Richard looked at the Spark of Time, which had become much dimmer, and asked, "The Spark of Time uses these souls as fuel, and I have now drained all the souls, will it be extinguished?" ”

Old Barr pointed to the corner of the house and said, "No, as long as we collect more soul wood and come back, soul wood is the real fuel that supports the fire of time." ”

There were a few dark twisted logs piled up in the corner of the house, which were the weird and twisted dead woods that Richard had seen in the wasteland, but he didn't expect that these soul trees could be used to support the burning of the fire of time, so this should be a priceless treasure.

In the void, anything that can make the fire of time burn with soul power can be sold for a sky-high price, and just these few pieces of wood in the corner of the house can be exchanged for a top-level sacrifice.

When Richard found the town, he saw at least a few dozen soul trees in the wasteland.

Richard said, "Then I'll go pick some soul wood and come back, I remember there's one not far from here." ”

"You" Old Barr's mouth opened, and finally he sighed, and said, "I know which one, alas, I have long wanted to cut it back, but its position is beyond my ability, and even if I cut it, I will never be able to bring it back, but if it were you, it should be no problem, alas, I am really old." ”

Moments later, Richard and Barr Sr. were on the edge of town.

Old Barr suddenly asked, "Before you came here, you should have been a super strongman." ”

Richard just smiled slightly, but did not answer, and walked directly out of the light curtain of order and disappeared into the vast wilderness.

The speed of time in the dark area was erratic, and Old Barr sat at the edge of the town and waited, and I don't know how long it took, but finally saw a vague figure appear in the distance.

Richard carried a soul tree that was thicker than his body, and walked steadily into the town, his physical strength was now half restored, and with the support of energy, his strength also increased greatly, and he didn't feel anything when he carried this soul tree weighing several tons.

Old Barr originally thought that Richard would cut a bundle of branches and come back, so he would be satisfied, but he didn't expect that Richard would directly carry the whole tree back, such a big soul tree is enough for the fire of time in the town to burn for hundreds of years, even if the light curtain is no longer expanded, it is enough to maintain the town's storage.

Old Barr didn't know what to say, but in the end he just slapped Richard on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, go have a drink, I'm in for a treat." ”

A moment later, in the tavern, Richard and Old Barr each placed three glasses of wine in front of them, as well as a large bowl of hot meat.

Soon the two of them were full of food and drink, and old Barr was very drunk, staring at Richard and constantly talking about his heroic deeds, and later even jumped on the table to compare with Richard twice, but old Barr jumped hard, and instead of jumping on the table, he fell directly under the table.

Richard couldn't laugh or cry, so he dragged him out from under the table, but he heard a thunderous cry, and old Barr was already asleep.

Richard carried old Barr to his room and put it on a stone slab on the ground, that was old Barr's bed, old Barr was so drunk, it was likely that he would be asleep for a few days, so Richard didn't wait for him to wake up, directly put on his knife box, and walked out of town.

When he was about to walk out of the light curtain of order, the woman suddenly chased after him and forcibly stuffed a wine jug and a bag of barbecue meat to Richard.

Richard did not refuse, waved goodbye to the woman, and left the light curtain of order, walking in the direction of the city with the same steps.

The wasteland is still the same, under the gray light, every qiē is so dead and silent, but the silence is only the appearance here, and the distorted rules are in effect all the time.

In this world, life is unwelcome, and the twisted rules lead them to self-destruction and destruction, while the world itself is unchanging.

The deeper Richard went into the wasteland, the more he felt this way, and the more curious he became about why, as life itself, did not need to eat in such a world.

This is a seemingly simple question, but the answer may contain the secrets of the bottom of the world, and Richard has an intuition that when he completely parses all the twisted rules, he will be able to see the world as it is, and see the truth hidden by the twisted rules.

The wasteland is endless.

One by one, the soul trees came to their faces, passed by, and then gradually moved away.

Now Richard knows that these twisted and terrifying-looking dead wood are actually the key materials to ignite the fire of time, and the key to allowing people to survive in this strange world.

The number of soul trees in the wasteland is not small, a single soul tree can supply the needs of a small town for a hundred years, but not many people can cut down soul trees in the wasteland and then return safely.

Richard walked and walked, and suddenly turned around.

