The career of an evil alchemist started when he picked up the Mad Sword Girl

The first two times Rumi lost control were probably manifestations of "evoking a reaction."

She is irritable, easily frightened, and easily overreacts to trivial things. With just one word from Lu Lin, she can be frightened and attack Lu Lin directly. When the members of the Black Snail Gang attacked her, she even had her head screwed off in an instant. Come down.

As for Tanuki's daily behavior, it should be classified as an "avoidance reaction", but the situation is particularly serious.

The avoidance reaction of the average PTSD patient is nothing more than avoiding memories of the trauma he has experienced, refusing to talk about related topics, and staying away from all opportunities and events that may trigger related memories. He will also bury emotions, reduce interpersonal interactions, and keep away from others. Use distance to protect yourself.

Rumi's performance was particularly extreme because she was too serious. In order to protect her, her body directly stopped all thinking. She even slept for 23 hours a day for this purpose, let alone recalling specific events or coming into contact with specific opportunities. , I just put the whole person on standby for hosting, obviously to eliminate any possibility of recalling the past.

Obviously, Li Mi's body's self-protection is definitely not something to make a fuss about.

"Obsessive reactions," also known as intrusive memories, are the source of suffering for many PTSD patients.

Traumatic memories are forced into the mind, recreating the scene of the event in the form of flashbacks or nightmares, causing the individual to repeatedly experience the original emotions and feelings, with almost the same intensity.

It was obviously because of this that Numi lost control for the third time.

Lu Lin's questions induced her to fall into memories, which aroused her traumatic memories. The flashbacks once again dragged her into the scenes of past events, causing her severe pain.

Judging from Numi's performance at that time, we can see how terrifying her traumatic memory was.

It's no wonder her "avoidance response" is so extreme.

After figuring out all this, Lu Lin has a good idea of ​​how to get along with Li Mi in the future.

But as for how to help Li Mi treat PTSD in the future, Lu Lin was at a loss.

He didn't major in psychology. He had heard about PTSD, but when it came to treatment, he knew nothing about it.

What's more, given Li Mi's current situation, which is so extreme that she has basically given up thinking, conventional psychological treatment will probably be difficult to work.

If he really wants to help Numi, I'm afraid he will have to resort to some more unconventional means.

For example, a taboo technique that can peek into other people's experiences, or a special method that can directly help others remove certain memories.

Obviously, Lu Lin can't do this now.

But in the future, if he can be promoted to an advanced alchemist level or above, he may have a chance to find some solutions.

As for what he can do now...

On the one hand, he needs Tanuki to protect him, but on the other hand, he also has to protect Tanuki.

He definitely didn't want something like today to happen again.

"The long-term goal remains unchanged. Only by continuing to improve our abilities can we have a chance to solve this problem," Lu Lin touched his chin.

but……

His previous plan to make money here for three months with peace of mind may not go so smoothly. Most of the injuries on Li Mi's body were caused by the head-on conflict with the Holy Cult forces.

The other party is likely to know the general area where Numi disappeared, so he will issue a wanted notice nearby.

It would be okay if it was just a wanted person. Lu Lin didn't go to the town very often, and he also had a way to help Li Mi change her facial features. Originally, Li Mi's current temperament was far different from the one on the wanted warrant, and if she added a little In disguise, it should be difficult to detect.

I'm afraid that in addition to being wanted, these guys will also use other means to search for Li Mi's whereabouts.

After thinking about it, Lu Lin packed his life-saving pocket bag and went to the town again by himself.

Anyway, according to the information obtained, the Black Snail Gang is currently busy fighting among themselves, and no one should have time to deal with him.

What's more, compared to the behemoth of the Crusaders, the Black Snail Gang is really nothing.

After arriving in the town, Lu Lin went straight to Tang Bo without looking for anyone else, and revealed his identity as an alchemist to Tang Bo.

What surprised Lu Lin was that Tang Bo seemed to have known about Lu Lin's confession for a long time and didn't have much reaction.

After chatting, Lu Lin realized that Tang Bo had guessed that Debel's death was probably related to him.

After that, Lu Lin finally figured out which part of him had been exposed in the assassination of Debel.

Grew.

The taciturn Earth Spirit waiter turned out to be from the Black Snail Gang.

Moreover, according to Tombo, one day after Debel's death, Gru suddenly disappeared, along with the leader and cronies of the Black Snail Gang.

After hearing this, Lu Lin fell into silence.

It sounds like Gru was probably present on the day he was attacked.

It was just that the sky was dark that day and the scene was chaotic. Before the war started, Lu Lin had not seen the faces of those people clearly, and after the war, he had not looked carefully at their dead faces, so Lu Lin did not realize that Gru was among them. .

