The Hidden Knight of Mystra Chapter 041 Memory Magic Crystal
Looking at the dark cave entrance.
Roger couldn't help but frown.
The sudden sound made him somewhat defensive.
What if you rush into a cave without being sure whether the other party is a friend or an enemy and get blocked by a trap?
Then he suddenly had an idea and shouted towards the cave entrance:
"The cave entrance is too narrow."
“I can’t climb over!”
His words echoed in the cave for a long time.
After a long time, a "Oh" was heard from the other side.
Then there was a slight vibration sound in the cave.
Roger looked over curiously.
Not long after, a robot covered in rust crawled out of the hole in a panic.
To be honest, Roger had never seen such a "fat" robot.
Its limbs are extremely short and plump near the center, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it looks like a ball.
The robot's skin has long been eroded by time.
All that's left are countless potholes and bumps.
It looked like it was climbing the cave with great effort, just like an old man on his last legs.
See it like this.
Roger actually felt a little guilty.
"Huh?"
"Is the guest fatter than Ah Ba?"
The robot stood up unsteadily from the ground, and his voice was full of confusion as he looked at Roger.
Suddenly.
Its left foot shattered into silver flakes with a puff.
The robot fell to the ground, and its right foot became a decoration.
"How rude...I'm sorry to have embarrassed the guests."
Its voice was indescribably sad.
But before long, it became optimistic:
"That's good too. The guests can push me inside later, which saves a lot of trouble."
Roger was silent for a moment.
The robot's voice and reactions reminded him of a childhood playmate from his previous life.
He walked over and gently lifted it up:
"Are you okay?"
"Nothing? Of course he's fine. Ah Ba is a construct, how could he be in trouble?" (Note 1)
"Oops! How rude! I forgot to introduce myself."
The robot said solemnly:
"My name is Ah Ba, and I am the 'teaching elder' of the Qingquan Sect."
At this point, it scratched its head in an anthropomorphic way, and said with a hint of desolation:
"Maybe... he is the last member of the Qingquan Sect in the world."
Roger nodded slightly.
Somehow, this construct gave him a strangely familiar feeling.
"I haven't had time to ask for the guest's name yet?"
Ah Ba looked at Roger.
Its eyes are small and glow with a reddish glow.
"Roger."
This time, Roger decided to tell the truth.
"Mr. Roger, why don't we try again to see if we can get through?"
Ah Ba's mood seemed to be rising:
"Master Qu Feng said that it is very rude to let guests stand outside to talk."
Roger was infected by its emotions and laughed as well:
"good."
Then he pushed Ah Ba into the cave.
Although the cave was low, Roger only needed to bend down to pass through it.
He pushed Ah Ba for a while before he saw a faint light.
Not long.
The terrain suddenly became clear.
The cold rocks above my head turned into the distant night sky, and the cramped cave was replaced by the vast earth.
At that moment, Roger seemed to be in the wilderness of the night plains.
At a glance.
The lost temples, collapsed houses, abandoned farmlands, and fields and roads buried by sand are all vivid in my mind!
This doesn’t look like a dungeon scene at all!
Roger stared at the night sky for a long time, making sure that those twinkling stars were not gems underground.
"Sir, you must be very curious, right?"
Ah Ba said: "Unfortunately, I can't explain this phenomenon clearly."
"I remember that a long time ago, there was a "mountain protection formation" above the Qingquan Sect; at that time, standing here, you had the opportunity to see the magnificent sunset and waterfalls."
“I don’t know when it turned into this endless starry sky.”
"It took me a long time to realize that the dojo had sunk into the ground."
"This way, please, this way..."
Roger pushed Ah Ba forward.
The road was lined with ruins severely eroded by wind.
Passing by a well-preserved courtyard, Roger also saw a swing covered in dust.
She seemed to have noticed his gaze.
Ah Ba said sullenly:
“A lot of people used to live here.”
Roger asked softly:
"What happened next?"
Ah Ba recalled intermittently:
"A message from the King of Taren."
"Master Qu Feng hurried out of the mountain and never came back."
"The senior brothers and sisters left one after another."
“Those who didn’t leave died overnight.”
"Only the little squirrel is still with me."
"But then the little squirrel died, too."
"I buried them all in the cemetery on the back hill."
"Later..."
“I can’t find their graves.”
…
Although Ah Ba's memory is incomplete.
But Roger also extracted a lot of useful information from it:
For example, he knew that the country where the Qingquan Sect was originally located was called "Taren";
Tarun and the Qingquan Clan have a close relationship;
The master of the Qingquan Sect's dojo is "Master Qufeng", and the fire-repelling bead in Roger's hand was made by him;
…
For example, a disaster may occur overnight.
Except for the construct Ah Ba and a being called "Little Squirrel", no one else was spared.
This information had a great impact on Roger.
Recalling the various scenes I saw on the Liuxian Wall, I compared them with the broken walls and ruins before my eyes.
For the first time, Roger felt some indescribable emotions, and only four words remained in his heart.
"A lot has changed in the world."
…
"You really can't remember how many years have passed?"
Roger couldn't help but ask.
Ever since he learned about the existence of the great catastrophe, he has been very curious about the exact time when the catastrophe will occur.
He asked many people but couldn't get a clear number.
The old man in Tongma Town, Cindy in Longya Village... none of them could tell Roger a more accurate history.
If Ah Ba was not lying, then he was a life that existed before the catastrophe.
It is the one that is closest to the truth.
However, the construct's answer was regrettable:
"I'm sorry , but it's really rude not to remember the year."
"But Ah Ba's memory module is too bloated. In order to complete the final mission, I had to delete a lot of unnecessary things, which made my mind a mess."
"Did you see those memory crystals on the ground? Those are the parts I replaced. They should contain a lot of memories."
"Unfortunately, my memory slot has been completely worn out. If you have another construct, you can try to read these memories."
They came to an open field.
Ah Ba said this while pointing at a pile of shiny objects not far away.
Roger noticed that a batch of magic crystals were placed separately on a stone shelf, covered with a small piece of gray-white tarpaulin.
"Are those magic crystals also your memories?"
He asked.
"Ah, yes. These are the precious memories left by Ah Ba when he used to peek at his senior sisters and junior sisters taking baths."
The construct said happily:
"If you want to read it, please feel free to take it and read it!"
Roger was speechless:
"No... isn't this bad?"
Ah Ba shook his head and said:
"They have long been lost in the dust of history."
"Even I can't remember their voices and smiles."
"Although it's very rude to peek at someone taking a bath, it's better to let them be completely forgotten, right? What do you think, Mr. Roger?"
Roger smiled bitterly, not knowing what to say.
This elder teacher of Qingquan Sect is truly a genius in logic!
By some strange coincidence.
He walked over, picked up a piece of memory magic crystal and played with it carefully in his hand.
"Anyway, I'm not a construct, and I can't read these memories."
He said this to himself.
At this moment.
The data column suddenly moved!
…
"An intact memory crystal has been detected. Do you want to read the memory?"
…
“Fuck!”
Roger's expression suddenly became uncertain.
…
(Note 1: Constructs are robots in the fantasy world.
Ordinary constructs can only execute specific programs, such as "Iron Guard".
A construct infused with "Construct Enlightenment" is like having life.
If you are strong enough and have enough knowledge and materials, you can DIY various constructs, such as the "Pleasure Golem")
(What do newbies think of when they see the "Happy Golem"?)
