After letting the two professors continue their research, Rann temporarily bid farewell to U-M, returned to Arkham's atrium, and soon summoned the Sphinx again.

The more I explored the world, the more questions I had in my mind, and at this time the role of the Sphinx reappeared.

The Sphinx appeared with graceful cat steps, and as soon as he saw Rann, he couldn't wait to lean up and rub Ran's palm, Rann was now almost accustomed to the appearance of the Sphinx, and this time he didn't dodge, and scratched the Sphinx's lion-like hair and chin with a cat's stroke.

The Sphinx could, with a feline purr, he has now changed his strategy, although Rann can't become a cat pie if he is a dog pie, he, Sphinx, sooner or later, will let Lord Rann know the benefits of cats!

Well, today's Sphinx doesn't have a bit of a compliment on their appearance.

Ranne: "I'll leave it to you today, Sphinx. ”

"My dear master, your business is my business, you don't have to say that," Sphinx finally rubbed Ranne's hand reluctantly and took a step back to get to work, "Do you want to know what Lord Archie has been doing lately?" ”

Ran: "......? Think. ”

"He's been working on the police department lately, and he's keeping an eye on the inspectorate's stronghold." The Sphinx was content to brush Archie's presence in front of Ran, and the tail behind him wagged happily, "What do you want to ask?" ”

"Why did Jason get into Job's body when he died?" This is also what Rann is most concerned about at the moment, he thinks of the maggots that Job's whole person turned into before, and the abnormality of Archie's body after entering the second layer.

Rann had this question in his heart when he helped Albert get through the third layer before, why weirdness can enter the human body to replace him, and why does weirdness do this, this creature between dreams and reality seems to have no laws of action on weekdays, only high-level weirdness has intelligence, and no matter what level weird it is, as long as it is seen by humans, it will not hesitate to kill, so where does this monster come from.

And that Jason in Job's body, is he weird, or is he human?

"The reason why Jason entered Job's body is, of course, through the normal route," the Sphinx replied without hesitation, "You should know this way. ”

"Dream Gap Third Layer ......," Rann muttered.

The information given by the Sphinx has never been wrong, and the test of the third layer of the dream gap is that human beings find themselves in the test, and protect themselves from being killed by the weird, if they fail, the weird will come to reality with the help of that person's body, that is to say, the one in Job's body is weird?

Jason He ...... Turned weird?

Rann seemed to hear the crisp sound of the dice falling to the ground, which was the voice of successful inspiration: "What is the relationship between humans and weirdness?" ”

"Of course it......" The Sphinx opened his mouth to say the answer, when the expression on his face suddenly changed, and a look of pain flashed on his face.

"Sphinx?"

Rann suddenly saw a small black shadow on the Sphinx, growing near the tail, Rann snapped his fingers, and the surrounding plants pressed the Sphinx who wanted to go crazy.

The black shadow gradually appeared in front of Ran's eyes, a flea-like, centipede-like insect with multiple arthropods, clinging to the Sphinx's fart, biting blood, the Sphinx let out a lion-like roar in his throat, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Rann tried to use the plant to catch and drive away the strange insect, but the strange thing was that the plant couldn't touch the insect, or the moment it made contact, the insect's body quickly blurred, as if it had touched a cloud of air.

What the hell is this?

The bug didn't solve it for a long time, and the light that represented reason in the eyes of the Sphinx was gradually replaced by madness, and he began to frantically bite the plant that trapped him with his claws and teeth, fortunately, Rann had the foresight to restrain him with the plant, but this was not enough, the Sphinx had a lot of strength, Rann threw another handful of seeds, and completely held down the limbs of the Sphinx, and then the plant made him forcibly turn around, and the side of the bug was facing Ran.

Rann frowned in disgust when he looked even more disgusted when he looked closer, but he couldn't think of a solution for a moment.

At this time, Ogel's voice sounded on the side: "This is the truth worm." ”

"What?" Rann turned his head to see Ogle approaching.

"The truth bug, a product of the dream world, a creature that carries forbidden information and knowledge," Ogle explained softly, looking at the bug on the Sphinx's fart, "but I don't know why it's here, and the dream world is generally their range of activity. ”

"How do I get rid of it?"

Ogle reached out to the Truth Worm without saying a word, but strangely enough, the Truth Worm did not react to his hand, as if he was bent on killing the Sphinx.

