Ember Gun

  Chapter 579 Monument

  It was another moment of dawn and dusk, Lorenzo stood on the high slope, looking at the distant world.

  Have he ever thought about how he felt when he really arrived at the end of the world? Excited? ecstatic? Hysterical roar? Lorenzo had thought about all these things, but when this moment really came, there was only peace in his heart.

No, this is not calm. To be precise, in the face of this huge impact, Lorenzo has temporarily lost the ability to think. All he can do is to observe the scenery in front of him as much as possible, and to hold them firmly. Engraved into the depths of the soul, always remember.

   "Here... is the end of the world?"

  The epidemic doctor asked incredulously, this was something he had never imagined and had never seen before.

   "It should be, the Aurora ends here."

  Lorenzo raised his hand as he spoke, and pointed to the dark night that was about to be dispersed by the morning light.

The aurora is disappearing little by little, but even so, it can be clearly seen that the light belt that guided them deep into the sea of ​​silence has ended here, as if something hindered its progress, and the faint light wandered in the scenery in front of them. , Finally dissipated.

  Lorenzo smiled, and then said.

  "I also thought about whether there would be a huge billboard here with the words End of the World, and a few secret guards standing under the billboard, happily welcoming us."

  This is a joke that is not too funny, everyone is deeply shocked, and no one cares about Lorenzo's weird joke.

Forgetting everything, Frocky was lagging behind for a short time and also made a whimper. He was probably cheering and ecstatic, but there were only two words left in his mind. After the whimper, he shouted awkwardly. stand up.

  "Chart! Chart! Chart!"

  Lorenzo could not understand the meaning of Frocky’s words, and then he saw Frocky take out the parchment paper and paint on it, and he could see that the handwriting was very steady, depicting all this in detail.

   "You still remember this kind of thing? Did I bring a cartographer?"

  Lorenzo looked around, and said in a little confusion. He didn't understand how Frocky remembered these messy things, but he quickly looked forward again, enjoying the moment as much as he could.

"end of the world……"

  The black angel made a dull sound, and Watson looked around, letting the light from Chenhui shine.

The four were standing on a towering snow slope, and this snow **** was actually the edge of a huge circular pit... They were not sure whether it should be called a circular pit, after all, it was too huge, Lorenzo Looking to the sides, you can see the snow slopes extending to the end of the line of sight. They circle a huge circle, enclosing everything in front of them.

In front of    is a cliff with a very high drop. It seems that there was a terrifying explosion that created this huge annular pit. Due to the impact, mud and rocks were piled up and they squeezed and swelled to create such a cliff.

There were piles of snow under the cliff, and there were many bulges on the white snow. Because of the bright light of Chenhui, Lorenzo could not see what it was, but looking forward, he could see endless Light.

It is a huge columnar entity after another, they are densely inserted on the ground, and the height is uneven, like a dense jungle, with strong light refracting on it, it is difficult to see its true content, but even so Lorenzo still managed to see a little bit clearly.

  These are rhombus-shaped buildings with smooth surfaces, without the slightest amount of snow and ice. It is not clear whether they are made of metal or some unknown crystal.

   But obviously, this is an artificial creation, standing silently at the end of this desolate forbidden land. It is difficult to describe all of this with any adjectives. There are only blanks in my mind.

  Lorenzo finally found it, this last refuge.

   "Let's go."

  Lorenzo said to the others, resisting the excitement that was gradually rising in his heart.

It seems that the artificial creation is in front of you, but in fact Lorenzo estimates that he is at least a few kilometers away from it. If the scale of the artificial creation is too large, the distance between the two will be increased even more. .

   "At this height, we can try to glide past."

   Watson said, there was no battle on this road. The black angel only consumed one fuel tank, and it has a lot of surplus, which can be used here.

   "No, I've walked over such a long distance. Is it still worse? Use the fuel in a more useful place."

  Lorenzo shook his head and rejected Watson's proposal. He temporarily untied the rope, grasped the spike sword, and leaped down the cliff.

