Would anyone who is in my hometown use the word hometown to describe this place?
Combined with coming to deep space and the Mother of Void, she felt worse and worse.
"This is the territory of 'Misros'!" Lanny nodded, "But it's not the mainland, it's a deep space outpost! It's also where we intercept the mother nest!"
She probably thought Xia Yibing was a fellow amnesiac and did not suspect anything. She answered all the questions the woman asked and soon let Xia Yibing and Blood Crystal Crow know the general situation.
All in all, this place called Misros is definitely not Namibia.
God knows where this place is... Anyway, it's not their hometown. The people here look very strange. Some men are extremely thin and some are extremely strong. Most of the women are short. And in terms of appearance... Some features that would be considered deformities in Namibia are very normal here.
For example, four eyes, two noses, split lips, twenty fingers, and so on.
"This is fucking radiation sickness!" The Blood Crystal Crow screamed again, "Only serious radioactive contamination and comprehensive pollution can lead to this kind of 'common sense'."
"Oh my god...where on earth is this place?"
As for "Yalai".
"Yalai are warriors." Lani said, "'Yalai' means 'deep space people'. We are different from 'sapiens citizens'. Only we can move in deep space, and only we have the power to fight against the enemy."
"How did we get here?" Xia Yibing asked.
"Survive the pollution." Lanny raised her hand and gestured, "Because the Void Mother and her people can move freely in deep space. They have this ability, so those who survived after resisting their pollution are us, the Yalai people. We also have the same power as them."
"Are they mass-producing biological weapons?" The Blood Crystal Crow's heart was beating faster and faster. "How could they do this? Even Harwin wouldn't dare to do this at his craziest! This will backfire... it will backfire one day!"
Xia Yibing thought that the status of the Yalai people should not be high, because when Bird called her "Yalai" just now, he used a derogatory tone, which was enough to show that at that moment he thought that this name could hurt her.
Further speculation is that even Yalai himself knows that this is not a good word.
If this is a dream, then this dream is too gorgeous and bizarre...
Xia Yibing just hoped that she could wake up quickly, but unfortunately she couldn't.
It was like the connection with the body was cut off, and now even Hitzfeld's spirit could not be received.
Telling Lanny that she needed some alone space to digest the information, the woman hid in a dark corner and communicated with the Blood Crystal Crow.
"So is this a dream or what?"
"It's hard to say." Crow groaned, "This body is somewhat similar to you. This cannot be explained by spirit possession. It is possible that the way they created Yalai was to extract the spirit into an irregular mass of flesh and blood to reshape it. It is also possible that this is just a dream - the spirit in the dream presents a similar form to the main body, which is more normal."
"So which one is it?"
"I do not know."
"Is this what you call your worth? I'd have to be crazy to believe you."
"At least you have one more heart than others, isn't that good? Your efficiency in using luck to boost your strength must be much higher than that of ordinary people. Look, Bird didn't hit you."
"That's my own ability, it has nothing to do with you!"
After arguing for a while, Xia Yibing forced herself to calm down.
I'm a bit too irritated... This won't work. As Aisuen said, anger won't solve the problem. I have to find a way to figure out the situation, and then either try to go back or find out if Aisuen is here too.
This relaxation immediately opened her mind. She couldn't help but think of the hospital where Matt Hilley was stationed, which was full of injured patients transported from Fran Middle School. They had also experienced a period of unconsciousness and then muttered strange words uncontrollably.
Could it be that those people were also pulled into this "world"?
Maybe I'm overthinking. This may not be the real world. It could still be a dream world, or a secret world like the City of the Dead...
As for the Void Mother, this was easy to understand. Xia Yibing felt that it was the evil god.
Deep space - evil gods and outer gods, don’t they just float from the deep space universe?
This place called Mithros may be similar to Namiia, and is also being invaded by evil gods. It is easy to understand if you think of it this way, that Yalai is the world's answer to fighting against evil gods.
