Chapter 307 : Chapter 307

Chapter 307: Ninglan New City History Museum

“Hmm? I’m fine, Little Han. Since when did I need you to worry about me?”

Bai Yu forced a smile at me as if she had just snapped back to reality.

“What? Can’t Big Sis Bai let me worry about her for a bit?”

“Of course, you can.”

“Well, isn’t that just fine then?”

I said to Big Sis Bai in a slightly relaxed tone, but for some reason, the atmosphere was still a bit heavy.

After walking out of the cordoned-off area, the number of people on the street increased, slightly alleviating the current mood.

There were still quite a few City Guards maintaining order here, and of course, there was no shortage of melon-eating onlookers enjoying the spectacle.

“Big Sis Bai, are you really concerned about what happened just now?”

I once again took the lead in breaking the silence and asked.

Big Sis Bai’s change from before to now was entirely caused by the Nightmare demon’s words.

So, apart from this matter, I really didn’t know what other topic to start with.

“What happened just now? What’s the matter? I’m fine.”

“Unwilling to admit it… and still saying you’re fine. This clearly means something is wrong. Are you still trying to fool me?”

I ruthlessly exposed Big Sis Bai’s act of playing dumb.

“Haha… give… give your Big Sis Bai some privacy. Some things just take time to accept, but… Little Han, you don’t seem surprised at all,” Bai Yu turned her head to look at Little Han, who was holding her arm, and said.

“That’s right… because, before that detestable Nightmare demon said it, I already had such a guess. Her words just confirmed my speculation.”

“So you already guessed it…”

“It’s a very simple and obvious truth, isn’t it? Big Sis Bai must have thought of it too, but was just unwilling to face the problem?”

“Now that you put it that way, Little Han… it seems so. Thinking back on it, it seems a lot of things can be explained. I’m sorry, Little Han, for making you worry about me because of this.”

Hearing my words, Bai Yu was stunned for a moment, then seemed to have thought of something.

“Since you’ve admitted that you made me worry, then has Big Sis Bai figured it out now? If you haven’t, then my worry would have been meaningless.”

Holding Big Sis Bai’s arm, I sat down on a nearby bench as we passed by, pulling Big Sis Bai down with me.

Perhaps we really should sit down and talk about this properly.

“What was Big Sis Bai worried about in that instant?”

“Worried… I wouldn’t say it was worry… It just felt like something I had been holding onto snapped in that instant.”

Bai Yu was also organizing her words at this moment, trying to describe her inner feelings.

But if everything in this world could be clearly described with words, then there wouldn’t be so many misunderstandings and grievances.

“Is that so? This means… Big Sis Bai’s sense of belonging to the world we are in is really high.”

“A sense of belonging?”

“Yes, a sense of belonging. A… concept that cannot be described with words. Has Big Sis Bai ever thought about why? After digging deep into many things, a thought of doubt will arise. Does Big Sis Bai have any lingering attachments to the world we are in?”

“Lingering attachments… I don’t know. It seems there aren’t any in this world… no, there’s still you, Little Han.”

“Aww.”

I deliberately dragged out the sound, then moved closer to Big Sis Bai.

“Am I that important in Big Sis Bai’s heart?”

“Silly girl, of course you are,” Bai Yu reached out and pinched my little face that had moved closer and said with a smile.

“So Big Sis Bai still can’t figure out why she has such a sense of belonging to the original world?”

“Silly Little Han, if a person doesn’t even have a sense of belonging to the world they live in, how tiring would that life be…”

“Tiring?”

“Aren’t you tired? Little Han, I can see that you don’t seem to agree with my point of view.”

“Of course… just because it has always been so doesn’t mean it should be so. Big Sis Bai, do you think… a sense of belonging could be a scam forced upon us by the world? Or is it a predicament of self-awareness caused by the limitations of cognition?”

“Little Han, why are you talking to me about this? Of course, I know that just because it has always been so doesn’t mean it should be so, but isn’t this scam you’re talking about a bit too much?”

“Is it too much? Big Sis Bai, do you still remember the Earth Vein Chains I told you about… and the World Consciousness? With these variables, do you still think it’s not possible that this is a scam?”

“This…”

“Actually, we don’t need to worry about these things. What sense of belonging, what foreign invaders, living in the present is the most important thing. Big Sis Bai, will you hate the Witch Academy now that you know this? Will you continue to attend? Do you still want to become a transcendent witch?”

“I… won’t hate it, nor will I have such thoughts,” Bai Yu shook her head and said.

“That’s right. We still have a promise to become transcendent witches together, to explore the void, and to choose a world we like to live in until we’re tired of it…”

“Alright Little Han, don’t say such things in this kind of place.”

