Chapter 191 Crow and Misha’s desperate situation
The next day
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Eastern part of Innocence Continent, outer suburbs of Wayne City
Mo Tan appeared behind a tree beside a path. For no other reason than there were people on the road.
“It’s really peaceful.” He wandered out from behind the tree and sighed leisurely. The atmosphere here was completely different from that of Misha County, which was even more depressing and deserted due to the raging plague. Different, you can see many caravans and travelers on the road early in the morning, and occasionally I saw one or two minstrels squatting on the roadside, playing and singing. Most of the people around them were children with few coins in their pockets. Although these little guys couldn't give half a cent of reward, they occasionally heard from their family members. The anecdotes can often make poets drink a glass of wine in the hotel.
A peaceful scene...
[But a little boring~]
Mo Tan picked his nose and then wiped it on a child who ran past him. He was bored. thinking.
He yawned loudly, and then planned to find a secluded and uninhabited place to change his clothes. After all, it was still a long way from the northern border of the Violet Empire. If he wanted to go at full speed, he would need a full suit. A thief dressed as a thief is less likely to attract attention than a poet in long flowing clothes.
But...
"Hello, buddy~"
A cheerful and kind voice suddenly sounded behind him.
Mo Tan slowly turned around and found a dark elf man standing behind him with a smile.
"This road is rarely traveled. Are you planning to go to the Violet Empire?" the other party asked with a smile, and then stretched out his right hand: "Introduce yourself, my name is Crow. "Croil Lumina."
Croil is a typical dark elf. He has a silver-white mohawk, a slightly feminine face, long pointed ears, and a pair of red pupils. But he seems to be the kind of person who is easy to talk to and gives people a very cheerful feeling.
Mo Tan laughed, held the other person's hand and shook it: "Hello, my name is Cordovar Rubi, and I am a bard who is not very lucky. Do you know me?"
He did not He did not give a name similar to Gulande Fader. After all, Mo Tan didn't know whether the Crow in front of him was an NPC or a player, so he cautiously gave the name of Cordoba, so that would be fine. If you offend the other person accidentally or intentionally later, the trouble will not come to you immediately.
“I don’t know.” Crowe shook his head as expected, and then smiled: “But the bards are from the same family, and I just plan to go to the south to have a long experience. Brother Lu Wei, you seem to be the same. I plan to go there, so I came up to say hello. If it’s convenient, we can walk together for a while.”
This young dark elf is wearing a white robe, with a pair of delicate triangles hanging from his waist. , still holding a common black leather notebook in his left hand, he is indeed a graceful bard no matter how he looks at it.
"I have no objection at all, man." Mo Tan raised his eyebrows slightly, then pointed at his swaying legs, and said with a smile: "Only if you are willing to accompany me to find a caravan to take us there. One journey, I really couldn’t walk.”
So a few minutes later, Crowe stopped a large goblin caravan heading to the Fernan Territory. With only two gold coins, the person in charge of the sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked man invited them into an empty carriage. , that is used for loading goods on the return trip.
"I'm sorry for costing you money." Mo Tan stretched out comfortably in the car and smiled at Crowe opposite: "I've been short of money recently~"
Spend generously The dark elf shook his head: "It's always good to have a companion. I like the excitement."
Then the two chatted casually, mainly to exchange each other's knowledge. Mo Tan said a few Most of what I got from Jun Wu were low-level anecdotes such as 'sows have dystocia' and 'chickens lay duck eggs'. However, there was also information about the sudden appearance of the Paladin Wrath X cultist in Pato City. After all, this The matter is no longer a secret, and it is relatively easy to find out if you are interested.
But Crowe knew a lot of things. He mentioned the new gods' favored ones that appeared in the City of Light, mentioned that a certain well-known adventurer somewhere destroyed a certain monster, and mentioned Beolucanus, a bard who is very famous in this area recently, also mentioned a natural disaster in the west, which was many times more valuable than the one mentioned by Mortan.
