Embers of Embers

Chapter 643 The real death row
The hazy consciousness gradually became clearer, and Seliu opened his eyes tiredly, only to find that his eyes were dim, and he could only see a faint light.
She tried to move her body, but her hands did not respond. Instead, they were tightly tied together, unable to move.
It was a really bad situation. Recalling the previous scene, it was certain that he had been kidnapped. For a moment, Seliu didn't panic. Instead, he felt like laughing.
At this critical moment, he was actually kidnapped. The current situation could be considered harsh, but compared to what he had to face before, all this seemed much easier.
Seliu's expression actually became relaxed, but she soon realized something else.
If this was a kidnapping, then what happened was too much of a coincidence. Knowing his own itinerary, he was able to disguise himself as a carriage purging the agency...
With complex thinking, Seliu's thoughts gradually became clearer. She was a little unsure of her guess, but more importantly, she was still doubtful about what was going to happen next.
While thinking, another slightly tired gasp sounded. The man seemed to be injured, or maybe too tired. He kept panting, as if he was nearly suffocated to death.
Kidnapper?Or another kidnapped unlucky guy?
Seliu didn't know clearly, her eyes were covered.
She is a very alert girl, Seliu has already woken up, but she still pretends to be sleepy, and does not make any unnecessary movements, she relies on hearing and smell to judge the current situation.
You can hear the rumbling sound of machinery, as well as the blurry wind and rain. Seliu's body is sleeping and the ground is shaking slightly... This is not the ground.
Seliu guessed that she was in a certain train, and the air she smelled was slightly cool, with the smell of dust and rust. This smell was very familiar to Seliu. In her life, for a long time, she had always been with him. Such a smell as companion.
So, am I staying away from Old Dunling now?
If it drags on for too long, Seliu's situation will become even worse. Maybe she should take action, but how many people are in the carriage?
Is he alone in a room with the unlucky man, or is the kidnapper here? If it's the latter, all Seliu's actions cannot escape the eyes of the other party, and he will be easily subdued.
kidnapper...
Thinking of this, Seliu fell into deeper thinking. Could any kidnapper be able to predict his actions perfectly, or even pretend to be a carriage purging the mechanism?
If they have this ability, are these kidnappers really considered "kidnappers"?
Roger?
It doesn't seem right. For Roger, he doesn't need to live. When Seleu is exposed in front of him, Seleu will be dead, and he will get everything he wants.
Just when Seliu was caught up in the battle of thinking, his tired breathing became deeper, and he only heard a heavy impact, as if someone was struggling. Soon Seliu felt something leaning against him, She wanted to move her body, but then she realized that the fabric covering her field of vision seemed to be hooked by something.
Seleu tried briefly, twisting his body, and the faint light entered his eyes little by little.
The sharp edges of the metal raised up and hooked the hood. Seliu pulled it apart with great effort, and could barely see the scene inside the car clearly with the peripheral vision of his sight.
This looks like a cargo compartment, with soot and rust everywhere. There are two unlucky guys traveling with him. One figure looks quite tall. He is tied up tightly and has a hood on his head. , was tied to the other corner of the carriage, and another guy was lying across the middle of the carriage. He was twisting his body laboriously like a caterpillar, and Selu guessed that the crashing sound just now came from him.
"Caterpillar" seemed unwilling to accept his fate. He struggled hard and tried to escape from here, but it was all in vain.
Seliu guessed that the guy in the corner was also awake, but he realized that he couldn't break free now. Like himself, he fell asleep and thought about countermeasures.
The body slowly shrank into a ball. At least for now, these were the only unlucky people in the cargo compartment, and the kidnapper was not here.
Seliu slowly pulled down her hands. Her figure was small and exquisite, and her flexibility was good. She still had room to operate these restraints. She stretched her hands to her ankles with great effort, peeled off her stockings, and held a short dagger in front of her. Insert it along the calf.
