Edge of Pure Land

Chapter 6 Longing across time

 Lu Fuji's eyes were illuminated by the fleeting cold light, and the head of the old priest flew high in an instant, and the thick blood spattered out and fell into the golden brilliance.

  Men in black hoods descended from the sky and started killing!

For everyone, this scene was like seeing gods descending to earth. The hooded men shuttled through the cemetery, raising knives in their hands and setting off rays of cold light, cutting off the heads of fanatic believers as easily as cutting grass. The blood splashed like fireworks.

Those mummies were also torn apart in the light of swords.

　　The breathing of the hooded men was like a tidal wave, and their momentum was astonishing.

 No one knows who they are.

 No one knows where they come from.

But at this moment, they are the saviors in this cemetery.

Especially the man who seemed to be the leader. He held a cigarette in his hand and a **** sword hanging from his waist. He was walking on the chaotic battlefield with a cold and indifferent expression.

Fortunately, these hooded men did not attack any survivors. Their targets seemed to be only the deformed believers and mummies, and they carried out a ruthless massacre.

 “José, we survived.”

“Yes, Brother Lu, but the stench on your body makes me think it’s better to just die.”

The brothers and sisters sat slumped in the grass and looked at each other, laughing.

 Police Officer An and Boss Zhang also breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone hugged each other and cried loudly, with snot and tears mixed together. All the fear and hesitation along the way were vented at this moment, and there was a trembling feeling in their hearts that they had survived a desperate situation.

As the battle came to an end, the hoods were also looking at this group of people.

“It’s rare that so many cocoon breakers survive at one time.”

 “Looks like they’re pretty scared.”

“This group of people has caught up with the life disaster caused by the aberrations, and they can still survive under the siege of so many white ghosts. There must be good prospects.”

 The man who looked like a leader said calmly.

Just at this moment, a person rushed out of the mist. It turned out to be the middle-aged rich man who was seriously injured. He rushed out and shouted: "Help me! Please help me! As long as you I'll take it out and I'll give you whatever you want! Help me!"

 The middle-aged rich man finally fell to the ground and grabbed the man's ankles with both hands.

 As if grasping the last straw.

 And his face turned into that of an evil ghost.

Green face and fangs, ferocious and terrifying.

 “Have you been swallowed up by your own desires?”

The man looked down at him, sighed softly, and took out a revolver from his pocket: "I'd better give you relief, so as to save you from continuing to suffer like this."

boom!

 One shot.

 In the shocked sight of Shika Fuji and others, the middle-aged wealthy man was shot in the head, and his brain blossomed.

 A chill spread in their hearts.

The man glanced at their shocked expressions, silently put away the revolver, and led his subordinates to kneel down to the burning golden ancient tree, bathed in the scorching light, and prayed devoutly: "My father is in heaven, may your name be holy, Your country is here, and all your wishes will be fulfilled."

“My name is Aoki. Congratulations on your survival from the land of the past. Now, on behalf of the Supreme Federation, I record you as the 583,274th batch of cocoon breakers. Next, you will be safely escorted to the nearest city, but before that..."

Aoki frowned: "Why do you guys stink so much?"

　　　…”

 The survivors, including Lu Fujian, hesitated to speak.

 A little hesitant.

 A little embarrassed.

Next, Aoki waved and ordered his subordinates to conduct a check on them, mainly to check if anyone had a mental mutation like the middle-aged rich man just now, and then checked the injuries.

 After inspection, Lu Fuji was not found to have any problems. He had thrown away the metal casing of the God's Seed, and the mark on his palm did not arouse any suspicion.

"When the Divine Tree came to the world, the appearance of the White Walkers destroyed the old order. Human beings gained the power of evolution and were divided into different levels through their talents. But there are also people who, after gaining the power of evolution, will be Swallowed by one’s own desires, one becomes a polluter.”

Aoki felt relieved and pointed at the dead middle-aged rich man: "As for these polluted people, we generally call them inferior species, and they must be killed on the spot, otherwise..."

Everyone was silent for a moment, and the other party was indeed not talking nonsense.

The body of the dead middle-aged rich man was still twitching until now, and his skin was actually rotting, turning into the terrifying mummy just now.

“He will turn into the mummies you just saw, that is, a White Walker. Not only that, this White Walker also has the property of self-division and can breed more White Walkers of the same species.”

The man smiled: "And this kind of White Walker is actually the weakest. We still don't know where the White Walkers come from, and why those ancient and powerful creatures invaded our world, forming a series of ghosts. Land, or restricted area of ​​life.”

 Huge information bombarded the outlook of Lu Fuji and others.

“As cocoon-breakers who can survive in the land of the afterlife, you are very lucky. Because what will greet you next is not the end of the world, but an unprecedented and extraordinary age!”

 Aoki’s next words made them feel like they were struck by lightning.

 “Welcome to five hundred years in the future, everyone.”

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On this day, Lu Fuji's worldview collapsed. If all of this was not a game, then his parents' research must have hidden secrets. Even the preliminary beta version of the game that he was given priority to experience seemed to have an extremely special meaning. significance!