“…… Odd. Ogle tilted his head, "Truth worms are generally harmless, they don't go crazy on weekdays, they don't even show their shape, they are just responsible for carrying the truth, and they will parasitize on those who know the truth until they gradually merge with them, so crazy examples are rare." ”

"Can't you just take it off?"

Seeing the Sphinx lose his mind and start self-harming, Rann frowned.

"Not really, ordinary people can't touch the truth bug, they are in the dimension between dream and reality, although I can, but it bites very tightly now, if you insist on taking it down, maybe it will detonate it, and then the pollution factor stored by the truth bug may completely pollute this origin, and thus degenerate into a pollutant."

It's some new and strange knowledge, but now Rann doesn't have time to think about it: "Can the Origin Ability degenerate into a pollutant, and what about the owner of this ability?" ”

"Should die." Ogle thought for a moment and said.

Rann had no way to accept this result, he frowned and looked at the bug, because he hadn't let go for a long time, the Sphinx's sanity seemed to have completely disappeared, and in reality, Archie, who was originally working in the police station, suddenly turned black and fell to the ground, and his colleagues around him were startled and hurriedly sent him to the infirmary.

In the kingdom of God, Rann and Ogle froze, not knowing what to do with this bug for a while, Rann could feel that the Sphinx was struggling less and less, and the point of light representing Archie in his mind was gradually dimming, and if he continued like this, he didn't know what would happen, he muttered for a few seconds, and stretched out his hand towards the truth worm.

This is his kingdom.

Everything here should follow his will, and Rann can't bear to have his followers die here.

In the kingdom of God, what God thinks and thinks is reality.

Ran's hands were as white and smooth as jade, but as he moved, the well-groomed fingertips gradually dyed black, and the nails elongated and faintly exuded an ominous sheen.

Between his foreheads, a black vertical line silently appeared, and a red golden eye opened from it, staring at the truth worm.

But then something strange happened, as Ran's hand approached, the bug that had been biting the flesh of the Sphinx was trembling.

Ran's heart moved, he grabbed the bug, and the bug really let go, and flew away a little in fear.

The Sphinx didn't struggle anymore and fainted very happily.

Rann breathed a sigh of relief, and the Truth Worm made a big circle before slowly landing on Ogle.

"It's back to normal." Ogle looked at the bugs that landed on his palm, said lightly, seeing that Rann looked a little nervous, and explained, "They are usually harmless, and I also have these bugs in my body." ”

He pondered for a moment how to explain: "You can understand it as a beneficial insect, well, but it is not a beneficial insect, if there are too many people who know a certain truth, they will not be able to bear the pollution, and they will die with the host." ”

"Pollution?"

"Well, some knowledge is cursed, once it is known, it will cause spiritual pollution, the truth worm is a creature created to resist pollution, they live in symbiosis with the host, once someone learns some forbidden knowledge, the truth worm will appear to parasitize in his dreams, generally speaking, there will be no feeling, but once the spread of knowledge is too large, the truth worm will not be able to resist the pollution and explode, and die with the host."

"Can't we just let these bugs parasitize?"

"This parasitism is silent, but for some strong people, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, and pollution is more difficult to solve than bugs."

Rann didn't speak, he remembered what the Sphinx had said before, 'There is a limit to the amount of knowledge.' Is that what you mean by these bugs?

It always felt like there were still a lot of questions to ask, but now Rann was more worried about Archie's side.

Rann closed his eyes and tried to check the situation on Archie's side through the point of light through the dream gap, but all he could see was pitch black, and it looked like he was also in a coma.

The Sphinx looked badly injured, and he was in a strange state when he was bitten by a bug, and Rann had a lot of questions on his mind: "How can I cure him?" Is it OK to replenish spirituality? ”

"He must have been tainted by the curse leaking from the Worm of Truth," Ogle crouched down and looked at the Sphinx, who would normally have suggested that this situation should not be saved, but ......

He looked at the anxious look on Rann's face and shook his head.

Lan's heart sank: "Can't be saved?" ”

"No," Ogle struggled to organize the language, "how did you wake them up from the madness of the second layer of the Dream Gap, just do it at this time." ”

How to wake them up from madness......

Ran: Coincidentally, he really doesn't know.

