Please abide by the Basic Law

Chapter 174 Two Kinds of Death

There seems to be boundless pressure in the dark room, which seems to crush people.The woman sobbed softly, but Luther looked calm. He probably had accepted the fact long ago. He put his right index finger and middle finger together and drew a semicircle in the air, and finally landed on the heart. After speaking, he stood up and said softly: "From the soul, to the darkness, may you rest in eternal sleep and enjoy peace forever."

After walking out of the house and standing in the sunlight, Cecil realized that he had just held his breath.

The god of civilization abandoned by the living beings just fell into the dust of history and turned into nothingness.Not to mention here, in a civilization with a long history like China, there are countless "gods of civilization" who have been abandoned by humans and have gradually declined. There are also crafts such as hand-made bamboo weaving, hand-embroidered, and oil-paper umbrellas that have not disappeared, but they are no longer "" Just needed”, machines replaced traditional handicrafts, and the appearance of the gods of civilization has also changed, either “upgrading” or “the old gods are dead, and the new gods will stand”.

The god of tea has complained that many gods of traditional civilization, while relying on the new god of certain treasures to survive, secretly criticize new technology for replacing the position of the old gods. They try their best to find a place in the industrial society in the name of traditional craftsmanship. However, few were successful.

"Your complexion is not good." Langdon said softly, wrapping his arms around Cecil's waist, "Cold?"

"How can it be cold this day!" Cecil forced a smile, "It's just...a bit indescribably depressed."

"The replacement of the god of civilization is inevitable." An old voice sounded, and the god of agriculture strolled over with a small briefcase, "This is the law of nature, the law of heaven, and the way of heaven. Anyway, that's what it means." He looked around the room, "Wait a minute, I'm going to offer my condolences."

There was a dead silence in the room, and the darkness seemed to swallow Saturn, Luther and the woman. Soon after, footsteps sounded, and they came out. Luther looked much more relaxed, and after bowing slightly to Saturn, he said: "I I want to take Nora to go through some procedures to see if I can sell the house, but I guess it won't be sold, after that, Your Majesty, are you willing to accept my compatriot?"

Cecil stared at Luther and said, "What about you?"

"I am still a savage, a man without a country, but if you are willing to reward me with a good position, I will not refuse." Luther smiled, "Now, please forgive me for being rude."

Facing the back of the two of them leaving, Cecil said loudly: "Go to the Mage Tower to take a look when you have time, I have prepared some good things for you... Well, this God of Saturn has prepared some good things for you!"

Luther waved his hand and disappeared around the corner of the lane.

When Cecil mentioned him, Saturn nodded in satisfaction, observed Cecil's expression, and said, "You don't have to be too sad, this god of civilization should die, even though the god of civilization is not good or evil. The difference is just born in response to the situation, but..."

"There is no good or evil?" Cecil asked curiously, "I thought there was."

"You humans can't even handle the standard of good and evil, and you still want to set it on us?" The God of Agriculture said disdainfully, and Mr. Yuan's face looked very vivid, "It's like diancui, you know? What was this craft before? Is it evil? You can’t say that. Isn’t it normal for people to hunt, eat meat, make leather, and pluck feathers from birds? If it’s cruel, how can killing be cruel? Now? There is also an alternative technology for the door craft, so he has become evil? How can this convince him, why didn't you say that he was evil before?"

Cecil was choked, and quickly realized: "A moment is a moment, and things are not eternal."

"That's right, so the god of civilization must die." The god of agriculture nodded and said, "The emerald god is definitely not willing to join forces with a few traditional gods to stir up wind and rain and want to enter the fashion and luxury industry. After being overwhelmed by the god of tanning once, he dare not make trouble anymore. Over the years, the god of tanning has been treated badly by the god of environmental protection. Of course, he is unwilling to accept such a small god with a dark history as the emerald god, for fear of being implicated. .”

Cecil didn't expect that there would be such a plot of palace fighting between the gods of civilization, so he listened with gusto.

The God of Agriculture said at this point, "Is your business over here? Should you go back?"

Cecil is actually a little hesitant about this question. It stands to reason that he should go back quickly. He is very itchy when the steam engine is out, but it is rare to have a chance to poach a corner. He really wants to wander around Tambunita. Get tens of thousands of people to go back, and when the time comes, face the small bosses proudly announcing, "I brought you tens of thousands more", and enjoy the adoring eyes of the small bosses.

The attraction of Moon City is only strong for wild people, small civilizations, and small countries. Such a magical country like Tambunita stands still in the immature wave of the industrial revolution and doesn't care at all.Now, the plague is a rare opportunity. If you miss this time, you don't know if there will be a next time.

Cecil looked at Langdon: "How long do you think this plague will last?"

