Two Cities, I build mecha in Picheng

Chapter 257 The blue bird pendant, the goddess of the wind appears

"you are……?"

The haze in the breathing station had not completely dissipated, and the old woman could not open her eyes, and did not recognize Li Lin's voice.

"I'm Li Lin, a craftsman of the Gilaman family." Li Lin quickly introduced himself.

"Ahem... so you, my child." The old woman took a breath of dust and couldn't help coughing twice.

This is the name that was shouted in the breathing station hall just now.

Even though she hadn't heard much about Li Lin, she still had a rough idea of ​​what kind of person he was after just now.

However, the old woman's face showed a little loneliness, "I'm a follower of Janna, that's right."

She showed Li Lin a wooden pendant worn in her worn coat.

It was a handmade blue bird pendant with a lifelike appearance.

The quality of the wood used for carving is not good, there are many mottled impurities on the pendant, and the color is relatively dull.

However, Li Lin could tell that the old lady loved the blue bird pendant very much.

Even if her own living conditions and environment were not good, she never allowed it to be stained with the slightest bit of dirt.

Li Lin stared at the pendant for a moment, "You should have prayed to Janna all the time, right?"

Talking about the issue of faith, the old woman regained her spirits all of a sudden, "Yes child, I have prayed like the goddess of wind since the beginning of this disaster..."

She paused for two seconds, then sighed heavily, "Unfortunately, the goddess didn't respond to me."

"Have you ever met Janna?" Li Lin was afraid that the old woman might misunderstand, so he hurriedly explained: "Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to offend your beliefs, I just want to know about the Goddess of Wind."

"Of course it's okay!" Upon hearing this, the old woman immediately beamed with joy, "These days, there are really not many young people who are willing to understand the Goddess of Wind..."

Li Lin nodded, what the old lady said was not bad at all.

When the Shurima Empire was still alive, it was ordered that the belief in "false gods" was prohibited, and all the statues of Janna were torn down.

But the warriors of the gods cannot protect the sailors from the influence of the storm.

There are policies and measures to counter.

The believers of Janna did not convert because of this, but began to wear the blue bird amulet and continued to pray to her for protection.

Janna really started to have a crisis of faith before and after the people of Zaun dug the Isthmus of Zaun into canals and straits.

People began to gradually reduce their dependence on the Goddess of Storms and concentrate their dreams on their own mechanism design.

In addition to the "big collapse" incident in which the canal was failed, Janna, who saved thousands of people, seemed to have gained a lot of beliefs as if she had "returned to the light".

But that incident also consumed most of her strength.

As time passed, the Hinomon Sea Gate was successfully completed, and people began to pay attention to technology again.

Instead of recovering, Janna's power became weaker and weaker, so that she couldn't even perform basic manifestations, almost to the point of dissipating.

This is what Li Lin learned about the Goddess of Wind based on his own and the legendary records in some previous books.

But this kind of thing, her devout believers may also know some folk stories that have not been recorded.

Li Lin thought about it for a while.

Now the source of the disaster has been controlled by the mechanical engineers, and the engineering support from the academy carrying relief supplies will arrive soon.

Not to mention the assistance from Silko and Van der, Heimerdinger and Karina who received the news will also mobilize the academy and other families to come to the rescue.

In other words, he doesn't need to be busy with other things right now.

Of course, Li Lin had no hope for the group of people other than Gilamann, Myrdalda, and the Philos family.

Gilamann has always supported the construction of Zaun because of his promotion.

Mydarda and Philos have charitable funds to aid the poor of Zaun.

Although the relief funds invested each year are only a drop in the bucket compared to the profits they make, they did it anyway.

As for other families, apart from building some heavily polluting factories in Zaan and hiring Zaan labor at extremely low prices, they have almost no one and contribution to Zaun.

"You start from the beginning, now I have time." Li Lin said in a pleading tone.

Then, the old woman began to tell the legend about Janna, the goddess of wind.

In very ancient times, people began to try to conquer the ocean.

With the shipbuilding and navigation technology at that time, there were almost no ships, and no one could survive the ocean storm.

Gradually, people began to pray to the wind.

Not only sailors who need to go to sea, but also those oppressed who are oppressed by power and yearn for change.

Therefore, the meaning of Janna's title of "Storm's Wrath" is also to carry away the brutal and cruel rule of the tyrant with the winds of change.

This meaning is often used in the future to satirize the Shurima Empire's ban on the belief in Janna.

As the people prayed, they were surprised to find that the wind would occasionally answer them.

Sometimes it may be a sky-blue blue bird standing on the bow, followed by a strong wind blowing the sails.

Sometimes before a storm is approaching, sailors preparing to go to sea will hear a clear and melodious whistle warning.

In the era when the world lived with the gods, these strange events were passed on by word of mouth, and the frequency of that blue bird appeared more and more frequently.

Later, some people even saw it transformed into a young and beautiful girl with long pointed ears and long silver hair flowing like a breeze, standing on the bow of the boat sailing with the wind, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Gradually, people called her Jan Alem, the original name of Janna, the goddess of wind.

In Old Shurima, it means "guardian".

The old woman had a pious smile on her face, clutching the blue bird pendant tightly in her hand, as if she had finished speaking about the birth of Naga while praying.

Her story is not much different from Li Lin's impression.

But what the old woman said next surprised him: "I met Janna, but that was when I was 17 years old, four or fifty years ago."

