Embers of Embers

Chapter 579 Monuments
It was another moment between morning and dusk. Lorenzo stood on a high slope and looked at the world in the distance.
Has he ever thought about his feelings and excitement when he really reaches the end of the world?ecstatic?Hysterical yelling?Lorenzo had thought about all this, but when this moment came, he only felt calm in his heart.
No, this is not calm. To be precise, in the face of this huge impact, Lorenzo has briefly lost the ability to think. All he can do is to observe the scenery in front of him as much as possible and firmly grasp them. Engraved into the depths of the soul, remembered forever.
"Here...is the end of the world?"
The epidemic doctor asked in disbelief. This was something he had never imagined or seen.
"It should be, the Aurora ends here."
Lorenzo said, raising his hand and pointing at the darkness that was about to be dispelled by the morning light.
The aurora faded away little by little, but even so, it could be clearly seen that the band of light that guided them deep into the Sea of ​​Silence ended here, as if something was hindering its progress, and the faint light wandered in the scenery in front of them. , and finally dissipated.
Lorenzo smiled and then said.
"I had thought before that there would be a huge billboard here with the words "The End of the World" on it. There would be a few secret keepers standing under the billboard, happily welcoming our arrival."
This was a joke that wasn't too funny. Everyone was so shocked that no one paid any attention to Lorenzo's weird joke.
Floki, who had forgotten everything, also let out a whimper after a brief moment of sluggishness. He was probably cheering or ecstatic, but there were only two words left in his mind. After whimpering, he clumsily shouted stand up.
"Chart! Chart! Chart!"
Lorenzo couldn't understand the meaning of Floki's words, and then he saw Floki take out the parchment and scribble on it. He could see that the handwriting was very steady, describing everything in detail.
"You actually remember such a thing? Did I bring a cartographer with me?"
Lorenzo looked at it and said with some confusion, wondering how Floki could remember all these messy things, but he quickly looked ahead again, enjoying this moment as much as possible.
"end of the world……"
The Black Angel made a dull sound, and Watson looked around, letting the light of the morning glow shine down.
The four of them stood on a towering snow slope, and this snow slope was actually the edge of a huge crater... They were not sure whether to call it a crater. After all, it was too huge. Lorenzo Looking to both sides, one could see the snow slopes extending to the end of the line of sight. They formed a huge circle, enclosing everything in front of them.
In front of you is a cliff with a very high drop. It seems as if there was an extremely terrifying explosion that created this huge crater. The impact also piled up mud and rocks. They squeezed and bulged against each other, creating such a cliff.
There are piles of snow under the cliff, and there are many bumps on the white snow. Because of the strong light of the morning glow, Lorenzo can't see clearly what they are, but looking forward, he can see endless light.
They are huge columnar entities one after another. They are densely inserted into the ground with uneven heights, like a dense jungle. The strong light is refracted from it, making it difficult to see its true appearance, but even so , Lorenzo still managed to see a little clearly.
These are all diamond-shaped buildings with smooth surfaces without any trace of snow or ice. It is unclear whether they are made of metal or some unknown crystal.
But it is obvious that this is an artificial creation, standing silently at the end of this desolate forbidden land. It is difficult to use any adjectives to describe it all. There is only a blank in my mind.
Lorenzo finally found it, the last refuge.
"Let's go."
Lorenzo said to the others, suppressing the excitement gradually rising in his heart.
It seems that the man-made creation is right in front of him, but in fact Lorenzo estimates that he is at least several kilometers away from it. If the scale of the man-made creation is too huge, the distance between the two will be increased even more. .
"At this height, we can try to glide over."
Watson said that there was no battle along the way, and the Black Angel only consumed one fuel tank, and it still had a lot left, which could be used here.
"No, after traveling such a long distance, what's more important than this? Let's use the fuel in more useful places."
Lorenzo shook his head and rejected Watson's proposal. He temporarily untied the rope, grasped the nail sword, and jumped down the cliff.
