World Occult User Guide

Opening his eyes, Lin An calmly jumped down from the tree.

"You want to see him now? Please let us accompany you." Professor Hopper blocked him subconsciously, not knowing who he was protecting.

"Okay." Lin An did not refuse.

Led by the Hoppers, Lin An walked around the tall haystacks and saw the mysterious boy in the story.

He looked very small and thin, with his too-large shirt and jeans hanging loosely around his body. Patterns like white paint could be faintly seen on his bare wrists, ankles and neck, which seemed to be shells, buttons and strings of beads. up pattern.

The boy's hair was not braided, hanging down softly and thickly scattered on his shoulders, with a hint of dark red in the black.

The most different thing from other children is that the boy's eyes are lifeless, staring straight ahead like glass beads, blinking physiologically from time to time, and the reflection cast by the thick eyelashes trembles, which proves that he is not a rag doll.

However, even though he was face to face with the boy, Lin An still could not detect any signs of light spot activity in his empty space mode.

"Timothy, don't be afraid, he is a wise magician." Professor Bannister put an arm on the boy's shoulder to comfort him, but the boy did not respond. She sighed and looked at Lin An for help, "He is right here. Can you see what curse he has?"

Of course there is no curse, because this guy is not a living thing at all.

Lin An took a deep breath, "God's One Eye" slowly rose up behind his head, raised his index finger representing hearing, the rose window faded to both sides, his ears were like a drop of water passing through the boundary between life and death, and suddenly Entered a dimension of clarity.

"Haru, Haru..."

There was a strange murmur in the air, coming from the motionless boy.

Sure enough, he was dead.

The sounds of the underworld can only be heard through the hands of Fatima.

But the Hoppers are not mystics. It stands to reason that they cannot see dead people, let alone touch each other with their hands, or even feed and dress them.

Not only that, in the emptying mode, even a dead person cannot be nothing.

What's going on with this thing in front of you?

Is it really a creation caused by radiation from "Cormus"? Or is it some kind of new weirdness that I've never seen before?

Speaking of which, the shorting mode is also one of the functions of the system.

Since arriving in Nanzhou, garbled codes, inability to match prototypes, and inability to display data have occurred frequently. Is there something wrong with Brother Tongzi, or... are there other unknown reasons behind those anomalies?

Lin An held his breath and listened intently. The voice of Hades was calm, peaceful, and meaningless, like a repeating melody that would never end.

He didn't seem to notice me?

"Is it a serious curse?"

Seeing Lin An's silence and dark eyes, the Hoppers spoke out uncontrollably.

"Haru, Haru..." The boy's steady "breathing" paused, "Gu..."

Can this thing hear the surrounding sounds? Lin An raised his eyebrows.

To be cautious, he did not communicate with the boy rashly, but instead cleared his throat: "I have to study the patterns on his body carefully."

Lin An signaled the couple to take off the boy's T-shirt, and they did so.

After taking off his blue clothes, the boy's dark skin formed a sharp contrast with the white lines on his body.

These patterns were dense, disorganized, and there was no order at all. Even Lin An, who had seen a lot of Nanzhou's mysteries, couldn't recognize what they represented for a while.

However, the method of applying a single solid white paint and the shell pattern reminded him of a people closely related to the Bantu, the Yoruba people.

They gather in the country of Ubangi and in cities near the west, and there are also many on the Bantu border.

Facing the expectant eyes of Mr. and Mrs. Hopper, Lin An said thoughtfully: "Yes, he was indeed cursed. The God of the Sky took away half of his soul."

"God of the sky?"

"The boy comes from the Yoruba tribe, where people believe in a supreme god, Olodumare, also known as Olorun, the Lord of the Sky and Creator. He divides the universe into two halves: Aye is the physical world, Orun is the world of souls.”

"In the spirit world, there are approximately four hundred minor deities called orisas. Each orisa is associated with a specific idea, object, or natural phenomenon."

"The barrier between the two worlds separated by Olodumare is death, but this barrier is not impenetrable; through the call of song, dance and ritual, the Orisha will possess the living and grant their wishes, due to the content Different, the price is also different.”

Lin An solemnly raised his finger and taught the two of them that the basic structure of the Yoruba cosmology is similar to the way of the saints, voodoo, and the Bantu Kalunga cross.

"I regret to tell you that poor Timothy may have violated the taboos of his ancestors during one of his father's unlimited prayer rituals, and Orisha took away most of his soul as punishment."

The Hoppers were stunned for a moment and looked at each other suspiciously.

"So what can we do to save him?"

"His curse comes from the greed and cruelty of his relatives. Unless his father is willing to smear his body with blood, Orisha will not return his soul."

This sentence was of course nonsense, Lin An just wanted to observe the reaction of this unknown thing.

"In other words, he was used as a sacrifice by his biological father?"

