Apocalypse Tree of Hope

Chapter 163 Bold Guess
"Captain, why did you stop?" Ma Xiaoyan asked.

Liu Yu looked at Lin Rantong's face, her heart tightened, and she also stopped and looked at her with bated breath.She knew that Lin Rantong's behavior must be something important.

Because everyone in the Ivy League is physically strong, they are almost walking in front of the team. At this time, Lin Rantong stopped so abruptly, which attracted people's attention. They all stopped. In the end, more and more people stopped, and the road was a bit blocked.

"What's the matter, Ms. Lin?" Yan Qingwen was walking in the front, but when he felt something was wrong behind him, he turned his head and saw this scene.

At this time, Lin Rantong was thinking about what was going on in his mind. Seeing Yan Qingwen approaching, he couldn't help pursing his lips, looked at the scratch again, and finally said: "Minister Yan, I know something is wrong. .”

"What?" Yan Qingwen blurted out after hearing what Lin Rantong said.

"Just now I heard Lu Zhiwen say that the castle's corridors are so long and unreasonable. Zhao Guang also said that it feels like he has entered a maze and lost his sense of direction. Now I find that the situation is even more serious. Look here." Lin Ran Tong said and pointed to the long scratch.

Of course, everyone didn't know what was so strange about it, Zhu Ming shouted impatiently, "Isn't it so strange, isn't it just Cinderella's dress?"

Lin Rantong smiled faintly: "About an hour ago, I stepped on something dirty on my foot, and because the soles of my shoes slipped, I rubbed it on the stone wall, leaving this scratch."

"So what?" Zhu Ming asked without reacting for a while.

But at this time, hearing what Lin Rantong said, most people reacted and couldn't help showing shock.

Zhu Ming looked at the faces of the crowd and scratched his head in confusion.

Lu Zhiwen glanced at him helplessly, and said, "Why haven't you figured it out yet, it means we've been going around in circles, walking the same path over and over again!"

Yan Qingwen's face became more serious, and he said loudly: "Everyone stop, has anyone been to this paradise before?"

No one responded, and Yan Qingwen secretly thought that it was true. Most of the mercenaries here are young men, and they rarely come to this kind of place.

"This is so strange. Since we entered this corridor, although there have been many turns, there is no fork in the road. Could it be that it is a circle, and we have been turning in circles?" Yan Qingwen pondered.

Only this kind of possibility can explain the situation they encountered, but this is also unreasonable. This kind of corridor should lead to the hall. How could it be just a circular shape when it was originally designed, so that Do the people who enter keep spinning?You must know that this is a children's paradise, not a haunted house!
Something must have happened that does not conform to common sense of science!

This idea popped up in everyone's heart, and people's hearts became heavy. Sometimes, what people fear is not zombies or monsters, but the unknown, the road with no end in sight.

Everyone stopped to rest for a while, but still stood up, holding the torches and moving forward bravely.

"Xiao Wang, use a knife to make marks at intervals." Yan Qingwen ordered.

"Yes, Minister." Xiao Wang lowered his head slightly and said.

Following Yan Qingwen's instructions, Xiao Wang carved a mark on the stone wall at a distance.

People's eyes are fixed on the stone wall.

After walking like this for about 5 minutes, Lin Rantong suddenly found the scratched Cinderella pattern on the skirt.

This shows that everyone has returned to their original place!
"Where's the sign?" Someone asked.

Xiao Wang approached the stone wall with a torch, searched carefully, and said in disbelief: "There is no mark!"

How is this possible? According to Yan Qingwen's instructions, he marked the start of everyone's departure. The place where he set off was at this Cinderella stone wall. Now that he has returned here again, how could he not see other stone walls? mark on it?
"Everyone keep going, Xiao Wang, keep making marks!" Yan Qingwen said with a more serious expression.

Xiao Wang responded "Yes", and made a mark on the stone wall with his knife, and said fiercely in his heart: I don't believe in this evil anymore.

After another 5 minutes or so, everyone looked at the scratches on Cinderella's skirt in silence, and there were still no marks on the other stone walls.

After repeating this a few times, someone finally said: "I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving, this is pure torture."

Yan Qingwen looked at that person, raised his hand: "Everyone, stop and rest."

Going on like this, there must be more and more people breaking down. Before everyone's psychological pressure reaches the limit, stop and relax, and then think of a solution.

People are iron and rice is steel, no matter what, they still have to eat.

A man and a woman next to Yan Qingwen came to Lin Rantong, asked for food and started cooking.

The food in the pot exuded a tantalizing aroma, and the hot steam hit everyone's faces, dispelling the gloom in their hearts a little.

Lin Rantong pawed at the rice with a calm expression, looked at the flattering blue mouse, and threw a piece of meat to it. This mouse is very picky eater, and it only likes to eat meat.

While eating, Lin Rantong cast his eyes on the stone wall with Cinderella.