The glow reflected on the snow interfered with the vision. The height of the cliff was much higher than Lorenzo had estimated. It was difficult to imagine how this kind of terrain was formed in the first place.
When he was about to hit the ground, Lorenzo thrust out the nailed sword and rubbed it ferociously on the cross section, causing sparks and gravel to fly up. It bounced up and down, and then landed steadily on the snow.
The epidemic doctor followed closely behind. He didn't have as many fancy moves as Lorenzo. He simply opened his hands, with membrane wings spread along his armpits, as if the evolution of living things was realized in just a few seconds. , the falling speed slowed down and fell slightly heavily.
A dark shadow covered the two of them. This height was not a problem for the Black Angel. It grabbed the overwhelmed Floki and dropped from the sky.
The snow shook under the heavy weight of the Black Angel, and the snow was shaken away, revealing solid ice.
Lorenzo slowly squatted down and gently stroked the exposed ice, which had some cracks due to the vibration.
"We haven't hit bottom yet," Lorenzo said, gazing at the dark blue under the ice.
Under Lorenzo's observation, he found that the ice was at least tens of meters thick, which meant that the depth of the crater was far beyond his imagination. With a blazing white light flashing in his eyes, Lorenzo could barely keep his eyes open in the dark. Some black shadows can be distinguished in the blue ice. They have been frozen here for an unknown period of time.
"It's pointless to create such a crater, isn't it?" Lorenzo asked, "You can't stop the demons, you can't stop the erosion, nothing can stop it, not even us, so the people of the previous generations, Why do we need to transform the terrain like this?”
"Perhaps there was a war here?"
The epidemic doctor said tentatively, but after he finished speaking, he felt a little regretful and a little... weirdly excited.
He had seen Ascalon's artillery fire, which could easily create a large crater of several meters in the frozen soil, with half-melted metal and scorched earth in it. He was in such a crater, Lawrence's head was recovered.
So what kind of horrific explosion would it be to create such a huge crater?Even a demon hunter would be evaporated into dust in an instant.
"Is this a battlefield?"
After listening to the doctor's words, Lorenzo thought, then stood up and looked away.
In this huge circular pit, the end of Lorenzo's sight was blurred by the morning light, and he could not see the end of it at all.
"Many years ago, this place was hit by destruction. The attack covered a very wide area and even affected the sea. The seawater poured into the crater and froze into what it is today over the years."
Lorenzo thought that after such a long period of fighting and killing, many people had almost forgotten that Lorenzo was essentially a detective.
"That means the entrance to the shelter might be under the ice."
Lorenzo probably understood why Merlin failed to find the end of the world. The entrance to the shelter was in the ice. Merlin, who was about to collapse in materials and manpower at that time, was naturally unable to find the entrance, let alone the influence of antimemes. Merlin It's a miracle to get out of here alive.
"Is that why he had such a vague hint?"
Lorenzo murmured in his mind that it was so important to explore the Silent Sea, but the only reminder was to follow the aurora.
At first, Lorenzo felt that the guys from the Purge Agency didn't know the specific information at all. Now it seems that they must have been affected by antimemes. People who leave here may forget the detailed information about this place to ensure that the world Security at the end, and these guys can't remember what they forgot, which is why they have this seemingly black box method of operation.
"So what happened to those things? Holmes, do you think such an explosion cannot destroy those artificial creations?"
The epidemic doctor looked at the huge creation in the distance. If this place was really created by some kind of explosion, how could these buildings at the core of the explosion be safe?
"It's very simple. After being hit by such an attack, would you still build something in the explosion area?" Lorenzo asked, "Only fools would build on scorched earth and ruins, unless the explosion failed to shake it at all."
"Even such an attack failed to destroy it, so it is a 'sanctuary'."
Lorenzo said, stepping forward.
……
The few people continued to move forward for a long time. Out of fear of antimemes, the deeper they went, the faster they injected medicine. The medicine reserves carried by Black Angel were also declining rapidly. It was unclear how long they could last.
