Embers of Embers

Chapter 589 It
In the dark and dilapidated shelter, the epidemic doctor sat blankly aside, looking at Lorenzo who was frozen from time to time.
It's been a while since Lorenzo started the [Gap] invasion, and I don't know what Lorenzo was talking to that brain. It's a pity that the plague doctor's sublimation level is not deep enough and he has not yet obtained the power·Gabriel , unable to sneak into the consciousness of the brain tissue with Lorenzo.
but……
The plague doctor raised his palm, and the scarlet tentacles swayed in his hand, like seaweed full of vitality.
He was thinking that if he parasitized and assimilated the brain tissue, could he obtain the memory in the brain tissue?The Plague Doctor has never tried this, but judging from his extremely expandable flesh and blood, the Plague Doctor thinks he can give it a try. After all, even terrifying monsters like Leviathan have been parasitized by the Plague Doctor.
"Sublimation" and "evolution" are essentially the same, but the forms of expression are different. Perhaps this kind of parasitism is the "power Gabriel" of the epidemic doctor.
But before that, the doctor needs to wait for Lorenzo to wake up. To be honest, this is really boring. The doctor knows very well that Lorenzo is getting the secrets of the past, but he can only be locked out and wait for Lorenzo. Zo's retelling.
This feels pretty bad.
In the silence, apart from the doctor's breathing, there was something else. Looking to the other side, Floki was lying on the ground, writing and drawing like a child.
This guy's memory still shows no signs of improvement, and his body is getting worse and worse, with some ulcers appearing on his skin, but the flesh and blood of the monster is speeding up its self-healing, and the erosion on Floki's body is getting worse, maybe The next second he will turn into a crazy monster.
The plague doctor sensed the abnormality of this shelter. There is a force different from erosion and antimeme surging here. This is rather a very intuitive pollution, which is destroying the life that is close to it.
Monsters like the Plague Doctor and Lorenzo will not be affected too much. The Plague Doctor can feel his flesh and blood collapsing, but the powerful secret blood is healing itself, but Floki is different. He is scarred. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how far this guy can go.
"What on earth are you drawing?"
The doctor felt a little bored and walked over to see what Floki was drawing.
He was captured by the antimeme and forgot all his memories, but it failed to wash away Floki's obsession with drawing.
Seeing his wretched appearance, the doctor thought that Floki was not his friend, and it was impossible for him to have such an unlucky friend.
The Plague Doctor tried to snatch away Floki's painting, but the guy who had always remained calm suddenly became furious. Floki showed his fangs and claws at the Plague Doctor. Demons had appeared in most of his body, and there were demons in his body. Under this unknown force, the flesh and blood began to fester.
"let me see!"
The doctor cursed and kicked Floki away.
Floki may be able to bluff others like this, but it is of no use to the Plague Doctor. If Lorenzo hadn't insisted on keeping him, the Plague Doctor would have abandoned Floki long ago, saving this guy from consuming Florund. Potion.
"What are these paintings?"
Doctor Epidemic picked up the scroll, and there was a somewhat unfamiliar map drawn on it. After looking at it carefully for a long time, Doctor Epidemic realized that it was a map of the Western world, but it was different from the maps that Doctor Epidemic had seen before. More details are needed.
Some islands and sea areas that few people have touched, barren and desolate lands... and even the Silent Sea have been mapped in detail.
This is a map of the world, a map of the Western world, and is similar to the map currently in circulation. It records in detail those lands that no one has set foot on. This is the accumulation of Floki's voyages over more than ten years. He has personally set foot on these lands, except Outside the unknown realm of the Silent Sea, he has engraved everything in the Western world on it.
"what!"
Floki screamed. He snatched the map away and stared at the doctor with scarlet eyes.
"Okay, okay, keep painting, I won't steal it."
The epidemic doctor waved his hand. He was too lazy to fight with this beast-like domestic, and... Floki didn't have much time.
"So who are you? You have forgotten so many things and yet you still remember such a thing."
The doctor carefully walked behind Floki and injected Florund's potion into his neck, hoping that it would help him and let him live a little longer.
Among the few people, only Floki is a mortal. He was corroded and began to be alienated into a demon. He also experienced the baptism of antimeme and turned into an ignorant beast. Until now, he is being permeated by the evil in this sanctuary. Destroyed by power.
From the moment the cells begin to collapse, the blood becomes poisonous and continues to fester, as if it is a curse. It is difficult for mortals who step into this shelter to have a good death, and this curse will be connected with the bloodline and continue until it is completely cut off.
