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As early as when An Le was still in Yuechong City, he was able to give hints to believers in the church.

At the beginning, Anle also relied on this to scare Chen Ye enough, leaving him with a psychological shadow for a long time.

Now, even though An Le didn't pull Su Li's soul into the church, it was still no problem to use his tentacles to give him some weak psychological hints.

In Su Li's eyes.

This handsome doctor had a gentle and friendly smile and kind words, which quickly calmed his flustered mood, and subconsciously wanted to trust and get close to him.

Therefore, when faced with An Le's question, Su Li answered everything in a straightforward manner.

During the question and answer process.

An Le quickly noticed that Su Li's true personality was completely different from the previous state of madness, gloomy, and mania.

It's actually very... soft?

It's like a ball of cotton that is harmless to humans and animals, the kind that doesn't matter if you rub it.

After thinking about it, this is probably the general character of the men of the Stone Clan.

In matrilineal clans, the job functions of men and women are reversed.

Women are the main force for hunting and fighting, while the relatively small number of men are protected by women, like flowers in a greenhouse, responsible for logistics such as production and manufacturing.

Of course, he was squeezed by the women of the clan every night.

‘This kind of life seems pretty good? '

An Le sighed in her heart.

'I really don't know whether to envy or sympathize with them. '

'At least the men on Earth in the previous life should yearn for this kind of life. '

Putting aside this insignificant matter, An Le got a general understanding of Su Li's situation from Su Li's answer.

Su Li has no memories of the past two months.

It would be inaccurate to say that there was none at all. To him, those memories were like the impression of the dream he had last night when he just woke up in the morning.

Those remaining traces are quickly fading from his mind.

That is to say, after suffering from the Yishi disease, Su Li's thinking has been in a state of confusion, and his perception of the surrounding things seems to be separated by a layer of mist, and his actions and words are also Slowly becoming less like himself.

Even, Su Li's last clear memory was maintaining a piece of Yishi equipment.

He only felt that he had dozed off, and he was in this oppressive and dark room, and there was a completely strange doctor in front of him.

Su Li's surprise and panic at the beginning were understandable.

From An Le's point of view, Su Li's symptoms are more like...

During this illness, the soul was hijacked by some unknown existence, and through his body, he descended into reality.

But the problem is.

What is this existence?

'Is it a different stone? still……'

After hearing An Le's words, Su Li slowly opened his eyes wide, with a look of despair on his face.

"So, what I have...is the foreign stone disease?"

"Are you the doctor Su Dai called?"

The aging man sighed sadly.

"Ah... this stupid girl."

"The moment I found out that I was sick, I should have been burned to death!"

"So many people have been implicated now, and they want to die with me."

He asked again: "Doctor, do you know how many infected people are there now?"

An Le replied: "According to Patriarch Su, there are 43 people in total."

"43 people... It's okay, it's okay, I haven't become a sinner of the Stone Clan yet."

Su Li stared at An Le seriously, his hands trembling slightly, but said very seriously: "Doctor, my sister is a very stubborn and resolute person, and she rarely changes anything she believes in."

"If it was only me, she would definitely not listen."

"But since she entrusted you to treat me, it shows her trust in you, so..."

Su Li's dry lips trembled, and the wrinkles on his face became deeper, making him look a little older, as if he was hesitating and struggling, but he still insisted on finishing his words.

"So I beg you, to persuade her to give up our treatment!"

"It's best to burn us all to death!"

"This is the only way for the Stone Clan to survive."

An Le was slightly affected by his tragic mood, and asked with a frown, "Is there really no cure for Yishi disease?"

He originally thought that Su Li's previous pessimism was the result of his mental pollution.

From the looks of it now, Su Li believed from the bottom of his heart that he was bound to die, and that he would endanger more Stone Clan members.

Su Li: "This is... a terminal illness! There is no cure."

*****

after this.

An Le and Su Li went together to investigate the conditions of the other patients in the house.

He found that the symptoms of the vast majority of patients are not particularly serious, but there are some foreign stone plaques on their faces, and their thinking and rationality are the same as ordinary people, but they are inevitably pessimistic and negative.

Of course, there are also critically ill patients.

Three people were in a similar state to Su Li, falling into a state of irritability, mania, and restlessness, and their spirits were polluted.

Naturally, An Le would not let go of the filthy reason sent to her door.

The trio recovered from the frenzy after undergoing "therapy".

Like Su Li, their memories of their illness were very vague, like a dream when they had a high fever.

These three people and Su Li were the first group of people who got sick.

The rest are infected by them.

And they have one thing in common. In their last clear memory, they are all maintaining a piece of Yishi equipment.

This could be a breakthrough.

Even though Su Li had an absolutely pessimistic attitude towards the Yishi disease, but...that was his business.

As a doctor, it is natural to try our best to treat patients.

Do what you do and love what you do.

Even if it's just a disguised job, An Le has to do a decent job.

Not long after.

Su Dai hurried back to this special isolation house.

Su Dai was very excited when she saw Su Li who had regained consciousness and the patients whose spirits had obviously improved.

"Doctor, you can cure them, right?"

