World Occult User Guide

Hearing Lin Hainan's voice, Lin An was in a trance.

It is true that his father gave him as happy a childhood as possible, but he left Lin An when he was five years old, and there was no news from him for 17 years.

The image of his father is not only Lin An's entire spiritual sustenance for family life, but also represents a betrayal of leaving without saying goodbye and ignoring him for seventeen years.

Although the Duke explained that his father went to a foreign country to fight against Adelia, which somewhat alleviated Lin An's negative emotions, the long-standing incomprehension and anger were still surging undercurrents.

At least give me some explanation...

Suppressing his emotions, Lin An observed the silver machine placed on the side of the boat. It was a strangely constructed transmitter that reminded him of the communication equipment used when X was still in the Foundation.

Lin Hainan's voice came from inside.

"Dad, why are you crazy?" Lin An said angrily.

"I haven't heard your voice for so long, I'm so excited." Lin Hainan laughed in a clear voice, "Don't you often read online novels? Let me tease you."

"……how do you know?"

"Since I left the Dragon Kingdom, I have been tracking your online reading records whenever I have free time. Son, it's quite fun."

Lin An almost threw the communication equipment away.

I can’t admit this dad!

"Hahaha, there is nothing to be ashamed of. Your father and I have also been through this age." Lin Hainan laughed, his tone suddenly lowered, "Back to the topic, you must be curious about how you stay on this bamboo raft."

Lin An looked serious and listened attentively.

Even if he hasn't seen his father for more than ten years, he won't confide his heart to a walkie-talkie, at least until he actually meets him face to face.

"First let's talk about your location on the planet."

"Nanzhou?"

"To be precise, it's the Bantu Kingdom of Nanzhou."

Lin An thought for a while and said: "I thought the Bantu country was a dry, vast wilderness. This is more or less the scenery of Nanzhou in documentaries."

"No, no, no, prejudice has hindered our understanding of Nanzhou." Lin Hainan said, "You are floating on a great river."

"Kuba River?"

"Yes, it is the fourth largest river in the world after the Yangtze River, Nile River, and Amazon River. It is like a giant snake, meandering through the southern continent and crossing the equator twice."

“The reason why Nanzhou is called the ‘Black Continent’ is because there is an endless equatorial tropical rainforest in the Kuba River Basin, which accounts for one-tenth of the entire Nanzhou area.”

"This silent forest covers an area of ​​2.4 million square kilometers, which is equivalent to half of the Eagle Country. Unfortunately, the Kuba River has a curved channel and inconvenient transportation. Starting from the Stanley Pool, 500 kilometers away from the Atlantic Ocean, the rapids seriously interfere with navigation. "

"Today, the population here is only about 500,000, and most tribes live on both sides of this slow-flowing river that flows through the jungle, has a high sediment content, and thousands of square kilometers of forest are still inaccessible."

"This situation is particularly prominent in the northeastern corner of the Kuba River Basin. It is located on the edge of the Great Rift Valley of South Africa, where the tropical rainforest and the Virunga volcanoes meet. It belongs to the country of Swahili. There is a river called Lagora River. The terrain in the canyon area is particularly steep.”

"The Lagola River is called 'Bharatavani' by the tribes on both sides of the river, which means 'deceptive road'. It is notoriously fickle. The most frightening of all is Kongolo's A dangerous place, Guimen Gorge.”

"Since this place is rarely visited, it became my secret base."

After a section on geography knowledge, Lin Hainan finally mentioned the fact that Lin An was alone.

"My summoning ceremony was held in Guimen Gorge. It lasted a long time, but you can't feel the passage of time in outer space. In fact, four full months have passed since I started the ceremony until you returned to the body. "

"In other words, it is August 2038." Lin An calculated.

"Yes, August 7th." Lin Hainan replied, "Actually, your body already had a 'life response' on July 10th. Seeing that there could be no problems with the ceremony, I temporarily left the stronghold and continued working. "

Lin An's mouth twitched: "What you love is your railway construction."

"No, hehe, I just participated in a few small hunts. This is my side job." Lin Hainan smiled disrespectfully for the old man, "But there was a big problem when I came back."

"how?"

"The heavy rain continued, the Lagola River swelled, and the huge waves washed away my stronghold." Lin Hainan said in a helpless tone, "By the way, I also washed you away."

"You...never thought of stopping me?"

"Busy about rescuing the base's equipment."

"...?"

"Actually, I call you through the communication device every day, but you haven't woken up, and you just responded today."

"No matter why my sailing trajectory is upstream, from Swahili to the Bantu country... I am almost drifting from the Atlantic to the Pacific."

Less than five minutes after meeting his father again, Lin An was already speechless no less than three times.

Father, what turned you into this, Adelia Hughes?

Lin Hainan pretended to cough twice: "Anyway, a heavy rain has reversed my results. Give me about half a year to repair it. During this period, I have arranged some work for you."

"I thought I needed to meet you first." Lin An frowned slightly.

"You are an undergraduate student in archeology and don't understand mechanical structures. You just sit there when you come to my stronghold and are of no use. Besides, you are already here. What's the point of staying here every day? Why don't you go out for a walk more and meet me? See the world.”

