Chapter 387 Novlan in the Third Age
When Lynch woke up from his trance, what he saw was a lush green.
The four of them appeared in a sparse forest holding hands.
The sun shines through the gaps in the leaves, casting mottled shadows. Breathing the fresh air, listening to the calls of birds and animals deep in the woods, there is peace and tranquility.
Is this really the memory of an out-of-control strange object?
Lin Qi couldn't believe it for a while. The first two experiences of entering out-of-control strange objects left a deep impression on him.
The first time I opened my eyes, I was almost torn apart as a sacrifice. The second time I opened my eyes, I was almost hung on a street lamp.
He always felt that if he got into a strange object that was out of control, it would be abnormal if dozens of people surrounded him and beat him.
However, in the pre-war training a few days ago, it was difficult to teach Ms. Daisy, who specializes in occultism, to explain that it was just his illusion. In fact, most of the memories of strange objects will have a relatively mild one. Time is rarely sent to death as soon as it comes up.
This is related to the characteristics of strange objects. The essence of strange objects is that a creature has extreme fear of a certain thing or a certain period of time that has happened before, and the entire process of this memory will condense into a strange object. , the so-called whole process is from the initial accumulation of fear to the end of the event, not just the period of the deepest fear.
For example, the gaze of the Ancient Flicker that almost sent Lynch away before was actually the whole process of all the citizens being massacred and sacrificed by the Dreadclaw tribe after the fall of the ancient city. From the Dreadclaw tribe’s raid on the city and The whole process lasted thirteen hours from the battle between the city defense soldiers to the completion of the sacrifice. When Lynch and Natalie entered, the strange objects had been out of control for some time. They just happened to catch up with the most dangerous period. The only thing to blame was Lynch's good luck.
The strange object in Speaker Grant's factory was originally the slaves' fearful memory of the flesh and blood workshop. It spanned several years. The experience of hanging street lights happened every day, and it was not extremely dangerous. The truly dangerous final slave uprising was bloody suppressed by violent institutions. In the end, all three hundred slaves were wiped out, and their corpses were hung all over the factory walls.
But Swain's blessing is different. The duration after this strange object loses control is five days, and it was just artificially out of control this morning, so the time inside is still at the beginning of the event, and all elements are controllable.
Everything is under control, these were Ms. Daisy’s exact words, which made Lynch want to hit someone.
But at least she was right. The environment at this time was very peaceful, and the chirping of birds was enough to indicate that it was safe here.
"This is my first memory of entering into strange objects. It's so amazing." Miss Diana tugged on the clothes on her body. All four of them were wearing new clothes. The quality was pretty good, but the style was quite old. The Archaeological Association helped according to historical data. After recovering, the Countess had never worn such trendy clothes before, and it was quite refreshing for a moment. "I was in another world for a moment. Everything felt so strange. Should we... start?"
" Well." Lynch opened a hand-drawn simple city map and confirmed it one last time. "Let's go, everything goes as planned."
"I hope everything goes well."
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The four of them nodded to each other, with Officer Natalie taking the lead and cautiously approaching the edge of the woods.
There is a dirt road outside, covered with wheel marks and footprints. Twenty or thirty meters ahead along the dirt road, there is a low earth wall. Outside the city wall are large areas of farmland, and farmers working can be vaguely seen in the fields. Inside the city wall, patches of roofs can be vaguely seen, with streaks of smoke rising from the roofs.
The agricultural city of Novland.
"This is a small border town, a human territory, with a population of more than 8,000." Looking at this city that only existed in the Third Age from a distance, Lynch whispered beside the three ladies, "Let's go to the city first."< br>
As he said that, he passed Officer Natalie, walked out of the woods first, and stepped onto the dirt road outside the woods.
This place is very close to the city gate. Farmers and women who go out to work in the city to deliver food come and go from time to time. When they saw the four people, they did not react too fiercely. They just looked at these well-dressed outsiders curiously from a distance. who.
