Embers of Embers

Chapter 584 Shelter
I don't know how long the silence in the darkness had passed. The figure who fell on the ground finally showed some signs of movement. He stood up slowly, supporting the ground with both hands, and stood up with difficulty.
Lorenzo couldn't remember what happened. He remembered falling in the darkness... He couldn't remember what happened after that. When he regained consciousness, Lorenzo had already appeared here.
In this darkness.
Before he could continue to think about anything, severe pain came from his body, as if Lorenzo's body had been disassembled and reassembled during the period of losing consciousness. There were cracks in the black armor all over the body, and blood was flowing out. There is a constant flow from it.
There was blood dripping, Lorenzo touched his nose, and a scarlet color appeared on his palm, and then there was severe pain in his chest. He couldn't help but fell to his knees, gasping for breath under the painful torture.
Is this... fell directly to the ground?
Lorenzo's memory gradually became clearer. He remembered that at the end of the fall, the black angel realized that something was wrong. It tried to slow down and spread its iron feathers, but under the huge thrust, these were all in vain.
They fell straight down.
A blazing storm rolled up in his pupils, and his vision became much clearer in the darkness. Then came the pressure on Lorenzo. It seemed that there was some force at work in the darkness, which contained the power of erosion.
The glow in his eyes flickered for a while, then went out.
Lorenzo identified the potential forces here, which were restraining the expansion of erosion and tightly binding it within Lorenzo's body. This was also the reason why Lorenzo was so weak.
The body soaked in secret blood is constantly weakened, and the healing of the wound has become slower, but this is not completely suppressed. Lorenzo still has a chance to breathe.
At the same time Lorenzo felt something unprecedented... clear.
It was somewhat difficult for him to describe the feeling at this moment. No matter where Lorenzo was, he would always be vaguely affected by erosion, not only from himself, but also from the unspeakable.
From the words of the Herald, we can understand that although they imprisoned the Unspeakable and put it into a long sleep, its sleep talk was still transmitted through the holy silver barrier and spread across the world.
This is its power. Unlike half-hearted sublimators like Lorenzo, its erosion covers the entire Western world. This is probably why demons appear concentrated in the Western world. The distant East is under its influence. The edges of the range, coupled with the Great Wall of Oblivion they built, further protected against the effects of erosion.
In other words, people living in the Western world have actually been under the influence of erosion, but the influence is too weak, or even almost non-existent.
Now Lorenzo stood in the darkness, and for the first time he felt relaxed as he had never felt before.
All corrosion was isolated, and he felt that sense of purity. Then he saw the shattered metal and heard the sound of footsteps.
"Holmes!"
The plague doctor shouted from the other side of the darkness, Lorenzo was nostalgic for this sense of unfettered purity, and then awakened the erosion again, resisting the pressure here, making his eyes burst into burning fire, illuminating the darkness.
"I'm here!"
Lorenzo released a twilight, turning himself into a torch in the dark.
The figure of the epidemic doctor gradually became clearer in the darkness. This guy looked miserable. Like Lorenzo, this high impact almost killed them. Fortunately, Lorenzo had dense armor, and The Plague Doctor has a nearly immortal body.
The power of erosion is suppressed here, but it is not absolute. A certain degree of resistance can still be achieved to trigger the release of power.
"Where is this place?"
The epidemic doctor looked at the darkness around him and asked curiously.
After experiencing so much, even if a Leviathan monster crawls out, the epidemic doctor will not be shocked anymore. Now his mood has begun to feel a little numb.
"Shelter."
Another voice sounded, and in the heavy steps, blazing fireworks emerged one after another, covering the rugged armor.
The black angel illuminated the darkness, and its appearance was even worse than that of Lorenzo and the plague doctor. Most of the armor on its body surface had been broken, revealing the scarlet flesh underneath. The blood kept gushing out and spilled all over the ground .
The left arm has been broken, and the metal joints are completely distorted, leaving only a little flesh and blood struggling to connect it.
