Chapter 391 The Trolley Problem

Chapter 391 The Trolley Problem

Chapter 391 The Trolley Problem
"Speaking of which, in the other world, if you place a candle in the southeast corner, will it work?"

Looking at Hu Jiu's operation, Li Zhongren couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"To be honest, I don't know either."

Hu Jiu shrugged.

Place the candle in the southeast corner of the coffin and light it.

A solitary candle stood there quietly, but the moment it was lit, the whole space seemed to become much calmer.
"belief."

Watching this scene, Druid Alison muttered something in her heart.

Behind this candle, there is a certain legacy and inheritance.

So, a similar effect will occur.

Druids have something like this too.

It seems that Blue Star should have once been an extraordinary civilization, but some changes happened later and it became what it is today.

Thinking of this, Alison silently made note of this.

Yes, she is different from people like Ye Lina. As a druid, she is very hostile to outsiders. In her eyes, the people of Blue Star are invaders. Therefore, this matter may be a means of bargaining with Blue Star in the future.

After waiting for a while, the candle was still burning steadily.

Hu Jiu did not wait any longer. He turned around and walked to the coffin. He stretched out his hand and gently patted the coffin. A small Bagua instantly wrapped around the coffin, and a crackling sound was heard. The raised runes on the coffin began to rotate, deform, and finally returned to the sides.

"Woooooo~~"

With a dull friction sound, the coffin that had been sealed for two thousand years was finally slowly opened.
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"What is this place?"

Li Zhongren rubbed his eyes.

He seemed to have forgotten something, but also seemed to have forgotten nothing.

After a long while, the sharing space deep in his mind jumped, and Li Zhongren finally realized who he was.

However, he had no idea what was happening before his eyes.

He was clearly in the cemetery, how did he suddenly come here?

What is certain is that this should be the backup plan of the super legendary wizard.

"call"

Taking a deep breath, Li Zhongren calmed himself down and looked around cautiously.

His rebirth by dripping blood sounds awesome, but if the other party can really annihilate all of his body in an instant, he will still die.

You still need to be careful.

As for leaving a drop of your own blood in the shared red envelope, it can prevent you from being killed instantly, but it is hard to say whether the person who is resurrected will be yourself, because his immortality requires a subject.

Otherwise, he could just spit out some saliva and the cells inside would be able to regenerate himself.

In fact, the anchor of this ability is one's own soul.

If one's soul is annihilated, then even if that cell regenerates, it cannot be considered as oneself.

Therefore, at the moment, Li Zhongren actually knows that his situation is not safe. By becoming a legend, he can walk sideways in Faerun, but the prerequisite is that he cannot provoke demigods or super legendary beings.

And, more importantly, Li Zhongren could feel that at the moment, his strength was being suppressed, very much so that his power had gone from being reborn by a drop of blood to being something like super-speed regeneration.

"Wait, what is this?"

Suddenly, Li Zhongren felt that a memory that did not belong to him appeared in his mind out of nowhere.

The content of his memory was very simple. He was a mercenary and was going to the city ahead to complete a mission.

And the past of this mercenary, he has lived like this for half of his life.

Accept quests, hand in quests, spend money, buy equipment, and repeat over and over again until one day, you die in the wild or in a stinking ditch.

"Illusion."

Li Zhongren understood instantly.

Just now, he had talked to Alison during a casual conversation.

This great sage is a wizard. In the world of Faerun, there are several schools of wizards. This great sage belongs to the spiritual school. The characteristic of this school is the ability to target the human soul, senses and the like, similar to an illusionist.

This is also why Alison did not find out who the owner of the cemetery was at the beginning. It was obvious that the owner of the cemetery was the great sage wizard, but the person who built this cemetery was definitely not him, but a person who was proficient in alchemy and astrology magic.

But no matter what, Li Zhongren can now be sure of one thing.

After opening the coffin, I was probably in the illusion woven by the great sage.

