Chapter 74

It turned out that the investigators who disappeared in this building didn't die, but like Li Yi, became skeletons and were trapped in this illusion. If they couldn't find a way to escape the illusion, then after all the flesh and blood on their bodies disappeared, they could only wait for death to arrive.

Fortunately, these people hadn't been trapped for long, and most of them were still alive.

It's just that their state was very bad, almost becoming a skeleton frame, and there wasn't much flesh and blood left on their bodies. If it weren't for the clothes they were wearing being well-preserved and not disappearing, Li Yi really wouldn't have dared to recognize them.

"Someone came again? Who is he? Is he from our Investigation Bureau, or some other irrelevant cultivator?"

"Don't know, but he is a bit special, and there is still a lot of flesh and blood on his body. According to normal circumstances, an ordinary cultivator walking here almost couldn't hold on, and the state couldn't be this good."

"Maybe he is an expert."

These skeleton frames discussed, and their eyes stayed on Li Yi. They had been trapped here for a while and currently couldn't find a way to break the situation, so they could only waste time here while hoping for others.

Li Yi didn't pay attention to these people's discussion; he followed the voice in his mind and continued to walk forward.

Suddenly.

At this moment, a person suddenly spoke: "Is it Li Yi under Wang Jian?"

"Hmm?"

Li Yi stopped his footsteps and immediately looked in the direction the voice came from.

He saw a skeleton with a large frame sitting cross-legged on the ground, not moving. The flesh and blood on his body had also worn away a lot, but his state was much better than others, and the flesh and blood on his face were still there, and his appearance could still be recognized.

"Are you... Captain, Zhang Lei?" Li Yi asked tentatively.

Zhang Lei's eye sockets were empty at this moment, and his eyeballs had long since disappeared. He said in a steady voice: "That's right, it's me. Li Yi, how is the situation outside?"

"Not very good. Liu Yue, Wang Jian, who came to support, and I all accidentally fell into it while investigating the situation. They have no way to act and are all standing in place. Only I followed some traces and searched all the way here." Li Yi said.

"Your intuition is quite sharp. Not only did you know the problem was on this floor, but you also found your way here in a very short time." Zhang Lei gave affirmation in his words: "But it's a pity that until now, we haven't been able to break this eerie illusion. However, I can be sure that the source of everything comes from that thing."

After speaking, he reached out and pointed in a direction to the left.

The floor of the building there had collapsed, and cement blocks were scattered everywhere. But on top of a pile of broken cement blocks stood a wall. This broken wall was a bit special, as if it had been carved from ancient white jade, integrated into one, and it shone with a faint light in the dim environment. Besides that, the wall was also paved with cyan-green glazed tiles, crystal clear.

Just this small wall could make one imagine how luxurious and exquisite the building that could match this wall must be.

But Li Yi didn't care about the luxury and beauty of this wall at this moment; instead, he stared fixedly at a relief mural on the wall.

The mural was carved with a skeleton as white as jade. The skeleton sat cross-legged, with two bone palms placed in front of its body, pinching a strange hand seal. And below this skeleton mural was carved a lotus platform, setting off this originally evil skeleton with a bit of detachment and holiness, like a Bodhisattva in a temple.

This white bone mural seemed to exist with some kind of mysterious power. Li Yi just stared at it, and his vision became dazed. The surrounding things gradually disappeared, and the white bones in front of him became clearer and more real. At this moment, it seemed to have come back to life, actually revealing a peaceful smile toward Li Yi.

The white bone is smiling?

How is this possible?

How can a skeleton make a smiling expression? This is completely unreasonable.

But Li Yi saw the smile.

Not only that, as Li Yi sank deeper and deeper, the white bone mural changed again. The white bones in the mural became more and more three-dimensional, as if the whole thing had completely detached from the mural, and clothes gradually appeared on the white bones. That was a transparent gauze dress, like heavenly clothes, seemingly there and not there, without any seams.

Even more eerie, at this moment, a human silhouette appeared around the white bones. This human silhouette overlapped with the white bones, completely covering the white bones.

