Embers of Embers

Chapter 620 Complex Nature
"Jiu Xia..."
Sa Liangxi looked at the slightly dim light above his head. Everything around him began to dim, except for this one thing. It became more and more blazing, like the red sun hanging high in the sky.
The breeze blows, and there is a rushing sound all around. A golden river can be seen among the swaying reeds. It flows through the short village. You can see someone standing under the eaves, humming something, the melody is so familiar, Makes you feel calm.
"It's a very beautiful place. Unlike these industrial machines all over the place, our place is full of green eyes. We don't pay attention to things like gods. Instead, it is the protection of our ancestors. It is a completely different place from Yin Erweg. s country……"
Sa Liangxi recalled, looking for stories to tell in the vague memories, but after thinking about it carefully, there was nothing to tell.
“The most beautiful scenery is the one I had when I was a kid.”
The tavern was very quiet, everyone was listening attentively, listening to the story from behind the distant city wall.
Sa Liangxi picked up the wine glass and took a sip. Strangely speaking, Sa Liangxi unexpectedly liked Hercule's cup of strange "randomness".
In her opinion, it is normal to have some differences between the two countries, even in fine wines.
Even Hercule didn't realize that under his operation, these Jiuxia people had begun to think that Yin Erweg, and even the wine in the entire Western world, tasted like this.
Shao Liangye also sighed in his heart from time to time. He didn't expect people here to drink this kind of thing. If he had the opportunity, he must let them taste Jiuxia's wine and save these poor guys.
"My family lives by a lake, and because Anonymous has existed for generations, we started a lot of training when we were very young, such as sword dancing and the like."
Shao Liangye on the side was also recalled by Sa Liangxi's words, and his memory was also dragged into the vast golden land.
"We have a training place. It is built by the lake. It is paved with bluestone. There is a huge maple tree next to it. In late autumn, these leaves turn into fiery red gold and are blown down by the wind. Drifting, everything is golden under the sunset."
Sa Liangxi pursues vague memories and finds himself in a golden world.
Her intoxication didn't last long, and then she smiled awkwardly.
"Nothing."
"No more?" Hercule repeated.
"Well, I don't have any very detailed memories. The other ones are very violent. It's like I can't see clearly through a layer of fog." Sa Liangxi said very apologetically.
Under the influence of the antimeme, she could not remember much about Jiuxia. Most of her memories were wrapped in fog. Even some clear memories were of little use to Hercule in understanding Jiuxia, unless He wanted to discuss Jiuxia's method of hunting monsters with Sa Liangxi.
It seems a bit unbelievable, but the only thing that Sa Liangxi can clearly remember in his mind seems to be the knowledge related to fighting monsters.
"The memories of the anonymous people have all been affected by antimemes. After leaving the Forgotten Great Wall, most of their knowledge of Jiuxia was blocked for protection." Lorenzo explained.
"Is it okay to say this?"
Shao Liangye pointed to Lorenzo, to be precise, Buscaro who was leaning behind him.
"Yup!"
Lorenzo had a look of shock on his face. In total, he had never thought of this before.
"Hey! Did you hear anything?"
Lorenzo roughly picked up Buscaro, and the poor old guy only made meaningless groans. There were several empty glasses on the bar in front of him. In order to get rid of this bad reality, this guy got himself drunk. .
He burped, and the strong smell of alcohol hit his face with a peculiar smell.
Lorenzo left him with a look of disgust on his face, and Buscaro fell to the ground. It was probably hurt from the fall. His face was distorted, but he quickly stretched out his body and found a comfortable position to sleep. got up.
"Look, it looks like he didn't hear anything." Lorenzo waved his hand.
The expressions of several people were a little stiff, and they wanted to ask Lorenzo, is he really your friend?I always feel like being Lorenzo’s friend is not a good thing.
"It sounds a little sad. I can't even remember my past."
The drunken words sounded, and Rhodes leaned on the other side and looked at Sa Liangxi sadly.
Sa Liangxi's eyes were a little strange. She looked at Rhodes, whose cheeks were red, and then at the half glass of wine in his hand.
