Four hundred and twenty The Domain of the Dead, Richie's Death Adventure
More than half a month was only told by the Lord of the Dead, and he himself felt that the time was not so long.
The environment has not changed, he keeps walking mechanically, and he is not tired of walking, and he can hardly feel the passage of time.
But the more important reason is that Alisa has been with him.
He only now understood Alishan's words, "I will be with you for a long time, but you can't be with me anymore." ”
The warm, soft barrier that enveloped his soul recounted Alisanne's past all the time.
From the beginning of her memory to every detail before her death, the curtain of life slowly flowed in Li Qi's heart.
When he pays attention to a detail, the corresponding memories flow out like a stream, and with it all kinds of sweet and bitter tastes, which is Alishan's feeling.
Li Qi also understood what the Lord of the Dead meant when he said that "her soul has dissipated".
In the world of Fein, memories and emotions are only the exterior of human beings, and in the human soul, the only thing that distinguishes them from others is the soul essence that produces memories and emotions.
Now, he can taste Alishan's memories and emotions as he tastes his own memories, and he is equivalent to replacing Alishan's soul essence, and the real Alishan no longer exists.
This made him consciously or unconsciously look back on Alishan's life, and always felt extremely heavy.
Savoring everyone's life is heavy, even if it is an ordinary person, no matter how big or small, when every bit of memory is spread, that little bit of star-like light will always resonate, and that piece of abyss-like darkness will always be terrifying.
What's more, Alisa is a very cheerful and laughing girl......
She doesn't believe in the Lord of the End, she just thinks it's an innate mission, and this sense of mission is not strong.
In the words that Li Qi can understand, she actually regards her status as a dying saint as a job, a job that she can't fire her boss as long as she lives.
When she took off her black robe and blended into the town outside the cemetery, she became a different person. The black robe was changed into a white dress, her brown hair was tied with a bright ribbon, her lips were smeared with red fat, and her cheeks became red because of running.
She often longs for her Prince Charming, and if the Lord of the Dead does not have special needs, it is also her duty to reproduce the next generation of saints at the right age.
For this reason, she was picky and selective within the church, because she was not satisfied, and often looked at the relatives and friends of the deceased with strange eyes in the cemetery to see if there was anyone worthy of her to be a single mother. This was tacitly approved by the Church of the Dead, and of course her father was very troubled by it.
When she grew into a girl, she rubbed her green body while bathing, and she also had a hot impulse. As long as it can make her feel the slightest, she wants to put it into action. It's not just about desire, it's about escaping from one's own fate.
At one point she almost succeeded when she drugged a young bard who had come to town. At the moment when she was about to sit down, she thought about how she would face her daughter if she really gave birth to her, and she had to run away.
The moment the Lord of the Dead gave Alisanne the oracle, she felt relieved.
She is not afraid of death, and if it is interesting and valuable, she even rejoices in it.
Her life was depressing, but it wasn't painful. Fate is not breathless oppression, and it is indifferent to death. She was accustomed to death in cemeteries and necropolises, a necessary and necessary way for mortals.
But there was a light in Alishan's heart, and in the depths of each point there was a cry.
For most of the month, walking along the banks of the River Styx, Richie knew Alisanne far more than he knew himself, and he had tasted every bit of light, and he heard the cry.
"Change, I want to change ......"
This is the deepest and most sincere rebellion against fate.
Richie had nothing else to do but walk mechanically, and savoring Alisanne's memories became his only "pastime".
At first, he wept from time to time, lamenting his lack of shame and hatred for the gods. Eager to complete the task as soon as possible, and when he returns, he will promote the revolution with even greater enthusiasm and change the world.
Gradually, he became a little numb again, feeling that he had become Alishan, and that his revolution in Fein was also an unavoidable fate.
Revolution or something, it's just an apple in the box of fate, it looks beautiful, smells sweet, and tastes better than apples like Hegemony and Hougong. It's just to make the work of your life and soul more glamorous and interesting.
