Beipai Tomb Raiders Notes

Chapter 595 Countermeasures

"Well, I was right, did you see it?" I said nervously.

A magical scene happened before my eyes. I saw the water tank rolling out, and after a while it rolled back with a clang.

Everyone looked puzzled and their eyes widened.

It was like...at the other end of the yard, out of sight, someone pushed the water tank back.

But there was no one on the other end.

"Brother, how do you know that the water tank can come back by itself? And the time is about the same as you estimated." One person asked.

I explained, "You may not understand what I'm saying, but the right time, right place, and right people are all right. This is the embodiment of Feng Shui. Look, the moon is very round tonight."

"The moon is bright in the sky, the walls stand tall, and the screen wall blocks people out."

"It's called the right time. The moonlight formed a path leading forward in the courtyard, and we were subconsciously guided by it. Think about it carefully. Has it been like this since we came in?"

One of the buddies immediately looked down at his feet. He suddenly realized, "That's right. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have thought about it in this way. What is geographical advantage?"

I stamped my foot and said, "This is called Tea Garden Stone. It looks flat on the surface, right?"

"It's flat."

I shook my head. "It's not flat. The whole yard isn't flat. It's sloped, tilted three to five degrees south. There's no reference point here, and the small angle shift along the central axis is difficult to detect with the naked eye."

"You mean to say we're not moving in a straight line, but in a circle?"

"Yes."

"I can't tell at all. How did you find out?"

"I rely on my physical sense. I can feel it."

One person remained relatively calm. He analyzed, "No matter how big this yard is, the slight deviation in the route won't cause us to circle back to where we started."

"You're right, but we've turned a corner."

"Turn? No."

I pointed to the screen wall that had just been destroyed.

The guy seemed to be thinking about something.

The next second, his expression changed, as if he realized something.

I said, "This is man-made. The screen wall blocks the road. Every time we go around the screen wall, we have to turn a corner, and every time we turn, we are going in a circle.

"If you want to look back along the way, the screen wall behind you blocks your view. The screen wall is a straight line between the two walls, which gives you the illusion that you are always walking in a straight line."

"The more you can't get out, the more panic you'll feel. Panicking means you'll waste your energy and end up thirsty and exhausted. The water in the jar is for people in this situation. If you drink it, or accidentally touch it like Adong did, the consequences are unimaginable."

One person said, "Last year I met a Fujianese guy. He had a kind of obedient water specially made for women to drink. That tank of water looked ordinary. From what you said, brother, is it more powerful than the obedient water?"

I said, "It's different. The obedient water is nothing compared to the hot spring water. The more you fear something, the more you dread it, the more you will see and face it after drinking the water. The feeling will be so real that if you can't bear it, you will suffer a mental breakdown and even mental disorder."

Watermelon Head said, "Hot spring water is just a name you gave it. The formula of this water is in the hands of the Jiang family."

I nodded. "Yes, I can call it hot spring water, or you can call it something else. It's just a name. The formula of the water is the key."

"Have you ever drunk it?" Watermelon Head asked me.

"Yes, more than once."

"Then why aren't you crazy?"

"It depends on the person. I didn't say that 100% of people will go crazy after drinking it. People are different. I have always had a strong will."

A smile appeared on the corner of the watermelon head's mouth.

I frowned at him.

Watermelon Head's relaxed attitude is not fake, he has always been like this. His brain is different from that of ordinary people. Faced with the situation of being trapped here and his subordinates dying tragically one after another, I don't know why he can still laugh.

"What? Can't I laugh? Should I cry? Should I be scared like Adong?"

"Do you know my past?"

"When you were a child, you were abducted by human traffickers and taken to the mountains to herd sheep. Later, you killed that family and fled. Finally, you were adopted by Uncle Xu, took his surname, and got a new identity." I said.

"That's only part of my experience. You can't imagine my past. My godfather took me in because he valued my experience. Before I met my godfather, I couldn't be considered a human being."

Because I didn't really know much about his past experiences, I didn't understand what he meant by that.

The watermelon-headed man patted my shoulder and said, "Godfather speaks highly of your master. You are worthy of being his last disciple. Since you have seen through the secret of this courtyard, lead us out of here and leave the rest to us."

One person echoed, "Yeah, brother, the boss is right. Thanks to your knowledge and experience, otherwise we might end up like Brother Dong. Take us away from this damn place."

With everyone's hopes placed on us, I took a deep breath and said, "Then listen to me. You can't trust your eyes right now, because what you see will affect your judgment. You have to trust my feelings. We need to stick to the wall."

"Walk close to the wall?"

"That's right. We have to hold hands and walk with our backs to the wall. This is the only way right now."

"No problem, come on."

In my mind, I imagined the entire yard as an ancient tomb. At this moment, I was deep in the tomb, and I couldn't see my hand in front of me. The wall turned into the tomb passage. When I thought of this, I was no longer afraid. Instead, I felt relaxed all over, as if I was home.

"Let's go. Remember my words. Close your eyes and don't look at anything! Don't let go of each other's hands, and don't make any noise."

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"You still have to close your eyes and not look?"

"Correct."

"why?"

"No reason. If you want to go out, just listen to me."

I only saw through some of the secrets of this courtyard. There are still many Feng Shui designs that I don’t understand. I don’t understand anything, so naturally I can’t explain the reasons to others.

Because I didn't want to hold hands with the watermelon-headed guy, I put him at the end of the line.

So, with me leading the way, we held hands and walked forward along the wall.

No one in the team spoke. I closed my eyes and walked at the front, taking every step very slowly.

I walked like this for a while, and suddenly, I saw the moonlight in front of me, like a spotlight, and saw a man and a woman squatting there.

The man and woman were dressed in rags, their clothes likely from the 1950s or 1960s. The man lowered his head and remained silent, while the woman spoke with a Hakka accent from Hunan. She seemed cold, rubbing her hands together. She said to me, "Please, take me with you! I don't want to stay here anymore."

I kept my eyes closed, how could I possibly see people?

Moreover, the man and woman's tattered clothes and pale faces did not look like living people.

I didn't dare stop, let alone say a word.

The next second, the woman suddenly squatted on the ground, covering her face with her hands and burst into tears. She cried very hard, but there was not a tear on her face. She sobbed at me and said, "My name is Hu Cuiying. I am from Qiuhu Village, Anding Town, Yueyang County. My father is Hu Dasheng. Please help tell my father that I am an unfilial daughter and cannot provide for him in his old age and see him to the end of his life."

"Wuwuwu....You are so cruel, why don't you help me."

I still walked forward.

Suddenly, a series of strange laughter came from behind.

"Hehe... You can't get out... You'll never get out, hehehe, don't even try. Isn't it better to just stay?"

I turned back and spat.

The next second, the man and the woman disappeared, and there was no sound at all.

At this moment, I felt a brick under my feet. I calculated the time in my mind and slowly opened my eyes.

"Why don't you leave, brother? Are we leaving?"

Several people opened their eyes one after another.

The man with the watermelon head first looked at the surrounding scenery, then he looked at me with a serious expression.

I don't know what to say, I have nothing to say.

We returned to the screen wall again.

Looking at the tall walls that looked like a fortress, I fell into despair.

The Jiang family compound was built like a feng shui maze, and its layout and structure violated all known common sense.

I shouldn't be here, we're dead.