Chapter 571 Seven Days of Repeated Cycles
Li Si, who was sleeping soundly, was shaken awake. He opened his eyes and looked at Taiya beside him, and rubbed his eyes.
"It's Ya'er, what's wrong?"
After saying that, Li Si raised his head and glanced at the dark sky outside the window, and said to Taya helplessly:
"Go to bed early, we have a busy day tomorrow!"
"You also need to go and check out those shops. Haven't you always wanted to have a small shop of your own?"
As he spoke, Li Si always felt that something was wrong, and his brain felt chaotic.
His name is Lis Kane, and he is a traveling businessman who travels back and forth in the western desert of the Fanor continent. He has accumulated a considerable amount of savings over the years. When I came to the small town of Ihales with my newlywed wife Taiya, I was ready to settle down and open a small shop here because I liked this city.
Today I stayed at the Golden Coconut Hotel under the recommendation of others. Tomorrow I plan to go to see the shops for sale in the small town, and then walk around the city to get familiar with it, waiting to participate in the Al-Adha festival in a week.
Wait, how did I come to this small town?
Just when Li Si was thinking about what was wrong, Taiya suddenly grabbed Li Si's arm, shook it violently and said anxiously:
"No, Li Si, something went wrong!"
"It seems that this illusion has changed. I have a bad feeling."
Um?
Fantasy?
No, is there something wrong with my memory again? !
Li Si heard Taiya's anxious voice, and the fuzzy window paper in his brain was instantly broken.
The fictitious memories in his mind disappeared instantly, and Li Si regained his understanding of himself.
When he woke up, Li Si took a deep breath.
Nest grass!
I just said there is something wrong with this illusion. This illusion can also modify memory?
Li Si knew this very well. When he was in the Elf King's Court, he was deeply immersed in the god-level illusion constructed by Demogorgon, and his memory was also modified.
Not only did he consider himself a gold-level warrior, he almost married the elf girl Cecile.
If he hadn't regained consciousness by chance, he might have entered a state of destruction along with the Elf King's Court.
Li Si is not sure whether he will be resurrected like the player!
Although Li Si also became a World Tree Sage after that escape, and his strength increased by leaps and bounds after being baptized by the World Tree, but if Li Si was given another choice, he would not take such a big risk again.
That was the moment Li Si was closest to death since his rebirth. At that time, there was not much time left before Demogorgon completed the arrangement.
With the system in place, as long as Li Si is given time, he can become stronger. Safety is the most important thing.
And when entering the illusion of the small town of Ihailes, Li Si also heightened his vigilance.
But after discovering that the residents of the small town were all undead creatures and the anomalies in the city lord's mansion, Li Si believed that the purpose of the legendary mage's arrangement of this illusion was to cover up these anomalies, so he inevitably relaxed his vigilance.
I didn't expect to give Li Si a try here.
If his memory is really modified, Li Si can't guarantee that he will wake up again.
Li Si shuddered when he thought about spending his whole life with those undead residents and living a hazy life in this small town that fell into deathly silence.
No, why didn’t the previous arrangement in my mind take effect?
Li Si thought of something in an instant, and quickly used his mental power to check the mental protection magic circle in his mind.
The mental protection magic circle is still there, so the memory and consciousness without illusion modification are only at the shallowest level?
Therefore, there was no early warning of triggering the spiritual protection magic circle, and Li Si did not realize it.
This kind of modification of shallow consciousness and memory may be enough for ordinary people and low-level professionals, but it has little effect on Li Si.
Even without Taiya's reminder, Li Si would probably wake up on his own soon.
After all, it is an illusion created by a legendary mage, and cannot be compared with the god-level illusion created by Demogorgon in the Elven Court.
If the legendary mage Ihailes personally uses illusions on Lis, there is still a possibility of success, but such a large-scale illusion will not have that effect.
However, did Taiya notice something unusual and shake herself awake?
Isn't her ability to predict danger too strong?
