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Deng Mochi accurately led him to find the legend.

It was the middle part of an abandoned building, the area below the special zone in the air and above the civilian area on the surface, it can also be said to be the so-called "vacuum height", generally there will be no human activities.

The building itself is also very inconspicuous, squeezed among the iron-gray buildings eroded by acid rain, it is neither the tallest nor the most dilapidated, and it hardly attracts any attention from the outside.Moreover, its surface is uneven and densely covered with pipes. It took a lot of effort for Lu Ting to dock the spaceship, and finally hung it on the wall. Climbing in through the narrow window, it was inevitable that he was drenched in the rain for a few minutes.

Deng Mochi was not proficient at climbing windows, Lu Ting asked him, "How did you get up there before?"

Deng Mochi took off the gas mask that was forced to be put on just now, hung it on his waist casually, and wiped the rainwater from his suit jacket: "Climb the stairs."

Lu Ting was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "...This is at least twenty floors!"

Dun Mochi lowered his head and was checking the electric arc knife. This thing had been idle in the spaceship for too long, so he wanted to check the battery level.Hearing this, he looked at Lu Ting strangely, as if to say, can't you climb up?

Lu Ting resentfully said: "I'm too tired, let's go through the window from now on."

"Try not to come, it's very dangerous." Dun Mochi said, after finishing speaking, he put the long knife back on his shoulder, and turned on the flashlight. The sky was too dark, and artificial lighting was needed five meters away from the window. Lu Ting also turned on himself Only then can I see the scene in front of me clearly.

It is a corridor with many forks on both sides. The floor is covered with floor tiles and the walls are made of uncoated cement. As far as the eye can see, it is empty.

Lu Ting subconsciously touched the pistol and laser knife on the back of his waist, as well as the small military stab hidden in his sleeve.Most of his clothes have been remodeled, with straps sewn on his elbows to store things like daggers and daggers. Before he disembarked from the spaceship, he put on all the weapons that are convenient to carry, Deng Mochi looked at He is equipped, noncommittal, and it seems that it is not unnecessary.

"Is it dangerous, or is there some mechanism? A trap?" Lu Ting asked, every time he passed an intersection, he felt that something would pop out.

Deng Mochi could see his nervousness, but he was very calm: "All of them."

"No wonder it's called the Blood Rubik's Cube," Lu Ting lowered his voice and stood close to him, "Our teacher said that there is everything here, but if you don't have the skills, you can't buy anything. Most people can't even find it. exist."

Dun Mo hesitated to speak.

Lu Ting continued: "Part of the police's attitude towards this place is that they don't believe it at all, saying that those rumors are scaremongering, and part of them are obsessed, and they want to dig it out every day for inspection." The mouth was not right, Lu Ting asked cautiously: "What is the extent? Will people die?"

"Follow closely and you won't be able to." Deng Mochi stopped suddenly.Lu Ting counted and passed five intersections. At this time, there was nothing on the two walls beside him except for the plaster with holes.

But Deng Mochi seemed to be able to see the pattern, biting the flashlight in his mouth, he took down the electric arc knife, tapped the back of the knife on the edge of the wall three times, and then went to hit a fixed point in the middle of the wall.He picked a total of seven points to tap, the number of times for each point was different, and the strength was not too much, but the rhythm and volume were extremely even, "Boom, boom, boom!" Lu Ting helped him hold the flashlight, listened carefully, and felt more and more Without thinking, the gray wall that didn't change seemed to be laughing at his stupidity.

But soon, after waiting for about five seconds, the wall was not unchanged.

There were noises, like stones colliding with each other, rustling at first, and then becoming louder immediately. Dust kept shaking from the cracks in the ceiling. Deng Mochi pinched the back of his neck to make him feel relieved. Amid the sound of rubbing, Lu Ting was surprised to find that he was moving, to be precise, rotating. This corridor, together with the walls on both sides of it, rotated together.

If it feels right, it's ninety degrees.

When everything stabilized, the corridor was no longer facing the gray and endless space. There was warm light coming in and voices coming in. Deng Mochi walked away, and Lu Ting followed him to leave the area. In the corridor, what he saw made him suspect that he had entered a different-dimensional space.

