Chapter 432: The Deep Sorrow (41): The End (6K Chapter)
"Hmph, you can actually restore human body and consciousness? It seems that your [Orderer] ability does incorporate some unspeakable terrifying power. However, that should be the end of it. Your Majesty the Emperor, your life is accelerating. Time passes, this is... your price," "Future" commented.
He put his only remaining right hand behind his back, trying his best to cover up the bark-covered "Devil's Arm" caused by the "dedication" of "Zhuo Genzhao". Every step he takes will leave deep red footprints on the white ground, as well as the blood he brought out when he pierced Ivan 22's chest with his bare hands.
Fortunately, the power of the ancient gods did not "favor" him more, but quickly dissipated after the battle. His eyes returned to their original light black and pure look, and half of his face that had just been mutated returned to normal. The color is just paler.
Looking up at the "future" with a victor's attitude and no more expressions on his face, Ivan XXII recognized that he was doomed to fail. He did not choose to defend his actions anymore, and his dying body also Aggressive behavior is no longer supported.
He just took a few deep breaths, vomited out a mouthful of dark, sticky blood, and sighed:
"I... even though I knew that the empire was destined to perish, I tried my best... to take measures, but still failed. Moreover, the plan to revive me... well... was not strangled in the cradle by those strong men. Federation soldiers, but you two...'New Humanity' teenagers."
"Nothing is eternal, and there is no unchanging world." "Future" maintains a posture of looking straight ahead, eyes slightly closed, eyes slightly downward, with a gloomy face, like the god in charge of justice and death in the mythology of the Central Empire. , responded:
"The birth, establishment, development, expansion, prosperity, and final decline and destruction of an empire are just cycles of reincarnation. This is not only the 'reason' established by the Creator, but also the law of existence of the human race. .
"It is like a machine that has been running for hundreds of years, has been repaired and is on the verge of being scrapped. Any means to forcefully extend its life will either only increase the pain of the machine itself, or bring pain to all those who use the machine."
"You mean... rules?" Ivan 22 smiled contemptuously:
"The laws set by the gods can be broken as long as the energy is strong enough. Since we can create the laws, we can also transform them. The entire world is only created by the will of the Creator. As long as the human will is strong enough, we can also create all things. "
"But He cannot create a stone that cannot be lifted by himself, if the will is omnipotent." "Future" retorted:
"Actually, you are the greatest emperor of the Crusted Empire. In your era of 'Glory of the Double-Headed Eagle', the Crusted people will be dismayed no matter where they are in any corner of the continent, as long as they hear about the artillery manufactured by Binglin City. He raised his head involuntarily and proudly.
"If your ultimate goal is not to obtain the five sequence cores, be promoted to a demigod, or even become a true sequence god, as the emperor, you only need to push the glory of creation to the highest possible level, train successors, and let him Try your best to maintain the golden age.
"Instead of trusting scientists like Ivanov, the 'unintentional virus' was created and released into the world hundreds of years later, causing disaster."
"Future" said, choked up, then turned away, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and continued:
"I don't know how long this war will last. You should know that the 'new humans' you call only account for one ten thousandth of those eroded by the 'virus'. We lost ones can only control it within a limited range 'Unintentional Man'. Even as the 'leader' of the 'Order Society', I can only lead them to undertake limited combat missions, even though I have power that exceeds that of most of the Lost.
"When our magic power is exhausted, they will disperse due to instinctive hunger and attack wantonly in the wilderness, ice fields, villages and cities, 'infecting' more humans.
"Human beings have been looking for ways to solve problems and end the wasteland world for hundreds of years. In addition to developing the 'Federal Agent No. 0' to remove and resist the 'virus', they are replicating the technology created in your era. Products, eliminate as many 'unintentional people' as possible, as well as our lost ones.
"And we, the Lost, are also looking for a way to redemption. We can either choose to cooperate with humans, or we can continue to dig out the buried ruins of the last era, and gain as much inspiration for promotion as possible through sequential monsters and more extraordinary things.
