By the time everyone returned to Buck's bookstore, it was already noon.

Remembering Nie Yuan's entrustment, the big customer Adeven beckoned a few of his own brothers, and at eight o'clock in the morning, he helped open the door and start business.

It's just that these officials are obviously not the material for employees, and they are extremely lacking in professionalism, and they don't know how to go forward to sell when they see customers who are interested in buying books, let alone implement the purpose of "smile service" of Buck Bookstore.

More like a guest than a guest, with an attitude that you love to buy or not.

However, there is one thing that is still worthy of praise, at least the hygiene is very good, and the books on the shelves are neatly arranged.

Perhaps this is already the limit of what they can do as new employees.

After all, on weekdays, except for Count Lilian, the dog who would reprimand them would be bloody.

The rest of the time, where I go, I am not the object of service, and suddenly there is a role reversal, and I become a servant, and it is normal that I can't adapt for a while.

The boss is not there, and there is a sense of doing enough work to save face and not touching the fish, which is also very rare.

Seeing Nie Yuan carrying Nancy into the store, Edwin who was working as a cashier at the front desk immediately stood up.

Nie Yuan glanced at him and said, "Why are you so excited." ”

Adwin looked back at the guests, and then asked in a low voice, "The news came back in the morning, there are many casualties in the church, are you all right?" ”

Nie Yuan replied, "Do you think we look like we have a problem?" ”

"That's the solution?"

"Sort of, but the town of Paz is basically dead in name, and there are not a few townspeople left."

"Good!"

Adwin excitedly said, "Let's go back and meet Lord Lilian!" ”

"Wait."

Nie Yuan stopped him and said, "You guys go back, what is the bookstore's business going on, let's talk about it today after you finish it." ”

"Aren't you back, eh, two more?"

"Georgie and Aztec, help send the three sick numbers back."

"Sick number?"

"Well, Bishop Nikon and Bishop Dennis, they are very badly injured, I'm afraid they won't be able to come out during this time, Bishop Quentin is a little better, but there are also colors hanging everywhere."

At this time, the first thing to do was to count the accounts, Buck, raised his head, and said:

"If you don't have a communication scroll, the neighbor next door has a teleport, just tell Lilian remotely, if you want to know the details, we will be free in two days, let's contact her in person."

"This ......"

"Don't do that."

Nie Yuan interrupted: "We have been busy for most of the day, we have to take a break, you take care of the store, let's go upstairs." ”

"Come on, come on!"

Nancy, who was sitting on Nie Yuan's neck, waved her fist at the wry-smiling Advan to show verbal support.

All the way up to the top floor, they didn't really go to rest as they said.

Instead, he went to Barker's workshop and began to discuss the current situation.

Of course, it was basically Nie Yuan and Buck talking, and Nancy was already holding her radio and enjoying herself there.

"This disaster source core dropped by Adri, I temporarily stored it, and it can be used as a material for forging your blood system in the future."

Buck set aside a palm-sized prismatic scale, the last trace of Adri's stay in the world.

Then he continued: "The rest of this abstract source is up to you, but remember to use it only once, otherwise it will cause some bad consequences, not only will it affect the user's cognition, but it can also make it mutate into another form and become uncontrollable." ”

Nie Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Is the other form you are talking about like the one described in Adri's diary?" ”

Buck replied, "Yes, once it is activated, it is no longer a material form that can be easily handled, it may be hidden in the mind or memory of any person, and it will become a kind of esoteric existence.

Just like the original Adri, it would be troublesome to be parasitic about this thing in his painful and frantic sea of consciousness, and outsiders could not see it. ”

Nie Yuan nodded and said, "I will definitely use it with caution, but there are still some things that I don't understand." ”

"You say."

"Now it seems that this abstract source has no self-consciousness, and Adri, as its carrier, has also been in a state of madness for a long time, so why can it still do a lot of things with a very clear purpose, such as replacing the hands of the church and Lillian through the mirror world, to hinder the detection of Path Town."

"There are some things I'm not sure about without trying to fully manipulate this abstract source, but in some abstract source cases, something similar has happened.