“Hehe, it’s good that Big Sis Bai still remembers.”

Seeing that what I said was effective, I didn’t bring up this matter again.

After all, I really didn’t know how to comfort her about this kind of thing.

It was better to just divert her attention than to try and counsel her.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the ruins outside the city.

“This… where is this?”

At this moment, Tan Han looked at the surrounding ruins, a trace of bewilderment flashing in her eyes.

Then, she quickly observed her surroundings to confirm if there was any danger.

“As expected… the Sleeping Curse… my consciousness is really trapped in… is this another world?”

Tan Han looked around and found that the people who had come with her were all gone.

“It seems we didn’t arrive at the same place?”

Thinking of this, Tan Han no longer hesitated and immediately set off.

After all, there would be no result if she stayed in the same place.

Only by moving could she find a slight possibility.

She had come here this time to break the so-called Sleeping Curse.

She had to find the source of it and then eliminate it completely!

This way, this so-called curse should be able to be lifted.

Of course, there was another more important matter, which was to find the others who had also fallen into this deep sleep with her.

She couldn’t just watch as the others died here.

At this moment, everything she had to face was unknown, and she needed to explore it slowly on her own.

“Who? Who’s there!”

“Eh? Is that… Big Sis Tan Han? It’s me! Minian.”

“Minian? Are you nearby?”

“It’s really Big Sis Tan Han! That’s great, I thought I was going to have to act alone.”

Minian, upon seeing Tan Han, excitedly went over to meet up with her.

After all, after arriving in a strange place, having a companion was really more important than anything else.

“Minian… that’s great. Since you’re also nearby, maybe the others are too. Let’s look for the others first.”

“That’s true… then should we split up to look? What if we get separated?”

“How about this…”

Tan Han felt the magic power source and spellbook in her body, and it seemed that everything was normal.

“I’ll leave a spell mark on you, and then I’ll be able to find you. Also, be careful, Minian. We are very unfamiliar with this place. If there is any danger, prioritize your own safety. Don’t force yourself.”

“I know, Big Sis Tan Han.”

Minian looked at the mark Tan Han had placed on her, and then she no longer hesitated and began to act separately.

However, they still had some self-awareness and didn’t go too far.

After all, no one knew what kind of danger they would encounter here.

Within Ninglan New City.

“Excuse me, are you Miss Yang Yuehan and Miss Bai Yu?”

“Hmm? Yes, and you are?”

At this moment, Big Sis Bai and I looked at the old man who had suddenly appeared in front of us and asked.

The fact that the other party could call out our names meant that he must have learned about us through some channel, most likely related to that City Lord.

“Oh, I’ve finally found you. I… am a staff member of the Ninglan Xiang Hotel, I guess. The City Lord specifically instructed me to prepare a place for the two of you to live. Is it convenient for the two of you to go to the Ninglan Xiang Hotel with me, or should I just inform you directly…”

“Inform us directly. We don’t plan to go back for the time being,” I said.

After all, it was still early.

After knowing our room number, this old man no longer disturbed us and left silently.

But wasn’t the Ninglan Xiang Hotel attacked before?

Was it repaired so quickly?

Forget it, I guess that Nightmare demon didn’t destroy the building there.

“Hmm… where were we just now? I kind of forgot after being interrupted.”

“Since you’ve forgotten, it means that the topic just now wasn’t important, right?”

“That’s true!”

I nodded.

After all, the reason Big Sis Bai and I were chatting like this was to hope that Big Sis Bai wouldn’t be confused by that damn Nightmare demon’s words.

After chatting for so long, I probably knew why Big Sis Bai was like this.

Maybe the answer to the question was very simple, but I had thought of it as too complicated.

“Then what should we do next? We can’t just sit here, right?”

I stood up, patted the folds of my clothes, then turned to look at Big Sis Bai.

“Hmm? Little Han, are you asking me what to do next? Shouldn’t you be asking yourself? I just need to accompany you on the side.”

“Hmm… then, let’s go look for that history museum in Ninglan New City? That City Lord said before that he had greeted the curator or something. It just so happens… we can go there and see if we can find anything. After all… according to that Nightmare demon, this place is also a part of our main world. Maybe… we can see something useful, even the history of a thousand years ago.”

“Go see history?”

“Mm, doesn’t Big Sis Bai want to go? Then just accompany me to have a look. Please please.”

“Alright, alright, Little Han, don’t make that kind of coquettish sound!”

“What? You can’t stand this kind of sound?”

I asked with a smile, a curve on my lips.

“That’s… not it. It’s mainly that you acting coquettishly like this… still feels a bit inexplicably…”

“Out of place?”

“It’s cute.”

Bai Yu also stood up with a smile at this moment.