And it seems that Taiya's mental resistance is quite strong, whether it is her talent or the changes brought to her by the Church of God of War. She is even faster than Li Si in getting rid of the influence of the illusion.
Li Si glanced at Taiya who was wearing a thin nightgown next to her. Her exquisite body was perfectly outlined, but Li Si was not in the mood to appreciate it now. He patted Taiya's head gratefully and said with a smile:
"Ya'er, thank you for reminding me this time."
"Uh-huh."
Taiya noticed that Li Si had recovered and nodded reassuringly.
"How did you notice something was wrong?"
Taiya rubbed her temples and searched her memory to see if there was anything wrong with it. She also checked the remaining fictitious memories in her mind.
"have no idea."
Taiya shook her head and said softly:
"I just felt something was wrong and woke up."
"I don't know what happened. When I saw you didn't respond, Li Si, I wanted to wake you up."
"That's it, I understand."
Li Si nodded and said to Taiya:
"Ya'er, please rest for a while, I'll think about it myself."
After that, Li Si got up from the bed and sat down on the chair beside the bed.
"Yeah"
Taya nodded obediently, wrapped her body tightly with the quilt, and lay on the bed sideways.
However, the girl did not continue to sleep, but looked at Li Si with bright eyes, unwilling to look away.
Pushing open the window, Li Si felt the cool evening breeze, and his mind became clearer.
Why did the illusion change like this tonight?
Li Si has confirmed the time, and it is just after midnight.
In other words, the time when this illusion modifies the memory is likely to be midnight.
But Li Si and Taya stayed at the Jingye Hotel in the city last night, and nothing unusual happened at that time. Why did something go wrong tonight?
Li Si tapped the table in front of him with his right hand, and his brain thought quickly.
He felt that there were other problems with this illusion before, and it seems that this is the problem.
This illusion will modify the memories of foreigners who enter the small town of Yihailes, making them think of living here forever, just like the memories that Li Si had fabricated before.
No wonder this town has never been discovered to be different by outsiders, nor has it been clearly marked on the desert map.
Most people who pass by this town will be deterred by the expensive entry tax and choose to leave.
And people like Li Si who pay the entry tax to enter the town will face the risk of having their memories modified by the illusion.
This is simply a sure kill for ordinary people. As long as they choose to enter the town, there is almost no room for resistance.
And extraordinary professionals like Li Si who are strong enough to resist the illusion will not stay in this ordinary town for a long time.
I don’t know how long the interval is for the illusion to modify the memory of outsiders on a large scale, but it must not be too short.
In this way, basically the secrets of this town will not be discovered by outsiders.
Li Si sighed slightly. He is now very curious about the purpose of the legendary wizard Yihailes.
If it was just for his lover, the girl Juou, he would not maintain such a large-scale illusion?
And he also deliberately made various arrangements. The purpose is to protect the secrets of this town from being disturbed by others?
Li Si shook his head, not quite understanding.
Perhaps only by understanding what happened in this small town can we understand the purpose of this Yihailes?
In addition to the memory being modified, are there other changes?
Li Si examined his own memory, and was suddenly stunned after a moment.
Wait!
Waiting to participate in the Gul Festival a week later?
In Li Si's fictional memory created by the illusion, Li Si clearly remembered that the Gul Festival celebration time told by the residents of the small town was a week later?
What's the situation?
Shouldn't the Gul Festival celebration be today?
Li Si had also gone to the square of the small town before and noticed that the residents were busy preparing for the Gul Festival celebration.
He was sure that his memory was not wrong.
Then, is this difference in time also a change in this illusion?
So, the time interval for this illusion to modify the memory of outsiders is one week?
From the week before the Gul Festival to the day before the Gul Festival?
The illusion repeatedly modifies everyone's memory in seven days, making the time of the small town forever solidified in these seven days?
Li Si remembered the introduction of the task [Ihalus's persistence] that he had accepted.
"Because of Ihalus's persistence, time will always be stagnant."