That is, although the abstract source is not self-aware, but those who are assimilated by it have, in the abstract source or Adri's instinct, they do not want to be found by outsiders, so the townsfolk and derivatives will follow their instincts and hinder the action of the church. ”

"That is to say, the source of abstraction is equivalent to some kind of vague central consciousness, as long as it has any needs, those assimilated individuals will use their own cognition to help it accomplish it?"

"Suffice it to say, the townsfolk are not completely controlled by it, but more like its servants, subconsciously following the will of the abstract source or Edri."

"I see, but there's a very important question."

As he spoke, Nie Yuan looked at his feet, and there was nothing there.

Buck hesitated for a moment and said, "This is also something I don't understand, why the shadows of the others have returned, but your shadows are still missing." ”

Nie Yuan recalled the scene of his own shadow at that time, being chased as a thief, moving left and right, and jumping around, and said uncertainly:

"There seems to be some kind of quality in his body, so that he is not completely manipulated by Path Town like other shadows, and has become an outlier that Path Town did not expect, and actually has his own personality."

Buck thought for a moment and said:

"It may have something to do with the identity of our descendants of the ancient gods, but I wasn't there at the time, and I couldn't deduce the logic from it.

But for the next day, you don't have to go downstairs, I'll create a simulated shadow for you, so that others can't see the flaws. ”

Nie Yuan was surprised:

"Can you build this too? Can it be done in a day? Then why don't we try to get that guy back, I seem to be able to feel that he is still in Rui Eucalyptus City, not too far away from me, maybe because he can't. ”

Buck replied:

"It may not be so easy to capture him quietly in Ruiyu City, I can detect that he is unusually slippery.

According to my experience, since there is still some kind of connection between you and him, it means that he is still just your appendage, and once you make contact, you can put him back in his original position as long as you want, which should be the reason why he avoids you.

I used to create shadows for others, but not in the conventional sense, but like an assistant hidden in the shadows, so that the shadow can move and do many things for the master, such as helping the master during alchemy, delivering materials or something.

So in this regard, I still have some of my own feelings, and it is still very easy to simply create a lifeless simulated shadow. ”

Nie Yuan was naturally convinced by Buck's words, but he was still a little uneasy, and said:

"Are you sure that he won't cause any trouble in the outside world, and that the shadow's long-term departure really won't have any effect on me?"

If that's the case, then what else do I need the shadow for?

This is obviously a violation of the basic rules of the world, can it be beneficial or harmless?

When I was in the town of Pass, he cheated me once, and if he did something out of the ordinary in the outside world, and the disaster would be brought to the east, wouldn't that be a disaster?

Buck said seriously:

"If ordinary people are in your situation, it will definitely not be a good thing, violating the rules of the world, and they will be attacked by the rules.

But our existence is a provocation to the existing rules of the world, and they should not exist in the world, and the blessing of God the Father will make it difficult for the rules to find you.

The suffering you have experienced in the past, and you have lost too many qualities of your descendants of the ancient gods, the way you can recover will be different from ours.

In the early stage, it will rely on many external things to stimulate the hidden powers, such as the heart and blood system.

And the presence of the shadow may speed up this process, and if he wants to maintain his independence at all times, he must keep getting stronger to resist your attraction to him.

So, it's equivalent to you in the outside world, you have an extra storage energy, and when you need it, you can use it as much as you want, you know what I mean? ”

Hearing this, Nie Yuan seemed to have opened the door to a new world, and said:

"You mean, anyway, I'm the ontology, he will never be able to turn against the guest, it's better to keep him free for the time being, the stronger he is, the stronger I have a backing?

Since building the heart and building the blood system are all through external forces to urge my own recovery, then the power that the shadow obtains in the outside world can be regarded as such an external force, or I don't have to worry about it, he will try to help me absorb the external force.

When I need him, with a little effort, can I get it back into my body? ”

Buck agreed:

"Probably so, because if he wants to get rid of you completely, he needs to be stronger than the real Old Gods and the rules of the world, which is impossible.

If you want to use this backup energy that exists in the outside world, you just have to follow your own connection with him and find him.

