The Uncanny Valley Travel Guide

"Even if we don't know the general plot in advance, these four riddles are quite obvious reminders, right?" Xie Yuanyuan guessed, "The lover of the goddess of beauty was murdered by the god of the moon; what is Caesar? And the story of Cleopatra? In short, he In the end, he was assassinated; Yang Hua, whom the Empress Dowager Hu cherished so much, died in the chaos; needless to say, the Duke of Buckingham and Queen Anna in the last story... are all stories about lovers who end up with no family."

Wen Zheliu nodded and said: "Yes... It's the fate of lovers who are separated from each other. I just don't know who the lover of the holy nun is in this world."

"Will we see her again?" Xie Yuanyuan asked curiously, "After all, this world is connected with the background of war. Judging by our attire, will we also go to a monastery?"

"No more." He Qin picked up a broken newspaper clipping.

Wen Zheliu: "What's wrong? How many years is it now?"

He Qin replied: "This year is 1954, nine years have passed since the end of the war."

"Oh..." Xie Yuanyuan was a little disappointed, "If you say that, she probably left here a long time ago, so what does the system want us to check?"

"Let's talk about it when we get to the place." Du Zijun said, "Did you hear the sound? The town where you rest is just ahead."

Wen Zheliu listened carefully, and sure enough, he heard vague and noisy human voices in the distance - the speed of the carriage gradually slowed down, the smoke from the kitchen rose up from the ground at dusk, and a small town gradually appeared in all in front of people.

"Wow!" Xie Yuanyuan put his hands on his eyes and looked into the distance, "It's a small town!"

"It's true," Wen Zheliu also poked his head out, "It's a very lively town."

The coachman shouted: "This is not a small town, Mr. Priest! According to the scale of my hometown, there must be cars running on the streets to be called a city. This is at most a remote small village!"

"Well, it's quite lively after all." Xie Yuanyuan muttered, then turned his head away, and said to the others: "Let's get out of the car and go, we've been sitting all the way, our body is strangely heavy."

While talking, he winked at Wen Zheliu and the others.

Wen Zheliu understood that he wanted to get out of the car and walk for the convenience of surveying the terrain and collecting information, so He Qin stopped the carriage, and the four of them moved forward at a constant speed, letting the coachman drive beside him.

The air on the mountain path is very fresh, with the fragrance of grass and trees after the rain, and there is no lack of a faint smell of mud.Wen Zheliu overlooked the busy town in the distance, and among the mountains farther away, the outline of a lead-black monastery could be faintly seen.

"Smell..." He Qin's nose moved, and he said softly, "It's not quite right."

Wen Zheliu also sniffed vigorously, but a light rain seemed to wash away most of the unstable factors in the air. He smelled it for a long time, but he could smell nothing except the smell after the rain.

"It's just that the earthy smell is a little bit stronger..." He said wonderingly, "Is it because my nose is not sharp enough?"

He Qin looked down at him, couldn't hold back, reached out and pinched the tip of his nose which was moving around.

"Little silly dog," he teased Wen Zheliu in a low voice and affectionately, "It's not too late to sniff foolishly when we get there, what does it look like now, huh?"

Wen Zheliu was ashamed and angry, and really wanted to throw him in the mud now: "Say more? Be careful I'll bite your finger off."

Xie Yuanyuan next to him ran back and forth, and the coachman babbled and said, "However, I'm still curious, why did you come here? The terrain here is too remote, and no one has ever thought of transiting here for the night. "

"You just need to be responsible for sending us to our destination," He Qin replied calmly. He was very cautious and didn't say the address of the monastery firmly before receiving the main task. "That's enough."

"Well, well, gentlemen," muttered the coachman.

"I don't know if there is a hotel in the town." Wen Zheliu was a little worried, "It's so remote, it's almost isolated from the world, so there shouldn't be any service items for travelers."

Du Zijun said: "Let's take a look and talk, if it's really not possible, just pay more money and we'll be done."

A group of people walked for a long time, the wheels rolled, the horseshoes rattled, Xie Yuanyuan walked beside him, shaking the wind chime back and forth, listening to the sound of its shaking.

"Does it sound good?" Du Zijun raised his eyebrows and said, "I always hear you dangling here."

Xie Yuanyuan said curiously: "It sounds so good! This is the first time I've been given something by an NPC!"

Du Zijun sneered and said, "Excellent, sent by NPC...!"

His expression changed, his words stopped abruptly, Wen Zheliu and He Qin's footsteps also stopped, they all turned their heads instantly, and looked at Xie Yuanyuan.

Wen Zheliu: "..."

Du Zijun: "..."

He Qin: "...Excuse me, please go ahead first, we have something to deal with."

This was said to the coachman. The coachman was very puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask about the clergy, so he whipped his whip and drove the old horse forward.

Xie Yuanyuan only felt a lot of pressure: "...w-what's the matter? Is there any problem?"

