1699: C1699 Ambiguity in the Fog

C1699 Ambiguity in the Fog

Gao Fei was lost in thought about how to deal with Shieh Hongyan. He was too focused on his surroundings and ignored a grasshopper that jumped onto his shoulder.

However, even if he was not distracted by his thoughts, he knew that it would take him at least four to five minutes to leave.

The two-acre courtyard was very big, and the cobblestone path was very long. From the entrance of the courtyard to the entrance of the abode, there was a distance of at least fifty to sixty meters between them.

However, it was only fifty to sixty meters away. Even if Gao Fei was riding on a horse, he should have at least arrived at the door within two minutes.

But now, after five or six minutes of contemplating the matter, he still had not reached the entrance to the courtyard. It was as if he had completely disappeared into the night, leaving only the cobblestone path visible in the night, winding away to a place he could not see.

On the right side of Xiao Chi Tang's water surface, there was a flash of light in the night sky from time to time. Who knew how many years the small bamboo forest had been planted, when the wind blew, the bamboo leaves would make a rustling sound... Everything seemed normal.

But it wasn't normal.

Because Gao Fei had suddenly lost his sense of direction, he couldn't be sure that he was heading south. (The abode in the compound was a typical room that faced north, and the moon gate in the southeast, so if he wanted to go out, he would have to go south.)

Gao Fei still had his hands behind his back. He slowly turned around and looked at the shed: in the dark night, where is the shed's shadow?

The gate of the courtyard and the abode seemed to have disappeared into thin air. There was not a single sound in the entire world, not even the chirping of insects could be heard, only the cobblestone paths that seemed to never end, the dense rows of small bamboo forests, the watery Xiao Chitang, and the strange fake mountains.

These things were all small and seemed unremarkable.

However, it was these things that made Wu Junzheng unable to get out of the ring: no matter how fast he walked, he would always be walking on the cobblestone path, and beside him would always be the bamboo forests, Xiao Chitang, and the fake hill.

The surroundings were pitch black. There was not a single bit of light nor sound. It was as if Gao Fei had accidentally traveled through the prehistoric era that had yet to evolve from a human to a prehistoric one.

"Lao Du, what do you mean?"

Gao Fei leaped onto a small fake mountain and shouted towards the left side.

No one answered, not even an answer. It was an unspeakably empty night, as if even his cries had been swallowed up.

Gao Fei shouted again and took out his phone.

On his phone, there was a compass function.

As for the flashlight feature on his phone, Gao Fei had no intention of using it.

He was now sure that he had fallen into a maze. Not to mention holding a flashlight, even in the daytime, there was not much hope for him to get out. After all, his understanding of the Mysterious Gate Armor was not even close to his level.

Therefore, the best thing to do now was to hope that the compass on his phone didn't fail. As long as he could find the correct direction, no matter how strange the array was, as long as he headed towards the south, he would be able to get out.

But soon, Gao Fei was disappointed: the compass on his phone stopped working. He held his phone and didn't move. That direction also kept changing, sometimes south, sometimes north, and he couldn't lock onto that direction at all.

There wasn't a single cell phone signal.

In the courtyard, there was a strong magnetic field that interfered with the mobile phone's signal, rendering any guidance system useless.

Once lost, without a compass, it was like a fly without its head.

"Lao Du, come out and tell me what this means!"

Gao Fei spun around again for another ten minutes. After there was still no progress, he was truly angry. He took out his lighter and said harshly: "Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"

During this period of time, he had relied on his intuition to walk in one direction. Whether it was the bamboo forest or the rock garden, he had stepped on them.

He decided to use fire to attack. After all, there was a bamboo forest here. When the bamboo was burning, it was very bright.

No one answered him, as if he could burn anything he wanted.

Gao Fei did not stand on ceremony. He took off his blue shirt, folded a bamboo, wrapped the shirt around it, and lit up the clothes with a lighter. Soon, the bamboo was set ablaze.

As long as the bamboo forest was set ablaze, the whole courtyard would be burned up. He did not believe that Lao Du, in order to trap him, would disregard the rumoured Monastery Master Courtyard that was said to have been destroyed by him for hundreds of years.

But when Gao Fei held a torch and lit up a bamboo leaf, ready to sit aside and watch the fire, he felt a chill on his face.

Gao Fei raised his head and looked at the dark sky. He let out a long sigh and threw the torch into the bamboo forest: It started to rain in the sky and it was very dense.

The rain was arranged by hand. If Gao Fei hadn't set a fire, it wouldn't have rained.

After the fire attack failed, it meant that Gao Fei's last method to emphasize the maze was broken.

He could only helplessly sit on a small rock garden with his hands hugging his knees as he stared blankly at the night sky.

Before this, it was not as if he had never experienced a maze before.

For example, not long ago, when he was trapped within the Riverbed Tomb, he had been walking back and forth in that secret passageway for an unknown amount of time.

But compared to the maze, the secret passage was much easier. Strictly speaking, it wasn't a maze. The person hiding in the dark relied on Gao Fei's inability to see anything and only needed to change the secret passage back and forth.

