The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Facing Leo's question, Stunning Hoof was silent for a while, and explained: "If it is an ordinary nightmare world, with the guidance of the Turing Beacon of the Silver Moon Tower, we should be able to easily leave the nightmare world and return to the world. To Velen. But now this nightmare world originated from the dream of the ancient gods, we want to leave here, I'm afraid..."

"Can't you leave?" Leo asked.

"It's not that you can't leave, it's that you have to find the right exit." Frightened Hoof thought for a while and said, "Whether it's a human or a god, dreams are created around self-awareness, that is to say, in any dream world, There is a self-consciousness, and the exit should be near the self-consciousness."

"If this world was created by Night God's dream, that is to say..." Leo was stunned, and said: "The self-consciousness of this world is Night God, and the exit is next to Night God?"

"That's right." Startled Hoof Luantao nodded and said.

Leo thought for a while, and questioned: "No! If the exit is next to the night god, how did the person who entered and exited this nightmare world many times before do it?"

The wasteland shaman said very seriously: "What if that person left with the permission of Night God?"

"Night God's permission?" Leo froze for a moment, then said in surprise, "You mean that Night God has his own consciousness and can consider various things?"

"That's right." Frightened Hoof nodded, pointed to everything around him, and said, "Without the core of this world as a guide, how could the chaotic and disordered Nightmare Realm become so orderly, let alone Civilization was created in it."

"Does he know that he is the self produced by Night God in a dream?" Leo asked suspiciously.

Shocking his head in shock, he said, "I probably don't know, just like you and I don't know our true identity in our dreams, he probably doesn't know either. But..." He paused while speaking, He continued: "But he should be aware of it, otherwise, he..."

Speaking of this, the wasteland shaman did not continue to speak, as if he had some concerns, fell into deep thought, his brows were also frowned, and the expression on his face was constantly changing with the thoughts in his mind.

Leo didn't bother, because he was also thinking about something.

He thought that if what the wasteland shaman said is true, then the conscious self of Night God in this world has the ability to think normally, and then the person who was able to enter and exit No. 9 Golden Oak Street several times before is not like what he thought. It's as simple as I thought.

Before, Leo just thought that every time that person left No. 9 Golden Oak Street, he would buy the land where the Eye of Reality was banned, and he just wanted to obtain the power of the Eye of Reality through some kind of sacrificial ceremony so that he could After entering the Nightmare Realm next time, he can escape smoothly.

But now it seems that he may really be for the power of the Eye of Truth, but not necessarily to find a way to leave the Nightmare Realm, it is more likely to be instructed by someone, and this messenger is likely to be the leader of this world. Nocturnal self-awareness.

Think about it, if the ability of the eye of truth is to see the truth of the world, then after receiving the help of the power of the eye of truth, can Night God's self-consciousness be able to see the reality of this nightmare world, and even go one step further? Have you seen your own history?

It's just that after that person contacted the night god many times, his body was infected by the power of the night god, and finally became a family member, and the ability of this family member should be related to dreams and night scenes, and it is no different from ordinary people during the day, otherwise If it is, it will not be killed by falling objects during the day.

However, what Leo is considering now is not only the person who has been found to be able to enter and exit No. 9 Golden Oak Street, but is also estimating how many people who are controlled by the night god consciousness of the Nightmare Realm have not been discovered.

He thought that if the current speculation is correct, then besides the dead person, there must be other people who were sent out of this dream world by the night god consciousness, and what these people are doing after entering the world of Velen is worthwhile. scrutinized.

At this time, Leo thought of the blade continuation crossbow he saw at Valentin's place. If he remembered correctly, the similar mechanical continuation crossbow was created after Andre, a mechanical expert in the Kingdom of England, invented the spring device sixty years ago. Only then did other weapons experts apply this device to the mechanical repeater, and invented a similar blade repeater.

Although this kind of crossbow is powerful in melee combat, it was eventually eliminated by users because its effective range was too short. It took less than two years from its appearance to its demise. The sub-brain system searched for relevant information and found this short weapon report in the database.