"...Mr. Lin Hainan, thank you for summoning me. How about we say goodbye."

"Son, wait a minute!" Lin Hainan said quickly, "These 'jobs' are related to your level of integration."

Lin An was silent, thinking about his father's words.

Adelia's machinations destroyed Lin An's unconditional trust in his closest relatives, and he guessed that his father was not telling the truth.

His lies were even very clumsy and could not be further from the truth.

Since his father is inextricably linked to ancient mystics such as Duke Hughes, it means that he is by no means an ordinary person who has a dark eye on the world of "Comoth", at least starting from the source level.

Would a mystic of this level allow his stronghold to be washed away by a natural disaster?

Even Lin An, whose radiation level is 16%, can think of many ways to avoid damage to his own equipment.

Compared to the ridiculous flood, Lin An was more willing to believe that his father was attacked by the [Heidu] or other radical families, and he had to leave on a bamboo raft to stay away from the dispute. Now he didn't want Lin An to get close to him because he was afraid. He was discovered by radicals.

It’s not good to just say it…

Thinking of this, Lin An suddenly realized that behind Lin Hainan's jokes, he was treading on thin ice with caution.

While he plays the role of a "conservative" family to guide Lin An and protect the order of the planet, he also wants to urgently get along with Lin An like a father and son who have been separated for many years.

The former requires him to abide by the confidentiality agreement, abide by his duties, and not be too close to Lin An; the latter makes his words full of warmth and even a little clumsy to please.

Lin An doesn't know how to deal with his father, but he knows how to treat a conservative family.

The conservatives did not want Adelia's ceremony to succeed, causing the trajectory of "Comes" to overlap with Titan forever, so they took Lin An back to Titan from outer space at all costs.

At first, Lin An also thought about the possibility of conservatives simply bombing him to Venus or Jupiter to achieve the same purpose of "driving" him away.

However, the conservatives not only blocked the progress of the ceremony, but also worked hard to maintain Lin An's consciousness, so it is more likely that they wanted to "bring him back to the planet."

Throwing him into the universe would cause endless troubles. It would be better to use Lin An's body as the starting point for energy collection and completely recover the spirit of the alien "Comes" in a circle covering the outer layer of the earth's surface.

Since the current goals of the conservatives are the same as those of Lin An, the two can be regarded as temporary allies.

While thinking this, Lin An was sorting out the things on the ship except for the radio communication equipment.

The supplies included some fresh water, scissors, rubber gloves, band-aids, and Yunnan Baiyao. The most important thing was that Lin An recovered his mysterious item.

Philosopher's Stone, Vase, Pipe Offering, Devil's Dice, Teeth-Grinder's Bone.

"Where is my "Encyclopedia of Magic"?" Lin An asked.

"It's with me." Lin Hainan replied, "I'll send it to you in half a year. It will be put on the boat if it gets wet."

Well, the current entries are enough.

Actuating the Philosopher's Stone with a small world inside, the Ouroboros rotated around the planet. The green energy spread and healed Lin An's skin that had just been sunburned.

He put the remaining two items into his pocket and let the Philosopher's Stone float in his chest according to its original trajectory, with the pure "Comes" energy looming.

Sitting on the bow of the boat, Lin An admired the jungle sweeping back on both sides of the bank, and couldn't help but feel relaxed and happy.

In the silent night, the sounds of rustling animal activities came from both sides of the river, and the 16 million-year-old eternal jungle sang nature's lullaby, making people drowsy.

After adjusting his body condition with the Philosopher's Stone, Lin An, who was covered in sweat, put a hand in the murky water outside the side of the ship to play with, trying to wash away the sticky traces on his body.

Lin Hainan spoke up at this moment.

"Wherever there is water there are always crocodiles," he warned.

"I'm not afraid of crocodiles."

"All animals here may be mysterious messengers." Lin Hainan explained, "Son, a hunter needs to understand your prey."

"Wow..."

The sound of water came, and Lin An looked towards the muddy river bank. There were indeed dozens of crocodiles lying neatly on the water's edge, raising their large jagged mouths and yawning, enjoying the sunlight falling from the shade of the trees. Unmoved by the arrival of the boat.

"Okay, let me see the information."

Lin An closed his eyes and entered venting mode.

The field of vision suddenly rises, a mysterious world emerges, and the vibrant jungle seems to have turned into an illusory space made of glass.

Sweeping past the group of crocodiles swishing their tails, the inhuman creatures were like a bunch of dim asteroids, soulless light, and covered the river bank like black stones.

Suddenly, Lin An saw a flickering light hidden in the jungle, which belonged to a real human being.

With a thought in his mind, the light spots turned into green text like data, and the eleven spiritual medium branches spread out like a tree diagram, showing the mysterious prototype that this person can awaken.

Two visual buttons float next to the light spot, namely [New] and [Edit].

Unexpectedly, there are actually people in the jungle where there are few people.

Are you familiar with prey...

Lin An opened his eyes, and in the hazy starlight, he saw a man with light brown skin and thick muscles walking through the jungle.

He has a bow and arrow on his shoulder, and his posture is as strong as a cheetah. (End of chapter)