Before, Li Si thought that this meant that all the residents in the town had become undead creatures, so there would be no new changes in the town.
Now it seems that "stagnant in time forever" may also mean that under the influence of the illusion, the time of the town is always changing in a cycle.
Gul Festival will never come?
Tsk!
Li Si speculated in his heart, a little unsure.
Gul Festival. Is there really a problem?
What happened at Gul Festival?
The legendary wizard Ihalus froze the time of the town forever, and it could never move forward again.
He didn't want Gul Festival to come?
Or, he didn't want Zhuo to welcome Gul Festival?
Li Si thought about it, then turned around and told Taiya:
"Ya'er, I'm going out for a while, you stay in the room first."
"No, I want to go with you."
Taya jumped out of the quilt and ran to Li Si's side, hugged Li Si's shoulders, shook her head firmly, and rarely listened to Li Si's words.
"Okay."
Li Si felt Taiya's firmness, and knew that the girl was worried about his safety, so he didn't say anything more.
Well, I don't know if there will be other abnormalities tonight, so let Taiya stay with me.
Immediately, Li Si held Taiya in his arms in a princess hug, jumped out of the window, and used magic to fly in the air.
This is a real "princess hug"!
The clothes they wore were very thin, but with their strong physiques, the cool breeze at night had little effect at all.
Flying in the night sky, Li Si and Taiya overlooked the small town below.
The whole town seemed to be hidden in the darkness, and fell into a dead silence, without even a little light.
Li Si did not delay and flew towards the town square.
Soon, Li Si and Taiya arrived at the square.
Yesterday, Li Si passed by here, and Taiya and Zhuo also came here when they were strolling around during the day.
At that time, the preparations for the entire Gul Festival were almost completed, including the high platform used for the celebration, the bonfire firewood pile, and the surrounding stalls.
But now in front of the two people, all the facilities of the celebration are being dismantled.
The people who dismantled it were none other than the residents of the town who were happily preparing for all this during the day. Looking around, there were densely packed heads.
Have all the residents of the town come here?
Li Si also saw the old Milo of the Golden Coconut Tavern from the crowd. His seemingly old body is now carrying a log pile that is much thicker than him and walking towards the Golden Coconut Tavern.
The residents now have pale faces, expressionless faces, and stiff movements to dismantle those things.
Compared with the energetic and lively performance during the day, they are now more in line with the impression of undead creatures.
Dong~
Dong~
Except for the collision and a few footsteps when the wooden boards were dismantled, it seemed even more eerie in this empty night.
The scene that appeared in front of Li Si and Taiya was just like a horror movie, which made people feel deeply uneasy and terrified.
These residents should be unconscious, and they were controlled by the illusion to come here to dismantle the preparations for the Gol Festival.
After all, the illusion can modify people's memories, but there is no way to directly affect things in reality, so it can only control the undead residents to change everything.
Let the town return to the state of the week before Gol Festival.
As for the changes in these materials, food and other utensils, the illusion can completely modify the memory to cover this up.
What a big deal!
So this small town is constantly repeating the seven days before Gol Festival!
Li Si sighed. The current scene may be extremely weird to ordinary people, but it is nothing to Li Si and Taiya.
Li Si also planned to test these undead residents, but after thinking about it, he gave up.
It's already troublesome enough at this time, and it will be bad if it causes abnormal changes again.
Li Si thought in his heart and looked around the square.
Zhuo Ou didn't appear here?
Did he just leave with something, or did he not come here at all?
Li Si thought it should be the latter case. After all, for this illusion, Zhuo Ou was the most special existence.
After leaving the square, Li Si took Taiya to the city lord's mansion again.
However, there was no change after taking out the concealment array, so Li Si had to leave there and return to the hotel.
Looking at the sky outside the window that began to turn slightly white, Li Si had a headache.
If this illusion repeats for seven days, then Gul Festival will never come?
In this case, Li Si will also not be able to experience Gul Festival, and naturally he will not be able to know the truth about Gul Festival.
How to break this time loop?