As for the fuel tanks behind him, all of them had been abandoned. At the end of the fall, Watson ignited all the paint antimony to slow down, otherwise several people might really fall into a ball of flesh.
The Black Angel opened the weapon box and dumped out the waterlogged and dying Floki.
This guy is really unlucky. Most of his information was wiped out by antimemetics. His physical strength is also the weakest among them. From Lorenzo's observation, Floki is just an ordinary person. It was only under the influence of erosion that he began to become demonized, so in the final analysis he was just a demon who temporarily had reason.
Such an impact almost killed him. He fell into the water and kept vomiting blood. Suppressive power came from all around. He had no "credentials" and could not mobilize the power of erosion to resist.
The demonized body gradually loses its vitality and he is dying.
"Help him, epidemic doctor."
Lorenzo said as he pulled out the nail sword and put it hard on the ground. He took a deep breath to speed up the healing of his body.
The doctor didn't say anything. He walked to Floki's side, squatted down, and stretched out his hand to press on his chest.
The shapeless flesh began to squirm, like a growing tree branch, and the scarlet tentacles spreading from the plague doctor's fingers penetrated deeply into Floki's body, entangled on his damaged internal organs.
Just as the plague doctor parasitized the sea snake before, he was parasitizing Floki, but this time the parasitism was to assist Floki in his self-healing. The scarlet tentacles completely enveloped Floki, and then they began to Falling into flesh and blood, filling the void.
The epidemic doctor put away his hand, then stood up. He glanced at Lorenzo, who was in a bad state. He waved his hand again, and the scarlet tentacles wrapped around Lorenzo's wound, piercing deeply into the flesh.
The pain caused Lorenzo to break into a cold sweat, but soon these active flesh and blood pulled the torn tissue and accelerated the healing of the flesh and blood.
"To be honest... this feels a bit disgusting." Lorenzo suppressed the strange feeling in his body.
The epidemic doctor frowned when he heard Lorenzo's words, not understanding what this guy was talking about.
"Am I drinking your blood and eating your flesh? Doctor of Plague."
"Don't disgust me, Holmes."
Hearing Lorenzo's nonsense, the epidemic doctor looked disgusted.
The two looked at each other, paused for a few seconds, and then couldn't help laughing. The laughter was a little bitter, but also filled with joy.
They learned the secret and survived... alive for a while, but that was enough.
"You look like a doctor now," said Lorenzo.
"A scalpel can be used to remove tumors or to slit the throat...it just depends on how you want to use it." the epidemic doctor answered.
The parasitic flesh and blood began to assimilate with Floki's body. Logically speaking, he would be assimilated by the plague doctor into his puppet, but this time the flesh and blood only filled his body, not that step. After a while, he slowly Wake up, but judging from Floki's dull eyes, this guy's brain is probably still blank.
It was also during this respite that Lorenzo and the others had almost recovered. Looking at the Black Angel, Lorenzo asked.
"Watson, how do you know this place?"
Although the pioneer said that the shelter was below, in that case, no one was sure to find the way, but Watson miraculously did this, leading several people to escape from the crazy battlefield, and arrived in the chaotic water flow Got here.
"I don't know, he told me."
Watson said, it was also at this time that in the darkness in front of Lorenzo and others, dim lights lit up one by one. Perhaps they had not been started for too long. Some lights went out completely after flashing for a few times, leaving only zero. Scattered rays of light are still holding together, guiding a path in the darkness.
"he is?"
"Secret Keeper...probably."
Watson also said with some uncertainty, and then Black Angel took steps towards the road.
This was probably a surprise. Lorenzo thought he would have no chance to actually meet the Keeper, but by chance, he still arrived at this mysterious sanctuary.
Perhaps the reason why the Keeper didn't appear at the beginning was because of the Herald. This guy had been following a few people, causing the Keeper to remain silent. But with Edron's intervention, they finally had some chance to lead the way forward.
"A barrier made entirely of forbidden alloy...holy silver."
