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"This is a bonus I want to give you to express my gratitude."

Under Gotlind's stunned gaze, Chen Yan actually placed the satchel containing the mechanical brain of the enchanted creature in front of her.

"This is my sincerity." He stretched out his hand: "Make a friend."

The mechanical brain without the walnuts is useless and would be a nuisance in the apartment. It is better to give him a favor. Even if it does not make people like Gotlind feel grateful, it will definitely make her remember his kindness.

Gotlinde glanced at his hand with disgust: "You think you've got me, don't you, Mr. Chen? Do you want to use my kindness as an object for you to play with?"

Chen Yan responded with a kind smile: "I didn't mean that at all. We are colleagues and private trading partners. Besides...since we completed this transaction, no one will leave if we encounter any related matters."

It doesn’t matter.”

He blinked: "It's better to make friends and take care of each other in the future... It's better than being alone if something happens."

She understood his kindness that was almost threatening, and also understood that what he said was true.

After a moment of silence, she finally couldn't resist the temptation, took the satchel and put it on her lap.

Chen Yanshun glanced at her legs in tight jeans, and then quickly shifted his gaze to her face:

"As your ignorant friend, I am eager to know what the [wilderness] in which the zoo is located is."

Gotlind took a few sips of wine, and after a brief silence, dipped her fingers in some hops, and then placed her fingers on the tabletop that was stained with wine.

"Look, I'll only write it once."

In her spiritual vision, something seemed to be extending out from under Gotlind's fingers.

Those are some... small transparent things that look like moss.

Those little things carried the hops and pieced together a word under her fingers——

【border】

Chen Yan felt terrible: "It's as if you didn't say anything! Can the answer to a question be replaced by another question?"

Gotlind raised her finger and glanced at him with disdain: "That's all I know. If you want to know more, you need to explore on your own."

Chen Yan understood. What Gotlinde meant was that she had never crossed the boundaries of the zoo and gone to the wilderness called the "Border".

Chen Yan pondered his thoughts:

"The Zoo is a piece of land reclaimed from the [Wilderness] where the [Non-Existence Land] is located, and outside the Zoo is the wilderness called [Border]."

"Some of the invitees at the zoo night who were suitable stayed in the zoo, while others who were not suitable were arranged to the [border] outside the zoo and became [hunters] who existed to protect the zoo."

Although things became more and more complicated, Chen Yan felt a little better when he thought that Mr. Mogwen might still be alive.

He suddenly thought of something and asked: "Did Wilson once be a hunter in the [border] wilderness?"

Gotlind's eyes showed a thoughtful look: "It's hard to say..."

She hesitated and then added: "His state is rather strange. He is obviously completely inhumane, but he can maintain his human posture without transforming into a beast... When I first saw him, I felt it was incredible.

"

Chen Yan captured the sensitive word: "Beast transformation?"

Gotlinde looked at his doubtful eyes, deliberately wanting to tease him, and whispered:

"A kind reminder, don't provoke him, because what he carries is not the [lycanthropy virus], but the exact same [lycanthropy disease] as it was during the Blood Moon craze in Yharnam City thousands of years ago!"

Gotlinde said quickly:

"But he didn't turn into a beast, or even lose his mind... Something must have happened to him, and what happened to him must be related to what he once experienced in the [border] wilderness."

Her tone was also full of curiosity: "In fact, it is already a miracle that I can come back after going to the [border]!"

What exactly is inside [Border]?

Gotlinde never revealed any information about the [Border] from beginning to end, and Chen Yan had reason to think that she didn't know either.

He was even thinking about how credible what Gotlinde said was?

How much of the news she just told him can be believed? And how much of it is alarmist?

In short, write down all this information for the time being, and wait for the right time, maybe you can get the answer.

Chen Yan always believes that "knowing" is better than "ignoring".

Although that knowledge is of little use to him now, what if it is used in the future?

What's more, he himself has a strong curiosity about this [unknown knowledge].

After completing the transaction, he stood up and said to her before leaving: "Drink less fake wine, it will hurt your health."