If it is said that due to some special reasons, everyone has been spinning around, making a mark and disappearing automatically when everyone returns here after walking for a few minutes, then why does the scratch mark I left on Cinderella's skirt keep disappearing? Woolen cloth?
Lin Rantong was thinking about it, about 5 minutes?Suddenly Lin Rantong's eyes lit up, and he said, "Minister Yan."

"What's the matter, Miss Lin?" Yan Qingwen looked at Lin Rantong's bright eyes and asked gently.

"I want to walk again with a few people." Lin Rantong said.

Yan Qingwen was stunned for a moment, then finally nodded and said, "Okay, but Miss Lin, you must be more careful."

Everyone has always acted together. This time, Lin Rantong proposed that some people stay and act alone. This is not a new way of thinking.

Lin Rantong nodded yes, stood up and came to the stone wall, picked up the dagger and slashed at Cinderella's body again.Then he took a few steps back, made a similar cut on another pattern on the stone wall, and then walked to the front, repeating the same action. In this way, each of the three consecutive patterns on the stone wall had scratches.

Yan Qingwen's heart moved when he saw it, this time he must open his eyes and take a good look at how the mark disappeared by accident.

"Let's go." Lin Rantong turned around and said to the Ivy League crowd.

Everyone in Ivy Teng followed Lin Rantong forward, Wei Xiuning and Ma Zhi walked to the front of the line without a trace, Xia Yongjia stayed at the back, and Mo Li followed very naturally.

"What are they going to do?" Zhu Ming asked.

"Who knows, don't just look for trouble when you're full." A person replied.

Zhu Ming stared: "Don't talk such fucking nonsense, and be careful that I will destroy you!"

The man was taken aback by Zhu Ming's scolding, and he said inexplicably: "Why are you getting angry? I mean their Ivy, not your Xuanhuo."

"You still say it!" Zhu Ming raised his fist.

"Zhu Ming, don't be impulsive." Lu Zhiwen grabbed Zhu Ming, and then said to the man: "Brother, you can eat and talk nonsense, no matter how they behave, it's not your turn to make irresponsible remarks."

The man turned his head, and thought to himself, "It's unlucky, there's something wrong with them, and it's not in front of that Ivy, and someone will take care of me if I say a few words, really!"
Regardless of what other people think of his actions, Lin Rantong walked forward silently.

Everyone in the Ivy League followed her out of trust in Lin Rantong.

"Rantong, did you find something?" Xia Yongjia asked.

Lin Rantong smiled and said: "I'm just guessing, I can't say yet, let's talk about it after we walk for 5 minutes, and see if we return to the same place."

Hearing what Lin Rantong said, everyone didn't ask any more questions, and walked on with full vigilance.

Sure enough, within 5 minutes, I saw people sitting in the corridor.

"What's wrong?" Lin Rantong asked seeing the strange expression on the faces of the people left behind.

"Miss Lin, come and see." Yan Qingwen said.

Lin Rantong was about to go there, but when she heard the words, she quickly came to the stone wall, and as she expected, only the one on Cinderella's body remained among the three marks, and the other two were as clean as ever.

"Minister Yan, when did those two marks disappear?" Lin Rantong asked.

Yan Qingwen looked at Lin Rantong, and replied: "Just after you walked out of our sight, those two marks disappeared all of a sudden."

Lin Rantong lowered his eyes, letting his long eyelashes cover the emotions in his eyes. He lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head to look at Yan Qingwen and said, "Minister Yan, Rantong has a guess."

"Oh, Miss Lin, please tell me." Yan Qingwen leaned forward.

"I don't know if you have noticed that every time we set off from here and then circle back, it took about 5 minutes." Lin Rantong saw everyone nodding at this point, and continued: "If this corridor is a passageway To the hall, how long does it take to walk to such a big castle?"

"You mean?" Following Lin Rantong's words, many people seemed to think of something.

Lin Rantong nodded: "Yes, I estimate that it will take about 5 minutes. This distance is the reasonable length of the corridor."

"Then how do you explain this now?" Zhu Ming asked impatiently.

Yan Qingwen stared at Lin Rantong's clear eyes silently, waiting for the next sentence.

Lin Rantong saw that everyone's attention was attracted, and he didn't feel that he had become the focus, so he said calmly: "After that, I made three marks respectively, and after walking around and returning here, two disappeared. Yes, but the piece in the middle is left. So I think, the exit of the tunnel is here!" He stretched out his hand, pointing to the stone wall with Cinderella!

"That's not right, if the tunnel is in a circular shape and we keep turning in circles, this stone wall is only one of them, so how could it be the exit?" One person asked back.

Lin Rantong looked at the person who asked the question, and sneered, "Who said this corridor is a ring?"

　The author has something to say: I always lose the chain at critical moments, and it's the last day.Last night I fed my son a few mouthfuls of crabs, but he started making a fuss in the middle of the night. I held him for a walk for half the night, and now I can’t even open my eyes. See you guys in September.

　　
　
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