the last priest

That year, Zhuo Xiong's father died in Qifeng Mountain. Although that was not his biological father, that person could even be said to be his "enemy".But in these years, Zhuo Xiong has never hated him, what he has is only the family affection for raising him and the memory of losing this family affection, so he still calls him father.

Not long after going down the tunnel, like Cha Wenbin, he also felt uncomfortable, and an indescribable sense of depression and loneliness instantly surrounded his whole body.Just when he was in deep confusion, a person not far away was waving at him, the person was a little blurry, and the distance was a little far away, but with the silhouette and figure, Zhuo Xiong recognized at a glance that it was his dead father.

Like Cha Wenbin, that "father" stood watching him from a distance, when Zhuo Xiong wanted to catch up and get a better look, he turned around and ran, and then disappeared.Then, Zhuo Xiong chased here along the tunnel, and met Cha Wenbin.

Cha Wenbin squatted at the two entrances, playing with the astrological alley in his hand: "I also saw things I shouldn't see."

"Did you see it? Who is it?"

Who are those?Zha Wenbin didn't even know himself, those three people who were inextricably linked to him but didn't exist at all.

"A few old friends, so I guess Chaozi must have seen something and chased him here. With his personality, it is very likely that he will chase all the way to the end. I just went in here to try it out. It is a maze. Once inside , will be trapped in it.”

"Chaozi has been trained. He should not rush into this kind of place. If I were him, once I found out that it was a maze, I would mark it along the way." This is the field habit of scouts. When encountering places without reference objects, Marking is an effective measure to prevent getting lost, and it is also a sign for people behind to search.

Together, the two decided to go in and look for it. Zhuo Xiong had a miner's lamp in his hand. This thing can run for 24 hours once it is charged, and it is still very bright at the moment.

According to Zha Wenbin's feeling, they picked the hole on the left in advance. After entering, they searched along both sides. Sure enough, at 30 meters away, Zhuo Xiong found a "ten" mark carved with a dagger.Seeing that the trace is very fresh, that is, it was carved not long ago, it can be concluded that it was left by Chaozi.

Going forward, less than 50 meters away, the second mark began to appear.Zhuo Xiong said happily: "Follow this mark and search all the way, you will definitely find it."

But Cha Wenbin looked at the footprints on the ground and became confused. He remembered that there were also footprints in another passage, and they belonged to the same person. Could there be marks there too, and Chaozi walked on both sides?

Looking at the new fork that appeared not far away, Zha Wenbin decided to exit first: "Come out first with me, and go to the other side to have a look."

The two backed out again, this time it was the entrance on the right. After touching it, Zhuo Xiong took a measurement with his fingers, and he was sure that the shoe prints on both sides belonged to the same person.At 30 meters here, at almost the same location, he found an almost identical "ten" mark.

"Really, look here!" His miner's lamp locked the mark in his own lamp circle. "Look ahead, do you still remember where the second mark was?" "Yeah!"

Continued to advance another 50 meters, and the second "ten" mark appeared in the lower right corner, and Zha Wenbin's face turned pale with a brush.Two passages, two identical positions, two identical marks appeared, and they were made by the same person.

Why would Chaozi do this?

This question is obviously not why Chaozi did this, but what kind of situation did they encounter with Chaozi?

Just when Cha Wenbin wondered why the two marks were so identical, Zhuo Xiong was surprised to find that there were a few more shoe prints at the fork in front of him.He went up to look at those shoe prints with a flashlight, compared them carefully with his hands, and came to a conclusion: there were three people walking past, and one of them was himself!

"Brother Wen, Wen Bin, the road over there just now also stopped at this place. Come and see the footprints here. Except for one of them that continued to walk in, the others all turned around."

Cha Wenbin didn't understand, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"What I mean is, we have been to this place before! But we went to the road on the left just now, why are there footprints of me and you on the right, and the place where we stopped is the place where we stopped on the right just now."

"You mean? The left side and the right side we walked are actually the same road?" This conclusion made the two of them look at each other in blank dismay. Both of them could see clearly, and the left and right could always be separated.

Zhuo Xiong had an idea: "I have a way to prove it." Then, he pulled out the dagger and retreated to the mark of "ten" engraved by Chao Zi, and then slashed hard at the bottom.

