"I'm back, aren't I disappointed?"

"Not really, if you're going to be disappointed, not now."

Chu Tianjiang couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Actually, we didn't have time to think about it, or that all changed before we were disappointed."

"What do you mean?"

"At the time, we all thought that we had succeeded in deceiving the enemy into thinking that Iskar was dead and that we were hiding here. For this reason, we intend to stay here for a long time until you return. It is a pity that we underestimated the enemy. ”

"Discovered?"

Hawke nodded and said, "About a year later, we were discovered by the enemy. ”

"A year?" Chu Tianjiang was very surprised, because Iska mentioned that they had been waiting here with the resistance fighters for two hundred years.

"I don't know exactly what's going on. At that time, I was out looking for food with a group of resistance fighters. After receiving the consciousness message from Iska, we rushed back, but the battle was over. Both Soya and Laika were killed in the battle......"

"What!?"

"They're all dead, and I saw it with my own eyes."

"But ......"

"What, they're still alive?"

Chu Tianjiang took a deep breath and did not answer this question. "And then?"

"I'm not very clear about Iska's situation. When I came back, she was gone. Because I didn't see her body, I couldn't tell if she was alive or dead. ”

"You escaped?" Chu Tianjiang was very puzzled and felt that Hawke was lying.

"If I had the chance, I would have fled, but in the face of a powerful enemy, we wouldn't even have a chance to escape."

"What do you mean?"

"It was very chaotic, and I wanted to find Iska, but while I was looking for her, I ran into an enemy, and I came here."

"Here?"

Hawke nodded and said, "There were ten resistance fighters with me, they all died to protect me, I was knocked unconscious by that enemy, maybe he thought I was dead and ignored me." At that time, my condition was not much different from death, my consciousness was completely broken, and my body was severely damaged. When I woke up, I was already here, completely frozen in snow and ice. ”

"You didn't go out?"

"I want to get out of the way, but I can't. You have entered my consciousness and should see that my body has been completely frozen. Although the frozen state did not allow me to die immediately, the wound could not heal. I'm still alive because you've modified me, at least the brain and nervous system made up of energy bodies don't die so easily, so my consciousness hasn't completely dissipated. ”

Chu Tianjiang nodded thoughtfully, at least Hawke didn't lie about this matter.

"How long have you been away?"

"More than a thousand years."

"So long? That is, I have been frozen for more than a thousand years? ”

Chu Tianjiang let out a long sigh and said, "Since then, has anyone been here?" ”

"Yes, people come here every once in a while, about a dozen times. I didn't know who they were, so I didn't use my consciousness to greet them. ”

"This ......"

"Of course, I know you, at least a lot of memories related to you."

Chu Tianjiang nodded, indicating that he understood what Hawke meant.

"Is Iska alright?"

Chu Tianjiang was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It's okay, at least live well, and Soya and Laika are alive and with her." ”

"Impossible!" Hawke immediately looked surprised.

"They are indeed alive, and they are ......"

"They're dead, I've seen them killed, they've been killed by the enemy, and before they die, they've all detonated their own energy bodies."

"This ......"

"From here, about a hundred kilometers to the east, is where the battle took place. If you don't believe me, you can go over and take a look, there are traces left by the explosion. ”

"It's been more than a thousand years, and it's still there?"

"Maybe it's covered with snow and ice and a new ice sheet has formed, but you can measure when the ice sheet was formed."

"This ......"

"At that time, they were besieged by enemies, and every enemy was stronger than them, and they had no chance at all. In order to protect Iskar, they can only detonate their own energy body, otherwise the things they know will be obtained by the enemy, and they have no other choice. ”

Chu Tianjiang nodded slightly, not arguing with Hawke.

"Where's Iska?"

"On the New World."

"Why didn't she stay with you?"

"I don't know what to do." Chu Tianjiang sighed and said, "Maybe, you won't believe it. The ISCA has changed, and it is no longer the ISCA it used to be. ”

"This ......"

"Also, Soya and Laika have changed."

"If they live, you'll have to be careful."

"What do you mean?"

"The enemy is much stronger than us, and if Soya and Laika are still alive, they must have something to do with the enemy, maybe they have been working for the enemy for a long time."

Chu Tianjiang didn't say anything, he had already thought of this possibility.