The same is true for the small airship that I saw later, except for the blade crossbow. The general structure of that small airship is very similar to the eagle airship used by the adventurer Baptiste of the French Empire to cross the Moon Sea sixty years ago. Basically it can be seen as the same type of airship.

Even though Leo hasn't seen anything else yet, judging from these two items that are very important to this dream civilization, these important tools seem to be slightly improved from the prototypes of similar tools in the Velen world. It has not formed its own unique tool principle and structure.

What's more interesting is that these basic tools all appeared 60 years ago, and the time when the person who freely entered and exited No. 9 Golden Oak Street died accidentally also happened to be 63 years ago.

The emergence of various coincidences made Leo faintly feel that he seemed to have caught a clue, and under the analysis of the secondary brain system, another useful information appeared in his mind.

The two family members and the night watchman at No. 9 Golden Oak Street before appeared to be enemies on the surface, but when it came to encouraging others to leave the house and enter the thick fog, their behavior was surprisingly consistent ,co-operate.

At that time, both Leo and the wasteland shaman also noticed this, but they didn't think much about it, they were just a little vigilant, but now it seems that things are not as simple as they seem on the surface.

Judging from the various information that Leo has now, these two people are likely to come from this dream world just like the dead family member of the dream world, and they are both instigated by the night god consciousness of this dream world, but they The tasks are different.

"Let's split up." Just when Leo was thinking about the situation of the two people from the dark world, Stampede, who had recovered from his contemplation, suggested somewhat abruptly: "I'll go to the Night Watchman headquarters here to see, you Go to Silvermoon City and Ten Towns."

Leo was a little surprised by the sudden suggestion made by Frightened Hooves, but he didn't express any dissent. In fact, even if Frightened Hooves didn't make it, he would still make the same suggestion. However, he could feel that the original intention of making this decision was different from his own.

I just made a decision based on the tactical thinking when I was performing missions in the Earth Federation. After arriving in an unfamiliar place, I asked my companions to disperse and collect as much detailed information as possible in order to make correct tactical arrangements.

And it is obvious that Stampeder made this decision because of other reasons. Leo could feel that after Stampeder's shaman way of nature integrated into this world, he must have discovered something important, but because of For some unknown reason it cannot be said.

"That's fine." Although Leo saw the abnormality of the stampede, he didn't ask, but readily agreed: "I also agree to split up."

On the contrary, Leo's straightforwardness made Frightened Hoof a little confused. He was stunned, hesitated, and said, "Aren't you curious why I arranged this way?"

"Why should I be curious?" Leo asked with a smile.

"Uh~" Stunned Hoof was at a loss for words for a moment.

Leo did not embarrass the other party, and took the initiative to bypass the question, saying: "If something important is discovered, how do we notify the other party? How do we meet?"

The wasteland shaman pondered for a moment and said, "Let's book a rendezvous time! Five days, no, ten days! Ten days is the limit. No matter whether we find anything important or not, no matter where we are, we will meet in ten days." , approaching each other through the guidance of the leaves of the mother of plants."

"Yes." Leo nodded, then took out three wizard potions and handed them to the wasteland shaman, saying, "This is the wizard potion I made, it can heal some trauma."

He stomped in fright without being pretentious. He took Leo's potion, and then walked quickly towards the deeper part of the forest. The psionic aura on his body gradually subsided, and his whole body merged with the surrounding forest. Disappeared in the spiritual network.

Seeing Stampeder's figure disappear into the forest, Leo frowned slightly, took out the animal skin map from his pocket, and then checked his position, and soon found that Stampeder left The direction is facing the castle where the headquarters of the Night Watchman Organization is marked on the map.

Leo clearly remembered that when he mentioned that the world had the Night Watchman organization, he never mentioned where the headquarters of the Night Watchman organization was located, but Frightened Hoof was able to find the location of the Night Watchman headquarters so accurately. Direction, this should not be explained clearly by coincidence.

