Chapter 364 Illusion and Fuzzy Cognition
"Mark, go forward. Is this really the elves' residence?" Thor asked in a deep voice.
Mark didn’t realize that something was wrong yet, he nodded anxiously, “Yes.”
The rows of figures behind him had not yet disappeared, and they stood quietly behind Mark.
Surrounded him.
Thor didn't rub his eyes, nor did he close them and then open them again.
He raised his hand and pointed to Mark’s side, “Xiao Zao.”
The black tentacles immediately flew out and swept around Mark.
Like a stone thrown into the water, the air around Mark rippled, and the human figures with their heads lowered gradually dissipated in the ripples.
Mark wanted to defend himself the moment he saw Xiaozao, but when he saw Thor's solemn expression, he held back and did not move.
After Xiaozao whipped his whip twice in the air, Mark looked around him and asked, "Did you see anything?"
"There were many figures around you just now, but they disappeared as soon as I swept them." Thor paused for a moment and said uncertainly, "Maybe it's just an illusion of this forest, just like a mirage."
"Is it an illusion?" Morton turned his head to Agu. He was not good at this.
Agu was unable to give an accurate answer, "Yes. But my mental body is very stable, and it doesn't seem like I'm under the influence of hallucinations."
An also followed, "Yes, I am very sensitive to the changes in spiritual bodies. When those figures appeared just now, I didn't notice anything unusual."
While several people were thinking about what the scene they saw meant, Mark just sighed.
"Since we came to the Forest of Four Seasons, we have encountered many phenomena that cannot be explained by existing knowledge. Now I am no longer surprised. As long as it does not threaten my life, I don't care about the shadows of others or ghosts."
Thor nodded and followed Mark.
"That's right. We definitely can't solve the anomaly here. Let's find Kong Sha first."
The group walked in the deep forest for two hours, during which they encountered several strange phenomena.
However, they did not encounter the elves that Mark said would come to hunt them, so they did not run for their lives again.
When Thor felt tired again, the scene before him was finally no longer just trees, vines and grass.
The growth of the forest seemed to have been paused. After Thor passed a row of towering ancient trees, he suddenly saw a vast expanse of green grassland.
The sun can finally shine on it without restraint, and the breeze no longer has to worry about being blocked by the dense branches and leaves.
Rows of simple white wooden houses stand on the grass.
These houses were built randomly and were randomly distributed, just like tents set up randomly during a spring outing.
As Mark stepped onto the grass, Thor finally saw the third person in the valley.
He had just met this person not long ago.
Monroe.
Monroe was standing sideways at this time, and Thor could only see half of his face.
He stared into the distance with his mouth slightly open, seemingly in a trance.
"Monroe!" Mark shouted immediately when he saw this.
Monroe shuddered and turned his head sharply.
The steps that Thor was about to take stopped in place instantly.
Monroe, he's missing an eye.
If Thor remembered correctly, it was the one he ate in front of him.
When Monroe saw Thor, his remaining eye lit up. He ignored Mark who was walking past and trotted all the way to Thor.
"You're finally here! Kong Sha said that if you come, you will definitely be able to help us escape! I was afraid that you didn't need cryptocrystalline!" Monroe looked excited, and his empty eye sockets were twitching.
He reached out to grab Thor, but was blocked by the bodies of several consciousnesses.
"What's going on?" Monroe was confused. "Who are they?"
"What's wrong with your eyes?" Thor asked him.
Monroe raised his hand and touched his empty eye sockets, poking his fingertips in a little bit, then quickly pulling them out.
"It broke when the elves attacked me. I was eating at the time..."
Seeing that there was no conflict between Thor and Monroe, Mark walked towards the depths of the scattered houses with confidence, calling out a few names.
The one who shouted the most was Kong Sha.
Saul was still a little worried about Monroe. Since Mark was not there at the moment, he just asked Mark the same question again.
Monroe gave the same answer, with not much difference in the details.
After listening to Monroe's description, Thor also told Monroe about the knowledge clone he saw in the wizard tower.
"…He suddenly ate his own eyes."
Monroe was not very surprised, "My eyes are gone, so his are naturally useless."
Then he licked his lips and said, "It's delicious. I haven't eaten meat for a long time."
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He was even more surprised by another thing Thor mentioned, "Has half a year passed outside?"
"Don't you feel anything?" Thor felt that wizards should be very sensitive to time.
Monroe smiled bitterly. "The alternation of day and night in the Forest of Four Seasons is irregular. Sometimes the sun doesn't set for three or four days, and sometimes the night doesn't end for three or four days. Not only the day and night, but also the four seasons here are different from those outside."
At this time, Mark had turned back. He looked worried and kept muttering, "Where did they go? It's so dangerous here. Didn't they say we can't leave without permission?"
Thor glanced at Mark out of the corner of his eye, but most of his attention was still on Monroe.
"…The four seasons here are divided according to regions. The place farthest from the center of the valley is spring, the dense forest you encountered when you came here is summer, and if you go further ahead here, it is autumn."
Hearing this, An couldn't help but ask, "Isn't it winter in the center of the Elf Valley? Does it still snow here all the time?"
Unexpectedly, Monroe looked at Ann strangely and said, "What winter? What snow? Of the four seasons in a year, the last season is of course the dead season!"
An paused, not knowing whether the one-eyed apprentice in front of him was teasing him.
Thor raised his hand, turned his head and asked Mark, who had walked behind Monroe and was standing there blankly, wondering what he was thinking.
"Mark, don't you know what winter is?"
Mark, who was standing behind Monroe, was dazed for a moment, as if he just realized that he was about to hit Monroe's back, and quickly took a step back.
He rubbed his brow and muttered, "I know, the snow season and winter are called differently in different places. It's just... a period of time when it's very cold and white crystals will fall."
It would have been better if Mark didn't explain. As soon as he did, Thor immediately felt that he was also seriously ill.
"Are both of you a little confused about winter?" Thor thought to himself, and then he made a gesture, telling the four consciousnesses not to interrupt casually.
He wants to find out from future communications what other cognitions of these people are blurred.
The blurred area is likely the key to leaving the Elf Valley.
Although Thor's purpose of coming here is not to save people, he needs to find something in the Forest of Four Seasons that is very important to him and can save his life in the future.
Unfortunately, there are no hints in this diary.
Next, everyone has to find a way to leave the valley while looking for that important thing.
"So, Monroe, is the dead season in the very center of the valley? What's that like?"
Monroe did not regain consciousness because of Mark's explanation. He said as a matter of course: "Did something happen outside? You don't even know this? The dead season is a season when there is nothing, as if time has gone away! And the dead season is also the season when you are most likely to be attacked by elves."
Mark also put down his hand, his nose had been pinched red by himself.
"The palace I just mentioned is at the junction of the autumn and dead seasons. The edge of the four seasons here fluctuates by several hundred meters. When the autumn season expands, there will be more food, but the corresponding danger will also be greater."
Monroe nodded repeatedly, "My eyes were attacked when I was eating mushrooms. It was that mushroom that attacked me!"
He looked indignant, "Then I pressed the mushroom and ate it!"
(End of this chapter)
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