I just don’t know whether all this is “ongoing” or has already happened in reality.
After turning her neck, Xia Yibing felt an itch on the back of her neck.
She raised her hand and touched the inside of her collar, and tore off a small piece of paper stuck on the lining. She walked to the door and took a look in the light, and saw a group of numbers written on it.
"1536?"
"Wow!"
Lanny's head popped out, "There are 1536? That's amazing! Lanny only has 178!"
"What do you mean?"
Xia Yibing frowned.
She always felt that these two sets of numbers sounded familiar, but for a moment she couldn't remember where she had seen them.
"The file Matt gave you."
The Blood Crystal Crow prompted.
"'Yondor'."
"'1739'."
Yes.
There was a cold light in Xia Yibing's eyes.
I had discussed with Aisuen whether it was the year... So this might be what it meant?
"What exactly is this?"
She was a little excited and asked Lanny a lot of questions.
"serial number?"
"Personal information number?"
"We are in the same group, why are the numbers so different?"
This is odd, since the numbering is mostly regular.
If 'Yondor' is a person's name, '1739' is his number.
Then '1536' is 'Xia Lan's' number.
'178' is the number of 'Lanni'.
The first two seem to be from the same series, but what about the last one?
Xia Lan and Lan Ni joined the same unit at the same time and place. Even if their numbers were very different, they shouldn't be off by just one digit.
“This is not a number.”
Instead, Lanny stared at her with a strange look.
"This is not numbered, Xia Lan."
“This is where we end up.”
"When we die...when Yalai dies, he will expand to how many meters--"
"This is the result of their calculations, and they just told us in advance."
Chapter 20: Dream of the Void (Part 3) (Two in One)
After the training was over, as Bird said to disband, the more than 300 members of the Blackbird Mobile Team dispersed, some returned to their rooms to rest, and some walked outside in groups.
Xia Yibing paid close attention and found that most of those who were going back to rest had rather reserved expressions and looked lonely, without many companions. However, those who were heading outside were much more relaxed, talking and laughing, and were as happy as if they were at home.
She guessed that this was the difference between new recruits and veterans, and the total number of people who were cautious probably accounted for more than half of the entire force. If the full complement of the entire team was more than 300 people, it meant that at least in the first few operations, they had suffered more than half of the casualties.
"Did you notice that they use a very strange language?" The Blood Crystal Crow said in her mind, "It's not Seran, it's the language of another civilization. We can use it right after we got here, and we even learned the language logic."
This is it.
Xia Yibing nodded silently.
This was also very strange. With her own caution, she should have realized that the other party was not speaking a language she was familiar with when Bird roared at her for the first time, but she did not react and instead accepted it imperceptibly.
And since she came to this world, she even used this language to think. She called this language "Misros language" because Lani said this place belonged to Misros.
Mithros, she temporarily called this world this.
"The pronunciation of this language is very short." The crow was still analyzing it. "Plus the pauses are a bit like the chirping of birds... Then I can be basically sure that this is not Namibia. This should be another civilization in deep space."
"So is it 'present tense' or 'past tense'?" Xia Yibing asked.
"I guess it's the past." Crow confirmed, "This is still a dream, a kind of flashback. We accidentally entered a huge dream about recalling the past. This dream is so real that it presents all the details of the past. From a certain perspective, it can indeed be regarded as a real world. After our spiritual thoughts broke in, they automatically became like this according to the rules here."
"Why are you so sure?"
"Didn't you say that other people have had similar dreams?" Crow asked back, "There are more than 200 people who have been close to Fran Middle School? That's how Matt Hill got the information about 'Yondor' and '1739'. Since it can be confirmed that this is a dream, then of course only 'things that happened' can become dreams."
Xia Yibing remained silent. It was rare for her and the Blood Crystal Crow to reach a consensus.
"I have another question." She frowned and said, leaning against the railing at the edge of the square, "If Aisuen and I, like those 200 people, came to the 'Mithros Dream World', then why us? Why only us?"
