"You will see the twin flowers when you cross the deep valley."
"When I arrived in Monta, bright red flower buds were already emerging on the tree canopy. Once they fully bloom, even in the city of Upper Dallas, you can see twin flowers."
Chuck said in a low voice, "The commander told me not to tell you, but it doesn't really matter whether I tell you or not. You'll see it on the way."
Lin Feng's expression shifted slightly as he glanced at the two people sitting opposite him; neither of them seemed to blame Chuck.
It seems everyone's here for the twin flowers?
Or perhaps they've grown accustomed to this chaotic world and simply don't care about another danger.
"Does the flowering period only last three days?" Lin Feng asked.
“Not necessarily,” F. Rost took over the conversation, smiling as he said, “According to records, the time when the twin flowers bloom is related to the number of people who die around them. Since there are few wars around Upper Dallas, the twin flowers here will not last more than three days.”
Three days?
Lin Feng was quite willing to believe this deduction, but reality was far from that.
"Are you a magician who studies twin flowers?" Carlos Rost's gaze was sharp as lightning. Their eyes met for a moment, silencing the carriage for a few seconds.
"No," Lin Feng replied.
“Excessive curiosity about the unknown is not a good thing,” F. Rost’s voice was full of philosophical wisdom.
“Hmm…” Lin Feng opened his eyes wide with interest: “But losing curiosity is not a good thing either.”
F. Rost smiled slightly and did not continue the conversation.
However, Lin Feng became interested. Having finally managed to strike up a conversation, he felt it would be a waste not to test the waters a little: "But I found an ancient book that says..."
The two siblings couldn't help but prick up their ears. With his eyes closed, F. Rost resisted the urge to open them and turned his eyes toward Lin Feng.
"The blooming of twin flowers is actually the erosion of the real world by the spiritual realm."
Forehead...
this...
The two siblings opened their eyes, their pure white gazes revealing no emotion whatsoever.
This was the first time they had heard this claim.
Lin Feng, who was opposite them, had been watching the two of them. Seeing that they did not respond, he shrugged as if joking and did not offer any further explanation.
It's enough to leave them with some curiosity for now. He can't explain these things all at once. If he tells them directly that this is a sign that the gods are pushing for a new Holy Communion, the people in front of him might just lose all their sanity. Besides, if he explains a bunch of terms to them, they probably won't understand either.
Moreover, talking about it too much is tantamount to telling them that God wants to eat you up, but you are not delicious enough, and they will wait until you go crazy.
At this moment, the carriage drove into a burned-out ruin. Some human remains were thrown on the ground and were carelessly run over by the carriage before approaching a cave entrance at the foot of the mountain.
Chuck peeked out and lit the candles on the carriage.
As Lin Feng watched the candlelight gradually brighten, he spoke mysteriously to the air, "I can sense that it's a place far more terrifying than the world we live in... Perhaps the Twin Flowers can help us unlock the secrets of that world, as well as the secrets of our world."
Chuck scratched his head, listening to Lin Feng's strange words, and some thoughts inexplicably arose in his mind, but he knew nothing about them and did not know how to put them into words.
After a few moments of silence, the carriage entered the dark tunnel completely. Under the candlelight, after a long period of contemplation, F. Rost said, "Since the start of the war, Aquig's twin flowers have never withered..."
Aquig can be reached by going upstream along the mouth of Monta's city, through the entire mountain range, and all the way to the interior of the continent.
Continuing upstream along the river until you reach the depths of the plain behind Aquig, you will find another enormous tree canopy, a twin flower that occupies most of the plain and continuously spreads endless red spores toward the sky.
“These are his petals.”
Suddenly, F. Rost took out a small piece of red substance.
"Fei?!" Carlo Rost grabbed her arm urgently, and before he could say anything more, Fei Rost handed the thing in her hand to Lin Feng.
“He might know something.” Fei was very calm. She sensed that there were some secrets between them, and if these secrets were to be revealed, someone had to take the initiative.
Lin Feng did not take the petal. He examined it carefully for a few moments and saw plant textures that resembled flesh and blood.
Alive...and alive with flesh and blood.
if...
Lin Feng suddenly connected certain things in his mind. If this thing was caused by the overlap of two worlds, then...could it be a product of some human's immersion, or the result of excessive immersion...?
Of course, it's also possible that it's not a complete person, but merely a product of some flawed will.
"What did you find?" Fei asked curiously, moving closer. Her clear voice drowned out the vibrations from the turning wheels inside the carriage, causing everyone to look at Lin Feng.
"uncertain..."
Lin Feng was in a bit of a dilemma; he couldn't very well say that he thought it was something that humans had evolved from.
Then imagine the possibility that you might become a monster after death and kill your living comrades—how hopeless that world would be. Everything thus became a cycle, shaping and filling this world of "circular" war.
"Is this Aquig's twin flower?"
“Yes.” Fei’s gaze remained fixed on Lin Feng, finding no sign of him yielding. She then put away the flower petals in her hand. “A friend of mine accidentally swallowed a small piece of the twin flower…”
Um... Lin Feng couldn't help but widen his eyes in disbelief.
"And then..." Chuck broke the silence, asking with difficulty.
“A new twin flower grew within his body,” Fei replied, “but it soon withered away.”
Images flashed through her mind: she watched as her friend tore open her mouth, withered away bit by bit, and turned into a pool of rotten mud at the feet of the twin flowers.
As the memories faded, her gaze met Lin Feng's once again. This time, she saw no surprise; his calm expression held a hint of doubt, which he ultimately kept hidden in his heart.
This person definitely knows something!
"We've looked up some information, and magicians who come into contact with twin flowers for a long time are extremely prone to decay."
Decay, in the game, manifests as transforming into a gigantic, deformed monster enveloped in liquid black magic. The specific effect is that physical resistance decay and magic resistance decay will cause the corresponding defense to double.
Immersion can be seen as a kind of divine evolution, while decay is a transformation when you can't win.
And in this real world...
"Decayation?" Chuck exclaimed, his legs suddenly tightening and trembling uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Lin Feng asked, "You've seen him before?"
"I..." Chuck tried his best to control his body, but the panic on his face did not lessen; instead, it began to twitch.
What kind of experience could make him so flustered by a single word?
A long silence followed, and Chuck's flustered eyes seemed to have already revealed some long-buried secrets; he had witnessed decay...
If these two magicians came to Upper Dallas specifically for this item...
A few years ago, the twin flowers of Upper Dales bloomed, destroying half of Upper Dales, but in the end, it was decay that defeated the giant insect... Clearly, someone in Upper Dales has mastered the method of controlling decay.
As Chuck lowered his head in fear, Lin Feng also remembered something about decay.
The only thing in the game that can be associated with decay is a set of inscriptions called "Food".
Food... The decaying inscription is called Food...
In reality, it's hard not to suspect that this situation could be dangerous.
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