Embers of Embers

Chapter 578 The Terminal [Thanks to the leader of Chas www]
Night fell in the vast white snow, and the magnificent aurora reflected the stars, flashing on the dome. The light fell softly and was reflected by the snowflakes, making the darkness of the night fade away.
The epidemic doctor raised his head and could see the aurora weaving into a gorgeous band of light. Just like in the Silent Sea, it pointed to the end of the distance, leading the direction of a few people. The stars were shining higher up, extremely bright. It's like a gem set in it.
He has never seen such a clear sky. It seems that the distance between the doctor and the sky has been shortened. Maybe if you continue to move forward, you can really reach the end of the world. The doctor guesses that there may be a huge, endless cliff. , the lower side is the abyss leading to hell, and the upper side is the starry sky where heaven is located.
He couldn't help but feel relieved. There were still terrible crises lurking everywhere, but the epidemic doctor didn't have much fear. He came to this forbidden place and saw scenery that ordinary people could not imagine. From this point of view, it was quite worth it. of.
Taking a long breath, the plague doctor looked to the other side. The bonfire was burning quietly, with a breeze blowing from time to time, making it sway slightly.
The swaying firelight reflected on the faces of several people. They sat around the bonfire, resting and getting ready.
Watson's body is a mortal body. In order to avoid some emergencies, she still lives in the Original Sin Armor and only uses the [gap] to talk to Lorenzo.
The tall black angel was half-kneeling by the bonfire. The engine was running at low power, and steam overflowed from time to time, emitting heat.
Lorenzo sat opposite the doctor. He picked up the dried meat and sprinkled some paint antimony into the campfire while chewing it.
There is nothing here except the vast ice and snow, so they can only use lacquer antimony to burn to make a simple bonfire. In fact, they don't need any rest. As monsters who have embarked on the ascension, they have already surpassed Common sense exists, but in order to deal with possible emergencies in the future, Lorenzo still insists on making some repairs, and he still needs time to confirm some other things.
"I said, Holmes, don't bother. It seems like he really doesn't remember anything."
The epidemic doctor dissuaded him, so he picked up the iron box, filled it with ice and snow, and baked it on the campfire, waiting for the ice and snow to melt into water.
"Try again. Although I can't remember who he is, maybe he is someone close to us?"
Lorenzo still refused to give up, he said teasingly, "Maybe this guy is your friend, or your brother?"
The epidemic doctor was silent. He was sure that he had no friends or brothers, but after realizing the power of antimemes, he could not guarantee whether what he believed in was correct.
Everything should be considered just in case. In this hellish place, just in case... So the epidemic doctor said nothing more and acquiesced to Lorenzo's actions.
Lorenzo turned around and looked at the guy tied to him. Judging from his appearance, this guy was quite old. His body was scarred and had large areas of abrasions. It looked like he had been reverse-moulded. After being captured, Lorenzo and others dragged him forward for a long distance.
He also found that this guy had traces of erosion, and the ends of his limbs had symptoms of alienation. This was not good news, but perhaps it was because he was under the antimemetic shroud and the eroding infection was blocked. He was between Between humans and demons, all memories have been lost.
Lorenzo swallowed the last mouthful of dried meat, and then began to ask this question that he repeated countless times.
"name?"
"Floki Wilgdason."
"age?"
"Floki Wilgdason."
"Profession?"
"Floki Wilgdason."
"origin?"
"Floki Wilgdason."
"..."
"..."
“What does one plus one equal?”
"Floki Wilgdason."
Lorenzo couldn't help shouting with a dying expression on his face.
"Don't you have anything else to say but Floki Wilgdason?"
The guy was stunned for a moment, as if he was thinking about the meaning of Lorenzo's words. He racked his brains to think, and in his blank memory, he dug out the only other word.
"Chart."
Lorenzo let out a long sigh.
It’s this kind of conversation again, and it’s this kind of ending again.
He shook his head helplessly. Lorenzo still didn't get any useful information this time. After Lorenzo stopped asking questions, this guy kept gnawing on the dried meat like a hungry beast. His movements were so bad that Lorenzo suspected that this guy had even forgotten how to eat "politely".
"His name is Floki Wilgdason?" asked the doctor.
"Probably? Who knows? This may be someone else's name, or it may be his own... Anyway, in his poor mind, he seems to only remember this."
Lorenzo was thinking hard as he spoke, but unfortunately he couldn't remember this strange face at all.
"I did not bring him back," said Lorenzo suddenly.
The epidemic doctor cast a questioning look, and Lorenzo continued.
"At the end of the memory palace, I couldn't find this guy, but this guy still appeared... It was he who used Watson's erosion to tear himself apart from the influence of the antimeme."
Lorenzo was sure of this, and the best proof was that he had no memory of this guy. Lorenzo didn't think of him at all, he recalled himself.
"He recalled the words 'Floki Wilgdason' and 'chart,' and he emerged from the antimemetic influence."
