Embers of Embers

Chapter 619
The quiet and elegant tavern became hot and hot, with the smell of wine and cheers constantly. The sign of closure was hung on the door, but the lights in the tavern were still shining.
Shao Liangye glanced at Lorenzo who was chatting with Buscaro. The two of them were like brothers they hadn't seen for several years. Lorenzo hugged Buscaro vigorously and looked close to him, but he never saw him. Judging from Skarlo's expression of [-]% resistance and [-]% fear, this matter is not as simple as Shao Liangye thought.
"Do they know each other?" he asked.
"Probably... who knows? Anyway, this guy Lorenzo never lacks for weird friends."
Hercule didn't care how his old client knew Lorenzo, nor did he care why Buscaro's eyes were full of signs of help.
He leaned against the bar, looking at the charming girl, waiting for her story.
"Are you interested in telling me something? About Jiu Xia," Hercule tempted. He was afraid that Sa Liangxi wouldn't tell, so he added, "I can pay."
"Inervig's money seems to have no meaning to these strangers."
Rhodes said in a timely manner that he was wary of Hercule. Looking at this somewhat possessed guy, he always felt unreliable.
"Yes, then... story exchange? Little girl, I have been to many places and know many secrets. Are you interested?" He seduced again.
Hearing what he had seen and heard about the Western world, a gleam flashed in Saryakai's eyes.
She became interested.
As Rhodes understands, if Sa Liangxi abandons her many responsibilities, she will actually come to Yin Erweg to travel. If the Anonymous people have no restrictions, or can move freely after the operation is over, She will definitely travel all over the western world.
Rhodes' expression on the side began to become unfriendly, and he could realize that this boss was Lorenzo's friend, but the look of this guy was really not reassuring.
In Rhode's view, Hercule was a bit sick and wretched at this moment, and he didn't look like a good person... just like Lorenzo.
"Oh? Flower Protector?"
Hercule noticed Rhode's reaction, with a subtle expression and a strange smile.
Sa Liangxi looked at the two of them. She probably didn't understand what it meant. Rhodes was a little embarrassed by what he said, but he quickly fought back.
"This is confidential, you have no right to interfere."
They were members of the purge agency, and the guy in front of him was just an ordinary tavern owner. If Lorenzo hadn't been here, Rhodes might have been able to use the purge agency's regulations to deal with him.
This is a secret belonging to the purification agency, and outsiders have no right to view it.
"Let's talk about it. Hercule is not an outsider. Now he is probably an employee of the extermination agency, similar to me. He is in charge of sorting out data files. Don't underestimate him. This guy's memory is amazing."
Buscaro buried his head in the corner and pretended to be dead to avoid Lorenzo, while Lorenzo leaned on him and treated him like a large meat pad.
"Accidental?"
Hercule raised his eyebrows at Rhodes, which was both funny and full of ridicule.
"But it's up to you, Sairaxi, are you interested in talking? Actually, I'm quite curious too." Lorenzo added.
In the past few days, he had been looking for an opportunity to ask these anonymous people. Although they all said that their memories had been processed, he also learned from their mouths that not everything was blurred by antimemes. They can still remember a little bit.
Lorenzo was not greedy, at least not as eager as Hercule. Even the dim light was enough to satisfy his thirst for knowledge.
Saoliangxi was eager to try, but she looked at Shao Liangye again and asked.
"is it okay?"
Normally careless, he doesn't take Shao Liangye seriously, like an unstable member of the team, but when encountering serious situations, Shao Liangxi is still very professional.
She waited for Shao Liangye's answer. Among these anonymous names, she was commanded by Shao Liangye at the subdivided levels. However, the presence of this level was too low, and it was rarely used.
"Tell me about it, or Mr. Holmes will be too curious to sleep."
Shao Liangye smiled rarely, picked up a glass of wine prepared by Hercule, and took a sip before Lorenzo could stop him.
