A place, a normal human settlement, no matter how peaceful and prosperous it is, when the scope of investigation is expanded to a city of tens or even millions of people, it is impossible that only these few people are having nightmares.
"What do you think?" Hitzfeld didn't intend to waste brain cells - although she had some vague guesses, but look at the expressions of these people...
If they hadn't discussed the issue and come up with a more reliable and extremely pessimistic answer, there would be no need for them to put on this face.
"People here have a chance to turn into animals after waking up." Saibot said palely, "We suspect that this is not a simple curse... but a transformation of the Nightmare Pupa into another form, allowing it to manifest in reality."
After some conversation, Hitzfeld finally understood the conclusion.
To put it simply, normal people often dream. Perhaps in Hitzfeld's opinion, dreaming is a relatively rare phenomenon in the earth's environment, but this is Namibia, where people's minds are more restless and more easily interfered with and affected by external factors.
In most cases, this kind of dream is a nightmare. If you have nightmares too often, the flesh may serve as a pupa and hatch a nightmare monster. This thing is also an old friend of Hitzfeld.
But the inhabitants of Iverria are different.
Most of them do not dream, which is not normal. However, Sebot and others believe that they do not actually not dream, but are tricked by others to transfer the dreams and nightmares they should have experienced from sleep to real life.
"It's hot here, and people are just living a dull life." Darent began to use his unique description, "People sitting on the street to rest, they seem to be awake, but are they actually different from being in a dream? I don't think so."
"So 'turning into an animal' is not a new curse, but an extension and expansion of the nightmare curse?" asked Hitzfeld.
"We all think so."
Yes...people can become nightmare monsters because of the fear in nightmares, which is itself the strongest curse.
It's everywhere, and there's no solution. There's no precedent for turning back from a nightmare into a human - the current security chief, Shasha Imaar, came close to doing it, but she wasn't completely corrupted at the time.
Hitzfeld thought about and digested the information carefully, and found that everyone was still staring at him, so he quickly asked them to return to the submarine to rest.
Whether or not to go and rob the bride, that would be a matter of three days. These people who stayed in the city were neither afraid of pollution like Baliu, nor could they get free food and drink like Leon found the Fred family. They could only drink from a water bag for almost two days, and did not touch the local drinking water at all. Their bodies would not be able to survive this.
We have to let them eat and drink something and then go back to sleep.
Wearing a straw hat, he climbed down the ladder and through the half-open hatch in front, Hitzfeld saw Xia Yibing still working at his desk.
She walked in silently, walked around behind the woman and half hugged her, using this silent intimacy to show her admiration and love for her.
"What a nice smell." The woman raised her eyebrows and twitched her nose. "What smells so good? It's even deeper than magnolia. What did you put on your body?"
It is the scented medicine given by Pusiangsi.
Hitzfeld blushed. This thing also has the function of sun protection. She didn't want to get a tan, so she applied some on herself before going out to play.
But this was a secret that should not be known to women, so she changed the subject and told her the information that Ethan and his friends had found.
"Very reasonable." Xia Yibing commented.
"Nightmare... this kind of monster is actually the 'mental form' of a person."
"The nightmares of jealous people are mostly poisonous insects, and the nightmares of manic people are mostly ferocious beasts. The more negative emotions accumulate, the deeper they become, and the more ferocious and weird the nightmare becomes in the end. This is the reflection of their inner thoughts, which is the same as the 'animal curse'."
"Is there any problem?" Xia Yibing turned around and looked at the girl.
"I always feel like you're worried about losing something."
“No…” Hitzfeld shook his head, “I just feel a little unreal.”
"Why is it not real?"
"In the past, to get to this point, we had to make some sacrifices, and at least one of us had to do the deductions," the girl said. "But now they have cooperated with each other and found so much..."
"Isn't this a good thing?" Xia Yibing was happy. "They are also professionals. You should trust them."
"It's a good thing."
Hitzfeld nodded.