Later, Li Qi already felt that everything was boring, like a job. He also began to yearn for change, it didn't matter how it changed, he just wanted this job to end soon.
If it weren't for the "telegram" sent by Little Red Riding Hood, maybe Richie would have been impregnated by Alishan's memory, or perhaps by the artifact of Hades Tour.
His soul is not strong, and without the protection of Little Red Riding Hood, as well as the life perception and philosophical wisdom of the earth world, he would not have been able to get to this point at all.
"It's still not acceptable to say that you are a small citizen, look at what kind of mental outlook you are now, what is the difference between you and the social animals of 996!?"
With previous experience in contacting Litchie in the Storm Islands, Little Red Riding Hood learns to use the extremely limited "bandwidth" to probe the condition of Leach's soul and send the necessary information. Although the delay was severe and the information that could be transmitted was extremely limited, the two were able to maintain a trace of contact after all.
Li Qi responded: "I really want to live another 996 life, which is much easier than the current 247, and I still have a salary." ”
Little Red Riding Hood threw a string of numbers that I don't know how many nines there were: "Salary? You still owe me a soul loan and a life loan! Don't talk about this life, there is really a next life, in the future ninety-nine-eighty-one, you have to work for me to repay the loan!"
"I remember, the goddess of revolution used to do campus fruit loans", Li Qi condensed his anger into a reply.
Little Red Riding Hood was furious: "Do you dare to post that picture of Sisi when your skin is itchy! You are dead to Richie! Wait for you to come back and let you know why the flowers are so red!"
Every "telegram" takes more than half an hour to receive, and it is this connection that makes Li Qi gradually break free from Alishan's memory.
Once again, he felt that Alisanne's sacrifice could not be in vain. He is eager to complete his mission and go back to the witches, to reunite with Little Red Riding Hood, and to fight for the revolution together. This idea seems to be the same as before, but it seems to have been tempered, and it has become more solid and tenacious.
A few days ago, Little Red Riding Hood sent the good news: "I have found a way to give you power in a short period of time, so that you can use the grace of God. ”
This was good news, and when Richie asked what he was going to do, Little Red Riding Hood said, "Sincerely honor me, fear me, worship me, and regard me as a god who reigns over all." ”
Richie wanted to send a middle finger back at that time......
Little Red Riding Hood continued, "I know you want to give the middle finger, and that goes against my purpose of keeping a mortal heart. But the only way to allow my divine power to penetrate into the realm of the dead is to follow Finn's law. ”
Li Qi was very helpless: "I am a revolutionary of Datongism, how can I do this? Can't you just follow the example of other people's daughters and gods, and just say 'Anyway, don't want money, but believe a little'?"
Little Red Riding Hood said, "You didn't come to Fein to collect the body, and I don't have a bomb for you to ......."
"The psychological barrier is too big, even if I have to pretend, I can't pretend to be it", Li Qi made a difficulty: "If you work hard to overcome it, pretend to love you wholeheartedly, be willing to sacrifice everything for you, and be willing to be a lackey under your skirt, maybe you can do it." ”
Three minutes later, Richie threw himself on the ground, his body convulsed, and a slender middle finger swirling in his head.
He smiled helplessly: "It seems that it is more effective to scold you." ”
This is just talk, to invoke the power of Little Red Riding Hood in the realm of the dead, you can only follow Finn's existing laws.
Litchie didn't want to do that, he was the elect, and his treatment of Little Red Riding Hood as a god was a heavy blow to Little Red Riding Hood's mortal heart. He also knew that Little Red Riding Hood was even more reluctant to do this, but when it came to a critical moment, he had to make this decision for safety.
As the Lord of the Dead corrects the map, the battle of the undead in front of him becomes more and more intense.
Li Qi is very worried, and maybe he will have to use a strategy.
