After looking around the room for a week, Yang Siming discovered the door he had opened, the room he had rummaged through, and even the clothes he had changed.
Everything has returned to its untouched state.
It's as if all the previous experiences were his own hallucinations!
"..."
"It's not like you have to change all your clothes for me."
The initial shock quickly subsided.
Touching the pajamas on his body, Yang Siming figured it out.
The trials he experienced before should be some kind of illusion based on the extension of reality.
This can be seen from your own condition.
Suppose someone tampers with you when you lose the ability to perceive the outside world, there is no need to change all your clothes. The real explanation is that you have fallen into the possession of the Iskur Clay Slate, the "Magic Hammer of Rain and Mist"
Qualification test.
When you meet certain conditions.
It is very likely that it was after discovering the origin of the gods.
The end of the trial——
He regained consciousness in reality and obtained this 'artifact' from the Sumerian period.
And everything around him naturally dissipated with the end of the illusion.
This is the real world.
The most striking evidence supporting this idea.
It's the window not far ahead.
Different from the raindrops that were blocked by invisible forces in the fantasy world, the window in front of him was blurred by water stains. During the short period of time when Yang Siming looked up, there were often messy raindrops hitting the glass.
.
Look, isn’t this more normal?
"call--"
"The Diary of Sir Ronald Adler."
With a long sigh of relief, Yang Siming relaxed his back on the back of the chair, and then read out the cover of the notes on the desk.
The notebook in the fantasy world turns into "The Hammer of Rain and Mist", but the notes in reality will not disappear out of thin air.
Yang Siming didn't even need to move, he could read the text on the cover of the note at a glance.
Even right below the name of the diary, there is a string of "Any untouchable who dares to peek will have his soul burned by endless flames", which is obviously a warning word used to intimidate others not to peek into this diary...
“It’s quite historical.”
Yang Siming couldn't help but complain. This kind of warning was really full of flaws. It was as speechless as the dead pharaoh cursing the tomb robbers.
However, considering the general level of education in the old era and the fantasy-like encounters today...
Perhaps this warning full of déjà vu can come in handy?
Of course, the most important thing is this -
Yang Siming no longer needs to rack his brains to decipher its content.
Just like he had just learned cuneiform writing without a teacher, he could read the writings from another world that he had never seen before in his notebooks with the same instinct.
"If there are no problems with communication, then the difficulty of survival will be reduced a lot."
"Not to mention this happens to be a diary."
No more hesitation.
Riding on the flickering candlelight, he began to read seriously——
As the reading content continued to deepen, the corners of Yang Siming's mouth that had been tense gradually relaxed.
The words recorded in the diary are mostly daily trivial matters or self-summaries. Occasionally, you can see a few excerpts of current affairs news or famous quotes.
The handwriting full of life is almost all about the world and my new identity.
For him now, this is definitely the best way to disguise his identity and integrate into the world.
As time went by, the rain outside the window became heavier and heavier.
Yang Siming read carefully bit by bit by candlelight late at night, and memorized the notes in this book called "Ronald Adler's Diary".
Just like the name of the note, its owner is a country noble named Ronald Adler, who is currently nominally loyal to Queen Danterian II of Greed...
However, according to the knowledge of the owner of the diary, it was in a much earlier time, even before the founding of this country.
The Adler family has lived in a town on the edge of the Newhilla Forest for generations. This is a residence that has been passed down from generation to generation. One of the family's ancestral mottos is to firmly guard this property and prevent the family's reputation from declining.
...
"Queen Greed? Danterian II? Newhilla Forest..."
The appearance of several terms basically helped Yang Siming rule out the possibility of encountering ancient times on earth.
Based on the memory of a knowledge worker, this is not a country or place name that has ever appeared on earth that can be connected.
As for the more important interpersonal relationships——
Ronald's parents died young and he has no distant relatives. And due to the family's downfall, even if they live in this kind of 'mansion' that covers a large area, there are only two people, the old and the new, named Marianne and Villani respectively.
Ka's maid takes care of life...
"Veranica?"
Yang Siming was a little concerned about this name.
Although the fantasy test I just experienced evolved based on the environment I was in, considering that the fantasy is completely consistent with reality, then this Villanica maid...
Is it really that beautiful?
"Forget it, don't think about this for now."
Suppressing his biological instinct, Yang Siming chose not to think about this guy's situation.
The behavior of such a beautiful girl working as a maid in the house of a down-and-out noble is extremely suspicious, but it is not the most important thing to understand right now.
It is better to continue reading, it is more important to memorize these precious contents.
Start reading and continue——
But there are very few things worth paying attention to after that.
There are only two things that can attract Yang Siming, or now 'Ronald Adler'.
First, I learned from passing traveling merchants that the country called Greed is in the midst of great changes. In almost all large cities and border towns, large steam-driven ships and trains have been frequently used in various places.
All aspects.
Even in Springs, the capital where the Queen lives.
Recently, novelties called street lamps have been built on the roadside to provide illumination for the queen in the dark night, allowing the great monarch to appreciate his great city.
"Steam engines are used on a large scale, and some electrical equipment has even begun to be developed and used..."
Seeing this, Yang Siming glanced at the desk thoughtfully.
Right before our eyes, the hard-burning candles tell the story of the actual situation in this country.
——The nobles in the countryside still use old handmade candles, but the ‘people’ in the capital all use electric lights!
Whether on Earth or in another world, this basic contradiction caused by the surge in productivity cannot be escaped.
Take another look at the date written in this diary.
Although it only spans a few months, considering the speed at which traveling merchants who drove primitive horse-drawn carriages to carry out commercial activities delivered news, this is probably already quite outdated news.
After entering the industrial age, the development speed of civilization is definitely one of the most difficult things to estimate. There are cases in reality of lazy countries that are completely unprogressive and miraculous countries that develop at an unreasonable speed.
Suppose you go to the capital of this country now, God knows what kind of city you will see...
"I originally thought it was a medieval fantasy story, but what has it become now?"
"A legendary adventure in the era of the Industrial Revolution?"
Shaking his head speechlessly, Yang Siming turned his attention to the latest content of the note.
Here, too, is the area stained by ink.
——That is the end of the content of this notebook.
In recent days, Ronald has felt something unexplainable in the mansion, and often peeks at him in the dark. He has an instinctive desire to escape, but he is unwilling to let go of his current life...
Snap!
Yang Siming clapped his hands with dull eyes, put down the notebook he had finished reading, leaned back and collapsed on the chair.