Chapter 76: Bones
"Li Yi, you were in danger just now, did you know that? Just after taking a look at the mural, you froze in place like everyone else, falling into a deep illusion. The flesh and blood on your body was disappearing rapidly. If you hadn't suddenly woken up, you would have died just now."

Zhang Lei said in a deep voice: "There are four people who died like this here, and one of them is a foreign fighter in the spiritual realm."

Li Yi, who had regained consciousness at this moment, had a fluctuating expression. He said, "Just now, I saw the skeleton in the mural come back to life and turned into a beautiful woman who was tempting me. She was like the elves and ghosts in the legend. I almost couldn't control myself."

"You are not the only one who has had similar experiences. I am the same."

Suddenly, another skeleton next to him spoke: "My fate is not much worse than yours. I fell into it at the first sight. Only the captain Zhang Lei and a Taoist priest from Sanqing Mountain relied on their own willpower to resist the temptation and break free from the lustful illusion."

Li Yi looked at him and asked hesitantly, "Who are you?"

"My name is Zhang Zhixiong, and I'm also an investigator. Wang Jian should know me." The skeleton said, "You are so careless. You rushed in even though you knew it was dangerous. You should have investigated it first. Now you are trapped here like us."

"Zhang Lei, I think the best way to get out of here is for someone outside to blow up this skull mural. This is the source of our illusion. Only by destroying it can our consciousness escape from here and awaken from reality." Then, Zhang Zhixiong said seriously.

"This mural carries a mysterious power and is probably a strange object. It is very difficult to destroy it. If we use a large amount of explosives, our bodies outside the illusion will be damaged. Even if we regain consciousness, we may be doomed." Zhang Lei said in a deep voice, "So your suggestion is not a good one."

"If we can determine the location and use a sniper rifle to destroy the mural from a long distance, then the matter can be resolved safely."

Suddenly, a man in a Taoist robe walked over. His condition was better than Zhang Lei's. He still had a lot of flesh and blood on his body, and his face still looked normal.

It's just that his appearance is a little unique, he is a foreigner with blond hair and blue eyes.

Foreign Taoist priest?

Li Yi couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"What Master Pete said makes sense, but now we have no way to notify our teammates outside, which is also a problem." Someone nodded in agreement, but had to face another problem.

"But if we can find a way to escape from the illusion, then we won't need to destroy this stone wall." Zhang Zhixiong shook his head.

Things were at a stalemate once again.

"I want to ask a question." Li Yi, who had been observing, said, "I want to know why everyone who enters here looks like a skeleton, and the speed at which the flesh and blood disappear from everyone's body is different? Some people still look like humans, but some have completely turned into skeletons?"

Zhang Lei, the captain, said, "This was first discovered by Taoist Peter, who came to a conclusion that the greater the fear of death of the person involved in the illusion, the faster the flesh and blood will disappear. If one can calm his mind and sit still, then the speed at which the flesh and blood disappear will be very slow."

"It is precisely because we know this that we have been able to hold on here for so long. But even so, not everyone can overcome the terror between life and death. Some teammates still fell in the illusion."

Speaking of this, Zhang Lei's face became gloomy and a little angry.

He couldn't tolerate a group of responsible investigators being dragged into this hellhole and suffering losses one after another.

Even if you die, fighting with criminals and ferocious beasts can be considered a more glorious death.

What kind of death is this?

Did he scare himself to death? Or did he accidentally step into a trap and fall into a fantasy world, killing himself?
If these reasons were written in the death report, wouldn't people laugh at us?

"So that's it."

Li Yi now understood why his flesh and blood disappeared quickly at the beginning, but slowed down here. It was because he saw Zhang Lei, Zhang Zhixiong and others here, and the fear in his heart weakened.

But even so, how long can I last in this state?
So, pessimistic thoughts once again enveloped everyone and they all fell silent.

It's not that they are willing to sit and wait for death, but they have already tried all the methods that should be tried and really can't find a way out.

Li Yi just came here and didn't want to give up. He found a corner and started thinking. At the same time, he was observing the mural, trying to find some flaws. However, with the previous experience of suffering a loss, he didn't dare to look directly at the skull statue on the mural.