If Leo just suspected that Stampeding Hooves had obtained some information after integrating into the natural way of this world, now he can be very sure that Stampeding Hooves knows something very important.

As for why the wasteland shaman didn't share the information, in Leo's view, there are two reasons. One is that some kind of restriction prevents him from speaking, and the other is that he is worried that speaking out will cause certain problems. abnormal reaction. No matter which reason is, it is not a good thing for him and Leo, and from this point of view, he will suddenly propose to split up, probably to prevent Leo from being involved in unknown dangers.

Leo was not too worried about the situation of Stampede, nor did he think about following up and facing possible dangers together. Because judging from the strength of the psychic energy displayed by Stamped Hooves, its real strength may far exceed Leo's. If even Stamped Hooves can't solve the possible danger, then he probably won't be able to reach it if he goes Any effect will actually hinder Frightening Hooves, so it is best to go to Crescent Moon Lake where Ten Towns is located as suggested by Frightening Hoofs, which is the best help for the wasteland shaman.

However, Leo didn't go to Crescent Lake immediately, but found the nearest forest supply point on the map and rushed there.

When he saw Valentin, Leo had already noticed that the clothes of the people in the dream world were quite different from his own, because Valentin thought he was a night watchman, and thought that his clothes would be different from normal people. The difference, so there is no abnormality revealed.

But when Leo went to the Ten Towns on the Lake of Crescent Moon Lake, his clothes that were different from those in this world would definitely become particularly eye-catching, so changing his clothes obviously became the first thing to do.

The supply point marked by Valentin is somewhat similar to the hunter's hut in the Velen Forest hunting ground. People in Ten Towns will place some supplies such as clothing, food, and medicine there. Those things were mainly prepared for the hunter team that entered the forest to clear dream spirits, nightmare ghosts and other monsters after the silver moon period.

Because he didn't ask carefully, Leo didn't know what the function of this hunter team was, but from the information revealed by Valentin's few words, it was not difficult to hear that the hunter team should be a weakened version of the night watchman.

They are mainly composed of people from the Ten Towns. Every time the silver moon period passes, they will enter the forest to eliminate some dream spirits who have not had time to return to the foggy area. If they encounter a nightmare that cannot be dealt with, they will report to the night watchmen or Silvermoon City , to the night watchmen and wizards to solve.

Just like when he was looking for the whereabouts of the wasteland shaman before, Leo was attacked and blocked by some dream spirits on the way to the supply point, but these dream spirits were obviously very ordinary and did not bring him any danger.

On the contrary, Leo absorbed a large amount of black smoke through the dream body to replenish consumption, and at the same time tried to turn the twins into sacrificial knife mode to sacrifice these dream spirits.

Just like killing the dream spirit that was attacking Stampede, all the dream spirits killed by the sacrificial knife will be sacrificed, but none of them will be successfully sacrificed, and they will all have an unabsorbable piece left. of high-energy matter.

There are so many things collected all the way, and after Leo arrived at the supply point, there were already more than a dozen high-energy substances in his backpack.

The hunter's supply point is an ordinary wooden house, which is simpler than Valentin's Gravekeeper's Hut, but unlike the Gravekeeper's Hut, under the eaves of this hut are hung woven vines. mesh objects.

At first, Leo thought that this web-like object was some wizard's wonder, but when he looked closer, he found that all the web-like objects were just ordinary braided fabrics, without any patterns related to occultism such as Turing's roots. .

The only thing worth noting is the various animal tooth-shaped high-energy substances that belong to the spirit of dreams hanging under the mesh. It is also the energy emitted by these non-absorbable high-energy substances that are integrated into these mesh fabrics Afterwards, they are connected to each other, gradually forming a kind of spiritual energy field.

Leo didn't know the specific function of this spiritual energy field, but judging from the fact that there was no trace of the dream spirit's activity around the supply point, this spiritual energy seemed to be a kind of interference energy field specially aimed at the dream spirit Create a forbidden place for dream spirits.