13 Mink Street

When a door appears in front of you, how to distinguish which side is inside the door and which side is outside the door seems to be a very simple matter, but if you think about it carefully, this simple matter will become a philosophical problem, Even...a theological question.

Karen didn't laugh at the little girl in her heart but didn't know she was inside the door, and said that she came out of the door.

Because after entering the gate of reincarnation, Karen clearly felt that the original intention of the god of reincarnation to build this gate was not to build a storage room for accumulating souls.

On the contrary,

The god of reincarnation wants to use the original world as a storage room, collect souls from the original world, and put them into the door.

Therefore, for "inside the door", "outside the door" is more like a material warehouse, or an orchard.

Karen began to use soul power to communicate, which was originally a very laborious task. If two people communicate with souls, a communication channel needs to be established. For stability, formations are often needed as assistance, but here it is not necessary, because you only need Send out the soul message, for them in front of you, you are talking.

"We just came here, now, I want to know your purpose."

The old man immediately said respectfully: "Our whole village is here to welcome you, Lord Xiangrui. The adults are the blessings of our whole village and the hope for the revival of our whole village. We will arrange everything for the next journey of the adults. It’s something we can do.”

"Everything you need?"

"Yes, if it was a long, long time ago, when this village was still a big city, the city owner should have come to welcome Lord Xiangrui, but now, we have fallen, so we will help Lord Xiangrui go to the big city, and then from The lord of the big city will be rewarded and the village will be rebuilt."

Karen got it;

The old man called himself auspicious, which is in line with the information he got from Gouzi. The big forces in the gate of reincarnation regard the trainees as a load that can go out together. This is their opportunity, no, it is a big deal. opportunity!

When this village was strong before, the city lord could directly "enjoy" the auspiciousness by himself, either the city lord himself or the direct descendants of the city lord, who could have the opportunity to go out with the trainees.

But when this power has declined, even if they are still willing to "enjoy", Karen and others are unlikely to choose to sign a soul contract with them.

This is a process of mutual selection, although there is a possibility of strong buying and strong selling.

For example, if an extremely powerful soul in the door wants to forcibly seize a chance to go out, he will "occupied" a tester, and then go out with the tester.

At this time, if the tester is the weaker side, then he has no choice. He is the auspiciousness on the shelf, no, it is a prize.

There is also another situation, that is, the trainee has a certain right to choose, to choose a soul that is suitable for making a contract with him, the soul that can complement or strengthen his own ability.

But no matter what the situation is, there will be no such "poverty alleviation" contract conclusion.

Signing a contract with such a weak soul is really a waste of the entry qualification, most of the testers would rather choose to be whipped and influenced by a powerful soul.

Moreover, those who can enter the gate of reincarnation are all outstanding young people of the God Church. As Bharat said in class, after you come out of the gate of reincarnation, the God Church will help you to bring you The soul that comes out "negotiates" and can even seal it intimately for you.

Obviously, the old man understood this very well, so his original purpose was to use his village as a post station, escort the auspicious people to the big city and get rewards, and treat himself as a small intermediary with a commission.

Because they can affect which big city the auspicious people go to, even if they can't, no matter where they are sent, there will be regular benefits to share.

The door of reincarnation opened once every ten years is enough to form such a complete upstream and downstream industrial chain.

In addition, Karen also confirmed one thing, that is, there should be many, many altars like this kind of meadow, which is the altar in the mouth of the old man. Not fixed.

This is why the altar guarded by this village has not seen the appearance of auspiciousness for several generations.

"I see. You two stay here. After a while, I will bring my companions to join you. In addition, let the people behind go back to the village."

"Yes, Lord Xiangrui, I will follow your orders."

...

Karen began to turn back. Through his previous contact, he felt that the world inside the door had its own order and was not completely chaotic. This reduced the danger of the testers to a certain extent.

But Karen also understands that this is because he has just entered here, and he is still in the peripheral area and has not gone deep.

Things will definitely become different when we continue to move inward and head towards the so-called big city.

"We are like ginseng fruit falling from the sky."

Mars has built a communication circle, and when Karen comes back, he is trying to use the communication circle to connect to the other end.

In the sky, there is a big stupid bird flying, which is the one that was summoned last time as a target and has all its tail feathers wiped out.

"Captain." Except for Mars, everyone surrounded Karen.

"There is a village outside. The village is fairly safe. They will be responsible for providing us with guides and some supplies. Although I don't know what supplies are there. Now, you can relax."

Staying on guard for a long time can easily make people tired quickly, and Karen doesn't want everyone to be suspicious and haggard along the way.

In the world inside the gate, it is really important to maintain a mental state, because it is basically filled with soul creatures, which is why phantom beasts were finally selected to guard the gate.

"Captain, the communication has been successfully established!"

When Karen came to the formation, a small speaker floated there, and Pacio's voice came from inside:

"Captain, the communication is established!"