The realm of the dead is in a state of chaos, the power of the Pale Lord has been greatly reduced, and the undead monarchs under his command have begun to fight in order to grab territory.
The territory of the realm of the dead is not the same as the territory of the main plane, and only refers to the tributaries of the River Styx.
The River Styx is not actually a river, and how did its tributaries come from?
To clarify this concept, we have to start with the essence of the domain of the dead, and Li Qi also knew a rough idea from the Lord of the Dead.
It is said that at the beginning of the world, the River Styx did not flow through the main plane, and the primordial mortals were either immortal or fell directly into purgatory.
As an ancient god who presides over the cycle of life, Lady Death believes that mortal souls should not be eternal. He used the Scythe of Death to split the plane that separated the main plane from purgatory, and channeled the River Styx to this plane. He also declared death to the mortal world, and let the souls of mortals enter the River Styx to dissolve.
This plane, called the Hades, was originally nothing. The Stygian River flows in, dissolving the soul at the same time, and the residue that cannot be dissolved accumulates into the underworld, gradually expanding into the vast land.
Eras change, the world is in turmoil, and the Styx River rolls up the tides again and again. The present Fourth Age is nothing more than the division of mortals after the Dark Ages. In the years of elven domination, and even earlier, there were many similar tides I don't know how many times.
Every time the tide washes over the underworld, the soul essentia that has not been completely dissolved is mixed with the underworld, bringing abundant nutrients to this land, which is an endless number of low-level undead.
In this world cycle, there is also a mixture of historical changes in the main plane.
Where the connection between the Domain of the Dead and the main plane is weak, or where the main plane actively creates a strong aura of death, and thus approaches the domain of the dead, a nest of the dead will be formed. In severe cases, there will be a gap in the plane, and in a further case, part of the main plane will settle, and this part of the area will be pulled by the powerful force of death and sink into the realm of the dead, forming a new underworld.
For example, at the end of the Third Age, the war that took place on the Divine Fall Plateau added a huge territory to the underworld. The Giant King is full of endless resentment, and with his subordinates and subjects, as well as half of the small king of Slanhorn, he sank to the underworld and became the undead monarch who rules the underworld.
It's not just the Giant King, it's said that the dead of that war, including the Empress of the Dark Elf Empire and many powerful beings, refused to enter the River Styx and still reigned supreme on the Underworld.
The erosion of the tides of the River Styx and the subsidence of hundreds of millions of years have caused the banks of the River to become fragmented, and the flow of the River Styx has been affected as a result, and several tributaries have been divided. The flow of the tributaries slowed down, and the power of dissipation was no longer so strong, and the soul essentia contained in it nourished the realm of the undead and became a precious resource for the undead monarch.
The turf battle in the realm of the dead revolves around the tributaries of the River Styx.
Unlike the tributaries of the main plane rivers, the tributaries of the River Styx are three-dimensional, most of the time pulled through the zenith, penetrating into the ground, shuttling like a giant serpent, forming crater-like outlets in the underworld. The exit closest to the main trunk is naturally the area with the richest soul essentia, and has become a mineral deposit for the undead monarchs to compete for.
Richie has already encountered two tributary battles, and the situation is extremely dangerous.
The Voyage to the Underworld does protect his soul from being treated as one kind, but this "kind" is limited.
Just like Li Qi ran back to Sichuan, where warlords fought in the Republic of China era, even if he spoke Sichuan dialect on the battlefield, the soldiers on both sides would be blocked by the last layer of screening similar to "Liu Mangzi" (Liu Xiang) or "Duobao Daoren" (Liu Wenhui) after being filtered by the categories of "human", "man", "Chinese" and "Sichuanese".
He didn't belong to any party, and he didn't have the aura of an undead monarch that belonged to him. Those low-level undead have a limited mind, and can only carry out the command of "fighting the same", and cannot accurately designate a certain type of enemy, so he becomes an enemy who has to do it on both sides.
