A subjugated princess will never die a vagabond

258. Deduction

The spread of the curse was expected by Cloris, but the speed of the explosion was unexpected.

The Church of the Sun has stepped up its research on curses. After clinical trials on thousands of infected people, the plague of curses caused by the Grace House was named "Wishing Dream Corpse".

The evil person implants a subconscious mind that can be transmitted through dreams for this curse, which causes negative and hatred seeds to take root in consciousness, repeatedly strengthens the impression that nobles oppress, businessmen exploit, and other people are helping others, and create a consensus: Overthrow this rotten city, and all people will be reborn under the leadership of the Savior.

If that's all, Cloris can still say that it conforms to public opinion, but the hope of these people is only the nourishment for the evolution of the curse, and they will eventually find that heavy equipment and machine guns can crush all illusions into despair.

Until this moment, the curse will take full effect, and the belief mixed with hope and despair will burst out of the bones with strange and mysterious characteristics, creating a great commotion.

Its power will increase with the number of deaths, and at the same time, negative emotions such as panic will intensify the penetration of the curse into dreams.Infected people will not have any symptoms during their lifetime, but the blood activity will be abnormally increased. If they sink into desperation, the curse will spread at the moment of their death.

Healing this plague is not complicated - positive emotions will make the curse fade over time.

However, it is not easy to improve the happiness of the residents. Even if she settles refugees and eliminates the famine, tens of thousands of slaves in the mine cannot be freed.

Therefore, to eradicate this dilemma, there are two other solutions: one is to physically eliminate all infected people, and then purify the living corpses awakened by the curse. Undoubtedly, this will cause a huge panic and turmoil, the city that never sleeps will be completely turned to death; secondly, relying on supernatural beings, mages and sun priests to purify each infected person one by one and perform psychological healing, and the use of drugs can also directly remove the curse in the body, But the efficiency of doing so can never keep up with the speed of transmission, and it can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. As long as life is still difficult, the curse will continue to attack.

"If it were you, what would you do?" Cloris asked Veronica, who was lying on the sofa and reading an illustrated book, as she handled the documents.

"I will leave," Veronica said, "I sympathize with what happened to them, but this is the way this world is, and I don't want to pay a huge price to save a group of irrelevant people-I have seen such things countless times, It will continue to happen in the future.”

Cloris was thoughtful: "That is to say, after paying enough price, can you quell the plague?"

"Just make a wish to the Dreamland." Veronica said seriously.

Cloris didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What kind of method is this?"

"As long as you pay enough willingness and price, He can realize all your wishes, even if you want to become a god," Veronica said, "He is the projection of the true spirit, and can present the reflection of all consciousness, including yours. ’s, mine, and God’s.”

This is knowledge that Cloris has never heard of: "Is there any case of becoming a god by relying on wishing?"

Veronica shrugged, expressing that she didn't know, but she said, "Why would a person who can pay the price of becoming a god need to make a wish to the Dreamland?"

"What is the True Spirit River?" Cloris asked.

"Time, space, destiny, the place where everything in the world converges," Veronica said, "the textbook defines it this way, at least I haven't met anyone who has reached it. The textbook says that the river of true spirits has recorded Everything about us, including our real names."

Cloris joked, "I didn't know you were so knowledgeable."

Veronica's pretty face blushed, she faced the ceiling, and covered it with a book: "This is just the basic common sense that every succubus must understand, otherwise he is not eligible to enter the dreamland, and the only way to understand his composition more clearly , so that you won’t get lost when traveling.”

Cloris suddenly became suspicious, and she asked, "You succubi are so close to the dreamland, why are you living in hell?"

Veronica shook her head blankly: "Our clan follows Sariye's ancestral precepts. He made a great wish that we will live in hell and die in hell for generations until we are cured. I have seen some demons who don't know the truth. False historical inscriptions, it is said that before Sariel made a wish, there was no oasis in hell, and unless the demons invaded other worlds, they would not be able to maintain their sanity in the hurricane."

"Then she must have paid a high price."

"I heard that he got a piece of fate, thanks to him..." Veronica sneered, "The succubi will suffer in hell for generations, you can only see how we suffer in Moyi's dream respect, but fail to see the sacrifices we will make."

"If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight." Cloris comforted.

"The succubus deserves to live in a better world!" Veronica suddenly said angrily, "He kidnapped everyone with the Phaseless Flower!"

"Uh..." Cloris's expression froze, "Phaseless fruit?"

"It is said that the vein of fate born from the dreamland will only come near the strong will, and will listen to the wishes of the nurturer to produce unpredictable divinity. Legend has it that Sariye changed the hell with the flower of no phase But at the same time, He carved a brand in the soul of every succubus—” Veronica said angrily and resentfully, “We can’t be buried in other worlds at the moment when our lives are coming to an end , but to live in the pain buried in Lesbos—every piece of land in the oasis was born from the "suffering" under our "vision"!"

