Ember Gun

  Chapter 580 The Secret Keeper

"end of the world…"

  Lorenzo stared at the silent monument, and the next moment he strode away.

  Running on the ice, rushing into the dense forest of steel, he is like a prisoner who has regained his freedom, his eyes happily shuttled through it, searching for potential hope.

   Turned around, stepped back, and moved forward again. Lorenzo ran faster and faster, almost flying.

  The sound of footsteps reverberated in the meantime, hitting the monument, and was swayed back again, melding each other.

  "Secret Keeper...Secret Keeper..."

  He kept muttering, his repressed painful mind was swallowed by the ecstasy of hope at this moment.

  Lorenzo didn’t know how long he ran, and finally he stopped slowly and stood blankly between the monuments. He raised his head and looked at the fading sky.

  He has strange ideas.

  The towering monuments are like spears that pierced the sky, and Lorenzo fell into it, but it was just a dying body that was pierced through.

  He just stared at it blankly, not knowing how long it had passed.

  ...

  A little fireworks rose in the dense monument, and Lorenzo and others sat around the bonfire with expressionless faces.

  They have thought about the scenery at the end of the world, but in any case they never thought it would be like this, with towering diamond-shaped minarets densely engraved with names that have long been forgotten.

  This is not where hope is, but a cemetery, a cemetery of reincarnation.

   "Still found nothing?"

  Lorenzo heard the gust of wind, high in the sky, the black angel sliding between the forested monuments, dragging a few deep scratches on the ground, and finally stopped not far from the bonfire.

   "No, nothing."

   Watson's voice sounded, and there was a vague loss in the calm.

After arriving at this monument, Lorenzo and the others began to search for the existence of the Secret Guardians. They ran wildly, peering at every corner around them, but unfortunately, no matter how hard they tried, they still had nothing. not found.

  Except for these silent monuments, there is nothing, nothing here.

  But Lorenzo didn't want to give up. The black angel moved into the sky by virtue of its speed, and looked down at the earth through the starlight, but found nothing.

Just like the previous discovery, there are no buildings here except for these monuments. Lorenzo also tried to explore according to his previous ideas. The depth of the layer was so thick that Lorenzo could not see the roots of the monument, but could only witness the iron gray metal melt into the darkness.

   "How much antimony do we have?"

  Lorenzo thought for a while, slowly got up, mobilizing the secret blood in his body.

"What do you want to do?"

  The epidemic doctor asked at this time, he could feel Lorenzo's anxiety, they were only one step away from the gate of truth, but at this moment they were strangled here, unable to move forward.

  "Burn through the ice. Just like I said before, the ice here appeared later, maybe the gate is under this ice."

  Lorenzo said that he wanted to mobilize the power, Michael, to melt a big hole in the ice.

   "You are betting, Lorenzo, you can't evaporate such a large piece of ice, you will be exhausted."

   Watson replied calmly.

  Not to mention the solid ice in this annular pit, the ice layer covered by the monument alone is extremely huge, and Lorenzo burns vertically downwards, but only the size of a pinhole is burnt on it, which is a futile move.

  Lorenzo did not respond. He lowered his head and stared at the ice layer that sealed the dark ice in the depths. It was like a smooth mirror reflecting the embarrassment and ridiculousness of several people.

   "Maybe, this place was really built after the war? Holmes."

  The epidemic doctor looked around, stretched out his hand and stroked the cold metal surface, feeling the densely packed text.

   "These monuments are to commemorate the victims of that war, so they are built in the core of this war."

   "No, it won't. There must be something here, otherwise, what is the meaning of the protection of the watchmen and the antimeme?"

  Lorenzo said anxiously, he began to fear failure. Once he failed, his previous sacrifices became meaningless.

   "A scam."

  The epidemic doctor's eyes lowered, and he said sadly.

  "How to kill those endless chasing after the truth, just tell them the truth is there, and set a trap."

  This is a scam, a trap, and these strenuous chasers will eventually disappear here and die before the gate of truth.

  "What about Merlin? He has been here and left alive. The same is true of the Victoria family. They have gained new knowledge from here, and the builders of the country."

  Lorenzo felt a headache. All the previous information indicated the existence of the Secret Guardian, but they came here, but there was nothing.

   "But in fact, all the real insiders died back then, didn't they?"

   Watson is analyzing at this moment.

  "The Victorian family received the help of the secret guards, but all the insiders died. Even the descendants of Victoria were troubled by Wang Shu.