Along the way, Lorenzo also realized the hugeness of those man-made creations. Even after walking for so long, there was still no clear change in their size in his field of vision. However, he saw a lot of weird things along the way.
"What do you think these things are? Holmes."
As the doctor walked, he pointed at the bumps on the ice in the distance.
It was a giant creature with half of it exposed. It could be barely recognized that it should be some kind of machinery, but the scale of the machinery was too huge. The epidemic doctor had never seen anything like this before, and Lorenzo didn't know what it was. Looking down from the clean ice, you can see that the mechanical structure in the ice broke off before it extended too far. All you see here are its remains.
"Who knows?" Lorenzo said mockingly, "We are like a group of primitive people walking on the streets of old Dunling... to be precise, the ruins of old Dunling."
The further we advance, the more such wreckage becomes, some protruding from the ice surface, while others are frozen under the ice surface.
Gradually, the snow cover became much less, as if this place was a pure land, with only the crystal clear ice left. Under the light, the things under the ice became clearer, and a few people seemed to be walking together. In a huge museum, the past history is frozen under the feet.
He saw a lot of things, and combined with his own experience, Lorenzo could probably tell the function of some of the wreckage. Some looked like weapons, and some looked like armor. He also saw some corpses, but they were all shriveled. Some of them looked like humans, and some looked like monsters.
The mood is also quite complicated. This is the human civilization before the endless reincarnation. Although there are only ruins left on the ground, there is still a glimmer of glory. The people in the past worked so hard, Lorenzo can't imagine their Great achievements.
But no matter what they are, whether living things or metals, civilization or glory, they are all dead now, frozen here without distinction, and annihilated in the years.
We walked for who knows how long, and the mood was bumpy along the way, from ecstasy to panic, and then became even more ecstatic... Anyway, it was very complicated, but as time went by, everyone finally calmed down and remained calm.
Then, before nightfall, they finally saw the huge man-made creation, so close that they could touch it.
This is far larger than what Lorenzo saw. It is simply a magnificent jungle. It is hard to imagine how people at that time could create such a building.
"What if we fail? Holmes." At this time, the epidemic doctor suddenly asked.
Watson remained silent along the way. Even if he communicated, it was with Lorenzo and never talked to the doctor. Floki was simply a guy who couldn't communicate. He stopped and walked, writing on the parchment. I can't finish drawing,
Therefore, the epidemic doctor has always been chatting with Lorenzo. Although the two have a deep hatred, there is nothing they can do in this case.
"Failure? Why do you ask?"
Lorenzo responded.
"Because it is indeed possible. We are not children of destiny. We are just a group of ordinary monsters, mortal monsters. We are not invincible, so there is a possibility of failure."
The epidemic doctor looked at the approaching building and said slowly.
"I was just thinking, I finally got here, what should I do if I fail? Have you ever thought about this?"
"No, I didn't think about failure. I was destined to succeed. I had to succeed."
Lorenzo said sternly, forcing himself to do this.
Doctor Bian smiled. During the ups and downs of his mood, he did think about what would happen if he failed. Doctor Bian did not dare to think about such an outcome. Just thinking about it for a moment made him feel depressed and desperate. .
He really wanted to talk to Lorenzo about this. In this damn environment, Lorenzo seemed to be the only person who could communicate with him.
But suddenly the doctor stopped, and Lorenzo stopped too. Not far from them, a diamond-shaped spire was erected.
As the daylight faded, the glow that filled the eyes also weakened a lot, allowing Lorenzo and others to clearly observe these huge artificial creations. They are all huge rhombus-shaped spiers of different heights. .
The distance between the diamond-shaped spiers is actually very far, but they are densely arranged together, like a dense array of guns.
What Lorenzo saw was the diamond-shaped spire closest to them. He did not hesitate and immediately ran towards the diamond-shaped spire, but then the howling wind sounded behind him.
