Chapter 235: An Illusory Overhead City

The masked "Lily Rasputin" on the treasure ship "Silver" is undoubtedly Euphemia Melvin, who ran away from home back then.

So far, Annan has not been able to verify the correctness of this speculation.

It's Selicia......

It was her reply at the time that convinced Annan that his train of thought was not wrong.

It was just speculation before, but it won't be too much trouble to verify it.

Anyway, in a world where "you'll forget everything next week", even if you make the wrong contacts and choices, it won't have any effect. Although it is used to seal the other world born of the skeleton, for Annan...... It also serves another purpose.

-- In the outside world, there are some remarks and actions that can make things turn sharply and enter an "unimagined ending". In the game, it can be roughly called a "hidden ending" or an "easter egg", which usually hides the biggest secret.

But the biggest difference between reality and games is that "reality cannot be read".

This means that if you want to step into the so-called "hidden line" ending, you must abandon the "normal ending" that you have and will eventually come.

It's not an easy choice.

Or rather, it is precisely because the game can be restarted repeatedly by reading the file. The joy of reaching the ending will not be as grand as it is because "getting this ending" is the initial purpose that all players have obtained when they start the game, and its value will decrease.

Compared with the all-platinum and hidden ending, normal customs clearance seems "not flavorful enough"...... Even though the hidden ending may not be as text-heavy or impactful as the regular ending, people will still seek after it. It seems that as long as the hidden ending is designed, it will be more compelling and original.

And in this infinite nightmare of eternal reincarnation, the condition of "readable file" is precisely achieved.

This means that Annan can obtain some information that cannot be obtained under normal circumstances through some destructive means......

For example, Annan told his real name to Celicia.

Although she will temporarily obey Annan's orders and tell Annan everything she can say...... But this also means that it will be more difficult to obtain some information.

She can tell ordinary people, she can tell Elle this stranger and passerby. But she was the only one who could not tell Annan.

- There must be such a thing.

Now that the week will be over, everyone will lose this memory. So if you don't take advantage of such a rare opportunity to torture some rare information...... It's going to be a bit too wasteful.

Because this incident may damage Annan's image in the hearts of players.

So Annan didn't bring Longjing tea this time.

In order to control the madness of Longjing Tea, he was sent back to his home - this is undoubtedly the safest place to meet the needs of "playing".

Naturally, you need to rest at night, but you need a reason to leave home.

At first, Annan was worried about this...... If Euphemia had returned home honestly, it would not have been easy to find her place to live in this tall building.

But fortunately, Euphemia Melvin is not that kind of person.

It's not particularly difficult to find her.

- Her physical features are really impressive.

Her hair was as heavy as mercury, silver-gray, and her strands hung straight down; Near the end, it is a pinkish-purple curl that has no reason to be highlighted.

Such an incongruous hair color can be easily forgotten after only seeing it once. Not to mention that she also wore a metal mask that covered the upper half of her face, and she looked like a celestial beast......

Annan and Selicia didn't even use any extraordinary abilities, nor did they let Longjing Tea use the authority of the police station, they just questioned a circle of passers-by, and found Yufermia with ordinary people's investigative ability.

She is now leisurely walking around the food street - holding a can of coconut water in her left hand and a few hot skewers in her right hand, chewing on several skewers at the same time in a very bold gesture.

Judging by the thickness of the wooden skewers in the cloth bag around her waist, I'm afraid that Yuphimia has been eating like this for a while.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Lily? ”

Because such an image is too different from usual.

So much so that when Celicia saw her, she couldn't help but be silent for a moment.

She asked tentatively, "Is that you?" ”

"Ah, Captain."

Euphemia seems convinced that "Celicia will find herself eventually."

The moment she was stopped, she didn't hesitate to greet Cecilia: "You're a little late." Isn't that I'm the number one in your heart, it's so sad. I thought you'd find my ...... earlier."

She said sadness, but her voice was big, and there didn't seem to be any sadness.

She turned her head and was stunned for a moment when she saw Elle, then the corners of her mouth rose and she said hello: "Yo, little Elle...... I didn't expect you to come in too. Aren't you an angel? ”

She obviously couldn't forget the way Elle suddenly turned into an angel and flew away.

But she didn't seem to dwell too much.

Noticing that Elle's eyes were focused on the coconut water in her left hand, she smiled and handed it over: "It's coconut water, it's delicious." Of the several drinks, this one is the one I feel the best without...... Not only fresh, but also sweet. Want to try it? ”

Obviously, she had already bought a circle of drinks from this "otherworld".

Otherwise, it is obviously difficult to achieve this level of familiarity.

As the constituent of this otherworldly nightmare, Granny Bones is either a projection that can see the future with certainty; Either that or that they find a fragment of "modern" life from the player's memory and absorb it as material...... And in an instant, this complete, only slightly smaller "other world" was constructed.

Annan leaned towards the latter.

Because in this world, there are things that are very unnecessary.

The biggest feature of the Mist World, in addition to the curse that runs parallel to the curse, is the "ritual" that began with the mysterious lady.

Although this power is in the hands of the "mysterious lady", even if more people know about it, this mystery will not fade and its power will not be weakened.

Because the essence of the ritual is to "rent" supernatural power.

The unanimous control of the occult knowledge that can make the ritual master is not because it weakens the power of the ritual, but because the "occult knowledge" itself is too dangerous.

Failure of a ritual can lead to all sorts of disasters – earthquakes, tsunamis, torrential rains, droughts, explosions in houses, nightmares in the town, madness of all participants in the ritual, or simple loss of life and destruction of the ritual grounds...... In this way, it is troublesome to turn out whatever the result.

On the other hand, holding the power of ritual will make ordinary people quickly swellβ€”they do not have the spell of transcendents to restrain themselves, nor do they have the many distractions that will be eliminated by condensing their souls when they advance to silver, and they act more without scruples, more impulsively and recklessly.

In other words, controlling the ritual is not because there are more ritual masters, which will weaken the power of the ritual...... Merely the violent apparatus of the earthly kingdoms could not suppress or deter the folk ritual masters from obeying the law.

So, with the development of technology......

The miniaturization, black-boxing, and officialization of ceremonies are the inevitable way to develop.

And in the hundreds of years in between, there will inevitably be new and better rituals. Because rituals are meant to be created...... As long as it meets certain rules, it can be imported into the "truth" system.

According to Annan's observations, this "otherworld" is closer to an Earth-like worldview that "adopts a partial misty world setting".

It almost completely shields the development of all non-sorcerative rituals. It seems to be an overhead city formed by using the magic knowledge of various schools led by the transformation school and the technology of the earth around the twentieth century.

One Thought Creation ......

The strength of the mother-in-law even made Annan feel a little nervous.

Now what made him hesitate was.

In the end, among the twelve righteous gods, each has the same level of power......

Or is it that only the bone-buried mother-in-law is special?