Chapter 250 The Real Murderer
The step of asking for the name is not done casually. Knowing your own name is very important in mysticism, which means having a solid understanding of yourself.
The world is idealistic, and solid cognition is the foundation of everything. Even a powerful being like the evil god cannot have self-cognition. Therefore, although it is powerful, no organization attempts to cooperate with the evil god. They are all trying to seize their power.
And this fishman knows his own name, which probably means that he has really lived, whether as a human or as a fishman.
Memories can be false, but self-seriousness can only be deflected, not fabricated.
A name is the shortest spell.
"Fabian" at least really existed in this world. Even if this fishman now is not him, he is the echo of this existence.
The lookout paused briefly, then responded at Chloe's prompting: "Have you heard of Jeremiah?"
"Jeremiah?" The fishman stretched out his hand to scratch his head, but because his arm was too short to reach it, he looked down at his hand in confusion, and then replied: "I have some impression of him. Isn't he the captain of the Black Pearl? I heard that he has become very rich recently."
"When was the last time you saw him?"
The fishman's expression gradually became alert: "What does this have to do with you?"
The lookout rolled his eyes, took out a pocket watch from his pocket and handed it over: "Hey, help me, I have something to ask him."
The fishman picked up the pocket watch, looked down at it with some difficulty, and then grinned: "You are really generous. It has been almost two months since I last saw him. I have a lot of news about him. Is there anything else you want to ask?"
“Are there many ships out to sea recently?”
"Going to sea? What ship do you mean?"
"All of them."
"There must be a lot of them, uh, uh." It suddenly frowned and muttered to itself in some strange way: "It seems that there are no ships going out to sea recently?"
"Not only does it have self-awareness, it also has long-term memory, and even the memory of the most recent period is correct! ? "
The several Fire Chasing Moths on the airship looked at each other in bewilderment.
This is not something that can be explained by [dream entry].
People who [enter dreams] often have only a few obsessions, such as living a normal life or going to work. Apart from this obsession that is strong enough to override reality, those people are essentially just empty shells.
But the fish-man monster in front of him had clear logic, answered questions normally, and could even recall short-term and medium-term memories. This was a little too incredible.
Could it really be a human being, and then suddenly turned into a murloc? How could this be possible? How could a human turn into a murloc? These two creatures are completely unrelated. It is a fantasy from any angle.
After trying to ask a few other fishmen, the Fire Moths fell into confusion.
"There's nothing wrong with these islands anyway—except that the humans turned into murlocs."
“This situation is unlike anything we’ve ever encountered before.”
The lookout had already returned to the airship from the ladder: "How about killing a few murlocs and trying?"
Chloe hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Try firing a shot from the airship."
At this time, there was no one on the island in the airship. The few of them slightly increased the distance, beyond the range of muskets and bows and arrows, and Chloe picked up the bolt-action rifle.
A superhuman can keep his hands absolutely stable when holding a gun. Chloe can basically hit whatever she points. After she fired a few shots to calibrate, she knocked down a fishman with one shot.
This fishman was located in a downtown area. His sudden fall frightened the nearby fishmen, and the blood flowing on the ground caused panic among the fishmen who were unaware of the situation.
Because they were in a busy city, the panic spread instantly, but Chloe soon realized that something was wrong.
The panic didn't spread far before it gradually stopped.
After a bit of surprise, the fishmen gradually returned to their normal ways, busying themselves with hawking, working, patrolling, and bargaining.
The body of the murloc was still on the ground, and the rest of the murlocs simply walked around it as if it were an insignificant stone.
The people on the airship looked at each other and frowned.
The situation is getting weirder.
"Lower altitude," Chloe ordered.
The operator of the Noisy One was stunned for a moment, then revealed an expression of sudden realization. He understood what Chloe meant. Previously, the fishmen had been ignoring the airship, but what if the airship lowered its altitude to a level that they could no longer ignore? The airship slowly descended, and Chloe fired another shot. Then the airship descended again and almost landed on the ground. Chloe put the gun to the fishmen's heads and killed them. The fishmen were still panicking and still ignored the airship.
Chloe rolled off the airship, and amid the exclamations of the others, she took out a dagger and stabbed a murloc to death.
The other fishmen shouted in panic, pointing at Chloe. The harbor guards pushed through the crowd and rushed over, forcing Chloe to drop her weapons and surrender.
Chloe didn't move, just stood there with the dagger in her hand.
The patrols confronted Chloe for a while, then slowly dispersed. Even though Chloe still had a dagger in her hand, she just frowned and moved away, showing a wary expression.
Chloe waved at the airship, and the machine gun muzzle on the airship was retracted. The people on it were very anxious. Just now when she was surrounded by the patrol team, the Fire Moths almost opened fire.
Chloe didn't pay attention to the anxious calls of the people on the airship. She stood there thinking for a long time before climbing up the ladder back to the airship.
"These fishmen are vivid and lively, completely different from the rigid and repetitive people in the dream. After forcibly breaking their state, they became much more rigid. Whether it is their response or reaction, it is very stiff."
"And even if they are killed directly, they will not realize that their state is wrong. This is completely different from [Entering a Dream]."
Several Fire Moths looked at each other with confused expressions, while a few seemed to have guessed something and fell into deep thought.
People who [fall into dreams] are always somewhat doubtful about their condition. If they realize that something is wrong with them, they will wake up - even if waking up means death.
But these fishmen seemed to be unwilling to wake up. What kind of people could not be woken up?
Chloe's face became much gloomier - only those who pretend to be asleep can't be awakened.
"I can probably guess what's going on." She turned around and looked at the largest island in the distance. "Let's increase our altitude and go over there - to the Pirate King's Court, and see what the Pirate King is dreaming about."
(End of this chapter)
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