Chapter 218: White Mist Blockade
Aland said as he led the two of them into the house:
"As you can see, Lois and Jenny and I grew up in Giethoorn, and there were twice as many villagers in Giethoorn at that time than now, but after all, this place is so remote, so later some young people moved out of here to make life more convenient, of course my family is one of them, when I was ten years old, my parents took me to the town to settle down with relatives in the town, and since then there have been relatively few people who have returned."
Jenny glanced at him: "Yes, you cried a handful of snot and tears in the carriage when you left, I don't know that I thought we would never see each other for the rest of our lives, who knew that in less than half a year, my brother and I would go to school in the town."
Aland scratched his head, "Don't mention this kind of mess again."
Yun Xiao listened carefully, and his eyes fell on the room at the same time.
Most of the furniture in this house is wooden, which looks old, and then look at the very shocking wall-full bookshelves in the living room, as well as the simple and elegant flowers and vases that look a little complicated, almost every piece shows the owner's taste and cultivation.
"There are so many books? Is it all Lois's?"
Seeing Yun Xiao looking at the house, Aland sighed and said:
"This shop was originally run by Mr. Jaxo Sr., the grandfather of the Lois brothers and sisters, Mr. Jaxo Sr. was not a businessman, but an exchange student of [University Town of Palent], and the students who can enter there will eventually go to work for the Eastern Empire, but unfortunately, the birth system in the previous era was still very strict, and Mr. Jaxot, who was from other continents, could not rely on his knowledge to enter the Eastern Empire and pursue a political career, so he had no choice but to return to Giethoorn Village."
"The university town of Palent? Isn't that in the [Eastern Empire Continent]? It's still a long way from here."
Aland invites the person to the sofa in the living room:
"Yes, to get there, you have to take a carriage to reach the port on the east coast, and then you have to take a boat, no matter how you look at it, it will take three months to travel, but now it is estimated to be faster, I heard that the [Eastern Empire Mainland] has been connected to the tram, and even the speed of the ship is much faster."
Lu Bei looked at Aland and said, "But since Old Mr. Jaxot is from such a top academy, it stands to reason how can he be appreciated by the lord of the [Royal Court], and he won't come back to such a remote place to do business, right?"
Aland shook his head:
"Things are far from being that simple, seeing that you are not very old, you should not know much about the past, you know, the relationship between the [Olividor Continent] and the [Eastern Empire Continent] at that time was not as harmonious as it appeared in the past, because of the change of the ruler of the [Eastern Empire Continent], and even the relationship between the two continents was in a state of tension, and the old Mr. Jaxot who was stuck in the middle as an exchange student was more embarrassed, staying in the local area would be regarded as a spy, and when he returned to the royal court, he would also be excluded by those old ministers, You should know this better than I did before you came from the royal court, right?"
Yun Xiao didn't know anything about this, but he probably understood.
Old Mr. Jaxo had no knowledge in this space, but he couldn't get along anywhere, so he returned to his hometown to develop.
Jenny poured hot tea for the two, Yun Xiao took a sip after thanking her, and suddenly the aroma of black tea soaked her heart and spleen, making her sigh comfortably.
She put down her teacup and continued, "And how did he come up with the idea of opening a shop?"
"He had lived in the bustling metropolis for many years, and when he first returned to the village, he realized how inconvenient life was in Giethoorn because there were no shops, but who would come to such a remote place to set up shop in such a remote town? So the elder Mr. Jacques decided to open his own shop and travel between towns and cities every month to provide convenience for the villagers.
You see, many people in the village now use daily necessities, including laundry soap, glass, are brought back from the towns on the east side of the field, and at the same time, he will also send the wool, goat's milk, and some agricultural products produced in the village to other places to sell, otherwise the village is still very poor."
Yun Xiao nodded:
"And then?"
"Later, when he was older, he passed the shop on to his son, Lois and Jenny's father, Mr. Wayne Jacquesor
Mr. Keso is much better than the old Mr. Jaxo, after all, since he was a child, he has followed the old Mr. Jaxo in several towns and towns, and it is easy to do business, but he is willing, but Lois does not like it, Lois and Jenny are very smart, at least when we were young, when the children in the village went to the enlightenment school together, the teacher praised Lois like this, and said that he should go to the Eastern Empire to increase his knowledge, otherwise it would be a pity.
Probably following his grandfather, Lois eventually relied on his knowledge to get all the way from the town school to the [University Town] of Palent, but fortunately, decades have passed, and the relationship between the two continents has eased a lot, but at that time, strange things began to happen on the continent."
"Strange things?"
"Haven't you heard? At first, there were only occasional people who disappeared, and they did not attract people's attention, but later, suddenly strange white fog appeared on several continents, and the cities shrouded in white fog disappeared directly from the mainland, and the lords of each continent sent troops to look for them, but the people who entered the white fog either disappeared or died in the white fog. It stands to reason that you, as adventurers, should know better than we do, and I'm curious how you came from the [Royal Court] safely......
When Lu Beixi heard this, he held the teacup for a moment, and then said quietly:
"You must know that the [Royal Court]'s spirit stone teleportation is still very convenient."
Hearing this, Aland didn't question it anymore, but nodded:
"You're right, it's just a pity that ordinary civilians don't have such convenient conditions."
Lu Beixi and Yun Xiao glanced at each other, and then looked at Aland:
"We have been serving within the [Royal Court], and we don't know what is going on outside, how long is this white mist you are talking about?"