Anonymous people are also human beings, beings with emotions. They are also curious about this equally mysterious West, but some people can suppress their thoughts and carry out work orders, while others cannot bear the temptation and their eyes keep wandering.
He swallowed the liquid in one gulp, but what no one knew was that Shao Liangye liked drinking very much, and he had long wanted to know what good wine in the West looked like.
There was something strange about his expression.
Shao Liangye lowered his head and looked at the wine glass. There was a transparent liquid rolling in it, but if he looked carefully, he could see that its color was a bit bluish.
He pursed his lips and felt a strange feeling coming from his throat. He wondered what he had drank.
"What's the name of this wine?"
Shao Liangye's voice was a little hoarse.
Lorenzo responded with admiration.
"Fate!"
……
"It's so tragic... It's unimaginable that if such a battle breaks out in the city center, it will only be a matter of time before the old Dunling becomes ruins."
Merlin was holding a black umbrella and standing on the scorched ground. There was still unsolidified molten iron flowing around his feet. Under the washing of the cold rain, they made a rustling sound.
In front of him was the battlefield left after the battle between Adren and Roger. He could see more people walking in front, carrying Geiger counters, and everyone's body was ticking at the same frequency.
A large amount of slag and abandoned metal facilities remain in the industrial area. The monsters' battles have raised the temperature to the extreme, and the entire land has entered a hell of lava.
Merlin had a headache at first about how to put out the fire, but fortunately the heavy rain fell and everything was reduced to rain and mist.
"Is this a greater existence? It's hard to imagine what kind of price the old humans paid to imprison it."
Merlin said, thinking of the past of the old humans, and he couldn't help but sigh.
"How glorious must humans have been back then? I really want to see it."
"Stop feeling emotional, it's better to quickly study what's going on."
Someone in front waved to Merlin, he said loudly.
After Nicholas shouted to Merlin, he turned around and followed the others forward. Because they were close enough, these guys from the Perpetual Pump also came out of the ground, wanting to see what they would face. What kind of enemy is it? Let’s try the latest research.
His movements were a little clumsy. After all, Nicholas was just a scholar, and he rarely exercised. It took too much energy for him to move freely under this heavy protective clothing.
This is according to what Lorenzo said. In fact, the new type of protective clothing made of holy silver is not much new. It just adds a layer of barrier made of holy silver. The main research direction now is how to use it without affecting the performance of the protective clothing. With the ability to isolate corrosion, the weight of the holy silver compartment is reduced and the flexibility is increased.
Nicholas only felt like a cumbersome penguin who might fall down in the next second and roll around on the ground.
"It's no longer detectable."
Looking down at the Geiger counter in his hand, the pointer has reached its peak, and the intensity here has exceeded its detection range.
Nicholas put away the Geiger counter, glanced at the figure deep in the heavy rain, and then motioned for the others to stop.
"Let's wait for him to come, the erosion intensity of the core is too high, we are not suitable to enter."
Nikolai retreated to the safe area, took off his corrosion-stained protective clothing, and came to Merlin's side.
"There is a corpse there, it has been burned dry, and the erosion intensity is also ridiculously high. It seems to be the location where the battle finally ended." Nikolai pointed far ahead.
A sunken circular pit was burned out in the core area, and there was still unmelted molten iron in it. They spread like spider webs. Following their source, one could vaguely see a half-kneeling corpse on the ground. It has been burned to carbonization, and the body is like a dark and broken sculpture.
"Who do you think he will be? Edlen or Roger?" Nicholas asked.
"I don't know. It's up to Lorenzo to identify it. Only he is suitable to go deep into the core of this pollution."
Merlin looked away, knowing very well that such a monster would not die so easily.
"What is certain is that one of the men lost, but he did not die, or maybe what we saw was just part of the whole battle.
You must know that these guys are near the end of sublimation, and are several times more powerful than Lorenzo. Their consciousness can easily shuttle among the crowd, and they can also turn mortals into violent monsters at will. "
Merlin walked along the edge and observed the surrounding situation. There were dents one after another, as if a storm was passing by.
