Night World Players

Chapter 41: Hiltina's "Canaan"

"So that's what it is-"

"It is indeed not easy for you to come to the capital from such a remote place by relying on self-study and walk out of the mountains."

After listening to Luster's explanation, Ishtar's voice became more sympathetic.

As the only daughter of the Julian family, she has lived in Pross, the royal city of the Granville Empire, since she was a child.

The "City of Summer Flowers" is the most prosperous city in the entire Granville Empire... air conditioning, cars, smart phones, power networks, etc. are just the most basic daily necessities for her.

She simply couldn't imagine what kind of life Rast was leading in such a remote place.

However, only those who come from such simple places can avoid being contaminated by the corrupt atmosphere of the aristocracy in big cities and possess a pure heart that even the "Eye of Prying Eyes" cannot do anything about.

Ishtar sighed in her heart, and then began to explain to Rast.

"The Twilight Disaster is a disaster that occurs at irregular intervals around the world. It appears without warning or reason, as if it came out of nowhere."

"Moreover, the types of dusk disasters are also different. Tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, plagues, beast disasters... they seem to have nothing to do with each other."

"But this is only for ordinary people..."

Ishtar's words darkened slightly, and her eyes lost their previous gentleness and became more serious.

"According to the laws of the Granville Empire, revealing information about the Dusk Disaster to those who are not aware of it will result in liability for secret leaks."

"But you are a Night Traveler and have passed the school's preliminary review. You will probably be able to complete the registration of new students at Starry University soon. What I say now will not be considered a violation of confidentiality regulations."

Ishtar paused for a moment before speaking again: "In fact, after verification by Star University—"

"The birth of "Twilight Disaster" is directly related to the night world."

"Similar to the sudden appearance of the "Dusk Disaster", entrances to the Night World will appear from time to time in various parts of the mainland."

"The different entrances to the night world and the echoes of the night in it correspond to a lost history that has not been recorded in modern history books before the "Pale Age". "

"Since you are already a Night Traveler, you should have also entered the Remnants of History..."

Ishtar glanced at Lust and said, "Have you noticed that the historical background of every night world reverberation actually has similar commonalities?"

"Commonality?"

Although he had actually only experienced the "Deep Blue Harbor" night echo, but relying on the memories of Blue Star in his previous life, Last quickly found the answer.

"You mean, the historical background of each episode of Remnant of the Night...will include some kind of great crisis, conflict, or disaster?"

This is a logical conclusion.

In the design document of the "Shadows of the Past" DLC of "Snow Moon Emblem", the night world is a place for players to play dungeons together online and increase the length of the game.

Since it is a dungeon, there naturally needs to be a goal to pass the level, or the final BOSS to be defeated by the players.

To put it another way, if the night world echoes that the night traveler enters have a historical background of prosperity and peace, where people live and work in peace and contentment -

The world at that night would not become the forbidden land with a very high mortality rate as described by Hiltina, where only lunatics and paranoids would enter, but it should be a new world full of gold, milk and honey.

"Yes."

Ishtar nodded.

"According to the latest conclusions of the 'Ruins Institute' within Starry University, which is responsible for collecting and analyzing night world intelligence -" "When an entrance to the night world is opened, the night travelers enter this remnant of the night and investigate and explore this lost history, repeatedly passing through the remnants..."

"This entrance and the power of this historical remnant will gradually weaken... until the historical remnant is completely explored, and the passage to the night world in the present world will disappear. This means that we have completely conquered a night world."

"And if the Night Traveler does not explore this night world enough, after reaching a certain time limit, the exploration progress still does not meet the requirements of the strategy."

"Then, this night world passage will evolve into the 'Reverberation of Disaster'."

When she said this, a trace of palpitation flashed across Ishtar's eyes.

"The appearance of the "Reverberation of Disaster" means the start of the countdown."

“Compared to the normal Reverberations of History, the difficulty of clearing Reverberations of Disaster will increase significantly. Of course, correspondingly, some normal restrictions will also be lifted.”

"And if the countdown reaches zero, "Reverberations of Disaster" has still not been conquered."

Rast had already guessed what Ishtar was going to say.

"In the night world, the disaster that was lost in history—"

“It will, truly become a reality.”

"It is also known as the 'Twilight Disaster'."

……

Outside the psychological measurement room, the long corridor has come to an end.

Ishtar pushed open the door at the end of the corridor, and the bright sunshine immediately entered their eyes.

This seems to be a suburban area, surrounded by many temporary camps and fortifications built with steel bars. People wearing the school badges with stars on them can be seen coming and going everywhere.

It should be morning now.

The sky is clear and bright, with no clouds in sight, and a gentle breeze occasionally blows across the sky.

Last paused at the door, quietly looking at the new world before him that he was stepping into for the first time.

This is undoubtedly a beautiful and peaceful world, completely different from the suffocating atmosphere in Deep Blue Harbor.

The fresh air and the morning breeze made Last think of Canaan.

It was precisely because of the utopia-like "Canaan" that he had managed to survive the desperate cycle of Deep Blue Harbor.

The same is true for Hiltina.

It is precisely because she has a spiritual haven that Hiltina can walk among the old echoes of the night world again and again, living with madness, despair and pollution, but still be so strong and dazzling.

And if the Iron Cross Plague of Deep Blue Harbor were to descend upon reality in the form of the "Twilight Disaster", it would turn Canaan and half of the continent's human beings into sadistic beasts...

That kind of scene is terrifying just thinking about it.

Therefore, even though Hiltina faced the hopeless situation countless times and injured herself all over, she never wavered and never gave up...

Because behind Hiltina is her "Canaan".

(End of this chapter)