"The problem is with the fog, you've been in high concentrations of hallucinogens. ”

Kestrel heard Lorenzo's answer to the story and said nothing.

"Yes, that's what makes Valle Town weird, doesn't it sound vulgar, like a thrilling murder case where the truth is simply that the prisoner is mentally ill?"

As if anticipating the reaction of the crowd, Lorenzo continued.

"And that's the most special and impressive part of the whole mission. ”

"In the face of the unknown, we will constantly associate, and the inherent common sense will make us misjudge, all of which are affecting us little by little, making it difficult for us to discover the most superficial and simple truth. ”

"Even if we retain absolute sanity, if we have the slightest suspicion, we will fall into this seamless trap. ”

Lorenzo recalls the eerie feeling it felt.

"Isolated towns, mad believers, cruel rituals, symbols that channel fear...... Even today, the results of your rash contact will be like this. ”

He looked at the audience, "Even if you have a Geiger counter, you are more likely to be misled...... From the very beginning, this is a myriad of misleading and insinuations that make our minds collapse and break down. ”

"The whole town of Valle is a trap that leads people crazy. ”

Lorenzo looked at the young witchers.

"But that's what this stuff is, when the unknown becomes known, it loses all deterrence. ”

Suddenly, a voice rang out.

"If you are a staunch atheist, then the spirits cannot infringe on you, but when your will wavers and hesitates, they are given an opportunity. ”

The robin said slowly, the devout believer saying something that surprised Lorenzo.

Lorenzo looked at him with some curiosity, it wasn't like what a believer could say, but he was sure.

"That's it, they've been trying to shake our minds...... They almost succeeded. ”

Instead of answering Lorenzo's words, the robin asked.

"So, if you don't admit it, do ghosts and gods really not exist?"

Lorenzo was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the robin to ask this, crossed the story of the valley town, thought for a moment, and he replied.

"It depends on how you perceive it, in my perception 'God' is not a noble and arrogant great being who saves sentient beings. ”

Although he often said that he was a priest, Lorenzo had no respect for God.

"What then is the God you know? Mr. Holmes, you have the origin of your faith, but you don't acknowledge His existence. Robin asked.

"Aren't you the same? robin, you are the knight of the Purifier, and you try to quantify all the unknowns with formulas and values, but you believe in the ethereal God. Lorenzo continued.

"God seems to me to be just a creature. ”

"Creatures?"

"Yes, a creature, a strange and powerful creature, which is incomprehensible to ordinary people's minds, just like humans a hundred years ago saw today's steam technology, all the myths and powers are just beyond our comprehension. ”

"Just like the 'cognitive pressure', the so-called gods are just creatures that we don't know and don't know yet, like demons, if you go back to that dark and oppressive age, human beings tremble behind the walls...... Isn't a powerful and fearsome creature like a demon another kind of 'god' in a sense?"

Blasphemy fatal words, robin's face changed slightly, and he said.

"You sound like a heretical leader. ”

But Lorenzo affirmed, "That's right, this is what is recorded in the Demon Hunting Order, and many heretical groups that have arisen have obtained the power of demons by some coincidence. ”

"For example, an unlucky ghost encounters a demon but is not killed, or comes into contact with a very erosive source of pollution...... Think about it, it's like Pandora's box, and when you get past the first stage of erosion, your body starts to demonize...... Those of us who know about demons will know that death is coming, but what about those who are ignorant?"

Words are like a spilled frost that fills the hearts of every listener, and the time for the establishment of the purification mechanism is still too short, they have not experienced the darkest times of the battle against demons, and they still know very little about the dirtiest, darkest, and most evil things.

"Mockingbird, think about it, when you have endured the pressure and pain in your heart, and as a result, you have gained a strong ...... body"

Lorenzo led him to think, to think about the terrible end.

The robin's face turned pale.

"That's it, the ignorant don't fear those fears, just like the gift of God, they always need some sharpening before they can get the gifts, so one heretical group after another appears, and they regard demons as gods, and if they survive the fear and repression of the mind, they will also rise to such a powerful existence. ”

"Actually, it's just demonizing into a beast. Lorenzo said disdainfully.

"Don't be unconvinced, these are from the records of the Demon Hunters, with an erosive source of pollution, a mouthful of articulation, closed conditions like Valley Town, and a bunch of fools...... We have exterminated an unknown number of heretical groups in the past few years. ”

Like a teacher of admonition, Lorenzo's voice was stern.

"So robin, now think of your ridiculous god. ”

With his eyes like torches, in the misty gray mist, Lorenzo stared at everyone, not only to the robin, but also to everyone in the audience.

"Looking at these heretical groups from our point of view, from a higher point of view, those so-called gods are just filthy and hateful demons, they are known and hunted by us, so will there be a higher angle, that angle of people looking at us, looking at you and your gods, is it the same as when we look at those heretical groups?"

The robin took a deep breath, Lorenzo guided him until the terrifying truth was revealed, his hands were cold, looking at Lorenzo, the robin seemed to understand the story that Lorenzo was telling, the story called the Uncanny Valley.

All reverence and madness arise only from the unknown.

"And what about the end of the story?" asked the robin.

What about the ending of the story of the demon hunters? Looking at the story of the demon hunters from these higher narrative levels, it seems so vulgar and simple, but what Lorenzo said just now, how could he not treat robins at a higher level.

He asked anxiously.

"It's simple...... The end of the story is simple. ”

Lorenzo leaned back, thinking about the final outcome.

In the slow narration, the story reaches the end.

The demon hunters walked through the gray mist, and in the thick of blood and the mess of corpses, they reached the thickest part of the mist.

