Chapter 1470 The Hometown of Little Bat
The journey back in history is beautiful but extremely long, and it is easy to get stuck in it.
Traveling through fragmented historical fragments is a great test for people's will. Whether it is the emperors and generals who exist in historical materials or the unknown traffickers and lackeys, when you experience their history in person At that time, they were no longer just a group of pictures in historical memory, but became real existences of flesh and blood. They had their own joys and sorrows, and their own joys and sorrows. Whether it was a heroic epic or a mediocre life, they would all belong to them. leaving indelible traces in time and space.
As a passer-by, Hao Ren did everything possible to put himself in the position of a bystander, maintaining a detached third-party perspective during this historical journey - because he knew that only by maintaining this bystander's perspective Only in this way can he maintain his integrity and walk through the ten thousand years of history without being swallowed up and assimilated by the endless historical illusions.
It is not easy to maintain this state. It is probably an impossible task for ordinary people, but Hao Ren has persisted with the mentality he has developed as a "prosecutor" in the past few years.
Jumping again and again, going back again and again, meeting Vivian in different periods of history again and again, and then hastily saying goodbye and embarking on a new journey.
Not every historical journey back is worth describing in detail, and not every awakening of Vivian can go according to plan, but no matter what, Hao Ren and his friends still made it all the way. The journey on the Siberian snowfields and the trip to France seemed to have happened a long time ago. After that, they traveled through the vast primeval jungle of the Amazon, crossed the endless desolate Taklimakan Desert, and even landed in the sea with nowhere to stay. They drifted for a full half a month - until they found an ancient city on the seabed that had sunk for thousands of years, and found the ancient secret room containing Vivian's coffin in this city that was destroyed due to an explosion of magic.
They had dealt with the werewolf hermits in South America, and they had also fought against the demon hunters with the descendants of the silver wizards who could not escape from the Mesopotamian plains. With the help of Hasselblad, Hao Ren even managed to sneak into the demon hunters. ’s Asian headquarters, Vivian’s coffin was smuggled out from the depths of the Himalayas under the eyes of thousands of demon hunters.
Genghis Khan's cavalry, the palaces of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, the Aztec city-states, one after another, things that are famous in history and have almost turned into symbols floated before his eyes like passing clouds. Hao Ren kept looking back here. During the trip, I seemed to experience the same feeling as Vivian: as time goes by, the world changes, and the whole world is constantly being transformed by its residents. Although the sun still rises every day, the setting sun always shines on the new On this land, the world of humans and the world of "gods" have been shuffled and reorganized countless times in this continuous flow of history. Even the most glorious and greatest, and even the rulers themselves thought they would be immortal. Dynasties often cannot last for several generations.
The only thing that remains unchanged is the eyes of bystanders who pass by history.
"See you in the next era."
Vivian's figure has gradually disappeared in the air, and only her voice seems to still be in her ears.
After a while, Hao Ren finally exhaled, stood up and looked at the people standing around him.
Hessiana was bored and carving a piece of gray-white wood with a knife, seemingly trying to see if she could leave traces on this "substance" frozen in time and space. Hasselblad was carefully checking his demon hunter equipment to ensure that These powerful weapons can be in the best condition at any time, while Lily is sitting not far away, concentrating on eating shrimp crackers and potato chips taken out from Hao Ren's personal space.
The place they are currently in is a small small room with a wooden floor, wooden walls, and wooden ceiling. A slatted window covered with thick paper is embedded in the wall next to Lily, and the window is opened. All you can see outside is chaos. There was no decoration in the room. There was only a short square table in the center of the room. There were a few cushions around the square table. A man dressed as an ancient Chinese military commander was standing in the corner with a surprised look on his face. His astonished expression had already followed. Time and space are stagnant and covered with a layer of gray-white.
Hesiana put away the knife and said casually: "The fire in Chibi is really burning."
"No wonder Cao Cao lost so miserably," Lily, who was not far away, without raising her head, "he actually set up camp on top of Vivian's underground palace. Let alone Zhuge Liang, I can win, okay?"
Hesiana scolded Lily: "Just brag, how stupid are you? With hundreds of thousands of people standing still and letting you kill you, you will have to exhaust yourself to death..."
Hao Ren watched the little bat spirit arguing with Lily just like Vivian, and couldn't help but have a smile on his face. Then he stood up and walked towards the wooden door of the cabin that was faintly revealing a ray of light.
"Let's go, the next station is waiting for us."
The door opens, revealing a new time and space fragment.
Hao Ren squinted his eyes to adjust, and found that he was standing on a wide and straight avenue.
