mtlumby2d Chapter 563 [Domain - Second Gate] Nearly Unsolvable
Chapter 563 [Domain - Second Gate] Nearly Unsolvable
Fei'er's words instantly reconnected the broken chain of thought in Chen Ji's mind.
The paper horses and paper sedan chairs will take them to the world where Xu Sandao and Du Tingfeng live.
Probably.
It's possible whether you approach it forwards or backwards!
As if organizing her thoughts, Fei'er spoke slowly in a hoarse, paper-doll-like voice:
"I thought before that there was no solution to Du Tingfeng and Xu Sandao's problem."
"There is no way to contact the outside world. We can only follow the pre-set script, or we will be trapped inside forever."
She has always been a very intuitive person.
Intuition, like a sharp, swift knife, is crucial in advanced domains with extremely complex and tangled backstories.
Before obtaining any crucial clues, Phil noticed that the mourning group was different from the other groups.
“Yes.” Chen Ji nodded without hesitation: “But it’s not completely unsolvable. The solution has actually already been told to us.”
“Ma Zhao himself used that method.”
In other words, they found someone to die in their place, but that's also the problem with Du Xu's group. They were trapped in the store, so how could they find someone to die in their place?
unless.....
Others can also enter their world.
Chen Ji began to work backward from the side:
"First, we need to clarify the purpose of paper horses and paper sedan chairs."
"According to the information passed down by Du Tingfeng and Xu Sandao, the customers came to buy things for their funeral rites, right? That is to say, paper horses and paper sedan chairs will appear at the funeral rites."
"Our previous guess was that we wouldn't be taken away by the paper horses and paper sedan chairs if they were sold and didn't belong to the funeral home."
He paused, then continued, "But there's a problem here."
"The customer clearly harbored malice towards the entrants, but he subtly hinted that Du Tingfeng and Xu Sandao should sell the paper horse and paper sedan chair."
"Of course, it could also be because it wants the mourning ceremony to begin as soon as possible... but if that's the case, it still doesn't quite make sense."
"There's no solution for the mourning group. They only have two choices: stay trapped inside or die."
“Since there is no solution, customers don’t need to be in such a hurry to come and buy things again and again. They can wait, but those who enter the domain don’t have that much time to waste.”
Speaking of which.
Chen Ji paused for a second, then looked at Fei'er, who was listening attentively beside him:
"Let's take a curse-like perspective."
"What it most hopes for is for Xu Sandao and Du Tingfeng to fulfill their vows, in other words, to die."
"Everything it does is motivated by this... buying paper money is to block communication."
"And is it possible that selling the paper horses and paper sedan chairs was because not selling them would delay the funeral ceremony...?"
"But because that would allow Du Tingfeng and Xu Sandao to survive?"
Fei'er's paper-mâché head swayed lightly.
She roughly understood what Chen Ji meant.
Paper horses and paper sedan chairs, as props, will inevitably appear in funeral rites.
However, the paper horses and paper sedan chairs could also move independently; otherwise, Ma Zhao's mourning ceremony could not have begun at all.
Therefore, there are two completely different situations here:
First, they were sold off before Chen Ji and Fei'er encountered the ghost; this is exactly what the Du Xu group is doing now.
But if things develop in this way, the paper horses and paper sedan chairs appearing in funeral ceremonies will really just be a paper horse and a paper sedan chair.
Just two ordinary sacrificial items.
Second, the Du-Xu group ignored this and sent out paper horses and sedan chairs to pick up Chen Ji and Fei'er, taking them to that world—
Then join the mourning ceremony and reunite with the Dushu group.
And the way out is right here!
After figuring all of this out, even Chen Ji felt a chill run down his spine.
If that's the case, then Du Tingfeng and Xu Sandao are practically like blind men, blindly walking towards the pit.
But that doesn't mean they weren't smart—on the contrary, the two of them had done everything they could.
The biggest reason is still Ma Zhao's misleading!
That diary entry wasn't fake; it was very useful and served as key evidence to verify the relationship between Ma Zhao and the twins.
But what Ma Zhao said inside:
"Paper horses, paper sedan chairs... why don't I sell them? Why?"
This is a huge misleading message!
However, to see through it, one must deduce:
It was Li Changming who killed the twins; the paper horses and paper sedan chairs can take people to the "underworld"; the "underworld" is also the world where Du Tingfeng and Xu Sandao live.
