The career of an evil alchemist that started with picking up a crazy sword girl

But is it really thinking that she is afraid of?

People's thinking and judgment of things will almost certainly be affected by past experiences and experiences.

In other words, as long as people are thinking, their brains will inevitably recall past experiences and knowledge.

Then, the keyword "recall" appeared again.

If it is said that Li Mi's third loss of control was due to the act of "recalling" itself, then everything makes sense.

She was afraid of "recalling" from beginning to end.

As long as she was trapped in "recalling", she would be extremely painful, even to the point of constantly attacking her head.

The pain made her crazy, frightened, angry, hysterical, and finally, she would howl in despair.

Just like what she showed in front of Lu Lin before.

When it comes to mental illness caused by past memories, combined with Li Mi's condition, the answer is already obvious.

No, it should be said that the answer has always been obvious, so much so that Lu Lin's random guess at the beginning has already hit the mark.

This is PTSD.

And it is extremely severe PTSD.

Chapter 32 It's bad, the bastards are going to flip the table

PTSD, also known as post-traumatic stress disorder, refers to a delayed and persistent mental disorder caused by an individual experiencing, witnessing or encountering one or more actual deaths involving oneself or others, or being threatened with death, or being seriously injured, or having physical integrity threatened.

This disease has three core reactions - arousal reaction, avoidance reaction and compulsive reaction.

Li Mi's first two out-of-control should be the manifestation of "arousal reaction".

She is irritable, easily frightened, and prone to overreacting to trivial matters. Because of Lu Lin's words, she can be scared to attack Lu Lin directly. When the Black Snail Gang attacked her, she twisted their heads off in an instant.

As for Li Mi's daily behavior, it should be classified as "avoidance reaction", but her situation is particularly serious.

For general PTSD patients, the avoidance reaction is nothing more than avoiding the memories of the trauma they have experienced, refusing to talk about related topics, and staying away from all opportunities and affairs that may trigger related memories. They will bury their emotions, reduce interpersonal interactions, and keep a distance from others to protect themselves.

Li Mi's performance in this aspect is extremely extreme because it is too serious. In order to protect her, her body directly made her stop all thinking, and even slept for 23 hours a day. Not to mention recalling specific events or contacting specific opportunities, the whole person is directly on standby, clearly to eliminate all possibilities of recalling the past.

And obviously, Li Mi's body's self-protection is definitely not an exaggeration.

"Compulsive reaction", also known as intrusive memory, is the source of pain for many PTSD patients.

Traumatic memory; forced into the mind, reproducing the scene of the event at the time in the form of flashbacks or nightmares, causing the individual to repeatedly experience the original emotions and feelings, and the intensity is almost the same.

Li Mi's third loss of control is obviously because of this.

Lu Lin's question induced her to fall into memories, which aroused her traumatic memories. The flashback memories dragged her into the scene of past events again, causing her severe pain.

According to Li Mi's performance at the time, it can be seen how terrible her traumatic memories are.

It is no wonder that her "avoidance reaction" is so extreme.

After figuring out all this, Lu Lin has a plan for how to get along with Li Mi in the future.

But as for how to help Li Mi treat PTSD in the future, Lu Lin is a little helpless.

He is not a psychology major. He has heard of PTSD, but he knows nothing about treatment.

What's more, given Li Mi's current extreme situation where she has basically given up thinking, conventional psychotherapy is unlikely to work.

If he really wants to help Li Mi, he may have to use some more unconventional means.

For example, the taboo technique that can peek into other people's experiences, or the special means that can directly help others remove certain memories.

Obviously, Lu Lin can't do these now.

But in the future, if he can be promoted to an alchemist of advanced level or above, he may have a chance to find some solutions.

As for what he can do now...

On the one hand, he needs Li Mi to protect him, but on the other hand, he has to protect Li Mi well.

He definitely doesn't want something like today to happen again.

"The long-term goal remains unchanged. Only by continuing to improve my own ability can I have a chance to solve this problem," Lu Lin touched his chin.

However...

The plan he set before, to earn money here for three months peacefully, may not be so smooth. Li Mi's injuries were mostly left by a direct conflict with the Holy Church.

The other party may know the approximate area where Li Mi disappeared, so they will issue a wanted notice nearby.

