Report

A few days later, an investigation report against Cordou Village was submitted to Intis and Eighth Bureau, "" under the Intelligence and Homeland Security Committee. God of Steam and Machinery "Machinery Hivemind" of Church and "Eternal Blazing Sun" of Church's Tribunal.

Several big figures read the report immediately:

"Previous situation: In the past year, Kingdom of Feynapotter Grabaka Province, Lenburg Republic close to Dalege Region There have been many missing persons incidents in Upper Herl State, and several Beyonder without official permission have also mysteriously disappeared. These things vaguely point to Shepherd who migrated in these three areas. Among them, those from Cordou Village are our focus.

"So, after receiving that strange distress letter, we attached great importance to it and dispatched elite personnel to go to the area in the form of Joint Investigation Team.

"The following is the investigator's full written statement:

"The anomaly of Cordou Village is divided into two levels, one is reality, and the other is Dream.

"The reality part:

"Cordou Village was actually destroyed by a massive but ultimately unsuccessful Evil God sacrifice to Ritual. Except for a very few, no one survived.

"Most of the villagers became nutrients for a failed Evil God creation, and the rest were reorganized in strange ways and became different Monster.

"The Evil God sacrifice to Ritual brought about changes in the terrain. The river dried up and changed its course. Village Square and Church were pushed nearly forty meters high by small-scale orogeny and turned into a giant Blood-Colored pillar.

"The failed Evil God creation was on the top of the giant pillar, but when we found it, it had been destroyed. This may have been caused by self-disintegration or the interference of other forces.

"Cordou Village's house has also been reorganized. Part of it formed a circle of Distortion's Thorns'City Wall' around the Blood-Colored giant pillar, and part of it was spread out layer by layer in a circular manner...

"In these severely damaged buildings, we only found some coins and the most common Little Blue Book. We did not find any written information or anything that could clearly point to Cordou Village. The reason is unknown.

"Only in the home of the target person Lumian Li are there books, newspapers, magazines and other things with clear directions.

"In Cordou Village Ruins, there are two areas surrounding the Blood-Colored giant pillar that are abnormally inconsistent with the whole. One is Slumber that makes people irresistible. Entering Dream, the other has strong vitality and is covered with flowers, plants and trees. There is a Baby Crib that will shake on its own.

"For the latter, we guess that it is closely related to Madame Pualis of Cordou Village (see the Dream section for detailed explanation).

"On the edge of the other side of the Blood-Colored giant pillar, we excavated four relatively well-preserved Corpse. Their locations probably correspond to the original Church Cemetery.

"The first Corpse was Women, who was no more than twenty years old and was strangled to death;

"The second Corpse was young Men, also no more than twenty years old, who died of drowning;

"The third body, Corpse, was surrounded by fragments of Coffin, Women, aged over 60 years old, died of Mechanical Asphyxiation. Combined with other traces, we speculate that it was covered to death with a pillow;

"The fourth Corpse is Men, which has not yet rotted. Its tongue was cut out before death, and there are obvious strangulation marks on its neck.

"For the above related speculations about Corpse, see the Dream section.

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"As soon as we entered Cordou Village Ruins, we should have been affected by the power escaping from Lumian·Li's body, and our memory of the date was confused, and we no longer thought about when to leave.

"After we entered Slumber and then Dream, our bodies remained in a state of only weak activity and did not require supplementary food for several days. If this state were maintained for another ten days and a half, I am not sure whether we would wake up due to hunger or starve to death in our dreams.

"The entire ruins are in a cycle that may return to the original state at any time. The trigger point is most likely the self-awareness of Lumian and Pictures Book Li and the various restrictions he has set. The former refers to the fact that if Lumian Li's subconscious thinks that it will restart, it will inevitably restart. The various restrictions come from his not wanting anyone to destroy the current state of Kordu Village and the development of the dream. Once something related happens, it will immediately lead to a restart.

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"We asked villagers in several surrounding villages, and they didn't notice anything unusual about Cordou Village.

"Through their answers and the information we had previously obtained, we determined three things:

"One, Cordou Village never died. The legend of Warlock (this refers to a story told by Lumian·Li in Dream: Cordou Village once Once there was a Warlock, and after his death a Owl flew over, looked at his bedside for a while and then flew away. Warlock's Corpse then became heavy and required nine oxen to pull it);

"Two, little Elf who is suspected of being Lizard has not appeared in Dalege Region;

"Three, Lent Festival is a traditional folk custom, and there is no problem originally.

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"Dream part:

"This is Dream from Lumian·Li, a Dream that is so real that we can't even realize we are dreaming.

"We visited some Psychologist and Dream Expert, and based on their opinions, we have some guesses about this Dream:

"It is a combination of various things that Lumian·Li has personally experienced, all the novels and stories he has read, and his conjectures and speculations based on the previous things. It shows obvious coincidences and characteristics of Wish Fulfillment at certain key nodes.

"In this Dream, not all the situations we encounter are real, nor are they completely illusory.

"The various disrupted facts, the details of people's daily interactions, and Lumian·Li's impressive illusory scenes are reorganized in a very chaotic and highly symbolic way, and are presented before our eyes.

"This is not only a characteristic of Dream, but it may also come from Lumian Li's subconscious avoidance or fear of certain problems.