On the wasteland, he left a long footprint, the distant one is already a little blurred, and it will disappear after a while, but the footprint is straight, which is also the result of Richard's analysis of the rules, if there is another person, even if it is old Barr, the footprints on the wasteland will be distorted.

Richard settled his mind and continued to move forward, and his mind was all about reading the memories of those redeemed souls, even if they were chaotic and distorted memories, they were also memories, and they were also the embodiment of the rules of the world.

In this way, as time passed, Richard went farther and farther, and the analysis of the rules of the world became deeper and deeper, and after two days, he analyzed the eighth rule of perception, and after another three days, the ninth rule was also analyzed, and then the tenth, and then the eleventh

By the time Richard finished parsing the fourteenth warp rule, the memories of hundreds of new souls had been read, and Richard had a new understanding of the Dark Realm, as well as a new question: why there were no creatures of their own in this world.

In order to answer this question, Richard felt that he had to parse all the twisted rules before he could begin to touch the essence of the Dark Regions, which was also mentioned in the Dark Regions Travelogue provided by St. Martin.

The strong man who successfully returned from the dark region was unable to solve this secret from beginning to end, but he guessed that there should be lifeforms unique to the world in the dark region, and finding them was equivalent to finding the key to unlocking the secret of the world itself.

Richard suddenly stopped, looking at a soul tree not far away, there were several branches on the tree with traces of felling, Richard's heart moved, with a wave of his hand, he sprinkled pieces of light, this is a tracking magic that can track the traces of creatures, and now it can be used in the dark region according to Richard's rules.

A large number of points of light fell around the soul tree, and a line of footprints gradually appeared, pointing forward.

Seeing this line of footprints, Richard was not surprised, but his expression was stern, he did not rush forward, but took off the wine jug and food bag on his waist, ate the wine and meat that had never been touched little by little, and sat quietly, and waited until all the wine and meat had turned into body and magic, and the magic in his body had been mostly filled, then he stood up and walked in the direction indicated by the footprints.

The experience of a small town taught Richard that meeting other people in this world is not necessarily a good thing, on the contrary, it can be very dangerous most of the time.

The twisted rules seem to distort people's personalities, and all creatures, whether they are of the same race or not, will see each other as food at times, and according to Old Barr, there are super strong people in this city, and there may be more than one.

After walking for two whole days, the outline of the city appeared on the horizon, it was an unusually rudimentary city, the walls were just a little taller than the height of an adult human man, and in some places even fences were built with sharpened stone strips to replace the walls, but this did not mean that the city's defenses were weak, and for many so-called newcomers, climbing over the wall itself was a dangerous operation that could lead to death.

However, Richard was also secretly surprised, and was able to cut down the soul wood two days away, which showed that there were many very powerful guys in this city, and in the dark region, being able to accurately slash the knife at the opponent was a powerful expression in itself.

Richard walked towards the city.

At this time, a few people wandering around the city gate also noticed Richard, and immediately looked at it vigilantly, they were human and alien, but they were still mostly human races.

When Richard approached, the eyes of these people fell on the knife box behind Richard's back, and their eyes couldn't help but change, revealing undisguised greed.

A thin young man said in the dark forest, "It's a new fellow again, but it's tender enough." ”

Another strong man leaning against the city wall said lazily: "It's quite tender, but it's a prickly fellow, be careful to prick your mouth." ”

The young man said viciously: "That's also our business, it has nothing to do with you, White Bear, you don't interfere in my good deeds, but if you dare to do more today, I will make you look good." ”

The strong man's face was slightly gloomy, and he sneered: "Yes, then I'll wait." ”

By this time Richard had passed through the light curtain of order and came to the city gate, he stopped, and then walked towards the city.

The city's order light curtain is particularly weak, and the effect of weakening and distorting the rules is not as good as the last town where Richard stayed, which makes Richard very strange, but after passing through the first order light curtain, he saw the second order light curtain in the city, so he understood in his heart that this city, like most cities in Norland, seems to be divided into privileged and ordinary areas.

The gates of the city were narrow, like the gates of a large manor, and Richard was about to enter them when he suddenly stopped, because the grim-looking young man had raised his legs and crossed in front of Richard, blocking his way.

The young man said coldly, "Did I tell you that you could go into the city?" ”