I, BOSS, just want to live a peaceful life

Chapter 173 "Spiritual Pollution"

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【You looked at Holmes' staggering steps, approached him silently, took his arm and put it on your shoulders, supported his whole body weight on your shoulders, and continued to walk forward.Among the three people now, you are the least injured. Although Holmes is a heroic spirit, it is impossible for you to let him be covered in injuries. 】

[You glanced at Matthew from the corner of your eye. The way she walks slowly with a shield is also very worrying.So, I'll leave it to you. It's rare that you, an ordinary human being, can do something. How can you shirk your responsibility? You're in a good mood, thinking happily: You're the master of Chaldea. , Although you are not good at fighting, you should do what you can. 】

【However, before you took a few steps, you felt the weight around you suddenly lighten. Under your surprised eyes, you saw Holmes silently move away from his body, and smiled gently at you. 】

Sherlock Holmes: [Although it looks scary, it's actually not a serious problem. I just tripped accidentally just now. Don't worry, Lixiang. 】

【Holmes straightened his back, and with natural movements, he took out what looked like goggles from under his open overcoat.He kept walking, stretched out his hand and handed you this goggle-like thing, and said with a smile under your bewildered expression. 】

Sherlock Holmes: [Come on, Lixiang, I found this in that maze, and it has a lot of magic power attached to it.Although it's a bit impolite to say that you don't ask for it from the corpse, but I think you should be able to use this thing. 】

【"Ah, thank you!" You subconsciously took what Holmes handed over, and then observed it carefully. 】

[From the outside, this is a steampunk-style goggle. It looks very carefully crafted. It has a British style. You think it might be suitable for Sherlock Holmes to wear it.However, although the goggles look expensive and exquisite, there are some scratches on the edge of the frame because they have been used after all. 】

【You put on the goggles under the watchful eyes of Holmes and Matthew.Its lens is a bluish white round lens, and the frame is bronze, so after you wear it, the whole world seems to be covered with a layer of light blue, and it feels a little hazy under the light. 】

【Matthew carefully came over to confirm that nothing happened to you after you put on the goggles, and there were no problems.You look at Matthew's face through the lens, as if it is glowing with a layer of moon-white fluorescence.You saw Matthew tilting her head, muttering something, and focusing on the frame of the goggles. 】

Sherlock Holmes: ["Peeping from another world", this translation of these words is more appropriate. This goggle should be similar to a magic dress. How about it, Lixiang, do you feel any changes after wearing it? 】

Matthew Kyrielight: [Ah, senior, it fits you well. 】

【"How should I put it, I don't feel that there is any change now. It's just that the world in my sight has become a bit blue, and there is still some fog." You thought about it, and replied: "Well, it seems that there are only these. "]

Sherlock Holmes: [Oh?Is that so? I remember Lixiang that you left the team suddenly, probably because of the influence of illusion. I thought this goggles should be able to help you, after all, it is a magic dress that affects vision]

【You saw Holmes tilt his head in some puzzlement, and then touched his chin with his fingers.You can't help but feel a little lost, if only this goggles can help you, at least, don't let you see this terrifying world with only sound but no shadows.wait!You suddenly noticed something, that is, in your eyes, Matthew has returned to his original appearance! 】

[When did it recover?How could you not have noticed!But the fact is that you really didn't notice this change. When you were confused and flustered, you felt a palpitation, and then unknown ravings swept in like waves.The vigorous voice of an adult man, the clear and pleasant voice of a girl, the gentle and kind voice of an old woman, the full voice of a middle-aged man, and the innocent and milky voice of a child.]

[Then in an instant, it suddenly flipped! 】

【An adult man's mad curses, a young girl's mournful cry, an old woman's horrified smirk, and a child's indistinct cries. These voices rush at you in an instant, making your heart beat wildly, and you feel almost touched Some kind of psychic attack. 】

[Status update:
Fujimaru Tachika: SAN value: 80 (-5)

Props: "Peeping from Another World" starts, consuming 5 SAN points.

Note: Your SAN value drops by more than 10 points in one round, and you will get a negative BUFF for one round.

Fujimaru Tachika's current status: no DEBUFF. 】

【"It's okay. Are you? Senior. Senior."】

【You covered your ears in pain, curled up unnaturally, squatted on the ground and groaned patiently.Under the impact of many auditory hallucinations, Mash's voice seemed to become unreal. 】

【You raised your head and saw two pairs of worried eyes. They were Matthew Kyrielight and Sherlock Holmes. They noticed that you had an accident, so they squatted down to check. 】

[However, compared to this, what you care more about is the sudden appearance of a large number of figures.Those are the memories, they obviously have different looks and expressions, but they all have programmed actions. When the godless eyes stare at you, it makes people feel panic. 】

【"Matthew, Holmes, I'm fine. I had some auditory hallucinations just now, probably a side effect of the delayed onset of the goggles." You got up with the support of two people, and then quickly stood up by yourself. "However, after wearing this goggle, my field of vision has also changed. I can see those memories. Their bodies are filled with densely packed small characters, as if they are written something similar to life"]

Sherlock Holmes: [Oh, there are side effects, Lixiang, you should wait until the critical moment to wear it, if you are always under the mental attack of the side effects of this goggles, it will not work.Moreover, from this point of view, is the only difference between your vision and ours is whether you can see these memories? 】

Matthew Kyrielight: [Not only that, Mr. Holmes!In senior's perspective, I turned into a monster-like image, and then the enemy turned into my image. Senior was also bewitched by this, and was almost trapped in an old castle. 】

["Well, it's like this, Mr. Holmes, before I put on the goggles just now, I was able to see the real image of Matthew without knowing it. So." You smiled wryly, and had to say this bad news that is hard to admit : "I'm afraid, the enemy took back control of my vision as early as just now, and replaced it with other senses."]

