Escape the Infinite Chambers-Chapter 150 - The Corridor of Time (VI)
Chapter 150 - The Corridor of Time (VI)
Editors: Humu & Kitty
Because Clown blinded his eyes, the following journey became much more difficult. However, to some extent, Luo Jian did not understand why Clown blinded his eyes. Even if he could see the phantoms, he must have had many other ways to stop seeing them. Unless what Clown saw was so unusual that he had to use self-mutilation to get out from his predicament.
“The phantom is too real,” Clown said: “The phantom-you even had warmth which was the exact same as what I remembered, but there was one thing that he couldn’t do. He couldn’t hypnotize me like you do; he could only confuse me.”
“If you want me to open a certain door, you don’t need to talk too much nonsense. If you give me a cue, I’ll do what you say.” Clown seemed to be a little angry at this, and he reached out to pinch Luo Jian’s small face again until Luo Jian reached out to grab his claws in a funny manner.
“How horrible; even if I close my eyes, I can still feel the phantom, and I can still feel it attacking me, but I can’t attack the other party, and the injuries on my body…… only the feelings of pain are strangely real.”
Clown said, “What’s worse is that the phantom always tried to let me see my past, something which I don’t want to recall ever in my life, so I went to blind my eyes in a fit of anger.”
Luo Jian raised his lamp and looked at the blood all over Clown’s face. He said, “You are still bleeding. Wait a minute. I have a recovery skill.”
To use the recovery skill, Luo Jian needed to change the form of his weapon, which meant that his weapon couldn’t be kept in the shape of a netherfire lamp. Without the lamp, it would be dark. In the stairway with no light source at all, Luo Jian first asked Clown, “Do you have something that can light up? Like a flashlight or something.”
But Clown refused him: “No! You can’t turn on the light…”
Luo Jian naturally felt strange and tilted his head and said, “Why can’t I turn on the light?”
“When I went down the stairs, the first thing I used was the fluorescent wand. That was an item that I have yet to finish using after preparing it for the last secret chamber. But maybe the light of the fluorescent wand was not particularly bright, so I changed into holding a brighter lantern. After the light was illuminated, the shadows would appear, like shadow monsters spreading in the dark. That’s really horrifying, and that thing will attack you…”
As Clown said, he showed Luo Jian his wounds. He rolled up his sleeve, and Luo Jian found that his arm had several deep, beast-like claw marks that caused the wound. Some emergency treatment was done to the wound and a few rounds of bandages were wrapped around it. It could be seen that Clown was very skilled at wound dressing, but the blood still dyed his sleeve red. But as witnessed, Clown had his own carry-on secret chamber and was well prepared for anything.
“I don’t feel like the lamp I’m carrying…… emits very faint light.” Luo Jian watched Clown swing his netherfire lamp that emitted pale blue light.
This lamp was imitated and copied from an interesting player in the Asura Realm. That player could summon ghosts through this lamp. Unfortunately, the dead could revive in the Asura Realm, so there were no ghosts for him to summon. However, that player was not resigned. He tried to activate a new skill for his weapon.
That player could use netherfire to attack others. This flame had a special effect. If a person was burned by this flame, the soul would leave the body. When the player forced another person’s soul out of their body, he would collect their soul and put it into his lampshade.
Every time there were more souls in the lampshade, the flame would burn more vigorously.
However, because of the special ‘revival’ effect in the Asura Realm, people whose souls were separated from the body would also be regarded as dead. Therefore, once the soul left the body and the body died, after lying on the ground for five minutes, the soul taken away by that player would disappear from his lampshade.
Therefore, the player using the netherfire as a weapon would have a wide area of effect when utilized. He would burn a patch of people with the fire, collect their souls, continue to burn others, and continue to collect souls, and repeat the process. It was just that once he accidentally died, he would have to restart the process again.
“I think that this chamber has something to do with ghosts.” Luo Jian, who was lost in thought, guessed, “Didn’t you say that the voices of the phantoms disappeared when I arrived? I think…… what they fear is not me, but the lamp in my hand.”
“Is there anything strange about your lamp?” Clown did not know what he meant.
Luo Jian laughed: “Very strange. It can capture wandering souls, regardless of them being wild ghosts or vicious ghosts. Any kind of ghosts.”
“Not only that, but the lamp can also absorb some of the soul’s abilities…… maybe something like its Yin energy, in order to ensure the flame stays ignited. And previously, I had taken this lamp to walk around the woods in the wilderness. It was a small forest in the countryside. There were many earth graves in the mountainous areas. I think this lamp must have absorbed a lot of souls’ power, so it is burning vigorously now.”