"We believe that once the first lost person truly touches the rank of god and is promoted, he will be qualified to call the sleeping Creator, ask Him to wake up briefly, send blessings, end the long night, and usher in the dawn."
After listening to "Future"'s narration, Ivan 22 was silent for a few seconds, and then sighed. His facial expression was very complex, and he raised his head hard, as if he was looking at the unreachable sun in the sky. , or maintain the arrogance and self-esteem of being an emperor.
He maintained this posture that was inconsistent with his slumped body and said:
"Maybe there really is no empire that transcends a thousand years. Maybe the new era is not the human federation led by Crusted. However, I cannot admit that the 'New Construction Plan' was a complete failure. In order to plan the 'Ivanov Virus' I have spent almost half my life on the 'new construction plan' for the transformation of human beings, and have sealed myself here for a thousand years.
"Actually, my consciousness was not completely closed during my sleep. I could occasionally understand the outside world through those 'half-dragon' teenagers. But as time passed, their souls disappeared in front of me one after another, until finally The boy who stole your "perception concealment" has also disappeared, so I guessed that the time has come for me to wake up.
"The only success of the 'New Construction Project'... is to create 'new humans' like you... The Lost Ones are obviously just teenagers, but in terms of magic power, fighting skills, and weapon use, they surpass any top [warrior] who has been trained for many years. ]. Moreover, your courage, perseverance, will and decisiveness are far beyond those of the humans of the era I ruled. Isn’t this an evolution?”
"We would rather not evolve like this!" Luo Ka rushed forward, his face flushed with anger, and pressed the "Silver Sunflower" pistol that Ivan 22 had just given to his head, using a childish but stern expression. The voice scolded:
"Do you know how much pain we have suffered? Do you know how much danger of death we have faced? If you survive during the war, your only thought every day is how to fight, strive to become stronger, and avoid being killed by more powerful creatures or It is natural that your subordinates and subjects can be so good if they are destroyed by weapons.
"Excellence at the cost of death and war is cruel excellence. Under the coercion of fate and death, we are forced to face a 'zero-sum game'. When fighting, if you cannot defeat the opponent, then what awaits you is not failure and humiliation. But a painful death.
“The war leaves us no time to think about anything other than survival. Without your order to release the ‘Heartless Man Virus’, ‘Future’ and I, as well as Brother ‘Ice Blade’, we should have been learning and growing happily.
"Brother 'Ice Blade' actually prefers machinery. He may enter the best factory in Crusted to develop machinery, while 'Future' and I can freely choose the direction of our growth, either go to the magic academy to study magic power, or Travel around the world, to the eastern part of Crusted, to the central empire, and even to the Khitanlis, to see those mysterious and attractive ancient civilizations.”
Luo Ka's last few words were almost uttered in a crying and venting tone. At this moment, facing the founder of the disaster, he could finally shout out all his anger, unwillingness, grievance and pain.
But facing Lorca's gesture, Ivan 22 just sneered and retorted:
"For all mankind, personal happiness is not worth mentioning. I still insist that 'war is the catalyst for progress', but I also admit that there is still no hope in this world. You two have such powerful magic power and extraordinary power. and professional power, but are not reused by the current federation. They have not even given you enough resources and protection. This is not the reason of the 'New Construction Plan', but the despicability of human beings themselves.
"I will die, but these [warriors] I carefully selected who are sleeping here will still wake up. They will go to every corner of the empire, or integrate into the local human federation, or into the 'New Humanity' organization. In short, the battle Victory cannot test whether you or I are right or wrong, only time and history can.”
"Don't worry, Your Majesty the Emperor, I will not let them wake up. I have the last bit of power left by borrowing the ancient gods through the 'Zhuo Gen's Roar'. The information left by you and the empire tells me that, except for you, connecting these [Warriors "The 'cultivation chamber' is the cleverly disguised energy supply device above our heads," "Future" said:
"They convert the surging power of the 'underworld' plane into energy that sustains life and promotes evolution. As long as it is broken and the energy in the body is cut off, they will never be able to wake up again."
After "Future" finished speaking, he stretched out his right hand behind his back and recited the language used to praise the ancient gods in "Only the Bishop".
