Embers of Embers

Chapter 509 Roots
"We walked on the cracked ice, facing the strong wind and snow dust."
There was a voice in 016's ears. She opened her eyes and saw the familiar ice field and the bright night sky. She remembered that this should be Lorenzo's [Gap].
Her consciousness was in a trance, like a lingering dream after waking up. She vaguely remembered who she should have been confronting just now, but this memory gradually became blurred until it shattered and disappeared.
"What we long for is at the end of this snowstorm, but we are too heavy ourselves, carrying with us the despicability and desires of mortal nature.
The further we advance, the more fragile the ice becomes. Every step we take will bring countless cracks. Biting-cold seawater overflows from the cracks. The entire ice is crumbling and can no longer support our weight. It seems that The next second we will fall into the sea of ​​ice. "
047 was sitting on the other side of the bench. He was looking at the other end of the ice field. In his eyes, 042 was advancing against the wind and snow. His steps staggered, and he fell down every few steps, and then struggled again. climb up.
"We are so heavy that we have to give up something to move forward on this fragile ice."
047 said and turned his head and looked at 016.
"What do you think?"
"What do you think? If you need to give it up, let it go. As long as you can get there, what's the point of missing it?" 016 thought for a while and replied.
"Is that really the case?"
047 seemed troubled. He watched 042 fall into the sea. He struggled hard, climbed ashore, seemed to be resting, and then stepped onto the ice again.
"If we throw away everything, wouldn't we become 'blank'?"
"so what?"
"So 'blank' us, do you still remember why we went there?"
As the sound fell, everything fell into endless tranquility. The splashing water, flying snow dust, and bursting ice shards all froze at this moment.
In the distance, 042 maintained his forward posture, frozen in place like a sculpture. He stretched out his hand as if to touch something, but there was only chaos in front of him that was difficult to see through.
"What did you say?"
016 looked at 047 in confusion, and there was a very strange feeling in her heart, which she couldn't explain clearly.
"We must have embarked on this road of no return for some reason, but if we abandon even this original reason, will it all be meaningful when we reach the end of the road?"
In order to make this wish, I went through a lot of hardships and reached the end of the journey. Just before the wish came true, I lost my wish.
Does it all make sense?
The stagnant time was shattered, and everything was on track again. 042 ran forward vigorously, the cracks in the ice closely followed his steps, and he was about to reach the finish line. At this moment, he saw those lost people.
Their bodies were so light. After giving up everything and becoming blank, nothing could restrain them anymore. Their bodies slowly rose into the sky, their eyes empty, as if they were dead.
Thousands of blank corpses hung in the sky.
……
A surge of malice arose in the office, and the invisible tentacles scratched the surrounding things like crazy, revealing a bloody mouth, devouring the lives of living people wantonly.
At this moment, Eve could deeply feel the shape of "despair", smell its breath, and hear its whispers, stimulating the most primitive emotions.
fear.
Her eyes tightened, her heartbeat accelerated, and her body temperature rose. The Ranger's power took effect at this moment. Under the suppression of ordinary people losing their minds, Eve broke free from the control. She waved the folding knife, although she didn't know what was going on. , but the violent fear in her heart urged her to attack.
Kill Watson.
The distance was so close, probably less than three or four meters, but it became so long at the moment. Eve took steps hard and raised the folding knife.
It can be seen that Watson has already taken off most of the crown, only some edges are still close to his forehead, and a white storm is rolled up in those tired eyes, so dazzling and breathtakingly beautiful.
Come on, Eve, as long as you send the steel in your hand into this woman's heart, as long as you prevent the spread of this weird power, as long as...
Eve cheered herself up in her heart, but as soon as she took a step, her body began to lose control. The force called erosion acted on her body. The reason why she was too close to the source of erosion was not only the increase of negative emotions, but also the growth of negative emotions. There are also effects on the five senses.
His vision was hallucinating, and the blazing whiteness in his pupils was distorted into a scorching sun. He could see that the shadows in the room began to squirm, like boiling black water, as if something was about to crawl out of it.
what happened?
Eve was confused, her vision began to shake, and she remembered that her steps should be steady, but now Eve was falling to the ground, the erosion affected her senses, and even walking became difficult at this moment.
