Chapter 193: Barbary's Death in the Past (Two in One, including a supplement...
Chu Li found Daniel.
He was not familiar with Daniel. To say "unfamiliar" was an understatement. After all, this person was not among the ocean messengers who went to the desert to invite everyone, and the ocean messengers he knew were not in the Holy City of Aletta at this time.
According to what he knew, Daniel was? A very cheerful and enthusiastic man with many friends, good at making friends, but not very conspicuous in his daily work and even lazy. He seemed to have a good relationship with the captain of the ruined city. He was? One of the messengers who went to the forest and successfully invited everyone in the ruined city to return.
When Chu Li found Daniel, he was trimming the bushes in the courtyard, muttering something like, "What do you mean Lord Vaughn trims the bushes every day, so you subordinates should follow his example?" It seemed that he was forced to trim the flowers and plants in the courtyard.
There was no one else in the courtyard except Daniel.
Before Chu Li got close enough, Daniel spotted him and greeted him first, his golden hair shining and his smile warm and brilliant.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Chu Li! I think it's the first time I see you walking in the courtyard. Do you need afternoon tea? I'll go. Contact Lady Sabrina..."
Chu Li stopped not too far away? , shook his head and said: "I want to ask one thing."
Daniel put down his pruning tools and nodded repeatedly: "Oh, okay, go ahead and ask. I swear I will answer you seriously!"
Chu Li quietly watched any changes in Daniel's expression and said, "Where are you from? Barbary?"
"..." Daniel was slightly stunned, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared. This reaction made Chu Li's guess in his heart clearer.
"It's a bit scary, Mr. Chu Li, you suddenly asked me such a question..."
Daniel's expression was a little gloomy, but he soon smiled again, "I have been talking about this remote town all the time, and I thought you would ignore it. It seems that I was too smart... Never mind, since I have been discovered, I will have to answer honestly. Anyway, I am too lazy to fight with you——"
Daniel's voice stopped abruptly.
Several dark threads had been wrapped around his limbs at some point, one of which even went around his neck gently and slowly, moving silently at the back of his neck like a venomous snake, bringing with it a cold and terrifying touch.
Chu Li still stood not far away without moving, even his eyes did not change, completely ignoring the panic and shock gradually emerging on Daniel's face, and repeated the question clearly, "Daniel, are you from? Barbary?"
"You are? An alien?!"
Daniel felt a sharp pain on the back of his neck, and then his body was completely out of control. His soul seemed to float in the air, and he saw that his body had gone against the master's wishes and told the truth.
"Yes, I'm from Barbary."
Chu Li asked the next question without hesitation: "Besides you, who else in the Holy City of Aleta is from? Barbary?"
Daniel's expression was dull: "Rodney, Elena, Sawyer, Goya..."
No, no, no, I can't go on.
Daniel struggled madly in his heart and almost wanted to jump up and down. This was completely different from what he had imagined? !
Shouldn't the normal situation be that this guy named "Chu Li" was deceived by his enthusiasm and friendliness, and then he took the opportunity to delete and modify his memory?
Why would the other party manipulate people? !
Wait, this is clearly a stranger, why is he in the desert team?
Compared to Daniel's complicated and chaotic emotions, Chu Li remained calm throughout the whole process. He never cared about what the people he controlled would think, but only cared about whether he could get the information and clues he wanted as quickly as possible.
Daniel, who was controlled by the ?, reported a list of names, among which Chu Li had only heard of three people, and had no impression of the others. However, there were two important names that were not on the list.
"Vaughn and Sabrina are from? Where?"
Daniel struggled a little, "Vaughn and Sabrina are both from? Kabab... the third fallen city..."
Chu Li wrote down this information and continued to ask: "Besides Barbari and Kabab, which other cities have fallen? How many in total? 3 cities where people fell? How many in total? Are there any survivors hiding in the Holy City of Aleta?"
Daniel forced a stiff and strange smile, "A lot, a lot, Mr. Chu Li, the Holy City of Aleta is? The last city that has not disappeared, it is? The last kingdom of God."
Boom.
The black thread wrapped around Daniel felt as if it was being pulled forcefully. Daniel, who was being forcibly controlled, looked slightly painful, but after a few seconds he took a deep breath and took several steps back away from Chu Li.
