Falling into the Abyss

As soon as the old woman screamed, the scavengers in the entire subway station immediately became alert, and their horrified eyes focused on Taniser and the other three.The old woman hurriedly dragged her grandson away as if she had seen a ghost.

Tanithel hesitantly picked up the piece of skin on the ground, while Samuel looked at the scavengers who suddenly became hostile to them inexplicably, "Hey, what's wrong with you?"

The old woman asked in a trembling voice, "Why do you have things like earth core ghosts!"

"What the hell are you talking about?" Samuel was confused, and when he looked back, he saw that Tanithel's brows were also frowned, staring at the ball in his hand.

"Ethan? Ethan?" Tanithel gently shook Ethan's shoulders, which was unconscious. Seeing that he barely opened his eyes, he asked, "Where did you get this?"

"...I found it in the subway."

The old woman's grandson yelled at them, "That's the human skin that was peeled off by the ghosts in the ground! They eat people, leave the skin to dry and draw some strange things on it!"

Another scavenger who was about 50 years old and lost a leg also said, "The reason why no one dares to go to the No. 17 line is because there are such leathers hanging everywhere, and many people who picked it up disappeared inexplicably. , and some went crazy. A beggar here is like this. He just lay on the ground and stared at the thing without picking up the tatters all day long, talking nonsense, saying that some earth-centered ghosts are coming to catch him. You Guess what? After a while he really disappeared!"

"This thing will bring misfortune!" The old woman shook her head, trying to stay away from them, "You have to go!"

"We're just staying for a while, and we'll leave as soon as he gets better." Tanithel silently put the leather into his jacket pocket, and then took out a few golden coins.In most parts of the universe today, solid currency is no longer used, but in some slums, gold coins are treasures that will never lose their value.He handed the two gold coins to the old woman, and his hostile eyes lit up in an instant, and his wrinkled and callused hands took the gold coins hesitantly.

Tanithel looked around again, looking at the scavengers staring at the gold coins in his hand with the same longing eyes, and asked, "Have you ever seen that kind of 'Ghost in the Earth'?"

Under the temptation of gold coins, several scavengers scrambled to tell which of their friends and relatives they had seen in a certain subway line, but none of them seemed to have seen it with their own eyes.The ghosts they believe in are slender and walk on two legs like humans, but their legs are deformed, their feet grow backwards, they have four hands and a long head, and their torso is of different shape. The rule, from a distance, looks like an elongated black shadow standing silently in the corner, usually hidden in the dark and undetectable.They come and go without a trace, and sometimes they seem to appear suddenly, pulling people into the crevices of the rocks silently.

Samuel felt a chill down his back listening to the description.When looking for a way out in the subway system in the Forbidden City, could the figure they saw be what they were talking about?

Could there be such a monster under the Forbidden City?This kind of thing...has it been living silently under their feet for a long time?

"Sounds like ... it might be a species that has been around for a long time. I thought they were extinct," Taniser said.

"Why haven't I heard that there is such a thing on Earth?"

"They are the descendants of Ngyr-Korath, the god of distortion. When human civilization was still in the ignorant period, there was a period of prosperity on the earth. They have two forms. If they usually appear in a solid state, they are what you described. However, if it exists in a mucus state, it can penetrate into very narrow spaces, such as places such as rock crevices. Their natural enemy is a kind of higher organism that exists in the universe in a supersolid form, called Halfidal , This descendant of the progenitor descended to the earth in ancient times, swallowed up these so-called 'earth ghosts' and then left. Unexpectedly, they did not become extinct, they just burrowed into the ground."

After Tanisel finished explaining, it was obvious that everyone was still in a daze.Samuel sorted out his thoughts and summarized the central idea, "You mean that thing is not a ghost, it is the descendant of your disgusting gods, and it has always been on the earth?"

"That's pretty much the way to explain it."

"Didn't you say that the entropy god can't enter the universe of the god of order? Why are there so many kinds left?"

"Just like most races in the Milky Way, including humans, are descendants of Gods of Order, when the original entropy order of the universe was not divided, there were naturally many descendants of Gods of Entropy existing in this universe, but later the entropy force became stronger. The number of descendants of the God of Sequence is decreasing, and the descendants of the God of Entropy are becoming less and less. The giant worms you saw on the planet Faun believe that they are the descendants of the God of Entropy, Yugosothos."

Hearing what Tanithel said, Samuel showed a mixed expression of "really disgusting" and "not surprising" on his face, obviously very disgusted with the descendants of the entropy god.Then Tanithel suddenly smiled brightly, and continued, "It is not uncommon for the descendants of the Entropy God to disguise themselves as the descendants of the Order God in order to survive and develop thriving races. According to my mentor's investigation, the most representative one is probably the present The almost extinct Celestial Stars."

