01. The outcast

I crossed it myself.

After witnessing several 'people' with pointed ears walking in front of him, Luo Bin realized this.

“……?”

Luo Bin rubbed his eyes as if he was dazzled.

It's surrounded by buildings reminiscent of the Middle Ages, but with altered buildings, and the environment is different from the dirty and filthy of the real Middle Ages.

It was as if he was reminding him that this place was different from the original world, that the rhythmic voices coming from the mouths of the 'people' around him, the words written on the nameplates hanging in front of the buildings—all strange.

"Here it is...... Which? ”

Murmuring a little dazedly, Luo Bin's body turned with his eyes, looking around, even if the sun was shining, it couldn't dispel the haze in his heart at this time.

The pedestrians on the road looked at him strangely, and the unintelligible language, unintelligible words, and unfamiliar scenery converged in their minds, as if they were in a terrible, absurd stage play.

"/////////// (You... Do you have anything you can help with)? ”

The voice that could be judged as 'good' by subjective impression suddenly sounded, and the woman with a pair of white rabbit ears who was closer to Luo Bin came up a little timidly, and her ruddy lips spat out a string of 'language' that seemed like a book from heaven to him.

Luo Bin looked at her a little bewildered, and 'his......sed' secretly pinched himself to forcibly calm down.

Shaking his head at the rabbit-eared girl, Luo Bin almost fled here and walked away quickly, leaving the rabbit-eared girl's surprised cry behind.

It is an avenue large enough to accommodate several cars, and in the distance is a striking chalk tower that reaches into the sky, and is flanked by shops-like facilities with 'nameplates' and 'walls of glass windows': some of them are filled with glittering weapons and armor, some are placed with jeweled jewelry, and some entertain guests like fast food restaurants on earth;

In the bustling 'crowd', like a fantasy movie, various humanoid races seem to interact with each other peacefully and lovingly: among them are elves (Elf) who are like earth myths and legends, there are 'orcs' with some beast characteristics, and there are small people who are too short......

Of course, there are more ordinary humans who are as featureless as Luo Bin.

Luo Bin only shuttled through the crowd aimlessly, instinctively avoiding pedestrians.

“““uo——!!!” ””

Suddenly, the crowd in front of him gathered a heavy wall of people, and suddenly let out a shout of excitement that even Luo Bin could distinguish.

The 'human wall' parted to both sides, as if he didn't dare to offend anything, giving way to a wide aisle, and Luo Bin was pushed by the crowd and retreated to the side, but it also allowed the chaotic thoughts to calm down.

He was greeted by a flag emblazoned with the Joker's emblem, and a warrior in scarred armor who was still standing stood behind several men and women dressed in distinctly different styles, and behind him were men and women like him, carrying bulging luggage, weapons and 'staffs' with exaggerated styles of weapons and 'staffs' that could only be found in fantasy movies, and their expressions were as dazzling as those of a victorious army.

At this moment, among the first few people, one of them cast his eyes over, and Luo Bin suddenly became agitated, pushed away the crowd and hid.

It was a very beautiful girl: an expressionless cold face, long golden hair, golden eyes, a slender figure unexpectedly bold in silver-white backless light armor, with a thin sword at her waist, and when the gorgeous blonde hair floated as she walked, her smooth snow back would be exposed.

The moment she saw it, the crowd suddenly erupted in a high-pitched shout, which showed the high level of her popularity.

But Luo Bin didn't have time to pay attention to this, he burrowed into a small alley nearby - he couldn't be noticed by the forces that seemed to be very powerful here, at least not until he had a certain understanding of the world, nothing about the good and evil of the other party, but for self-preservation.

"Ace, what's wrong?" Riveria asked the blonde girl beside her.

"No..."The blonde girl retracted her gaze, tilted her head, put her hands on her chest, felt the coldness of the light armor, and said, "Just here...... It seems a little strange, as if there's something very concerned over there? ”

"What do you care about?" Riveria repeated, her brows in thought, and the few people next to her turned their gazes, all interested in what Ace was talking about.

"Did you just see what it was?" A clueless Riveria asked.

Ace shook her head and whispered, "...... It seems, ran away? ”

“…… Maybe it's just a delusion? ”

The little man who walked in the middle of the group said 'um' and raised the thumb of his right hand in front of him.

"There is no pain in the thumb, so at least it won't be a bad thing. However, since Ace is very concerned, when she goes back, she should ask the members of the clan to pay attention to whether anything strange has happened recently. ”

"Thanks, Finn." Ace whispered.

——·2·——

"Whew...... Whew......"

Finally stopped, Luo Bin leaned his back against the wall and gasped softly.

"I'm in trouble now......"

Scratching his cheeks in annoyance, Luo Bin muttered, and when he came back to his senses, he had already run into the depths of the alley.

Surrounded by a labyrinth of narrow lanes, the shadows of the houses intertwine with each other, as if the sun had never seen here.

Looking upwards, the sky was cut apart by the walls around it, and only slender clouds could be seen.

It's not that you can't go back the way you came, but if you can't solve the problem of language and writing, even if you go back, you'll just fall into a bigger whirlpool of chaos.

It would be nice to have a popular science book or dictionary with pictures and texts...... A little divergent mind thinking about the obvious impossible.

Click, click, click...... A subtle friction sound sounded from the side, and Luo Bin looked in the direction where the sound came from, and a short old man wearing a red peaked hat paced over, his thick white long beard almost hanging to the ground.

"//// (Are you) ......?" The old man looked at him with some surprise in his eyes.

Listening to the short sentences that he didn't understand at all, Luo Bin smiled bitterly in his heart, paused, and took a deep breath.

"Ah...... Ah......h

A low and hoarse voice came out, Luo Bin first raised his finger and pointed to his ear, and then pointed to his mouth, indicating that he couldn't understand and couldn't speak.

Now, he can only hope that there are similarities between the two worlds on these most basic concepts.

The short old man suddenly twisted his eyebrows and looked at Luo Bin deeply, making his heart pound.

With a snap, the old man turned, beckoned to him, and walked away on his own—did you tell me to follow? After hesitating in his heart, Luo Bin followed.

After a while, the two came to a slightly empty land.

An old building made entirely of timber stands in front of the building's main entrance, with a plaque in mottled handwriting that seems to symbolize its age.

As the old man walked into the building, the sound of ticking, ticking and ticking of the pendulum came into his ears, and Luo Bin couldn't help but be attracted by the things in the room:

It seems to be a grocery store, with countless items piled up in a cramped space, but each one exudes an old-world vibe, and the glass display cases in front of you are neatly lined with colorful gemstones.

Although I don't know how safe and secure it is, it is not easy for this old man to open a store like this here......

When his thoughts turned, he didn't need to be reminded by the short old man, Luo Bin took the initiative to stop, and the short old man walked into the depths of the store without looking back.

In the middle of the night, while Luo Bin was still thinking about the next course of action, the short old man came back, holding a thick book in his hand that seemed to have just been turned out of the clutter, and the cover was a small man wearing a pointed hat carrying a flag fluttering in the wind, and the title of the book was written on it in words he could not read.

Taking the book from the old man's hand, Luo Bin's mind rolled and opened the book......

A popular science book with both pictures and texts?!