Chu Li raised his hand and looked at the pitch-black silk thread that appeared between his fingers, hanging softly and weakly on the ground.
When he looked up again, the surrounding environment had obviously changed at some point, as if it was covered with a layer of fog, making it unclear.
Chu Li looked at Daniel thoughtfully, who looked gloomy. Daniel paused and pretended to be calm and looked away.
Chu Li withdrew the silk thread.
Daniel was surprised that he suddenly stopped, and the next second he saw the other party walking towards him. He was immediately terrified, "No, no, no, this is not me, you can't get out even if you kill me!"
"What are you doing--"
The window of a certain floor above my head was pushed open heavily. A not familiar voice sounded with shock. Then, it jumped down from a height and appeared in my sight. It was a young man named "Xuan Wu" who could barely be considered a supernatural person in the ruined city who I had met a few times.
Chu Li glanced at him a few times and then looked away with disinterest.
The surrounding environment has completely changed? Daniel in front of him is completely invisible, his face is blurred, his figure is distorted, and the surrounding bushes have become like? A ball of paint stuck there.
He missed the best opportunity to hold Daniel hostage.
Xuan Wu, who had forcibly jumped down from the sky, looked around. Having entered the dream world twice before, he quickly noticed a familiar place and said, "This should be the dream world, but it is not quite the same as the dream world we experienced when we crossed the ocean and entered the Holy City of Aletta..."
Before he finished speaking, he turned around and saw Chu Li walking away. He hurriedly followed him? , and when he was about to say something? , he heard the other party? , coldly said? : "Yes? Jing Heng asked you to come over?"
Xuan Wu was stunned for a moment, frowned and said, "It really happened? He was right..."
Chu Li stopped, turned around and looked at him coldly, "Him?"
The second name that comes to mind is Zhang Chun.
However, Xuanwu's answer was somewhat unexpected.
The hardcore game enthusiast, who was still wearing a dark red coat, rolled his eyes. "Who else could it be? That bastard Yun Yan. He took advantage of the fact that he won a few games against me and ordered me to do this and that without any hesitation. I remember that you are very familiar with Yun Yan, right? Let me count with you. First, after returning to the ruined city, you must give him desserts after lunch every day, and tell him a bedtime story the next day. The third is to accompany him to hang out every three days, and the fourth is..."
Xuan Wu seemed to be complaining. He said several things in a rambling manner, but the curve of his mouth never dropped. "Oh, and the eighth rule, if you see Cui Zhiyong or you moving alone, remember to follow them to see the situation and help them if they are in danger. - Ha, isn't this nonsense? After all, we are companions here... count it?"
Chu Li looked at him quietly for a while, looked away, and said calmly: "You can catch up now."
Xuan Wu was stunned for a moment, "Wait a minute, what do you mean, didn't you plan to investigate the situation here with me before? If I force? Follow me... forget it or? Don't think about it."
He thought about Chu Li's personality after realizing it, and he had to admit that the comments he got from others or on paper were not very impressive. Although he had met Chu Li several times before, they never said a few words. All he felt was quietness and silence.
And at this time? After the real contact, Xuan Wu realized that the other party? Under the seemingly calm disguise, is? The coldness and indifference of being an "alien".
Difficult to approach and extremely dangerous.
Thinking about it carefully, Yun Yan seemed to know a lot of people, and they all had good relationships... Even the group of strange people in the northwest had invited him more than once.
Really? Strange, this is? How did you do that?
Xuan Wu secretly wondered, but he forgot that he had not deepened his relationship with others for many years, but now he had unknowingly become one of Yun Yan's good friends.
…
Chu Li and Xuan Wu walked in the dream world for a long time.
I don't know how long it took, but it was as if I had crossed a barrier, and the surrounding environment faded away the white fog, becoming clear and normal again.
However, what appeared before them was not the courtyard of the Aletta Palace, but a strange and bustling city. On the stone pillar standing by the city gate was a line of words embedded.
——【Welcome to Barbary! 】
“Bang, bang, bang!”
Huge fireworks exploded in the sky above the city. Countless sparkling silver fragments fell down one after another, mixed with countless white petals emitting strange fragrance. The ground of the streets and alleys was full of petals and sparkling fragments. Children wearing garlands ran around happily in the streets. In the activity square in the center, a magician in clown costume cheered loudly.
