Embers of Embers

Chapter 145
"Lorenzo, I've been thinking... what form do I live in, and what kind of existence is the [Gap]?"
Medanzo looked at the dim starry sky, and then stepped towards it.
"After I thought about it for a long time, I suddenly realized that my personal thinking is not clear, because the common sense of 'people' is interfering with me, just like you cannot fully understand animals."
It is difficult for humans to make absolutely rational judgments about the unknown, and their common sense is interfering with them.
Lorenzo heard what Medanzo meant, and he looked at Watson, that disturbing woman.
"So you asked the demon for advice?"
"Yes, at least for now, she is the only one who can answer my question, so... Watson and I have reached a temporary agreement. Of course, we do not rule out the possibility that she will react at a critical moment."
Medanzo turned around, and the terrifying rift was right behind him.
"I realize that I may be living in a state of spiritual consciousness, intersecting with your consciousness... Our consciousnesses intersect, and this [gap] is the space that connects us."
Three different wills exist together in the same [gap].
Lorenzo shook his head and said.
"I don't understand."
"Actually, this is easy to understand. Let me give you an example."
Medanzo said and moved away, allowing Lorenzo to observe the starry sky that was blocked by him. In the dim darkness, there was a bright star point near the crack.
"That's another [gap], a space that connects people's wills on a spiritual level, and you should be familiar with it."
"Familiar? How is that possible?"
Lorenzo looked at the weird starry sky. The darkness seemed to have magic power, attracting Lorenzo's thoughts, but his instinctive sense of crisis told him that once he fell, there might be endless darkness.
"You are still within the misunderstanding Lorenzo, and the stamp left on your mind by the Evangelical Church has not been removed."
Medanzo said with some sadness.
When you are indoctrinated with an idea since you were born, that invisible cage will imprison you and make you believe in it. Even if Lorenzo has left the Evangelical Church, even if he no longer believes in any god, in his subconscious , Lorenzo still avoided them.
Just like someone said that ice is hot and you will be burned if you touch it, you may question it, but when it exists in your life like an iron law, you will instead regard this "abnormality" as "normal", and you may even I don't think about its right and wrong, after all, that thing is as ubiquitous as the wind.
Lorenzo still had the church's restraints on him in his mind. He should keep questioning everything that was mysterious, instead of thinking that it was the reality that existed correctly. He should turn everything that was incomprehensible into theorems and formulas that could be peeked into.
"Haven't you ever wondered where the voices in your head come from?"
"A... voice in your head?"
Lorenzo seemed to realize something, the sound from that mysterious machine echoed in his mind.
It's like there is a strange system in your body that will give you help and instructions at specific times, but you never think about what it is or why it does what it does. You just succumb to that so-called "System" to execute strange commands one after another.
Just like a humble and pitiful tool man, all your actions, all conflicts of events, and the glory you achieve all originate from that weird system.
Even if you gain supreme power, you are just a puppet of the system. Without it, you are nothing.
"Yes, you can hear the voice from the Silver Bolt and Watson's voice, but haven't you thought about the similarities between them? Or is it that the church's hiding of this is perfect, perfect That you were also misled?"
The evangelical church has so many secrets, so many that almost no one really understands them all.
"Maybe if you change the name, you can understand."
Medanzo smirked as if he was going to play a prank, and he was looking forward to Lorenzo's reaction, because when he really learned about this, he couldn't help being shocked like never before.
"You can call that star, that [gap]...the Temple of Stasis."
The words were like thunder, all anger and vigilance were emptied out at this moment, and the whole person seemed to be stunned in place.
Medanzo looked at Lorenzo's shocked eyes, and he was extremely satisfied.
"Yes, that's what you understand. The voice that has been echoing in our minds, we thought it was the voice coming from the Silver Bolt."
Every witcher obeys the voice in his head, which issues orders from the church.
"The heart-centered network system established with the Temple of Stasis as the foundation, the church uses mysterious myths to cover up this damn thing, but if the inference is correct, it is essentially a large [gap], which connects Every witcher."
