Chapter 15 Chapter 13 The Butterfly Effect

Every step is wrong. Just after I turned around, the whole person froze. In front of my eyes, the dark entrance to the tomb has completely disappeared.Where there used to be a tomb passage, it became smooth. The so-called butterfly effect originally refers to the result of the development of things, which has an extremely sensitive dependence on the initial conditions, and a very small deviation of the initial conditions may cause great differences in the results. In December 1979, Lorenz proposed in another lecture at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington: "A butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil may cause a tornado in Texas, USA."

His speeches and conclusions left an extremely deep impression on people. Since then, the theory of "butterfly effect" has spread like wildfire and spread far and wide. However, I believe that the consequences of the butterfly effect are usually not positive. I don't know if Zhou Yu or Mu Ru bumped into something that shouldn't be touched, or there was simply an earthquake. In short, the ground trembled and the mountains shook, scaring the four of us into panic for a long time. "What happened?" Bai Qing hugged my arm with her head poking around. "Ghost knows what's going on."

Mu Ruben was still delicately holding a chicken paw and stuffing it in his mouth. As soon as he felt the sound, he subconsciously threw himself on the ground, and now he was looking out with a disheartened face. Zhou Yu's expression was not very good, he was so nervous that his face turned pale. In this place full of street lamps and next to a large tomb, any disturbance is enough to be scary. After the shock, a large group of filial men and filial women appeared out of nowhere. There were hundreds of them. They lined up carrying banners, wreaths, money, etc., and they were walking towards the bend not far away.There is also a long line of gongs, drums, cymbals, and suona blowing, and the noisy sound shakes the sky.

"I finally saw some living people. There are so many people. Someone from them will have a car. They are willing to take us back to the county seat. It will be much easier when we get to a nearby county seat. I have offices throughout Shaanxi." Zhou Yu casually threw away the sacrifice in his hand, happily preparing to go up to it. As a result, Mu Ru grabbed him and said timidly, "We stole the sacrifices of these people, won't they blame them?" The old fox was obviously over excited, or saw the hope of escape, so he puffed up his chest confidently, "Don't worry, who will have trouble with money? As long as you get out of the mental hospital and find my office, uncle, I have plenty of money." money, and then we will pay them a little more.”

I was noncommittal, and hesitated whether I should say hello to those filial men and filial women.This is not the boundary of Samsara Village, they should not know the details of the four of us. While weighing the pros and cons, his sight suddenly touched the street lights extending from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain.The wick in the oil cup trembled slightly in the wind, but there was no sign of extinguishing it. The more I looked at it, the more I felt something was wrong. "what happened to you?" Bai Qing noticed my unsteady expression. "I can't say, but I think this lamp is weird."

I pondered for a moment, and suddenly exclaimed: "Quick, everyone hide! Hurry up, you will die if you are full!" The girl was very clever, and as soon as my words fell, she quickly hid behind the huge tombstone.After hesitating for a moment, Mu Ru also ran away with me.Only the old fox Zhou Yu twitched, as if he was not reconciled. Seeing that we had all left, and seeing the leftovers from the offerings all over the floor, he sighed and left angrily. Not long after hiding at the tombstone, the filial men and women wearing red filial cloths had already arrived at the top of the mountain.Perhaps because of the shock just now, they didn't pay attention to the messy sacrifices, twenty circled around clusters of street lamp flames.

There were a few middle-aged Taoist priests at the front of the line, wielding mahogany swords, and their yellow Taoist robes fluttered in the air. Lying in a safe place, Zhou Yu glared at me angrily, "Mr. Ye, if you don't give me a reasonable explanation, I think it's a bit unreasonable, right?" "These lamp language questions." I didn't whet his appetite, I just explained lightly. "What's wrong with the lamp, it's just an ordinary oil lamp!" Zhou Yu almost roared. "Believe it or not." I shrugged my shoulders, "Actually, I made a mistake at the beginning. Those lamps are not the funeral lamps of Shaanxi, but some kind of mysterious and terrifying ceremony. The raw materials of the lamps should be lit by the family members of the deceased. Corn cobs soaked in kerosene were sprinkled on the mountain road at night, and the filial sons walked up the mountain along clusters of flames. But these people used oil lamps and oil dishes."

