N??? B?f?? Y?? Vh?`?0o?? Y7S@?7?h`0?^?? ?? y?#c????'? The same valleys, gloomy woods, faint earthy smells, everything that came to Benjamin's eyes was slightly familiar, but unrecognizable, and the only thing that was certain was that he had returned to the real world. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Should be...... The real world, right?

This time, the hallucinations were terrifying, unbelievably realistic, and even the system found no flaws. Benjamin also doesn't know exactly when they entered the illusion, the whole part of the memory, where it started to be real and where it started to be fake.

If it weren't for the help of the "nothingness" state, he wouldn't even be able to get out of it.

However, when he came back to his senses and turned his attention to the real world. He found himself lying on the ground, as if he had just woken up from his sleep, and his face was still stained with a little grit.

At the same time, there seemed to be an ethereal singing voice in the distance.

The song sounds quite ethereal, like the meaningless murmur of some kind of creature, giving people an illusory feeling, as if this singing is just an auditory hallucination produced by people in a trance.

"It's ......"

Hearing the strange singing, Benjamin hurriedly got up from the ground and turned to look. However, in this instant, the song came to an abrupt halt, as if it had never been there. Even if Benjamin unfolded the water elemental perception method and looked around, he couldn't find anything.

Suddenly, Benjamin looked a little stunned.

What's the situation?

"You hear that singing, don't tell me what kind of hallucination it is. He asked mentally to the system.

"I ...... I heard it. The system replied with some hesitation.

After thinking about it, Benjamin continued: "You should record it, and replay that sound for me, this thing is weird." ”

"Okay, I'll try. ”

Along with the mechanical sound of the system, soon, the singing voice was also intercepted into audio and played in Benjamin's head.

However, the strange thing is that the singing voice that originally sounded ethereal was replayed by the system like this, but it was like the low roar of some kind of beast, not to mention the original unreal feeling, not even the feeling of "singing", it sounded noisy and ordinary.

Benjamin looked puzzled again.

"Are you sure you didn't misplace?" he couldn't help but ask.

"Not really, it's just this audio. The system also seemed confused, "I don't know why it became the way it was when it aired." ”

“...... All right. ”

Benjamin was thoughtful.

It seems that this valley can be named the Valley of the Abyss, and I'm afraid it's really a bit boring.

The system is still struggling with why it failed to detect the hallucination, wondering if it was poisoned. So it told Benjamin that it was going to kill the poison and then it was gone. When Benjamin heard this, he could only shake his head and put aside the matter of studying the singing.

He looked at the other mages around him who had fainted on the ground.

Count them, all the mages in the team are still there, lying on the ground around them, and there are no fewer people. Seeing this, Benjamin breathed a sigh of relief.

He then began to observe the surrounding environment, trying to determine at what point they had fallen into hallucinations. As a result, he found out that it was very close to their morning camp!

Benjamin suddenly got goosebumps.

In other words, they finished breakfast in the morning, packed their things, and just a few steps after they set off, they unknowingly fell into that strange illusion. Andy comes over to discuss potions with him, bumps into a mercenary being chased by a monster snake, and mutates the animals in the valley...... A series of things, all just their illusions.

It's weird......

At that moment, he even began to feel a kind of Inception-like confusion, wanting to take the spinning top around to see if he was real or illusory.

Still, taking a deep breath, he was determined to put it behind him.

Don't think about those things, the more you think about it, the more confused you become, let's wake everyone up first.

So, he recited a spell and summoned a large healing orb. He slapped the water balloon on the mages, and under this beat, the mages, who had been unconscious, finally reacted, struggled, and gradually woke up.

"Hair ...... What happened?"

Benjamin waited until they all woke up and began to explain to them what had just happened.

However, what is surprising is that they have no memory of what happened in the illusion. Benjamin said this, they just stared at each other, looking confused, and they didn't understand what Benjamin was talking about.

And their memory is that not long after they set off in the morning, everyone walked on the road, not knowing what was happening, and lost their consciousness.

Seeing this, Benjamin could only shake his head helplessly.

The ethereal singing voice became much more mysterious in his mind.

What is the sound that comes from, is it difficult to ...... What strange creatures still exist in this valley? What is their purpose? Are the previous legends of the disappearance related to them?

Benjamin was curious, but he didn't have time to explore it. After the incident just now, the entire Abyss Valley now seemed a little weird to him, and the danger factor had skyrocketed.

Who knows what strange things will come along, he thought, they'd better get out of this place quickly.

So, roughly tidying up the team, Benjamin led everyone with a vigilant heart and walked forward.

"Wait...... There are people in front. ”

However, after walking for a while, in the bushes not far away, Benjamin actually found the five mercenaries.

The familiar mercenaries also fainted there, motionless. It seems that they are not part of the illusion, but real people, who are just drawn into the same illusion.

After thinking about it, Benjamin made another water balloon and woke them up.

"Ah...... Over here...... You, you are ......"

Needless to ask, they are also amnesiac and can't remember what happened in the illusion.

Before they could ask all sorts of questions, Benjamin interrupted them and said, "Hello, we are passing by the mage, and when we saw you fainting here, we woke you up. Judging by your appearance, you must be mercenaries, and you are also very familiar with Riley City, can you be a guide for us and take us there? We are good, and if we encounter danger on the road, we can also help. ”

Several of the mercenaries looked a little confused.

"That...... Hello, we are indeed mercenaries from Riley City. The mercenary with the crossbow scratched his head and looked out of his place, "What's going on......?"

"You fainted, maybe you were attacked by something, I don't know. Benjamin immediately said, "This place is weird, and I think we'd better get out of here." ”

"Ah...... Why?

"What? You can all faint here for no reason, do you want to stay here any longer?"

“...... It seems like...... That's right. ”

In this way, with the five bewildered mercenaries, the mages set off and walked towards the exit of the valley.

Riley City is the headquarters of the Mercenary Guild, and it is also a fairly large city in Freden. Benjamin originally had the intention of going there, and these mercenaries also said in the illusion that they were from Riley City. Anyway, it's all along the way, and it's good to find a tour guide.

Correspondingly, operating with a few indigenous mercenaries can also reduce the likelihood of them being suspected of smuggling.

As for the things in the illusion, he didn't bother to explain them to these people. Anyway, I can't explain it clearly, so be it, he knows the secrets of illusion and singing alone, and it's good that the others live innocently.

On the road.

"Mr. Benjamin. Andy walked over, patted Benjamin on the shoulder, and said hesitantly, "That...... Our ......"

Before he could continue, Benjamin followed his words and said calmly, "I know you're running out of potion materials. Rest assured, I'll take care of everything when I get to town. ”

Andy was stunned.

"How did you know I was going to say this?"

Benjamin smiled, "Because you've said it in the illusion before." ”

"What?"

Benjamin shook his head and said, "No, it's nothing, you guys have a good rest." ”

“...... Good, okay. ”

With a question mark on his face, Andy returned to the group in a daze.