"In the past, the plague would last at least until the weather turned cold." Langdon said, "We still have three months, but you don't want to stay outside all the time. We can send people to spread the word. Don't run outside all day. I disagree."

"Oh." Cecil squeezed out a smiling face, "We two are traveling as a couple, isn't it good?"

Langdon raised half of his eyebrows, with a half-smile expression: "A couple traveling together?"

"That's right." Cecil said flatteringly, "How about playing for a few more days? How about we go to Algis, the capital of Tambunita should have many talented people? Maybe we can find a few talents? People don’t come to us, so we are the only ones to go to them, and the central king and king cavalry come to the door in person, it’s enough face, right?”

"Hehe." Langdon smiled and said, "Okay, let's go to Arge for a stroll."

Cecil almost didn't cheer up, and turned his head to find that the god of agriculture was gone, and he didn't take it seriously, the god of civilization, it's always like this, the dragon can't see the end, and he didn't find the god of agriculture until he returned to Pippen's mage tower. God is introducing the "bottles and cans" brought to Luther.

"This is called a microscope, and it can see small things that are invisible to the naked eye." The God of Agriculture said with a serious look, "This is called a clip, and the object to be viewed is clamped inside and placed under the microscope to play a fixed role." , this... well, grandson, tell me!"

Cecil was used to being called "grandson", and said calmly: "This is called a test tube, which is used for mixing and cultivating liquids. The colorless transparent glass is for easy observation, and glass is also difficult to react with various chemical reagents. There should be some metal ones, different chemicals need different storage."

You and I are all talking about the minutiae. When Luther asked about the specific operation, he was blinded: "How to extract the toxin in the soil?"

Saturn and Cecil looked at each other, and said in unison: "You/you say!"

Cecil: "..."

Saturn: "..."

Luther laughed and said, "Don't you all know?"

Cecil is thick-skinned enough, so he frankly admitted immediately: "I don't know, I don't do this, I only know the process but don't know the specific steps, even the names of these things are guesswork, don't expect too much from me .”

The god of agriculture is tens of thousands of years old, and he is very face-saving. Facing the eyes of the two people, he cleared his throat, took out a mobile phone from the pocket of his Chinese tunic suit, lowered his head and began to nod...

Cecil's eyelids twitched, and he said angrily, "How can you connect to the Internet?"

"Yes." The god of agriculture said without raising his head.

"Damn!" Cecil blurted out, "Can I download the movie? The Avengers finale will be released before I come here!"

"Don't watch it, it's unfinished." The god of agriculture replied.

Cecil was taken aback: "Have you read it?"

"I've had more fun in these tens of thousands of years, and only a few hundred years. Why don't I watch it? It's still in IMAX."

"What about Game of Thrones?"

"It's also unfinished."

"That……"

"It's all rotten!" Saturn interrupted Cecil, and turned the phone up to face Luther with the screen, "Let's have a look, have the spirit of exploration, and experiment more by yourself."

Luther stretched his neck respectfully to read the words on the screen, like a duck, Cecil said angrily, "Can't you show him the phone?"

"You can't touch this thing!" Saturn said impatiently, "Do you think a real mobile phone can connect to the Internet here?"

Well, what you said makes sense, but I really want to see the ending!

Luther is worthy of being an experimental mage. After reading it, he thought about it for a while and said, "This seems to need auxiliary magic."

"Huh?" Cecil leaned his head over and took a look, "I didn't find magic written anywhere."

Luther pointed to a line of words: "How to make sterilized air? The culture tank must maintain a constant temperature, how to determine the temperature? How to keep the temperature constant? What is ion exchange? What is dilute sulfuric acid? What is the eluent?"

Every time Luther asked a question, Cecil's head lowered a little, and in the end he was almost dejected.At the beginning, he played a major role in the construction of Yuecheng. He was able to intervene in the production of daily necessities, even if he was a little more professional like paper, but at this point, just a streptomycin completely blocked him. Outside the door, let alone making it by hand, even the production process has many incomprehensible places.

"Industrial civilization has grown too big, Dad can't take care of you anymore!" Cecil sighed, met the strange gaze of the God of Saturn, and hurriedly said, "Then what, you can study these by yourself, there is nothing you can't jump over If you come to ask me, I can give you some ideas, but the specific operation is only for you to work on your own!"

Luther rolled his eyes angrily: "In the end, you can't help me with anything?"

"I can spend money for you!" Cecil said proudly, "Isn't that considered a help?"

Luther laughed. At this moment, Cecil felt as if he had returned to a few years ago. At that time, there were only a few dilapidated mud houses in Moon City, and the only residents were him, Langdon, Luther and the wild children. The first stranger to join.

"By the way, Mrs. Class and her husband are divorced." Cecil gossiped thinking of this incident.