"Can you tell me in detail?!" Li Lin asked nervously.

As long as he can see Janna, according to his original idea, combined with today's events, a win-win situation can be reached in advance.

The old woman sighed, "Rather than seeing her face with my own eyes, it's better to say that she intentionally appeared to encourage me..."

She paused for a few seconds, seeming to be thinking of words: "At that time, my life was not satisfactory. The father who raised me died in a mine accident. The head of the miner bullied me when I was young, and he didn't even give me the last pension left by my father. .

"Later, because I had no money to renew the rent, my landlord kicked me out and didn't even let me tidy up...although there were only some old clothes.

"I was wandering in the lower city of the middle square, grabbing moldy sandwiches with ferocious plague rats in the garbage dump, sleeping at night with only a few sheets of damp cardboard to keep out the cold, and even being reduced to the streets in the gutter.

"Just when I lost hope of living and was about to fall into the arms of the sheep spirit, the only relic left by my father, that is, this blue bird pendant he carved in his spare time, made me dispel this idea."

"I began to pray to Janna just like my father did, every day, and this became the motivation that supported me to live."

As she said that, the old woman had a nostalgic expression on her face, "Later, I met a group of hooligans who forbade me to pick up garbage in the neighborhood where I had been wandering for several months, saying that it was their territory and that this was homeless people. Daily life with orphans.

"I didn't listen to them, and when I was caught by them for the second time, the gang leader wanted to teach me a lesson.

"I prayed to the wind again, and luckily, the wind answered me this time... She is a beautiful goddess just like in the legend, but only I can see her!
"She waved her hand casually, and a fierce gust of wind blew away the stunned gangsters, and threw them heavily into the foul-smelling ditch, scaring them away.

"She kissed me on the cheek, 'Everything will be fine', 'I will always be by your side', she said to me, and I still remember You Xin's words."

When she said the last two sentences, the old woman's voice was choked up, and tears rolled down her cheeks that had been carved by time.

Her story not only attracted Li Lin, but even the refugees who crowded around and could hear her experience were silent, and many of them shed tears with her.

Li Lin took a deep breath, feeling very uncomfortable.

"Sorry kid, I'm a little emotional."

The old woman wiped her face with her dirty cuff.

"I believe what happened today wasn't that Janna didn't want to appear, but that she was really powerless... Now, not to mention believing in Janna, there are fewer and fewer people who even know her.

"If she still has divine power, this kind of haze is not a problem for her at all.

"Perhaps, the reason why she didn't respond to my request was because she wasted her strength to help those who need help more than me."

Li Lin nodded, "You are right."

The old woman seemed surprised by his reaction, "You actually..."

"I actually think what you said is true?" Li Lin smiled and said what she wanted to express next.

The old woman was silent for a moment, "Forgive my impoliteness, I thought that no one among young people believes in gods anymore."

"Gods... I've seen them too. In Shurima, they call themselves god warriors."

Li Lin stared at the old woman and said earnestly, "I witnessed the recovery and rise of the desert emperor, and the desert city rose from the 'golden ocean'."

Not only the old woman, but everyone around who heard Li Lin's words had expressions of astonishment.

The rumors of God-Emperor Azir and the City of the Sun have not even spread across Shurima.

Not to mention the poor people in Zaan who have no money to buy newspapers and are running around for their livelihoods. They have no sources of news at all, and they will not pay attention to these illusory legends.

"Can I see your blue bird pendant?" Li Lin noticed some hesitation on the old woman's face, "Don't worry, I promise I won't break it...Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't want to."

Most of the haze in the breathing station has been filtered, reaching an acceptable level for them.

The old woman opened her eyes and saw Li Lin wearing a battle armor in front of her, with a little surprise on her face again.

The demigod who can see Shurima must also be a person favored by the gods...

After thinking about it, she stretched out her skinny and calloused hand, and handed the pendant to Li Lin.

"Thank you."

Li Lin thanked him, and immediately started "data-based thinking", and took a look at the attributes of the pendant.

A very ordinary pendant, but it has the attribute of "Favour of the Goddess of Wind".

Apparently, this devotee of the Wind Goddess has been blessed by Janna.

Li Lin took a deep breath, imitating how he saw the old woman at the beginning, holding the blue bird pendant in both hands, and said silently in his heart:

Janna, if you can hear my voice, please answer me, I can help you regain your faith.

Facing the eyes of the old woman and the people around him mixed with various emotions, he kept repeating this sentence many times.

Unfortunately, the miracle did not happen.

Even devout believers can't get Janna's mercy again, and it's even more impossible for Li Lin, a person who has no faith at all, to call her.

What the hell am I doing...

He laughed helplessly at himself, and returned the blue bird pendant to the old woman.

"It's always good to have faith, Master Li Lin." A middle-aged man next to him who also seemed to be a Jana believer comforted him.

The man was guarding a little girl about seven or eight years old who looked very thin and somewhat malnourished, probably his daughter.

"After all, with the sustenance of the soul, we have the motivation to live."

"Thank you."

Li Lin nodded to him, ready to consider making a large air filter to purify the toxic air in Zaun.

But before he activated the plasma thrusters to take off, the old woman suddenly stopped him: "My child, the goddess of the wind...I can feel her!"

At the same time, even though he was wearing a battle armor, Li Lin still felt a soft cool breeze.

Immediately afterwards, a faint, illusory and weak voice rang out from the depths of his mind: "What is your condition?"

(End of this chapter)