Rann really didn't know anything about how Archie and Edmund were awake at the time, he lost control once in the hospital, Archie woke up, and then 'opened the door' once for unknown reasons, and Edmund woke up.

To be honest, Rann really doesn't have a clue, do you want him to perform here again and get out of control?

Seeing the confusion on Ran's face, Ogle comforted him and said, "Don't worry, you can't die for a while, you just fall into a deep sleep temporarily, but more important than this, it is more important to put the origin ability back into his host, otherwise it will be too long, and the connection between the two may be cut off by the fog." ”

"This ...... How do I put it back? Rann asked.

"Hmm...... If you get close to the main body, you should go back by yourself. Ogle is not so sure, after all, when people are still alive, it is still relatively rare for people to consciously run with long legs on their own origin ability.

Because of this sudden accident, Rann returned to reality for the first time in a long time.

Of course, he didn't come directly to reality, because Ogle said that the current direct appearance of Rann might cause some not-so-good changes, so he taught him a spell of concealment, and Rann appeared without attracting anyone's attention.

Truth be told, when Rann appeared at the door of Arkham Hospital, he really had the feeling that he hadn't been in reality for a long time.

He glanced back at Arkham Hospital, which was no different during the day than it had been when he had first entered the world, and he turned to face the street outside, where the horrible weirdness was hiding in the bustling crowd, but now Rann was no longer afraid.

The freaks stirred under his gaze, but none of them dared to step forward.

They just looked at Rann from afar, with a look of enthusiasm and longing.

Then again, isn't there an increase in the number of weirdness in Arkham City......

Rann swept through the weirdness silently, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes, but he didn't care if he thought that it might be that he was more and more inspired after awakening.

He walked into the daytime hospital and went straight to a ward, where Archie was sent to Arkham Hospital because of a sudden coma, which happened to be half of Ran's territory, and he walked through the busy doctors and nurses very easily, and saw Archie lying on the hospital bed.

The black-haired man's eyes were closed and his brow furrowed slightly, as if he had fallen into a nightmare from which he could not wake up.

Rann felt a little guilty inexplicably, the Sphinx was an accident, but Rann knew that it was inseparable from him.

He sat on the edge of the bed, brushed his fingers lightly over Archie's brow, smoothed out the frown, and felt that the Sphinx in the dream gap had disappeared, and he should have gone back.

"Get better soon......," he sighed, and disappeared into the room before the doctor came to examine him.

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As soon as Rann returned to the kingdom of God, he suddenly found Carmen calling him.

And this scale......

More and more pious prayers sounded in his ears, and Rann was slightly stunned, thinking that something was wrong on the Kamuyi side, and hurriedly responded to the call.

As a matter of caution, Rann didn't actually come down, but cast his gaze that way.

…… Well?

What's going on?

Rann was dumbfounded, only to see that there was an altar in the Kamui neighborhood, and Carmen was kneeling in front of the altar and reciting prayers.

'Carmen'

"Lord Lann!" Carmen felt Rann's gaze and looked up excitedly.

"What are you doing here?" Rann froze.

He saw that it was not just Carmen who was praying, but the Kamui people were praying, which was why he had heard so many voices just now.

However, according to the law that Rann discovered before, he could only hear the prayers of the true believers, and the true believers of the Kamui tribe should have been Carmen alone, but now ......

Rann could feel that there were at least thirty more True Believers on the scene, and he could hear their pious voices.

"Thank you for your kindness and generosity, of course," said Carmen, her voice choked, "and the Kamui have nothing to repay you for what you have done for us. ”

Rann:?

At this moment, Rann was stunned for ten seconds before he realized that he was talking about the recent anti-racism incident.

"When the government staff came, he didn't drive us away, but came to inform us...... The Arkham Municipality has divided the area into the Kamuyi Autonomous Territory, and we can live freely on this land from now on. Carmen's voice choked up several times, barely able to utter a complete sentence.

Finally, finally......

If it weren't for the fact that the government agent showed his ID, Carmen would have thought it was someone else's prank, but the moment the truth was confirmed, the entire Kamuyi tribe was silent.

Those who have not experienced wandering will not understand the Kamuyi, who have never had a place in this world, no destination, and no place to return, and wander the world like ghosts all day long.

