Chapter 434: The Land Forsaken by God (23) (1st + 2nd update) [VIP]

"Enoch," the creditor was shocked, "I underestimated your determination not to pay back the money."

It's just five thousand magic stones, why is it so necessary?

"Is your life so difficult in Besai City..." He was silent for a moment, "I heard that you opened a small shop in Besai City, pretending to be an old man to cheat adventurers' money, but pretending to be an old man is fine, why do you..."

How can she have the nerve to pretend to be an 18-year-old girl?

"Don't spit blood on me," Enoch said in a pinched voice, "I don't even know you. I don't know who you are talking about."

The creditor said: "You just said that Enoch is a famous alchemist in Besai City."

Enoch: ...

Forgot.

"You... forget it. I didn't expect you to dare to leave Besser City." The creditor's expression changed. He looked at Hector who was blocking him and said kindly, "Young man, Enoch is a shameless man. Listen to my advice. You should stay away from him. Be careful of his enemies coming to find you."

"Enemy?" Hector blinked. "This is my sister. She has been very well behaved since she was a child. How could she have an enemy?"

Hector acted so realistically that the creditor was unsure whether he knew Enoch.

"Tsk," the creditor frowned, glanced at Enoch who refused to admit it, and whispered to Hector, "Young man, you must have been cursed. Don't worry, I know a very powerful wizard who happened to be in the Perrin Mine recently. I'll ask her to remove the curse for you."

"Let's go," he took Hector's arm and sat in his carriage. He glanced at Enoch warily and said to the other adventurers, "Let's get in the carriage first. We can talk about other things on the way."

His face was filled with the expression "You guys must have been cheated by the sinister and cunning Enoch". Enoch wanted to cry but had no tears. Under the other party's vigilant gaze, he was the last one to climb into the car and huddled weakly at the edge of the vehicle.

"Adventurers, what are you doing here in the Perrin Mine?" the creditor asked as he outputted magic power to the magic pattern to allow the convoy to continue moving forward.

"We received a commission," Bai Jinshu leaned back as the exploration team members looked at each other. Suddenly, a delicately carved box appeared in his hand. "A client issued a commission to find the maker of an alchemical item. We followed the clues all the way to the Perrin Mine. We want to find out who the alchemist who ordered the magic sand is."

The creditor seemed to be an adventurer of the same age as Enoch. He was not surprised to see Delmis' half-skeleton and half-flesh form. He just opened his eyes slightly.

"I see..." He nodded and thought, "There aren't many alchemists who have used the magic sand from the Perrin Mine. Would it be convenient for you to show me the alchemical items?"

Magic patterns can identify the identity of a wizard. For those who have learned magic pattern techniques, they can basically recognize the alchemical creations of familiar people.

Bai Jinshu stretched out his hand and handed it over.

The creditor took a look at the box and said, "This thing doesn't seem to be made in bulk for sale. It's possible that the alchemist made it privately for someone else."

"Yes," Bai Jinshu nodded, "It's a private production."

"Can you see the magic pattern?" the creditor looked up and asked.

"Sure," Bai Jinshu said calmly, "It's not offensive."

While the creditor was studying the alchemical item, Xu Zichen quietly opened his watch and typed: [Where did this thing come from? ]

Where did they get the alchemical items?

The mages on the barrage are also curious about this question:

[Where did this alchemical item come from? ]

[Did Deshen bring it from his own space? 】

[No, it was rubbed by God De just now.]

[Ah? When did you make it? Can alchemical items be made directly? Don't they require a workshop?]

[Just now when Hector said Enoch was his sister... De Shen looked at them thoughtfully from behind, then casually collected some remaining magic sand from the corner of the carriage warehouse and made a box. I thought De Shen was just bored, but did he already think of an excuse to enter the Perrin Mine at that time? ]

[…An alchemist shattered quietly. Why can some people easily make alchemical items, while others can only make a pile of garbage in the best workshop in the mage tower?]