If it's just a wanted notice, it's okay. Lu Lin doesn't go to town very often, and he also has a way to help Li Mi change her facial features. Li Mi's current temperament is far different from her on the wanted notice. With a little disguise, it should be difficult to be discovered.

I'm afraid that these guys will use other means to search for Li Mi's whereabouts in addition to the wanted notice.

After thinking it over, Lu Lin packed his life-saving waist bag and went to the town alone.

Anyway, according to the intelligence he had, the Black Snail Gang was busy fighting among themselves, so no one should have time to deal with him.

What's more, compared to the behemoth of the Crusaders, the Black Snail Gang is really nothing.

After arriving in the town, Lu Lin went straight to Tang Bo without looking for anyone else, and revealed his identity as an alchemist to Tang Bo.

What surprised Lu Lin was that Tang Bo seemed to have known about Lu Lin's confession for a long time and didn't have much reaction.

After chatting, Lu Lin realized that Tang Bo had guessed that Debel's death was probably related to him.

After that, Lu Lin finally figured out which part of him had been exposed in the assassination of Debel.

Gru.

The taciturn Earth Spirit waiter turned out to be from the Black Snail Gang.

Moreover, according to Tombo, one day after Debel's death, Gru suddenly disappeared, along with the leader and cronies of the Black Snail Gang.

After hearing this, Lu Lin fell into silence.

It sounds like Gru was probably present on the day he was attacked.

It was just that the sky was dark that day and the scene was chaotic. Before the war, Lu Lin had not seen the faces of those people clearly, and after the war, he had not looked carefully at their dead faces, so Lu Lin did not realize that Gru was among them. .

According to Tombo, the night he discovered that Gru was missing, he had some guesses and even thought about whether to report to Lu Lin.

But after thinking about it, he felt that if Lu Lin really had this ability, he wouldn't have behaved like that in the past days. In addition, he heard that Lu Lin had appeared in the underground treasures in the next two days, so he completely put this matter aside. The child was forgotten.

Now that Lu Lin found him, although he was a little surprised, he was somewhat mentally prepared.

"So, you came to me now because you want to invite me out for dinner and chat?" Tang Bo asked.

"Let's do this next time. It's not like I'm here to help you. Why don't I invite you out for dinner every day?" Lu Lin was speechless. "I came to you because I want you to do me a favor."

"It's easy to say," Tang Bo said cheerfully, "I took it for granted before and didn't report to you. I'm quite ashamed now. Fortunately, you're fine. If you have any questions, just tell me. I will help if I can."

"Well," Lu Lin nodded, "Did you see the wanted notice that the Holy Crusaders put on before?"

"Look, I saw it..." Tang Bo was a little surprised, "You don't want me to help you pay attention to the wanted criminals, do you? I didn't tell you, he is wanted, how could he still run to the tavern, and even if it is true, I came to the tavern. I have to wait until I tell you about this. The bounty has already been taken away by others, right?"

"No, of course I don't mean that," Lu Lin shook his head, "I just want to say that since the Crusaders are looking for someone nearby, I don't believe they will just post a wanted notice. Maybe they will issue one later. Some related tasks, I want you to help me pay attention to the Crusaders. If they come to the town again or if there is any news, please remember to come to me as soon as possible and tell me. If I can really negotiate with them then, what can I achieve? Business, I’ll treat you to a whole roasted lamb.”

Upon hearing this, Tang Bo's eyes suddenly lit up and he asked in surprise: "Is this true?"

"I swear on my money bag!" Lu Lin said solemnly.

"Hey! That's what you said," Tangbo grinned. "Don't say it. I have news now. It is said that about five miles downstream from the town, the Crusaders are setting up a large-scale The magic circle is said to be short of manpower and some alchemy products. Many people in the town have gone to help. How about this? This news should be what you want, right? "

After hearing this, Lu Lin was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly asked: "Ah, yes! But wait, do you know what this magic circle is used for?"

"What else can it be used for? To find wanted criminals. Didn't you also say that they can't just put up a wanted warrant?" Tang Bo spread his hands, "It is said that these wanted warrants are distributed in many areas. , is used to scare the wanted criminal, so that she will not think about escaping from the wanted area, and can hide for a period of time, waiting for the Holy Army's magic circle to be completed. It is said that by then, within a radius of several hundred miles, no matter where Wherever the wanted criminal is hiding, even if she digs a hole in the soil, this magic circle can dig her out of the ground!"

