Sean felt a little light and relaxed after receiving his first press release fee.
"It's not just the royalties..." Sean got off the tram one stop early and wanted to take a walk. "My reporter function can also dig out more news and produce articles very quickly.
"This means that while I am looking for Aaliyah and becoming a explorer, I can also obtain sufficient funds!"
Before, Sean felt very anxious - he really couldn't spare the time to make money. If this problem is not solved, sooner or later he will be unable to move forward in New Zealand.
This time, due to the good income received from Dyson Lauer's exclusive interview, this anxiety was dispelled and gave him stronger confidence.
It was almost dinner time, and he was walking relaxedly when he suddenly smelled an alluring fragrance...
"It's the smell of steak fried in butter..." He saw a "David's Steakhouse" not far away.
In the glass display window, a man was concentrating on enjoying the tender beef in front of him with a knife and fork.
The table knife cuts through the browned beef on the outside, and the meat juice flows out from the pink inside...
Sean turned to face the road, seeming to be thinking about something: "Should I reward myself?"
In the past, in his hometown, after making progress at work, Sean would bring delicious food home to share with Aaliyah. Sometimes it’s apple pie, sometimes it’s meatloaf or fried fish…
He still remembered Aaliyah's satisfied smile with the apple filling on her face when she was eating pie.
Sean has been saving money ever since he realized the search for Aaliyah might turn out to be a long journey. Now that he has temporarily saved the cost of accommodation, Sean usually chooses the cheapest meal - he is only willing to spend money when it comes to finding his sister.
Mist and Rose's regular meal is not bad, but the amount of meat is really not enough to satisfy an adult male.
After a little hesitation, Sean walked into the restaurant: "The training of the Explorer is also very hard. From this perspective, I should eat more meat."
Sean chose a seat near the back and ordered a T-bone steak.
About fifteen minutes later, the waiter brought a large, hot wooden plate and placed it in front of Sean.
The beef garnished with herbs is fried over high heat, forming strips of browned texture on the surface. In order to lock in the gravy and make it easier to eat, the waiter used a sharp knife to cut the T-bone steak, which was larger than a human face, into strips while it was still hot.
The burnt-yellow surface wraps the ruby-like interior. Black pepper and butter are stimulated by the high temperature to create an appetizing aroma...
Sean slowly finished the fragrant beef meal, and while drinking coffee, he felt a sense of guilt in his heart: "I don't know what Aaliya is doing now, but I am eating a big meal here... It’s really…”
On the other hand, Sean knew that he still had many challenges ahead of him and that it was necessary to take in some high nutrition, so he did not indulge in this emotion.
When he walked out of the restaurant, he was reminiscing and thinking: "The steaks in this restaurant are good. When I find Aaliyah, I must take her to try it!"
The walk drove away the post-dinner drowsiness, and when Sean returned to his room, he was able to immediately start reading immersed in his book.
Among the books for the explorer's assessment, there are two special books. The title pages of the two books "Ancient God Investigation Report" and "Evil Belief" indicate that reading these two books will have a certain degree of spiritual impact.
In short, the content in these two books will make people feel uncomfortable and frightened, thus affecting the mental state of the readers.
Sean knew that all mental shocks carried the risk of people losing their sanity and falling into permanent dementia or madness.
However, if the impact is within a tolerable range, then after experiencing this damage, the mental strength will actually increase.
This is similar to a person who feels very scared when listening to ghost stories. If he listens to it too much, he will become immune to horror stories - being properly frightened and being mentally shocked is actually a kind of "cultivation" of mental strength. .
"I'm still not calm enough when facing scary things." Sean thought of the fear that made his fingertips tremble when he faced dead bodies and evil spirits. "With my current mental strength, if I encounter something more... If there is profound fear, I am afraid that I will lose my mind directly.
"Becoming a dementia or a madman is no different from death.
"Now, it is necessary for me to strengthen my mental strength to ensure that my soul will not be unstable due to fear, nor will I lose my soul, nor will I lose my mind."
Therefore, Sean decided to exercise his mental strength while reading - he planned to read these two books in one sitting.
For ordinary people, reading these two books may be a long-term process. Because, if you are overly frightened during the reading process and your mental strength decreases, you must wait until your energy recovers before you can continue reading, otherwise there will be serious consequences.
Although Sean's mental strength is limited, fortunately his soul is nourished by the candlestick symbol. Even if he is greatly frightened, his sanity can be restored to its intact state in a short time.
Therefore, Sean was able to read these two books in one sitting as a basis for mental strength training.
Sean calmed down and opened the book in the quiet room...
The "Ancient God Investigation Report" is very precious information. The ancient gods referred to here refer to a powerful existence that existed in ancient times. They are also called "Old Lords".
The "Old Masters" are absolutely evil beliefs in the contemporary era, because what they represent is destruction and chaos. Exploration of them will inevitably lead to terrible disasters.
The age of the Old Gods predates the emergence of human civilization, and belief in them is already very rare. But even though there is a long time barrier, some of the strange events that the explorers have to face still originate from them. This shows how terrifying the ancient gods are.
Most of the investigative reports recorded in this book have paid extremely horrific or extremely tragic prices.
Considering the possible impact, many reports in this summary of basic information for explorers are not fully recorded. If you want to know the whole truth, you must become an explorer and improve your explorer level before you can borrow detailed information. material.
However, even if this summary of information is reserved, it can already have a huge impact on sensitive nerves.
"Evil Beliefs" records the terrible beliefs that the explorer pioneers encountered around the world, some of which involve the old masters, and some of which belong to fallen traditional gods, etc.
Sean used this time to finish reading these two books. After closing the book, he sighed: "Whether it is the old masters or the distorted traditional gods, evil beliefs have existed since ancient times...
"If the subject of the belief is evil, then the magic used by such believers is evil magic. Evil magic usually causes very terrible consequences...
"Not only that, this type of belief will directly cause believers to go crazy. Some extremely filthy beliefs will even change the nature of believers...
"They will transform from human beings into something inhuman..."
While reading these two books, Sean could clearly feel the feeling of fear creeping up his spine. But after these two days of intensive mental impact and beating, the lingering fear has significantly reduced...
"This should be the effect of increased mental strength..."
Not only did he further increase his mysterious knowledge and conquer two more books for the explorer's assessment, he also further improved his mental strength. Sean stood up and waved his fist with satisfaction.
When leaving the newspaper office that day, Sean made an appointment with Jimmy to visit the believers' gathering in Melinas. As the appointed time was approaching, he put the book away, tidied himself up and went out.
