Where is this place? It's just the entrance of the ancient tomb, and the gate of the ancient tomb is wide open, so what can be used for defense?

  Here, it is impossible to always station troops, of course, it is not impossible to station troops on the ground, perhaps the Qing dynasty was also stationed in this Longxing land, but the Qing dynasty was destroyed, and the remaining old men of the Qing dynasty were also affected by the multiple changes in the political situation. Almost no influence, wanting them to send someone over to guard here again is obviously unrealistic; while a general cemetery would have such a large platform at the entrance?

  The purpose of this place is equivalent to the first line of defense for ancient tombs, similar to the existence of a sacrificial altar. The ones being worshipped are actually these things - those dozen or so women hanging from above with their feet in mid-air and those boys and girls who were buried alive in coffins by wealthy landlords have roughly the same purpose.

  However, the ancients were very particular when designing altars. The designers would never intentionally create a weird atmosphere by making all the carvings on both sides of the altar's stairs eunuchs, and having a big eunuch holding a sacred edict standing here. What does this mean?

  It seems that only eunuchs can suppress this kind of thing, because the physical characteristics of eunuchs, which are neither male nor female, create an aura that is neither yin nor yang. This aura seems to be just right to restrain this kind of thing and can suppress it at the gate of the tomb, guarding the ancient tomb.

  At this time, Zhao Zhuo was naturally unable to cut off his own genitals. Firstly, he didn't have the ability to give himself a knife wound in a state where his body was almost completely frozen stiff. Secondly, even if his body could move, Zhao Zhuo would absolutely not do such a thing.

  In fact, through exchanges with Zhu Jianping and Xiong Zhiqi, Zhao Zhu has gained a deeper understanding of the existence of ghosts and monsters. The response of ghosts to living people is generally in terms of breath, such as yang energy or yin energy, which can also be abstractly described using magnetic fields.

  So, Zhao Zhu wanted to make an attempt, a very dangerous attempt. He planned to hypnotize himself and make himself believe that he was a eunuch. Since the thing feared or disliked eunuchs, he would make himself believe that he was one. This would be even more effective than directly cutting off his genitals, as it would have an immediate impact. Even if someone had been castrated, they would still think of themselves as men after the operation, despite physical changes, and their mindset wouldn't change so easily or quickly.

  Hypnotizing oneself is actually very simple, for a hypnotist, this is much easier than hypnotizing one's patients, but it is also extremely dangerous. Once you are hypnotized, you will enter a state of unconsciousness for a period of time, because your main consciousness will be hypnotized and anesthetized, while your subconscious will be thoroughly hidden. You will be like asleep, but still active as a whole person, which is somewhat similar to a sleepwalking state, but more advanced and realistic than ordinary sleepwalking.

  So, once you are hypnotized, then next, no matter what happens, you will be unable to cope with it, and can only follow the will of heaven. Of course, this state of being hypnotized will not last for too long, after all, there won't be another hypnotist coming to extend and support this state through language and psychological suggestion, at most one minute's time.

  Zhao Zhu closed his eyes, let go of all the defenses in his heart, and began to hypnotize himself. He wanted to make himself believe that he was now a eunuch, a real eunuch, a man without anything down there.

  Zhao Zhu gradually lost consciousness.

  ……

  It was as if he had a nightmare, and also like he slept very uncomfortably. This feeling was extremely unpleasant. Zhao Zhu slowly opened his eyes to find himself lying in a place that wasn't the altar, but rather a very flat ground with a humid and hot air lingering on its surface.

  Zhao Zhu flipped over, then furrowed his brow fiercely. He realized where he was lying. Underneath him was a patch of red, grass-like plants that emitted an aroma similar to medicinal herbs. As he propped himself up with his hands on the ground, it felt as if he could feel the pulse beating and a temperature similar to that of a human body on its surface.

  Although he is a psychiatrist, after all, he also studied medicine. This plant, Zhao Zhu had seen records of it before, should be a herbaceous plant in the tropical rainforest of South America, likes to corrode and suck the carcasses of animals, they are red because of the sedimentation of animal blood color.

  Zhao Zhu quickly got up, his hands touching his upper and lower body. Fortunately, he had not been lying on it for a long time, and except for some itchiness, there was no other discomfort, this grass should not have had time to digest him yet.

  However, Zhao Zhu looked around and found himself in a relatively narrow passageway. The ground was covered with only this patch of red grass, and the cold stone walls surrounded him. The altar, the eunuch carvings, and those eerie objects were nowhere to be seen. What's even more eerie is that Zhao Zhu himself didn't know where he was right now.

  Obviously, the hypnotic effect only lasted for 15 minutes. In this short period of time, I've already run to this place? What about that thing? Was it shaken off by me?

  Zhao Zhu felt a slight headache and his body was also sore, he had to sit down in a place far away from the red field. When he was about to take out compressed biscuits from his bag to eat, he inexplicably pulled out a small purse instead, which still carried a faint fragrance.

  "My mother."

  Zhao Zhu has become too lazy to care about how the pouch ended up in his backpack, he's already numb, since entering this task world, his whole person, from body to spirit, has been exhausted, fortunately Zhao Zhu still has a strong will to survive.

  He ate something casually, drank some water, and Zhao Zhu continued to move forward. He couldn't tell the direction, so he could only choose one direction of the passageway to continue walking. After walking for about a few hundred meters, Zhao Zhu saw a corner where the passageway became even narrower. He had to bend his body forward, turning several corners in a row. Just when Zhao Zhu himself was feeling dizzy, he suddenly found that his line of sight opened up, and he felt like he had walked to a high place, similar to a balcony. Standing there, looking horizontally, he could see a woman hanging above him at the same height as his gaze. Her neck was hung, her face was purple, her eyes were staring out, but at this moment, she seemed to be staring at Zhao Zhu with a cold smile on the corner of her mouth.

  However, the woman was clearly dead, and it's unclear whether she was lucky or unlucky that she didn't become a ghostly creature. Zhao Zhu now stared at her corpse without feeling scared, but rather calm. At this time, in the corner below, several figures were walking towards the position of the big eunuch on the altar, which was where Zhao Zhu had previously hypnotized himself.