Facing a starry sky that was completely different from what he remembered, Ronald looked at the laughing companion in front of him with doubtful and confused eyes.
In the evening, Nessus saw a gap in the forest from the treetops.
After more than half an hour of trekking, they arrived here before the sun even set.
The result was correct, a structurally sound railway was laid on the ground.
Following both sides of the forest road, they even encountered a temporary camp set up by railway maintenance workers.
Then......
Then there is no more.
From the time the sun sets on the mountainside until the stars fill the sky at night.
Not to mention the steam train at the other end of the railway, the two of them didn't even see a ghost. All they could see were nocturnal animals that happened to pass by here.
"Forehead......"
"I can't remember it wrong?"
Faced with Ronald's questioning, Nessos could only begin to explain obediently, while trying to recall the memories in his mind.
"Wait a minute, I'll calculate the time."
"The train departs from Wolfman at 4:30 this afternoon."
"The straight-line distance from Wolfman to our location is one hundred and seventy kilometers."
"So after almost two hours and forty-eight..."
"Even if it takes three hours, the train will arrive here."
"We have been waiting since before the sun sets, there is no way we can go wrong!"
The initial hesitant tone gradually became firmer.
Finally, Nessos stood up suddenly from the seamless log stool and confidently announced to Ronald:
"In this season, the sun normally sets around 19:00 in the afternoon."
"The train doesn't have wings, there's no way we can miss it!"
"..."
Staring at Nessos expressionlessly, Ronald pointed to the stars and asked a very simple question:
"What about the car?"
"Where did the car go?"
"..."
Nessus had just glowed with confidence.
His face turned dark instantly.
The air was quiet for a long time, until the hoot of an owl was heard in the distance, and Nessos forced himself to find an excuse:
"Well... maybe the train is delayed?"
"Anyway, I can't remember the date and time wrong."
After thinking for a moment, Ronald continued to ask:
"You just said that the departure station of the train is Wolfmann. Is it correct that the train departs this afternoon?"
"Are there any stops in between?"
Nessos shook his head simply and said:
"The Forest of Joize is no place for human beings to survive."
"Departing from Wolfmann, this train will pass through the forest before arriving at various stations and stopping at the same time."
"This train..."
"We can't be a few hours late at the departure station, right...?"
"..."
The night wind blew across the earth, bringing in the moist air from the forest.
On an autumn night when the temperature gradually drops.
Ronald and Nessus looked at each other.
No one can guess why the steam train has not appeared yet.
They were not merchants who drove carriages to do business like they did before.
It couldn't be that a few savages jumped out of the primitive jungle and hijacked the train with wooden sticks, right?
In silence, nearly a quarter of an hour passed.
Watching Nessos spinning back and forth, I still couldn't figure out the key.
Ronald spoke:
"We will take turns to keep vigil. You should go and rest first."
"The situation is uncertain now, and we may have to persist for a long time,"
"You've always been the one leading the way during the day, and hunting consumes your energy."
"If there is any movement, I'll wake you up."
"Okay." After hearing Ronald's suggestion, Nessos entered the camp left by the railway maintenance workers without much hesitation, "If there is any movement, you must wake me up!"
"Get some rest quickly."
"Um."
Soon, Ronald was the only one left sitting here under the starry sky at night.
The stool under my butt is a tree stump cut off by a railway maintenance worker directly from a tree. It feels very unpleasant to sit on it.
But even so, he still didn't focus on it.
Under the blowing of the autumn wind, his mood gradually drifted away——
It's been almost a week...
From coming to this world and passing the trial of the illusion, to meeting a group of merchants and crashing into the Black Mountain.
In just five days.
There are excellent judgments that penetrate secrets, and there are also secrets that are still incomprehensible.
But overall, I encountered a completely different experience from my past life.
Sometimes Ronald also wondered whether all this was a big dream after he was buried in the ruins. His colleagues were contacting all parties to rescue him.
But this fantasy still cannot convince myself.
The cold wind blowing slowly in the night sky, Nessos resting in the camp behind him, and even the two original-level magic books hidden on his body.
All this reminds Ronald.
this is the truth!
"call--"
With a long sigh of relief, Ronald rubbed his cold hands, and then added firewood to the bonfire.
When I raised my head, it was different from the cloudy days of the past few days.
The starry sky shines in the distance.
It's equally dazzling, but I can't find the familiar [Biquge www.biquga.vip] stars.
Here, I am looking up at the starry sky that humans in other worlds have been watching for thousands of years; in my hometown, who else is looking up at that magnificent universe?
A kind of loneliness arises spontaneously, like being alone in a foreign land.
"Stars, are you also the origin of human civilization in this world...?"
Ronald, who works as a writer, has always liked a saying.
A very romantic statement, but also highly possible.
——That is, human civilization originated from the stars hanging high in the sky.
It is not some outrageous alien origin theory, but points to the origin and cornerstone of civilization.
--Word.
It is the text that carries knowledge, is responsible for inheriting culture, and forms the structure of civilization.
When he traveled through time, the earliest texts unearthed during archaeological activities on Earth came from the ancient civilizations in the Mesopotamia.
And in the results of the excavation.
The two bytes that appear most frequently on those slates are ‘star’ and ‘god’.
Why are these two words?
Because 6,000 years ago, the Vela X supernova exploded.
This is the largest astronomical event that can be remembered in human history, far exceeding all observable celestial phenomena today.
In that ancient era, the light released by this suddenly erupting supernova could reach the earth. It was even as bright as the sun during the day, and would obscure the brilliance of the moon at night!
What did this unimaginable natural phenomenon mean to humans of that era?
Puzzled, confused, frightened, awed.
The unknown deeply ingrained in the brain!
Finally, humankind's incomprehension and reverence for supernovae evolved into myths and religions. In order to record the greatness of this star, words based on the words "star" and "god" were also created.
Human civilization in this world will also be like this...
Woo——
Woohoo——
Suddenly, Ronald was pulled out of his thoughts by a subtle sound in the distance.
Although mixed in the night wind, he could indeed distinguish some subtle sounds coming from the other side of the train channel opened in the forest!