"I guess this dead one may just belong to some unlucky guy."
"It's so scary. It's hard to imagine how we can fight against such a monster, let alone hunt him." After hearing this, Nicholas sighed.
At some point, the world of common sense collapsed, and countless monsters crawled out of the shadows and out of forgotten stories.
Thinking about the great changes in recent years, and then thinking about the short recorded history of mankind, Nicholas just felt that these monsters seemed to have made an appointment to resurrect together within this time period and join this grand carnival.
"Don't worry, this has nothing to do with you, at least for the time being. Scholars should hide and leave the matter of killing enemies to soldiers."
Merlin patted Nicholas on the shoulder, and then said.
"The first list of people to go to death row has been drawn up, and you are one of them."
Nicholas was a little surprised. According to the plan, once Old Dunling became a battlefield, only the people in the death row would be spared. The plan had not been launched for a long time, and no one knew the progress of the casting of the death row, but the list was almost there. Out of the oven.
"This position should be very valuable, right?"
"More than that, you can't even buy it if you want."
Merlin was probably joking, but his face was expressionless and his words did not sound relaxed.
"What about you?" Nicholas asked, "Since it is the core of protection, you should be among them, right?"
"No."
Merlin shook his head and looked into Nicholas' eyes with empty eyes, probably asking him why he thought so.
"I'm not on the list, and neither are the following batches."
"Why!" he shouted, not understanding why this happened.
"Don't make any noise. It's not a persecution or a conspiracy. It's my own request. When the war starts, someone will always stay at the Ever-Moving Pump to direct the fire." Merlin pointed at himself, "I'm a good candidate. .”
"But……"
Nicholas still couldn't accept it. The current situation was already so tragic. Once the war broke out, it would only be more terrifying, and Merlin was about to be in that vortex.
"There is nothing to worry about. We have carefully screened, and there are not many places for the Everlasting Pump... My mind is full of rotten knowledge, which is meaningless for the new era, but you are different, Nicholas , you should illuminate everything with thunder.”
Merlin's attitude was very firm, and he seemed to have made such a decision very early.
There was no emotion on his face and his eyes were extremely empty, as if he was wearing a ruthless mask, just like many people.
Nicholas wanted to say something else, but as a student of Merlin, he knew exactly what kind of person his teacher was, so too much advice would seem ridiculous.
"Is this the aftermath of their battle? It's really intense."
A new voice joined the conversation, interrupting Nicholas' thoughts. He looked in the direction of the voice and saw Zuo Zhen holding a black umbrella, followed by the silent Zuo Tang and the guy named Cai Gong.
"This kind of thing is just a remnant. In a head-on confrontation, the erosion intensity will definitely be stronger and the scope will be wider. Will your antimemetic weapons be able to suppress it by then?"
Merlin finally arrived at Zuozhen. These Jiuxia people were very punctual and came at just the right time.
The old man has a kind smile, but what makes people feel weird is that he always wears such a smile, whether it is a serious meeting or a hellish battlefield.
"Absolutely. With [Wangchuan] here, we can suppress this intensity of erosion, even if it is several times stronger. However, the number of weapons is limited, and we still don't know the limits of those monsters, so we expect Here, we only have one chance to take action at most. Once the other party is alert, with their strength, we will not be able to catch it."
Zuo Zhen felt the pressure from all around and responded based on his own experience, but this was not something to be happy about. They had more worries.
These monsters move through the human mind like gray rats hiding in the shadows.
"Is that why Lorenzo did this? He did not hesitate to use the old Dun Ling as bait to attract these two monsters to the same place and destroy them in one fell swoop."
Merlin whispered that this was a cruel price, and then he thought of something and asked seriously.
"So [Wangchuan] can ensure that it is always under control? They can invade our consciousness, and perhaps these weapons will fall on our heads."
"Please rest assured."
Zuo Zhen promised with absolute confidence on his old face.
"All planning begins from the moment we leave the Forgotten Great Wall."
(End of this chapter)