Irene soon understood what Yu Sheng meant by the "system of rules".
"Actually, I'm not very sure. As I said, my memory of many things is blurred, even a lot of the most basic knowledge - the impact of this painting on me is not just as simple as memory loss, it has changed over a long period of time.
It dismantled my thinking," the puppet in the painting pointed at his head and said slowly, "Many of the characteristics of 'hunger' are just superficial impressions. I rearranged them based on my own understanding. You
It’s best to just use it as a reference.”
"...Anyway, it is true that that thing is difficult to deal with," Yu Sheng pondered for a moment and nodded, "It seems that there must be an alternative plan. If the monster cannot be dealt with, we should also find a way to kill Hu.
Taking Tanuki out of that valley - by the way, taking her out of that foreign land should also get rid of the influence of 'hunger', right?"
"It should be possible. The influence of a foreign land cannot spread to reality, but to be honest, it is ridiculously difficult to bring another person out of a foreign land under the blockade of 'hunger'."
Irene was thinking and talking, then suddenly raised her head and stared directly at Yu Sheng: "Oh no, you really plan to solve that thing by yourself... No, let's not talk about how you solve it, how do you do it?
Do you know that you can definitely return to that valley?"
"Isn't that what you said? Once a person comes into contact with a foreign land, he can never get rid of this connection," Yu Sheng said casually, "I understand that it is like falling into a pit of quicksand, and you can only keep sinking down.
, even if I ran out temporarily, I only held on for a while during the sinking process..."
Erin stared: "I said that, but what it means is that after you deal with foreign lands, you will establish contact with the entire field 'beyond reason', and you will have a higher chance of contacting other people."
It does not mean that you will definitely return to the foreign land you were exposed to in the first place. This thing is completely random!"
"But I have an intuition that I will see that monster and the valley again soon." Yu Sheng met Irene's eyes seriously. "I am not completely 'disconnected' from that place. It
…It seems like she’s still waiting for me to come back.”
A trace of solemnity flashed in Irene's scarlet eyes. She thought for a while and then spoke uncertainly: "...spiritual intuition?"
"I don't know if that's the spiritual intuition you're talking about," Yu Sheng spread his hands, "but since I dealt with that monster, I did start to 'feel' something. It's very vague, but it seems to be accurate."
"... Even if it is stimulated, it is difficult for ordinary people to produce spiritual intuition in such a short period of time, let alone control and utilize it to a certain extent." Irene couldn't help but look Yu Sheng up and down, with a bit of amazement on her expression.
"I'm afraid you are not a natural investigator..."
Yu Sheng opened his mouth: "Ah, is this a good thing?"
Irene thought for a while, then said as usual: "The mortality rate of investigators is quite high."
Yu Sheng: "..."
Before he could say anything, Irene heard another sentence from her broken mouth: "But ordinary people who are in contact with foreign lands and are unable to develop spiritual intuition have a higher mortality rate."
The corner of Yu Sheng's mouth trembled twice: "That's okay, it's not a big problem."
Irene was immediately shocked by Sheng's open-mindedness, while Yu Sheng just shook his head and stood up from the dining table.
A voice immediately came from the oil painting: "Hey, what are you doing?"
"Kitchen! I've been sleeping all day, and dinner hasn't been served yet!" Yu Sheng turned around and glared at Irene, "Why do you get so nervous whenever I move somewhere, as if I'm going to throw you away?
of?"
"Nonsense, I have a problem moving on my own now. Do you know how uneasy I feel - and you can fall into a foreign land as soon as you go out, how do I know if you will fall into the trap when you get out?
He disappeared again, and then heaven and man were separated forever..."
Irene's mouth was a little twitchy as always, but Yu Sheng just frowned and realized that the other person seemed to just want to care about him.
And... I realized that this doll was trapped in an oil painting, which resulted in my inability to control my own situation and the state of worrying about gains and losses after finally finding someone with whom I could communicate.
He thought for a while, stood up and picked up Irene from the dining table.
The latter immediately exclaimed: "Hey, what are you doing? I...I'm still watching TV. I'm warning you, don't hang me back in the room on the second floor! I...at worst, I won't speak anymore. You put me first."
Put it back..."
"It's no fun cooking alone. You have nothing to do anyway. Go to the kitchen and talk with me."
Irene was startled for a moment, secretly observing Yu Sheng's expression from the edge of the frame. She seemed a little disbelieving, but quickly nodded: "Okay, okay!"
Yu Sheng curled his lips, carried Irene into the kitchen, put her on the window sill, then turned around to open the refrigerator and check the ingredients for dinner.
But the figure of the beaver came to mind - the moment he saw the food, he couldn't help but think of the demon fox girl squatting in the ruins of the ruined temple, holding a rotten vegetable leaf in her mouth and looking at him from a distance.
She is still hungry.
Yu Sheng pursed his lips, suppressed many thoughts in his heart, and took out the remaining stew and two steamed buns from the morning.
Just heat up the leftovers with steamed buns and cook some porridge at night.