She was too fond of Little Han acting coquettishly towards her like this, liking it for no reason.

Then, we began to wander around this city, asking for the location of the history museum along the way, and heading there.

“Ladies… you must be outsiders. The City Lord has told me about you…”

At this moment, the old man standing in front of us was the curator of this huge history museum behind him.

Although this place looked like a rather prosperous area, there were even fewer people in the museum than on the empty square outside.

When we first arrived, this old man was still sunbathing in a lounge chair at the entrance.

“The City Lord is so efficient?”

“That’s natural. That’s the City Lord’s style of doing things. Besides, it was just a phone call. I didn’t expect there would still be people who are interested in the history of Ninglan New City. Do you need this old man to show you around?”

“Wait, does this museum only collect and record the history of Ninglan New City?”

I asked.

“Yes, it’s the history of Ninglan New City. There are also photos and achievements of the successive Ninglan City Lords. What I like most in there is what was left behind by the first Ninglan City Lord…”

This old man introduced it to us and led us into the history museum.

The first thing that caught our eye was a huge front hall.

This curator knew the collections in the museum like the back of his hand.

Even though we didn't say anything, he talked on and on for a long time.

Perhaps this was his romance, or maybe it was because he hadn't shared these things he valued with others for a long time.

When we walked in and found that there weren't many visitors, I should have thought of it.

The people of Ninglan New City didn't pay much attention to history.

After all, it was just the history of a city.

A whole thousand years of history was condensed in one history museum, and it was even… a bit empty.

This really couldn't arouse people's interest.

And just as this curator said, what was recorded here was the history of Ninglan New City.

There was no record of the history before that, no related records, only related collections.

But this didn't have any meaning, because these collections from before the establishment of Ninglan New City, as long as you went out of the city, there were plenty of them in the ruins.

Without the corresponding historical interpretation, it was impossible to understand what the world was like before that.

But according to the Nightmare demon, the outsiders had forcefully conquered the main world, so that must have been a very tragic war.

“Thank you… it seems I haven’t told others about these histories like this for a long time. Although I know you probably didn’t listen much, right?”

“Hmm… I’m sorry, I originally thought that there was a history of the ruins outside Ninglan New City from a thousand years ago here.”

“There’s nothing to be sorry about. I haven’t talked to others like this for a long time either. But you’re actually curious about that great war from a thousand years ago? I’m sorry, that part of history… has been lost… I only remember what has been passed down by word of mouth, that it was a great war that affected the entire world. I don’t know the rest. Who the enemy was, who won in the end, what the outcome was, these can no longer be verified…”

Speaking of this, this elderly curator also shook his head.

But we knew that in that great war, it was those transcendent races that won, and… established a new order in this world.

The people of the main world had failed and had become pastures for those transcendent academies to carve up talent… Perhaps this sounded a bit harsh, but there was actually no need to put it another way.

Thinking back now, the release of the birth restrictions and the encouragement of childbirth, wasn’t this to hope to mass-produce talent?

I vaguely remembered that my cheap parents were already pregnant with their third child.

Oh no, it should be their second child.

I heard that I wasn't their biological child?

But I didn't want to verify these things now.

I didn't know if it was a younger brother or a younger sister.

None of this had anything to do with me anymore.

However, when I walked to the depths of the history museum, I saw something that interested me very much.

It seemed to be a… fragment?

But I saw runes on it.

“This was once a very ordinary ruin fragment from outside the city, but someone gave it a special value. That first Ninglan City Lord, he comprehended the initial extraordinary skills from it. Relying on such skills that utilize extraordinary power, we established Ninglan New City on the ruins. Of course, the completion of Ninglan New City was also inseparable from the Ninglan Shelter Stele.”

“He comprehended… extraordinary skills… just by relying on this?”

I was a little shocked by this curator's explanation.

There were only a few of the most basic runes on it.

To spend a thousand years just relying on this bit of inspiration and develop their extraordinary skills to this level… no wonder they didn’t climb the technology tree.

They had chosen the wrong development route, right?

They had been stubbornly working on the field of runes until now?

But I also had to admire them.

This reminded me of the Type III Extraordinary Killer that had heavily injured that Nightmare demon before.

That must be a weapon driven by transcendent energy.

Its power was even more terrifying than an anti-materiel rifle.

After all, I had heard that Ninglan Qiuyu say that this one shot could blow a mutated beast apart, but it only left a penetrating hole in that Nightmare demon’s body… I could only say that that Nightmare demon’s physical quality was truly terrifying.

And since there was a Type III, maybe there was a Type IV, Type V, it was not impossible.

After all, if they wanted to defend the city in this ruin, how could they survive without powerful firepower?