"Is he... drunk?"
Sa Liangxi looked at Lorenzo for help, and Lorenzo nodded, walked over, and patted Rhodes' face gently.
"It looks like yes, this guy is drunk."
Rhode's drinking capacity was really surprising, and he actually drank half the glass. This was a bit bad. Several people drank in a measured manner. After all, they couldn't return to the Perpetual Pump drunk, but now Rhode was a little delirious.
Lorenzo could already imagine those guys nagging him endlessly.
"Is the past true or false?"
Rhodes was completely unconscious. He asked again, raised his hand and pointed at the Sarang River. This time he spoke in Jiuxia language, and Lorenzo did not understand what he was saying.
"Who knows? I hope it's true, but sometimes I can't help but think about the worst."
Sa Liangxi also responded in Jiuxia language. It was probably because the alcohol had loosened his will a little. This person who had never known trouble showed rare confusion and confusion.
"What if what I remember, these vague things, are all fake? There is no fiery red gold, nothing..."
In the numbness of alcohol, huge fear enveloped Sa Liangxi.
Antimeme is like a blazing firework. It can incinerate powerful enemies and infect the fire-bearer. Doubt will make one's body collapse, but not everyone can trust absolutely, almost blindly.
"Sara Creek."
Shao Liangye said in a deep voice at this time, he looked into Sa Liangxi's eyes with a rare hint of anger.
Sagaraki smiled perfunctorily at this, and then said.
"Think about it, you can think about it, who knows this kind of thing? Antimemes protect us and make us have self-doubt, so we have such things as creeds to restrain us.
I still believe in the creed, but sometimes I can’t help but think of it. "
She had no idea of ​​continuing.
"It's hard for other people to understand this kind of thing, so let's leave it at that."
Everyone was silent, and the atmosphere was frozen for a few seconds, until Lorenzo broke it all.
"Do you doubt...? In fact, I can understand it, Sa Liangxi, I have also had such an experience, I'm afraid you don't believe it."
Lorenzo shook the wine glass, remembering the secrets hidden deep in his soul, and couldn't help but smile.
"Don't worry too much. What you forget will be remembered one day. For you, everything will be answered when you return to the Forgotten Wall, right?"
"Return?"
Listening to Lorenzo's not-so-consoling words of comfort, Sagaraki paused for a moment, and then that weird smile filled her face again, as if she would come up with some trick to torment you in the next second.
"Lend your auspicious words!"
She said, picking up the wine glass and clinking it with Lorenzo.
Everyone celebrated again, but Rhodes, like Buscaro, climbed drunkenly on the bar, reluctantly raised his eyelids, and the picture in his field of vision was blurry.
Even so, he could easily distinguish the silhouettes of several people, thinking about Lorenzo's words in his mind.
Return to the Forgotten Wall...
In fact, everyone knows very well, even marginal figures like Rhodes, that a cruel war is waiting for them, death may come at any time, and no one is spared.
It's just that no one thinks in that dark direction, just like Shao Liangye didn't let Sa Liangxi think about it, sometimes being a fool can lead to a happier life.
But for some unknown reason, maybe it was because he had just come into contact with the dark side of the world, or maybe it was because Rhodes was a "newcomer". He felt that he, Lorenzo, and everyone here were different.
There was something in him that had not yet been extinguished.
Rhodes fell into a deep sleep, and the cheers became more intense, mainly from Lorenzo and Sagaraki. Hercule took Poirot out. The big mouse seemed to be sleeping just now, and he was hugged with a confused look on his face. In his arms, he rubbed the soft fur vigorously.
……
Signing one document after another, they piled up and were placed at the other end of the long table.
It was already dark, and the thunderstorm outside still didn't stop. Seliu glanced out the window, stretched hard, and ended today's tedious work.
She sat on the chair and stayed for a while. No one was silent around her. Seliu thought of something, walked to the cabinet nearby, opened the safe hidden in it, and several thick books appeared in front of her.
Seleu wrapped them carefully and put them into the suitcase.
