Chapter 12 Cooperation
Xiao En was a little impressed with himself.

Because he had a good sleep last night, he seemed to have slowly adapted to this place in just a few days.

Breakfast is placed outside the door.

The butcher was at work, chopping and breaking down the massive column of flesh.

"What you want is over there." The butcher didn't even turn his head, and was very focused on his work.

Xiao En glanced at the butcher's muscular back and opened a box beside him. There was a new set of clothes inside, including a shirt, jacket, coat, and even a black beret.

In the corner of the box were two revolvers and a box of bullets.

Xiao En didn't expect that the butcher would meet his request so quickly. The other two pistols he asked for were delivered the next day.

clang!
The butcher put down the boning knife in his hand and said seriously: "These expenses will be deducted from your salary."

Xiao En nodded obediently and said, "Okay."

Three guns.

It’s a little bit difficult to put away, but the inner lining pocket can hold a handful, but you have to be careful about misfiring, and later on yourself may need a special windbreaker.

"From today on, I won't pick you up anymore."

The butcher continued chopping the meat and said, "The soul echoing ceremony has ended. You need to slowly adapt to this place."

"Remember not to run around."

Xiao En nodded again obediently and said, "Okay."

Work in the morning and go to class in the afternoon.

Xiao En is already adept at dealing with those soul worms. As long as he keeps a proper distance, the Hand of Mysticism can slowly destroy them.

Maze corridor.

When Sean came to Ms. Hecate again, the pretty girl he met yesterday was already there. There was an extra table next to them. The other party was looking at him curiously, taking the initiative to show friendliness with a sweet smile.

The girl has long, smooth flaxen hair, lively eyes, pretty face, graceful figure, and two dimples when she smiles. She looks very friendly.

Ms. Hecate raised her eyes to look at Sean and said calmly, "Get ready for class."

"Today we are talking about general knowledge."

In front of Ms. Hecate, the two souls from other worlds were very well-behaved and obedient. The content of today's lecture was general knowledge. Xiao En could feel that the girl's eyes would fall on him from time to time.

He didn't know if it was Sean's illusion, but he always felt that Ms. Hecate seemed a little absent-minded today.

The course ended quickly.

Next was his own reading time. Because the knowledge in his brain had not yet been digested, Xiao En did not use reading magic to memorize it, but flipped through the books to review his understanding. Ms. Hecate had already left. She had a large collection of books here, estimated to be hundreds of thousands, but they were only allowed to read the ones brought by the wandering maid.

"Hello." The girl facing him raised her head and smiled, "My name is Loris."

Sean nodded and said, "Hello. My name is Sean."

The two parties did not continue to communicate, but just got to know each other briefly.

time flies.

Xiao En and his friends can only stay here for three hours a day. When the time is up, the ghost maid will send them out of the maze corridor.

The butcher didn't come to pick him up today.

When Xiao En walked out of the maze corridor, he was about to politely say goodbye to the beautiful girl beside him, but she suddenly pulled Xiao En's sleeve. Without moving her mouth, her voice entered Xiao En's mind: "Follow me!"

Sound transmission?

Some kind of spell?

Xiao En hesitated for a moment, but finally followed the other person's footsteps down the stairs and entered the dark corner under the corridor.

"Shh!"

The girl raised a finger, looked around, moved her lips slightly, and her voice went straight into his mind: "Don't talk."

"Do you want to get out of here?"

"Nod or shake your head."

Xiao En was silent for a moment after hearing this, and nodded slightly.

Loris looked around vigilantly and continued to transmit: "I have a way to escape, but I need someone to help me."

Xiao En looked a little hesitant, and said with his lips: "It's dangerous outside."

He can't transmit sound.

Loris obviously understood Xiao En's lip language. A sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and her pretty face suddenly became more evil. She said in a concentrated voice: "You don't really believe their lies, do you?"

"A lie made up by a group of necromancers?"

"They are just a bunch of shameful thieves and soul stealers, as disgusting as those slugs in the abyss!"

"They use a method unknown to us to steal souls from other worlds, and then resurrect on the corpses of those mortals, just to achieve some ulterior motives!"

The other party seemed to know more.

Xiao En fell silent after hearing this. He didn't know which one to believe.

If he chooses to believe the girl in front of him, it means that everyone before him has deceived him.

"You've seen those worms, right?" Loris continued, "Those soul worms, although their appearance has changed a bit, I can't mistake the disgusting human faces on their heads."

Sean nodded.

Loris said faintly, "Those bugs are not something that should exist in the real world."

"We may be in some dimension of the underworld or spirit world right now."

"This is the land of the dead."

“They are lying to us.”

Loris was very alert. The pretty girl signaled with her eyes and then turned and left.

"Think carefully about whether you want to escape with me."

"If we stay here, we will die sooner or later."

Xiao En stood there and watched the other person leave until Loris's figure disappeared in the corridor. Then he turned around and returned to his residence.

The other party is also a soul from another world.

But I don’t know where they came from. The appearance of so many time travelers here at the same time is itself a very strange thing.

No one's words can be trusted.

For Sean, he only believed what he saw with his own eyes.

In Sean's spiritual vision, everyone is a monster, including Lady Hecate, a terrifying existence that "cannot be looked at directly".

Although this girl is not that weird, the black halo surrounding her is probably not simple. The butcher is not here today.