This dark elf bard is not only generous and personable, but he is also very talkative. He seems to know a little bit about everything. Chatting with him is like a spring breeze. Mo Tan feels from the bottom of his heart that if this guy goes You will definitely make money by being a duck. He doesn't even need to provide any special services. He only needs to chat with those lonely and wealthy girls or aunts, and he will be able to have enough food and clothing.
[However, there will be at least two sentences in every ten sentences that contain probing meaning... Isn't this guy tired? 】
While chatting with Crowe with a 'earned money' look on his face, Mo Tan complained in his heart.
Yes, this guy’s motives are not pure, and it is no coincidence that he found himself. Mo Tan has seen through this kind of thing from the beginning, because there are really many flaws and flaws in it. Some, so I won’t list them one by one for now.
In short, from the moment the two got in the car, the dark elf named Crowe never stopped testing Mo Tan.
So, the effective information Crowe got is as follows:
Cordoba Ruvi is in his early 200s, has the strength of a three-legged cat who is a trainee ranger, is good at cooking, and has many people in his family. The second uncle of the junior generation, he has a sister named Futaba Luvi who cannot take care of herself because her head was caught in a door when she was a child. The purpose of his travels is to find medicine for his sister. He is very poor.
Then, the effective information obtained by Motan is as follows:
Croy Lumina is the real name, the identity of the traveling poet is true, but it should not be all, and the journey to the Violet Empire is true , only having the strength of a trainee warlock is a lie, having a wealthy uncle is a lie, being born in a free city is true, having a teacher who takes good care of him is true, and he got a good foundation some time ago. Junior Brother Friend is real, his identity is correct as an NPC, and his intelligence sources are extremely extensive.
Mo Tan also guessed the reason why the other party came to test him...
It was a somewhat bloody misunderstanding, but he was not going to resolve it for a while.
There was no special reason, Mo Tan just thought it was fun.
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Two hours later
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Mida City, Holy Union Chapel, Yuchen’s room
"Sorry, sorry." Mo Tan pulled Yu Chen up from the ground with an embarrassed look on his face, scratched his head and said with a smile: "I didn't mean to scare you."
I was shocked by the former just now Yu Chen stood there in shock, and reacted for a long time before taking a breath: "No, it's okay, I forgot that classmate Mo Tan, you logged off here yesterday."
"Last night Something happened at the moment." Mo Tan shrugged and sat down opposite Yu Chen: "I was dragged out and didn't have time to say hello to you."
Yu Chen nodded slightly, then looked serious. He said quietly: "In the future, it is best to ask your friends to press the emergency call button first. This is always very dangerous."
Mo Tan smiled awkwardly: "I know, be careful next time."
Yu Chen is not an alarmist. You must know that more than ten years ago, when the spiritual virtual system was first introduced, there were indeed security risks for a long time, that is, sudden disconnection would cause tons of mental trauma.
Although merchants have paid great attention to security measures and have passed many relevant quality inspections, virtual devices at that time still experienced accidents due to power outages, rational disconnection by people, etc. The specific manifestations are: There is no such thing as being mentally confused for a long time, becoming an idiot, or being locked in a so-called virtual world.
There were probably less than a hundred thousand people who had accidents because of this, 30% of which were due to sudden power outages, 20% of which were due to children who were addicted to entertainment and were violently beaten by their parents in the real world, and 50% of them had accidents due to this. When he was in major games, he took the initiative to let people block his own game, trying to become a bug and leave it there. In the game world, black clothes are like the wind, long swords are like snow, fun adventures, and a large harem...
Anyway, the final result is that I spent a few months living in confusion like a fool, and then I was notified. Dismissal, notice of expulsion, notice to make up for homework and notes, notice to find a professor surnamed Yang for electrotherapy... No such thing.
However, this kind of safety hazard has been eliminated two years after the popularization of mental virtual devices. Although there are still very few accidents that may occur, at least the game cabin produced by Guilty Company will never The probability of such a problem occurring is one in ten million.
Back to business...