  Merlin? You also said that he is very likely to be affected by antimemetic effects. He can't remember the details of the voyage, only the aurora guided... Maybe this guy didn't get here at all. After all, Merlin doesn't know what the end of the world is. What's it like, isn't it?

  As for the builders...under the influence of this iteration and antimeme, who can guarantee that the history they record is accurate? Even the Demon Hunting Order has undergone this repeated shuffling so that the secrets of the Watchers can be buried forever. "

  Listening to Watson's account, Lorenzo took a deep breath.

  This world is riddled with holes. History is erased and rewritten. Under endless reincarnation, it has long lost its recognizable appearance.

  "Where did the knowledge of the Victoria family come from?"

   Lorenzo asked in a low voice. He recalled what Queen Victoria had said to him, and also remembered the magnificent machinery he had seen underground.

   "They must have got something here?"

   Lorenzo said firmly that he did not really come to the gate of truth, but was temporarily unable to knock on the gate.

   "Look again, we can find the way."

  Lorenzo got up again, he still wanted to try, just wanted to act, but he lost all the motivation in his heart.

  There is nothing here, only the dark and silent monuments are greeted by the eyes, and countless souls are watching all this indifferently.

  Their existence has long been forgotten, standing quietly at the end of this world.

  Lorenzo only felt a colic in his heart, gritted his teeth, stubbornly lit the pure flame, burning the ice under him.

  He cannot fail, so many people have died, if he fails here, Lorenzo cannot accept all this.

   "Holmos..."

  The epidemic doctor wanted to say something, but Lorenzo severely interrupted him.

   "I won't give up, the secret guards must be here!"

  The dazzling flame burned, and the rising fireworks robbed all the light. Lorenzo melted the ice like a scorching sun, and his figure slowly descended.

Watson watched Lorenzo's gaffe quietly. He hadn't lost control like this for a long time, just like a hysterical lunatic.

  Lorenzo cannot tolerate the failure of this operation. Once it fails, the world will enter a new cycle. All those who know all of this will be erased again. Everyone Lorenzo is familiar with, his friends...

  This is a dim and desperate future.

  Now the opportunity to reverse all this is in his own hands. At this moment, Lorenzo said that he would not give up anything, even if he could not find another way, he would stubbornly execute it.

   "Lorenzo, if this continues, all of us will be lost here... The supplies are almost exhausted."

  The indifferent voice sounded in the black angel, and then the flesh and blood dragged the steel to open the black angel's chest.

  Watson had completely controlled this armor of original sin during the time he was lodged with the black angel. The breastplate was cracked, revealing a fuzzy human figure covered with scarlet blood.

The human being as the carrier has been completely integrated with the black angel. His body is very weak. In order to advance in this environment, Watson had to "demonize" him in this way, and then the iron box was taken down. This is the last material box.

  "Florend's potion has been consumed for most of the time. Every minute we waste here, we will consume it meaninglessly. Once it is all used up, we will all be lost in it."

  Watson’s voice is a little nervous, and this ubiquitous antimemetic influence is the biggest factor restricting their actions.

  "If we return now, save some use. These potions are enough to support us out of the scope of antimemetic influence, but if we continue to consume them here, some of us need to make sacrifices."

Watson said and looked at Frocky. This guy had no intention of participating in these disputes. He had been painting on the parchment, and he didn’t care about everything outside. Probably there was nothing left in his mind. These things are down.

  Lorenzo was silent, and the fireworks were gradually extinguished. Soon after, he walked out of the melting pit with the remaining flames.

   "No, no... Something must have been negligent."

  Lorenzo thought.

  The atmosphere of the situation has become a bit wrong, of course, the most important thing is from Lorenzo and the epidemic doctor.

  The Epidemic Doctor came here without fear of death, for the secretaries and for the truth, and now all this has become a little vain, he definitely will not die here.

  Now the epidemic doctor also has a reason to leave alive. If Lorenzo continues to be so stubborn, maybe the two will start fighting.

  Watson remained silent. She seemed to be in a neutral position all the time. No one knew what decision she would make at that time.

The epidemic doctor’s eyes flashed back and forth between the faces of several people. He felt that he would have the upper hand. Although Watson was not clear, the epidemic doctor could feel that Watson would stand on Lorenzo’s side. This guy who has been silent is so calm and sensible, she will cooperate with herself and drag Lorenzo away from here together.

   "I think, I know what's going on."

  Lorenzo raised his head, his eyes lost their luster.

"nothing is forever."