“A world where you can connect with the spirit.”
"This is why you can see Watson and hear Watson, but others can't, because you are connected in this [gap], Watson's [gap]. This is also why you were able to An order from the church was heard within the Silver Bolt."
"The invisible [gap] serves as a link to connect you and me."
So the weird sound echoed in this empty and cold ice world.
[Reconnecting to the Temple of Stasis...]
【Connection failed. 】
【reconnect……】
The stars in the dim sky called to Lorenzo, longing for the return of the children.
Lorenzo was completely stunned on the spot, and Watson's protection continued, making it impossible for Lorenzo to reconnect to the Stasis Temple.
"We used to be confused about this and couldn't understand because we were just the 'connected ones', and now we have... Watson's help, although she is not very believable, but at least we have become the same' Manager'."
Medanzo sent an invitation to Lorenzo.
"Are you interested in visiting 'home'?"
……
The siren echoed in the perpetual pump, shrill and shrill, like a woman's scream.
The passage to the entire workshop was opened again, but this time the people who stepped inside were well-armed security forces. They were carrying experimental weapons. Most of these things were scrapped due to the high cost of mass production, but in Here are the most basic security weapons.
The security soldiers wore heavy isolation suits, carried huge steam backpacks on their backs, and carried bulky firecracker weapons in their hands. There were steam pipes connected to the triple firecrackers in their hands. The giant triple firecrackers were driven by steam power. The firecrackers It fires an electric spear that can interfere with the operation of machinery. Due to the explosive power of high-pressure gas, it is far more powerful than gunpowder and can destroy armor and suppress it in an instant.
They were ready, their heartbeats rising and falling with the gradually opening gate.
But there were no terrifying demons behind the door, nor any out-of-control armors. The weapon master stood quietly in the center of the steel altar. The thickets of flesh and blood stopped after they spread to a certain extent, like a garden of flesh and blood. Dark red vines covered the steel armor.
The breastplate undulated slightly, moving with the violent heartbeat.
"The security team is in place."
There was a sound in the communication channel. This is not the first time the security team has dealt with an armor out of control, but this is the first time they have encountered such a quiet armor. Unlike the out-of-control armor with a strong desire to attack, it is so quiet that it is very quiet. horrible.
The security team did not dare to enter further. In essence, they were the second line of defense. The first line of defense was inside the workshop. There was heavy firepower on the dome, but no one could peek under the strong light.
"How's it going?"
A new voice sounded in the channel. Merlin's voice appeared on the high platform of the workshop. He used his power to forcefully open the upper passage and entered the workshop.
"He didn't lose control, but he didn't react."
Tesla looked at the high platform at the other end of the shaft wall, and Merlin appeared there. In fact, Merlin had violated many regulations at this moment, such as forcibly entering the blocked area, but this incident was different from all previous incidents. This time the armor was out of control. There is a demon hunter.
Merlin felt that he must arrive at the scene himself and observe all this.
"What's going on? Please explain?"
he asked on the channel.
"Mr. Holmes stopped at the same place after driving the armor. The demon's flesh and blood grew abnormally, the erosion deepened and gradually spread... He seemed to be in a coma. He didn't take any action, but he was not controlled by the demon. In place."
Tesla was as calm as possible. This was a situation he had never encountered before. Generally speaking, after the driver is unconscious, the armor will be driven by the unconscious demon flesh and blood, which is extremely aggressive, but now it is too quiet, quiet horrible.
"How's the fuel consumption?"
"The weapons division is currently operating with minimal energy consumption. We have not filled it with fuel, and it will be exhausted soon."
The steam engine of the original sin armor is one of the main outputs, and it also needs fuel consumption, but this is only an experiment, so only a small amount of fuel was injected into the weapon master Tesla.
"Security team, take action immediately and drag our Mr. Holmes out of his armor."
After a moment of silence, Merlin gave the order.
"Wait until the fuel runs out?"