His parents may have predicted what would happen in the future!

Of course, other people's collapse may be more serious than him.

This is not a game, there is no so-called time travel, and it is not the end of the world. It is just that five hundred years have passed in a flash, and the sea has turned into a mulberry field, and everything has changed.

 What does five hundred years mean?

 It means that their lives collapsed in an instant.

The cocoon breakers boarded the helicopter in numbness. The inquisitors first scanned their pupils and recorded the information about the cocoon break. Then they distributed emergency rations and purified water to each person. This process made people feel again. To the beauty of life.

But Boss Zhang was very discerning, so he just pulled out one of his back molars and presented it to him. It was a denture made of pure gold, and it was hard currency everywhere.

Of course I do this in the hope that Aoki and the others will take more care of him.

Aoki was not polite and smiled on the spot.

Upon seeing this, Lu Fuji used two egg yolk pies in exchange for some information.

Aoki's eyes brightened slightly, and he swallowed two in one breath. He was pleased to say that this thing is now out of print, and even as a snack, it is very outdated.

 This sentence means that now that the catering industry is very developed, snacks like egg yolk pie are no longer eaten, and naturally no one makes and sells them.

 Except for those who broke the cocoon, no one cares about it.

After finishing eating, he said slowly: "It was a change that swept the world. Ancient sacred trees rose from the ground and spread all over the world. First, it was the Arctic Circle, from Eurasia to the African continent, and the South American continent. To the North American continent, and finally to the Antarctic... Life restricted areas were formed, and a creature called the White Walkers began to invade. A considerable number of humans put on the virtual helmets of Aurora technology and began to sleep for several years. "

Lu Fuji fell silent. These are obviously the backgrounds of the preliminary beta version of the game. The details are more or less different, but the general content is the same.

“Why can a virtual helmet make us sleep for five hundred years?”

He Sai asked subconsciously.

When Aoki heard his question, he just smiled casually. He sneered and took away the power-off virtual helmet from a survivor, and said with emotion: "For the sake of egg yolk pie, I will answer it for you again."

He unplugged the neural hub inside the helmet, pulled out the wires and threw them to the ground.

I saw that the broken section of the wire was filled with pure white silk. Also thrown out was a withered and dead silkworm, which was shattered into powder when blown by the wind.

"Actually, when the sacred tree rises from the ancient strata, the ancient divine light shines all over the world, the power of the **** changes everything... and there is a magical parasite hidden in its roots, which is the cocoon of time. The time cocoon of the time cocoon can not only freeze your life, but also protect you from the outside world. When your body is completely changed, the silk will lose its protective effect. The prescribed dormancy time is only one year. Due to physical weakness, it may take longer for some people to reshape their life structures, especially those who are dormant in the place of death. They will be affected by certain special factors and their dormancy time will be particularly long. It’s a long time, and although it’s easier for geniuses to emerge, it’s also easier for them to die prematurely.”

Aoki glanced at the powder blown away by the wind: "When you were sealed into the cocoon of time, the city you were in became a place of death. Huge danger swept across, and humans had to evacuate. But you were left behind. In the Land of the Past, we have been trying to search and rescue for many years, but it is inevitable that there will be omissions. After all, the Land of the Past is very dangerous, and some terrible changes happen from time to time. You are very lucky not to encounter those. Terrifying visions and high-level White Walkers will kill our team inside."

 The cocoon breakers were stunned.

 That’s it.

 There is obviously more than one city in the place of death.

　　The group of people who fell asleep in the cocoon five hundred years ago only woke up after sleeping for a year. That was because the city where they lived was not affected in any way.

Hibernating humans in the Land of the Past were left behind because of the events that occurred that year, and their specific awakening time is unpredictable, and they may be attacked by White Walkers after breaking out of their cocoons.

Lu Buer thought that this was the reason why he would wake up from his cocoon in the land of the dead, but he didn't expect that there would be such a weird bug hidden in Aurora's virtual helmet, and this ghost thing turned out to be Fitted to the human brain!

 That’s ridiculous.

 What were his parents studying during their lifetime?

 “Why are we sealed?”

Someone couldn’t help but ask.

Aoki said lightly: "The most mainstream theory at present is that humans have violated ancient taboos and suffered terrible divine punishment. During the crisis, someone awakened the Kabbalah Tree of Life, and humans must evolve to deal with the invasion of the White Walkers. . About 800 million people entered hibernation at that time. They were determined to have evolutionary talents and completed their initial evolution in the cocoon."

He pointed at himself: "I am also a cocoon breaker who woke up in the land of the past. I broke out of the cocoon about ten years earlier than you. I have experienced everything you have experienced. Anyone who may have the talent for evolution will use There are various ways to receive virtual helmets. Of course, some fish will inevitably slip through the net, and there is nothing we can do about it.”

 Lu Fuji was stunned.

 The earth undergoes drastic changes, and the sacred tree revives.

 The White Walkers invaded, and humans evolved sleeping in cocoons.

And all of this is inextricably linked to Aurora Technology.

His parents are also one of them!