Sean's dinner consisted of bacon, bacon, poached broccoli, roasted tomatoes, and a stewed mushroom porridge.

The maid who delivered the food today was another one.

But still not a living person.

Xiao En didn't have a good appetite today. He kept thinking about what the girl said. It was as if her words had planted a seed of doubt in his heart. All of a sudden, everything became suspicious.

"What the hell is this place?"

"Who should I trust?"

Sean took out his three revolvers and began to reload the bullets one by one. As a newly-promoted transcendent, his spells were not very powerful, and one of his spells had to come into contact with the opponent's body to take effect. In comparison, the three pistols in front of him could give him a little more sense of security.

Loris's background is not simple.

The butcher said that the alien souls that came to the weird kingdom were not just humans, but also elves, demons, angels, and even extraordinary beings like dragons.

"What was Loris's previous life?"

"An alien human with great power, or a legendary non-human race!"

“She doesn’t believe anything here.”

"She wanted to escape."

Sean also needs to find the answer, because if Loris is right, then the lies they carefully weaved must have a bigger conspiracy.

He drew his gun and aimed at the bookshelf in front of him. Three guns and a dark invisible hand extended from Sean's back.

The butcher didn't come back today.

Xiao En didn't know where he went, but he didn't forget his daytime work, because the butcher said that even the dead had to work here.

Maze corridor.

Coincidentally, Ms. Hecate was not here today, so the originally scheduled classes became self-study, and the ghost maid prepared some books for them to read in advance.

——"The Advanced Art of Concentration in Spellcasting".

Xiao En was obviously a little distracted today, because he couldn't help but look at the girl opposite him.

But the other party was very calm today.

It was not until the end of three hours that the two people walked out of the maze corridor one after the other.

"How have you considered it?" Loris's figure was hidden in the shadows.

Xiao En stopped and whispered, "Why should I believe what you say?"

Loris seemed confident and said calmly, "Then you can only stay here and wait for death. No, it will be even worse than death."

——Detect emotions.

Xiao En's eyes moved, and he felt a strong sense of impatience and anxiety, as if the other party was not as calm as she appeared.

This spell is a bit like telepathy, and can only perceive the other person's strongest emotion at the moment.

Xiao En pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "What are your plans?"

Loris seemed very alert and asked in a serious tone, "So, you agree to cooperate?"

Xiao En did not answer directly, but said: "I want to know the truth."

Loris stared deeply at Xiao En in front of her, thought for a moment and said, "Okay. As long as we can cooperate."

Before the other party could speak, Xiao En said decisively: "Since it is a cooperation, then shouldn't we first share intelligence?"

The girl in front of him seemed to think that Xiao En was also a human from another world, but she didn't know that he came from the more distant Earth, and was even more confused about everything here. Xiao En had learned some clues from the butcher's words, and he also had some guesses. He knew that most of the souls from other worlds came from other worlds with supernatural powers.

The coming of these alien souls may be related to the legendary 'Old Days'.

Loris's expression was solemn, and she said slowly: "What do you want to know?"

Xiao En whispered, "Tell me everything you know, and I will tell you everything I know."

Loris pondered for a moment and agreed readily.

"This place is definitely not what they say, and I should enter the kingdom of my Lord after I die."

"You shouldn't be reincarnated in this damn place."

"And they used some kind of ritual to tamper with my memory, trying to make me believe everything they said."

Many of Loris's words touched upon Sean's blind spots in knowledge. He could only use his brain quickly and rely on his imagination to guess.

However, judging by the other party's casual attitude, these seemed to be common sense in the other world.

First, Loris also died and resurrected like him. Second, the "My Lord" in Loris's mouth is very intriguing. It doesn't seem to be used to describe mortals. The kingdom of My Lord, Xiao En guessed, is the kingdom of gods.

After a believer dies, his soul enters the kingdom of gods. Is the other person a devout believer of some god from another world?
Tampering with memory? Is it the echo of the soul? She doesn't believe everything here?
"So where do you think this place is?" Xiao En tried to guide the other party.

Loris glanced at him and said slowly: "The lair of a demigod lich!"

"This place is full of necromancers, undead lords, strange living dead, and the lower-level corpse demons they serve. Only a powerful demigod lich can command so many undead spirits!"

Corpse demon?

Those maids who delivered the meals?
This is completely different from the information obtained from the butcher.

Xiao En said in a deep voice: "So, you think they have been deceiving us?"

Loris groaned and said, "That's not the case. The situation here is indeed very strange. My prayers have never received any response from the Lord."

"The ancient and indescribable things they mentioned are a bit like ancient evil things."

“It’s definitely been eroded.”

Some of the other party's words touched upon Xiao En's blind spots in knowledge, and he could only rely on guesswork to analyze.

But before he could speak, Loris frowned and said, "Since it's an information exchange, I can't be the only one speaking."

Xiao En pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "I was awake for a short time."

“I don’t know anything about this place.”

Hearing Xiao En's words, Loris's face changed, and she seemed a little angry. These words were obviously perfunctory to her, but before she turned her face, Xiao En said in a deep voice: "When I just woke up, I was not fully conscious at that time, and I saw a very strange existence."

Loris heard this and asked, "What did you see?"

Xiao En said in a deep voice: "A floating skull with a ruby ​​embedded in the center of its brow."

Loris gasped when she heard this and murmured, "It really is a demigod lich!"

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(End of this chapter)