These words were hard to understand at first, but Blood Crystal Crow knew that Xia Yibing was asking - Frick and the others also went to sleep last night, so why didn't they dream of anything.
As for the distance, everyone was temporarily staying in Xixinna, and had not yet entered the territory of Manion, and had not approached Fran Middle School. The conditions were the same, so why were only the two of them implicated?
"Of course it's the spirit, you idiot." Crow answered without hesitation, "You two have been to the place of origin and experienced that kind of baptism. If you find the opportunity, you can become gods! Not only are your spirits far beyond the upper limit of the mortal world, but they are also far more active than ordinary people. Ordinary people may have to get close to Fran Middle School to be affected, but you will be affected here in Xixinna!"
"Like receiving telegraph signals? It means... our receiving ability is relatively strong, so we can receive them even from such a distance..."
"That's a very vivid metaphor. I've discovered that you're not completely without a sense of humor, Ms. Xia Sha."
"But I'm not telling you anything funny."
Xia Yibing scolded the Blood Crystal Crow in her heart, while she was still looking around the entire hall from outside.
The hall was built very grandly and spaciously. The floor seemed to be made of metal and marble, and the surface was covered with a layer of plant fiber that, in her perception, was very similar to the material of combat uniforms.
This fiber is not black and gray, but dark green. It spreads across the entire floor and walls like a carpet, extending all the way to the ceiling, making the place full of pleasing colors.
The tail of the crowd was about to leave the hall. After thinking for a moment, she chose to approach the group of veterans and followed them out, intending to go out and see the world.
These people soon came to a spacious corridor. They didn't pay much attention to her. Xia Yibing noticed that everyone looked a little nervous after coming here.
"Prepare to seal it off." Someone in front shouted, "There's no 'Lana' protecting us outside. If you forget to seal it off, you'll die, okay?"
Closed?
What is Lana?
Xia Yibing was completely confused by what she heard, but she soon discovered that the combat uniforms of the people in front of her - she didn't know how they operated them, but several dark green petals emerged from the collars of their clothes as if they were growing rapidly, and these petals immediately gathered together after they came out, wrapping their heads like a helmet.
The woman guessed that this should be some kind of protection. She looked at her body but did not find any mechanism to trigger the growth of leaves.
"Use your heart." A gentle voice came from the side.
"Our combat uniforms are also woven with Lana's tissue. It can do whatever you want it to do."
Xia Yibing looked at the person who came a few times. The other person's head was wrapped in a blade helmet, so she couldn't see the person's appearance clearly.
She tried to do it as she was told, and then she began to try to sense this strange outfit, and she actually sensed something about it.
It is spirit.
How strange... I didn't notice before that there was another faint spirit clinging to me.
She used her own spirit to contact this spiritual thought and conveyed the idea of "wanting to close". When she opened her eyes again, Xia Yibing found that leaves were closing above her head.
How can I see things like this?
Soon she stopped worrying because she found that the effect of looking out from the inside was similar to that of a layer of light green gauze. She could still see things clearly, and she could also see other people's faces through the blades of their helmets.
"It's amazing. Is this a special application of some plants and fungi?"
The Blood Crystal Crow said in admiration.
"This must be a unique skill of this civilization. Lana must be a special plant."
"Didn't Lanny say before that you guys came to fight in deep space? I was wondering how these people could come without the Kingdom of God. It seems that they rely on this 'Lana'!"
Xia Yibing seemed to be thinking about something after listening to this.
At this moment, the passage door behind them suddenly grew large petals and closed in the middle.
The front passage door has its leaves unfolded to reveal an open-air corridor.
The moment the door opened, a new and strange experience came out of nowhere. Xia Yibing felt that her body had never become so light, as if she could float up just by tiptoeing.
The people in front had already done this. They tiptoed lightly, taking brisk and familiar steps forward in this unique environment. One by one, they entered the open-air corridor, came to the entrance at the end of the corridor, and then went in and disappeared.