It can even be said that this may not be an illusion. After all, I am burdened with sharing the space, my soul will never be polluted, and there is no possibility of being dragged into a dream.

Then the only explanation is.
AR+VR.
A super fantasy that is both real and illusory.

Then let's see what this great illusionist wants to do.
Following the memories of this virtual personality, Li Zhongren walked towards the city in the distance.

In this real and illusory world, he is a mercenary.

This time I returned to the city to complete the mission.

Looking at the city in the distance, Li Zhongren estimated that this fake world was probably the ancient Furen.

Although the entire social change in Furen is almost at a standstill due to the existence of supernatural powers, it is still changing little by little.

Everything in front of us gives people the feeling that it is not medieval Europe, but 13th century Europe.

The ground was muddy and dirty, with feces everywhere.

Fortunately, he was a mercenary and had money to buy boots, otherwise, he would have to prepare himself mentally before stepping on such disgusting ground.

"Hand in the mission."

Mercenary Guild, Li Zhongren submitted the mission items.

The other party didn't waste any time, verified the authenticity of the item, and gave him the bonus.

In fact, the so-called mercenary guild is roughly equivalent to a shopping platform.

Whether it is the employer or the mercenary, they all know that if they fail to complete the task on this platform, they will be charged a commission.

But why not just find a mercenary and entrust him with the task?

This is of course possible for those big families or people with connections, but most people don't have the time and energy to deal with breach of contract or various messy things. The Mercenary Guild can solve these worries for you.

Just like the task that Li Zhongren accepted, which was to collect herbs deep in the misty forest. With the platform there, he only had to give the herbs to the platform, and he didn't have to worry about anything else. But if he traded directly with the employer, there would be a lot of wrangling, and if the other party was an Indian, he might even not give you the money.

This was confirmed by the fact that he had met Indians in Yiwu when he was working hard in his previous life.

This group of people is truly disgusting beyond belief.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been wiping my butt with my hands for years, probably.

They often place orders with Rabbit, send them to India, and then disappear without accepting the orders or paying. They just drag their feet until you don't pay the port docking fees and the goods are confiscated. Then they take them away at a low price. So after that, when doing business with Indians, you have to pay first and then get the goods.

It's the same in this world.

Most of those who can afford mercenaries are rich people, and most rich people are unkind. After all, the probability of you becoming a rich person if you are a good person is too low.

"Then, what am I going to do?"

Li Zhongren walked out. In fact, at this moment he had already become a little aware of the speed at which time passed.

In his own memory, everything he did was linear and natural.

Collect in the wild, then travel, and then come back to complete the task.

But because he has woken up and is standing at a higher perspective, Li Zhongren can feel that in these unimportant things, the flow of time is accelerated, which is the so-called fast forward, and even perception becomes blurred.

The reason is very simple.

Save computing power. Go to the pub and spend
Li Zhongren found his body restless, reminding himself to go to the tavern to vent. Well, not that kind of venting, but drinking. After each mission, mercenaries like to drink a lot of wine to soothe their emotions. As for venting, that is a matter for later. After all, a normal person will only feel tired after an adventure, and will not think about that kind of thing at this time.

Obviously, this is what is called "plot guidance".

"Then go and have a look."

Sure enough, time accelerated again, and the surroundings became blurry again. Almost in the blink of an eye, I arrived at the tavern.

Open the door and smell a familiar smell.

The smell of alcohol, perfume, and sweat
Mercenaries, traveling merchants, and gamblers were all toasting each other.

In the center, a large furnace was burning. The blazing flames dispelled the cold and dried the ground.

Several women were dancing around the big stove.

So, what exactly is this guy going to do?

Li Zhongren also found a seat, ordered a large glass of beer and some barbecue, and ate quietly.

"Hey, did you hear that?"

Suddenly, a voice reached the protagonist's ears.

Different from the previous buzzing sound.