The kidnapper probably didn't expect that he would carry a weapon with him and hide it so well.
Seleu grabbed the dagger and pulled it out. Due to the angle, it was difficult for her to cut the ropes on her feet. She could only find the ridges with difficulty and then press them.
The metals rubbed against each other, making a slight sound, and a more slender sharp edge came out of the dagger blade, easily cutting the ropes on her feet, giving Seleu more room to move, and she lifted up The foot was reversed and cut off fiercely with the dagger blade.
His hands lost their restraints and relaxed. Seliu pulled off his hood and stood in the shaking cargo compartment, looking at the two remaining unlucky people.
Seliu tried her best to slow down her voice, but she guessed that these two unlucky guys heard it to some extent, but they didn't react at all, as if they were waiting for something.
She moved forward cautiously, thinking about whether to loosen the bonds of these two unlucky guys, but at this moment the "Caterpillar" jumped up like a carp.
He was sharper than Seleu's imagined. "Caterpillar" probably regarded himself as a kidnapper and vowed to fight himself to the death. The middle part of Chong's body, probably around the waist and abdomen, kicked him from the middle of the cargo compartment to the corner.
Listening to the screams of "Ugh", for some reason, Seliu suddenly felt that the screams were somewhat familiar.
She walked over vigilantly and looked down at Caterpillar. He seemed to have been kidnapped suddenly. His clothes were dirty, but some signs could still be seen.
An ouroboros spins and devours on the gray clothes.
"The ever-moving pump..."
Seliu whispered, she thought of something, pulled off the "Caterpillar"'s hood, and a miserable face appeared in front of her eyes.
Looking at this pale face, Seliu felt that her suspicion had been verified, and she gradually realized what was going on.
"Mr. Nikola Tesla, I really didn't expect to see you here."
Seliu smiled, and the worry in her heart weakened a lot.
Nicholas gasped for breath. He felt as if his whole body had been scattered. He was already in great pain, but he was hit hard by Seleu again. Now he felt that he was not far away from death.
"The Duke of Stuart."
Nicholas showed an ugly smile and responded with difficulty.
At the end of his memory, Nicholas saw the fortress hidden deep underground, as well as the hordes of legions. He guessed that no one could have imagined that in the deepest part of the old Dunling underground, there was a place that no one could reach. There is something like that hidden in the darkness.
Is this the so-called "death row"?
Before he could say anything, Seliu untied him and walked to the unlucky man in the corner.
"I guess this unfortunate guy is an acquaintance."
Seleu murmured to himself, then pulled off his hood.
Her expression froze, and so did Nicholas's. They never expected that they would see him here, still in this slightly embarrassed way.
"What a wonderful encounter, Arthur."
Even Seliu, her calm expression at this moment could not help but be slightly shaken.
Arthur's hair was disheveled and he was extremely embarrassed.
He had long since woken up, and he knew the reason for all this from the beginning, because he saw it.
I saw that familiar yet unfamiliar face.
Arthur should have forgotten him, and now he was back.
"Robin……"
Arthur whispered, with endless memories and the direction of things unfolding before his eyes.
"Arthur? Damn it, are we captured by the enemy?"
Nicholas looked very frightened. He walked quickly to Arthur, grabbed his shoulders with both hands, and said eagerly, "Underground, under the old Dunling, there is..."
"Don't panic, Nicholas, everything is under control."
Arthur pushed him away and motioned for him to stay calm.
"But..." Nicholas couldn't figure it out. He looked at the gap between the metals and could see the gloomy sky and the rainwater pouring in along the gap. "Do you think this is under control? I can't even see myself I don’t know where I am.”
"No, I know it very well, it's just that you don't know it clearly."
Arthur took a long breath. He guessed that he had no power to make decisions now... No, he had already made the decision, but it was just forgotten by him like a robin.
Now everything is moving forward according to the established route. This is a story that has been written long ago. Now these characters just have to drive the plot towards the ending as the author advances.
"Where are we?"