“It’s a good thing, but I always feel like it’s a little too easy.”
“Is this your intuition?”
Xia Yibing's smile disappeared in an instant.
She is not a supporter of the intuitive school. Like most agents, she believes that relying solely on intuition will eventually lead to delays.
But she has also been saved many times by her intuition, which she cannot help but take seriously - the intuition of extraordinary people is not the same as that of ordinary people, and the probability of it coming true is higher.
"I can't tell."
Hitzfeld thought about it and shook his head.
So she decided to make some preparations.
Otherwise I would feel really uneasy.
Chapter 57: Retrospective Ceremony 1
Late at night, the Pierre closed its windows to prevent the internal lights from leaking out from the bottom of the water, but some unlucky guy discovered the abnormality.
Most people had gone to bed by now - many sailors had been sent out during the day to survey the terrain, in order to confirm that the current terrain was not much different from the markings on the map, and therefore they were very tired.
In the silence, Xia Yibing was pulled by a small hand and let the figure in front lead the way.
There is one thing that we have to admit no matter how reluctant we are, that is, Aisun Hitzfeld is the only captain of the Pierre.
She was the person who knew the most about this submarine. There were many secrets that even the craftsmen who built it were not aware of. Alwin had entrusted everything to her only.
So when she was dragged like this, through the tunnel between the control room and the bedroom, opened something that looked like a circuit board, climbed down the ladder from it, and continued to walk back, she was not surprised to find that there was a small but fully equipped alchemy laboratory hidden underneath.
Considering what Hitzfeld was good at and who she was, it was surprising that there wasn't such a place on the ship.
"When designing the room and studying the placement, Alvin specifically asked people to leave this gap." Hitzfeld placed the death candle on the table and turned to explain to her, "No one knows why she left such a place, and no one knows why she ordered the craftsmen to wrap it with lead metal... But now I can tell you everything, all for the day when it can be used like this, so that we can protect ourselves when spying on intelligence."
Whether she is a mysterious master or not, she has the ability to recall dreams.
This is the authority given to her by the Eye of the Evil God and the Blood of the Sun King. This power is far greater than that of the Dream Demon, and can even trace back what happened in the past.
But this comes with huge risks.
It probably didn't matter if she played like this in Sarah, because it was the only remaining "paradise" for humans. In any case, most of it was covered and protected by the Mechanical Yang Stone Carvings, and the power she overdrew from her eyes would at best weaken her for a while, and she would recover after a while.
Nothing could follow her from such a distance, and no one would suspect her for solving so many strange cases.
But it's different outside.
The Void Evil God Ebu-Gesar has a total of seven eyes that can see through time and space. One of them is in her eye socket, and the other one was destroyed in the red soil after breaking the seal. There are five eyes left.
No one knows where these five eyes are now, but they should have been sealed and thrown into several continents outside of Sara.
It is possible that one of the evil eyes has broken the seal, and it is possible that something has already controlled several eyes. In this case, if Hitzfeld rashly uses the power of the same origin, it will be easy for the other party to trace and discover it.
After all—she can use her eyes to travel back in time, and so can the other party.
If things develop in this way, the whereabouts of the Pierre will be exposed, their plan will be seen through, and even Hitzfeld himself - the element that Sarah regards as one of the strategic weapons - will also be coveted.
However, the military forces of both sides in the open sea are not equal, which is tantamount to asking her to lead her men to their deaths.
Elwin had indeed thought it through carefully. She had long foreseen the hidden dangers in this regard and had specially built this alchemy laboratory, which not only allowed her to make incense and cook medicine, but also provided her with temporary shelter.
The laboratory is a metal sphere with a series of radioactive metals, including lead, mixed into its walls to minimize interference with spiritual interactions and spying.
Although Hitzfeld himself is also restricted inside and it may be more difficult to go back, at least the "wavelengths" inside can pass through, while the "wavelengths" outside cannot come in.