[Don't say that about yourself. At least you can learn alchemy, which has surpassed 99% of mages. This thing is too expensive. Only those big families and big magician towers can afford it. ]

…

"This thing of yours is not simple. The composition of this magic pattern is very complicated. The maker must be a senior alchemist. But I have never seen this magic pattern. The works of alchemists of this level have never been circulated on the mainland. This thing is really strange." On the screen, the creditor studied it for a while and looked up regretfully. "And I can't even tell what this box is for. Can you tell me who the client is?"

He naturally couldn't tell who had made it, nor what the box was used for.

Delmis had never made alchemical items in this world. This was the first alchemical item made by him in the true sense. It had no function at all. It was just a simple box that he made just to find a reason for their arrival.

"The client requested confidentiality," Bai Jinshu stretched out his hand and watched the other party hand the box back to him. He glanced at the content sent by Xu Zichen in the temporary group chat, "We don't know much about this box. At present, we can only find that part of the material used to make it is the magic sand from the Perrin Mine. That's why I came here to find out if the maker is still ordering magic materials from the Perrin Mine."

"Well... you may not be able to ask anything," the creditor thought for a moment, "I can go in and ask for you, but the Perrin Mine is now a private mine and no longer sells magic sand to the public."

He glanced at Enoch in the corner warily, lowered his voice and leaned towards the adventurer who took out the alchemical item: "Hey, young man..."

Bai Jinshu stretched out his hand: "Stop."

"Stay away from me," he said confidently, "Don't get so close to me, I have a partner."

Creditor:?

"Can't you see?" He pointed at Huai Jiamu, "We are wearing couple outfits."

Creditor: "Uh... I thought you were struck by some unknown curse."

Who in their right mind would wear couple outfits like this?

"We have been married for 522 years and 361 days," he said, with a strange look that seemed to show off, "How did you know that there are only 24 days left until our 523rd anniversary?"

"Oh... I don't know, but congratulations?" The creditor tried to change the subject in a daze. "How about we talk about your alchemical item first... Enoch is also an alchemist. He lied to you that he was the boy's sister. Maybe he wanted to take the alchemical item from you..."

"Thank you for your congratulations. In fact, our commemorative ring for the ceremony is also an alchemical item," Bai Jinshu suddenly interrupted him, and stretched out a hand in front of him as if he didn't hear what he said, and quickly took it back before he could see it clearly, "You can only take a look at it, not more than that."

"What, what can't I look at more?" The creditor didn't even see what flashed by, and asked in a confused tone, "Are they your couple rings?"

"That's not what I'm talking about," he tried to get back to the topic, "Aren't we talking about that alchemical item... This is a masterpiece that has never appeared on the market. You must have been deceived by the confusion magic he learned from somewhere. When we get to the mine, I'll help you find someone to remove the curse..."

"Speaking of removing the curse," the other party refused to budge. "How do you know that there is a contract between me and my partner? We live and die together..."

Creditor:?

Creditor: “Wait a minute.”

The creditor said sharply: "You don't listen to me at all! Why don't you listen to what I'm saying!"

Why are you suddenly saying such a bunch of inexplicable things!

What does he know? He knows nothing!

Guan Hongyan held his forehead with his hand.

She mouthed painfully: [He starts again].

The exploration team members closed their eyes in pain.

"Why can't we look at it more? Because the pattern on it is very dangerous. It belongs to the gods. Knowing the shape of the pattern may attract the attention of the gods." For a moment, only the voice of Delmis echoed in the carriage. "In order to engrave this pattern on our rings, I fought with him because I don't allow him to use this pattern again in the future."

"Listen to what I'm saying!" the creditor couldn't help but ask, "Why do you want to use other people's patterns?!"

Isn't it a bit too outrageous to use someone else's patterns and then beat them up?

"Because my partner likes it," Delmis said confidently, "My partner likes this thing. He has been using it for tens of thousands of years. What's wrong with me using it later?"

Creditor:?

What a niche language! He can understand each word separately, but can’t understand them together.

