Chapter 1742 Parallel Battlefield

The soldier wearing the uniform of the Imperial Corps received a blanket and a cup of warm honey water. He held the water cup and spoke in a still trembling tone about the horrific experiences he and a group of survivors had experienced these days:

"The atmosphere in the city has been wrong since a long time ago. There are more things to see in the army than civilians - those black sword knights gathered together, took over half of the command, and issued a lot of strange orders , for example, let us move the cornerstone of the city outside the city and bury it...

"Later, they banned external communications, saying it was because of special controls during the war. Then the barracks began to be separated into zones. We were divided into groups according to the organization. They sent out the groups one by one in order, saying they were performing tasks, but they didn't do it at all. Whenever any large group was seen leaving the camp, those who had been 'sent out' seemed to disappear out of thin air.

"Then those groups that were 'sent out' came back. I saw them from a distance and felt that they had transformed into something else from the inside...I don't mean their appearance, their appearance was still the same as before, but their eyes It was strange, there was something wrong about him all over his body.

"There are more and more disappearances in the city, and everyone starts to have nightmares. The nightmares are just like reality. In our dreams, we see monsters with countless eyes and countless limbs. Sometimes when we wake up, we even You can see those eyes on the wall - some soldiers began to feel scared and thought they were cursed, so they went to their commander, who took the soldiers to find magicians to "lift the curse". The next day They were brought back, they looked normal, and there was no sign of having nightmares when they were sleeping. But I was even more scared, because I felt that they were no longer sleeping at all... They were just lying there, He lay there all night long, pretending to be a normal person sleeping.

"I know a man named White, who is from the same hometown as me. He used to be very dishonest in sleeping, but after he was taken away and came back, he would lie upright in bed every night without turning over or snoring...

"One time I woke up at night and saw White lying there straight again. I took a closer look and found that his eyes were open! He stared at me and kept looking. He didn't speak, but I I know for sure that his voice is in my head!”

The surviving soldier began to tremble. His words were messy, trivial and complicated. Constance had to cast a little spell on him to soothe his spirit: "Calm down, calm down, those monsters are dead - to the point, what happened next?" Already?"

"I'm scared, I'm scared... The day after that, a Black Sword Knight came to me and said he had a special mission for me - they said a cursed plague broke out in a neighborhood, including me. A group of soldiers including them went to help 'deal' with people infected with the plague. When I got there, I found that something was wrong. There was no sign of the plague at all. They were just blocking the entire street, and then let the black sword knights go in to kill people. That's all...

"I took the opportunity to run away - it was not difficult to run away, I couldn't believe it at the time. They didn't care at all that I ran out, and they had obviously noticed me. I looked back and saw clearly When they all stood there, looking at the place where I was hiding, each of them had no expression on their face, just like a puppet... Later, when I ran to the city, I realized why this was happening.

"When we were closed and quarantined, there were not many normal people in the whole city. At first, they secretly infected and spread the infection. After almost half of the people were replaced, they started arresting people on the street openly. But when it came to me On the day I escaped, almost everyone in the city had turned into 'them'! It was the same no matter where I ran, I couldn't escape their eyes at all, their eyes were all connected together!

"But I still found some survivors, those who were with me. Your Highness, you can't imagine how surprised and happy I was at that time - they were originally hidden in a broken factory, and there were many people at the beginning. , but then people kept hearing some noises in their sleep. Those who were not determined immediately got up after hearing the sounds and walked into the night outside the factory, but those who walked out never came back, so the rest Many people had to tie themselves to pillars before they dared to sleep, but even so, there were still fewer and fewer people. Some people disappeared as if they were swallowed up by nightmares out of thin air. By the time I found them, there were only That’s it.

"Not long after that, the Black Sword Knight began to lead the soldiers to do the final 'cleaning' of the city. At that time, more than 90% of the people in the city had turned into 'them', and the remaining normal people could not hide at all. The soldiers showed their swords and openly dragged those normal people who had not been transformed for various reasons from their hiding places and killed them on the street, while others looked on with expressions on their faces. Hungry look…

"Because I used to be a soldier, I noticed this in advance, so I took everyone out of the factory and started to escape. I found a way to bypass the soldiers' eyes and ears, and lost a few more people in the process... But in the end we found There is a large cellar under the church, and the entrance to the cellar can be sealed, so we hid in it until today."