"But there's no need to go out today." Hitzfeld summed it up in one sentence, stepped aside, and revealed the jar on the table. "This is an internal operation."
It was a pitcher.
Xia Yibing narrowed her eyes.
She probably guessed what Hitzfeld was going to do.
The style of the pitcher was very rustic, a handmade clay pitcher. To her, who was used to seeing Ong Sein's pottery, it was unsightly.
This thing certainly couldn't have come with the Pierre. It should have been brought out from Ivenria by Ethan and others, and it was most likely filled with water.
But there are monsters in the water.
In other words, this jar may contain the culprit of Iverria's corruption.
"You understood correctly." Hitzfeld guessed that she understood from her expression and nodded. "I'm going to try to touch this thing, analyze it, study it, and maybe even recall its memory."
This is a very dangerous behavior. If she had not inherited the entire legacy of the mysterious lord in the Shadow Poison Needle Case, she would never dare to be so wasteful.
But now she has enough confidence.
After all, he is the mysterious Lord of the Earth, and he is not in the same system as the mysterious Lord of Namiia.
They are similar, but the mysterious system of the Earth can be understood as a product of experiments that tends to be localized, and their final destinations are bound to be different.
Under the premise of time and space being cut off, she could be said to have quietly raised her mystery to the same level as the Mysterious Lord of Namiya. She was confident that she could suppress all derivatives of this system.
It's only about level six... Unless the evil god descends and she has to run, there shouldn't be any monster she's afraid of.
"All I can say is I'm delighted."
After a pause, Xia Yibing said frankly.
"Because you're willing to tell me."
She already knew that Hitzfeld looked weak, but he was actually a very strong-willed person.
This kind of stubbornness is different from her own, but putting herself in her shoes, Xia Yibing felt that she might hide this matter from the other party, or at least wait until she succeeds before reporting.
But Aisuen was willing to tell me everything and let me know.
This is also a kind of care and trust, which she knows is very precious.
"That's what Alvin told me, but I haven't really tried it..."
Hitzfeld smiled and tried his best to drive away the tension in his heart. "I was thinking that if something happened, someone would have to deal with it. After thinking about it, you are the most suitable person."
"You are the one who knows most of my secrets and is closest to me physically and mentally."
"Can you protect me when I'm dreaming?"
"Ready to serve."
Xia Yibing tied her hair into a ponytail again, then pretended to bow, "Your Highness~"
"Your mouth is only as good as this."
The corner of Hitzfeld's mouth twitched, and he felt that she had read too many indecent books.
"what should I do?"
Watching her changing clothes and preparing medicine, Xia Yibing was confused and found a chance to ask.
"I'll open the jar later, you take this..."
The girl threw a prepared green potion to the woman.
It was a test tube with a project stopper plugged at the top. Through the transparent glass tube, one could glimpse the liquid boiling and emitting green bubbles.
"As soon as I open the can, you pour this stuff in."
"Will it not alarm its original body? What I mean is that it should be able to sense its clone..."
"I told you there are special materials in the lab. It can't detect them. This is a sealed space. We can do whatever we want to it."
"..."
The way she described it... Xia Yibing suddenly had a feeling that the thing in the jar was quite pitiful.
Shaking her head to get rid of the thought, she continued to ask, "And?"
"Then look at the color of the mist that's sprayed in there," Hitzfeld admonished her, holding up a finger.
"If it's dark green fog then you don't have to worry about it."
"If it's light green mist, throw in the medicine I'm going to mix next."
"If there is no fog..."
The girl paused here.
"If there is no fog, it means that this thing has no ability to think... Then the experiment may not be able to continue. What they brought back is clean fresh water."
"What if it's any other color?" Xia Yibing took a deep breath and tried to make a joke to ease her inner tension.
After all, she was not good at making incense and potions, not to mention that this damn place was actually named Alchemy Laboratory.
Hell, Alwyn likes alchemy?
I'm afraid she has read as many cheesy novels as I have...
"There can't be any other color!"
