9: Our waywardness
After testing out the props, the second thing you need to do is locate your area.
A small detection satellite that could have been launched directly into a high-altitude orbit to monitor the entire planet could only hover less than half a meter above Mishan's head as a drone...... By the way, judging from the way it appears, there is no starry sky in this world.
Half the size of a matchbox, the small detection satellite, reduced to a drone, looks more like a bug flying over Yoneshan's head.
Forget it, let's just use this thing as an alarm or something.
The area where Rice Shan and Dr. Ziegler fell by meteorite parachute is a large and dead desert.
To be precise, it should be a desolate Gobi, and there is no undulating sea of sand.
As far as the eye can see, there is only dry yellow and dark brown, and the wind and waves that rise from time to time, rolling in the gravel or the bones left behind by the death and decay of some unknown animal.
There are even larger skeletons, which have long been weathered and cannot be seen clearly.
"This is ......," Dr. Ziegler looked around, his eyes matching those of Rice Shan.
Also a Diablo player, Dr. Ziegler immediately estimated the environment he was in.
"Ninety percent of the time it's a bleak desert." Mi Shan also expressed his judgment for the first time.
A bleak desert, the seat of the exiled criminals of Kartim, the capital of the Kingdom of Kakistan.
Since a long time ago, there has been no death sentence for Kartim, the pearl of the desert, and even the most heinous crimes have only been exiled to this desolate Gobi.
…… Many people think that it is better to die directly, so that at least the death is more simple.
Because all the exiled criminals, in the end, in hunger, thirst and despair, become food for those scavenging vultures...... Sometimes, even before they can die completely, they are divided and eaten.
So far, none of the convicts have survived their exile to the bleak desert...... At least in Kartim's literature, no.
In addition to this map information, Misr and Dr. Ziegler, who are both gamers, also know another setting for the Bleak Desert.
Once a bleak desert was a vast oasis, the frenzied magical energy of the ancient Faith Gelly mage clan destroyed the ecology.
The method of washing the floor equivalent of a magical version of a nuclear strike made the Oasis what it is now a dead place.
Similarly, Misr and Dr. Ziegler both know that this desert serves as the map of Diablo 3 and hosts the plot of an important NPC in the game.
Referred to by Hradim as "the most dangerous betrayer", the plot of the Grand Magician Jordan Kuller focuses on this land.
"Do you want to find the archmage first?" Dr. Ziegler gave his advice.
"What are you looking for him? The resurrection process is troublesome, and the resurrection is even more troublesome. Mishan thought for a moment and said.
"Trouble? I just think he should be able to help us a little bit. "Looks like Dr. Ziegler didn't take the archmage as a problem.
"What helps? Canai's Box? We don't have any ancient equipment in our hands right now. Mi Shan asked after a pause.
"Aside from this accident, if I'm not mistaken, according to the game's setting, the Grand Magician awakened Nephi at the end...... The power of Nephalan. Dr. Ziegler said.
Officially, because of the awakening of this power, Jordan Kulle could not be killed, and the ancient Hradim could only seal Jotun Kulle into parts in the Great Left Desert.
The resurrection process that Y. Shan said was troublesome, that is, it was troublesome to collect these parts.
"That's right, he has awakened the power that belongs to the ancient humans, but compared to his power, his madness is more difficult to get along with people." Mishan said.
That's why Rice Shan says it's more troublesome to resurrect.
NPCs like this that act as key props in the story progression will be more or less in this situation.
When I played it for the first time, Mi Shan judged that this NPC had at least half of the chance of being a boss, especially if he was chattering all the way, which made Mi Shan keep raising this probability.
When the other party is really opposite as a BOSS, Mishan is no longer surprised.
The only strange thing is that the guy who died in the plot can't die anymore is actually resurrected in adventure mode as an NPC to help the player.
"But if you don't go crazy......," Dr. Ziegler said.
"If you're not crazy, many of the great magician's deeds are indeed great." Mi Shan raised his head and looked at the Gobi Desert that could not be seen at a glance and said, "Everyone has become a god. ”
"I can give it a try." Dr. Ziegler said.
"Give it a try? Would you like to see if you can make Jotun Kuhler normal? Mi Shan wondered.
"I'm a doctor." Dr. Ziegler gave a completely irrefutable reason.
“…… You can really give it a try. Hearing Dr. Ziegler's words, Mishan smiled, "I also want to see if the great magician, who claims to be the goal of becoming a god, is really what he says." ”
After saying these words, Mi Shan paused, and his tone changed to say very seriously:
"If he really had such an ideal, and not because of some selfish desire, I would help him to fulfill his ideal, and make the stars dim before him."
"......" looked at Mishan's reaction, and Dr. Ziegler's expression was slightly stunned.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong? Mishan wondered.
"I didn't ...... It's nothing. Dr. Ziegler said with a dodgy look in his eyes.
"Staring ......," Misr Shan stared at Dr. Ziegler.
"I'm just wondering the difference between you and the legendary image." Dr. Ziegler, who was stared at in surrender, said.
"The legend must be false." Misr immediately realized what Dr. Ziegler meant by the "legendary image".
It must be the world ruled by the Human Revolution Federation, and in the world that has been influenced by the Human Revolution Federation, there is a legend about the Human Emperor.
Mishan generally takes those legends that have been artistically processed as a starting point, and after reading it, it feels very subtle to find that the protagonist is himself.
"Actually, sometimes you're more ...... than the legend," Dr. Ziegler struggled with the adjective.
"It's just wayward." Misr helps Dr. Ziegler out of the siege.
"Wayward?" Dr. Ziegler didn't understand what Rice Shan meant.
"Well, and I have the ability to carry out my willfulness, but this willfulness coincides with the greatness that many people think of." Mishan said, "It's as simple as that. ”
Dr. Ziegler, who always felt that something was wrong with the "......", but also felt that what Misr said made sense, fell silent.
"Seriously, aren't you like that......" Mishan said to the silent Dr. Ziegler, "obviously you can go from one lecture hall to another, enjoy the adoring eyes of the audience, and win all kinds of awards." ”
"But you still choose to risk your life and haunt the battlefield......"
"I just want to do as much as I can." Dr. Ziegler said that by the way, many medical things cannot be answered by staying in the laboratory all day long.
"Yes, I'm ...... too," Mishan said.
"That's our waywardness."