Gamers Are Fierce Chapter 60: Lantern (Quad K)

“…OK.”

Wang Congshan sighed and slipped into the cloak.

I saw the lion skin trembling a few times, slowly propped up, and moved towards the corridor. From time to time, from under the lion skin, “Don’t step on my feet.” “I can’t keep up. !” sounds like that.

The two were noisily and entered the corridor with the lion’s skin supported.

The lanterns hanging in the atrium shine brightly above the lion dance,

Most of the light is refracted by the mirror fragments on the surface of the lion dance,

A small amount of light shines through, causing shapeless, dark shadows that are visible to the naked eye to grow where the mirror fragments are not covered.

Li Ang and Wang Congshan inside the lion dance can clearly feel that the weight of the lion skin above is strangely increasing,

The whole lion skin seems to be gradually coming to life, exerting pressure from all directions and wrapping it.

Li Ang was prepared for this, he picked up the heart ape stick, aimed one end at the lion’s head and the other at the lion’s tail,

Injecting spiritual power into the heart ape, making the stick grow slightly, preventing the lion dance from turning inward,

Three steps and two steps at the same time, dash forward, cross the entire corridor, and rush to the atrium.

Holding the Heart Ape stick in his hand, he swung it forward, flipping the entire lion skin forward, forming a mirror in mid-air, which was aimed at the lantern.

As the distance got closer, Li Ang was able to see the shape of the lantern in more detail.

I saw that the lantern was oval in shape as a whole, with bamboo strips woven into a skeleton, with white paper attached to the outside, and the surface of the paper was painted with plain flower patterns.

This lantern is not unique,

The atrium of Hiratsuka Mansion is in the shape of “匚” as a whole, with semi-open corridors on three sides, and one side is open to the open air, leading to the courtyard.

There are also three similar lanterns hanging on the other three beams and columns in the “匚” shaped atrium area,

But only this one, the light is exceptionally bright,

And the shadow cast on the surface of the lantern paper is also a bit strange.

With the help of the [Expanded Vision] ability, Li Ang was able to see the inside of the lantern – it was not a candle, but a shriveled man’s head that was compressed into dried sugarcane.

Although it’s hard to imagine what kind of weird power is needed to twist the human body into this shape,

But the skin, muscles, and bones of this human head are indeed compressed into candle-like strips,

The facial features on the entire face are compressed into a diamond shape, and the two shriveled eyes are wide open, one up and one down, and the bottom is a slash-like mouth.

It looks like this:

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The hair on the shriveled head, like the wick of a candle, continued to burn, with no sign of shortening at all.

In the blink of an eye, Li Ang discovered that whether it is to directly interfere with psionic energy or to create a breeze with psychic energy,

I couldn’t put out the candle, so I changed my strategy immediately,

Continue to turn the lion dance skin over, cover it on the surface of the lantern, stand on tiptoe, pull and pull with both hands, and tie a bow, wrapping the lantern round and round without revealing a trace of light.

All of this happened in one breath. Li Ang pulled the two ends of the lion skin bow with both hands, held his breath, and waited for half a minute.

Nothing happened,

Across the lion skin, the two could hear the very slight sound of hair burning from the lantern.

Wang Congshan hesitated: “This is… solved?”

“Probably.”

Li Ang nodded, gently holding the lantern and pulling it, and found that the lantern was firmly hanging on the seemingly unstable beam and column support, motionless, so he had to give up.

Originally, he planned to take away this lantern with peculiar effects. If he encounters ghosts in the future, he may even be able to hold Perseus with Medusa’s head.

Let the lantern out against the enemy, it may do wonders.

“The other three lanterns contained normal candles instead of human heads.”

Li Ang glanced around and found that there was some pale blood on the ground below the beam and column with the human-headed lantern hanging. The blood was ray-shaped and pointed to the inside of the atrium.

Inside the atrium is a semi-open tea room, which serves as a place for guests to drink tea.

In the open space in front of the tea room, some decorations are placed.

For example, a stone basin filled with water, a bamboo tube with water flowing and making noises from time to time, etc.

Li Ang glanced at it, and immediately noticed the doubt, frowned, strode down the steps, stepped into the courtyard, and came to the front of the seesaw-like bamboo tube.

This installation is called “Luwei”, (ししおどし)

It usually consists of a water delivery system and a bamboo tube that is heavy at one end and light at the other.

