Chapter 281 Isn’t it very auspicious to divide the troops into two groups?
When Aiwass left the magnetic hammer, it was almost dawn.
He was not even aware of the passage of time. What finally reminded him was Qi Hui's words, "Are you hungry? Why don't we go out to eat and drink something strong?"
Magnet also drank until morning yesterday and woke up in the afternoon. Now he is in high spirits, so he can go fishing with William after breakfast.
Aiwass had no choice but to say, "I'd better go back and take a rest." He declined on the spot. Then he went to the second floor to find Sherlock.
In the room allocation last night, Jack went to the master bedroom and slept on the magnetic hammer bed, leaving the room for Sherlock and Aiwass. Lily went to Haina's room and slept with her.
After all, it can only be divided like this. Even if Lily can live with Aiwass, Haina and Sherlock cannot sleep together.
After returning to the room, Aiwass was surprised to find that Sherlock was still awake.
Or maybe he had already slept... But when Aiwass came in, Sherlock in his pajamas was seriously lying at the table writing and drawing.
Seeing this scene, Aiwass almost laughed out loud.
Because this is really like a child setting up a table to do homework...
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Sherlock glanced back coldly. After realizing it was Aiwass, he ignored him and continued writing and drawing.
"what are you writing?"
Aiwass closed the door and came over to take a look: "Aren't you asleep?"
He couldn't understand it. It looked like some kind of mind map - just a few words, and then separated into several lines, pointing to different words respectively, and then the middle lines and the words next to them were densely packed with smaller fonts.
Written with some conjectures.
Hearing Aiwass's words, Sherlock slapped the pen on the table.
He flipped forward a few pages in his little book, held the book in the middle with his fingers and handed it to Aiwass.
"It's just a day without sleep...just watch it from the beginning."
Sherlock said briefly: "I just asked Haina and Auntie something. I also interviewed Mr. Jack. The clues that can be sorted out so far are almost the same as the manager's.
"In short, we are in trouble."
"How much trouble?"
Aiwass asked: "Are you talking about the speed of time here, or that they have no names? Or is it the Wild Hunt Legion here?"
"Both are, but neither are."
Sherlock replied: "I confirmed a very important point - this made me clear up my head. First of all, there are no young people in their thirties in this village."
Hearing this, Aiwass took his eyes back from the book and turned to Sherlock.
Aiwass confirmed: "Are you saying no... or not?"
Noticing Aiwass' serious gaze, Sherlock smiled with satisfaction: "When I told Haina, she was still a little confused and couldn't react immediately.
"Yes, that's what I mean - at least thirty years ago, there were no newborns here.
"To be precise, among the young people in this village, the oldest is twenty-six years old. There is no young man older than twenty-six years old... The ones above him all have neither their age nor their name.
'Aborigines'.
"I first suspected this because I found that the old supervisor William didn't even know Meg. When I mentioned Meg to him, he had to pretend to think that he knew who Meg was...
"Given his age, this was impossible. So I asked Haina's mother and learned that he came here about sixty years ago.
"——But he looks to be in his sixties now. Moreover, when Haina's mother said this, it was as if she saw it with her own eyes. She looks to be in her early thirties now... But
When I asked her her age, she just smiled and said nothing."
Sherlock said seriously: "So I thought of a possibility...
"Are all the people here really still alive?"
"Don't think so yet."
Aiwass pondered for a while and replied: "First of all, make sure that the people here will die. And they can leave at any time."
The former is like Aiwass's grandfather.
The latter is Haina's biological father, and her biological father's teacher - the original old blacksmith in the village. Haina's father left Yingjia Village and never came back; and the old blacksmith was indeed young.
I went to study in the royal capital when I was young.
"So at least this is not a ghost village - I have also confirmed that they are all living people. Can't Jack grow up? The same goes for Haina."
Aiwass affirmed: "I can't tell the difference between the living and the undead. Compared with this, I think what's more terrible is that the people here have no names."
With that said, Aiwass shared his investigation results with Sherlock.