Falling down in embarrassment, she turned her head to the side, just in time to see Watson sitting by the wall. The blazing white pupils of his eyes became brighter and brighter, almost swallowing Eve completely.
To...die?
Eve's eyes were dull, and under the pressure of erosion, it was even difficult for her to think about her past before she died. She could only die ridiculously, just like this...
In an instant, all the strangeness disappeared.
It was as if an invisible power had curbed the growth of darkness in an instant. Watson's face was ferocious, and veins were beating on his arms. He put the holy silver crown back on again, isolating his dark will from his flesh and blood.
Just like that, everything came to peace.
This kind of calm lasted for a long time. Both Watson and Eve looked exhausted at the moment, with heavy breathing echoing in the meantime.
I don't know how long it took, but Eve finally felt relieved from the depression caused by the erosion. She tried to stand up, but she was too weak to do anything. Like Watson, she moved back a few times and leaned against the window. .
"You...want to kill me?"
Eve asked with lingering fear, the fear and despair just now echoed in her mind, death was so close to her.
Watson did not respond. In order to contain her crazy thoughts, she almost used up all her remaining strength.
She lowered her head and looked at her palms. Watson should have been wary of those crazy ravings.
After learning the secret of the old pope, Watson and the new pope went deep beyond the fence, almost touching the hidden evil.
Watson thought she had escaped well, but in fact she had long been captured by the unspeakable force. The Silent Ones fought so hard to keep this force outside the fence, and now she and the new Pope, Out of the pursuit of the truth, this power was touched again.
She wasn't quite sure how to describe this evil force. If she had to give it a name, it might be called the "source", the "source" of twisted madness.
"My [sublimation] is not incomplete."
Watson whispered, his voice so low that Eve couldn't hear what she was saying.
Watson has always felt that he and Lorenzo are the same. They have undergone [sublimation], but the [sublimation] is not complete enough. Lorenzo is still bound by the body, while Watson cannot go further under the will of nothingness. .
But suddenly, Watson felt that this was not the case.
Watson's [sublimation] is complete, but there are still too many impurities in her body, which prevents her from being fully promoted to a higher existence. There is a vague guess in her heart, maybe she will listen to the voice of [root] and give up everything, Watson These impurities can be removed, and it will be upgraded.
This is the case for both her and Lorenzo. They already have the [certificate] to open the door, but they cannot abandon everything and find it difficult to cross the fragile ice.
So...what will happen if you give up everything?
The silent one?Or is it the so-called [source]?
Watson could not guess the deeper secret, but she was extremely afraid of the end of it all.
At the moment when she took off the crown, a strange hallucination suddenly flashed before her eyes. The dead 047 was talking to herself on the bench some strange things.
Yes, if you really give up everything, will you still be yourself?
"Why did you give up? You should have been able to kill me, so why did you give up in the end?"
Eve asked again. She felt much better now, and her stripped senses were gradually restored. She sat where she was without moving rashly.
"what?"
Watson was brought back to reality by Eve's words and ended her crazy imagination. She seemed a little slow and was stunned for a long time before speaking slowly.
"You are Lorenzo's friend. He will be sad if you die."
Probably for this reason, maybe he didn't have the courage to give up everything, maybe he was still attached to the complexity of human nature, maybe it was for Lorenzo Holmes... In short, Watson came to his senses at the last moment, Get out of control.
"Is that so?"
Eve showed a helpless smile. She never thought that such a reason would save her. It was really ridiculous.
The warm sunshine fell on Eve through the window, and it was warm, dispelling a lot of the coldness in her heart. She looked at the sluggish Watson, and recalled the ridiculous reason just now.
"Morning Advance."
Hearing Eve's voice, Watson raised his head.
"Lorenzo is on that ship, and this ship is taking them to the Viking Kingdoms... He has been away for many days, and maybe he has already arrived in the Viking Kingdoms. If you want to find him, you may have to The pace is picking up.”
Her voice paused, remembering Watson's weirdness just now, and she added.
"But you are his friend, so this shouldn't be a problem for you."
Eve smiled at Watson, threw the jackknife beside her, and planted it firmly on the floor in front of Watson.
"Bring it with you, you'll need it."
　Double update, I didn’t expect it, and I didn’t expect it to be coded.
　
(End of this chapter)