The journey back in history is beautiful but extremely long, and it is very easy to get caught up in it.Shuttling through fragments of history, this is a great test of people's minds, those emperors and generals who exist in historical materials, whether they are peddlers and pawns that no one knows, when you experience their history, they are no longer just a group of pictures in historical memory, but have become a real existence of flesh and blood, they have their own joys and sorrows, have their own joys and sorrows, whether it is a heroic epic or a mediocre life, they will leave indelible traces in their own time and space.As a passer-by, Hao Ren did everything possible to put himself in the position of a spectator, maintaining a certain transcendent third-party perspective in this journey of historical retrospection—because he knew that only by maintaining this onlooker's perspective could he maintain himself through the long road of 10,000 years of history, without being swallowed up and assimilated by the endless illusions of history.It is not easy to maintain this state, and it is probably an impossible task for ordinary people, but Hao Ren has persevered with the mentality he has cultivated as a "censor" in the past few years.Jumping again and again, going back again and again, meeting Vivian at different times in history, and then hurriedly saying goodbye and embarking on a new journey.Not every historical journey deserves to be recounted in detail, and not every awakening Vivien goes according to plan, but in any case, Hao Ren and his friends have made it all the way.The journey through the snowfields of Siberia and the trip to France seemed a long time ago, after which they had traversed the vast primeval jungles of the Amazon, crossed the endless desolation of the Taklamakan Desert, and even drifted in the sea where there was nowhere to stay for half a month—until they found an ancient city at the bottom of the sea that had been sunk for thousands of years, and found the ancient chamber where Vivien's coffin was stored in the city that had been destroyed by a burst of magic.They have dealt with werewolf hermits in South America, fought against witchers of silver in the Mesopotamian plains, and with the help of Hasselblad, Hao Ren even managed to infiltrate the witchers' Asian headquarters and smuggle Vivien's coffin out of the Himalayas under the noses of thousands of witchers.Genghis Khan's iron horse, the palace of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, the Aztec city-state, one after another in history, almost into a symbolic thing floating in front of his eyes, Hao Ren seems to experience the same feeling as Vivian in this continuous journey of retrospection: time passes, the vicissitudes of life, the whole world is constantly transformed by its inhabitants, although the sun will still rise every day, but the setting sun will always shine on a new earth, the world of human beings, the world of "gods", In this ever-flowing history, it has been reshuffled and reorganized countless times, and even the most glorious and great dynasties, which even the rulers themselves thought would be eternal, often did not last for generations.The only constant is the eyes of the bystanders."
We'll see you in the next era."
Vivien's figure had faded into the air, and only the sound seemed to linger in her ears.After a long while, Hao Ren exhaled, stood up and looked at the few people standing beside him.Hasselblad was boredom carving a piece of gray-white wood with her knife, as if to see if she could leave a mark on this space-frozen "substance", Hasselblad was carefully checking her witcher gear to make sure that these powerful weapons were always in the best possible condition, while Lily sat not far away, eating shrimp crackers and potato chips from Haoren's personal space.The place where they were currently was a small room, with a wooden floor, wooden walls, a wooden ceiling, and a slatted window with thick paper embedded in the wall next to Lily, the window was propped open, and all that could be seen was chaos outside.There was no decoration in the room, except for a low square table in the center of the room, surrounded by a few cushions, and a man dressed as an ancient Chinese military general was standing in the corner with a surprised expression, his stunned expression already covered with a layer of gray and white with the stillness of time and space.Hethanna put away the knife and said casually: "This fire in Chibi is really big." ”"No wonder Cao Cao lost so badly," Lily not far away didn't raise her head, "I actually set up camp on top of Vivian's underground palace, let alone let Zhuge Liang come, I can win." ”Heatherian scolded Lily: "You just blow it, just with a stupid arm?"
Hundreds of thousands of people standing still and letting you kill you will have to exhaust yourself to death......"
Hao Ren couldn't help but smile when he saw the little bat spirit arguing with Lily like Vivien, and then he stood up and walked towards the wooden door of the cabin that was faintly shining with a glimmer of light."
Let's go, the next stop is waiting for us."