A piece of their own land and a sense of belonging are the things that the Kamuyi people dream of the most, and they are also the most unattainable.

They didn't think they could get it, they were abandoned by God for too long, but they didn't think that one day, they would return to God's arms.

This is also the reason why there are so many true believers in the Kamuyi tribe suddenly in one night, and the speed at which the Kamuyi are transformed into true believers is still increasing.

"If you want to thank you, you better go to thank Norman King." Knowing what happened, Rann was in a complicated mood, but he didn't accept this thank you in vain, he didn't do anything, all of this was brought by the player.

"No, please don't say that, we would still be struggling in the abyss without you, that Norman King has nothing to do with us, he helped us because of you." Carmen shook her head.

No, it's a pity that he's supposed to be for fun. Rann thought to himself.

Of course, that God made us thank Him for that! And thank you in person," Carmen added, "I just have something to report to you here, tomorrow is the day of the exorcism, and the city has invited us to preside over this festival!" ”

Exterminating Day......

Rann had heard the word for the second time, and nodded, "That's a good thing for you. ”

Demon Day is a traditional festival in Arkham City, and sacrifices are something that the Kamuyi are good at, so if it is handled well, maybe Kamui will be able to take this opportunity to fully integrate into the city.

Although the anti-discrimination campaign by the players has been in full swing and has attracted many local NPCs to complain, I have to admit that their approach is indeed useful, at least it has actually helped the Kamuyi people.

At this time, a crisp system prompt sounded in the ears of every player.

[Ding - Main Quest Act 1: The Departure and Stay of a Race (Completed)]

[In the settlement of contribution points in the first act, they will be distributed to all players' mailboxes after the main quest is completed.] 】

[Act II: The Day of Removal has begun.]

Mission Description: (Insufficient clues, can't preview)]

…… Well?

Rann's smile froze at the corners of his mouth.

The success of the first act mission is a good thing, indicating that the government is not expected to start the policy of expelling the Kamuyi again, but the opening of the second act is a faint sign that the matter is not over.

Also, what the hell is this lack of clues?

Rann had a bad feeling in his mind, and he finally calmed Carmen before retracting his gaze and opening the player forum instead.

Sure enough, all the players were prompted by this and have exploded.

Woo: What, what, what? Why doesn't the second act even have a mission statement!

In this cloth box: cloud players eat melon jpg

Matcha Custard: yes, why is this happening, haven't we already completed the task of the first act?

Black Cat: (thoughtfully) I think it's probably because we're using something unusual.

Druid: I think so......

God on Earth: Well, it should be.

Black Cat: If it were a general group game, the unfolding of this kind of conspiracy should be that the investigators were commissioned by the Kamuyi tribe to infiltrate the government in disguise, find the mastermind behind the scenes, and then defeat him and crack the conspiracy.

The strongest man: As a result, the mastermind behind hhhh is nowhere to be seen, but we also forcibly completed the task (it is not reasonable to be strong jpg.)

Not crazy: yes, hhhh, but I think it's more interesting.

Black Cat: I think so too, this way is more thorough and once and for all to solve the problem of the Kamuyi tribe, I think it's good, but the game official may not have thought that we could break the game like this, but now there are no clues at hand, and it feels like it's crashing (scratching your head.)

Seeking even numbers: laugh to death hahahahahaha

Lanmen: hhhh, so we can't get the official order, and I don't know how to leave the script that I originally prepared.

Bad Woman: But even so, there is no official title of God in the world, and I love this feeling of being free to complete tasks.

Matcha Custard: It's good, but we don't get the next stage of information

Black Cat: The soldiers will block the water to cover the earth, I feel that this is also part of this game test, to see if the player's free play effect is good, or according to the official own script to go to the effect of good, the main line last time was the official arrangement, but this time because of the player's operation may be a little out of expectation.

Druid: Laughing to death, KP started to break around, oh no, if there really is KP, I guess he should be killed when God is anti-discrimination in the world.

God on Earth: ^_^ Thank you for the official grace of not killing.

Night: Looking at this trend, tomorrow's demon removal day is expected to be a big mess, and there will be a good show to watch now.

Black Cat: But we'd better make a little preparation, this time there is no information, everyone is crossing the river blindfolded, but a little basic arrangement should still be possible.

It's a black cat, it's so reliable!

