Endless Debt.

Chapter 146 Prologue To Alice
Rhine calendar 1237, bureau of order, sublimation furnace core.

The heavy gate slowly opened under the rotation of the machine, and the patterns carved on the gate were also broken. The dry and hot breath overflowed from the split gate, as if the gate led to an underground volcano group. .

The girl was wearing a heavy protective suit, her platinum hair was combed into a bun at the back of her head, her eyes sparkled, and she looked at the opened gate with anticipation.

"You know the meaning of this pattern, Alice." Taida stood beside the girl, wearing the same heavy protective clothing.

"It is said that human beings first lived in a paradise on earth, but under the instigation of poisonous snakes, human beings ate the fruit of wisdom and were exiled by God..." Alice said softly.

Every time she told this story and its connection with the pattern, Alice would have some doubts in her heart, wondering why the pattern representing absolute rationality and the pursuit of knowledge originated from this mysterious mythological belief.

At this time, TEDA reached out and patted Alice's shoulder lightly, with a smile on his face.

"That's right, we alchemists are that greedy poisonous snake trying to steal God's knowledge and God's truth."

The floodgate was fully opened, and the heat wave was coming. Taida picked up the helmet, which also had the same ball printed on it, a poisonous snake entangled with fruit. It opened its mouth wide, trying to eat the fruit of wisdom.

"Wear a helmet, the inside is not as gentle as the outside."

Alice nodded, took the helmet in Teda's hand, and put it firmly on top of her head. There was a mechanical snapping sound, and it was completely combined with the protective clothing.

"Let's go, after you implant the alchemy matrix, this is where you will work."

Listening to TEDA's words, Alice walked into the turbulent heat wave, a huge black silhouette emerged from behind the rising heat, a large amount of red light shone down, harsh noises continued, and pipes crawled all over the sight like a swarm of snakes every corner of the

The line of sight gradually became clearer. Behind the gate, there were many people wearing protective clothing like Alice walking. The sound of the radio echoed in the huge space. Small trucks slowly passed by, pulling heavy cargo. The edges rise and fall, and if you look along them, you will find the suspended corridors all over the head.

The most eye-catching thing is the reaction furnace in the center. It is like a raised hill, and the sparkling fire can be seen from the gaps in the machine, as if it imprisoned a blazing sun as an energy source, passing the continuous stream of fireworks through The power tube transmits out.

Alice watched all of this with excitement in her eyes. After waiting for so many years, she finally came here, and she will become a member here, exploring the end of the "Secret Source" together.

"Welcome to the sublimation furnace core."

Someone walked towards Alice, and while nodding to TEDA, he also welcomed Alice.

"Alice, these two are Bailey and Badr, both my students. Of course, you will be my student from now on."

Taida introduced to Alice, unfortunately, both of them were wearing heavy protective clothing, and Alice couldn't see their appearance clearly. In the sublimation furnace core, everyone's appearance was hidden under the helmet, and only the breasts could be identified. front nameplate.

"I often hear my father refer to you, the best student and the most gifted student."

Alice's eyes flashed back to the two of them. The best one was Baldr, and the most talented one was Bailey.

"Alice Yazedet."

She introduced herself, saluted the two, and was restricted by the protective clothing. Her movements seemed a little clumsy, like a big shaking penguin.

"It's so cute, is this the junior sister?"

Bai Li rushed over, she was much taller than Alice, and directly pulled Alice into her arms, rubbing her two heads together through the helmet.

Alice accepted Baili's enthusiasm very frankly. She often heard TEDA say that Baili was an overactive child, while Bader was the opposite, silent and steady.

"I heard from the teacher before that you are a child who is more talented than me and more eager to learn than Badr, isn't it?"

Words can no longer express Bailey's joy. She directly touched Alice up and down through the protective clothing, but all she touched was the protective clothing.Alice felt that she was like a low tree with a happy monkey hanging on it.

"Yes, maybe my ability will be inherited by Alice in the end, so you'd better work harder for me."

Teda pushed Bai Li away with a smile, and continued.

"She has only come to the sublimation furnace core for the first time, control yourself, you will have plenty of time to spend together in the future."

Bailey let go of Alice reluctantly. In this place full of machinery and fireworks, apart from research, there are very few things that can arouse Bailey's interest. Now she looks at Alice as if she saw new toys.

Badr, as always, kept silent on the sidelines, and he would only respond when TEDA asked him.

"Is the implantation ceremony ready?" Taida asked.

"It's ready, after all, it's the junior sister who wants to use it, and we have checked it carefully." Bai Li assured.

Alice followed them, looking around all the way.

As Teda's daughter, Alice has been exposed to a lot of supernatural knowledge since she was a child, and has shown amazing talent for it. For this reason, Teda regarded Alice as an alchemist and trained her very early. Under the circumstances, Alice made rapid progress. At the age of ten, she was able to refine and process the "soul of mango silver" by herself.

When TEDA was working, he often mentioned Alice to others. He even said that when Alice reached the age of being alone, maybe Alice could replace him and become the new head of the sublimation furnace core. At that time, TEDA would be able to let go of these things Trivial affairs, like the previous ministers, are completely obsessed with research.

Therefore, it is not the first time that Bailey and Badr met Alice. They had heard of Alice's name as early as the teacher's endless admonitions. children".

"But is it really possible to implant in advance?" Badr asked in a low voice.

In the research of alchemists, where the soul comes from is a mystery that has continued since ancient times. Although no one can solve this mystery, the alchemists still found some laws in it.