"Hi, I'm Karen."

"Karen, this is Murray."

"I'm safe here."

"I'm safe here, too."

"Has the distance been fixed?" Karen asked Mars.

Masi immediately replied: "The positioning is done. We can only sense each other's position and distance. It's not very far. With the speed of our two teams, I think we can meet in a day if we don't get delayed."

"One day is not too far away?" Karen frowned.

Although, one day is not too far away, because there is no teleportation circle and no cars here.

Moreover, judging from the distance of a day's travel, I and Murray's team should be regarded as two adjacent altars.

However, Karen looked up at the gray moon in the sky. The gate of reincarnation opens and closes every ten years, and the interval is 7 to 30 days.

Just take a day away, one team simply waits, the other simply rushes, the cost is really high.

But another problem is that Karen doesn't know how far he has to wait until Gaitanbert and Phinetes can sense himself and Murry, or in other words, the moment he and Murry enter the door, they will Already noticed?

It is even possible that they have already set off to come to the two of them.

If he doesn't gather earlier, Karen is worried that Murray won't be able to hold on after being found by Guy Tambert, let alone the two relief pills his grandfather gave him are still with him.

I had already promised him that I would save his life.

"Murrie, can Pacio and Degart on your side locate my position?"

"They said it's ok, a day's journey, but I think that if some beasts are captured as mounts, the speed should be faster."

"I am currently in the fallen meadow. I will wait for you in a village below the meadow. Come here. Our two teams will be the biggest guarantee for the next move."

The latter sentence Karen did not say to Murry, but to the players under Murry. He was worried that those players would not want to spend a day on the road. Sign a contract with your own soul.

Murray's control over his team is obviously not as high as his own.

"Yes, after all, this is the home court of the Reincarnation Sect. Only by gathering our two teams can we ensure our safety to the greatest extent." Murray also raised his voice, "We will leave immediately!"

The newsletter is over.

"Let's go to the village below now and wait for Murray's team to come and join us."

"Yes, Captain!"

...

Karen did not bring anyone into the village, but camped on a hillside at the entrance of the village. The view here is very good, and he can observe the situation in the village and the direction outside the village.

The old man and his granddaughter personally sent a lot of "clothes" and "food".

The clothes are grass skirts, straw sandals and coir raincoats, and everyone wears god robes. God robes have self-purification ability, so there is no need to change clothes.

Food is made from one type of plant, but it is processed in different ways, which is equivalent to making several dishes with one raw material, and the amount is large enough to keep you full.

But after Karen picked up a piece and tasted it cautiously, he immediately spit it out.

This thing, the living cannot eat.

"Well, my lord, these foods are not to your liking?" the old man asked suspiciously.

The old man's granddaughter saw Karen spitting out the food directly, with a distressed expression on her face.

"You can eat these foods, but we can't." Karen explained.

"Oh, that's right. It's because I didn't prepare well. What kind of food do adults want?"

"Ordinary plants are fine." Karen touched the basket for clothes, which was made of bamboo, "Are there any bamboo shoots?"

"Yes, but we never eat these." The little girl covered her mouth and smiled, "Master Xiangrui's eating habits are really strange."

"I'll go back and take the villagers to cut bamboo for you adults." The old man stood up and said.

"It's bamboo shoots."

"Yes, yes, fresh bamboo shoots."

The old man left with his granddaughter.

Not long after, Karen saw that the village was crowded with people, and everyone was mobilized to chop and dig bamboo shoots for Mr. Xiangrui.

On Karen's side, he picked up a piece of food that looked like a steamed cornbread that he took a bite of and spit it out again. He opened the food, and the inside was also yellowish.

Immediately, Karen took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, which were the voucher cigarettes he took at the training base hotel in Dinge.

Karen picked up a cigarette, and Ventura next to him immediately took out the lighter and prepared to light it for Karen.

"I'm not going to smoke."

Karen opened the cigarette, exposing the shredded tobacco inside, and fiddled with his fingertips a few times.

Everyone leaned their heads over to observe, and Ashley immediately said, "Why does this look a bit like shredded tobacco?"

Ma Si wondered: "It seems to be the same species?"

Ashley was shocked: "So, people here eat tobacco leaves?"

Karen said: "When I just took a bite, I felt that the taste was a bit familiar. Now I have confirmed that the raw material of their food is very close to the tobacco leaves of this coupon cigarette. It may not be exactly the same, but it must be a similar variety. The changes won't be big.

Coupon cigarettes have a stronger effect than nicotine when smoked, because it can dizzy your soul and give smokers a sense of intoxication.

In fact, whether it is this kind of coupon cigarettes or ordinary cigarettes, the chronic damage to people is very serious, one is to the soul and the other is to the body.

If you eat this kind of tobacco leaves directly, the side effects will be more intense, and it will cause irreversible damage to the soul. "

"Then it's harmless for them to eat these foods?"