The chaotic narration of the surviving soldiers finally came to an end, and Constance sighed softly: "It's so planned and logical...that's why the monsters in the semi-transformation stage are more terrifying than those after complete transformation. What is terrifying is the wisdom."

With the narrative ability of the surviving soldier and his current mental state, it is difficult for him to vividly describe the horrific experiences of those past days, and he will not have any exquisite rhetoric and metaphors to increase his persuasiveness, but just from what he has said Anyone can imagine what a terrible scene it is - the whole city is "alienated" bit by bit, the eerie atmosphere becomes more obvious and serious every day, and everyone is gradually becoming... Monster, and the force that caused all this is so powerful that it is impossible to fight.

And there is nowhere to escape - because the monsters have blocked all roads leaving the city from the beginning.

This is only the first month of the War of the Change of Era. If the original historical trajectory is followed, the nightmare of this world will just be a prelude.

"It seems that you don't know what blocked those corrupting forces and allowed you to survive in the cellar." Leah looked into the soldier's eyes. She could judge the truth and falsehood of every sentence he said. There may be clues hidden behind it, but from the soldiers' thoughts, she could not find any reason to explain the final survival of these people - they were not strong-willed enough to resist the erosion of madness. In fact, after so many days, After the torture, the spirits of these people have long been extremely fragile. Not to mention the power of madness, even just one nightmare derivative is enough to corrupt their spirits. "The reason should be the cellar itself."

"These are the only things that can be found in the cellar," Kaim led several northern soldiers to pile up some debris. "If there is nothing here, then maybe there is something similar to an enchantment in the structure of the cellar... …”

The soldiers of the North removed anything from the cellar that looked like it might have special powers - even things that seemed unlikely to have any special powers. Broken clay pots, moldy swords, old statues of gods, ritual items, and all kinds of random debris were spread out on the ground.

But fortunately there are not many of them: it seems that the church was not originally very wealthy.

Constance and Leah stepped forward to inspect those things. They both immediately diverted their attention from the religious artifacts: the former obviously had no interest in the so-called gods, while the latter analyzed them from a more professional perspective. The so-called God of Day and the God of Night should not go together...

Leah's eyes were suddenly attracted by a shiny object among the debris.

Constance's eyes were also attracted by the object with a special sense of presence. She stretched out her long sword to pick up the object and frowned slightly: "What is this..."

Before she could see clearly, Leah suddenly exclaimed in a low voice: "Eh?!"

What Constance picked up on the tip of the sword was a small silver-white wide armband. The style of the armband was very gorgeous. The widened edge made it look a bit like an arm guard. There were The method of hollowing out fine lines depicts complex runes and images of animals and plants, but its size is obviously not suitable for adults, and is more like an ornament worn on a child's arm.

Hearing Leah's voice, Constance couldn't help but glance at the "little girl" next to her who was full of mystery and had all kinds of incredible powers. As a result, she somehow connected the other person with the armband in her mind. Together.

In terms of size...it seems appropriate?

"This..." Constance looked at Leah uncertainly, "could it be yours?"

Lia was about to shake her head in denial, but then she seemed to think of something, and said without confirming or denying: "I just look a little familiar. Is there anything of mine... in a local church like this?" ?”

"I just think the size is pretty close," Constance picked up the armband and made a gesture on her arm - of course, she would definitely not be able to put it on if she was wearing armor, but even if she wasn't wearing armor, this armband wouldn't fit. She, "It's obviously for children..."

Leah: "..."

"Bring it to me and let me see." After holding back the veins on her forehead, Leah said stiffly and stretched out her hand to Constance.

"No—here you go."

Constance handed over the armband, and the moment Leah's fingers touched the armband, a loud bang suddenly sounded in the sky.

The two of them looked up in shock at the same time.

It seemed as if a huge crack had opened in the sky. The dark red twisted crack was very similar to the Gorgon Abyss. In the crack, you could see countless floating wreckage, shining fires, and thunderous beams of light. Criss-crossing between those shadows, explosions burst out continuously from the depths of the sea of ​​clouds.

And a faint, white river-like luminous strip traverses the chaotic world behind the gap.

Leah was shocked and immediately removed her hand from the armband.

The vision in the sky then disappeared.