It's too big, maybe it can't be described as a room anymore, it's more like an outdoor place, such as those open-air markets all over the edge of Mingyue City.The ceiling is at least six meters above the ground, which should be the result of merging the two floors. Large and small light bulbs hang high above, and under the light bulbs are more large and small shops, some with stores, and some with only one table. There are stalls on the street, selling a wide variety of things, but they are all ordinary, with daily sundries accounting for the majority, making people suspect that they are all decorations under the guise.

At most, only half of the stalls were guarded, and when passing by a few of them, some people would smile at them, or simply waved their hands to say hello, "Here we come!" When they said this, Deng Mochi just nodded and led Lu Ting to the outermost edge. The wall walks.There was less light and less attention, so he asked Lu Ting to walk on the side next to the wall.

"The things we want to buy should not be here." Lu Ting asked softly.Even if he had doubts, these leisurely street vendors still couldn't match the bloody black market he imagined.

"Yes." Dun Mochi said, "There is still a long way to go."

"There are still a few revolving corridors like the one just now, right?"

"Correct."

"I really didn't expect that such a secret room can be hidden like this," Lu Ting breathed out, "What's the reason?"

"Have you ever played Rubik's Cube?"

"Wait, I seem to understand. It means that the corridors around this room can be rotated. For example, how many corridors are horizontal and how many are vertical? Only when you turn in the right direction and turn to one side can you find the entrance? Is that so?"

"Not all," Dun Mochi said, but he still gave him an approving look, and explained patiently, "The third-order Rubik's Cube has 26 small cubes, and your current position is a corner at the bottom. To move between the cubes, you need With the help of the rotation of the corridor."

Lu Ting thought for a while, and suddenly felt that his mind was spinning a lot faster: "Then which cube are we going to? Is it a corner at the top?"

Deng Mochi pushed aside the bangs blocking his eyes, and said, "It's the center."

Lu Ting immediately figured it out: "The place where the No.20 seven cubes should have been placed."

Deng Mochi acquiesced in his inference.

Lu Ting began to shine brightly again: "Boss, do you feel that I have become a little smarter after being with you?"

Dun Mochi thought for a while and said, "It's okay if you're not smart."

Lu Ting was a little frustrated, but after thinking about it, not only was the word "together" not denied, but what Deng Mochi probably meant was that even if he was always a fool, it would not be a big problem, and he would not be disgusted or hated.

He held Deng Mochi's hand, turned his head to look at him: "I think you like me more than before."

"..." Dun Mochi looked at him quietly.

Lu Ting separated his five fingers, interlaced with Deng Mochi's five fingers, gently rubbed the bases of Wei Chao's fingers, "It's okay if you're sorry to admit it, I know it all." He laughed.

"There are some possible dangers, I need to tell you first," Deng Mochi looked forward, but Lu Ting saw his faintly red ears, "Not every room is the same as this one. Different tapping modes are equivalent to Different instructions, that is, keys, if you take the wrong key and enter the trap room, you will die. Or turn to the dead corner where two corridors intersect, and you will be trapped."

Lu Ting was very calm: "I guessed it, that's why it's called 'Blood Cube'."

Deng Mochi said again: "You are a new face, focus on deceiving the target, don't expect to find out the truth."

Lu Ting took his arm directly, and smiled again: "I don't ask anyone, I just follow you, boss."

Deng Mochi nodded seriously.

The two reached a consensus, so they headed towards the center, passing through two rooms, and when they came to the third revolving corridor, something interesting appeared on the wall.There are graffiti portraits of some celebrities, in pop style, the gray walls are full of bright colors and repeated lines, among them is Lu Ting's father, three rows and three columns, nine of them are painted, all of them are vivid.

There are many artistic fonts in the book next to it, in various languages. Lu Ting understands a few pieces, which are nothing more than curses such as "Go to hell" and "Murderer".

He sneezed.

"Normal, I've seen it elsewhere." He added.

Deng Mochi didn't seem to have any opinion on this, he just asked him to be careful where he stepped, and after a while of knocking, he turned the corridor again.

Lu Ting's most direct impression of this entire secret space is actually lifeless.There are many things and few things, more dead things and fewer living things, coupled with such a complicated design, there are strange devices like industrial wreckage stuffed everywhere, except for chaotic sundry stalls and dirty snack bars, the most common ones are The rubbish dump makes the entire Rubik's Cube a piece of industrial ruins, and the voices made by people are the whispers of wandering souls during the wandering period.

However, when he walked around the maze for nearly an hour and a half, and finally approached the center, he saw the most vibrant scene in his life so far.