Nicholas asked rhetorically, as a scholar, he has not experienced extremely dangerous battles, so he is not absolutely rational, and is still far behind Merlin.
"Death Row."
At this time Seleu responded, she moved her eyes away from Arthur and looked at Nicholas.
"We are on the road to death row."
"But... Death Row is not here..." Nicholas tried to say something, but the name Arthur just whispered suddenly sounded in his mind, and he whispered, "Mockingbird."
Robin.
A name that was once very familiar but has been forgotten.
As he was remembered, too many similarly covered memories appeared, rushing through his mind.
"That was a trap. Everything in Old Dunling was a conspiracy. This conspiracy was so huge that we were included in it." Arthur sighed.
Seliu said and stabbed the dagger into the gap in the cargo compartment. She twisted the dagger hard until a crack slowly expanded, and then lifted it hard to open the buckle hidden in it.
The cargo compartment was opened by the strong wind, and the cold rain washed away the faces of several people. They looked at the outside world, and the old Dunling turned into a gray silhouette, appearing at the end of the grass. Looking ahead, there was more steel. waiting for them.
Under the pattering rain, the grass swayed in the wind, slowly revealing the long-abandoned train station behind it. No one has come to this platform for a long time. According to its original destiny, it should continue to be abandoned like this until... Become part of the loess.
But now it has regained its glory. Heavy armed trains stop at the station one after another, with huge gun barrels pointing obliquely at the sky, like a dense forest of swords. Making the final fine-tuning, the scavengers also came out of the shadows, exposed to the sunlight, and guarded the stronghold.
The roaring wind came, followed by dark and heavy shadows passing by. Heavy armed trains left the train station one after another. Their direction was not towards Old Dunling, but around Old Dunling along the railway tracks. Driving, like a hunting dog, watching the prey firmly in the hunting ground.
Seliu looked at all this, her eyes filled with fear, and she turned stiffly to the far away city behind her.
"'Death row' is used to hold prisoners who are executed, not to preserve the continuation of the fire."
Seliu felt like she couldn't feel anything anymore. In the face of this huge shock, her mind went blank.
"Old Dunling is the real 'death row'."
The armed train carrying Ascalon also started. They dragged the heavy train cannon, like a snake, tightly entangled the old Dunling, and the muzzles of the cannon were pointed at the city in the heavy rain. Ascalon's coverage area, no matter where the target appears, they will be rained down by their firepower.
Seleu opened the passage to other cargo boxes and opened the door. What he thought was that there were also a group of unlucky people tied up. Nicholas followed and pulled off their hoods. They were all familiar. Most of the faces were researchers. Walking to the end of the cargo box, there was a pile of heavy iron boxes containing various materials and records.
Looking at Arthur, Arthur watched all this without saying a word, but at this moment the train entered the train station and stopped slowly. In the diffuse mist, Arthur saw familiar faces.
Arthur remembered them, many of them were his former subordinates, but after retirement, their records were archived and sealed, and their existence was erased by antimemes. Even now, when he sees them in person, Arthur Only then did his memory slowly recover, and he remembered their past.
Then more memories emerged.
Scavengers, returnees...
Thanks to the long-term self-isolation of the scavengers, as an extremely important department of the purification agency, their disappearance should have caused huge turmoil. As a result, Arthur only slowly remembered these now. He could not imagine that if they If you don't show up proactively, how long will you be deceived?
"So is there anything you want to say?"
Arthur stepped out of the carriage, passed through the fog, and stood in front of the stranger.
Zuo Tang smiled. He should have stayed with Zuo Zhen, but the antimemetic influence on him was so serious that Arthur didn't even notice when he left Old Dunling.
"Let me introduce you to the real 'Death Row'...
In other words, 'deus ex machina'. "
As Zuo Tang's words fell, more armed trains left here, loaded with godless anonymous people and cold puppets. They would surround the old Dunling, and no demons could escape from it.
(End of this chapter)