Gamers Are Fierce
Chapter 60 Lantern (Four K)
...Fine.
Wang Congshan sighed and got into the cloak.
I saw the lion skin shaking a few times, slowly lifting it up, and moving towards the corridor. From time to time, Don't step on my feet. came from under the lion skin. Slow down, I can't keep up! class sounds.
The two people were noisy and entered the corridor holding the lion skin.
The lanterns hanging in the atrium emit light, shining on 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 shone through, causing shapeless, dark shadows visible to the naked eye to grow in the areas not covered by the mirror fragments.
Li Ang and Wang Congshan inside the lion dance could clearly feel the weight of the lion skin above them growing strangely.
The entire lion skin seemed to come to life gradually, applying pressure from all directions and wrapping it up.
Li Ang was already prepared for this. He picked up the monkey club and aimed one end at the lion's head and the other end at the lion's tail.
Inject spiritual energy into the monkey, causing the stick to grow slightly, preventing the lion dance from inwardly curling up.
At the same time, he took three steps and two steps, and rushed forward, crossing the entire corridor and rushing to the atrium.
He held the monkey club in his hand and swung it forward, flipping the entire lion skin forward, forming a mirror in mid-air, aiming right at the lantern.
As the distance got closer, Li Ang was able to see the shape of the lantern in more detail.
The lantern is overall oval in shape, with bamboo strips woven into the frame and white paper pasted on the outside. Plain flower patterns are painted on the surface of the paper.
This lantern is not unique;
The atrium of the Hiratsuka Residence is in the shape of a 匚 as a whole, with semi-open corridors on three sides, and one side open to the open air, leading to the courtyard.
Three similar lanterns are also hung on the other three beams in the 匚-shaped atrium area.
But there is only one light that is particularly bright,
Moreover, the shadows cast on the surface of the lantern paper are also a bit strange.
With the help of the [Extended Vision] ability,
Li Ang was able to see clearly what was inside the lantern - what was placed inside was not a candle, but a shriveled man's head, compressed into the shape of dried sugar cane.
Although it is difficult to imagine what kind of weird power is needed to twist the human body into this appearance,
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, with two dry eyes wide open, one up and down, and below it is a diagonal mouth.
It almost looks like this:
?.
√
The hair on the shriveled head continued to burn like the wick of a candle, with no sign of shortening at all.
In the blink of an eye, Li Ang discovered that whether he was directly interfering with spiritual energy or using spiritual energy to create a breeze,
They couldn't put out the candle, so they immediately changed their strategy.
Continue to turn over the lion dance skin bag, cover it on the surface of the lantern, stand on tiptoes, pull it with both hands, tie a bow, and wrap the lantern without revealing any light.
All this happened in one breath. Li Ang held both ends of the lion skin bow with both hands, held his breath and waited for half a minute.
Nothing happened,
Through the lion skin, the two of them could hear the very slight sound of burning hair coming from the lantern.
Wang Congshan hesitated and said: Is this... solved?
Probably.
Li Ang nodded, gently held the lantern and pulled it. He found that the lantern was firmly hung on the seemingly unstable beam support and was not moving at all, so he had to give up.
Originally, he planned to take away this lantern with strange effects. If he encounters ghosts in the future, he might be able to grab Perseus with the head of Medusa.
Putting the lantern out against the enemy might do wonders.
The other three lanterns contained normal candles instead of human heads.
Li Ang glanced around and found that there were some dim blood stains on the ground below the beams where the human-headed lanterns were hung. The blood stains were in the shape of rays, pointing toward the inside of the atrium.
Inside the atrium is a semi-open tea room, used as a place to entertain guests to drink tea.
There are some decorations placed in the open space in front of the tea room.
For example, stone basins filled with water, bamboo tubes that are connected to water and make sounds from time to time.
Li Ang glanced at it and immediately discovered something suspicious. He frowned, strode down the steps, walked into the courtyard, and came to the front of the seesaw-like bamboo tube.
This device is called Deer Power, (ししおどし)
It usually consists of a water delivery system and a bamboo tube that is heavy on one end and light on the other.
The water delivery system will continuously pump water from the ground like a fountain,
Pour it on the cut 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 and pouring out the water.
