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

"And this allows them to achieve countless rebirths in theory."

Chapter 1 The Curse of Infinite Rebirth

"Countless rebirths."

It sounds like some kind of plug-in ability.

In fact, it does have the same ability as a plug-in.

Why do most of the game protagonists always pass the level in the end, no matter how difficult the road ahead is?

In the final analysis, it is not about how strong the protagonist's settings are, but that in most games, players can load and reborn countless times.

Even if we don’t talk about games, in the various comics and novels Lu Lin knows, there are many stories in which infinite rebirth is the main character’s ability.

But now, when he heard about this ability, there was only one thing that flashed through his mind.

That is Rumi’s PTSD that is so severe that it is completely beyond common sense.

Think about it carefully, is the ability of infinite rebirth really that powerful?

Is the human spirit really strong enough to withstand countless deaths?

What is the definition of PTSD, or "post-traumatic stress disorder"?

It is an individual's delayed onset and persistence after experiencing, witnessing, or encountering one or more actual deaths involving oneself or others, or receiving threats of death, or serious injuries, or threats to physical integrity. Mental disorders.

A person may suffer from PTSD if he or she is threatened with death or seriously injured, or even threatened with limb loss, or even witnesses the death of others.

So, if a person really experiences death countless times, can his spirit really hold on?

Lu Lin looked at Li Mi. At this moment, he finally understood why she would lose control when he mentioned that Li Mi successfully conquered the A-level dungeon.

I'm afraid, every time she successfully challenges the dungeon, she has accumulated countless deaths.

Noticing the change in Lu Lin's expression, the white witch put her hand into the flower basket at hand, and then took out a small white flower.

"Sure enough, you are very special." The white witch pinned the white flower in her hand to Lu Lin's chest. "You should have never died, but you can still understand what this means. If only that idiot could be as sharp as you. ”

"That idiot?" Lu Lin asked doubtfully.

"No, it's nothing." The White Witch shook her head slightly, "Do you have anything else to ask about foreign slaves?"

"Yes," Lu Lin nodded, "About resurrection, how exactly is it resurrected?"

"Generally, there are two situations," the White Witch said. "The first one is forced resurrection by soul and broken body, which is also the way foreign slaves are resurrected after normal death. After resurrection, foreign slaves will be in a state between human beings and human beings. In the state among undead creatures, if the body is completely destroyed, it will even turn into a ghost."

"When you were thrown off the cliff, the Holy Cult actually wanted you to die far away. When you become a half-dead spirit, someone will naturally kill you and burn your body to ashes. In the end, you will turn into a ghost under the canyon, quietly waiting for the death of your soul in loneliness."

"Damn! This is too much!" Lan Jie, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but express his thoughts, "Drawing people here for no reason! If you think it's useless, just kick them away, turning them into lonely ghosts. ! These people are simply claiming to be the Holy Religion! Why didn’t I see that they were such a bunch of bastards in the past!”

"It's normal that you can't tell. As I said, this is their territory. It's up to them to say what they want," Lu Lin shrugged. "However, this first case is probably not the most commonly used method of resurrection. Bar?"

"No, you can't say that," the White Witch shook her head, "At least as far as I know, there are actually three types of foreign slaves, called 'precious beasts', 'capable ones' and 'brave ones'."

"'Rare beasts', although they are called this name, do not mean that they are really rare and exotic beasts, but rather some foreign slaves who are not particularly ideal in terms of intelligence due to the low level of civilization in their original world. To put it in layman's terms, that is Savage."

"Most of these foreign slaves have relatively strong physical strength, but there is not much room for growth, or in other words, the cost-effectiveness of educating them is too poor."

"This kind of foreign slaves will be recruited by the church as a special army, mainly used on the battlefield. After their death, they are usually resurrected into half-dead souls by this method. However, after resurrection, the Holy Church helps them to resurrect their bodies to some extent. Repair them so that their combat effectiveness will not be reduced due to physical disability."

"As for 'able ones', they generally refer to foreign slaves who have special abilities other than combat. Such foreign slaves are usually arranged by the Holy Church in various non-combat positions that match their abilities. They are considered to have the best life. As a foreign slave, there is almost no risk of death, and there is no problem of resurrection. Except for the relatively limited freedom, life is mostly comparable to that of some minor nobles."

"And the 'brave'..."

The white miko looked at Tanuki.

"People like this child are the so-called braves. They possess power and immortality that are not of this world. They are the most powerful individual combatants, and they also have the possibility of growing rapidly beyond death."

"After their death, the church will perform a secondary summoning ceremony to summon them again according to their soul imprints, so that they can be resurrected in a 'perfect' way."

"However, although the body is reborn, the mental trauma will not disappear. For this reason, they will hypnotize the braves, clean their memories, and even directly brainwash them to reduce the impact of death."