The human silhouette replaced the white bones, also sitting cross-legged, with hands pinching seals. And as time passed, the face and body of this human silhouette began to become clear, gradually evolving into a person with flesh and blood.

This person's facial features were blurred, and his appearance could not be recognized. But judging from the posture, it was a woman. This woman only wore thin gauze, her waist was slender, her legs were long, and she was plump and charming, revealing a sweet smile toward Li Yi. Although she didn't say a word, her eyes revealed infinite charm, which could hook out the most primitive desires deep in a man's heart.

The woman's body became clearer and more charming, but her appearance remained blurred, as if separated by a thick fog, and could not be seen clearly.

Li Yi felt his heart beating wildly at this moment, and his hot blood was boiling. Clearly, it was a skeleton body, but there was a terrible desire surging. This desire was like a raging fire, wanting to burn his reason.

Hard, at this moment, all the bones in the whole body were hard.

At the same time, the woman's appearance on the lotus platform suddenly emerged. The facial features were exquisite, the skin was fair, and it could be broken with a touch. It's just that the appearance was a bit like the woman named Ning Wu he had seen before, and a bit like Lin Yue who had pointed out Li Yi's cultivation, or this appearance was a combination of the two. However, compared to the two, this woman was more beautiful and moving.

Li Yi couldn't help but reach out to grab the woman at this moment, wishing he could rush over immediately to hold her in his arms, and then press her hard on the lotus platform.

However, when he wanted to move, his body didn't listen to him and stopped in place.

Because there was a layer of shadow under his feet that couldn't be dissolved. This layer of shadow shrouded his whole person in it, and Li Yi was in this shadow, and his body couldn't act. Clearly, this charming woman in front of him was close at hand, but he could only watch eagerly, without any way to do anything he wanted.

The woman on the lotus platform revealed a charming smile. At this moment, she actually swayed her seductive posture and walked down from the lotus platform, actively approaching Li Yi.

Every frown and smile, trembling and swaying, was soul-stealing. Even if you know this might be a ghost or monster, where can you withstand such a scene? Even if you die in such a gentle village, you are willing.

Li Yi sank into it, unable to extricate himself. He stared straight at it, and his body was struggling, wanting to take the initiative to go up and welcome the beauty walking slowly.

But that layer of shadow that couldn't be dissolved bound him too heavily, so he always stood in place, without any action.

The woman who walked down the lotus platform became more and more vivid. At this moment, she smiled and made a pleasant sound. She swayed her enchanting posture to Li Yi's front, stretched out her fair arms, and tried to hug Li Yi's neck, holding this unmoved person in her arms, letting him completely lose himself and sink.

However, the moment she touched Li Yi.

The shadow that couldn't be dissolved under Li Yi's feet suddenly spread, like a mass of thick ink, instantly rendering the whole world.

The beauty who was plump and charming before, at this moment, seemed to have suffered a heavy blow and let out a shrill scream, like a fierce ghost. Afterward, the skin and flesh on the beauty's body dissipated in a very short time, revealing the original skeleton frame.

Beauty turns into white bones.

Desire and fear.

The sudden reversal made Li Yi wake up instantly with a jolt.

At this moment, everything disappeared. There was no beauty nearby, and there was no skeleton in front of him. It was still the wall standing in the ruins.

"Li Yi, Li Yi, can you hear what I'm saying? You can't keep staring at the white bone mural on the wall. That thing is very evil and can make you sink into a deeper illusion again."

Zhang Lei's voice rang out by his ear at this moment. He shouted loudly, wanting to wake him up.

"I, I'm fine." Li Yi, like a drowning person surfacing, couldn't help but gasp for air, but he still had lingering fears.

He raised his hand to look.

The flesh and blood on his palm were completely gone, leaving only white bones.

That is to say, he was still in the illusion, and everything he just experienced was just an illusion within an illusion.

But all of that was too real.

He even smelled the body fragrance drifting from the beauty.

If this is also fake, then what is real?