"If Iskar were with them......"

"Iska is not like them."

"Whether it's the same or not, you have to be careful."

Chu Tianjiang nodded, indicating that he understood what Hawke meant.

"That's all I can tell you, and if you don't give up, go to them, find Iska, and get more information from them."

"Hawk ......"

"I'm asking you for one thing."

"What?"

"Let me rest in peace."

Chu Tianjiang was secretly startled, and looked at Hawke in disbelief.

"For more than a thousand years, I've been trapped here, and I can't die if I want to." Hawke smiled reluctantly and said, "Many people have died, and since you have returned, and I have also told you about the Zhilu Dao, and completed the last mission, then let me rest in peace." ”

"I can save you."

"There's no need for that." Hawke replied very firmly. "I've persisted until now, not to be reborn, but to know if you'll come back."

"Hawke, you know, I need your help, and Iska needs your help."

"No, it's not me that you need." Hawke looked at Chu Tianjiang and said, "All you need is self-confidence, believing that you have the ability to change all this. ”

"But ......"

"Go where I said and maybe find more."

"Hawk ......"

"Let me rest in peace, this is my last request."

Chu Tianjiang knew that since such a decision had been made, Hawke would not change.

Of course, for Chu Tianjiang, letting Hawke rest in peace was a very simple matter.

After leaving Hawke's consciousness, Chu Tianjiang first recovered the energy body that was originally used to transform Hawke, and then asked Kisstis to melt the ice and snow that wrapped Hawke's body. There was no pain in this kind of death, because before the body died, Hawke's consciousness was no longer there.

Although he didn't know what Lu Dao Chu Tianjiang wanted to do, but Kistis knew that he was very painful.

Kisstis was very sensible and didn't bother Chu Tianjiang.

Chu Tianjiang was indeed in pain, but he quickly figured it out.

Obviously, Hawke didn't want to live like this, more than a thousand years of waiting had already made him disheartened, if it weren't for knowing if Chu Tianjiang would come back, he would probably have ended it on his own. For Hawke, death is a relief, a total relief.

The two waited until dawn before leaving the underground base.

At the location that Hawke said, Chu Tianjiang found two large craters created by the explosion, and affirmed his statement.

Both craters are huge, with a radius of more than 10 kilometers, and the heat released during the explosion melts and evaporates a large amount of snow and ice. Although it was completely covered with snow and ice, the results of the measurements were clear, and the snow and ice covering the crater first appeared a thousand years ago.

That is, these two large pits were formed a thousand years ago.

What's more, judging from the size of the crater, the power of the explosion is very large, and the only one that can produce this power is the energy body.

It is conceivable that at the last moment, Soya and Laika chose martyrdom.

"He's right."

"What?" Kisstis didn't ask Chu Tianjiang about what he talked about with Hawke, and Chu Tianjiang didn't tell her.

Chu Tianjiang sighed, and through the way of consciousness exchange, he told Kistis what he had talked about with Hawke.

"I don't think it's that simple."

"What do you mean?"

"Obviously, he didn't just ask you to come here to prove that Soya and Laika died a thousand years ago, maybe there was another meaning."

"This ......"

"Maybe it has something to do with Iska."

"For what?"

"Obviously, Soya and Laika are responsible for protecting Iska and have been with him at all times. Since Soya and Laika died in battle a thousand years ago, what about Iska? Also, when Hawke rushed back, he didn't find Iska, so he didn't know what happened to Iskar. The point is, Iskar has psychic superpowers and is able to communicate with other people through consciousness, so as long as she is alive, she can communicate with Hawke, who is unaware of her life and death. Don't you think, it's weird? There are also some suspicions, such as why Soya and Laika died in battle here, not near the base. And after that, why will anyone go to the base? ”

"This ......"

"He didn't say it explicitly, and it obviously has something to do with your relationship with Iska."

"What's the matter?"

"To put it simply, what you care about most is Iska, so he didn't tell you what happened to Iska, but let you find out for yourself."

"This ......"

"If that's the case, we'll have to take a closer look around here."

Chu Tianjiang nodded, indicating that he understood what Kisstis meant.

Even if Kisstis's guess was wrong, there must be some secrets in this ancient battlefield, and that's the main reason Hawke had him here.