Gotlinde seemed to be really drunk, her cheeks were slightly red, and she said to him as if she was drunk and in a mood: "Don't you Asians have a slang for something..."

She was thinking hard, and after about two seconds, she seemed to suddenly realize: "Your poison is my fairy grass!"

Chen Yan did not persuade her, but said goodbye to her, and then walked out of the tavern with Ogami, who remained silent.

After leaving the door of the tavern, Ogami said: "There is something wrong with her."

Chen Yan asked curiously: "Oh?"

Ogami pondered: "The word she just wrote: [Border] has the same breath as herself.

It's just like……

The thing that makes up that word is like herself."

He glanced at Chen Yan and repeated again: "There is something really wrong with her. Although she talks and behaves like a young woman, she clearly has the aura of someone who is hundreds of years old. That sense of decay cannot be deceiving."

Ogami has a very strong spiritual sense. If he says something is wrong with Gotlinde, then it means something is really wrong.

Chen Yan resisted looking back and guessed: "Isn't she a human? Not even a transcendent?"

Ogami said seriously: "I don't know, but I have seen people like her, lingering on the edge of life, living like no one in order to survive. Life has become their curse."

He quickly wondered: "But...she is different from the people I have met before. Even though her physical body is over a hundred years old, her vitality is still strong - life has not become a curse for her."

Chen Yan asked: "Immortality in a biological sense?"

Ogami denied: "No, it must be immortality in the sense of mysticism... It's just that this kind of immortality is not the form we have known before."

Chen Yan curled his lips: "It's so difficult, Ogami."

Ogami understood the meaning of his words, the serious expression on his face disappeared, and he smiled: "Yes, it is quite difficult, but it is also very interesting, isn't it?"

Chen Yan was surprised and said: "This is really not something you can say!"

Ogami said melancholy: "In this long journey, if I couldn't create even a little happiness by myself, I would have committed suicide long ago."

Chen Yan agreed: "Yes, it is very important to learn to have fun by yourself."

Ogami nodded: "I have had doubts about her since the last time I saw her, and this doubt has deepened after this meeting.

I'm thinking that the weirdness in her may be a way of survival for believers in some kind of alien god.

Or maybe it’s the latest product of the combination of outsiders and imperial technology——

You must have seen her look after seeing the mechanical brain, which means she must know something about the mechanical brain.

Moreover, she wants to get the heart that is half plant and half animal, which also shows that she is related to those things."

Although Ogami usually doesn't like to talk, he knows everything in his heart.

Chen Yan was very happy because he realized that he had someone with whom he could discuss matters.

So, he told Ogami the other information he learned about Gotlinde.

Although that information is not much, it may be able to complement the information obtained in the past two days and obtain some less obvious revelations.

"I will follow her to have a look tonight." Ogami said, "Jun Yan, can you go home by yourself?"

Chen Yan said helplessly: "I'm not a child."

Ogami smiled: "Then, I'll go back later today."

——

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It was already nine o'clock in the evening when Chen Yan arrived home. The apartment building was quiet, but the kerosene lamp was not extinguished. Chen Yan could see a faint yellow light emitting from the kitchen.

He came to the kitchen and saw the Messiah sitting on the cleared dining table with a pile of books in front of him.

These books were obviously taken from his room on the third floor. They were all imperial language reference books that he had used. Two of them were even brought by him from Tianshen Province.

By the time we were on the ferry, my sister had already mastered these books and there was no need to study anymore.

Maybe... my sister really didn't occupy the Messiah's body.

He deliberately said to her with a straight face: "It is bad behavior to enter and leave other people's rooms at will. You can't do this again in the future."

Messiah lowered her brows and said nothing. The dim kerosene light illuminated her red hair. The natural red hair was not as red as it was during the day, but showed a soft yellowish color under the firelight.

Chen Yan felt strange, why didn't she speak? Was it because she couldn't speak, or was she just being rebellious?

Around 12 years old... probably the rebellious stage?
To be continued...