Chapter 313 Circe’s Duel
The people living in this small town were in a hurry, but the order was relatively orderly. According to the information Luo Xi had gathered, witches would not interfere in the lives of ordinary people.
In addition, the witch union is actually called the "Sisters". They focus on the study of magic, spells and occultism. They will not bully the civilians. On the contrary, they will provide shelter. What the civilians have to do is to provide some crops and livestock regularly. Provide paid labor.
And the people here obviously don't know that they are living in a false artificial scene.
The most terrifying thing when you think about it carefully is that the "people" in all the scenes are not created out of thin air. Maybe animals and plants can, but people can't.
Zhang Zhe said that all people are either ‘amnesiacs’ or ‘withers’.
The withered ones are known to be those who are judged to be truly ‘dead’.
But death conflicts with the rules of rebirth in Day of Imprisonment.
Luo Xi hasn't found the answer to this matter yet.
The 'Wither' here is different from those in other places. The biggest difference is cognition and memory.
"They believe that they are people living in this medieval-like world, but how are these disordered memories formed?"
Luo Xi thought he could find the answers to these questions in the creator's room, but it was obvious that the software on that computer had been manipulated, limiting its functions and permissions. Apart from some basic settings for the scene, he could not view other details. something.
Of course, there are no answers to these questions.
An Zhiyan was imprisoned in the castle, but it was difficult to enter the castle. The witch had powerful spells and hundreds of minions. She was an unshakable behemoth on her side.
It is completely impossible to rely on force to save people.
Even using a strategy such as diverting the tiger away from the mountain is almost impossible. The huge order of magnitude of the witch determines that any conspiracy will be difficult to work.
If this were the real world, it might take more time to find a solution.
But this is not the real world.
Ultimately, this is the level scene.
And there must be clues buried in the level scenes.
Even before the plot was distorted, if other players came to contact the witch, or if they wanted to obtain something from the witch, there must be special channels.
Maybe the clue is hidden in this human town closest to the castle.
However, as he continued to investigate, Luo Xi made new discoveries.
He found the mark left by Lin Qiqi on the wooden bulletin board in the town.
Ten minutes later, Luo Xi had already found a house following the marks.
It looks like the residence of ordinary civilians here.
Knock on the door.
A special code is also used.
Soon the door opened, and Lin Qiqi took a look and found that it was Luo Xi, with his eyes shining.
"Come in first."
She pulled Luo Xi into the house.
The inside was not big and very simple. Kuangshi and Cinderella were talking inside. When they saw Luo Xi coming in, they stood up hurriedly.
"Brother!"
"The Godfather!"
"The original owner of this house is in the house inside. We tied up. There is no other place to go. After discovering this town, we decided to wait for you here. But speaking of which, you are not too late." Lin Qi Seven was visibly relieved.
"What if you didn't wait for me?" Luo Xi asked.
"Cinderella and I plan to go to the castle to try our luck. After all, she and I are already considered witches." This was Lin Qiqi's plan.
It's a good plan, although it's also risky.
Luo Xi called Lin Qiqi aside and explained the current situation.
"So that's it. In other words, An Zhiyan did you a big favor by killing Zhang Zhe by chance."
"Yes, and An Zhiyan has a very special physique. The [Werewolf's Curse] plus my [Absolute Sanity] make her valuable. In a balanced state, she has almost no shortcomings." Luo Xi An Zhiyan must bring out the implication.
"I understand, but having said that, I can also bear [the werewolf's curse]." Lin Qiqi seemed a little jealous.
Luo Xi shook his head and simply explained the characteristics of curses and professional cards: "You are different from her. An Zhiyan's professional card is [Pharmacist]. This profession must have special abilities to neutralize it. The toxins brought by the curse can only take effect when combined with [Absolute Reason]. This is like mixing two extremely toxic poisons together to form a new drug. She can use it, but you can't, and neither can others. , not even the slightest bit wrong.”
"I understand, everyone has their own path. I can't walk her path, and she can't enter my path."
"That's what it means."
Lin Qiqi smiled: "So, you agree with Cinderella and I joining the castle and becoming witches?"
"This is originally a way to play this level scene, but you are the only one who joins the castle. Cinderella wants to stay. I have other uses." Luo Xi also got a lot of clues about Fairy Tale Town from the Creator's room before.