"Sister Saint has left." Yu Chen did not dwell on the topic for too long, and just said to Mo Tan seriously: "She will go to the camp outside this morning to prepare for the crime." Those infected civilians unleashed a mass purge and then took Four hundred paladins left."
Mo Tan's eyes narrowed: "The people who went to investigate before are back? Are those 'mutants' appearing all over the place?"
"Yes? "Yu Chen nodded slightly and sighed: "And it is said that the situation is already out of control. In addition to the other two cities in the north, Hofer City and Mida City, many people died. In addition, many villages and small towns that were still inhabited have also fallen. There are a large number of monsters wandering in the wild. Now the entire county has There is no safe place anymore.”
Even though it’s long ago. He had expected this situation, but Mo Tan's face still didn't look much better. He could guess how bad the current situation was without even thinking. Even if it was an optimistic estimate, it would be less than forty-eight hours of game time from the night before yesterday to now. There is enough for those mutants to kill tens of thousands of people!
"But the cities that the knights have visited are still holding on." Yuchen whispered: "And the saint sister also wrote a letter in the morning to request support from the Holy Religion United through the Magician's Guild here. If they act quickly, If..."
Mo Tan rubbed his forehead: "How long will it take if you move quickly?"
"At least half a month." Yu Chen spread his hands weakly.
"It's too late." Mo Tan immediately shook his head and said, "It's definitely too late. In half a month, there will be only tens of thousands of people left in the entire Misha County."
Yu Chen whispered: " But the saint sister has already..."
"She alone and more than 400 knights can't solve any problem." Mo Tan smiled bitterly and spread out on the table a map of the entire Misha County that he had received from the city hall yesterday: "Xia Lian was in Huo before. The backlash of divine power that Fucheng suffered was very severe. Although I don’t know much about this aspect, looking at her performance in the past two days, I know that there is a huge problem. If she really maintains her peak state, then those paladins before yesterday will not be able to do anything at all. There is no need to show up, just look at this map..."
Yuchen stepped forward and took a look, his expression confused.
"Eleven cities, even if you ride a horse from south to north, it would take two or three days to cover an area with a population of more than 300,000." Mo Tan tapped two places on the map with a bitter look on his face. He said: "Even if you exclude the cities of Hofer and Mida, there are still nine cities that need to be saved. In such a big place, a seriously injured saint and four hundred low-level paladins will not be able to make it in time... This is already It's a desperate situation."
Yu Chen looked at him blankly: "What should we do?"
Mo Tan did not answer, but asked: "What happened before Xia Lian left? ”
"Sister Saint asked Mr. Taylor and the remaining knights to protect Mida City. While ensuring the city and..." Yu Chen shrank and whispered: "We will try to accommodate the refugees as much as possible under the premise of being with me. Then she asked me to try my best to treat those infected civilians during this period and wait for her Come back."
Mo Tan sighed and continued to ask: "How many people have become monsters since I went offline last night?"
"Less than a hundred people? "I haven't been offline since before the server was shut down, and I logged in as soon as possible after 7 o'clock in the morning. De Yuchen quickly replied: "In total, there are less than a hundred people in total. The situation is much better than before..."
"There are only less than a hundred people..." Mo Tan bowed. The index finger gently rubbed his chin: "You have been treating them, right?"< br>
Yu Chen nodded: "Well, but this morning the saint sister went over there and took me back by force, and asked Mr. Taylor to look at me. She said that I always used my disturbed expression on myself. There may be an accident in the operation, let me wait for you to wake up..."
"How do you explain my disconnection?" Mo Tan looked curiously at the girl in front of him.
"Uh, I said you were sleeping in the room." Yuchen replied hesitantly.
Mo Tanqian laughed: "But when I logged off, I disappeared on the spot. What happened next?"
"Then she said she would go in and wake you up."
“What next?”
"When I was anxious, I said you had no clothes on and stopped her to prevent her from entering... As a result, the saintly sister thought too much, and I... didn't react when I said it."
"... …”
Chapter 188: The End
(End of this chapter)