The door was opened, and it was a new fragment of time and space.Hao Ren squinted his eyes and got used to it, and found himself standing on a wide, straight avenue.It is a wide stone-paved walkway, lined with tall and grayish houses of stone and wood, in the typical classical Greek style, and at the end of the street you can see a huge square with fountains and sculptures.Bustling pedestrians come and go on the avenue, mostly wearing white or gray "robes", some of the fabric of the "robes" is wrapped around half of their bodies and draped over their shoulders to form mostly decorative draping folds, while women's clothing is more complex in shape, but the color is still mainly white.It is not difficult to judge from the clothing, the life of these people is at least at the level of worry-free food and clothing.It seems to be a big city – and it's even cleaner than it was in 14th-century Europe.Hao Ren glanced back and found that he had come out of a wooden door embedded in a huge sculpture pedestal, and this abrupt wooden door was obviously an anomaly caused by the dislocation of time and space.Such a bizarre appearance is certainly not a matter of course, especially since it is a bustling city thoroughfare, so a large number of pedestrians soon stop and look curiously at these "out of the sculpture" guys.Hasselblad walked out after Hao Ren, noticing that there were so many idle people around him, the old hunter frowned, and waved his hand to release a powerful spiritual power: "It seems that we have arrived in a very lively place." ”The "Dispel Idlers" spell, which the witchers used most often in their covert operations, was the most convenient point for Hao Ren after Hasselblad joined the team, and under the effect of magical power, the passers-by who had been gathering a moment ago seemed to have forgotten their concerns, and shook their heads in confusion and left.Hethanna glanced at the surrounding architecture, and then at the costumes of the passers-by, and quickly deduced: "It must be in ancient Greece......
This is......
The city of Rome?
”The little bat spirit said, her face slowly revealing a different look, and the buildings full of ancient Greek style around her seemed to bring her an extraordinary sense of familiarity: "Heh, this is really a scene that has not been seen for a long time." ”Lily looked at her with some surprise: "You are familiar with the city of Rome?"
”"I cultivated in ancient Greece in the first place!
Then he went around all the city-states around ancient Greece and finally ran to Rome!
”Hethiana crossed her back, "Wait, let me think about it......
The first time I met Vivien after I cultivated here was probably in Rome!
”"You are a vampire with a western phantom wind as soon as you open your mouth, and you don't feel awkward to say it," Hao Ren's first reaction was to complain, and then he reacted immediately, "Wait, you said you first met Vivien in ancient Rome?"
”"Yes," Heatherian scratched her hair, "but I don't remember much about that time, after all, I had just changed from a small bat to a human form, and my brain was not very good, and I didn't have any idea of what was going on around me, I just vaguely remembered that Mistress Vivien found me and brought me some fragments of my life in ancient Rome, and this city was what I saw at that time......
Probably. ”Lily couldn't help but roll her eyes suddenly: "Your memory is not reliable, and you have the same virtue as a big bat." ”"Can I be blamed for this!"
Hether Anna crossed her waist, "I was a bat hanging upside down in a hole when I went to bed the night before, and when I woke up the next day, I walked upright, can you figure out what happened to you?"
It's not bad for me to remember a little bit of the customs, it's much better than you remember when you were a kid pulling a sleigh and running wildly in the woods!
”"I'm ......"
"Okay, okay, you two can't be quiet," Hao Ren glared at the two, and said in his heart that the husky didn't have to talk to Vivian, and she also found Vivian's trumpet to continue arguing, "It's important to get down to business."
Hethana, you said you followed Vivien around the city of ancient Rome, what was that time?
”Hethanna thought for a moment: "Anyway, Caesar wasn't dead that year. ”"How far have we gotten back to the first round?"
Hao Ren blinked and looked at Hasselblad."
Don't calculate, it's probably around the first year of the Common Era, and the error is less than a hundred years," Hasselblad crossed his arms, but his eyes were scanning all the details of the surrounding buildings and pedestrians, "according to the style of the pedestrians' clothing, it should be the Roman Republic, the empire has not yet been established, and the streets are orderly, so there is a high probability that Caesar is still in power - but I don't know if he has become a dictator." ”Hao Ren looked at Heatherian: "We may have come to a very delicate point in time - where did you and Vivien live back then?!"
”“…… I'll go, it won't be such a coincidence......"
Hethanna was a little confused, but quickly reacted and showed a somewhat depressed look, "It's been more than 2,000 years, how can I remember it." ”"Then look for it slowly," Hao Ren had a relaxed and happy expression on his face, "I'm afraid we can directly find a still awake Vivian this time." ”