Chapter 649 Rico's Analysis
Bell tower.
This is the tallest building in Nami Village, reaching thirty meters high. There is a small pavilion on the top, and hanging upside down above it is a red and black flower covered with blue-gray moss.
Since the door of the bell tower was directly open, Dugu Bo and Riko walked straight in.
The first floor is relatively spacious, covering an area of more than 400 square meters. There are rows of seats inside and a podium in the front.
This is also a church.
On the podium, Dark, who had two tentacles, one red and one white, was reading out the doctrine to the seven or eight mutants sitting on the chairs: "...Nami Village, it is the great queen, Namichi, who gave us everything! We must also give everything for her! Only in this way can we continue to explore the abyss in the future! Build our own hometown..."
Most of the eight mutants on the seats were unable to speak human language, but they retained more of their human memories, so they were able to understand Dark's teachings.
Li Ke saw the restaurant's proprietress and ran over to ask, "Madam, why are you here too?"
The lady boss said casually: "How should I put it? People like us are not completely heartless. We still need some psychological support."
It can be seen that the proprietress is rational, but in order to make herself feel better, she still believes in unreal things.
Riko could understand this. After all, some residents of Abyss Town also worshipped the Abyss Ruins as some kind of belief.
"What are you doing here at the bell tower? Where is that young man?" The proprietress asked about their purpose and Zhou Qing's situation. She could see that although Zhou Qing was tall and strong, he was the youngest in the team, probably between nine and ten years old.
"Zhou Qing? He has other things to do." Li Ke briefly explained the situation and greeted Dake on the podium: "Hello, Mr. Dake, we have something to talk to you about."
"Yo!"
Dark was not annoyed that Rico interrupted him. He came down from the podium and walked to Rico. His voice was light and full of joy. He smiled and said, "Innocent girl, what's the matter?"
"We want to obtain the Heart of Dreams, but we wonder what price we have to pay?" Dugu Bo didn't like church-like environments very much. They reminded him of the serious and solemn atmosphere of the Spirit Hall, so he got straight to the point.
"The heart of dreams."
Dak's tone was still brisk, but the proprietress standing beside him could hear a hint of restraint, as if she was afraid of Dugu Bo.
The existence of [Equivalent Exchange] meant that Dak would not worry about his own safety, but the powerful strength that Dugu Bo had demonstrated before really scared him.
"These are the most valuable things in the village. These two Dream Hearts created Nami Village. They can't be bought with simple things."
"Perhaps, I can exchange it for a part of the Immortal Princess."
The immortal princess?
Dugu Bo knew that this must be referring to the reborn individual of a part of Namichi's soul that had previously invaded Nami Village but was unable to break in from the front.
"Can it only be her?"
Riko looked skeptical.
Since she is the princess of the village, she must be a priceless treasure. Why do we need a part of her flesh and blood in exchange for her?
Maybe Dak has other ideas?
"Besides her, I can't think of any other value... Oh, by the way! If a simple child like you can regard yourself as valuable and stay in Nami Village, maybe you can exchange it for the Heart of Dreams." Dark faced Riko with his face without facial features.
"Sigh~"
Li Ke got goosebumps all over her body, and quickly denied it, then pulled Dugu Bo out of the bell tower. "What do you want a part of the princess for?"
Inside the bell tower, the proprietress stared at Duck, hoping to figure out what was going on.
"What bad intentions could I have? Of course I hope the princess can come back to the village!" Dak raised his arms and said loudly, "Unfortunately, she can't get in, so we can only try to see if part of her can enter Nami Village. This can only be done by outsiders, and we can't leave."
"If possible, can we tear the princess into pieces first, bring her into Nami Village bit by bit, and then let her be reassembled in the village?" The proprietress seemed quite interested.
When Dak heard what the lady boss said, his face, which was made up of dark red lines, broke out in cold sweat. His purpose was not this...
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"Mr. Dugu, should we go out and look for the immortal princess?" Liko asked Dugu Bo for advice.
"Go find Zhou Qing first."
Dugu Bo would not go looking for trouble with the Immortal Princess because of this. That Dak obviously retained most of his human memories, and he was definitely deliberately leading the topic to the Immortal Princess.
"I also feel that way."
Riko gave her own analysis. "I learned about the expedition team's experience from the boss lady and Timidite. Although the two sides' statements are not completely consistent, I think that Dark may have been possessed by a demon."
"How to say?"
Dugu Bo raised his eyebrows, slightly surprised.
"After understanding the general cause, process and result of the whole incident, I initially thought that it was Hope, the leader of the expedition team, who made a wish before handing the second Dream Heart to Riko: to lead everyone to continue exploring and build a new hometown, and then hand it over to Namichi to use, thus creating a Nami Village that can continue to expand."
Riko told her thoughts, "However, after learning about Timidite's experience and the general way in which the Dream Heart fulfills wishes, I realized that this guess was wrong.
The heart of a dream can only be realized by the user. It is impossible for one person to make a wish and then have another person realize it.
Therefore, Namiqi's final transformation into what it is today is Namiqi's purest inner wish, and it is also what Zhou Qing said: to build a warm home for the children.
But this situation also meets Hope's previous wishes -
A living, mobile fortress that can actively explore downwards and become a new home for all explorers.
But Hope has now become the guardian of Namiqi, so even if he still has dreams, he can no longer move on to the sixth floor."
Who else is capable in this situation?
Dake!
In Timitite's memory, this Hope's right-hand man was the first to eat Namichi's child and made it into clay pot rice for the entire team.
But the problem is!
Dak is not a completely inhuman bastard. He did that to keep the entire team alive. Therefore, he must have suffered extremely serious trauma in his heart.
The trauma of the soul will gradually be forgotten with the passage of time, but forgetting does not mean recovery.
Liko guessed that Dak was able to make such a decision because he must have diverted his attention and set a goal for himself: to fulfill Hope's dream, to cheer him up again, and to lead everyone to continue going down together.
Because at that time, the only option for them to do is to continue to break the moral bottom line of mankind!
There is no other choice!
(End of this chapter)