Black Angel grabbed the three of them, opened the iron feathers, and the fuel tank erupted with fireworks, creating a dazzling trajectory.
The strong wind blew against his face, and the diamond-shaped spire was getting closer and closer. Lorenzo couldn't help but cheer.
The seemingly calm Watson was the most excited among them, and she couldn't wait any longer.
Then the diamond-shaped minaret appeared in front of my eyes.
The towering giant creation, with a smooth iron-gray surface, is silent and solemn. It is obviously just a monotonous geometric shape, but it gives people the feeling of being in a church, sacred and absent-minded.
Silence and metal, aloofness and coldness.
Several people stood at its feet and looked up to find that its height was at least tens of meters high, and part of it was under the ice, making it impossible to see its full picture. This reminded Lorenzo of the tower in Old Town. The Dunling Tower among the spirits, but this diamond-shaped spire is obviously several times larger than the Dunling Tower, and there are at least hundreds of such diamond-shaped spires.
"It's amazing."
Lorenzo said as he gently stroked its surface. Based on his current vision, there was no sign of splicing on the rhombus spire, which meant that the rhombus spire was probably poured directly.It’s hard to imagine what a huge furnace and mold it would be.
"what is this?"
The epidemic doctor wondered. He couldn't figure out the function of these diamond-shaped spiers. Maybe he was just too ignorant to understand this advanced knowledge.
Watson remained silent, and Dark Angel raised his head, wondering what he was thinking.As for Floki, he was even simpler. He was still drawing with his head down, paying no attention to the surrounding buildings.
"I don't know, something's...off."
Lorenzo's expression changed slightly. He stroked the surface of the rhombus spire vigorously, and he could feel some friction from his hand.
The surface of the rhombus spire was not as smooth as Lorenzo saw, there was something on it.
The night slowly covered the sky, and the vision became a little dim, so the rolling flames lingered in Lorenzo's eyes, carefully observing the rhombus spire.
Lorenzo saw the cumbersome text.
This shows that the sculptures are full of small characters, which are densely arranged on it and cover the entire surface of the tower.
"Is this... text?"
The epidemic doctor also imitated Lorenzo's observation, and the complicated words like incantations came into his eyes.
The writing on the rhombus spire is very similar to the writing that Lorenzo is familiar with. The symbols between the two are only different in some minor ways. It seems that these are probably the writing of previous civilizations, but they have appeared over the years. There were slight errors, but this did not hinder reading, and Lorenzo could barely make out some of the handwriting.
"Jonny Arabi."
Lorenzo discerned a paragraph among the small and complicated words, which should read a name.
"Becky Myhrvold, Ladie Fuzz, Barak Field..."
Lorenzo recognized more words, but they were the same names one after another as before.
"Reza Hodges..."
The epidemic doctor also recognized a name, he murmured it in a low voice, and then saw Lorenzo's slightly frightened eyes.
Lorenzo took a few steps back. He raised his head and tried hard to see the top of the diamond-shaped spire. Then he stumbled and fell to the ground. After a long time, Lorenzo spoke slowly.
"I...I know what this is, Doctor Epidemic."
Lorenzo smiled bitterly and looked around at a loss.
"You think a giant spire with people's names on it... what do you think this could be."
After listening to Lorenzo's words, the epidemic doctor also realized the answer. His flesh and blood squirmed violently. He was stagnant in place like a sculpture, his pupils were scarlet, and he could hear the violent heartbeat.
Lorenzo knew what these diamond-shaped spiers were.
"This is the monument."
Watson's voice rang in her ears. Even her voice at this moment had lost its previous calmness and had a trembling reverberation.
"A monument...to the memory of the dead."
The towering diamond-shaped spiers stand silently on the earth, and endless souls of the dead are engraved in it. They are one after another, hundreds or even thousands, like a dense iron forest. For endless years, they watch with cold eyes the iteration of reincarnation.
At the end of this world.
(End of this chapter)