"King's Curse..."
The epidemic doctor murmured.
On the way, he listened to Lorenzo's stories about the Victoria family. These people had arrived here decades ago and obtained advanced technology, but with it came an extremely strong curse.
The epidemic doctor guessed that perhaps the power permeating the shelter was the source of the King's Curse. While thinking about it, Lorenzo woke up.
"What did he say?"
The epidemic doctor immediately abandoned the problem at hand and asked Lorenzo.
Lorenzo did not answer his question immediately, but remained stunned for a few seconds, until the iron coffin in front of him began to slowly close, protecting the fragile brain tissue again, and a faint blue light rose.
"He...come with me, Watson, tell him first."
Lorenzo looked very anxious and walked to the edge of the platform. Below was endless darkness. The "it" mentioned by the Keeper of Secrets and the [Final Echo] were both at the bottom.
"what?"
The epidemic doctor wanted to ask more questions, but the sudden erosion enveloped him. Before he could resist, Watson invaded his field of vision and opened his [gap].
The scarlet figure froze in place, dazed by the impact of the memory.
Lorenzo didn't care that much. At the end of the conversation, the Keeper told Lorenzo many important things, such as that this shelter was actually not very friendly to life.
In his words, a power supply device called a reactor has long been shut down. Although there is no possibility of explosion, due to disrepair, this thing is leaking, and what he calls radiation is wreaking havoc in this fortress. This thing It can destroy the human body and directly affect its offspring, plus some erosion and messy things mixed together, it becomes a power that even the Keeper of Secrets can't understand.
But it didn't have much impact on him. Their location was on the edge of pollution, and the secret keeper was protected by an iron coffin, so he was fine.
Lorenzo felt that this thing was a bit strange. This kind of power would undoubtedly directly kill all life inside the shelter. It could be regarded as a suicide measure. It was impossible not to be aware of this kind of thing when the fortress was designed.
Regarding Lorenzo's question, the Keeper gave a vague answer.
"Maybe it was designed this way on purpose?"
"Killing everyone on purpose?"
"No, as long as there are people alive, the reactor will be maintained, so this problem will not arise. When it is damaged, there will probably be no one alive, right? Of course, the most important thing is that the 'room' was built Under the reactor, maybe there’s something to insulate it?”
Thinking back to the secret keeper's words, Lorenzo felt a headache.
When the old humans built this shelter, they also preserved a fatal "mistake". They seemed to be very entangled and hesitant, wanting to completely destroy this mistake but also wanting to preserve it.
Lorenzo had a hard time understanding this feeling and didn't know why they made such a decision in the first place.
Standing on the edge of the platform, looking down at the darkness below, after a long time, Lorenzo saw a dazzling electric current passing by, followed by the sound of metal rubbing.
Although the Keeper only has brain tissue left, under optimization, his nerves have been connected to the shelter and can interact to a certain extent. It was he who opened the shelter when Lorenzo and the others were able to come in. The same is true for the gates and the lights along the way.
According to the secret keeper, his voice system was not completely broken a few decades ago, and he could still talk through the radio. Sometimes he would turn on the KTV alone in the shelter, and then make all the lights rhythmic. lights up.
Lorenzo didn't quite understand what KTV was, but since it was something the Keepers used for fun, there must be something outrageous about it.
The Keeper continued.
At that time, a group of people also came, the builders of the country. Judging from the time, Lorenzo judged that they should be the people of the Victoria family. They spent a lot of effort to overcome many difficulties and meet the secret keeper.
But there is nothing that can be done. The reactor is damaged, the energy is exhausted, one facility after another in the shelter has come to a standstill, and one system after another has gone offline. Now, the Keeper does not even have enough power to open the door, and it still takes Lorenzo a few seconds. People slipped through the gaps.
At that time, the Keeper was much more energetic than he is now, but he also lost most of his ability to communicate and interact. For this reason, he guided these people around the shelter and finally found an independent database where there were many It is full of books, things left behind by the builders of the country when they communicated in the shelter countless times before it was restarted.
It was here that the Victoria family obtained the technology to build the old Dunling, and it was also here that they were infected with the King's Curse.
"King's Curse..."
While waiting, Lorenzo also felt the changes in his body. His flesh and blood was dying rapidly, but it was growing again due to the secret blood.
If an ordinary person was exposed to such an environment, he would die within a few hours, but it would not have much impact on Lorenzo.
He thought of the King's Curse that plagued the Victoria family, and perhaps this was the source.
"Huo...Holmos!"