Wen Zheliu said slowly: "Being given something by an NPC... yes, it turns out that this is what I thought was wrong before! How did the NPC see you?!"

Xie Yuanyuan was taken aback for a moment before realizing: "Eh, eh?!"

"He's giving you a fart!" Du Zijun really hated iron and steel, hated him and himself, grabbed the wind chime, "It's so fucking weird, why didn't we notice it at all?"

"It's not that we didn't notice it at all, but only now." Wen Zheliu also hurried over, looking at the plain wind chime, even if it was appraised by the system, it was just a simple D-level prop, "something is wrong , the one you met at the entrance of the store is definitely not an NPC..."

He Qin took the wind chime over, pressed a little force with his fingers, and made a mark on it, revealing a different color underneath.

"Let's go first." He whispered, "Put this wind chime here first, and we'll study it after it settles down."

"Muspelheim?" Wen Zheliu deduced, "What kind of ability is this that allows us to find out that we have been tripped until now?"

He Qin frowned tightly, Wen Zheliu rarely saw this expression on his face.

"I'm afraid it is." His eyes were cold, "and this time... it's a little tricky."

Du Zijun said unceremoniously: "You say it's a little tricky, then it's really tricky. And you!"

Just like grabbing the wind chime just now, he grabbed Xie Yuanyuan by the collar and slipped over, "What are you doing with a mournful face? Being cheated is because everyone is cheated together, so don't let me think about it, you hear me?"

Wen Zheliu said: "I'm not afraid of thieves stealing, but I'm afraid of thieves thinking about it. We are all people who are thought about by thieves. It's not a big deal to be counted once in a while, just stop the loss in time."

Xie Yuanyuan was weeping. The exuberant curiosity and excitement just now had already been thrown out of the sky at this moment. He was still very uncomfortable, but he could only respond sullenly.

"Catch up with the carriage first, and go to the town to find a place to stay," He Qin said, "We still have a lot of things to do tonight, we don't have time to reflect, let's go."

The four of them hurried forward, and finally, together with the coachman, they arrived in the town before the sun went down completely.

Facing four—or, in the eyes of the townspeople, only three clergymen, and one driver driving a carriage—the townspeople were very sensational.Although the clothes they were wearing were shabby, they were still clean. At this moment, they were all clamoring around and pointing at a few people.

"Excuse me—" Wen Zheliu dragged his voice, and the surroundings immediately fell silent, "We need to stay here for one night, is there any place that can take us?"

The crowd huddled together for a while, and finally a plump woman wearing a black turban came out. A few strands of rust-like dark red hair emerged from under her turban, like a translucent flame.

"My name is Grace," she plucked up her courage, regardless of the crowd's comments, her voice was still trembling, "The Lord of Heaven knows how pious I am, please come and live at my house!"

"I believe that your words and deeds of abiding by the rules and being diligent in teaching will set a good example for other believers." The cross on He Qin's chest was shining brightly, "The Lord in heaven will know these things."

The black-haired priest has a deep face, a deep voice, and is as handsome as a god walking in the mortal world.When he looked into the eyes of any believer and pardoned the sins of the confessor, he must have walked on the edge of hell and heaven, and willingly endured a raging fire of love.

An uncontrollable blush appeared on the widow's face, she tried her best to avoid He Qin's face, turned around and said, "Come with me, I'll take you to my house! Even the coachman and his horse can get the most proper care! "

The coachman muttered, but did not raise any objections.Wen Zheliu glanced at He Qin, and He Qin's eyes just dropped down, looking at him innocently, while shrugging his shoulders lightly.

You are attracting bees and butterflies again, brother.

I didn't do anything, baby.

A few people passed through the crowded townspeople, Wen Zheliu's ears flicked slightly, and they heard a few sporadic words, such as "rich", "dead husband", and "showing the limelight" were clearly distinguishable words, which made him I immediately understood the identity and status of the woman in front of me.

"Wow, rich woman." Xie Yuanyuan whispered, "Still a single rich woman."

Du Zijun followed obliquely behind with no expression on his face, his walking posture was wide open, he didn't care that the mud spots on the ground would gradually get on his skirt: "I have a steel wool ball here, why don't you take it and go to her?"

Xie Yuanyuan was frightened: "Hey! Sister, are you talking about pornography? What kind of steel ball and steel wire brush, I don't understand it!"

"...If you don't understand it, you don't understand it. Why are you shouting so loudly?"

The four of them soon arrived at the door of Grace's house. Although the two-story single-family building was not very luxurious, it was better than other low-rise and old buildings in the town.

"Welcome!" Grace pinned her fallen hair behind her ears, and smiled at everyone embarrassedly, "I don't come here often, but there is a servant who lives with me... Everyone, please come in, you're welcome !"

The four people looked at each other, raised their legs, stepped up the steps of the door, and walked towards the door.