Nursery Rhyme

Theoretically speaking.

Crafting the [Invisibility Cloak] is definitely the most valuable item in the crafting recipes.

However, after seeing the word "camera".

Memories of Linsey life flooded his mind, and a sense of nostalgia for the past took hold of him.

"A game shouldn't be all about combat."

"You always have to take a screenshot of the best parts."

Linsey smiled with relief.

He didn't hesitate for long, and along with the contribution of the Essence, a camera appeared in his luggage.

[Oddity/Material: Camera]

[A machine that perfectly preserves images in photographs. Please provide consumables such as paper periodically for printing photos; these can also be used as materials to create other props.]

[A special and mysterious item, its value unknown.]

"Value unknown?"

"Have the artisans of this world ever considered making something similar?"

Linsey lowered her head and thought for a moment.

Given the many wonders that craftsmen can achieve, they certainly have no problem creating tools with similar functions.

But it is also due to the influence of skill.

In a world with painters, there's really little chance that a camera would be created.

Linsey for a moment, then casually placed the camera back onto the Workbench.

[1 Camera + 1 Soul-Seizing Net + 1 Nether Core = Soul-Suppressing Camera]

[1 camera + 10 Precision Parts + 3 Battery Pack = Video Camera]

"This ' Soul-Suppressing Camera ' isn't for catching ghosts, is it?" Linsey shook her head slightly and began to pay attention to the Video Camera below.

He immediately thought of a popular job among time travelers—making movies.

"Precision Parts can be made using Special Metal."

"But where can we get the Battery Pack?"

Just as Linsey was pondering a brand new synthesis route, Wala Wala and Yao Xing were chatting nearby.

Both of them are local residents of the City of a Thousand Sails.

As the conversation went on, it naturally turned to their current situation.

"If we accept the punishment— Yao Xing, you probably wouldn't choose solitary confinement, would you?"

Yao Xing nodded:

"The Art Festival is coming soon, and the theater won't allow me to leave now."

"If you don't close it tightly, then you're paying money." Hearing Yao Xing's answer, Wala Wala took out her small purse and shook it lightly twice. "Sigh, this is my salary that I just received today!"

Linsey interjected in the dialogue at the appropriate time:

"After all, I was the one who started what happened tonight."

"I've made a lot of money recently, so let me handle the fine."

Linsey casually asked:

"But what do you mean by solitary confinement?"

"Does the City of a Thousand Sails still employ this type of punishment for criminals?"

Wala Wala nodded immediately:

"This is a unique form of punishment in the City of a Thousand Sails."

"Awakened individuals are thrown into a clean, pure white room; ordinary people are placed in a pitch-black space without any light. To put it simply, some people call them the Black Room' and the White Room '."

Yao Xing added from the side, "Of course, if you pay a reasonable fine, this kind of confinement can be reduced or waived."

Imprisonment in pure white and pure black spaces...

Linsey's expression was subtle:

"Isn't this a bit too much?"

"Wouldn't a person suffer a mental breakdown if they were locked up in that kind of environment?"

Wala Wala immediately explained, "In places where prisoners are kept in solitary confinement, there are usually Awakened Ones on duty. In addition to chores such as delivering food, they also check on the prisoners' condition regularly at sunrise, noon, and night."

"Under these premises, the duration of confinement is also designed to be timed to a person's mental critical point."

"Unless you've really done something utterly heinous."

"Otherwise, this kind of punishment wouldn't drive people to complete breakdown."

"..."

He spoke about these things in a Wala Wala manner.

The content is also detailed and comprehensive in all aspects.

After listening, Linsey couldn't help but ask:

"Wala Wala, how do you know so much?"

The girl gave Linsey a meaningful look, a wicked smile playing on her lips, "Hehe—"

"I didn't find out about these things by choice."

"..."

Linsey was convinced.

Wala Wala must have been put in solitary confinement before for some outrageous behavior, which is why she has such a genuine reaction.

Just then, a commotion came from outside the window.

Linsey immediately went to the window and peered out of the building, where she saw another group of people in Blue Robe escorting a group of people into the park.

Wala Wala and Yao Xing also came over:

"What happened?"

"More people were brought in as escorts."

"Judging from the direction they came from... it doesn't seem to be the Green District from before?"

"..."

Among those being escorted, there was no heavyweight actor like Yao Xing to lend his support.

They were all tied up tightly, their bodies covered in bruises and swelling.

Linsey immediately opened the map and tried to expand the reconnaissance area.

In complex urban areas, it is very difficult to figure out people's movements.

However, in the Art Association park below the Red Tower, fewer people are available for reconnaissance.

Linsey made a simple identification.

They discovered similar Blue Robe troops converging from all directions.

"This doesn't seem like a problem that only occurred in one district."

Linsey was perplexed.

A Blue Robe entered the room they were in.

This time, it was an acquaintance who came –Savat, with whom we had collaborated before.

Savat saw three people huddled by the window and straightened himself up first. "Gentlemen, the theater has submitted your fines, and you can leave now."

The Linsey merchant turned around and saw Savat, Wala Wala asked, "Savat, what's going on in the city?"

"There have indeed been a lot of disturbances in the City of a Thousand Sails lately, but it hasn't gotten to the point of tonight, has it?"

Savat replied with a wry smile:

"Several entrances to the Hallucination Dream malfunctioned simultaneously today, and quite a few people have also taken Rainbow Dream Potion to excess, making the situation somewhat tricky."

Linsey immediately said:

"It can't be a coincidence that so many places are experiencing problems at the same time."

Savat nodded in agreement:

"We're investigating this on our end too."

"However, the Red Tower Group's stance is still one of suppression and stability maintenance; we'll discuss other matters after the Art Festival is over."

After briefly explaining the reason, Savat added a hint: "Anyway, you should leave quickly—it's going to be cold tonight, so go home and get some rest."

"..."

Linsey and the other two understood the unspoken meaning in Savat's words.

Led by men in Blue Robe, they left the Art Association's campus.

But before they could leave the Red District, a melodious tune suddenly rang out from the Red Tower.

The sound was like a country folk song.

And it reveals innocence from everyone's childhood memories.

"..."

Linsey and her two companions stopped in their tracks.

This piece of music contains a powerful force that deeply moves people.

It does not force, coerce, or suppress.

With its captivating melody alone, it overshadowed the moonlight and drowned out the city's hustle and bustle, drifting through the city along with the nighttime sea breeze.

Just a few seconds.

The beautiful melody evokes the beauty in everyone's heart.

The entire city was completely overwhelmed by the sound, and there was no more noise or fear.

Look up at the night sky.

The clouds, cast shadows by the moonlight, danced along, as if the world itself were singing.

"..."

"Yao Xing, Wala Wala, you should go back first."

Linsey suddenly spoke up, Wala Wala immediately asked:

"Linsey, what are you doing?"

Linsey replied, "I just remembered I have something that needs to be taken care of in the water."

As soon as she finished speaking, Linsey jumped off the water and into the sea.

The roadside in the City of a Thousand Sails.

Wala Wala stared at the water below.

Linsey's figure quickly disappeared without a trace. Wala Wala could only sense that the other person's location had sunk deep into the water and was rapidly disappearing from her perception range.

Silver moonlight spilled onto the sea.

The water surface seemed to be dancing and swaying to the music playing throughout the city.

Wala Wala stood there, staring for a long time, before suddenly asking, "Yao Xing, can you swim?"

Yao Xing looked confused. "Swimming? Of course I can swim."

Wala Wala's legs trembled slightly.

When she spoke, it was as if she were facing some immense fear, but she still persisted in saying:

"Teach me, I want to learn to swim."