  Lorenzo looked at these dense monuments, maybe something is eternal, but after all, it is also one cold metal after another.

   "Are you saying... the secret guards are all dead?"

   Watson had already thought of this result, she asked.

   "Perhaps, what I have seen in his [Gap], even the sublimated demon hunters...Even if they hold the power Gabriel, they will eventually become monsters losing themselves one after another."

  Lorenzo's mind recalled the faceless men one after another. They knelt on the edge of the well of sublimation. I don't know how long they have been like this. Like a sculpture, they have stepped into eternity.

  "Whether the Secret Guardians are humans or monsters, it is difficult to avoid such a situation in this iteration, right?"

  Lorenzo feels that he has found the answer. He speaks extremely fast, and the once glorious era has stepped into darkness. How long can these shelters be built?

  "The flesh and blood will decay and senescence, and if you step into sublimation, you will lose yourself for a long time."

   Then he stood there blankly.

   "The Secret Guardians are all dead... This is the last time the Victoria's family saw them...

  Yes, it is precisely because they are all dead that Merlin will return without success, so we can't find anything..."

  Just as a few people witnessed, Lorenzo's aura declined little by little. He staggered, walked to the edge of the monument, and sat down against it.

  No one urged Lorenzo to make a decision this time. He needed some time to accept all of this. In fact, in their eyes, Lorenzo was also a mad believer, and now his faith is shattered.

  No matter what kind of monster they are, what kind of belief they have, but they have a mortal heart from beginning to end.

   is like smelting metal, no matter how it is purified, it is always difficult to remove human impurities.

   "I want to try again."

  Lorenzo stood up staggeringly. He seemed to be a lot older for a moment, and his eyes were exhausted.

   "Maybe there are survivors of the secret, they exist to preserve knowledge, so they will continue their existence by all means, they must still be here."

   "What are you going to do? Run around here? Run and shout?"

  The Epidemic Doctor couldn’t help asking, this trip did bring him a lot of knowledge, but if he couldn’t find the Secret Guardian, all this was far from worth the Epidemic’s giving up his life and getting lost in it.

   "No, I just need to spread the erosion."

While    was speaking, a blazing storm rolled up in Lorenzo's eyes.

  "I want to search for [Gap] near here, search for [Gap] of the Secret Guardian, as long as he is still alive, [Gap] must exist."

  Simple and fast, but the price is that Lorenzo has to fight against this ubiquitous antimeme, and may be the reason for being at the core, where the antimeme is far stronger than the edge.

  Watson was a little frightened. She wanted to stop Lorenzo, but it was too late. When Lorenzo said this, he had already started to act.

With the current situation, Inervig was unable to organize another voyage. Lorenzo also met the watchmen, and he was bound to be besieged by them. In any case, this was the last chance to break the cycle of reincarnation. Otherwise, all the people related to it will die in the hunt.

  The heart was beating violently, and the blood was boiling. As soon as Lorenzo released the erosion, he was counter-attacked by antimemetics. The world of cognition was constantly collapsing, but soon, the blazing storm swallowed everything.

  Power·Gabriel.

  The invisible storm expands outwards, greedily searching for possible lives, plundering their [Gap].

  Lorenzo could not hold it for too long, he only had a few seconds, his power spread wildly, but before it could spread outside the iron forest, the storm collapsed.

Blood overflowed from the corner of his eyes, as if an invisible claw was tearing his body. There were multiple wounds on the surface of the body. The fierce and shock lingered in his mind, Lorenzo staggered and fell to the side. The breath was sluggish, as if he was going to die.

  He didn't fall completely, Lorenzo pulled out the nail sword, inserted it into the ice, and firmly supported himself, his eyes were scarlet, staring at the direction when the few people came.

  Lorenzo failed. The power of antimeme here was too strong, and his erosion could not spread too far, but Lorenzo still felt it.

  In the process of erosion and diffusion, he felt that he was hindered by something, the size of that thing approached a human shape, and it was still slowly moving here.

   "Something is coming."

  Lorenzo whispered.

  There is joy and fear in his heart.

  At the end of the world, besides them, the only life that can exist is probably the secret guard, but if the other party is not the secret guard, who will it be?

  The sound of footsteps sounded in the darkness, and the man appeared in the sight of everyone, wearing a silver armor and holding a sharp spear.

  The pioneer just walked to the side of everyone and sat down by the bonfire with his spear.

  The helmet moved a few times, seeming to be observing a few people, and then he said.

   "What do you all want to ask? Chasers of truth."

  (End of this chapter)