gone..."

"I remember that our camp was set up here, and the tents and the burned fire were gone..."

"It's as if no one has ever been to this place... If we have been outside, there should be a pile of burnt ashes in this place. We were attacked by the strange insect and fell into the water before. We dried our clothes here, and the last time we followed When Captain Dian and Captain Yang went out of the secret realm to hunt on the island, I saw the pile of ashes with my own eyes."

"Could it be..."

Everyone talked about the problems they found, and these problems were summed up, and a bad feeling surrounded everyone again.

After the "Could it be", everyone in the Huan army fell into silence.

"..."

There are indications that they did not escape.

Wu Liang didn't say anything to appease everyone at this moment, he knew that any appeasement at this time would be futile, what everyone needs now is not appeasement, but a way to escape.

And what he has to do is to try his best to figure out everything here, and find out the truth from the clues he got.

Walked ahead without saying a word.

Wu Liang's eyes didn't stop for a moment, he hadn't given up yet, and he couldn't give up either.

But go further.

Wu Liang also became more and more frightened.

Passing through the place where the camp should have been, the terrain did not start to drop, the riverbed left after the diversion of the Yellow River did not appear, and the excavation pit they dug out after several days disappeared, replaced by a very primitive Flat land.

The flat land is full of gravel, weeds and soil covered with a layer of moss.

Go forward again.

The stone sculpture of the monster insect and the community tree are also missing, but judging from the height comparison between this flat land and Hexin Island, even if the stone sculpture of the monster insect and the community tree still exist, they should be buried under the flat ground in the mud. …

Is it necessary to dig up this place again to verify it?
Wu Liang immediately gave up this idea.

At this time, the flat land is much higher than the riverbed they saw before, that is to say, if they dig again, they will have to dig a much deeper excavation pit than before to be able to dig the strange insect stone sculpture and community tree.

And such a height, even with his Luoyang shovel, it would be difficult to reach it...

This is obviously unrealistic.

The physical and mental strength of the people in the Huan army is no longer enough to support such a huge workload. Even if they don't do anything, I'm afraid they can only live for a few more days.

But soon.

Wu Liang was completely shocked by the scene in front of him again.

Not only him, but all the people in the Huan army also raised their heads unconsciously, their eyes were wide open, and the look of shock on their faces couldn't be more extreme.

"This is……"

I saw that not far from them, there was a huge purple-red pillar erected.

This pillar is three meters in diameter, and its surface looks smooth and shiny. It rises from the ground under its feet and plunges into the dark night sky.

The only source of light for the people in the Tuan Army is the Suihou Pearl.

They followed the Hou Zhu's light and looked up until they reached a height of tens of meters, but they couldn't see where the end of this huge pillar was.

"My lord, if I remember correctly, this place should be where the pure copper stump is..."

Yu Ji also raised his neck and murmured.

"good……"

Wu Liang also raised his neck and nodded slightly.

Could it be that the copper tree grew back like the society tree?
Wu Liang unconsciously came up with a well-known word in later generations - "Dinghaishenzhen". If the thing in front of him is really the copper tree, I am afraid that only the "Dinghaishenzhen" in "Journey to the West" can be compared with it Unfortunately, everyone in the Huan army didn't know what the "Dinghaishenzhen" was.

at the same time.

Wu Liang unconsciously thought of another possibility that he had never thought of before—backflow in time and space?

Recalling what he had seen and heard before, Wu Liang felt that this idea was very reasonable.

The bug statue was restored.

The sacred tree grew again.

The stone platform was reassembled.

The lock dragon pillar disappeared inexplicably.

The three gate towers have been restored as before.

The cracks in the holy mountain disappeared and became whole again.

The copper tree has grown its branches again...

It was as if everything around them was going back in time, thousands of years at a time.

If it wasn't for going back in time and space, the changes in these things would be unexplainable, at least in his understanding, everything is so unreasonable!
If this assumption holds true.

So the three gates they passed through before are not the passages from one world to the other small world, but the passages from one time and space to another?

At the same time, these time and space are not unconnected.

At least in the time and space they entered before, the Yellow River affected at least two time and space at the same time, one was the time and space they existed before, and the other was the time and space where Yinglong's bones were located. Among these two time-spaces, it did not affect the time-space they arrived at now. …

wrong!

There should be four space-times in total!
The space-time that existed before them was the first space-time;
The time and space where Yinglong's bones are located is the second time and space, where the Huan army began to excavate;
And the community tree re-grows, the stone sculpture of the strange insect is restored to its original state, and the time and space where the strange insect emerges from the copper tree should be the third time and space, and they just arrived at this time and space unknowingly in their sleep;

This should be the fourth space-time...

thought here.

Wu Liang suddenly remembered the image on the stele.

If you look at the four images from the bottom up...

The first picture has the sun and the moon, mountains and trees, it really looks like a normal time and space;

The second picture should be the image of soldiers from the Jiuli Kingdom, and the Tuan army did unearth a large number of copper armor and copper armor underground, and according to Wu Liang's assumption, they should be in the second time and space at that time;
There are a large number of strange insects named "Chi" in the third picture. Wu Liang suspects that they have just reached the third time and space in their sleep, so there is a vision of the community tree growing again and the strange insect stone carvings recovering , also at this time, huge strange insects drilled out of the copper tree, they almost died in the insect swarm, this seems to be right;

Just the giant eyes in the fourth picture...

Wu Liang didn't know how to explain it, because Dian Wei suspected that in the third time and space, he saw those huge eyes subconsciously, and his loss of control was also suspected to be related to those eyes.

But at this moment, Wu Liang did not see those huge eyes in the night sky, only this towering copper tree of unknown height in front of him.

Wait!
Thinking of this, Wu Liang suddenly remembered Zhen Mi's description of the two curves running through the top and bottom of the stone tablet. She said that the two curves suspected to have contributed to the trunk of a big tree...

If so.

Is it possible that the prototype of that big tree is the huge copper tree in front of you?
And judging from the composition of the image on the stele, is it possible that these four time and spaces are actually in the copper tree, or are directly affected by the copper tree.

After all, the visions they experienced, and even Dian Wei's fainting and loss of control, all happened after Dian Wei chopped down the stump of the copper tree...

When thinking so.

Wu Liang has already come to this huge copper tree.

Stretch out your hand to caress the surface of the copper tree, followed by a cold metal touch, this is indeed the copper tree, no matter the surface color or the touch is correct.

But this discovery is not enough for Wu Liang to draw a useful conclusion, let alone confirm the sudden whim in his mind.

Perhaps only when his sight is clear during the day can he see how tall this copper tree is and what the higher places look like...

Just at this time.

"!"

A tingling sensation like an electric shock suddenly came from the fingertips caressing the copper tree.

Wu Liang stopped subconsciously.

But when he withdrew his hand, the surroundings fell into endless darkness at this moment.

He hurriedly turned around and looked in the direction where the Huanren army was.

He didn't see anyone, nor did he see the light from the Suihou bead in Bai Jingjing's hand, as if everything was swallowed by this endless darkness.

"Dian Wei?!"

Wu Liang hastily shouted.

Dian Wei did not immediately respond as usual.

"Yu Ji?!"

"Yang Wanli?!"

"Zhuge Liang?!"

"Jingjing?!"

"Mi'er?!"

"..."

Wu Liang called out everyone's names one by one, but no one responded.

"what on earth is it?"

Wu Liang couldn't help feeling a little flustered, and couldn't help but think of Dian Wei's previous experience, and quickly raised his head subconsciously, looking at the same dark sky.

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