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At three in the middle of the night, it's truly a bit terrifying. I held a lit candle and entered this secret room.
It's dark and damp here, with an eerie atmosphere. I walked down the stairs from the entrance. The light was very dim, and I could only see a small area at my feet by the candlelight. I continued to walk cautiously. The stairs were made of iron, so every step made a "clang clang clang" sound. I wondered if anyone else could hear it besides me. When I was halfway down the stairs, I stopped. I continued to search for the inexplicable sound. Why did it stop at this moment? Could it not have come from here?
Just as I hesitated, I seemed to hear a sound, the sound of iron clashing with iron. The sound was clear, but also chaotic and faint, sometimes loud as if coming from below. It seems I have not reached the bottom yet. I quickened my pace and continued downward. I don't know why, but my mind always conjures up such an image: a dying woman, struggling and facing the judgment of death. She is powerless, only able to face death in agony. She wants to escape, but where can she escape to? She doesn't want to die in this way, so she chooses another way to die. I always inexplicably connect this matter with Taliesin. I always feel that her death was not an accident, but what exactly happened? There is no answer yet.
The further down I go, the more chilling it becomes, feeling cold, feeling terrified, feeling like this is what people often call hell. It is always accompanied by a foul smell, like something moldy, hard to describe, but it makes people cover their noses and retch.
When I landed and walked down, I suddenly felt a complete silence, as if all sounds had disappeared. I held a candle in my left hand, raised high, continuing to search for a target, and held a sturdy stick in my right hand to protect myself in case of any unforeseen circumstances.
I couldn't see what was inside, but I felt that the space was quite large. I heard it, I heard the sound of iron chains hitting each other, and this time it was very clear and visible, as if it was right next to me. I walked towards the source of the sound with the candle in my hand.
I saw a dark figure sitting on the ground in front of me, it was a person. In the dim light, I couldn't see her face. She was sitting there motionless, as if unaware of my presence. I slowly moved closer to her, step by step. As the candlelight illuminated her, she seemed to notice and her body twitched. Perhaps due to her long time spent in this place, she seemed accustomed to the darkness, and the sudden light seemed to startle her. She suddenly jumped up and rushed towards me. Instinctively, I dodged and raised the stick in my hand, ready to strike her on the head.
"Clang... Clang... Clang..." The sound of heavy metal striking was so piercing, and then there was a heart-wrenching scream. I felt that the scene was extremely shocking, something that I had only seen in novels or on TV, and now I had experienced it firsthand.
I saw a woman with long, messy hair, wearing a tattered black robe, standing there like a raging gorilla, baring her teeth and claws at me. She reached out her long arms towards me, as if to grab and devour me, but she couldn't reach me, as if she were imprisoned there. As I approached her, I realized she was firmly fixed in a large iron cage, with iron shackles on her body. I understood that she was being held captive here.
My heart calmed down when I realized she wouldn't harm me. I approached her step by step, wanting to understand what was happening. But as I got closer, she began to step back, as if she also had a vulnerable side. What had this tall, beautiful woman done wrong? Why was she being punished in this way? There must be a long story behind this. She was covered in scars, her clothes were torn, and there was blood on her face and hands. I wondered, wasn't locking her in this iron cage enough? Did it have some special function? Was it impossible to escape from? It was cruel to put such heavy iron chains on her feet and hands. Only a certain kind of person would be treated this way! Prisoners, criminals, terrorists, murderers... She was just a woman, defenseless. How could she be treated like this? I didn't feel hatred towards her; instead, I felt more sympathy for her. Compared to her suffering, I felt that the woman in front of me was more miserable than me, and she was the one I needed to rescue.
I started to change my expression, I started to become gentle, I wanted to get closer to her, not wanting to oppress her and push her away. I want her to feel that I will be a very friendly friend to her, I will help her escape from this bitter sea, I must gain her trust, I must make her speak out everything she knows.
I saw that her emotions seemed to stabilize, she slowly stepped back, slowly squatted down, and then slowly sat down, her gaze leaving me and starting to stare at the ground. She kept saying some incomprehensible words, and in her right hand, she picked up a flattened, already flattened hard steamed bun and forced it into her mouth. At this moment, she was completely ignoring my existence.
"Scammer, murderer!"
"Sister, I will avenge you!"
"I love you, you are not a murderer!"
"My sister is looking for me, I have to go, I have to go home!"
"Who are you, what do you want, don't hurt me, don't hurt me, I'll be very obedient!"
"Taliesin, who is this woman! Why do you always mention her, I'm not her!"
"I'm hungry, I want to eat something delicious, I want to eat smoked chicken, I want to drink, I want to drink..."
She was alone there, muttering to herself while gnawing on a hard steamed bun. The more she spoke, the weaker her voice became. I knew she must be hungry. There's nothing here. I really don't know how she survived. How long has she been locked up here? The only thing I'm sure of is that this must be related to Zhang Xiaobei.
I'm going to go out and get her something to eat first. I can't let a grown person starve here. As I turned to leave, she knelt in front of me pitifully, but didn't say a word. From her expression, I could tell that she was placing her hope in me. Watching her eat, I couldn't express my feelings. I tried to communicate with her, but she never spoke, acting strangely. I felt that her nerves were on edge, and she was also wary of me, afraid that I would hurt her like others.
Slowly, I coaxed her to the closest point outside the iron cage. I tried to touch her with my hand, aiming to make her less guarded against me, to open her heart and tell me her secrets. Only then could I help her.
"Don't be afraid. Who are you? What happened to you? Can you tell me? I will help you!" I said sincerely and slowly to her. She didn't respond at all, still ignoring me.
"Who locked you up here? Did you do something wrong? Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you. You have a chance to survive only if you tell everything you know. Otherwise, you have no way out here but death!"
Although I don't know if she doesn't understand what I'm saying, or if she's pretending not to hear anything, or if she's just already crazy; but I still have to try to awaken her memory in my own way, and try to make her speak out all the truth.
"Was it Zhang Xiaobei who kept you here, right? What did he do to you, and why did he keep you here?"
When I mentioned the name Zhang Xiaobei, she hesitated for a moment, paused, looked up at me, and it was obvious that she was aware of what I was saying, pretending to be crazy and stupid.
"No no no... murderer murderer murderer... don't kill me, don't kill me, don't kill me, don't kill me, don't kill me..."
She has lost control again, screaming loudly, running around wildly in the iron cage, the sound of iron chains hitting each other is so harsh! This made me suddenly understand, the strange sounds I heard, are also such sounds. She probably needs to vent in this way every few hours, which explains the phenomenon of the sound appearing and disappearing.
"Sister, save my sister, don't kill her! Zhang Xiaobei! I want my sister! Quick! Save my sister, she's going to die!" She suddenly blurted out such words, but who is her sister?
"Where is your sister? What happened to her?" I continued to ask.
"She borrowed money from loan sharks!"
She started running wildly again, and the sound of iron chains hitting each other began to ring out again.
I still gained something. The next step is to quickly find this "loan shark old woman" and see what clues I can get from her.
So I left here, I left her! "Wait for me to come back, my friend! Wait for me to come back and rescue you!"
I saw her calm down, watching me leave here, not shouting or making a fuss this time, like a gentle child...
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