Mistbound Chronicles: Lumian's Legacy Novel Chapter 43

Sure enough, the cycle started again... Lumian was not surprised at all when he heard Aurore's answer.

So far, this is the third cycle that he can remember. Combining his own experience and the mysterious lady’s tips, he has a preliminary summary:

"The time limit of the cycle is until Twelfth Night;

"The spatial limit of circulation is the village of Kordu and the surrounding area;

"The character restriction of the cycle is that you cannot kill the priest.

"Here are the three key points of the cycle..."

Thinking of this, Lumian looked at Aurore and asked thoughtfully:

"Sister, if you wrote a novel about a time loop, where would you put the key to breaking the loop?"

"Asking such a question suddenly, and calling her sister very obediently..." Aurore looked at Lumian up and down in confusion, "Have you thought of a new deceptive story?"

"That's right." Lumian replied sincerely.

Aurore frowned slightly, thought for a while and said:

"From the perspective of a novelist, or from the perspective of normal logic, the most critical part of the cycle must be the last scene, because it is not only the end of this cycle, but also the wedge of the next cycle, connecting the end and the beginning. That button together, without it, there would be no way to turn the linear flow of time into a closed circle.

"If you think about it, if you go back in the cycle, there will always be a first time. At that time, something must have happened at the last moment to cause time to restart."

Twelfth Night? Lumian agreed with his sister's conjecture, nodded, and then asked:

"Then why can't the most critical part be the first day of the cycle? You have to ask why the cycle starts from this point in time, right?"

Aurore smiled and said:

"Writing up a short story to temporarily deceive a few people is your strength, but this kind of content that requires strict logic and rich knowledge is not good for you.

"The reason why the first day of the cycle is the first day may just be because the force, or energy, that caused the cycle can only cover this day if traced back from the last day. This is like the high probability of the cycle not being the whole world, but the whole world. It's the same somewhere, it's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't do it."

Lumian actually thought of this. He just felt that his knowledgeable sister should be able to come up with a different answer.

Aurore thought for a while and then added:

"If the loop is not a completely closed circle, and there is still interaction outside the loop and within the loop, for example, information inside can be passed out, and people from outside can come in but cannot leave, then the first day of the cycle may be when an outsider happens to enter counting from the day on, lest they have no 'position' when the cycle starts again. Of course, outsiders can also be forced to do things that they will do later on from the first day when there is no action. There are too many ways to weave similar stories. Already."

Lumian's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he wanted to praise his sister loudly.

He suspected that the entry of Liya, Ryan, and Valentine caused the cycle to start on the afternoon of March 29.

If that is the case, Twelfth Night may have become the Tenth Night or the Ninth Night. Of course, it may also have been the Thirteenth Night because of the "intrusion" of outsiders into the Twelfth Night.

These are all possible things, and Lumian needs to verify them himself.

He completely agreed with his sister's reasoning just now and believed that something must have happened in "Twelfth Night" to cause the cycle to occur. Only by figuring out what happened at that time could he find the key to ending the cycle.

Therefore, Lumian decided not to touch any abnormalities in this cycle. He also found excuses not to join the blessing parade during Lent and stayed "peacefully" until Twelfth Night.

But he couldn't do nothing, time didn't allow it.

Unless Lumian breaks the cycle after experiencing Twelfth Night this time, he will have to race for time when it comes to the next cycle.

A complete cycle lasts for twelve days. After this cycle, the probability that the outside world will discover something abnormal in Kordu Village will skyrocket. The most left for Lumian to solve the problem is a complete cycle, or even nothing. arrive.

In order to terminate the anomaly in one cycle, he must have enough information and have a full understanding of the entire village's information.

It is necessary not only to avoid detonating the anomaly, but also to investigate the problem... Lumian couldn't help but laugh at himself in his heart:

How is this different from a clown walking on a tightrope on the edge of a cliff?

Having both is not a good thing.

Aurore saw that he had not spoken for several seconds and seemed to be making up a story, so she raised her hand and waved:

"I almost forgot to make dinner!"

"Wait a minute." Lumian looked at Aurore with a serious expression.

Aurore immediately said "tsk":

"I smell mischief."

Lumian said bluntly:

"Aurore, uh, sister, actually we have fallen into a cycle."

"Ha, you just learned it and used it on your sister and me?" Aurore was angry and funny.

Sometimes, people still need a little credit... Lumian sighed silently and said with a smile:

"Can you at least listen to the story I made up first?

"How about giving me a score by the way?"

Aurore looked out the window at the still bright sky:

"also."

Lumian started from his meeting with Liya and other outsiders, and told in an outline that he stayed awake in the dream, entered a unique ruins, acquired extraordinary characteristics by hunting monsters, and became a "hunter".

He did not hide the thorn ring pattern that locked his chest, because it may involve the key to the time cycle--he saw the same symbol in the priest, and killing the priest caused time to restart early.

Aurore was still smiling at first, thinking that her brother's compilation was very creative this time, but as she listened, her expression became serious, because there was a lot of knowledge that Lumian should not be able to understand.