"That woman will definitely live a good life." Luther smiled, "That's so much strength."

"Do you know she is a Tuhai woman?" Cecil asked curiously.

"Guess a little bit, she didn't say and I don't want to ask, it's impolite." Luther said, "Why did she get divorced?"

"Mr. Klass mentioned it because Mrs. Klass complained about his idleness all day, so he acted impulsively." At this point, Cecil had a sighing expression.

Luther "tsk tsk" twice: "How badly was he beaten?"

"It's miserable." Cecil shuddered when he thought of the scene where Mrs. Klass was grabbing her inhuman husband in the rain and complaining in front of him. "Mr. Klass proposed a divorce and said that he was afraid when he saw his wife."

Luther laughed, and the voice disappeared after a smile: "Why are you staring at me like this?"

"I think you and Mrs. Klass hit it off pretty well." Cecil said with a smile.

"Get out!" Luther cursed angrily, "Go, go, get out, I'm going to do an experiment!"

David said that he would do a little finishing work in Pippen. Most people said that they would immigrate to Moon City. Many of them had the idea of ​​avoiding the plague, but Cecil was confident that he would stay, no matter how bad it was. Can also be a little more merchants.As the mayor, David certainly couldn't just leave, but he was the kind of person who left with a firmer mind.

"Since the middle of the plague, I have never been able to contact the superiors in Algis." When talking about this, David's expression was very calm, "When the rumors of the plague started, I wanted to send my wife and children to Algiers. And, but they were stopped at the gate of Algiers, and they were not allowed to enter even if I told my identity, and they were all infected with the Black Death soon after returning, and now I am alone, and it is the same wherever I go.”

Cecil said a few words of consolation, and told David to contact him when he arrived in Moon City, and then left. At the same time, David's experience also made him wonder whether to carry out a blind date and fellowship activity after the plague. It is the element that all leaders look forward to. David is only in his 30s, he is a mage, and he is in good health. At least he can bring three to six children to the Middle Kingdom. He is definitely a resident that all leaders welcome.

Thinking about it this way, Cecil couldn't understand King Tambunita's direct abandonment of Pippen.

The god of agriculture said that he wanted to take a stroll in this world to find out the situation, so he just left.Luther said to study at Pippen's Mage Tower first. There is no Mage Tower in Moon City, and it happens that no one will come to Pippen. It is very clean, and he can mess around freely. Tabnita won't be sending someone to Pippen anytime soon," he said.

Cecil and Langdon were still over the wall on the day they left. David thought that the period without new patients was not long enough, it would take at least a month. He is indeed a responsible and responsible leader. He was about to go to Moon City, and Cecil was very happy-this good mood disappeared day by day after leaving Pippen.

There are corpses everywhere, and dead people can be seen everywhere on the side of the highway and in the post station. There is even a post station that has been turned into a corpse storage place. From the open gate, you can see the corpses piled up to the height of the door frame. In midsummer, this post station is like a The source of virus infection, the smell of rotting corpses is also unbearable, and Cecil almost vomited a few hundred meters away.

Langdon burned the station with a fire magic, and the burning station looked like a giant torch.

The scariest thing is the gates of the city. People who have not died, people who have died, and people who have been dead for a long time are mixed together. Wailing, moaning, and cursing sound from all directions, turning into a tune called despair .

This is a small town on the road leading to Alger. Cecil and Langdon have no way to enter the city in the normal way, and Langdon also strongly opposes the use of the same method as Pippen. After several vicious crimes such as murder and robbery occurred, Cecil agreed with Langdon.

This city does not have a strong leader like David, nor a healer like Luther, and has completely lost the constraints of public order and good customs.It was impossible to climb over the wall to enter. Langdon circled the city and said that all the walls were guarded by magic. This small town is not large in scale, and such surveillance magic only needs a high-level mage to do it. Several intermediate mages are also available.

Luckily, Cecil had Langdon.

After night fell, Langdon drew a circle on the city wall and asked Cecil to put his hand on it, but there was nothing behind the tentacles. He rushed forward, and in the blink of an eye, he had passed through the city wall and entered the city.

"Magic is really convenient." Cecil couldn't help sighing for the umpteenth time.

Langdon followed in, looked left and right, frowned and said, "It looks like the situation is okay."

Compared with the situation outside the city where the smell of corpses was so high, the inside of the city was extremely deserted, the cleaning puppet was still running automatically, and the magic lighting was also on. The two of them walked around the road a few times. The stench of the patient who has been familiar with time, there is no way to clean up that stench, even taking a bath, a few patients gathered together are enough to make a street stinky.

Langdon jumped up from the wall of the house, took a look, and said, "Come on, I see the light."