How could this be similar to the situation he was facing right now?

He was in an empty yard and nothing was holding him back, but he just couldn't find the way out.

Last year, Gao Fei was also trapped in a stone maze in front of the Branch's secret underground base. However, compared to the one in front of him, that maze seemed to be of a much lower grade.

Slowly, Gao Fei calmed down and began to consider Taoist Du's reasons for doing so.

Just when Gao Fei was about to leave, he had made it clear to Taoist Du that he had to return to the Jinnan. Even if the sky were to fall, he had to appear at Shen Yinbing's wedding tomorrow.

Otherwise, Shieh Hongyan would have become Shen Yinbing's sacrifice to take revenge on him.

However, Taoist Du wanted to leave him behind to join White Cloud Monastery's 1300 year celebration. Taoist Du naturally wouldn't agree, so Taoist Du used a maze to trap him.

Without a doubt, Taoist Du didn't want Gao Fei to appear at Shen Yinbing's wedding tomorrow.

Or rather, Taoist Du wanted Shieh Hongyan to die.

Honestly speaking, Gao Family probably hoped for Shieh Hongyan to die the most. After all, if she died, then Gao Fei would have no reason to go against 1973.

As for the conflict between Gao Fei and 1973, Old Man Gao was completely capable of settling it: there was no injustice in the world, was there?

Gao Family looked forward to see Shieh Hongyan die, and even said it was' understandable '.

Then why would Taoist Du want Shieh Hongyan to die?

Could it be that he didn't want Gao Fei's conflict with 1973 to escalate, so he borrowed the opportunity when Shen Yinbing kidnapped Shieh Hongyan to threaten Gao Fei to get rid of Shieh Hongyan, this source of trouble?

Gao Fei really wanted to figure out what was going on, so he started to think hard.

In fact, at the moment he had nothing to do but brood here.

He had already tried his best, but he just couldn't get out of the maze. What could he do?

Since the result had already been decided (or rather, Shieh Hongyan was dead for sure. According to Gao Fei's understanding of Shen Yinbing, if he didn't appear at the wedding tomorrow, Shen Yinbing would definitely kill Shieh Hongyan to relieve her hatred) and couldn't be changed, Gao Fei had to think about what would happen next.

If Shieh Hongyan died, the first person who would be punished would be Taoist Du: If he did not trap Gao Fei, Shieh Hongyan would not die, no matter what reason he did so, Gao Fei did not intend to forgive him.

Next was Shen Yinbing.

What should he do with the woman who should have been pure?1

Kill her?

Regardless of whether Gao Fei could kill her or not, if Shen Yinbing could be killed, she wouldn't be alive right now.

Not kill her?

How could he face Shieh Hongyan?

Gao Fei hugged his knees and stared blankly at the night sky like a statue, not moving at all.

White mist began to pour down. This was not a man-made object, but a product of nature.

It was already mid-autumn, and the temperature on the mountain was much lower than in the plains. Usually, even on a hot summer morning, there would still be fog here.

Gao Fei might not know how the fog formed, but he knew how it dissipated. One was that when the sun came out, it would evaporate the water that permeated the low sky (the fog was made up of water molecules), and the second was that the wind would blow it away when it blew.

After an unknown amount of time, when Gao Fei's entire body was covered in fog, a wind blew.

Most of the time, when you see the mist at nine in the evening, you see it dissipating in the early hours of the morning, and the moon comes out again, because the wind is blowing and the wind is blowing.

The wind was blowing tonight. It was not strong enough to blow away the fog, but it was very cold on his body. It was like Zheng Fu's eyes.

Zheng Shanshan remembered that her uncle, who had no wife or children, raised her as his own daughter after he picked her up from a remote mountainous area. He never looked at her with such cold eyes.

Zheng Fu's gaze made her very afraid. He was clearly sitting on the cozy and warm sofa, but he was sitting on the cold stone in the fog outside.

When Zheng Shanshan was accepted into Jingdu City, she was already thirteen years old, so she knew everything.

She clearly remembered that when she first saw Lai Jingducheng, she was like a little bird that had lost its home and flew into the chaotic city. The surroundings were no longer an endless mountain, there was no melodious bird cry, no clear stream could be seen, only buildings that made her dizzy, cars that were like shuttles, and the indifferent faces of the capital city on the street.

The only thing that made her feel at ease was Zheng Fu, her uncle that she had never met.

Fifteen years ago, Zheng Fu seemed to be like this. His face was stiff and full of the vicissitudes of life, making people feel uncomfortable. However, he treated her very well.

Zheng Fu was not good with words. Using his actual actions, he slowly guided Zheng Shanshan and became a member of the city, becoming a part of the upper class.

Slowly, Zheng Shanshan began to forget where she came from, especially after she became the highest commander of a special Criminal Law Tribe at such a young age.

All she knew was that she had a very special identity and the right to easily decide other people's happiness – that group of young soldiers, every time they saw her, they would reveal expressions of admiration, adoration, and even flattery, causing her to lose herself completely.

She is a queen, and once she has the '1973' banner, everything goes well for her.

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