I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 1115: Stone Changes

Three "people" appeared at the edge of Mo Ling's vision.

He was very familiar with these three "people".

One is Router, one is Ah Dai, and the other is himself...

Mo Ling froze in place for a moment, not daring to take another step forward. He even suspected that he had seen it wrong and mistook the three short stone pillars for three people.

But as his vision continued to scan, he finally confirmed that they were three "people", three people made of stone.

Every detail on the body matches. Even though the skin has turned into the color of rock, the appearance can still be distinguished. The clothes are also perfectly simulated by the stone flakes, with a thin gap between the skin and the skin. Even the supplies in the backpack can be matched one by one.

The hair on the skin, the fat and muscles under the skin are all stone, but the patterns on the stone are exactly the same as the patterns on flesh and blood, as if they were created naturally. Every hair on the head is made of hard stone, but it looks as "soft" as normal hair, so thin that it seems like it will break if the wind blows, yet it is so stubbornly frozen in that simulated state.

Such a delicate structure should not appear on rough rocks. After being shocked, Mo Ling immediately felt an indescribable sense of disharmony.

So weird.

Is that a person or a stone?

If it were a human, its entire body wouldn't be made of stone.

If it were stone, it would definitely not be so "exquisite". This has gone beyond the scope of stone. No kind of high-precision processing equipment can make such stone carvings and keep these stone carvings in such a perfect state forever.

If it were a normal stone, those "thin strands of hair" would have broken off long ago, and the stone pieces representing the "clothes" would not have been so close-fitting and would have shattered into slag long ago.

These three stone men that should not appear in reality suddenly appeared in Mo Ling's vision, and were still moving forward at a slow speed.

Mo Ling looked at the three stone men, and his expression became increasingly strange.

These "three people" even have the same relative positions as them.

"Mo Ling" was at the front, directing the direction, "Lu Ji" was following from the side, and "A Dai" was walking blankly at the back...

Except that they move slower, their moving posture is exactly the same as the original ones.

Mo Ling felt as if he was looking at a mirror, except that the self on the other side of the mirror had changed color and material.

"What did you see?" Lu Qi asked in a low voice.

"I saw three stone men who looked exactly like us... They were not petrified, but imitating us... The stone forest was imitating us."

After hearing Mo Ling's story, Lu Lu's face changed, but soon returned to normal.

"This is a good thing. It means we won't be petrified."

"That's true...but why are you imitating us? Are you trying to replace us?"

"Don't be so pessimistic. Maybe it's just a harmless phenomenon. It's like a mirror automatically reflecting the outside world."

Mo Ling did not respond and continued to stare at the "three people" who were moving forward.

His attention has been deeply attracted by the "three people". He is observing "his" actions from another angle. It is an extremely special experience to watch all the parts and objects on "his" body slowly change positions when the movements are slowed down countless times.

An idea that had never occurred to Mo Ling came to his mind:

"Are my movements so complicated?"

The joints were rotating, the bones were rubbing, the muscles were contracting, the flesh was pulling, the skin was sliding... Every movement affected countless subtle details in an instant. A complete body was divided into many areas, and each area was operating slowly and vigorously, which allowed the body to move slightly "flexibly". When the movement was slowed down by countless times, Mo Ling used the stone man to see the "struggle and effort" of his body.

Every piece of stone is wailing, every grain of stone is trembling. The movement of life is as difficult for this hard stone as the creation of the world. To exert such a force, every atom must expend all its strength.

Looking at the efforts of these "three people", Mo Ling even found it difficult to breathe.

He felt himself becoming extremely heavy.

"Let's go and take a look ahead." He managed to force out a sentence, his voice a little hoarse.

With heavy steps, Mo Ling walked around several stone pillars and finally came in front of the "three people".

After seeing the stone man with his own eyes, Lu Qi was a little stunned. There were flashes of surprise in his eyes, and he was obviously shocked by this exquisitely crafted stone man.

Just like that, the three people made of flesh and blood and the three people made of stone stared at each other.

The heat wave was still rising, and a few drops of sweat oozed out of Mo Ling's forehead.

The stone man Mo Ling also had a few drops of sweat on his forehead and was falling slowly.

They were breathing, and the stone man in front of them was also "breathing", but the breath he exhaled was filled with dust, and scattered sand and dust spewed out of his nostrils and was swept up to the sky by the heat wave.

Their hearts were beating too, but the sound was that of stones hitting each other. The blood infused by the stones was rushing at a relative speed, rubbing against the blood vessel walls which were also made of stone, making the same strange sound of life.

At this moment, Mo Ling and Lu Luqi had the same thought in their minds: these stones came alive.

They have another form of life and exist vigorously in another flow of time.

At this time, we should be alert...

This sudden appearance of the stone man, with the exact same appearance, should have made Mo Ling feel terrified from the bottom of his heart, but his heart was filled with shock.

After the shock, he actually empathized with this "life" that shouldn't exist.

He felt the difficulty of the stone's life and the cry for life from the depths of its soul.

How could this be?
"Why can I sense the thoughts of these stones?"

Mo Ling was suddenly stunned. He didn’t know when this kind of “life empathy” began.

He turned his head and looked at Router Qi, who seemed to be about to speak and say something to him.

"Do you feel it?" they asked in unison.

Then, looking into each other's eyes, they both understood the answer.

“They seem to want to come back to life…”

"But they can't survive. They're just stones."

"So, over the long years, they could only imitate other lives, constantly pursuing traces of life, eager to find their own path of evolution while imitating other lives..."

The emotions of the stones flowed through their thoughts. They seemed to see the past of the stones through the lines on them...

(End of this chapter)