Cloris said, "That's why you incited the little succubi to leave hell."

Veronica smiled wryly: "The world here is not even as good as Lesvos. Apart from the fact that it is easier to collect wish power, there is not much to cherish... I hope to pray to the Dreamland. Apart from other demons, the succubus And get the ultimate relief."

"Is your life bad?"

"On the contrary, if we don't know the final outcome, we can live a happier life than anyone else..." Veronica closed her eyes in confusion, "Maybe this is the 'price' we should pay for our 'harvest'. She turned over and lay down on the sofa to see Cloris' side face, "Sorry Lizzie, I lost my composure."

"It's okay, at least this kind of you makes me feel more real." Cloris rarely said the truth.

"So, can you comfort me?" Veronica said in a wronged tone, "I need close skin-to-skin contact to rub the sparks of love and happiness."

Cloris frowned and said, "Can't you be more serious?"

"Carpe diem!" Veronica became optimistic again, "If I get Sariel's Phaseless Flower, I will make you willingly strip yourself naked!"

This change of face made Cloris wonder how many truths Veronica had said before.

She said calmly: "If you want to deceive my sympathy with false lies, I will only light fireworks and celebrate for three days and three nights."

Veronica curled her lips and didn't say much.She also didn't take this opportunity to harass and tease deeply. When Cloris was dealing with important matters, she was tactful and didn't add to the chaos.

"What did Walsh say?" Cloris put down a stack of reports and began to think about the current situation.

"She was placed in the slave market near the energy station in Nancheng by the Grace House, and hid in the sewer to control the local situation."

The energy station is close to the Pingfeng Mountain Range. A few days ago, slaves rioted and killed a large number of slave owners. This riot was quickly suppressed, but considering the existence of the curse, the City Guards reduced the killing intensity and sent the rest The violent slave is temporarily imprisoned.

This does not mean that the violent slaves will be exempted from death, but that it takes time for the Church of the Sun to purify the living corpses, killing too many at once may exceed the threshold of processing power.

The violent slaves did not distinguish between nobles and civilians in the city that never sleeps, so their deaths would not arouse the panic of the nearby residents, but would allow many people who were in fear all day long to sleep peacefully.

Walsh Culler integrated slaves and residents in such an environment, using the resources of the Grace House to establish underground beliefs.He gained a group of pious believers by preaching in Shenfeng Lake before. Some of them survived the turmoil and moved around the city, acting as the mouthpiece, eyeliner, and right-hand man of the goblins in the outside world.

There are only more than 300 goblins in the city that never sleeps, most of them are merchants and their families, and a small number are slaves. Freemen like Walsh Calle can count them on two hands.

He has long been wanted, and there is no chance to hide his identity. At the moment when everyone is in danger, the soft-spoken goblin is the best target for being interrogated and squeezed by the city guards. Even if he takes off his holster and returns to Wolsey, he is not suitable to show his face.

"She asked me to tell you that Qifa has already used 'fate' to predict the collapse of the Tower of Light. She will use this opportunity to perfect the ceremony, but currently she lacks enough reliable assistants...this is a letter."

Veronica took out a piece of cloth full of words from her chest and threw it into the girl's hand.

In the letter, Walsh Calle told Cloris his understanding of "fate" in a relatively clear way.

Destiny is the inevitability of countless accidents. The so-called manipulation of fate is to build up the necessary dominoes by eliminating the interference items, and finally collapse the building through the collapse of events one after another.

This explanation concerns the mystical properties that goblins possess.

When he was fighting with Cloris, he "prophesied" that the bookshelf fell or the bathtub fell, because he had already seen the aging and decay of the ground through [supercomputer], and he strengthened the inevitability of the possible accident through the prophecy of "lucky dealer" .

Before Qifa made the prediction of "the collapse of the Radiance Tower", he would usually arrange several small predictions to strengthen the direction of the ending. "'s prophecy will also help him arrange dominoes one by one.

"Luentia tried to activate the Tower of Light..." Cloris recalled the previous events and the information Veronica stole from Carson Knorris.

"I don't know much about fate, but I don't think it will happen if you make a prophecy," Veronica said, "mysterious characteristics have personality suppression, and if there is something far beyond the prophecy, it will definitely happen." The existence of a personality participating in this matter, or predicting events beyond the current personality, will greatly increase the probability of failure."

In addition, making mandatory predictions about fate, the more objects involved in the process and the wider the scope of influence, the greater the backlash suffered by the prophet.

Walsh Caller presented Cloris with his request: a supply to get thousands of people through the monsoon season.