In the depressing silence, Officer An couldn't help but ask: "So, "Pure Land" launched by Aurora Technology was not a game from beginning to end? So what about those people who did not receive the helmet back then? They how's it going?"

 This is also a question that all cocoon breakers want to ask. After five hundred years of slumber, it may be impossible for them to meet their former family members again.

At that moment, they felt that their lives had collapsed.

 There is no point in living anymore.

"Those people, they have witnessed the changes in the new world with their own eyes, but their lives have not changed much from before. Some people need to change their lives in a new city because their place has become a place of death, and some people have seized the opportunity to become rich overnight. ”

Aoki glanced at them: "Of course, I know what you want to ask most. In fact, your life has not completely collapsed. Because from a certain perspective, when the new era begins, time will no longer have meaning. Those who did not have the talent for evolution before the era could also choose to seal up their property and sleep in a cocoon, waiting for their families to wake up. "

He took out his tablet and showed it to everyone: "Most of you here have dormant family members and spouses waiting for you to wake up. For those of you who have broken the cocoon and their families in the land of death. , this situation is very common.”

The cocoon breakers were stunned, some were ecstatic, and some were in tears, because they seemed to feel the longing that spanned five hundred years at this moment...

Five hundred years have passed, a new era of universal evolution, human civilization has developed rapidly, and has possessed extraordinary powers that only exist in imagination. You don’t need to think about it to know how wonderful this new world is.

 But some people have given up on that kind of life, choosing to be sealed in a cocoon, waiting for you to wake up, as if without you, this world, no matter how wonderful it is, has lost its meaning.

The Cocoon Breakers were originally full of fear and alienation towards this new era, and even felt like abandoned children abandoned by the times. However, at this moment, they suddenly felt the warmth and hope again, and the ties of blood once again brought them together. Connected with the world.

 Hands of mixed emotions all at once.

I just want to leave the place of death as soon as possible.

 Wake up your former family members and hug them tightly.

　Some people are happy, while others are sad.

 Because not everyone has dormant family members waiting for them.

Lu Fuji didn’t feel much at all. His parents had already passed away.

José didn’t feel much either. After his parents divorced, they reorganized their families and pushed him around like a drag bottle. He didn’t think there was anyone waiting for him in the new world.

Aoki shook his head, looked out the window and sneered: "As for the cause of all this, wasn't it mentioned in the expansion pack released by Aurora Technology that year? The sacred tree of the Arctic, the civilization of gods, the glory of gods. Ancient myths , are not fabricated, because they really dug up the corpse of the **** from the end of the world!”

His smile was playful: "It's just that you didn't take it seriously."

 The cocoon breakers looked at each other, digesting the huge amount of information.

Some cocoon breakers are desperate because they have no choice at all. They put on their helmets and fell asleep without knowing it. The wealth and status they once had disappeared in an instant, and they thought they had been deceived!

 “Aurora Technology, Aurora Technology!”

 They grabbed their hair, broke down and cried.

Aoki sneered and said: "According to existing research, when the White Walkers first appeared in front of the world, the first people they preyed on were those who had evolutionary talents but did not fall asleep in the cocoon. Hibernation, for you, , is a kind of protection.”

 The cocoon breakers shuddered.

They have already experienced the horror of the White Walkers.

 It’s a nightmare.

From this point of view, being sealed in a cocoon is a good thing.

 Otherwise, your life will be lost.

"Five hundred years have passed, and there are still about 50 million human beings who have not emerged from the cocoon, and they are basically in the land of the past. If you are not willing to live in this era, you can also apply to return to sleep in the cocoon again. This is only possible before the era. Those born after the new era cannot enter the cocoon. But no matter what, you should take a good look at this world." Aoki glanced at them and pressed the radio button.

 The sound of the radio channel rang in the cabin.

“Notice that an unknown life restricted area has been discovered on the North American continent, located in Florida. The life fluctuations of the cocoon breakers have been detected, and the military is requested to intervene in the rescue.”

“Fuji, located in the central and southern part of Honshu Island, is about to be recognized as a place of death. The restricted area of ​​​​life is being formed. Tourists will be banned from climbing in the near future, and the army is being dispatched.”

“Urgent notice, there are suspected traces of strange ghosts in the Kailash Mountains. Please pay attention to the safety of nearby residents and tourists. Ordinary people please be sure to hire evolutionists for protection. Thank you for your cooperation!”

These broadcasts sound like fantasy to the cocoon breakers.

Aoki said calmly: "There are about one hundred and seventy-four restricted areas of life in the world, and Fengcheng where you were before is one of them. Those places where sacred trees grow are forbidden areas that cannot be set foot. Therefore, you will be sent nearby The city is Linhai City.”

 “Boss.”

 Someone came over, holding a tablet in his hand, and said respectfully: "The information about the place of death has been sorted into fragments. Please take a look."

 “Connect to the Sacred Intelligence Network and start analysis.”

Aoki took the tablet and the data report was displayed on the screen. After the battle, they photographed the area and combined the various traces left at the scene to restore the battle scene.

 (End of this chapter)