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=Parallel World= (Adapted from Wei Yu's novel "Parallel World")

=Episode 7= (This story is a work of fiction.)

Have they all left?

Few people were digging, slowing down the progress.

So they came back and brought more people along.

However, some remained inside the tent.

I took the chance to sneak away.

Well, I'm heading out now, Dong.

Stay safe tonight.

This place isn't peaceful.

Alright.

Let's go check it out.

Why not?

We're just killing time anyway.

How's your foot?

It's better now.

It still hurts.

Can you carry me on your back?

We're tracking them

and you asked me to carry you?

If you don't want to go, forget it.

Let's go.

Wait for me!

The footprints are pretty faint.

Hui Ba's crew left a while ago.

Wait up for a moment.

Chang Dong!

Come on!

Let's go.

Where is it?

Just up ahead.

- Let's go. - Hurry up!

Have you tried extreme sports before?

I just saw you moved up so effortlessly.

You're quite agile.

I've done some parkour for a while,

but when it comes to fighting skills,

I'm at best second-rate.

I can't beat the three-time national martial arts champion.

Three-time national martial arts champion?

Who's that?

Isn't it you?

When you make up believable stories next time,

please

remember the nonsense you said before.

So you don't get caught.

It's right up ahead, Ba.

It's right there, Ba.

Leave a mark here.

Let me tell you a horror story.

One night,

a man and a woman

were tracking a bunch of folks.

The man was fast

while the woman was slow behind.

Then,

out of the blue,

she was yanked away.

The man was clueless,

and he kept moving.

Pretty spooky, right?

The story's getting even scarier.

Behind the man,

there was another person.

He thought it was still her,

but it was not.

Your hand.

Give me your hand.

With all the weird stuff happening here,

if you suddenly get pulled away,

I won't have time.

Let's go.

Talking about 'hand', you reminded me.

They held hands until the end.

Actually, let me tell you...

Dig harder! Why are you so weak?

Be careful and watch out.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...

There are eight of them.

Stop!

Get up.

There is a painting.

If so, it's art,

and it worths money.

We are getting rich!

Dig fast!

Use your hands.

This isn't a coffin, right?

According to local customs,

coffins go underground,

isn't this above ground?

Yes.

It's about half person's height above the ground.

It isn't a hanging coffin too.

You go nail that side!

Nail it tight!

Hurry up!

Faster.

Pull harder!

One, two, pull!

One, two, pull!

One, two, pull!

One, two, pull!

One.

Hold on, stop!

What's happening, Ba?

Whatever, just pull!

One, two, pull!

San!

Ma Feng!

Ma Feng!

San!

Ba, these two guys are dead.

They are dead.

Ma Feng!

Let's move them aside for now.

Alright.

Hurry up!

Move them aside.

This doesn't look good.

Hurry up!

They haven't opened the coffin yet.

I'm the type of person

who values loyalty.

Chen San and Ma Feng cleared the way for us.

They will have half of what's in the coffin.

Ba.

That sounds unfair, don't you think?

If you suggest giving them a bit more,

I don't really mind.

But we split half with them?

What about our men on the ground?

That's right, Ba.

They're not in any condition

to enjoy the riches now.

This only benefits their wives,

and won't it also benefit other men?

Exactly.

We'll figure it later.

Open the coffin first.

Let's go!

Come on.

Even when people are dead, they still want to open the coffin.

Hurry up, open the coffin quickly.

Why are you so slow?

Faster!

Come on.

One, two!

One, two!

♪The gate of hell♪

♪One step out of the pass, and one's blood shall run dry♪

♪In chambers gilded, you revel in joyful embrace♪

♪Unmindful as I step into the gate, tears trace down my face♪

Who is singing there?

♪The shadow puppet broke♪

♪Stepping outside the gates, a dream for the beauty♪

♪Where now lies the soul of the East and the bones of the West♪

♪Only waiting for him to return my home♪

It looks like

this has something to do with me.

Ba.

Liuxi.

Singing at a time like this

would terrify people to death.

Singing? Me?

