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

"Later, in order to deal with dungeons, they began to long for immortal individuals with high combat power, so they began to try to use parameters above the soft limits."

"Moreover, they have also significantly reduced the number of summons, so that they can not only concentrate resources on controlling elite individuals, but also reduce the total number of summons and the frequency of dungeons."

"It was also from that time on that foreign slaves were classified into different categories."

"Strong but brainless savages serve as 'precious beasts' and continue to be used to form immortal armies."

"Foreign slaves without combat capability are similar to by-products. Those with special abilities are defined as 'capable people' and are assigned to suitable positions to make the best use of them. Those without special abilities will be treated as 'waste' casually." Throw it away.”

"And those who have wisdom, potential and great strength will become 'braves'."

"They will be given false missions by the church and gain status, fame, and material things, but the price is to spend countless deaths to repeatedly attack those dangerous dungeons."

"Relying on countless resurrections from the dead, they can finally figure out everything in even the most complicated dungeon."

"By surmounting death countless times, their strength can always grow at a speed far exceeding that of ordinary people."

"Then one day, they will become what the world calls 'heroes who successfully conquered the dungeon,' but at the same time, their souls will also become riddled with holes."

"You ask, what is a dungeon..."

"It is the punishment caused by the Holy Religion, and it is the price that the Holy Religion should have paid. However, it finally became the nightmare of the braves. Even after the braves defeated the dungeon, all the resources in the dungeon will become the Holy Religion. of nutrients.”

"So in my opinion, dungeons are nothing. They should not appear at all, and their appearance is meaningless. If we must give them a definition..."

"Perhaps, the word 'pollution' should be closer."

At this point, although the White Miko didn't open her mouth the whole time, she seemed to be very thirsty. She picked up the tea and took a big sip.

"Pollution..." Lu Lin held his chin, chewing on these two words.

It was born out of the ambition and rapid development of those at the top, but it is those at the bottom who suffer the consequences first. If it is not managed, the world will be destroyed sooner or later.

It's a good metaphor, but there is still a major difference from the pollution Lu Lin knew in the past.

That is, the responsibility and cost of controlling these pollutions are all placed on the heads of the brave men.

The summoned heroes are already victims, but they still have to solve the problems left behind by the perpetrators.

"It's so damn unfair," Lu Lin said through gritted teeth.

"Yes, it's so unfair," the White Witch put down her tea cup with a sad smile on her face, "Oh, let's talk about something else. Do you have anything else to ask?"

"Yes, yes, but maybe I have to digest it first," Lu Lin sighed, turned to look at Lan Jie and asked, "Lan Jie, do you have anything to ask?"

"Ah, I do," Lan Jie scratched his head, "It's just that I don't quite understand what you are talking about;'|, what I want to ask more is... what exactly is 'Xi Shi'?"

Upon hearing this question, the White Miko was obviously stunned for a moment, and then the expression on her face became even sadder.

"In fact... it is my sin, a sin that I will one day eliminate..."

The ethereal voice sounded again, but this time, the sadness in the voice was even greater than before.

"It is the worst tool of exploitation, and it is the most fantastic food. It is the basis for the existence of Oga City, and it is also my only hope..."

Having said this, the White Miko took a long breath, and then asked slowly: "Have you ever eaten Simi?"

"No, I heard some rumors before, saying that after eating Xisi, you will lose all memories about Xishi and Oga City, and your soul will be trapped in Oga City forever in this life," Lu Lin said, "So we were there all the way. I don’t dare to eat it…but, I’m afraid this rumor is a bit wrong, right?”

"There are some deviations, no, it should be said that there are many deviations," the white witch raised her head slightly and looked at the flower ball hanging in the center of the room. "Eating the past will not take away the soul and memory."

"What will really take away these is this giant tree that will bear the fruit of the past."

"Moreover, what it takes away is not only the memory of the past and the city of Oga, but what it takes away is all the beautiful marks in the human soul."

"Every past event is a beautiful experience for this person. A small past event represents the little bits of beauty in daily life, while the biggest past event represents the happiest moment in a person's life, or It is his most valuable experience.”