"It seems to me that they are all the same. The customs of each place are different, and I don't believe that you know all the customs." Zhou Yu was obviously not convinced. "You are right in saying this, I really know a little bit about customs." I curled my lips, "Their current ceremony reminds me of something bad. Don't be seen by those filial men and filial women. Otherwise, you will really be killed." "A lamp is lit differently, so what's all the fuss about." Zhou Yu snorted coldly. Bai Qing's eyes were so bright that she didn't snort, but Mu Ru said something fair: "Mr. Ye didn't miss it all the way. He said it was dangerous, but I'm afraid it was really dangerous."

"Handsome Ye, what do you think they are doing now? Those Taoist priests dance so beautifully!" Bai Qing secretly popped her little head out of the tombstone, peeping with relish. "I think they are probably suppressing demons!" I licked my lips, they were surprised that there was no light, and continued: "The ritual of suppressing evil spirits is found all over the world. The custom in Shaanxi is to invite Taoist priests to dance to the gods, use oil lamps to guide the way, and ask mountain gods to suppress the evil spirits." "But it is clearly written on the tombstone that an old man in his thirties died."

Mu Ru wondered, "Where are the demons to be suppressed?" "One hundred and thirty-two years old." I just came back to it and sighed: "According to the Guinness World Records, at present, the oldest person in the world officially recorded is the forensic doctor Jeanne Louise. She was born in 1977. During her life, the Communist Party of China It took one hundred and twenty-two years and one hundred and sixty-four days. But in a small mountain village in Shaanxi, a 132-year-old man just died, which is incredible." After a pause, I continued: "In short, very few people know about this custom in Shaanxi. The more closed and backward the place is, the better the tradition is preserved. The ritual of suppressing evil spirits is generally only performed under one circumstance. It will start, that is, the dead have signs of turning into zombies."

