Chapter 491 Idealistic Theory
The game "Another World" appeared quietly on the Internet on the Earth plane. The first time players entered this other world with the help of a login helmet was in the year 1031 of the new calendar.
After experiencing two "NPC Winter Celebrations" in the "game", now is... the year 1033.
In other words, the children's fable in Professor Yin's hand was given from " Viscount " to "Young Carl Lawrence" 45 years ago.
This children's book has been printed for more than 45 years. Although the pages have turned yellow and brittle, the inner pages are still very "new". The paper is straight and there are no creases on the spine, indicating that it has not been flipped much.
It could also be that... the person who got the book did not have time to read this valuable and rare book over and over again.
Professor Yin slowly turned around and looked at this well-maintained room for the third time, his expression becoming more solemn...
"Books" are a luxury to the natives of this alien world.
The only paper with text that could be found in most civilian homes were either newspapers or cheap magazines with colorful advertisements printed on them. Books were very rare...Even for families with children of school age, their children attended workers' schools in big cities (usually run by factory owners) or private classrooms run by individuals. The textbooks they used often belonged to the school or classroom and had to be returned after graduation.
The unpopularity of printed publications is due to the backward and low productivity, as well as the practical need to control the spread of cult ideas and curb the spread of the occult. It is definitely not a good thing for people with an incomplete worldview and unstable mind to come into contact with the occult. National teams that have experienced actual governance of territories can also agree with this.
Viscount Carter, who donated the book, has been dead for more than 20 years. As for the evaluation of this viscount during his lifetime... I can only say that according to the aristocratic moral standards of this world, he could barely be considered a human being:
He did all kinds of bad things like land annexation, extortion, bullying men and women, and taking human lives, but he generously donated money to help his neighbors (for example, he once helped the Morgan Furniture Factory), arranged for the housekeeper to give quilts, clothes, coal and other heating supplies to the elderly in the town during the annual winter celebration, sheltered and rescued orphans, and set up low-cost private classrooms... This man did these things when he was alive.
Old newspapers that could be found in the town hall also published news that when Viscount Carter passed away, the townspeople of New Seely spontaneously held a funeral for the old nobleman.
All the old clothes in the closet were the sizes for children under ten years old. The owner of this room would most likely remain forever at the age when he would wear these clothes. Based on this calculation... Viscount Carter died of illness twenty years after the death of the young Carl Lawrence. The fact that the Lawrences had continued to keep the books that Viscount Carter had given to their deceased child for many years at least indirectly proved that... the old couple had no hatred towards the late Viscount Carter.
It seems that neither Viscount Carter nor the Lawrence family seem to have anything to do with the abnormal phenomena in New Seely Town... At least Professor Yin Zhengliang has not found any evidence to prove that the three are related.
But... Carl Lawrence, who most likely died forty-forty-five years ago, and the old couple who have carefully maintained their deceased child's room for decades... These vague pieces of information always make Professor Yin Zhengliang feel that something is wrong.
"This place is different from Earth... On Earth, as long as we can find out the evidence, conditions, and motives, the case will be solved. But this place... doesn't care about the conditions for committing a crime."
Professor Yin subconsciously raised his glasses, but because he was absent-minded, this habitual action almost caused his finger bone to poke into the big hole in his nose.
"Well... In a place where even skeletons can run all over the streets, normal earthling logic is really unreliable."
Professor Yin shook his bone claws in annoyance, put the children's fable in his hand back to its original place, and slowly walked down the stairs while thinking about the "Night Watch Mission" cases collected and organized by the national team.
The national team has carefully collected and organized the details of the "Redwall Farm Case" and "The Disappearance of Kent Bennett" cases that have been "solved" by players... The players who are doing the mission only treat these incredible cases as games, but the national team knows very well what these cases mean.
In "Redwall Farm Case", the national team learned how outrageous this surreal thing called "Sealed Object" is... A handmade statue the size of a palm can actually cause a serial murder case.