In Qifa's prophecy, these "untouchables" are one of the dominoes to achieve the final result, the glowing fuel, their death is inevitable, but Walsh Culler can use Qifa's plan in turn , Promote your own promotion ceremony - [Gear of Destiny].

His main promotion ceremony is to make a common fate point to a certain number of believers through the call of faith, and the direction of the ceremony will also affect his mysterious characteristics after promotion to a certain extent.

If these thousands of people are sent to die in accordance with Qifa's prophecy, his promoted "fate" characteristics may be inclined to curse and tragedy. At the same time, many of his achievements will be harvested by Qifa. After all, this ceremony Borrowed the opponent's momentum.However, if thousands of people are still alive while promoting the established overall situation, not only will it take away part of the fate of Qifa, but the characteristics after promotion may also be inclined to blessing and luck.

In addition, these thousands of people will also become his believers and pawns of fate, and escape the judgment of fate—do not go against the general trend and stand alone. This is Walsh Kahler's understanding of "Destiny Gears".

Cloris pondered for a moment, and said to herself: "Fate is not as simple as Walsh said, everyone's understanding is different, just like blind men feeling an elephant, the outlines they feel are the mysterious characteristics they master. "

"What is the blind man feeling the elephant?"

Cloris gave her a blank look, and didn't intend to answer, and said, "There is a lot of movement in transporting supplies for thousands of people. This matter can allow Hubbard to build a warehouse on the ant alley. When the time comes, you can connect from it and find someone Let the warehouse have a power failure in the middle of the night."

"Why cause a power failure?"

"So that his believers can steal it, idiot," Cloris scolded, "It's better to steal food than directly inciting refugees to blatantly rob it, otherwise the Church of the Sun and the Duke's Mansion are likely to cause massacres."

"Oh."

"Luentia is most likely to be the key to the disaster," Cloris said again, "If he is really eager to contract the spectacle, he will definitely do a lot of cover-ups against the Church of the Sun in the process, and the people of Uenos will Use this to create a loophole."

In fact, there were early signs of this. Luentia held back the Church of the Sun and failed to build the Radiance Tower in 20 years. It wasn't because he didn't want to build it, but because he was always looking for an opportunity to realize self-mastery.

Cloris didn't think that Luntia imposed a miracle tax just to extort money and indulge in pleasure.

Momentary pleasure is nothing to his ambition.

However, no matter how ambitious you are, you must have matching strength.The danger of the complete annihilation of the Corpse Snake Air Bandits has gradually become apparent. The power structure of the unlucky Luentia is collapsing, and the families of the two wives are fighting each other. He does have a reason to put all his eggs in one basket.

"It would be very interesting if this is also in Qifa's calculation," Cloris said with a smile, "Of course, it may also be a matter of adapting to the circumstances, after all, Summer's death was just a small accident."

Cloris didn't know that the Grace House also had a bet on Satsuma, and had already pried half of Luntia's corner, so the collapse of Luntia's power was inevitable, and Satsuma's death was on the contrary presupposed by Qifa air power is missing.

"It's time to see Shanna... I don't know if Wenk's senior is here," Cloris muttered, and said to Veronica, "The guards left by the Church of the Sun have maintained order and safety, yes My free activities have always been a hidden danger, you put on a disguise and go out with me to do something."

259. Stalking

The disguise that Cloris mentioned was to ask Veronica to leave an avatar hosted by a "spirit" in the office.

This succubi's ability to control dreams is far superior to that of Moxiu, even the instruments of the Church of the Sun are difficult to detect, and it can realize the shuttle and communication of dreams within a certain range regardless of distance.

Let her keep her spirit in the office, and if there is an unexpected visit, she can refuse to see the visitor through magic communication.

Of course, after going out, she still can’t use her original face. Cloris weaves an ordinary girl’s face, and uses [Hide and Seek] to stay away from Zaoxing Street Square before taking it off.

Veronica marked Cloris, as long as the girl took off the brooch, the succubus could find her immediately.The gap in personality always makes Cloris feel powerless, which makes her look like a drifter who is forced to accept her fate, but she still feels ashamed when the waves scratch her swimming trunks—if she doesn’t have too much With multiple choices, no one would be willing to accept fate and let Haitao wash away the edges and corners to make them smooth and smooth.

In short, Veronica, an impolite stinky bitch, bullies others, and the poor person who can't beat her and doesn't want to join has no choice but to lie down, so the succubus is indeed charming, otherwise Cloris will No matter how difficult it is to get used to being teased again and again.

As the two walked north along the street, they could clearly feel that the order was gradually becoming chaotic.The territory under the jurisdiction of the Gospel Correctional Institute is the most stable, followed by the core territory of the Abam family. As for the other commercial port districts under the control of Abam, there have been many dead souls who died of starvation and hanged themselves at home.This often causes the dead to mutate into living corpses, further deteriorating the safety of the surrounding area.

