CoCo's smile had vanished too. "What do we do now?"
Gu Cheng remained silent.
He did not know what to do either.
Seeing this, CoCo asked a question to ease his mental strain. "What kind of mechanism were you talking about earlier? Could you tell me about it?"
Gu Cheng sighed. "Simply put, it's the Penrose Stairs everyone talks about nowadays. But someone worked it out back in ancient times and even built it into a mechanism called
"the Soul-Hanging Ladder."
"Later, someone had the sudden inspiration to use this mechanism in ancient tombs."
"It represents the pinnacle of ancient ingenuity. Highly skilled tomb builders would use Qimen Dunjia, along with walls, steps, lighting, and illusions, to deliberately create
"optical illusions that affected your judgment."
"They made you think you were constantly going down the stairs when the exit was actually right beside you."
"People who didn't understand it could end up wandering those stairs until they died."
CoCo listened in amazement.
"I never imagined such an ingenious mechanism existed."
"Then could the mechanism we're in now also be a kind of Soul-Hanging Ladder?"
Gu Cheng shook his head and pointed at the tiny light in the distance. "Look, we've been able to see the light in Fatty's hand the whole time.
"If this were a Soul-Hanging Ladder, we should be turning corners. But if we were turning corners, how could we still see the light in Fatty's hand?"
CoCo lowered her head in thought after hearing that, then suddenly said, "But what if we really are turning corners?"
Gu Cheng was a little irritated. "I already told you, we've been able to see the light in Fatty's hand the whole time. That means we're walking in a straight line.
"Could we still see the light in Fatty's hand?"
CoCo