Chapter 9: What Exactly Did They Wrong?
It was already night back in Tobytown, and Brian saw from a distance that there was a little light in the town, and it was no longer pitch black. The Viscount thought that Bourne had already had the results of his research, and when he came to the watchtower to ask, he learned that it was not a magic lamp, but a new type of oil lamp, which was windproof and rainproof, and could burn for a day and a night without renewing oil, and the brightness was quite good, no need to guess, this thing must be Estrid's new work.
Brian smiled, obviously squeezing poor Bourne Mage, his permanent light still in vain. Coming to the barracks, Brian dismissed the outlaw team and told them to hurry up and rest, and tomorrow morning, they will rush to the Raptors Fortress and then go to the dwarven tribe.
The Viscount led the horse alone and came softly outside the Viscount's Palace, and the night watchman saluted as soon as he found the adult, Brian handed the horse to the warrior, and looked up to see that his parents had already slept, and only Estrid's room was brightly lit. The girl stood at the window and waved at Brian, who waved in response and walked briskly upstairs.
The room was bright, the walls were covered with goblin mechanical drawings, and the table was piled with books and notebooks, and it seemed that Estrid had been studying it diligently.
"It's so late and you still haven't slept?" Brian asked.
"How late is it?" said Estrid, laughing.
"The specific time, I estimate, from the time the sun went down to the present, there should have been four standard hourglasses (one standard hourglass is an hour). ”
"The time when the sun sets is early and late, this timekeeping method is not accurate, this set of pendulum clocks designed by goblins can display the time more accurately and intuitively, even accurate to the second, the idea is very good, I am studying its principle, ready to make a one in a few days. ”
"It's amazing to pendulum clocks. Brian praised, "But you also have to take a break and keep your work during the day." ”
"Okay, rest, I've regained a little bit of memory, 97 lives without breath, which means you don't need air to breathe. ”
"Really, that's great, what else do you remember?" Brian excited.
"I'm also reminded of the second paragraph of Estrid's Notes - deep underground, before it dies completely, I don't know if my record still has any meaning?, maybe, hundreds of thousands or even millions of years later, it is possible that this place will be revived, intelligent life will be born again, and they will remember our lesson!"
Brian saw that Estrid had stopped talking for a long time and asked, "Isn't that there?"
The girl nodded: "No, I've worked hard to remember everything, just think of so much, the space teleporter malfunctioned, I was seriously damaged, even if it is another three months, it is estimated that I will not be able to fully recover my memory." ”
"Well, let's sleep, let's figure it out slowly. Brian patted the girl on the head.
Brian found a bucket, scooped a full bucket of water, and plunged his head into the water, trying to see if he really didn't need air. Peng Peng stood curiously on Brian's back and asked, "Mom, what game are you playing?"
Buried in the water, Brian didn't hear Pumba's question, and he combined the first two passages of Estrid's Notes to ponder what it meant. It seems that "Estrid" existed a long time ago, at least hundreds of thousands of years ago, but it is not known what mistakes were made that led to destruction, and this note, which should have been written in hiding, is full of regret and remorse.
At the same time, "Estrid" predicted that intelligent life would be born again, how could she be so sure? Could it be that we are now the intelligent life that was born again?
If so, what mistakes did they make, and will we make the same mistakes, and can they be saved and avoided?
The main thrust of Estrid's Notes is to tell future generations not to repeat the mistakes of the past, or are the mistakes they made still continuing today?
Brian's head hurt as he thought about it, and he suddenly realized that he had been in the water for a long time, but he didn't feel the slightest suffocation.
Early in the morning, Brian said goodbye to his family, mounted his warhorse, and went to the Raptors Fortress with the outlaw squad.
Suddenly, a "madman" jumped out and shouted: "I succeeded, succeeded!"
It should be Byrne to listen to the voice, but this guy has messy hair and a beard, and if you don't look closely, you can't make it out, and it seems that she was stimulated by Estrid.
"Why, the permanent magic lamp, done?" asked Brian with a smile.
"That's right, my lord, I succeeded, and I will still hang my lamp in the future, and Estrid's lamp needs palm oil, and I don't want anything. Byrne said triumphantly.
Brian looked at the magic lamp in Bourne's hand, because it was daytime, its brightness was not very obvious: "This light will always be on, can it be turned off?"
"Well, this ...... This one...... I haven't thought about it yet. Byrne scratched at the messy hair.
"Alright Byrne, I see you, Sarina, and Estrid, you don't always have to work alone, but you should work together, and you can combine everyone's knowledge and ideas, and maybe you can make something more perfect. Brian suggested.
"Okay, sir, I'll talk to her when Sarina returns. ”
"I wish you success. Brian clamped his legs and urged the horse forward.
"I wish you victory as well. Byrne shouted, his mind quickly returning to the magic lamp, "Hell, how do you get it to be turned off?"
The members of the Outlaw Squad were readjusted, and the number remained at eleven, Fuller and Luke were transferred, and returned to Maple Leaf Town with Brian's handwritten letter of appointment, mainly responsible for the town's training, and two new Assassins, Louis and Dalton, who were trained by Uncle Shadow, who were the best.
Brian never grasped the power in his hands, whether it was administrative power, commercial power or military command, all of which were handed over to his capable talents, as long as they did not violate his principles, he generally did not interfere at will, and he was the captain of the outlaw team, just charging into battle.
"Louis, Dalton, welcome to the Outlaw Squad, this is the highest honor for a soldier, because only the best soldiers can join the ranks of these eleven people. Vice Captain Lilian said, "This team, regardless of peacetime and wartime, peacetime is wartime, you are the scout of the team, and the first test will start immediately." Now, we will gallop to the Raptors Fortress as fast as we can, and you two, no matter what method you use, must get ahead of us, reach the Fortress and lurk in it without being detected by the defenders. ”
The two assassins glanced at each other, but they didn't expect the first mission to be so difficult, and gritted their teeth and saluted: "Yes, vice captain." After speaking, he turned into two gray shadows, and disappeared in a puff of smoke.