The sound is very clear. Before, the buzzing sounds sounded normal, but as long as you concentrate, you will find that it is meaningless noise, not the sound of many people talking mixed together. Obviously, it is also a manifestation of saving computing power.

This clear sound is probably the key to triggering the plot.

"What did you hear?"

“The dead.”

"What undead?"

"People turned into undead monsters. I heard that this happened in several small towns in the south. It's so tragic and scary."

"So, there is a necromancer?"

"How would I know?"

"It seems that this matter must be related to the so-called undead."

Li Zhongren drank silently while thinking about this matter in his mind.

After all, Murphy's Law says that everything bad will eventually happen.

"So, has the Great Sage ever experienced anything similar?"

"boom!!"

The door of the tavern was pushed open.

The person who walked in was Ye Lina, and behind her were Alison, Hu Jiu, Yu Liyang, and Wang Shou.

It looks like they are together.

"Who is Li Zhongren?"

Ye Lina suddenly spoke.

"I'm."

Li Zhongren raised his hand. He was very curious about how this play should be performed, so he started to cooperate.

"I am summoning you on the orders of the Lord of Absolute Winter City."

Time passed again without even any so-called polite words.

The scene changed again, and he had arrived at the City Lord's Mansion.

I saw the city lord, a strong man as thick as a door panel, with a huge sword beside him.

"My name is Bode."

The man spoke.

"This is my friend, the mage Alphonse."

"Oh, this is the great sage, when he was young, I guess."

Li Zhongren remained silent.

The city lord continued.

"I summoned you here because of your special ability, rapid regeneration."

"What do you want?"

"I want you to form a team with them and go to a small town in the south to investigate the undead. With you here, we can ensure that we will not be afraid of infection from the undead in a head-on confrontation."

"My pleasure."

Li Zhongren continued to follow the script step by step.

Then, everything seemed to speed up, but not too fast to be clear.

Simply put, this group of people went to the south and began to investigate the matter of the dead.

When they arrived at those small towns, they found that all the towns were deserted and only some ruins remained, but most people had disappeared. It was obvious that this was because they had been infected and turned into undead. In addition, Alison found traces of necromancy.

So, we can draw a conclusion that this is a good thing done by the Necromancer.

And the current behavior is more like the target of hoarding undead warriors, and the target must be Neverwinter City.

During that time, he even got together with Yelena again, but the interesting thing is that Alison, as Yelena's best friend, even wanted to join the battle to snatch him away. Of course, he seriously rejected her. Just kidding, if he slept with Alison now, things would be serious when the barrier disappeared.

On the one hand, Yelena would be angry.

Secondly, he slept with a druid, and the holy maidens of the druids were notoriously chaste.

Of course, this can also be said to be a case of Druids suppressing desires, just like Dayu's father. Sooner or later, it will overflow. It is better to drain than to block.
Soon, the perspective switched to Neverwinter City again.

Report the results of the investigation to yourself and others.

It’s a pity that we didn’t find the location of the undead, nor did we find the other party’s means of transforming the undead in the town.

The undead can spread through biting, just like in Resident Evil.

But this kind of transmission efficiency is too slow, and the scene will not be so clean.

Obviously, this should be a kind of group communication method.
To be honest, Li Zhongren first thought of air transmission.

However, before he could bring it up, the alarm sounded.

In Neverwinter City, an undead infection has occurred.

And it is dispersed in several areas.

At the same time, outside the city, the undead army suddenly appeared and began to attack the city.

As a result, there was a cholera of the undead inside and the undead attacking the city outside.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere became serious.

However, the real question, and the meaning of the existence of this illusion, only appears next.

That is.
A conflict arose between Bode and Alphonse.

In terms of how to deal with the infected in the city.
After blocking those areas.

Bode intends to destroy these areas directly.

Alphonse disagrees.
From then on, Li Zhongren completely understood what the great sage's so-called obsession was.

The trolley problem.
(End of this chapter)