Returning from the abyss

Chapter 630 Yoshimitsu Kataha
Ink-like black dips into the gold of the sky, and the diffused mist explains last night's dream.

This is how the night in the outer city falls, at least compared to the wasteland and the outer city, here you can indeed see the change between day and night, instead of the sky gradually getting darker and then slightly brighter.Lu Ning and his party walked along the empty road, guided by some distinctive landmarks, and slowly found the "address" that they had not given themselves.

In this uninhabited city, everyone finally smelled a "human" smell, which was the smell emitted by the flames stirring the air, mixed with the sweet smell of food.It can be seen that it used to be a temple. Of course, like other buildings, it has long been abandoned, leaving nothing but a huge shell and the inner temple.There was a strong and bright fire in the temple, and seven people gathered around the fire, and tents were scattered around it.

"Seven people?" Yan Rong was slightly surprised when he saw the number of people, but Lu Ning didn't care too much. The seven people were different from the prototype of the seven nobles in terms of appearance, age, and gender, so there was no need to worry about the numbers. so sharp.

Sitting closest to the fire was a young man with blond hair. He was wearing the most common brown-yellow adventure suit, with various small gadgets hanging everywhere.The young man was holding a huge ham in his hand. He had cut off the moldy part of the outside. He was using a knife to peel off pieces of meat and handed them to a big man beside him. Roasting is where the flavor comes from.In addition to these two people, two young women who look like red-haired twins are preparing a pot of ingredients. One of them throws all kinds of food into the pot, and with a snap of his fingers, clear springs will flow into the pot.After she closed the lid, the other pressed her hands on both sides of the pot, and within a few seconds, white steam began to spray out from the small hole in the lid.

At the same time, a middle-aged man with a long beard was squatting far away from the fire, peeling fruit, and the last two men in armor were chopping vegetables and making drinks.At first glance, this group of people thought it was a group of professional chefs who came to this wilderness to cook.

Even when Lu Ning and the others walked into the entrance of the main hall, these people ignored them.

"We found it based on the address we haven't given." Lu Ning said directly, "Then... someone here is the 'boss' in her mouth?"

After she finished speaking, the blond young man peeling ham finally turned his head.One of his eyes was blindfolded, and his expression was indifferent. After seeing Lu Ning, he just nodded and didn't speak.

"Did you say that you would come to talk to us about the Dark Sage?" the big man asked.

"If you are not only for this, I think we have more things to talk about." Lu Ning said, "You formed Jiguang Pianyu?"

"We are Jiguang Katyu, and those people are just some suitable people we arranged in the outer city." The big man shook his head lightly, "Looking at you, you should know something about the past of the outer city and the inner city, and you have some knowledge about these people. interest?"

"Of course I'm interested." Lu Ning nodded.

"Do all the treasures you have obtained come from here in the inner city?" Jean asked.

"Most of them come from here, we don't leave often. Some insignificant treasures here are just taking up space... Gold is almost everywhere in the inner city, as long as you have the life and ability to get it." The big man took a plate , began to stack the baked ham on top, and said in a leisurely tone, "You are not the first batch of people we have seen, and you must not be the last batch. There are no rules in the outer city here. As long as you don't enter the noble territory, you are free to explore Any place, including the capital."

The meaning in this sentence is vaguely like asking Lu Ning and others to go to the capital.

"So, have you been there?"

"No." The big man shook his head. "We have our own plans and arrangements. You are here on an adventure, but we have goals."

"The soup is ready!" A red-haired woman beckoned.

"If you bring food, we can eat and talk here, but we won't share it. It's hard to get food in the inner city," said the big man.

The composition of these seven people is the original Yoshimitsu Kataha.It's not hard to guess the identities of these people. The blond-haired young man is the legendary "Dawn and Twilight", but he is obviously not a lone ranger, but has these companions around him.The big man is not well-known. He introduced himself as the historian Tahan. He met Chen and Dusk because of his interest, and later joined his team.The fruit peeler claimed to be a mercenary, and his name was also a mercenary. He didn't like to mention his past, and his temper was rather dull.

The two twin sisters are the rumored "Red Orioles"—there are actually two assassins in this legend, and they were the last to join Yoshimitsu Kataha. Dawn and Twilight's hopes for the future intrigue the two assassins.

The two armored men were rescued by Chen Twilight and later became companions.

These introductions are actually just the simplest explanations. Obviously, the people of Jiguang Katyu do not know them as well as Lu Ning and others. At most, Sister Hongying prefers to talk about herself, so she said a few more words.

"Let's stop here for mutual introduction." Chen Duo finally spoke, his voice was a little hoarse, "You know the dark sage, you also know some of the past in the inner city, and you probably know a little about our goal of Jiguang Katayu, but even if you know After these, you can’t say that you have the information we need.”

"What do you need?" asked Jean.

"The whereabouts of the king. The weaknesses of the seven nobles. Where is the most precious treasure. Where did the people go in the past." Chen Duo raised several difficult questions, and no one here could answer them.

"Yoshimitsu Kataha... We have collected a lot of 'past'. The king made his memories into treasures and sealed them everywhere, and we are on the road to restore everything. You know the environment of the outer city, I don't think that kind of life is a good thing, especially knowing how prosperous the world used to be."

After taking a sip of the soup in the morning and evening, he looked a little more relaxed.

"The once prosperous here can be felt just by looking at the city." Li Yiju said.