"But... the memory may be erased, the spirit may be hypnotized, but the repeated injuries to the soul cannot be repaired."

"The soul is the imprint of everything a person has experienced in the world. The death and pain experienced by the brave will not really disappear just because the memory is cleaned."

"They will become scars accumulated deep in the souls of the braves. This accumulation of scars will eventually affect the bodies of the braves, making them timid, prone to fear, or even have a mental breakdown. In the end, they can only look normal through hypnosis. Action, but one day, the brave men who have been tortured infinitely will go completely crazy and become useless people who cannot even maintain their basic personality..."

At this point, the ethereal voice became smaller and smaller, and the emotions contained in it became increasingly sad.

"These bastards..."

Lan Jie clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. Although he was not a brave man, he could not bear the anger in his heart after hearing all this.

Lu Lin was naturally also angry about the church's lack of limits and bastards, but at the same time, he always felt that something was wrong.

It seems like a certain detail doesn't quite fit.

where is it……

Yes……

"Wait a minute, Senior White Miko, are you saying that although the wounds in the souls of brave men will continue to accumulate, their memories will almost always be erased, right?" Lu Lin suddenly raised his head and asked.

"Yes," the White Witch nodded. "The scars on their souls will cause them to collapse for no reason, and even they themselves won't understand why..."

"No, no, no! That's not right! If that's the case, the symptoms should definitely not be manifested as PTSD!" Lu Lin suddenly said excitedly, "PTSD must be a mental illness based on traumatic memories. If there is no memory, how can there be trauma? Enter sexual memory? This is simply not possible..."

Having said this, Lu Lin looked at the white witch's head that was slightly tilted to one side and suddenly realized something.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I just got a little excited," Lu Lin quickly explained, "What I just meant was to say... uh..."

"It doesn't matter, although I don't fully understand the special terms you used, but;!" The White Miko frowned slightly, "Are you saying that this child may not have lost his memory of the past?"

Chapter 1 She will get better, definitely...

Regarding Noomi's situation, Lu Lin and the White Miko talked carefully for several ten minutes about the reasons why Lu Lin judged Noomi to be suffering from severe PTSD, and what exactly PTSD was.

The White Witch has been listening carefully and discussing with Lu Lin from time to time. The concept of PTSD is very new to her, but in fact it is not something new.

Because this kind of mental disorder is not unique to brave men. In the army, soldiers are also particularly prone to this disease.

After the chat, the White Witch did not immediately agree with Lu Lin's statement, but gave some information she knew.

First of all, none of the heroes she met in the past had symptoms like Tanuki.

Secondly, it is true that the church does not clear the memory of the brave every time after their death, but on the other hand, it is almost impossible if the memory is not cleared all the time, because within a few times, the mental state of the brave will have problems, and there is a high probability that the memory will not be cleared. There will be a fear of fighting.

The church needs "brave" men who can exert their full strength and are fearless, so it is almost inevitable that the memory of the brave men will be erased during the process.

And Lu Lin also said that Li Mi's condition is too serious, so serious that it goes beyond common sense. As the saying goes, it doesn't take a day to freeze three feet. It is impossible for Li Mi's condition to suddenly deteriorate to this level after a certain death. of.

But she did not deny Lu Lin's inference. Rather, on the contrary, she agreed with Lu Lin's inference.

So, she gave a guess.

It’s not that Tanuki has never lost his memory, but at a certain point in time, for some reason, he suddenly regained the memories he had lost in the past.

As for why Noomi was able to retrieve her memory, it is unknown whether the church messed up or there was external intervention.

And based on this guess...

"Perhaps, this child's situation is not as bad as others. The sudden memory recovery may be an opportunity for her to escape. Unlike others, when they come to me, their souls are often on the verge of collapse. "The white witch gently stroked Tanuki's hair, "She is still so young after all. Although the accumulated scars in her soul are not small, they should not be to the point of being irreversible. I should have a way to help her. If If you can take good care of her in the future, you may be able to help her gradually heal the scars in her soul."

Upon hearing this, Lu Lin's eyes suddenly lit up.

He immediately stood up and bowed solemnly to the White Miko to thank her.

"No need to thank me, you protected her very well. In this regard, I am not as good as you..." The White Miko smiled and shook her head.

Lu Lin was slightly startled.

He couldn't understand what he said. The White Miko said she was not as good as him, but she had never seen Tanuki before?

Or is she referring to something else?

Seeing Lu Lin's confused face, the White Witch just smiled and said: "Don't worry, it's just a little bit of me talking to myself. In short, you don't have to worry too much about this child for the time being. Apart from that, you have other things. Do you want to ask a question?"

