Jiang Ran didn't believe that the umbrella vendor's memory could be so bad. They remembered the last outsider who entered the town three years ago, so there was no reason why he, an outsider who entered the town yesterday, would be forgotten.
Judging from his expression, he didn't seem to be joking. The umbrella vendor in front of him had actually lost his memory of them? Jiang Ran turned his head and saw that the people around him were casting curious glances.
A child stretched out his hand: "Mommy, Mommy! It's a stranger! I haven't seen a stranger in so long!"
At this time yesterday, the child didn't seem to be here. Jiang Ran compared everything in front of him with what he saw when he came in yesterday and found that most of the people were different.
"Wait, could it be because we arrived in the evening yesterday, and it's morning now?"
Jiang Ran suspected that what happened here was probably not as simple as amnesia. He first told the umbrella vendor that he was joking, and then led the group behind him straight to the hotel!
He pushed open the hotel door; it was empty, with only a sign on the table—
The owner is not here, so the hotel is free; you can stay on your own.
Jiang Ran immediately went to the place where he had stayed the night before and found that there was no trace of him sleeping there. He then went to the room next door where Alansta and the others were staying, and found the same thing.
"Ha!" Shan Shang chuckled. "Look what trouble has come."
"Where did Aransta and the others go?"
Two people, a dog, a sickle, and a soul—they couldn't just vanish into thin air, could they?
"Based on the timeline, they should be at the library by now." Jiang Ran also felt things were getting complicated. "But whether this time is even correct is still up for debate!"
It seems that time in the entire Tianguang Town has been restarted and reset to this time yesterday!
Anyway, let's go to the library first!
As soon as the group went downstairs, they saw an old woman return to the hotel carrying a vegetable basket. She glanced at them, seemingly a little surprised, but didn't say anything. She simply returned to the front desk and took the sign away.
An old woman? Jiang Ran remembered that when she arrived at the hotel last night, the receptionist was a very young girl.
"Grandma, who are you?"
"You're asking me, old woman? Of course I'm the owner of this inn. Don't worry, by God's will, I only accept outsiders and will never charge any money. You can stay here with peace of mind."
"But remember, do not stay here for more than seven days. This is also God's will. We provide shelter for the homeless, but we want them to remember that they are still homeless."
Jiang Ran recalled what the receptionist girl had said last night: her grandmother had passed away last year. Could it be that the person appearing in front of everyone now wasn't a living person at all?
"May I ask one more question? Do you have another granddaughter?"
“That’s right, how did you know?” The old woman looked sad. “But she wasn’t a lucky child; she died of illness last year.”
He passed away last year?!
The granddaughter said her grandmother had passed away, and the grandmother said her granddaughter had passed away. They met the granddaughter when they came here at night, but met the grandmother when they came here during the day!
Gwen touched her head with one hand: "I feel like I'm getting a little confused."
Jiang Ran could only keep this matter in mind for the time being. His priority was to find Alansta and his group, so he didn't ask any more questions and went to the library first.
The town's library was small, with only four floors. As soon as the group arrived at the library entrance, they were stopped by a security guard: "You're outsiders, aren't you? Sign your names and register first. You don't have the right to borrow books, only the right to read them, understand?"
Jiang Ran was there to find someone, not to read books. Before signing, he asked the security guard, "Have other outsiders like us been to the library before?"
"Before? Who knows? My brother was on shift half an hour ago, and I just took over."
Unable to get any information from the security guard, Jiang Ran could only sign the form and enter the library. The library wasn't very big, and as long as Aransta and the others were inside, they could find it in less than ten minutes.
After the five people went inside, the security guard looked down at the autograph book.
"Flame Dragon Knight, Wind Eagle Knight, Black Rhino Knight, Snow Mastiff Knight, Earth Tiger Knight, these outsiders' names are really strange..."
Unfortunately, Jiang Ran couldn't find any trace of Alansta and his group. They weren't at the hotel or the library, and no one else he asked along the way had seen them either. Wasn't it obvious that something had happened?
It seems that the entire town of Tianguang has been restarted for some unknown reason. The local residents of Tianguang Town have not been affected in any other way, but Alansta and his group, as outsiders, may have experienced something they did not want to see during the restart.
Jiang Ran sat on the bench, casually picked up a book from the cabinet and started reading. He didn't really know why he was doing it; it was just a subconscious act.
This is a collection of poems praising the deity [Director].
Jiang Ran turned to the last page, her pupils suddenly contracting, because a line of large, gold-embossed characters was printed on it—
Jiang Ran, I knew you were here!
"[Director]...Back in your world, you didn't kill me outright, so why are you trying to scare me now? It's pointless."
Jiang Ran put the book back as if she had never read it.
"Hotels and libraries have been ruled out, and we haven't seen any residents along the way, so it's possible that they fell into a deep sleep like Gwen after the restart and didn't come out to move around."
The question is, where is the location?
If Gwen, a near-god, is in such a serious condition after being corrupted, then the situation of the others must be extremely dire! The highest-ranking among them, the big black dog, is only a "Wicked King," Arceus is a "Wicked One," and the other two are just ordinary people!
"We can only hope that they haven't been contaminated, or that the existence of a [miracle] can have some counteracting effect."
"well......"
Jiang Ran turned his head and saw that Shan Shang was sitting next to him, still sighing.
I didn't realize this guy would be sad over those guys.
"Such a big library, and it doesn't even have a single pornographic book?"
Forget it, Jiang Ran shouldn't have any feelings for this guy.
"Since it's not in the library, there's no need to stay here. We can look for clues later; let's find the person first!"
Jiang Ran looked out the window at the street below. Marid, the dog tycoon he had met before the restart, was now parading his five large dogs through the street.
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