It was a huge green room—or rather, it was a jungle.The light beams of the two flashlights moved slowly, and it was still difficult to illuminate every corner clearly. The ceiling here is much higher than that of other rooms, but the canopy of trees in large groups has reached the ceiling. Stretch and reach the wall, then stick to the wall and continue to climb up. The thick green shade and the unique moisture of plants fill every inch of the air, making people feel that the room is a cardboard box, which will be burst by the expanding green shoots immediately.

"It's Bodhi." Lu Ting picked up a green leaf and said in a daze.

"Well, the Jue tree." Deng Mochi mentioned another name for it.

"How do you live? There is no soil and no light. Is there water?" Lu Ting stepped on the concrete floor carefully, avoiding those twisted roots, and said in disbelief, "I once raised a tree in Aldebaran. , the soil layer is not deep enough, and it will die before it grows too big, and there is a whole forest growing here?"

"This is the same tree." Dun Mochi followed behind him.

"One?" Lu Ting turned around suddenly.

But Deng Mochi turned off the flashlight at this second, "Turn off yours too," he said.

Lu Ting hesitated, but in the end he didn't ask any more questions, and just followed suit.There was darkness in front of him, he didn't dare to take a step forward, but the breath behind him suddenly approached, Deng Mochi gently pushed his waist bar, asking him to move forward, which made his heart beat accurately, "I can see Clear, it won't hit you." He heard Deng Mochi say.

"I know..." Lu Ting fumbled with his backhand, and immediately held the hand when he caught it, and Deng Mochi quickly returned to hold him.

"Boss, you mean... this bodhi tree is a forest by itself?" he asked again.

"Did you see a little light?" Dun Mochi asked back, "On the ground in front."

Lu Ting concentrated all his attention, squinted his eyes, and moved his gaze across the ground inch by inch.His night-blind eyes didn't seem to be able to see any outlines, but it seemed... yes!On the ground about three meters away, there is a dark green light that is pressed under the root system and faintly penetrates.

"I see!" Lu Ting excitedly said, "It's dark green!"

Dun Mochi made a wrong body, squeezed beside him, and pulled him towards him quickly.They stood together beside the shallow green light. The roots here are extremely dense. The thick and thin are intertwined and intertwined with each other. They have formed a large pile and all surround the light source. If there is no shelter, it will still be there. Much brighter.

It should also be about the size of a pebble, minus the thickness of the roots.

"What is this? All the roots want to squeeze over." Lu Ting squatted on the bed, not daring to touch it, but could only look closely.

"I don't know," Dun Mochi said flatly, "Trees grow on it."

Lu Ting was so shocked that he couldn't speak. Such a small piece could emit light, and could support the activity of such a large area of ​​trees. He couldn't see the true face clearly.He even began to suspect that this is not something from the earth, and he also wondered, if there is a larger amount, more of this mysterious green light...then the plants and animals that are still alive on this planet are all Don't need to go extinct?

There was a soft rustle above the head, the canopy of the tree was trembling, but there was no wind blowing in the room without a single window.In fact, the slight trembling existed just now, but it was relatively subtle, and it suddenly became obvious at this moment.Lu Ting got up to look, turned on a flashlight slightly, Deng Mochi rested one hand on the tree trunk, and was slowly touching along the texture, the corresponding tree crown trembled faster, and the fragrance and broken leaves fell, inexplicably Like a response.

There was a slightly lonely expression on his face, his eyes were scattered, and he didn't focus on any point.

Lu Ting tried touching another tree trunk, but it didn't have the same effect.

Afterwards, Deng Mochi kept raising his hand, caressing many tree trunks along the road, and the whole grove of solitary trees trembled. It was so gentle that people could not consciously associate it with the earth, mother, and the meandering river in the wilderness.Until they walked out of this room, the noise still didn't stop, just like the impalpable breeze was still floating and floating in the gap between the leaves.

"Is it saying goodbye to you?" Lu Ting asked as he looked at the dark room.

"Sometimes I feel like we are the same kind." Deng Mochi walked away without looking back. There was light in the corridor in front of him, so he turned off the flashlight. "I came here for the first time when I was 14 years old, and it's here."

"Same kind." Lu Ting repeated softly.

"Is it real? It's alive?" Dun Mochi looked sideways with doubts in his eyes. At that moment, the two pupils of different colors were so bright that they were innocent and innocent. A thin cloud of water vapor followed him, steaming his whole body.