"This is it. 016 looked at the things in front of him, and although he was mentally prepared, he still trembled slightly.

"Don't get too close, it's the hallucinogenic stuff that's the most intense. She warned again.

042 looked a little confused, he didn't know why this was the source of all this weirdness.

"What are these things?"

As he spoke, he picked up the broken thing nearby, it was a withered flower, and it also carried the remnants of plants, there was a pungent smell, and with sniffing, 042 could clearly feel the hallucination that was gradually becoming more intense.

"A rare plant, this is not where it originated...... Thanks for having me, this kind of thing is something that the witchers of Raphael's branch need to master. ”

016 looked in front of him, and the strange plant had bloomed, spreading to the end of his vision, almost merging with the gray mist.

Take the torch from 011's hand. They originally wanted to use the flames to ignite the building and dispel the fog, but they didn't expect it to be used here.

016 throws the torch into the sea of flowers, and the fire slowly rises, setting all the plants on fire.

"It's Ashweed. ”

016 explained.

"A hallucinogenic plant, this thing originated in the land of plenty, and it is not known who brought it here and was carefully cultivated. ”

"So that's what's so weird about Valle?" 042 seemed a little incredulous that the truth was so simple.

"As it should be, this is in a valley, where a large amount of ashweed ripens and releases hallucinogenic ingredients, where mist and air are not circulated, and a few lunatics who are affected by hallucinations are babbling...... There are no demons, no strange powers, this is the truth, the simple and vulgar truth. ”

016 looked at the burning sea of fire and concluded.

The rising sea of fire dispelled the mist as if it were a pillar of light through the confusion, and the witchers held their breath, keeping a safe distance from the sea of fire to avoid being hallucinated.

Rising from there, the horizon gradually widened, and 042 saw countless corpses, they had fallen in the sea of flowers, although they were dead, their faces were full of smiles, and it seemed that the final association had succeeded, and they had completed the ritual in a beautiful hallucination.

There was a breath of death, and the invisible Grim Reaper was laughing in the darkness, having just finished a lavish meal.

Suddenly, there was a strange feeling, when the unknown became known, and then recalled the inferences and repressions that had just entered the valley town, 042 felt a kind of ignorance ridiculous.

"In the end, the flames burned for a long time, and after checking for no survivors, we left there, and the uncanny valley was over. ”

Lorenzo's words put an end to the story, as all the fog vanished, heavy bricks and timber fell from the sky, stacked in the chaos into old castles, and warm flames lit in the fireplace, driving away the cold and returning everything to normal.

The four of them left the story, and their thoughts returned to the present world.

The eyes met for a short time, but there was an indescribable cold spreading under the body, I have to say, Lorenzo is indeed a strange guy, and what comes out of his mouth will always shake your mind at a strange angle.

The story ends, and the ticking of a clock can be heard in the darkness.

Lorenzo nestled up on the couch, half of his face illuminated by the firelight.

"Like I said, the story is actually quite cheesy, but what matters is the difference between the before and after, the difference between the unknown and the known, the misleading and implicit common sense that misleads us. ”

"If it weren't for us demon hunters, who are already almost inhuman, but a few of you, you'd have died long ago. ”

He said unceremoniously.

No one refuted this, and Joey said slowly.

"Really, is that what makes Uncanny Valley special?"

Lorenzo nodded earnestly, and he continued.

"Do you know that a blind man touches an elephant? This is an idiom that originates from Jiuxia, which refers to blindfolding and letting those people touch the elephant, the elephant is so big that they can only touch different parts, and they come to different conclusions when it is the same elephant. ”

Its original intention was to satirize those who are short-sighted, to replace the face with a point, and to cover the whole with partiality. ”

Lorenzo paused, and he continued.

"But how could this not be us?"

His eyes were full of doubts, Lorenzo was an overthinker, his brain was like a roaring engine, never stopping, endless thoughts racing through his mind.

I remember when I was still in the Order, 016 had said that sooner or later people like Lorenzo would suffer from mental illness and eventually madness.

But Lorenzo never took it to heart, and what he was more worried about than any mental illness was the imprisoned Watson from his consciousness.

"If you think about it carefully, this is the warning given to us by the Uncanny Valley, we are all blind people, we embrace the unknown, only understand a little about the unknown, but try to use our own simple language and explain the unknown existence. ”

Lorenzo said with some excitement, and his words seemed to be a jealous puzzle, making everyone's thoughts think.

"Is this the case with the unknowns we are facing? Our understanding may be misleading and cause us to miss the truth. ”

Like ants looking up at humans, they simply cannot see the whole picture of humans, and their self-imposed limitations limit the truth they can seek.

Humanity needs to be stronger, to move from being blind to being visible, to see the horrible unknown, to make the unknown known.

"So...... Is it the same with demons?"

This is what Lorenzo wants to say, this neurotic weaves a thinking trap that makes everyone can't help but follow him.

Like thunder, he looked at everyone with a smile, like a ghost hiding a secret, spitting out the knowledge of the taboo.

"Secret blood technology, armor technology, we have enough things from demons, but ...... But do we really know them?"

Lorenzo spoke faster and faster.

"The Demon Hunters have been searching and pondering the nature of demons, but just as we are infinitely approaching the truth, the night of Advent erupts, and Lawrence, who seems to be dead, does not know their nature...... Or rather, it didn't exist in the first place, and no one knew. ”

"I'm sure, guys. ”

The witcher's voice trembled slightly.

"Something is holding us back...... I could clearly feel that every time I thought, something was preventing us from discovering the truth. ”

Like the whispers of ghosts and gods, back to dàng) in this dark castle.

The truth of the world is within reach.

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