Chapter 3 To Believe or Not to Believe
At the age of twenty-two or thirteen, he wore a gray loose cloth robe, and the bulging underneath the cloth robe should be wearing a protective soft leather armor inside. The shoulder-length chestnut hair is softly draped over the shoulders, the bridge of the nose is set with small gold wire glasses, the slightly wrinkled eyebrows are hidden with a bookish atmosphere that cannot be hidden, and the delicate plain face is clean and refreshing, full of intellectual beauty.
Such an intellectual woman can easily associate her with things like poetry, literature, and opera, but it would be too inconsistent to appear in the deserted wilderness with a big sword, especially every time she saw someone, the panic and shyness on her face could not be concealed, and it was impossible to imagine what it was like when she wielded a big sword to kill the enemy.
That's right, Miss Saph Sullivan, the archivist of the Great Library of the Temple of the Gods and an expert projection energy meterer, was always so scared and shy that she would tremble with fear when she had to talk to outsiders.
Of course, this outsider does not include Shuer, in front of Shuer, she will not be afraid anymore, as for shyness......
"Perverts, beasts, ***. Saf bit her lip, covered her back and glared, and said in a soft voice, "You're hitting me again...... Hit my ......"
"Okay, okay, it's just a coincidence. Even if he already laughed out loud in his heart, he still had to pretend to be serious on the surface, "Now I'm on the task, be obedient and work quickly, otherwise, I'll fight again." ”
"Don't. Safu subconsciously protected his body again, and strangely, his face turned even redder, and he glanced at Shul strangely, and muttered in a low voice, "Got it, work hard." ”
The female swordsman took off the eight-fold space expansion backpack behind her, this backpack with the largest capacity was enough to carry the mercenaries' daily necessities, but the weight would not be compromised at all. Fortunately, as a combat professional, even the weakest mage can bear more than a hundred kilograms of weight without being crushed by his own baggage.
As if it wasn't her who was laughing and playing with Shul just now, Saph instantly regained his previous concentration, quickly took out a few strange-shaped instruments from his backpack, lay on the ground and aimed the instruments in front of him, and crawled along the arc from time to time, not caring about the image of the lady at all.
Instead, Shul remained standing, one step behind Saf, moving with her in sync, the mace engraved with strange words and the pressure of the soul never leaving his hand.
After climbing back and forth on the ground for at least a hundred meters, and changing the equipment four or five times, Saf finally got up with a serious expression and nodded, "That's right, there is indeed an entrance to the otherworldly projection in this area. ”
Otherworldly projection is one of the three mysterious phenomena in this world of Pavatiga, and it was once the most terrifying natural killer of Pavatiga, it will open a spatial passage in an uncertain location without warning, and the passage has nothing unusual, and those unsuspecting passers-by will be sucked in once they touch the passage, and they will never return. For thousands of years, countless innocent people have mysteriously disappeared because of this, and they will never be found.
It wasn't until 2,000 years ago, with the help of the gods, that scholars finally made progress in their research on otherworldly projections.
The so-called otherworldly projection, in fact, is because the spatial barrier of the world of Pavatiga is not stable enough, and a certain part of other arbitrary worlds in the void invades the spatial superposition phenomenon caused by Pavatiga, once an intelligent creature passes through the space channel, it will be sucked into a place similar to the temporary sharing zone of the two worlds, which is the so-called otherworldly projection, until the two worlds in the void are constantly moving away from each other, and the body and soul are crushed by the interlaced spatial barrier.
But destruction is not inevitable.
After the research of scholars, as long as the weak point of space can be found before the separation of the two worlds, which is often referred to as the projection exit, you can return to Pavatiga. Although the location of the exit is uncertain whether it is near or far, it can still be vaguely detected by the combat professional with the help of energy sensing, and unlike the uniqueness of the entrance, there are often many exits, and there is a great hope of survival.
And when he detached, the things he carried on his body could be brought back as long as they did not violate the basic rules of the Parvatiga world, including things that did not exist in Pavatiga's original existence. Of course, as for the soul, there is no need to think about it, as the most complex part of the rules of the world, the soul of any world is based on different rules, as long as the creature that does not belong to Pavatiga passes through the escape channel, there is no hope of survival, unless like a certain priest, there is a god who is willing to pay a lot of money to help him reshape his soul and body.
Based on this, a new class called the Shadow Chaser was born, in which powerful combat professionals ventured into the Atlas Projection to obtain materials or items from other worlds to bring back to Pavatiga in exchange for high profits.
Unfortunately, the dangers in the projection world are too high.
Although due to the exclusivity of the world barrier to complex souls, there will be no enemy "people" in the otherworldly projection, and they are all wild places without human beings for thousands of years, and the unlucky ghosts who are projected like Shuer are a rare case for a thousand years, but even so, in the face of a randomly appearing and completely unfamiliar space, no matter how powerful a professional is, he does not dare to guarantee that he will come back alive.
Therefore, only those explorers who are confident enough in their own strength and have an adventurous spirit burning in their souls will enter and exit the otherworldly projection more than once. Of course, there are also some fools who have fantasies and vain to get rich overnight, and venture into the otherworldly projection, but this kind of example of survival is quite rare.