Although in that room he could hardly make any other settings or changes other than unlocking the scene.
However, those drawings on the table and the notebooks recording scene design ideas can be sources of key intelligence. And this information will obviously come in handy when clearing scenes.
Now the plan is finalized.
But time is still pressing.
Because according to the setting of Fairy Tale Town, the entire scene will be reset tonight.
But the reset here is different from the reset in other places. Here, what is reset is not the plot and characters in the scene, but the memory collector.
And only for people who pick up memories.
The 'residents' living in the scene cannot feel the reset, but the people who remember it will.
At this time, the memory collector must follow a rule, the 'secrecy rule', that is, during the reset, no scene characters other than the memory collector can be present around him.
If there are characters in the scene around during the reset, or are seen by them, the memory collector must be punished, and all memories will be directly erased, becoming a fixed plot character in the scene, and may never be able to escape. This scene.
If the 'confidentiality rules' are followed, no cards will be consumed during reset, the memory will be saved, and it can still exist at the current node.
Unless you die, you will lose part of your memory and then be reborn in the cemetery at node 0.
And these are only the relatively obvious rules in the scene. There are many hidden rules that are not known to everyone.
For example, in Fairy Tale Town, you can 'change your identity', that is, you can obtain the identity of a formal resident of a certain node in Fairy Tale Town. The advantage is that you can no longer abide by the 'confidentiality rules', even when the scene is reset. His memory as a memory collector will not be erased, nor will he be forced to become a local resident.
But there are also disadvantages.
One of them is that unless a special 'hidden mission' is completed, you will not be able to leave Fairy Tale Town according to the normal clearance method.
It's the same as being trapped here.
Luo Xi had carefully looked at those complicated drawings and filled with notes. They were all written in his own handwriting. Luo Xi could even imagine that a long time ago, he was sitting in that small workshop, thinking about the construction of the entire fairy tale town. , how to connect the level scenes with the familiar fairy tales.
Some of the games, challenges, mechanisms and riddles involved included hundreds of pages of drafts and scrapped copy.
It's just that some external forces in Fairytale Town have changed some rules, distorted the plot, and turned a place that should have been a paradise into a place of horror.
Naturally, most of the copywriting and design drafts can no longer be used for reference.
There are some gameplay and rules that Luo Xi is not sure are still in effect. For example, among the gameplay about witches, there is a challenge called 'Circe's Duel'.
This is a special kind of gamble.
You can initiate a ‘Circe Duel’ request to a certain witch.
And the other party must accept it.
And other witches cannot interfere or stop it, and must maintain it to ensure the fairness and justice of the 'Circe Duel'.
Before the duel, the bet and requirements will also be stated. If you win, the opponent must also comply with the content of the bet.
This is a way Luo Xi thought of to rescue An Zhiyan.
Find the witch leader, challenge the other party to a 'Circe Duel' and win, then ask the other party to release An Zhiyan.
As for the content of the 'Circe Duel', it is a competition to recite spells.
It comes from a certain black magic forbidden book that has been passed down.
It is said that there are huge risks in chanting the incantations above, and the incantations in the Book of Forbidden Incantations are quite difficult.
Of course Luo Xi can't recite spells, he is not a witch.
But Cinderella is.
More importantly, her talent can be called extraordinary and unique!
Luo Xi got some clothes worn by the locals, several people changed their clothes, and then took Lin Qiqi to the castle.
Before he even got close, he was stopped by the witch's minions entrenched outside the castle.
After informing her of her intention, the other party said that if she is a talented girl, she can take the entrance test for witches.
"But men must leave, otherwise they will die miserably. Men are not allowed to enter the castle."
The other party said the rules with a ferocious smile.
Luo Xi and Lin Qiqi had expected this result.
After returning to the town with the mad lion, Luo Xi continued to inquire about the news. Although Cinderella also wanted to go to the castle, she listened to Luo Xi's words more.
"What the Godfather said must be correct."
There is also an introduction to Cinderella in the Creator's Room.
It's clear that she's very special, and the relatively cluttered introduction to Cinderella in some notebooks sums it up to the fact that she was set up as a character with the strongest witch bloodline.
Or to put it more bluntly, she exists just for the ‘Circe Duel’.
(End of chapter)