"The third grand celebration is about to begin! Dear guests from afar, welcome to the place where God was born - Barbary!"
"Everyone, cheer, rejoice! Cheer for God, for miracles, for humanity itself!"
Xuan Wu saw the magician standing on the square platform happily raising his hat?, a group of white pigeons flapped their wings and flew high, and five water columns suddenly shot out from the fountain behind?, and the splashing water sparkled with dazzling light.
Bang bang, amid the cheers of countless people, fireworks bloomed again in the sky, but they could not suppress the excited shouts of countless voices gathered together.
Xuan Wu was awakened by Chu Li's murderous aura. He was stunned for a moment, then quietly moved two steps to the side and asked unhappily, "What's wrong?"
Chu Li was pulling the black thread between his fingers, his tone was cold and indifferent, "You go? Investigate in the west, I'll go to the east."
Xuan Wu nodded, "Okay?"
A few minutes later, when Chu Li's figure disappeared in the crowd, Xuan Wu suddenly realized something.
"Wait a minute, what was I supposed to investigate? Barbary... Where is Barbary? What happened?"
"Ah, I remember Yunyan mentioned a book called "Barbari's Death". Could it be? Are we going to investigate why Barbary fell to his death?"
Xuan Wu muttered quietly, and walked to the west of the square?
Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure flash quickly in the crowded crowd, with gray hair, a skinny back, and tattered clothes.
The moment the figure that was almost engraved in his mind appeared, Xuan Wu almost trembled all over, his blood seemed to be boiling, and the anger that surged from the depths of his soul almost burned his sanity out.
"Yang Yongliang——!!!"
The other side.
Chu Li walked towards the east side of the square, gradually moving away from the noisy area, and a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere slowly and clearly emerged.
Ordinary buildings, ordinary people, and no unusual environment.
He continued to go deeper into remote and dark corners. Compared with residents living in ordinary environments, people who have been living in darkness for many years can know more special and secret information.
but? ……
Chu Li stood under a giant water barrier that reflected the waves, and a trace of confusion gradually emerged in his eyes.
He didn't find any corner emitting a dangerous atmosphere.
Or was it that the eastern part of the city was almost entirely filled with harmony and happiness, leaving him with no room for certain sins?
…There is clearly an underground black market in the Holy City of Aleta.
Chu Li pondered for a moment. Could it be? In the west? This was a mistake. I should have exchanged the investigation area with the game player.
He was ready to do it again.
And this time, perhaps the direction of advancement was different from the first time, and he smelled a hint of something unusual.
Not dangerous, but…weird.
Make him care a little.
Chu Li did not hesitate and followed his senses to the place where he felt something unusual.
What is that? A small shop with a sign saying "Private Clinic". The two sides of the door are overgrown with weeds and the doorplate is half-fallen off. If it is not? A black doctor, then it is? A third-rate black doctor who is not well-trained and seems to be perfunctory.
Chu Li pushed open the door.
A clear and tender childish voice rang out from the door, "Welcome, dear! Father! There are guests coming, please welcome them quickly~"
"Ah, I'm so annoying, little brat. I told you I'm not your father. Are you? I picked him up on the street. We have nothing to do with each other."
The man sitting behind the table was wrapped in bandages, revealing only a pair of cold eyes. He looked at Chu Li who was standing at the door, and then smiled strangely. "Hey, this guest who came today is young. Is he missing an arm or a leg, or does he want to replace his eyes? Our store can solve all these problems for you... Of course, you have to pay a treasure of equal value."
rustle.
The sound of turning pages of a book could be heard.
Chu Li stiffened his neck and turned to the other side of the room. A black-haired man sitting next to the bookshelf slowly raised his head and looked at Chu Li. The other man was wearing single-sided glasses and had a cane on the armrest of his chair. He seemed to have difficulty moving.
However, those dark eyes seemed to see through everything, almost making the soul tremble.
"...Yes, it's quite rare." The man holding the book seemed to have no interest and turned his attention back to the book in his hand. "Since the Sea God sank these cities into the deep sea, the blood crystal energy has been forcibly isolated for many years. I can actually see strange people here..."