"That's right, the entrance is in this range. ”
"Well, you can skip this step. Shuer sighed and said helplessly, "You know, my energy sense of the otherworldly projection is much stronger than all of you, and I can already be sure of the range of the entrance." ”
"No, Shure, it's not like that. Safu shook her head vigorously, although she still shyly lowered her head and didn't look into Shuer's eyes, but there was firmness in her soft voice, "You can't just believe in energy sensing. ”
"I'm not doubting your judgment, but there are many factors that interfere with energy sensing, and the results measured by the instrument are more accurate in comparison, so this verification is necessary. ”
"A qualified projection energy tester will never make a judgment based on energy induction alone, really, Shuer, if you only rely on energy induction in the otherworldly projection, something will definitely happen in the end. ”
"Hmm. After a moment of silence with a serious expression, Shuer nodded heavily and said seriously, "Thank you, I remember, Mr. Sullivan." ”
"Nasty ghosts, and bullies. Safu muttered quietly, ran away a few steps with a red face, mustered up the courage to give him a blank look, thought about it, gave him another look, and then fell back to the ground, took a bunch of auxiliary tools, and began to write, draw, and calculate.
Unbeknownst to her in the calculations, behind her, Shuer's serious expression slowly disappeared, and a soft smile appeared on her face.
"Worked it out. For another full hour, Shul had been standing behind the girl like a javelin, not only did the posture of holding the mace in his hand not change, but even his left hand had pinched the spell mark that released the magic spell, and in the state of adventure, no matter how careful he was.
As soon as he looked down, he saw Saph holding the map in front of him, and when he was concentrating on looking at the map, it was natural to change to the girl holding the hilt of the sword and using her hearing to guard the surroundings, and the change of identity seemed to have become instinctive.
"Accurate to the point, worthy of being an expert, let's go, let's go first. Shuer sighed, at least at this point, there should be no problem.
"Well, I'll get out of the way. ”
The swordsman and the priest walked together, and naturally the swordsman opened the way, however, the girl took a few deep breaths, but never took a step. The location of the two of them happened to be the edge of the range where the entrance might be, which meant that Saf never stepped into the range.
Shuer didn't urge, didn't even make a sound, silently looked at her back, and waited silently.
"Shure, I'm a little scared. There was a tremor in Saf's voice.
"Well, I know. ”
"If I'm wrong, every step I take, there is a possibility that I will be suddenly pulled closer to the otherworldly projection, and I may die at any time. ”
"Well, I know. ”
"Otherwise, I'll do the math again, I think I've miscalculated. ”
"Okay, you count. ”
After saying this, Shul suddenly walked around in front of the girl and stepped into the entrance area first.
"Yikes. Saf let out a short, frightened growl, and dragged Shur back, his eyes were red, and he couldn't even care less about his shyness, and cried out through gritted teeth, "What are you doing?"
"Go to the entrance. Shuer tilted his head to stare at the girl, squinted his eyes and said with a smile, "Last time, you counted six times, how many times are you going to count this time?"
"I, I'm ......" the teeth bit their lips and lost their blood, and Save said anxiously, "Then you can't go in so casually, what if I miscalculate you? You will be pulled in, once the entrance is closed, you will have to be in it by yourself, do you think you are a demigod? Do you want to survive alone in the otherworldly projection?"
"Sasa, have you forgotten something?" said Shure, pointing to his nose, "I'm special, I can come and go freely, both at the entrance and exit, and it won't cause closures. ”
Yes, maybe it's because of the projection world, maybe it's because of some kind of mutation that has occurred through the world barrier, Shure has this special ability, maybe it doesn't mean anything to normal people, but for the shadow chaser, it's simply a weapon to save his life.
"Ugh. The girl's momentum was suppressed at once, indeed, everyone knew Shuer's past, and they also knew this peculiarity, but they forgot it in a moment of excitement. However, she immediately plucked up her momentum again, not giving an inch, "You can come out, but you are not immortal, do you know how many of the people who died in the projection were killed by the fierce beasts that existed in the projection as soon as they showed their heads and did not react?"
"Yes, nine percent, oh no, it's ten percent now. ”
"And you're still going to break in? What if you kill Lisa?"
"Don't you understand, Sasa, I dare to do this, it has nothing to do with it. Shuer stared at the girl's eyes, suddenly laughed, rubbed her chestnut hair, and said softly, "Although you never believe in yourself, but I believe in you, I believe that Sasa is the most professional, and Sasa's calculations will not be wrong, so what am I worried about?"
Saph stared blankly at Shure's face, as if he had never seen him before.
"So, let's go, don't be in a daze. With a reassuring smile, Shul turned and continued forward, but with a "snap", his wrist was held again, but this time, the girl did not drag him back, but walked forward with him.
Turning his head in surprise, he found that the girl was still shy, but the grip on her wrist was unquestionable.
"Hey, if we connect together, we'll both be pulled in together. ”
"Well, I know. ”
"I can quit at any time, but you can't. ”
"Well, I know. ”
"And you're still mad like that?" Shul rolled his eyes.
"Don't you believe that my calculations can't be wrong?" the girl gave back all her words, "and what are you worried about?"
"Snort. Shuer was stunned, couldn't help but chuckle, held Saf's hand with his backhand, shook his head and said, "It's up to you, but if you really get pulled in, I can turn around and come back, absolutely don't care about you." ”
The shy girl didn't speak, just stuck out her tongue secretly, and her red face had a somewhat complicated expression.