This is a wide footpath paved with stone slabs. On both sides of the road are neat tall houses of gray and white mixed with stone and wood. The houses are in a typical classical Greek style and are extremely exquisite. At the end of the street, you can see a huge, Square with fountains and sculptures.
Bustling pedestrians come and go on the avenue. Most of the pedestrians wear white or gray "robes". Part of the fabric of the "robe" goes around half of the body and is draped on their shoulders to form mostly decorative drape folds. Women's clothing is The shape is more complex, but the color is still mainly white. It is not difficult to judge from the clothing that these people live at least a level of food and clothing.
This seems to be a big city—and even cleaner than the European cities of the fourteenth century.
Hao Ren looked back and found that he had come out of a wooden door inlaid on the base of a huge sculpture. This abrupt wooden door was obviously an abnormal existence caused by the dislocation of time and space. Of course, such a weird appearance will inevitably attract people's attention, especially since this is a bustling city avenue with people coming and going, so soon a large number of pedestrians stopped around, curiously looking at these "walking out of the sculptures" Come out” guy.
Hasselblad followed Hao Ren and walked out. He noticed that there were so many people waiting around. The old hunter frowned and waved his hand to release a powerful spiritual power: "It seems that we have arrived at a very lively place."
The "dispersing idlers" spell most commonly used by demon hunters in covert operations was the most convenient thing for Hao Ren after Hasselblad joined the team. Under the influence of magical power, the passers-by who had been gathering around a moment ago seemed to have forgotten about it. Focusing on their own concerns, they all shook their heads in confusion and left.
Hesiana took a look at the surrounding architectural styles, then looked at the costumes of the passers-by, and quickly made an inference: "It should be in the ancient Greek area...Is this...the city of Rome?"
As the little bat spirit spoke, a different look slowly appeared on her face. The ancient Greek-style buildings around her seemed to give her an extraordinary sense of familiarity: "Oh, this is really a scene we haven't seen for a long time. "
Lily glanced at her in surprise: "Are you familiar with the city of Rome?"
"I first became a master in ancient Greece! Then I visited all the city-states around ancient Greece, and finally ended up in Rome!" Hesiana put her hands on her hips, "Wait a minute, let me think about it... I'm here The first time I met Lady Vivian after I became a spirit here was probably in Rome!"
"You, a vampire covered in Western fantasy wind, have cultivated themselves to perfection as soon as you open your mouth, and you don't feel awkward saying it," Hao Ren's first reaction was to complain, and then he quickly realized, "Wait a minute, you said you were in ancient times" Roman met Vivian for the first time?”
"Yes," Hesiana scratched her hair, "But I can't remember much about what happened at that time. After all, I had just transformed from a little bat into a human form. My brain is not very good yet, and I have no idea what is happening around me. I just vaguely remember some moments when Lady Vivian took me to seek life in ancient Rome after she found me. At that time, the city looked like what I saw in front of me...probably."
Lily couldn't help but roll her eyes: "Your memory is unreliable. You are as good as a big bat."
"Can you blame me?" Hesiana put her hands on her hips. "The night before when I went to bed, I was still a bat hanging upside down in the cave. The next day when I opened my eyes, I was walking upright. What can you do if I put it on you? Do you understand what happened to you? It’s good for me to remember some local customs. It’s much better than just remembering that you pulled a sled and ran wildly in the woods when you were a child!”
"I……"
"Okay, okay, you two can't be quiet," Hao Ren glared at the two of them, thinking to himself that the Husky finally didn't have to argue with Vivian. She even found Vivian's trumpet to continue. Noisy, "It's important to do business. Hesiana, you said you followed Vivian around ancient Rome. When was that?"
Hesiana thought for a moment: "Caesar wasn't dead that year anyway."
"How many rounds have we gone back to?" Hao Ren blinked and looked at Hasselblad.
"There's no need to calculate. It's probably around the first year of the Christian era, within a hundred years." Hasselblad folded his arms, but his eyes were scanning all the details of the surrounding buildings and pedestrians. "According to the clothing style of the pedestrians, it should be the period of the Roman Republic." , the empire had not yet been established, and the streets were well-ordered, there is a good chance that Caesar was still in power—it was just not known whether he had become dictator."
Hao Ren looked at Hesiana: "We may have come to a very delicate point in time - where did you and Vivian live back then?!"
"...I'll go, it can't be such a coincidence..." Hesiana was a little confused, but she quickly realized it and showed a somewhat depressed look, "It's been more than two thousand years, how can I remember clearly? .”
"Then look for it slowly," Hao Ren said with a relaxed and happy expression on his face, "I'm afraid we can directly find Vivian who is still awake this time."