The red moon returns

Chapter 387: Noflan in the Third Age

When Lynch regained consciousness from his trance, he saw a lush green scene.

The four of them appeared in a sparse forest hand in hand.

The sunlight shines through the gaps in the leaves, casting mottled shadows. Breathing the fresh air and listening to the calls of birds and animals deep in the woods, there is a sense of peace and tranquility.

Is this really the memory of a runaway wonder?

Lynch couldn't believe it for a moment, as the two previous experiences of entering an out-of-control strange object left a deep impression on him.

The first time I entered, I almost got torn apart as a sacrifice as soon as I opened my eyes. The second time I entered, I almost got hung on the street lamp as soon as I opened my eyes.

He always felt that if he had entered into an out-of-control strange object, it would be abnormal if there were not dozens of people surrounding and beating him up.

However, during the pre-war training a few days ago, Ms. Daisy, who specializes in mysticism in the Difficult Church, explained that it was just his illusion. In fact, most of the memories of strange objects will have a relatively gentle period of time, and it is rare that they will be sent to death directly right away.

This is related to the characteristics of strange objects. The essence of strange objects is that the living beings have extreme fear of a certain event or a certain period of time that has happened in the past, and the whole process of this memory will condense into strange objects. The so-called whole process is from the initial accumulation of fear to the end of the event, not just the process of the deepest fear.

For example, the gaze of the ancient flicker that almost sent Lynch away was actually the whole process of all the citizens being slaughtered and sacrificed by the Terrorclaws after the fall of the ancient city. From the Terrorclaws' raid on the city and the battle with the city defense soldiers to the completion of the sacrifice, the whole process lasted thirteen hours. When Lynch and Natalie entered, the strange object had been out of control for a while, and the two of them just happened to catch up with the most dangerous period. Lynch could only blame his good luck.

The strange object in Speaker Grant's factory was originally the slaves' fearful memory of the flesh workshop, which spanned several years. The experience of hanging street lamps happened every day, which was not extremely dangerous. The real danger was the bloody suppression of the violent organization when the slaves rioted. In the end, all 300 slaves were wiped out, and their bodies were hung all over the walls of the factory.

However, Sven's blessing is different. The duration of this strange object after it goes out of control is five days, and the loss of control was just artificially created this morning, so the time inside is still the beginning of the event, and all factors are controllable.

Everything is under control, these were Ms. Daisy's exact words, and Lynch felt like hitting someone after hearing them.

But at least she was right, the environment was very peaceful at this moment, and the chirping of birds was enough to prove that it was safe here.

"This is my first time entering the memories of strange things. It's amazing." Miss Diana tugged at her cloth. The four of them were wearing new clothes. The quality was good, but the style was quite old. The Archaeological Association helped to restore them according to historical materials. The Countess had never worn such fashionable clothes before, and it was quite fresh for a while. "It's really like I've been to another world in an instant. Everything feels so strange. Shall we... start?"

"Yes." Lynch opened a simple hand-drawn city map and confirmed it one last time. "Let's go. Everything should go according to plan. I hope everything goes well."

“May everything go well.”

The four of them nodded to each other, and Officer Natalie took the lead, cautiously approaching the edge of the woods.

Outside was a dirt road covered with wheel tracks and footprints. Twenty to thirty meters along the dirt road, there was a low earthen wall. Outside the wall were large tracts of farmland, with farmers vaguely seen working in the fields. Inside the wall, rows of roofs were vaguely visible, with plumes of smoke rising from the roofs.

Agricultural city of Novallan.

"This is a small border town, a human territory, with a population of over 8,000." Looking at this city that only existed in the Third Age from afar, Lin Qi whispered to the three ladies, "Let's go into the city first."

As he spoke, he walked past 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. From time to time, farmers and farm women who go out of the city to work and deliver meals come and go. They don't react too strongly when they see the four people. They just look at these well-dressed outsiders from afar with curiosity.

Lin Qi felt relieved. This outfit was fine. At least he had passed the first level and would not be unable to enter the city. The range of movement in the strange object was limited. The range of this strange object was only limited to 200 meters around the city. If he went deeper, he would encounter memory confusion and might be thrown directly into the depths of the dreamland. Therefore, if he could not enter the city, he could only stay in the woods for five days and then face hundreds of ghouls head-on. Not to mention planting grass, it would be good to survive.

There were several soldiers standing at the city gate. All of them were wearing leather armor and carrying sharp metal swords. When they saw four strangers approaching, they immediately became alert. Although they did not draw their swords, they had already blocked the way in front of the city gate.

"@#￥! #@￥!"

It was a completely incomprehensible language, but Judy had already taken a few steps forward and was speaking the same language more fluently than several soldiers.

Lin Qi smiled secretly in his heart. As expected, she was an expert in ancient books, claiming to be proficient in listening, speaking, reading and writing more than 40 ancient languages. She was much better than him, a poor student. This was one of the reasons why he chose Judy for help.

Sure enough, after a few words, the soldiers relaxed, greeted Lynch and the other two with a laugh, and gave Judy a few words before waving their hands and letting the four of them go.

Lin Qi immediately put on an air of status and walked slowly into the city gate. He heaved a sigh of relief after entering: "What are they talking about?"

"I said as planned, you are foreigners, you came to Nofland to sell food." Judy's eyes had regained their alertness at this time, and it was obvious that her true form had come out. She stared at Lin Qi and exclaimed, "You are really amazing. They really became extra enthusiastic as you guessed. They also told me a lot about the city."

"Ok?"

"There are indeed no hotels in the city, but we don't have to live in those two abandoned buildings like Daisy said. There are five families here with more spacious housing, which they will rent to out-of-town guests for temporary stay. They even drew it on the map for me, look."

"Hmm?" It was an unexpected surprise. The Church of Suffering had conducted two tests before, and they had found two abandoned buildings and stayed there for five days. They had rarely come into contact with the residents in their memories, so they didn't know there was such a thing. "What else did they say?"

"They also told us to be careful and not to go out at night. Recently, someone saw huge scratches nearby, which should be left by ghouls. They are afraid that there are small groups of ghouls hiding nearby that have killed their big foreign customers."

"There are definitely not a few small groups of ghouls hiding nearby, there are large groups." Lin Qi sighed, "The smoke from cooking has risen, it's almost night, let's settle down first and find a house to stay at."

"If you live in an indigenous person's home, I have to remind you of 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 communicate too much with the people inside the strange object."

"What's the reason? Will it affect the direction of memories?"

"Don't worry about that. They are not afraid of the impact. The key is that it is not good for the suppressors." Officer Natalie said seriously, "Remember, they are all dead a long time ago. They are just memories. Don't have any sympathy for them. Too many mysterious hunters have stayed in the strange objects forever because they wanted to save the people in the memories. We can't save anyone, and there is no point in saving them."

"Yes, I've heard of that, too." Miss Diana agreed, "Sometimes someone will develop feelings for the person in the memories of a strange object. Some people even go in and out of a strange object repeatedly just to see the person over and over again, until they die in the memories of the strange object."

Lin Qi pursed his lips and said seriously: "I haven't started reading memories yet, so I don't know the conditions for suppression yet, but I always feel that the conditions for suppression may need to be integrated into urban life, so I want to prepare in advance. Don't worry, I remember your instructions and won't make this mistake."

The two nodded in agreement, and the four of them walked towards the ancient city where they would spend the next few days.

(End of this chapter)