Soon, a black ball lightning formed from his rough fingertips. With a slight push, the lightning floated into the air like a real balloon, penetrated the top plate made of unusually strong composite metal, and rushed into the machine. .
Zizzi—pop!
Violent electric currents and dull explosions passed through, and the light emitted from the surface of the surrounding culture cabins quickly disappeared. These originally transparent hatches were quickly shrouded in a layer of white mist. Within a few seconds, the white mist turned into ice crystals, marking the Their chances of recovery have been minimized.
"Okay, okay, okay." Ivan 22 nodded his head angrily and desperately. He barely supported his body, suppressed the trembling at the corners of his mouth, and asked "the future":
"Without promoting the evolution of the 'New Construction Plan', how do you plan to end the war and usher in the glorious era of the 'Star Era' after the 'Restart Era' when humans explore the universe? Could it be that you just want the chaos to continue until human civilization Will they perish and create new species to dominate the continent, falling into an endless cycle?”
"No." "Future" shook his head, looked at Ivan 22, and said confidently:
"We plan to find 'Plamini', the power of fire, and the 'Eternal Red Lord', the god who controls the fire behind it. You may not know that in the middle ten years of your rule of the empire, the annual fiscal revenue of the empire has increased A fifth are missing.
"Those officials in charge of finance are smart and wise enough. The financial statements and budgets they produce for the empire are almost seamless, and they even hide it from you."
"What do you want to express?" Ivan 22 asked nervously.
"They did not pocket the wealth, but gave it to Ivanov, the scientist who was infected by the 'virus' and died painfully after his heart and body became steel." "Future" replied:
"With these funds, he secretly established countless observation points in the ice and snow wasteland of the Extreme Cold Special Zone to find the areas where the 'red wave' and 'ice overflow' phenomena appeared. He is not entirely a supporter of science, he also has faith in the Lord.
"After ten years of research, he found that the order monsters mostly appeared in the Extreme Cold Special Zone near the west, and the god 'Pramini' was also sealed in this area. Finding the 'Lord of Eternal Red', relying on his power can make it easier to manufacture spacecraft for exploring the universe. Even if we take a step back, in his research report, 'Pramini' may not only be a code name, a spiritual symbol, but also a... We don't know yet, but it will eventually be widely used, purer than oil, and a powerful energy source.
"Besides, we now know that the 'Hymn to the Machine' ritual initiated by the Hinet people has long called for an evil god from another dimension. He calls himself 'Echo'. He is also sealed under the ice and snow. Moreover, he is a [Orderer] like you.
"In other words, the future world is no longer controlled by you, the former [Orderer]. The new order and the new future will be led by Light Sugra, the new [Orderer]. "
"Okay, okay. "At this moment, Ivan XXII's tense spirit finally collapsed completely without the influence of extraordinary power.
Such a collapse is not only the humiliation brought by the negation of ideas, the complete misunderstanding of behavior, and the complete failure of the game of power, but also the destruction of hope and the death of spirit.
He stood up with his hands stretched out from the broken dress, trying to rush to the "future" with his last strength, and the wrong path strangled his throat or tore him apart.
However, with a bullet piercing his throat from behind, Ivan XXII was forced to stumble back to his original position, leaning against his own "cultivation cabin", struggling, and watching the last bit of blood in his body drain away.
The great emperor felt that he was lying on a huge rock with a breath of sea breeze in a land of lush water and grass, Poems and music that seemed to come from afar echoed in his ears.
These poems and music that were chanted repeatedly, mixed with the sound of whistles that made people feel peaceful and calm, praised the great people who were yearning, holy, bright and gentle.
Gradually, as his vitality was lost, Ivan XXII heard the scriptures composed of the Central language that the patriarchs chanted during the sermons in St. Ivan's Cathedral.
…
Just now, it was not Roka holding the "Silver Sunflower" who pierced Ivan XXII's throat and took away his last bit of vitality, but Dark Tirith who was wearing the uniform of the federal army behind him.