In "The Missing Boy", the national team was horrified to discover that an ordinary alien with a strong spirit can actually turn into an incredibly powerful evil spirit after death. Not only can he commit serial murders at will, he can even create a "space" independent of the main world.
With these ready-made cases as a foundation, when players in Dutata City and Tachia Territory rush to do the Night Watchman mission, the national team can calmly follow behind and preside over the finale...
In short, although it breaks the worldview of Earthlings... strong personal emotions (mental power) can indeed interfere with or even directly affect reality. This idealistic theory is not scientific at all and is completely inconsistent with the three views of materialism. Although these experts on the national team are very annoyed , they are also working hard to analyze, understand, and accept it...
The abnormal situation in Xinxili Town is extremely idealistic and has nothing to do with materialism at all.
"To solve this case, we need to put aside the conditions for committing the crime and focus on the motive... and the evidence."
"The living conditions and daily necessities of ordinary townspeople are relatively tight. Unlike the Morgan Furniture Factory and the sheriff's family, ordinary townspeople's families are not able to find clues of missing relatives even after many years... Why not start with the two confirmed victims' families and see if we can find any connection points..."
From leaving Carter's house to arriving at Lawrence's house, Professor Yin visited more than ten families in the town, and none of them could determine whether any relatives had disappeared in the family - several people shared the same room, the same clothes were worn by the father and then by the son, and by the eldest brother and then by the younger brother. Even Sherlock Holmes would be at a loss.
When he came downstairs and saw the old couple who were so nervous that they were about to hug each other, Professor Yin Zhengliang bowed slightly to apologize for disturbing them and asked Qi Tian to go out.
Before leaving...he looked back at the Lawrence couple.
From the outside, the Lawrence couple were just an ordinary elderly couple. Both of them were of the common thin stature (there were few fat people among the civilians in this alien world), with yellow eyes, few teeth left, and age spots on their faces and hands.
You can see many elderly people of this age group if you take a walk in the parks in China... The only difference between the two sides is the features of their facial features and the texture of their clothes - with the economic conditions of Lawrence's family and the productivity of this world, this couple certainly cannot afford any "high-quality" fabrics that are soft, skin-friendly, warm, windproof and non-irritating.
"It's not easy to live so long in this alien environment. Sigh... What a pity. If nothing happened to the child, now should be the time to enjoy family happiness."
As he walked out of the grocery store, Professor Yin Zhengliang felt an unspeakable emotion rising quietly in his heart.
Professor Yin is actually not young anymore... He was re-employed by the People's Public Security University after retiring from his post more than ten years ago. His actual age is not much different from that of the old couple. It is hard for him not to feel sympathy for these two peers from different worlds who lost their parents at an early age.
Next... Although he knew that it would be difficult to find valuable clues in the homes of ordinary townspeople, Professor Yin still diligently visited thousands of households in the town in order to avoid missing any clues.
This kind of boring, monotonous and repetitive investigation and interview work is really hard for most people to persist, except for experts like Yin Zhengliang who have worked on the front line... Anyway, Yang Qiu didn't persist and got busy with other things halfway through.
At the other end of the Carter Forest Field, the guys from Ai Pin Cai Hui Ying who tried to use the two anglers as baits couldn't hold on. They waited until 10 o'clock (Earth time) and didn't see any BOSS spawning, so they slapped their butts and changed places, cursing.
Then... Only hard work can win. This guy still refused to give up, dragging his friends who wanted to run away but couldn't, and returned to Xinxili Town...
"Brother Pin, why are you so stubborn? This mission is clearly stuck at a certain stage. I bet you that the idiot planner definitely didn't design the mission flow well. This mission will definitely be adjusted in the next online update." Ivan complained. "Of course, those idiots in the production team will definitely not admit their mistakes. They will definitely make some adjustments for you. If you don't believe me, let's try again after the next announcement. Maybe we'll have a clue for this mission all of a sudden."