【"And this enemy can subtly change my cognition just now, I don't even know when Matthew will return to the original, it is so obvious." You opened your mouth, and spit out another bad fact: "This way Look, even if I'm not under the control of that enemy, normally I can't see the memory. I don't know why."]

【Still walking, Matthew and Holmes glanced at each other, and chose to tell the world from their own perspective.Then, you are surprised to find that not only you, but also Matthew and Holmes have different perspectives. 】

Sherlock Holmes: [Well, it turns out that, from my point of view, these memories act naturally and lifelike, speaking and acting just like real people. 】

Matthew Kyrielight: [Hey! ?Is this the perspective of Mr. Holmes? In my opinion, these memories are like robots, and their every move is very rigid and blunt.]

[You realize that this is not good news, and you think of a word "fading", which means that the logic of these memory behaviors has become monotonous and unified, which is a fact that the enemy guarding the entrance of the maze admits. 】

[These memories are fading in the eyes of you and Matthew, but in your eyes they fade more seriously, becoming almost transparent and colorless.However, from Sherlock Holmes' perspective, these memories turned out to be the exact opposite. They were lifelike, not faded, but "stained". 】

[Is this assimilation? It suddenly occurred to you that this is a dream world. These memory bodies and thought bodies are actually just fictitious people.If you think these memories are strange, it’s okay to say, but if you have the idea of ​​"they are the same as real people" and are assimilated by this world, then doesn't it mean: have you been caught by this world? 】

【What the hell is going on?You feel chills all over, and vaguely feel that something has been overlooked by you.But now there is no way, you have to put away the goggles and continue the next action-to find the location of Katsushika Hokusai and Abigail, and to be amazed by the roller coaster. 】

[After this, the three of you arrived at the place not long after you left.This amazing roller coaster is not far from the dream maze, and it takes about 10 minutes to walk. 】

[This is a "rainbow" track, stars, moon, and countless clouds, candy, those beautiful and dreamy things are piled up here, on this roller coaster.Compared with the word "surprise", from the outside, it is more worthy of the name "fairy tale". 】

[You pick up the Marauder's Map in your hand and look at it against the real building. That's right, this is the surprise roller coaster.But, why is there no one here, not only can't see the two heroic spirits, but also can't see any enemies.You looked down at the Marauder's Map carefully, just about to find some clues from here, but found a terrible situation. 】

["Here...here are two more red dot marks, and there is only one green mark left!" You gritted your teeth, your mind was running fast, and you couldn't help turning your eyes to Holmes, the reliable consulting detective: "It happened. Is there an accident? Or did the enemy suddenly increase.”]

Sherlock Holmes: [. There are only two possibilities. One, the enemy has increased by one, and a heroic spirit has died at the same time; two, the enemy has not increased, but a heroic spirit has betrayed. Personally, I am more inclined to the second possibility. People's mental state is not very good, plus the fact that Lixiang you put on the goggles before...]

Sherlock Holmes: [Lixiang, who is purely human, cannot see these so-called "faded" memories, and Matthew, who is a pseudo-servant, can find the abnormality of these memories, but I, as a heroic spirit who has been summoned without a body, am here In this dream world, you can be hurt by ordinary people, and you still feel that those memories are "kind" and "familiar".]

Sherlock Holmes: 【If I'm not mistaken, other heroic spirits should also encounter these memories, no, the assimilation of this dream world.They may really regard the memory and the nostalgia as companions. Moreover, the two heroic spirits at the position of the roller coaster are both foreigner job agencies, and they are more likely to be spiritually corrupted.]

Sherlock Holmes: [Arong has her father Katsushika Hokusai, and his mental strength should be stronger than Abigail's. Sure enough, did Abigail have an accident? 】

【You and Matthew looked at each other worriedly, and you felt your heart sinking uncontrollably.Because you realize now that what Holmes said is probably true.Compared with Arong, who said all day long that he wanted to paint the most successful paintings, Abigail, a foreign girl with religious beliefs, obviously had a more worrying mental state. 】

[Also, ever since she came to this dream world, Abigail has been exceptionally quiet, obviously she would joke around when she was in Chaldea, but in this dream world, she has been just playing with dolls silently]

["I hope so. If it is mental pollution, it is possible to solve it. At least, it is much better than the result of death." You have no choice but to step into this area of ​​​​a roller coaster of surprises: "We have to find Arong first. ! She was motionless on the map, as if something unexpected happened."]

【You see Sherlock Holmes nodded calmly, and Matthew next to him followed your footsteps with a worried expression on his lips.Although the road ahead is full of thorns, but there is no way, in order to leave this world, in order to continue the journey of saving humanity. You think, no matter how much you pay, it is worth it. 】

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"Phew, I finally finished one, my fantasy Rubik's Cube, it's really hard work for you—" Stretching her waist, Xie Xinxiu stood up contentedly.A pure black figure behind him turned into a mist and slowly dissipated.

"Abigail Williams' cognitive distortion is 100% complete. I followed the BOSS's order to first mentally pollute the heroic spirits of foreign job agencies. There should be a bonus now, right?"

"Since I've been discovered, I'll remove the visual impact and replace it with [——]!" Xie Xinxiu raised the corners of her mouth, showing a schadenfreude smile: "Those intruders, haha, should also be caught by that perverted doctor." Bully it!"

　Thanks to book friend 2019071175150537 for the reward of 500 starting coins! ! ! ! !Thanks to the handicapped scumbags for their January ticket support! ! !Thanks for Mr.K's January ticket support! ! !I'm out of Chen! ! (There is nothing to be proud of when it comes out around 1 rounds, what am I showing off)
　　
　
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