When children are born, their souls are not stable, like a mist that is difficult to gather in shape, but as they grow older, children's souls will gradually become stable, and when they are humans, their souls will reach a completely stable state. Like soft soil, turned into a hard foundation.

For this reason, they will be regarded as a sign of the finalization of the soul and adulthood. Many implantation ceremonies will be carried out when the implanted person becomes an adult, but in some ancient extraordinary families, they have extremely secret knowledge, and their implantation is different. , but this is only an example.

Badr glanced at Alice behind him, and then asked, "She is only 16 years old, and her soul is not completely stable yet."

"Do you know? Badr, sometimes the regulations have to give way to geniuses," Taida said confidently, "not to mention that the implantation ceremony is performed by me, and I have a sublimation furnace core behind me to support it."

The Minister of Sublimation Furnace Core is personally in charge, and the whole department provides support for him. This battle can no longer be described as luxurious, even some extraordinary families can hardly achieve this level.

Badr nodded suddenly. He knew his character flaws, and he was always too cautious, which was completely opposite to Bai Li's jumping character. Therefore, TEDA often said that the two of them working together were the most perfect complement.

With the teacher and the entire sublimation furnace core, there is nothing to worry about.

TEDA also understands Bader's worries. In fact, he also had the same thoughts as Badr at the beginning, but Alice couldn't wait any longer. She was already tired of the knowledge TEDA taught her, and she needed something deeper and more obscure. Difficult to understand.

This kind of knowledge only exists in the sublimation furnace core, but before stepping into the sublimation furnace core, she must first become a Sublimator, join the Bureau of Order, become a part of the Secret Enlightenment School, and open the way to the "secret source".

Teda looks at Alice from time to time, he always feels that the girl will promote the history of the world, and make the alchemists' understanding of the "secret source" a step further.

He thought like this, and fell into a beautiful expectation, but the next second the harsh siren shattered the dream, the alarm bell rang loudly, and the dazzling warning red light flashed continuously.

Before a few people figured out what happened, the "reclamation room" squirmed violently, and door after door of emergency passage appeared out of thin air. After a brief panic, everyone stepped into the unknown door according to the regulations.

For many people, this is the first time the "reclamation room" has opened an emergency passage to the refuge, and it is the same for TEDA. This is the first time this has happened since the establishment of the Bureau of Order.

Everyone tried their best to keep calm, but the constantly collapsing "reclamation room" still caused panic among the crowd. Everyone knew how mysterious and powerful the "reclamation room" was, but it was such a seemingly invincible fortress, but under the influence of some kind of force The army was crushed under the blow.

The tide-like ether was pulled away from the "reclamation room", rushing to somewhere like a siphon, and even the dense lines on the bricks and stones were also dimmed. Without the support of ether, they also turned into ordinary stones and fell down. collapsed.

Huge bricks and stones overwhelmed a large group of people, screaming continuously amid blood dripping, a large amount of ether was evacuated, and under the vacuum of ether, many facilities had operational problems, and some directly caused explosions.

The pillar of fire erupted, and the red-hot iron sheets swept across like a dense rain of bullets, cutting the flesh and blood that passed by.

"Step aside!"

Baldr yelled and pushed Bai Li away. They were very close to the emergency passage. With a strong push by Badr, Bai Li fell directly beside the emergency passage. Immediately afterwards, another explosion sounded, and the violent flames engulfed Baldr. .

The dim light flashed back on Bader's body, and he tried to activate the secret energy to protect himself, but when he tried to activate it, he found that his "Current Soul Threshold" had already been broken through, and there was no ether in his body.

What made Baldur feel even more frightened was that the entire sublimation furnace core was under the absolute vacuum of ether at the moment. Whether it was the ether in the Sublimator individual or the alchemy weapon, it seemed that a tyrannical power descended and plundered everything wantonly.

The protective suit that protects the body begins to annihilate. It is also an alchemy weapon in essence. As the ether in the matter is recruited, it also collapses itself.

Baldr felt that he was going to die, his body was scorched by the fiery flames, when his consciousness was blurred, a big hand stretched into the sea of ​​flames and dragged him out.

"Come on!"

Taida yelled and threw Bader out. Although he was only a scientific researcher, Taida was also a real power bearer. Under this tyrannical power, he still had the power to resist.

Badr slammed into the wall heavily. He was covered with burns all over his body. Fortunately, the helmet was not broken and protected his head. Bai Li reached out and grabbed him. There was no need to say any words of thanks now. She grabbed Pick up Badr and turn into the emergency passage.

TEDA was panting in pain. His ability to act under the power also meant that he was under pressure far beyond imagination at all times. The high temperature swept through the core of the sublimation furnace, and the whole person seemed to be on the crater of a volcano. burning sensation.

"Are you all right, Alice."

Taida called out the girl's name, and when the collapse happened, he hugged Alice, and bright light trails bloomed on his body. Driven by the imaginary creation, the extreme cold dispelled the high temperature, and resisted the dangers that came.

Alice didn't respond, she lay quietly on Teda's shoulder like a kitten, and her face was exposed as the protective clothing was annihilated and shattered little by little.

In the roaring death, Alice's gaze was dull and empty, like a puppet whose soul had been taken away.

she watched.

The tyrannical force tore open the "reclamation room" bit by bit. In the scene of the end of the world, a god-like figure descended from the thunder of destruction. Under his power, everything collapsed.

(End of this chapter)