At this time, the epidemic doctor came to his senses. He was breathing heavily. Judging from the frenzied movement of his flesh and blood and the flying tentacles, it was obvious that he had been hit hard.
"This this……"
The epidemic doctor also started to stumble. He was about to say something, but was interrupted by Lorenzo.
"Let's talk about it later, we have to go down now."
Under Lorenzo's gaze, a rickety elevator rose from beneath the darkness. It was connected by slender cables. It was the place where the Keeper of Secrets later placed it. It was the last place he went before turning into brain tissue. It was the "room", but apart from the information he told Lorenzo, he knew nothing about the "room".
"What about Floki?"
The doctor came to the edge of the platform and looked at the rusty elevator. He didn't think this thing could support three people. What's more important was that if there was a problem, Lorenzo and the doctor could save themselves, but Flo Ji can't.
"Let him stay here and paint. We will come back to pick him up later. There are still many things to do now."
Lorenzo recalled the maps and messages in his mind. He got a lot of useful information from the memory of the secret keeper. This not only increased his chances of winning, he even said that he could recreate a shelter in the outside world, a simple shelter. .
The electronic database is inaccessible due to shutdown, but there are still piles of books left by past generations of nation builders and secret keepers. The knowledge stored in them is also a huge sum of money for the current world.
Unlike the original Victoria family, they were restricted by their mortal bodies and could only leave with a small amount of knowledge. With Lorenzo's body's self-healing power, he could leave with more knowledge.
"What's down there?" the doctor asked.
It was not clear about "it" the Epidemic Doctor. Watson seemed to be always wary of the Epidemic Doctor and only showed him the part that Watson wanted him to see.
"a mistake."
Lorenzo answered in the words of the Keeper of Secrets, and then he jumped onto the elevator. The cables tightened and brought up a burst of dust. Seeing this, the epidemic doctor could only follow him. Staggeringly, the elevator began to fall.
Below was endless darkness, as if there was no end, and the surrounding light gradually disappeared. Lorenzo could only see the faint light when he raised his head.
"That's a pretty interesting 'room'."
Lorenzo's voice sounded in the darkness.
"What room?"
The epidemic doctor felt very bad. He finally came to the truth, but in the end he needed Lorenzo to repeat it to him. It was like his birthday gift was opened by someone else first. Lorenzo not only opened it, but also took the gift. Tell yourself how to do this.
"The 'wrong' room."
Lorenzo's voice paused and he continued.
"It was a room completely wrapped in forbidden alloy, and it was built based on an extremely strong antimeme."
"The room stores 'it', and 'it' is only allowed to be observed in this room. Once you leave this room, the antimeme will directly wash away all your memories related to 'it' in the room.
That is, no one outside the room can know what 'it' is. "
"Where's Florund's potion?" the doctor asked. Hearing the nature of this room, he began to feel a little interesting.
"No, that's a room where errors are stored. According to the memory of the secret keeper, because the coverage area of ​​the antimeme is extremely small, its absolute isolation strength is extremely high. It is expected to be similar to the strength of [Final Echo]. This is the kind of treatment only the unspeakable have."
"What about bringing 'it' out?"
The epidemic doctor is always thinking about strange things.
"I don't know. I don't even know what 'it' is, let alone if it can be carried."
Lorenzo looked at the darkness below him. He didn't know how deep it was sinking now. He only knew that all the light was leaving, and the old air was surging around, drifting in this forgotten land.
"Maybe... maybe after we learn about 'it', we will choose to let 'it' stay there?" Lorenzo couldn't help but think.
"Do you think this thing will interfere with our decisions?"
"No...it's just that we will make such a decision ourselves. After seeing 'it', we will all make such a decision."
The doctor didn't respond. It was too long. He recalled the memories brought by Watson.
This was a good time, the two of them were silent, thinking about the truth in this silence, and their mood changed accordingly.
The truth that they had been chasing for a long time was before their eyes, but the two of them didn't seem very excited, and they were only tired.
"It seems like it's coming."
Lorenzo saw a faint blue light shining deep in the darkness, breaking the peaceful atmosphere.
The epidemic doctor also looked down and could smell the stale air, almost like dust flying.
The elevator made a clicking sound, and before Lorenzo could do anything to remedy it, the elevator that had gone through the years also collapsed at this moment, the rusty metal broke, and Lorenzo and the epidemic doctor fell down.
The dignified Lorenzo Holmes just fell to his death here?
A white storm rolled up between his eyes, and Lorenzo grabbed the spiked sword with his backhand, but before he could do anything, he slammed it hard on the ground.