Are you sure you heard correctly?

♪Where now lies the soul of the East and the bones of the West...♪

What do you mean?

What's going on? Quit playing spooky tricks.

Liuxi.

I've let you have everything on our way here.

I'm not afraid of you, you know.

Let's be clear about this.

First come, first served applies to everything.

If you want me to let you have this,

I'll not happy be about it.

You're overthinking it.

We're just here to watch the excitement, right?

Yes.

That's good, then.

I'm not a bad person anyway.

After we open this box,

if it's all good stuff,

I'll share it with everyone present.

You can pick a few things.

Alright.

Come on, let's continue.

One, two.

One, two.

Who's there?

I dare you to show yourself.

Show yourself.

Ba.

Ba, what's wrong?

Ba.

Don't scare me, Ba.

What's wrong, Ba?

Ba.

Ba.

What's wrong?

This is too scary.

We can't stay in this place.

It just flew over

from a few meters away and slashed his throat.

This is too bizarre.

You.

And you.

Come over and take him away.

♪Yumen Pass♪

♪The gate of hell♪

♪One step out of the pass, and one's blood shall run dry♪

♪In chambers gilded, you revel in joyful embrace♪

♪Unmindful as I step into the gate, tears trace down my face♪

Why do you know this song?

I just do.

Do you believe I can open this?

Don't worry.

Even when I was tied in a noose, I didn't die.

If I ever die,

I'll definitely die in a special way.

Getting my throat cut with a shovel?

I can't accept that.

Take a guess.

Do you think this is filled with treasure

or a corpse?

Open it.

Shadow puppets?

There are a total of nine, all male.

These shadow puppets are about the same height as humans.

There are joints with knots.

But there are no rods for manipulation.

What does that mean?

Is this a clothing grave?

Doesn't seem like it.

I've never heard of a clothing grave that contains shadow puppets.

And there are nine of them in here.

Do you remember

the shadow puppets we saw in Hui Ba's tent?

Could they be related to this somehow?

It's possible.

Wait a minute.

Are you going to ignore the bodies?

Three people have already died.

We're short on manpower here.

I'll go back and get some more people

to take them back.

That's right.

This place is too eerie. Let's hurry and leave.

I hope you'll follow through with your words.

Is there a need for you to be so kind?

You care when someone dies

and when someone escapes.

They're brothers,

but they're not as kind-hearted as you.

Speaking doesn't tire me out anyway.

Regardless, even if we can't retrieve the bodies,

at least

let's leave them with some dignity.

Dong.

Did something happen?

When Huo Ya and the others returned,

their faces were pale.

And a few young ones were terrified.

Three dead.

One ran away.

Hui Ba is dead.

Hui Ba is dead?

Fatty Tang.

Has anyone tampered with our car?

No, they were all in the tents.

Then where did this sand come from?

Did the sand open the door by itself?

Liuxi.

The one who dragged me that day seemed to be sand, too.

(One, two.)

♪The gate of hell♪

♪One step out of the pass, and one's blood shall run dry♪

This should be a brick painting of Han Dynasty.

These kinds of paintings

usually appear in tomb chambers

and have a strong connection to rituals.

But I don't think this clothing

looks like from the Han Dynasty.

You're right.

It's from the Tang Dynasty.

Wait a moment.

Let me get this straight.

Are you suggesting

that we found a Han Dynasty coffin

in the modern-day,

desolate Yardang,

and the shadow puppets inside are dressed in Tang Dynasty clothes?

That's right. Absolutely right.

Take a look at this.

He wore the clothing with a turned collar.

People in the Tang Dynasty were fashionable, all dressed like this.

(They wore animal pelt hats)

(and wrapped headscarves.)

I thought the song was about the Han Dynasty.

But it's actually about the Tang Dynasty.

What song?

The song that came out of nowhere

before we opened the coffin.

(It sounded like)

Yumen Pass.

The gate of hell.

What's going on?

One step out of the pass, and one's blood shall run dry.

In chambers gilded, you revel in joyful embrace.

Unmindful as I step into the gate, tears trace down my face.