Lorenzo thought as he advanced, what could be seen in the darkness in the dim light.
The surface of the steel is covered with rust and dust. It seems that this place has been in such silence for too long, and the stale air is also filled with dust.
Lorenzo also saw some ventilation fans on the way. They were densely packed in the corners, but most of them were out of service. Only a few were still turning hard and slowly, as if they would stop in the next second.
Then there is the extremely long corridor.
Lorenzo and others followed the guidance of the light and left the building, walking to the long corridor suspended in the sky. There was endless darkness below and above, and there was endless smooth metal connecting the two ends of the corridor.
It seems that these are also made of Forbidden Alloy. As for what they are, Lorenzo is not sure. It is probably some kind of old human technology.
This place should have been very prosperous in the past, but as time went by it became decayed and dilapidated.
Lorenzo could feel that the breath of death was everywhere here. Just as the pioneer said, the secret keepers had withered away, and now everything was just hanging on.
The indicator light lit up again in the corridor. The route here was as complicated as a maze, but fortunately with the guidance of the light, Lorenzo and others were not lost yet. However, the epidemic doctor was very curious about other routes and wanted to explore Ichiban, but was stopped by Lorenzo.
Now their primary goal is to follow the indicator light and find the last secret keeper.
I don’t know how long they walked, but Lorenzo and others seemed to have arrived at a place similar to a residential area. On the edge of the square were built residential houses. They looked very small, but they were enough to survive.
Lorenzo didn't see the human beings who should have lived here. Dust and debris were everywhere, and there were many metal wreckages. They fell to the ground and broke into countless pieces. Looking up, Lorenzo felt that They should have fallen from the darkness high in the sky.
Then there is the tunnel covered by stagnant water. It should be that a certain pipe has broken the wall. The liquid spewed out. The ground blocked it, and after many years, most of the liquid evaporated, leaving only this.
"It's really dilapidated."
The epidemic doctor sighed, even he can appreciate the technology and power contained here, but all this glory has also collapsed with the years, and it has become what it is today.
Several people finally stopped in front of a huge wall, and the guidance of the indicator lights ended here. After waiting for a while, a dull mechanical sound sounded, and dust couldn't stop falling, as if this place had not been opened for many years. .
"Is this...the door?"
Lorenzo looked up at the huge wall that was slowly beginning to split.
In his knowledge, the last door with such a shocking door was the workshop of the Perpetual Pump, but this door was far larger and heavier than the workshop.
A gap opened and slowly expanded, with dust flying in the air.
The heartbeats of Lorenzo and others were also excited as it was opened, but soon, the noise stopped and the opening of the door stopped. Lorenzo was stunned, stepped forward and kicked a few times, but still nothing reaction.
"It... seems broken."
Lorenzo said uncertainly, and the Black Angel stepped directly over. It waved its iron feathers and tried to open the door, but it was too heavy and could not move at all.
"Is this ghost place already so bad?" The epidemic doctor couldn't help but ask.
"Probably," Watson continued, looking around. "This is a refuge of life, but it is lifeless."
"Nothing is eternal in the face of time."
Lorenzo said, approaching the crack in the door, he tried it, and then said.
"We can crawl through here."
While speaking, Lorenzo began to try. He turned sideways and advanced deeper. The epidemic doctor thought for a while and followed Lorenzo. Floki had a dull look on his face. He seemed to have nothing. With no sense of autonomy at all, he stood there for a few seconds and then followed suit, imitating Lorenzo's example and squeezing into the crack.
I thought there would be some grand way to meet the secret keeper, but in the end it turned out to be so ridiculous. The Black Angel parked aside. It was difficult to enter due to its size, and the human body inside had already been integrated with the armor.
Lorenzo was walking along the narrow gap, and suddenly his heart became cold, as if something was coming.
【Watson? 】
【Um. 】
Lorenzo said nothing more. He was used to this guest anyway. He continued to move forward. In the deep darkness, there was a faint blue light.
(End of this chapter)