Chapter 33: I can’t run but I can’t escape, I can’t fight but I can’t

Lu Lin had thought that for the "great hero" who had helped them defeat the A-level dungeon, it was absolutely impossible for these dogs to just put out a bunch of wanted notices and ignore them.

But Lu Lin didn't expect that they would overturn the table.

The tracking array covers a radius of hundreds of miles. Once this plug-in level array is deployed, Tanuki will never be able to hide it.

I couldn't even run away if I wanted to.

Riding an ox cart for hundreds of miles?

How many fucking days would it take to make it possible?

Not to mention that the other party may block the area near the canyon. Ordinary disguises may be able to deceive others, but if they bump into the Crusaders, no one knows whether it will work.

After promising to go out and roast a whole lamb, Lu Lin returned home immediately.

He had to do something.

Allowing the situation to continue developing like this is tantamount to sitting back and waiting for death.

After leaving food and gray cloud mushroom medicine on the table for Numi, Lu Lin put on the shabby clothes that he often wore.

Then, he put on the very familiar backpack, picked up the old walking stick used as a hiking stick, locked the door, prepared fodder for the cattle, and then walked all the way up the river along the river.

He wanted to go to the Crusader's construction site to see for himself.

As for why I chose this look.

After all, alchemists are rare in the town, and Lu Lin doesn't want to stand out too much.

And now only a few people in the town know that he can do alchemy. In most people's perception, he is still the stingy person who collects materials for a living.

As for what you can do after watching the scene, only then will you know.

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More than an hour later.

"Well, there are six silver and seventeen coppers in total. Please keep your six silver and twenty coppers," the town guard said, pushing a pile of coins into the hands of a man in plain clothes.

The man took the coin and looked at it.

Two large copper coins, six silver coins, a penny a lot.

"Well, thanks," the man accepted the coins, picked up the empty basket, and turned to leave.

As soon as he turned around, his brows suddenly wrinkled.

He saw a familiar round-eared man standing not far away looking towards here.

"Lulin? Why did you find this guy?" The man muttered secretly, "Damn it, here comes another business thief..."

After giving Lu Lin an unhappy look, the man quickened his pace and disappeared into the woods in a blink of an eye.

Looking at the man's leaving figure, Lu Lin touched his chin.

Lu Lin didn't care about the other person's eyes. In fact, almost every colleague he met here would give him the same look.

Not far ahead is where the Crusaders have deployed their magic circle.

It's just that the situation at the scene was a bit different from Lu Lin's imagination.

Lu Lin originally thought that the other party would open up a large piece of flat land in the canyon and then arrange a magic circle in the open air.

But what he finally found was a cave under the cliff. Many wooden sheds were erected in front of the cave, some of which were for people to live in, and some of which were used to receive migrant workers.

Those who maintained order and handled business seemed to be town guards. Judging from the number of people, the Holy Cult estimated that they had drawn 90% of the town's armed forces.

It's no wonder that although the civil strife in the Black Snail Gang is a good opportunity to rectify the local forces, I haven't heard of the mayor taking any action. It turns out that all his subordinates have been transferred here.

Besides these town guards, the most present people were these Lu Lin’s former colleagues.

These herb collectors were very fast-paced. Each one would come over with a basket full of collected materials, then hand all the materials to the town guards, accept a few silver coins, and then leave quickly.

Here, a basket of common materials can be exchanged for several silver coins, and the purchase price is several times that of the town. It is no wonder that this group of people are so anxious and look at other colleagues who are trying to steal business.

It is probably because of this that this matter did not become known to the whole town. Otherwise, even people who don't know how to collect herbs will go around collecting simple materials to make extra money.

As for why the purchase price is so high...

The Holy Religion, this kind of state religion, is unlikely to be short of money, so it is natural for it to be generous.

If it were in the past, if Lu Lin had known about this matter, even if he knew that the other party was a holy sect, Lu Lin would probably be able to do it better than these colleagues in order to make money to buy an alchemy cauldron.