Seeing this, Rann breathed a sigh of relief slightly, as long as the player's side is not messy, there should be no problem.

As for tomorrow's exorcism day...... Just like what the black cat said, without any information, it seems that you can only pray for the official to be a man.

……

The night of the Exorcism Day.

Arkham City seems to have finally emerged from the haze of the previous catastrophe, since the catastrophe, people have rarely stepped out of their homes at night, and the city's dark night has finally broken the curtain of silence and begun to resume its original bustle.

Arkham City's Exorcism Day atmosphere is a bit of a combination of Halloween and Day of the Dead, with flowers and refreshments on the doorstep to welcome dead spirits home, as well as children playing the role of the origin of the Demon Eradication Day on the streets, a few children playing the role of monsters, a few children playing the role of villagers, and a god who plays the role of banishing monsters.

The image of the god is wearing a faceless mask, a white cape, and something resembling horns on his head, and the black cat is walking down the street when it is almost hit by a child running around.

Because it is a big local festival, it will be lively until the whole night, so there are many vendors in the streets and alleys selling various food and flowers and candles for the festival.

The players were of course the happiest, and they quickly got into the festive mood, and the black cat only had time to remind them: "Remember to bring weapons!" ”

Players waved their hands and happily melted into the festive ocean.

The black cat shook his head helplessly, and the druid smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be so serious, this is a game, besides, who knows when the main quest will start, it's a pity not to play the celebration, according to the urine nature of this game, after tonight, you will have to wait for next year." ”

“…… You're right. The black cat thought about it, it was indeed the case, so he also relaxed, bought the special food next to it, and walked towards the central square of Arkham City while eating.

Tonight's biggest festival is to be held in the square, and the black cat probably asked the NPCs about it, probably to make some leadership speeches, recreate myths, and then pray to the god who once saved Arkham City, and the people will be blessed by the priests, and the content will be very different every year.

But this year's guests are special, and this year's sacrifice is not carried out by the church, but by the Kamuyi people, which is undoubtedly a flashpoint and a response of the local government to the recent online disputes.

Since the anti-discrimination movement became popular, the videos shot by the previous players were dug up and repaired, and the content inside made the outside world shake, and Arkham City once again became the cusp, and netizens criticized and wrote about it, almost describing Arkham City as hell.

Of course, the Arkham city government was under infinite pressure, and there was really no way to invite the Kamuyi to be in charge of this year's festival, wanting to convey to the outside world that their city government was working hard to eliminate discrimination.

However, is it really so easy to eliminate the mustard in the hearts of the people?

When the black cat squeezed into the square, he found that on the temporary altar in the center of the square, the Kamuyi people were standing awkwardly on it, at a loss, and under the stage, countless Arkham citizens were sitting silently below, holding the last photos of their families, without saying a word, it was already the best protest.

The atmosphere in the square was quite weird, and the black cat pulled a player who arrived early, and found that it was still a familiar ID on the forum: "What's going on?" ”

Aaron: "That's it, as soon as the Kamuyi people came to the stage, such a group of people suddenly appeared outside the square, and they didn't say anything, just sat under the stage, holding the photos and ashes of their relatives. ”

Black Cat: "Ahh ”

The druids wondered, "Isn't the anti-discrimination movement already very popular?" ”

Aaron: "Look at their age. ”

Hearing this, the black cat and the druid looked down carefully, and found that the people here looked very young, no wonder the security guards didn't dare to do anything, I was afraid that something would happen if they pushed it.

"They're old men and grandmothers who have lost their children, you know, they're too stubborn to change what they think is hard to change by the people around them," Aaron sighed, "and most of them are devout believers, and they believe in the myth and legend, and they believe that the Kamuyi rebelled against the gods to cause Arkham." Now that this is happening, you can see that the faces of those leaders are blue. ”

Indeed, the mayor next to him, who was just about to speak, looked at the audience with a gloomy face, and the reporters next to him were excitedly taking pictures, and it seemed that the new headlines were ready.

But at this moment there was a commotion from the crowd, and everyone looked over there and saw an ordinary car parked on the side of the square.

"I'm sorry, I'm not late."

A familiar ID appeared and got out of the car, and before the black cat could react, people's screams had already sounded on the side of the square.

God has arrived on earth. ：，，.