Lin Qi felt a little relieved. There was nothing wrong with his outfit. At least he had passed the first level and would not be unable to enter the city. The range of activities in the strange object is limited. The range of this strange object is only limited to two hundred meters around the city. If you continue to go deeper, you will encounter chaotic memories and may be thrown directly into the depths of the dreamland. Therefore, if you can't enter the city, you can only stay in the woods for five days, and then fight hundreds of ghouls head-on. Let alone planting grass, it will be good to survive.
There were several soldiers standing at the gate of the city. They were all wearing leather armor and carrying sharp metal swords. When they saw the four strangers approaching, they immediately became vigilant, although they did not draw their swords. , but has already stopped in front of the city gate.
"@#￥! #@￥!"
It was a completely incomprehensible language, but Judy had already taken a few steps forward and spoke the same language proficiently, more fluently than several soldiers.
Lin Qi secretly smiled inwardly. He was indeed an expert on ancient books. He claimed to be proficient in listening, speaking, reading and writing in more than forty ancient languages. He was a scumbag who was so tall that he didn't know where he was. This was one of the reasons why he chose to ask Judy for help.
Sure enough, after a few words, the soldiers relaxed, happily greeted Lynch and the others, and gave Judy a few instructions before waving their hands and letting the four people go.
Lin Qi immediately put on a dignified look and walked slowly into the city gate. After entering, he breathed a sigh of relief: "What are they talking about?"
"I went as planned. I mean, you are foreigners who came to Norland to sell food." Judy's eyes had regained their clarity at this time. It was obvious that the real body had come out. She stared at Lin Qi and praised, "You are really good, they are indeed. As you guessed, he became very enthusiastic and told me a lot about the city.”
"Huh?"
"There is indeed no hotel in the city, but there is no need to live in those two abandoned buildings like that Daisy said. There are five families here with relatively spacious housing conditions, and they will also be rented out to other places. The guests stayed here temporarily. They even drew it on the map for me, you see.”
“Hmm?” An unexpected surprise. The Church of Misery found two abandoned buildings in its previous tests. I had been there for five days and had little contact with the residents in my memories, so I didn’t know that such a thing existed. “What else did they say?”
"They also told us to be careful and not go out at night. Someone has seen huge scratches nearby recently, which should be left by ghouls. They are afraid that there is a small group of ghouls hiding nearby and will kill the big foreign customers. Kill."
"There are definitely not a small group of ghouls hiding nearby, there are a large group of them." Lin Qi sighed, "The smoke is already rising, it's almost night, let's settle down first. , just find a place to stay.”
“If you live in an aboriginal home, I have to remind you one thing, Lynch.”
Lin Qi was stunned and looked at the police officer who spoke in confusion.
“When suppressing a strange object, try not to have too much communication with the people inside the strange object.”
“What’s the reason? Will it affect the direction of memories?”
"Then don't worry. They are not afraid of the impact. The key is that they are not good to the suppressors." Officer Natalie said sternly, "Remember, they are all dead long ago. They are just memories. Don't treat them badly." They don't have any sympathy. There are too many mysterious hunters who stay in the strange objects forever because they want to save the people in their memories. We can't save anyone, and there is no point in saving them."
"Yes, I am. I’ve heard of it,” Miss Diana said in agreement, “Occasionally, some people will develop feelings for the people in the memories of strange objects, and some people even go in and out of a strange object repeatedly, just to see the other person again and again, until they finally die in the strange object. "
Lin Qi pursed his lips and said seriously: "I haven't started reading the memories yet, and I don't know the conditions of suppression yet, but I always feel that the conditions of suppression may need to be integrated into urban life. , so I want to prepare first. Don’t worry, I will remember your instructions and will not make this mistake.”
The two nodded in agreement, and the four of them walked towards this ancient city where they would spend several days.
(End of this chapter)