According to Tombo, the night he discovered that Gru was missing, he had some guesses and even thought about whether to report to Lu Lin.

But after thinking about it, he felt that if Lu Lin really had this ability, he wouldn't have behaved like that in the past days. In addition, he heard that Lu Lin had appeared in the underground treasures in the next two days, so he completely put this matter aside. The child was forgotten.

Now that Lu Lin found him, although he was a little surprised, he was somewhat mentally prepared.

"So, you came to me now because you want to invite me out for dinner and chat?" Tang Bo asked.

"Let's do this next time. I'm not here to help you. Why don't I invite you out for dinner every day?" Lu Lin was speechless. "I came to you because I wanted you to do me a favor."

"It's easy to say," Tang Bo said cheerfully, "I took it for granted before and didn't report to you. I'm quite ashamed now. Fortunately, you're fine. If you have any questions, just tell me. I will help if I can."

"Well," Lu Lin nodded, "Did you see the wanted notice that the Holy Crusaders put on before?"

"Look, I saw it..." Tang Bo was a little surprised, "You don't want me to help you pay attention to the wanted criminals, do you? I didn't tell you, he is already wanted, how could he still run to the tavern, and even if it is true, You came to the tavern, you have to wait until I tell you about this, the bounty has already been taken away by others, right?"

"No, of course I don't mean that," Lu Lin shook his head. "I want to say that since the Crusaders are looking for someone nearby, I don't believe they will just post a wanted notice. Maybe they will issue one later. Some related tasks, I want you to help me pay attention to the Crusaders. If they come to the town again or if there is any news, please remember to come to me as soon as possible and tell me. If I can really negotiate with them then, what can I achieve? Business, buddy, I’ll treat you to a whole roasted lamb.”

Upon hearing this, Tang Bo's eyes suddenly lit up and he asked in surprise: "Is this true?"

"I swear on my money bag!" Lu Lin said solemnly.

"Hey! That's what you said," Tangbo grinned, "Don't say it, I have a piece of news right now. It is said that about five miles downstream from the town, the Crusaders are setting up a large-scale The magic circle is said to be short of manpower and some alchemy products. Many people in the town have gone to help with the work. How about it? This news should be what you want, right?"

After hearing this, Lu Lin was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly asked: "Ah, yes! But wait, do you know what this magic circle is used for?"

"What else can it be used for? To find wanted criminals. Didn't you also say that they can't just put up a wanted warrant?" Tang Bo spread his hands, "It is said that these wanted warrants are distributed in many areas. , is used to scare the wanted criminal, so that she will not think about escaping from the wanted area, and can hide for a period of time, waiting for the Holy Army's magic circle to be completed. It is said that by then, within a radius of several hundred miles, no matter where it is, Wherever the wanted criminal is hiding, even if she digs a hole and hides her in the soil, this magic circle can dig her out of the ground!"

Chapter 33 I can’t run but I can’t escape, I can’t fight but I can’t fight

Lu Lin had thought that for the "great hero" who had helped them defeat the A-level dungeon, it was absolutely impossible for these dogs to just put out a bunch of wanted notices and ignore them.

But Lu Lin didn't expect that they would overturn the table.

The tracking array covers a radius of hundreds of miles. Once this plug-in level array is deployed, Tanuki will never be able to hide it.

I couldn't even run away if I wanted to.

Riding an ox cart for hundreds of miles?

How many fucking days would it take to make it possible?

Not to mention that the other party may block the area near the canyon. Ordinary disguises may be able to deceive others, but if they bump into the Crusaders, no one knows whether it will work.

After promising to go out and roast a whole lamb, Lu Lin returned home immediately.

He has to do something.

Allowing the situation to continue developing like this is tantamount to sitting back and waiting for death.

After leaving food and gray cloud mushroom medicine on the table for Tanuki, Lu Lin put on the shabby clothes that he often wore.

Then, he put on the very familiar backpack, picked up the old walking stick used as a hiking stick, locked the door, prepared fodder for the cattle, and then walked all the way up the river along the river.

He wanted to go to the Crusader's construction site to see for himself.

As for why I chose this look.

After all, alchemists are rare in the town, and Lu Lin doesn't want to stand out too much.

And now only a few people in the town know that he can do alchemy. In most people's perception, he is still the stingy person who collects materials for a living.

As for what you can do after watching the scene, only then will you know.

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more than an hour later.

"Well, there are six silver and seventeen coppers in total. Please keep your six silver and twenty coppers," the town guard said, pushing a pile of coins into the hands of a man in plain clothes.

The man took the coin and looked at it.

Two large copper coins, six silver coins, a penny a lot.