  The glow of the snow mapping disturbed the line of sight, and the height of the cliff was much higher than Lorenzo estimated. It is hard to imagine how this kind of terrain was formed.

  As he was about to fall to the ground, Lorenzo stabbed the nail sword and rubbed it fiercely on the section, splashing sparks and gravel, bounced up, and then steadily landed on the snow.

The Epidemic Doctor followed closely. He did not have the flamboyant movements of Lorenzo. He simply opened his hands and opened the membrane wings along the armpits, as if the evolution of biology had been realized in just a few seconds. , The speed of the fall slowed down, and he fell slightly.

  The dark shadow covered the two of them. This height was not a problem for the black angel. It grabbed the bewildered Frocky and fell from the sky.

  The snow was swayed by the heavy weight of the black angel, and the snow was also shaken away, revealing solid ice.

  Lorenzo slowly squatted down, gently stroking the exposed solid ice, which had been cracked by the vibration.

   "We haven't hit the bottom." Lorenzo said, staring at the dark blue under the ice.

Under Lorenzo’s observation, he found that the ice was at least tens of meters thick, which meant that the depth of the ring pit was far beyond his imagination, and the eyes flashed with white light, and Lorenzo could barely be dark. A few dark shadows can be distinguished among the blue ice, they have been frozen here for an unknown period of time.

"It's meaningless to make such a circular pit, isn't it?" Lorenzo asked, "You can't stop the demons, you can't stop the erosion, nothing can be stopped, even we can't stop, then the people of the previous generations, Why is it necessary to transform such a terrain?"

   "Perhaps, there was a war here?"

  The Epidemic Doctor said tentatively, but after he finished speaking, he regretted a little, some... weird excitement.

He had seen Ascalon’s shelling, and he could easily smash a large pit several meters in the frozen soil, in which there was half-melted metal, and the scorched earth. He was in such a pit at the beginning. Lawrence's head was picked up.

  So what a terrifying explosion is it to create such a huge annular pit? Even the Demon Hunter will be evaporated into dust in an instant.

   "Is this a battlefield?"

  Listening to the words of the epidemic doctor, Lorenzo thought, then got up and looked away.

  In this huge circular pit, the end of Lorenzo's vision was blurred by the morning light, and the end of it could not be seen at all.

  "Many years ago, this place was hit by destruction. The attack covered a very wide area, and even spread to the sea. The sea water poured into the ring pit, and then frozen into its current appearance after the years."

  Lorenzo thinks that after such a long time of fighting, many people have almost forgotten that Lorenzo is a detective by nature.

  "That means the entrance to the shelter might be under this ice layer."

Lorenzo probably understood why Merlin had not found the end of the world. The entrance of the sanctuary was in the ice. Merlin, whose materials and manpower were about to collapse at the time, was naturally unable to find the entrance, not to mention the influence of antimemetic, Merlin. It is a miracle to get out of here alive.

   "That's why he has such a vague reminder?"

  Lorenzo muttered in his heart that exploring the sea of ​​silence is so important, and the only hint is to follow the aurora.

At the beginning, Lorenzo felt that these guys who had been purged of the agency did not know the specific information at all. Now it seems that they should have been affected by antimemetics. People who leave here may forget the detailed information about this place to ensure the world. Security at the end, and these guys can't remember what they have forgotten, so they have this seemingly black box mode of action.

   "Then what happened to those things? Holmes, do you think such an explosion can't destroy the artificial creations?"

  The epidemic doctor looked at the huge creation in the distance. If this place was really created by some kind of explosion, then how could these buildings at the core of the explosion be safe?

   "It's very simple. After being hit by such an attack, will you still build creations in the explosion area?" Lorenzo asked rhetorically, "Fools will build on the scorched earth and ruins unless the explosion can't shake it at all."

   "Even such an attack failed to destroy it, so it is a ‘shelter’."

  Lorenzo said, stepping forward.

  ……

  A few people continued to advance for a long time. Out of fear of antimemetic, the deeper they were, the faster they injected the medicine. The stock of medicine carried by the black angel was also rapidly declining, and it was not clear how long it could last.