The water delivery system will continue to pump water from the ground like a fountain,

Pour it on the chopped bamboo tube,

When the bamboo tube is full of water, it will tilt to one end due to gravity and fall on the stone, making a “pop” sound, pouring out the water,

And then because the center of gravity changed, it was restored and turned into a tilted state, until the water flow was full again, and it continued to make noises, and the cycle began again and again.

“Luwei” was originally an agricultural tool installed in the farmland by the island of Japan. It made noises to drive away birds and beasts to protect the farmland.

Until later, it was used in Japanese gardens as landscape design, also known as adding water.

However, Li Ang’s attention was not on adding water, but on the other stones behind the water filling device.

“These stones, named ‘squatting’, are devices used by the Japanese tea room to wash the hands of the host and guests, and are also an integral element of the landscape design of the Japanese tea room.

A complete set of squat, which can be different according to the function, shape and height of the stone,

It is divided into hand water bowl, front stone, hand candle stone, soup bucket stone, water gate. “

Amid the regular clicking sound of the water filling device, Li Ang squatted down, pointed at the stone, and introduced to Wang Congshan: “The hand water bowl is the place where the guests of the tea room scoop water to wash their hands before drinking tea, and the middle is usually hollowed out. .

The front stone is a place to sit and absorb, and the hand candle stone is a place to put lights at night,

Tang bucket stone is used for hot water in winter,

The water gate, also called the sea, is responsible for absorbing water.

The Hiratsuka family is a local noble family,

The design of the courtyard is just one word, exquisite.

The tea garden in their family not only used the most complete set of squatting, but also added a set of so-called equipment below, which can further shape the “Zen”. “

Li Ang pointed to a pile of rocks under the squatting system and said: “These pebbles under the squatting system are all gray,

In the middle of the pebbles is a vertical bamboo tube.

This installation is called ‘Shuiqin Cave’,

The bottom is hollow and excavated into the shape of a hanging bell, or a copper pot or a niche lamp.

Internal water storage,

When the water in the bamboo tube flows out, it will first flow into the hand water bowl,

If the water in the hand water bowl is full, the excess water will follow the water gate stone,

Infiltrated into the Shuiqin Cave.

Because the water inside the Shuiqin Grotto is hollow, the sound of dripping water will be amplified and the frequency will be slower than that of the water filling device.

And the bamboo tube above is used to further amplify the sound-in order to further pursue Zen, there are also special research by Hishima scholars,

What shape should the Shuiqin Cave be shaped into, whether the material inside is stone or pottery, the height of the water and the frequency of the sound are more suitable. “

“Hey, that’s real, capped.”

Wang Congshan smacked her mouth and found the problem, “Well… the stone in this water-qin cave seems to have been cut open?

The bamboo tube that was originally inserted in the water gate stone was also pulled out and thrown aside. “

“Hmm.”

Li Ang nodded and said in a relaxed tone: “The disaster that befell the Hiratsuka family happened almost instantly.

They even had half-eaten meals on the table, too late to run.

Under such circumstances, how could there be a leisurely mood to renovate the Shuiqin Cave.

Unless when disaster strikes, someone flees to the bottom of the Shuiqin Cave and hides.

Stand away and cover me. “

“What are you doing?”

Wang Congshan stood aside holding a pistol,

Li Ang picked up the Heart Ape stick and pushed aside the water gate stone in the pit.

As the cobblestones were pulled away, a large hole was revealed in the pit, revealing a bell-shaped water-qin cave,

And in the Shuiqin Cave, a corpse in a squatting position, wearing children’s clothes and holding a schoolbag.

Maybe it’s because of the accumulation of water in the Shuiqin Cave,

The top half of the corpse is dry and withered, while the bottom half is swollen and decayed, giving off an unpleasant smell.

Wang Congshan’s heart trembled, “Be careful!”

Li Ang waved his hand, indicating don’t worry,

He approached the large hole in the Shuiqin Grotto without changing his face, and carefully examined the shape of the corpse inside.

The corpse was only about seven or eight years old when he died. He was wearing a school uniform. There was no obvious trauma on his body. He was holding an orange schoolbag with the zipper half-open.

Li Ang groaned, put the stick of the Heart Ape into the Shuiqin Cave, and passed the Heart Ape through the **** the side of the schoolbag,

With a light pick, the orange schoolbag was picked out of the Shuiqin Cave.

As the bag was picked out, the arms of the corpse fell, but no further changes occurred.

Li Ang asked Wang Congshan to point the gun at the corpse, while he gently opened the half-open zipper of the schoolbag.

