In the courtyard of the laboratory, the main laboratory.
Richard continued to read the letter from Heidi at the experimental table. When he read the last part, his eyebrows furrowed and he read it several times.
"By the way, Mr. Richard, I almost forgot to tell you at the end. Wood Island is not actually an island, but a simple place name. The reason why it is called this name seems to be related to the legend a long time ago. Legend has it that here There used to be many bandit groups raging, and for the sake of safety, people built fortresses of wood one after another for defense. In the end, it seemed to be a heavily guarded island, like a large island surrounded by water in the sea, easy to defend and difficult to attack, allowing everyone to The thieves retreated and gained peace.
After the peace, the fort was dismantled, but the name remained, and the so-called Wooden Island became known. Of course, now people call it more by its new name, which is...Moore.
Yes, this place is called Moore.
In short, Mr. Richard, if you are ready to leave White Rock City but don't know where to go, you can come to Moore and I will always look forward to meeting you.
With gratitude, Heidi. "
"Wow-"
Richard folded the letter paper and put it aside. He tapped his fingers on the table, making a rhythmic sound.
"Wooden Island? Wooden Island! Moore? Moore!"
Just one name was nothing, but two names connected together made him couldn't help but think of something. for example…
Richard turned his hand and took out a wooden box from the space iron ring. He opened the wooden box and took out a small piece of cut and well-preserved parchment.
This is exactly what was taken out from the inside of the metal ball after solving the seventeenth-level Rubik's Cube. After unfolding it, the name of a place for which no clue has been found so far is written on it - Stockholm.
Wood Island? Moore? Stockholm
No matter how you look at it, it seems that these three have some special relationship.
Not to mention the current world, at least on modern earth, this is the case.
Richard remembers very clearly that there is a city on modern earth with a name very similar to Stockholm - Stockholm.
This city is the capital of Switzerland. Of course, it is more famous than itself for the mental illness named after it - Stockholm Syndrome, also known as the hostage complex or hostage syndrome.
This is a hostage in a crime, and the fear they bear has a fragile bottom line. When the criminal you encounter is completely unreasonable and can take his life at any time, you will subconsciously entrust your right to life to the criminal gradually. As time goes by, every time the hostage eats a mouthful of food or drinks a mouthful of water, he will feel that the criminal is tolerant and compassionate towards him. Eventually, the hostage's fear of the criminal will turn into gratitude, and finally into a kind of worship. At this time, the hostages will become insane and believe that the criminal's safety is their own safety, and will actively help the criminal escape punishment.
Simply put, this is the surrender of human nature to tyranny.
This situation was first discovered during a 130-hour standoff during a bank robbery in Stockholm, the Swiss capital, and hence the name.
Of course, Richard is now focused on the city itself—Stockholm!
Stockholm, this is a special name. In the local language, "Sdego" means wood, and "Ermo" means island. Together they mean "wooden island".
Therefore, Stockholm on modern Earth is also called Wood Island.
There are many origins for this name.
One of them is that in ancient times, there was a huge log floating on Lake Mälaren, which led the first immigrants from Sigtuna to build a city here, so it was called Wood Island.
There is also a legend that local residents were often harassed by pirates, so they built a castle with giant trees on a small island at the entrance of Lake Mälaren, and set up wooden pile barriers in the water to resist pirates. The island was named "Wooden Island".
The latter legend is very similar to what Heidi told in her letters.
This was obviously not something that could be explained by pure coincidence, which made Richard couldn't help but suspect that there was some unknown secret in it.
Compared with the modern earth, the current wizarding world has many similarities. This is something Richard has known for a long time. The universality of some physical rules illustrates this. However, he didn't really feel that this was really the same world, or that the same world was presented at different points in time.
He had always thought so, but the more places he visited, the more things he experienced, and the more people he met, the more he felt that the truth of the matter might not be as simple as he thought.
For example, Moore is a living example now.
"Wooden Island? Stockholm? Stockholm? Moore?" Richard said to himself, his eyes narrowed to a slit, "Not to mention whether this is really a place and whether the treasure of the Black Spirit King is hidden. The follow-up is a secret, but now there is indeed a reason to go here to take a look after leaving White Rock City."
"Then, just take a few days to sort out some trivial matters, and then leave White Rock City and go to Moore?" Richard made a decision.
At this moment, a sudden "boom" exploded not far from the courtyard. The entire courtyard shook, and a large amount of dust fell "rustling" from the roof of the main laboratory.
"Huh?!" Richard's eyes were sharp, he flicked his feet, and quickly left the place, avoiding the falling dust.
Then the No. 1 ring on his finger lit up slightly, and the magic pattern of "Lightness of Wind" was activated. The air condensed under his feet, his speed increased, and he opened the door with a "bang" and entered the yard.
After scanning the surroundings and not seeing any suspicious targets, Richard raised his eyebrows, thought of something, and immediately cast the powerful spell "Wind Lord" obtained from the tomb.
The power of wind spells has been comprehensively enhanced.
"Snapped!"
With a soft sound, Richard jumped up, stepped on the wall with one foot, and quickly flew up to the roof. Then he quietly fell down like a feather, leaned down, and looked in the direction of the sound.
Then Richard saw a dark figure fleeing in front of him at the end of the street, followed by several figures chasing closely behind him. The chasing figure kept releasing spells in an attempt to slow down the fleeing shadow, but the fleeing shadow was extremely flexible and would not be hit at all. The previous explosion was caused by a spell that was dodged.
After seeing it, Richard felt relieved and knew that it was not for him. But then his brows furrowed again: By the way, the place where he lives is already remote enough in Baishi City, and the fighting people were able to pursue them all the way here. It seems that the situation in Baishi City has really become extremely bad, and the rest of the places are not as good as before. Know what it looks like.
In this case…