After he walked deeper into the passage behind the stone slab of the Zhuoliego sequence, he did not go directly to the "bottom of the bottom", that is, the area where Ivan XXII was, but entered the old emperor's place. The "weapons warehouse" of the country's huge technological weapons products.
It's a pity that there are still many "mechanical dog-headed monsters" guarding it. He, Wolfya and Luo Nie fainted after a hard battle.
After waking up, Wolfya and Luo Nie had long disappeared, and Dak used the old radio given to him by the "Echo" to find the direction to leave in this "bitter ruins". Maybe it took a day, maybe two days. Just when his spirit and physical strength were about to be exhausted, he entered this technological space and happened to see Ivan XXII attacking "Future".
Because by this time, Dak and "Future" were already exhausted. The erosion and fighting of "Shang" during this period not only consumed the magic power of the three to the extreme, but also their spirits were fainting and collapsing. On the verge of collapse.
Dak and "Future" did meet briefly in the Pashain Temple in Xinfeng Town, at the intrigue-filled "concert" in the basement of the "Town Administration Center Building" by Morn, and at the beginning of the acquisition of the "Heart of Eternal Cold" in the "Beidou District".
And Roca is a member of the "Chaos Group" who has been monitoring Dak, the [Instigator].
The two sides are not enemies, but friends to some extent. In terms of stopping the "Universe Energy Evolution Station", they are friends.
But now is not the time to reminisce, and neither side knows the other's purpose at the moment. Moreover, this kind of transition from testing and observation in the dark to contact and cooperation in the open is not the purpose of the "Chaos Group".
Therefore, Dak and "Future" just raised their guns and confronted each other for a short while.
After about four or five minutes, noisy, messy, and sharp notes came from the old radio in Dak's arms, conveying some information to him.
Then, Dak looked at "Future" and Roca cautiously, then activated the newly learned "Invisibility" skill exclusive to the [Troublemaker], and followed the instructions of the old radio to leave here.
Soon, the power of this technological space was finally exhausted, and the lights above the head and the lights on the statues and models here began to go out one by one. Because the device that maintains the energy here was destroyed by "Future" himself, streams of water from all directions began to converge to the deepest point of this "Ku Shen Ruins".
"Let's go, Roca, we can leave here. My "Search" ability of the [Explorer] profession tells me that when the water fills up here, go to the end of the space in front, go vertically upwards, and don't do anything, you can be taken away by the whirlpool." "Future" said.
Soon, as "Future" expected, they swam forward after the accumulated water submerged their bodies, and were pushed vertically upwards by a powerful force at the end.
In the process of climbing up the "Kushen Ruins", they struggled to avoid the stone pillars, stones and metal debris floating everywhere after the internal space collapsed.
Finally, after seeing the light of the sun, Roca held "Future"'s arm, used up his last strength to float to the surface, and greedily breathed in the clean and fresh air under the golden sunlight.
Looking around, the two found that they were in the center of the "artificial lake", surrounded by solid ice, and here happened to be one of the few gaps.
After swimming hard on the ice and walking for about half an hour, Roca and "Future" finally arrived at the shore with their wet bodies.
At this moment, it was dusk, neither day nor night. The sun was bright and soft, splashing the earth with a golden and hopeful atmosphere.
Fortunately, there was no snowfall and cold wind, nor the rumbling sound of artillery fire. Everything seemed so quiet and silent.
Looking around, "Future" and Roca found that the area of this "artificial lake" near the northern shore seemed to have few traces of human activities for the time being. There was no war, no gunpowder, no killing and death on the empty and endless frozen lake. It was just pure and sacred, leading mankind to a peaceful whiteness.
After resting for a while, when the last ray of golden light selflessly splashed on this land full of pain and hope, Roca slightly surged some of the magic power of fire to dry his body and clothes with "Future".
Taking advantage of the long night approaching, Roca stood up, pulled up "Future", and whispered in a childish voice:
"We have obtained the last "limit" chip, "Future". Let's go back together and have a good rest in our camp. I guess the next war... may be more cruel."
This section, that is, the first half of the plot of the deep suffering, ends.