  Along the way, Lorenzo also realized the hugeness of those artificial creations. After walking for so long, there was still no clear change in their size in the field of vision. On the way, he saw a lot of weird things.

   "What do you think these things are? Holmes."

  The epidemic doctor pointed at the bulge on the ice in the distance as he walked.

It was a giant creature that was half exposed, and it could barely be recognized that it should be some kind of machine, but the scale of this machine was too huge. The epidemic doctor had never seen such a thing, and Lorenzo didn’t know what it was. Looking down from the clean ice surface, you can see that the mechanical structure in the ice layer has broken without extending too much. What you see here is only its wreckage.

   "Who knows?" Lorenzo said mockingly, "We are like a group of primitive people walking on the streets of Old Dunling...to be precise, on the ruins of Old Dunling."

  The more you move forward, the more such wrecks will be, some protruding out of the ice surface, and some are being frozen under the ice surface.

Gradually, the snow is getting less, as if it is a pure land, only crystal clear ice is left. Under the shining light, the things under the ice layer become clear, and a few people are like walking together. In a huge museum, the past history is frozen under the feet.

He saw a lot of things. Combined with his own experience, Lorenzo could probably distinguish the functions of some wrecks. Some looked like weapons, some looked like armors. He also saw some corpses, but they were all shriveled. Some look like humans, some look like demons.

The mood is also quite complicated. This is human civilization before endless reincarnation. Although there is only one place left, there is still such a glimmer of glory. Once people worked so hard, Lorenzo could not imagine them. Great achievement.

  But no matter what it is, creature or metal, civilization or glory, they are all dead now, being frozen here without discrimination, and annihilated in the years.

  I have been gone again, I don’t know how long, the mood was bumpy along the way, from ecstasy to panic, and becoming more ecstatic...Anyway, it was very complicated, but as time went on, everyone finally calmed down and remained calm.

   Then, before the night was about to fall, they finally saw the huge artificial creation, so close and within reach.

  This is far larger than Lorenzo saw. It is simply a magnificent jungle. It is hard to imagine how people made such a building at that time.

  "What if we fail? Holmes." At this moment the epidemiologist asked suddenly.

Watson remained silent all the way. Even if he communicated, he still had a conversation with Lorenzo. He never paid attention to the epidemic doctor. Froggy was simply an incommunicable guy. He stopped and went on the parchment. Draw endlessly,

   Therefore, the Epidemic Doctor has always been talking to Lorenzo. Although the two hate deeply, but in this case, there is nothing that can be done.

   "Failed? Why do you ask that."

  Lorenzo responded.

   "Because there is indeed such a possibility. We are not the children of destiny. We are just a group of ordinary monsters, monsters that will die. We are not invincible, so there is a possibility of failure."

  The Epidemic Doctor watched the approaching building and said slowly.

   "I was thinking, I finally got here, what should I do if I fail? Have you thought about this?"

   "No, I never thought about failure. I am destined to succeed. I must succeed."

   Lorenzo said harshly, he was forcing himself to do this.

The Epidemic Doctor smiled. Amidst the ups and downs and changes in his mood, he did think about what would happen to failure on the road. The Epidemic Doctor did not dare to think about the outcome. Just thinking about it for a moment would make him feel depressed and desperate. .

  He wanted to talk to Lorenzo very much. In this damned environment, Lorenzo seemed to be the only person who could communicate with him.

  But suddenly the epidemic doctor stopped, and Lorenzo also stopped. Not far from them, a diamond-shaped spire was erected.

With the decline of daylight, the glow in front of the eyes has also weakened a lot, so that Lorenzo and others can clearly observe these huge artificial creations. They are all huge diamond-shaped spires of varying heights. .

  The distance between the diamond-shaped spires is actually very far, but they are densely arranged together, like a dense array of guns.

   Lorenzo saw the diamond-shaped spire closest to them. He did not hesitate, and immediately ran towards the diamond-shaped spire, but then the sound of howling wind sounded behind him.