As Luo Jian was speaking, he paused momentarily. He found that the fire in the lamp was burning more vigorously now, and the dark blue light illuminated most of the stairwell. Luo Jian said, “It seems that this damned place is full of yin energy, and the lamp is getting brighter.”
“That’s great, this thing can catch ghosts! You’re a lucky star!” Clown fumbled on Luo Jian’s body and excitedly said, “Next, can we find the exit smoothly with this lamp?”
Luo Jian grabbed Clown’s paw that was moving wildly again. This fellow could not remain docile. Probably because he was blind, Clown relied on Luo Jian very much and wanted to be able to hold on to him all the time.
“I don’t think so. We have to put out the lights.” Luo Jian thought for a moment and suddenly said so.
This surprised Clown a little, “Why?”
“We’re going to attract more ghosts; only they can tell us where ‘that door’ is.”
“That door? Let me guess, was it that door that the NPC opened?” Naturally, Clown had also deduced a lot. It must have been hard for him to survive through the secret chambers alone previously. If he wasn’t smart enough, he wouldn’t have survived until now.
“I didn’t see any signs of a door that had been opened before. Or we can go down one level at a time, but it’s a waste of time. Or we’ll ask some wronged souls for directions, and if we were lucky enough, we might find the souls of the NPCs.”
Clown said, “Oh, you mean…… you think that the NPC is dead?”
Luo Jian looked around and continued: “This stairway is very old, and the dust on the ground is very thick. After stepping on it, some shallow footprints can be seen. Other than the traces of blood that you left previously, other dirt or human traces have dried up. From this, it seems that either the NPC has escaped, or he has died here and was doomed to stay here forever. If he’s alive, at least the marks he left would be new.”
“So which of the two possibilities do you think is greater?” Luo Jian raised his head and looked at Clown.
Clown covered his face that had blood all over it and said, “Indeed, he is more likely to have died here.”
“Do your eyes feel very painful?” Luo Jian saw that he covered his eyes, but there was still blood flowing down his fingers.
Luo Jian thought for a moment and said, “I must treat you. In fact, I don’t need to turn on other lights. I can see clearly in the dark.”
His night vision was amazing. Luo Jian did not know how he got this power. He once met such an enemy who used a special skill to trap Luo Jian in the endless darkness. Because he was trapped, he was not dead. So the ‘revival’ effect of the Asura Realm failed. In the endless darkness, Luo Jian lost the ability to see light, but what he adapted to was darkness.
Since then, for Luo Jian, darkness was no longer something that would cause him to panic and be frightened. He could naturally find his way in the dark, and Luo Jian did not know what was guiding him in the front; perhaps it was his obsession that he was unwilling to give up on, or perhaps…… it was nothing.
Luo Jian extinguished the netherfire lamp, and his weapon transformed into a fist-sized crystal ball, which also emitted a faint light. This was a weapon of therapeutic form. Holding the crystal ball in the palm of your hand would get one in the state of ‘HP up.’ Luo Jian placed the ball naturally into Clown’s palm and allowed Clown to hold the crystal ball with both of his hands.
Clown was uncomfortable. He could not see anything now. He swayed to the left, to the right and said, “Do I have to hold the ball with both hands? Can’t I hold you? I can’t see anything now! Give me a sense of security, boy!”
Luo Jian ruthlessly exposed Clown, who was harboring bad intentions, and said: “Don’t pretend, I know you can judge your position even if you can’t see, or you must have enough confidence that you can act in the dark even if you can’t see, which was why you blinded your eyes.”
“No!” Clown screamed, “I don’t have any confidence to do so. I really don’t have any confidence!”
Interesting fellow. Luo Jian could not help laughing, turned to look at Clown, but also began to be soft-hearted. He said: “Alright, I’ll hold onto the helm of your clothes and lead you down.”
“Really, can’t I hold your soft hand?” Clown asked pitifully.
“What’s with your strange cravings? Pedophilia?” Luo Jian was a little speechless.
“No! I just really like small things that are particularly adorable! You see, children’s hands are so small, so soft, and so warm that I can’t help but pinch them every time I see them!” When Clown said these words, it could be seen that he was serious. He rubbed the crystal ball in his hand, and he called out, “You can’t diss what I like. As long as there is that in the world, it is enough to satisfy me!”
Luo Jian laughed even more joyously. He felt that he had not been so happy for such a long time, and the person who gave him that joy was actually Clown…… the Clown who might have died in the tomb in the future.
Luo Jian sighed and unconsciously muttered to himself, “Why did you turn out that way in the future?”
“Turn out like what?” Clown was ignorant, naive, and curious as he asked.
