old dream

Chapter 18 Dark Burn
Colin chose to spend the night on the steel structure of a bridge over the Seber River.

If the body falls into a frenzy and loses control before dawn, then before tearing up an innocent passerby, he will fall from the tower and fall on the bridge, and he will be dead.

Gazing at the smooth, dark water 20 meters below the bridge, Colin tried to adjust his breathing and calm his heartbeat, but to little effect.

The mind is getting more and more tired, and the body is getting more and more excited.Colin tried to look inward, and found that the abundance of life in his consciousness had lost its clear star-like shape. They were boiling like slurry, and dirty stickiness was everywhere.And no longer under his control as he usually does.

It's a pity that I entered the letter in the seminary registration room during the day.Rather than wasting a morning in vain, the deciphering of the letter was delayed again, and the resulting material would be missing forever.

If you can't fall asleep, close your eyes and take care of yourself.After all, in just a few minutes tomorrow afternoon, you will decide whether you can get through this, so you must give your mind enough rest to avoid getting dizzy and screwing things up.

But the night was too long, and he breathed out a breath of heat, and even though it was summer, he could still see the heat rising between his breaths.He remembered the breathing rhythm of the thing in the warehouse last night, and felt that "he" was already dead as a human being when he first shot.

And it was the same brain and nervous system that controlled that body for the next 15 seconds, but something else entirely.

He shuddered, squinting just in time to see the female moon in the sky, perhaps because he was sitting high up, it looked bigger than usual.People in this world may never feel disobedience to this moon, and no country will be short of poems to praise her.But in the eyes of Colin, an outsider, it seemed extremely morbid and inexplicably frightening.

Just because it is too big, like a huge face too close.Unlike the moon on the earth, which always seems to be covered with a light veil, the crazy textures on the female moon can be clearly seen here with the naked eye. Its atmospheric circulation forms turbid and chaotic horizontal lines, and there are many huge monsters distributed among them. like the filthy oil spots on the Seber.But Colin knows that each of them is an extremely violent storm group, most of them have been howling for thousands of years, and they all have an unimaginable size, which is huge enough to swallow several "earths" he is currently standing on .

The night of the summer solstice is also the most complete time of the year in the female month.A small dark shadow can be observed passing over its surface, which will last all night.Various ancient civilizations have composed many beautiful legends for this scene, such as the freckles disappearing from the moon god, or a sesame seed sliding over the sleeping face of the female moon.But it is impossible for anyone with wild imagination to guess that it is the shadow cast by the boundless earth under human feet on the female moon facing the sun...

Colin stared at the female moon fascinated.The Ankhs have proved hundreds of years ago that the female moon revolves around the sun, the earth revolves around the female moon, and the sub-moon revolves around the earth, and the three major connections between these four-level celestial bodies are considered to be triple curtains. Some kind of representation in the material world.

But considering purely past-life knowledge, giant planets like Feminine shouldn't have formed so close to the sun, where too much matter can stay or they would fall into the sun.

Then perhaps, this female moon was originally located farther away from the sun, and is slowly being attracted by the sun...

"Hey."

A voice came from under Sota, a cold Nare language.It prevented Colin from thinking in a more terrifying direction.

Colin looked down and found a dark figure standing on the empty bridge.

"Number one... no, Mr. Lampkeeper?"

Mr. No. [-] was silent for a while, as if thinking about what "No. [-]" means.

It is somewhat impolite to label someone as "Number [-]" secretly and privately.

So Colin tried to muddle through: "Can't you find a place to spend the night?"

After all, the lampkeeper doesn't understand the language, and like an antique, it doesn't seem to have the appearance of holding Ori and As.

And No. [-] didn't seem to care what he was called, he ignored Colin's words:

"you come down."

He should know that Colin may be out of control at any time, but he still said this sentence, and he may have a way to control the monster.

But Colin couldn't figure out what he was drawing, so he didn't do what he said.

"Why? My hands and feet are shivering from the cold. It's inconvenient to climb those rails." Colin rammed the reason.

"You were born Cincily," said Mr. One.

He was asking about his condition, and Colin was a little surprised.This seems to be the first sentence the lampkeeper has said so far that is neither a requirement nor a supernatural one.

"Indeed, but I've only lived there for a few years and can't remember exactly."

"And you're dying," said Mr. One.

What do you mean, Colin thought, what does a dying Cynthia mean to Number One?
"So come down quickly," said Mr. One:

"I teach you to kill someone."

……

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The train in the city was swaying forward. In the crowded civilian carriage, Mr. No. [-] sat opposite Colin, looking at the cut rope in his hand.

And Colin was ruminating on the vague and vague words that Mr. No. [-] said last night.

The general idea is that, because Colin is dying, One can tell him some information without worrying about it being leaked.

But Colin's body must be able to persist for a longer period of time, otherwise, Mr. No. [-]'s purpose will not be achieved.

"For what purpose?"

Under the clear moonlight, Mr. No. [-] ignored Colin's question, and stared at Colin silently for a while:
"Life is fading faster than I thought."

He delivered a verdict in disappointment:

"If it goes on like this, I will burn myself to dryness in less than three days."

It's like a smouldering flame eroding in a wet pyre, but it's actually progressing a lot faster than it looks.Mr. One likened to Colin what he "saw".

Shortness of breath and body heat are not illusions, something is already happening.

But if a certain process has already been triggered, why does it show different traits from the scale man in the warehouse?

Is it because of the accumulated number of germs, one spark fell into the explosives storehouse, and the other fell on the wet pyre.

So what exactly is acting as "Mars"?
"It's irreversible," the lampkeeper said. "Even if you can stop the smouldering spread and survive these three days. The damaged life won't survive this month."

"You will die in three days. Time is too short. You can't do anything if you teach it." Mr. No. [-] said:

"But if I can wait a month or so before dying, it's just right for me."

Is this what people say?Colin sounded rather uncomfortable.

"So try to survive these three days." Mr. One said:

"I'll watch."

(End of this chapter)