"In the following sections we will describe every detail of our experience:

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"In fact, we should have noticed that we were in Dream very early. The most obvious point is that we did not remember the need to change clothes until Lumian·Li reminded us or the clothes were seriously damaged.

"This is quite an abnormal behavior, but humans cannot think of that much in Dream.

"It has been confirmed that we did not send Telegram, and the corresponding call back probably came from Lumian Li's subconscious and the knowledge he mastered.

"Based on the various events of Dream and the actual situation, we have the following speculations:

"Our consciousness and cognition have enriched Dream to a certain extent, and also exposed some of our secrets to Lumian·Li.

"Cordou Village There are at least two different Evil God beliefs. One is Administrator Beaost's wife Madame Pualis represents a power similar in nature to 'Earth Mother', and the other is the former Parish Priest Guillaume·Béné and That One, followed by most of the villagers, were the ones who finally caused the destruction of Cordou Village.

"At the Lent Festival celebration, 'Spring Spirit' was beheaded and forcibly sent away, symbolizing that the power represented by Madame Pualis was driven out of Cordou Village. There was probably a bloody battle between the two sides. At that time, the beheading of Ava Lizzie, the incarnation of 'Spring Spirit', also symbolizes that the girl discovered an abnormality in reality and was secretly strangled to death by the group of Guillaume·Béné when she tried to escape or report.

"Raymond Clegg was thrown into the river. The fact that Spirit Body appeared in Church Underground symbolized that he, like Ava, was considered an informer and was forcibly drowned.

"Jean Maury discovered that his wife Sybil was having an affair with his ex-Parish Priest, and was so angry that he turned into Mute, which symbolizes that as a believer of 'Eternal Blazing Sun' Devout, he had his tongue cut out when he tried to inform the police after noticing an abnormality in the village. His subsequent disappearance means that he was murdered.

"The death of Naroka has the same strong symbolic meaning as Ava, Raymond, and Jean. First, she should have secretly followed Madame Pualis and wanted to let the spirit of her dead husband return home through Spirit Messenger., so the performance after her death was to enter Otherworld. Secondly, she was probably murdered by her youngest son Arnaud Andre. The reason was most likely that she discovered the problem of the Guillaume·Béné group and wanted to tell Madame Pualis.

"Combined with our search for Ruins, the Lent Festival celebration and the words that Madame Pualis can leave at a specific moment symbolize this lady and her husband Beaost, Butler Louis·Lund, Maid Cassie left Cordou Village before Twelfth Night Ritual. He is still alive and his whereabouts are unknown.

"This reflects on Dream that this lady refused to provide help at a critical moment.

"But based on the situation in that strange area with strong vitality, we suspect that Madame Pualis left something behind before leaving, and indirectly participated in Twelfth Night and Ritual.

"Man in Black in Warlock Tomb Chamber should symbolize Lumian·Mutated Personality that appeared because of Corruption, but I don't know why. What, Lumian·Li showed that he was not so impressed by Corruption that in the self-competition, he who was more Courage easily won...

"The Lizard-Like Strange Creature in the mouths of Aurora·Li, Michel·Garigu and others probably symbolizes how they were a little bit Corruption, a little bit alienated, and finally turned into another version of themselves.

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"Question:

"1. Why does Lumian·Li know what abilities Guillaume·Béné, Shepherd Pierre·Berri and others have? If he had secretly seen it in reality and was not discovered once or twice, it would be understandable. There must be internal reasons for mastering so much information but not processing it.

"2. Why can those villagers and Aurora·Li act no different from real people, making it difficult for us to realize that they are in a dream, until Lumian·Li thinks they should be abnormal?

"3. What does Otherworld symbolize?

"4. What do the large number of children raised by Madame Pualis in Castle and Baby Crib with invisible objects symbolize?

"5.Lumian·Why did Li imagine the process of villagers being Corruption as being parasitized into the body by little Elf who looked like Lizard?

"6. What does it mean that Lumian·Li and Aurora·Li tried to escape from Cordou Village but entered Otherworld?

"7.Twelfth Night Why did Ritual fail?

"8.Lumian Why did Li allow us to enter his Dream? He obviously does not have the ability in this area.

"9. Why did he suddenly get normal Beyond Ability?

"10. Why can he survive, and why can Cordou Village Ruins fall into the Loop state even though he is not strong?

"11. Aurora·Li had an abnormality at two completely different times in Loop. What is the reason for this and what does it mean?

"12. What does the legend of dead Warlock symbolize?

"13. What do the Warlock Corpse lying in the underground Tomb Chamber and Library inside the Coffin symbolize?

"14. What does Owl symbolize?

"15. What does the change of Zodiac mean?

"16. Where is the Source of the matter?

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"Conclusions and recommendations:

"This is a typical Evil God Worship that leads to Calamity. There are currently six survivors:

"Lumian·Lee, formerly Parish Priest Guillaume·Béné, Pualis·de Roquefort, Beaost, Louis·Lund, Cassie.

"The last five are all believers of Evil God. They must be found as soon as possible and eliminated completely.

"For Lumian Li, it is not recommended to kill him directly. Before the problem with him is understood, his death may lead to a more serious Mutation. The best solution is to capture him and seal him somewhere.

"Reporter: "Machinery Hivemind" members Ryan·Visier, Eighth Bureau Major Lya·Belot, Tribunal"Purifier"Valentine·De Lacourt."