Embers of Embers

Chapter 59 Pollution Sources
The heavy iron doors opened one by one in front of Lorenzo. After informing Kestrel that something was wrong, he moved forward to the front of the train, where the Shrike was.
Lorenzo's intuition has been warning him. Although this kind of thing is mysterious and mysterious, what is certain is that Lorenzo has successfully escaped death countless times relying on it.
He kept his hand on the hilt of the sword, alert to every soldier around him.
Based on my experience in the Demon Hunting Order, generally when it comes to monster missions, the Order pursues elite forces and uses the least number of Demon Hunters to end the battle. Once the situation worsens, too many personnel will only lead to the risk of them being eroded. Ascend, and then former teammates switch sides and become enemies.
On any level, this will be a heavy blow.
"Shrike! Please reply when you receive it!"
In the gap between the two carriages, Lorenzo jumped onto the roof, where he could observe more.
"Lorenzo? What's the matter?"
Shrike's voice in the channel was mixed with the noisy electrical sound, which could barely be distinguished.
"Something is wrong, the monster is still near us!"
Endless strong winds surged in front of him. Lorenzo stood on the top of the carriage. Everything in his field of vision was deep darkness. There was no second light spot except the light at the front.
Someone once said that the world is an unknown sea, and human beings live on an isolated island above this ocean. All human beings can do is survive in it. The only thing waiting for them when they step into the sea of ​​madness is death.
"Nothing happens from the Geiger counter..."
"That thing is unbelievable."
Lorenzo interrupted Shrike directly.
"You should be aware, right? There are several characteristics of the demon, such as the 'light' that will disappear briefly when it comes. It is not just the light that we understand, but the concept of sunlight, lights, starlight, etc. will also disappear!"
Running wildly along the roof of the car, the steps landed on the steel and made a heavy iron sound.
"What about your Geiger counter? How far is its detection range! What if those monsters are outside its detection range!"
Shrike, who was still preparing weapons in the carriage, couldn't help but hesitate when he heard Lorenzo's words.
Yeah, how far is the range of a Geiger counter?If the demon is outside the detection range...
"What's wrong with you Shrike?"
Lan Jade at the side saw the Shrike's anomaly and had some doubts.
But Shrike didn't want to answer Lan Jade's question yet. He raised his hand to signal Lan Jade to be quiet, and then asked.
"Did you notice any signs?"
"Of course, don't you think tonight is too long?"
Lorenzo faced the endless wind and looked at the east, which was the direction where the sun rose, but now it was still pitch black.
He has a very good memory. As a demon hunter, he has experienced more specializations than the purification agency knows. To this day, Mrs. Vanlude's map is still imprinted in his mind.
"What's the time now!"
Lorenzo asked.
"Three in the morning."
Listening to the answer in the communicator, Lorenzo was silent for a while. He put away the pocket watch in his hand. At the moment, the hands there showed four o'clock in the morning.
"Shrike, are you sure the time is correct?"
He asked, and there was a noise from the communicator, which seemed to be the shrike cursing something. Lorenzo knew what happened without him answering.
"Shrike, based on my experience as a witcher, I have good news and bad news."
Lorenzo said with some nostalgia.
"There is an abnormality in the time scale, and reality and even our senses have been distorted and eroded to a certain extent... In other words, we are approaching a huge source of pollution, which is so huge that it caused all of this."
Lorenzo seemed to remember something again and continued talking.
"Shrike, check those Geiger counters one last time, I think they're working, it's just that they hit the critical value of the radiation index in a split second and broke."
This was the only result Lorenzo could deduce, but there was no reply in the communicator, only the noisy sound of electricity, as if countless dead souls were wailing in this mysterious channel.
Just like Shrike said at that time, the damn communicator was jammed, and the connection between Lorenzo and them was interrupted.
It's a train. They are approaching the source of pollution at an extremely high speed. There is no chance of turning around.
Looking at the darkness ahead, an invisible and huge force has enveloped this place. Everyone is suffering from the erosion of will at this moment, but this time the owner of the power is very smart. It slowly heats the warm water until it boils and burns. In front of everyone, no one realized that all of this was happening.
Suddenly there was a slight coldness on his cheek. Lorenzo subconsciously clenched the blade of the sword, and gently brushed it with his other hand, which was filled with cold water drops.
The next moment, the majestic heavy rain washed over the dark train, like a cold steel needle piercing Lorenzo's skin.
Then the picture of hell slowly unfolded in his eyes.
It was a strange interface, as if the heavy rain was a waterfall. At this moment, the train passed through the waterfall and entered the heavy rain, and another world appeared in front of them.
Without thinking much, Lorenzo directly swung the sword blade and nailed it to the carriage to stabilize his body. However, he was still a step slower. The huge tentacles rolled up from the dark ground and struck fiercely. As he walked into the carriage, Lorenzo was barely given time to react as the twisted flesh and blood swallowed him up in an instant.
Blazing white fireworks rolled in his pupils. As a demon hunter, Lorenzo had experienced more vicious situations than this. The sharp sword blade directly cut the twisted flesh, but just when he was about to completely cut it off, Something happened beyond Lorenzo's expectation.
The thick flesh and blood proliferated rapidly from the incision, and both Lorenzo and the speeding Glory were swallowed up in an instant.
On that land, more tentacles surged up to wrap around the train, forcing it to stop. Before the soldiers could open fire, heavier erosion took effect directly in their minds.
This was a premeditated attack. During these few breathing moments, the entire train fell silent.
The soldiers were entangled in the warm flesh and blood, Shrike and Blue Jade also fell into the spider web-like tentacles, and Lorenzo simply fell into the deepest part of the pitch black.
The steam engine roared feebly, but it was nailed to the surface. Only the cold rain was pouring, as if the entire ocean had been turned upside down.
This weird silence lasted for an unknown amount of time. The whole channel was silent, and a green light slowly rose from the end of the darkness.
In the deepest part of this weirdness, the girl slowly pushed open the door of the carriage. In the impact that forced her to stop, she was almost knocked unconscious. When she recovered, the carriage was filled with pink flesh and blood. No matter how she shook, Kestrel still fell into that deep sleep and never woke up.
Eve looked at this strange world. Except for the sound of raindrops, it seemed that she was the only one left. The huge tentacles that had stopped moving stood on the ground like hills.
It was as if she had been abandoned by the world, and she was the only one awake.
(End of this chapter)