"Besides," the other party leaned back and said casually, "I have been very restrained by not killing gods. If you give me a pattern, I can exchange it for tens of thousands of years of peace in the future. If such a good deal gets out, I don't know how many gods will line up to come to you. It is an honor for him that I choose his pattern to make rings for me and my partner."

There was an eerie silence in the carriage.

The creditor's eyes were confused——

[This adventurer must be suffering from some kind of paranoia. He's killing gods and living for tens of thousands of years, and he's also showing off his affection. He doesn't look normal.]

The exploration team members looked confused.

[I feel sorry for the gods in Delmis' world. Even though they have reached the status of gods, they still cannot escape his persecution. It's really pitiful. Who is happy in your world? You and your partner?]

Hector's eyes were firm.

[So that's how it is. His teacher is really strong, and as an apprentice, he can't be inferior. The next step is to start by learning the fire dragon and the water dragon. Come on, Hector, get stronger! ]

Enoch's eyes were filled with horror.

[Ahhhhhhhh help! What pirate ship is he on?! That disappeared God of Light couldn’t have been killed by you! Don’t you say you won’t kill people? Oh, the God of Light is a god, not a human, isn’t that even more terrifying!]

In such a mysterious atmosphere, the carriage slowly drove into the Perrin Mine.

Everyone has extremely complex psychological activities. Although they are in the same space, their sorrows and joys cannot be communicated with each other.

"I'm serious, buddy," In the carriage, [Innocent Wild Cockroach] wrote furiously while opening the player private chat system and clicking [More Resentful than Ghosts], "Do you really think that an N.P.C. like this can cause harm to humans after it has its own will?"

[Grudge is heavier than ghosts]: ...

He is now doubting his life.

At the beginning, he asked Xiao Chun to expose it purely because he was frightened by Delmis.

An n.pc can take away the player's bound items today, can break through the impregnable wizard tower in the game settings at will, and can casually reveal the hidden settings that no one in the game knows about. What if he is unhappy with the player tomorrow?

Is it possible for him to attack the players? Is it possible for him to cause irreversible brain damage to the holographic players? Is it possible for him to manipulate the game and then control the network outside the game?

Holographic games have been developed for so many years, and safety issues are the top priority for every manufacturer. Every game company has made many restrictions to ensure the safety of players. There have even been a lot of news reports over the years such as "vegetative patients regained their lives in the holographic world." However, there are still a considerable number of people who are on the sidelines about connecting brain waves to the Internet, believing that this technology is not as safe as it appears.

[Grudges are heavier than ghosts] Although I scoff at this argument, if I really meet an NPC that may have developed self-awareness, it would be a lie to say that I wouldn't be afraid.

He calmed down for several days before he thought of exposing this move to the media.

Breath of Slenkmed is an outdated online game that most young people don't even know about. It's long past the era when any side quest could spark a lot of discussion. The game's customer service channel has long been out of date, and the producer's Weibo account hasn't been updated for years. Even the people who are still playing the game, he suspects, are the only ones like him, Wang Wenhua, and the three people who were pulled back by them.

It is impossible to attract much attention relying on his own strength. It takes professional self-media to attract widespread attention.

Xiao Chun was the only self-media person he knew, but his work content and account direction were all financial. In order to convince the other party, he made the matter sound very serious at the beginning.

What n.pc produces intelligence is the only one in the world so far. It may cause a crisis of intelligent machines and lead to an AI technology revolution, which may be good or bad for related industries. Once the news comes out, it will cause turmoil in the stock market, and countless eyes will be cast on the invisible economic market.

In short, we will first trick this financial self-media practitioner into entering the game.

Xiao Chun was also frightened by these remarks. Anyway, the company was about to go bankrupt, so it was better to struggle before death than to do nothing. He closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, prepared to face the infancy of a world-destroying boss, and came in.

Then she discovered—

[The resentment is heavier than that of a ghost] describes the n.pc who has awakened their self-awareness: the crisis of intelligent machines, the technological revolution, and the domination of the world.