Tesla didn't understand that when the fuel was exhausted and the steam engine shut down, the output of the Original Sin Armor would be greatly reduced, and the operation would undoubtedly be much safer by then.
"The longer the delay, the deeper the erosion will be. There is still secret blood in his body... Lorenzo himself is the biggest uncontrollable factor."
The mysterious demon hunters are themselves the sons of demons.
Following Merlin's words, the action quickly began. The security team stepped on the somewhat warm neutralizing liquid and walked towards the center of the steel altar.
As an extremely dangerous Original Sin Armor, it was designed from the beginning to prepare for the loss of control, such as the emergency opening valve that can be activated from the outside of the armor. In order not to be accidentally touched, it is protected by heavy armor and its location is hidden.
Countless eyes crossed the muzzle of the gun and focused on the silent weapons master. The thick flesh and blood were like wildly growing vines. They carefully cut open the flesh and blood, and then large amounts of blood gushed out, but even with such armor, There was still no response until they pulled down the hidden valve, and hot steam gushes out from the gap.
The armor on his back suddenly bounced up, and with little white smoke rising, the unconscious Lorenzo appeared in everyone's sight.
The wanton growth of flesh and blood has spread into the armor. Most of his body has been entangled with flesh and blood, and he has no reaction. The security guard cut open part of the flesh and blood with a knife, and pulled out the thin nerve electrodes from his body. The blood at the starting point.
Lorenzo was directly dragged out like this, everything was so safe and sound, but after that, there was an unsettled fear.
The first example in the original sin armor experiment record.
"what happened to him?"
After confirming that the Original Sin Armor was completely closed, the crisis was temporarily relieved. The elevator on the shaft wall descended, and Tesla and Merlin rushed to the center of the steel altar together.
Lorenzo seemed to be in a deep coma, lying unresponsive on the ground, with several experimental fire cannons pointed at his head, and firing at the same time was enough to turn him into a pulp.
"No response."
The researchers removed the probe from his brain, and they immediately examined Lorenzo, but all the numerical feedback was strange.
"What's the no response?"
Tesla couldn't help but ask, every driver who came out of the armor, even if he stayed awake, the various values ​​​​after their examination were ridiculously different, just like the patients who were about to die, but here Lorenzo There is nothing.
"There's nothing unusual...he...it's like he's asleep."
said the man.
"It's like...like the soul isn't here anymore."
He didn't know why he said that. He obviously advocated science and rationality, but he used "soul" to explain everything.
"Okay, I understand. Place him... and temporarily contain him in the same way as a demon. Of course, I don't mean to ask you to lock him directly in a tight iron prison and tie him to an iron bed. We still have some human rights here. !”
Merlin said to the security team members who wanted to kill Lorenzo on the spot.
Like a ridiculous farce, it started quickly and ended quickly.
Tesla looked at his boss with some suspicion, and he thought for a while and asked.
"You know his condition, don't you?"
"Tesla, you are a genius, but some knowledge is not something you can understand now."
Merlin knew that he couldn't hide it, especially when faced with this rare genius.
"Slow down the project for now. Don't start it until he wakes up."
"Then what do I do?"
Tesla said with some dissatisfaction that the project ended just after it started, which is simply maddening.
"Continue your electric current project, didn't you say you were about to have results?"
"how about you?"
Tesla pressed.
In fact, few people have noticed that the technology in this perpetual pump is slowly changing. If scholars led by Tesla represent modern technology, then taking Merlin as an example is the almost disappeared alchemy. Once this The mysterious technology allowed the purification agency to survive the most difficult period, but now it is gradually disappearing here.
"I'm going to find Arthur. There are some things that need to be discussed."
Merlin didn't give Tesla a chance to ask questions and turned around to leave. The atmosphere in the entire workshop was very subtle, except for the two Joey and Kestrel who were glad that they didn't have to be guinea pigs for the time being. They had tears in their eyes and hugged each other excitedly. .
(End of this chapter)