Zhou Yu rolled his eyes, "Are you joking, zombie?" "Don't think of zombies too mysteriously. These villages that have no connection with the world regard many natural phenomena as scary. For example, their so-called zombies are actually under the unique environmental conditions of the Loess Plateau. The nails are still growing naturally, no big deal!" While I was talking, I was paying attention to the movement outside, but my heart was beating a bit. The evil-suppressing ceremony in front of me is too big, too big for me not to care about. "Hey, by the way, those people are coming over." Bai Qing suddenly turned her head and said, "If we continue to hide here, we will definitely be discovered. Handsome Ye, what should we do? Are you going to surrender, test your reasoning, and see if those guys will tear us apart. Or... " "Nonsense, of course continue to find a place to hide." I looked left and right, and finally pointed to the dark hole in the tomb behind the tombstone with a high entrance for one person. I was helpless: "It seems that I can only hide in there." Since there was more than one time, it became logical to hide the second time. The four of us got into the tomb, and the light from the outside world, which was not considered bright, was covered by the thick tombstone, so it couldn't shine directly in.The world in the tomb is darker.After taking two extra steps, I suddenly lost sight of my fingers. "It's so dark." Bai Qing pulled my clothes tightly, and kept drawing something on my waist with her fingers. I have a little feeling.This girl wants me to get rid of Zhou Yu and Mu Ru. I ignored it, but took out the remaining half of the candle, lit it, and the dark tomb suddenly became brighter, and I could barely see the surrounding things. The tomb didn't seem deep from the outside, but when I entered it, I found that it showed signs of being dug downwards. The straight passageway extended obliquely downward. After walking a few steps, the hustle and bustle of the outside world could not be heard. "How long are we going to hide here?" Zhou Yu looked unhappy. "Better hide until morning." I calculated the approximate time. Generally speaking, the ritual of suppressing evil spirits will only be carried out until the first rays of the sun rise on the second day, that is, around 5:30 on the Loess Plateau. "I always feel a little scary here." Mu Ru stroked her hair with her hands, her body shivering from the cold.The night was still very heavy, and with the deep underground, the temperature dropped even more severely. Our party was dressed thinly, knowing that it was okay when we knew it, but when we calmed down, it was unbearably cold. "No, it's too cold, I think it's better to go inside and find something to keep warm." Zhou Yu paced back and forth shivering, but did not ease the chill at all, "The tomb is so well repaired, there must be funeral objects." "Go ahead, help me find some by the way." Bai Qing glanced at him, then at Mu Ru, "You go with him." Mu Ru obediently followed Zhou Yu to the depths of the tomb.After their figures disappeared, the real girl stared at me fiercely: "I gave you a signal just now, but you ignored me." "Everyone is safer together." I responded slowly, "Besides, I don't think I have anything to talk to you in private." "It's not me who wants to talk to you." Bai Qing stomped her feet, and her charming and rich expression disappeared immediately, leaving only a face that was colder than the surrounding air: "I was the one looking for you." "You are, Bai Shan?" I frowned at her, judging. "right." The girl nodded. Looking at the environment in front of her, she said a decisive sentence that shocked me, "We must find a way to kill Zhou Yu." "why?" I look away from her face. "You clearly knew it, and you guessed it." Bai Shan said calmly, "Zhou Yu is very likely to be the director of the Samsara Mental Hospital. Unless he dies, we will never be able to escape." "This is just your one-sided statement. How do I know if what you said is true?" I sneered. "He really built the reincarnation mental hospital. If he wasn't there, do you really think you could find the real exit with your nonsensical selection method?" Bai Shan also sneered, "I have been imprisoned in a mental hospital for many years, and I have known the passage for many years. I have been trying to escape, but I have never been able to find the real exit. Why do you come and we can Escaped smoothly? So, Zhou Yu must be the dean!" She summed it up. "It is said that no one knows who the dean is. Even if Zhou Yu really built a mental hospital, it doesn't mean he is." I was noncommittal, "How do you know that I am not the dean? Or, the real dean is actually you. It is more likely that none of the four of us is the dean, and we are all just ordinary patients. Escaped by coincidence." "Hmph, do you think it's that simple?" Bai Shan looked into my eyes without blinking. I sighed and finally shook my head, "Indeed, it's not that easy." At this moment, the tomb suddenly let out an exclamation, it was Mu Ru's voice! "Damn, something happened!" I shuddered and hurried to the depths. This downward tomb passage does not look like it has just been repaired. When the walls of the tomb passage are pressed tightly, there is a layer of moss that likes shade because of the damp. Bai Shan followed me slowly, looking around, "This place is so evil." "Is there any evil door for you?" I angrily took the time to complain. This girl has three personalities, each of which is very unique, and can already be regarded as a monster-level character. The tomb passage has been extending downwards, and in the narrow