In Breath of Slenkmed, there may be an NPC who has truly awakened to self-awareness: a transgender adventurer who just turned eighteen and is crazy about love.

I heard that AI learns and grows from the database fed by humans, and I also heard that Weiyu Company has patented technology for AI training, so their patented technology is to instill some weird things into the AI ​​database?

Could this really be dangerous?

"Well," [Grudge Heavier Than Ghost] thought hard for a moment, "Although it won't destroy the world, but you heard him say that he has killed a god, isn't that also quite dangerous..."

"I think if the god he killed could wish him and his partner a happy 523rd wedding anniversary, he might live," said the [Pure Love Wild Female Cockroach], putting her palms together sincerely, "He's already in love, how dangerous can he be."

The reality of the world, the survival of gods, such truth was casually spoken out by a player.

In the eerie silence, the carriage finally drove into the Perrin Mine. Enoch's creditor jumped off the carriage and stopped it at the loading and unloading point of the mine. He said to the gatekeeper of the mine, "I put the token of this shipment in the first carriage."

The gatekeeper was an elderly man. He squinted his eyes to recognize him, then suddenly said, "Anton, didn't you just leave with the goods?"

Enoch Creditor was used to the janitor's presbyopia: "I'm Manuel, Anton has been away for several years."

"Oh, oh, oh," the gatekeeper nodded, "Manuel, you are going to Cyril City to transport magic sand."

"The transportation point in Cyril City has been changed for seven or eight years," the creditor said helplessly, "If it doesn't work, Old Nok, you should let the young man in the mine look after it."

"No," the janitor shook his head. "Those guys are all young men. There's no way they can do the kind of work I do."

"That's not necessarily true. There must be a lot of people who are eager to go down to the mine right now," the creditor muttered, ending the supply of magic power and calling out to the adventurers behind him, "Come with me. You may not be able to find the maker of the alchemical items you want to find, but there happens to be a wizard who is very knowledgeable about these things in the Perrin Mine recently. Maybe he can remove the spells on you."

He looked at Enoch with disdain and walked forward resolutely, obviously wanting to expose the disguise of Enoch, the shameless wizard, in front of everyone.

The exploration team members followed behind, and Guan Hongyan whispered, "Happy anniversary to Delmis. So who, have you made a lot of enemies outside?"

"Not a lot..." Enoch said weakly, "Which adventurer doesn't make enemies during the adventure? Isn't this normal?"

"But just now your creditor said that you have been hiding in Besser City to avoid debts. You also have a history of pretending to be an old man to deceive adventurers." Zhao Yinglai touched his chin. "I'm serious, you didn't cheat all the money to open your shop like this, did you?"

Enoch's face froze.

"It's true," Lu Changfeng twitched his lips, "You are so wicked."

It is impossible to enter the City of Besser without the emblem of the Adventurer's Guild. Enoch borrowed money from others and didn't pay it back, and hid in the City of Besser. This is too immoral.

"What's wrong with that?" Enoch retorted in a low voice. "I only lend money to those who don't dare to register with the Adventurer's Guild. Don't be fooled by Manuel. He was a member of the Assassin's Guild. Killing a person costs tens of thousands of magic stones. Five thousand is nothing to him."

"Oh," Xu Zichen said faintly, "Me too."

Something sharp suddenly pressed against his neck, followed by a cold voice: "Do you think your old enemy hired me to kill you?"

Enoch shuddered and froze in place: "Huh?"

"I was kidding you." The gray-white feather pen turned in a circle in Xu Zichen's hand and waved it in front of Enoch. "Feather pen."

"You are also wicked," Guan Hongyan rolled her eyes at Xu Zichen, "Happy Dermis Day, so-and-so, who did you offend in the first place?"

His reaction just now didn't seem like he just owed money.

The creditor seemed to imply that Enoch owed more than just money. Five thousand magic stones were nothing to him, but he must have done something even more immoral in the past, which was why he dared to hide in the city of Besser and pretend to be an old man to cheat people out of money.

"Just... just borrowed some money and didn't pay it back." Enoch was vague.