The noise gets louder the closer you get to the light, but it's not a quarrel but the noise of a tavern, and the sound of music shows the identity of this place.Cecil and Langdon didn't attract much attention when they entered, just in case they had changed their faces and were dressed in ordinary clothes. They looked like little mages in a certain city on a business trip.Someone glanced at the two of them, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with them, so they quickly looked away.

The waiter in the tavern was a middle-aged woman with a voluptuous waist. She couldn't hide the fatigue on her face even with heavy makeup, but there was deep worry in her eyes. She came over and asked about the order with a professional smile before leaving.

"It's all magic bread," Cecil sighed.

"It's good to have something to eat at this time." Langdon lowered his voice. "Besides, the magic bread is easy to store. Maybe the bread served is hundreds of years ago."

Cecil wanted to laugh but didn't dare. He looked around and said, "Tell me, if I sell some food, can I make a lot of money?"

Langdon was taken aback, and said, "I thought you didn't want to distribute this kind of disaster money."

"Normally, but... I always feel that there is something wrong here." Cecil almost leaned into Langdon's ear and said, "It's like that outside, but it's still singing and dancing inside."

Langdon smiled: "Just wait and see."

A series of intense chords overwhelmed the noise of the crowd in the tavern. The bard was really out of place here. He was wearing colorful clothes, but unfortunately he looked very worn out, with traces of mending on the corners, and a greasy face. With a smile, he sang loudly: "Masters and ladies, do you know that the devil of purgatory has appeared? Innocent blood is cut from the throat, and sin becomes the condiment of dinner!"

The bard's voice was loud and sharp, and Cecil didn't want to hear it at first, but as the story unfolded, he unconsciously pricked up his ears.

A certain village—who knows which one, not Tambunita, but some barbaric civilized country—was ravaged by the plague, and the villagers were in constant panic. When the first sick person appeared, they offered to sacrifice request and a sacrifice was chosen.

It was a pair of mother and son. Since the husband had already collapsed due to illness, the mother and three-year-old son were regarded as ominous people. The villagers hung the child upside down at the entrance of the village, put the seriously ill husband below, and tied the mother to the father and son. One step away from the wooden village.

"Behold, the child's face turned purple, that's the curse pouring out! Behold, the mother's tears of blood, that's the plague! Behold the ho-ho moans of the husband, that's death visiting! "The bard sang loudly, there was a temporary silence in the tavern, and the diners listened attentively.

The child died after being hanged upside down for a day and a night. No one knew how he died. The husband had long been silent. Yellow pus and blood flowed from his mouth and nose. Only the crazy mother was still alive, screaming horribly. shouted: "I curse you! I curse you all! God, please take my life and punish these sinners! If God does not answer, I ask the devil to hear my voice, even if I fall into hell, I will Staring at you there!"

No one cares, death is always hopeless, no amount of insults and threats can compare to the terror of the plague, however, this time is different, the "devil" arrived as promised.

"He appeared in the gray mist. The land where the black war horse stepped on was withered and scorched. His face was covered by terrible armor. His flesh and blood may have long since disappeared. He was accompanied by a handsome succubus." Yin Yin The bard changed his tone and said in a thick and low voice, "I heard the accusation, sinners, do you have any defense?"

The villagers screamed in horror, and some dared to stand up and tell the reason for the sacrifice, and argued that it was because of the plague. The "devil" just sat on the horse without moving, but no one dared to run away. An inexplicable pressure made the villagers' knees weak and unable to move.After listening to the justification, the terrible voice sounded again: "The sinner's justification is complete. After my trial, the justification failed. You have committed a terrible crime, and you must pay for it with your life."

The bard deliberately stopped at this moment, his eyes rolled around, some drinkers yelled and cursed, and someone threw two coins on it. Cecil glanced at it and found that it was a metal coin and not a magic coin.

The bard didn't care, picked it up quickly, plucked the strings, and continued to sing: "Ah, the rose of death is in full bloom, and life is like flowing water under the black hilt!"

The "devil" killed all the villagers, leaving no one behind. The mother's curse was fulfilled. After that, the "devil" rode his horse and disappeared into the gray mist.

O'Casey.

Cecil's mind was full of this name, and he felt uncomfortable and angry. The paladins he knew would never slaughter the village indiscriminately. Although he also felt that these villagers did it for themselves, there were still children!The believability of this story is high because the characters and traits match, although the bard is mistaken.

"There is a problem with this story." Langdon said slowly, "If the entire village is dead, how did this story get out?"

Cecil's eyes lit up.

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When you say that, I’m scared too. The last time I double-opened, it didn’t end well... Sigh, let’s see again.

Fluorite does have radiation, so a civilized person like Luther will always suffer from a "strange disease".

In addition, why do I feel that it is already more than two cups of milk tea...