Then due to the change in the center of gravity, it returns to a tilted state, until the water flow is full again, and continues to make sounds, and the cycle starts over and over again.
Luwei was originally an agricultural tool installed in farmland by Japan. It made sounds to drive away birds and beasts to protect farmland.
It was not until later that it was used in Japanese gardens as a landscape design, also known as Tianshui.
However, Li Ang's attention was not on the water refilling device, but on the other stones behind the water refilling device.
“These stones are called ‘crouching’, and they are devices used by Rishima Teahouse to wash hands for hosts and guests. They are also an integral element of the landscape design of Rishima Teahouse.
A complete set of squats can be made according to the function, shape and height of the stone.
It is divided into hand water bowl, front stone, hand candle stone, soup barrel stone and water gate.
Amidst the regular clicking sound of the water adding device, Li Ang squatted down, pointed at the stone, and introduced to Wang Congshan: The hand water bowl is a place where guests in the teahouse scoop out water to wash their hands before drinking tea. 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 a lamp at night.
Tangtong stone is used to release hot water in winter.
Water gate, also called the sea, is responsible for absorbing water.
The Hiratsuka family is a local aristocratic family.
There is only one word for courtyard design: exquisite.
Their tea garden not only uses the most complete set of squats, but also adds a set of so-called equipment underneath that can create a more 'zen' feeling.
Li Ang pointed to the pile of rocks below the squatting system and said: These pebbles below the squatting system are overall gray.
In the middle of the cobblestones is a bamboo tube placed vertically.
This device is called Suikotsuku.
The lower part is hollow and excavated into the shape of a bell, a copper pot, or a niche lamp.
Internal water storage,
When the water from the bamboo tube flows out, it will first flow into the hand basin.
If the hand basin is full of water, the excess water will flow along the water gate stone.
Infiltrate into the Shuiqin Cave.
Since the water is stored in the hollow space inside Suikinkutsu, the sound of dripping water will be amplified, and the frequency will be slower than that of the water adding device.
The bamboo tube above is used to further amplify the sound. In order to further pursue Zen, there are Japanese scholars who specialize in research.
What shape should Suikinkutsu be made into, whether the material inside should be stone or pottery, the height of the water and the frequency of the sound that would be more appropriate.
Hey, that's true, it's blocked.
Wang Congshan smacked her lips and discovered the problem, Hmm... The stones in Shuiqin Cave seem to have been dug up?
The bamboo tube originally inserted into the water gate stone was also pulled out and thrown aside.
Um.
Li Ang nodded and said in a relaxed tone: The disaster that befell the Hiratsuka family happened almost instantly.
There was even half-eaten food on their table, and they didn't even have time to run away.
Under such circumstances, how could one have the leisure to renovate Shuiqin Cave.
Unless disaster strikes, someone escapes to the bottom of Shuiqin Cave and hides.
Stand aside and cover me.
What are you going to do?
Wang Congshan stood aside holding a pistol.
Li Ang picked up the monkey club and pushed away the water gate stone in the pit.
As the cobblestones were pushed aside, a large hole was revealed in the pit, revealing the bell-shaped Shuiqinku.
And in the Suikin Cave, there is a corpse in a squatting position, wearing children's clothing and holding a school bag.
Maybe it’s because water accumulated in Suikin Cave.
The upper part of the corpse was shriveled and withered, while the lower part was swollen and rotten, emitting an unpleasant odor.
Wang Congshan's heart trembled, Be careful!
Li Ang waved his hand, indicating not to worry.
Without changing his expression, he approached the large cave of Shuiqin Cave and carefully examined the shape of the corpse inside.
The body was probably only seven or eight years old when it died. It was wearing a primary school uniform and had no obvious external injuries. It was holding an orange schoolbag in its arms, with the zipper of the schoolbag half open.
Li Ang groaned, inserted the mental ape stick into the water piano cave, and used the mental ape stick to pass through the strap on one side of the school bag.
With a gentle pick, he picked out the orange schoolbag and took it out of Shuiqin Cave.
As the school bag was picked out, the corpse's arms also dropped, 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 his schoolbag.
The schoolbag contains primary school textbooks, test papers, stationery and other items.
Like other items in the script world, the text on the textbooks and test papers are relatively blurry. There is only one full-score math test paper with clear handwriting. The name of the owner of the test paper is Hiratsuka Yuoo, who is studying in the second year of Enkei Elementary School. Class A.