"I don't believe it," Zhao Yinglai crossed his arms, "You must have done something, tell the truth, otherwise..."

"You're going to kill me?" Enoch asked cautiously.

"Why would we kill someone..." Guan Hongyan said earnestly, "Otherwise, why don't you wear a maid outfit to meet your creditor?"

Enoch:!

"What do you think, Hector?" She looked at Hector.

Hector: "I think he suits the pink maid costume."

Enoch quickly added: "I really didn't pay back the money I owed you! I didn't lie to you! At most, I just took some other people's things! Isn't this also not paying back the money I owed you!"

Hector: "Ponytails."

Enoch held his head and said, "No, please don't! I really didn't lie to you!"

Hector: "Wear cat ears."

Enoch slammed the table and stood up: "We are both wanderers in this world, why do you do this to me, Hector!"

Hector: "And the cat's tail."

Enoch: !!!

*

The creditor who was walking in front found the wizard in the Perrin Mine, and discovered that the person behind him had disappeared while he was walking.

When he was about to turn back to look for someone, he found that the adventurers had followed him again.

"This is the adventurer I mentioned who might have been under some spell," he said to a long-haired spell mage beside him, "Let's wait for the matter at the Perrin Mine. See if you can remove the spell for them."

"Who influenced you?" asked the long-haired spell mage.

"You know him, Enoch. He has been hiding in Besser for more than ten years to avoid debts and enemies," the creditor sneered and crossed his arms, "I don't know what kind of magic potion he fed these people. Now they all think he is..."

He was suddenly speechless.

"He is..." he tried again.

"What is it?" The long-haired spell mage asked in a strange tone.

"I..." The creditor paused, "I can't say it!"

Whenever he wanted to say anything about Enoch's current situation, he couldn't utter a word.

"Anyway...anyway, you'll know once you see it!" He paused for a few seconds, "I might have some magic on me, too."

"Ah?" The long-haired spell mage looked at him in surprise, then suddenly realized, "Oh, there is a silence spell on you. I will remove it for you later. You mentioned Enoch, I thought he died a long time ago."

"No," the creditor sneered, scanning the group of people, "Where is the person? Did he run away?"

What about that iconic big cake skirt?

"I didn't run away," Hector said with a smile, dragging a pitiful, huddled figure out from behind him, "Are you asking about my sister [Happy 523rd Anniversary to Teacher and Wife]?"

Creditor:?

Creditor: "Wait a minute, why did he change his skirt?"

Creditor: "You changed your hairstyle too?"

Creditor: "Why do you wear cat ears and a cat tail? Enoch, you are a human, not a cat, right? I remember you are not a mixed blood?"

"Oh, that's right. My sister is quite particular," Hector smiled, "After a long journey, she needs to change her clothes before meeting new guests."

Enoch choked up, "Ah, yes, yes."

Creditor:?

"Ah? When did you change it?"

There isn't much room to change clothes along the way, right?

Bai Jinshu's face was calm.

Delmis Technology, everyone who has used it says it is good.

"Well..." The creditor's brain froze for a few seconds before he turned to look at the spell mage behind him, "That's probably it, so you should solve the spells of these adventurers."

Spellcaster: "Hmm..."

Spellcaster: "Hmm..."

Spellcaster: "Is there a possibility..."

She said tactfully, "Actually, there is no confusion spell on these people, right?"

Creditor:?

Creditor: “No?”

Spellcaster: "No."

Creditor: "Do they really think Enoch is this guy's sister?"

Spellcaster: "Probably."

Creditor: "Then why do I have it on me?"

Spellcaster: "I don't know."

The creditor looked across at the other side, then looked at himself, questioning his life and asked, "Why does Enoch dress like this?"

The spellcaster was silent for a moment: "Maybe..."

Creditor: “Maybe?”

The spellcaster carefully looked at Enoch's maid outfit and cat ears and said, "Maybe it's some kind of play that we can't understand."

Creditor:?

The author has something to say:

Spellcaster: I understand. It's just the master's mission.

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