142. In Bell, Belfast, the most prosperous place on the Allen Peninsula
Before releasing the statues, they still had a problem to solve: assuming the statues could communicate, how to understand their language.
"Sister, can you understand me?" Pusius said.
"Probably not." Lu Li said.
The elder sister's ability is to feel emotions, not to translate language.
"Go back to the shelter again. They know the people of the previous generation, and maybe they also know the language of the previous generation." Catalina suggested.
"But the shelter has been sealed." Pusius squatted down, kicked back and scratched his ears.
"Just dig it out again." Catalina looked at Lu Li.
"Let's go to the ice-free port of Weiner first."
Two stoves warmed the captain's cabin. Lu Li took off his black windbreaker and hung it on the rudder, and handed over the task of going to the ice-free port of Wiener to "find people who know the language of the previous generation" to the merchant.
The new merchant crawling out of the embers accepts this commission, and it also carries the task of finding seeds for the refuge. After arriving at the ice-free port of Vina, it will stay there to rebuild the merchant system.
The old merchant continued to follow Lu Li, looking for similar people.
While waiting for the new merchant to investigate in the ice-free port of Vina, Pusius asked the merchant: "What is your name?"
"The businessman has no name."
"It must be convenient for us to call you. There will be more and more businessmen in the future!" Pusius asked Lu Li expectantly: "Mr. Lu Li, are there any other names starting with An?"
"Andy?" Catalina remembered the name of a dead hunter.
"This...name...doesn't fit."
Ophelia said hoarsely: "You can... call... Anthony."
The merchant's objections were ineffective, and everyone gave him a new name to distinguish him from other merchants.
It may seem pointless, but everyone is happy with the businessman's new name.
The merchant, or rather Antony, was conveying the progress of the merchants in the ice-free port of Vina:
Mayor Mateus promised to find a batch of seeds for Lu Li; Mayor Mateus was investigating any clues related to "ruins, abyss, cultists, trees, brown cars"; Mayor Mateus sent people to search
The first things to come to fruition are things that have nothing to do with these.
"Vina Freeze Port found Moni Araya. She is now the wife of a captain of the Steam Knight of the Inquisition." Businessman Anthony said.
Lu Li took many notes and letters with him, including those kept at the evacuation site. They were also retrieved. The diary of Nasram Araya, a shelter resident who died in the collapsed ruins, and the diary of Matthew, the night watchman at the investigator base.
, letters from brother and sister Remy
Lu Li opened the suitcase, handed Nasram Araya's notes to businessman Anthony, and delivered it to Moni Araya.
[I am going to die, no matter who sees it, I am Nasram Araya, give this diary to my daughter Moni Araya, and tell her that all my possessions are in the fireplace of my former home
Under the floor next to her, someone said I love her. Remember, it’s me who loves her, not you]
Lu Li still remembered the last words in the diary, but these words had not disappeared and there was no need to convey them on behalf of his father.
During this period, there was also news from the members of the "Shadow Church" who believed in Anna. They had recently gathered at Immed Castle in the west of the Main Continent and sacrificed all the survivors there.
It is far away from the Allen Peninsula. But if no information can be obtained from the stone statue, and there are no traces of Anna in Himfast, Lu Li may go to Immortal Castle.
Andrea caught a few fish and threw them on the deck, and Ophelia left the captain's cabin to take the fish back.
They didn't cook the fish anymore. The consequence of not having enough spices was that except for Pusius, everyone found the pot of fish hard to swallow. It had a strong fishy smell, as if they were chasing after the live fish to eat.
Grilled fish is simple enough, and it is difficult to make it taste bad. You will just drink a lot of water after eating it. However, the two businessmen said that the logistics is worry-free. Whatever they need, as long as the Wiener Freeze Port has it, it can be delivered in a few dozen minutes.
Come.
Slightly
The smallest one was thrown to the black crow, who grabbed it and dropped it on the operating table, pecking it into pieces and swallowing it.
The sanity counter rang, but no one paid attention. Catalina refused Andrea's plan to grill the fish with her own "hands", opened the belly of the fish and disposed of the internal organs, put a few fish on the stove, sprinkled them with salt and simple spices, and waited.
The skin becomes browned.
"dumb!"
The black crow suddenly spread its wings and screamed, unable to dissipate, and a rich rotting corpse-like stench emanated from the fish carcass beside its claws.
"It stinks...what's going on."
The stench is like invisible malice, attacking the sense of smell of everyone in the captain's cabin wantonly.
Lu Li paid attention to the sanity counter and used his dagger to pick up the belly of the fish that the black crow had pecked open.
A pile of black waste like deep sea silt lay on the belly of the fish, emitting a huge odor that seemed to be substantial.
"vomit……"
Pusius was scratching at the door and retching, and he was not saved until Catalina opened the door of the captain's cabin.
"What is this? It's not in the book."
Ophelia looked at the foul-smelling fish carcasses and smelled nothing.
"have no idea."
Lu Li wrapped up the dead fish and threw it overboard. The source disappeared, and the stench in the captain's cabin gradually dissipated.
There are as many unknowns in the world as there are gravels on the beach.
When the smell dissipated, Catalina closed the captain's cabin door.
However, the stench of the cold air still lingered in Lu Li and Pusius' sense of smell.
Apart from the stench, the contents of the fish's belly seemed to have no other effect, and nothing happened to the black crow.
Near midnight, the merchant Anthony brought new news.
"We found a person with the cursed title of [Linguist] in Vina Freeze Port. He can translate the languages of previous generations."
As the merchant Anthony's words rang out, the inscription "Linguist" appeared in the depths of people's minds.
【linguist】
[Emitted by vibrating air, emitted by inciting breath, emitted by consciousness, you can understand the language they use, and you know whether they are talking about the new neighbor who has moved in, or whether they are talking about roasting or boiling you]
[But be careful, they don’t like eavesdropping, nor do they like their language being blasphemed by the weak.]
[Language itself has power]
"Is he a human? How did he come here? Can you businessmen bring him?" Catalina frowned.
"Yes, it will be contaminated by the other world."
"Use other methods." Lu Li said calmly.
The holder of this cursed title was able to translate the languages of previous generations, and now there was only one problem left.
How to communicate with previous generations.
Lu Li handed over the matter to the businessman: he wrote the question on a piece of paper and asked the businessman to give it to the owner of the cursed title. After translating it, he asked the businessman to send the question to the previous generation, retrieve it, translate it, and send it to him.
If that doesn't work, then choose another less safe method: take the stone statue out of the other world and ask him face to face.
Have outsiders entered the underground ruins some time ago? Do you remember "things related to the abyss"? What can you associate with ruins, abyss, cultists, trees, and brown cars?
Lu Li folded the parchment filled with questions and handed it to the merchant Anthony.