If it's in the game and it doesn't have a name, that's normal.
But if this matter is put into reality...or, in terms of mysticism, the meaning will be different.
Because the act of "naming" itself belongs to the power of the twilight path, it is a preparation for remembering.
Even people who have died without souls still have the power of the twilight path... This part of the power refers to this person's name.
Because there are still people who will remember him, and his name is still engraved on the world. So even if its body disappears and its soul does not exist, the necromancers can still call it.
What they are calling is the "name" of the deceased. It is the afterimage of the deceased left in the world.
Only if a person has a name, or at least a title that can accurately refer to him, can he be accurately recorded. Otherwise, he will not be able to exist in history, books, or the entire world. His existence
will be swallowed up by others.
Even if a person is deprived of everything, he still has his own name.
There is one of the most advanced punishments in the ancient country of Parthia - it is a punishment that is more cruel than the death penalty, insulting the body and even imprisoning the soul. It is called "white punishment". That is, through rituals and violent means, the traces of the person's existence are completely erased.
white.
His name will be erased, and all the things he has done will lose his name and be replaced by another person's name...or all of them will be destroyed directly. All his descendants will be killed, even his students.
will be killed.
The memories of all those who once remembered him, all his friends, will be rewritten. This person will be painted into a blank that cannot be recalled - no face, no name, no memory.
This kind of punishment has only been used three times in the 3,800 years that the Ancient Kingdom of Parthia has been passed down intermittently. Because of the existence of white punishment, there is no record of what they did to trigger this punishment.
It is not even known what era the person being executed lived in.
...And in Yingjia Village, it is as if the entire village has been executed as a "white punishment."
"I want to visit the swamp tomorrow. All outsiders enter the village through the swamp, and the villagers enter the village through the forest path."
Sherlock took the book back from Aiwass's hand and frowned: "But they all said it was a forbidden area - but if it was really a forbidden area, how did they find those outsiders?"
"So are you going?"
"Of course, let's go secretly. But since it's a forbidden area, I think it might be more dangerous... So you go with me. And take Lily and Haina with you... Not to find anything, but at least to see
One circle."
Sherlock drew on his notebook and gave a clear plan: "In addition, we have to visit those who knew your grandfather - my suggestion is to split up into two groups after we come back.
"You and Lily first go ask the elders in this village. They may know something. This is also the secret you are here to pursue. I am not suitable to listen.
"Then there was Haina's father. Her father left unnaturally... without any quarrel or taking any money. At that time, his daughter had just been born a few years ago. There was no reason to leave the village without notifying anyone and never again.
not coming back.
"So I suspect that either he died silently somewhere, or he knew something. If you want to know this, you probably have to ask the old blacksmith. I can just take Haina to ask about this.
.
"Finally, we want to see where the people in this village are buried. I don't believe that no locals died in this village - of course, if this is the case, then the value of this information will be even greater. And as long as someone dies,
Then there must be a funeral, a tomb, and a worship ceremony. You have to ask the local priest.
"Then I went to take a look around and asked Haina to take me around two suspicious places nearby. I went to find the old supervisor - although I am not a supervisor, Haina is. She is the one who does the details.
got it."
Sherlock said, and drew two clear task lines in the notebook: "Swamp - Elder - Priest; Swamp - Blacksmith - Supervisor. Let's divide it like this first, and then come back after the investigation is completed.
"Because the time here is chaotic, I don't know when it will get dark... But just in case, as soon as dusk is approaching, no matter where we are now or what progress we have made, we should stop immediately and go home. If we really go back
If you don’t want to go, we’ll stay at the current inquirer’s house for one night. Safety first. Unless everyone is there, we don’t want to go to the swamp alone.”
"clear."
Aiwass nodded seriously.
Although he looks like a child, Sherlock is after all the oldest among them and the most socially experienced.
Aiwass has always followed the advice of experts.
The only problem is...
In this atmosphere that feels a bit like a horror movie, it doesn't seem very auspicious to split the troops into two groups.