"Ah, of course," Lu Lin nodded and sat down again, "After all, I am not from this world. As for the questions I want to ask, I have a lot of questions here. I am a little afraid that the senior White Witch will find me annoying. …”

"No, I haven't found anyone to chat with for a long time," the White Witch smiled, waved her right hand lightly, and several cups of floral-scented tea appeared on the table, "Here, drink some floral tea to moisten your throat. Then, let’s just talk slowly.”

When Lu Lin and Lan Jie saw this, they both expressed their thanks at the same time. After taking a sip, they both praised the scented tea.

Even though Lu Lin thought he came from a world rich in material things, this was indeed the best scented tea he had ever tasted.

After some polite remarks, Lu Lin opened the topic again.

His second question was what exactly was a "dungeon".

This question also did not surprise the White Witch.

After all, when talking about brave men, one cannot avoid the mission of every brave man, which is the dungeon.

"You know, according to historical records, the reason why the Holy Religion began to summon foreign slaves in the first place was actually to form an army."

The white miko's ethereal voice sounded and she began to speak slowly.

"At that time, the empire was not as powerful as it is now, and the Holy Religion was not yet called the Holy Religion. Its specific name cannot be found now, but in short, although the Holy Religion at that time was quite powerful, its influence was very limited. , it is even impossible to achieve a monopoly on faith at home, let alone preach to other countries.”

"Until one day, a madman appeared in the Holy Church."

"He said that he deceived a power from the evil devil, a power that could change the world."

"At the time, everyone just thought this guy was crazy."

"But later, he proved that what he said was true. He summoned a large number of foreign slaves and used these foreign slaves to build an army for the empire, an immortal army."

"At that time, no one knew how he did it. The pope of the Holy Church at the time promoted this as a miracle, changed the name of the Church to the Holy Church, and in the name of the Holy Lord, he mobilized the power of the empire and led the immortal army to conquer In all directions, the territory of the empire and the area of ​​influence of the holy religion are constantly expanding."

"The Holy Religion and the Empire at that time even wanted to directly rule the entire world with this power."

"But soon, something appeared that hindered their expansion."

"That's the dungeon."

"As for why the underground city appeared, there is still no clear conclusion, especially in the mouth of the Holy Cult. It is considered an unsolved mystery, just like floods and droughts, it is an accidental disaster."

"But in almost all circles of wizards and magicians, there is a consensus on the reason for the emergence of dungeons..."

"This thing is a side effect of the summoning of foreign slaves."

"The large number of foreign slave summons disrupts the stability of something, similar to...the wall between worlds? Or, the normal...grid of time and space, um...Sorry, this thing is a bit difficult to explain in words."

"In short, dungeons have since appeared in large numbers in the empire. Depending on their degree of danger, they will cause greater or lesser trouble and damage to the surrounding areas."

"For this reason, the Holy Cult had to suspend its attack and start dealing with these dungeons instead."

"At first, they didn't think this was a big problem. After all, their army was invincible. At that time, both the empire and the holy religion were confident in their own strength."

"But soon, a basin of cold water was poured on their heads. They discovered that these creatures in the underground cities from other worlds actually had the same nature as the foreign slaves."

"The souls engraved in both worlds at the same time allow these dungeon creatures to be resurrected without limit."

"Especially those powerful dungeons with strong aggressiveness and desire for expansion. Such dungeons with undead armies pose a higher threat to the empire than even the armies of other powerful countries."

"In order to deal with these threats, the Holy Cult had no choice but to withdraw its troops and began to try to deal with these troublesome underground cities."

"But they soon discovered that even if they transferred the main force back, they still could not destroy these underground cities. It was okay to fight on the outside of the underground cities. Once they went deep underground, the narrow and changeable environment inside the underground cities would be extremely restrictive. If the army performs well, the opponent's endless rebirths will make it difficult for the army to make any progress."

"As a last resort, the Holy Cult can only change its thinking."

"Since the army is not easy to use, we can only rely on strong individual combat power."

"And 'The Brave' is the solution they finally came up with."

Chapter 1: A world that is extremely unfair to brave men

"When you were summoned, you should have heard the Holy Cult who summoned you mention the 'parameters'."

"What they call parameters are controllable variables that affect factors such as the target world of the summons and individual strength."

"It is said that the madman who created this formation left a series of restrictions on 'parameters' and stipulated that the parameters set by the church must be within a certain range. Once exceeded, it may lead to a disaster that will destroy the world. "

"Under this layer of hard restrictions, there is also a layer of soft restrictions, one of which is the restriction on the individual strength of foreign slaves."

"According to the parameters summoned within the soft limits, the strength of the individual that comes can be easily controlled by the church."

"And if the soft limits are exceeded but within the hard limits, individuals with strong strength or huge growth potential may be summoned."

"In the past, the Holy Cult's purpose of summoning foreign slaves was to expand the army, so they were always summoned according to the soft restrictions set by the madman."