"How pitiful. He doesn't cherish his own child, and we clearly..."

The boy's breathing became more and more disordered, from the rhythmic "haru" to the restless "click, click, click". Lin An observed that his fingers twitched unnaturally, and his eyes were as lifeless as before.

The couple whispered to each other for a while, and Professor Bannister asked: "Is this the only way to lift the curse?"

"Yes."

"But where can we find his family? We don't even know which village he is from."

"Legally speaking, I adopted him and am considered his father." Professor Hopper said hesitantly, "Can I use my blood instead?"

"..."

Lin An did not answer, and watched the activities of the unknown creature without blinking. Its voice became louder, and it turned from meaningless sobbing to intermittent words.

"Relatives... cruelty... blood... killing... fire..."

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the flames lit up, and Lin An saw the boy's face more clearly.

The moment he was illuminated by the light, his numb expression suddenly twitched, and he jumped up and ran towards the direction of the wasteland.

"Timothy!"

Just now, Professor Bannister took out the saber he carried with him and was about to disinfect it with a lighter to facilitate bleeding her husband. Unexpectedly, the light of the fire stimulated the boy.

She hurriedly chased after him. Professor Hopper was about to ask Lin An for his opinion, but found that the latter "disappeared on the spot".

"Damn, I'm tired of this crazy world!"

The elegant and easy-going professor rarely cursed and followed his wife's footsteps.

What he didn't know was that Lin An didn't leave, and was even standing on his shoulder.

In order to hide, he used the entry he got from Kofi through [Edit] - [Dwarf Messenger Coexisting with the Forest IV-Konwobibinim].

This is a C-level entry of a strange story, and the medium is "Lord of the Earth". Like the giants encountered before, it belongs to the legend of the Mbuti people of the Bantu nation.

Konwobibinim has the ability to turn people into lizards and chameleons.

In this state, as long as you keep motionless, ordinary people and some low-rated mystics will find it difficult to detect the existence of the individual, which is a medium-saving stealth method.

Unfortunately, there are always various restrictions on the level of ghost stories. The chameleon transformed by Kongwobibinim is very small, and the invisibility will be broken once it moves. Fortunately, this entry has another ability, which is a tongue that extends arbitrarily, is tough and rich in mucus.

While Professor Hopper was shocked, Lin An stuck out his tongue to stick to his clothes and jumped onto his shoulders.

The boy was not fast, like an elementary school student with average physical strength, and was soon caught up by Professor Bannister, who was an adult, and she hugged him.

As if the video was paused, the boy returned to a sluggish state.

"Kid, are you okay? Are you injured?"

Professor Hopper rushed over, squatted down with concern, and patted the leaves and dust on the boy.

Lin An, who observed it closely, keenly discovered that when the boy moved, the "Comos" energy began to flow around him, proving that it was still a shadow from another planet.

Then why couldn't the system detect its existence?

As a dead person in the underworld, why could he be touched by two living people who had never been in contact with the mystery?

Is its specialness related to some unsolved mysteries that were difficult to explain before?

Lin An scratched his chin with the chameleon's tail. Before he had more information, he didn't want to rush to attack this strange thing. Moreover, the tyrant's challenge letter and the army of Ubangi were two sharp blades. He had to deal with the invading foreign enemies first.

Remember the location of the village and come back later.

While thinking, a drop of warm water fell on Lin An's head.

Lin An looked up and saw that Professor Hopper's eyes were slightly red, and he couldn't help crying. He turned his sight again. It turned out to be the boy who had no self-consciousness in the past five years. He suddenly stretched out his arms and hugged the couple.

The two were struck by lightning, and then they hugged the boy tightly in their arms without hesitation, just as warmly as they hugged their son who was walking on the school bus in the morning many years ago.

Lin An turned his chameleon eyes and looked at the arc of dawn in the sky.

Behind the gradually fading stars and moon, there are actually more amazing things hidden. He is like standing on a deserted island, trapped by the vast ocean. Fortunately, he knows what to do in the future, which is to fill in pieces of land with mysterious knowledge.

When the morning came, the Hoppers returned to the village, and the boy leaned back against the haystack without any change, looking into the distance with his eyes blank.

The people of the World Tree who got up one after another greeted the Hoppers. When they saw Lin An who had regained his human body, they smiled neither humble nor arrogant, as if nothing had happened last night.

"Are you leaving?" Professor Hopper lowered his voice. "Anyway, thank you for providing us with new research topics."

"The fantasy of the world's mysterious and flourishing flowers, the endless mysteries of the natural universe, ensure that the human brain will never lack fresh nutrition."

Lin An said casually while peeling a hard plantain.

"We will see each other again soon."

"Bang!"

Kantubi and Kofi put the supplies they exchanged from the villagers into the trunk, and the off-road vehicle drove to the camp of the "notorious" General Ernest Wamba located northeast of the village. (End of this chapter)