Li Qi can use the ability to tell the dead to stealth and stealth, but this is the domain of the dead, and the divine power of death is related to death, and it cannot escape the perception of high-level undead.
Li Qi was extremely dissatisfied with this, and the Styx Parade given by the Lord of the End did not even have the minimum ability to pass the test in confusion.
"This is the artifact of Jero, the god of death, and it can indeed exude the aura of Jero, which is enough to frighten the spirits of the undead," said the Lord of the End, "I don't need to say what will happen to activating it before reaching the god seat of death." ”
Of course, it is regarded as the biggest threat by the undead monarch and killed as soon as possible.
Rich could only patiently look for an opportunity to pass through the cracks in the battlefield. Fortunately, the undead's "hostile vision" is limited, and they will not chase after it, and they will "leave the war" when they leave a certain distance, which makes some of the experience that Li Qi has accumulated in "World of Beasts" come in handy.
Soon Li Qi approached the battlefield, the so-called practice makes perfect, with the experience of the first two times, this time he skillfully bypassed the undead of the brigade, and even passed through the open area formed by two groups of skeleton archers shooting at each other.
Unexpectedly, a large number of skeleton warriors were rushing up from behind the skeleton archers, and Li Qi, who was sandwiched in the middle, suddenly triggered the hostility of the two parties.
Li Qi was not flustered, held his head high, and ran away.
After running a few hundred meters, the skeleton warriors will return to their original positions and continue the tasks carved into their souls.
Running and running, Li Qi was horrified to find that his body was getting heavier and heavier, and he seemed to have a lot of shot put behind him.
He was about to call the Lord of the End, but the other party spoke first: "The map cannot be corrected, it has changed too much in the past thousand years. I've tweaked your Hades Pilgrimage so that it can indicate the location of the Throne. Of course, you can only go straight there, and if you encounter any obstacles and dangers, you can ask for more blessings. ”
Li Qi was dumbfounded, just at this time, you are deliberately cheating people, right?
There was not a hint of apology in the tone of the Lord of the End: "I'm sorry, I can extend my divine power here with the help of the Hades Shore Tour, and I can't do more." ”
When I get back, I'll have Aurora designate you as an enemy!
The Lord of the Dead added, "But I have made some arrangements, and an undead monarch should come and meet you." ”
The Undead Monarch? It doesn't want to be the Grim Reaper, but instead comes to help the people who want to be the Grim Reaper? Is it called Jizo?
The Lord of the Dead said, "She and yours have the same goal, but of course there may be different ideas about how to achieve it." I'm just offering the option of whether or not to accept her help, it's up to you to decide. ”
Let's not talk about this yet, okay?
At five meters per second, still slowing down, Li Qi screamed in his heart as he ran.
His power is severely suppressed here, and once he uses the power of death god, he is likely to attract even more powerful guys, which is not absolutely necessary, and he doesn't want to make a move.
The Lord of the Dead completely ignored his shouting, and said lightly: "I wish you a pleasant journey and a smooth journey, and besides, pay attention to the back." ”
Follow the wind of your size, carry your head back! You are deliberately cheating me!
Li Qi felt that he couldn't run anymore, gritted his teeth and took out the magic steel sword from the space ring, stopped and turned around.
This time, his scalp was numb and he almost screamed.
A large group of skeleton warriors, afraid that there would be thousands, brandished swords and spears, and rushed towards him with their jaws shaking.
In their perception, they are a fat mass of soul essentia.
Li Qi swallowed his spit, and said in his heart, just look at the limits of his swordsmanship here.
Just as they were preparing to fight with one against a thousand, the rear of the skeleton group was in chaos, and it seemed that they had fought first.
In the chaotic mist, extremely faint light green points of light occasionally passed by, which made Li Qi feel weird.
He finally remembered what the Lord of the Dead had said to him twice, and he was looking behind his back......