Chapter 7 A diary
is actually more than just candles.
After looking around the room, 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 was as if all his 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 his own condition.
If 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 he fell into the qualification trial for holding the clay tablet of Iskul, the "Haul of Rain and Mist".
When you meet certain conditions.
It is very likely that it was after discovering the origin of the gods.
The trial ended -
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?
"Huh -"
"Sir Ronald Adler's diary."
After 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, and 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 nature of encounters today,
maybe 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 also instinctively read the characters from another world that he had never seen before in his notebook.
"If there are no problems with communication, then the difficulty of survival will be reduced a lot." "Not
to mention that 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 tightened gradually relaxed.
The words recorded in the diary are mostly daily chores 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".
As the name of the note indicates, 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, in A time even further back, before this country was even founded.
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. The appearance of the terms
"Queen Greed? Danterian II? Newhilla Forest"
basically helped Yang Siming rule out the possibility of encountering the ancient earth.
With the memory of a knowledge worker, this is not a name that can be connected to the country and place that has ever appeared on the earth.
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 occupies a large area, there are only two maids named Marianne and Veranika to take care of their lives. "Veranika?
" "
Yang Siming is 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, is this Villanica maid really that beautiful
?
"Forget it, let's not 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’s better to keep reading, it’s more important to memorize these precious contents.
The reading continues—
but there is little of note 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 Grid was undergoing great changes. In almost all large cities and border towns, large steam-driven ships and trains were frequently used in various places. All sides.
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 your eyes, the hard-burning candle speaks to the reality of the 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.
Look at the date written in this diary again.
Although it only spans a few months, considering the speed at which traveling merchants who drove primitive 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?"
He shook his head speechlessly. Shaking his head, Yang Siming shifted his gaze to the latest content of the note.
Here, too, is the location 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 he 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
!
Yang Siming clapped his hands with dull eyes, put down the notebook he had finished reading, leaned back and collapsed on the chair.
"Hey."
"It was indeed premeditated!"
(End of chapter)