This song is a bit strange.

What's strange about it?

In ancient times, outside Yumen Pass was a desert,

specifically for exiling criminals,

making them endure suffering,

and only recalling them when it was necessary.

I can understand the first line.

One step out of the pass, and one's blood shall run dry.

Outside the pass is a dangerous place.

Going out there means certain death.

But then you say,

"Unmindful as I step into the gate, tears trace down my face".

It means he neither wants to step out of the pass nor into it.

Does that mean after these exiled criminals

died outside the pass,

they turned into vengeful spirits and ghosts?

Could they be singing this song?

Is the sand in our car,

including the one who dragged me,

all their doing?

That's enough. Now lives have been lost.

We need to calm ourselves first.

Don't let them influence us.

It's getting late, let's rest.

Then I'll go back first.

Why are you going back?

Dong.

I'll go back and keep an eye on them.

If they have any other ideas,

I'll report back to you two.

I'll go now.

Fatty Tang has been acting strange these days.

What's so strange?

Aren't you strange too?

But you don't allow others?

I'm going to say something for your reference.

I feel like you're not someone

who grew up in a normal social environment.

You see, in this world, most people,

regardless of whether they are bad-tempered or fierce...

Who are you indicating is bad-tempered

and fierce?

People in this world.

Most of them.

Why are you angry?

Go on.

Whether they are bad-tempered, fierce,

quiet, or calm,

when they do something,

they always stay within a framework.

They don't cross the line.

Let's take the incident in Qingrang Town as an example.

To punish the john who spiked your drink,

yes,

you can hit or scold him.

It's all allowed.

But nobody

would leave the window wide open and walk away.

(With such a low temperature,)

(he could have frozen to death that night.)

Legal awareness is a framework,

but you don't have it.

Or rather, you have it,

but you don't care.

I'll take it into consideration.

You're especially used to

solving problems with violence.

Like yesterday,

when Hui Ba didn't tell the truth,

your first reaction was

to beat him until he talks.

Last night,

Hui Ba died.

(Everyone was terrified,)

(except for you.)

You calmly said, "Carry the body away".

Come and carry the body away.

(Even the bravest person)

(wouldn't remain indifferent)

(when facing a corpse.)

There were more details.

For example,

when we encountered Hui Ba and his gang,

they were armed,

(but you didn't seem nervous at all.)

(It was as if you've never been afraid of death.)

Alright. Let's have a rest.

It's so noisy.

What's going on?

How am I supposed to sleep?

I'm thinking

about the "step out" and "step in" lines from yesterday's song.

I'll show it to you.

Don't come near. I want to sleep.

Come on. Take a look.

I don't want to.

Just take a quick look.

You've been to Yumen Pass before.

Just a passing mark.

Why did you draw it so seriously?

Okay, I'll explain it to you. Listen carefully.

From our perspective,

moving from east to west is stepping out of the pass.

From west to east is stepping into the pass.

If there were group of people

who originally occupied the area outside the pass,

it would be the opposite direction

for them to step in and out of the pass.

This means that the song

is about them

being somehow forced to leave Yumen Pass.

After a long time with no hope of returning east,

they made the foreign land their home.

That's possible.

We'll have to make breakfast today.

The one who ran off yesterday

seems to be the cook in Hui Ba's gang.

Stop looking. Make breakfast yourself.

Do you think that these strange occurrences lately

are related to the sandstorms?

Fatty Tang was sitting on the ground

and was suddenly dragged away.

(There were prints on his feet.)

An iron shovel

suddenly flew in from a distance,

(cutting Hui Ba's throat.)

Who is it?

(Also,)

(our car was filled with sand.)

(If all of this)

(was really caused by the sandstorms,)

despite it being a little absurd,

everything can be explained.

But why would the sandstorms

cause such occurences at this time?

It's like

it has a life of its own.

Dong.

The tire tracks that disappeared earlier

and the flag

have reappeared.

There's a signal.

Great. We can leave now.

Dong, can we go now?

I'll pack our things right now.

Okay.

Let's go.

Hurry.