"How could..." Lan Jie's pupils trembled.

"Take away the soul..." Lu Lin swallowed, "I heard a beggar say that someone in the casino proposed a deal to him. As long as he is willing to pay a little soul, they will help the beggar avoid all gambling. The debt, not only that, but also giving him enough money to go home and do business..."

"Yes, this is my sin," the White Witch let out a long sigh, "The so-called giving of souls is actually letting them come here and letting them turn all the beautiful marks in their souls into the past. , since then, they will lose all the beautiful memories and experiences in this life, and these past facts containing their beautiful experiences will become the ultimate delicacies served on the plates of princes and nobles."

"But if all the good memories were lost, wouldn't this person go crazy?" Lan Jie asked.

"Yes, so often, they will feed this person some past reality," the White Witch said, "In this way, these beautiful experiences and memories that return to their bodies will be linked to the past reality and Oga City, and become Their lifelong memories.”

"This is what is called... 'The soul will be trapped in the city of Oga forever'."

Chapter 1: Human behavior is not a material crime

The city of Erga.

The famous city of money and entertainment.

It is synonymous with spending money like water and being extravagant.

But few people know how such a city was established.

As Lu Lin once questioned, although this world has magical magic, powerful warriors, and capable people such as alchemists and wizards, its development trajectory is hugely different from that of industrial civilization. The social divisions are huge. The princes, nobles and wealthy businessmen can indulge in amusement parks like Oga City that are more prosperous than modern cities. However, the productivity and living standards of the people are not even up to the level of the early industrialization period.

In terms of infrastructure construction, the development of various parts of the world is also extremely uneven. Those big cities with a large number of talents can rely on various master alchemists and master architects to build wonders in the city, but ordinary small towns cannot. Probably not unlike a medieval town.

As for the construction of road transportation, it is often despised by nobles everywhere because of the existence of various special mounts.

Public transportation infrastructure such as trains is actually not impossible to build similar things with the high-end creation level in this world, but no one is willing to study it.

The final result is naturally high transportation costs and high logistics costs.

High transportation costs are not conducive to increasing the flow of people in entertainment cities, and high logistics costs are not conducive to maintaining extravagant material supplies.

Under these conditions, in order for a city like Oga to be established, there must be some extremely profitable business that can sustain its operations.

And this business is the reality.

The Saint Toles Empire is the most powerful country in the world, with the most extensive territory and the most influential church.

This huge empire has countless wealth, and naturally there are many dignitaries and wealthy businessmen who have a lot of wealth.

But it is not easy to make money from them. This group of people enjoys almost the highest standard of material supply in the world, and pure luxury and high-end can no longer impress them.

But the past reality can make them crazy.

Just imagine, if you are a noble, you have just participated in a banquet of nobles today. At the banquet, you tasted food cooked by top chefs and drank wine from the first winery in the empire with other nobles. Afterwards, you danced with a beautiful young lady with some status, and spent a good time with her in the inner room.

After experiencing this, you return to your home, light a cigar, and take a deep breath, but you only feel a sense of emptiness in your heart.

Because you have lived too many days like this. A day that is extremely enviable in the eyes of the world, in your eyes, is just an ordinary and extravagant daily life.

At this time, your servant brought you a round cigar. You put down the cigar in your hand, took it, and sucked it into your stomach.

At this moment, you become a young farmer, lying on the golden wheat field, squinting your eyes, hanging wheat ears, and basking in the sun comfortably.

Then suddenly, you saw a young girl walking to your side with a blushing face, and slowly sat down.

You suddenly felt your heart pounding, and immediately put away your careless look, sat up, patted the grass clippings stuck to your body, cleared your throat, and said hello to the other party.

The other person didn't respond to you, just sat quietly.

You are very nervous and have some thoughts in your mind, but you still can’t believe it.

Until you feel a soft and warm touch on the back of your hand, and then, a girl's shy confession sounds in your ears.

At that moment, you felt as if you were the happiest person in the world. You held the other person's hand tightly and kept holding it until the sun went down, unable to bear to let go.

Then, the nobleman opened his eyes, tears streaming down his face.

awesome.

