Soul echo

Chapter 177 Snow

Today... Lilian doesn't seem to be online.

Zhong Ye glanced at the girl across the table. Although the girl still had aura in her eyes, it was not as agile as usual - in other words, 'the soul is not in the body'.

It's a little different from the past, the little girl didn't go online until noon before, is it because something happened in reality?

A gloomy look flashed between Zhong Ye's brows, he was silent for a long time, and let out a sigh of relief.

Dan's world is far away from the earth, even if he knows what happened to Lilian, he can't help.

After lunch, Zhong Ye took Lilian to the room to pack things.

Now there are no cultists in this place, and even if there are remaining cultists, they will be picked out by the Church of the God of Commerce who is very energetic.

Compared with a church, the power of individuals is still too weak when it comes to finding cult members.

Zhong Ye didn't plan to stay in Montreux any longer. Without the cultists, it would be pointless for him to stay any longer. There might be cultists or demons active in other places, and those places needed him more.

——As an extraordinary person, his work efficiency alone is more than that of ten people combined. With his help, other places can find cultists faster.

"The next place is...Annecy? The Kingdom of Gaul?"

Zhong Ye had a little impression of this place.

Amos once mentioned to him in a chat that the area originally did not belong to the Kingdom of Gaul, but in an abyss invasion event caused by a cultist, all the grand dukes who ruled the area were killed— —The cultist was the second daughter of the Grand Duke at that time. She exchanged the lives and souls of the whole family, summoned a big demon to descend, and almost opened the gate of the abyss.

Only at the cost of the 'city' can the gate of the abyss be summoned, and enough death and despair can cast the foundation of the gate.

The death of a grand duke's family is not enough for the gate of the abyss to descend on that city.

That city once encountered an abyss invasion incident, and until now there is still a battle group named after the goddess of the family stationed, and there are still cultists?
Sitting on the chair, Zhong Ye spread out the small book that recorded the information in front of him.

Because the information given by the black market in Turin allowed him to find a cultist, he already had some trust in the information.

Perhaps the places and people recorded in the intelligence are not necessarily cultists or can be associated with cultists, but it is better to have clues than to search aimlessly.

After deliberating for a moment, Zhong Ye decided to pack up his things now, and then go to the market to replenish some supplies before heading to Annecy.

Regardless of whether this information is correct or not, there is no way to confirm it by sitting here and fantasizing, and you must go to the field to investigate.

Moreover, the adventurer's home in Montreux has not yet been completed, so there is no way to connect to the Internet.

He is a little curious about what the preview of Chapter 2 looks like, although judging from the usual aesthetics of the production team, there is a high probability that it will not be very brilliant, and it is very likely that it will follow the stream-of-consciousness style.

After packing up his luggage, Zhong Ye carried them all on his back, took Lilian's game character downstairs, and left the room.

I met Paul while fetching horses. This father has decided not to do business any more. He wants to return to his hometown with his savings and his daughter over the years to manage a piece of land. Even if it is poor and hard work, he will never let his daughter suffer.

It was also during the few days when his daughter was abducted that he realized that he had owed his daughter too much over the years.

Paul also wanted to give him some items, but Zhong Ye refused firmly.

Those things are obviously more important to Paul. Anyway, he is not short of money and has no desire for material things now.

After saying goodbye to that father, Zhong Ye went to the market.

Due to the cold wave, more and more people sell firewood and coal in the market. In contrast, there are fewer vendors selling vegetables, fruits and dry food.

Every household is storing food for the winter, and the food on the market has also decreased a lot. Fortunately, there are only two of Zhong Ye and the others, so there is no need to prepare too much.

After getting ready, Zhong Ye took Lilian to the pier outside the city.

He was going to take a boat to the lakeside town in the Kingdom of Gaul, and then walk to Annecy, which would shorten the trip a lot.

When leaving the city, he greeted the priests guarding the city gate, but Zhong Ye ignored their persuasion and waved away.

Walking slowly along the shore of the lake, feeling the cold wind blowing from the lake, Zhong Ye asked Lilian's game character to wear more clothes.

The player's game character will also get sick - at least during the closed beta, Zhong Ye heard someone mention in the forum that his character accidentally caught a cold. The symptoms were not much different from reality, and he almost died once because of it.

Montreux is considered to be the largest settlement in the surrounding area. Therefore, there are many merchant ships docked at the pier. Zhong Ye found a merchant ship that was going to Geneva after casually inquiring. A stop at a small lakeside town.

The merchant ship set sail in the afternoon, and it will probably arrive at a lakeside town in the Kingdom of Gaul tomorrow—among all the lakeside towns near Annecy, only there is a dock where merchant ships can dock.

The horse and Zhong Ye stayed in the same cabin. When they boarded the boat, it showed great anxiety, and the whole horse seemed sluggish. If it hadn't been for Zhong Ye's constant comfort, it might have behaved even more anxiously. .

Fortunately, there were no strong winds and waves in Lake Lemonus most of the time, and there were a lot of ballast cargo, so that the merchant ship did not sway from side to side.

In the dim cabin, Zhong Ye flipped through the books silently, constantly absorbing new knowledge from the books.

He would turn his head to look at Lilian's game character from time to time to check if his student was online.

It wasn't until evening, after dinner, that Lilian logged into the game.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he appeared in a dim cabin, the only light coming from the wind lamp hanging on the pillar.

Lilian was extremely surprised, extremely surprised, and hurriedly lowered her head to confirm whether she had been kidnapped, and she was relieved when she found that there was no rope on her body.

Then she suddenly raised her hand and patted her head - with Zhong Ye by her side protecting her, how could something happen to her?
While answering the greetings and doubts from the barrage, Lilian looked through the game log and saw that it was Zhong Ye who decided to leave Montreux by boat, and she couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

"...Annecy? What is this place? Do you know?"

The bullet screen like a river brushed past her eyes, making Lilian dizzy. At this moment, Zhong Ye opened the door and walked in.

Noticing the look in Lilian's eyes, Zhong Ye felt relieved, and then said nonchalantly, "It's starting to snow outside, remember to wear more clothes tomorrow, so as not to catch the cold."

People in this era don't have a clear understanding of the seasons, but no matter where it is, as long as it snows, the first snow will be used as the dividing line between autumn and winter.

In other words, it's winter in the West...

If he remembered correctly, a god once told him that in the early winter, the gods of the sky would try to let players gradually come into contact with demons, laying a good foundation for dealing with the abyss in the future.

This is a dangerous thing, and if you are not careful, it will lead to more advanced abyss invasion events.

However, this is also a must!
Even though there are heated discussions about 'Abyss' in the game forums, as long as players haven't really come into contact with demons, they won't understand how terrifying they are.

After the player kills the demon, the gods will force the demon's soul to stay in this world. Now the two dungeons of Laurel City are based on the demon soul. Players need to keep killing the demons in the dungeon to wear down their souls .

When the game enters Chapter 2, the gods will use the demon souls that have been stored for many years to create a copy and open the copy system of "Echo of Soul".

In addition, there are many things related to 'Chapter 2', and the time when the game enters Chapter 2 is after winter!
"Is it snowing?" Lilian asked with wide-eyed eyes.

Lake Lemenus must be beautiful after the snow!

Zhong Ye nodded, "It's snowing."

It's winter, and Chapter 2 is about to start.

(End of this chapter)