"So this is the strangest... How did such prosperity disappear? The king's power, power, glory and prestige have reached an unprecedented level, and the things he decides can always be echoed. Although there are some voices against the king, but for For the kingdom at that time, it was all just tricks, and the biggest loss was the murder of Isabel, the highest medical officer of the kingdom at that time. From a historical point of view, this was indeed a blow to the prosperous kingdom at that time, but Isabel’s team is still there, she There are also quite a few students, and it will not lead to inexplicable decline later." Tahan began to talk eloquently as soon as history was mentioned.

"The problem must be the king himself." Yan Rong shrugged, "From what you can hear, the king is almost a deified figure. Since he is a deified figure, there must be some distortion. At least in my opinion, He should be a talented king, but not a perfect saint."

"Unfortunately, there are not many historical records about this. No one will criticize the disasters that happened during the king's reign, because those are things that already existed, and the king has done everything he can to govern. Maybe this can It shows that he is indeed not a god, and he cannot solve everything with a wave of his hand, but many of his decisions have been proven effective. Even some sacrifices are considered valuable." Tahan took out a few notebooks from a box , "I have made a lot of records of the stories that happened here, especially Treasure... I think you have also been in contact with Treasure, right?"

Lu Ning and the others nodded, knowing that what he was referring to was not the treasure itself but the memories attached to the treasure.

"In a series of incidents, the king actually experienced many unusual things. He and the trusted officials he organized tried their best to deal with everything. These are the achievements of the king in history. But through Judging from the memory of the treasure, the king himself was not particularly satisfied with the result."

"He will definitely not be satisfied. You said before, pay the price, pay the sacrifice. In fact, I think the king paid a lot of similar things in every disaster." Liu Yunqing said, "I can't feel the king's thoughts, but just From my own selfish point of view, if a friend whom I regard as a family member sacrificed his life to save some people, even if this is something she and I have long been mentally prepared for, I will always feel a little uncomfortable inside."

"It's human nature," Tahan said.

"The problem is that things like this have happened too many times." Lu Ning tugged at the collar, "If you accidentally lose a treasure, then you will learn the lesson, prepare yourself mentally, and take more precautions. In short, he will use many methods to ensure that this will not happen next time. But for the king, he is actually constantly losing. The more precious the officials who are devoted to training, the talents who are recruited under his command, and the companions who are born and died The memory of the king becomes more painful when it is lost."

"So... he used this method?" Tahan raised his eyebrows, "Now we can no longer analyze the king's psychology."

"But we have memories, don't we?" Zhu Qinyuan raised his head and said, "At least when I merged with Caibao, all I heard was the king's apology—apologizing, but not going to correct it, in a line where right and wrong go hand in hand. Struggling forward on the road of life, I would rather abandon these precious memories than let these memories start to rot and become painful."

"Can you still feel it? Zhu Qinyuan?" Yan Rong looked at her in surprise.

"The fusion hasn't disappeared, has it? The Vera in the king's memory is not someone who gives up easily, and I guess it is the same in reality. Do you know? Some memories will slowly fade over time, but some will fade over time. It is more and more unforgettable, these memories of the king are the latter!"

Zhu Qinyuan pressed his forehead, feeling very unhappy.

"We probably know a little bit about these things. But the only problem is, after digging out these memories and discarding the emotions of the past, what about the king?" Chen Twilight said in a hoarse voice, "We have set foot on more than fifty ruins , The treasures found are countless, everyone has been tortured by the king's crazy and painful memories, but where are others? He should at least give up everything to make this country continue to be strong, right?"

No one can say this answer, not even a dark sage - Zhu Qinyuan has already asked.

But at this time, a sentence flashed in Lu Ning's mind, something she heard a long time ago.

——[My past, my memory, and my thoughts make up my whole body. I will not accept any situation that affects my integrity, at least not when I can choose.There can be no gaps in my memory. 】

At first Lu Ning just thought that it was some kind of personal paranoid thought caused by her past experience, but later she felt that there was probably something she didn't want to forget.But now that he suddenly remembered this sentence, Lu Ning broke into a cold sweat instantly... Those who are best at overall foresight may have already noticed it.

"What's the matter, Lu Ning?" Yan Rong, who was sitting next to her, noticed that Lu Ning's breathing was a little short. She knew that Lu Ning suddenly had an emotional suppression effect yesterday. Although it was more controllable after the fusion, passive suppression is also quite good. Powerful, it is obvious that she thought of something wrong to cause Lu Ning to have such obvious emotional ups and downs.

"Let me go out for a while, I need to gather my thoughts."

Lu Ning stood up in a panic, and quickly walked out of the door.What she is thinking about now is not just the problem in the scene, because it has already involved her own fundamentals, if she doesn't want to be clear, she can't continue to participate in this conversation at all.

Everyone didn't stop her, Lu Ning went outside, took a deep breath of the cold night air in the city, and calmed down her mind.

Is memory as important as soul?
Is the self who lost his memory still the original self?

Lu Ning seldom thinks about this kind of philosophical issues, because she doesn't like to get herself into a state of self-destruction.It's just not too late, and it's not too late to think about this issue.

She had already faintly noticed some things, but she didn't want to say it just because she wasn't sure.But some things have long been the facts in front of them-the people of the fifth level must have many extraordinary strengths, but why did they set up an organization here and never leave?Not to mention anything else, there are nearly a hundred people who survived the war at the end of the last era, only the superior Golden Dawn of the Rosary Cross. Those who specialize in magic can even create their own spells by entering magic scenes, but no one of this level returns.

And a long time ago, it seemed that when Lu Ning was just a newcomer, she had been reminded.

[People above the fourth level are very concerned about this. 】

If the pollution of the soul is divided into five categories, what about the loss of memory?Will it be like the scars left after the removal of diseased organs?
(End of this chapter)