It seems that as long as you don't look directly at it, the situation of being controlled by the illusion will not occur.

"good."

Suddenly, the disappeared voice sounded in Li Yi's mind again.

"Hmm?" Li Yi's expression changed slightly: "It's you?"

The regret stored in the incomplete knife coin came up again. "What's good?" Li Yi asked again.

"The curse on you is very good. Although it affects your brain, it also brings benefits. Even this illusion that can switch between reality and illusion can't take you away. You are indeed a prisoner who is born evil." There was a hint of praise in the voice, but this praise made people feel weird.

Li Yi said, "You are the one with a problem in your brain. Don't keep saying that you are born evil. The bone mural here is much more evil than me. It wants to trap so many people to death here. If you have any good ideas, say it now. If it's too late, everyone will die."

"Look, you're anxious again." said the voice.

"It's a matter of life and death, how can I not be anxious?" Li Yi replied.

The voice continued, "In fact, it is very simple to escape from this illusion. That is to rely on yourself from the inside out to pass the test of the illusion and let the illusion actively release you."

"Test? This illusion is a test? How can a test be like this, where people die at any time?" Li Yi said in surprise.

"Yes, this is a test." The voice saw the clue at this moment and said slowly: "Have you heard of the White Bone Temple?"

View of bones?
Li Yi immediately shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it. What is the White Bone Temple?"

"When a person takes off his skin, he is nothing but 206 bones. When he puts on clothes, he can have 18,000 appearances." The voice said this at this moment.

Li Yi was immediately refreshed when he heard that. "You're right. I was confused by the weird mural just now. The skeleton really put on a transparent gauze dress, and then turned into an alluring beauty and began to seduce me. I was addicted to it and couldn't extricate myself. Then suddenly the beauty turned back into a skeleton, which scared me."

"Haha, this is the contemplation of white bones. You have to be able to view beautiful women as white bones, which can make you desireless. Then you can view white bones as beautiful women, which can make you fearless. Once you are fearless and desireless, the illusion can be broken." said the voice.

"To see beauty as bones, or to see bones as beauty?"

Li Yi frowned, "This is impossible. That beautiful woman is walking towards me. How can I treat her as a skeleton? I am not some enlightened monk with such understanding and concentration. This method is difficult and will not work. Do you have any other methods?"

He tried to recall what had happened in his mind, but stopped immediately.

How could a young man like me resist that kind of temptation?

If it happens again, my bones will become hard again.

The voice seemed to be silent for a while, and then it spoke again: "There is a trick to break the illusion of the White Bone View."

"What method?" Li Yi asked again.

"The method of growing flesh out of bones."

The voice said calmly, "You sit face to face with the bones on the mural. It makes a seal with its hands, and you do the same. It watches your flesh grow into bones, and you watch its bones grow into flesh. As one grows, the other grows, and your true self appears. Once your true self appears, the illusion will be broken."

"I can understand some of it, but not much. I haven't read much and don't have much cultural knowledge. Can you explain it in simpler terms?" Li Yi scratched his head.

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"To put it in terms you can understand, it is entering fantasy time. It imagines you as a skeleton that is lost in lust. You imagine it as you are flesh and blood. You will not have lustful thoughts about yourself, right?" The voice said, "It is really a stupid pig and a stupid cow. It is good for nothing except being born evil."

"Entering fantasy time? I'm good at this, I understand." Li Yi understood immediately.

He couldn't stand those flowery words that confused people. It would be enough to just say no. Why did he have to do this?

Immediately, Li Yi stood up and walked towards the wall with the bone relief carving.

He didn't think that the regret in the knife coin would harm him at this moment. If he wanted to die, there was no need to be so troublesome. He could just keep silent. So he thought this method was credible.

"Li Yi, what are you doing? Do you still want to see the beauty? Back off and don't be stupid."

Seeing Li Yi suddenly approaching the mural, investigator Zhang Zhixiong immediately scolded him.

He thought that Li Yi was weak-hearted and desperate, and wanted to die without pain in that gentle place.

It’s not like there haven’t been teammates who have had this idea before.

(End of this chapter)