Most of the shops have been closed, and the laborers at the docks have also temporarily suspended work due to the strong wind, and can only receive relief to survive.

For the overall situation of the city that never sleeps, Cloris is really helpless. The 10,000+ population under the Gospel Rehabilitation Institute alone has already cost her a fortune and owed huge debts to the bank. To be able to save everyone.

"You still have to do something." Cloris looked at the beggar in the street wearing only a ragged jacket. "Those nobles will not allow the curse to wreak havoc, even if their properties are left outside. , but it still needs living people to consume it..."

"I'd rather think they'd squeeze every last copper out of a man before he dies," Veronica commented tartly. "It's better to remove all the wealth before it collapses than fix a dying mansion."

"..."

Although Hurricane Island is located in the deep realm, the original development of the city that never sleeps is no worse than that of the city in Zuixiang. It also had a prosperous time, and the style of extravagance is far better than it is now.

It is indeed a pity that the once dazzling high-rise building is about to collapse at this time.

"I have some friends in the city that never sleeps," Veronica turned around. "They often hold banquets and salons. If you need it, you can try to get some donations."

Needless to say, Cloris immediately thought of those noble ladies in the bathing place.Veronica can be called a slut, she has repeatedly claimed that she is a virgin succubus, but the girl doesn't think how sincere this lying woman can say.

"Are they rich?"

"[-] to [-] Aegis is definitely more than enough," Veronica raised the corners of her lips proudly, "My real estate in the Duke's Square was given away by someone else, and it will be enough to squander for a while when we exchange it for cash when we fly together."

"Hmph, your thinking is very beautiful."

"You're jealous?"

"Do you think I care how many women you sleep with?"

"Hmph, duplicity," Veronica walked swaggeringly, stretching her waist with her fingers crossed, no one could see her, "Of course I know that stubborn little wild cats don't like being ridden, but... your little mouth No matter how hard it is, can it be as hard as my tail?"

"You're still as shameless as ever."

"But you're used to it, aren't you?" Veronica smiled like a flower, "Actually, we've done quite a lot. If Lissie wants to open a hundred eyes for me with tentacles, I can also kneel down obediently. Under your knees—" she called out charmingly, "meow."

Cloris sneered back.If her bottom line is really stretched to that point, then who will be opened eyes will not be the succubus?Therefore, the girl only uttered two words: "Holy Baptism."

Veronica immediately looked down: "Didn't I promise you? Why are you so anxious?" She took Cloris's hand and shook it gently, "You are still thinking about how to take revenge on me, right? But It doesn't matter, I will let you go from resistance to habit, and then from habit to love, I will make this body fragrance your magic (drug), from now on, you can only smell it to—"

Veronica turned her face sideways and mouthed Cloris, her plump lips were like peach blossoms full of moisture.

Cloris didn't speak. Her mind was on the situation in the commercial port, and her thoughts were completely different from the succubus who was in heat all day long. As long as the succubus didn't do excessive things, she would let her pull her little hand away.

Across the Merchant Harbor, the entrance to Fern's Nest is packed.

This is one of the most densely populated areas of extraordinary people, and there are also doctors or witch doctors including Wenk to control the spread of evil spells.Although the business of Wenke Clinic only involves spiritual veins, it doesn't mean that he can't treat other diseases. It's just that the transformation and maintenance of spiritual veins has high income and less trouble, that's all.

Residents of Fern's Nest volunteered to raise funds to hire hyenas to keep out those who wanted to come in for refuge or work.Aphra, which is adjacent to it, probably did similar operations. In the bustling area, the city guards drove away the tragedy and maintained the joyous singing and laughter on the shore.

There is no way, now that the curse is raging and the shipping routes are blocked, there are no passenger ships willing to berth in the city that never sleeps. The rich will naturally move to the North City where there is no struggle with poverty. No matter how bad it is, the Duke Square, Aphra and other places with good law and order, Fern Nest Town It seems crowded, but it is one of the few safe places. Some wealthy urban elites want to hide there until the disaster is eliminated or the air route is reopened.

To enter Fern's Nest Town, you must first pass a strict medical examination and review, and then you have to pay a toll of [-] Aegis. After entering, you will find that this is far from the end, and you still have to face expensive rent and food consumption.

It's not impossible to leave the Nightless City by ferry, but the best waterway is the Wuhe River connected to Shenfeng Lake, which has long been a hell where the corpses of refugees have piled up.

"Catch a thief, catch a thief—"

Cries for help sounded from the crowd lining the street.

A well-dressed woman yelled as she tugged on the arm of a stout man.

No one paid attention to it, except for those who gloated, everyone else watched with cold eyes.

"Go away! Where is the crazy woman!" The thick man threw the woman to the ground.

"mom!"