When Lumian said that she had become an extraordinary person, she finally took action, raised her right hand and pinched her temples.

Her light blue eyes suddenly became dark, but no figure was reflected.

She looked at Lumian for a while, nodded gently and said:

"Your etheric body has undergone great changes, and your life energy and physical state are much higher than those of ordinary people.

"The astral body has changed to some extent but not much...

"As expected, he is a 'Hunter' who is better at physical combat than casting spells...

"I can't see the symbol and related changes, and I don't dare to look deeper..."

Having said this, Aurore puffed her mouth and asked in confusion:

"Did you deliberately make up such an outrageous story just to make me accept you as an extraordinary person?"

This is typical Lumian style.

Lumian did not explain, but directly talked about the occult knowledge that the lady had instilled in him.

Of course, he simply mentioned the name of the nomination and did not elaborate on it in detail.

This is not because he is very moral and principled, and did not even tell his sister before getting the permission of the lady, but because the other party is obviously very powerful, and if he really wants to leak the precious knowledge, he will offend her, and the time loop may be affected by this. It was solved, but the people were definitely gone.

"The law of immortality...the law of aggregation...the law of acting..." Aurore was stunned.

My illiterate brother in the field of mysticism actually mastered this extremely valuable knowledge!

It has been more than five years since she became an Extraordinary. At first, she relied on the diary of Emperor Russell, and later joined that organization. In addition, her own path was a symbol of general knowledge in the field of occultism, and she would be chased by knowledge from time to time. , he has mastered the "acting method", "the law of immortality of extraordinary characteristics" and "the law of conservation of extraordinary characteristics", the three cornerstones of building an extraordinary world. Therefore, he calls himself an extraordinary person with low qualifications but profound knowledge, leaving most people behind. Several streets of the same type.

And now, my younger brother, who has never been exposed to occult science, can actually tell these things, and he also has the "Law of Extraordinary Characteristics Aggregation" that he doesn't know!

This ruled out the possibility of Lumian peeking into her witchcraft notes.

As an Extraordinary of the "Secret Peeper" path, Aurore suppressed her desire to know the specific content of the "Law of Aggregation", while looking at her younger brother, she asked with confusion, surprise and worry:

"What did you pay to have that lady teach you this?"

The potion recipes are all given away for free!

She looked at Lumian again, from top to bottom, from bottom to top, trying to find out what was missing about him.

"Nothing." Lumian laughed at himself, "That's how scary it is. I don't know what price I will pay for it in the future. Well, I suspect it has something to do with the symbol on my chest and the ruins of the dream. That lady should You want me to unlock the corresponding secret."

Aurore said "hmm":

"Go on."

She waited for the "story" that followed with a very serious attitude.

Lumian talked about the owl, the changes in Lent, the experiences of the siblings in the second cycle, and how the cycle restarted as soon as they tried Kordu Village. .

Aurore listened carefully and said to herself in disbelief:

"Either I was hypnotized by you and told you everything, or time is really looping..."

She began to believe Lumian, because the name of her "Integrity Brooch" was chosen by herself and was not recorded anywhere. Unless she told her brother personally, Lumian would not know it, and she had no impression of it at all. .

Lumian strikes while the iron is hot:

"I can also predict that the three strangers will appear in the old tavern at night, predict that the priest will have an affair with Madame Poualis tonight, and predict that the shepherd Pierre Berry has returned to the village, bringing all three sheep with him. has a problem......"

The more Aurore listened, the more solemn she became. After a while, she said:

"Those three foreigners entered the village in the afternoon, but you and I were practicing fighting and rested afterwards, not going out at all.

"Well, in the afternoon fighting class, you were still an ordinary person..."

She accepted that Lumian time was looping.

If it were anyone else, Lumian would have laughed and said, "I believe it! I believe it! You actually believe such an outrageous story." However, facing Aurore, he was still very restrained.

He immediately proposed:

"I will go around the village now to see if I can collect more information."

Aurore nodded:

"I would also use my 'eyes' to look around, but this is very restrictive and very dangerous, and I'm not sure it will pay off."

Lumian waved his hand to show that he knew, and then walked out the door.

After walking a few steps, he looked back at Aurore's figure standing in the kitchen. He suddenly thought of the image of the other party pushing him to safety among countless undead, and he felt the pain of separation inexplicably.

He asked subconsciously:

"Sister, why did you adopt me in the first place?"

Aurore replied angrily:

"I don't want to either!

"I just kindly gave you some food, but you followed me all the time, and you couldn't get rid of me. You also helped me do this and that very obediently. When I became soft-hearted...who knew you would grow up to be what you are now?" Look like this!

"Do you know how hard it was for me, a young girl, to take care of a child like you?"

After hearing Aurore's answer, Lumian wanted to say thank you and praise his sister, but the words were stuck in his mouth, as if they were rushing to his eyes and nose.

He turned his head and walked towards the village.