"Is this possible?"
The epidemic doctor found it a bit unbelievable. The power of antimemes was so strange and terrifying. He didn't think anyone could escape from the influence of antimemes.
"It's possible, maybe these two words are very important to him, so important that they have been engraved in his soul."
Lorenzo paused and said seriously.
This is possible because Lorenzo was once like this guy, and unlike the plague doctor, Lorenzo understands it all.
"It seems like nothing has been resolved. We seem to have gained nothing but a lot of burdens." said the epidemic doctor.
"Not necessarily. Let's see how much he can recover. Maybe a miracle will happen."
Lorenzo said as he took out more Florund medicine from the box placed by the Black Angel. Several empty bottles were already scattered on the ground. During the repair time, Lorenzo injected this guy several times. Needle, I hope this potion can help him remember more things.
"Then what do you call him?" the doctor asked again. Whenever he wanted to call this guy who suddenly appeared, he didn't know what to call him.
"How about Floki Wilgadassen? He seems to like the name," said Lorenzo.
The epidemic doctor nodded in agreement.
Lorenzo, Epidemic Doctor, Floki, and Watson, the four-person team just got back together. Although there were some fluctuations, there was barely any damage.
Raising his head, Lorenzo and the epidemic doctor stared at the night sky together, looking at the stars and aurora. Floki, after injecting a few more Florund potions, stared at the bonfire in a daze.
"It's so beautiful. What do you think these stars could be? Holmes."
The epidemic doctor suddenly asked.
"Sometimes I think that everything in this world has been studied and considered, but these things all over the sky seem to be still unknown. Why are they so bright, and why are they so high in the sky?"
Lorenzo looked at these, and for a moment he felt that he was in his own [gap]. Only in his own [gap] did Lorenzo see such clear stars.
"They are suns, one huge sun after another, but they are too far away from us, so they appear very small."
"How do you know this?" the epidemic doctor asked in surprise.
Lorenzo, a little confused, answered.
"I don't know, this is the knowledge in [God's Baptism], or in other words, the memory from that unknown existence."
"Is this true? If it is true, it means that humans before reincarnation can even set foot on the stars, right?"
This was shocking news, but the epidemic doctor seemed very calm. Perhaps it was because he had difficulty understanding the idea of ​​"stepping into the stars", just like you were telling a child in a slum about the grandeur of the Platinum Palace.
He knew it was grand, but that was all, and even Lorenzo himself had trouble understanding all of this.
These dreams are like a wonderful black box. Lorenzo just witnessed it all. As for what these are, he doesn't know.
"It sounds really great."
The epidemic doctor sighed and looked at the stars. He wanted to witness the truth with his own eyes more and more.
Lorenzo recalled that under Watson's narration, Lorenzo knew the secret of [God's Baptism]. As early as that time, he had entered a certain [gap], and that [gap] was mixed with... Holding countless past memories.
All these things Lorenzo knows are memories from before reincarnation.
His memory.
"This memory comes from the strange thing under the Well of Ascension, another demon called Leviathan."
Lorenzo whispered.
During this long journey, Watson told Lorenzo about her actions in the Cathedral of San Naro in the "gap" along the way, and also informed her about the "Baptism of God's Favor" and the information about the Well of Sublimation.
All the dreams of the demon hunter originate from the flesh and blood under the Well of Ascension, from His [gap].
After Watson told this, Lorenzo also asked her, what is the monster called Leviathan under the Well of Ascension?Why does He have so many and complicated memories, or [gaps]?
Lorenzo invaded the "Gap" of the Sea Serpent, and the former demon hunters used their memories to build the prosperous Temple of Stasis together. But why is there so many strange things happening here?
Watson said nothing more and refused to answer. Lorenzo could also understand that Watson was still hiding something, but she felt it was not time to tell her yet.
"Enemy."
Lorenzo thought to himself.
In that illusive temple of stasis, Edron Levien once called the thing below the well.
His thoughts became a little confused. Lorenzo looked up at the stars. The starlight became brighter and brighter. It was like the sky was blocked by a curtain, blocking the light that should have fallen. Someone stabbed one after another on the curtain. Holes, these rays of light fall down along the holes and turn into brilliant stars.
Lorenzo thought of something and couldn't help but mutter.
"A magnificent starry sky with countless stars and colorful colors, just like a painting by a master."
His pupils narrowed slightly, and Lorenzo grabbed the Florund potion beside him and injected it for himself to make his memory clearer and see those things that were about to be forgotten.
Lorenzo continued talking, as if murmuring crazy curses.
"It was an extremely bright starry sky, revealing charming colors. The surrounding darkness undulated and receded in front of it. They were entangled together, and the light undulated slowly, as if it was alive and breathing..."
"What are you talking about, Holmes?"
Lorenzo's speech had a crazy tone, which frightened the epidemic doctor and made him feel at a loss.