This time Aland didn't speak, and Jenny sat aside and sighed:
"Seven or eight years ago, when Lois was still in [Palt University Town], his father wanted him to go home, but he refused several times, and his father was very afraid that something would happen to him, so he went to Dongda Road alone, intending to bring his brother back directly, who knew that when he passed through [Rosa Town], he disappeared directly, and since then, the road to [Rosa Town] has also been shrouded in white fog, and the parade sent has gone many times in vain.
I remember that my mother washed her face with tears every day, and even did not listen to the advice, and set out to find her father overnight, but even she herself was lost in a white mist, but fortunately she was later found by the roving adventurers and sent back, but after coming back, her body was not as good as day by day. But fortunately, because of this incident, I sent a letter to [the university town of Palette], and my brother learned about my father and mother, and finally decided to come back."
Yun Xiao asked, "Is there any specific symptoms in your mother's body?"
Jenny pursed her lips and said, "Mother's illness is very strange, at first she will repeat a memory, every day seems to be the same day, and after a while, her memory is not as good as day by day, and even slowly, she no longer speaks, and every day is in a state of confusion."
Lu Beixi frowned: "Have you seen a doctor?"
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Aland shook his head:
"I've seen it all, but it doesn't work, Mrs. Jaxot has taken almost all the medicines she can take, but none of them are getting better, and because of this, Lois also wrote a letter to ask the professor who specializes in medicine in [University Town of Palnt], and the professor suggested that he go to [Future New Town] to have a look, Lois saw that his mother's condition was getting worse and worse every day, so he had no choice but to leave the village again and go to [Future New Town]."
Yun Xiao digested the words of the two, and was a little surprised in his heart.
In this way, the sudden appearance of the white fog may be the period when the "Doomsday" system gradually swallows up the "Garden of Eden", that is, the time when the game is overwritten and tampered with.
Lu Beixi raised his eyebrows and said:
"White Mist? Are you talking about the same white mist as the one on the west side of the field?"
Alain paused, and was about to say something, but saw him look up in the direction of the restaurant:
"Jenny, is your soup going to run dry?"
Yun Xiao looked up along the dining table, and saw that an iron pot was indeed hanging on the stove next to her, and the fragrant and thick cream mushroom soup in the iron pot was still bubbling
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In fact, as soon as she entered the door, she smelled the rich milky smell in the air, and it turned out to be Jenny boiling soup.
Jenny reacted to something and got up from the sofa with an exclamation:
"Sorry, I almost forgot my creamy soup!"
I saw that she hurriedly walked to the pot and stirred the soup with a wooden spoon a few times, and saw that it was almost cooked, so she picked up the iron clamp on the side and skillfully removed some of the burning charcoal.
After her skillful movements, in the end, only a few pieces of charcoal were still bright and extinguished, and only the iron pot was leaned against with the residual temperature, and the firewood was not completely extinguished.
At this time, there was a burst of tempting fragrance in the room, not only the rich soup, Yun Xiao looked for the taste, and saw that the wooden dining table had already been set up with freshly baked butter bread, and a plate full of burnt bacon and ham was also neatly placed on the table. In addition, the golden and tempting cheese is neatly cut into chunks, which are mixed with many foods to exude a rich food aroma.
"Do you usually eat so much?"
Jenny looked back and smiled:
"Of course not, I thought that everyone must be hungry after a busy night, so I made breakfast in advance and planned to let Aland take it out and distribute it to the people in the village, if you don't mind, let's have breakfast first, we can talk while eating, by the way, your friend has been arranged by me to the room, you can go and ask the gentleman to come out with you."
Jenny began to serve the creamy mushroom soup as she spoke, looking at the milky white soup soaked in shiitake mushrooms exuding a rich and tempting taste, Yun Xiao swallowed her saliva violently, and suddenly felt so hungry.
Seeing that Aland deliberately broke away Jenny, Lu Beixi looked at Aland:
"Do you have any concerns about the White Mist?"
Aland looked at Jenny who was still serving soup and preparing breakfast in the distance, and sighed with a complicated sigh in his eyes, and then saw him say with a depressed face:
"I've been going back and forth to several towns in the past few years, and I've inquired a lot about it, in fact, not long since Lois left, there have been more and more places on several continents that are shrouded in white fog like there, and anyone who goes in will be more or less injured and lost, Madame Jaxol is relatively lucky, she met an adventurer, otherwise she doesn't know whether she is alive or dead now.
I was afraid that Lois would never return, so I wrote to him almost every time he arrived in a city, and this letter you picked up was the last, the last letter I sent a few years ago.
Maybe my concern was right, sure enough, there was no news of Lois, who went to [Future New Town] to look for medicine, and I heard that the road to there was also blocked by the white fog after he entered, and we only learned in recent months that even the [Royal Court] was cut off.
Fortunately, you appeared, the village chief once thought that the loss of contact with [Wang Ting] was fake news, and we couldn't verify it, but fortunately you sent it over, so we are very happy for this...... Otherwise, even the royal capital of the continent will lose contact, and the entire continent will fall into chaos."
Aland spoke, his voice low again:
"It's just that now, the white mist has spread to the [Hope Field], and you don't have such a powerful spirit stone as the [Royal Court], so I ...... it."
Yun Xiao said in a low voice:
"So you think there's a good chance we're trapped here and can't get out?"
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