This is a beauty he has never experienced before, and the throbbing that belongs to a teenager still makes your heart beat fast.

He stood up and walked to his wife's room. Tonight, you especially wanted to relive the beautiful memories of your first love.

This cake is simply the best evening dessert.

You are thinking, sure enough, the thousands of gold coins you spent to join the Supreme Society were not a mistake at all...

However, maybe you have never cared that your evening dessert was once the most precious memory in an ordinary person's life.

In fact, it is the worst tool of exploitation.

It is also the best-selling product in Oga City.

As long as the nobles who have tasted it will be obsessed with it for the rest of their lives.

The only way to resist its temptation is to keep eating until you feel that you have seen the prosperity of the world and experienced endless beauty, and your desire for the past will slowly decrease.

But, even if "they really eat to that extent and feel that nothing can surprise them anymore, then they can come to the Colorful Forest in person."

The Shashi Tree will take away everything they have enjoyed and restore their souls to life.

Then, they can taste all the beauty in this world again.

They will be as moved and happy as when they tasted it for the first time, and even more intoxicated than the first time.

This is the true face of Urga City.

As for the countless entertainment projects, they are just tools for people to have more of the past, and traps for people to actively sell their souls after spending all their wealth.

And the person who created all of this is none other than the white witch in front of Lu Lin!;' and Lan Jie.

"But... why did you do this?" Lan Jie couldn't understand. "You said before that this tree is your last hope, but with a tree like this... I really don't understand..."

Faced with Lan Jie's question, the White Witch did not answer immediately, but looked at Lu Lin again, as if she wanted to hear some thoughts from Lu Lin.

Lu Lin looked at the White Witch. Inexplicably, he felt that she seemed to be eager for him to say some questioning words.

"Are you the type who feels guilty, so being blamed makes you feel better..." Lu Lin touched his chin.

Can……

He didn't want to accuse the other party.

Because the sins of exploitation and oppression should never be shouldered entirely by tools.

The sin is not in the tool, but in the person.

How good a tool is depends entirely on how people use it.

Just like the opium poppy, people make it into a drug, and they can also make it into a medicine.

It may seem sinful in the past, but if you think about it carefully, the research value of a plant that can accurately peel off a certain part of the human soul is self-evident.

Those who use it to exploit the souls of others are the real culprits.

"I actually want to know who is behind Oga City," Lu Lin asked.

After hearing Lu Lin's question, the White Witch remained silent.

After a long time, she stood up.

"Come with me," she said softly, "Let's change places and I'll tell you a story."

"But..." Lu Lin looked at Li Mi.

"Don't worry, let her sleep for a while," the White Witch said with a smile, "For the brave, the beautiful part of the soul is their most important spiritual support. Out of instinct, they will have great hostility to this tree. Her nerves must have been tense since you entered this forest, and now she needs time to have a good sleep."

"That's it, no wonder..." Lu Lin recalled Li Mi's reaction along the way, and finally knew why.

"Come on," said the White Miko, "let's go meet someone first, a... great fool."

Chapter 1: That year, she was born, and that year, she was laid to rest

Dark corridor.

Lu Lin and Lan Jie followed the White Witch and walked all the way down.

They don't know how long they have been walking, and they don't know where they will end up.

There were no windows in the corridor, only the small white flowers blooming on both sides would emit bright light to illuminate the road. Lu Lin only knew that he should be walking down inside the giant tree, but he could not determine exactly where he was in the giant tree at this moment. No matter where they are, they don't quite know whether the height they are at is above ground or underground.

Just when Lu Lin was wondering if this corridor would never end, a door woven with countless vines and flowers finally appeared in front of the three of them.

The white witch picked up a light yellow lavender plant from the flower basket and lightly crossed it in front of the door.

Accompanied by the rustling sound of branches and leaves colliding, the door slowly opened.

Behind the gate is a huge hollow with a whole sea of ​​flowers.

The white miko stepped into the door, and the flowers under her feet actually made way for her.

Lu Lin and Lan Jie looked at each other and followed suit.

I have seen all kinds of trees before, and now I see moving flowers. It doesn't seem to be surprising.