The school bag contains elementary school textbooks, test papers, stationery and other items,

Like other items in the script world, the text on the textbook and the test paper is relatively vague. There is only one full score on the surface of the mathematics test paper. The handwriting is clear and clear. Class A of the second year of elementary school.

Li Ang skipped the math questions on the test paper, and found that on the back of the test paper, there were a lot of crooked words written in pencil.

【Who will help me】

【It’s so dark here】

[Uncle, aunt, mother, grandfather, brother, they are all dead]

[A terrifying monster crawled out of the well]

[Dad said he would protect me, let me hide here, don’t make any noise, he will find someone to help]

[I’m so scared, my dad still hasn’t come back]

[It’s so cold]

【Squeeze】

[It’s so uncomfortable, I want to lie down]

【Very hungry】

【Very hungry】

【Very hungry】

“These should be the experiences of Yuo Hiratsuka before his death.”

Li Ang frowned and gave Wang Congshan a look at the test paper, and said, “Remember the note pads that the character I played, Tetsuya Ogasawara, was carrying?

There are several pictures on the notepad, which are samurai wearing armor, holding a sword, and wearing a Prajna mask;

A stone well under a twisted dead tree;

A torii gate built on the hillside;

The samurai corresponds to the legend of the Enke Village, and the torii corresponds to the torii of the Enke Shrine we saw earlier,

The well mentioned by Yuo Hiratsuka should correspond to the stone well under the dead tree. “

“Um…”

Wang Congshan nodded slowly, “The paper of this test paper is wrinkled, there are traces of drying out after being soaked.

It should be a disaster, some monster ran out of the well and attacked the Hiratsuka family.

The Hiratsuka family suffered heavy casualties,

Hiratsuka’s father escaped with him, letting him hide in the Suikoto Cave.

In the end, his father probably suffered misfortune, and Hiratsuka Yuo was trapped here alive. “

“Another tragedy.”

Li Ang spread his hands, “Let’s go…”

His words suddenly stopped, and with the blessing of psychic perception enhancement, he seemed to hear the burning sound of the human head lantern, and it rang a little.

Could it be…

Li Ang narrowed his eyes, clapped his palms, and said to Wang Congshan, “It’s too pitiful to put Yuo Hiratsuka here, why don’t we bury him?”

“Huh?”

Wang Congshan was stunned for a moment, Li Ang is not a kind person who likes to help grandma cross the road for free and give up her seat to grandpa on the bus,

What drives him to do things, besides money, is his own interests and bad tastes.

In such a dangerous scripted world, any action may lead to unknown consequences,

Why would he suddenly have the leisure to bury a body?

Thinking like this, Wang Congshan didn’t object. She also felt that it was not good to leave the corpse of the child in the water-filled Shuiqin cave.

Li Ang used a stick to pick out the body of Yuo Hiratsuka from the Shuiqin Cave. He and Wang Congshan found a piece of land in the courtyard, dug a hole, and took Yuo Hiratsuka’s body and his schoolbag. into it together,

After pushing the soil, the bamboo tube of the water filling device was used, and the name of Yuo Hiratsuka was engraved on it, and it was placed in front of the grave as a tombstone.

Almost as soon as Li Ang inserted the bamboo tube in front of the grave, the lantern wrapped in the skin of the lion dance in the courtyard corridor made a slight “click” sound.

Li Ang and Wang Congshan looked at each other, walked towards the lantern, and slowly released the lion dance skin,

Found that the light from the lanterns was much dimmer and less aggressive,

And the human head candle inside the lantern also closed his eyes like he was resting.

“This should be ~IndoMTL.com~ Hiratsuka Yuo’s father.”

Li Ang lifted the lantern and found that the lantern could be removed from the stand, and the light emitted would no longer have the effect of distorting shadows on the two of them.

“The eyes of the human head candle are just aimed at the location of the Shuiqin Grotto. It seems that this dear man is also thinking about protecting his son after his death.

No more aggressiveness now, probably to express our gratitude to us for burying his son’s body. “

Li Ang took off the lantern, turned it upside down, and it was not as heavy as he imagined, so he held it in his hand as a light source.

Wang Congshan looked at Li Ang’s natural appearance, fell silent for a while, and couldn’t help asking: “Is the scripted world we… players experience real, or is it a virtual world created by the system?”

“Is this question important?”

Li Ang carried the lantern, walked into the courtyard, and said casually: “Since you can’t tell the truth from the false, you don’t need to forcefully struggle. Just follow your heart and do what you should do.”