"So they will age. It stands to reason that the soul body has a process from weak to strong, such as obtaining the solidification of its own soul and a certain degree of evolutionary improvement by absorbing soul power.

But which soul have you seen that will age by itself?

Even if it is to die, it should become more and more thin and transparent until it finally dissipates.

So I'm guessing it's because of the food they eat. "

"Then don't they know not to eat?" Ashley asked.

Bart shook his head and said: "No, they have no choice, because their level is too low in this world, they have no other way to directly replenish their soul power, so they can only rely on eating this to gain soul power, this is a hungry person right now. The choice between death and later 'old death', the vast majority of people will choose the latter."

"Bart is right that they have no other options, so until we find a sustainable source of food, everyone needs to save some food in their backpacks.

Now I suspect that we may not really be able to eat that bamboo shoot. This world is likely to be a fully polluted place for flesh and blood living people like us. "

"What about the water?" Ashley asked, "Captain, is this water safe to drink?"

Karen picked up the jug made of unknown black material, leaned over and took a small sip, then spat it out, shook his head, and said, "There is a smell in the water, Blanche, you can use the priest technique to Can't filter it.

To be on the safe side, the water to drink in the future needs to be treated by Blanche. "

"Yes, Captain."

After an hour, the little girl came first. She carried a bamboo basket on her back. After sitting down, she put down the basket and took out other food from it: "Grandpa asked me to bring these foods over to see if the adults are okay." It can be eaten, and the first ones given to the adults were fine foods that people in our village are usually reluctant to eat, these are the foods we usually eat."

Karen picks and chooses, takes a bite of each, and shakes her head.

These foods have more side effects than the tobacco leaves of Qiqi coupon cigarettes. The tip of the tongue feels slightly numb after tasting a little bit. If you really eat it, your body may have a direct poisoning reaction.

"Sorry, we still can't eat these."

"Then we can only wait for grandpa to bring everyone back from digging bamboo shoots." The little girl smiled and put all the food back into the basket.

Ashley asked curiously, "What's your name?"

"My name is Nalu, Nalu Tajima. Our village is called Tajima Village. Everyone in the village has the same surname."

"No surname?" Ashley asked.

"There are no foreign surnames. Except for our village, other villages also have no foreign surnames. Basically, each village has one surname."

"Then don't you intermarry with other villages? Or will you change your surname after entering a new village?"

"We don't marry."

"No intermarriage?" Ashley opened her eyes wide, "Then it's all inbreeding?"

Ma Si reminded in a low voice: "For the soul body, there seems to be no problem with inbreeding."

Ashley blinked: Yes.

But soon, a new question appeared, and Ashley asked, "How did you have a baby?"

Nalu's face turned red instantly, and her body began to shake, making the grass skirt on her body rustle.

Ashley hurriedly said, "I'm just curious about your birth methods."

This is not Ashley's gossip. In fact, what she asked were all professional questions in the research institute. After all, her parents' job was to cherish the cultivation of monsters.

Nalu replied: "Two people, lie on the bed and hug each other. If it doesn't work for one night, then hug for two nights. If it doesn't work for two nights, just keep hugging, and then it will be fine."

Ashley asked in surprise: "You can have a baby after hugging her?"

"Well, both parents will become weaker, and then a new life will be conceived in the mother's body. Moreover, I heard from the married sisters that lying in bed together at night is very comfortable."

Ashley analyzed: "After the fusion of soul consciousness, a new consciousness is born, and then the soul power is stripped from the two soul bodies as the basis for cultivation, and a new soul is born."

Nalu looked at Ashley and asked, "What about you, how do the adults in your family give birth to children?"

Ashley replied, "Oh, we're going to be complicated and troublesome."

Nalu heard the words and asked again: "Is that so, is that comfortable?"

Ashley replied, "It depends on the person."

At this time, the old man came over with a bamboo basket on his back, and the little girl Nalu immediately went down to help carry it. It was a big basket of bamboo shoots, but the bamboo shoots were black.

Karen picked up a bamboo shoot, took a bite, and unexpectedly found that even without cooking, the bite was crisp, tender and sweet, like eating fruit, surprisingly delicious, and her body and soul did not reject it.

Karen took another bite and said while chewing, "It's delicious."

Everyone picked up the bamboo shoots one after another, and gnawed them directly like the captain, all eyes lit up, it was crispy, delicious, and delicious!

The little girl Nalu stood with her grandfather, watching all the auspicious adults scrambling to gnaw the bamboo shoots with great relish, a smile appeared on her face.

Karen looked around while eating bamboo shoots, at first he thought that the grandparents and granddaughter were purely happy.

But gradually he noticed a sense of familiarity behind the smile.

When Karen looked at his teammates who were eating bamboo shoots, he finally realized where the familiar smiles of his grandparents came from.

they,

This is looking at pandas!