"Well, thanks," the man accepted the coins, picked up the empty basket, and turned to leave.

As soon as he turned around, his brows suddenly wrinkled.

He saw a familiar round-eared man standing not far away looking towards here.

"Lulin? Why did you find this guy?" The man muttered secretly, "Damn it, here comes another business thief..."

After giving Lu Lin an unhappy look, the man quickened his pace and disappeared into the woods in a blink of an eye.

Looking at the man's leaving figure, Lu Lin touched his chin.

Lu Lin didn't care about the other person's eyes. In fact, almost every colleague he met here would give him the same look.

Not far ahead is where the Crusaders have deployed their magic circle.

It's just that the situation at the scene was a bit different from Lu Lin's imagination.

Lu Lin originally thought that the other party would open up a large piece of flat land in the canyon and then arrange a magic circle in the open air.

But what he finally found was a cave under the cliff. Many wooden sheds were erected in front of the cave, some of which were for people to live in, and some of which were used to receive migrant workers.

Those who maintained order and handled business seemed to be town guards. Judging from the number of people, the Holy Cult estimated that they had drawn [-]% of the town's armed forces.

It's no wonder that even though the civil strife in the Black Snail Gang is a good opportunity to rectify the local forces, I haven't heard of the mayor taking any action. It turns out that all his subordinates have been transferred here.

In addition to these town guards, the most present people were these Lu Lin's former colleagues.

These herb collectors were very fast-paced. Each one would come over with a basket full of collected materials, then hand all the materials to the town guards, accept a few silver coins, and then leave quickly.

Here, a basket of common materials can be exchanged for several silver coins, and the purchase price is several times that of the town. It is no wonder that this group of people are so anxious and look at other colleagues who are trying to steal business.

It is probably because of this that this matter did not become known to the whole town. Otherwise, even people who don't know how to collect herbs would go around collecting simple materials to make extra money.

As for why the purchase price is so high...

The Holy Religion, this kind of state religion, is unlikely to be short of money, so it is natural for it to be generous.

If it were in the past, if Lu Lin had known about this matter, even if he knew that the other party was a holy sect, Lu Lin would probably be able to do it better than these colleagues in order to make money to buy an alchemy cauldron.

After another familiar colleague delivered the goods, Lu Lin felt that the time was almost up, so he walked to the reception desk.

The town guard who had just packed up the materials he received raised his head, looked at Lu Lin's empty backpack, then looked at Lu Lin's face, and asked, "New here?"

"Hey, yes," Lu Lin immediately smiled, "I have been picking things in the lower reaches of the town before. I just found out today that there is good business here, so I came here to ask."

"Haha, then you are at a big loss. We have been collecting the goods for several days," the town guard smiled, "but you don't have to worry about it. We need a lot of materials this time. It is estimated that the entire We will continue to collect materials every month. This is the demand order, and the purchase price is also on it. Come on, take it."

With that said, the town guard handed a piece of paper to Lu Lin's hand.

"The whole month of January...well, is it the 15th or the 16th of January now? There are 45 days in a month here, which means these people have to collect materials for almost 30 days?"

Lu Lin thought to himself, took the paper, did not read it in a hurry, but thought about it for a while, and asked: "Hey, does that mean we only recruit people who collect materials here? I have some friends who are not doing this and want to help. Ask about the situation..."

"A few days ago, we were still recruiting miners and porters, but we don't need them anymore," the town guard replied. "As for your friends, just teach them how to identify some simple materials, and then help you collect them together. Our treatment is very good." Well, even if they only collect the simplest materials, they can still make a lot of money."

"Oh, that's right," Lu Lin nodded.

"It seems that this cave was dug on site before? Doesn't that mean that this matter has been arranged from before? That's right. After all, a lot of time has passed since I picked up the raccoon rice. I can't stop this group of people. People haven’t done anything…”

Lu Lin was thinking about this while looking at the paper in his hand.

There are several different materials on the demand list, ranging from types that can be found everywhere to slightly rarer materials.

At first glance, there was nothing strange about it, so Lu Lin didn't show anything. He just accepted it happily and thanked the town guards several times.

After walking out of sight of the town guards, Lu Lin leaned against a tree, pretending to be resting, and continued to look at his colleagues passing by while sorting out information.

Needless to say, the work of arranging the array must be done inside the cave. If possible, Lu Lin would like to go directly to the scene to have a look, so that he can also see what the array arranged by the other party is like.

But now it seems that this idea is difficult to realize.

The other party only recruits material collectors, which means that they plan to handle the materials and arrange the formations themselves, and they probably have no intention of letting any outsiders enter the cave.

Therefore, Lu Lin could only find another way.