If he's stronger than you, that's a good thing, not a threat. ”

Nie Yuan suddenly brightened up and said:

"It turns out that Buck has already had such a consideration, so in this way, if you release him, it is indeed much more cost-effective than catching him back, even if there are some risks, it seems to be worth it."

Buck's jaw said:

"Yes, and the risk is not too great, I think he also understands that if he causes a big disaster and implicates you, he will not have good fruit to eat.

If you die, as your appendage, he will also perish, and if you don't perish, then we will not allow a troublemaker to do anything wrong in the outside world.

I can try to increase the attraction of your ontology to him, and at that time, he will not be able to escape too far. ”

Now Nie Yuan is considered to be proficient, and said:

"Then leave him alone for the time being, I hope he can experience this tacit understanding."

"Since you agree with the idea of keeping him for the time being, then I'll start building a simulated shadow for you."

"Okay."

……

Meanwhile.

The edge of the city of Ruiyu.

Hei Nie Yuan had been here for a long time, and there were still a few deep ravines on the ground.

These ravines were not rolled out by wheels, but by him with the soles of his feet.

The reason is also very simple, he wants to test how far he can get away from the body at most.

I found that when I walked here, the attraction behind me became stronger.

No matter how far he goes, he will be pulled back to his original place directly by the invisible force, unable to resist.

Now Hei Nie Yuan has also come to the conclusion that if he wants to continue to live, he has to take on the role of Nie Yuan's shadow in another way.

First of all, it was impossible for him to hurt the body, and he didn't want to do that at all.

Nie Yuan is where he originated, and he also came from the bottom of his heart, agreeing that it was his home, but he just didn't want to be imprisoned forever, so he chose to run away from home.

Secondly, if you are destined to only be able to move within the scope of the circle, even if it is accompanied by your own strength, this range will continue to be expanded.

But the ontological Nie Yuan will not stand still, if the other party wants to, he can still compress his activity space.

And you should not stay at the boundary of the demarcated range, because it is very dangerous.

The danger comes from the narrowing of the range of activities, if Nie Yuan and them find it at this time, then there is basically no way to escape.

But fortunately, it seems that the body is not in a hurry, and I don't know what to think, so I didn't come to arrest myself in the first place.

Only then did he have the audacity to come and probe the bottom in order to calculate his range of activities.

And usually, in fact, to a certain extent, the closer he is to the main body Nie, the safer he is.

Because if you regard his range of activities as a huge ring, then it must be in the center of the ring, which will make his "positioning" space larger and more choices.

Don't you see the boxers who are usually pressed on the edge of the ring, basically only have the share of being hammered, and you can't hide if you want to.

And as a boxer, the rules of confrontation between himself and the body are also extremely unequal.

That is, you can only be beaten, and you can't fight back!

In the end, Hei Nie Yuan also figured it out, if he wanted to establish some kind of tacit understanding with the ontology, then he would definitely have to show his own value to prove that it would be more beneficial for him to separate from it.

The troubles that are embodied in this body should only be the shadow is gone, which will make its daily life less convenient, but presumably Buck should be able to solve it.

Even if Buck can't, don't they already have the abstract source of Paz Town.

Abstract sources should be very easy to recreate a simulated shadow.

Or, the ontology will worry that if he causes some trouble in the outside world, he will be set on fire.

Then don't do that yourself.

With his current ability, as well as in his mind, it doesn't seem to come from this world, plus the identity that can touch the moonlight.

Maybe you can create a huge protector organization, go invisible, and help the ontology solve a lot of troubles.

Defend him wholeheartedly.

In this alternative way, to continue to assume the responsibility of being a shadow.

Presumably, he can reflect the value of being outside and more beneficial to him than at his feet.

I won't dump the pot at him.

On the contrary, he can dump the pot on himself.

Then this worry of the ontology should be dispelled.

I can also establish a tacit understanding with them from this.

Well, I seem to remember a sentence of the language of the outer gods—

[The most dangerous place is the safest place]

Of course, first of all, you have to hide it yourself, or make the other party not want to catch you at all.