"Alright, alright. I've already said that tonight is the last night. If we still have no results after tonight's work, we'll just give up. It's the last night after all, so let's just persevere." Only those who work hard can win, so he comforted her patiently.
After returning to the town, the players rushed non-stop...to the sheriff's house.
As the Aubrey family, who were preparing dinner, looked at them in anger and grief, and asked, "How many times are you going to come here?", these guys once again wreaked havoc on their family's home...
Westford's young and energetic second son looked at the undead who ran into the kitchen to disturb his eldest sister-in-law and mother from cooking dinner with a grim face. He went out to the garage next door and brought back a crowbar. Before he could do anything, he was hugged tightly by his old father and eldest brother.
"Are you crazy? Don't you know that even the army of the nobles can't deal with these undead?" The eldest son, who inherited his father's position as sheriff, angrily snatched the crowbar. "Even if you must cause trouble, don't do it at home!"
"It's because you guys are so indulgent that these damned undeads dare to be so arrogant!" The second son yelled with red eyes, "Don't stop me, Dad. I want to fight these bastards. They are the ones who messed up everything. I am not willing to endure it any longer this time!"
"That's enough, Dean, calm down!" Westford, sweating profusely, barely hugged his struggling second son. "The new city hall promised to arrange jobs for those who were not involved in the Carter family incident. The arrival of these undead was also allowed by the city hall. Calm down!"
The second son, Dean, not only failed to calm down, but became even more agitated: "Come on, Dad, you still believe those nonsense! Look how long it has been, has anyone from the City Hall come to care about our lives? Even if those guys really fulfill their promise, what kind of decent jobs will they arrange for us!"
Due to the abnormal situation in New Seeley Town, the new town hall will naturally not be open to the public - even the Night Watchmen dare not make this matter public, and the Undead Archon will definitely not confront the Night Watchmen.
Also because of the strange phenomenon in the town of Xinxili, the new city hall, which is already short of staff, will certainly not rashly arrange important civil servants and clerks before the incident is resolved - each of these indigenous people who have been trained with great difficulty is very important and cannot be wasted.
In the eyes of the townspeople of New Seeley, especially the housekeepers, butlers, and servants who were facing unemployment after the collapse of the Carter family, this treatment seemed like the New City Hall was deliberately snubbed...
Dean, the second son who had served as a butler in Carter's house for several years, was particularly resentful - he was one of the people who could not accept the overthrow of Viscount Carter's mansion overnight. Mrs. Carter might have problems, but the Carter family had so many young masters and nephews, and it was not like there was no one who could inherit the family business. Why could the new city hall cancel the Carter family's title and confiscate the Carter family's property?
He had relied on his father's reputation and his long-term relationship with the Carter family to get the opportunity to become a steward of the Carter Mansion. He had enjoyed a lot of glory in these years with this status - why should everything he had be taken away so easily? !
Even if the new city hall promised to arrange jobs for these people...but could the new city hall compensate him with a job that was as glorious and prestigious as the "Deacon of the Viscount's Mansion"?
Dean Aubrey didn't want to accept this reality from the bottom of his heart. At this moment, even his dinner was disturbed by the ghosts of the dead, the resentment in his heart burst out uncontrollably. At this moment, he only hoped that these damn ghosts would disappear together with the terrible realities he had to face.
During the two-on-one stalemate between Aubrey and his two sons... the undead, who never cared about the reaction of the homeowner during their "forced visit", all stopped their random actions and looked .
"What the hell - what the hell is this?" He who works hard will win looked in astonishment at Dean Aubrey who was stopped at the gate by his eldest brother and old father.
To be exact... he was looking behind this "NPC".
A hazy, strange, indistinct mist-like shadow quietly appeared behind Dean Aubrey's head, and...slowly and creepily, it drilled into Dean Aubrey's eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.