They're done.
Although the process was somewhat tortuous, the elevator still sent the two people to the bottom very dedicatedly, but the landing process was not pleasant.
Thinking of this, Lorenzo felt a little envious of Watson. He was like a vehicle, taking her everywhere without her having to do anything.
Lorenzo spat out a mouthful of dust, and was choked and coughed several times. There was dust everywhere, with a thick layer, as well as shards of glass and dry bones.
It's like a garbage dump, recycling anything that falls from above.
Lorenzo just glanced at it, blazing white light flashing between his eyes, and moved forward in the darkness according to the memory of the secret keeper.
The strange feeling here became more and more intense. Lorenzo raised his hand and could see that the skin began to fester and tear together with the scar on the palm of his hand. Bursts of burning sensation came from the wound, followed by blood gushing out.
As he got closer and closer to the room, passing through the collapsed ruins, Lorenzo felt a sweetness in his throat, followed by blood dripping from his nose.
This looked bad, but Lorenzo thought it was okay. The secret blood continued to rise, and the powerful self-healing power resisted decay.
Just as an ascendant like Lorenzo can reach so deep, an ordinary person would have died long ago, and even demons would be under pressure here, and all this is just to seal the room.
A mistake that should have been erased, but was left behind.
There were no gates on the road to hinder progress. In fact, there was no need for any obstacles. Not long after walking, the room in my memory appeared in front of me.
It was a standard cube, its surface completely covered with smooth forbidden alloy. Lorenzo stretched out his hand and touched it. There was no dust at all, just the coldness of metal.
"That should be it."
Lorenzo raised his head as he spoke. Above the cube was the reactor, and a faint light could be seen.
"Let's go."
The doctor motioned to Lorenzo to open the door.
Lorenzo touched it, and pressed it against the smooth surface according to the memory of the secret keeper. This seemed to trigger a certain switch, and bulges appeared on the smooth surface. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be difficult to imagine that it was so smooth. The metal surface was actually cut.
The door opened.
This was probably the last journey of their trip, but the two of them were in a very calm mood, and even if they wanted to say something grand, they had no energy left.
Everything is ordinary, and the ordinary cannot be more ordinary.
Lorenzo raised his feet and stepped into the room, followed closely by the epidemic doctor.
Nothing happened.
The interior of the room is not big, and there is not much space for Lorenzo and the epidemic doctor to move. In fact, the two do not need to move.
A table was placed directly in front of the two of them, facing the door. There should be something behind it, but they were piled together and made a buzzing sound. Lorenzo guessed that it must be some kind of mechanical and Energy supply device so that the thing on the table can continue to operate.
It was an old computer.
At least from the memory of the Keeper of Secrets, this is what the Keeper of Secrets calls such things.The screen remains constantly bright, and the color is a little greenish, but you can still barely make out what's displayed on it.
It seems that the energy consumption of this thing is not very high, so it can be preserved for such a long time.
Thinking about it, it sounds like a very simple thing to put so much effort into building such a room, just to make the screen never turn off. After all, it is much easier than maintaining a huge shelter.
The epidemic doctor looked at the shelves nailed to the wall. There were many things similar to personal belongings on them. Most of them had been blurred by the years. The epidemic doctor searched carefully and only found a group photo that could be barely recognized. .
There were two vague figures on it. The doctor couldn't see clearly, so he put it back in place.
"This should be [Final Echo]."
Lorenzo said suddenly, and saw him pick up a black cube from the corner of the table.
There is no strict sealing, this thing is just placed beside the table carelessly.
The epidemic doctor has never seen such blackness, almost absorbing all the light. From his sight, it is simply an absolutely dark plane, but in fact it is three-dimensional.
"An antimeme is a piece of information, a piece of information that is absolutely self-enclosed, and so is [Final Echo]. We can't know an 'unknowable' thing, but we can shape it, make it dimensionality-reducing, and make it have a A form that can barely be recognized, although this is not it, it can refer to it just like a pronoun."
Lorenzo repeated the words of the secret keeper, and then carefully put away the black cube.
"Can you use it?" the doctor asked.
"It's not clear yet, but there will always be a way."
As Lorenzo spoke, he moved his gaze to the screen. There was only one icon on the desktop. When he pressed the Enter key, a document popped up. Judging from the arrangement, it should be a log.
he read softly.
"Our experiment has finally made a breakthrough. Cognitive observations are 'rising' and have reached the expected 'height'. We can see it..."
I saw [Yinkong]. "
(End of this chapter)