The next day.

Around noon.

Nie Yuan and the three of them came to the outside of Path Town, which borders Rui Eucalyptus City to the north, as scheduled.

The reason why only three people came was because two companions, arranged by Buck, had gone to find the materials for his blood system again.

And Buck and Georgie are running the bookstore business at the moment.

In Barker's judgment, the abstract sources that exist in the town of Paz should not be enough to pose a threat to their lives.

Even if they encounter problems that are difficult to solve, they who are running the bookstore business can quickly sense the situation through the "secret energy spell marks" left on their companions in advance, and rush to help.

Moreover, Nie Yuan and the others just came to step on a point, investigate and confirm a little, whether the information on the file given by Lilian is true, and then consider it in the long run.

Instead of coming with the intention of just ending this place.

After all, the church has been investigating for so long, but it has not figured out what the abstract source of the existence of Path Town is, what kind of state, and where it is hidden.

The first time the three of them came, the chances of finding out where its origin was didn't seem to be great.

Last night, Nie Yuan also figured out a lot of information from Buck's words.

Not only did he know that the incident in Paz Town should be an anomaly caused by the diffusion of the power of a high-level abstract source.

I also know that absorbing the non-attribute nature of the abstract source can help the secondary recovery of the power of my companions.

Before, Nie Yuan was still wondering, why, as the descendants of the ancient gods, after they awakened, the power they showed didn't seem to match too much with the power of the ancient gods recorded in the ancient books.

It's basically a completely new power, just piggyback on the breath of an ancient god.

Now he understood that it would take several evolutions to awaken more of the Old God traits.

In this way, the revival of the characteristics of the ancient gods will overshadow the characteristics that belong to them in this life, and then gradually move closer to the original body.

Ultimately.

Achieve complete overlap.

Become an ancient god in the truest sense of the word.

Nie Yuan's heart is also very complicated about such a fact.

So far, according to the information he has received, the revival of the ancient gods represents the spiritual death of his companions.

Even if their consciousness actually exists, it has completely merged with the consciousness of the ancient gods.

Under the ancient god's long-standing and almost infinite majesty consciousness, the chance that the companions can still maintain their current personality is basically zero.

A drop of ink, dripping into rivers and lakes, will not be able to turn over any wind and waves, and will be eliminated and assimilated in an instant.

However, Nie Yuan also knew that his current self should not worry about the too distant future.

Even if they transform again, they are still very far away from the revival of the true ancient gods.

For now, it is better to make his companions stronger, which is more beneficial to the entire Buck Bookstore and to himself.

In that way, they will have the strength to stand firm in the other world, and the tolerance rate to deal with mutations.

After all, no matter how leisurely their lives are now, their special identity means that it is impossible to be calm all the time.

There are too many hidden dangers in the shadows, and once some dangers break out, they will be doomed.

Wait until you really gain a foothold in the other world, and after eliminating the vast majority of potential threats, you can fish yourself and try to slow down or stop it, and the real ancient gods will recover.

The three of them walked slowly into the town.

Like the crowd coming in and out, they all had natural expressions and did not show an unusual attitude.

The Aztec looked at the normal scene around him and said: "No wonder the church did not try to lock down this place, everything is too normal, even if people come in and out every day, they have not spread the mutation here to other places, and it has always remained in place."

If we hadn't known the situation beforehand, we might not have noticed the problem even if we passed through the town of Pass, everything was very natural, no different from other towns. ”

Nie Yuan nodded and said: "In the description of the file, even if the people who enter here show signs of being assimilated by the abstract source force field, they will return to normal after leaving for a day or two at most, and their memories will not be disturbed in the slightest due to the sense of disobedience before and after."

As long as they don't do anything out of the ordinary, the vast majority of people remember the purpose of their visit, either for business or to visit relatives.

I also remember my return date, and after completing the purpose of my visit, I will basically leave according to my original thoughts, and there is usually no situation where I can't get out.

If the town is also sealed in this way, then there may be a big problem. ”

Miranda on the side smiled: "That's true, because even if you leave the town of Pass, some people who have been deeply assimilated will maintain a treacherous state for a day or two."

If the town is locked down, the townspeople are in trouble, and those hunters, blacksmiths, and old women with strange abilities in the archives are ...... Dissatisfied, they resisted and gathered together to break through the blockade......

Then the problem is big, and there may be a catastrophe in the entire Ruiyu City. ”

Nie Yuan agreed: "That's true, even if it seems that they are all good townspeople now, they will obey the arrangements of the town police, but no one can say what unpredictable the situation will happen once they are provoked by the group." ”

Aztec looked around and said, "The only thing worth our attention now is the speculative conclusion drawn in the file, and the more you try to investigate the source here, the more suspicious your actions are, and the more you may encounter sudden danger."

Although this speculative conclusion has not been fully confirmed, looking at the entire archive, it should be almost the same.

After all, the most casualties were the church personnel who came with the purpose of in-depth investigation, as well as the two subordinates of Count Lilian. ”

"Yes."

Nie Yuan said: "We can just measure the situation ourselves, if we can't do anything, we will choose to evacuate temporarily, but if we can still deal with it, it is better to collect a little more information here."

Because there is some kind of invisible 'mark', the next time we enter the town of Path, we may not be as fruitful as this time. ”

The "mark" in Nie Yuan's mouth is also the definitive conclusion reached by the church through repeated investigations in the archives.

That is, everyone who enters the town of Paz will be contaminated with the breath of the invisible force field of the abstract source.

This kind of breath won't take anything from you, and it won't be detected.

However, once it is invisibly marked by the breath, then if you enter the town of Path this time, the time to insist on not being assimilated and remain sober and sane is three days.

The next time, your "resistance" will be weakened because of this, and the time to stay sober and sane may become two days, or even one day.

You say a word to me.

The three of them had already walked together into the depths of the town of Path.

At this time, Nie Yuan suddenly felt that his palm moved, he lowered his head, looked at Nancy, who pulled his palm and slowed down, and said:

"What's wrong, Nancy?"

However, after saying this, before Nancy could answer, Nie Yuan was immediately stunned.

The next moment.

Creeps!

He looked at Nancy in a daze, and then at the Aztecs and Miranda beside him.

How do I remember......

When we came, there were three of us!

Buck Bookstore, a total of seven people!

Buck and Georgie are guarding the bookstore.

The other two companions went to help him collect blood system materials.

There are only three people left to investigate the incident in Paz Town.

So at this moment......

I.

Nancy.

Aztec.

Miranda.

It's all here.

Isn't it......

What's wrong?