  The black angel grabbed the three of them, Tie Yu opened, and the fuel tank erupted with fireworks, bringing out a dazzling trajectory.

  The wind was blowing, and the diamond-shaped spire was getting closer and closer, Lorenzo couldn't help cheering.

  The seemingly calm Watson was the most excited of the others, and she couldn't wait any longer.

   Then the diamond-shaped spire appeared in front of you.

   The towering giant creation, the surface is smooth and iron gray, silent and solemn, it is obviously only a monotonous geometric body, but it makes people feel sacred and absent in a church.

   Silence and metal, solitary and cold.

A few people stood at its feet and looked up and found that it was at least tens of meters high, and part of it was under the ice, which made it impossible to see the whole picture. This reminded Lorenzo of being inserted in Old Town. The Dunling Tower in the spirit, but this diamond-shaped spire is obviously several times larger than the Dunling Tower, and there are at least hundreds of such diamond-shaped spires.

   "It's amazing."

  Lorenzo touched its surface lightly as he spoke. According to his current vision, there was no sign of splicing on the diamond-shaped spire, which meant that the diamond-shaped spire was probably directly poured out. It is hard to imagine what a huge furnace and mold it would be.

"what is this?"

  The Epidemic Doctor questioned. He didn't know the role of these diamond-shaped spires. It might just be that he was too ignorant to understand this advanced knowledge.

   Watson remained silent, and the black angel raised his head, not knowing what he was thinking. As for Frocky, he is even simpler, still lowering his head to paint, not caring about the surrounding buildings.

   "I don't know, something...something is wrong."

  Lorenzo's expression changed slightly. He stroked the surface of the diamond-shaped spire vigorously, and he could feel a little friction from his hand.

  The surface of the diamond-shaped spire was not as smooth as Lorenzo had seen, but there was something on it.

  The night slowly covered the sky, and his vision became a little dim, so the billowing flames lingered in Lorenzo's eyes, carefully observing the diamond-shaped spire.

  Lorenzo saw the cumbersome text.

  This shows that the engraving is full of small characters, and they are densely arranged on it, covering the entire surface of the tower.

   "Is this... text?"

  The epidemic doctor also followed Lorenzo's way to observe, and the cumbersome curse-like words came into his eyes.

The text on the diamond-shaped spire is very similar to the text Lorenzo is familiar with. The symbols between the two are only different in some small places. It seems that this is probably the text of an earlier civilization, but it appeared under the iteration of the years. A slight error, but it does not hinder reading, Lorenzo can barely recognize some handwriting.

   "Jonny Araby."

  Lorenzo recognized a paragraph from the small and cumbersome text, which should read a name.

   "Becky Myrward, Rudi Faz, Barack Field..."

  Lorenzo recognized more words, but they were the same as before, one after another.

   "Reza Hodges..."

  The epidemic doctor also recognized a name, he muttered in a low voice, and then saw Lorenzo's slightly horrified eyes.

  I saw Lorenzo step back a few steps. He raised his head and tried hard to see the top of the diamond-shaped spire. Then he staggered and fell to the ground. After a long time, Lorenzo said slowly.

   "I...I know what this is, Epidemic Doctor."

  Lorenzo smiled bitterly and looked around at a loss.

   "You think of a huge spire, full of people's names...what do you think it will be."

  Listening to Lorenzo's words, the epidemic doctor also realized the answer. His flesh and blood squirmed violently. He was stuck in place like a sculpture, his pupils were scarlet, and he could hear a violent heartbeat.

  Lorenzo knows what these diamond-shaped spires are.

   "This is a monument."

  Watson's voice rang in his ears, even if it was her, the voice at this moment lost its former calm, with a trembling lingering sound.

  "...A monument to commemorate the dead."

  The towering diamond-shaped spire stands silently on the ground, and endless souls are engraved in it, one after another, hundreds of thousands, like dense iron forests, watching the iteration of reincarnation with cold eyes in the endless years.

  At the end of this world.

  (End of this chapter)