An Le poured cold water on it without hesitation: "Patriarch Su, the situation is not as optimistic as you think."

"As far as the current situation is concerned, I don't have any confidence in curing the patients."

Judging from the performance of the patients, they did get better after being extracted from their filthy sanity.

The alienation of the spirit will inevitably lead to the distortion of the body.

on the other hand.

Mental health naturally helps the body to return to normal.

But An Le knew very well that this was only temporary.

Those foreign stones have been integrated with the patient's body, fused into the skin, organs, muscles... and even the blood, eroding their remaining lives all the time.

Including body and spirit.

Even if the visible foreign stones are peeled off with strong and exquisite surgery, they will grow back again in a short time.

Because, the disease called "Yi Shi" has penetrated into the patient's bone marrow and blood!

Anle's current methods are only treating the symptoms but not the root cause.

From a certain point of view, what Su Li said was indeed correct.

There may indeed be no cure for heterolithiasis!

An Le told Su Dai everything he knew and what Su Li had said to him.

By the way, after getting the desired ancient book from Su Dai, An Le left temporarily and returned to the room prepared for him by the Stone Clan.

As for what decision Su Dai will make, it has nothing to do with him.

Whether the patriarch of the Stone clan planned to follow Su Li's advice and execute all the patients, or he was going to go his own way and find a cure that might not exist, An Le would accept it.

After all, this is an internal matter of their Stone Clan.

An Le is an outsider, but he doesn't have the right to dictate.

*****

After returning to the room.

An Le took out the ancient books, ready to read them.

This book is more than ten centimeters thick, and the cover is ancient, with a leather texture.

At the same time, there is also a slightly unpleasant smell, like a preservative used for preservation.

On the cover it says--

"The History of the Alien Stone Clan"

'The alien stone race? '

'It turns out that from the very beginning, the stone clan was called the different stone clan? Just because of simplification, it slowly evolved into the current name? '

An Le thought to himself, but the impulse in his heart made him quickly skip this point, and turned to the first page of the book.

When holding this book in her hands, An Le's mind couldn't help but bursts of heat, as if soaking in a hot spring, scalding hot and fiery.

There was a low whisper in his ear, urging him to read quickly.

This shows that the omniscient Lord of Chaos is also very interested in this period of history?

【July 12, 2032 in the steam calendar】

[I decided to write a history book to record the history of the Yishi tribe. 】

[Before this, no stone clansman was willing to do such a thing. 】

[Perhaps in the eyes of others, this is stupid and meaningless, but I believe that this may provide some help to our descendants. 】

[I hope I can find a successor to pass on this career. 】

[By the way, I learned this date from a wilderness hunter. 】

This is the preface to the history book, written in the first person.

And it can be seen that the words used by the author are very... simple and plain?

This is also easy to understand.

The people of the Shi tribe did not do much work on written records, and they did not have the soil to develop the entertainment industry. The popularity rate of reading and literacy must have been very low at the beginning. It is already very remarkable to be able to record things in easy-to-understand words.

‘By the way, steam calendar? '

An Le was a little concerned.

Up to now, he has a general understanding of the history of this world.

Except for the Chaos Period and the Divine Breath Period, which are too long to be tested, the calendar that humans first started to implement is called the Glorious Calendar.

That was the period when humans began to build cities on the wasteland.

The power belonging to the Lord of Radiance began to dominate the world.

He leads mankind to eliminate a large number of terrifying undead, and bestows warmth and hope on mankind.

Believers who believe in the Lord of Radiance have gained the power to resist the cold and night.

And the glorious calendar is derived from the oracle sent down by the lord of brilliance.

From that day on, human beings can have the first unified calendar even if they are in different parts of the world and cities are isolated by wilderness.

However, the glorious calendar also has an end.

Perhaps it was the influence of the divine breath period, or maybe he touched some taboos, the power of the Lord of Radiance began to decline, and the number of believers who believed in the Lord of Radiance decreased year by year.

On the contrary, technology has flourished during this period, and various geniuses have emerged one after another.

There was a period of scientific blowout.

And this blowout is not just in a certain city, but in every city!

Some great geniuses began to appear in every city, pushing technology to emerge one after another bright and dazzling waves.

On the day when the steam engine was invented, the Lord of Radiance once again issued an oracle, announcing the beginning of the steam calendar.

However, the steam calendar is not long, only a hundred years in total.

According to the author of this "History of the Yishi Clan", the history of the Stone Clan can definitely be traced back to a longer period.

Gathering the thoughts in his heart, An Le continued to look down.

In the previous part of "History of the Yishi Clan", there are a lot of redundant and meaningless descriptions.

To summarize the main content:

The Yishi tribe itself is just an ordinary tribe in the wasteland, but they do not have the ability and conditions to build a city by themselves, so they can only struggle to survive in the wasteland, and it is difficult to maintain their survival.

In an accident, the original patriarch of the Stone Clan discovered the mineral Yishi.

Later, it was convenient to use different stones to light fires and keep warm, and gradually developed many uses of different stones.

But in one area, the reserves of isolith are limited.

What should I do when the digging is almost over?

It is natural to migrate, looking for the next rich ore area of ​​Yishi.