As he was speaking, his voice suddenly disappeared. He raised his head again and looked at Chu Li intently. Then, he slowly shifted his gaze to the little boy who was standing in the middle of the room, looking around and blinking curiously.
Chu Li also saw the boy.
About 70% similar to him.
A completely fragile human being.
Chu Li stood at the door. At this moment, it seemed as if his mind and body were separated. He felt that he couldn't breathe, but his mind could calmly think about the current situation.
Barbary had fallen, and the city he was in now might well have been Barbary.
In other words, he went back to the past and met the Northwest Group who were working as illegal doctors here for unknown reasons... and a fragile human child.
Chu Li took a deep breath, raised his legs that seemed to have lost all feeling, stepped into the clinic, and closed the door silently.
…
On a mysterious island.
"This is a video recording of a certain period in the past of Barbary."
The "Elianen" in the white dress - [Ocean] said that a rectangular transparent screen was floating above the tea table, and the scene displayed inside was exactly what Chu Li and Xuan Wu had seen, that is, the city of "Barbari" in the midst of a lively celebration.
She is introducing the first fallen city, saying, "Confession, more like, 'Preparing to tell the past,' events that really happened, without emotion or suggestion."
"I can't change your perception and thoughts, so I will tell you everything. No matter what choice you make in the end, it will be the result I hope for."
Elena in the black dress had a barely perceptible look in her eyes. She then turned her head to avoid the gaze from "Elena" and said lazily, holding her chin with her hand: "That is a story from a long, long time ago - it's all written in "The Fall of Barbary". Why don't you go and read it again? All the answers are in that book."
The "Elianen" in the white dress said slowly, "Eliana, pay attention to your sitting posture."
"Yes? Yes?" The girl in the black dress, who was leaning over the table with a pen to revise her original plan, sighed and slowly sat up straight.
Chu Xiuyan noticed the movements of the two twin gods, but he did not show it. He just stared blankly at the screen above his head, "How strange, when did Chu Lige and Xuan Wu get into the screen?"
Elena sat up straight for a few seconds and then leaned back in the chair again. She snorted and said nonchalantly, "Don't they want to investigate the truth about Barbary? I'll take them in. How great! They can explore freely."
[Ocean] "Elianen" still maintained a dignified and elegant posture, and sighed: "Even if it is a recorded video, there are still many hidden dangers. I have lost too many memories and cannot see the truth behind the fog... Barbary was the first city to collapse and fall, and the scene at that time was horrible. Elena, you have to take the two guests out in advance, otherwise they may suffer psychological trauma."
Elena: "Please, how could an alien, a super S-class mutant, have such a fragile heart?"
Chu Xiuyan was still staring blankly at the screen above his head, "It's great, a real 3D movie experience, it's great, much better than the low-quality movie experience, it's great..."
[Ocean] "Elianne" was still trying to persuade her half body, "Don't be like this? Humans are far more fragile than we thought. What if they run into any trouble? Elena, don't do anything unnecessary, or? Let them out first..."
Chu Xiuyan took a sip of tea from the cup as if his soul had left his body, and then said in a flat voice: "It's great, a 3D real movie experience must be much more interesting than sitting on a chair and watching...ah, I'm so envious, the celebration must be very interesting, free investigation is? Like a big world exploration game? It's fun, ah, I'm so envious..."
After arguing with [Ocean] "Elianne" for several rounds, Elena bit the tip of her pen and chose to change the subject. She pointed at the black-haired young man who was almost sliding to the ground and had dull eyes, and said, "Elianne, this guy seems to want to go in and take a look too."
Actually, "Elianen", who pretended not to hear, couldn't help but sigh. Knowing that she couldn't escape, she turned to Chu Xiuyan and said, "Um, Yunyan, this is a recording projection, so no matter what you do, you can't change the past. But if you encounter danger in there, such as getting injured, you will be injured when you return to the real world."
Chu Xiuyan climbed back into the chair and sat on it, his eyes brightening, "Thank you, Elaine!"
Elena bit the tip of her pen, making a crunching sound, and said incoherently, "One thing to remind you, it's best not to reveal where you are from? The future... the past? It can't be changed, but the memory may not be."
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