Indispensable.
Only then can they truly understand that this statement is not a fact, but rather Ma Zhao's venting of self-blame.
Ma Zhao belatedly realized that the paper horses and paper sedan chairs were not a nightmare, but a real event, and that the child had been cursed.
That night, the paper figure told the twins, "I'll take you to find your mother."
Meanwhile, "Mom" also died that night.
Ma Zhao, unaware that Li Changming killed the child, could easily draw this conclusion:
[Paper horses and paper sedan chairs take the child away] = [Paper figures curse the child and take him to the underworld] = [Taking you to find your mother] = [The child and mother must both die]
"I even suspect that Zhou Liang played a part in this..."
Chen Ji murmured, not forgetting the last sentence in Ma Zhao's diary:
Go find Zhou Liang; there's still hope.
In any case, the curse on the mourning clothes side was most likely provided by Zhou Liang.
So now there are two people who provide the method to make a wish: Zhou Liang and the blind man.
I just don't know what the connection is between these two people...
Perhaps there will be new clues at the Splendid Garden.
After sorting things out, the two arrived at the entrance of the funeral supplies store.
Inside the shop, Feng Yao was placed in a corner, while Liu Zi and Bai Shaohua sat on the other side of the room, both looking pale and sickly.
Especially Bai Shaohua.
The extreme hunger brought on by the Red Bowl Curse made it difficult for him to control his emotions.
He was different from Liu Zi. Liu Zi had several companions who acted as anchors to stabilize his mind, but Bai Shaohua had no one and could not rely on anyone!
He only has the number eight ball.
Ironically, in such a difficult environment, the survival rate of ball number eight actually increased.
Perhaps it was because this door had entered the later stages, or perhaps it was because Ren Yu provided a solution to the red bowl problem. Although it was vague, at least they knew that a solution did exist.
At this moment, Bai Shaohua looked towards the door and clicked his tongue:
"finally come."
Two paper figures floated into the shop.
"Walk."
Bai Shaohua said briefly, now he couldn't even be bothered to say a complete sentence.
The Bashe could disappear at any moment, so they must move their position before the Ghost Mother arrives.
Neither Bai Shaohua nor Liu Zi wanted to be alone with Feng Yao; to them, she was a living feast.
Now, when the two look back on the first time they saw the red bowl, the scene of the drunkard mixing human flesh with paper ash, they no longer feel disgusted at all.
Instead, it was more like a bowl of steaming hot braised rice noodles, topped with a fragrant topping.
"Wait a moment, I need to pass on a message."
Chen Jidao took a piece of paper money and burned it for Du Tingfeng and Xu Sandao, explaining his reasoning and what had happened before.
Flames licked at the paper money, crackling and burning, and the smell of burning filled the funeral supply store once again.
As Chen Ji gazed at the flickering flames, he gained a deeper understanding of the ghosts in the advanced domain.
A sentence my uncle once said a long time ago came to mind again:
"...The difficulty of the domain will increase, until it becomes almost unsolvable."
Just like his uncle back then, he has now reached the tenth domain and truly realized what "no solution" means.
The ghost tricked Du Xu's group into selling paper money by implying that "if they don't sell paper horses and paper sedan chairs soon, their teammates will die."
The purpose is to cut off communication.
If Du Tingfeng hadn't had that stroke of luck and hadn't found that one piece of paper money he'd missed...
To be honest, they had no chance of survival.
Not at all.
Unable to send messages and receive replies, the two outsiders also found it difficult to confirm whether burning paper money could truly facilitate communication between the two realms.
Then the Ma Zhao line is completely severed.
But what's most terrifying is that this isn't just about the lack of a separate storyline, but also the chain reaction it triggers.
It has now been proven that all the stories of curses and ghosts intersect, and the story cannot be complete without one person.
Even new clues emerging from the twins' home lack crucial information and may not resurface.
"A single move can have far-reaching consequences. The mission may be carried out by an individual, but the consequences will be borne by everyone together."
Chen Ji seemed to be deep in thought.
Just then, he spotted a piece of white paper floating in mid-air, which Bai Shaohua caught.
Their gazes turned to the replies from Du Tingfeng and the other person...
Bai Shaohua was stunned after watching the beginning.
[Received, the paper horses haven't been sold yet.]
[Also, the ghost in Zhou Liang's house... called again.]
.......