Li Ang skipped the math questions on the test paper and found a lot of crooked words written in pencil on the back of the test paper.
【Who can help me】
[It’s so dark here]
[Uncle, aunt, mother, grandfather, brother, they are all dead]
[There is a scary monster crawling out of the well]
[Dad said he would protect me and tell me to hide here and not make any noise, and he would find someone to come and help.]
[I’m so scared, dad still hasn’t come back]
【So cold】
【So crowded】
[I feel so uncomfortable, I want to lie down]
【So hungry】
【So hungry】
【So hungry】
These should be the experiences Hiratsuka Yuo had before his death.
Li Ang frowned and took a look at the test paper to Wang Congshan and said, Do you still remember the note pads that the character I played, Tetsuya Ogasawara, carries?
There are several pictures on the note pad, which are of samurai wearing armor, holding tachi, and wearing prajna masks;
a stone well beneath a twisted dead tree;
A torii built halfway up the mountain;
The samurai corresponds to the legend of Enkei Village, and the torii corresponds to the torii of Enkei Shrine we saw before.
The well mentioned by Hiratsuka Yuio should correspond to the stone well under the dead tree.
Um...
Wang Congshan nodded slowly, The paper folds on this test paper show signs of drying again after being soaked.
There must have been a disaster, and some monster ran out of the well and attacked the Hiratsuka family.
The Hiratsuka family suffered heavy casualties;
Yuuo Hiratsuka's father took him away and let him hide in the Mizukin Cave.
As a result, his father probably met with misfortune, and Hiratsuka Yuio was trapped alive and died here.
Another tragedy.
Li Ang spread his hands, Let's go...
His words suddenly paused. With the enhanced perception of spiritual energy, he seemed to hear the sound of burning hair from the human head lantern, which became louder.
Could it be...
Li Ang narrowed his eyes, clapped his hands, and said to Wang Congshan: It's quite pitiful to put Yuuo Hiratsuka here. How about we bury him?
Eh?
Wang Congshan was stunned for a moment. Li Ang was not a kind person who liked to help an old lady cross the road for free or give up his seat to an old grandfather on the bus.
What drives him to do things, besides money, is his own interests and bad tastes.
In such a crisis-ridden scripted world, any action may lead to unknown consequences.
Why did he suddenly have the leisure to bury the body?
Thinking so, Wang Congshan did not object. She also felt that leaving the child's body in the water-filled Shuiqin Cave was not a good idea.
Li Ang used a mental monkey stick to pick out the body of Yuuo Hiratsuka from the Shuikin Cave. He and Wang Congshan found a piece of land in the courtyard, dug a hole casually, and put Yuuo Hiratsuka's body and his schoolbag in it. in,
After the soil was pushed up, a bamboo tube for the water refilling device was taken, Hiratsuka Yuio's name was carved on it, and it was inserted in front of the grave as a tombstone.
Almost at the moment Li Ang inserted the bamboo tube in front of the grave, the lantern wrapped in the lion skin in the courtyard corridor made a slight click sound.
Li Ang and Wang Congshan looked at each other, walked towards the lantern, and slowly untied the lion dance skin.
I found that the light emitted by the lantern had dimmed a lot and was no longer aggressive.
The human head candle inside the lantern also seemed to have closed its eyes.
This should be Hiratsuka Yuuo's father.
Li Ang lifted the lantern and found that the lantern could be removed from the stand, and the light it emitted would no longer distort the shadows of the two of them.
The eyes of the human-headed candle happened to be aimed at the location of Shuiqin Cave. It seems that this dear man also wanted to protect his son after death.
There is no aggression now, and he is probably expressing his gratitude to us for burying his son's body.
Li Ang took off the lantern and shook it. It was not as heavy as he thought, so he held it in his hand as a light source.
Wang Congshan looked at Li Ang's accustomed and natural appearance, was silent for a moment, and couldn't help but ask: We...the script world experienced by the players, is it real, or is it a virtual world created by the system?
Is this question important?
Li Ang walked into the courtyard holding a lantern and said casually: Since you can't tell the difference between true and false, there is no need to force yourself to get into trouble. Just follow your heart and do what you should do.
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