This time, it was dawn when the game ended. When Zhang Heng walked out of the lounge, there were fewer people partying in the bar downstairs.
Instead of summarizing his experience as usual, he went back to school to take a shower, empty his mind, and get a good night's sleep. Halfway through, someone returned to the dormitory to get something. The sound of the door opening woke Zhang Heng up. He rolled off the bed, instinctively reaching for his gun, but there was nothing there.
Wei Jiangyang, who was standing in front of the door, was stunned by Zhang Heng's series of actions. It took him half a minute to ask, "Bro, bro … are you okay?"
"…"
Zhang Heng was a little embarrassed. Although his body had not changed, the two-month war experience had left its mark on him in another way.
Compared to before, he slept a lot less. He would wake up at the slightest movement. This was the body's self-protection mechanism working spontaneously to cope with complex and harsh environments. At the same time, he would subconsciously look for cover when he walked on the road.
Zhang Heng knew that there was a mental illness called PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder. It was common in veterans who had experienced war, mainly manifested in reliving, avoidance reactions, and hypervigilance.
For now, Zhang Heng's situation was more inclined to the third. In fact, he had recovered somewhat after staying in Sweden for more than a month, but it was still difficult for him to completely return to his previous state.
Since he was already awake, Zhang Heng did not plan to sleep anymore. He went to the cafeteria to eat something, then brought his laptop to the library.
After spending the whole afternoon summarizing the game, Zhang Heng thought of the necklace in his pocket, so he searched for Finnish mythology on the Internet.
Finnish and Ugric mythology was mainly formed before the 10th century AD. It was quite similar to the mythology of the Samoyed and many other ethnic groups in Ural and Altai. In the later development process, it was influenced by the mythology of neighboring ethnic groups.
Including Iranian mythology, Turkic mythology, Baltic mythology, and so on, all had a certain influence on Finnish mythology. In the later period, there were also shadows of Islamic mythology and Christian mythology. God? Because it was so unpopular, there was not much information left in the country.
Zhang Heng had no choice but to use Google. It was not until 10 pm that he finally found a picture that was almost identical to the one on the necklace.
At that moment, Zhang Heng's drowsiness disappeared. He clicked on the page and found the picture of the god?
Tapio, the god of the forest.
It was one of the ancient gods in Finnish mythology, and the red pine was its image. According to the legends, it could help hunters who worshipped it obtain more prey.
The leader of the Reformation, Michael? In Agricola's Psalmody of 1551, he preserves a valuable collection of theological records, and among them is Tapio. Simeon was born a hunter and grew up in the mountains with her grandfather. It was not surprising that she believed in Tapio.
So far, other than the wooden sculpture he obtained in the second round of Tokyo Drift, which he had yet to find any clues about, the lucky rabbit's foot, Moresby, and the necklace all had related folklore behind them, especially when Moresby appeared in the real world. For the first time, Zhang Heng realized that things might not be as simple as they seemed.
Unfortunately, the strange man in the Tang suit had already returned to Europe, and Zhang Heng had no one to ask. According to the latter, he could not reveal too much information due to an ancient covenant.
Zhang Heng closed the laptop and sat in his seat for a while, trying to piece together the clues in his mind. After a while, he heard a burst of laughter.
Three girls were sitting at the table closest to him on his left. Two hours ago, Zhang Heng noticed that the thin, tall girl with glasses had been stealing glances at him. At first, he thought there was something on his face, but now, it was the other two girls, and they were giggling as they looked at him.
When they saw Zhang Heng looking at them, the two girls began to nudge the thin, tall girl next to them. The latter mustered up the courage to stand up, lowered her head, and walked up to Zhang Heng. "Can … can I ask you a question?" she stammered.
Zhang Heng was slightly surprised. Of course, he knew why she was looking for him. Still, he took the advanced mathematics exercise book from her and patiently wrote down the detailed derivation process. After that, he picked up his phone and looked at it. "Sorry, my girlfriend is looking for me," he said.
There was an obvious flash of disappointment in the girl's eyes. She did not stay any longer, squeezing out a somewhat reluctant smile, thanked Zhang Heng, picked up her exercise book, and walked back to her seat in a daze.
Since he had started the conversation, of course, he had to follow through with the white lie. Zhang Heng then packed his things, got up, and left.
He didn't expect to receive a message on his phone at this moment.
It was from the bartender. Zhang Heng carried his backpack and walked in the direction of the elevator. At the same time, he clicked on the PDF and found that it turned out to be the game points service form that had been delayed for a long time.
Zhang Heng took a quick look at it. In addition to the identification service, there were also some items for sale. However, they were not game items, but some strange things. The wooden box made of tule tree was one of the more normal items. Items like the menstrual blood of a cow's first calf and the forty-fifth feather of a crow were a little unclear. Other than that, there were some other items that were obviously normal, but when they appeared on the list, they looked strange.
Zhang Heng even sent a message to confirm with the bartender.
[Penguin?]
After a while, the bartender sent a message back.
[Why? Want to hit on me?]
Zhang Heng typed.
[No, I'm not talking about QQ. I saw penguins on the list just now.]
The bartender's performance during this period was probably not too good. When she heard Zhang Heng's reply, she perked up a little, and this message was much faster than before.
[Oh, what's the matter? Are you going to buy them? They're very cheap. One game point for two, and they even come with a freezer.]
[No, thank you.]
Zhang Heng just wanted to confirm that he wasn't so bored that he wanted to buy two penguins and put them in his dormitory. He had no idea how to take care of these things, especially after all these years, the school was still reluctant to install air conditioners. Even humans might not be able to withstand the heat during the summer, let alone penguins.
After that, his finger continued to scroll down the form, and he saw something that surprised him.
[What does an extra round of the game mean?]
Zhang Heng typed again.
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