"Of course, it's definitely not a projection. We've all touched it." Lu Ting was a little fascinated. It is not so realistic, there is water in the leaves, how can there be such an imitation technology.”

Dun Mochi nodded, and his expression returned to normal, as if he was really relieved.

Lu Ting felt more and more unhappy.The person who was leading him obviously had a terrifying power of observation, but he didn't dare to make his own judgment at this moment.Is it because of some inexplicable... "connection"?Let Deng Mochi have a "similar feeling" and let him show such a lonely expression.

Full of cranky thoughts, he followed Deng Mochi into the core of the Rubik's Cube.In fact, it is just a room. It looks a little crude from the outside, with heavy wooden doors and dim light inside. Before Lu Ting could see clearly, Deng Mochi pulled him to the bench outside the wall and sat down, "Wait for me 10 minutes," he said.

Lu Ting glanced over the people sitting on the benches beside him, "I won't go in?" He raised his eyes.

"The seller doesn't see strangers." Deng Mochi also glanced at the people around him, his eyes were cold from the brow to the tip of his eyes, and when it fell back on Lu Ting's face, there was some warmth again, "It's okay. Don't wander around. "

"I won't," Lu Ting patted the back of his hand and smiled, "Go now."

Seeing Deng Mochi walk through the wooden door, he lost the desire to speak, but those sitting beside him came up to talk to him. "Don't be so nervous," a one-eyed man said with a smile, "We don't dare to mess with people brought by Black Bones."

"Yes," someone echoed, "Just now he took a special look at us, he thinks highly of you, kid. Are you from the special zone?"

"Black bone? You call him that?" Lu Ting stared at the man's one eye.

"You don't know that, how fierce he is, it scares people to death," the man said proudly, "The first time he came here to buy things, he exchanged them for the little finger bones of four people. It was the four robbers who went to rob his house."

"14 years old?" Lu Ting took a deep breath, digging his nails into the tiger's mouth.

"That's right," the one-eyed man smoked a cigarette, and smiled miserably, "Also, do you know how the last shopkeeper died? It must have been when your friend was fifteen or sixteen years old. The shopkeeper took a fancy to his appearance , his face is often wounded, guessing that he is not doing well, so we led our brothers to set up a trap, trying to lock him up and raise him, guess what? He would rather die than follow us Knowing that darkroom, my eldest brother and several brothers were burnt to death, and I saved my life, but I also lost one eye, and my arms and legs were burned.”

Lu Ting kept a gentle and humble face, but he almost pinched the blood on his skin.

One-eyed continued to recall: "Later, he handed back a large bag of burnt black bones, and the name Black Bone was named. It's really good, those of us who have been in the Rubik's Cube all our lives have been stunned by him. Fortunately, he seems to be I have no interest in killing me, but if he wants to get it from this store, he can't get it? But it's strange, people just don't want it, and now the owner of the store respects him very much. I don’t dare to accept the exchanged things anymore, it’s been a long time since I saw him just now, and I got goose bumps all over my body.”

"Do you regret it?" Lu Ting asked.

"Regret? Haha, that's not true." One-eyed grinned, lowered his voice mysteriously, and leaned close to Lu Ting's ear, "You haven't seen the appearance of Hei Gu at that time. It's so tender that everyone would want to try it." Give it a try, it’s worth the risk.”

Lu Ting walked away in disgust: "Don't you deserve it?"

"what?"

"Fifteen or sixteen-year-old children, you have a passion for others, and a group of people are bullying and trying to lock them up. It sounds good to raise them. Who doesn't know what you want to do?" Lu Ting sneered, "It's still not long. Remember, you should have died then!"

"Hey, I said you—"

"What's wrong with me?"

A few minutes later, Deng Mochi pushed the door out on time, carrying a heavy lockbox in his hand, and saw a scene in person, it wasn't amazing, but it was really weird.Lu Ting sat on the original bench as promised, but his face was full of lingering anger, and a man with a bruised nose and a swollen face was stepped on under his feet. The man was folded at a painful angle, and his whole body was twitching.

The others were all staring at the ground in front of them, not daring to raise their faces.

"What's the matter?" Dun Mo approached slowly.

"...Someone doesn't speak human words," Lu Ting was still annoyed. He stood up and kicked that person, then obediently stepped over him and walked back to Deng Mochi's side, "Immortals are not allowed to listen."