After a knock on the door, the old housekeeper walked in and motioned to Seliu.
"The carriage is ready."
"wait a second."
Seliu put on her coat and wrapped herself up tightly. Considering the current situation, she also hid a folding knife inside the coat to deal with various situations.
Walking to the long table, she put the documents that needed to be taken to the purification agency into the suitcase, and then walked towards the old housekeeper.
The old housekeeper stretched out his hand and tried to take the suitcase, but Seliu didn't give it to him this time. The suitcase was very heavy and she insisted on taking it herself.
"Are those books also for them?" The old housekeeper noticed Seliu's actions just now and asked.
"That's right." Seliu replied.
The old housekeeper followed Seliu and looked at the dark suitcase with some curiosity.
He also had an impression of those books. When Seleu returned to Yin Erweg, except for herself, she only brought back those books, which she kept strictly as if they were some precious treasures.
"Let's... go to Black Mountain Hospital first. Dean Abigail and I have made an appointment. We really can't make time if we delay any longer."
Seliu got into the carriage and was supposed to go directly to the purification agency, but she changed her destination temporarily. The old housekeeper didn't say anything. Anyway, she is the one with real power now. Whatever she said, she probably only took it as a reference. , won’t pay much attention to it.
The carriage drove into a thunderstorm and sped along.
This is not the carriage of the Stuart family. When the death row plan began, the Purge Agency took over the security protection of the Nation Builders. Now Seleu is also a member of the Nation Builders, and she has also been subjected to the purge agency. Direct protection, and only the driver of the purge agency can find the way to Black Mountain Hospital.
That secret hospital hidden in this bustling city.
Seliu put his hands on the suitcase and touched it carefully, feeling its texture. He recalled in his mind the scene when Lorenzo and others left in the Sea of ​​Silence.
In the end, the strange doctor did not come back with Lorenzo, and he walked out of the end of the world alone.
At that time, Lorenzo was exhausted. After boarding the Morning Glory Advance, he almost fainted. However, things went much smoother after that. They successfully left the place of death, and now they are now.
Along the way, Lorenzo did not tell anything about what he encountered at the end of the world. Even after returning to Yin Erweg, he only told the information related to the secret keeper. If Seleu had not known it, in Lorenzo's story, Few people realize that he is not the only one who has reached the end of the world.
For some unknown reason, Lorenzo almost never mentioned the situation of the epidemic doctor. If he didn't say it, no one else could force him to say it, and the same was true for Seleu.
"He... is probably dead?"
Seleu murmured, thinking back to that terrible doctor.
Epidemic doctor.
Seleu didn't have much contact with him, but she knew the evil deeds he sat down. Such a guy should be imprisoned in the depths of hell forever, burned and corroded by the fire.
But when the epidemic doctor handed these notes to Seliu, Seliu had a strange feeling. Even looking back now, she still didn't understand.
In her spare time, she also looked through these notes, which contained unprecedented knowledge.
Seleu was both delighted and horrified.
The knowledge inside was enough to promote the progress of medicine, but she also smelled the heavy smell of blood from those experimental conclusions. They almost solidified into entities, suppressing her heart through the words until it stopped completely.
She didn't know how to judge the epidemic doctor. He deserved death, but he still burned a little brightly.
Seleu remembered the conversation with Lorenzo before, about good and evil, about good and evil.
In Lorenzo's opinion, these things are built based on human self-understanding. Beasts do not understand these things. They only know how to eat and reproduce. These things are used to restrain humans, but they are not beasts.
So monsters like the Plague Doctor are not included in this list, but he was once a human being. No matter how deformed he is, he still has human parts.
Conflict and conflict.
This is the monster's last gift to the world. Even if it leaves, it will still make a mocking sound.
"That's weird."
Seryu muttered to himself.
"what?"
The old butler sitting opposite asked. He noticed that Seliu was rarely confused.
"people."
"people?"
"That's right," Seliu looked out the window at the rainy night, "human beings are really complicated."
"It's like a puzzle that never has an answer."
　I feel like a production team donkey
　
(End of this chapter)