Cha Wenbin immediately understood what he meant: "Yes, if we walked the same road twice, then if we exit and re-enter the left side now, there should be a scratch there too."

The two backed out again. When they came out, Zha Wenbin deliberately looked at the two forks that were less than half a meter apart, one left and one right, and they really couldn't tell the difference from the appearance.After choosing the passage on the left, the two entered for the second time, but what is the actual situation?On the left, under the second mark drawn by Chao Zi, there is no sign of "一" drawn by Zhuo Xiong.

This shows that they did not walk into the same path twice, but two completely different paths.Then, everything goes back to the previous, how to explain the overlapping of the shoe prints on the ground and the marks drawn by Chao Zi?

These endless questions made Cha Wenbin feel a headache. At first, it was just overwhelming loneliness, then he saw people who did not exist, and then this damn passage.For the first time, he felt that he had fallen into a situation where he could not advance or retreat. The person must be inside, and it should not be difficult to get out, but Chaozi did not bring supplies at all. Even if he had received professional training, he was lost for a long time. Food, that fuss alone can drive a person crazy.

In this place, you can't see the sky when you look up, and there is dirt when you look down. Just when the two of them were at a loss, Zha Wenbin had another idea in his mind. If this is the case, what will happen if the two separate?If there is really no problem, then the two of them will go back to their original places. If there is, then there will be an extremely terrible situation: there will be a Zhuo Xiong beside Zha Wenbin, and there may also be a Zha Xiong next to Zha Wenbin. Wen Bin!

This idea is risky. From any point of view, if that kind of situation really happens, will the two become four people by then?Who is real and who is fake?

How can you get a tiger cub if you don't enter the tiger's den, Cha Wenbin decided to give it a try!

This time, Zhuo Xiong chose the left side, and Cha Wenbin chose the right side. They agreed to go all the way to the second mark and start returning, and no matter what they saw or happened during the period, they would wait until they reached the designated place before returning.

What Zha Wenbin held was a torch, and Zhuo Xiong held a flashlight. They had repeated this process several times before going 100 meters from here.After walking 30 meters, at the first mark, nothing unusual happened. Cha Wenbin stopped and looked back, but nothing happened as he imagined, and he was still alone.

Is it really a coincidence?Or are you too nervous?

In the next second, Cha Wenbin thought his eyes were blurred. A man, a man he was familiar with, walked towards him. He held a flashlight in his hand. The bright light made Cha Wenbin unable to open his eyes. Eye.The man's pace was fast, and when they passed by, Cha Wenbin watched helplessly as he penetrated his body.

Cha Wenbin turned around and watched him walking slowly towards the exit. Even if he was burned to ashes, he would recognize him. This person is called Zhuo Xiong!

Are you still using it?Cha Wenbin didn't think so, when "Zhuo Xiong" was about to reach the end, he disappeared, as if he had never been there, only the pile of footprints on the ground showed that he was indeed what he saw just now.

Cha Wenbin walked out silently with a huge question mark in his heart, but fortunately there was only Zhuo Xiong outside.

"Brother Wenbin, you can figure it out."

Cha Wenbin looked up at the familiar face, and he was sure that he was right.

Zhuo Xiong saw that Zha Wenbin's expression was a little bit bad, so he hurriedly comforted him: "Did you find anything? Just now I went in alone and came out alone. I guess I was really too nervous and I can't tell."

"I saw it, and I won't hide it from you." Cha Wenbin hesitated for a moment and said: "I saw you appear in it, but you couldn't see me. There is really a problem here, and it's a big problem. .”

"Me?" Zhuo Xiong pointed to his chest and said, "But I'm really on the left."

"I know, I also know that you are not the real you, but it is you again. That is to say, I can see you on the left and me appearing in the same time and space on the right, but there is no intersection. Simply put, if It was me who went to the left, you should see me on the right as well, but the channel on the left does not. This explains why, the marker you drew only appears on the right, not on the left, only the channel on the right Only then will there be a near-duplicate picture."

"Why is that?"

"I don't know either, but, I think, that's the way it should be, and that's the only way to explain it."