After speaking, he looked at Ethan, who had fallen asleep, with a gentle expression like water.

Samuel was stunned for a while, as if he didn't quite believe his ears, "What did you say?"

"Shh." Tanithel put a finger on his lips, "Be quiet. Ethan is sleeping."

Of course, Samuel couldn't just let it go. He squatted next to Tanithel and said in a low voice, "Hey, speak clearly!"

"This is just a hypothesis put forward by my mentor after collecting some ancient books and materials. Besides, what does it matter if the Tianzheng people are descendants of the entropy god? Their civilization has long been lost."

"But... but Ethan is a quarter of the Heavenly Gang!" Samuel couldn't connect Ethan with those disgusting giant worms and the black tentacles that fell from the sky on the red earth.But on the other hand, when Ethan mutated, his image like a purgatory demon lord made him tremble like "so it was".

"You said it yourself, only a quarter." Tanisel shrugged his shoulders, not paying attention, "Besides, aren't you tired of this so-called world where order is the sky? All People must live by the same rules, and if they are slightly different, they will be regarded as heresies, and they will pursue the so-called harmony and stability meaninglessly."

It seemed to be casual words, but Samuel fell into silence.

The priest looked at him with silver eyes that always hovered with a hint of evil, and the corners of his rosy lips formed a beautiful arc, "I have never seen the beauty of chaos, but I just locked myself in the cage of order because I am afraid of changes. Isn’t it another kind of ignorance? Perhaps, in real chaos, even time and space will blur the boundaries, and at that time, it may be possible to see the dead again and change some regrets.”

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Ethan fell into a deep sleep, and he didn't know if the priest had done something with his mental power by his side. In short, he didn't have any dreams that night. The long-lost peaceful and peaceful sleep almost made him reluctant to leave the area. Cozy darkness.But the gentle and clear voice of the priest kept calling in his ears, so he had to reluctantly leave the sleeping place where he didn't need consciousness or thinking, and returned to the cold and damp reality.

"Ethan? Ethan? We have to go. Otherwise, I'm afraid there will be trouble."

The fever seemed to subside a bit, but there was still a low-grade fever, and my body was shaking intermittently.Tanisel wrapped the priest's robe tightly for him, and continued to walk forward with half arms and half support.After about three more stops, they decided that this was far enough from the Forbidden City.

Before leaving the subway station along the abandoned steps, Ethan concentrated his energy and said to the little Rafal who didn't know where to make the hole: "Be obedient and play here, don't eat people outside the forbidden city, wait for me to come back." He didn't know if the giant worm could hear it, but Ethan actually felt a little guilty about abandoning it and going to land.

But it's impossible to escape with a bug that big...

It's really strange, I was thinking about whether to kill it a day ago, but now I'm starting to feel reluctant.Is this what it feels like to be a mother...

Ethan let out a long breath when he saw the first ray of pale yellow sunlight falling from a high place on the dilapidated and rugged stairs.After all, people are light-oriented animals. After staying in the dark for too long, they realize how beautiful and precious sunlight is.

He turned his head and saw the sunlight jumping on the slightly curly blond hair of the priest, and the dirty white jacket and trousers seemed to be emitting a faint brilliance.

Samuel was also quietly immersed in the light, his eyes were slightly stinging.Finally escaping from the bottomless black hole of the Forbidden City, and finally being free, this is the dream of many inhumans for the rest of their lives.He should have been jumping for joy, should have jumped up like a child, but he couldn't even smile.

Schneider has been left forever in the darkness behind him.Even if he traveled all over the world, he would never see those black eyes that were sometimes sharp and sometimes gentle.

The Forbidden City took away everything from him, and took away his last chance of happiness.Even if he is free now, what remains in his heart is only despair and hatred.

He hates, hates the Forbidden City, hates the gray hair, hates the guards, hates the Benefactors, hates all the orders that say he can't be with anyone, hates the so-called friends who are hypocritical and can betray at any time, hates, hates the sanctimonious hypocrites outside the city .

He hated himself even more, why didn't he even have time to say I love you to Schneider in the end.Why did I choose to escape when I could have stayed together for a few more days after confessing my heart.

Although he regained his freedom today, for the rest of his life, he only wanted to live for one purpose.

revenge.

He turned his head, but he happened to meet the priest's unfathomable gaze.

Tanithel was a little bit, and nodded to Samuel.Then he took the lead and took a few steps forward, turned around and extended his hand to Ethan.The golden sunlight shone from behind him, the scene was full of sacredness full of religious meaning, but the smile was full of lingering words of love.

"Let's go, I'll take you home."