There have been too many bad things along the way. If Lorenzo goes crazy here, the Plague Doctor really doesn’t know what to do. With Lorenzo’s [Gap] invasion ability, the Plague Doctor doesn’t think he can survive in Lorenzo. of his men survived.
"The will."
Lorenzo said.
The epidemic doctor's expression was even weirder. Although it looked like a bunch of twisted scarlet flesh to others, he thought he was putting on a "baffling" expression.
"Why... why did you suddenly say your last words?"
The epidemic doctors advised him one after another that maybe Lorenzo had fallen under the influence of the antimeme, and this guy was trying to figure out how to give himself a break so that he could end this miserable life.
This surprised the epidemic doctor. He didn't expect that such a powerful Lorenzo would have such a fragile moment.
"It's not my last words, it's another guy's. The previous technical chief of the Perpetual Pump, the alchemist William, said before he died that he saw such a starry sky."
Lorenzo's next words reassured the epidemic doctor a lot. Now the fate of the epidemic doctor is in Lorenzo's hands. After seeing the weirdness of this antimeme, he doesn't think he can reach the world alone. The end.
"Do you think he is talking about this starry sky? It looks quite similar. There is probably no other place in the world where you can see such a scenery except here." The epidemic doctor said.
"No, he has never arrived here, how could he see this? I suspect he saw another starry sky."
"What do you mean?"
Lorenzo became serious, moved his gaze away from the starry sky, and looked at the epidemic doctor.
"Do you know? Doctor Epidemic, when traveling through the [gap], do you know what other people's [gaps] look like to me?"
"what?"
"Star."
"Star?"
"Yes, one star after another spread across the darkness."
"Then the stars he saw..."
"It's us, it could be someone else, or it could be another group of 'things' with [gaps]. They are as numerous as ant colonies, spread across the sky."
The epidemic doctor was startled, then he laughed a few times, and said slowly, "No matter how many there are, they are just human beings."
"Not only humans have [gaps], but beings who are on the road to sublimation also have [gaps]." Lorenzo said.
"That sounds like a horror story."
"Isn't our life a horror story?"
"..."
"Its daybreak."
Another dull voice sounded. Black Angel slowly stood up, and morning light rose from the end of the horizon.
The break was over and it was time for them to move on.
Lorenzo stood up, kicked out the bonfire, picked up the supplies and motioned for Floki to follow.
Floki has forgotten everything, and his intelligence is like a beast that follows instinct, but he doesn't understand the orders of Lorenzo and the plague doctor at all, and he has some resistance.
Lorenzo felt a headache. He and Floki were complete strangers, but for some possible reasons, Lorenzo insisted on taking him with him, and now he acted like he was taking care of a child.
But Lorenzo doesn’t even have a girlfriend, so he has such an old child?Looking at Floki like this, he feels like he is old enough to be his own grandfather.
"Go!"
Lorenzo pulled the rope, but Floki had no intention of moving. He kept staring at Lorenzo, or to be precise, at Lorenzo's waist.
Lowering his head and picking up the parchment and pen, Floki's eyes followed their movement.
"You want this?"
Floki said nothing, but his eyes showed his attitude.
Lorenzo threw the parchment and pen to Floki, and Floki caught it as if the things in his hands were treasures. He rubbed and stroked them repeatedly, and his mood became very stable, and he followed Lorenzo forward. .
"At least this kid is pretty easy to coax."
Lorenzo muttered, he didn't know why Floki cared so much about the sea chart, and he probably wouldn't have the chance to know. He and the plague doctor moved forward together, heavy footsteps sounded, and the Black Angel followed closely.
"Holmes, I have also thought about something... something that involves the truth, you may need it."
After listening to Lorenzo's hypothesis about the stars, the epidemic doctor remembered his conjecture about "upgrading". He felt that it had reached this point, and it was time to share it all with Lorenzo.
This speculation made the epidemic doctor feel scared and desperate. He was surprised and happy, and he didn't know whether he should take that step.
"We have plenty of time on the way, let's climb over this snow slope first."
Lorenzo was walking in the front, and a slightly steep slope blocked their way. He pulled out his nail sword and stabbed it under the solid ice in the snow. The slope here was a bit steep, and the snow was easily trampled off. Smooth ice exposed.
After struggling to climb to the top of the slope, before he could put away his nail sword and observe the surrounding terrain, Lorenzo stood still and stopped moving.
He seemed to see something.
The epidemic doctor followed behind him, his claws breaking through the flesh and clawing at the solid ice. He climbed up much faster than Lorenzo, and soon reached the top of the slope. Then, like Lorenzo, he stood still. In place, the last ones were Dark Angel and Floki.
Everyone's eyes were dull, looking at the world behind the high slope.
It was unclear whether it was because the light was too dazzling or for some other reason, but Lorenzo felt a little moist in his eyes.
"end of the world."
(End of this chapter)