Mystery: Survival from the Secret Doll

Chapter 6 Circus

Tingen is undergoing intensive construction, and it looks like a city with a lot of work to do.

Of course, there were no wide and smooth asphalt roads, no bright gas lamps, no underground water pipes, and nothing else that had appeared in modern times in Tang's memory. Lacking the necessary knowledge, the world's technological tree had not yet been illuminated by Tingen, which was lit up by Emperor Roselle, and its development would be somewhat limited.

The carriage was traveling on the stone road cleared by the city government staff. It had just rained heavily in Tingen that morning, and there was a lot of water on the muddy road. However, there were not many people moving around, and there were not many traces of carriages.

The carriages of this era could almost be said to be the means of transportation for the nobles. Horses were precious commodities, and carriages were one of the few tools that could be used for long-distance travel.

Those who can afford to keep horses all have ample space and wealth. Even many barons need to rent carriages from other nobles they are friends with in order to maintain their dignity.

Honestly, Tang believes the world depicted in the book is more reminiscent of the period after the First Industrial Revolution. While that era wasn't as convenient as modern times, it had toilets and toilet paper—things our modern dry toilets wouldn't even dare to imagine...

Okay, he did feel like crying a little.

After experiencing it firsthand, one will discover that in the Fifth Epoch, before Emperor Roselle arrived, initiated the Industrial Revolution, and reformed the entire world, the traces of the Fourth Epoch were more primitive, pedantic, and cruel.

There were quite a few corpses on both sides of the road, including vagrants, slaves who died from infectious diseases, overwork and other reasons, and children who were abandoned by their families who could not afford the expenses.

They died at night, dying every day and night of hunger and madness. They would be cleared away the next day and sent to the church for free cremation. The remaining ashes would be thrown into the Tussock River. This was not the cremation culture brought by Emperor Roselle. In this world, the seven major churches that were clear about and understood the secrets had not yet settled down for a long time and were able to handle the corpses of an entire city. Cremation was the most convenient and cheapest way to deal with corpses.

After all, zombies and other undead creatures born from corpses do exist, and cultists sometimes use large numbers of corpses to complete certain rituals that may have terrible consequences.

"The dead bodies on both sides of the road will be cleared away soon." Tang lowered the curtains of the carriage and sighed silently in his heart.

This is a truly cannibalistic society.

Of course, most of the dead were slaves.

The carriage gradually entered a section of road that was in better condition. The number of homeless people and corpses around them had also decreased significantly. This place could be said to be the community of Tingen's nobles, where high-ranking government officials and their families lived. Both the environment and other aspects were much better than the places we had been on before.

Tang sent his mother to the residence of Viscount Becker. The Viscountess of the residence, Jenny Becker, was a close friend of Lady Boyanka. It was natural for her to visit her first when arriving in Tingen to avoid being impolite.

Baron Ramde did not come with them, and neither Lady Boyanka nor the Don was surprised.

After performing a divination and confirming that his mother was safe, he also planned to go out for a walk.

A Sequence 6 demon from the Blood Worship Cult appeared in Tingen. As a mid-sequence and high-level Extraordinary in this secretive organization was missing, the people of the Blood Worship Cult should not and could not fail to take any action to search for this missing demon.

"I actually hope they can come to me. Of course, if it's a Demigod above Sequence 4, then I'll have to let my father handle it."

It is highly likely that no matter how many others come, they will all become his secret puppets.

However, the premonition of danger after reaching Sequence Six should make the high-ranking members of the Blood Worship Cult stay away from him and the town of Ramde.

Tsk, that demon is really unlucky. At the same time, Tang also began to summarize his own secret puppet master rules.

"From what I understand, the core principle of a puppeteer lies in the puppet. As a qualified puppeteer, a puppeteer should try to hide himself behind the puppet, allowing the audience to focus on the puppet on stage, rather than the puppeteer behind it."

"At the same time, in a puppet show, each puppet has its own code of conduct, identity, status, abilities, and habits. These characteristics need to be highlighted to distinguish them from the puppeteer and leave a lasting impression on the audience."

"The most important thing is to make it so impressive that the audience feels like it's a real person, completely different from the puppeteer, and they become two independent individuals."

'[Puppet Master] Roleplaying Rules Update:'

'First, as a puppeteer behind the scenes, it is extremely disrespectful to appear on stage in person. Please try to avoid such behavior.'

'Secondly, each puppet is an independent entity appearing on stage. Please arrange the order in which each puppet will appear and create a script for them.'

The current control limit of the secret puppet is one hundred meters, and it is getting closer and closer, but if you really want to stay behind the scenes, this distance is sometimes not enough.

He thought as the carriage moved.

He didn't know when he saw a huge tent with a red and yellow pointed roof and supported by thick cloth curtains.

"circus?"

At that time, there were not many people in the circus. Those who could afford to visit the circus had some savings at home, while the truly wealthy noble young men and women had more decent ways of entertainment and disdained to watch cheap circus performances with ordinary people.

Of course, if they were really interested, they should probably let the entire circus move into their territory and perform for them individually.

Tang paid a few copper pennies to get the opportunity to visit, but after taking his seat, he found that the circus was mostly about clown performances, and large beasts such as lions, tigers, and black bears rarely appeared.

It's not much different from when he was at Sequence Eight and was still a clown.

It's a bit bleak.

Tang looked around and saw that there were only a few people in the entire circus, maybe not even twenty or thirty spectators.

A performance lasts about an hour, and the circus can perform at least eight shows a day, but judging from the current situation, the profits here are by no means good, and it may even be a loss-making business.

After the performance, Tang watched it with great interest.

"After all, there are only so many entertainment activities in this era. The only things that can kill time, no, relax yourself, are watching circus performances, playing Landlord, and so on."

As for paper books, they were a good lullaby for Tang, who didn't have much interest in ancient literature.

(End of this chapter)