Chapter 48: Dissociative Identity Disorder?

  Perhaps she didn't expect me to suddenly erupt, Xianxian's eyes showed a hint of surprise, loosened her hands that were gripping my neck, and hastily said: "Don't hit my face!"

  He sounded as if I had bullied him a lot, and with a bad temper, he punched his stomach and sat down to rest.

  Xian Xian perhaps was also tired, plopped herself down across from me, lazily leaning against the wall, gazing at me with some resentment, saying: "How come every time I run into you nothing good happens?"

  "I think it's always bad news whenever I run into you!" I retorted.

  "Gobble, gobble..." Just after I finished speaking, my stomach embarrassingly let out a loud growl. When I heard Xianxian's unreserved laughter, I wished I could immediately find a hole to crawl into. But instead, Xianxian tossed me something. I took it and looked at it, and surprisingly, it was a package of compressed beef! My mouth twitched, and before I even asked, he said: "This big brother is a generous person, don't worry and eat it, it's not poisonous." After that, he started laughing again on the side.

  "Thank you." Although I was a bit skeptical of his kindness, I was indeed starving now and even had little energy to move. This packet of compressed beef would at least be enough for me to fill my stomach for a day.

  I had just taken a bite when Xian Xian suddenly spoke up: "How did you get down back then? It was simply divine!"

  "Huh? What god?" I looked at him in confusion.

  Xian Xian looked at me with a curious and excited expression, saying: "At that time, I and the divine gunner had just confronted each other, you suddenly fell from the sky, I'm sure there was no sound of machinery opening and closing at that time, nor did I see any openings above where you fell. Your expression was so ferocious at that time, it made me think you were a rice dumpling. I didn't expect to be knocked down by my package like this, and then you woke up."

  After finishing speaking, he looked at me with a strange face and seriously asked: "To be honest, are you suffering from split personality disorder?"

  "You're the one with split personality disorder!!" Although I said that, my heart was getting a little uneasy. I thought of millions of ways to get out, but I didn't expect it to just fall from the sky... What's going on? Where did that red-haired glutinous rice ball run off to? Did she escape too? Many questions were weighing heavily on my chest.

  Xianxian let out a soft "tsk" and smiled helplessly, saying: "You might as well just admit it, I won't treat you like a monster, haha, besides, there are plenty of people in this world who are stranger than you!"

  I snorted softly and lowered my head to continue eating the compressed beef jerky, not wanting to continue this topic.

  The silence lasted for a few seconds, and then the corridor was filled with the sound of many chaotic footsteps again. I was stunned, looked up, and met Xianxian's gaze. A complex emotion arose from the bottom of my heart. When I really saw who had come, my mood sank to the bottom of the valley again. Gad, it's here again, a dead loop!

  The two people who were leading the way with "Xian Xian......" also looked surprised when they saw us, but more of them were disappointed and at a loss.

  Xian let out a sigh and had someone named Gao Liang come to help me with an injection, then ordered the others to rest in place for now and think of a way out later.

  I don't even know what kind of medicine Gao Liang gave me, at first I didn't feel anything, about a minute later, the feeling of fatigue in my body gradually disappeared, and even the wounds on my body didn't hurt anymore. I stared at Xian Xian who was sitting aside in contemplation, with a thread of surprise flashing through my heart.

  "Don't be too happy, this medicine just makes you forget the pain, it's not gone, and when the anesthetic effect wears off, you'll feel good again. But I guess you don't care now either." Xianxian said suddenly.

  "En." I nodded and asked: "About how long can this medicine last?"

  "It'll be four or five days, as long as you don't engage in strenuous exercise or re-injure yourself, it can even last over ten days."

  "This is really weird, we've been climbing up all the time, how come it feels like we're going in circles?" One person stood up impatiently and looked at Xianxian, saying: "Xianxian, I'll go try again, this is really strange!"

  "Wait a minute, I'll go with you." Xian Xian stood up, his expression also filled with confusion and incomprehension, but without panic.

  "I'll go too." I immediately stood up, it's impossible for such a situation to appear out of nowhere, it's better to investigate on the spot. Xianxian didn't refuse, actually even if he refused it wouldn't be useful, after all my legs are attached to my body.

  Since we weren't in a hurry this time, the three of us just climbed up the stairs step by step, carefully examining any possible clues that might appear on all sides. After climbing dozens of steps, scattered corpses appeared along the wall, and these corpses also showed no signs of decay, even the style of their clothes could be clearly seen. If there was one thing they had in common, it was that their faces were dry and shriveled, looking utterly desperate...

  I have to say, this journey is really long. We've been walking up the stairs for a while now, and it's eerily quiet around us. I haven't heard any sound at all. To be honest, I'd rather hear the sound of mechanisms than be trapped in such an eerie way. But reality is cruel, and after half an hour, we ended up back where we started. Looking up, I saw a group of people staring at us with their eyes, and for the first time, I felt the desperation of those corpses...

  "Could it be a ghost hiding?" Kao Liang said with a thoughtful expression, leaning against the wall.

  "It's possible." The man who had been exploring the route with Xianxian and me, Wang Yi, nodded in agreement: "After all, there are so many corpses here, everyone has seen them."

  "Are you saying that the dead people here want us to accompany them in burial?" a man with nearsighted glasses asked.

  "Yes, it's possible. However..." Xian Xian paused for a moment before asking: "How did the first person who came in die?"

  Yes, if they want us to experience the same despair and suffering, then there must be a first person who comes in. If the first person is trapped to death by this dead cycle, it means that there are ghosts at work or it was originally cyclical. Next, if there are ghosts, there are only two possibilities: one is that someone is trapped to death after intentionally pulling down the living, but how did they get trapped? The second possibility is that there were originally ghosts here, that is to say, the people who built this place also locked in the ghosts at the same time, with the purpose of trapping tomb robbers to death.

  But is this possible?

  Finally, if this is originally a dead loop, then it means there are no ghosts. Since there are no ghosts, why would the loop appear?

  This has led to a huge controversy!

  I shared my thoughts with them, and immediately someone expressed skepticism: "This underground palace is at least over 2,000 years old, but the corpses here are obviously from modern times. What kind of ghost can live for so long? Moreover, since we can get in, there must be an exit. Even if this ghost could survive for thousands of years, it's too diligent!"

  I suddenly felt a big head, and suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed through my mind. I suddenly thought of a huge possibility, but this possibility made me feel more tired and suspicious. However, I still asked: "Have you ever heard of the Penrose stairs?"