The "nomadic culture" of the Shi people thus appeared.

It is said that in the steam calendar, the distribution of foreign stones on the wasteland is very wide, and it can be dug without much effort.

There is even such a description in the history books——

[Large pieces of foreign stones are directly exposed on the surface, and you can pick them up just by bending down. 】

【On that day, just thinking about it makes me laugh out loud when I sleep. 】

However, this situation did not last long.

It seems that some kind of mutation originated from the wasteland, causing a large number of foreign stones to lose their original functions and become ordinary soil and rocks.

None of the Shizu people knew why this change happened.

But they, who had relied on Yishi for a long time, couldn't help feeling uneasy and terrified.

It's like modern people who are accustomed to the existence of electricity, suddenly forced to cut off the electricity, and live a life without using electrical appliances. After only one day, their scalp feels numb, and ants seem to be crawling all over their bodies.

The author of "History of the Yishi Clan" called that period "the darkest hour", and some Shizu people who believed in Yishi even chose to commit suicide.

Yes, as early as that time, there was the existence of the Stone Clan within the Stone Clan.

They regard the different stones as a gift from the heavens, a great thing that allows the stone clan to be maintained.

It is conceivable that when the different stones are about to dry up, the despair in the hearts of these believers.

[At that moment, a miracle happened! 】

[The high priest of the Yishi Cult announced that she had received the oracle of the Yishi God. 】

[The High Priest obtained a great wonder, and since then, we no longer have to worry about the shortage of different stones. 】

[I was fortunate enough to witness this strange thing with my own eyes. Its beauty is beyond the scope of words, and it is above all things and all appearances. With just one glance, I am willing to dedicate my all to it until death. 】

These words gave Anle's brain extremely high heat, so hot that it seemed that his brain was about to boil.

He even heard a sigh of satisfaction.

at the same time.

A priest in ancient costumes stood before An Le. She knelt down devoutly on the ground, and the ground beside her was smeared with bright red paint, or... blood?

The silver-gray foreign stone was placed on top of the bright red, and it was gradually dyed into a reddish color.

The high priest chanted weird syllables, resonating with the surrounding stones and blood in a trance.

The air is trembling, and the secret power is surging.

Afterwards, An Le saw that something was descending.

It looked like a halo, but it was far more complicated and gorgeous than a halo.

The moment he witnessed it, An Le's soul seemed to be hit. Not only did a large number of beautiful scenery like fireworks rising to the sky appear in front of his eyes, but he also began to hear grand and exquisite music in his ears. He couldn't distinguish every note of the music, only knowing it It is depicting the beauty of the world.

As written in "The History of the Yishi Clan"——

[Its beauty is beyond the scope of words! 】

An Le's consciousness slowly returned to calm.

It is quite normal to have hallucinations in the process of reading taboo knowledge.

However, this time the hallucination was exceptionally clear and had some special meaning.

'Is that the so-called Alien Stone God, or... that great strange thing? '

An Le thought in her heart.

The so-called god of different stones may not be a god that has existed since ancient times, but may be an existence born with the worship and belief of the people of the stone tribe.

The human soul is an extremely mysterious existence, and the extraordinary ability of a transcendent is essentially to use the power of the soul to interfere with reality.

The reason why Class B transcendents are powerful is because their souls have been transformed.

For example, many urban ghost stories may themselves be just fictional stories.

But with the spread of strange stories and people's fear, they may really be born in reality!

Because it means that people believe in their existence.

"Believe" itself is an extraordinary power.

The birth of Yishishen is similar to this.

In the long and pious beliefs of the stone people, he thus possesses consciousness and mysterious power.

An Le thought to himself: 'Later, I have to talk to this priest of the Yishi Cult. '

At this time, his previous doubts were answered.

It is the existence of that strange object that satisfies the needs of the stone clan for strange stones, so there is no need to run around in search of rich ore containing strange stones.

An Le continued to read, but found that the handwriting had changed significantly.

[Steam Calendar, September 9th, 40th]

[I am Gu Qiuyu, starting today, I will take over the work of Master. 】

【After seeing that great strange object, Master no longer put his mind on writing this history book. 】

[Then, she disappeared unexpectedly one day. 】

[In order to inherit her last wish, I began to record the history I know. 】

The handwriting of the second historian named Gu Qiuyu was even more beautiful.

In addition to recording history, she also added a lot of descriptions of personal emotions and experiences.

Including her in-depth communication with the three men in the clan, as well as the encounter with the wilderness hunter.

Its nature is almost the same as Xin Qingyi's "Wildland Evaluation Guide".

It has to be said that from the perspective of history books, Gu Qiuyu's writing style is absolutely unqualified, and it is in the same line as her master.

But from the perspective of readability, it's a different taste.

As usual, An Le just skipped roughly... He doesn't like to read these things!

And soon, he also found a very important record.

[December 10, 43 in the steam calendar]

[In the stone clan, the first patient with heterolithiasis appeared. 】

Thank you for your concern, I feel much better after sleeping, and now I am hugging Xiaoxian to keep warm! The kitten is so warm, if only it wouldn't sneeze or poop.