Dicar's sudden fall for no reason startled the three people around him, but soon Andrew's face returned to a calm demeanor, and he knew about the side effects of Dicard's abilities and their performance. At the moment, Dikal's coma is only temporary, but if he wakes up again, Dikal will not be able to use his abilities, and his symptoms will be the same as when he returned from the general inspection of Dikal's military granary.

Hugo on the side hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Dicar, but saw that his face was as white as white paper, his lips trembled slightly, and he looked like his physical strength and energy were extremely exhausted, and he didn't know how long Dicard would last if he continued like this.

Seeing this, Hugo couldn't help but be a little flustered, and hurriedly turned his eyes for help to Andrew, and Andrew said in a deep voice: Mina, you carry Dikar on your back, let's continue to move forward, and we are not allowed to delay a minute at this moment. ”

Mina reached out and took Dicard from Hugo's hand, saddled it on her back, and then followed Dicard and Hugo into the ruined stone forest.

Although Hugo and Mina knew about the existence of the stone forest, they were not familiar with the terrain and environment here, and they were even more overwhelmed in the dark environment in the middle of the night, but Andrew was like a fish living in the deep-sea coral, without the guidance of any coordinate guide, interspersed back and forth in the path in the ruins, like an experienced navigator in the sea breeze, even if the compass failed, with a keen and sophisticated intuition, the ship could not deviate from the established direction.

After walking for a long time, Andrew finally stopped in front of a ruin, and the only light that the three of them who were awake at the moment relied on was the waning moon and the stars in the sky, and it could almost be said that they could not see their fingers.

Andrew told Mina to take a break, and then came to the ruins, and kept trying to find something, and after a while, Andrew dragged something out of the crack in the stone, but it was an old gas lamp.

Andrew then took the fire-starter out of the crack in the stone and began to swell to cause a fire, while Mina and Hugo were finally able to rest, stopping to catch their breath while carefully observing Andrew's behavior.

Soon Andrew lit a little fire and lit up the fuel gas lamp, and the bright and dazzling light of the pavilion instantly lit up the area, making everyone's hearts feel calm.

After a short rest, Mina looked at Andrew sharply and said, "Where is this?"

Andrew said disapprovingly, "Isn't it clear what you said before? This is the Stone Forest." Mina snorted, "Don't play this word game with me, you and I both know that this is not as simple as it seems, at least I can't touch the oil lamp in the crack of the stone except for sand and dead human bones." ”

Andrew looked at Mina and said, "Even if you don't believe me, you should believe Dikal, after all, Dikal fainted, but the reason why we can get here is also because he sent us here." This sentence proves and is true, both Mina and Hugo have complete trust in Dicard.

Seeing that Mina was speechless by Andrew's words, Hugo hurriedly said: "Mr. Andrew, Sister Mina is not questioning you, including me, I just want to find out the truth, after all, there are too many things that happened tonight, and we..."

Andrew nodded in understanding, then exhaled deeply, then stood up and said, "Since you want to know this place, I will tell you, this is the ruins of the stone forest, but at the same time, this is also the secret base that Di Carr and I have established. After that, Andrew shook his head slightly and said, "It's not accurate to say that the secret base is here, to be precise, this is a secret altar." ”

"The altar?" Hugo and Mina couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this, neither they understood the meaning of Andrew's words, neither Dicard nor Andrew had long lost their faith in the gods, let alone what the altar was all about.

Andrew was in the rain and fog, and he couldn't help but smile slightly, looked at the two seriously, and said: "This altar is different from the place where the gods are sacrificed to pray for themselves, this is just a place to sacrifice to the gods, and after the sacrifice, the gods will gain infinite power." ”

Hugo and Mina still didn't understand the specific meaning of Andrew's words, but Hugo vaguely guessed the truth from these words, and the corner of his eye unconsciously glanced at Dicard who fell to the ground.

Hugo's small action naturally did not escape Andrew's eyes, and Andrew was very full of Hugo's reaction, and nodded slightly: "You guessed correctly, Dicard is the god who enjoys the sacrifice of this altar!"

At this moment, even if Mina's brain reacted slowly, she understood what Andrew meant.

The ruins in front of him were not simply superficial sacrificial altars, but the source of Dikal's strength. Hugo and Mina fell silent one after another, not knowing what to say next.

All of the members of the original sin wanted to know where Dikal's power came from, but according to Dikal himself, his power came from the Day of Doom, and no one knew what kind of strange and supernatural energy was contained under the bloody red sky.

In the early days of Original Sin, almost all of the survivors were resistant to Dikar, believing that he was a monster created by the catastrophe and an ominous evil nature. However, they soon discover that reality is not what they imagined.

When the military rescue that they had hoped for every day arrived, they did not bring abundant relief supplies or warm words of comfort, but only the merciless bullet strafing and the steel body of the battle mech.

In the end, people sadly find that they have long been abandoned by the whole society, or the human group, and even do not allow them to live in this world. In desperation and despair, everyone could only hope for the "monster" who had resisted, because in the most critical situation, it was this "monster" who saved them.

At this point, Dikar has become the leader of original sin, the spiritual pillar of the survivors, and the god in the eyes of the people!

All believed in Him, respected Him, and loved Him.

However, at this moment, Andrew has said the answer to the question that was once dusty.

The source of power is not a godsend, but man-made!

Mina finally mustered up the courage to ask Andrew again: "Since Dikal's strength comes from sacrifice, what is the sacrifice, you must know that there are no cattle and sheep in the East Island now." ”

Andrew smiled: "It doesn't have to be a cow or a sheep, the essence of sacrifice is not in the breed, but in the power contained in the sacrifice itself, the power of life, in other words, the living thing." ”

"Although there are no more cattle and sheep in the East Island, there are still people who are still alive. ”