He put the steamed buns and stewed meat out of the refrigerator into the microwave, then washed the rice and prepared porridge. Yu Sheng was busy in silence, and after half a minute he began to regret bringing Irene into the kitchen -
This Bibi Ji was restless from the moment he opened the refrigerator!
"Hey, your refrigerator is quite big! Can you use such a big refrigerator by yourself?
"That's the meat you stewed in the morning, right? Not to mention, that 'local specialty' looks quite normal after being processed... Doesn't it really come to life suddenly in the bowl?
"Why don't you just cook some porridge? Then there's nothing interesting about it. Why don't you carve a flower out of a radish, or even a seal?
"Why don't you turn on the range hood...Oh, you didn't cook.
"Isn't it getting dark outside? Turn me around. I'll look at the street... If it doesn't work, then I won't.
"What's your mother's last name?"
Yu Sheng finally couldn't bear it anymore and carried Irene to the pool: "Believe it or not, I will soak you in it right now! I will use dish soap to scrub you until the color fades. Believe it or not!"
Erin shrank her neck instantly, hugged the teddy bear and sat back on the chair: "If you don't say it, don't say it..."
The world is finally clean.
Irene returned to the window sill, hugged the teddy bear and sat on the chair, looking at Yu Sheng, who was leaning against the stove in a daze, neither of them speaking.
After an unknown amount of time, it was Eileen who broke the silence first: "I still think it is dangerous to deal with 'Hunger' by one person. Although I can't remember how powerful that entity is, it is definitely not something ordinary people can deal with.
Yes, you...will die."
"I will rise again."
"I'm serious!"
"I'm serious too."
Irene stared at Yu Sheng as if she was a little angry.
But she was only angry for a few seconds and then sighed.
"Seriously, think of another way. Find a way to get in touch with the group of people in this city who specialize in fighting foreign lands. Don't take any chances."
"I don't want to take risks, I just think that 'risk' will find me," Yu Sheng shook his head, "But I know what you mean, I will not die casually, as for those 'professionals' you mentioned, I will go
Looking for them."
"Oh, that's good."
Dinner was spent peacefully. Irene watched a non-nutritious urban drama on TV and occasionally commented on the people and things in the plot. Yu Sheng ate seriously and occasionally responded to Irene's beeps.
.
Yu Sheng ate this meal very cleanly. In the end, he didn't even miss the last bit of broth in the bowl. He wiped the edge of the bowl with a steamed bun and got it all clean.
"I'm going out." After cleaning up the dining room and kitchen, Yu Sheng changed into clothes for going out and casually said to Irene.
Erin, who was watching TV, immediately raised her head when she heard this, with a hint of panic on her expression: "Where are you going?!"
"Go to the small supermarket at the intersection and buy some food. It's not far away," Yu Sheng said, noticing the expression on Irene's face. She was a little dumbfounded. "Don't be so nervous. I don't fall into a foreign land every time I go out."
Here...don't worry, although this house is a bit weird, I will observe it first every time I open the door."
"Um, okay," Erin scratched her hair and was a little confused, "but I saw there were quite a lot of things in the refrigerator before."
"I'm going to buy some more," Yu Sheng said. "They don't need to be stored in the refrigerator. They are convenient and ready to eat."
Erin understood.
"Oh, okay, then be careful when you go out...be sure to remember not to go out directly after opening the door! Take a look outside first!"
Yu Sheng laughed.
It had been a long time since anyone had said "Be careful when you go out" to him. Although the person who said this this time was a doll who usually talked trash, it felt pretty good.
He changed his clothes, thought about it, and stuffed several pieces of bread and biscuits into his pockets. Then he came to the door, held his hand on the doorknob, and took a gentle breath.
To be honest, since the last time he pushed open this door and fell directly into a foreign land, he did have a little... shadow about this door.
But that doesn't mean you'll never leave the house.
Yu Sheng gritted his teeth and slowly opened the door.
First, I opened a crack, then opened it wider, and carefully observed the situation outside.
After confirming repeatedly for a long time, he took a breath and walked out of the house.
Fortunately, that door is not that evil.
It seems that falling into a foreign land after coming out of that house is not a very high probability event. Maybe specific conditions are needed to trigger a certain "effect" of that door? Maybe it needs to be opened several times, or a specific
time point?
Yu Sheng was walking on the street. After he felt a little calmer, he couldn't help but think about this thing. But no matter what, he was really relieved.
He walked briskly through the street with almost no passers-by. Soon he came to the small supermarket at the intersection and opened the door.
The moment he pushed the door open, he already felt a thrill in his heart, and then——
Hot wind blew in my face, the scorched earth opposite the door was steaming with heat, a crashed aircraft was billowing thick smoke on the hills in the distance, and two heavily armed men, wearing some kind of pitch-black armor that looked like aliens,
The people in power armor were struggling with each other, and one of them suddenly raised his hand, and with a "chi" sound, a plasma light blade was ignited at his wrist, and he stabbed towards the opposite side.
Then, the two black canned men dressed like astral mercenaries seemed to notice the gazes from the side at the same time, and suddenly turned their heads to look at Yu Sheng, the dark red monitor on the faceplate flickering.
Yu Sheng: "...?"
Chapter completed!