What are you waiting for? Run.

Faster.

You rascal.

Hurry.

Hurry, everyone, hurry.

What are you dawdling for?

Hurry.

Huo Ya, is the matter with Hui Ba resolved?

Hurry.

Hurry. Get out quickly.

Hurry.

Haven't you found Hui Ba's body?

Everyone, hurry.

Is it...

Yes.

Ba, our two mates,

the marker,

the pool of blood on the ground,

and the coffin

are gone.

Even that old ruin

is all gone.

This is terrifying.

Since we're all in this together,

I advise you to leave quickly.

Go, because it's too dangerous here.

If we don't leave soon, the next ones

to disappear without a trace might be us.

Let's go.

Everyone, hurry.

Hurry up.

Faster.

Liuxi.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Look.

The flag has appeared again.

But Hui Ba and the other two's bodies went missing,

and so did the coffin.

Or you could say the entire place

is gone.

What's wrong, Dong?

Want to study the rocks?

Is there a rock here?

I can't let you come for nothing, can I?

It's up ahead.

Love you, Dong.

Thanks, Dong.

Liuxi.

Let's go.

Liuxi, let's go.

Liuxi, let's go.

Liuxi.

I was too anxious back then.

Liuxi.

Calling full name is too long and troublesome.

It's convenient to call.

Alright. Whatever you say.

How's your wound?

How's your wound?

It's better.

I changed the bandage this morning.

It's not bleeding and doesn't hurt,

but it's a little damp.

That's normal. Just take care of it.

We've traveled this far,

and so much has happened along the way.

It always feels like

something is leading me home.

That song?

Yes.

I can hum that song,

but I don't know how to say.

Besides, on this journey,

you haven't even seen Kong Yang's trace.

But we only explored a small section.

I believe we'll find something if we keep looking.

Is it possible

that we're looking in the wrong place?

Throughout history,

many stories have circulated about Dalpur,

and many people have offered various explanations.

Like the Bermuda Triangle,

they're saying it's due to magnetic anomalies,

parallel worlds,

black holes, and even aliens.

But I've never believed any of that.

Do you now?

Not really.

Look.

After we entered Seadragon Heap,

we were cut off from the outside world for two days due to the storm,

and all sorts of strange things happened

which can't be explained.

But there's one explanation that makes sense,

which is that we entered

another Seadragon Heap.

Let's temporarily call it

Seadragon Heap 2.

This is Seadragon Heap 1.

We left our tire tracks here.

There's also a flag, but Seadragon Heap 2 doesn't.

After the sandstorm,

Seadragon Heap 2 appeared,

but that place is too strange.

(Sandstorms can hurt people,)

(and there's a coffin with shadow puppets inside.)

If Kong Yang's photo really exists,

then she must be in Seadragon Heap 2.

All of this I've just speculated about

is based on my own guesses.

What I want to know most about

is the reason

that caused the appearance of Seadragon Heap 2,

or rather,

how did we enter

another world?

Forget about it.

Let's go back.

Okay.

We'll go back.

(Observe desert rules. No trespassing nature reserves.)

♪Hidden dreams slumber♪

♪Quietly setting the hidden stage♪

♪The twilight of destiny♪

♪Turns into the fortress of truth for love♪

♪When sealed memories♪

♪Slumber with the winds and sands♪

♪When choosing to continue the journey♪

♪With unwavering determination♪

♪When the enigmatic world and the parallel reality contradict♪

♪Let the other side bring a colorful end♪

♪Ambiguity between truth and falsehood♪

♪Intoxicated between reality and fantasy♪

♪All beings are but for love♪

♪Spin in endless circles♪

♪Swear to enter the dangerous pass♪

♪Even if the future is filled with swirling snow♪

♪Only to have a clear conscience♪

♪Ambiguity between truth and falsehood♪

♪Intoxicated between reality and fantasy♪

♪All beings are but for love♪

♪Spin in endless circles♪

♪Swear to enter the dangerous pass♪

♪Even if the future is filled with swirling snow♪

♪Only to have a clear conscience♪