space of the black hole, it seems that even time has been distorted.I don't think Mu Ru's cry is that far away, but how long have I been running?two minutes?Or five minutes?Why hasn't this road come to an end? Just as she was thinking about whether to continue walking in, Mu Ru screamed several times, and Zhou Yu's screams were also accompanied by her screams.Those voices are so close, as if you can reach out and touch them. After walking a few more steps, the line of sight suddenly opened up, and a huge space unfolded in front of my eyes. It was an excavated tomb, which was round in shape, measuring thousands of square meters by visual inspection, and about five meters high.The tomb is not so dark that you can't see your fingers. Countless oil lamps are placed on the ground in swirling circles from the inside to the outside, emitting light to illuminate this mysterious space. In the very center of the vortex, there is a stone tablet, which looks very old, two meters wide and three meters high, with several lines of gold-plated characters on it. Those golden characters reflect the light and carry traces of history.But time seems to be unable to leave a mark on the golden words, so far it looks brand new.Bai Shan was also attracted by those words, with surprise and confusion on her face, she couldn't help reading out the gold-plated characters. "Om Banjar Sadosa Maya, Mani Balaya, Banzale Sado Dinopa, Dicha Jedrome Bhawa, Sedokha Yume Bhawa, Sepoka Youme Bhawa, Anidome Bawa, Selva Sedmame Thuyaza, Selva Garma Sezami, Zedang Xiyangremoo, Hahahahahuo, Bhagawan, Selvada Tagada, Banzarma Memenza, Panzerbawa, Mahasa Maya Sadoa." After reading, she curled her lips, "What is this, why is it so awkward?" "This is the Hundred-Character Mantra of Vajra Sutra, also known as Hundred-Character Mantra, Hundred-Character Mantra, or Vajra Hundred-Character Mantra." My voice trembled slightly, unstoppable fear. How could there be a hundred-character mantra here?Originally thought it was a simple ritual of suppressing evil spirits, why did they find a very old-looking hundred-character Ming inscription in the tomb?What kind of terrible thing is being suppressed down here? "Why is your voice trembling? Are you afraid?" Bai Shan's character turned into Bai Qing again at some point, she glanced at the inscription, then looked at me, and poked my stiff face with her white and tender fingers, "The face has hardened, You are too timid. By the way, what is that hundred-character statement in your mouth?" I swallowed my saliva, and explained in a deep voice: "The hundred-character scriptures belong to Tibetan Buddhism. It is the mantra that refers to the sixth Vajradhara. The reciting and holding of this mantra can cleanse the sins and make people get more pure power. Vajra is the body of all sentient beings' bodhicitta. This is the blessing of 蕯埵 and the heart. It has the same body and different name as the Samantabhadra Bodhisattva of the Sutra. He is the eldest son of all Tathagatas. , The sin karma of the present life.” "Oh, I don't understand. In short, I don't understand what you are afraid of at all." Bai Qing didn't know why, so she wasn't in a hurry to find Mu Ru and the others. Since I saw this tombstone, I am not in a hurry anymore. I have a vague guess in my heart. If that guess comes true, there is no need to be anxious. Zhou Yu and the two are probably in trouble.While carefully observing the wind and grass around him, he continued to explain on his own, not to explain to the girl next to him, but just to say what was in his head to relieve his fear. "You don't even know what a hundred-character statement means. More than a hundred characters contain rebirth due to sin, and the dirt in your heart can hinder the Bodhisattva. What I have studied. There are many kinds of secret repentance methods, but the secret repentance method is the most important method in the secret vehicle. "The Vajrayana repentance method is one of the four preliminaries for tantric practitioners. Everyone must practice it. First, rely on the power; Possessed, eliminating the evil karma and sins of all living beings can make you clean. All these evil thoughts will not increase. It can break all troubles and increase immeasurable blessings and wisdom. Occasionally, there are mistakes, mistakes and omissions. The Dharma protectors will not be blamed. Also That is to say, the Hundred-Character Mantra is mainly used to eliminate sins, repent, and mend faults, and is called the king of all repentance." I licked my lips, I was silent for a moment, and sighed, "Repentance in Tibetan Buddhism is actually a kind of suppression. This inscription must suppress something terrible. I think we should leave early." "Don't care about your two little cannon fodder?" Bai Qing asked back. "Didn't you say that Zhou Yu is the dean, and you still want to join me in killing him?" I stared at the inscription without blinking. "That's right, but that's entirely Bai Shan's opinion, not mine." The girl retorted without thinking. "I don't have the energy to play tricks on you." I frowned, "Go!" Turning around and preparing to run away regardless of anything, this is the only thought I have left now.For the first time in my life, I don't want to resist the unknown, I just want to escape.Because I have studied it myself, and although I don’t believe it, it’s better to be careful in this weird situation. Every step is wrong. Just after I turned around, the whole person froze. In front of my eyes, the dark entrance to the tomb has completely disappeared.Where there used to be a tomb passage, it became smooth. Damn, where is there a way out?